Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 607 Burning Chencang
Chapter 6 and Eight: Burning Chencang

In the fourth year of Tiantong, on April [-]th, in Chencang City, General Yue Lei of Wudangwei was lying on the map, analyzing carefully. Just one day ago, they received a military order sent by Li Siye, asking them to Looking for an opportunity to defeat the Qin army outside the city, and then return to Mei County to march into Chang'an with the main force. This made Chang Mao and Yue Lei very excited. They thought that being sent by Li Siye to garrison Chencang City would not attack Chang'an. What's the matter with them, I didn't expect to have a chance now.

But if you want to join the ranks of attacking Chang'an, you must defeat the Qin army outside the city, otherwise Li Siye will not let them return to the army, but the Qin army outside the city can be defeated so easily, although Yue Lei and Chang Mao combined had 2 soldiers and horses, but the Qin army outside the city also had more than 1 people. In a real fight, it is not certain who will win.

"Yue Lei, you look at the map all day long. Have you thought about how to fight the Qin army? According to me, it's better to directly attack the Qin army's middle army and fight them head-on. With our strength Strength, it is not difficult to defeat the Qin army." Chang Mao looked at Yue Lei helplessly and said.

Yue Lei stood up, looked at Chang Mao with disgust on his face, and said: "Chang Mao, I said, are you a tiger? The reason why the general asked us to defeat the Qin army as soon as possible and return to Mei County is because we hope It can enhance the strength of the army. If you fight the Qin army head-on as you said, even if you win, how much will we have left with our 2 horses? Even if we go to Mei County, we will have nothing to do. What's the point?"

"Then what do you think we should do? Now the Qin army is blocking the door. If we don't fight them, we won't even be able to get out of the city gate. If we want to use tricks, we have no chance." Chang Mao chattered.

"Stop arguing, I've found a way." Yue Lei couldn't stand Chang Mao's loud voice, and at this time, he also thought of a way.

"What way? I knew you could do it, and working with you is a pleasure." Chang Mao said happily when he heard that Yue Lei had thought of a way.

"Burning Chen Cang!" Yue Lei's eyes lit up, and he said with a ghostly smile.

"Burning Chen Cang? Yue Lei, are you out of your mind? We are staying in Chen Cang. Are we going to set ourselves on fire?" Chen Cang, isn't he just going to set himself on fire?What a bad idea.

"Who said I'm going to set myself on fire, can you listen to me!" Yue Lei gave Chang Mao a blank look, and said angrily, this kid always takes words out of context.

"Then tell me!" Chang Mao said.

Yue Lei paused, and then said: "Now Mei County is surrounded by the generals, and it is only a matter of time before it falls, and Chang'an has no way to reinforce Mei County, so looking at the entire Guanzhong, the only ones who can rescue Mei County are There are more than 1 Qin troops outside the city, so if there is a chance to break through Chencang and go to Mei County, the Qin army will definitely not give up, and now we will give them this opportunity."

"Give them a chance? How?" Chang Mao asked in a daze. After all, he is not a brain eater, so it is difficult for him to understand what Yue Lei said.

Yue Lei also knew that it would be difficult for Chang Mao to understand his meaning based on these few words alone, so he said patiently: "We put on a posture of abandoning Chen Cang and returning to Mei County, and led the army to evacuate Chen Cang, but we want to It's not easy for the Qin army to fall into the trap, so I didn't mean to lure the Qin army to pursue it. Instead, I piled up fire starters in the city before leaving Chencang. After the Qin army entered Chencang, they would definitely not easily chase our army. Stay in Chencang for a while, at this time, we will let the people who ambushed to light the fire, and burn the Qin army and Chencang city to pieces." Speaking of this, Yue Lei showed a fierce expression on his face.

"What! You are too cruel!" Chang Mao said in surprise: "No wonder you drove out the people in the city as soon as you came to Chencang. It seems that you have already made this idea, but the city is on fire , Qin Jun won’t run away?”

