Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 71 68. Lu Xun falls into the trap (910)
Now that Ma Zhong had been captured, how could the remaining Wu army be a match for the Bai Li soldiers and generals such as Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, and Fu Zhu? The more than 3,000 Wu soldiers brought by Ma Zhong surrendered or died in battle.

"past!"

When the central army settled down, Fu Zhuo ordered the Bai Li soldiers to escort Ma Zhong, Liu Ning and Du Lu to Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei had been urgently bandaged and regained his former dignity.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's unfair to you! We all had no choice but to do this! We never really wanted to surrender to Dongwu!"

Before Liu Bei opened his mouth, Liu Ning knelt down first, as if nothing had happened, and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Yes, yes, we were only forced by the Wu generals to do this in order to survive. Your Majesty, please don't blame us!"

Du Lu also knelt down and kowtowed as if he had just woken up from a dream, begging for mercy from Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was somewhat uninterested at this moment, as if he had suffered some kind of blow. He glanced at Liu Ning coldly, waved his hand, and said to Fu Rong beside him:

"Cut the two traitors into pieces and throw them out to feed the dogs. This Wu general is Ma Zhong who captured and killed Yun Chang that day. He will be dealt with by An Guo himself later."

Liu Bei was too lazy to listen to anything they said. He remained unmoved by their crying and shouting. Instead, he looked at the Han army camp outside, where thick smoke was still billowing, with some melancholy.

Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and some of the Bai Li soldiers had been sent by Fu Rong to rescue other camps, which was why Liu Bei temporarily spared Ma Zhong's life. At this time, only Fu Rong and a few hundred people were protecting Liu Bei.

"Yizhong, let me ask you, what happened to you just now?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then called Fu Rong over to question him.

"I am guilty of being late in coming to your rescue. Just now, fires broke out in various camps of our army. I immediately led my troops to prepare to come and protect Your Majesty.

On the way, I encountered Wu General Chun Yu Dan who was attacking the camps of the two major generals Guan and Zhang, so I went to rescue the two major generals. I was able to come here only after I defeated Chun Yu Dan. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. "

Fu Rong knew that he was late in coming to the rescue and caused Liu Bei to be injured, so he could not escape the blame, so he knelt down and apologized.

"It is a great honor for you to come. And I see that the Baiqi soldiers under your command are not in disarray at all. Could it be that they have been prepared in advance?"

On the one hand, Liu Bei tried to appease Fu Rong. After all, although Fu Rong had made some mistakes, it was not entirely his fault. He could not be blamed for being stopped by the Wu army in the chaos.

On the other hand, Liu Bei was also curious about Fu Rong's prepared attitude, so he asked.

"I dare not take credit for it. This is the work of the Grand Commander Feng Xi. Since the relocation of the camp, Grand Commander Feng has strictly required each camp to be prepared for fire prevention and enemy night attacks.

After I took over the Baiqi soldiers in the Central Army, I only gave them simple anti-night attack and fire prevention training, which was not as good as the requirements of the Grand Commander. "

Fu Zhu was an honest person who spoke the truth without any intention of taking credit for himself.

After hearing this, Liu Bei's eyes lit up in surprise. He didn't expect that Feng Xi had already made so many arrangements. Feng Xi had actually calculated all this while he was still waiting for Sun Quan to send someone to surrender.

"Alas... our army was defeated tonight, and it is all my fault. I wish I had listened to Xiu Yuan's advice earlier!"

Liu Bei also heaved a long sigh, prepared to let Fu Rong protect him, and prepared to gather other remaining troops to break out of the encirclement of the Wu army.

"Your Majesty, our army may not suffer a major defeat."

Fu Zhu suddenly spoke up.

"Oh? Why?"

Liu Bei was quite curious when he heard Fu Zhun was so confident. "Your Majesty, you may not know that the Grand Commander's Shenwu Camp and Wu Ban's troops who were training together are probably more responsive and well prepared than our Central Army. If the enemy rashly attacks their camp, it will be difficult to escape..."

Fu Zhun briefly recalled the months he, Feng Xi, and Zhang Nan had been in the same battalion. He had experienced no less than a hundred night raids, arson, harassment, and poison gas attacks, let alone those ordinary soldiers? This fire was probably not as intense as their usual training.

"Okay, then we will guard the center. Yi Zhong, have the soldiers raise my banner! Let them know that I am still here, fighting alongside them!"

After hearing Fu Rong's words, Liu Bei decided to fight the Wu army to the death tonight, so he raised his own flag. Although it was a bit dangerous, it could still inspire the Han army that was still fighting hard.

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At this time, Lu Xun was almost going crazy.

He didn't understand what had gone wrong and how he had ended up in this situation.

Half an hour ago, Lu Xun and Li Yi, as one of the five armies of the Wu army, raided a large camp in the south of the Han army. From the outside, this camp seemed to be no different from other camps, so Lu Xun didn't pay too much attention to it.

Soon, fire appeared in the southeast direction of the Han army's camp, and the fire quickly spread to the center of the Han army with the help of the wind.

Lu Xun knew that it was Ma Zhong who succeeded, and the Han army would certainly be in chaos due to being caught off guard. Although he only had 4,000 people, facing the Han army that fled in all directions because of the fire, even if he only had 1,000 people, it would be a death sentence.

"Ma Zhong has succeeded! Charge into the camp! Set fire to the camp first!"

Seeing that the fire in the southeast camp had begun to spread to several surrounding camps, Lu Xun swung his sword. Li Yi, who had luckily survived, also led the Wu army with an axe in hand and rushed into the camp in front of them, roaring.

As soon as Lu Xun entered the southern camp, he felt something was wrong. Although he had heard the cries and shouts of countless Han soldiers outside, the camp was as quiet as an empty camp.

"Set fire! Burn the camp!"

Li Yi on the side did not pay too much attention to these. The Wu army soldiers took torches and held hay and started to set fire, but to their surprise, the flames could hardly spread.

The weeds on the ground were cleared away completely; the tents were covered with moist mud, so the flames could not start at all; there was a long distance between the tents, and there was even a one-meter-deep trench dug in the middle.

In this situation, Wu Jun could only rely on the hay in his hand to barely light a fire, but after a while the hay would burn out and there would be nothing left to burn.

"Kill Wu Gou!"

Just as the Wu army was frantically setting fire, countless Han troops rushed up from all directions, and from the looks of their formation they did not seem to be in any panic at all.

Every Han soldier in white robes was wearing a mask at this moment, and they looked unfriendly at the Wu army in front of them that dared to invade their camp.

"Gulu. Grand...Grand Admiral, I...we...?"

Li Yi was a little scared by being looked at, and asked Lu Xun in a low voice what the next plan was. Although Li Yi was not very knowledgeable about military strategy, it was obvious from the scene in front of him that the other party had been prepared.

"I don't believe it! It's impossible for them to be calm in such a big fire! They are just pretending to be calm! If other camps are breached soon, they won't be able to hold on! Li Yi, kill them!"

Lu Xun didn't believe that there was anyone in the world who was not afraid of fire and night attacks. The Han army in front of him must have assembled temporarily because they saw the fire in the southeast.

As long as he charged forward, the Han army would no longer be able to remain calm in a moment and would be defeated and scatter like birds and beasts.

(End of this chapter)