"Rain of fire, rain of fire, rain of fire from the sky."
"The gods were angry and rained down fire."
"Quickly put out the fire."
"Ah ah ah, the fire has burned me, please help."
"The fire is too big, run away."
Almost immediately after countless rockets were fired at the Yellow Turban camp, the entire camp was reduced to chaos.
No one had ever experienced a rocket attack. In the dark night, they only saw countless flying fireballs attacking them. The Yellow Turban soldiers were terrified, thinking that they had angered the gods.
Bocai hurriedly ran out of the camp, heard the shouts of killing in the distance, and said angrily: "What god, it's an enemy attack, an enemy attack! Order soldiers, go to each camp to find the generals, let them appease the soldiers, prepare
fighting."
"Enemy attack! This is an enemy attack."
Dozens of messengers scattered and shouted at the top of their lungs, trying to calm the confused soldiers.
But the fire burned too fast, especially the front camp, which originally relied on haystacks to set up camp. Countless rockets fell like raindrops, quickly igniting the grass and tents. They burned extremely quickly under the strong wind.
The flames soared into the sky and swept away. The large amount of flammable materials and strong winds in the camp gave the flames a perfect place to rage. The continuous flames were like a roaring dragon, scurrying around the military camp.
The heat wave rolled in, and the thick black smoke made it difficult to open one's eyes. The provisions and tents stored in the Yellow Turban Army were all set on fire.
The soldiers were awakened from their sleep. When they got up, they found that the camp was on fire. They were all in a mess. They didn't even have time to put on their clothes and had to rush out from the sea of fire.
But it was not safe outside the camp. The ground was covered with weeds and burned. The soldiers could only scream and run out of the barracks.
The flames were as fast as electricity, burning from the front camp to the middle camp, and quickly spread to the back camp.
The density of more than 100,000 people was unimaginable, and the sounds of shouting, wailing, collisions, and groans were endless.
Some people were burned to death by fire, some were knocked to the ground and trampled to death, and some were choked by smoke. Most of the people rushed out in a swarm, because the wooden fence surrounding the camp turned into a wall of fire, trapping them instead.
Inside, you can only escape through the surrounding camp gates.
But there were so many of them that the camp gate could not accommodate them, and soon the air was filled with a burning smell. Burnt corpses were everywhere, and the entire Yellow Turban camp became a steamer purgatory.
Bocai originally wanted to try to stabilize the morale of the army, but before he could give orders to the three armies, the fire had already swept towards him.
In desperation, he had no choice but to slash his way out of the middle camp under the escort of his personal guards. Behind him was a huge fire, but as soon as he left the camp, countless torches were like stars in the dark night, and the officers and soldiers had already
Wait outside.
Seeing this scene, Bo Cai was angry and scared. He was angry that the officers and soldiers actually used such despicable methods, but he was afraid that his men had suffered heavy casualties and were almost helpless.
"run!"
Bocai gritted his teeth and led tens of thousands of remnant soldiers who had escaped to flee.
These remnant soldiers had no intention of listening to Bo Cai's advice. They had just come out and had no idea where the general was or who the general was. For them, the only thing they were thinking about was how to escape.
So after running out of the camp that was filled with fire, they met the army again. They fled in all directions without hesitation, either heading south or west, like birds and beasts.
Huangfu Song rode on a tall horse and shouted: "Kill!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
The officers and soldiers roared angrily.
The Yellow Turbans from the other three sects had already noticed this situation, and He Yi, He Man, Huang Shao, Liu Pi and others led their troops to come to support.
Tens of thousands of people fought together outside the south gate of Changshe City, fighting fiercely.
At this time, Chen Mu had already returned to the city.
How did his men avoid the lookout posts on the towers of the Yellow Turban Camp and reach the mountains and forests on the west side of the Yellow Turban Camp?
The method is very simple.
Originally, the towers of Changshe City were all covered with torches to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from stealing the city at night.
But today all the torches on the tower were extinguished.
In this way, the entire city is hidden in darkness without any light. It is like a huge mouth in the abyss, silent.
The Yellow Turban Army had long been used to the fact that the officers and soldiers did not dare to go out to fight in the city. They did not realize that at this time, dozens of ropes were thrown down from the south city wall, and more than 2,000 people used the dense vegetation to cover up and quietly hid in the Yellow Turban camp.
In the mountains and forests to the west.
As for the cavalry, they did not leave the city, but lay in ambush at the gate of the south city. Once the rockets were fired, they immediately lit torches, rushed out of the city on horseback, came to the Yellow Turban camp a mile away, and threw the torches in.
With a two-pronged approach, the Yellow Turban camp was instantly filled with fire. Chen Mu also withdrew from the combat area in time, because the flames burned too fast and had already burned half of the forest in Xishan.
The whole world seemed to become extremely bright, and it was like day outside Changshe City. The reinforcements from He Yi, Man, Huang Shao and others fought together with the government troops.
"Fourth brother, get ready, fight out."
Zhang Fei changed his equipment and hurried over to ask Chen Mu, who was standing on the tower watching.
Previously, they had to carry a large amount of dry firewood and grass, as well as bows and arrows. It was inconvenient to carry combat weapons such as swords and spears, so their close combat effectiveness was very poor. Even if they encountered a Yellow Turban patrol, they could not quietly
Kill.
Now that the whole army has returned to the city, changed their equipment, and is fully armed, it is time to send out troops.
