Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2101 Steamer Battle
Chapter 2099: Steamer Battle
"General Qi, the fire is about to go out."

"it is good."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, a gleam flashed in Wei Qing's eyes, and he ordered: "After the fire is extinguished, attack immediately."

Xue Dingshan, Tian Yu, Li Ling and others were stunned when they heard the words. Xue Dingshan said with a puzzled expression: "General, even if the fire is extinguished, there are still many residues, and the heat is still there. If you attack at this time, the soldiers will be easily burned. Combat strength is reduced under burns, and the attack is twice the result with half the effort."

Although Tian Yu and Li Lingsu didn't speak, they had the same doubts as Xue Dingshan on their faces. In their opinion, Wei Qing couldn't make such a low-level mistake.

Wei Qing smiled lightly and said, "Scald is better than death in battle."

The generals were even more puzzled, what does it mean that a burn is better than death in battle?They wanted Wei Qing to explain, but Wei Qing had no intention of explaining.

Looking at Wei Qing who was silent and no longer talking, Tian Yu and Li Ling both showed helplessness. In the past, Wei Qing could not speak, only half-spoken, and would never hide from his own people, but since he came to Qin, he has changed. He became taciturn, even in the face of their old subordinates, he was far less close than before.

Tian Yu and Li Ling also knew in their hearts that Wei Qing did this to avoid suspicion. After all, there are many gossips in front of the general, and countless eyes are staring at him. In order to prevent being suspected of being a gangster, Wei Qing had to alienate them. old men.

Regarding this, the two felt that Wei Qing was right intellectually, but it was difficult to accept emotionally, but there was nothing they could do about it. Who made them all generals who had not been fully accepted.

Under Wei Qing's order, as soon as the fire was extinguished, the Qin army launched an attack and set foot on this land where the heat had not subsided.

Under the [-] cans of kerosene bombs and [-] rockets, burning continuously for three consecutive hours, the mountainside has been burned to a white ground, and there is a fiery breath everywhere, like a piece of iron.

The generals and soldiers of the Qin Army all wore thick military boots, but even so, they could still feel the soles of their feet getting hot.

A soldier complained dissatisfied: "What did the general think, attacking as soon as the fire goes out, how can you fight when it's so hot?"

"Don't complain, cross this area, the Qingzhai on the top of the mountain has not been burned down, and the temperature there is not so hot." Xiaowei said.

"But there are Qing troops there." The soldier muttered softly.

"Stop talking nonsense, military orders are like mountains."

The attacking [-] Qin troops quickly crossed the fire zone and approached the stronghold. Just when they thought that the Qing army was going to counterattack, they found that the Qing camp was quiet and weird. After breaking in, they found a person inside. nothing.

The Qing army has already fled, and this is an empty camp.

Although the general of the Qin army was a little confused, he still occupied the camp and sent someone to report to Wei Qing. When the generals heard about it, there was an uproar.

Wei Qing had said before that he would capture the Qing army's camp with one soldier at a time. At that time, they didn't believe that Wei Qing was speaking out of anger, but now that he really did it, the generals just thought it was too weird. What followed was incomprehension and doubt.

Why is this happening?

Xue Dingshan couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart, and he was the first to ask: "General, although our fire seems to be prosperous, it didn't burn to the Qing army camp at all. Tuoba Tao clearly has dangers to defend, but why did he do it?" Abandon the camp and flee?"

"That's right, Tuoba Tao is capable of writing and martial arts. You should understand the current situation of the Qing army. It is absolutely impossible to flee without a fight unless it is a last resort."

Tian Yu frowned and said, this is what puzzled him the most. Why did Tuoba Tao run away?

It's so weird.

Looking at the confused generals, Wei Qing explained: "You can know what kind of terrain the Qing camp is in."

All the generals were stunned by the question and didn't know how to answer, because the terrain of the place is very strange, there are small plains in the mountains, and the whole is like a valley, it is really difficult to divide.

Xue Dingshan's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "It's the Hukou terrain."

Wei Qing glanced at Xue Dingshan in surprise, he didn't expect him to be the first to answer, he thought it would be Tian Yu and Li Ling.

"That's right, from the map, the overall shape of this place is concave, which is one of the few Hukou terrains in the valley."

Then, Wei Qing went to the map, pointed to the map and said: "There are two high mountains behind the Qing camp. Although they are higher and more dangerous, they can be bypassed. On the contrary, the shortest one blocks the only way for our army to pass. , so Tuobagui built the second battalion here.

Tuobagui thought that if our army wanted to break through, we had to pull out this battalion. Unfortunately, he considered the geographical advantage, but ignored the geographical advantage. "

All the generals showed doubts, what else is there besides the geographical advantage?
Wei Qing stopped playing charades, and said: "The terrain of this valley is narrow, and the air circulation must be poor. If we launch a fire attack, we only need to supplement it with a slight west wind to blow the heat generated by the fire into the valley."

All the generals were inexplicably surprised when they heard this.

Isn't the west wind blowing now?

"Under the Hukou terrain, if the heat flow cannot flow out or dissipate, a heat flow cycle will be formed, and the heat flow will gradually fill the entire valley, and the temperature in the valley will naturally become higher and higher, and the entire valley will turn into a desert. Huge steamer."

Hearing this, the three generals Xue Dingshan, Li Ling, and Tian Yu all looked stunned.

No wonder Tuoba Tao retreated without a fight, because this is the smartest way.

Under Wei Qing's steamer tactics, the entire valley turned into a big steamer. If the Qing army stayed in it, the powerful generals might not be affected, but ordinary soldiers would definitely lose their combat power due to heat stroke if they stayed for a long time. .

The overall combat power of the Qing army was already weaker than that of the Qin army. If it was reduced by a large amount, how could it block the Qin army's advance after the fire was extinguished?
Therefore, Tuoba Tao did not want to withdraw, but had to withdraw.

If you don't withdraw, there is only a dead end, and if you withdraw, you can preserve your strength. Everyone knows how to choose.

The outcome of a war is determined by three factors: weather, location, and harmony;
In this small battle, Wei Qing was obviously on the offensive side, but he used all the advantages of the right time, place and people.

When the weather is right, the west wind is right.

The geographical advantage, taking advantage of the Hukou terrain, launched a steamer war, and forced Tuoba Tao to withdraw his troops without abolishing a single soldier.

Renhe, the vanguard army was wiped out, the Qin army intended to avenge their shame, their fighting spirit was high, and their combat power increased greatly, but the Qing army's combat power declined due to heat stroke.

Thinking of this, Xue Dingshan admired Wei Qing even more in his heart, and at the same time, he also understood why the King of Qin transferred him to Wei Qing's command.

At this time, Xue Dingshan was completely impressed by Wei Qing, in his heart Wei Qing was already a famous general second only to Bai Qi, on the same level as his father Xue Rengui, Yue Fei, Su Dingfang and others.

(End of this chapter)