novelAbuy Chapter 39 Zhou Yu: Lu Yong, you are despicable and shameless!
Chapter 39 Zhou Yu: Lu Yong, you are despicable and shameless!
The other scouts returned and reported, "Captain, both sides of the mountain path are covered with oil!"
"Luckily, the commander was cautious, otherwise we would all have been burned to the ground."
"What a vicious bastard! If I find out who it is, I'll whip him to death!"
Xu Sheng made a downward gesture and whispered, "Slowly back out, don't make a sound."
The group quietly withdrew from the valley entrance.
Back in the outer woods, Xu Shengcai let out a long sigh of relief: "Quickly report to the strategist that there is oil buried in the mountain path, and there are definitely archers hiding on the mountain."
They returned to the camp at midnight.
Xu Sheng arrived outside Lu Yong's tent and reported, "Reporting to the military advisor, there is indeed a situation on Qingshan Road!"
Lu Yong's voice soon came from inside the tent: "Come in and talk."
Xu Sheng lifted the tent flap and found Lu Yong studying a map of Danyang County.
Seeing Xu Sheng enter, Lu Yong smiled and pointed to the table in front of him, saying, "Sit down. What did you find out?"
"Strategist, someone has buried oil on both sides of the mountain road! There must also be someone lying in ambush deep in the mountains." Xu Sheng reported the facts.
"I wonder who it was that welcomed us in such a 'warm' way."
Lu Yong sneered and pointed at the map, continuing:
"Wenxiang, take a thousand men and go around from here."
This ridge has no regular roads, making it difficult for people to find.
Go around to the back of the hillside on the south side of Qingshan Road and wait for my signal.
Xu Sheng leaned down and looked for a while, then looked up: "The strategist means that the other side has set up an ambush on the mountainside, and I'm going to sneak up from behind them?"
"Yes." Lu Yong traced an arc with his finger along the ridgeline. "Once I set fire to force them out, you act immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" Xu Sheng, also seething with anger and wanting to teach this guy who buried the oil a lesson, turned and left the tent to muster his troops after receiving the order.
The next day, at noon.
Xu Sheng's men returned and reported that Xu Sheng would arrive in half an hour.
Lu Yong then led the remaining soldiers to break camp and prepare to head to Qingshan Road.
After receiving the news, Zhou Yu's scouts immediately reported back.
"Report—!"
The scout knelt on one knee and reported, "My lord, Lu Yong has broken camp and is heading towards Qingshan Road!"
Zhou Yu's spirits lifted, and he abruptly stood up. "Pass down the order: everyone, be alert! Archers, take your positions! Fire arrows, prepare! Heed my command!"
"Here you go!"
The ambush positions on both sides of the mountain road quickly went into a state of combat readiness.
But they had been here for almost three days, and many of them looked tired.
Time passed little by little.
Until noon,
Lu Yong's team finally appeared at the north entrance of the mountain road, albeit unsteadily.
He deliberately spread out the ranks, making the line very long, stretching for nearly ten miles.
Zhou Yu finally saw Lu Yong's troops.
His gaze was fixed on the scholar walking at the front of the group.
The man was riding a yellow horse, surrounded by a dozen or so guards, but his face was not visible.
But his blue scholar's robe stood out conspicuously among the soldiers.
"Lu Yong, you've finally come!" Zhou
Yu's lips curled up slightly, secretly pleased with herself:
"He's just an ordinary scholar from a poor family. Only Liu Bei, who also came from a humble background, would value him so much."
"You don't even deserve to sit at the table in front of us elite scions of noble families!"
Lu Yan seemed oblivious, leading the team forward and getting closer and closer to the section of road where oil had been buried.
One hundred steps
Seventy steps
Fifty steps...
Zhou Yu had already raised his hand.
However, Lu Yong's troops suddenly stopped.
The entire team stopped right at the most crucial point!
