Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 302
When Liu Yu learned that Li Jue had led [-] troops to attack, he immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Being able to lure Li Jue out of the city is a rare opportunity to destroy the opponent's troops.

If Li Jue shrinks back to Hongnong City, relying on the defensive power of the big city, it is not impossible to hold on for several months.

After all, he has [-] strong soldiers with excellent weapons and sufficient supplies.

Therefore, storming Hongnong City is definitely not in Liu Yu's plan.

First of all, the soldiers and horses Liu Yu gathered here were not enough to form a siege to Hongnong City.

Secondly, the combat power of Li Jue's subordinates is much stronger than that of the previous Baibo bandits. Even if Liu Yu's troops are in place, the strong attack cannot be accomplished overnight.

And once the siege battle lasts too long, it will inevitably attract the attention of Luoyang Dong Zhuo.

In fact, Liu Yu was already worried about Dong Zhuo's reaction at this time.

The first army of Niufu in the southwest has been wiped out, and Xu Rong's army in the southeast will be defeated within two days.

Although Liu Yu emphasized that the news must be blocked, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and Luoyang will hear the wind sooner or later.

And when Dong Zhuo sent people to verify the situation in the two places, he would immediately think that Liu Yu, who was in charge of transporting grain and grass, was causing trouble.

Therefore, Liu Yu must try to end the battle in Hongnong as soon as possible. Even if he can't take Hongnong City in one fell swoop, at least he must greatly weaken Li Jue's troops, never providing a good foundation for the next step to persuade Duan Yan, the defender of Chang'an.

Fortunately, Li Jue always believed that the enemies he was going to face were the Jingyuan Army, which lacked material support, and a group of Baibo thieves who only engaged in sneak attacks.

And it is precisely because of this that Li Jue gave up holding on to the big city and insisted on leading troops to destroy Zhang Jijun.

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After receiving Xu Huang's information, Li Jue immediately led his troops to set off from Shan County, and Liu Yu also started his arrangements.

From Shan County to Xin'an County, Liu Yu would definitely not choose to set up a bureau there.

Because even if you win the battle there, it will be difficult to control the opponent's deserters, so you can't achieve the purpose of weakening Li Jue's troops.

So Liu Yu decided to arrange the bureau in Li Jue's camp.

As a vanguard, Xu Huang not only had to clear the road for thunderstorms, but also helped the main force build camps in advance.

About two hours later, Li Jue's [-] troops marched into the camp mightily.

Xu Huang came to give a detailed report on the surrounding situation, and then proposed to take the vanguard to build a camp at the back of this place, so as to be a horn of each other.

Li Jue agreed on the spot when he saw that the place where Xu Huang wanted to set up camp was just to protect the rear of the main camp.

After Xu Huang left, Li Jue took a few people around the camp, and then he found that Xu Huang was really good at building camps.

Not only the fortifications were built strong and durable, but also ditches were introduced into the city.

The ditch almost circles the camp, which not only facilitates drinking water for soldiers, but also plays a role in fire prevention.

Seeing this, Li Jue couldn't help but praise Xu Huang for his thoughtfulness.

This time Li Jue led his troops here, but he would not waste time with his opponents in the city like Li Su did. He brought a large number of siege equipment and prepared to attack by force tomorrow morning.

Before the equipment was fully formed, it was just a pile of flammable wood, which was very afraid of fire attack, but with a water source in the camp, Li Jue didn't have to worry about the opponent shooting rockets at night.

Li Jue arranged the guards that night, and then he went around the entire camp, and returned to his tent to rest after feeling that there was nothing wrong.

At this moment, Liu Yu brought a thousand Yulin army from Lu County in the southwest to the upper reaches of the river.

Each of the Thousand Yulin Army carried a bamboo tube on their body, which looked like a bamboo tube for water, but in fact it contained oil, oil instead of water.

Liu Yu briefly observed the situation of the embankment and then gave an order: "Send down the order and tell people to narrow the river course so that the river flowing towards Li Jue's camp will slow down."

