Chapter 542, the raging sea of fire
Xu Shu pointed to the swamp behind him, although he didn't say anything, but Gan Ning suddenly came to his senses, and immediately Gan Ning grinned and hurriedly led the troops to set fire to it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Cao Bing took advantage of the chaos to break through, and before he could leave the reeds, the fire suddenly rose behind him, and the smoke rose into the air, and the already dry artemisia grass and reeds ignited when they touched the fire, and the smoke drifting with the wind alone shrouded Cao Bing in it after a while.
At present, it is late autumn, the autumn wind is bleak, the dead leaves are withering, the dragon beach is full of dense reeds and artemisia grass, which ignite when it touches the fire, for a while, the rebels set fire everywhere, and Cao Bing was busy breaking through in a panic, but when he found that the flames were already raging behind him, it was too late.
The whole Longtan is located in the deep valley, like a huge furnace, the fireworks are in the air, the flames are flying, the wind is helping the fire, the fire is helping the wind, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, spreading rapidly to the surroundings, and after a while, it will shroud Cao Bing in the fireworks.
Xu Shu hurriedly led people to roll into the swamp, first let the clothes and armor on his body soak, and then hide in the swamp as much as possible to avoid being burned by the flames, and Cao Bing, only caring about breaking through, was already panicked, and suddenly the flames and smoke were billowing around, Cao Bing was like falling into hell, one by one frightened souls flew frightened, where did he care about any breakthrough, and it directly evolved into a rout, one by one, rushing to the surrounding hillsides in a mess.
If there is flat ground all around, even if a fire is ignited, as long as you escape fast enough, it may not cause major casualties, but it is surrounded by mountains and high slopes, and Cao Bing can only run to a high place, and behind his buttocks is a flying flame.
Nearly 50,000 troops, suddenly chaotic, trampling on each other, countless casualties, on the high slope, Yuan Shaogongsun Xu and others naturally will not let Cao Bing leave, everyone desperately urged his subordinates to wave the blade to resist, although these righteous troops are limited, but the momentum is unprecedentedly high, on the other hand, Cao Bing, there is no will to fight, one by one only cares about fleeing for their lives, the volunteers are crowded, the guard is impenetrable, Cao Bing several times 'charged', all in vain.
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"
Seeing that Cao Bing rushed to his side, some of them were still smoking, and some of them were swaying with flames on their buttocks, Gongsun Xu sneered disdainfully, and hurriedly waved his hand and ordered.
Nearly 5,000 archers, striding forward, under the cover of the rebel soldiers, quickly opened their bows and arrows, for a time, the arrows clustered like locusts, and the eagle arrows shot out were like raindrops and hail, ruthlessly and endlessly shot at the Cao soldiers who were struggling to break through, and the Cao soldiers who rushed to the front, there was no way to avoid, there was no way to hide, and they were hit by arrows and rolled down the hillside, and many people fell directly into the sea of fire, and after a while, they were swallowed up by the ruthless flames.
said that it was a breakthrough, that it was a charge, but in fact, Cao Bing had already become a headless fly, even if there were 150,000 righteous troops besieging them, they had to rush up, not so much to break through as to send them to death.
There is no need to agitate at all, every Cao soldier but has a glimmer of hope, they are desperately rushing towards the high slope, even if they know that the righteous army has defended to death, they don't want to be buried in the fire.
Cao Cao, who was injured by a sword in his body, shouted again and again, desperately shouting to stop the soldiers beside him not to panic, but in the face of the raging fire, Cao Cao's order did not work.
Although Cao Bing has always been strict in military discipline, and this time he brought elite soldiers who are good at fighting, but in the face of the sudden fire, and it is like a furnace in the deep valley, there are companions around him who are burned alive from time to time, no matter how strong the will is, no matter how strict the military discipline is, the soldiers cannot maintain their composure.
"Help, help me..."
"Who's going to pull me?"
One after another Cao Bing, running around like a burning man, some were rolling on the ground in unbearable pain rather than death, at this time, who still cares about whom, more and more people are engulfed in flames, more and more people are in a state of collapse, most people are deeply shocked by this sudden scene.
Throughout the ages, although there have been endless strategies for fire attacks, and almost any strategist has a classic example of using fire, it is almost rare to lead the enemy into a deep valley and then set fire to it like Xu Shu.
If there is a fire on the flat ground, as long as you run fast and escape, you will not be burned, but if the fire breaks out in the deep valley, no matter how fast you escape, no matter how hard you run, it is in vain, unless you can rush out, but there are 150,000 righteous soldiers guarding the surrounding hillside, can you easily get out?
Even if these rebels are all novices, after all, the momentum is high, after all, the number occupies an overwhelming advantage, and they also occupy a condescending and powerful position.
Cao Bing rushed up in a wave, was driven back in a wave, Cao Bing desperately fled, but no one was able to break through the encirclement, forced into the sea of fire again and again, the army's spirit became more and more broken, and the fighting spirit collapsed more and more, so naturally they didn't care about any formation, they all fought separately, so as to save the righteous army a lot of trouble.
If Cao's soldiers gathered together and broke through together, the righteous army might not be able to stop it, but at the moment of crisis, the panic spread rapidly like a plague, gradually exposing all the selfish human nature.
"Haha... Military advisor, I am really convinced, convinced, five bodies to the ground, I thought it was a vicious battle, and the brothers were ready to fight for their lives, but as a result, hahaha, looking at the situation, Cao Cao's 50,000 army is completely finished. ā
Gan Ning lying in a swamp, although there were sparks floating above his head, and the fireworks were also smoking, but even so, Gan Ning couldn't help laughing excitedly, it was really cool, so far, the rebels had almost no casualties, on the other hand, Cao Bing, it was really impossible to describe in words, the casualties were too heavy, especially Cao Cao's cavalry, I don't know how many horses were swallowed up in the sea of fire.
Gan Ning was happy, Zhou Cang and the others beside Gan Ning were also dancing excitedly, of course, they were all hiding in the mire now, even if they wanted to clap their hands, they had to splash a large piece of sludge and water stains, laugh a little louder, and it was estimated that they would have to eat a lot of mud, but even so, everyone couldn't hold back their desire to laugh, and similarly, they also admired Xu Shu's ghost and god schemes mixed with awe.
Cao Cao's soldiers used to capture Baima and Yanjin without bloodshed, and this time, Xu Shu could be regarded as burning Cao's soldiers effortlessly.
I couldn't see what Xu Shu's expression was now, because his face was full of mud, but those wise eyes became brighter than usual, Xu Shu shook his head, "Xingba, even if the fire is big, I'm afraid it won't be able to burn all the Cao soldiers, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, don't forget, Cao Cao still has a lot of brave generals around him who can fight habitually, and when the fire is small, it's time for us to go up and kill the enemy, the young marshal doesn't want those recruits to be killed and injured too much, this time I took a big risk by transferring them." (To be continued.) )