Chapter 359: True and False
Cao Jun fought for a day, but he was also tired, and after eating, he rested early, and Dai Ling continued to patrol the camp.
In the middle of the night, the soldiers suddenly reported that there was a fire in the east camp, and Dai Ling immediately led the troops to check, and there was no enemy attack, so he ordered people to put out the fire and be on guard.
When he was in front of the camp to observe, suddenly the whole camp was full of fire, especially the wooden stakes on the outer fence, forming a circle of fire, which spread out in the night wind, and it was out of control.
Dai Ling was shocked, seeing that the fire could not be extinguished, he hurriedly ordered the gongs and drums to be beaten, and asked the soldiers to order the retreat, and Liu Zhu called Xiahou Shang to protect the retreat.
Xiahou Shang saw the fire in the camp, illuminating the cliffs on both sides as if they were shaking, and said angrily: "How did Dai Ling defend the camp, but he was attacked again? ”
Liu Zhu said: "I didn't hear the sound of killing, it seems that there was just a fire in the camp. ”
Xiahou Shang was stunned, and when he looked carefully, sure enough, only Cao Jun fled from the camp, but he didn't see the sound of shouting and killing, and scolded: "Dai Ling, this waste, has not achieved enough success, and has more than enough failures." ”
Dai Lingzheng led the troops to rush over, and hurriedly stepped forward to proclaim: "General, the Han army has already buried firewood and grass in the camp, and the railing outside the camp is hollow and filled with sulfur, and someone is lurking in the army to start a fire. ”
"Why didn't you find out beforehand?" Xiahou Shang roared angrily: "This matter is all in your hands. ”
Dai Ling sighed helplessly when he heard this, the Han army did things very secretively, those wooden stakes were made of hands and feet, some bamboo tubes were filled with sulfur, and the camp was mixed with defeated troops, who could have expected it in advance?
At this time, the whole camp was in flames, illuminating the canyon red, although there was no enemy army to kill, but the tiger leaping cliff was obviously unable to garrison troops, Liu Zhu persuaded Xiahou Shang, and everyone retreated to Qinglong Pond.
After this toss, when the horses were settled, it was already dark, Xiahou Shang was like thunder, where could he still sleep, and ordered the account to be promoted and the troops were ordered.
He instructed Liu Zhu: "Although the old thief Yan Yan is treacherous, he just helps me succeed, and he also uses yesterday's plan, you go to lure the enemy, I ambush at the Tiger Leaping Cliff, and I will make it come and go." ”
Liu Zhu was ordered to fight, and Xiahou Shang divided his troops into two mountain cliffs to ambush, only waiting for the Han army to chase after him, cut them off and kill them, and he was ashamed.
Liu Zhu led the troops to cross the Tiger Leaping Cliff again, and saw that the camp had already turned into ashes, and black smoke was emitted from time to time, half of the cliff was smoked black, and the canyon looked a little terrifying.
As soon as he led the troops over the camp, suddenly the ambush soldiers on both sides came out, with Jufu on the left and wings on the right, and Cao Jun was caught off guard, and there was a big chaos all of a sudden.
Liu Zhu was shocked, and when he hurriedly organized his troops to defend, Jufu patted the horse and arrived, and Sanwuhe beheaded the panicked Liu Zhu under the horse.
Cao's army was blocked by his own battalion to retreat, collapsed, with countless casualties, scattered defeated troops fled to report the letter, and Xiahou Shang, who was ambushing in the mountains, was furious and personally led his troops to fight.
By the time he reached the slope of Tiger Leaping Cliff, the Han army had already retreated, leaving only corpses and crippled and wailing soldiers.
Xiahou Shang ordered the ambush soldiers to continue to wait, crossed the remnant camp, ordered the soldiers to treat the wounded soldiers, and went to the Qingsong Plateau to fight, shouting insults to Yan Yan.
Yan Yan was furious, and went out to fight with Xiahou Shang, the two fought for more than ten times, Xiahou Shang was secretly frightened, he didn't expect this veteran to be able to swordsmanship, and the fake show was really defeated backwards.
Yan Yan waved his troops to cover the killing, but he only chased the remnants of the camp and stopped, watched Cao Jun retreat to the slope, and returned with laughter.
