Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 123 Who is the best general? Liu Feng fights Xu Huang in Maicheng
Kou Anguo said excitedly: "General, you've been slapped in the face."

Liu Feng's face darkened, and he glared at Kou Anguo fiercely, but the latter became even more excited: "General, Xu Huang is so arrogant that even I can't stand it, can you stand it?"

Looking at Kou Anguo's expression, Liu Feng knew exactly what Kou Anguo was thinking.

This young man wanted to leave the village and fight Xu Huang head-on.

Because Kou Anguo was sent to Zigui to deliver a message, and then was sent by Liu Bei to Wuling County to accompany Ma Liang to pacify the barbarians, Kou Anguo missed two major battles: Liu Feng's fourth attack on Jiangjinkou and the bloody battle of Jiangling City.

Especially after Fang Yue and other three were promoted to captains, Kou Anguo went crazy.

In the past, the four of them were only military marquises, but now they are all captains who are on equal footing with Kou Anguo.

On the other hand, Kou Anguo's accumulated merits were not enough to qualify for promotion to the rank of Yamen General. Every day, Fang Yue and his four men took advantage of him and showed off their experience of following Liu Feng in the battlefield to kill people everywhere.

Facing Kou Anguo's active request for battle, Liu Feng raised his voice and lightly rebuked him: "For a general, the most important thing is one's character. If you are so impatient, how can I entrust you with important tasks in the future?"

Kou Anguo snorted: "General, I am only a lieutenant now, I just need to charge bravely; when I become a guard, I will hone my character and learn how to take on great responsibilities."

This idiot.

Liu Feng was speechless.

Literally speaking, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Kou Anguo's reason.

Below the garrison commander, bravery is indeed the most important thing.

Only when you reach the level of goalkeeper will you focus more on how to keep your mind stable and learn how to take on big responsibilities.

Looking at Xu Huang and other Wei soldiers who were preparing to attack directly outside the camp, Liu Feng raised his head to glance at the sky and stretched out his hand to feel the wind direction.

Cloudy, northwest wind.

"When the time is right and the place is right, I will be stupid enough to face it head-on."

The slope chosen by Li Ping was very suitable for setting up a camp. It was high enough to overlook the surrounding area without being cut off from water, and it was also sheltered by trees.

the most important is.

The camp is upwind!

What is the most applicable tactic in the upwind direction?
Of course it’s smoke!

On the battlefield, there is a method of using wet grass to create smoke to defeat the enemy, which is called "fierce smoke rushing towards the enemy."

The "Wu Jing Zong Yao" also gave a detailed description of the use of "fierce smoke rushing towards people":

It is said that "the fierce smoke rushes in and no one can resist. Whenever attacking a city, if it has not been taken in ten days, then prepare ten thousand bundles of wormwood, firewood and grass, the weight of which should be enough for a person to carry, with dry grass as the core and wet grass as the outside. When the wind is strong, spread the smoke in the windward direction and gradually approach the city. Leather fences and shields are also prepared to protect against arrows and stones.

The general idea is: If the city cannot be conquered after ten days of siege, prepare wormwood, firewood and grass, with dry grass in the middle and wet grass outside. When the wind is strong, set off smoke in the upwind direction, and then let the soldiers carry leather fences and shields to resist arrows and stones attacking the city.

Wet grass can produce a large amount of smoke, which can not only block the enemy's sight on the city wall, but also damage the enemy's eyes. Therefore, it is known as the strong smoke that can rush towards anyone.

In order to enable the tactic of using fierce smoke to rush people to different scenarios, such as when the wind is not strong enough, on flat ground, or on high ground, fan vehicles will also be built for use in conjunction.

After Liu Feng led his army to arrive, after observing the geographical terrain, climate and wind direction of Li Ping's camp, he ordered people to cut and pick up a large amount of dry and wet firewood, and also cut down trees on the spot to build a simple fan car.

Compared to attacking a city or a stronghold, defending a city or a stronghold is actually easier.

Looking at Chinese history, any siege tactic will have one or more corresponding defense tactics.

Among them, the hundreds of years known as the Weak Song Dynasty developed city defense tactics to the pinnacle.

soon.

The four lieutenants of Fang Yue who were in ambush received the military order from Liu Feng.

Hay lit.

Wet smoke rises.

Dozens of simple fan vehicles began to blow air.

The smoke passed through the woods and drifted towards the Wei soldiers.

