Chapter 18: A Great Fire
Hutuo River, originating from the territory of Fanzhi County, Shanxi, winds across the Taihang Mountain and enters Hebei, in the upper reaches of the solid waves, get an alias: the surging river, however, when it flows to the territory of Bohai County, it has become a shallow river without waves, the widest part is impressively up to twelve miles, and the deepest part is only a little more than three feet, there are many sandbanks in the river, like a string of beads across the center of the river, and there are many reeds, not only the sandbar is densely covered with this thing, the river bank is also within two miles on both sides, and it is really like a green gauze tent.
The green gauze tent is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, especially when the sunset is slanting in the west, a group of birds circling and flying on the wide river surface, falling into the green gauze tent from time to time, the crane dances and flies, sprinkling bursts of crisp birdsong, its scenery is poetic and picturesque, making people linger, but Gongsun Ming has no intention of appreciating such beautiful scenery, although it is a strong pretend to stand still calmly, seemingly calm and calm, but in fact, looking at the northeast direction of the eyes is obviously revealing a thick anxious color, no side, the dishes have been put on the table, but "guests" But it didn't arrive for a long time, how could Gongsun Ming not be worried.
"Report, young master, the two generals Shen and Zhao are leading the main force of Yan Liang's department to come quickly, and it is less than four miles away. β
At three o'clock in the morning, just when Gongsun Ming was waiting for him, he saw a horse coming from the dust, and went straight to Gongsun Ming.
"Okay, pass the order, and all the departments will act according to the predetermined plan, and those who dare to make noise and make a disturbance will be killed!"
Hearing that Yan Liang's department had already taken the bait, Gongsun Ming's tense nerves were loosened, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and then gave a death order, and several heralds who were accompanying him bowed down to the promise, hurried to the ambush points of each department, and conveyed Gongsun Ming's order......
"Quick, rush in, cross the river, cross the river!"
Four miles is not short, but for the outlaw fleeing army, it is only a quarter of an hour to rush by, seeing that the reeds have arrived, how dare Shen Fei have the slightest delay, with a roar, the defeated soldiers rushed into the green gauze tent along the gap.
"General Yan is slow, slow!"
The Yizhou army chased all the way for nearly an hour, and it was already red-eyed, and this time the Bohai Navy broke and fled into the reeds, and never stopped at all, and Lu Xiang, who was eager to take revenge, took the lead and led the front army to rush in, and Yan Liang also did not hesitate, and led the main Chinese army to rush all the way to the gap, but at this moment, he saw that the judge was in a hurry to catch up from behind, and he shouted with an anxious face, which immediately made Yan Liang unconsciously slow down his horse.
"General Yan, the reeds ahead are thick, and you must guard against thieves and soldiers!"
Yan Liang's speed was so slow, the judge who was not very good at equestrian skills finally arrived out of breath, and he didn't care about catching his breath, so he immediately admonished him.
"Hmm......"
Although Yan Liang was eager to avenge his cousin, what he said in this hearing was quite reasonable, and he inevitably hesitated.
"Haha...... What a big joke, Zhengnan's words are really unfounded, although this reed is dense, however, it is not as high as the shoulder, how can it hide a large number of soldiers and horses, and besides, the reeds are green, and the fire is difficult, what is there to be afraid of?"
Without waiting for Yan Liang to make a decision, Guo Tu, who was standing on the side, had already unceremoniously derogatory the trial, and his words were extremely harsh, and he didn't leave much affection for the trial at all.
"Well said, the whole army obeys the order and pursues!"
As soon as Guo Tu's words came out, the doubts in Yan Liang's heart suddenly went, and he didn't hesitate any longer, shook the reins of the horse, and led the troops to rush into the reeds.
"Signal!"
There is a gentle slope outside the left wing of the reed swing gap, not high, only ten zhang up and down, the strange rocks on the slope are craggy, the bushes are overgrown and low, looking at the past from the gap, there is no possibility of hiding soldiers at all, but there is something strange behind the slope - one is as long as two and a half miles, The natural trench that was several zhang wide was close to the back of the slope, and Gongsun Ming, who was the commander of the first army, was lying behind a big stone at this moment, and his eyes were watching the movement of the Yizhou army with blazing eyes, until he saw that Yan Liang had led his troops to rush into the reeds, and Gongsun Ming finally spit out a breath that he had been holding in his chest, but he didn't care to adjust the disordered breath, and he gritted his teeth and let out an angry roar.
"Knock, knock......"
With Gongsun Ming's order, dozens of drummers lined up behind the slope immediately picked up the drumsticks in their hands and beat a violent drum beat frantically.
"Huh?"
The gap of the reed swing is deliberately opened up by the Bohai Navy, it is more than three zhang wide, straight from the plain to the Hutuo River, although there are some wreckage of reed roots, but it is basically flat, people and horses walk on it, there will be no hindrance, especially in the case that the front army has basically rushed out of the reed, Yan Liang will not be very suspicious, this road can be described as extremely relaxed, until the violent drum sounded, Yan Liang was shocked to feel that something seemed to be wrong, subconsciously restrained the horse galloping under the seat, and his eyes looked at the place where the gentle slope was, but unfortunately because of the barrier of the gentle slope, he could not see the movement on the other side of the gentle slope at allγ
"It's on fire, damn it, it's on fire. β
"Oh no, it's on fire!"
"Hit the mark!"
Before Yan Liang could figure out what was going on, dozens of fires suddenly ignited in the reeds one after another, and soon spread to the gap, and the thick smoke was billowing up, and the soldiers of the Yizhou Army suddenly became a mess.
"Despicable grandson Xiao'er, withdraw, the rear team becomes the front team, withdraw, quickly withdraw!"
Yan Liang really couldn't understand why the seemingly verdant and turquoise reeds could suddenly cause such a big fire, but there was one thing he knew, that is, he couldn't stay here for a long time, but when he saw that he twisted the horse's head tightly, he shouted loudly, and the horse was about to flee back and forth.
Yan Liang's general order was issued in a very timely manner, the problem is that the current military heart is already in chaos, and the only ones who can really listen to his order are those guards who follow him, as for most of the soldiers are all out of proportion at this time, some want to rush forward, some want to retreat, and some are so frightened that they spin around in place, and the whole team has completely fallen into a state of collapse, which has not waited for the Bohai Navy to kill, and the soldiers of the Yizhou Army who trampled on each other and died are not known to be many......