In early summer, easterly and southeasterly winds are most common on the seashore and in the plains that extend from the sea to the interior. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, for Shanxi, which is far away from the marine monsoon zone, because there is Taihang in the east, Luliang in the west, and the Mongolian Plateau in the north, the wind direction is not so stable in summer, sometimes it is the east wind, sometimes it is the south wind, and sometimes it is even the north wind.

Located in the middle of Luliang Mountain, under the Huanglu Ridge between the mountains, it is really difficult to determine when the east wind will blow.

However, now after all, it is May, and the terrain of Shanxi is complex and complex, but the probability of blowing the east wind is still much greater than the probability of blowing the west wind and the north wind.

Wang Guoliang, the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, who has been in the army for many years, and the guerrilla Yi Bangcai naturally understand this truth.

After all, water and fire, terrain, wind and rain, etc., are one of their housekeeping skills in leading troops to fight.

In the next two days, although the weather was still dry and dry, the east wind they were anxious for never came, either the wind rushing between the east and west, the north and the south, or simply the sultry and abnormal, and there was no wind in the valley.

During the two days, Li Xianzhong took Wang Guoliang, Yi Bangcai, and others to see the new firearms that he had carefully carried along the way, and showed them the power of hand grenades, fierce fire oil, and kerosene.

Wang Guoliang and Yi Bangcai and a group of generals and colonels from Shanxi Town were pleasantly surprised, knowing that Li Ge had such a divine weapon, he should have sent someone to ask for help earlier.

At the same time, everyone waited for the east wind to come, and among the generals of Shanxi Town, there was a proposal to use flintlock pistols and grenades to storm once.

On the way to Huangluling, Li Xianzhong did not think about using the 500 Chongzhen flintlock pistols and 300 grenades under his command to attack Huangluling, and even when he came to Jinsuo Pass, he was still seriously considering this method.

But when he came to the foot of the Yellow Luling Mountains, he suddenly changed his mind and picked up the fire attack strategy that had flashed in his mind.

Although the range and power of Chongzhen's style far exceeded those arquebuses equipped by the Shenji Battalion before, such a steep mountain, narrow mountain road, and all the way up the back, this is not the way to play with a front-loading smoothbore gun.

Although Li Xianzhong has never been to the martial arts hall, he has not been in Baiye City for so long.

Like the Chongzhen type, this kind of front-loading flintlock smoothbore gun, within thirty or fifty steps, the accuracy of shooting is somewhat guaranteed, and beyond fifty steps, there is not much difference from the accuracy of ordinary arquebuses.

The most effective way to use it is to fire intensively, forming waves of large-area high-density bullet rain, relying on dense projectiles to cause large-scale damage to the enemy.

But this is very difficult to do on narrow mountain trails.

In addition, the effective range of Chongzhen's style, although it has exceeded the distance of the general heavy arrow direct fire in this era, and the range of the general light arrow direct fire is not much worse, in the plain area face to face drum opposite the gong battle, or Chongzhen's type of flintlock pistol has a greater chance of winning, but on the steep mountain road with a gun to attack, this can not be compared with the many and condescending archers.

With such a precious 500 musketeers under his command, he can't explain in a vague way that this place is not suitable for him.

As for the grenades themselves, of course, they are suitable for this kind of mountain attack, but first, the number of grenades brought by Li Xianzhong and his entourage is small, only 300, which cannot withstand wear and tear, and second, the grenades produced by the Armament Institute are of heavy quality in order to pursue power.

Speaking of which, the terrain is extremely unfavorable for the attacker!

Faced with the questions of Wang Guoliang, Yi Bangcai and other generals in Shanxi Town, Li Xianzhong wasted a lot of effort to explain this problem to them, not that he was reluctant to give up the treasures under his hands, but that the gains in doing so outweighed the losses, and it was likely that he would lose his wife and lose his soldiers.

However, Wang Guoliang, Yi Bangcai and others were still suspicious, which made Li Xianzhong, who already had a number in his heart, also anxious.

Fortunately, in the early morning of May 11, that is, in the second half of the night of the 10th day of May, a strong wind suddenly blew on Huangluling, and it was exactly the east wind that Li Xianzhong and others were eagerly looking forward to!

Although this east wind is not a due east wind blowing from due east to due west, but a northeast wind blowing from northeast to southwest due to the direction of the mountain, the northeast wind can also be regarded as an east wind, as long as you don't lead the fire to the direction of Jinsuoguan.

