Chapter 42: The Soldier Takes Advantage of the Fire

The flints collided, and when the first fireball burned on the arrows, the officers and soldiers in the canyon also discovered Liu Wei's existence.

"Shoot the arrows!" Several officers and soldiers stood at the mouth of the canyon and pointed to the place where Liu Wei and the others were dormant, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

With his order, more than twenty arrows with fireballs whistled towards the officers and soldiers at Taniguchi.

The rocket flew out and shot straight at the officers and soldiers who were standing at the mouth of the valley and pointing at Liu Wei and them.

The officers and soldiers, who were more agile, barely managed to avoid sideways, and two of them were slow to react, but they happened to be shot by arrows.

One of them was shot in the chest by an arrow, and the flaming arrow pierced his leather armor and pierced deep into his heart. He snorted, his hand clutching the arrow that pierced his heart, and his body fell straight on his back.

Another officer who had been shot by an arrow was even less fortunate than the soldier who had been shot through the heart, and the arrow that had struck him pierced straight into his face, and the flames burned the skin on his face, which had been scorched before he fell.

There was no rain for many days, and the weeds on the ground were dry. The flaming arrows ignited the weeds, and in the blink of an eye, Taniguchi burst into flames.

"Enemy is coming!" When the first wave of arrows was fired, the well-trained officers and men immediately reacted that it was a sneak attack, and many of them grabbed their weapons and shouted loudly.

Someone behind launched a surprise attack, and the Han army general who commanded this group of officers and soldiers hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice: "Array! Array! ”

The heavy armor soldiers trained by Zhu Jun had clashed with the Yellow Turban Army countless times on the battlefield, and the day before, they had broken through the defense line of 30,000 Yellow Turban Army with the strength of only 8,000 men.

If Liu Wei hadn't ordered someone to shoot a rocket first, set fire to the weeds in the valley, and just led the people to directly rush to kill them, the officers and soldiers in the valley would definitely have been able to organize a defense and launch a counterattack against them in a very short time.

But the fire that Liu Wei let the archers ignite caused the greatest threat to the officers and soldiers in the valley. They simply couldn't line up in defensive formations.

The flames surged towards the valley with the wind, and the officers and soldiers who had originally wanted to organize a defense were dispersed by the blazing flames, and many of their clothes even burned under the flames.

The officers and soldiers who were burning with the flames howled and ran around, but there was no river in the valley, and they could not find a water source to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

Some officers and soldiers who were covered in flames ran wildly, but no one dared to step forward to help them extinguish the flames, and finally had to fall to the ground helplessly, burned into a piece of black charcoal. Other officers and soldiers who did not have much fire on their bodies either extinguished the flames with the help of Tong Ze, or fell to the ground and rolled on their own to extinguish the flames.

Although the valley is overgrown with weeds, there are far fewer weeds than in the wilderness, and the burning flames are quickly extinguished without the medium of combustibles.

Once the fire was extinguished, Taniguchi's officers and soldiers would regroup and fight against them. With the combat strength of the group of Yellow Turban troops behind him, if he wants to defeat a heavy infantry that can fight habitually and has superior numbers, the hope is absolutely very slim.

They must rush over while the officers and soldiers are still in chaos, and use the coercion exerted on them by the flames to wear out their last bit of fighting spirit!

There was a panicked shout from the officers and soldiers in the valley in the face of the raging fire, Liu Wei waved his hand and shouted at the more than 100 Yellow Turban soldiers squatting behind him: "Brothers, kill!" ”

Before the shouts fell, he was already holding a long sword, and rushed towards the valley where the fire was still burning.

"Kill!" Zhou Cang also shouted, and rushed out of the city with Liu Wei.

The Yellow Turban soldier who had seen Liu Wei kill people did not hesitate at all, holding the short spear in his hand, and the third jumped up.

Although the remaining 100 or so Yellow Turban soldiers were still a little afraid of the officers and soldiers, the bravery of Liu Wei and others also had some inspiring effect on them, and all of them jumped up, carrying the rudimentary weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the well-equipped but chaotic officers and soldiers in Taniguchi.

Rushing to the mouth of the valley, an officer and soldier who had escaped the flames and stayed outside the valley rushed towards Liu Wei with a short spear in one hand and a shield in the other. At the moment when the short spear in the soldier's hand was about to pierce the chest, Liu Wei twisted his body, avoided the spear that stabbed at him, and when he staggered past the officer and soldier, the long sword in his hand suddenly swung down, and a sword slashed the back of the officer's neck, actually splitting the back of the officer's strength in half.

Cutting down an officer and soldier, Liu Wei took advantage of the situation to bend down, picked up the shield next to the corpse of the officer and soldier, and rushed forward with a shout to more officers and soldiers who avoided the flames and stayed on the periphery.

Zhou Cang, who was following Liu Wei, was originally good at this kind of fighting in the battle formation, rushed to the valley mouth, grabbed the hair bun of an officer and soldier who didn't know where to run, and violently slammed the head of the officer and soldier towards the cliff on the side.

