Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 68 65. East Wind (610)

The Han army rested for ten days and became a little slack.

Although Feng Xi and Wu Ban's troops maintained relatively good combat effectiveness due to their good training and Feng Xi's policy of combining work and rest, almost all other troops were slack and tired.

Some soldiers even dared to doze off while standing guard in the middle of the night, or neglected their duties and left their posts without permission.

"The Shu army seems to be exhausted. We will wait for the southeast wind to rise in a few days, and then we can send out the troops to decide the outcome of the battle!"

Lu Xun informed all the generals in the camp. Not only them, but Lu Xun himself also breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally waited for this time. As long as there was a southeast wind in the next few days, he could use the wind to burn the tens of thousands of Han troops outside the camp and then go straight to Shu.

By then, I will be able to repay the Lord Wu for his kindness and leave my name in history as a great general...

The Wu generals had no objection, as they also wanted to see what effect this "opportunity" that Lu Xun had been waiting for for nearly a month would have.

On the Han army side, Ma Liang hurried back to the Yiling camp and met with Feng Xi first to make peace with him before daring to meet Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from Prime Minister Zhuge."

Ma Liang handed the letter to Liu Bei. Liu Bei knew that Ma Liang had returned to Shu recently to seek advice from Zhuge Liang, so he took the letter and read it.

"Kong Ming is not here, so he said this. Lu Boyan can only defend the dangerous place. When his men have no intention to fight anymore, the King of Wu will naturally send an envoy to beg our army to spare his tens of thousands of elite troops."

Unexpectedly, after reading Zhuge Liang's handwritten letter, Liu Bei just smiled, thinking that Zhuge Liang was not around and did not understand the truth.

Ma Liang didn't know what to say. Old Liu was definitely floating in the atmosphere. But think about it, after all, Old Liu had just defeated Cao Cao, the old rival who had been chasing him and beating him all his life, last year.

Although Cao Cao lost the Battle of Red Cliffs, he almost always defeated Eastern Wu afterwards. Although Eastern Wu had several victories, the final result was that Jiangdong could only defend the Yangtze River. This was why Eastern Wu did not dare to covet the Jianghuai area.

From the Battle of Hanzhong to now, Lao Liu has been fighting smoothly. The most powerful Lao Cao was no match for him, and Xiao Sun was also beaten up by him. At this time, Lao Liu was just about to write the title of No. 1 in the world on his forehead.

Ma Liang tried to say a few words, but Lao Liu was too lazy to listen and just told Ma Liang to do what he wanted to do and not to get in the way, which made Ma Liang sigh.

"That's the way it is, Xiu Yuan, what should we do?"

Ma Liang turned around and went to Feng Xi's tent to ask for countermeasures.

"No. After all, we cannot directly go against your Majesty's wishes. We can only hope that King Wu will act according to your Majesty's wishes."

Feng Xi shrugged. They had said all the good things they could, but Old Liu wouldn't listen. If it wasn't him now, but the original Feng Xi, he would probably have been waiting to die.

"We can only strengthen our vigilance. But Ji Chang, don't worry for now. If the Wu army dares to come, our army is not completely defenseless."

Feng Xi was still very confident about this. Just kidding, even if Lu Xun was extremely intelligent, he would never have thought that since last year, someone had made countless preparations in advance for his burning of the camps.

Seeing Feng Xi so confident, Ma Liang could only nod and believe what Feng Xi said for the time being.

On the night Ma Liang returned to the camp, a strong southeast wind suddenly blew, making people feel terrified, as if something big was about to happen.

"Ji Chang, I suddenly feel abnormal palpitations tonight and have trouble falling asleep. I'm afraid something big has happened."

Liu Bei also felt inexplicably panicked, as if some great terror was about to happen, but when he thought about it carefully, he could not find any clues, so he called Ma Liang to ask.

"Your Majesty, I am afraid that the Wu army is planning a despicable plot. Your Majesty is blessed by the heavens and is quite touched."

Ma Liang didn't know what was wrong with Liu Bei, but he could use this as an opportunity to persuade Liu Bei.

Liu Bei seemed a little scared. After all, since Guan Yu's dream, Liu Bei was still willing to believe in these things that were somewhat illusory to ordinary people. He nodded. "Tell Xiu Yuan to be careful and alert. We will change the camp tomorrow."

"Your Majesty is holy."

Ma Liang heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Liu Bei finally gave in. However, Ma Liang and Liu Bei probably didn't expect that this bad feeling would come true before tomorrow.

In the Wu army camp.

"What a strong southeast wind. Commander-in-chief, can we send out troops tonight?"

Zhou Tai looked at the fluttering flags outside. The flags were blown straight to the northwest by the strong wind. He turned to look at Lu Xun in the tent.

"The plan to defeat Shu begins tonight!"

Lu Xun was also not vague. He slapped the table and stood up directly from the main seat.

"Generals, listen!"

At this moment, Lu Xun changed his previous pretended laziness and carelessness. His eyes were sharp and shining, and he was obviously not an ordinary person.

"Zhou Tai! I order you to lead 5,000 troops and take a small path to the rear camp of the Shu army. When the fire starts in the center of the Shu army and spreads to the rear, you will attack from the front and back with me and kill the fleeing army at the same time."

"Here!"

"Ma Zhong, you lead 3,000 elite troops as the vanguard, and go straight to the Shu army's center from the southeast camp of the Shu army. Don't get entangled along the way, just set fire. Your goal is to capture and kill Liu Bei directly."

"Here!"

"Ding Fengni led two thousand soldiers to the navy camp and set it on fire. We did not seek to completely annihilate the Shu navy, but only to make them unable to take care of themselves and unable to stop our army."

"Here!"

"The rest of the generals, follow me and divide the troops into five groups. When Ma Zhong succeeds, the fire in the central army will start. When the enemy army is in chaos, we will rush into the Shu army camp from different directions. We will set fire first and then kill people. Do you understand?"

"Here!"

General Chunyu Dan and others also clasped their fists and bowed to show that they understood.

The Wu army prepared themselves, bringing with them hay, tung oil and other fire starters, with men holding plums in their mouths and horses wrapping their hooves. They were ready to set off as soon as the commander-in-chief gave the order.

However, Lu Xun was not in a hurry. He wanted to wait until late at night when the Han army was asleep before taking action.

By the third watch, when the Han camp was already silent, Lu Xun suddenly ordered the entire army to attack, intending to completely defeat the Han army tonight.

In the Han army camp, Feng Xi was still awake. He also felt a slight palpitation, and after a little thought, he guessed that it must be a sign of the coming catastrophe. So he specifically instructed his Shenwu Camp and Wu Ban's troops to sleep in their clothes tonight and to implement all fire prevention measures perfectly.

In the naval camp, Zhang Nan did not sleep either. Instead, he stared blankly at the brilliant stars in the sky, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

"Xiu Yuan had better be right. The wind is strong enough tonight. If it weren't for tonight, I would definitely challenge Xiu Yuan to a duel."

In addition to them, Liu Bei also couldn't sleep. Liu Bei still felt very panicked at this time, with palpitations for no reason, so he simply didn't sleep, but put on his own clothes and sat under the lamp to read the recent battle reports.

Everyone seemed to have reached their own position, and the gears of fate began to turn slowly.

(End of this chapter)