Chapter 422: The Fire Falls on Fengpo
Hua An looked at Li Fu's henchman, and said: "Zhuge Qi's matter, I will find a way to solve it, as long as General Li Fu sincerely submits to my Dajin, my Dajin will not treat him badly, Ben will write a letter, you wait for the time being." After saying that, he picked up the brush again and began to write.
A moment later, Hua An finished writing the letter, carefully stuffed it into a bamboo tube, handed it to Li Fu's henchman who delivered the letter, and said softly: "You go back quickly and give this letter to General Li Fu." ”
"Yes, the villain is retiring." Li Fu's henchman took the letter, turned around and left quickly.
"Big brother, Li Fu is sincerely obedient, but what about that Zhuge Qi, the thousand Wudang Flying Army under his command is like a fish bone stuck in the neck of our army! If it is not removed, the rear of our army will inevitably be unstable, and there will be some scruples about marching into Chengdu. Wang San said worriedly.
Hua An smiled and said softly: "This Zhuge Qi has some ability, I want to see it, there are still a few hours before dawn, let's rest for a while!" As soon as the morning dawns, we will go to Luofengpo. ”
Wang San was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Big brother, what about the direction of Luocheng, isn't Li Fu going to surrender?" Our army should go to surrender first, and then come to deal with Zhuge Qi! ”
Hua An shook his head and said, "Since Li Fu has made up his mind to surrender, it doesn't hurt to surrender one day later, but this Zhuge Qi, who defeated our army twice in a row, is very interesting, and we must go and ask for advice." ”
"Yes, since the eldest brother must go, the younger brother will obey the order." Wang San opened his mouth to express his unconditional support for Huaan.
Early the next morning, it was just dawning. Hua An and Wang San led 1,000 men and horses from their own military camp, as well as 3,000 Shu troops who withdrew to the camp, and rode along the path leading to Luofengpo.
A few hours later, Hua'an and his entourage arrived near Luofengpo and joined up with the thunderstorm and Li Yi's men and horses stationed here.
"General, it's all the last general's incompetence, so that the army has suffered such huge losses, beg the general to give the last general a chance to make meritorious contributions." Seeing that Hua An personally led the pro-military camp to come, Li Yi hurriedly pleaded guilty.
Hua An waved his hand. He said softly: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers. General Li doesn't have to blame himself too much, didn't the general's right-hand man also lose to Zhuge Qi? Ha ha! After speaking, he looked at the thunderstorm beside him.
When the thunderstorm heard this, he was naturally very uncomfortable, but Hua An was telling the truth. He was indeed defeated. So there is no way to refute it. I can only keep my head down and not speak.
But Li Yi was greatly moved by Hua An's generosity, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "General Hua, as long as you give the last general another chance." The last general will definitely go all out to defeat Zhuge Qi.
Hua An smiled and patted Li Yi's shoulder, looking up in the direction of Luofengpo.
In fact, the reason why Hua'an let Li Yi go so easily and did not cure him of any sins is mainly because, first, Zhuge Qi's Wudang Feijun is indeed the elite of Shuzhong, and it is not a shame to be defeated in the hands of Wudang Feijun. Second, the two fiascos, the dead and wounded soldiers, more than ninety percent of the soldiers of the Shu army who had just surrendered and were not very loyal to the court of the Great Jin Dynasty, once these soldiers defected, the consequences were unimaginable, and the loss of some was conducive to the control of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Third, the war to destroy Shu is not over, most of the land of Shu is still under the control of the Shu army generals, if Li Yi, who took the initiative to submit, is punished, in case the rumors spread, the Shu army generals in Shu will insist on resisting, and the willingness to submit to the Great Jin will be greatly reduced, which will be extremely unfavorable for the Northern Expeditionary Army.
"Big brother, there is Luofeng Slope ahead, and the terrain is really very dangerous!" Wang San looked in the direction of Luofengpo and sighed softly.
Hua An nodded, looked at the soldiers beside him, and said loudly: "Luofengpo, I think back then, Liu Bei's important strategist Pang Tong died in this Luofengpo, and now, our army has also been defeated in Luofengpo twice, so it can be seen that Luofengpo is a good place to set up an ambush!" ”
"Big brother, Luofengpo is so dangerous, how should our army attack!" Wang San looked at the terrain near Luofeng Slope and frowned deeply.
"Yes! Big brother, the trees on both sides of Luofeng Slope are dense, and it took a lot of effort for our army to open up a road, but it was still discovered by the Shu army, hey! Iron Bull sighed in frustration.
Hua An looked at the dense trees on both sides of the Luofeng Slope in front of him, thought for a while, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "The grass and trees nearby are not cut down by woodcutters, so they don't grow so dense!" If you put a fire, I don't know how high the flame can be! Ha ha! ”
"Big brother, you mean to attack with fire." Hearing this, the thunderstorm's eyes suddenly lit up.
