Under the leadership of Huang Zhong, the Chinese army was getting closer and closer to Xinye. Huang Zhong was wearing chain armor and a steel helmet, holding the Nine Phoenix Chaoyang Sword in his hand, and under his crotch was a green and maroon lion Cong, which made him look particularly powerful.
Lu Heng followed Huang Zhong and asked: "General, in forty-five miles we will reach Xinye County. Presumably the Han army has discovered traces of our army, and we should speed up our advance at this time."
Huang Zhong nodded and said: "Send the order and the whole army will speed up."
Lu Heng immediately issued the order. He originally led 5,000 cavalry as Huang Zhong's vanguard. Unfortunately, the road was rugged and unsuitable for the cavalry to advance. As a result, the journey was synchronized with Huang Zhong's infantry, and they had to join forces in the end.
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After the order was issued, Lu Heng still led the cavalry at the front. At this time, they had passed the rugged mountain road and entered a slightly flat area. The five thousand cavalry in the vanguard he led quickly distanced themselves from Huang Zhong.
Lu Heng led 5,000 cavalrymen and ran all the way. They quickly ran fifteen miles away and were getting further and further away from Huang Zhong.
While marching, he suddenly heard the sound of bindings. Lu Heng was startled and hurriedly shouted: "There is an ambush!"
The Chinese army suddenly went into panic, and both men and horses were frightened.
However, after the panic, no one appeared, and no arrow was shot. As soon as the sound of binding stopped, only the Chinese soldiers were left shouting.
Seeing a false alarm, Lu Heng immediately gathered his soldiers and horses together again and ordered: "The Han army has been prepared for a long time. They need to be careful when moving forward. Everyone will take out their crossbows. If anything happens, they will shoot on both sides of the road."
"promise!"
So, Lu Heng led the army and continued to move forward. After walking less than two miles, he heard another bang. As soon as the bang sounded, Lu Heng's troops shot at both sides of the road, shooting randomly. As a result,
Nothing, just another false alarm.
After that, every two miles I walked, I almost encountered this kind of situation, all of which were just false alarms.
By the sixth time, when the bang sounded, the Chinese army had stopped making any moves. This time, it was as peaceful as ever.
After the scouts hiding in the woods saw this situation, they quickly ran to Zhuge Liang's side and reported: "The supervisor, just as the supervisor expected, after six bluffs, the enemy army has become numb.
When the bang was heard just now, the enemy did not make any move."
Zhuge Liang smiled and asked: "Who is leading the army?"
"It's still the same guard Lu Heng."
"It's him... I let you go last time, but this time your life is not so good. Give the order and focus all the arrows on Lu Heng alone." Zhuge Liang had a sinister smile on his face.
"promise!"
The Han army here was ready, and Lu Heng led his troops and horses to advance quickly. When they advanced two miles and heard the sound of bangs again, Lu Heng's troops ignored them at all and did not stop.
Rushing forward.
However, when the bang sound fell, hundreds of arrows on both sides of the road were shot out, and they were shot towards the leader Lu Heng. As soon as the arrows went down, Lu Heng, who was walking in the front, was suddenly surrounded by both men and horses.
Death.
However, the Chinese army did not become panicked because of Lu Heng's death. Instead, they used the repeating crossbows in their hands to launch a counterattack against the Han army on both sides of the road, killing and wounding many people immediately. At such a short distance, the Chinese army
The repeating crossbow has been fully utilized.
To the extreme, the sharp arrows directly penetrated the bodies of the Han soldiers. Under the crossbows of the Chinese army, all the armors on the Han soldiers were ignored. Some were iron armors, some were leather armors. No matter what kind of armor they were, they could not stop the steel.
Made arrow.
"Kill! Kill me!" Suddenly, at the back of the army, a man dressed like a soldier shouted out. All the cavalry actually obeyed the soldier's command. When the soldier galloped into the woods and stabbed with his spear,
After three people died, the Han soldiers saw the face of the soldier clearly, and it turned out to be the dead Lu Heng.
No, it should be said that the person who died was just Lu Heng's substitute.
The thousand ambushed Han troops immediately dispersed, and several soldiers were captured alive by Lu Heng. Lu Heng immediately trampled them alive and asked angrily: "Where is Zhuge Liang? If you don't tell me, I will be castrated."
you!"
The soldier hurriedly protected his crotch and replied: "In... ten miles uphill in front."
After Lu Heng got the answer, he immediately pulled out the sword in his hand, beheaded all three prisoners, then tied the heads to the horses' necks, and led his men quickly towards the ten-mile slope ahead.
In fact, Lu Heng felt that something was fishy when the bangzi sounded for the third time. He thought that Zhuge Liang was full of tricks and had been fooled by him before, but he could never be fooled again now, so he found a warrior who was not afraid of death, and
He changed his armor and was able to deceive the scouts. Otherwise, he would have died here long ago.
The Han army scouts hurriedly reported back to Zhuge Liang, saying that Lu Heng had not fallen into the trap.
Zhuge Liang was also surprised after hearing this, and then laughed and said: "I didn't expect that I underestimated his ability. It's interesting, it's really interesting."
Du Xi stood next to Zhuge Liang, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and asked hurriedly: "Supervisor, this plan fails, what should our army do? The enemy's army is huge, it is better to retreat temporarily..."
"Whoever dares to take a step back will be disobeying the military order and will be beheaded in public." Zhuge Liang said angrily.
