Nanming Engineer

Chapter 140 Set fire
Tan Wen was angry, very angry, a feeling of being ridiculed and teased spontaneously, what was even more abominable was that the bold and reckless stone pillar soldier dared to stand alone and shoot at himself, he was not afraid of being chopped up by knives Is it a meat paste?
I have 6000 people under my command, and one person can drown him by spitting. As long as Tan Wen gives an order, he will rush up and trample the boy to death, but because of a moment of caution, he was played by that man just now. Between the palms, a large group of people hid behind the shields and watched him swagger away.

This breath was like a stick in his throat, if he didn't smash that man into pieces today, it would be hard to get rid of the hatred in his heart, Tan Wen was full of blood, urging and yelling, flapping the whip in his hand, and took the lead in chasing after him.

Ma Xintian in the front was running wildly while muttering to himself, surrendering to Wang Huan's arrangement. This plan continued in succession. Tan Jun was greedy, and finally let himself pretend to be a suspicious soldier, and let Tan Wen dispel his last defense in a rage. After doing this several times, even the most careful general will fall into the trap.

"Your Excellency is really a genius. I can't figure out such a scheme even though I'm thinking about it." Ma Xintian turned his head and looked behind him.

Fortunately, there was a new horse. At this time, the horsepower was abundant. Although there were thousands of horses behind, Ma Xintian was riding the dust, running faster and faster, and the distance between him and the pursuers was getting wider and wider.

Looking down from the air, on the official road in the middle of the black pine forest, a small black dot is running wildly ahead, and a few hundred steps behind, a large black shadow that fills the entire official road is following closely behind, accompanied by smoke and dust all over the sky Like a pack of wolves chasing a single sheep on the grassland, they are constantly approaching the edge of the vast pine forest.

From this perspective, it can also be seen that in the pine forests on both sides, there are some figures shaking, and piles of dry pine branches are ignited. However, the fire took advantage of the wind, and the prairie fire spread immediately.

Of course, all this can only be seen from the sky. People in the pine forest cannot see it at this time. In their eyes, they only see the fast running Ma Xintian in front of them.

Therefore, the rising black smoke did not attract Tan Wen's attention at first. The ignition point was a little far away, and it would not be able to burn to the official road for a while. Tan Jun, who was chasing wholeheartedly, was blocked by tall pine trees. , no one thought to look up at the sky.

In the weather in August, let alone arson on purpose, a single thunderstorm can ignite a mountain.Dry firewood and raging fire quickly intertwined harmoniously, quickly spreading the flames towards the official road in the middle of the pine forest.

Until the black smoke turned into a column of smoke, and the whole sky began to be filled with black smoke and dust, which almost covered the loess raised by thousands of people running, Tan Wen and others began to wake up. The soldiers were amazed as they ran looking at the sky.

It doesn't take too long to think about it, people with a more flexible mind can immediately realize that it's on fire!
The temperature began to become scorching hot, and a feeling of grilling came from both sides. The fire was so fast that Tan Wen hardly had time to react. From noticing the black smoke column to the temperature rising, it happened within half a quarter of an hour.

"Brother, that's not right, the stone pillar soldiers are setting fire!" Tan Hong screamed, riding his horse with all his strength and approaching Tan Wen. He stood still and turned around.

Tan Wen wiped the sweat from his head, his eyes were wide open, this was a thousand calculations, but he didn't expect to be in the right place, the stone pillar soldiers invested so much money, and they threw money and pretended to retreat. Waiting for yourself here, Huo Gong!Why didn't I think of it!

There are flammable trees on both sides here, the road is narrow, and there is no fork in the road until it is dark. It is a replica of Bowangpo. Do I, Tan Wen, want to learn from Xiahou Dun today?
Tan Wen's sweat rolled down again, and he shouted hoarsely: "Rush forward, the exit is ahead, and you will be safe if you leave this forest!"

He pinched the horse's belly with his feet, lashed the whip, and led his two younger brothers to gallop ahead.

Tan Wen thought very clearly that the stone pillar soldier who lured the enemy in front was also in this forest. Unless he wanted to die together, there must be a way out ahead, otherwise that kid would not even want to live.

