Chapter 286: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake

Liu Hou's surroundings were all resourceful, and when they had a clear mission goal, they quickly discussed countermeasures. The fighter plane is fleeting, and as soon as the strategy comes out~ Taiwan, it will be implemented immediately.

This strategy actually included several steps, first, it was still necessary to set fires to make the fires in the area occupied by the Wei army out of control, but the method of setting fires was changed from scattered in the city to orderly fires.

In order to enhance the effect of arson, the Shu army not only threw burning ~ burning ~ bombs with hot air balloons, but also dispatched "Angry Birds" troops on the ground to throw fire oil bombs behind the line of fire.

The so-called oil bomb is to temporarily find some bottles and cans, fill them with hot oil, stuff them with strips of cloth, and light them and throw them over. The reason why this kind of improvised fire oil bomb is used instead of burning ~ burning ~ bomb is because the number of burning ~ burning ~ bombs is limited after all, and Liu Hou is reluctant to waste it here.

Anyway, on the other side of the line of fire, the Wei army had already prepared a large amount of flammable materials, and the damage caused by the fire oil bombs thrown over was not much worse than the burning ~ burning ~ bombs. In this way, the Wei army who was fighting the fire at the other end of the fire line was unlucky, they were already about to lose control of the fire, and now they suddenly threw over countless cans of oil, the jars were the kind of stoneware pots, which broke as soon as they hit the ground, and the oil flowed all over the place.

The Wei soldiers watched the flames rush from the line of fire, and then they felt that their whole body was in the midst of the fire. The Wei soldiers who put out the fire let out a howl like killing pigs one by one, and ran backwards like they were desperate, but they were on fire, and they kept burning flammable materials along the way, causing the fire to spread.

The Wei army was in chaos in an instant, and the soldiers who were running to the fire with water in the back saw the tragic situation in front of them, and immediately panicked, threw down the bucket in their hands and turned around and ran, where could they still care about fighting the fire.

The reason why the Shu army started to set fire to the interior from the line of fire was because this was originally the front line, even if there were people living in it, the two armies would have run out as soon as the war started, so the possibility of setting fire to the people here is very low.

The Shu army is planning to gradually advance the line of fire into the city from here, because there is no wind today, so the speed of the line of fire is very slow, and people can generally run faster than the speed of the spread of the fire if they want to run. The people in the city saw from afar that the smoke was billowing and the flames were soaring into the sky, and there was a reason not to run.

In this way, the people can be driven to flee in the opposite direction of the burning area. It's like beating around in the grass with a stick, if there is a snake hiding in the grass and seeing danger coming, it will naturally flee from the grass area.

Of course, it can be expected that not only will the people flock ~ to the various city gates, but the Wei soldiers will also do the same, and, because they have the force, they will definitely run to the city gate before the people.

If we follow the normal process, we don't know how long it will take for the people to flee out of the city. So, the second step of the Shu army came, Liu Hou sent three teams of men and horses to the remaining three city gates, used Keqiu to kill the Wei soldiers near the city gates, and then placed explosives~ to blow up the city gate holes of the three city gates.

As a result, the three gates and the walls on both sides were blown out of a large gap, just like the north gate. In this way, the three city gates were enlarged several times, and the flow of people fleeing from these three large openings could be increased several times at once. Moreover, it was difficult for the Wei soldiers to defend against danger and prevent the people from leaving the city.

As for how many Wei soldiers were killed during the implementation of this step, it was not a matter for the Shu army to consider. As soon as these two steps were implemented, the entire Wei army occupied area was boiling, looking at the line of fire that was getting closer and closer, the people helped the old and the young to rush to the direction of the three city gates, they didn't even have time to pack the soft and soft luggage at home, and it was important to escape.

Cao Xiu tried his best to suppress the soldiers, but the morale of the army was already confused, and even many people in the law enforcement team threw down their law enforcement knives and joined the fleeing team.

Cao Xiu looked at the chaotic scene in the city, and looked at the chaotic soldiers who could no longer be suppressed, and couldn't help but be discouraged. He took off the helmet on his head, knelt down, kowtowed three times facing the northwest, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, and he has failed to live up to His Majesty's trust, the minister has taken a step first, Your Majesty take care." ”

After that, he pulled out ~ the sword at his waist and wiped it off his neck. His staff and soldiers around him were taken aback, and hurriedly supported him, snatched the sword from his hand, and stopped him from killing himself.

When his subordinates tried to persuade him to no avail, they had to coerce him, mingle with the chaotic soldiers, and take advantage of the chaos to leave the city. However, how could Liu Hou let them escape so easily, there was a third step for the Shu army.

Liu Hou had already ambushed three troops not far from the three city gates and was waiting for them, anyway, now that the Shu army was numerous, he was not afraid of being broken by the Wei army in a few ways.

Cao Xiu was supported by his own soldiers, walked out of the south gate, and hurried all the way along the flow of people. In fact, he can't go if he doesn't go, the flow of people is so big, if you don't go, the people behind will push you away, and it's impossible to stop, unless you fall to the ground, but no one wants to fall to the ground, because those who are unlucky and fall to the ground will be trampled into meat sauce by the people who come up from behind in a blink of an eye.

There were civilians and soldiers in the crowd, and since all the soldiers who had been ordered to guard the city gate were killed, there was no one to stop the people from fleeing, and the other fleeing soldiers were only concerned with their own journey, and would not meddle in their own affairs to stop the people.

As a result, the fleeing team took on the strange appearance of the people in the army and the army in the people. But this kind of military-civilian mixing does not show that they are military-civilian fish ~ water conditions, on the contrary, in the fugitive team, friction occurs from time to time.

The friction may be that a certain person blocked the way of a certain Wei soldier, so he was beaten away by the Wei soldier, and there is also a possibility that some soldiers saw that some people had little wealth, and even if they fled, they did not forget to rob it.

However, the chaos soon stopped, and the flow of people was forced to stop. Because in front of the flow of people, a neatly arranged group of Shu troops appeared, blocking their way.

It didn't take long for the flow of people to slowly move forward again, and after a long time, Cao Xiu finally moved to the front, and he was stunned by the scene in front of him. I saw that the Shu army in front of me was divided into two teams on the left and right, and in front of the teams on both sides were a table and chairs, and a master sat on each chair, holding a pen and asking questions to the people standing in front of the table, while writing and drawing on paper.

Cao Xiu looked at it, and there was a big card on the left, with a few big words written on it: "People, please go this way." At the same time, a soldier with a loud voice shouted at the card: "The people go this way! "Line up, don't mess around! ”

And on the right, there is also a large card that reads, "Wei Jun goes this way." There was also a loud soldier shouting these words.

Cao Xiu took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw that the original chaotic flow of people was divided into two sides, and they lined up to walk to the seats on the left and right sides. Of course, it is impossible for the chaotic ranks of homeless and chaotic soldiers to become orderly with a few words and two cards with two loud voices, and the Shu army still has other means.