In the dense forest, there are several figures lurking, one of whom is Xu Rong. (_Bubble & Book & Bar)

Dressed in black armor, he half-squatted on the ground, hiding in the dense forest and staring at Li Ru, Fan Chou, and Li Meng outside the city gate. Xu Rong's expression was calm, and there was no panicked look on his face, but there was a hint of urgency in his dark and shining eyes.

When he and Duan Xuan led the army out of the city, it was already the second watch.

Then, it took more than an hour to go back and forth on the road. When he returned to the outside of the county seat, he waited in the dense forest for Fan Chou to lead the troops, and wasted another period of time. At this time, it is already the end of the third watch, and it is about to reach the fourth watch, and time is very urgent for Xu Rong, and he must hurry up in order to complete his goal.

In ancient times, there were five watches after nightfall.

1st shift from 7pm to 9pm, 2nd watch from 9pm to 11pm...... There was an interval of two hours between each watch, and by the time of the fifth watch, the sky was already gray and hazy, around five o'clock.

Xu Rong led the troops to ambush in the woods, and it was almost the fourth watch, in other words, it was almost 1 o'clock in the morning. Xu Rong still has a lot of things to do in the future, one or two hours is too tense to complete everything, he must have enough time to arrange, and then set up a plan to make Li Ru and the others die without a place to be buried.

However, Li Ru and Fan Chou, as well as Li Meng, remained outside the city, and Xu Rong could not launch an attack.

The reason for this is that there are only more than 7,000 soldiers under Xu Rong's command, while there are tens of thousands of soldiers under Fan Chou's command, and the disparity between the forces of the two sides is too great. Therefore, Xu Rong must outwit the victory, otherwise both sides will rely on soldiers to rush up to confront, and he will definitely lose in the end, Xu Rong hid in the dense forest, eagerly waiting for Li Ru to enter the city soon, so that he can start to prepare.

On Xu Rong's left, a soldier showed an eager look on his face, and said in a low voice: "General, they are grinding outside the city, have they found out about the situation?" ”

Xu Rong looked resolute, shook his head and said, "Impossible, we are very hidden, we will not be discovered." ”

The soldier tried to say something, but he didn't say it. On the surface, the arrangement is very secretive, but careful observation, or someone with high alertness, will definitely be able to find out.

Time passed, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Ru, Fan Chou and Li Meng rode on horses, chatting and laughing with each other. By now, the battle had long since ended, but the three of them still did not enter the city. Because Li Ru and the three stayed outside, the soldiers who attacked the city stayed outside, and only a few soldiers cleaned the battlefield in the city, cleaning up the severed limbs and arms on the city tower or under the city.

The fourth watch, at this time it is already the fourth watch.

Time, for Xu Rong, is getting more and more urgent.

He hid in the dense forest, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and the palm of his right hand holding the hilt of the sword was also covered with sweat, although his body was half-squatting, he could clearly hear the pounding sound of his heartbeat. He pursed his lips and stared at Li Ru with his eyes, but Li Ru still didn't move, riding on a horse and chatting with Fan Chou and the others.

Behind Xu Rong, a soldier waited impatiently, and said persuasively: "General, we have been waiting for nearly two hours, and they have not entered the city yet, what should we do, do we want to attack?" ”

Xu Rong shook his head, the more this time, the more he needed to calm down.

Compared with any soldier, Xu Rong was more anxious in his heart, but things couldn't be rushed and couldn't panic.

If he had the Flying Bear Army under Dong Zhuo, he would directly lead the troops to rush out and kill him upside down. However, the soldiers under his command are not even elite, only a few of them are elite soldiers, and most of them are newly recruited or have not been in the army for a long time.

Compared with the two, the experience of the soldiers under Xu Rong's command is not as good as that of the soldiers under Fan Chou's, and the number of soldiers is not comparable, and the only way to defeat Fan Chou is to win by surprise and win.

