Chapter 40: Fire Attack Strikes Again

"There are not enough guards, how is it possible?" the guard asked condescendingly and loudly, "The other party is obviously coming to reinforce the troops, and the banner is waving ......"

"Report to the general! There are only three or four thousand soldiers and horses in the Huajun barracks, and no reinforcements have arrived!" the leader outside the gate hurriedly said, "That's a suspicious tactic, otherwise there is no need to retreat ten kilometers." The approach to the forest is only to use the terrain to create the illusion that reinforcements have arrived. ”

"General, it's true!"

"There were only three or four thousand soldiers and horses in the camp, and the morale was low. ”

"We found an opportunity to escape secretly, and the enemy camp is not defended at this time!"

"General, please send troops to rescue the brothers! There are other brothers who cannot escape, and are still waiting in the enemy camp!"

"General! The four grandsons of Liang Chun, Liang Jing, Liang Yun, and Liang Shun, the four grandsons of Liang Chun, are all here, and it will be a great achievement to take them down!"

His subordinates have confirmed that these are their own people outside. After all, most of them come from the same place, and it's not hard to find familiar faces.

After listening to their words, the guard suddenly realized: "No wonder! If there are really reinforcements, our army has not descended the mountain for so many days, and it should advance directly, at least to the bottom of the ridge to confront our side." But so far, the enemy army is still hiding on the edge of the forest and has not moved, and it is really a deception to me! The enemy army only has three or four thousand soldiers and horses, and the fact that you can escape shows that the defense is lax, and if it is a night attack at this time, it will have a miraculous effect! If you can really capture or even kill Liang Chun's four grandsons alive, it can also make the other party mess up......"

"General, we are willing to lead the way!" cried the escaped captives, "please send troops to break through the enemy camp and rescue the captured brethren!"

"Okay! Pass my order, the whole army will go out and attack the enemy camp at night!" the guard gave an order, and the thief army quickly opened the gate of the pass.

On the other side, the atmosphere inside the camp was tense, and Liang Kai, Liang Jing, Liang Yun, Liang Shun, Ning Ze and other generals were fully armed, riding on horses and waiting quietly.

"Arsenal Order, is this really okay? If we lose the bet, we will be miserable!" Liang Kai was quite flustered, "In case those enemy prisoners leak our army's plan......"

"Oh, did you tell them about your plans?" Ning Ze asked with a smile.

"That's not ......" Liang Kai swallowed nervously, "But if the other party doesn't surrender sincerely, our strategy can't succeed!"

"You can rest assured, whether they sincerely surrender or pretend to surrender, they can't escape my eyes!" Ning Ze's words were not arrogant, the surrendered troops sent out were all personally recruited and persuaded by him to surrender, so it is clear whether they have succeeded in transforming from Liang Yi Heavenly Kingdom to Dacheng.

Moreover, Ning Ze can also see the loyalty of the surrendered troops, and deliberately selects the highest value from them, and improves it to a safe level through rewards, and those with low loyalty will definitely not be able to send them out.

Having such a golden finger is nothing more than worrying.

Of course, Liang Kai didn't know that Ning Ze had this ability, thinking that he was talking about the ability to see people, and he was still apprehensive in his heart.

Fortunately, the troops did not know the complete plan, and the order they received was to return to the pass and tell the real strength and current situation in the camp of the thief army guards, so there shouldn't be any major problems, right?

Facing the nervous expressions of the four sons of the Liang family that could not be concealed, Ning Ze smiled and said: "Don't worry, everything is under control! Anyway, there are two possibilities, either these soldiers will act according to the plan, successfully trick the thief army down the mountain, and attack our military camp tent at night." When the time comes, we will act according to the plan, and we will win! Either we will surrender our troops and tell the thieves that we have deliberately let people out. In this case, even if the thieves know the true strength of our side, they will be skeptical. Surrendering troops and escaping and deliberately letting them out are two different situations. The former shows that we are defenseless, and the latter is deliberate, indicating that there is a follow-up move waiting for us. The thief will think that in fact, there are reinforcements on our side, and they are lying in ambush nearby waiting for the other party to take the bait, and they will never dare to come. Either way, it doesn't have much of an impact on us. ”

"Makes sense!" The four brothers of the Liang family looked at each other, a little relieved.

"But the arsenal order, can our plan succeed?" Liang Kai thought for a while, still a little skeptical, "The other party's army is dispatched, at least tens of thousands of people." I'm afraid we won't be able to fight even if we count the surrendered troops, right? Not to mention that the loyalty of the surrendered troops is still a big problem!"

"Let me tell you that!" Ning Ze smiled sideways, "Fire attack is the simplest strategy, and it is also the most commonly used strategy on the battlefield. It's simple, but it's extremely practical! With the right arrangement, it's not difficult to do more with less. As long as you believe in me and follow my plan completely, this battle will be won!"

"Anyway, I can't go back on it now, so take a gamble!" Liang Shun said in a deep voice, "After winning the bet, we will say more good things in front of my grandfather, and we will definitely change his prejudice against you." It's a big deal if we lose the bet, let's go to Huangquan together tonight!"

"In my youth, Huangquan Road will never go!" Ning Ze laughed, "In short, everyone is careful, don't make any mistakes!"

"Good!!" everyone said in unison.

I don't know how long it took to wait quietly.

Suddenly there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves ahead, and the earth seemed to shake.

"Here," Liang Kai was nervous, grabbed the reins and turned his head, "All ready!"

