302 Burning Grain and Grass
(ps: Sorry, I used up the manuscript. I have some things to deal with during the day. I don’t have time to write them. I will come back in the evening, so I’m so late to update. I’m sorry.)
Late at night, almost all the soldiers in Yuan Jun's camp were immersed in their sleep. Because there were ten patrol teams wandering outside to patrol, they would report it immediately if there was any situation. Therefore, there were very few soldiers watching the night in the entire camp.
Even the soldiers who were watching the night were drowsy, either napping with weapons or simply relying on the fence to snore, and the entire defense system was almost zero.
"Swoosh swish swish..."
A series of sharp arrows shot from the darkness, and the sharp arrows pierced the throats of the night watchmen, making them unable to scream. They covered their bloody necks, fell into the pool of blood and twitched a few times, and then died.
Almost at the same time, the antlers placed outside the camp were removed by a group of black shadows. A quick-witted black shadow turned over and crossed the fence and successfully opened the closed village door.
"Kill!" Zhang Yan waved the saber in his hand, shouted, rode his horse out, and rushed to the front.
Following Zhang Yan was Gan Ning and Lu Meng, one on the left and one on the right, following closely, fearing that Zhang Yan would have some danger.
At the same time, the other three camps all heard shouts of killing, Zhang Liao to the east, Gao Shun to the west, and Xu Chu to the north, and the army led by Zhang Yan launched an attack together.
In addition, the Jinyiwei, who had been lurking inside and outside the Yuan army camp, began to be ready to move. They were responsible for setting fires everywhere and walking around rumors, shouting loudly that Zhang Yan led the main force 60,000 to sneak attack the food camp.
For a moment, the four camps of Yuan Jun were in chaos, and there was a sea of fire around them. The fire quickly spread around with the help of the wind. The grain camp located in the middle of the four camps was soon infected with the fire.
The food and grass camps were stockpiled with flammable food and grass. Once the fire broke out, the fire immediately opened in all directions. In just a moment, the fire formed huge fire dragons. The fire dragons were stretching out their ruthless tongues of fire, devouring everything in the food and grass camp.
Zhang Yan launched a sudden attack without any defense, caught Yuan Jun off guard, and the camp was already in chaos. At this time, the fire dragon was raging, burning the food and grass camp, which made Yuan Jun feel even more as if he was on his back.
On the one hand, we have to deal with the attacks of Zhang Yan's army, and on the other hand, we have to put out the fire. In comparison, the fire is even more fierce than Zhang Yan's army. More than a dozen huge fire dragons are acting recklessly in the food camp. The raging fire soars into the sky, and the rolling smoke continues to rise into the air. Soon, these dozen huge fire dragons gradually twisted into a rope, and the fire dragons are getting bigger and bigger. Finally, they all merge into a larger fire dragon, spreading their teeth and claws, baking those who want to get close to it with their hot flames, and using its fishy red flame tongue to swallow all the food and grass stockpiles here, like an evil dragon from hell, powerful and greedy.
Zhang Yan led a large army to fight with Yuan's army. He saw the fire burning everything in the food camp, and the fire was so big that it was far beyond his imagination. Although he was still a long distance from the food camp, he could still feel the layers of heat waves coming to his face.
Many Yuan soldiers who went to put out the fire not only failed to put out the fire, but instead engulfed the fire, and their bodies were caught in fire, making hysterical screams.
Many war horses in the military camp were no longer controlled by the knights and began to run around, rushing around like headless flies, making the entire Yuan army camp even more messy.
The fire became increasingly fierce, and it was so big that it was unimaginable that the flames burned the sky.
Seeing this, Zhang Yan did not dare to stay here for a long time. He immediately ordered to retreat quickly, otherwise he would be swallowed by the fire dragon.
With Zhang Yan's order, two thousand cavalry retreated quickly. As soon as they withdrew from Yuan's barracks, the fire dragon behind them ruthlessly swallowed Yuan's barracks. Seeing this, Zhang Yan was really worried about himself. If he took a step later, he would be afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zhang Yan looked around. Because the scene had lost control and the situation was chaotic, they had already mingled with the enemy troops who had escaped death. You had me and I had you. In comparison, those enemy soldiers were in a daze, and some didn't even know where their weapons and armor were thrown.
At this moment, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind Zhang Yan. After seeing the flames here, Yuan's cavalrymen who were patrolling outside rushed back quickly. When they approached here, they were stunned. The grain camp no longer existed, and the camps around the grain camp were also engulfed by the fire. The rolling smoke and the raging fire were already in a mess and the soldiers who were blackened by the thick smoke were all concentrated in a palm-sized place.
Since Zhang Yan and others are still wearing a layer of enemy cloaks, even if the patrol team arrived here, they could not recognize them. For the soldiers of the two armies who were still fighting just now, they could no longer distinguish between enemies and us. Everyone's clothes were the same and they could not distinguish them.