"General, they're in the city, they're in the city."

Suddenly, a soldier let out a low cry with a look of excitement on his face.

Xu Rong saw the army move, and Li Ru, Fan Chou, and Li Meng also entered the city, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and the tense expression on his face relaxed.

With a gesture of his hand, a junior colonel walked up to Xu Rong's side and waited for orders.

Xu Rong's expression was serious, and he ordered: "Tell the soldiers to get ready and wait for my orders." ”

"No!"

The lieutenant replied, and turned to go.

……

In the city, the county government office.

Li Ru and Li Meng, as well as Fan Chou, sat in the hall.

With a confused look on his face, Fan Chou said, "Mr. Li, why did you let us stay outside the city for more than an hour, what do you mean?" Until now, I haven't understood what's going on? Fan Chou's head was confused, and he didn't know what kind of reputation Li Ru was doing, but Li Ru asked him to cooperate, and he could only agree.

Li Meng also asked, "Sir, tell me, what happened?" ”

Li Ru looked solemn and said: "Many houses in the city are splashed with tung oil, and as long as they touch an open flame, they can burn immediately. When the time comes, fires are burning everywhere in the city, and the situation is chaotic, Xu Rong and Duan Xuan will have the opportunity to take advantage of our chaos to wait for work and exterminate our soldiers. ”

At this time, Li Ru didn't know that Duan Xuan was dead.

When he heard the news from the man in black, he thought that after Duan Xuan and Xu Rong left, they flicked a shot and came back.

When Fan Chou heard this, he jumped up from his seat with a bang.

He stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Ru and said loudly, "Mr. Li, why didn't you tell us about such an important matter?" Now the houses in the city are splashed with tung oil, and once the open flame is lit, the fire will burn into a piece, and we will surely become turtles in the urn in the city. ”

Fan Chou's heart was extremely flustered, and he only thought about escaping.

Li Meng also felt like he was on pins and needles, and he couldn't sit still, so he looked at Li Ru reproachfully. He and Fan Chou ignored Li Ru, and their colleagues stood up for a while and ran out of the county hall with a smoke.

In the hall, Li Ru shook his head slightly, secretly saying that it would be difficult for the two of them to achieve a big thing.

A little thing scared into this appearance, how can you have the ability to hold the authority of the world! He got up from his seat and walked out of the hall. As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw Fan Chou and Li Meng turn around and run back, Fan Chou asked: "Sir, you are clever, you must have a plan to break the enemy, please teach me." ”

Li Meng also followed and said, "Please teach me, sir!" ”

The two of them, who were frightened at first, ran out of the hall directly. But before he ran to the gate of the county office, Fan Chou turned his head and looked behind him, but he didn't see Li Ru's figure, he felt surprised in his heart, and after a little thought, he felt that Li Ru must have a plan to break the enemy, otherwise it would be impossible to continue to stay in the hall and not run away quickly.

He and Li Meng ran back, and they asked Li Ru for advice.

Seeing this, Li Ru smiled and said: "The two generals can rest assured, this time it is just a thrill and no danger, and there is no big problem." No matter what kind of fire he had, when the wind came together, the rainstorm fell suddenly, and Xu Rong and Duan Xuan's strategy of wanting to attack with fire would lose its effect. We entered the city just to lure the snake out of the hole and lure Xu Rong and Duan Xuan out, so that we could be annihilated in one fell swoop. ”

"Ah??!h

After Li Meng heard this, he exclaimed in surprise, with a stunned look on his face. After a long while, Li Meng asked, "Sir, what if there is no rain?" ”

Fan Chou also stared at Li Ru, his eyes burning.

That look in his eyes, as if the expression on Li Ru's face was not firm, he was about to leave immediately and lead the troops back. Because Li Ru's words are too unreliable, if the fire is ignited, but there is no rain in the sky, they will definitely be burned by the fire, and when tens of thousands of soldiers rush to the city gate, with countless casualties, Xu Rong can take advantage of the fisherman.