The people looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and quickly rode apart, each with a team to find his place in the tent.

At the same time, the guards were also vigilant by means of fences and wooden thorns.

Finally, the sound of the horses' hooves got closer and closer, and the sound of the thieves shouting could already be heard.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" the guard soldier sounded a panicked alarm, but he methodically turned around, quickly abandoned the defense, and ran towards the rear.

"Run!" Ning Ze rode on his horse and waved his flag, and the piles of soldiers who had been prepared in the camp immediately staggered according to the pre-rehearsed formation, letting out a panicked shout.

"Open the back door!" Liang Kai gave an order, and the back door of the camp quickly opened, and most of the soldiers gathered over.

When the thief army finally appeared outside the camp, Ning Ze waved the flag again, and several teams of soldiers shot a few arrows painlessly, and then continued to shout in panic and turned around to flee for their lives. It was as if it was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the other party had not even attacked the camp, and this side had already fled.

When the thief general saw this scene, he was overjoyed: "Attack the camp and capture the enemy general alive!"

The "——!! Killer" thieves surged out and began to storm the gate of the camp and tried to tear down the fence of the camp. Because there was no one to defend, it became extraordinarily simple.

"Boom!" The gate of the camp was quickly broken, and the military general of the thief army rode in, and at a glance saw Liang Kai and others who were panicked and led the troops to escape from the back door, and they were excited: "The enemy general is leaving! Lu Mao, the general of the heavenly kingdom, is here!"

"Run!" Liang Kai shouted loudly and rushed out the back door first.

Liang Jing, Liang Yun, Liang Shun, and Ning Ze fled with their soldiers one after another in a rather panicked state, leaving behind a group of military generals.

Lu Mao found that the resistance of the opposing soldiers was weak, and the main general fled faster, so he naturally couldn't let it go. So he stepped forward and directly led his troops to chase after him.

The generals of the palace came up and fought with Lu Mao for a few rounds, and they were defeated one by one, turning their horses' heads and fleeing for their lives.

Lu Mao naturally would not let them go, rode his horse and galloped and ordered loudly: "Pursuit!"

Liang Kai and others in front fled the camp on horseback and fled into the mountains with torches, and Lu Mao led troops to attack in the rear to arrest the four brothers of the Liang family.

It's just that the mountain road is rough and dark at night, and you can't see very far by the light of the torches. The other party seemed to be familiar with the nearby terrain and ran very fast, Lu Mao could only rely on his voice to determine the direction and chase after him.

The army pursued into a valley with steep cliffs on either side.

When I got here, I faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the other party was probably in front. Lu Mao continued to lead his troops forward, and the army entered the valley, when suddenly there was a loud noise in front of him, and then the earth shook, like ten thousand horses galloping.

When I rushed forward, I saw countless boulders and trees rolling down from the cliffs on both sides, blocking the way in an instant.

Then, the flames on both sides of the cliff overhead appeared, and countless soldiers rose up and began to throw torches and shoot rockets.

The flames fell to the ground, and on both sides of the valley were half-man-tall dead grass branches, which quickly burned and began to spread.

Lu Mao was startled, turned around and wanted to leave.

But he found that the army behind him was blocking the road, and hurriedly shouted: "Pass my order, pour soil on the spot to extinguish the fire!"

"Splash soil on the spot to extinguish the fire, pour soil on the spot to extinguish the fire......" The herald opened his throat and continued to speak, and all the thieves took action, and those with farm tools came in handy and quickly dug the soil. The other soldiers hurriedly picked up stones and threw them on the fire.

It's just that countless jars were dropped on the cliff, and after they landed, they shattered and poured out tung oil, and the fire that was about to be extinguished grew rapidly. In addition, torches and rockets kept falling overhead, and some unlucky soldiers were also ignited or shot to death, and the scene was chaotic.

This situation made Lu Mao a little flustered, and hurriedly ordered loudly: "The front army is the rear army, and the rear army is the front army, quickly withdraw from the valley!"

The herald immediately sent the order out, and the whole team immediately turned around and tried to get out of the valley.

It only soon stopped again, and wailed everywhere.

"What's going on, retreat, retreat quickly!" Seeing that the team stopped and the fire was raging around him, Lu Mao was so anxious that he kept yelling and running back and forth on his war horse.

"General, the road in the rear is blocked, and we can't get out!"

"What?!Who is so vicious that he wants our entire army to be buried here?" Lu Mao's face was pale, no matter how stupid he was, he knew the plan, and now he and his entire army have become turtles in the urn, and there is nowhere to escape, "Chong! No matter what, we must find a way to survive!"

"General! There are cliffs on both sides, and there are huge boulders and trees blocking the road in front and behind, and we have nowhere to escape!" the adjutant general shouted in panic, his face blackened by the smoke, "It's over! Today we are about to be buried in the flames......

"Don't panic!" Although Lu Mao was panicked, he still tried to calm himself, "Tie the boulder tree with a rope and use the war horse to open the obstacle!"

"General, the fire is too big! we can't get close!"

"If you don't want to die, immediately find a way to break the barrier!!"

......

There was chaos in the valley, Liang Kai and the others had already ridden up the cliff, looking down at the sea of fire below and being silent, and then turned their heads to look at Ning Ze one after another, their eyes full of awe.

Ning Ze jumped off the horse and raised his right hand to make a modern military salute: "Needless struggle, it's hard to fly with wings!"