The pungent smoke began to corrode Wei soldiers' noses, throats, and eyes.

"Ahem. Where did the smoke come from?"

"What's going on? Ahem!"

"Why are you pushing me? Ahem!"

"Your spear pierced my leg, ahem!"

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The Wei soldiers, who were originally in high spirits, were covered by the sudden wet smoke. The Wei soldiers at the front were choked and started coughing. Not only were their vision obstructed, but they could not help but shed tears.

The neat military appearance became chaotic because the soldiers were coughing and avoiding the smoke, and some were unlucky enough to be accidentally stabbed by people around them.

"The method of using smoke to drive away wolves can actually be used on the battlefield?" Xu Huang's stern face showed a hint of surprise.

Xu Huang lived in the north and was no stranger to using smoke to drive away wolves.

It was the first time that Xu Huang saw the tactic of using smoke to repel the enemy on the battlefield.

What Xu Huang couldn't understand was: although the wind was blowing from the northwest today and he was downwind, how could the smoke flow from high to low? The wind today couldn't possibly be so strong.

No one could answer Xu Huang's question.

The person who could answer was standing on the top of the slope, leisurely watching a group of Wei soldiers whose appearance was messed up by the smoke, with a handful of unknown nuts spread on the palm of his right hand.

"General, can the war still be fought like this?"

Kou Anguo widened his eyes, looking at the Wei soldiers below who were coughing due to the smoke, scratched his head, very puzzled.

Liu Feng cracked the nuts with gusto and asked, "When you were cooking, weren't you exposed to the smoke?"

Kou Anguo was stunned: "Yes, it has been smoked before, yes, yes, yes."

Kou Anguo was at a loss for words.

Is the principle of this tactic so simple?
Just because they were smoked when they were cooking, they are using smoke to smoke out the Wei soldiers today?

Kou Anguo felt that his brain was not enough.

Liu Feng did not explain further, but continued to watch the Wei soldiers below.

Affected by smoke.

Xu Huang had to let everyone retreat temporarily.

only.

Even when retreating, Xu Huang was rigorous and methodical, and the army's appearance, which had been in chaos due to the smoke, gradually recovered as they retreated.

"What a pity. If it wasn't Xu Huang who came, An Guo, you would have had a chance to make a contribution today."

Liu Feng gave a high evaluation.

No chance to cover and kill!

As the military order was conveyed, the smoke gradually faded, and finally only a slight smell of smoke remained.

Subsequently.

Xu Huang's voice like a bell rang out: "I am General Xu Huang under the command of the King of Wei. Who is guarding the camp here? Do you dare to show yourself?" Kou Anguo looked at Liu Feng and became excited: "General, do you want to speak?"

Liu Feng ate some nuts and said, "Of course you have to shout. Just shout 'Under the command of the King of Hanzhong, the Right General Zhang Fei is here.'"

Kou Anguo's eyes widened at this: "General, with your current reputation, why do you need to borrow the title of Right General?"

Seeing Liu Feng's glare coming at him again, Kou Anguo subconsciously shuddered and shouted in response: "Under the command of the King of Hanzhong, the Right General Zhang Fei is here!"

The words fell.

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai were both shocked.

"Zhang Fei? Zhang Fei, who is as powerful as Guan Yu and is considered to be a match for ten thousand men? Why is he here?"

"Now that Zhang Fei is here, doesn't that mean Liu Bei's reinforcements have arrived in Jiangling? Could it be a trick?"

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai looked at Xu Huang, who remained calm and collected, with questioning looks in their eyes.

Xu Huang looked in the direction of the sound.

As far as the eye can see, Liu Feng and Kou Anguo's faces cannot be seen clearly.

"Zhang Yide, do you dare to come out of the camp and fight me?" Xu Huang shouted and challenged, raising the axe in his hand and carrying it on his shoulder, looking very majestic.

But the next moment.

Po Tou's response was "I didn't drink today, and I don't want to fight. I'll come again tomorrow."

Xu Huang rode his horse and looked around, but still could only see trees, weeds and camp fences on the hillside. He could not see any flags or lurking Han soldiers.

"withdraw!"

Xu Huang turned his horse around and walked away.

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai followed, quite confused.

"General, why are you withdrawing your troops? I guess that Zhang Fei must be a fake."

"Yes, General, now that the smoke has cleared, it's time to attack. Even if Zhang Fei really comes, what is there to be afraid of?"

