Chapter 38: Burning the Barbarians
Night, three watch days.
The soldiers in the military camp outside Dianchi City were already drunk, and the soldiers on the Dianchi City Wall also looked completely defenseless.
And at this time, five miles away from the barracks, tens of thousands of barbarian troops appeared, and after receiving the return of the scouts, they rushed towards the direction of the barracks with excited faces. And the heroes behind these barbarian armies also sneered one by one, imagining the scene of giving Liu Xie, the young emperor, a good drink.
It would be even better if this young emperor could be taken down. As for what kind of turmoil will happen at that time, it is not something they need to worry about, anyway, when the two gangs of big men compete, it has nothing to do with them, as long as they can get the maximum benefit!
During this period, because there were too many rebels, starting from the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial power had been trampled on in the eyes of many people. Therefore, many people who were born recklessly are thinking about how to change their lives, and the sentence 'the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand' came from this.
What's more, they cooperate with other princes and have the support of other princes, so naturally they will not take Liu Xie, the 'puppet emperor', in their eyes. Some people may say that they are just deceiving themselves, but sometimes, there is a reason for deceiving themselves, and it is enough for them to have the courage to do things that harm others and benefit themselves.
In this day and age, perhaps many people do not understand the thinking of such people. But Liu Xie, who came from later generations, is completely understandable for people who do not have such a deep understanding of imperial power. The emperor takes turns to sit and come to my house next year, who doesn't want to ascend to the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme?
It's just that Liu Xie can't imagine it. What kind of benefits did the other princes promise them, so that they had the audacity to go against him? You must know that the fate of going against him has long been clear, if you don't succeed, you will become 'ashes', and there is no second possibility to go, what are they relying on? Could it be those barbarians?
After all, he is not from a psychology background, and Liu Xie is fighting against these people. It's also a bit confusing. Is he really harsh on those wealthy families? Liu Xie had to start to carefully reflect on the things he had done to the wealthy family. True or False!
But in the end, the promise was that there was no right or wrong at all, and it was summed up in one sentence: those who go along will prosper, and those who go against will die!
Support a new family. Destroy some of the old families. It's just a process. And it's a process that everyone can benefit from, so why not?
Since you are not at fault, the fault lies with the other party!
After thinking about it like this. Liu Xie's blood was hot, but his heart was even colder! If you want to change your life for another day, it depends on whether you have the ability or not!
The distance of more than five miles, for the barbarians who climb the mountains and cross the mountains like walking on the flat ground, it almost does not take half an hour to arrive, and there is really not much reaction time for those soldiers in the military camp outside Dianchi City who are still drunk and asleep.
However, to the surprise of the barbarian soldiers, when they rushed into the barracks, they found that the soldiers who should have been lying on the ground had disappeared. Many people rushed into the tent next to it, only to find it empty.
In the dark, on the wall of Dianchi City, Liu Xie looked at the military camp about five miles outside the city, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
On a small mountain outside the city, Brother Zhu was looking up at the dark night without stars, with one hand behind his back and one hand in front of his abdomen, but what he could see was that at this time, both hands were tightly clenched into fists. On the surface, it seems to be breezy and calm, but in fact, he is extremely nervous.
"Report to the military division, the enemy army has entered the camp!"
Brother Zhu nodded, turned to look at the barracks at the bottom of the mountain, until half an hour later, he saw a rocket rushing up from the barracks.
Seeing this rocket rising into the sky, Brother Zhu shouted in a deep voice: "Send a signal and order the rocketeers to burn the camp immediately!" ”
"Whoa!"
The next moment, two rockets shot into the sky.
Suddenly, the drums of war rumbled...... In the barracks, a fire suddenly broke out, as if the soldiers who had disappeared suddenly appeared from the ground.
"Withdraw, withdraw...... We've been counted, we've been counted......"
"Evacuate...... Yes! ”
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For a while, the barbarian soldiers were confused, and the rain of arrows in the sky didn't know where they came from, which made the already chaotic scene even more bloody and cruel, but in the dark night, it seemed so 'beautiful'. Liu Xie, who could see far away on the city wall of Dianchi Lake, kept bouncing his fingertips on the wall.
If there are later generations of music here, you can see that the rhythm played by Liu Xie at this time is called "Croatian Rhapsody".
Liu Xie knew that Brother Zhu's IQ was incomparable, and in history, Brother Zhu seemed to have a preference for fire attacks, the most famous of which was also his fire attacks, from the burning of Bowangpo, to Chibi, and then to the burning of the vine armor army behind...... All of them show that this scheming guy has a good grasp of fire attack.
Now in the first battle of Dianchi Lake, he still uses fire attack.
After the rain of arrows, there was a shout of killing, and the tens of thousands of barbarians were surrounded in the barracks, and 5,000 soldiers outside were surrounding them.
As the saying goes, there are wolves in front (the encircled Han army) and tigers (fires in the camp) in the back, and all that is left is desperate.
Of course, this is in the case of survival without forgetfulness. But what gave them some hope was that in the process of being surrounded by these Han troops, they broke through a corner of the front, and countless barbarians broke through along this corner, and the battle line was suddenly stretched longer.
The corners of Brother Zhu's lips, who saw this scene from afar, twitched slightly, and said lightly: "Run!" Run! Run a little faster! ”
This battle did not last very long, and many barbarians had no choice but to surrender when there was no hope of escape. Of the tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers, not counting those who were burned to death, there were more than 3,000 who surrendered alone, and it is estimated that two or three thousand were burned to death, and only about three or four thousand escaped......
But those who escaped were not as lucky as they thought, because before they could escape ten miles, they were ambushed again.
It can be said that if these tens of thousands of soldiers did not go to the barracks for the first time, but went to fight the county seat of Dianchi, then the result would not be like this. Because at this time, in Dianchi County, except for Liu Xie, there were only five or six hundred divine martial guards.
The rest of the defenders were all called by Brother Zhu, and with Liu Bi's 5,000 troops, this battle cannot be said to be not beautiful!
When the day dawned, the ambush soldiers also returned, and they brought back 2,000 barbarians who had surrendered.
Liu Xie, who received the news, smiled, and Dong He, who was standing on the top of the city with him to watch the battle, smiled: "Dong Taishou, go with me to meet our heroes!" Haha......"
"Whoa!" (To be continued......)