Chapter 568
"Burn!"
Zhao Yun gave an order.
The grass and trees on both sides of the mountain road were immediately ignited, and finally countless torches were thrown out, falling from the sky and falling into the thatch farther away.
Whew!
At this time, the wind was blowing, and it was getting stronger, and the dead vines and weeds in the mountains rustled, and the scene was desolate.
The wind fueled the fire, and the flames grew bigger and bigger, and the flames spread rapidly like a fire dragon.
What no one could have imagined was that it was not Zhuge Liang who burned Bowangpo, but Haobai.
Among the dense grass and trees on both sides of the Bowangpo mountain road, Liu Bei's tens of thousands of soldiers were waiting for the army, and it was Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who led the army.
For this ambush, they had been lying in ambush in the mountains for several days, and they had been waiting impatiently for those days of eating and sleeping in the open, drinking spring water and eating dry food.
Zhang Fei frowned, his face showed a hideous look, and he secretly thought to himself: "They are finally here, and they can finally have a big fight." ”
While they were waiting, a strong smell poured into his nose and mouth, and Guan Yu coughed violently a few times, and jumped up in shock.
"Fire, fire......"
Someone screamed.
"Bastard, who set the fire!" Guan Yu was furious.
Soon he closed his mouth, his eyes were like copper bells, and his mouth opened wide to form an O-shape, and he could stuff a steamed bun into it.
The fire, the fire all over the mountains, the flames were so fierce that the whole sky burned red.
The fire was overwhelming, apparently not lit by his own sergeant, but spreading from the entrance to the mountain road.
This fire was actually lit by Haojun!
The mountains were full of fire dragons dancing, and the smoke was billowing out, and soon it burned to Liu Jun's ambush area, and the sulfur saltpeter they scattered in the grass and trees broke out violently through a little flame, and the flames flew high, like an explosion.
Although a large area of the fire barrier had been cut, the strong heat and billowing smoke still made tens of thousands of Liu Jun panic and scream.
The fire was much bigger than they had planned, for they had only burned the grass and trees in front of the fire belt, and the fire set fire to all the plants and trees in front of them.
Thus they were surrounded by fire between the fire belts, and although they were not burned to death, the great heat also made the soldiers sweat and breathe, as if they were baked in steamers.
"It's over, it's over......" Guan Yu looked at the fire in the sky, and was sullen for a while.
Then he reacted and roared: "Wet all your sleeves, cover your mouth and nose, and quickly withdraw from Bowangpo!"
The dense Liu army fled south like a tide, all over the mountains, and more than tens of thousands of chaotic troops were hurriedly fled back by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
At this moment, the earth-shattering shouts and deafening sound of horses' hooves suddenly came to mind.
Countless cavalry rushed from the firelight, like heavenly soldiers descending from the earth, surging forward.
"The rear army will form a formation and block the enemy army!" Guan Yu hurriedly shouted.
Immediately turned the horse's head, led several hundred generals, and rushed to the chaotic rear army.
The iron hooves were like the wind, and in an instant, they crashed into the terrified enemy.
Under the impact of the iron hooves, the fragile battle formation formed by Liu Jun's temporary formation was like a chopping wave, and a huge gap was knocked open in an instant, tearing the recalcitrant enemy army in half.
Zhao Yun took the lead, and the spear danced like the wind, like an unstoppable arrow, tearing apart all the creatures that stood in its way.
Liu Jun completely collapsed.
The frightened soldiers, throwing away their armor and giving up resistance, fled like headless flies.
The iron horsemen of the vast army followed like tigers and wolves, and pounced on the crumbling lambs.
Liu Jun's remaining fighting spirit also collapsed.
Zhao Yun wielded his spear, coming and going among the enemy troops, killing flesh and blood.
As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were still fighting hard, and their weapons danced like windmills, injuring many of their own soldiers.
Zhao Yun couldn't help but be furious, a pair of eagle eyes had already locked on the two of them.
Zhao Yunjian raised his eyebrows, and the longitudinal horse roared, rushing towards Guan Yu like lightning.
Guan Yu also knew that he should retreat as soon as possible at this time, forcibly held back, and immediately rushed into the chaos and fled.
50,000 Liu troops fled frantically all the way, thousands of people were killed, thousands of people fell in the smoke and fire, nearly 10,000 people surrendered, plus those who fled and disappeared, and finally there were only more than 30,000 people left to join Liu Bei.
In Zhuge Liang's serial plan, burning Bowangpo is the hope of eliminating Haobai, if this plan fails, it will be less than two percent of the chance of winning.
However, what Zhuge Liang never imagined was that the burning of Bowangpo was finally born, but it was they who were burned.
Zhao Yun chased out of the edge of the Funiu Pass before stopping, waiting for the arrival of the rear army.
After a while, Haobai led the army to the south of Funiu Mountain, after the army assembled, seeing that it was getting late, he no longer chased at the moment, but camped at the foot of Funiu Mountain to rest, preparing to rush the next day to meet the fierce battle.
The next day, on the banks of the Shuishui River.
Suddenly, in the distance, there was a long and hollow sound of horns, as if they were from hell.
I looked far away, but at the end of the sky, a thick black line, like a torrent across the embankment, was surging rapidly.
The earth shook beneath his feet, and there was a rumbling sound, as if something was about to break out of the ground.
The blade of the halberd pointing to the sky, the forest is like a forest, almost wanting to reflect the cold of the sky.
The banner that swept like a wave covered the sky and the sun.
The black pressure was overwhelming, like a dark cloud touching the ground, and it was raging, and what was rolled up behind it was the smoke and dust in the sky.
The Hao army rolled in, and soon arrived at the beach of the Shushui River.
However, the situation in front of him made Hao Bai frown slightly.
The riverbed, which is nearly 100 meters wide, is almost cut off, and only a small amount of turbid water is flowing slowly, and silt is exposed in many places.
On the south bank of the river, several miles of camps, countless soldiers of the Liu army were waiting for them with bows and crossbows, and in front of them were full of horses as barriers, intending to prevent the Haobai army from crossing the river, and a banner with the word "Liu" fluttered high above the Jingzhou army camp.
Zhao Yun looked at Liu Jun on the other side, a smile of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned to Hao Bai and said: "The general of their defeated army, how can he worry about it, the last general is willing to lead 5,000 soldiers to be the vanguard, wade across the river, and disperse the thief army!"
Suddenly, Pang Tong and Guo Jia shouted in unison: "No!"
Zhao Yun turned his head suspiciously and looked at the two.
Guo Jia's face was full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Although the flood season has not yet arrived, the river will not dry up like this, there must be fraud in it, and I also ask the lord to send someone to the upper reaches of the river to investigate." ”
Zhao Yun's heart jumped suddenly, and he exclaimed: "You mean, the thief army is storing water upstream!"
Pang Tong on the side nodded and said, "I'm afraid this must be Kong Ming's plan, it's really vicious!"
Haobai nodded, turned around and shouted, "Go upstream and investigate!"