Xiahou Shang was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and returned to the camp to discuss with Dai Ling: "Liu Zhu was ambushed, and the old thief Yanyan was afraid of a certain courage and did not dare to chase him. ”
Dai Ling persuaded: "If Yan Yan doesn't chase after him, he must see through the general's plan, and we are only ordered to defend Sendai, why send troops, do this extra move?" ”
Xiahou Shang was furious and said: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, waiting for the king to eat, the thief army enters the country, but does not meet the enemy, what is your intention?" If you dare to disobey orders, military law will be engaged. ”
Dai Ling had no choice but to say: "Yan Yan seized the camp before and transported the grain and grass away, but now the grain and grass in the camp are exhausted, please transfer the grain and grass to the general." ”
"I have a point!" Xiahou was still impatient and forced Dai Ling to fight.
In the afternoon, Dai Ling led the troops to lure the enemy again, Liu Zhu died in ambush, Dai Ling was very cautious, and ordered the soldiers to investigate carefully, and did not let go of any canyon grass and trees.
Along the way, they stopped and stopped, not like marching troops, but like searching, and even turned the big battalion into ashes, and saw that it was not early, and then gave the order to retreat.
Xiahou was still in ambush on the mountain cliff, and when he waited until evening, he saw Dai Ling retreating cautiously and did not see the pursuers coming.
Xiahou Shang asked, "Why don't you see the chasing enemy?" ”
Dai Ling replied: "Yan Yan is cautious and does not move. ”
Xiahou Shang snorted coldly and called a soldier to question, but said that Dai Ling was only wandering in the front camp, worried that there was an ambush ahead, and did not enter the army.
Xiahou Shang was furious and said: "It turns out that the former army has been defeated repeatedly, and it is you, a dog thief, who passively avoids the war and betrays the country!" ”
Dai Ling hurriedly waved his hand and said, "General, calm your anger, listen to my explanation......"
Before the words fell, Xiahou Shang rushed to the front angrily, stabbed him to death with a sword, and told the three armies that those who dared to slack off would not be spared.
At this time, it was dark, Xiahou Shang was angry and returned to the camp, but saw that the camp was deserted, the soldiers of the rear battalion were fishing by the Qinglong Pond, and some people were cleaning wild vegetables and fruits, so they remembered that they forgot to allocate grain and grass, and hurriedly sent people to the camp to transport it.
Cao Jun suffered defeats one after another, his morale was low, and he ate wild vegetable gruel at night, and he was even more resentful, but when he saw that Xiahou Shang beheaded Dai Ling, no one dared to persuade him to withdraw from the army and rest hastily.
When the grain and grass in the battalion arrived, it was already the third watch, and the soldiers in the rear battalion had to unload the grain and count it again, and there was a noise in the camp, and some people were woken up, and they couldn't hold back anymore and shouted and cursed.
Those who transported and collected grain were also full of resentment and returned their mouths, so the soldiers of the front and rear battalions scolded each other across the Qinglong Pond, and the spit fell into the pool like raindrops.
Cao Jun scolded too much, but he didn't dare to do it, first spit, and then picked up a stone to hit the other party, the water splashed, and for a time the waves of Qinglongtan rolled.
Unconsciously, the water is getting bigger and bigger, and before the feet are over, Cao Junwu didn't realize that some people upstream were washed into the pool by the turbid waves, and some people downstream still applauded.
Boom Boom –
Suddenly, the water rose sharply, and a row of people were swept into the pool, and Cao Jun realized that the situation was not good, and the crowd in front was washed away, only to see the flood under the moonlight, sweeping all over the valley.
In the blink of an eye, Qinglong Pond disappeared, and the entire canyon was flooded, and Cao's grain trucks, war horses, and tents were instantly washed away, following the torrent and rolling downstream.
Xiahou Shang was in a daze, felt that the world was spinning, shook him awake, suddenly felt that his body was wet, wiped a handful of water stains, sat up suddenly, and scolded in a low voice: "Grandma's, wet the bed again!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, a huge force suddenly hit him, shaking him out of the tent, only to realize that he was floating in the flood, surrounded by screams and turbid waves.
Xiahou Shang panicked inexplicably, as if he was in a nightmare, he couldn't wake up if he wanted to, he couldn't escape if he wanted to escape, he hugged the bed board and yelled: "Is this a dream?" ”