The later it gets late, the colder the weather will be.
At the coldest time, water can almost turn into ice. There were countless torches burning in the Huns camp, and the fire was bright, lighting up the camp as if it were daytime. The soldiers watching the night were wearing thick clothes, felt hats on their heads, and their faces were covered.
Wearing a cloth, only a pair of eyes were exposed, looking around leisurely.
The weather was so cold that the soldiers had to cover their cheeks to resist the cold wind. Two soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the camp were close to the torches, using the heat of the torches to keep warm and chatting quietly.
"Hey, I noticed someone moving outside the camp?"
Suddenly, a soldier had a strange look on his face. He looked outside the camp and found nothing.
"You are blinded. How can there be any human figure in this dark place?"
The soldier next to him stared wide-eyed and looked outside the camp. Seeing that there was nothing outside the camp, he made a joke. When he listened carefully, he saw a cold wind howling, but there was nothing else going on.
The two soldiers continued to talk, not paying attention to the situation outside the camp.
Ten feet away from the camp, Zhong Shu glared at the soldiers next to him fiercely and said in a low voice: "Your brat's sloppy actions almost ruined the governor's plan. If you do it again, I will be the first to kill you. Pass on the order."
, please be careful, be gentle with your hands and feet, and don't make any big noise."
Zhong Shu ordered, and the soldiers around him nodded repeatedly. They were almost discovered just now, so everyone became more careful. Time gradually passed, and the soldiers scattered around the Huns camp continued to pour water on the ground, forming pieces of ice.
Heavy snow fell on it, quickly covering the ice.
Within an hour, the soldiers completed their mission.
All the soldiers were panting from exhaustion, and their hands and feet were a little numb, but their faces showed excitement. Because water was poured around the Huns camp, dozens of feet away were surrounded by ice and snow. The war horses rushed out and stepped on the ground.
The ice will be slippery, which makes it difficult for the horses to move, which removes the biggest advantage of the Huns cavalry and turns the Huns on horseback into Hun soldiers who cannot run.
Gan Ning glanced at the soldiers performing the mission and said, "Zhong Shu, take the soldiers to rest for a while."
Zhong Shu nodded without refuting.
He really needs to take a rest and regain some strength.
Gan Ning looked at a captain next to him and ordered: "Liu Ba, I just told you what to do, go ahead."
"Yes, we will do it now, General Mo." Liu Ba clenched his fists in agreement and took a thousand soldiers under his command to carry out the mission. These thousand soldiers were also scattered around the Xiongnu camp. Each soldier carried a can of tung oil and a bottle of tung oil.
Packs of gunpowder, and some soldiers holding unlit torches, prepared to surround the Huns camp. This was the second step of Gan Ning's preparation.
Liu Ba and his soldiers approached the Xiongnu camp and stopped only ten feet away from the Xiongnu camp.
This is very close to the Huns camp, and you will be discovered if you are not careful.
In order to complete the task, Liu Ba had already risked his life. He looked at the soldiers beside him and ordered: "Let the soldiers throw the earthen jars containing tung oil into the Xiongnu camp, then light the gunpowder and throw it in."
The order was passed on by word of mouth and soon spread to all the soldiers.
"drink!!"
A low shout came, and the soldier didn't care anymore. He stood up and threw the earthen jar filled with tung oil to the Huns camp. The earthen jar was not big and there was not much oil in it. The soldiers could easily throw the oil jar into the camp.
.Earth jars flew through the air one after another, and thousands of unknown objects approached the Hun army camp, and then fell to the ground.
"Crash!"
The earthen jar was broken, and the tung oil spilled all over the floor, overflowing.
The sound of breaking earthen jars woke up the soldiers on patrol at night. They became vigilant and looked carefully. They found that there was only sound and no other attacks. The soldiers at the gate of the camp were also cautious and discovered people outside the camp.
However, no soldiers fought out.
A Hun captain ran to report Qubei and reported the news.