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai couldn't understand why Xu Huang suddenly withdrew his troops.

Looking at Yin Shu and Zhu Gai who still didn't understand, Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "If you can use smoke, you can use fire. If the thieves can make the smoke drift away, they can also make the fire more fierce.

With such a huge smoke, there must be a lot of firewood and grass piled up in the village. We are downwind, and if the bandits set fire to the wind, do you want to be burned to death or suffocated to death?"

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai finally realized what had happened and were terrified.

"The bandits have stopped their movements, first set off smoke, and then called themselves Zhang Fei. It is obvious that they are trying to confuse us. It is so hateful!" Yin Shu was indignant.

Before they even saw this person, their morale dropped a lot.

Yin Shu just felt very helpless!
"It doesn't matter. I already know who the people in the camp are. Notify Lu Jian and attack Maicheng." Xu Huang decisively issued the military order.

This sudden change made Yin Shu and Zhu Gai unable to react in time.

Why are we suddenly going to attack Maicheng again?
Xu Huang did not explain the reason to Yin Shu and Zhu Gai, but only ordered them to cooperate with Lu Jian in the attack.

Actually.

Xu Huang didn't know who the people in the mountain stronghold were, he just had a guess.

The reason for saying this was to restore the morale of Yin Shu and Zhu Gai.

Xu Huang's idea was: Since you want to hide in the stronghold, I will attack Maicheng to see whether you will rescue me or not. If you rescue me, I will know who you are; if you don't rescue me, I will capture Maicheng and leave you no chance to rescue me.

have to say.

Compared with Yin Shu and Zhu Gai, two third-rate generals, Xu Huang had too much experience in battles, and his ability to respond to emergencies was beyond the reach of Yin Shu and Zhu Gai.

Seeing Xu Huang turn around to attack Maicheng, Liu Feng sighed inwardly.

[It’s really difficult!]

Sure enough, any one of the Five Liang generals taken alone is no match for Jiangdong Jerry and others.

I thought I could hide my identity for a day, but I didn't expect it couldn't be hidden for even half a day.

That’s all! That’s all! 】

Liu Feng stuffed all the nuts in his hand into his mouth, turned around and ordered: "Beat the drums and blow the trumpets, raise the flags, Li Fu and Deng Xian lead a thousand people to guard the camp, and the rest of you follow me out of the camp."

Kou Anguo was stunned at first, then he became excited: "Xu Huang is so arrogant, I said you can't stand it, General."

In an instant.

Flags were flying everywhere in the camp and drums were beating loudly.

Xu Huang, who heard the noise, sneered.

This result was just as Xu Huang expected.

Looking at the bright banner with the word "Liu" on it, Xu Huang also confirmed the identity of the visitor.

"It's Liu Feng indeed."

"As cunning as ever."

Yin Shu and Zhu Gai were also shocked. They couldn't help but think of Xu Huang's previous judgment and admired him even more.

[If General Ping Kou hadn't been here, I think we would have been captured and killed by Liu Feng.]

The two looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

The arrogance that came with him also disappeared at this moment.

Especially Yin Shu, who made a series of wrong judgments.

Making a wrong judgment on the battlefield means not only giving your life to the enemy, but also bringing harm to the entire army!
Xu Huang rode his horse to the front of the formation and held the line.

When Liu Feng led his troops to the scene, Xu Huang shouted, "General Liu, why did you surrender and then rebel again?"

Seeing Xu Huang mention the false surrender letter, Liu Feng laughed out loud: "All is fair in war. It's just a false surrender letter. General Xu, why do you take it seriously?"

Xu Huang dragged the axe and glanced behind Liu Feng.

Seeing that the army was in good order and their morale was high, Xu Huang's mood also became heavy.

This is a powerful force!
It would be difficult even for Xu Huang to defeat a well-organized and powerful army head-on.

Although Xu Huang was extremely brave when he marched straight into Fancheng, he had no other choice at that time except to march straight into Fancheng, and Xu Huang had no confidence of victory before the march.

And now.

Xu Huang was not in a situation where he had to fight a head-on battle with Liu Feng.

With a different mindset, the pros and cons of weighing will naturally be different.

In other words.

When fighting with Guan Yu that day, Xu Huang was prepared to die.

In today's battle with Liu Feng, Xu Huang did not intend to die.

(End of this chapter)