Chen Mu shook his head and said, "No hurry, just wait."
Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he said anxiously: "What are you waiting for? Didn't you agree to go out and fight right away? If you wait any longer, the battle will be over."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "We have already achieved the first victory, does the third brother still want to attack with the subordinates of the two generals?"
Zhang Fei scratched his head and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether I get the credit or not. The main thing is that I want to fight. I haven't had to fight in the past ten days. My hands are really itchy and my whole body feels uncomfortable."
"Ha ha."
Chen Mu smiled and was about to tell him that he would be on board soon.
Boom!
A huge explosion suddenly occurred.
It was like a bomb was dropped in front of us. A huge wave of flames rose into the sky. With a roar, the air waves rolled and a mushroom cloud rose up.
A strong wind blew, and the air was filled with a burning smell.
The vibrations caused by the explosion could be felt as far as a mile away.
The sky seemed to have turned into day, and Chen Mu and Zhang Fei stood on the tower, staring blankly into the distance.
Huge fireworks dyed half of the sky red, seeming to set the sky on fire.
"Is this the earth dragon turning over?"
Zhang Fei was shocked.
Only Chen Mu knew that a large-scale explosion had occurred.
As for why the explosion occurred?
the reason is simple.
The fire was so intense that it caused a deflagration effect.
The so-called deflagration effect often occurs in wildfires. It is caused by the accumulation of decaying leaves of plants, slowly forming methane gas, and it is caused by the explosion of open fire.
Outside Changshe City, there are miles of steep slopes, ridges, grass ponds, ditches and other terrain with countless weeds and trees, which have accumulated methane gas.
The Yellow Turban Army lacked tactical literacy and relied on steep slopes to set up camp in forests and grasslands. It was a hot summer day and the southeast wind was blowing. After Chen Mu's tens of thousands of rockets ignited the camp, the fire surged like a torrential flood. In just a short moment,
Can be swept away.
Nearly half of the hill on the west side was ignited. The methane accumulated in the forest, Caotang Valley and other places was ignited, so deflagration occurred.
This deflagration worked very well.
After the explosion, the already frightened Yellow Turban soldiers were frightened and completely lost their morale. They dropped their weapons and ran away.
When Chen Mu saw this scene, he nodded and said: "The time has come, we can go after him."
"good."
Zhang Fei was so excited that he immediately got off the tower and rushed out of the city with his soldiers.
Five hundred cavalry led the way and rushed into the enemy formation like a sharp arrow. Zhang Fei raised his spear and fought everywhere. The Yellow Turbans suffered heavy casualties in the fire. There were only tens of thousands of remnants and soldiers from the east, west and north gates, a total of about 70,000 to 80,000.
The fierce cavalry showed astonishing lethality. A large number of yellow scarf thieves were pierced by sharp spears, cut in two by sharp ring-headed knives, and had their heads crushed by galloping iron hooves.
The blood they shed dyed the entire south of the city gate red, but the army was never able to overwhelm the Yellow Turbans' formation because the Yellow Turbans' formation was too dense.
Changshe was not a big place, with more than 100,000 people crowded into it, although most of the Yellow Turban soldiers were fleeing in all directions.
But again, even if one hundred thousand pigs were captured, it would take three days and three nights to catch them, let alone one hundred thousand lively and thinking humans.
The officers and soldiers pursued and killed all the way, but they only killed thousands of people.
But at this moment, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses arrived in time, and the battlefield was as bright as daylight, making it easy for people to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
"kill!"
Cao Cao was riding on his horse, waving the long sword in his hand.
The five thousand soldiers behind him suddenly turned into a sharp blade, mixed with Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's troops, and chased the Yellow Turban soldiers.
The morale of the 20,000 officers and soldiers was as high as a rainbow, and the Yellow Turban Army lost any will to fight. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs and ran as hard as they could.
After a night pursuit, Huangfu Song won a great victory. He chased for dozens of miles and killed tens of thousands of people. He did not return until the next day.
At this time, the outside of Changshe City was in chaos.
The fire was still burning on the second day, and the entire west side of the hill had been burned bare. The permeating smoke was mixed with the smell of blood and burning, which was nauseating.
Zhu Jun came back from the victory on horseback. When he saw this scene that was like a hell on earth, he frowned and said: "Although the fire attack is good, it hurts the heaven and earth. Too many people died, and even the mountains were burned down.
"
Huangfu Song sneered: "Rebels who rebel against the country should be punished without mercy. Moreover, they rebelled against God, and it was the strong winds sent down by God that punished them. We should build a temple in Beijing and offer sacrifices to God to thank God for his protection."
"
The Yellow Turban Army believed in Huangtian, while people in the Han Dynasty generally believed in Haotian, the so-called God.
There was not only cultural and political opposition between Taiping Dao, the imperial court, and even secular concepts, but also religious opposition.
Therefore, in Huangfu Song's view, these people were no longer the subjects of the Han Dynasty, but just like those foreigners, they were invaders and aliens.
Zhu Jun was shocked and said: "Build a Jingguan?"
"good."
Huangfu Song said to the soldiers around him: "Send an order to cut off the enemy's heads and build a palace outside Changshe City."
The soldiers received the order and went to carry out the military order.
Zhu Jun was silent.
Building the Jingguan was too cruel and he didn't want to do it.
But Huangfusong, as one of the coaches, has the same status as him, and he also has no power to stop it.
In this troubled world, human lives are like grass and ants, and no one can control their own destiny.