late han empire

In the era without telephones and radios, communication basically relied on fast horse delivery or poultry delivery.

It's just that the birds can't be used outside the expedition, so they can only rely on the stealth of the scouts to go back and forth between the two armies carefully to ensure that the three parties can communicate and help each other when needed.

This scout is not absolutely safe, and Lu Su is not without success.He successfully intercepted some of the scouts who delivered the code letter, and kept the code letter for him to decipher Liu Mingjun's code.

In fact, at first, when he read these letters, he thought they were just normal daily questioning letters.Immediately, I felt strange that the two armies were fighting so mysteriously to escort this letter just to say hello to each other?

So he studied it carefully, and then deduced that it was a letter with a special password pattern added.I don't know how to decipher it, but if it can be deciphered, then Liu Mingjun will have no secrets in front of him.

It's a pity that his knowledge is still not very high, and he still couldn't decipher it until Lu Xun came.After Lu Xun arrived, he handed over the letter to Lu Xun. One was to disgust Lu Xun and let him enjoy the hard work of deciphering the code; the other was helplessness, who made Lu Xun his boss.If it is found out that he did not report the knowledge, the end would be terrible, especially since he has not been valued by Sun Quan.

Lu Xun is not an ordinary person, and he followed the kingly strategy with both civil and military skills.Wang Dao is best at deduction, so in his eyes, several secret letters have been deduced no less than a thousand times. Only then did he compare the battle report at that time with Liu Mingjun's location and determine the usage of the code.

So the next thing is simple, let the subordinates pretend to be Liu Mingjun scouts, send out the three secret letters he wrote, and then set up an ambush in a fixed place, just waiting for the rabbit.

As for whether the scouts could get through the customs, Lu Xun was not worried. First, he found three refugees who had fled from the north. Later, all three of them became soldiers and served under his subordinates for several years, so they were considered loyal; Now that he was able to deduce the password, he could also figure out the general style of Liu Mingjun's scouts. With just a little teaching, the three fake scouts arrived at the camp of the third army and sent a secret letter.

"Captain, do you think they will come?" He Qi asked cautiously.

This is a rare general in the later period of Soochow Wu. He was famous for the rebellion of the Pingyue people in the early years, and he made outstanding achievements in the later period.And at this time in this time and space, he has already begun to emerge.

He and Lu Xun were old partners, so they naturally believed in Lu Xun's plan.It's just that Lu Xun's plan was great, but he was still worried about whether the generals of Liu Mingjun were fools, and whether they would be attracted to this place by this fake superstition.

"Don't ask them all to come, even if they only come one way, a successful ambush is a great achievement! Besides, it's not easy to fight when all of them come, but if they come alone, it's standard to deliver food to us!" Lu Xun didn't Not the slightest doubt.

"It's true, if you dare to come, let them taste the burning fire!" Seeing Lu Xun's firmness, He Qi felt confident.

He came from a poor family, and it was not easy to get to this point.It was because it was not easy, so he cherished everything he had now, and he did not want to ruin the achievements he had made so hard because of a mistake.

Their army is now lying on the ground covered in weeds. I heard that this kind of camouflage came from Liu Ming, who used this trick to ambush bandits when he first started his business.In Han County, it is a joke often used by teahouse storytellers.

As for the issue of breath, everyone is a cultivator, and those who can become the trump card army, their cultivation level is naturally not low.Therefore, the method of restraining breath can be mastered to some extent, and those that cannot be mastered must be grasped quickly by force.Because of this, many poisonous snakes and insects walked in front of them, and they didn't even know that there was a human here.

But thanks to this, insects and small animals are everywhere here. Experienced soldiers will feel more at ease seeing this scene.If there is an ambush, the surrounding area must be quiet.

In the morning and at noon, nothing happened here, but in the evening, an army came here.

"Didn't you say that you were ambushed here? Why, there is no one here... Leaving aside this, why is there no trace of a fight?!" The leading general looked around suspiciously.

Lu Xun recognized him. He had seen his appearance in the portrait given by the intelligence personnel. He was Hua Xiong, one of the three generals, but he did not expect that he was the first to arrive here.

"Brother Hua, have you seen my brother?" A voice came.

Hua Xiong turned his head to look, but who was it if it wasn't Ma Dai?It's just that Hua Xiong is very strange. Didn't Ma Dai say that he was ambushed? Why does it look like nothing happened now? !

There must be a reason for the abnormality. If Ma Dai has no problem, then naturally there is something wrong with the superstition.But if there was something wrong with the secret letter, why did Ma Dai appear here again.

"Why did you come here?" As for the life and death of soldiers, even if Hua Xiong knew that he was Ma Dai, he still had to be on guard at this moment.

"Why not here? Tell me first, where is my brother Cong? I received a letter from him asking for help, saying that he was ambushed by Sun Quan's army in this area!" Ma Dai said anxiously.

"Show me your letter!" Hua Xiong was careful.

"How is it possible to show this? According to our rules, the secret letter will be burned after reading it!" Ma Dai smiled wryly, what happened to Hua Xiong.

But he was not a fool, and soon thought of other possibilities.

"Brother Hua, did you also receive the request for help?" Ma Dai asked vigilantly.

"I received your request for help, and I believe you have received it too...Damn it, our password has been deciphered!" Hua Xiong quickly thought of a very possible possibility.

"Hua Xiong, Ma Dai, are you all right? Well, it's not suitable to stay here for long, let's go!" Ma Chao ran over alone at this time and shouted to them from a distance.

"Brother Cong, you also received the letter?" Ma Dai knew that it was his elder brother, but he came here alone, and he wanted to follow him as soon as he came, so he couldn't help hesitating.

