Shi Wengong looked at the Fahua Temple on the hill to the east and said with a smile: "If the thieves see the plan and escape, then they will be counted as having escaped this catastrophe, otherwise I will let them turn into ashes." ”

Zeng Suo thought for a moment and said in surprise: "What does the teacher mean to set fire to the mountain?" ”

Shi Wengong nodded and said: "Now is the time when the weather is dry and dry, and there are many trees on the mountain of Fahua Temple, as long as you put a fire, the thieves of Fahua Temple will all be buried in the sea of fire, why are you afraid that they will come to fight my Zengtou City." ”

Zeng Suo seemed to have seen the thieves who killed his two brothers turn into burning people, screaming and burning into black charcoals one by one, and praised: "Gao, the teacher is really resourceful. ”

The two agreed, and immediately sent two people to Fahua Temple to investigate, and at the same time asked some Ding Zhuang to go to the town's house to collect firewood and grass.

At this time, it was late October, and the wind was bitterly cold, especially on the mountain.

The archers of the night vigil gathered around the campfire to keep out the cold, and also watched the movement below the mountain.

Although the archers were a little sleepy, they were afraid of strict military discipline, and no one dared to talk to each other.

Only the wood on the campfire occasionally made a few popping sounds.

Hua Rong watched in front of the temple for a while, but he didn't hear any movement, and he couldn't bear the cold wind, so he came to the bonfire to keep warm.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the flames rushed violently, and they rushed towards the next Hua Rong.

Hua Rong hurriedly took a step back and got out of the way.

The flames were only used by the wind to show off their might, and as soon as the cold wind passed, the flames shrank back.

Hua Rong glanced at it, but did not burn out his pants, and was about to step forward and continue to keep warm. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he shouted, "Continue to be vigilant, and if there is any movement, immediately warn you." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly ran back, and when he arrived at the place where the leaders of the backyard were resting, he couldn't help but call: "Military division, military division." ”

Wu Yong had just fallen asleep, and when he heard Hua Rong calling outside, he couldn't help but be excited, hurriedly got up, came out of the house, and asked, "What's wrong?" Did the soldiers of Zengtou City come to attack? ”

Hua Rong shook his head and said: "No, but I just saw that the mountain is full of trees in front of the temple, and now it is a dry day, and I suddenly thought that if the people of Zengtou City set fire to the mountain, I am afraid that we will be wiped out." ”

When Wu Yong heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, just now he just thought that Hua Temple was on a higher terrain and could overlook Zengtou City, so he felt that Fahua Temple was easier to defend and difficult to attack than Zengtou City, but he didn't think about it so much.

"Quick, take me to the temple to have a look."

Yang Zhi and other vigilant leaders also came out to watch when they heard Hua Rong calling.

When everyone heard Hua Rong say this, their faces couldn't help but change greatly, and they walked towards the mountain gate together.

"Report, it's not good, Zengtou City is setting fire below."

As soon as they arrived in the front yard, they saw an archer running in a panic.

Wu Yong listened, and could no longer care about the majesty of the military division, so he pulled his legs and ran to the mountain gate.

Out of the mountain gate, I saw that dozens of fires had been lit at the foot of the mountain, and as soon as the cold wind blew, they soon became one piece and spread towards the mountain.

"Hurry up, the whole army retreats, the whole army retreats."

Wu Yong looked at the rapidly rising line of fire, did not dare to delay any longer, shouted, and ran back.

The water and fire were ruthless, watching the fire spread, the archers also panicked, Wu used the order, and they all rushed to the back mountain path.

Hua Rong saw that Wu Yong was only running away in front, and hurriedly ran while shouting: "The whole army retreats, the whole army retreats." ”

The soldiers resting in the temple were also unarmoured, and the horses did not leave the saddle, and when they heard Hua Rong's shouting and the sound of running outside, they immediately exploded.

Wu Yong couldn't help but secretly blame Hua Rong for being troublesome when he saw the soldiers pouring out and blocked the path instantly, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he hurriedly shouted: "All abandon the war horses, lest the war horses be frightened and block the path." ”

Naturally, the fire did not spread only to the top of the mountain, and when everyone fled halfway up the mountain, they saw that the mountain behind them had also burned to pieces.

Wu Yong looked at the spreading fire, and couldn't help shouting: "I regret not listening to Brother Yong'er's words, Wu Yong hurt everyone." ”

Lu Zhishen shouted: "It's not far from the bottom of the mountain, let's rush down." ”

As he spoke, he rushed into the fire first.

Everyone also knew that there was no way out, and maybe there would be a way to survive if they fought hard, so they all followed Lu Zhishen to kill.

When I just arrived in front of the sea of fire, I felt that the roasting people were uncomfortable, and the thick smoke went straight into the noses, choking people uncomfortably.

Fortunately, the path had already been trampled to the ground, and there was no fire on the three- or four-foot-wide path, but the flames on both sides were running straight to the middle.

Lu Zhishen looked at the raging fire, and with a ruthless heart, he rushed into the flames.

Lu Zhishen only felt that his entire body was about to be ignited, and a Zen stick knocked aside the burning grass and trees on the side of the road, but it picked up countless sparks and splashed on his bare head, burning and hurting.

After running a few steps, Lu Zhishen was pleasantly surprised to find that the grass and trees behind him had been burned to ashes, leaving only the trees that could not be burned for a while, and were still burning, but the fire was no longer as big as the fire line.

