Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 220 Burning Wuchao (1)

Li Song made this arrangement in order to force Yuan Shao to stockpile food and grass in Wuchao, so that it would be convenient for his plan to burn Wuchao.

However, the premise is that Li Cunxiao can successfully intercept Yuan Shaojun's transportation of grain and grass, and cut off his grain road, so that he cannot transport grain and grass to Yuan Shaojun's camp in a short time.

Moreover, the three groups of people who attacked Yuan Shaotun's grain field could not possibly destroy all the grain and grass, so Yuan Shao had to transfer the grain and grass to Wuchao, which is why Li Song made such an arrangement.

It turns out that Yuan Shao didn't store food and grass in Wuchao, so I had no choice but to help Yuan Shao.

Zhou Qing and the others left the camp, hurriedly recruited their men, and according to the assigned tasks, they each took their men and horses away.

In the middle of the night, a group of people in night clothes quietly touched the granary eight miles away from Yuan Shaojun's camp. When the guards were lax, they lit a fire on the grain and grass.

At the same time, the two grain fields on the left and right of Yuan Shaojun's camp were set on fire by the enemy. Yuan Shaojun, who was guarding the grain and grass, rushed to put out the fire, and sent some people to arrest the arsonists.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and most of the grain and grass were rescued, but the arsonist escaped.

After Yuan Shao learned about it, Thunder was furious!Under the counselor's suggestion, additional soldiers and horses were sent to guard the last grain storage place.

Li Qing led three of his subordinates, lurking aside, observing the place where Yuan Shao garnered grain. This is a valley.

"Draw all these, and those places." Li Qing first pointed to a place and asked someone to draw him.

"Retreat!" After the investigation was over, Li Qing felt that he should go back first, discuss the action plan with his elder brother Li Qinghong, and the four of them left quietly.

"How's the situation?" Seeing Li Qing came back first, Li Qinghong poured him a bowl of water and asked.

Li Qing took it first, gulped it down, wiped his mouth and said: "I have figured out the situation in the valley, and tonight is the time for us to do it."

After finishing speaking, he asked someone to take out the drawn blueprint, spread it out, and said: "There are enemy sentry posts in these places, and they will change defenses every once in a while. I can figure out the time."

"The mouth of the valley is heavily guarded. There is a hidden place on the left side of the valley. After destroying the enemy's food and grass, you can hide here first and wait for the opportunity to evacuate."

"There are 5000 troops in the valley, the most important thing now is how to sneak in without disturbing the defenders at the valley entrance."

"When they were changing guards, I led people away to distract the defenders at Taniguchi. Qingxian and you took the opportunity to sneak in, and evacuated immediately after lighting the food and grass." Li Qinghong said.

"However, if the fire is extinguished by then, it will be in vain." Li Qing said first.

"This is what the Prime Minister means. No matter what the result is, evacuate immediately after lighting it up. You can set up a few more fires to burn down the enemy's food and grass as much as possible." Li Qinghong said.

After the two brothers discussed it again, they prepared separately and waited for the night to fall.

Tonight, dark clouds covered the moonlight, and it was pitch black. Li Qingxian and others sneaked up under the cover of the night.

There is a brazier on the left and right sides of the valley entrance. The charcoal fire in the brazier is crackling and burning, and the fire illuminates the valley entrance.

A group of Yuan Shaojun soldiers holding halberds quietly guarded Taniguchi.

"Who is it?" Shougu's soldiers noticed a change in front of them, shouted loudly, and managed to see it with the faint light of the fire.

"Brothers, one of our own." Li Qinghong and others dressed up as Cheng Yuan Shaojun and approached the defenders at Taniguchi.

"Why haven't I seen you?" the guard asked suspiciously, holding the weapon tightly in his hand, and looked at Li Qinghong warily.

"Hi! I'm new here. I don't know you. It's normal. Don't make a fuss." Li Qinghong and the others spread out and approached the guards with a short blade hidden in their hands.

"No, you..." Before the guard could finish his sentence, his throat was cut by Li Qinghong. The situation here naturally alarmed the defenders in the valley, and a large number of defenders rushed over from the valley.

Li Qinghong kicked the brazier over, extinguished the charcoal fire, and left quickly in the dark, a large number of Yuan Shaojun chased out of the valley.

"Stop chasing!" Jiang Qi, the general of the defenders, shouted loudly. The defenders who were chasing stopped immediately, and Li Qingxian and others took the opportunity to sneak in among them.

"Send more people at Taniguchi, be careful! The rest of the people will go back to inspect the grain and grass, and send more soldiers and horses to the granary to guard them strictly," Jiang Qi said.

The defenders turned back into the valley and doubled their troops at the entrance of the valley. Li Qingxian and others took the opportunity to approach the granary and waited for the opportunity to light the fire. The valley was full of flames.

"What's going on?" Jiang Qi, who had just taken off his armor, heard the noise and didn't care to put it on. He rushed out, seeing the flames soaring into the sky, his heart was half cold, and he immediately grabbed a soldier and shouted.

"Report to General! The enemy sneaked in, killed the guards guarding the granary, and set fire to the grain and grass. Our army is putting out the fire and saving the grain and grass." The soldier said.

"What about the enemy? Have you caught it?" Jiang Qi asked. Even if such a large fire is extinguished, the food and grass that can be saved are limited. If you can catch the enemy, you can avoid some punishment.

"The enemy is still among us, we have no time to search!" said the soldier.

"Immediately order that, except for the firefighters, the rest of the people will block the valley and not enter or leave!" Jiang Qi said.

The fire was extinguished, the sky gradually brightened, and less than [-]% of the food and grass could be salvaged. After some searches, nothing was found. The enemy who set the fire seemed to have evaporated from the world.

Li Qingxian and others waited until Jiang Qi evacuated from the valley before coming out of the hidden hiding place and returning to report.

In Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao was furious. The three food storage places were attacked by the enemy, and most of them were burned down, and his own food road was also cut off by the enemy.

"What should we do now?" After Yuan Shao calmed down, he looked at the crowd and said.

"My lord!" Guo Tu came out and bowed his hands and said, "We should send cavalry to find and destroy the enemy troops blocking our grain road, and order Li Yang to send more soldiers and horses to protect the grain and grass, so as to keep the grain road unblocked."

Xu You came out and said, "My lord! It's not easy to put the remaining food and grass in the camp, otherwise it will be easy for the enemy to sneak in and burn it all down. You should choose another place to store it."

"Ziyuan, where do you think we should store our grain?" Yuan Shao asked Xu You.

"Forty miles away from the back of our army's camp, there is a place called Wuchao. This place is suitable for storing food and grass. You only need to send more soldiers and horses to guard every intersection." Xu You smiled slightly.

Yuan Shao thought for a while, and felt that what Xu You said was reasonable, "Ziyuan is right, so it's decided, but who should we send?"

"Master Chunyuqiong, you can take on this important task." Feng Ji hurriedly came out and recommended Chunyuqiong as the general guarding the grain.

(End of this chapter)