Chapter 294: Burning the Mountain

The spring breeze blowing from the mountain road was warm and gentle.

On the wall of Feihu Pass, Chang Wei frowned after listening to the report of the soldiers in charge of investigation.

"Your Highness, Xiliang has indeed buried ambushes in the mountains and forests on both sides." Chang Wei said.

After countless deductions, they took into account various situations on the battlefield.

So before leaving the pass, he ordered the soldiers to sneak into the mountains and forests for careful investigation.

Zhao Xu nodded.

This time he went to Jinzhou more to boost morale.

As for how to fight? How to fight? He would not intervene if he could.

Otherwise, how could these generals grow quickly in the war?

"You decide for yourself." Zhao Xu held a telescope, looking like he just wanted to watch the battle.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei was slightly nervous and excited when he heard this.

The King of Yan commanded the entire battle to pacify the Yuan family.

After the war, the generals were happy and a little depressed.

They felt that their abilities were not used.

As the highest-ranking general of the royal army besides the King of Yan, he was naturally a little disappointed.

He thought that the battle of Jinzhou was still under the command of the King of Yan.

Unexpectedly, the King of Yan handed over the power to him.

"Prepare six catapults." Chang Wei gave the first order.

There is a distance of five miles between Feihu Pass and the Xiliang camp.

According to the soldiers, there are Xiliang soldiers ambushing two miles outside Feihu Pass.

Obviously, they want to use this narrow mountain road to give them a surprise attack.

And what he has to do now is to drive the Xiliang soldiers out.

After dispatching six catapults, Chang Wei ordered the soldiers to tie the stone bullets of the catapults with straw and pour kerosene on them.

"General, it's the east wind now." Everything was ready, and Niu Cha looked at the flags on the city wall.

The mountain road of Feihu Pass is from west to east.

They are in the east, and the Xiliang soldiers are in the west.

There are more east winds in spring.

As the nursery rhyme goes: In spring, there are many east winds, which blow swallows to build new nests. In summer, there are many south winds, which make the sun look like a fire plate. In autumn, there are many west winds, which heat the crops and fruits. In winter, there are many north winds, which make snowflakes look like hourglasses.

So at this time, using fire attack can burn from east to west.

Thinking of this, he said: "You order two thousand sword and shield soldiers to protect the catapults and reach the ambush of the Xiliang soldiers to throw burning stone bombs."

"Yes, General." Niu Cha took the order and left.

At this time, Chang Wei gave Wei Qun another order.

Let him order three thousand people to stay behind, and rescue in time if the Xiliang soldiers attacked Niu Cha.

In this training competition of the South Camp, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and the young general Huo An won, each commanding 10,000 soldiers equipped with flintlock rifles.

Although Wei Qun was not bad, he was slightly inferior and lost, so he could only continue to command the old soldiers.

After receiving the order, he immediately went down the city wall.

Zhao Xu did not speak.

In ancient wars, water attack and fire attack were both war techniques.

Digging a river channel to flood the three armies and burning the camps were common.

After all, between burning the mountain and the heavy casualties of the soldiers, any general would choose the former.

Therefore, Zhao Xu agreed with Chang Wei's approach of burning the mountain.

Soon, six catapults slowly left the city, and a large number of soldiers accompanied them for protection.

As the soldiers walked farther and farther, the generals on the city wall picked up binoculars to watch.

When the catapult approached the ambush site of the Xiliang soldiers.

The woods were still quiet.

Due to the narrowness of the mountain road, even a team of 3,000 people was very long.

Another example is the army leaving the city.

In Zhao Xu's opinion, the Xiliang soldiers seemed to think that the Yanzhou soldiers had fallen into a trap.

The catapult stopped steadily.

At this time, the soldiers loaded the stone bullets and ignited them.

It seemed that the Xiliang soldiers reacted at this time, and a wave of arrows flew towards the catapult.

The sword and shield soldiers guarding the catapult raised their shields to block.

But this could not stop the catapult from shooting.

A huge fireball flew into the woods diagonally above.

Then the second, the third...

Facing the rain of arrows, the catapults fired all the stones and began to retreat.

And thick smoke began to rise in the mountains and forests on both sides.

While retreating, the soldiers of the palace took torches to light the hay on both sides.

After they retreated to Feihu Pass, Zhao Xu could already see the red flames in the woods through the telescope.

He secretly sweated.

If this happened in modern times, he would probably be arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.

"Hahaha, they will suffer this time." Chang Wei laughed, and the generals also grinned.

Under the east wind, the power of the flames was very fierce, spreading westward.

This time, not only can the ambush troops in the woods be burned away, but it may also burn the Xiliang camp.

They were secretly proud of this, it was really a good plan.

As the fire spread.

The Xiliang soldiers seemed to finally be unable to bear it, and they swarmed out of the woods, rushing to the road in the valley and heading west.

Xiliang Camp.

The action of the Yan Wang soldiers setting fire to the mountain made Ye Renrong look very embarrassed.

"Deputy leader, I didn't expect the Yan Wang's army to be so cautious. Our ambush seems to have been discovered." A Xiliang general said.

Ye Renrong looked at the Xiliang flag fluttering in the camp with concern.

It was an east wind at this time. If the mountain fire continued to burn, it would probably affect their camp, and then it would be troublesome.

"You immediately lead the soldiers to cut down all the trees within a hundred steps in front of the camp." Ye Renrong ordered.

This ambush not only did not gain any benefits, but they had to work hard to cut down trees.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

But he was more worried about the coming war.

You can tell at a glance that King Yan's soldiers and horses don't seem to be dispatched so easily.

Flying Fox Pass.

Zhao Xu turned around and climbed down the city wall when he saw a large number of Xiliang soldiers starting to cut down trees through the telescope.

It seems that unplugging this camp cannot be completed in one or two days.

At least until the wildfire is extinguished, the two sides can face off again.

Before leaving, he left a few words, "I have gone to rest, you guys keep an eye on me."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said as if he had been given a shot of blood.

Taking personal command of the war made his spirit highly excited.

The generals were also in high spirits, and the sand table simulation created an atmosphere for them to discuss and formulate tactics together.

As soon as King Yan left, they immediately discussed how to fight next based on the actual situation.

When the argument gets heated, he may even become red-faced.

Back at the camp, Zhao Xu suddenly became a little bored.

For the first time, I regretted not asking Feng'er and Luan'er to follow, otherwise it wouldn't be so boring.

I ate, drank, and slept for two days.

On the third day the wind direction changed to the west.

Because of the headwind, there was nothing to burn, and the mountain fire gradually extinguished.

However, a large section of the mountains to the west from Feihu Pass to Xiliang Camp were burned bare, making it difficult to ambush soldiers.

"Your Highness, the Xiliang people are lying to us." Chang Wei said when he told Zhao Xu that the mountain fire was extinguished.

"Tell me about it," Zhao Xu said.

"In the past few days, the general has asked a few soldiers to monitor the Xiliang camp day and night with telescopes, and found that there were forty people living in one of their camps, not thirty." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu frowned, "So there are about 40,000 people in the Xiliang camp?"

Chang Wei nodded and said seriously: "You can't be wrong. The Xiliang camp has been completely figured out and we can officially attack tomorrow."