Yue Lei looked at Chang Mao speechlessly. The main reason why he moved all the people out of the city as soon as he entered the city was to beware of the Qin army's secrets in the city. Now it can only be regarded as a mistake, but in In Chang Mao's words, he seemed to be a conspirator, but Yue Lei didn't explain anything, because he knew that with Chang Mao's pig brain, no amount of explanation would help.

"Why are you cruel? As the saying goes, there is no poison and no husband. How can there be no death in war? Now we are fighting the Qin army, and the one who dies is either the Qin army or our army. What is there to be merciful about? As long as the people are not hurt, it is considered your majesty." They won't do anything to me. As for whether Qin Jun will run away, that's for sure. Qin Jun is not a fool. If there is a fire in the city, they will definitely run away, but if they can run away, we won't block them Stay?" Yue Lei said.

"Stop it? How to block it?" Chang Mao asked, although he also felt that Yue Lei's idea was too vicious, but he didn't care too much about it. As Yue Lei said, there is no need to show mercy when two armies confront each other. Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

Yue Lei said: "After leaving the city, you quietly bypass Chen Cang and go to the place where the Qin army entered the city, and I will block the city gate where we left. As long as the Qin army comes out, we will kill them directly."

"What about the other two gates?" Chang Mao asked again. A city has more than two gates, generally speaking, there are four, and there are even more capitals like Wancheng and Chang'an. Chen Cang also has four city gates.

Hearing this, Yue Lei sighed and said, "Burning the Chencang is already hurting peace. We can't do everything right. These two city gates should be left to the Qin army!"

"Alright, when will we evacuate Chencang?" Chang Mao said, since the plan has been made, when will it be implemented?

Yue Lei thought for a while, and said: "The sooner the better, the general has [-] elites, and it is not difficult to capture Mei County, so we don't have much time, you can let the soldiers collect the fire later." For those things, prepare enough fire oil, and then select a group of loyal and brave men to lurk in the city and light the fire. This task can be described as a narrow escape. You can tell the soldiers that if anyone accepts this task, regardless of success or failure, after the squadron returns to the court in the future , I will personally ask for credit for them in front of His Majesty, and in addition, if there is a fire, escape from the city if you have the opportunity, but you can't go through the east gate and west gate, so as not to be accidentally injured by our army!"

"Understood, I know what to do!" Chang Mao nodded and left.

Two days later, after everything was prepared, Yue Lei and Chang Mao were ready to lead the army to evacuate. Before leaving, Yue Lei asked Chang Mao: "Chang Mao, are you ready? We only have this one time If you have a chance, you can’t fail.”

Chang Mao patted his chest, nodded and said, "Aren't you worried about my work? It's all ready. The fire starter we prepared this time will be enough to burn the entire Chencang City for three days and three nights once it catches fire."

"That's good!" Yue Lei nodded in satisfaction, and asked again: "Have you found all the soldiers who left behind to light the fire? Have you recorded them all? If they die in Chen Cangcheng, we will commemorate their achievements It was submitted, it was bought by the soldiers with their lives, and there must be no mistakes."

"Don't worry, this time I found more than 100 brothers, all of whom have no family and no worries, and I also promised that if they can escape from Chencang City alive and return to the army, I will promote them They are generals." Chang Mao said.

"In this case, let's go!" After finishing speaking, Yue Lei led his army out of the city. After leaving the city, he led his army to go east, while Chang Mao led his army to go around behind Chencang City and run behind Qin's army. .

The next day, when the sentry of the Qin Army saw the empty city of Chen Cang, they immediately reported to the general of the Qin Army.

Geng Ming, the leading general of the Qin army here, is the son of the famous Qin army general Geng Yue. After Geng Yue led the army to Qinchuan, he knew the importance of passing the pass, so he sent his own son to lead the army to garrison.

