These Jinfan thieves are all reinforcements summoned by Gan Ning from Jiangxia. Since He Xian went to Zhonglu to visit the Kuai clan, the Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers not only happily expressed their allegiance, but also reminded He Xian to be careful of the counterattack of the Yuan clan's forces! Especially the Lingling County guards Qin Jie, and the general has an enmity against the official, so you must guard against it!

It is precisely because of the reminder of the Kuai brothers that there is a plan for Huarong Dao. Qin Jie came in a hurry, but he didn't know that his every move had already fallen into the eyes of the enemy. Hunters became prey, slaughterhouses became cemeteries.

After He Xian's "kill" order was issued, Gan Ning, who was hiding at the Huarong Road crossing, launched an attack and pushed countless rolling stones and sassal trees down from the cliff slope, which has achieved the effect of blocking the back road.

Qin Jiejun's horses neighed and made a mess in the Dao. The hundreds of people at the end of the line became the luckiest ones, and they rushed out of Huarong Road at the risk of being stoned to death by rolling stones and sassal wood. When I looked back, the smoke and dust were billowing and the branches and leaves were flying, and the people and horses of the brigade had been blocked in Huarong Road.

"Drop the rocket!" After blocking the back road of Qin Jiejun, Gan Ning did not hesitate to give the order to set fire.

The wooded area of Huarong Road is an excellent place for fire attack. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era when the strategists were like the bright Milky Way, their reputation was not loud, and they could not rank among the first-class strategists, but they could predict Qin Jie's "revenge" in advance, and selected Huarong Dao as an ambush place to take the strategy of fire attack. Those who can be crowned by Liu Biao as "the theory of Yongji" and "the conspiracy of the murderer" are really not ordinary people.

It can be seen that at the peak of talents in the Three Kingdoms, whether it is a strategist or a general, there are many people who have been buried.

The trees were very damp in summer, and the fire in Gan Ning's imagination had not been ignited for a long time, but countless thick smoke filled the narrow space in Huarong Road. The smoke choked Qin Jiejun and coughed, and at the same time obscured the sight of the Jinfan thief.

"The lord forgives the sin, I still can't calculate it well, I didn't expect that the area of Huarong Road would be so humid in summer, and it would be difficult for the fire to start!" Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue blamed themselves.

"It's okay!" He Xian knew that the lethality of these thick smoke was actually no less than that of a fire.

"Ordered the soldiers to stop shooting arrows, and only need to light the bundles of firewood and throw them. Without fire, you can still kill if you keep the smoke thick! ”

Gan Ning didn't know the principle of smoke killing, but this did not affect his execution of military orders.

He Xian looked up at the sky, and there was a trace of sunset shining in the sky.

"If there are no clouds, there will be no rain, and without rain, Qin Jie will not escape death!"

Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue brothers didn't understand why He Xian suddenly said the relationship between clouds and rain, they were more concerned about looking forward to the fire in Huarong Dao burning quickly. As the first battle of their advice, both men hope that their careers as strategists will get off to a good start.

In the summer of the first year of Chuping (190 AD), a fire burned in Huarong Road outside Huarong County, South County, Jingzhou. The size of the fire is unknown, but the billowing smoke reaches into the sky, and it can be seen in Huarong County, more than 20 years away. It is rumored that the two Han armies fought here, and the bodies of the dead and wounded were eventually sunk into the swamp near the Taiping Bridge. Every night, ghost fires roam, screaming repeatedly. The Taoist chief who knows how to look at qi said that the resentment in the Tao is too heavy, and the living beings will die when they touch it. Since then, no pedestrian dares to enter Huarong Road at night.

Huarong Dao is haunted or not, He Xian is not sure. However, the 4,000 Lingling and Wuling soldiers brought by Qin Jie did suffer heavy casualties, and less than 1,000 escaped in the end. Qin Jie and Xing Daorong don't know whether they are alive or dead, and it is very likely that they will be directly sunk into the quagmire by the Jinfan thieves after being scorched.

