In the Wu army camp outside Tucheng in Shu County, Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng found the prince friend who moved out of the camp outside the city, and the three of them drank until late at night.

The prince said drunkly: "Anyway, I said today that I won't live in Shu County, yesterday, yesterday was too dangerous...... Hiccup......"

Zhang Xun said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, during the day, we investigated everywhere and found four secret passages, all of which were blocked. Strengthened night defenses tonight, and it's going to be fine. ”

The prince swayed and said, "That'...... Then I won't live in the city......"

Ji Zheng saw that the prince's friend was drunk, so he said: "Your Royal Highness the prince, the division of troops is not favorable, do you need to suggest it to General Huang?" ”

"Hehe, my uncle...... Uncle...... This man, Hiccup...... He won't ...... Listen to ......, "Before the prince finished speaking, he fell asleep on the desk.

Zhang Xun, Ji Zheng, look at me, I look at you, I can only shake my head helplessly.

At this moment, General Yu Lan personally ran in and reported: "His Royal Highness the Prince! Chen Guo's troops were found outside the camp! ”

Prince You suddenly woke up and said in a panic: "Huh? Chen Guoren?! Chen Guoren has been killed?! ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly saluted Yu Lan and asked, "Old general, what's the situation outside?" ”

"Chen Guo's troops appeared around the camp and were firing rockets at the camp of our army."

"How many are there?"

"I can't see the number of arrows, but there are only dozens of arrows at a time, and it seems that there are less than 100 people."

"Do you have any intention of attacking?"

"No, the rockets can only be fired to the outskirts of the camp, and these people don't seem to be intending to get closer."

"Did you send troops to catch up?"

"Not yet, General Huang lives in Shu County, and I don't have time to report it." Yu Lan said that, and saluted to the prince's friend: "The battle situation is changing rapidly, how to act now, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to decide!" ”

The crown prince was panicked all of a sudden, and he had never made up his mind in person, "General Yu, how many people did you just say from the Chen Kingdom?" ”

"Less than a hundred!"

As soon as he heard this, the prince suddenly had confidence in his heart, thinking of the humiliation last night, he was angry, and ordered loudly: "Less than a hundred people dare to come and make a time?!" Old General Yu! I command you to take a thousand men and catch up with them!" Kill them all! ”

"No!"

Ji Zheng hurriedly grabbed the sleeve of the prince's friend and said, "His Royal Highness the prince, it is not appropriate to pursue it late at night. ”

"What's wrong? These Chen Guoren are endless, if you don't kill them all tonight, they will come again tomorrow! Since I have come to die today, I will fulfill them! ”

Ji Zheng waved his hand and said: "Chen Guoren is obviously just to harass, if we rush up like this, I'm afraid we will be ambushed." ”

"There are less than 100 of them, what is there to be afraid of?! The army is about to advance forward at dawn, and if these people are not solved, Shu County will not be able to defend steadily, no need to say it again, General Yu! Quickly mobilize 1,000 troops and hunt down the enemy! The prince was extremely resolute, and then handed over the talisman to Yu Lan.

Soon, Yu Lan took a thousand soldiers, armed with torches and blades, and rushed towards the direction where the rocket was fired.

Chen Guoren saw that the soldiers of Wu State had killed him, and hurriedly retreated backwards, and the soldiers of Wu State were eager to make meritorious contributions, and they chased and killed desperately, chasing nearly two miles, and saw that Chen Guoren had drilled into a forest. Yu Lan hesitated for a moment, although she was worried in her heart, but thinking of the prince's order, she still led her troops to chase after her.

The thousand people had just entered the forest, but they found that Chen Guoren had extinguished all the torches, and there was no longer a single figure in the dark forest, and Chen Guoren disappeared without a trace.

The soldiers of Wu searched in the woods, but they could not find anyone except the dappled light and shadow, and the sound of rustling footsteps came from the darkness, and disappeared in an instant. The air in the woods seemed to condense, except for the whirring of torches and the nervous, rapid gasps of the soldiers.

"There it is!" A soldier suddenly shouted.

Yu Lan looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and sure enough, she saw that there was a fire looming in the dense forest a hundred steps away, and there seemed to be a lot of moving figures.

Seeing that he was about to reach the bright place, Yu Lan suddenly felt that something was wrong, why did these Chen people hear the shouts of killing but did not move, he realized that this might be an ambush, and ordered the troops to withdraw from the forest in a loud voice, but his voice was completely drowned in the earth-shattering shouts and killing of the soldiers of the Wu State.

Yu Lan was surrounded and entered the dense forest, but there was not a single Chen Guo person in this dense forest, and the torches of the soldiers illuminated the surroundings, and they saw clearly that it was not people who were moving in the darkness before, but jars that hung on the branches and swayed in the wind.

"Not good! There is an ambush! Evacuate! Yu Lan exclaimed.

And at this moment, the arrows kept whistling, shooting Yu Lan, who was riding on a tall horse, off the horse, Yu Lan was hit by an arrow in her left arm, and the blood flowed.

Immediately afterward, countless rockets roared, and the jars hanging on the branches were smashed one after another, who knew that the jars were filled with fire oil, and the fire oil burned instantly, and the flames splashed everywhere, and for a time, the fire in the dense forest was full of burning trees and soldiers struggling in the fire, but the disaster was not a single line, dense arrows flew from all directions, and the soldiers died and wounded.

The situation was completely out of control, and the soldiers fled in all directions, but the Chen people had long been ambushed on the periphery of the dense forest, and some Wu soldiers had just escaped from the dense forest, and they were slashed and killed by the Chen people one by one. There was a siege outside, a sea of fire inside, and the soldiers crowded and trampled, but there was no way to survive after all.

