Reborn in the Three Kingdoms Novel - Chapter 24

Chapter 24 Prepare for a Fire Attack
“Reporting to Second Childe, this is a sketch of the battlefield drawn by this subordinate. Everything is within it.” As he spoke, Li Yuji took out a long cloth from his bosom and handed it over with both hands.

One of the brocade guards had already walked forward to take it. After checking it, he handed it over to Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao touched the map and looked at it one by one. Then, he waved his hand and said, “Come, introduce yourself in detail.”

“Yes.” Li Yu agreed, then walked forward, stood two meters away, and began to explain the details of the map.

Two meters away, the Heavenly Eye members could approach Zhang Chao’s shortest distance. This was Bai Tong’s death rule for Lu Fei, and the Heavenly Eye’s leader would explain the situation to the two hundred disciples below. She specifically emphasized that no matter what urgent matter happened, no one should cross the last two meters, or else they would die on the spot.

Li Yu, as a member of the Heavenly Eyes, was naturally well aware of this. This time, she put on her makeup and came to the Long Society as a refugee. She dressed up as a woman dressed in black ash, so that he could act better and make others unable to notice her. In more than ten days, she had completed this sketch.

Li Yu followed Zhang Miao out of the city. To put it another way, Zhang Chao had been paying attention to the situation in the Changshe. He had been waiting for an opportunity.

The sketch unfolded, above marked the yellow scarf army, long society and the first to rush there cao “and kindle location.

As a map, it was considered qualified. At the very least, looking down from the map, he could already see a lot of things. With Li Yu’s explanation from the side, Zhang Chao had a basic understanding of the situation in an incense stick of time.

“Zilong, what do you think?” Zhang Chao intentionally tested Zhao Yun.

In the Battle of Changshe, Zhang Chao had read the history and knew that Huangfu Song had seized the fighter jet and used the cover of the night to make soldiers sneak into the rebel army and set fire to the camp. Huangfu Song took advantage of the situation to attack, causing the rebels to retreat in chaos. Along the way, they were intercepted by the reinforcements of the cavalry commandant, Cao Caojun, and suffered heavy losses. Huangfu Song, Zhu Yao, and Cao Cao joined forces and chased after him. Bo Cai returned to battle and was defeated again. Tens of thousands of the Yellow Scarf Army died in battle.

The records of the Battle of the Changshe were still very detailed in history. The reason why Zhang Chao remembered it was because he had once set fire to a battalion like this. That time, he had severely injured an opponent who was much more powerful than him in the Golden Triangle Region.

Knowing the result, Zhang Chao intentionally tested Zhao Yun to see if the general had any plans other than courage.

Zhao Yun carefully looked at the map and asked Li Yu about the specific situation. After a while, he said, “Master, can we consider attacking by fire? Li Yu said that the tent of the yellow scarf army was built on grass.”

“Haha, Zhengjie.” Hearing that Zhao Yun actually thought of a good way to fire, Zhang Chao couldn’t help but laugh out loud in satisfaction.

Seeing that Zhang Chao agreed with his suggestion, Zhao Yun smiled. However, he then said, “It’s just that if we want to achieve a fire attack, we need to borrow some strength from the wind. I wonder what the wind is like.”

“Whatever the direction of the wind, we just need to rely on the speed of the warhorses to charge forward. At that time, no matter if it’s the southeast wind or the northwest wind, as long as the tent is moved, we can cover it and heavily injure the Yellow Scarf Army.” Zhang Chao waved his hand and put on a stance that he wanted to forcefully attack.

To make this decision, it wasn’t a casual remark, but rather, Zhang Chao had already thought about it several times, and had also practiced it several times in his mind.

In history, Huangfu Song was the Yellow Scarf Army that was burned with the help of the wind. However, he hadn’t made a move yet, so he was probably waiting to borrow the wind. At the same time, zhang chao don’t believe that even zhaoyun can think of a way, cao “and elder brother will not see, they should also be waiting for the wind to blow.

However, it was different for him. First of all, he had cavalry. Once he launched an attack, he had absolute speed. Secondly, regardless of whether the army of the Imperial Court was the Yellow Scarf Army or not, in his opinion, they would be his opponents in the future. Just set fire to them, he didn’t need to worry so much.

After Zhang Chao made his decision, Zhao Yun could only nod and obey. He turned around and looked at the crowd and said, “Alright, everyone take the time to eat and get a good night’s sleep. At night, it will be time for us to stretch out our hands.”

After arranging for everyone to eat and sleep, Zhang Chao was not idle. He started to look for kerosene with Zhao Yun and Li Yu. Without the help of the wind, kerosene was a must.

Fortunately, even though everyone in the Song Village had left, there were some things that couldn’t be moved. It was as if every family had kerosene left, so it was enough to search for it. After everything was ready, Zhang Chao told Li Yu to step down and search for information. Then, he leaned against a door and fell asleep.

The sky gradually darkened. In the evening, Zhang Chao was woken up by the embroidered guards. The group of people began to approach the Chang She from the Song Village.