Li Ru clenched his fists and said: "Two generals, Ru guarantees with his life, it will definitely rain tonight, and the heavy rain is already brewing, and within an hour, there will be a shower." ”

Fan Chou asked, "How did Mr. know?" ”

Li Meng thought for a moment, and then said: "Sir, don't say it's the help of ghosts and gods, Fan Chou and I don't believe this. ”

Li Ru flicked his sleeves and said with a smile: "The two generals are too underestimated of Confucian's ability, and they are silent and confused, and Li Ru never involves ghosts and gods. It rained heavily this day, and there was no connection with the ghosts and gods, and Ru had been observing the weather all this time to know that there would be showers tonight. As a strategist, astronomy and geography and marching formations must be involved, and it is not surprising that you can deduce the time of rain. ”

Fan Chou and Li Meng glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Okay, let's take a big gamble with Mr." Both of them were bold people, and when they saw that Li Ru was sure, they immediately agreed.

"Woo! Woo! Woo! ”

In the night sky, there was a sudden sound of high-pitched horns outside the city.

When Li Ru heard it, he said, "It's here!" Immediately, he added: "General, quickly gather all the soldiers in a spacious place and wait for orders." After the fire is lit, let the rest of the soldiers endure for a while, because the fire will not last long, and then there will be heavy rain, and then it will be a good opportunity for the army to rush and kill. ”

The two nodded, and immediately went to assemble the whole army.

"Boom!"

A muffled sound came, and the county government took the lead in lighting a fire, the fire was very large, and with tung oil poured in the house, the fire burned in an instant, scorching people. When the county government lit a fire, there were many places in the city that lit fires one after another, and the fires burned everywhere, illuminating the dark night sky, all the fires were connected together, and the temperature of the entire Xinfeng City was rapidly rising.

In the silent night sky, the screams of the people kept coming.

Li Ru, under the protection of several black-clothed warriors, walked towards the place where the soldiers were stationed. Along the way, Li Ru saw the people running out in embarrassment, or a fire burning on their bodies, and his heart was extremely cold.

Xu Rong is so ruthless!

In order to force the Xiliang army into a desperate situation, Xu Rong actually let thousands of people in the city accompany him to the funeral, which can be said to be extremely poisonous. The world said that he poisoned the emperor and helped Dong Zhuo cholera to the dynasty, which was extremely ruthless, but he didn't know that Xu Rong made the people in Xinfeng City fall into the fire, which was even more fierce and vicious.

Li Ru shook his head and came to the place where the army was assembled.

All the soldiers gathered in an open space, which was very wide, there were no houses around, and it had not yet been affected by the fire. However, this was only a short-term situation, and once the fire spread, the open space was not spared.

Fortunately, with Fan Chou and Li Meng pressing the formation, the army was not chaotic.

When the two saw Li Ru coming, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Outside the city, Xu Rong led the troops out, and the troops were outside.

The army was arrayed, and Xu Rong led more than 7,000 troops to stand outside the city, waiting for Fan Chou and Li Meng's army to escape. If the soldiers who remained in the city were burned by the fire, they would surely flee in disarray, so he could wait for his work and kill the escaped soldiers in one fell swoop. This kind of strategy is the real one.

In the city, it was already blazing and red.

Unfortunately, there were still no soldiers at the gates, and all the soldiers remained in the city.

Xu Rong looked at the empty gate with a puzzled look on his face. However, Xu Rong looked at Xinfeng City, which was red through half the sky, and a smile appeared on his face. He was not in a hurry, because the longer the soldiers stayed in the city, the longer they suffered, and all he had to do now was to wait, quietly waiting for Fan Chou and Li Meng to escape with the army.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, thunder rang out in the dark sky.

A breeze blew, and Xu Rong felt a chill on his face, it was raining.

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