Shu Blossoms

Chapter 527 Collided Together
"We have to capture Zhao Cen alive!" Zheng Wei said firmly.

"If it is only captured alive, we have to find a way to lure him out of the army." Wang Xu asked thoughtfully, "Do you have an idea?"

"Although we can't set fire to it, we can cheat him."

Zheng Wei suddenly smiled slyly, and she said to the centurion: "You order ten people, set up a big fire, and then light it, the bigger the fire, the better! But the surrounding area must be cleaned up, don't let the fire get out of control! And don't let the fire go out! Maybe do it?"

"Princess, don't worry, as long as our soldiers are alive, the fire will not be let down!" the centurion firmly promised.

Zheng Wei watched him hesitant to speak, and finally patted him on the shoulder, without saying anything, turned to look at Wang Xu, "You and I will each take half of the rest, divide the soldiers into two groups and set up an ambush, waiting Zhao Cen threw himself into the trap!"

"Okay, it's worth a try!" Wang Xu ordered the centurion to follow Zheng Wei, each ordered their soldiers and went in different directions.

"General, the fire just now was so fierce that 50 people were seriously injured. More than a dozen people may not be able to survive tomorrow, and nearly a hundred people were slightly injured."

Zhao Cen listened to his subordinate's report with a sullen face. The more he listened, the more angry he became, and the expression on his face became more terrifying!
They glanced at each other quietly, knowing in their hearts that today's incident was considered to be Zhao Cen's command error, but this time they really played with fire and set themselves on fire.

But they looked at Zhao Cen's appearance of wanting to eat people, they hung their heads and dared not say anything.

"The whole army must capture the Lion Mountain tonight!" Zhao Cen gritted his teeth and ordered to die.

But before they had time to regroup, they heard a deafening roar from the mountain, and then a soldier rushed to report in a panic, "General, they have begun to break through, and this time they rushed so fiercely that it seemed real! "

"Meet the enemy!" Zhao Cen shouted, and they rushed forward in a panic.

Just as Zhao Cen was about to join the army to meet the enemy, his lieutenant ran over to stop him, pointed behind him and said anxiously: "General, general, the rear is on fire!"

"Impossible!" Zhao Cen scolded coldly, and found thick smoke billowing not far away. The fire seemed to be quite large, and the flames dancing in the night sky could be seen from a distance.

"The fire is getting bigger and bigger, General, if this continues, let alone arresting soldiers from the imperial court, all of us may not be able to get out!"

The lieutenant looked at Zhao Cen worriedly.

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Cen stared at the lieutenant coldly.

"Subordinate. This subordinate wants to ask the general to evacuate first. This subordinate will take the brothers to wipe out those people!"

After the deputy general finished speaking, Zhao Cen flatly refused, "There are no deserters in Jiujiang, let alone a general who gave up soldiers and ran away alone!"

"But we can't let everyone die here. The fighters in Jiujiang want to kill the enemy on the battlefield, instead of being burned to death in the fire. It's not worth it!"

Zhao Cen looked back at the growing flames, and at the two sides that were already fighting together in Lion Mountain. He ran to the front with a knife in his hand, and chopped down the person who was rushing towards him with one knife.

"What's going on?" Zhao Cen stepped over the fallen man and shouted anxiously, "How's the war going?"

"They seem to be dying. Our people can't rush up, and the casualties are serious!" A young general replied.

"What are you rushing for? It's not about attacking the city. We're trying so hard to catch those people! Since they're desperately fighting back, it's likely that they're at the end of their battles. So, don't fight them head-on, just fight back a few times. Come on, bring them into our previous ambush, and catch the turtles in the urn!"

Not long after Zhao Cen gave the order, he discovered that the enemy had withdrawn quickly.Could it be that he judged wrong?
"General, what should we do now? The wind is blowing this way." When the lieutenant asked, he glanced behind him.

Zhao Cen raised his eyes and looked at the soldiers around him, everyone was panicked.

"Dianjun, since they won't come down, let's attack!" Zhao Cen still refused to retreat.

Zheng Wei struggled to drag one person, and shouted at the people around him: "Come and help!"

The centurion looked at the people lying on the ground, and asked puzzledly: "Princess Princess, what should these people do? What if they wake up?"

"Then what should we do? Kill them? Can you do it?"

Zheng Wei asked back.

The centurion shook his head, "They are the soldiers of our Great Zhou. In the past, who didn't take pride in being able to join the Han family army and be a soldier in the Jiujiang government. Who would have imagined that now, princess, why is this happening?"

This time it was Zheng Wei who was questioned, silent for a moment, and said impatiently: Who knows?Maybe it's because they are used to being aloof, and they have forgotten that they themselves were insignificant ones in this land back then. "

The centurion didn't understand, and was still helpless with these people on the ground, "We don't have people to guard them?"

Zheng Wei suddenly thought, "Do you still remember where Zhao Cen and the others dug?"

"Of course I remember!" The centurion nodded.

"Just throw them into the pit they dug themselves, and if they catch them later, they will be stunned and thrown in, and it will save us trouble!"

Zheng Wei is just anxious now, the fire she made to light is useless, Zhao Cen is desperate to retreat!

She also didn't know whether to admire this man's bravery or fearlessness, or to be cruel and ruthless, regardless of the lives of his soldiers!
Just when Zheng Wei and the others threw the stunned soldiers of Jiujiang City into the trap that Zhao Cen had dug in advance, suddenly a gust of wind whizzed by.

Zheng Wei was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly straightened up and asked the people around him: "What kind of wind was blowing just now?"

"Princess, it's the north wind. This is going to change the sky. The wind is so strong that it's not normal!"

The centurion looked around in the darkness, and said hastily.

Zheng Wei secretly thought badly, "With such a strong wind, there is no way to control the fire, they are in danger!"

Sure enough, she saw a flame suddenly rising into the air not far away, and jumped onto the nearby branch in an instant, and the flames quickly swept towards this side.

"Go back and put out the fire!" Zheng Wei ran back with the people, reminding the people around him, "Use the branches and leaves soaked in water to beat!"

Zhao Cen naturally also noticed the sudden change in the fire, and he immediately shouted: "Let Meng Chong take people to put out the fire!"

The deputy general stepped forward to report, "General Zhao, Meng Chong is gone!"

"When did it happen?" Zhao Cen was sullen. Did this kid run away in fear of death?
"It disappeared when we were fighting those people just now, and there are dozens of people who disappeared with him!"

"Could it be sacrificed?" Everyone speculated, Zhao Cen interrupted everyone's panic, and said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant general, you lead the army and continue to attack the city, pick a team to put out the fire with me!"

Compared to seeing the ruthlessness of the fire just now, they are actually more willing to face the enemy. It may be that not long ago they were both soldiers of the Great Zhou, Pao Ze, and they were subconsciously unwilling to kill each other when they met suddenly today.So if you can't survive the fire, you might survive the so-called enemy.

Zheng Wei and Zhao Cen started fighting the fire from both ends, until the sky turned white and the sun was rising, the fire gradually showed signs of being extinguished.

Then, the two met like this. Although they didn't know each other, they knew that they were not their own when they looked at each other's clothes.

They immediately drew out their long swords, Zheng Wei tentatively asked: "Who is your Excellency?" "And who are you?"

(End of this chapter)