The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 188 Burning the Cherry Blossom Forest

Knowing that Lu Bu's men were going to set fire to the cherry blossom forest, Tai Shici was puzzled.

They set off at night, and it was only when they lost to Lu Bu.

Could it be that after Lu Bu won a game, he can still be wary of Jiangdong Army?
"General, what should we do?" the junior officer next to him asked him.

"Lü Bu should be bluffing, wait a little longer..." Tai Shici replied.

Before he finished speaking, a scout who was investigating the situation at the edge of the forest ran over quickly.

Running in front of Tai Shici, the scout reported in a panic: "General Qi, Lu Bu ordered the fire to be set on fire, and flames were lit around the forest. We may not be able to get out!"

There are trees everywhere in the cherry blossom forest. Once the flames rise, he and the soldiers dormant in the forest will have nowhere to go!

Standing up abruptly, Tai Shici asked the scouts: "Did they really set the forest on fire?"

"It's on fire!" The scout replied in a panic, "There's fire everywhere, and it won't take long for the flames to come here..."

While talking, someone saw thick smoke billowing in the distance.

The thick smoke spread quickly, like a thick fog suddenly appeared in the forest, covering the entire forest.

Seeing thick smoke billowing in the distance, Tai Shici shouted: "They all tore off strips of cloth from their clothes, soaked them in water and tied them around their noses. Come rush out of the woods with me!"

The flames were surging from the outside of the forest to the inside, Tai Shici knew that he had no extra time to delay, so he gave the order to rush out of the forest.

The soldiers tore off the cloth strips from their clothes one after another, sprinkled the clean water they carried with them on the cloth strips, and tied them to their noses.

"Rush out!" When the soldiers were ready, Tai Shici rushed towards the outskirts of the forest with his halberds in hand.

Thousands of Jiangdong troops followed closely behind him and rushed towards the outskirts of the forest.

The Jiangdong Army soldiers rushed into the billowing smoke.

They couldn't open their eyes due to the heavy smoke, but the cloth strips were tied to their noses, which did not cause much harm to the respiratory tract.

The more he rushed forward, the more Tai Shici felt a burst of intense burning.

When he saw raging flames appearing in front of him, the thick smoke actually faded a lot.

Through the flames, he vaguely saw Lu Bu riding a red rabbit horse, smiling coldly towards this side.

Seeing Lu Bu, Tai Shici turned around and ran in another direction.

Although he is brave, he is not stupid.

If it was Chen Dao, Zhao Yun and others who were blocking the outside, he might still have fought hard, but what was waiting for them was Lu Bu, so he didn't dare to rush out easily.

Having seen Lu Bu fight Sun Ce with his own eyes, Sun Ce suffered a big loss in just one or two rounds in his hands. Tai Shici didn't dare to trust him enough to think that he could beat Lu Bu.

Tai Shici turned around and ran in another direction, but the Jiangdong army behind him didn't know what was going on.

They passed through the raging flames and rushed to the place where there was no flame in a panic.

Just as they were about to jump out of the flames and rush out of the forest, countless arrows flew from the opposite side.

The rain of arrows fell without warning, and the Jiangdong army who was flying was shot and killed.

The people in front fell to the ground, while the people behind continued to run forward.

Of course, what awaited them were the same arrows that were used to kill those Jiangdong troops in front of them.

The Jiangdong army rushing to the edge of the forest fell to the ground one after another, and those who found that there was danger outside the forest turned around and fled in other directions.

Unable to break out of the woods, they could only walk through thick smoke and flames.

Looking at the blazing cherry blossom forest, Lu Bu pouted and said, "It's a pity that a whole cherry blossom forest was lost because of this Jiangdong army."

"Marquis Wen's fire has burned the growth of the cherry blossom forest for decades." Zhao Yun replied: "Even if someone plants cherry blossoms in the future, it will take many years for the trees to grow into what they are today."

"Trees will grow into forests after decades of growth. If soldiers enter the forest and are ambushed by the enemy, I will feel very guilty." Lu Bu said with a slight smile: "I never show mercy to the enemy, but many of my soldiers die. One, I will feel distressed for a long time."

"Marquis Wen cherishes the soldiers, no wonder the soldiers are willing to serve Marquis Wen." Zhao Yun said: "It is the most honored thing in our life to be able to follow Marquis Wen!"

The archers were still shooting the Jiangdong army trying to rush out of the forest, and the cherry blossom forest was also engulfed in flames, and the periphery gradually turned into a piece of black scorched earth.

The cherry blossom trees that had been burned into carbon pillars were ignited, and the flames had already pushed far into the depths of the forest.

On the pitch-black ground, corpses that were shot and then engulfed in flames could be seen everywhere.

Lu Bu and the people around him could smell a strong burnt smell.

"Since the start of the war, the two consecutive fights have been one-sided." Chen Dao said, "Our army has not lost much at all, but Jiangdong's army has lost countless people. Tai Shici originally planned to ambush our army from behind, but unexpectedly It was wiped out by us!"

"I think what Zilong said is right, but it's a pity that there is a good cherry blossom forest." Lu Bu said with a smile: "When Huainan and Lujiang are captured, I will definitely let people plant more cherry blossoms here."

The flames engulfed the cherry blossom forest, and the fire became more and more prosperous.

Thousands of Jiangdong troops were either shot or burned to death, and only a small number of those who escaped suffered serious burns.

Lu Bu's soldiers stepped forward, holding weapons and stabbing Jiangdong soldiers who were burning with flames to the ground.

Some Jiangdong soldiers were already wounded, and they fell to the ground, rolling and crying, trying to roll the flames out of their bodies.

The soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield walked past them, stabbing their bodies with spears as if casually.

The Jiangdong army who had been stabbed stopped howling, and lay quietly on the ground, letting the flames engulf their bodies.

The battle ended in flames, and there were charred corpses everywhere. It was impossible to tell whether Tai Shici was inside or not.

The flames went away, and the cherry blossom forest in the distance lost its figure in the flames. Lu Bu rode a red rabbit horse to the scorched place.

The scorched earth was billowing with green smoke. Fortunately, the horseshoes had thick cuticles, and stepping on them would not burn the horses.

After walking around on the scorched earth, Lu Bu returned to the place where he was watching the battle just now: "Tai Shici should have run away."

"It was all burnt to coke, how did Marquis Wen know that he ran away?" Chen Dao asked in surprise.

Zhao Yun also had the same doubts. When Chen Dao asked, he didn't ask any more questions, but just looked at Lu Bu puzzled.

"I roughly checked. All the armors of the corpses were burnt to ashes. They should be leather." Lu Bu said, "Tai Shici is Sun Ce's general, and he is wearing iron armor. Iron armor cannot burn, even if it is incinerated." There should also be traces of the flow of iron juice. I searched for a while but couldn't find it, so it can be seen that Tai Shici has run away."

"Maybe he took off his armor?" Zhao Yun said, "Wearing iron armor in the fire will burn you unbearably."

"What Zilong said is also reasonable, but where is the armor?" Lu Bu said, "It would be a pity if Tai Shici really escaped. With Sun Ce by his side, we will have a lot of trouble."

(End of this chapter)