Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 908 Jiangdong Army Burns Xiapi (1)

While the Northern Han army was waiting for the artillery, the senior generals of the Jiangdong Army in the city gathered to discuss how to deal with the enemy.

"Everyone, the Northern Han army is coming fiercely. We don't have the ability to resist at all. It's better to abandon the city and go back to Jiangdong!"

A Jiangdong Army general suggested.

"Retiring before fighting is not the style of our Jiangdong army! If you run away, you will lose face to King Wu!"

There are also generals of the Jiangdong Army who disagree with the retreat and want to fight the Northern Han Army to the end.

"Hehe, how stupid, can't you see that we are the abandoned pawns of the King of Wu? 1 people are fighting against the 10,000+ Northern Han army outside the city. Let alone repelling the Northern Han army, it is impossible to defend Xiapi City !"

A local Xuzhou general snorted coldly behind him.

"Shut up, stop arguing!"

A general of the Jiangdong Army sitting at the top stretched his hand into his arms, took out a kit, and said, "This was given to me by the governor before I came to Xuzhou. The governor had expected that we would be trapped in Xiapi. City, so he gave me this kit, and told me that once I was besieged in Xiapi City, I would open this kit, there is a trick in it!"

"Then open it quickly, maybe the governor will order us to retreat!"

A general urged to arrive.

"kindness!"

The general of the Jiangdong Army opened the kit, looked at it from top to bottom, and said with a smile: "The governor really has a clever plan. In this way, although the lower Pi is lost, it is enough to cause heavy losses to the Northern Han Army!"

"What a clever plan, come quickly!"

The general below asked anxiously and urgently.

"It's a clever plan. How can you show it to others so easily? If it gets out, this clever plan won't work!"

The general of the Jiangdong Army hastily put away the kit, stuffed it back into his arms, and said, "Don't be impatient, everyone will know what the trick is when it's done. The governor also said in it, as long as you stick to it If we act according to plan, we will definitely defeat the Northern Han army, and we will all be rewarded heavily!"

"I said, if you don't tell me what the plan is, how do you tell the brothers to implement it?"

The Xuzhou local general said dissatisfied.

"Hmph, I'm not saying that I'm afraid that there are secret operations of the Northern Han Army here, or that someone will reveal the news. You just follow my orders. We can do things tonight. Follow my orders! All go down Bar!"

After the general of the Jiangdong Army finished speaking, he drove out all the generals in the house.

After the rest of the people had gone out, the man called his confidants and ordered: "Take hundreds of reliable brothers and go to the southernmost granary in the city, open the three warehouses closest to the south gate, and take out the contents. Bring them all to me, put them in the backyard of the prefect’s mansion, and send people to guard them strictly, no one is allowed to approach, anyone who violates the order will be killed without mercy!”

"Here!"

The soldiers went down, and the anxious and reliable soldiers went to the granary in the south of the city to pick up the goods.

It turned out that when Zhou Yu and Sun Ce broke the contract, they sent people to store a large number of fire starters in Xiapi City, including hundreds of barrels of fire oil, saltpeter and sulfur, and other flammable fire starters, waiting for the arrival of the Northern Han army. After that, give the Northern Han army a "surprise". Now that the Northern Han army has reached the outside of Xiapi City, it is naturally time to do something.

"It's so heavy, what's in this bucket, why is it so heavy? Why don't we open them and ship them in batches!"

When a soldier of the Jiangdong Army moved the oil barrel, he felt that the oil barrel was very heavy, so he wanted to separate the contents and transport it to the prefect's mansion.

"Fart! If anyone dares to open a wooden barrel or a bag today, I will kill him. The general has issued an order that no one is allowed to open anything in the warehouse! Say a few words less. If you have the strength to speak, it is better to use more." Use your strength to move things!"

The leading soldier was carrying a large bag full of saltpeter, and he was also panting heavily under the pressure.But still stopped to reprimand these soldiers who wanted to be lazy.

"Hey, move, move!"

These hundreds of people were divided into several times, carrying kerosene, saltpeter and sulfur back and forth again and again.

After moving, they watched these fire starters in the backyard of the prefect's mansion, not letting anyone get close.

When it was getting dark, the soldiers and horses in Xiapi City were all in operation, soldiers gathered outside the prefect's mansion, and the leaders all entered the mansion.

"I said, now you can talk about it, what kind of plan is it, it's so mysterious!"

The local Xuzhou general asked arrogantly.

"What do you want to say? I've said it all. Everything is done according to my orders. Why do you keep asking about the specific plan? Could it be that you are a spy sent by the Northern Han Army?"

"I……!"

"What are you, I think you are a spy of the Northern Han Army, come here, take this spy down for me, drag it out and chop it up!"

Without waiting for the Xuzhou local general to explain, the highest commander in Xiapi directly asked the soldiers to push him to the field, raised the sword in his hand, and shouted: "Spy dog, I will send you to the west!"

After roaring, a sword fell, beheading the man's head to the ground.

"Anyone who dares to ask about the plan will be killed without mercy!"

After beheading this man, the general of the Jiangdong Army was spattered with blood on his face. He didn't even wipe it off. He raised his head and shouted at the soldiers outside: "Niu Da is a spy sent by the Northern Han Army. Killed, it has nothing to do with his soldiers, Niu Da's soldiers and horses are all under the leadership of Niu Da's lieutenant general, now, everyone come in to collect supplies, and then return to their posts, and the things distributed to you are in the four gates Put it away, get ready for me!"

"Here!"

He had already killed someone, and the rest of the soldiers were so frightened that no one dared to speak nonsense anymore. After taking the distributed supplies, they all returned to their posts.

"Go up to the north gate to transfer troops, and bring back all the soldiers and horses from the north gate. Remember, you must hold torches when you transfer troops, so that the Northern Han army below the city can see your transfer, and the soldiers and horses from the east and west gates will also Everyone retreated to the south gate and waited, and after the Northern Han army entered the city, no one was allowed to act rashly, they must wait until they all entered the city, and then listen to my orders!"

"Here!"

People and horses in Xiapi City were transferred back and forth, many soldiers and horses were transferred to the south gate, and only a few soldiers and horses remained in the other three gates, and the empty houses of every household in Xuzhou City were also filled with dry firewood and firewood. thing.Just waiting for the Northern Han army to enter the city.

"Commander, the Jiangdong Army in Xiapi City has made a big move. There are torches everywhere in the city. I suspect that Jiangdong has sent reinforcements to Xuzhou!"

A teacher rushed to Yue Xi's residence to report.

"Take me to have a look!"

Yue Xi followed the division commander out of the barracks and came to the outside of Xiapi city. From a long distance, he found that there were soldiers holding torches moving around in Xiapi city.

"Go, go back, talk to Zilong and the others!"

Yuexi turned around and walked towards the barracks.

(End of this chapter)