On the ugly day of May 11, there was a lot of noise outside, and the generals of Shanxi Town, such as Wang Guoliang and Yi Bangcai, who had been waiting impatiently, came out of their tents to wait and see, and they were all overjoyed to see that it was the northeast wind.

Wang Guoliang really couldn't wait any longer, because on the second day of Li Xianzhong's arrival, Jinsuoguan transported the last batch of grain, although Wang Guoliang had sent someone to Taiyuan to ask for help, but it was difficult to say when the grain arrived.

There are 4,000 people and horses in the garrison in the camp, and the people eat and chew the horses, and the grain and grass consumed every day are around 200 stones, and staying in this place for one more day is the consumption of all kinds of grain in 200 stones, and after a few days, the army runs out of food, and this battle is not even more impossible to win?

Fortunately, the east wind is coming!

Wang Guoliang immediately summoned all the generals to his big tent to discuss the matter, and then quickly ordered Li Xianzhong to take the men and horses of the mine camp and the Yibang Cai Division, carrying a large number of fierce fire oil bombs and kerosene bombs to light and throw them at the eastern foot of Huangluling.

At the same time, Wang Guoliang and the rest of the horses were on standby, on the one hand, using artillery bombardment to prevent the thieves stationed halfway up the mountain from extinguishing the fire, and on the other hand, organizing men and horses to deal with possible sudden changes in wind direction at any time.

After everything was arranged, the camp in Shanxi Town, under Huangluling, was suddenly brightly lit and took action.

Li Xianzhong and Yi Bangcai each led their own departments, a total of more than 1,000 people, from south to north, lined up on both sides of the Huangluling Mountain Road, each holding torches, carrying fierce fire oil bombs and kerosene bombs, ready to go.

At three o'clock, Wang Guoliang, who was standing behind the artillery array and watching the situation of the thief army on Huanglu Ridge, gave an order, Li Xianzhong and Yi Bangcai each took their own troops and began to march towards Huanglu Ridge.

Such a big movement in the official army camp under Huangluling naturally couldn't hide the eyes of the thief army patrol on Huangluling, and soon the lights were also lit up on Huangluling.

This time, Wu Yangui, who has always been a shrewd "king of the whole world", was also a little confused, and the third watch slept soundly in the middle of the night, and was woken up by the thief on duty under his command, and he was very unhappy.

However, after seeing the situation at the bottom of the mountain, although Wu Yangui was a little surprised, he couldn't figure out what the officials and soldiers who had been calm for many days under the mountain were doing on this windy night, so he just asked people to go down halfway up the mountain to give Gao Jinku an order, and asked him to send someone to investigate and see what the officials and soldiers were doing.

After arranging this, Wu Yanguihu hesitantly returned to the city tower of Huanglu Pass and continued to sleep.

Wu Yangui returned to his place of stay, because he had something in his heart, so he couldn't sleep, just as he was tossing and turning, flustered, he suddenly heard a commotion outside.

The uproar in the camp at night has always been the most taboo thing for those who lead the troops, so Wu Yangui heard the noise outside, turned over, and was about to get angry, but suddenly clearly heard the frightened shouts outside: "It's on fire!" It's on fire! The officers and soldiers of the dog day set fire to the bottom of the mountain! ”

"Set fire? Set! This dog's officers and soldiers! ”

Wu Yangui was stunned for a moment when he heard the shouts outside, and quickly reacted!

Taking advantage of the windy day to set fires, and it is still dry weather, I am afraid that there will be big trouble now!

As soon as he thought of this, Wu Yangui didn't care about putting on his helmet and armor, and he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran to the top of the city, and when he saw it, he was shocked.

From a distance, under the Huanglu Ridge, on the slopes from south to north, there are countless fire points densely distributed.

With the help of a strong northeast wind, the fire is spreading to the wind direction on Huangluling!

"Fetch water! Fetch water! ”

As soon as Wu Yangui shouted this, he immediately slapped himself in the face.

There is no water source on the Huanglu Ridge at all, and the spring water that the thieves need to eat and drink every day is carried from the valley under the mountain on the west side of the Yellow Luling.

Moreover, due to the abnormal drought on the Huanglu Ridge recently, the water source in the valley on the west side is also drying up, where can I get enough water to extinguish the fire at this juncture?

After Wu Yangui reacted, he immediately ordered again: "Go and give the order!" Tell Gao Jinku, let him send someone to put out the fire quickly, if the fire can't be extinguished, let him come to see him! ”