Wang San also said excitedly: "Big brother, it happens to be scraping the north at this time, if you attack with fire, you will definitely be able to achieve miraculous results, why didn't I think of it?" ”
Hua An smiled and ordered softly: "Immediately prepare the things that ignite the fire, and the army retreats three miles, preparing to burn down Fengpo." ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San shouted the order, and then shouted: "All the horses, immediately retreat three miles." ”
Soon, more than 6,000 men and horses, following the direction from which they came, retreated, leaving only 200 soldiers who were responsible for preparing the fire.
After a moment of preparation, a large number of fire-starting objects were prepared, and under Hua An's personal order, two hundred soldiers quietly sneaked into the woods near the sides of Luofeng Slope, and at the same time lit the fire.
As soon as the flames were gone, the two hundred soldiers withdrew backwards and disengaged from the fire.
"Huhuhu......" trees are already flammable, and under the baking of the fire-causing things, a huge flame broke out in a short time, and the fire became more and more intense, and spread along the wind to the direction of Luofengpo.
"It's burning, big brother, look, it's burning, now it's up to those Shu troops who are in ambush to deal with it." Thunderstorm shouted happily.
"Big brother, even if the ambushed Shu army is not burned to death, then they have nowhere to hide, and our army will win." Wang San was also excited.
Hua An smiled slightly, and looked proudly in the direction of Luofengpo, he was very curious about how this bold and careful Zhuge Qi would respond.
Such a huge flame naturally aroused the idea of Zhuge Qi and the soldiers under his command, and they immediately panicked when they saw that the fire was spreading towards their location.
"Camp master, the fire is burning, what should I do?" A pro-soldier hurriedly asked.
Zhuge Qi looked in the direction where the fire came, and his heart was also very anxious, after calming down, he immediately made a decision and ordered all the soldiers under his command to take action, cut down the nearby weeds and bushes, and discard them in the distance.
Soon, Zhuge Qi's side cut down a large open space without grass and trees, and seeing that the fire was approaching, all the soldiers lay on the ground motionless.
Sure enough, the fire circled in a big circle, passed by the Wudang Flying Army, and burned into the distance.
Zhuge Qi, who picked up a life, immediately realized that it must have been set on fire by the Jin army, so he hurriedly sent a large number of soldiers to the top of the mountain, and closely watched the surrounding situation, and reported it immediately once there was a sneak attack by the Jin army.
A few miles north of Luofengpo, seeing that the fire had burned through Luofengpo, Hua An and the others were closely watching the wind and grass there.
"Big brother, all the grass and trees around Luofengpo have been burned to ashes, and I don't know what happened to the Shu army's ambush, whether they will all be burned to death. Wang San said softly.
Because it was too far away from the ambush position of the Shu army, Hua An naturally couldn't see the situation of the Shu army, but by feeling, he felt that the Shu army should not be burned to death so easily, otherwise, it would not be called Wudang Feijun.
"It's so far away, you can't see anything, why don't we go and have a look!" Hua An looked at Wang San and said softly.
Wang San was shocked when he heard this, and objected: "Big brother, how can you do it?" In case the Shu army is not burned to death, ten thousand arrows are fired, and the eldest brother will be in danger, so it is better to send scouts first and go to investigate! ”
Hua An hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Okay! Send ten scouts to investigate, go and return quickly, without grass and trees to block the view, it is much easier to investigate. ”
"Yes, big brother." Wang San responded, and then ordered ten scouts to go to the halfway point of Luofengpo to investigate.
The ten scouts divided into ten teams and scattered to explore in the direction of Luofeng Slope, and since there was no vegetation to cover them, they found several roads leading to the top of the mountain, and followed these newly discovered roads to the top of the mountain.
It was also because there was no grass and trees to shield them, so that the Shu soldiers on the top of the mountain could easily find the Jin army scouts who were exploring the top of the mountain, and reported to Zhuge Qi as soon as possible.
When Zhuge Qi saw that the Jin army sent scouts to investigate, he was even more sure that the fire was set by the Jin army, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of hatred in his heart.
"Pass the order, let the soldiers find their own hidden positions, and if they can't find a hidden location, they all lie on the ground and don't move." Zhuge Qi gave a hidden order to the soldiers under his command.
"Yes, Camp Master." The subordinates received the order and went to give the order.
Soon, the soldiers under Zhuge Qi's command looked for big rocks to hide themselves, but they couldn't find any items, so they followed Zhuge Qi's order and lay motionless on the ground.
Zhuge Qi himself led more than a dozen personal soldiers to walk back and forth in the position where the soldiers were lying down, so as to prevent the Jin army scouts from investigating at close range and discovering flaws.
A small number of Shu soldiers who were ambushed on the top of the mountain hid behind a large stone block, and placed a few small stones on top of the big stone, so that he could observe every move around him through the gap of the small stone, especially the every move of the Jin army scouts, as long as the Jin army scouts did not pass by closely, they would definitely not be able to find it.
The Jin army scouts who climbed to the top of the mountain soon found Zhuge Qi and others walking back and forth halfway up the mountain, and clearly saw hundreds of soldiers lying motionless on the ground at Zhuge Qi's feet, looking no different from dead people.
These Jin army scouts, frightened by the arrows of the Wudang Flying Army, did not dare to move forward to reconnoitre, and after carefully observing for a while, they quietly retreated. (To be continued......)