Huang Zu agreed very happily, and his only request was to maintain Jiangxia's autonomy. He Xian had no objection. Jiangxia is a land connected to Runan in the north and Lujiang River in the east, and Huang Zu will sooner or later beg him to help defend it.

Xu Shu sent a letter from Xiangyang, and after Liu Biao learned that Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng were killed by He Xian, he knew that he was guilty of a serious crime, and led several henchmen to disappear, and he didn't know where he went.

Cao Yin, the warden of Wuling County, learned that Qin Jie's troops had defeated Huarong Dao and died extremely tragically, and he was worried that He Xian would retaliate, so he emptied the treasury of Wuling County and went straight to Runan.

Changsha County because the county guard Sun Jian evacuated the soldiers in the county, and the thieves Su Dai and Bei Yu took the opportunity to make trouble and caused trouble.

At this point, the chaos in the three counties of Lingling, Wuling, and Changsha has risen sharply, and it is in urgent need of rectification. And the former county guard of Nanjun was the protégé of Wang Rui, who assassinated Shi Wang Rui, and after Sun Jian forced Wang Rui to kill, he did not let go of this county guard. Therefore, during this time, Nanjun has always been discussed with the four families of Cai, Huang, Xiang, and Kuai. He Xian got the support of these four families, and he stabilized Nanjun.

The last Gyeyang County, because of its remote terrain, the news is not very smooth. Zhao Fan, the county guard, although he is a member of the Yuan family, did not participate in the murder of He Xian, so he didn't know what his idea was.

After returning to Xiangyang, due to the sudden disappearance of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, the Jingzhou family elected General Wei He Xian to temporarily lead Jingzhou Mu on the grounds that the state pastor could not be vacant. At the same time, Xu Shu was recommended as the county guard of Nanjun, Cai Mao as the county guard of Wuling, Kuai Liang as the county guard of Changsha, and Xiang Lang as the county guard of Lingling. Jiangxia County guards Huang Zu, and Guiyang County guards Zhao Fan for the time being. At the same time, Wenxiang, the lieutenant of Nanyang County, was invited to lead 5,000 Nanyang soldiers to be stationed in Xiangyang as the captain of Jingnan to assist the county guards to quell the trouble. Gan Ning, a native of Ba County, was the captain of Jinfan, stationed in Hanjin Port in Xiangyang, and formed the Jingzhou Navy with Jinfan thieves as the team. During the absence of General Wei He Xian, Captain Jinfan Gan Ning was restrained by Captain Wenxiang of Jingnan and assisted in pacifying the water thieves in Jingnan.

After dealing with the affairs of Jingzhou, He Xian returned to Tiger Prison without stopping, and it was already late autumn. The war in Tiger Prison Pass was in full swing, and the princes didn't have time to pay attention to the Nanyang army, and even the fact that He Xian disappeared was never known.

Three months ago, Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng died of illness in the Tiger Prison one after another. In order to confuse the Kwantung Coalition Army, Xu Rong concealed it and did not report it. found two veterans from the Xiliang army, put on the three princes' court clothes every day, and pretended to be Eryuan. But after all, the paper can't hold the fire, more than a month ago, after learning the truth, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were furious, and they did not hesitate to launch a fierce attack on the Tiger Prison Pass! This time, it's the real onslaught! A small battle in three days, a big battle in seven days! Over the course of a month, the coalition forces suffered a terrifying 50,000 casualties.

"Jiangdong Tiger" Sun Jian finally began to shine, and the Changsha Army led by him climbed the Tiger Prison Pass twice, but because the Kong Ling Army and Tao Qian's Army who fought together were not strong, they could only regret their defeat in the end.

After days of fierce fighting, Xu Rong's Xiliang army also suffered heavy casualties, and the 50,000 soldiers defending the city suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Especially in order to drive down the Changsha army that landed in the city, Xu Rong had to dispatch the Xiliang elite under his command. Even worse than the casualties of the sergeants, the garrison began to run out of materials, whether it was arrows, wood, rolling stones, or even firewood for burning gold juice.