The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 140 Fire Attack
When Li Changqi heard what Feng Renduo Baozhong said, he sneered and said, "Don't worry about this, old general. You can't destroy the Song army, but I can. You, you are already old, you should Abdicate to Xian."

Feng Ren Duo Baozhong didn't refute, turned and left.

Li Changqi was in a good mood after seeing the two leave in despair. In the barracks, the two refused to obey his orders. At that time Li Changqi swore to make them regret. It's extraordinarily comfortable.

After mobilizing troops on the battlefield, Li Changqi sent [-] Daxia troops to Da'an City.

Da'an City is a day's journey away from Xingqing Mansion, and by nightfall, Li Changqi had already led his troops to the gate of Da'an City.

It was getting late at this time, Li Changqi ordered all the troops to set up camp [-] li outside Da'an City.

"General, you must not set up camp here." Just as Li Changqi gave the order to set up camp, military adviser Ye Limilu suddenly rushed over and said to Li Changqi.

Li Changqi frowned, and said to Ye Limilu: "Why do you prevent this general from setting up camp here?"

Ye Limilu said to Li Changqi: "General, I have observed it. There are dense virgin forests all around. Set up camp here. Once the enemy uses fire to attack, the consequences will be disastrous."

Li Changqi heard what Ye Limilu said, and looked around, and it was as Ye Limilu said, surrounded by dense virgin forests.

"In your opinion, where should we camp?" Li Changqi asked back.

"The general walked all the way and found that there are lush forests around Da'an City. For the sake of safety, our army should retreat [-] miles. The terrain is flat and it is most suitable for camping." Ye Limilu said to Li Changqi.

Let yourself go back another thirty miles?Li Changqi really didn't want it from the bottom of his heart. It was getting late now, and he had driven for a day, so he wanted to rest early and go back, but he refused.

"This is just your wishful thinking. You are very smart, military commander, but don't think everyone is smart like you. Song Jun would never have thought that our army would set up camp in this place .” Li Changqi refused.

"But this is really a big taboo for military strategists, General." Ye Limilu said to Li Changqi.

Li Changqi said indifferently: "The soldiers have been tired for a day, so don't torment them. This is good. Send spies to be careful around Da'an City. If the Song army wants to use fire to attack our army, In this way, we can know the matter as soon as possible, and then we will have time to deal with it."

Seeing Li Changqi like this, Ye Limilu knew that he had made up his mind not to retreat. In this case, as Li Changqi said, this arrangement is a very good tactic.

"The minister will arrange this right away." Ye Limilu had no choice but to follow Li Changqi's instructions, and at the same time secretly prayed in his heart that nothing would go wrong tonight.

"When you are watching at night, you should be more alert. Once you find that the Song army has left the city, you will report back immediately. There must be no mistakes. Do you hear me?" Ye Limilu said to the spies of the Xixia army.

To be on the safe side, Ye Limilu dispatched more than 300 spies that night, just to prevent the Song army from using the strategy of fire attack.

More than 300 spies have basically completed the all-round monitoring of Da'an City. At this time, the inside of Da'an City is pitch-black, like a ghost town.

"Boss, why do I feel like there is no one in Da'an City?" One of the spies said to his leader.

The leading spy also felt a little strange. He shook his head and said, "It's very strange in Da'an City. Everyone cheer me up. If something goes wrong, be careful of your heads."

A group of spies were emphasized twice by the military adviser and the leader, and they all realized the seriousness of the matter, their eyes widened, for fear of missing a person who was thrown out in the dark.

But no, not to mention people, not even a stray cat.

At this time, in the primeval forest on the mountain, Yang Weiguo stared at the Xixia military camp in the distance, and said with a smile: "This Xixia general is really bold, and he actually pitched his camp in this position."

"General, there should be a westerly wind in the second half of the night. When the time comes, let's set a fire below. The [-] gold army will definitely bring these Xixia troops here." Luo Ping said softly.

Yang Weiguo nodded, and said, "I don't know which general Xixia is leading the troops this time, but he made such a low-level mistake."

"The primeval forests around Da'an City are dense. If they want to avoid these trees, they have to retreat [-] miles. I guess the Xixia army doesn't want to retreat anymore, so they set up camp here. I think the Xixia army sent out just now. The hundreds of spies are probably also worried that we will use fire attack against them at night." Luo Ping analyzed.

Yang Weiguo grinned and said: "But they are not as good as heaven, but they don't know that we are not in the city at all, but hid in this mountain, so the spies sent out can't find us at all."

Luo Ping was also very happy, and said: "It seems that the Xixia army doesn't know us very well. General, you thought carefully and turned Da'an City into a dead city. In this way, the Xixia army will never know how many people we have. The spies came to report, and the prince of Xixia actually claimed that we have 5 people, if we win again this time, they may be able to think that we have [-] troops."

Yang Weiguo nodded, and said: "The Xixia army is paying more and more attention to our army. This is not a good thing. Now Xixia has accumulated a large number of soldiers on the southeast border. We want to return to the Song Dynasty from the east without knowing it. The possibility of the country is very small.”

Luo Ping waved his hand and said, "General, don't worry too much, we have now completed the task assigned by His Majesty, and the next step is to kill one and earn one."

The two of them were talking, and soon it was the middle of the night, as expected, as Luo Ping said, a west wind blew up.

"Great opportunity!" Yang Weiguo said happily: "Pass on my military order. According to the agreement in advance, a small team will set fire with me, and the rest will follow Commander Luo to destroy the Song army."

There were not many people who set fire, only a dozen or so people. Taking advantage of the darkness, these dozen or so people were dressed in black, like black ghosts, and soon came to the west side of the Xixia army camp.

(End of this chapter)