In fact, Liu Yu had already surveyed the situation here during the day, and Xu Huang dug the small ditch leading to Li Jue's camp.

There is flowing water in the ditches, and oil is less dense than water, so it can float on the surface of the water, and then enter Li Jue's camp through the water flow.

And this is an important link in Liu Yu's plan to attack the enemy camp with fire.

At the foot of Xiong'er Mountain, Liu Yu verified the power of the bamboo tube flame bomb with his own eyes. He believed that this time, he would definitely be able to burn Li Jue's army without leaving a single one.

As soon as the water flow leading to Li Jue's barracks was reduced, Liu Yu immediately ordered people to pour all the oil in the bamboo tube into the water.

The curious soldiers couldn't understand why the black water floated on the surface of the water, but also flowed downstream with the current.

Liu Yu didn't have time to explain to them, so he left the person who lit the fire, and took the rest of the soldiers to join Zhang Xiu.

Arriving at the appointed place, Zhang Xiu was waiting in battle with the remaining [-] Yulin troops. These people also came from Lu County in the southwest, and each of them carried a bamboo tube filled with black water.

"The upstream has been properly arranged, can Youwei teach his subordinates how to use these flame bombs?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I have taught everyone everything according to my lord's demonstration, and I can order to attack the camp!"

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With a wave of Liu Yu's hand, two thousand soldiers carrying bamboo tube flame bombs slowly approached the enemy camp. At the same time, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao's two troops also arrived at the designated location to prepare.

Suddenly two rockets appeared one after the other in the sky. In the dark night, these two rockets were like dazzling fireballs, which could be seen even at a long distance.

"My lord has issued a signal, order the archers to prepare!" Zhang Fei and Chen Dao gave orders to their subordinates almost at the same time.

The Habayashi Army far upstream of the river also saw Liu Yufa's secret signal, but instead of igniting the "black water" in the ditch immediately, they ignited it half a quarter of an hour after seeing the rocket as agreed.

Li Jue's army, who was in charge of night watch in the enemy camp, also noticed something strange in the sky, but before they could figure out why the two rockets flew into the sky, they found that there were suddenly countless rockets in the sky.

This time the rockets did not fly into the sky, but smashed into the camp like a rain of flowers.

So Li Jue, who was on guard at night, no longer had to worry about the purpose of those two rockets just now.

"Enemy attack..."

"There are fire arrows! Prepare water sources to fight the fire!"

Li Jue's arrangement before going to bed was relatively in place. As soon as he heard the sentry's warning, the soldiers of all ministries began to defend against this wave of rocket attacks in an orderly manner.

The power of the rocket is mainly on the fire, because the soldiers in the camp can find a suitable cover to avoid the bow and arrow, but the rocket hitting the baggage tent will ignite the fire.

However, Li Jue's camp was well built, and the range of the rockets was limited, so they couldn't pose a big threat to the entire camp.

Li Jue also ran out of the camp when he heard that there was an enemy attack. Seeing that the fire was under control, he ordered to put out the fire, and at the same time assembled his team to rush out to counterattack.

There is a ditch in the camp, and the clear water in it is just convenient for fire fighting.

But soon Xiaobing discovered that this "water" not only could not extinguish the fire, but also made the flame burn more violently.

"Hurry up...get more water to put out the fire, and don't let the luggage catch fire!" Seeing that the fire was getting stronger, Li Jue sent some more people to fetch water to put out the fire.

But he didn't know that the water in the ditch was no longer clear water that could put out fires, but black water with a lot of oil floating in it.

So the more Li Jue sent more people to put out the fire, the more out of control the fire became.

Just as he was wondering why the water was getting hotter and hotter, the "water" in the ditch suddenly lit up.

It turned out that the Habayashi Army guarding the upstream entrance ignited the black water in the ditch.

The fire moved with the water and instantly spread into every corner of the camp.

(End of this chapter)