However, it was no longer important at this time. What was important was that the grain and grass camp was gone. Yuan Jun's face was depressed, and Zhang Yan and his subordinates had a burst of joy.
"Tengteng..."
The sound of horse hooves sounded from both sides. Zhang Liao and Gao rushed over with the cavalry. They were still wearing the robes of the enemy. The patrol team took a look and saw that it was their own people and there was no movement.
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others approached with their cavalry, they suddenly killed the Yuan cavalry, rushed forward and divided the unprepared patrol team into two.
At the same time, Zhang Yan immediately launched an attack with his soldiers, attacking from all sides. The monk who killed Yuan's cavalry was unable to touch his mind. Before he could figure out what was going on, the man had been killed.
For a moment, the Yuan army was overturned and screamed repeatedly. Gan Ning rushed in front of Zhang Yan, waved the steel knife in his hand and fought hard to kill the enemy. Lu Meng guarded Zhang Yan's side and was inseparable. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were also powerful generals, and the soldiers they led were all elite troops. Three teams attacked each other. In just a short while, Yuan's patrol team was almost wiped out.
At this moment, Xu Chu led a thousand cavalry to arrive here and immediately joined the melee. Zhang Yanjun and five thousand elite cavalry worked together and quickly turned this area into a sea of corpses and blood.
The soldiers who had just escaped from the sea of fire, when they saw such a powerful army, all scattered and did not dare to stay here for a long time, and they all scattered like birds and beasts.
Although Zhang Yan's army was still wearing disguised clothes, they had a red ribbon tied to their arms as marks, so they could recognize the other party as an enemy or a friend at a glance.
At this time, the food and grass camp was destroyed. The 20,000 troops responsible for guarding the camp were either burned to death by fire, killed by Zhang Yan's army, or fled, and were defeated.
Seeing that the grain camp had been destroyed and the mission was finally completed, Zhang Yan ordered the withdrawal of troops and rushed directly to Xiancheng with excitement.
Zhang Yanjun came and went like the wind, and the entire battle lasted less than half an hour before it ended in victory.
After Zhang Yan led the army away, the remaining defeated generals of Yuan's army gathered together and saw that the food camp was ruthlessly burned. Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan, and the four generals were all depressed. If Yuan Shao knew about this, that would be fine.
The food and grass stockpiled by Baimajin disappeared in an instant. So what else can hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops eat south of the Yellow River?
After some discussion, the four generals Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Ma Yan and Qianzhao decided to take the remaining soldiers to find Yuan Shao to apologize.
Baimajin is only fifty or sixty miles away from Yuan Shao's location. In order to facilitate grain transport, Yuan Shao specially formed a grain transport team composed of 3,000 people to protect his grain channels. The person who commanded this army was Ju Hu, the son of Jushu.
Ju Hu led these 3,000 people to station in Wei Township, which happened to be located between Baimajin and Xiancheng. The fire of Baimajin soared into the sky attracted the scouts he sent out. After learning that the Baimajin Grain and Grass Camp had caught fire, he immediately returned to Wei Township to report to Ju Hu.
After hearing this, Ju Hu was immediately panicked and immediately ordered his troops and rushed towards Baimajin.
Halfway through the way, Ju Hu bumped into Zhang Yan's army. Seeing that Zhang Yan and others were covered in blood and had traces of being blackened on their faces, Ju Hu saw that they were coming from Baimajin again, and guessed that it was an army defending food and grass, so he rode forward and wanted to ask what was going on.
"How is the fire in the White Horse Jin now?" Ju Hu rode his horse to stop Zhang Yan who was rushing in front and asked loudly.
Zhang Yan didn't know Ju Hu, but he saw that he was very young and looked like the kind of public face that you wouldn't find if you were thrown into the crowd. He was not tall, had a medium figure, and had a public face. Except for the armor on his body, he could probably guess that he was an officer above the army, and he didn't know anything else.
Zhang Yan glanced at the soldiers behind Juhu. It was too dark to see clearly, and he didn't know how many soldiers Juhu had brought. So without saying a word, he rode his horse forward a few steps, just parallel to Juhu. Suddenly, he stretched out a long arm and directly pulled Juhu off the horse. He dragged Juhu to his horse's back. A short blade instantly pressed Juhu's neck and shouted at the Yuan army soldiers in the darkness ahead: "Give me a way out! Otherwise, I will immediately let him splatter blood on the spot!"
Ju Hu looked shocked and glanced at Zhang Yan's orange-red military uniform under the coat of Yuan army. He knew that this person was the enemy. He was even more frightened and lay on the horse's back and motionless, shouting at his subordinates in the dark: "You are all deaf, so why don't you take a quick look at what he says!"
With a command, the soldiers all dodged a path with a whistle.
Ju Hu hurriedly begged for mercy and said, "This general, I have asked them to do what you said, please let me go, right?"
Zhang Yan sneered, said nothing, and made a gesture to his subordinates. He took Juhu and left with his subordinates, and used Juhu's surname as a threat to prevent the Yuan army from following. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!