Chapter 24: Anger burns and is determined to extinguish desolation
At the top of the narrow mountain road, Chen Yu and Li Song stood side by side, looking at the skyrocketing fire not far away, and the billowing smoke seemed to burn in their hearts.
Anyone who saw this scene couldn't help but be frightened, the flames stretched for miles without stopping, and the whole city turned into a sea of fire, although the people were sorted out in advance, but there were still some lovers who were unwilling to leave, so they suffered with the unscrupulous army.
"Mr. Li looks kind-hearted, but the tactics he uses are more ruthless than the other, and the unscrupulous army falls into his hands, which is really unlucky." Li Song was glad that he had abandoned the darkness and turned to the light earlier, otherwise he would probably be roasting in the fire at this time.
It was only fitting to use fire to attack the ironclad army, and several fires burned the unscrupulous army to abandon their armor, and there was a wail inside and outside the city, and the fire could not be extinguished in a short time, so the unscrupulous army had to withdraw again, assemble outside the city, and quietly wait for the fire to extinguish itself.
During this period, Chen Yu would rush over from time to time to harass him, killing unscrupulous soldiers.
A city burned for three days and three nights, and in the end, county by county was completely reduced to ruins, not only the unscrupulous army suffered heavy casualties, but also the innocent people in each county.
Cui Xun was grief-stricken in his heart, many of the first group of people who followed him in the uprising, many of their hometowns were in the county, and at this time, they came over to surround Cui Xun in pain, wanting him to give him the order to fight Desolation and avenge the city.
"My lord! This enmity is not shared! How many people will be injured if they dare to burn down the city! Heavenly punishment is nothing more than that! If he, Li Subo, dares to do this, isn't he afraid of going to the eighteenth layer of hell after death! ”
"I'll give the order to attack Desolation! If you don't take revenge, it's hard to get rid of the hatred in your heart! ”
"Brother Cui! Didn't we just want to get into trouble with you in the first place? Our family is gone, if we don't take revenge, we can't say anything about it! ”
"That's right! It doesn't make sense! I don't understand! Hurry up and give the order, my lord! ”
As more and more people were coaxing around him, Cui Xun showed a fierce face, threw the horsewhip, and shouted: "Everyone! The county-by-county encounter a great disaster that has not been encountered in a hundred years, which is really unpredictable! The desolate army dares not to talk about martial virtues and kill the people of a city, how can the unscrupulous army agree! ”
"The lord first took some people back to Fanyang, the top priority is to stabilize the morale of the army, I led a group of troops to kill Fangcheng, Li Subai is still over there and has not left."
Ma Wei was deeply concerned, if these people who were carried away by anger really went to the desolation, they might have to be played by Li Subai.
Those who make good use of soldiers will not be affected by external objects, and the calmer they become, the deeper their people will be.
Cui Xun told him two sentences to be careful and not to fall into Li Subai's way.
"That person is scheming, good at calculation, if he can't attack for a long time, he will retreat, Jixian is the most important!"
Although Cui Xun was very angry, he was not going to blindly take revenge, so he returned to Fanyang with his men and horses with a heavy heart, leaving Ma Wei with 50,000 soldiers and letting him arrange it by himself.
The news of each county was brought by Chen Yu and others to the mountain road on the outskirts of Fangcheng, and since then it has been outside the gate of Canghuang County, the people with big burdens and small slips are shoulder to shoulder, and the road is full of sergeants standing guard and sentry, and they escort the fleeing people along the way, away from Fangcheng.
Xu Yong guided the direction at the front of the team, sitting on horseback and looking back at Fang Cheng from time to time.
Mr. Li's move is really ruthless, since Fangcheng is not suitable for garrisoning, he simply came to the bottom of the trick to draw salary, took away all the people of Fangcheng, and left a useless empty city.
What's more, behind the gates on all sides of the empty city, Li Subai dug deep tunnels and filled them with boiling water, and there were also some containers containing mercury, which were hung at the height of the city gates.
Since the strength of the troops is far inferior to that of the other side, it is necessary to think of more crooked ideas to narrow the gap between the two.
Li Subai calculated the time, it was obviously inappropriate to attack with fire in Fangcheng, but digging three feet into the ground and replacing it with a trap was the most effective means.
The people who were unwilling to leave Fangcheng were also temporarily moved to several low mountains outside the city, only to return to the city after the unscrupulous army passed.
There is not a single street that can be dug up, and as many hidden weapons can be thrown inside, as many hidden weapons can be thrown, and when Chen Yu led the troops to gather in one place, Li Suboper saw the desolate soldiers who were black and oppressive, and his heart spontaneously gave birth to a burst of heroic feelings.
In time, it is possible that Desolation will eat away at the unscrupulous army, but not now.
The top priority is to return to Canghuang County as soon as possible, firstly, because I am worried about the desolation of the empty city, but it is still as it was when I left, and secondly, I smell a depressing atmosphere in the air.
He used a series of tricks to trap the unscrupulous army very badly, if it is the same as what Chen Yu said, there is at most one day, and the unscrupulous army can come to the vicinity of Fangcheng.
He didn't plan to stay here, and after digging the trap and withdrawing from Fang City, he took the official road and took a shortcut to go straight to the fleeing team.
