Chapter 36: The Great War (1)
In the evening, nineteen secret guards and five hundred officers and soldiers set out in the direction of the Yan army camp.
And the Yan soldiers in the Yan army camp, because the grain and grass were burned, everyone was uneasy at this time. Without food and grass, there is no talk of war. Fortunately, the grain and grass will be delivered tomorrow morning, and it will not delay the plan to raid the Qin army tomorrow night.
Yan Lin was still in the camp at this time with a plan to raid the Qin army tomorrow, and he thought that after the sneak attack of the Qin army last night, he would definitely not attack again today.
Although they had no food and grass at this time, their strength and number were above the Qin army, they had 50,000 horses, while the Qin army only had 40,000 horses. If they attack, they will hit the stone with an egg, and they are not so stupid.
But what he didn't expect was that Bai Chuxia would be able to change the situation of this big war by taking advantage of the wind direction tonight.
At this time, the 500 officers and soldiers and 19 secret guards who slowly moved in the direction of the Yan army were extremely careful with every step, and they knew that the key to winning this war this time was them.
Five hundred officers and soldiers, each carrying a fire stick on their backs, a fire fold hidden in their waists, and each secret guard carrying a bucket of tung oil.
Be sure to ensure that at night, the camp of the Yan army can be burned to ashes.
They must be extremely careful not to let the Yan army find out, so as not to startle the snake.
When they arrived near the Yan army camp, it was already night, and there was still an hour to go, and several people were very excited in their hearts, hoping that the southeast wind would come early. But now the night is bright and the stars are scarce, and there is no sense of wind, and everyone who sees it is panicked.
At this time, Bai Chuxia and the 30,000 officers and soldiers who attacked had already arrived at the place. Where they are now, three thousand meters away from the hill. If the number of Yan soldiers who catch up is small, the two teams of men and horses in ambush on the hill will not move, let them over, and wait for the Yan soldiers to be more numerous before attacking.
Looking up at the stars in the sky and the surrounding grass and trees, there was no momentum of the wind.
Yuan Zhong couldn't help but speak, "Bai Gongzi, will there really be a strong wind tonight?" I looked, how come there isn't a little bit of wind up? ”
Isn't this wind all from small to large? Now there is not even a little movement of the wind, how can there be a strong wind later.
Yuan Zhong's words were everyone's voices, and they were all a little uneasy in their hearts.
Zhang Guodong also looked at Bai Chuxia and asked, "Chu'er, are you sure?" ”
"Don't worry, when the time comes, the wind will blow." Bai Chuxia's face was calm, and he was not worried about the wind at all.
In the last life and tonight, a huge southeast wind suddenly rose, and in only a quarter of an hour, it became an east wind.
Because of the defeat at that time, and the unprecedented strength of the gale, it was recorded in history, so she remembered it very clearly.
Looking at Bai Chuxia's confident face, everyone didn't say anything anymore, but their hearts were still up and down.
When the child was approaching, everyone saw that there was still no sign of the wind, and they couldn't help but be worried.
It's about to be time, why isn't there a little wind, isn't there some precursor to the wind? Now there is no warning at all, is it not going to be windy tonight?
All the officers and soldiers looked up at the sky, and then at the grass and trees around them, and couldn't help but talk.
Bai Chuxia still had a calm face, silent, waiting for the arrival of Zishi.
The 500 officers and soldiers squatting outside the Yan army camp and the 19 secret guards were also anxious when they saw that there was no wind at all.
If there is no wind when it arrives, do they light the fire or not!
At this time, they feel that time is passing extremely slowly, and they want to let the time come quickly, and they want to let the time go slowly, they are afraid that there will be no wind at that time, so tonight, they will throw themselves into the net.
Time passed little by little, and the people who were waiting were a little restless in their hearts.
As soon as the hour came, the wind suddenly blew fiercely, the wind swept the dark clouds, and the sand flew away from the rocks.
Without warning, a strong wind rose and was so strong that it seemed to be able to sweep people away.
Seeing this, nineteen secret guards hurriedly flew in the direction of the Yan army camp with oil drums, and five hundred officers and soldiers also got up together and ran towards the camp.
The two secret guards stopped not far from the camp and blatantly sprayed tung oil towards the Yan army camp, due to the extreme wind, the tung oil did not fall directly to the ground, but followed the wind and flew to the Yan army camp.
The other secret guards, in groups of two, flew in all directions of the Yan army camp, each spraying one and one well-trained.
