Chapter 473: Burning Xiahou
Xiahoudun waited for another afternoon, but when he didn't see Jiang Gan return to the camp, he scolded angrily: "You two are classmates and friends, eat and drink in the city, and ask a certain person to drink the northwest wind outside, so ...... good."
Then the battalions were ordered to hold a banquet to celebrate the success, although the battle with Zhou Yu was not divided into victory, but the Wu army was exhausted in the city, and the defeat was imminent, in the eyes of Xiahoudun it was a complete victory, ready to retreat first tomorrow, and the cold winter Layue camped outside, and the people and horses were extremely guilty.
At this time, the Wei army knew that both sides had withdrawn their troops, and they all relaxed their vigilance, and the rear camp also allocated more grain and grass to prepare meals, so that everyone could eat and drink enough and go on the road tomorrow morning.
Xiahoudun was depressed in his heart, and there were Zhong Jin's brothers to persuade him to drink, and he didn't feel that he was drunk, although the soldiers of the full camp did not have enough wine, but they attacked the city one after another, everyone was nervous, and they competed to carnival after relaxing, and rested until night.
At the fourth watch, the last quarter moon hangs above the western sky, the stars flicker with cold light, and the northwest wind cuts the face like a knife.
Wu Junbing went straight to the Wei army camp in three ways, and when they arrived outside the camp, they saw that it was pitch black everywhere, and there was no one patrolling, and the torches on the sentry tower had long been extinguished.
Zhou Yu sat upright on the horse, his eyes under the brocade robe were like electricity, and he slowly swept over the Wei army camp, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "No wonder Xiahoudun is often defeated, so he commands the troops, and An can be undefeated?" β
Not long after, Xu Sheng sent someone to report that firewood, grass and wood had been stacked in the northwest direction of the coast, and soon the sound of horses was faintly heard at the south gate, and Ding Feng also led the troops to rob the Wei army's war horses.
"Set fireβ" Zhou Yu slowly ordered.
The soldiers on both sides rushed up and lit torches at the north gate, and the archers were already ready to fire, and the fire arrows rose into the sky like meteors, piercing the dim sky, and fell into the enemy camp in unison.
The fire horn appeared in the north, and Xu Sheng in the northwest gave an order, and countless fires reflected the red sky at night, and in an instant, thick smoke billowed and spread along the west wind to the Wei camp.
The banks of the Zihe River were red, and the Wu army was distributed in the northwest direction, quietly watching this scene, and did not rush to beat the drum to kill, the fire shone on everyone's faces, and the light was uncertain.
The terrible screams finally came out, the messy drums sounded, and the Wei army camp was in chaos, and the soldiers crawled out of the barracks and were shocked to see the red light in the sky overhead.
The smoke was so thick that many people choked and coughed, and they fell to the ground after not taking a few steps, unable to get up again, and the fire burned quickly, leaving only a cloud of smoke and dust.
Xiahoudun had a familiar dream again, the people in his ears shouted horses, and the soldiers surrounded him in front and back, shouting in shock: "Zhang Fei, Zhang Heizi ......"
When he opened his eyes suddenly, he saw black smoke billowing from the tent, and his soldiers were pulling him up to get up and put on his clothes, and roared angrily: "What happened? β
Zhong Jin put on his robe for him indiscriminately and urged: "The Wu army is attacking the camp, the general is leaving!" β
"Impossible, absolutely ......" Xiahou Xuan's eyes widened, and when he heard the screams everywhere outside the tent, he was shocked, and was dragged out of the tent by Zhong Jin in a daze.
Seeing the fire in the sky outside the tent, Xiahou was dumbfounded and opened his mouth: "This ......"
Zhong Shen had already brought his mount, helped Xiahoudun to get on his horse, and guarded Xiahoudun with all the guards, retreated to the southeast with smoke and fire, and escaped from the camp first and then made plans.
The Wei army deserted out of the camp in embarrassment, many were burned to death by the fire, those who escaped by luck did not have time to dress, shivered in the cold wind, and were frozen before they left, and there were ambushes in the dark night to release dark arrows, and there were countless casualties.
