I am the master of this world

Chapter 174 Fire Attack!

The two sides of the war became tragic as the fighting took place.

The battlefield is cruel, either you die or I die. Qingzhou soldiers have experienced life and death, and they have become numb.However, most of Shen Ning's soldiers are newly recruited military households. Some soldiers are young and strong, and even look forward to making contributions, but when they actually went to the battlefield, they saw blood splattered and heads fell to the ground. Only then did they realize the cruel reality of the battlefield.

So as the melee became stalemate, Shen Ning's side began to lose, and many people had already died.

Shen Ning sat at the back and watched this scene quietly. The scene in front of him overlapped with the picture he remembered deeply, as if he saw the comrades-in-arms of the victims in the previous life.

"One will succeed and ten thousand will die"

Shen Ning murmured to himself, unless he personally experienced that human life is like a piece of grass, he would not be able to understand the meaning of success.

"The timing is almost here!" Shen Ning looked at Huo Tianxing behind him.

Huo Tianxing received the order and immediately called for gold to withdraw his troops.

When the signal to retreat resounded across the battlefield, the red-eyed soldiers on both sides woke up like a dream. Zhang Liao, Shen Zhaoyuan, and Li Xiaojie immediately led the troops to retreat.

Behind the Qingzhou Army, Ke Zhennan looked like he was predicting things like a god, and laughed loudly: "This general has expected this result a long time ago! He Shen Ning is still a child, does he really think that he can defeat this general in a head-to-head confrontation? Idiots are dreaming! A group of mobs, He came to take the initiative to die, come, chase after him quickly, and wipe out the opponent!"

The adjutant beside him hurriedly said, "General, could it be the other party's trick to lure the enemy? There are hills blocking the front, so I'm a little worried."

Ke Zhennan looked to the west, then at the fleeing Xuzhou soldiers and horses, and sneered: "Look, the fleeing soldiers and horses are scattered, without rules, and have lost their formation. This shows that the opponent is really defeated, not lured. Now don't Taking advantage of the victory to pursue, Shen Ning will definitely withdraw his army, and it will be difficult to kill him at that time. This opportunity is once in a lifetime, I must keep him, so as to avenge my righteous brother and brother."

The adjutant nodded, not persuading.

In this way, Shen Ning led the order to escape to the west, passed through the mouth of the hill, and there was a large dense forest to the west, and the soldiers and horses quickly fled into the forest.

Ke Zhennan chased to the dense forest and reined in his horse.

Since ancient times, it has been a big taboo for military strategists not to enter the forest, and it may be an ambush set by the other party.

But Ke Zhennan was eager for revenge and was unwilling to let go of this opportunity, so he sent 200 people into the dense forest to pursue him.

After waiting for a while, the pursuers returned: "General Qi, there is no ambush in the forest. The enemy has already escaped from the dense forest and is continuing to flee west!"

Only then did Ke Zhennan settle down, and shouted randomly: "Speed ​​up, chase me, and make sure to keep the other party! Don't let the other party escape!"

Immediately, he led his soldiers and horses into the forest to pursue.

This forest is a trap set by Shen Ning and Li Ru.

Indeed, Shen Ning did not leave troops to set up an ambush, because that was meaningless.

Since ancient times, in wars, subduing the enemy without fighting is the best way of fighting, followed by relying on the right time and place, and finally relying on formations to fight head-on.

Now it is the season of high autumn air and dry weather, the forest is lush, and once it encounters a fire, it will become a fire.

As Ke Zhennanbing led the army into the woods, the masters of yin and yang hidden in the forest appeared. They hid in the holes dug in advance, so they would not be noticed at all.

Then, they came outside the dense forest and began to ignite the oil prepared in advance.

The reasons for Li Ru's late arrival are, firstly, spreading rumors in Pengcheng, and secondly, he brought a caravan to escort flammable oil. The oil here is animal fat and vegetable fat. Dry firewood, grass and trees also formed a fire in an instant.

While igniting the fire, Shen Ning, who was fleeing west, suddenly rectified his soldiers and horses, turned back, stopped outside the woods, and began to block Qingzhou soldiers.When the Qingzhou soldiers appeared, they immediately shot arrows to block them, trapping the Qingzhou soldiers in the woods.

In addition, fuel was ignited on the arrow, which ignited the dense forest.

In a moment, the dry trees were ignited, forming a wall of fire, blocking Ke Zhennan's way.

Ke Zhennan was furious, and shouted: "What a cunning boy!"

Up to now, Ke Zhennan still doesn't know that he has fallen into a trap, and only thinks that Shen Ning set fire to stop their pursuit.But then, when the fire at the edge of the forest completely ignited and began to burn in the middle, and the entire forest was surrounded by flames, Ke Zhennan's men realized that something was seriously wrong!
"General, something is wrong! The whole forest has been set on fire! We have fallen for it, and the enemy is attacking with fire!" The soldiers under him were sweating profusely, trembling from the autumn wind.

Since ancient times, water and fire have been merciless, and they have always been against the harmony of heaven.

Ke Zhennan's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "How is that possible?"

He looked around, and in the distance, he could already see the flames lighting up in the distance.He was too impatient, he forgot Feng Lin Moru's warning, and he had already checked, and there was no ambush inside, so he dared to enter the dense forest, but he never expected that Shen Ning was so vicious, that he had already prepared oil, And hid the arsonist, waiting for him to fall into the trap.

For this plan, they could only choose one direction to break out, because the fire was getting more and more fierce. When the fire became encircling and completely surrounded them, there would be no chance of escape.

And now their only way out is to continue to break through to the west. The flames on the west side were just set off by someone ordered by Shen Ning. The fire has not yet fully formed, and the closest distance is the fastest way to escape from the dense forest.

"Take off your clothes and use them to beat the flames, step forward with your shield and rush out of the jungle!" Ke Zhennan immediately gave an order.

I saw Qingzhou soldiers taking off their clothes and throwing them down the burning flames. Some people, with the attitude of death squads, forcibly opened a passage.

It's a pity that Shen Ning is already waiting outside, as long as Qingzhou soldiers dare to come out, there will be arrow feathers like rain.

In the end, the Qingzhou soldiers lost a lot of people before they broke out from the dense forest.

Ke Zhennan looked back at the forest, only to see that the forest was surrounded by flames. If he had just chosen to break out from another direction, he would probably be killed in the flames.

But now the situation is also worrying.

To the west is Shen Ning's soldiers and horses, who are attacking frantically, and behind him is a dense forest. His troops have suffered a lot of losses, and his army's morale has been slackened.

This time it was Shen Ning who pursued him for more than a dozen miles. Ke Zhennan turned over the hills and fled to Chengyang County, Shen Ning gave up the pursuit.

Then Shen Ning ordered an inventory of the wounded!

After counting, Shen Ning had 2000 soldiers and horses, nearly 2000 were killed in battle, many were injured, and the battle was fierce.

On the other hand, Ke Zhennan's Qingzhou soldiers had an advantage, and the number of deaths was relatively small, but they fell into the trap of the fire attack, and more than [-] people were killed in battle.There are also those who were injured and captured, those who ran away, etc. Ke Zhennan suffered even more damage this time.

(End of this chapter)