Night fell in Xu Shu's camp, but the lights were bright and people were moving around, but the spies outside the camp had no reaction. The soldiers in Xu Shu's camp had been busy since the evening, and they had already reported this matter to General Tai Shici.
Taishi Ci didn't say anything and just asked them to continue monitoring.
In the camp, Liu Pan and others were following Xu Shu's order to direct the soldiers to prepare what they needed for the night. After the army set up camp at noon, Xu Shu ordered the soldiers to have a good meal and then ordered the soldiers to return to their tents to rest until the evening.
Under the command of Liu Pan and others, he got busy.
A famous soldier brought bundles of dry firewood and stacked them in the camp, and then covered them with tarpaulins. On the other side, there were barrels of tung oil, and the tung oil was also covered with thick tarpaulins to prevent fire.
With such preparations, it was not difficult to see that Xu Shu was going to use fire to attack the camp. Liu Pan looked at the piles of dry firewood and barrels of tung oil in the camp and frowned: "The military advisor doesn't want to use fire to attack Tai Shici's fortress."
Camp?"
Ma Liang on the side also frowned and said: "Depending on the situation, I should attack with fire."
Wu Xiong glanced outside the camp. The camp and Taishi Ci's camp were also set up on the same road. There were steep mountain walls on both sides of the camp. The mountain walls were not high, but it was not easy for ordinary people to climb up. What's more, the mountain walls were not high.
The top is covered with low shrubs and weeds. Using fire to attack this terrain will burn down the entire mountain forest for dozens of miles. If the fire spreads here with the wind, it is very likely to burn the entire forest.
The villages near the camp were also burned cleanly. The casualties were definitely not small. Wu Xiong couldn't figure out why Xu Shu would think of using fire to attack. Even now, he still doesn't believe that Xu Shu would use fire to attack. He felt that the fire attack was just a cover.
Liu Pan, Ma Liang and others realized the seriousness of the matter and asked Xu Shu, but Xu Shu shook his head and said nothing. Even Zhao Lei from the rear army came to ask but Xu Shu blocked him back.
Perhaps because he was annoyed, Xu Shu ordered Zhou Cang to guard the entrance of the big tent and no one could come to disturb him.
Several people were frowning and wondering when a messenger ran over. The man clasped his fists at the people and said, "Generals, the military counselor asked the generals to go to the big tent immediately to discuss matters."
Liu Pan glanced at this person and asked, "What can you say about the military advisor?"
The soldier shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Ma Liang said to everyone: "Maybe the military advisor has changed his mind, let's go quickly." After saying that, he walked towards Xu Shu's tent, and several people behind him quickly followed.
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In Taishi Ci's camp, Taishi Ci was pacing back and forth with a worried look on his face. Although it was getting dark, he couldn't sleep anyway. Naturally, the situation in Xu Shu's camp could not be hidden from him, but he was even more worried.
Xu Shu's decision to use fire to attack was beyond his expectation. Although using fire to attack the camp was indeed the best and easiest way, the terrain here was not suitable for using fire to attack unless Xu Shu dared to risk the disapproval of the world.
You must know that although the feudal princes in the world are constantly fighting and fighting, and the people have suffered countless casualties, no prince dares to openly ignore the life and death of the people. That will inevitably lead to the crusade of the princes of the world. And Liu Biao of Jingzhou obviously does not have the strength to resist the world.
princes.
This made him very confused, what on earth was Xu Shu going to do? He knew that Xu Shu was not a bluffing person and that the city would be destroyed in one day tonight, so he had to be cautious.
The curtain opened and Han Dang came in wearing armor. When he saw Taishi Ci still wearing armor, Taishi Ci wondered: "Why doesn't Ziyi rest?"
Taishi Ci said with a worried look on his face: "I can't sleep."
Han Dang knew that he was worried about Xu Shu's surprise attack and comforted him: "Don't worry, Ziyi. I have sent additional spies to keep an eye on the situation of Xu Shu's army. I will send someone to inform you as soon as there is news. If Xu Shu wants to attack with fire, he will definitely not dare to use fire."
