The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

( ) said that the Xiliang army was sure that the ambush would be successful, and that the Kwantung coalition army would be able to take advantage of the situation and defeat the enemy once they entered the Kip Road at dawn the next day.So they became very slack at this time, and they were not prepared for their own defense at all.

And under such circumstances, there are two lines of elite infantry with more than 500 people climbing up under the cliffs on both sides at the same time.Because they acted extremely carefully and the mountain wind was strong, the people on the mountain did not notice that someone was approaching.After half an hour of climbing, the two groups of people had already climbed to the bottom of the cliff, waiting for an order to proceed.

Xiahoudun led his men to stay temporarily, looking at the Xiliang soldiers who were lying quietly on the ground not far away, he couldn't help but gasped: "I didn't expect that there are so many people ambushing here, if we didn't realize it and rushed Entering Xiagu, if they attack from both sides, no matter how many people there are, they will not be able to escape the defeat. Fortunately, the heavens protected us and let us realize their existence in time. It's like a sneak attack." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the woods in front of which a group of Xiliang soldiers were lying.

In order to make the Kwantung Army unaware of their existence, the Xiliang Army chose the place where the forests are the most dense, and there are trees in front, back, left, and right of them.But now it is early summer, the vegetation grows the fastest, completely covering them up, if you don't go up to the cliff, you may not be able to find them if you look carefully.

Such a place is naturally conducive to the hiding of the army, but at the same time there is an obvious problem-once a fire breaks out, they must be surrounded by fire on all sides, and it is too difficult to get out.But Hua Xiong believes that it is impossible for others to detect his location, so it is easy to ignore this point.

Xiahoudun looked at the sky and felt that it was almost time, so he let the five hundred infantry who came with him disperse, and quietly sprinkled kerosene and other fire igniters around the back and four sides of the Xiliang army.In a short while, several miles around have been covered with fire igniters, just a little spark can turn this place into a sea of ​​flames.

Xiahou Dun looked up at the sky again, confirmed that the time had reached the third watch, and then waved and ordered: "Light it on!"

"Huh-pa-hong!" Several torches were lit, and immediately thrown into the woods that had already been covered with kerosene.In the blink of an eye, the entire forest was on fire.The weather in this early summer was already hot, once a fire broke out and the mountain winds cheered it up, it would burn into a piece immediately, even those who set the fire were terrified.

Xiahou Dun originally wanted to bring people to stay here, in case the enemy escaped from behind.But when he saw how fierce the fire was, he immediately dismissed the idea: "Let's go down the mountain!" Immediately, the 500 people went down the mountain quickly, not daring to stay any longer.

The sudden mountain fire immediately alarmed the Xiliang ambushes in the forest.At first, they thought it was their own people who accidentally lit the fire, and they were still worried that they would expose themselves, but then they realized that things were not as simple as they imagined. The fire surrounded them from all sides at the same time, which was obviously not caused by a random bonfire. of.

"No, the whole mountain is on fire!" Soon, someone noticed the flames suddenly appearing beside him, and immediately yelled loudly.At this time, they could no longer care about exposing their behavior, and retreated in a hurry.But immediately, their retreating steps stopped, because there was also a blaze of flames, which completely cut off their way to escape down the mountain.

"What... what's going on here?" Everyone had such a surprised question in their hearts, and then even if someone saw a fire on the opposite cliff, there was panic over there.It wasn't until this time that Hua Xiong finally came to his senses: "This is the enemy's doing, this fire must have been deliberately set." Under the raging fire, they can't even protect themselves, so what else are they talking about?

"General, what should we do?" Seeing the flames that kept spreading, several generals were also in a state of confusion.

Hua Xiong's face was pale, the flames from all sides had begun to envelop him, only the road towards Kip Road could still be rushed.After hesitating for a while, he gave the order: "Rush down the mountain. The forest behind us must have been completely burned. It is impossible to go down the mountain from that side. Since we have been discovered by the enemy, we have to go down the mountain quickly and break through!" "As he spoke, he held the knife and was the first to rush down the mountain.

Seeing that the lord general was the first to set an example, the other Xiliang soldiers shouted and rushed towards the dark place below the mountain.They also understand that if they stay here for a while, they will be burned to death, so they might as well follow the general to take the risk, as long as they rush down this cliff, they may be rescued.

Immediately, thousands of Xiliang troops rushed down the cliff with shouts.At the same time, the fire from all around had quickly reached where they were, and many soldiers who were still hesitating were engulfed by the flames, screaming and running wildly in all directions, knocking down many companions at that time, It also attracted them.