When he came, Bai Chuxia had already arranged for them to set fire to all the Yan army camps, so that they could stop them for a while.
Seeing that there were so many black-clothed people in front of the camp, and some officers and soldiers were followed behind, the Yan army patrolled and hurriedly shouted, "The Qin army has raided, the Qin army has raided." ”
Before he could finish calling the Dark Guard, he sprinkled all the oil, and each of them took out the fire fold from his bosom and threw it into the camp. The strong wind carried the fire fold far away, and approached the interior of the camp.
At this time, more than 500 officers and soldiers also arrived, and in groups of two, they formed a semicircle around the large camp of the Yan army.
One of them took a fire stick with oil, and the other took a fire breaker to light the fire, and when the fire stick caught fire, he immediately threw it in the direction of the Yan army camp.
Repeatedly, he continued to move in his hand, and he didn't stop until he threw the fire stick in his hand.
After all the fire sticks in his hand were lit, the Yan army camp was already on fire at this time.
Watching the raging fire burning, several people did not retreat, enjoying the grand scene at this time.
Because I had already explained to them before I came, after a quarter of an hour, it would become an east wind, and I had to pretend not to know that the wind would change, and let the Yan army pursue them and lure them to the hills.
Listening to the cries of the Yan army in the Yan army camp, my heart was very happy.
Since it was already a child, most of the people had already slept, the wind was very strong, the fire was fierce, and some people were burned to death in their beds directly in the tent before they could come out.
Yan Lin had already fallen asleep, and when he heard the sound, he hurriedly got up, and saw that the camp tent had been surrounded by fire, so he put on his coat, picked up the water in the basin and poured it on his body, and then flew away from the tent with a light luck.
When I got out of the tent, there was a fire all around, and some shirtless officers and soldiers were fighting the fire, but the fire was fierce, and before they could put out the fire, they were blown to other places by the strong wind, and they were also ignited in an instant.
At this time, Lin Yan appeared in front of Yan Lin, took away the cloth covering his mouth and nose, and said anxiously, "Master, the fire here is too big, come with me." ”
As he spoke, he picked up the light gong and flew away, Yan Lin glanced at the surrounding camp again, exuding a cold breath, and chased after him.
Since it was a southeast wind, only the southeast direction outside the camp was a safe place.
By the time the two of them stood still, they were already outside the camp, and at this time there were already many people standing out of the encirclement.
The Qin soldiers who were waiting to attack three thousand meters away from the hill held the spears in their hands tightly one by one to stabilize their bodies. The wind came without warning, and it suddenly became a strong wind, and I was caught off guard.
couldn't help but shout, "The wind is coming, the wind is coming, Bai Gongzi is really a god, it's really windy." ”
Seeing the thick smoke billowing in the direction of the Yan army, the fire fiercely lit up the entire valley, and shouted again, "The Yan army camp is on fire, the Yan army camp is really on fire......"
Looking at the smoke in the distance, Bai Chuxia hooked his lips and showed a good-looking smile.
Within a moment, the wind direction changed abruptly.
Seeing that the wind direction had changed, and seeing the officers and soldiers in the Yan army camp running out, the more than 500 people of the Qin army pretended to be surprised and hurriedly ran back.
Hearing the movement, seeing that a large number of people wearing Qin soldiers' uniforms ran away, Yan Lin drank coldly, "Chase." ”
"Yes."
The group of people who ran out first had 5,000 people, although many of them were shirtless and even had some burns on their skin, but when they heard Yan Lin's order, they still chased after them.
Because they don't seem to have a lot of people, even if they are now bare-handed, they have the confidence to arrest them.
At this time, due to the sudden change in the direction of the wind, many people escaped, looking at the burning camp, and their faces were gloomy.
Yan Lin and Lin Yan commanded the fire extinguishing, because it was the east wind, they only needed to control the fire in the east, from east to west, and the fire would naturally be extinguished in a few moments!
After the fire was extinguished, we saw that the camp had been burned in a messy and dilapidated state, and the number of officers and men had been reduced by one-third, and there were 1,000 soldiers and horses of 50,000 men and horses who had been sent out to buy grain and grass, and 5,000 people had already chased them, and now there were only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses left.
Looking at the somewhat embarrassed army, as well as the only a few thousand war horses left, Yan Lin was cold, and said angrily, "Chase." ”
He led his horse to chase in the direction of the Qin soldiers.
The rest of the people rode on their horses, and those who did not have horses with spears and swords in their hands, and chased after them barefoot.