When the tung oil spilled on the ground of the Xiongnu camp, the Shu soldiers who were ambushing outside the camp began to gather around in twos and threes to block the howling cold wind. Then they took out the fire folder and lit the torch beside them.
The first torch was lit, and torches were lit one after another.
In the blink of an eye, a fiery red circle of light appeared outside the Xiongnu camp, and the Shu soldiers could be clearly seen. When the Xiongnu cavalry in the camp saw it, they were all very strange. What does this mean?
The Shu army is standing outside the camp and wants to attack it?
Qubei walked out of the camp and looked at the Shu soldiers holding torches and busy soldiers outside the camp, with a contemptuous smile on his face. There were not many Shu soldiers around the camp, so Qubei was not worried. He strode forward
When I came to the place where the earthen pot fell in the camp, I reached out and touched the greasy tung oil, put it to my nose and smelled it, my brows furrowed.
At this time, the Shu soldiers used torches to ignite the gunpowder.
"You son of a bitch Huns, go to hell!"
With a loud roar, the first gunpowder that lit the fuse flew across the night sky.
Immediately afterwards, packs of gunpowder flew up around the camp, and the dense gunpowder streaked through the air. The fuse burned and the fire snakes flew, which looked extremely gorgeous. When the gunpowder hit the ground, it exploded, sparks flew everywhere, and the tung oil also burned quickly.
, with the howling cold wind, the fire was not extinguished, but instead burned more and more fiercely.
"Boom!"
Continuous explosions sounded, and the surrounding areas of the camp were affected by gunpowder.
A fire broke out around the camp and quickly spread to the center of the camp.
At this moment, the tung oil that had been poured on the ground exploded with the most powerful force. Under the howling of the cold wind, the tung oil gas fires were like flaming snakes scurrying around, constantly igniting the tents in the camp.
Qubei was affected by the gunpowder, his cheeks were black and he was in a miserable state.
He looked at the fire burning in the camp and shouted: "Quick, let all the soldiers mount their horses and rush out on horseback."
Qubei didn't care about retaliating against the Shu army, he just wanted to fight out as quickly as possible and get rid of the fire.
Liu Ba looked at the Huns camp that had turned into a sea of fire, and felt extremely happy.
He yelled: "Withdraw!"
Immediately, a thousand soldiers of the Shu army who were performing their mission carefully moved on the ice and returned to the army. Seeing Liu Ba return, Gan Ning patted Liu Ba on the shoulder and praised: "You are so good, boy!"
The fire and gunpowder explosion were enough to cause numerous losses to the Huns' cavalry. Especially the horses of the Huns were frightened and difficult to control.
Liu Ba smiled and said: "The governor has a clever plan, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with the Huns."
Zhong Shu immediately said: "Grand Governor, the Huns are in chaos, let the archers prepare!"
Gan Ning nodded and said: "Well, let the soldiers prepare immediately. This time we don't need rocket attacks, just use bows and arrows. Whether they are Hun soldiers or Hun horses, I will shoot them all."
Gan Ning felt very happy as he listened to the roars coming from the Xiongnu camp.
If he didn't act according to Li Ru's plan, he would still win. Not to mention anything else, the mere burning of the fire was enough to cause Qubei to lose 30% of his combat effectiveness.
At this moment, Qubei also felt a headache and felt a little regretful.
If he had followed the general's advice during the day and led his army back to the camp, he would not have been attacked by the Shu army. But no matter how much he regretted going to Bei, it would not help. He quickly asked the guards to bring the horses, and then asked his cavalry to assemble.
, prepared to go into battle. However, the explosion of gunpowder frightened the war horses, and only more than 7,000 soldiers were gathered.
The remaining more than 3,000 soldiers were still calming the war horses, or controlling the rioting horses. I couldn't wait until all the soldiers gathered, because the camp had already turned into a sea of fire.
As long as they break out of the camp, they can definitely reverse the situation and defeat the Shu army.