Ma Wei, who was hurrying behind, didn't expect Li Suber to play this trick, and when the army came to the gate of Fangcheng, he looked up at the battlements of the city wall, and could only see the military flag waving, and there was no shadow of the defenders.
"General! It seems that the Desolate Army knew that we were coming, and they had already run away at this time! Fang Cheng's soldiers are bloodless and back in our hands! Congratulations! ”
The kung fu of the deputy general next to him was several times more exquisite than his martial arts, and Ma Wei's ears were scratched when he heard it.
"Li Subo, this person will not do nothing, he is willing to give it to us from Fangcheng, what the Canghuang Army lacks most at this time is the city, without the city, it will not be able to recruit soldiers, and it will not be able to hold grain and grass, you will go and see what the situation is."
Ma Wei learned to be smart this time, and thought twice before acting, which immediately had the desired effect.
A few small schools walked near the city gate and looked inside, and found that the streets of the city were empty, the shops on both sides were locked, and there was some echo in the wind.
"General Hui! There was no one in Fang City! In broad daylight, it looks cloudy and windy! ”
"No one? Hurry up and bypass Fangcheng and chase in the direction of Cangdesolate County! He abandoned the city and took the people with him, and only he could do such a risky move! ”
Ma Wei thought about it along Li Subo's train of thought, and the more he thought about it, the happier he was in his heart, the number of the Desolate Army was inferior, and he dared to rob a large number of people, didn't he know that these were all burdens?
The people can walk twenty or thirty miles in a day, and they are about to reach the limit, and at the moment they can only go out for a dozen hours at most, and they will definitely be able to catch their tails outside Cangdesolate County.
At that time, the two armies will be fighting, and it will not be easy to get rid of the people and run back to the city by themselves, and I will not give him this opportunity!
Ma Wei ordered two thousand cavalry, led by himself, and took the first step along the official road, he couldn't wait to see Li Subaek's panicked appearance.
After less than an hour, he heard a troop of soldiers and horses rushing out of the bushes beside the official road, stopping him under the banner of the Desolate Army.
The first general is none other than Hu Yanhe.
Ma Wei looked at him and sneered: "Huyanhe! Seller's glorified crumbs! I still respect you, how can I surrender in the blink of an eye! ”
Hu Yanhe looked at Ma Wei from the beginning, picked up the copper hammer and smashed it over, "Wow, yes! Your grandfather and I left the unscrupulous army, and now no one is competing with you for the position of commander, you should be happy! Instead, he preached me! ”
"Then you'll see the real thing! I'm going to learn how powerful you are! As soon as Ma Wei slapped his hands, the mace and the copper hammer collided together, and the violent tremor made both of them feel their heads buzzing, from the tiger's mouth to their shoulders.
The two of them didn't speculate and started fighting on the spot, Hu Yanhe shook his spirit and fought with Ma Wei Baishihe regardless of the winner or loser, his face was congested and purple, and he used a turning hammer, kicked the horse's belly with both feet and turned around and left.
"Call me again if you have the ability! Hugh away! ”
As soon as Ma Wei chased forward for more than a mile, a war drum sounded, and another person was killed, "Li Song? Ok, good, good! Today's road is narrow, take it together! ”
The mace was indomitable and swept towards Li Song's temple, Li Song hurriedly dodged back, and the two turned into a circle again.
Li Song was not Ma Wei's opponent, he barely lasted for more than ten rounds and was defeated, threw away his weapon, leaned over on horseback and retreated in a hurry.
Now Ma Wei suddenly understood that it was the Desolate Army that was delaying time, and he would never give the other party a chance to breathe, so he raised his mace high and led his men and horses to chase straight over.
After crossing a few mountain passes, Ma Wei could already see some black dots on the winding mountain path ahead, and he was close to the fleeing team, if he ran fast enough, he would be able to catch up by nightfall.
Before he could be happy, another round came out of the mountains and forests in front of him, and after a few more moves with him, Ma Wei took off the bow and shot a few arrows in succession, but the opponent was nimble, and the arrows fell in the air.
The desolate generals are all second-rate goods, the most difficult one is the one, and the rest of the generals are not to be feared.
Ma Wei laughed loudly, ordered people to wave their flags and shout for dialogue in the air, and said some foul language to insult Cang Desolation.
"Huangkou Xiaoer, what's the use of yelling, quickly take out your weapon and make a few moves with me!"
When the sunset rose in the sky, a snow-white edge rushed from the front, and he was accompanied by more than 300 white-robed cavalrymen who were also armed with guns.
The leader of the general is not someone else, it is Chen Yu, Li Subak handed over the most difficult task to him, and stopped Ma Wei here for an hour.
An hour? Why wouldn't it be nice for me to cut off his head?
As soon as the weapons touched, Chen Yu tried his best, Ma Wei didn't dare to slack off, he knew that this person was powerful, don't look at his young age, but he could be called the first general of desolation.
The two fought until the sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they couldn't tell the winner, from the perspective of the situation, Chen Yu had to slightly suppress Ma Wei, but Ma Wei was good at fighting for a long time, and he was more than Chen Yu's physical strength.
Seeing the sunset, the team of the Canghuang Army went far away, Ma Wei no longer fought with him one-on-one, but ordered the cavalry to cover the past with a wave of his sleeves, which scared Chen Yu away.
In the middle of the night, Ma Wei finally caught up with the team in front of him, and even started a fierce battle!