"Well, there's an ambush in the valley." Seeing Zhixiong galloping back, Shi Hu hurriedly asked.

Zhixiong stopped and replied: "Your Majesty, there are only low weeds on both sides of the valley, and there is no shadow of the Jin army at all. ”

Shi Hu nodded, stretched out his hand, and said softly, "Let's go." So saying, he rode his horse into the valley.

Under Shi Hu's order, the main force of the Zhao army entered the Overlord Valley, the cavalry five horses in parallel, the infantry was divided into eight rows, and the whole army and horses marched forward at the fastest speed.

"General, the main force of the Zhao army has come in, and they have all come in." A personal soldier looked at Wang Liu and said.

Wang Liu raised his head and saw that the main force of the Zhao army was all coming towards the Overlord Valley, and his heart was very excited, and he hurriedly ordered several personal soldiers beside him to prepare Kong Ming lanterns, and when the main force of the Zhao army entered the designated position, he could send a signal to all the soldiers who stretched for several miles to start setting fire.

Soon, Shi Hu's main force entered the middle of the Overlord Valley, and also entered the encirclement preset by Wang Liu.

Shi Hu looked at both sides of the valley, sure enough, there were only some low weeds, and there was no possibility of ambushing soldiers and horses halfway up the mountain, as for the top of the mountain, because the distance was too far, even if there was an ambush, the soldiers waiting for the ambush rushed down, and the army at the mouth of the valley had already passed the valley.

"Haha! The generals of the Jin army are nothing more than this, if the main force is ambushed here, our army will not be able to escape! Shi Hu looked around and said with a big smile.

"Yes! Oh, yes! The generals all nodded their heads when they heard this.

Seeing that Shi Hu's main force had entered the ambush circle, Wang Liu smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth and ordered: "Kong Ming lantern." Quickly light the Kong Ming lantern. ”

"Yes, General." Several pro-soldiers heard the order. Immediately lit a few Kong Ming lanterns beside him.

As more than a dozen Kong Ming lanterns rose into the sky one after another, the five thousand Jin soldiers who were ambushed on both sides of the valley received orders. So, the 5,000 soldiers immediately lit the fireball next to them, and when the fireball ignited, they pushed the violently burning fireball down the top of the mountain with a push of their hands.

"Your Majesty, look, Kong Ming lantern, how can someone put Kong Ming lantern here." Hou Ba, the leader of the Dragon Guard Battalion, looked at the sky suspiciously.

Shi Hu looked up. Suddenly shocked, he blurted out: "Ambush, there is an ambush, there must be an ambush of the Jin army here." ”

"Your Majesty, fireball, there is an ambush on the top of the mountain, there is an ambush." One of the soldiers shouted in fear.

......Suddenly, countless fireballs burning violently rolled down the steep hillside. The bright flames illuminated the entire Overlord Valley as if it were daylight, and the low weeds on the hillside were also ignited by the fire, forming a line of fire.

"Bang bang bang ......" fireballs rolled down. It smashed on the marching Zhao soldiers, making a cracking sound, and the fire ignited the armor on the soldiers' bodies. Many soldiers were burned to death on the spot.

Fireballs rolled down from the top of the mountain one after another, and the Overlord Valley was suddenly filled with a sea of fire. The entire main force of the Zhao army was completely surrounded by fire, and there were originally burned soldiers. Burned again, the seriously wounded soldier died on the spot.

One by one, the fireballs smashed into Shi Hu, due to the protection of the 1,000 elites of the Longteng Guard Battalion, Shi Hu and the main generals under his command were not directly hit by the fireballs, but the soldiers of the Longteng Guards Battalion who were responsible for the protection paid a lot of casualties, and many soldiers were burned to death on the spot.

Shi Hu, who was riding his horse and standing at the bottom of the valley, looked around, except for the fire or the fire, whether it was in front or behind, it was completely surrounded by a fierce fire, and the scorching flames roasted the faces of Shi Hu and the generals under his command hot.

Looking at the fireballs that kept rolling down on both sides of the valley, Shi Hu and the generals' hearts were trembling, they had just experienced a tragic fire the night before, and the soldiers had lost thirty or forty thousand, and now it was only one day, and they had experienced a fire again, how could they not be afraid.

"Ah...... Wow......" The soldiers were burned by the fire and let out a terrible cry, this sound of fear made all the Zhao soldiers go crazy, and the soldiers began to look for a way out without any purpose, some rushed forward, some ran backwards.

Shi Hu saw that there were fires on the left and right, and he had no idea for a while, and the generals beside him were also in a hurry, but everyone knew that they couldn't stay in the valley and wait for death!

"Your Majesty, there are fires on all sides, please decide where to break through." A subordinate general hurriedly asked.

Shi Hu was annoyed in his heart, and said angrily: "I have to ask this king for everything, what do you want." ”

When the general heard this, he bowed his head in shame.

Hou Ba, the leader of the Longteng Guards Battalion, looked at Shi Hu, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are fires in front and back, but there may be pursuers of the main force of the Jin army in the rear, but there must be no in the front. ”

Shi Hu saw that what Hou Ba said made sense, and hurriedly ordered: "Hou Ba, you take three hundred guards cavalry to open the way in front, and our army must rush out." ”

"The king can rest assured, as long as there is Hou Ba, he will definitely be able to highlight the sea of fire." Hou Ba clenched his fists, turned around and led the three hundred guards soldiers, and rushed towards the sea of fire in front of him.

