The five hundred and ninetieth chapter? Burning Wuguan Mountain (3)
Li Cunyi and Gu Yong were close friends of life and death. Their interests were tied together. One civil and one military could be said to be a good match. If the two of them moved into the imperial court, they would definitely be able to gain power. Therefore, Zhang Xiaowu who stood in front of them would definitely become their
enemies, even if they
No matter how much they admire Zhang Xiaowu, they can't prevent their own futures from being damaged. Maybe this is the only opportunity, and this opportunity was given by Emperor Dade. Of course, it's not that they like Emperor Dade, but because there is no one except Emperor Dade.
Give them another chance.
After a moment of silence, Gu Yong asked: "Marquis Wu, do you know why I supported the prince instead of the fifth prince?"
"Of course I know, because although the prince has bad personal ethics, he is good at listening to others, so he will not easily disrupt the country." Li Cunyi said, "And the fifth prince, your majesty, has his own ideas. You are worried that he will insist on his own way.
And the country is in chaos. So you support the prince because you want to find a king with better control so that you can realize your ambitions - don't look at me like that. It was the same way when I supported the prince's fight for the heir apparent, and it's the same way now when I support your majesty."
"It's a pity, it's a pity - Wuhou, do you smell anything? Why is it so smelly?" Gu Yong asked in surprise.
"Why is the sky outside so red?" Li Cunyi asked, and the two of them stood up suddenly and looked outside the tent.
"The mountain fire is coming!" The soldiers in the Western Regions began to get confused. They had never seen such a big mountain fire. The whole sky was red, as if the old man was bleeding. The air was filled with the choking smoke of fireworks. Several people who had originally
The veteran with a bad trachea began to cough violently.
"Don't panic, don't panic!"
"The war horse is frightened! Hurry, everyone rein in the war horse!"
In the Western Region Army camp, the first to react were the three thousand war horses. Humans were far less aware of the dangers brought by sudden mountain fires than horses, so these horses broke free of the reins like crazy, and then fled outside, and
The soldiers responsible for guarding the horses could not stop the 3,000 horses from running, and several soldiers were even trampled to pieces by the horses.
"Stop the horses!" Li Cunyi ordered, "Put out the fire! Put out the fire!"
However, within a moment, he gave up on putting out the fire. The snow on the ground turned into water and penetrated into the ground, exposing the thick withered grass. After the fire and high temperature, the withered grass became fuel and fed back the fire of the mountain fire. Soldier
They couldn't control the wildfire, and they became panicked. Especially after several soldiers were involved in the wildfire and started screaming and shouting, the soldiers of the Western Regions were completely in chaos.
Seeing this, Gu Yong and Li Cunyi could only shout helplessly: "Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops to Wuguan County!" They immediately discarded weapons, armor, flags, tents and military rations. Everyone wished they had four legs.
, runs faster than a rabbit.
In the panic, everyone trampled on each other. Everyone rushed out of the mountain pass desperately, but they got stuck at the mountain pass because of fighting with each other. Thousands of people were crowded in the gourd-shaped mountain pass, and everyone stepped on and squeezed.
Regardless of each other's identity and the feelings of his comrade-in-arms, he looked through the past as a stepping stone.
The wildfire was so violent that even the rocks were burned, let alone ordinary humans. The rotten leaves that had been in Wuguan Mountain for hundreds of years were also ignited, emitting stench and toxic gases.
"boom!"
A violent explosion occurred out of nowhere, and a huge shock wave overturned the surrounding trees.
The snow in the mountains cannot stop the invasion of wildfires at all. Under the impact of high temperatures, almost all the snow has been dried. Not even humans, not even gods, can stop such a catastrophe.
Less than a thousand soldiers from the Western Regions escaped from the mountain col. They fled towards Wuguan County like crazy. As they ran, those who were weak fell to the ground and were quickly burned to death by the mountain fires that followed them. Mountain fires are no better than human beings.
Running slowly, in the night when the north wind blows, the wind blows the mountain fire like the sickle of death, harvesting human life and the life of all living things.
In less than half an hour, the mountain fire reached the Xuanwu Army camp. The Xuanwu Army was helpless for a while. Fortunately, the Xuanwu Military Academy was huge and there were few trees around it. Everyone gathered in the center of the school field to avoid being attacked.
Mountain fires swept through the trouble. Many military barracks of the Xuanwu Army were made of brick and wood structures, and the roofs were covered with thatch to increase heating. As a result, when the thatch encountered a mountain fire, it suddenly turned into a huge bonfire.
"Is there no one inside?" Bian Wen shouted.
"No."
"No."
"Lord Commander, where are we going?"
"Where to go? Not going anywhere, just here." Bian Wen said helplessly, "Everyone gather here and wait for the mountain fire to pass!"
"Report! Marshal, a group of soldiers in strange clothes came and killed them. Zhan Junhou led his troops to kill them." The soldiers who ran in from outside the camp shouted. Although the Xuanwu Army protected the soldiers from the Western Regions, this matter could only
Only a few people knew about it. Even among the Xuanwu Army, only Bian Wen and a few generals under him knew about it. The soldiers did not know the soldiers from the Western Regions. When they saw them running with their teeth and claws, they thought someone was taking advantage of the mountain fire to attack the camp.
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While Bian Wen was frowning, he saw another person running towards him and shouting: "Report! Zhan Junhou was stabbed to death by an enemy general! Zhang Xiaowei, Xi Xiaowei and Feng Xiaowei were also killed by that guy.
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"Report! The thieves will be brave, our army is defeated, and the vanguard retreats."
"Report! The thieves are heading towards Wuguan County, and we have captured a wounded person among them."
When Bian Wen was still hesitating, he suddenly learned that the enemy had left, and quickly asked someone to bring the wounded up. With just one glance at his military uniform, Bian Wen knew that it was a misunderstanding. However, at this time, the Xuanwu Army was filled with indignation and hesitated.
Mountain fire ignited the military camp
, 20,000 troops were forced to huddle in the middle of several school grounds to ward off the fire. Unexpectedly, they killed a military commander and three school lieutenants. The anger in everyone's hearts was difficult to calm down, and now it seemed to add fuel to the fire.
, all shouted: "Kill them!"
"Kill them!"
"Revenge for Zhan Junhou!"
"revenge!"
"revenge!"
At this time, Bian Wen became suspicious as to why there was such a strange fire. Thinking of the location of the soldiers from the Western Regions and the strong wind today, he suddenly felt that it must be the soldiers from the Western Regions who were cooking in the mountains and were not careful.
It ignited the forest and caused a mountain fire. Suddenly, in his heart, millions of mud horses were racing past, and he wished he could draw a knife to kill these bad Western soldiers.
But reason allowed him to suppress his anger. He knew that Zhang Xiaowu was not dead yet, and they must not cause civil strife. While he was suppressing his emotions, someone suddenly reported: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Hao Junhou and Tao Junhou from the Second Campus.
The soldiers started to kill."
"What?" Bian Wen suddenly felt his eyes darken. The two people had always had a quarrel with each other, and they often fought during meetings. He never expected that they would lead an army to fight over the school ground to prevent fire. It really happened.
Not enough will lead to failure.
"County town! County town! The county town is on fire too!" Someone wailed again, and everyone looked around, only to see in despair that Wuguan County had been swept away by wildfires, and half of the county town had become a Shura fire scene.