The smoke choked people and made it impossible to breathe, the stirring dust adsorbed to the nostrils, and the smell of burnt barbecue filled the surroundings, which made people sick again and again.

The sound of slashing, cries, and wails was intertwined, mixed with the crackling of trees, playing the symphony of purgatory.

The temperature in the dense forest is getting higher and higher, and the oil canisters that have not been smashed have exploded, and the fire oil has risen into the sky, raining down fire, and the flowers of fire bloom brilliantly in the dense forest.

Looking at the sky-high fire burning in the forest, Ji Zheng was shocked, and hurriedly said to the prince: "Your Royal Highness the prince, General Yu must have encountered an ambush, we must go to the rescue immediately, and we can't delay for a moment!" ”

"What can a hundred or so Chen Guoren do? General Yu has a thousand men, there is nothing to worry about, Mr. Ji is too worried. The prince patted Ji Zheng on the shoulder.

"Your Highness! There was a lot of fire there, if it wasn't for the deliberate arson, how could it suddenly be so big a fire?! I deduced that Chen Guoren used fire oil as an ambush and attacked General Yu! ”

"No, no, no, it's also possible that General Yu set fire to the forest and wanted to force Chen Guoren out, I don't think this fire is that big. Don't worry, it's okay, it's not early today, let's go back and rest, and wait for General Yu's good news tomorrow. With that, the prince turned around and left.

Zhang Xun paced back and forth, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and finally he thought sideways, clenched his fists and said, "Let's lead the soldiers to save people!" ”

Ji Zheng pressed Zhang Xun's shoulder, "Transferring troops without permission is a felony!" ”

"This is an emergency, and I am not guilty of using only a small number of troops within my mandate! Fast! Let's go and save people! Human life matters! ”

"Good!"

So, Zhang Xun quickly ordered 300 elite soldiers from the left military camp and rushed towards the firelight.

Not long after, Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng rushed to the vicinity of the forest, and sure enough, they saw that there was endless shouting and killing, and dozens of Chen people were surrounding and guarding the Wu soldiers inside, waiting for them to be burned by the flames.

Zhang Xun and Ji Zheng took the lead in rushing up, and three hundred elite soldiers also followed, Chen Guoren saw the reinforcements coming, and they were in a mess for a while, and the encirclement was torn apart in an instant.

When Yu Lan and the remaining soldiers heard that reinforcements were coming, they also struggled to break through from the flanks, and finally staggered out of the encirclement of the Chen people.

Soon, the Chen people were killed, except for a few who escaped, all the rest were killed, but the dozens of Chen people were buried with ten times the number of Wu soldiers.

The fires in the woods burned until dawn, the smoke obscured the rising sun, and the black, scorched earth was densely covered with charcoal-burned dead wood and burnt bones, and the stumps and heads were like jagged rocks on the mountains of corpses.

Zhang Xun looked at the picture in front of him, his heart was full of sadness, he squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of scorched earth mixed with carbon chips, and said to Ji Zheng: "Xiao Ji, this, is this the result of the war?" ”

Ji Zheng pulled Zhang Xun up and said, "Yes, this is war. ”

"I thought that the tragic situation of the slaughter in Yiyang Village was the most painful nightmare, but here, this place is far more miserable than Yiyang!"

"It's the worst I've ever seen, but we have to accept that this is war." Ji Zheng patted Zhang Xun's back and whispered.

"Is everything we learn for war?"

"Master has never said that war is beautiful, and we also know that war is cruel, but today's close contact has pulled us from the illusion of war into reality."

"Brother, I'...... I don't want to fight......" Zhang Xun said in a choked voice, tears still slipping from the corners of his eyes, leaving two clear tear stains on his gray face.

Ji Zheng's heart was also trembling, he knew that they were all inseparable from such a fate, he couldn't comfort Zhang Xun, he just grabbed Zhang Xun's shoulder tightly and didn't say a word.

In the morning, in the military aircraft camp, Huang Yun was furious.

"Yu Lan! Can't you see it's an ambush! You have been leading troops for many years, and you still make such low-level mistakes! If you are injured, corporal punishment will be waived and your salary will be deducted for half a year! ”

Yu Lan raised her injured arm with difficulty, and said guiltily: "The last general is confused!" Willing to be punished! ”

Prince You also stood up and accused Yu Lan, "I asked you to drive away Chen Guoren, who let you go so deep!" Just a few dozen Chen Guoren, let you fold more than 600 soldiers! More than 200 people were injured! You! ”

"The last will be guilty!"

Huang Yun shook his head, then pointed at Zhang Xun and reprimanded: "Zhang Xun, what crime should you be guilty of transferring troops without permission!" ”

Zhang Xungang wanted to explain, but he didn't expect Yu Lan to kneel and take a step forward, and said: "If it weren't for General Zhang, I and the remaining hundred and ten people would have no way out, please let me be punished on behalf of General Zhang!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Xun hurriedly said: "Last night, the incident happened suddenly, and I didn't have time to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for troops, let alone ask for troops from the general, so within the authority of the last general, I urgently ordered 300 troops to go to the rescue." ”

Prince Friend also hurriedly played a round, "General Zhang is not overstepping his authority, my country's military department stipulates that in an emergency, generals at all levels can mobilize some troops within the scope of their authority, which is not a fault." Later, I found out that something was wrong, and I also wanted to send troops to the rescue, but before I set off, General Zhang sent someone to report that the siege had been lifted, so I didn't go. ”

Huang Yun sighed and said, "For your sake of rescuing General Yu, the merits and demerits are offset, so I won't pursue it." ”

"General Xie!" Zhang Xun thanked him.

Huang Yun waved his hand and continued: "Leave a thousand soldiers and three hundred seriously wounded people to defend the city, and set off this afternoon as a whole army to march to Hongxian!" ”