Chapter 189, Xu Huang arrived
Guo Yan is anxiously pacing back and forth in the tent, obviously surrounding Huashan, Zhao Yun and these people can't fly away, but the development of the situation makes Guo Yan really feel depressed, once he enters the mountain, he will definitely be ambushed by Zhao Yun, there are fewer people to go, not to use, there are more people to go, Zhao Yun is not in love with war, every time he will use the favorable terrain in the mountains to deal with Guo Yan, for several days in a row, so that Guo Yan has a big headache.
Obviously, everything is under control, and Zhao Yun has been held in the palm of his hand, but Zhao Yun is still alive and well, coming and going freely between his fingers.
Song Guo lifted the curtain and walked in, "General, I just counted that more than 5,000 people have been killed and wounded on our side, and if it continues like this, the situation is not good." ”
"Then in your opinion, what should we do, you can't let me withdraw my troops, right?" Guo Yan snorted dissatisfiedly, sat down angrily, picked up a cup of tea and poured it into his mouth.
"This battle is really embarrassing, Zhao Yun is really cunning, if I catch him, I will definitely skin him and cramp his tendons."
"General, I look at that, just let everyone enter the mountain early tomorrow morning, don't continue to divide the troops, the more you divide the troops, the easier it is to be exploited by Zhao Yun."
"Let's go up the mountain together, do you mean that you won't even send people to guard the passage in and out?"
Song Guo nodded, "Only by concentrating on strength, can we exert the greatest power, Zhao Yun is so manpower, in the face of more than 20,000 of us into the mountain to encircle and suppress, if he wants to ambush everywhere, it will be difficult to work, once we find him, we will immediately surround him, we are outnumbered, the strength is several times his, he can't escape, if you send someone to stay at the bottom of the mountain, at least half of the troops must be divided, if this continues, Zhao Yun will definitely drag us down." ”
"Okay, just do as you say."
Guo Yan gritted his teeth fiercely and made up his mind.
In the past few days, Guo Yan has been upset, and he can't wait to completely destroy Zhao Yun and Song Guo's thoughts in one go, and hit it off with him.
There was nothing to say all night, and after a while, Guo Yan ordered that all the men and horses were dispatched, and nearly 25,000 people went into the mountains to encircle and suppress together, the momentum was unprecedented, and the shouts shook the sky, and Jingbei, who was responsible for investigating the enemy's situation, hurriedly went to send a message to Zhao Yun.
"Lord, Guo Yan personally led the team, and all the people under the mountain were dispatched."
"Really?"
Zhao Yun was not surprised, "I have long expected him to do this, Jingbei, you Ma Shan will take people to the northern peak, and the others will come with me." ”
Zhao Yun took more than 1,000 people to the southern slopes, where the mountains are steep, and the elevation of several peaks is not less than 2,000 meters.
Zhao Yun appeared on the southern slope of the mountain, and immediately attracted the attention of the enemy soldiers, Guo Yan hurriedly led people to surround him, almost more than half of the troops were concentrated on the southern slope, Zhao Yun fought and retreated, stopped and stopped, and went to the top of the mountain.
At noon, all the Xiliang soldiers had passed the halfway slope, and at this time, no one realized that in a hidden cave near the foot of the mountain, the artemisia grass at the entrance of the cave shook violently, and several sturdy Han soldiers came out of it.
"Let's do it."
The man who led the team waved his hand and led people to set fire to the forest, they moved quickly, their hands and feet were nimble, and after a while, a fire broke out in the woods.
The flames are flying, the fireworks are soaring, the pine forests in the forest are dense, the artemisia grass is piled up, and it burns when it touches the fire, especially those pine trees, once ignited, the pine oil is burned and flows freely along the branches, and the more it burns, the more vigorous it becomes, and the beep of the burning beeps sounds.
The flames unscrupulously expand its minions, trying to cover all the places it uses under its rule.
"It's on fire, General, look—" Pillars of fire burst up from the bottom of the mountain, which soon attracted the attention of the enemy soldiers, and someone shouted in the direction of the fire at the bottom of the mountain.
Guo Yan looked back, and his heart suddenly cooled, "How is it possible?" ”
Zhao Yun and these people are also on the mountain, Guo Yan never dreamed that Zhao Yun would take this dangerous step, everyone is on the mountain, if the fire spreads, Zhao Yun's side will also be affected.
"Withdraw, withdraw immediately-" Without having time to think about it, Guo Yan hurriedly ordered to retreat.
Everyone hurriedly turned around, ran down the mountain in a panic, for a while, you fought for me, chaos into a mess, some of the feet slipped, fell to the ground, some were unlucky, fell off the cliff, the light head broke the blood, the heavy died on the spot.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, the flames soared, the tongues of fire raged, and the tongues of fire turned into dragons of fire, dancing wildly, and soon joined into a sea of fire with the wind.
Guo Yan's men and horses ran for a while, came to the halfway up the mountain, looked at the monstrous fire approaching in front of them, they were all dumbfounded, burning everywhere, as soon as they got closer, they felt that the heat wave around them was rolling, even the air was hot, no one dared to break in, some people turned around and suddenly ran back, under the infection of the atmosphere of fear, more and more people turned around, and no one could control it.
And Zhao Yun and these people have already moved to the north peak, not only the north leeward, there is a bare mountain rock in the middle, and the fire in the south will not easily go around the other side, Zhao Yun asked people to guard this bare mountain rock to prevent Guo Yan's people from escaping from here.
There are also a lot of enemy soldiers on the north slope, seeing that there is a fire in the south, they see that the situation is not good, and they also retreat down the mountain for the first time, just to the foot of the mountain, suddenly, the sound of killing in the ears is everywhere, the drums and trumpets are ringing, the road down the mountain has long been blocked, someone recognized the other party's banner "Not good, it's Xu Huang's people.; ”
Xu Huang was ordered to come to the rescue, and it was just the right time to catch up, Xu Huang raised the mountain axe and ordered with an expressionless face, "Seal the road for me, and don't let anyone go." ”
"Yes!"
Everyone responded in unison, and the sound was like a tide, shaking the sky and the earth.
The enemy soldiers on the southern slope fell into a sea of fire, and the northern one was also cut off from retreating, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
"My lord has an order, those who descend will not be killed, put down their weapons immediately, and they can give you a way to live."
"Surrender or kill, lay down your arms."
These Xiliang soldiers have no way of knowing the specific situation on Guo Yan's side, anyway, since there is a fire burning there, the dead and wounded are inevitable, and now no one can take care of anyone, in order to survive, everyone has dropped their weapons, more than half of them choose to surrender, and the others are let go on the spot.
Xu Huang didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and gathered these troops together, Xu Huang immediately went into the mountain to take Zhao Yun and the others down the mountain.
Zhao Yun didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly moved to Tongguan, Xu Huang wanted to continue to stay at the bottom of the mountain, but was also persuaded by Zhao Yun, the overall situation is important, even if Guo Yan can be completely destroyed, there is no time to waste.
Xu Huang escorted Zhao Yun and his party to leave quickly, and after half a day, Guo Yan finally escaped to the bottom of the mountain, and there were only four or five thousand dead and injured around him.