Chapter 123: Death Camp
Zhao Yun looked puzzled and said: "Your Majesty, this fire did not start directly from the mountain, but started from the enemy camp. The scouts who went down to inquire about the news said that reinforcements have arrived to rescue us."
"Reinforcements?" Zhao Changqing asked: "Are you sure they are reinforcements? Is it not a trick of the enemy?"
Zhao Yun shook his head and said: "There is something fishy going on, and I dare not say for sure. But according to what the scout said, the enemy is currently in a situation where they have too much to take care of themselves.
At this time, the general was already halfway up the mountain. He ordered the soldiers to clear away all the dead trees and weeds, and built a fire break with stones, soil, etc. The fire would not be able to burn us for a while.
but……"
Zhao Yun hesitated to speak. Zhao Changqing looked at his posture, waved his hands impatiently, and said: "When have you been so hesitant? If you have something to say, speak up."
Zhao Yun clasped his fists and made a "promise" sound, and said: "However, the general suggested that we take advantage of the critical moment when the fire is spreading to break out of the encirclement. However, the general was worried that this was a trick by the enemy, so it was difficult to make up his mind for a while. Moreover, the general suggested that we should take advantage of the fire to break out of the encirclement.
, I am afraid that some soldiers will encounter fire."
Zhao Changqing frowned and said: "Then what are you talking about? What if I break out with you and get burned? Let's just wait and see what happens. If the fire really comes up, then order the army to break out."
Zhao Yun nodded.
What the prince said seems to be the safest approach now.
But how could he have imagined that Zhao Changqing was not afraid of the raging flames under the mountain at all, because he possessed a strange fire, and this ordinary flame, no matter how powerful the fire was, would not be able to hurt him at all.
It's just that the 'fuck' just now was because he didn't think about the strange fire. Now that he remembered it, he still didn't want to brave the fire to break out because he was simply afraid of being ambushed by the enemy.
In the Jin army camp.
The blazing flames seemed to be going crazy. The fire was spreading crazily. With the night wind blowing around, the fire light reflected the dark night into day. On the ground, there were corpses that had been burned to black charcoal and rolling all over the ground.
In order to extinguish the fire and gain soldiers, they were a miserable group.
Marshal Ge Hong of the Jin Army looked at the scene in front of him with dull eyes, and his heart was already cold. No matter who called him, he seemed not to hear it and stood there like a rotten tree.
In the end, it was his personal military adviser who persuaded him, "Marshal, at this moment, you must not sit still and wait for death. The fire is raging. It is only right to arrange for the soldiers to evacuate urgently!"
After Ge Hong came to his senses, he said with great reluctance: "Evacuate? What should we do with the Wei army on the mountain?"
The military advisor pointed to the barren mountain in the distance and said with sweat on his face: "Have you seen, Marshal, that the fire has almost spread to the mountain? It only takes one stick of incense and the fire will devour the entire barren mountain!"
There was no other way at the moment, so Ge Hong sighed and said helplessly: "The army evacuates from the northeast!"
The soldiers who were not affected by the fire quickly dispersed and evacuated from the northeast.
At the same time, a monstrous flood more violent than the fire is coming.
Longyuanling water source.
Ma Hong, who was responsible for opening the gate to release water, saw the embankment and said excitedly: "According to the map, the big water here is the source of Jishui! It is the birthplace of ancient Jishui. Once the flood is released, it will be huge! It's enough!
The enemy is ready for a drink!"
The Jishui River stretches for more than 1,800 miles, with its total length running through most of Qingzhou. Its source is near Longyuan Ridge.
The length of Jishui resembles a long dragon, hence the name Longyuan Ridge.
It means that the Jishui River ends here and the long dragon lies in the abyss.
As soon as he finished saying this, a subordinate came to report, "General, Haishi has passed!"
Ma Hong took the opportunity to laugh and said: "Brothers, the opportunity to make great achievements has come, but there are soldiers willing to form a death camp to destroy the east dike?!"
If the dam is dug and the flood is released, the huge flood will sweep across the earth, and those soldiers will naturally not be able to survive.
Seeing that no one had come forward, Ma Hong said again: "If you dare to die in the death camp, your family will receive a hundred taels of subsidies! Within three generations, I, Ma Hong, can guarantee that you and other family members and brothers will be able to eat Shangguan meals and have no worries about food and clothing!"
This subsidy policy is what Ma Hong meant, and it is also what Zhuge Liang meant.
It is said that there must be brave men under a heavy reward, and sure enough, after a while, one hundred and twenty brave men stood up.
Ma Hong looked at the one hundred and twenty people, with tears gradually filling his eyes, and said: "The only son in the family, come out!"
One hundred and twenty people, no one came out.
"Those who have wives and children at home, come out!"
Still no one came out.
Ma Hong felt extremely uncomfortable at the moment. He watched the brothers Paoze go to die. He felt really uncomfortable!
When he finished speaking and was about to issue an order, a veteran came forward and said tentatively: "General, I am a pawn who has followed the prince from the capital to conquer the north and south. Here, I have two questions. If I am a general, can you answer them?
, I will die without any regrets.”
Ma Hong solemnly said: "Hero, please speak."
The veteran asked: "First question, has the prince passed away?"
After hearing the sound, Ma Hong hesitated for a moment and replied: "The prince is still alive, and all this is his plan."
After hearing this, the veteran was extremely excited and almost burst into tears. Then he suddenly laughed three times, shocking the entire army, "Haha, let me just say, the prince is invincible, how could he die!"
General, I have a final question for you. Will these one hundred and nineteen brothers and I be remembered by the prince? I don’t ask the prince to remember our names. I just hope that the prince can remember our names in his free time.
One hundred and twenty men have sacrificed their lives and blood for him!"
Ma Hong nodded firmly and said: "Yes, I will! Not only will the prince remember you, but the people of Qingzhou and Wei will never forget you!"
The veteran laughed loudly, "Everyone, go!"
The remaining 119 soldiers of the death camp dropped their weapons one after another, picked up their shovels, and then raised the shovels above their heads, shouting in unison: "Go away!"
Ma Hong knelt down and bowed to the departing people.
All the soldiers who followed him knelt down on the ground just like him. They all had tears in their eyes as they watched the 120 soldiers leaving!
Especially Ma Hong, who was the most serious, he thought in his heart: "These are the prince's soldiers! They are loyal and courageous! Their bravery conveys their souls!"
After about a while, a dike was dug at the source of the water, and the water poured out to the east, all the way to the west. After a while, it jumped over Longyuan Ridge.
At the same time, in the Jin army camp, Ge Hong was evacuating in a hurry, but he never expected that the huge flood would come just as the fire started to spread from the mountain.
How can a mortal body stop the flood?
In the entire Jin army camp, those who had no force to hide and did not understand the nature of water were all ravaged by the flood.
Although Ge Hong usually dressed as a scholar, he was a genuine martial arts master. He jumped into the air, looked at the blazing flames extinguished by the monstrous flood, and exclaimed in his heart:
Chapter completed!