Nearly ten thousand troops outside the camp faced Taishi Ci from a distance. Xu Shu, dressed in cloth, was extremely conspicuous among the army. Without searching for it, Taishi Ci could see Xu Shu who could still sit quietly among thousands of troops.
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Taishi Ci took a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and looked at Xu Shu and said, "I heard that Commander Xu prepared a lot of dry firewood and tung oil. Could it be that Commander Xu wants to use fire attacks to break through my stronghold?"
Xu Shu sat calmly on the horse and smiled slightly: "General Taishi guessed it right. I want to use fire to win."
Taishi Ci was startled when he heard Xu Shu's words, but then a hint of haze flashed in his eyes, pointing to the mountain lying quietly in the dark not far away: "Isn't Military Advisor Xu afraid of causing trouble?"
Xu Shu naturally knew what disaster Taishi Ci was talking about, and said with a smile: "The villages within a hundred miles of You County have been moved away. This fire will not cause any casualties to Jingzhou. Please rest assured, General Taishi."
Taishi Ci was extremely angry. You, the people from Jingzhou, have moved away, but I, the people from Jiangdong, are still here. It’s just hard to explain. However, Liu Pan and the others behind Xu Shu are also confused. When did I, the people from Jingzhou, move away?
here?
Taishi Ci didn't know what to say for a moment, but Han Dang couldn't stand it: "You are so arrogant as a scholar. I want to see how you light the fire? That old man Liu Biao boasted about how you love and protect the people. If I knew you
What will happen if you do this? You won't be slapping yourself in the face, right? Hahaha..." After saying this, Han Dang burst out laughing, looking at Xu Shu with ridicule in his eyes.
Not to mention Liu Biao, fortunately, when Liu Biao was mentioned, Liu Pan, Liu Biao's disciple, had to speak. Liu Pan had long disliked Han Dang, and now he saw him insulting Liu Biao, pointed at Han Dang, and scolded: "You old man, you just
You know how to use your words, and you can insult my uncle?"
Han Dang was immediately furious. In his eyes, Liu Pan was still a child. He was insulted by a child. How could he not be angry? He rushed to the village gate to teach Liu Pan a lesson, but Tai Shici pulled him and said, "General Han, please be patient."
Han Dang also knew that it was inappropriate to rush out of the village gate at this time, so he stayed aside and listened to Taishi Ci's arrangements. Taishi Ci pulled Han Dang and turned to look at Xu Shu and said: "Since Xu Shu, you really dare to risk the disapproval of the world and do this, I will not do it."
We have no choice but to withdraw our troops, but now we need to send them to Liu Qi in Jiangdong. Liu Qi, who is already in danger, will find it even more difficult to escape this time."
Xu Shu heard that Taishi Ci brought the topic to Liu Qi and said, "General Taishi is concerned about this. It is not impossible for my lord to leave Jiangdong with his ability."
Taishi Ci shook his head and said: "Then no matter how talented Liu Qi is, can he still run away if he is captured by the Grand Governor himself?"
After hearing this, Xu Shu was silent for a while. Even the governor Zhou Yu was not sure of victory, let alone Liu Qi. However, he was full of confidence in Liu Qi. Liu Qi was the best at drawing inferences from one instance to another, and his ideas were always unexpected but reasonable.
.Knowing that Jiangdong would not let him go, he would be able to leave Jiangdong in an unexpected way.
Xu Shu glanced at the dark sky and said: "Those who want to achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. It's not too early, so let's get started." Liu Pan and others were no longer in the mood to talk nonsense with Tai Shici and others because Han Dang mentioned Liu Qi's situation.
, arrange them one by one.
The 10,000-strong army outside the camp began to get busy. Han Dang said to Taishi Ci: "The soldiers and horses in Jingzhou must be busy carrying things now. Why don't I bring a group of soldiers and horses to sneak attack."
Taishi Ci glanced at the army outside the camp and said: "No need. You see, the Jingzhou army looks chaotic but is well organized. Huang Zhong stood there with his troops and horses without moving, thinking that he was on guard against our sneak attack. If he attacks rashly, he will only fall.
He fell into Xu Shu's trap and suffered heavy losses."
Taishi Ci was right. Xu Shu had already considered this matter. If Taishi Ci really went for a sneak attack, when he opened the gate of the camp, the Jingzhou army would swarm in and break through the camp in one fell swoop. Although the fire attack was practical, it had certain risks.
Seeing that there was no sign of a sneak attack in Taishi Ci's camp, Xu Shu was a little disappointed. However, he had no hope in the first place. He had already known that Taishi Ci would be cautious in using his troops.
Bundles of dry firewood were piled in front of the village gate. If Taishi Ci didn't stop him, even the village gate would be blocked. Han Dang looked at Taishi Ci and said anxiously: "Ziyi, are they really allowed to do this unscrupulously?"
Did I act casually before the camp?"
Taishi Ci shook his head and said: "Of course we won't let them be so rampant." After saying this, he waved his hand behind him, and rows of archers stepped forward to draw their bows outside the village gate, ready to shoot the Jingzhou who was just around the corner.
soldiers.
"Let go!" As Taishi Ci gave an order, arrows were fired towards the outside of the camp. The soldiers who were carrying dry firewood quickly threw away the firewood, took out a simple wooden shield from behind, covered their heads, and quickly retreated towards the rear. A wave.
There were very few casualties among Jingzhou soldiers due to the rain of arrows.
The Jingzhou soldiers did not stop carrying dry firewood because of the rain of arrows. They carried the dry firewood to both sides of the official road and piled it on the bushes and then poured tung oil on it. The pungent smell of tung oil even made Taishi Ci and others in the camp
People can also smell it.
Taishi Ci looked helplessly at the piles of dry firewood outside the camp and the tung oil shining brightly under the firelight. Although he was unwilling to do so, if Xu Shu really wanted to light the fire, he would have no choice but to lead his troops to retreat.
The dry firewood had been piled up and the tung oil had been poured on the dry firewood. Liu Pan held up the torch and looked at Xu Shu. As long as Xu Shu gave the order, he would light the torch and burn down the Jiangdong camp.
Taishi Ci looked at Xu Shu and shouted: "Xu Shu, do you really want to have your own way?"
Xu Shu ignored Tai Shici and looked at the sky again. After being silent for a while, he said to Liu Pan, "Let's light the fire."
Without any hesitation, Liu Pan threw the torch on the dry firewood filled with tung oil. As soon as the tung oil touched the sparks, it ignited and turned into a raging fire. The person's face was red. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and thick black smoke was quickly coming out.
After a short period of time, it had spread to the front of the camp.
Taishi Ci looked at the raging fire that was about to reach the camp with a gloomy face. If he did not retreat, their 10,000-strong army might be buried in the sea of fire. Although he didn't know how Xu Shu's 10,000-strong army could avoid the fire, but since Xu Shu dared to light the fire
There should be a way to avoid it.
Taishi Ci said to him behind him: "Leave the camp immediately." The soldiers and horses in the camp had already been assembled. Taishi Ci gave the order and quickly left the camp from the other direction, throwing the fire behind him.
Xu Shu's army also chose to retreat when Taishi Ci's army retreated. The nearly ten thousand troops left the area covered by the fire in an orderly manner. They retreated for more than ten miles. The camp they had just built at noon was also abandoned by them, and all the people in the camp were abandoned.
Everything was discarded. Even the rear army was retreating. Fortunately, Zhao Lei had already received Xu Shu's order to retreat in advance so that he would not panic.