During the Three Kingdoms period, the quality of fire oil was very poor, and it was frequently used in wars in later generations, and the destructive fire oil is far from existing.

Most of these oils are extracted from animals and plants, and their continuous flammability is very low, so they are generally only used as combustibles.

For example, if the firewood does not burn all at once, adding some fire oil can promote combustion, and the cloth tied to the rocket cannot be lit for a while, so it can be soaked in fire oil to burn a little.

In other words, the existence of fire oil is only to accelerate the combustion of other objects, and if it is ignited alone, the fire may be extremely fierce at that moment, but it will not last after all, and it will be extinguished soon.

This point may be even more obvious after the oil is poured into the water and diluted by the water.

Relying on the fire oil of this era alone will not be able to ignite this new and tender reed bush no matter what, which is why Zhuge Jin has been opposing it just now, but in fact, Wang Chong's purpose was not to ignite the reeds from the beginning.

As Wang Chong's order was conveyed, barrels of fire oil were poured into the lake one after another, and then flowed into the reeds along the southeast wind.

"Light the fire, release the arrows!"

The flag-bearers on the main ship waved their flags, and the archers on the twelve ships raised their crossbows one after another when they saw this, and at the same time as the overwhelming rockets were fired, Wang Chong, who had a keen sense of hearing, could even hear the faint snickering laughter coming from the reeds.

"Idiot, I see how long you can laugh!" Wang Chong's expression was indifferent, which made people shudder.

Rumble!

The flames soaring into the sky were like roaring fire dragons, and the violent tongues of fire followed the divergence of the water flow into the depths of the reeds that could not be covered by the rockets, and in an instant, the large reeds in front of the brocade sail ignited a raging flame.

The flames came and went quickly, and the exhaustion of the fire oil caused the fire on the river to die down quickly, but in the reeds, there were sparks flickering everywhere.

The water content of the reed is too high to be completely ignited, but due to the raging heat of the oil, it has not been extinguished for a long time, and this state of not being able to be extinguished is exactly the effect that Wang Chong needs to achieve.

Smoke! Choking smoke!

Since I can't burn you to death with fire, then I will choke you to death with smoke, which is the real purpose of Wang Chong's attack with fire.

"Grass, such a big smoke, choking me!"

"Ah, my eyes...... I can't open my eyes when I am smoked! ”

"These damn Jinfan thieves, such poisonous methods!"

The pungent smoke was blown into the depths of the reeds by the wind, and the incessant coughing and scolding made the sneer at the corner of Wang Chong's mouth even stronger.

If it is a well-trained elite army, when it encounters such a situation, it will be over to grit your teeth and endure it, and most of the troops that can be leveled are miscellaneous soldiers who have no discipline at all, how can they endure the influence of thick smoke.

"The whole army obeys the order, kill me!"

Wang Chong's eyes burst out with a cold light, and Jinfan's fleet suddenly rushed into the reeds in a loud and noisy shouting of killing.

What is an ambush? The ambush is to hide in a hidden place that the enemy has not noticed, and then suddenly rush out, killing the enemy by surprise, but now, the shouting and scolding from the reeds have already revealed their location, so this so-called ambush no longer exists.

"It's not good, they're in, meet the enemy quickly!"

Jin Fan's decisiveness surprised the Gouping army, and immediately ordered their front army to be in chaos.

When the Jinfan Army came into contact with the Gou Ping Army, some of these guys were washing their eyes with lake water, and some were still coughing desperately, and they couldn't organize an effective counterattack at all.

Although the Jinfan Army's vision was blocked by reeds, as long as there was no problem with the ears, it was natural that he could easily find out where Gou Pingjun was hiding.

The rain of arrows in the sky was like a fishing net made by death, and the screams continued to resound.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the ambush, the Gou Ping army rode all small ships this time, and there was not even a large building ship, which made the Jinfan army occupy an overall advantage, and the condescending dense arrows made people have nowhere to hide.

There is no exaggeration to collapse at the touch of a button!

Gohei paid a heavy price for his self-righteous cleverness.

Eight thousand against five thousand, if the two sides face each other head-on, even if Jinfan's combat power is above the Gouping army, it is not so easy to win, but Gouping wants to play with his ignorant wisdom, but the result is that his army is in a desperate situation.

The rout of the front army completely disrupted the formation of the rear army, and under the cover of the Jinfan army all the way, the Gouping army, which was not high in willpower, had only one way to escape.

Corpses floated among the reeds, bubbling blood staining the lake red.

Soon, the men and horses on both sides rushed out of the reeds one after another in a chase and a flight, and Wang Chong climbed high in the attic and looked into the distance, only to see the Gouping army scattered and fled on the lake in hundreds of ships, and there was no sign of reorganizing to fight with him.