The walls of the Chang She were brightly lit, and they would occasionally see city guards patrolling back and forth.

This was already the twenty-first day of defense, and both the general and the ordinary soldiers felt extremely tired.

He didn’t dare to relax in the slightest, and his nerves were always tense. He couldn’t even eat and drink as much as before. After the rations began to be limited, his body felt more and more burdened, as if he was on the verge of collapse at any moment.

A general with sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, and a square-faced, armored face was standing under the city wall and looking into the distance. Every time a soldier walked past him, he would address him respectfully as a general.

This person was one of the commanders sent by the Imperial Court to suppress and annihilate the Yellow Scarf Army.

Huangfu Song’s words were true. His uncle Huangfu Gui was a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the Three Ming Dynasty in Liangzhou. His father, Huangfu Jie, had been the governor of Yanmen Prefecture for a long time. When Huangfu Song was young, he had a good book of poems and was familiar with bow and horse. He was one of the mainstays of the Imperial Army in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Huangfu Song was kind and cautious, loyal to his duty, resourceful and courageous. Flat yellow scarf thief credit to wei, received jizhou animal husbandry request jizhou a year of field tax relief, the people praised. During his time in office, the above statements, exhortations or supplements amounted to more than 500 times. Each time, he personally wrote and destroyed the draft without revealing it at all.

In the army, he compassionately soldiers, very popular. Every time the troops stopped and camped, he would wait until the curtains were properly erected before returning to his tent. He didn’t eat until all the soldiers had eaten. Some of his subordinates accepted bribes, but Huangfu Song did not show any responsibility. Instead, he gave him more money. The officials were ashamed, and some even committed suicide. Huangfu Song was still a corpse sergeant, and there were no guests left. At that time, everyone praised him and joined him one after another.

It could be said that Huangfu Song was a good general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so it was not too much to say that he was the mainstay of the Imperial Court. Perhaps he did not have some dukes who had the ability, but in terms of loyalty to the han dynasty, there was really no one who could compare.

This time, Huangfu Song was originally complacent about being ordered to destroy the Yellow Scarf Army. Under the leadership of General Lu Zhi, he had indeed won several battles. This time, because Zhu Yao had first fought against the Yellow Scarf Army, he had failed and was forced to retreat to the Changshe Society.

Even if Huangfu Song retreated into the Chang She, he was still confident. Facing the tens of thousands of Yellow Scarf Army, he didn’t have the slightest bit of fear.

Apart from the lack of training and combat strength of the Yellow Scarf Army, there was also a point where the other party’s generals did not know how to set up formations. This could be seen from the fact that the other party had formed a camp based on grass.

Using this method of fire attack, Huangfu Song had already thought about it dozens of times in his heart. He did not take any action, but just waited for Dongfeng to do so.

After all, the soldiers in the city were too tired and few in number. If they rushed out without warning, they might not be able to start a fire, but they would still be surrounded. Moreover, the wind was not right. Once the fire was set, it might even burn him.

Out of all sorts of misgivings, Huangfu Song did not move, nor did he tell anyone about his methods. He just waited quietly, like a cheetah hunting for food. If he did not move, he would move like lightning.

Behind him came the sound of footsteps. Another middle-aged man wearing a military uniform walked over. He brought a few relatives to Huangfu Song’s back.

“General Zhu, have you arranged your duties properly?” Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Huangfu Song did not turn around and spoke.

Zhu Yao, the word Gongwei. Born into a poor family, he fought bravely and was a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Zhu Yao had a thick moustache, which made people look at him for the first time, but it had the smell of an ordinary man.

“Yes, everything has been arranged.” Zhu Yao agreed and took two more steps forward. When he was half a step behind Huangfu Song, he slowly said, “General Huangfu, the generals are very tired. I really don’t know how many more days we can endure if this continues.”

From Zhu Yao’s words, Huangfu Song could tell that he was worried. “General Zhu, don’t worry. Although the Yellow Scarf Army has many people, they don’t have much fighting strength. We just need to find a suitable opportunity to counterattack.”

“Opportunity? Is it a fire attack?” Zhu Yue asked after hearing this.

A trace of surprise appeared on Huangfu Song’s face when he heard this, and he slowly turned around.

It was not surprising that Zhu Yao could think of the idea of a fire attack. No matter what, he was an outstanding general. He had been surrounded by the Long Society for such a long time. If he did not think of such an idea, it would make people look down on him.

‘”That’s right. It’s a fire attack. Look at the barracks of the Yellow Scarf Thieves. It’s all built on grass. It’s easy and convenient to do so, but there are too many hidden dangers. We only need enough torches and kerosene to break it. Now we need to wait for the wind to blow. It’s time to break the enemy.” Huangfu Song pointed at the barracks in the distance and said confidently.

“General Huangfu is right, but where did the gale come from at this time of year?” Zhu Yao naturally understood what this meant and knew the benefits of this scheme. However, it was scorching hot now, unless it rained heavily, otherwise, strong winds were rarely seen.