Chapter Ninety-Eight: Burning the Gourd Valley
In the gourd valley, under the cover of a dense tree, Zhao Yun was arranging tasks for his subordinates. Zhao Yun asked all the troops to hurry up and do Zuihou inspections, especially the firewood and grass arranged in the narrow valley road must be natural and secret, so as not to let Zhang Ju's rebels detect any abnormality.
There is not much firewood and grass arranged at the valley floor, and it is not the main firewood and grass, but once the fire is set up, it can be used to support the combustion, so as to increase the intensity of the burning of the valley floor fire.
Zhao Yun did not have a large number of troops in the narrow valley, at most more than 2,000 soldiers, and their main task was to set fires, and after the fire burned, they used bows and arrows to deal with the enemy troops who escaped from the flames. It is not very likely that the rebels will escape, even if someone escapes and there are so many troops watching, there is basically no possibility of survival under the random arrows.
"Report, Zhang Ju's rebels have placed the cavalry in the center, and the infantry has been divided into two in front and rear, and the current infantry front army has begun to enter the valley."
"Okay, pay close attention to the speed and distance of the rebels."
"No, pay attention to the speed and distance of the rebels."
Hehe, Zhang Ju is also afraid of death, worried that there is an ambush here, let the cavalry surround him, haha, is it useful? The fish are about to enter the net, and an ambush is about to begin.
Zhao Yun immediately summoned the herald to issue a new order: "Pass the order, adopt the second set of combat plans, and complete the arrangement in the fastest time." ”
"No, adopt the second set of combat plans."
The army began to be deployed quickly, but in fact there was not much change, except that the troops of one large area were withdrawn and assigned to another large area, so that the forces were further concentrated.
In this battle, according to the different formations of the enemy, the corresponding response plan was formulated, if the cavalry was in front, the enemy's cavalry was put into a spacious place, and the narrow pass was choked. Now that the enemy's marching formation has changed, the plan of the ambush has naturally changed with it. Let the enemy's infantry enter the narrow valley road, leaving a wide area for the cavalry to concentrate on them.
Weishenme has to adopt this solution? Because, the current army needs war horses, and the narrow area is suitable for arson, if you deal with cavalry like this, even the men and horses are burned to death, then this jihua can not be perfectly realized.
"Reported, the rebel's front army infantry is about 4,000 people, the cavalry in the middle is about 5,000 people, and the rest of the infantry is placed in Zuihou, there is no obvious separation between the various armies, and the ranks are relatively chaotic."
"Okay, each ambush position moves according to jihua, and as soon as the cannon sounds, it is the order for the general attack."
"No, execute it according to jihua, with the sound of cannons."
The Hulu Valley is full of people, Zhang Ju's rebels are chaotic and chaotic The army is not orderly, some places in the valley road are spacious and easy to walk, some places are narrow and difficult to walk, and the speed of the march is very slow, so the spacious and large number of people and horses are concentrated, which brings a very good opportunity to the ambush of Zhao Yun's army, and it is more conducive to gathering and destroying Zhang Ju's rebels.
Zhang Ju's rebels had crossed two narrow valley roads and came to a relatively spacious place, surrounded by cavalry, Zhang Ju raised his head and looked around, and was relieved to see that everything was normal.
Before entering the valley, someone reminded that there would be an ambush in this valley, Zhang Ju felt that it was impossible, how could Zhao Yun be in front of him when he was still far behind? Saying that, this thing is still cowardly, put the cavalry in the middle to protect himself, in case of an abnormality, he led the cavalry to run away, and now it seems that there is no need to worry at all, where is the ambush in this area, he is the boss.
According to Zhang Ju's judgment, only after entering Feiru, the 5,000 soldiers and horses in western Liaoning may make some moves, plus Zhao Yun's 10,000 soldiers and horses, the total is 15,000 people. And when his side enters Feiru, he has the conditions to expand the army, not to mention that the iron cavalry of Lord Wuhuan Qiu Liju is also about to arrive, will he still be afraid of these 15,000 soldiers and horses? If you don't bother them, even if they make money.
The rebel cavalry crossed a narrow valley road into another wide valley road, which had reached the middle of the whole valley road, and the infantry began to advance towards another narrow valley road in front, but this valley road was too difficult to walk, and the march was a little slow, so Zhang Ju asked the herald to urge forward and speed up the march, because most of the people were concentrated in this slightly wide valley road.
Zhao Yun has been paying close attention to the situation of the rebels' march, and now it is almost there, most of the rebels' infantry have entered the predetermined area, and the cavalry is waiting behind, five thousand cavalry are crowded together, hehe, looking for death is not like this. The infantry that landed on the Zuihou side was about to enter here, and once they all entered, it was time to close the door and fight the dogs.
Half an hour had passed, and Zhang Ju's rebel infantry had finally all entered the predetermined position, and when the time had come, Zhao Yun immediately issued an order: "Shoot the artillery, and the general attack begins." ”
The sound of "boom" exploded in the gourd valley, echoing in the entire valley for a long time, startling the birds in the mountains and forests in the distance, and also stunned the rebels at the bottom of the valley.
In the narrow valley, patches of vegetation on the hillside were quickly ignited, and the flames burned instantly. It turns out that these vegetation are prepared in advance, and they are all large grass balls made of dried firewood and grass, and the position facing the valley in front is covered with fresh foliage, and the vegetation is dense from a distance.
The soldier stood behind these fireballs and pushed the fireballs down the hillside with a large branch, lying in the trough, and the whole hillside was a rolling fireball, which soon rolled to the bottom of the valley, and the one-and-a-half-mile-long valley instantly ignited a raging fire like a long fire dragon.
The rebels at the bottom of the valley were hiding in all directions, but there was no place to hide from the fire, and soon the clothes were burning, the head was feverish, and the whole body turned into a fireball and was scurrying and dying in the valley. Individual rebels were on the edge and were so frightened that they hurriedly climbed up the hillside, where would the soldiers who were ambushed on the hillside give them a chance, as long as they ran out, they were instantly killed by many arrows, and there was no chance to escape at all, and the fire engulfed thousands of rebels.
The place where the fire was set was not only here, but also the place where the fire was set behind the rebels, that is, a narrow valley road behind the cavalry, and this arrangement was to prepare a two-way blockade and shoot in the middle. At this time, there was still a part of about 3,000 infantry marching forward, which was also engulfed by the fireball rolling down the hillside. In this way, only the position of the cavalry in the spacious place was not burning, but there was no place to escape from the fire at both ends, and the raging flames alone were prohibitive......