Three hundred and ninetieth chapters wind and fire break Qingzhou soldiers II
According to what Zhang Qing had just said, Lu Zhishen gathered more than 600 Ding Yong from the village. The green-faced beast Yang Zhi divided the soldiers and horses into three groups in front of the main hall, with Zhang Qing, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi each working together. The men and horses commanded by Zhang Qing each carried sulfur, saltpeter and other fire starters on their backs, while the men of Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi all had curved bows and short blades, so they set off and quietly went down the mountain. According to the previous agreement, the troops were divided into three groups. Zhang Qing led two hundred people towards the valley of the mountain col. Lu Zhishen and Zhang Qing also followed the path and bypassed the mountain col to the back sides of the hill. Went.
Just when Lu Zhishen arrived at the designated place with two hundred men and horses, he looked around and saw large swaths of black paint. There were no horses neighing or human sounds, and no swaying figures were seen, except for the patch of black paint under the vast moonlight. The lush hillsides are the cool evening breeze blowing from the valley.
Lu Zhishen pressed his hand down, and the two hundred men who were following him immediately fell down as they watched. Each of them held the broken blade in their mouths, pulled out the arrow feathers, and held the bow in their hands. The officers and soldiers were ready to draw their bows and shoot arrows at any time, and they all tensed up, because when they came, the boss Lu Zhishen had told them that there was a hill between their ambush place and the officers and soldiers. When the fire broke out, who would get up the mountain first? Bao, whoever can take advantage of it can kill them. At this moment, they are on the other side of the mountain, lurking quietly, feeling the night breeze passing by, feeling comfortable all over. However, no matter how comfortable it is here, After waiting for about half a while, there was still no sign of trouble. Lu Zhishen couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and walked slowly and without making any sound towards the mountain.
His strong body was crawling in the meadow, like a cheetah about to be hunted, ready to go. He slowly walked up the valley and looked at the hillside on the other side. There was a quiet moonlight everywhere. Lu Zhishen After widening his eyes like big worms with white foreheads, Lu Zhishen found something strange in that pale whiteness. The bits of silver in the moonlight were the glimmer of light reflected from the armor of the officers and soldiers. Lu Zhishen felt in his heart He secretly took a breath of cold air and thought to himself: "Why are these dog claws hidden so deeply? I can't hold my breath. If the news doesn't come accurately, who will take a closer look at the clues here, I'm afraid they will still eat them." escaped their ambush,”
Lu Zhishen thought of this and took a look at the semi-circular hill on the right. That was where Yang Zhi led his troops to ambush. There was no trace of people in the wind and grass. Lu Zhishen snorted with satisfaction and thought to himself: "I just want to be like this so that I can catch them off guard." Lu Zhishen rubbed his hands, feeling a little impatient. However, he looked down the valley, but there was no movement. Lu Zhishen was worried about Zhang Qing in his mind. When I encountered some trouble on the way, I saw a handful of firelight suddenly flashing out from under the mountain.
Lu Zhishen was startled by the fire, and then felt happy in his heart. When he looked carefully, he saw more and more fire suddenly bursting out in the valley. In the blink of an eye, the mountain col There were more and more fire spots inside, forming lines from the spots, and the fire quickly spread out with the night wind blowing up from the valley. Lu Zhishen patted the ground and said with great joy: "It's on fire," and then he looked carefully Look at the actions of the officers and soldiers on the hillside.
The faint silver light that reflected the moonlight was like floating catkins blown by the night wind, rippling slightly. As the fire spread further up the hillside, the shimmer became more and more intense. It became turbulent, and finally showed a turbulent appearance. Gradually, the officers and soldiers were frightened by the fire. They could no longer calm down and became impatient. Obviously, the general in charge did not make timely adjustments to deal with this accident. , the entire formation of officers and soldiers became disorganized. For a time, in the atmosphere of everyone's panic, the officers and soldiers couldn't hold back. Gradually, it became a bustling crowd, with swords and armor clashing into a mess.
The fires were rolling up from the hillside, like hellfire. Instigated by the mountain wind, in this hot summer night, countless tongues of fire spread like tentacles, and each one looked like a bloodthirsty evil ghost heading towards The officers and soldiers were swallowed up.
At first, the officers and soldiers were still busy making a pot of porridge on the spot. No one knew what to do, and no one dared to do anything without permission. They just watched the fire coming in panic, like ants on a hot pot. There was chaos everywhere, and the leading general also focused his dark eyes on the fiercely burning vegetation. He knew that the fire was so fast in the wind that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time. This was for sure, but to Where to pull it and how to pull it requires careful planning. Just now, the officers and soldiers were in a mess without instructions. Apart from the herald's repeated scoldings not to panic, the general was anxiously thinking about the way out for these tens of thousands of people.