Xiahoudun rushed out of the east gate with a horse, frightened, gritted his teeth and scolded: "The scholar mistook me!" β
Looking back, the entire camp had been burned down for the most part, the flames were four or five feet high, and the smoke covered the sky, and there were no stars or moons in sight.
When he was scolding, he suddenly heard the sound of drums, and he urged the horse to kill: "Xiahoudun, today is your death." β
"General, let's go!" Zhong Jin saw it really and hurriedly stepped forward to stop it.
Ding Feng had been preparing for a long time, ready to go, raised his gun to pull away Zhong Jin, and directly took Xiahou Dun.
"Jiangdong rats, Hugh is rampant!" Xiahoudun was furious, raised his hand and threw away the robe and armor on his body, and only wore cloth clothes to fight Ding Feng.
Ding Feng had quietly entered the camp with three thousand Wu soldiers behind him, snatched the war horses of the Xianbei army, and rushed forward together, but the frightened Wei army could not resist and fled one after another.
The two Zhong Jin brothers fought together, but the defeat was like a mountain, and they couldn't be restrained at all.
Ding Feng pursued closely, and the Wu army rampaged in the chaotic army, only to scream and suffer countless casualties, and chased straight to the bank of the Zihe River.
At this time, the entire camp of the Wei army was on fire, and the bank of the Zihe River turned into a sea of fire.
In the camp in the west, the Xianbei army was choked by the fireworks, they were close to the grain and grass, at first they thought that there was a fire in the camp, and they were still scolding, and when they found that the situation was not good, the fire had spread to the front when they wanted to leave.
When the Xianbei army rushed to the back trough and was about to flee on horseback, they were all dumbfounded, only to see that the stables were empty, and there was not a single horse.
"These Han people are really not righteous enough!" Yuwen horseshoe crab was so angry that he stomped his feet and scolded, without war horses, their strength would be greatly reduced.
The Xianbei army panicked, and finally escaped from the camp in the smoke, Xu Sheng had already waited with Wu Jun for a long time, holding the ancient ingot knife in his arms, pouting and smiling: "Hu Lu'an dares to offend my Central Plains? Killβ"
Under an order, the crossbow arrows were fired, and the Xianbei troops in the front row fell to the ground one after another, and before the soldiers behind could react, the Wu army had already rushed forward, and the Xianbei army had no war horses, no weapons, and no power to fight back.
"Follow me!" Yuwen Horseshoe Crab carried the mountain opening axe, and the tiger roared straight at Xu Sheng.
Bang β
In the loud noise, Xu Sheng, who was a head shorter than Yuwen Horseshoe Crab, actually caught this move, took a lunge, and crossed his hands, which was as stable as a mountain.
"You?!" Yuwen Horseshoe Crab was shocked, looking down at the defeated subordinates of his former subordinates, in disbelief.
"Hey, hey!" Xu Sheng slowly raised his head, and under the shining firelight, two rows of white teeth were revealed, "Those who offend my Han territory, die-"
In the midst of the explosion, his arms slammed into force, pushing the big axe away, and the ancient ingot knife took advantage of the momentum, and the brilliant cold light reflected the raging fire, brilliant and dazzling.
Snort β
In the light sound, the armor of the Yuwen horseshoe crab was illusory, and the round belly was cut like a melon, and the internal organs of the intestines gurgled out.
"That's it?" Xu Sheng turned his hand and pulled a beautiful knife flower, and shouted: "Soldiers, rush!" β
Yuwen horseshoe crab was beheaded, and the Xianbei army became more and more panicked, and they turned around and fled, but there was nowhere to go behind them, and there was no way to advance or retreat, and they were all killed by the Wu army, and they were drowned in the sea of fire in a short time.
Zhou Yu took a thousand elite soldiers to watch the battle from a distance, Wei Zhai was burned down, and the battalions came to report one after another, only more than 1,000 people escaped from Xiahoudun, and most of the remaining 40,000 horses were buried in the fire.
"Back to the city!" In the face of the raging fire, Zhou Yu's face sank like water, and if he didn't wipe out Xiahoudun's army, it was these Jiangdong children who had left their hometowns who died.
It was already dark when I returned to the palace, and there was a dead silence in the early morning of midwinter, only the sonorous sound of armor rubbing was heard, and several soldiers slammed open the door of Jiang Gan's room and carried him out of the bed.