"You boy, what are you waiting for, let's go!" Hua Xiong grabbed Ma Dai and threw him onto the horse's back.

The soldiers are not stupid. Seeing this scene, they knew that something might be wrong. They were planning to leave with the two generals, but a fire dragon came from nowhere.

It should be said that it was not a fire dragon, but a flame, running towards them along a track that seemed to have been set up on the ground.That speed is really fast.

"Damn it, it's fierce fire oil. I said it smells a bit strange!" Hua Xiong quickly reacted and shouted.

At this moment, within a radius of two miles of their place, fires were ignited.Yes, Lu Xun has prepared a lot of fire oil in this area.It's just that these fierce fire oils have been specially processed, put into some very thin clay pots, and buried in the ground.

Now when it comes to fire, it ignites the fluffy soil that has been moistened with another kind of fuel, and ignites the fierce fire oil in the ground.

This is fueled fire oil, which can already be regarded as a real incendiary bomb.Not only does the flame rise very high when it explodes, but it also spreads over a wide area, and the combustion temperature is very high, making it difficult to be extinguished.

Fortunately, Liu Ming also has kerosene and similar weapons, so everyone knows how to deal with it.But at present, it is best to get out of this ghost place as soon as possible, which is the top priority.

It's not easy to just leave, after all, the flames rose up, but it frightened the horses.Especially when the flames came up from the bottom, many horses were burned to death immediately.

The soldiers had no choice but to rely on their iron shoes, use the horse as a pedal to jump a little farther, and then quickly run out of the flames.

However, in this process, how many people can get out alive is a big question.

It took a lot of effort for a group of people to escape.But it is conceivable that at least [-]% of the personnel of the two troops have been reduced.The worst and the remaining [-]% are basically burned, and some of them may not be able to walk.

"General, hurry up and leave us alone! We fought against the enemy, and if we die, we can enter the tomb of heroes!" Those soldiers who collapsed on the ground after walking out of the circle of flames shouted at Hua Xiong and the others.

At this moment, Huaxia and Ma Dai have also become infantry, but their cultivation base is very high, so there is no danger yet.

But the danger was still escalating. At this moment, the green grass all over the mountains suddenly turned up, revealing the Lu Xun troops inside.At this moment, they were holding strong crossbows and were ready to shoot.

"The Liu Mingjun on the opposite side, if they don't resemble each other, they can be captured without a fight, otherwise don't blame my crossbow arrows for not having eyes!" Lu Xun didn't want to commit murder in vain, so he took the initiative to persuade him to surrender.

The result is very simple, and naturally no one will surrender.

"General, we are covering you, you go!" the wounded soldier shouted heart-piercingly.

"Take care... you must survive!" Ma Dai swallowed and choked out a sentence.In fact, he knew that it was impossible for these wounded soldiers who covered him to survive.

"Ma Chao, your part should be near here? Cover that boy Ma Dai and the soldiers who are still alive, and let us deal with it here!" Hua Xiong's voice came over.

"Hua Xiong, what nonsense are you talking about, let's go together!" Ma Chao shouted.

"I can't walk anymore... You guys hurry up while I still have the strength!" Hua Xiong turned his head.

Ma Dai, Ma Chao, and even all the soldiers were all moved.At this moment, Hua Xiong's face has been distorted and festered to a serious level.From his face, they understood that when the general broke through the encirclement, a fire bomb might have exploded near him, causing him severe burns.

"Remember, come and see me when you have time! Kill!!" Hua Xiong raised a big knife in his hand, and slashed directly towards Lu Xun's position.

And the wounded soldiers around seemed to be infected as well. As long as they could hold weapons, they all rushed towards the enemy, even if they were crawling.

"Go..." Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said to Ma Dai.

"But... hey, retreat!" Ma Dai wanted to refute something, but when he saw the tears in the corner of Ma Chao's eyes, he immediately understood everything.A man doesn't flick his tears easily, but he doesn't reach the sad point.

"Brother Hua and all the brothers, one day, we will drink together again!" Ma Dai shouted, and ran towards Ma Chao with his troops.

"General Hua and brothers, let's drink together in the future!" All the soldiers shouted, and then ran towards Ma Chao.

"Brothers, prepare the appetizers!" Hua Xiong smiled and jumped up.

The broadsword slammed down sharply, but a sword aura similar to that of a sword appeared, killing dozens of enemy soldiers immediately.And the other soldiers also rushed towards the enemy.

"Let the arrow go!" Lu Xun respected Hua Xiong, but he couldn't let Ma Dai and Ma Chao go.

"Don't even think about hurting the general!" A lame soldier suddenly stood up to protect Ma Chao and Ma Dai. After a while, he was shot by dozens of arrows and passed away with a smile on his face.

"Drinks, order more!" Hua Xiong laughed, waving the big knife in his hand continuously.

His strength is getting weaker and weaker, but it doesn't matter, if his strength is small, he will use his life to swing the knife, and if his life is less, he will use his soul to swing the knife.As long as he has breath, he will kill more enemy troops.

"Kill!" The other soldiers also rushed towards the enemy without thinking of their own lives, not wanting to kill many, but just buying time for Ma Dai and Ma Chao to leave.

A quarter of an hour later, Ma Dai and Ma Chao had already left.It is obviously too late to chase after him.

Hua Xiong was stabbed more than 30 times by spears and more than 50 arrows from crossbows, and finally died standing up with a knife.

Seeing Hua Xiong who refused to lie down even after he was dead, Lu Xun waved his hands to signal the soldiers to clean up the scene.

I couldn't help thinking in my heart: Hua Xiong is a true martyr!