Ma Xintian jumped on his horse and whipped his whip, and ran out of the pine forest first. Outside the black pine forest was a slope. Qin Yiming led a thousand soldiers to stand guard here. Between them and the black pine forest, there was a road about Zhang Xu wide and five feet deep The trench is in the middle.

There was a wooden bridge built by two long springboards on the ditch. Ma Xintian rushed to the front of the ditch without stopping at all. He jumped over the springboard and reached the other end of the ditch. After a beautiful roundabout, he came to Qin Yiming's side.

Qin Yiming patted him on the shoulder hard, did not speak, his eyes were fixed on the front, because Tan Wen had already shown his head in the pine forest.

Tan Wen saw the ditch, and also saw how Ma Xintian passed. The ditch was too wide for the horses to jump over, and the two springboards seemed to be heavy and very large. Step on it before it is withdrawn, as long as a few people pass by, it will definitely occupy the springboard.

He became more and more anxious and kept shouting: "Quick! Speed ​​up and seize the single-plank bridge!"

Those who followed him were all personal soldiers, regardless of their martial skills and courage, they were much higher than the miscellaneous soldiers. At this moment, some people were urging their horses to gallop, while drawing bows and arrows, or drawing knives and spears, they were desperate.

The horseshoes are galloping, the trench is getting closer and closer, and the way of life is getting closer and closer, but there are only three or two soldiers standing on the edge of the trench, and the other large group of stone pillar soldiers are standing at a distance of more than ten steps away from the trench. Outside, lined up in a horizontal array.

Standing so far away, as long as they crossed the ditch, there was no way that small number of people could stop the cavalry attack. Tan Wen was already grinning ferociously, and even started to think about how to kill the stone pillar soldiers on the other side of the ditch later.

But in the next second, his heart suddenly froze, and he looked at the trench with wide eyes, and shouted hoarsely: "No~~!!"

Of the three soldiers standing by the ditch, the leader took out a torch, lit it carefully, took two steps back, and threw it into the ditch.

A flame burst out of the trench like a volcanic eruption, flew more than a foot into the air, and then extended to both ends like a wall of fire. Almost instantly, the wall of fire locked the exit of the pine forest, attacking people The flames make people unable to get close to half a point.

It turned out that the trench was filled with dry firewood and poured with a lot of kerosene, which would catch fire at a moment's notice. However, it was impossible for a horse to leap over the fire wall, which was about ten feet wide. Doing so would either fall into the fire pit and burn to death. Or he would be scalded to death by the high temperature before he even got close.

The pine forests on both sides had already been ignited, and it was impossible to escape into the forest and then go out. At this time, Tan Wen finally understood why the stone pillar soldiers stood so far away from the trench. Burned by the flames!
The soldiers of the Tan family hurriedly reined in their horses and stopped more than ten steps away from the fire wall. Several of them couldn't stop their horses and almost rushed into the fire pit. Some of their hair was burned off by the flames, and they turned back in disgrace.

"Brother, what should we do?" Tan Zhi was sweating profusely from the heat wave. Although there were no flames on the official road, the high temperature was already unbearable.

Tan Wen stared fixedly at the ditch, knowing in his heart that the way out would be impossible no matter what, he took a deep breath, his mind turned rapidly, thinking of ways to get out.

"Go! Turn around and go back. We walked the way we came from just now. There is no ditch there. It is impossible to dig a ditch in such a short time. We have horses. We can go back before the fire burns over. Hurry up!" Tan Wen The reaction was instant.

For the current plan, there is no other way but to kill a way out from the original way. The person who set up the plan of burning Shi Zhu is a talent, and he will definitely set up an ambush on the way back, and will not leave an opportunity for himself .

But if you don't look back, you will be burned to death here, and Tan Wen has no other way to go.

After hearing his words, Tan Zhi and Tan Hong immediately shouted and urged their soldiers to gather together, turned around and formed a shock formation, because a large number of infantry behind them blocked the way, and they had to use cavalry to rush out. Otherwise, there is no going back at all.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Let the general go!" shouted the soldiers, turned their spears upside down, and beat the infantry crowded on the official road.

(End of this chapter)