With a muffled sound, the head of the officer and soldier slammed into the rock, and the skull was suddenly broken, and the brain and blood stained the rock red.

Liu Wei blocked the shield in front of him, and rushed towards the officers and soldiers, while rushing forward, the long sword in his hand kept flying, and every time the sword light crossed, there would be an officer and soldier who fell to the ground and died holding the wound cut by the long sword.

After killing several officers and soldiers in a row, Zhou Cang saw that Liu Wei was a little far away from him, worried that Liu Wei would encounter an accident, so he roared loudly and rushed towards Liu Wei's location with a long sword.

When did the more than 100 Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed into the valley with them see the chaotic scene of the officers and soldiers? Like red-eyed fighting cocks, they all brandished their weapons and stabbed wildly at the panicked officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers who were blocked by the flames wanted to rush out to help, but they could not pass through the barrier of the flames; The officers and soldiers who remained on the periphery retreated step by step under the charge of the Yellow Turban Army, and in a panic, they had little combat strength to speak of, and many fell under the blades raised by the Yellow Turban Army.

The flames advanced into the valley, and Liu Wei led a group of Yellow Turban troops to follow, and every time they pushed further, officers and soldiers would be slashed to the ground, and from time to time, one or two officers and soldiers with flames burning on their bodies would rush out of the flames and appear in front of them.

Whenever such officers and soldiers appeared, the red-eyed Yellow Turban Army would rush up and stab them fiercely.

For five years, they fought no less than 100 battles with officers and soldiers, but almost every time they ended in a rout, and the officers and soldiers followed behind and chased them like pigs and dogs.

At this moment, more than 100 Yellow Turban soldiers finally found an opportunity to raise their eyebrows, where would they spare their hands on the officers and soldiers who had lost the strength to fight back?

The further the flames advanced, the more serious the fire weakened, and after advancing less than fifty steps into the valley, Liu Wei could already see the group of officers and soldiers on the opposite side whose faces were blackened by everyone, but they were still only retreating step by step, and did not completely show the appearance of rout.

The combat capability of the officers and troops under Zhu Jun's command was really strong, and in this case, they still held their positions and showed no signs of defeat.

There were bursts of shouts of killing in the valley, and Liu Wei knew that it was the officers and soldiers stationed on the other side who launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Army in the valley.

Time is not on Liu Bian's side, the Yellow Turban Army in the valley has no will to fight, and the rout is just a matter of time. And the flames advancing towards the valley also showed signs of being extinguished at this time.

"Kill!" When the flames were a little shorter, Liu Wei held a shield and a long sword, roared angrily, and rushed towards the flames.

After the fight just now, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army following Liu Wei was like a rainbow, and they had long forgotten that they were fighting against the heavy armored infantry who had defeated them several times.

More than 100 people shouted in unison, followed behind Liu Wei, and rushed towards the officers and soldiers who had not formed a formation on the opposite side.

The faces and bodies of the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were blackened by the flames, and although they did not withdraw, their fighting spirit was much weaker.

When Liu Wei led the people to rush towards them, the generals who led the army also waved their long swords and shouted: "Kill!" He led the officers and soldiers to counterattack Liu Wei and the others.

Rushing through the much lower flames, Liu Wei used his shield to resist the short spears and long swords that stabbed at him, and at the same time picked up the long sword and slashed at the officers and soldiers in front of him.

Seeing the ferocity of Liu Bian's killing, the general of the Han army knew that he was the leader of this Yellow Turban Army, so he roared and rushed towards Liu Bian with his sword.

But as soon as he took two steps, there was a sudden pain in his chest, and he was punched heavily, staggered back a few steps, and sat on the ground.

Zhou Cang, who knocked the Han army general to the ground with a punch, roared angrily, stepped forward quickly, raised his foot and stepped on the back of the Han general who was about to turn over and get up, holding the long sword in both hands, the tip of the sword was pointing down, and stabbed the long sword into the neck of the Han general.

Blood ****, sprayed Zhou Cang's face. Zhou Cang raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, bent down and pulled the Han general's hair bun, and cut off the head with a sword.

"The enemy general is dead, brothers, kill!" Zhou Cang, who was holding the head of the Han general in his hand and his whole face was red with blood, shouted to the Yellow Turban Army behind him.

The generals of the official army were dead, and the morale of the Yellow Turban Army who followed Liu Wei suddenly doubled, and they rushed to the officers and soldiers who had already shown signs of defeat with shouts.

A yellow turban soldier raised the short spear in his hand and stabbed it into the heart of the officer and soldier who was blocking the front, and just as he was about to pull out the short spear, another officer and soldier rushed at him from behind, and a short spear pierced deep into his heart.

The back of the heart was pierced by a short spear, the Yellow Turban soldier looked down at the tip of the spear that passed through his chest, roared angrily with blood in his mouth, twisted his body violently, and broke the shaft of the short spear in the hands of the officers and soldiers behind him, and most of the short spear was still in his body.

Just when the officer and soldier were holding the small half-cut spear shaft and not coming back to their senses, the yellow turban soldier grabbed his shoulders with both hands, opened his mouth and bit him down fiercely......