Chapter 168: Breaking the Game
Hua Wenxuan was finally dragged to the top of the mountain, and in the pitch black, Gan Ning led the front army to slowly grope towards the weekend.
The flickering firelight indicated that there were also enemy troops here, Gan Ning had a short knife in his mouth, led a few close servants to slowly touch it, and hid in the grass, looking for a good opportunity to move at the same time, and suddenly pounced, clasped his mouth and nose with one hand, and slashed the short knife around his neck with the other, and quietly killed the two guards.
Hua Wenxuan slowly moved forward with the brigade, and Gan Ning had trapped the few people stationed at the top of the mountain into zongzi, and stuffed strips of cloth in his mouth.
Gan Ning saw Hua Wenxuan coming, carrying a short knife across the neck of a leading general, and shouted softly: "Just shake your head and nod your head if you ask anything!" Dare to make an extra sound, don't blame you for Xingba's grandfather's knife fast! ”
The general nodded again and again, Gan Ning motioned to take out the cloth strip from his mouth from the person, the man stood up suddenly, and was about to shout a warning, Gan Ning's reaction was fast enough, as soon as his mouth opened, Gan Ning's short knife had already cut his neck, and suddenly blood gushed like a spring, and the hollow made a hiss.
Gan Ning wiped the blood on the knife with his cuff, looked at the remaining people, and walked up with a cruel smile, "Who else wants to try?" ”
A few of the remaining soldiers hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and Gan Ning motioned to let go of one person, but the person kowtowed again and again but did not dare to say a word.
"Is there a post at the top of the mountain?" Gan Ning asked with a sneer, and the man nodded again and again.
"How many more? In which direction? Gan Ning asked again, but the man nodded and pointed around, Gan Ning raised his knife impatiently, "Say!" Let you say it! ”
The man swallowed his spit in horror and whispered: "There are three more outposts on the top of the mountain, one with ten people, with fire as the number, to protect against the descendants of the mountain!" ”
Gan Ning sneered, and pouted in the direction that the man was pointing to, and had already touched the clever soldier who was led by the person, Gan Ning looked at the frightened Cao family soldier, and said with a smile: "How many soldiers and horses are there on the mountain?" Why are you the only ones who matter so much? ”
The man knelt on the ground and leaned over and replied: "There are no other soldiers and horses on the mountain, and the mountainside is the place where General Xiahou stores grain!" This mountain is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and I am only waiting here to look at the surrounding lookouts, where do I know that the generals can fly here with their divine power. ”
Gan Ning smiled, motioned for someone to tie him up, and pulled Hua Wenxuan to the side, "In this way, I might as well go to the camp to steal grain and grass at night, the fire is together, Xiahou Yuan will inevitably be in chaos, Xu Shu urges the army to come and attack, this battle will be won!" ”
Hua Wenxuan nodded, and then ordered to go down and look for materials to make torches and other objects, fortunately, there are many pines and cypresses in this mountain forest, which is also convenient.
Gan Ning looked at the sky, the east was already white, Hua Wenxuan took out the iron whip and shouted softly: "I can't wait until dawn, Xiahou Yuan sees that there are few people in me, it is inevitable to bully each other, and the enemy will be defeated at this time!" ”
Gan Ning looked at the people under his command with a cruel smile, took out his waist knife and raised it high, "Follow me!" Set fire to the grain! ”
Although the men and horses under his command were exhausted after a night of tossing, they saw Gan Ning taking the lead, and they couldn't help but shout in a strong spirit, and rushed down the mountain with Gan Ning.
This Xu Shu also didn't sleep all night, and he patrolled the camp early, Guan Yu sent a letter over last night, and although Cao Pi's army was not fighting, it had already entered the valley.
Guan Yu and Chen Qi only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Pi came from Xudu, not to mention 30,000 troops, which was a strong attack, and Guan Yu categorically couldn't hold it for a few days.
Xu Shu was checking in the camp, the sky was not bright, many soldiers were still resting in the tent, snoring everywhere, the cool breeze in the early morning made Xu Shu a little cold, he couldn't help hugging his arms.
At this time, a cloak came up from behind, and Xu Shu looked back, but it was Zhao Yun.
The two looked at each other and smiled, Zhao Yun looked at the opposite mountain, and sighed softly: "Presumably Yuan Zhi is also worried about Xingba and Wenxuan, right?" ”
Xu Shu smiled slightly and nodded, "The two of them have a difficult trip, but they are the key to victory, Yuan Zhi is in a difficult situation, and there is no good plan, so I have to hope that they will be in danger, and I am not at ease!" ”
Zhao Yun also smiled bitterly, and was about to reply, when he suddenly saw a wisp of green smoke coming out of the dense forest halfway up the mountain on the opposite mountain.
Zhao Yun was shocked, rubbed his eyes and looked more carefully, Xu Shu saw that Zhao Yun's expression was wrong, and he also turned around and looked over.
The camp had already seen the smoke rise and shouted, "There is smoke on the opposite hill!" There is smoke! ”
The more at this time, the more steady Xu Shu became, he pulled Zhao Yun and ran to the lookout, "It's just smoke, I haven't seen the fire, I can't tell whether I succeed yet, I'll wait and take a closer look!" ”
The two of them looked carefully on the lookout, the sky was already bright, the smoke in the opposite half of the mountain was getting thicker and thicker, the smoke stretched far along the mountainside, from the lookout, Xiahou Yuan seemed to be a little flustered in the village, several teams of hussars swarmed up the mountain from behind the village, Zhao Yun looked at Xu Shu excitedly, "It should be fire!" Yuan straight! Let's send troops! ”
Xu Shu looked at the situation seriously, there seemed to be firelight flickering in several thick smokes, he groaned for a while, and said in surprise: "Wenxuan, they burned Xiahou Yuan's grain and grass!" The humidity in the mountains is heavy, so the smoke is big but the open flame is not exposed! ”
Xu Shu shouted loudly on the lookout: "Get on the horse!" Sortie! ”
Zhao Yun didn't wait, picked up his gun and rode towards his camp, everyone under the tent had already heard about the fire, and they were already dressed and ready to go! Zhao Yun raised his gun and pointed at the Xiahou Yuanzhong military camp at the foot of the opposite mountain, and shouted: "The enemy army has lost grain and grass, and it will inevitably be in chaos!" Let me kill the past, and come out on top! After saying that, he took the lead and rushed out.
Xu Shu watched the battle nervously from the lookout, the smoke on the mountainside had shrouded the entire mountain in a white vast, the soldiers and horses under the mountain were going up the mountain from the back of the village one after another, Hua Wenxuan and Gan Ning only had 5,000 people, and they didn't know if they could hold on.
In front of the village, Zhao Yun had already led the team to surround it, and the arrows came and went, and the entire valley resounded with shouts of killing.
The attacking snare drum on Xu Shu's side echoed with the guard song in Xiahou Yuanzhai, and the originally pure mountain forest was suddenly lively, the frightened birds in the mountains were scurrying around, and the roars of the beasts loomed, which were actually intertwined into a unique and wonderful movement.
By noon, the rumbling flames in the white mist on the opposite hill finally erupted, licking every inch of land, and the men and horses could be faintly seen fighting in the smoke and firelight, and the defeated soldiers were driven from the mountain into the camp at the bottom of the mountain.
Zhao Yun's side attacked the middle military camp, but it still had an effect, and the villages on both sides were not able to come to flank the attack, and the front defense of the middle army camp had completely collapsed.
With the collapse of the walled gate, the stone hanging in Xu Shu's heart finally fell to the ground.