Lu Zhishen hurriedly extinguished the fire on his body and shouted: "Hurry up, the fire in front is not big." ”

When everyone heard Lu Zhishen shouting, they immediately didn't hesitate anymore and rushed over one by one.

Everyone saw that the fire behind them was much smaller than that on the fire line, and they couldn't help but be glad that they had escaped death.

Many trees have not been burned for a while, erected there blazing, it is the fire tree silver flower, but it is a pity that the people of Liangshan are in the sea of fire, only care about fleeing for their lives, how can they have the heart to enjoy this beautiful scenery.

"Bang"

Lu Zhishen hit a burning tree that fell to the side with a Zen stick, and stirred up a lot of sparks, and the people behind the hot screamed.

Although the fire hit people, under the light of the fire, everyone no longer had to bother to look at the road under their feet, and with the thick smoke, everyone went down the mountain much faster than when they came.

Lu Zhishen stepped on the flat ground, turned his head to look at the raging fire that had burned to the top of the mountain, and then looked at the leaders who were smoked with soot on their faces, and couldn't help laughing.

"Haha...... Ahem......"

Wu Yong escaped death, and also laughed twice with Lu Zhishen, and then felt pain on his face, and his nose seemed to be full of soot, and he choked and coughed.

After passing through the line of fire, although the fire was much smaller, the burning grass and trees continued to emit thick smoke, and everyone ran wildly all the way into their mouths and noses, but they were busy running for their lives, and they didn't feel serious.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Soon, everyone felt the pain and coughed one by one.

The crowd was feeling uncomfortable, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from a distance.

The people who escaped death couldn't help but panic again, many people thought that the weapons were hot, and when they went down the mountain, they had thrown away their weapons, and everyone had burns on their bodies, and their mouths and noses were painful when they breathed.

If it is attacked by the people of Zengtou City at this time, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out.

is such a fierce person as Lu Zhishen, and he can't help but be a little surprised at this time.

Although Wu Yong knew that if it was an ambush in Zengtou City, there would be more and less luck, but he was not willing to be restrained, and hurriedly organized the soldiers who went down the mountain to form a formation.

Before he could finish his formation, he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Hua Rong has good eyesight, and by the light of the fire on the mountain, he saw that the person in charge was Lin Chong, and he couldn't help but say happily: "It's the head of the Lin sect, don't panic." ”

When everyone heard that it was Lin Chong, they were all relieved.

It turned out that Lin Chong was in ambush in front of Zengtou City for a while, but he couldn't hear the sound of fighting inside, and when he was puzzled, he saw the fire on this side, and hurriedly led people over.

Lin rushed to him, dismounted and asked, "Are all the brothers okay?" ”

Lu Zhishen said hoarsely: "None of them are dead, but they are all better than dead." I will go back to wash my mouth and nose, and I will die of unbearable fire when the fire burns it. ”

When Lin Chong heard this, he hurriedly asked his own soldiers to give up their horses.

"Please ask Sect Leader Lin to lead the troops back to the camp."

Wu Yong dropped a word, then climbed on horseback and rushed towards the camp.

All the leaders were also uncomfortable and wanted to die at this time, and when they saw this, they all got on their horses and galloped away.

Lin Chong gathered the soldiers from the mountain and returned to the camp.

Shi Wengong and the others watched the fire they lit in the middle of the night at the foot of Fahua Temple, and watched the fire on the mountain gradually extinguish, and then walked up the mountain.

When everyone went up the mountain, they saw that the Fahua Temple had been burned to the ground.

Zeng Suo looked at the mess of Fahua Temple, and couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity, I'm afraid those thieves are also burned beyond recognition, and they can't be exchanged for silver." ”

Shi Wengong was silent, looked around in the Fahua Temple, and when he arrived at the back of the tower courtyard, he pointed to the charred remains of the courtyard, and said: "There are no human remains in front of you at all, and there are only these few people in this backyard, I am afraid that these people are still monks killed by them in Fahua Temple." ”

When Zeng Suo heard this, he couldn't help but say: "The spies I sent before clearly found that the soldiers and horses of Liangshan were in the temple, and there were still people guarding in front of the mountain gate. ”

Shi Wengong walked towards the back mountain and said: "I'm afraid that when they saw us set fire, they fled from the path, and I don't know how many people were burned to death on the road." ”

Zeng Suo said with a smile: "The whole mountain has just burned, and even if they flee, I'm afraid they will all be burned to death in the middle of the mountain." ”

The two walked along the back mountain path, and there were indeed many charred corpses on the way.

Zeng Suo saw the burned corpses of Liangshan soldiers beyond recognition, and kicked them from time to time to relieve his hatred.

Walking to the foot of the mountain, Shi Wengong shook his head and said: "But two or three hundred people were burned to death, and I'm afraid there is no leader of Liangshan." ”

When Zeng Suo heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "How does the teacher know? ”

Shi Wengong said: "During the previous battle, you also saw that the leaders of Liangshan were all in fine armor, even when they were burned to death, they couldn't melt the armor for a while, and none of these burned people saw a single piece of armor, I'm afraid those Liangshan leaders have escaped." ”

When Zeng Suo heard this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "I didn't expect these Liangshan thieves to be so fatal, and a fire didn't burn them." ”

Shi Wengong shook his head and said: "The grass and trees on the mountain are still not dense enough, as long as they see the opportunity quickly, they can always escape." However, this fire also forced them down the mountain, as long as we sent people to defend the top of Donghua Temple, the Liangshan thieves did not want to attack again. ”

(To be continued)