Zhou Yu was first surprised, then his pupils contracted sharply, and he exclaimed in a low voice, "Oh no! We've been found out!"
really,
Lu Yong, who was sitting on his horse, suddenly raised his hand and made a gesture.
The soldiers in the front row immediately moved aside and planted their shields diagonally in the ground on both sides of the road, forming a shield wall.
Several archers had already nocked their rockets.
He jogged forward.
Draw the bow and nock the arrow.
It was fired at the spot where oil had been buried!
Zhou Yu's heart sank.
"put!"
Several archers released their bows at the same time, and the rockets flew in an arc, landing in the grass on both sides of the mountain path.
With a deafening roar, flames erupted suddenly!
Kerosene ignites upon contact with fire.
The fire spread rapidly along the direction in which the oil was buried.
The withered grass instantly curls, chars, and turns to ash in the high temperature.
Flames began to leap up the hillside, and thick smoke billowed into the air.
Seeing that his fire attack plan had failed, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth and shouted sharply, "Release the arrows!"
He is not willing!
The fire was still some distance away from them.
So Zhou Yu's soldiers, enduring the intense heat and thick smoke, fired arrows at Lu Yong's troops.
Arrows rained down.
But it crashed into the shield wall that had already been erected, producing a series of knocking sounds.
Only occasionally did one or two arrows pierce through the gaps, injuring a few unlucky ones, but no soldiers died.
Zhou Yu stood on the mountainside, staring at the motionless army below.
The approaching firelight cast a reddish glow on his face, revealing the resentment in his eyes.
He finally understands.
His plan to use fire was probably seen through from the very beginning.
The reason the enemy camped and marched so slowly was probably to tire themselves out and relax.
Unexpectedly, his own scheme backfired, and he was outsmarted instead!
"Lu Yong!!!" Zhou Yu roared in despair, "One day, I will surely kill you!"
The fire grew larger and the smoke became thicker.
The archers hiding behind the bushes were forced to flee by the fire, and some were coughing incessantly from the smoke.
"My lord, the fire is too big, the brothers can't hold on!" The lieutenant rushed to Zhou Yu's side and reported.
Zhou Yu stared at the shield wall below, remained silent for a few moments, and finally spoke: "Retreat."
The lieutenant, feeling as if he had been granted a pardon, turned and ordered, "Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
All the archers who had been lying in ambush crawled out of their hiding places and hurriedly retreated towards the ridge.
Some even threw away their weapons and armor, just to run faster and get out of the forest as soon as possible.
Zhou Yu walked at the back, glancing back at the mountain path.
He now finally understands that there are talented people even in humble backgrounds.
But he was still unconvinced, muttering to himself, "I underestimated you, but next time, you won't be so lucky!"
After saying this, Zhou Yu turned around and strode towards the ridge.
however,
When they had retreated only five or six miles, a large number of arrows suddenly shot out from the woods ahead!
Exhausted, demoralized, and completely unprepared, Zhou Yu's troops were caught off guard by the sudden barrage of arrows.
They fell to the ground in droves, like harvested wheat, struck by arrows.
After three waves of arrows, a large number of soldiers surged out from the surrounding area.
Xu Sheng, holding a long spear, charged at the forefront of the group, the tip of the spear pointing directly at Zhou Yu.
"By order of the strategist, I, Xu, have been waiting here for some time!"
Xu Sheng's voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear in the quiet mountain forest.
Zhou Yu had just dodged the rain of arrows by lying on the ground.
When he looked up now, his face and head were covered in mud and withered leaves, making him look somewhat disheveled.
"Lu Yong, you are despicable and shameless!"
Upon hearing that Lu Yong had actually sent someone to bypass him and get behind him...
They set themselves up in a trap.
He was so angry he almost vomited blood.
But Xu Sheng was also seething with anger and needed to vent it on them.
After he shouted "We've been waiting for you for a long time,"
He then led his thousand soldiers and charged forward like a tidal wave!