Since the fireballs of the Jin army were very large and spherical, as long as they were dialed to the hillside, they would immediately roll down again, which caused a problem for Hou Ba and the guards under his command.

However, Hou Ba soon discovered that the fireballs of the Jin army were made of dried branches and hay, and after being burned by the fire, they became extremely fragile, and as long as they were smashed with weapons, they would be deformed and even broken into several pieces.

In this way, as long as the fireball of the Jin army is smashed into a flat shape, the fire can be weakened, and at the same time, it can also be dialed to the slopes on both sides, thus clearing a way for the army behind to break through.

It's just that because the fireballs of the Jin army are thrown down one after another, Hou Ba and his men and horses have just dealt with a few, and a few more have rolled down the hillside, and the temperature of these fireballs is very high, when cleaning up, Hou Ba and the soldiers under his command have to endure the torture of high temperatures, and the long weapons in their hands are also wooden, and if they can't handle a few fireballs, they will be scorched and even ignited, and even, some soldiers don't pay attention to it, and they are hit by the fireballs that just rolled down on the hillside, and they were seriously injured on the spot.

No matter what the price was, with the efforts of Hou Ba and his three hundred soldiers, a short escape path was finally opened up in the Overlord Valley.

Shi Hu and the main generals under his command slowly advanced along the road opened up by Hou Ba, and every time Hou Ba opened a section of the road, Shi Hu and his generals walked a section, and in this way, under the protection of Hou Ba, Shi Hu and the main generals under his command were smoothly out of the sea of fire.

After running out of the sea of fire, Shi Hu Lerma looked back, and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart, in a fire, the army under his command was running around, from time to time there would be a group of soldiers escaping from the sea of fire and running in the direction where he was, and more soldiers were scurrying in the valley with a big fire, and the screams and scolding filled the entire Overlord Valley.

However, the fireballs of the Jin army were limited after all, and after rolling out fifty or sixty thousand fireballs in a row, the men and horses under Wang Liu's command had no fireballs, and they could only watch the Zhao army under the valley struggle to break through.

"General, what a pity! Our army has no fireballs, and if there are another 50,000 fireballs, all the Zhao troops will definitely be burned to death. The subordinate next to Wang Liu said hatefully.

Wang Liu also felt a pity in his heart, but looking at the raging flames under the valley, Wang Liu roughly calculated, this fire is estimated to have burned tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers, and even more Zhao soldiers were injured, no matter what, it was already worth it.

"Be content! This fire set by our army has burned more than half of the combat strength of the Zhao army, and the only remaining wounded soldiers of the Shihu army are no longer the opponent of the main force of our army, as long as the main force of the eldest brother arrives, the army of the Zhao State will definitely not be able to resist. Wang Liu said confidently.

"Yes! General, at this time, if the main force of our army is ambushed here, it only needs to block the valley pass, and then rush forward with all its strength, and the army of Zhao will be completely annihilated. The general continued.

Wang Liu smiled slightly and said: "Although the main force of our army has not set up an ambush here, however, the main cavalry of the eldest brother will soon arrive, and the wounded soldiers under Shi Hu's command with bad legs and feet are afraid that none of them will be able to escape." ”

"Really, that's great." The general said excitedly.

Wang Liu paced a few steps on the top of the mountain and admired his masterpiece.

In the Overlord Valley, Shi Hu's main army was caught in the sea of fire, but the 1,000 light cavalry of the vanguard battalion at the forefront and the thousands of men and horses of the baggage battalion at the rear were not burned by the fire.

The pioneer battalion naturally continued to move forward, but the men and horses of the baggage battalion, which lagged behind, were blocked by the fire, so they had to turn back to avoid the fire in the valley for a while.

At the same time, thousands of infantry men and horses close to the baggage battalion, when the fire ignited, also broke back, thus avoiding the terrible fire.

But they avoided the fire but could not avoid the main cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, just when these Zhao soldiers secretly rejoiced, the more than 10,000 cavalry led by Hua'an himself had already killed the valley, and immediately pulled out their weapons and began to charge forward.

Seeing the more than 10,000 cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army rushing violently, thousands of Zhao Army soldiers were stunned, half of them were heavy soldiers responsible for escorting various materials, and their combat power was very weak, and the thousands of infantry with strong combat power were also completely at a disadvantage in the face of the superior cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and it could be said that they had no power to resist.

But the road to the Overlord Valley has been blocked by fire, and there are only three roads in front of these Zhao army soldiers, either surrender, or fight the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, or risk breaking into the sea of fire.

Surrender is very difficult to accept for the bloodthirsty and warlike Hu people, and it is naturally impossible to win when fighting against the cavalry of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and if you break into the raging fire, you can only be burned to ashes.

These three choices were difficult choices for the soldiers of the Zhao army, but they were bloodthirsty and belligerent, and finally pulled out their weapons and chose to resist. (To be continued......)