He will not set fire to the surrounding mountains, and at most he will burn down the gate of the village. I have ordered people to prepare a large amount of water throughout the camp, so that if there is a fire in the camp, it can be extinguished in time."
Taishi Ci nodded and sighed with a calm expression: "Then Xu Shu made me confused with just one sentence. It's really different."
Han Dang didn't care and said: "Ziyi is not like that. So Xu Shu just won with a wheel battle last time. There is nothing terrible about it. You should rest early." Although Han Dang looked down on Xu Shu, he was also worried about Xu Shu's sneak attack.
Taishi Ci nodded and took off his clothes and went to sleep. Han Dang walked out of the tent and looked around. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Han Dang was about to go back to the tent when he saw a spy rushing towards him.
The spy came to Han Dang and said hurriedly: "Report to General, the Jingzhou army has moved."
Han Dang was shocked and looked at the spy and said, "But really? How many people are there?"
The spy hurriedly said: "I just saw the Jingzhou army starting to gather, so I came back immediately to report it."
"Spy again!" Han Dang waved his hand and did not blame him. Tai Shici had already told Cao Dong to come back and report if there was any danger to the Jingzhou army. Moreover, there was not only one spy who thought that after a while, there would be news from another spy.
The spies took the order and left, but Han Dang was thinking about whether to wake up Taishi Ci. It would be too abrupt to wake up Taishi Ziyi based on these alone. It was better to go and take a look first. Han Dang led his soldiers towards the gate of the village.
go.
Before reaching the gate of the village, another spy came running over and said: "General Qi, the Jingzhou army has left the camp. The number is not certain, but there are at least two thousand people."
After hearing this, Han Dang turned his head without hesitation and said to a soldier behind him: "Go and inform General Taishi, saying that the Jingzhou army has been dispatched and is likely to make a surprise attack."
"Nuo." The soldiers ran towards Taishi Ci's tent.
Han Dang was worried and said to another soldier: "Immediately tell all the commanders about the dispatch of the Jingzhou army, and Uncle Dub asked them to take precautions."
"promise."
After giving the instructions, Han Dang breathed a sigh of relief and headed towards the village gate. As soon as he arrived at the village gate, he saw flames soaring into the sky in the dark night in the distance. Countless torches were swaying in the dark night. There were faint footsteps, and waves of spies were reporting back one after another.
Pass back the news about the Jingzhou army.
The messy sound of horse hooves in the camp behind him rang out. Taishi Ci led a few soldiers to the village gate and saw Han Dang asking, "How is it? How many soldiers and horses will Xu Shu bring this time?"
Han Dang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Taishi Ci and said, "Almost all the Jingzhou army was dispatched, and they also brought a large amount of dry firewood and tung oil." Taishi Ci's expression changed and he said, "Then Xu Shu really wants to attack with fire?"
Han Dang smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know, the dry firewood and tung oil he brought can not only burn down a large camp, but also dozens of them. I'm afraid Xu Shu would be in danger if he wasn't bluffing."
Taishi Ci said nothing and looked at the approaching fire in the distance with a gloomy expression. If Xu Shu really dared to risk the disapproval of the world, what should he do? Should he just abandon the camp and run away?
Thinking of this, Taishi Ci turned to his soldiers and ordered: "Go immediately and order the rest of the troops to assemble in the school grounds except for the soldiers who are on guard." It is impossible for an army of 10,000 to stay awake and guard, so Taishi Ci also divided them into two
Each time, 5,000 men from the squadron guarded the camp. Originally, only 1,000 men were needed to serve as guards, which was more than enough, but Taishi Ci used a full 5,000 troops to defend Xu Shu.
After Taishi Ci finished speaking, he looked outside the camp. Countless torches illuminated the official road in front of the camp. Xu Shu's army had already arrived.
ps: Thanks to Lonely Night for the tip and the reward has been changed to eleven!!