There are no trees on the road in Mulinpo, but there are many weeds! It is the rainy season, and the grass and trees should be moist. Unfortunately, due to the severe drought in Guanzhong, there has been no rain for a long time!
Instead of blocking the fire, these dry grasses became the best accelerant!
The fire continued to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon it became one!
The originally peaceful Mulin Slope will soon turn into a sea of fire!
"Stop! Stop setting fires! I am willing to surrender!"
Beigong Boyu couldn't bear the heat and quickly asked Liu Zhang to surrender, praying for his life.
"General Hou, General Hou, I am willing to surrender! This time I surrender sincerely. Please spare my life, General Hou!"
Li Wenhou knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Zhang repeatedly. Now he was in tears!
Liu Zhang kept laughing up to the sky and directly refused their surrender.
"Hahaha, what use do I have to you traitors! You Qiang people have no faith. Today is the day for you to die!"
"Liu Zhang! Are you going to burn these tens of thousands of people alive? Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
Beigong Boyu still refused to give up and kept trying to find ways to get Liu Zhang to gain some traction.
"Haha, retribution? Even if there is retribution, you Bei Gong Boyu won't be able to see it!"
"But I am your retribution! Since you are my enemy, you must have the consciousness to become my enemy!"
Liu Zhang looked at the Xiliang soldiers who were constantly dying in the sea of fire without any guilt at all. He knew that when these Qiang people massacred the Han people, they would definitely not show any mercy.
"Beast! Dog thief! You damn traitor!"
Beigong Boyu knew that it was impossible to get Liu Zhang to stop, so he was so angry that he could only keep shouting insults.
"My sons, instead of being burned alive here, why not come forward together! We can still fight a bloody path!"
"Go! As long as you kill them, you will get all the rewards!"
The Xiliang soldiers who had not yet been affected by the fire heard Beigong Boyu's call and stepped forward bravely. Their huge desire to survive made them fearless.
Unfortunately, what greeted them was not only the dense rain of arrows, but also the mountains on both sides began to throw down logs and rolling stones, knocking the Xiliang army off their feet!
"Ah! I don't want to die, please get out of my way!"
"Get out of the way, I want to escape!"
"I quit! I want to go home! Woohoo!"
"..."
The last trace of morale of the Xiliang soldiers was completely shattered by these wood and stones. They no longer had any fighting spirit.
The cry, the burning sensation, and the smell of burnt human flesh stimulated the nerves of every Xiliang soldier!
There is an endless hell ahead, there is no way out, then run back, you will definitely be able to escape behind!
All the soldiers began to crowd back, and the soldiers who were caught on fire were chopped down to the ground by their companions!
In order to survive, the Xiliang soldiers could only keep pushing back. The soldiers in front of them had become their enemies!
Hacking, killing, and trampling! These have all been used by the former commanders, and have become routine operations for the Xiliang soldiers!
"Stop! What are you doing!"
No matter how much Beigong Boyu shouted, no one listened to his orders, and all the soldiers were scrambling to escape.
Li Wenhou pulled Beigong Boyu over and shouted loudly in his ear.
"Brother, let's run back quickly! There's fire blocking us here, and Liu Zhang can't pursue us!"
Beigong Boyu was now helpless and could only nod mechanically and ran behind with Marquis Li Wen.
"Lord, Beigong Boyu and the others ran away. What should we... do?"
Taishi Ci originally wanted to ask if he needed to pursue, but the fire in front of him had blocked the path of pursuit.
Liu Zhang had no intention of pursuing him at all, and pursuing him now would only cost the lives of his soldiers!
"Let's leave it to Evil! Didn't Bei Gong Boyu say that there are ambushes behind us, so we should attack these ambushes!"
"What's more, if Zhou Shen is missing, Meiyang City will definitely not be at peace!"
After seeing the fire completely sealing the road and making it absolutely impossible to pass through, Liu Zhang slowly left with his cavalry.
Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou were still struggling to escape backwards. Even if they knew that the exit was no longer guarded, they would not choose to look back. The terrain behind them was narrow and the fire was already connected!
If they choose to turn back, they will only end up being burned to death!
Beigong Boyu and his wife became more and more bored as they walked back. The corpses of Xiliang soldiers were everywhere, and there were also fires everywhere. Fortunately, the road became wider and wider as they walked, and they could finally find a way out.
Beigong Boyu glanced back and saw the fire behind him continuously spreading its teeth and claws in the air, and suddenly he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahahahahaha!"
Marquis Li Wen looked at Beigong Boyu in shock. He couldn't understand why Beigong Boyu was laughing when he had ended up like this.
"Brother, life or death is unknown now, so why laugh!"
Beigong Boyu pointed at the fire behind him, showing a hint of pride.
"Liu Zhang was so smart that he was misled by his cleverness. He thought that the fire would burn us to death, but he didn't expect that the sea of fire would also block his pursuit route!"
"If Liu Zhang leads his troops to attack now, wouldn't we be ready to capture him?"
Beigong Boyu still wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, but was forced to hold back by the sudden shouting of killing coming from the side.
"Fire arrows and shoot them to death!"
I saw arrows suddenly shot out from the mountains on both sides, which made Beigong Boyu pale in shock.
"No! There's an ambush here too, hurry up!"
Fortunately, the arrows were relatively sparse and the two were not injured while escaping.
But compared to the previous laughter, Beigong Boyu can be said to be in a state of embarrassment!
As they continued to retreat, the road became wider and wider. Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou finally escaped to the entrance and saw many soldiers resting here.
"General!"
"General!"
"General!"
The Xiliang soldiers saluted Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou one after another, their voices filled with joy, sadness, pain, and joy...
Beigong Boyu also had mixed feelings at this time. A few hours ago, he was still leading 40,000 cavalry, chasing Liu Zhang arrogantly!
Now, only a few hours have passed, and the soldiers under his command are dead and injured! There are 40,000 cavalry, but now there are less than 10,000!
"Brother, there is no need to be sad. We can still recruit more soldiers and horses as long as we are still there!"
Beigong Boyu nodded, being alive this time is already the greatest gift!
"That's right, we Qiang people have many warriors! We're not afraid that we won't be able to make a comeback! And Bianzhang might have captured Meiyang City!"
"Hiss...huh?"
Beigong Boyu looked at the entrance and felt relieved. A trace of joy gradually appeared on his face, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahahahahaha!"
For some reason, Li Wenhou was very disgusted with loud laughter, and he felt a little dissatisfied at the moment.
"Brother, you didn't listen to me just now and insisted on laughing, which led to an ambush by the Han army! Why are you laughing now!"
Beigong Boyu didn't pay attention to Li Wenhou's dissatisfied tone and shook his head proudly.
"Marquis Wen, you only know one, but not the other!"
"Just now in the forest, there were fires everywhere. We were frightened by the arrows that suddenly flew out, so we ran away in a panic. Now think about the density of the arrows just now, the number of people must be very few! Moreover, although the Han army was on the mountain,
I’m also afraid of the fire and can’t go down the mountain!”
"Then Liu Zhang really claims to be a wise man! Not only can he not make good use of fire tactics, but his soldiers will also be exhausted by the fire!"
Beigong Boyu looked at Marquis Li Wen proudly, then pointed at his soldiers and then at the entrance.
"Marquis Wen, in my opinion, Liu Zhang is nothing more than this! We are at the end of our rope now. If Liu Zhang arranges a group of soldiers and horses to wait for work at the mouth of the valley, we will all be killed!"
"Ah? Hahahahahaha!"
But Beigong Boyu's laughter soon stopped abruptly. He found that a giant man holding the sky came out of the mouth of the valley at some point, and then watched helplessly as countless soldiers poured out!
The giant Qingtian man looked at Beigong Boyu with a smile on his face, and gave him a thumbs up at the same time.