When Geng Ming got the news, he was also very surprised. Could it be that Deng Jun has already evacuated Chen Cangcheng?So he quickly sent someone to investigate.

After a while, the scouts who went to investigate came back and reported, saying: "General Qi, there is no Deng Jun in Chencang City. In addition, according to the people nearby, a large number of Deng Jun left Chencang City late last night. Go east."

"Why did Deng Jun suddenly withdraw from Chencang? Going east? That must be going to Mei County. My father was stationed in Mei County. His strength was not as good as Deng Jun. Now there are [-] more Deng Jun. Thinking about my father's situation Very threatening." Geng Ming murmured.

Then he said to Lieutenant General Geng Li: "Geng Li, you raise your troops and horses, and enter the city with this general."

"Here!" Geng Li replied.

Geng Ming led his army into the deserted Chencang City. As soon as he entered the city, Geng Ming smelled a strange smell, but after careful inspection.No sign of Deng Jun was found, so Geng Ming didn't take it seriously.

After taking full control of Chencangcheng, Geng Ming was finally sure that Deng Jun had indeed abandoned Chencangcheng and went to reinforce Mei County, but it was getting late now, and it was not appropriate to send troops now, and he didn't know whether Deng Jun would There will be ambushes ahead, so Geng Ming decided to leave tomorrow.

At night, after Qin Jun fell asleep one by one, a voice sounded from the dark street of Chencang, saying, "Liu Er, it's time."

The person named Liu Er nodded, and replied: "Let's get started, brothers, we will live and die together today, and if we are still alive in the future, I will have a feast for my brothers at Yanlailou, Wancheng!"

These are the elite confidantes of Wudangwei. They have been with the generals of Wudangwei for many years, and they have heard of Yanlai Tower many times from the generals of Wudangwei. This is the number one restaurant in Wancheng, not the dignitaries. , are not eligible to enter at all.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Liu!" Countless voices sounded in the darkness.

"Okay! Light it up!" Following Liu Er's order, countless flames shot up into the sky, instantly lighting up the entire sky!

"Water!" After the fire started, a hurried voice broke the tranquility of the night. The soldiers of the Qin Army woke up from their sleep. Seeing the raging fire around them, they were all terrified and ran for their lives at first!

Inside the Chencang county government office, Geng Ming, who had already rested, was awakened by a noise. Before he could ask what happened, the deputy general Geng Li hurried in and said anxiously: "General, there is a fire. There are fires everywhere. The whole city of Chencang is already in flames."

"Be clear, what's going on?" Geng Ming asked, still confused.

Geng Li hurriedly said: "General, I don't know what happened. The city suddenly caught fire, and it was out of control. Now the whole city is engulfed in the fire, and there is no way to save it."

Hearing this, Geng Ming fell to the ground with a plop. Seeing this, Geng Li quickly helped Geng Ming up.

"Pfft!" Geng Ming spat out a mouthful of blood, and shouted sadly: "Yue Lei, Chang Mao, you are so ruthless, you actually want to burn us to death!"

"General, what should we do now?" Geng Li asked.

Geng Ming thought for a while and said, "Hurry up, gather your soldiers and horses and rush out, you can't stay in the city anymore."

Geng Li nodded, then escorted Geng Ming to leave.

When he came to the city, Geng Ming saw the flames soaring to the sky all around him, and his heart was ashamed. He knew that even if he could rush out, his 1 soldiers and horses would be depleted.

Geng Ming and Geng Li organized soldiers and horses to rush out, but found that the east gate and west gate had been blocked by Deng Jun. After being helpless, they had to rush out from the north gate, but more than 1 soldiers and horses could rush out of Chencang City with Geng Ming. There were only a few hundred people, and the rest either died in the fire of Chen Cangcheng, or when they rushed out, they chose the east gate and west gate, and died under Deng Jun's bow and arrow and butcher knife.

(End of this chapter)