The situation of those Xiliang sergeants who had been dazed by the fire and rushed towards the burning fire around them instead of looking down the mountain was even worse. People kept falling down suddenly because they couldn't stand the fire, and then there was a loud noise. The screams resounded on the entire cliff.Someone rolled, trying to extinguish the fire burning on his body, but he accidentally rolled down the cliff. Although he was not burned to death by the fire, he fell to his death.

On the cliffs on both sides, people kept screaming and jumped down, and people kept rushing down like a flaming torch.But before he rushed to the bottom, he fell down suddenly, but was burned to death on the spot.The entire area around Qingshi Kip Road was completely reddened by the flames, just like the scene when Cao Cao looked at the cliff here before the gate of Daying.

But the strange thing is that at the moment when the Xiliang Army was in chaos, the main force of the Kwantung Allied Forces outside the Kip Dao did not move at all, as if there was no one there, or everyone was asleep, and even such a big movement woke up Not their average.

But at this time, the Xiliang army obviously didn't have the heart to care about these things. They only had one thought in their minds, which was to escape from this fiery hell as soon as possible.

Finally, dozens of Xiliang sergeants with excellent skills and good luck escaped from the flames.Although there were burn marks all over their bodies, it was always a blessing to escape with their lives.But before they could feel happy about it, dozens of cold arrows were suddenly shot from the darkness on both sides.

The sharp arrow came without any warning, and these dozens of people were shot to the ground before they even had time to react.As soon as they fell, many soldiers on the mountain escaped by chance, but then, another cold arrow was shot, and at the same time, there was a burst of shouts from both sides, and thousands of enemy troops with spears and guns also surrounded them with a huff. Come here, and after a few moments, these people died here again.

Until this time, the Xiliang soldiers who were still desperately fleeing down the mountain knew that the bottom was also a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, so what should they do?Just when they were in a panic and didn't know how to deal with it, a familiar voice rang out: "Everyone rush to the west, where we still have war horses, as long as we pass this Qingshi Xia, we can escape!" It was Hua Xiong's voice.

It turned out that when he first started to charge, he was also forced to walk with difficulty by the flames. After finally rushing out of the sea of ​​flames, he saw many of his subordinates being killed, so he immediately knew that there was nothing he could do.I have been completely caught in the enemy's calculations, and it is impossible to defeat or retreat from the enemy. I can only flee westward desperately, and maybe I can use my horsepower to throw off the pursuit of the Kwantung Army.

After giving this order, Hua Xiong took the lead in killing the enemy down the mountain.Two Kwantung Army soldiers who wanted to take the opportunity to kill him were chopped down to the ground by him.With Hua Xiong's command and guidance, the Xiliang army who had fled down the mountain was no longer a prey to be slaughtered. They quickly stabilized, allowing more troops to join them. Three thousand people gathered in one place.

At this time, the Kwantung Army who had been ambushing on both sides of the cliff for a long time finally showed up one after another, pressing on the Xiliang Army.However, because the terrain here is not open, it is impossible for a large number of people to start a large-scale duel here, so the Kwantung Army's strength in strength cannot be reflected.

At this time, the Xiliang Army no longer had the intention to kill the enemy, and just broke through to the west. Although people kept falling under the siege of the Kwantung Army, they did not stop them from running west. place for horses.They believe that as long as they can get horses, the enemy may not be able to catch up with them.

And with Hua Xiong leading the way ahead, a group of Kwantung allied forces right in front could hardly stop the Xiliang army from continuing to break through to the west.After fighting a bloody road, the Xiliang army of less than 3000 people finally arrived at the Tibetan horse at the end of the Kip road.

The sergeant who had been left to guard the horses was also shocked to see his companions come out in such a panic.But they still quickly greeted them, and the two people and horses joined together and rode away.In this way, although the Kwantung Allied Forces still intended to pursue them, they could not compare with the speed of the Xiliang cavalry, so they had to watch them go away.

In this battle, more than [-]% of the [-] Xiliang troops were injured, and only about [-] people escaped.Except for a thousand people who were captured alive, everyone else died in this battle.In fact, in fact, not many Xiliang soldiers were burned alive, and more were trampled on each other or fell off the cliff.

In just one night, the Kwantung Army's vanguard team was ambushed before, and the price paid by the Kwantung Allied Forces was extremely small, but the casualties were less than 500 people. This battle can be said to be a great victory. up.