Although the fire started suddenly, the general was suspicious in his heart. He looked at the mountain with some hesitation, and a thought flashed through his mind. If it were him, he would also set a fire in the mountain. A group of men and horses are ambushed above, and the fire and blades just create a dilemma. Surrounded by these two sides, the fighter opportunities must be excellent. And in such a desperate situation, the enemies can also panic in a high degree of fear and run away. Like sand, when the time comes, fighting hand to hand, one blow will break it. When the general thought of this, he hesitated in his eyes, slightly opened his mouth in surprise, and felt a pain in his heart. When he squeezed his fists, he knitted his eyebrows. I blame myself for not thinking of it first. Cold sweat breaks out on my forehead and runs down my back like a snake passing through it.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, spreading greedily up from the mountain col. Seeing that it was only fifty steps away, he seemed to feel the burning heat. However, when he looked up the mountain in fear, , but didn’t see half a person, could it be... It’s just that the weather is dry and the mountains and forests cannot spontaneously ignite. The general in charge of the army just came up with a lucky idea for himself, but before he could think about it further, he just heard the sound coming from the mountain bag to the left. A cry of kill burst out from the side. He looked closely and saw black shadows running all over the mountains and fields under the pale moonlight. However, there was only one cry of kill. Next, in addition to the sound of stepping on grass and beating leaves, there was another sound. It was a strange silence. Just when the general in charge of the army had just drawn his sword and headed over there to command a last-ditch battle to meet the enemy, he could only hear the messy and endless sound of bowstrings, followed by the officers and soldiers. Suddenly, screams of death from arrows quickly arose from all around.
The general in charge of the army looked at the unkind person, but he couldn't figure out the opponent's trump card at the moment. He was just at a disadvantage. In this environment, which was like a heavy rainstorm, the person who was killed couldn't raise his head. It was really not the place to fight. At that moment, The general commanding the army looked at the large gap in the right mountain bag, as if he saw a way out in panic. He waved his sword and ordered: "Retreat this way." After hearing this, the messenger was in a mess. The officers and soldiers started shouting. Soon, the officers and soldiers received the general's order, and a group of headless flies had a direction to escape. They immediately ran away in that direction. Here, the officers and soldiers who were shot to death by random arrows followed The gentle slopes rolled down into the sea of fire at the bottom of the mountain.
But when they ran thirty strides, suddenly, a figure suddenly appeared on the hill on the right. The figure stood facing the wind. Although the panicked officers and soldiers could not see clearly the figure's face from a distance, but... But he could clearly see the sudden movement of his hand. However, just when the officers and soldiers had a bad idea, they saw a large number of people and horses suddenly pouring out of the mountain. Their bows were like the full moon, and their arrows were like shooting stars. , it was a hail of arrows directed at the officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers were panic-stricken. They could not withstand such fire. They could only hear the officers and soldiers running in front crying and howling one by one, and were hit by arrows and rolled down. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were suddenly frightened to death. However, there was a sky-devouring fire from behind, and there were people in front of them. The unknown enemies were as ferocious as tigers and wolves, and the officers and soldiers had no way to go to the sky or the ground. The originally mighty army and horses were shot by random arrows, making them cry for their fathers and mothers. It was too horrible to see, and the whizzing arrow rain fell. When the curtain closed, those dark shadows covered with pale moonlight also swooped down from the top at an astonishing speed. The men and horses on the left slope reached them first, like a torrent that quickly killed them. He entered among the officers and soldiers, and just as the officers and soldiers hurriedly turned around to face the bandits who were close to their bodies and sealed their throats with short knives, the black shadow on the hill on the right also came down from the other side like a raging tide. The gang quickly closed up, like a figure-eight formation of wings, or like the bloody mouth of a ferocious tiger and wolf.
In this chaotic fighting, more than three thousand officers and soldiers died from random arrows, and countless officers and soldiers died from the pursuit and melee. However, at this point in the battle, although the general who commanded the army had lost more than half of his men, But he also saw something clear in this chaos. The two groups of people were killed. They only recruited a few hundred people. It seemed that they were only of this size. At first, they were a bit bluffing with random arrows, and a melee broke out. It can also confuse the audience, but after a long time, this foundation will be exposed naked in front of the other party.
"Damn it, you're kidding me," the general in charge cursed and shouted loudly, "Don't panic, they only have a hundred people, kill them for me."
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers around them quickly shouted and spread the word. I don't know whether it was to survive or because they saw the true face of the group. They immediately became energetic. Although the terrain was unfavorable, they still pounced desperately. For a moment, the minions led by Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi wanted to take another step to kill, but they were quite unable to do so.
Although there were fierce men like Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi on both sides, a few hundred people were no match for thousands of people. For a time, the war became tense.