"The rabble is always a rabble, no matter how many people there are, they still can't be on the stage!" Wang Chong shook his head in disappointment, and then said to Zhuge Jin beside him, "Let Li Taojun clean up the battlefield and salvage the prisoners, and the rest of the people will continue to pursue with me!" ”

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In this battle, it was fought from noon to evening, and the Jinfan Army directly chased the rout into the water village where the Gouping army was stationed, and seized countless grains and grasses.

Since then, only Jinfan has been left in Poyang Lake.

"It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure, these dog-day brutes also have today!" At the banquet, Zhou Hu poured a large bowl of wine, laughed, and the grievances that were once hidden in his heart were all vented at this moment.

In the water thief alliance led by Gou Ping, Zhou Hu was chased and killed by two of the water thief forces all the way and almost died. This shame, Zhou Hu has always remembered in his heart and never forgotten, today's battle, he finally got revenge, and his mood was naturally very happy.

Li Tao frowned and glanced at Wang Chong uneasily, the order given by Wang Chong before was mainly to surrender, but in order to vent his personal anger, Zhou Hu slaughtered the two water thief forces that had surrendered, and almost caused a mutiny in the surrender.

This matter is not big, but it is not small, although Zhou Hu is a little disobedient, but no matter how he says it, he can be regarded as Li Tao's direct subordinate, if possible, Li Tao naturally does not want him to have an accident.

Li Tao had been secretly paying attention to the changes in Wang Chong's expression since the beginning of the banquet, but it was a pity that under the cover of his camouflage skills, he couldn't read any information from Wang Chong's face at all, and Wang Chong's impassivity made Li Tao secretly anxious.

"Zhou Hu, do you remember what the third military regulation I promulgated in Jinfan was?" Wang Chong put down his wine glass and asked Zhou Hu with a smile.

"Forehead ......" The smile on Zhou Hu's face suddenly froze, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and his voice obviously became a little trembling, "Steal...... Those who steal and play tricks and disobey military orders...... ...... slash"

"Don't you remember !!?"

Wang Chong roared angrily, and with a slap of 'snap', the table in front of him was cut in two, and the wine was spilled all over the ground.

"More than a hundred, a whole hundred captives, you even said kill and kill, who gave you the power? Yes? Wang Chong's face turned pale, and he pointed at Zhou Hu and scolded, "If Bo Yun hadn't led his troops to suppress it in time, the prisoners would have mutinied, and I don't know how many people would have died in vain, can you bear this responsibility?" Can you afford it? ”

With Wang Chong's sharp questioning, Zhou Hu, whose face was as white as paper, fell to the ground with a 'poof', and the invisible aura was so shocking that Zhou Hu couldn't even raise the courage to refute, and the originally lively scene also fell into dead silence in an instant, and everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Hu.

Zhou Hu joined Jinfan for a few days, and the leaders present were not familiar with him, plus Zhou Hu's arrogant personality was not pleasant, and his popularity in Jinfan was very poor, so at this moment, in the face of Wang Chong in anger, no one in the audience came forward to intercede for him.

In the end, Li Tao couldn't bear it, sighed lightly, and walked out hard.

Li Tao had vaguely guessed Wang Chong's purpose, he wanted to borrow Zhou Hu to establish his power, but deep down, he might not really want to take Zhou Hu's life, of course, if no one came forward to intercede, Wang Chong, who was difficult to ride a tiger, might really kill Zhou Hu.

"Leader, Zhou Hu is indeed guilty of killing prisoners without authorization, but it is the first offense in this battle, and he is the first to kill countless enemies, so please take the lead and give Zhou Hu another chance!"

Unlike Zhou Hu, Li Tao's popularity in Jinfan is still very good, even Gan Ning admires him, and when Li Tao came forward at this time, the rest of the people also stepped forward to intercede.

In fact, in the hearts of these leaders who were born of water thieves, killing a few captives is really nothing, but now that Wang Chong is so angry, I am afraid that they will have to weigh it carefully before violating military regulations in the future.

Wang Chong's face finally softened: "Since all the generals are interceding for you, I will give you another chance, remember, this is the last time, if you commit it again next time, I will personally take off your head, do you hear?" ”

"No!" Zhou Hu knelt on the ground and replied in a trembling voice.

"Come on, drag Zhou Hu out for me to replay the thirty boards to set an example!"

Wang Chong waved his hand, turned around and left with a cold face, leaving only the leaders looking at each other.

A wine banquet that should have been celebrated happily ended unhappily in Zhou Hu's gritted teeth and muffled snort.