"But... the supervisor's strategy didn't work..." Du Xi muttered.
"Don't forget, I left double insurance. If this plan fails, I will proceed to the second step. Originally, I thought Lu Heng would die, but I didn't expect that he escaped by chance. In this case, don't blame me for being ruthless.
"
Zhuge Liang turned around and asked the scout again: "What's going on in the new field?"
"All civilian troops have been withdrawn. Xinye City is already an empty city. The general has left a cavalry of 2,000 people outside the city to prevent unexpected events."
Zhuge Liang nodded, turned around, and said to Du Xi: "General Du, I will give you another big credit this time. As long as you do a good job, Lu Heng and his cavalry team will all be burned to death by you. I
Someone has arranged for flammable objects in Xinye. You will lure Lu Heng to Xinye County, and then set fire to Xinye City. I will ask the general to retreat to Deng County first and wait for your good news.
"
After Du Xi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, shouted loudly, and went to meet Lu Heng with his two thousand cavalry.
The more than 700 cavalrymen who had ambushed Lu Heng before and were defeated also returned one by one, gathered around Zhuge Liang, and left together with Zhuge Liang.
Du Xi led two thousand cavalry to attack Lu Heng, fighting while retreating. Lu Heng became extra cautious after the previous battle, and at this time he was also cautious in pursuing Du Xi.
About half an hour later, Du Xi succeeded in leading Lu Heng to Xinye City, and then rushed into the city. Lu Heng was chasing after him, but Du Xi did not dare to stay and fled directly with his army.
When Lu Heng saw that Du was defeated and was afraid of an ambush, he stopped chasing him and sent someone to report the news to Huang Zhong. He himself asked his soldiers to start cooking pots in the city.
It was almost dusk, and Lu Heng and others were tired and hungry. They searched all over the city, but could not find a grain of food. Later, a soldier found the food buried in the cellar, and then he salvaged it and started to make fire.
After drinking and eating, when the moon was high, suddenly there was news that the Han army was suddenly arriving. Lu Heng hurriedly led his troops to the top of the city. As soon as he rode his horse to the city gate, he saw the Han army releasing many fire arrows. Strangely, the fire arrows did not stop.
When he shot someone, he shot towards the corner. Once the flammable materials originally piled up in the corner came into contact with the fire arrow, they immediately burst into flames.
Zhuge Liang asked people to sprinkle fire oil on the flammable materials, and dilute it with water to evaporate the smell. Even so, the fire spread quickly, and the entire Xinye City suddenly turned into a fire.
of ocean.
The fire broke out and quickly sealed the city gate. When Lu Heng led the cavalry to the city gate, Du Xi and others had already retreated, and the whole city was plunged into a sea of flames. Only then did Lu Heng realize that he had been tricked again.
"Withdraw! Get out of Xinye quickly!" Lu Hengteng raised his gun and rode out of the city gate first. As soon as more than ten riders behind him rushed out, the door beam of the city gate fell down, cutting off the exit and killing the remaining people.
All soldiers and horses were blocked in the city. Xinye City had two gates, north and south. The north gate was blocked, so all the Chinese soldiers faced south.
They galloped through the fire, and when they arrived at the south gate, they were surprised to find that the south gate was also blocked. The horses did not dare to approach the fire. The raging fire in the city even connected into a fire dragon, trapping four thousand people.
More than 800 Chinese cavalrymen were all burned alive in Xinye City.
Huang Zhong's army moved very slowly because it carried food, grass, baggage, and siege weapons. When it was approaching Xinye, it suddenly saw flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Xinye.
go.
When he arrived at Xinye, Huang Zhong saw Lu Heng and more than a hundred remaining cavalry standing outside the city. Their faces were as black as carbon, and some of their clothes were in tatters that had been burned by the fire.
"What's going on? I just received the news that you captured Xinye, why did it suddenly turn into a sea of fire? Where are the others?" Huang Zhong asked sharply.
Lu Henggun dismounted his horse, knelt on the ground, and cried to Huang Zhong: "General, the others are trapped in Xinye City. I'm afraid the worst is worse..."
"You, you... I urged you on the way not to advance rashly, but you just didn't listen. The new field has turned into a scorched earth, and more than four thousand soldiers have died because of you. How do you want me to explain to the emperor, and to the more than four thousand soldiers?"
An explanation from the family members of the soldiers?" Huang Zhong also regretted for a while. If he had not let Lu Heng be the forward, nothing would have happened.
Lu Heng shed tears and immediately shouted: "Everyone takes responsibility for what they do. It's my fault. I won't hurt anyone. I, Lu Heng, have nothing to repay for the lives of more than four thousand soldiers. I can only use this head to kill them."
Apologize!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Heng immediately took out the sword in his hand and was about to kill himself with the sword.
I saw a flash of cold light, Huang Zhong brandished the Nine Phoenix Chaoyang Sword and knocked down the long sword in Lu Heng's hand, and said angrily: "Although this battle is all caused by you, I am the commander in chief, so I can't escape the blame for this matter.
I will report to the emperor truthfully and ask him to make a decision. Now, I will temporarily remove you from all positions in the army and serve in the gangtou army."
Lu Heng did not refute, but looked ashamed and full of resentment.
Huang Zhong cleaned up the mess and stationed the army outside the city. After the fire was extinguished the next day, more than 4,000 burnt corpses were cleared out and buried outside Xinye City. After that, the army was stationed in Xinye
, no longer moving forward, waiting for the imperial decree.