Lu Dynasty

Chapter 712 Fire Attack
Gan Ning didn't want to deal with the Jingzhou army, because he would offend too many Jingzhou generals as a water thief, and he looked down on those Jingzhou generals, and he was afraid that those Jingzhou generals would give him small shoes to wear.If the items sent by Jiang Ling are useless and cause the plan to fail, not only Gan Ning's people will be lost, but also my face will be lost.Most of the ancient people respected me one foot, and I respected you one foot. Shameless ungrateful people were more common among civil servants, and the military officers who went to battle to kill the enemy were often tough men.Of course, this was before the Song Dynasty!
Gan Ning felt that what the quartermaster said was very reasonable, so he sent his personal guards to Jiangling to ask for tung oil.Originally, Dong He knew that this batch of tung oil was used to burn Liu Bei, so he didn't want to give it.However, Wenpin generously transferred the tung oil to Gan Ning, saying that heroes cherish heroes!Although Gan Ning's personal guards didn't think much of Wenpin, Wenpin gave them supplies anyway, and made Gan Ning embarrassed, so they still respect Wenpin.After the tung oil was brought back, Gan Ning had people soak all the hay in the army with tung oil.The next day, Gan Ning threw the oil-soaked hay into the Yangtze River.Since Gan Ning had been using dry grass and aquatic plants as cover, Liu Bei could see these grasses drifting across the river every day, so he didn't care.

Jiang Xia is not far from Liu Beijun, two days is enough time to invite Zhuge Liang.When Zhuge Liang arrived, Liu Bei was commanding Sha Moke and Wei Yanyun soldiers on the bank.Zhuge Liang asked strangely: "Didn't my lord send a letter saying that the river is different and the soldiers can't cross it? How can they cross it again?"

Liu Bei pointed to the boats full of spears and said with a smile: "It was impossible to cross, but the second and third brothers found out that someone was chiseling the boats, so they inserted spears into the bottom of the boats that made noises to prevent people from chiseling the boats. These two days It's all right!"

Seeing that Liu Bei was so confident, Zhuge Liang couldn't dampen his enthusiasm.After fighting so many battles, he didn't even know who was being bullied. This can only be said that Liu Bei is invincible.Suddenly, Zhuge Liang smelled a familiar smell. He sniffed his nose again, and suddenly realized that it was the smell of tung oil.Zhuge Liang is the ancestor of playing with fire. He has been dealing with fire all his life. When he smells tung oil, he smells a hint of conspiracy and danger.Zhuge Liang followed the smell of tung oil to search for it. Seeing Zhuge Liang's movements, Liu Bei thought that Zhuge Liang had lost something. Just as he was about to speak, Zhuge Liang raised his hand to stop him.Although he was very puzzled by Zhuge Liang's behavior, Liu Bei decided not to bother him very rationally!Zhuge Liang came to the riverside following the smell, and saw the strong smell of tung oil on the dry grass floating on the river, how could he not know what was going on?Zhuge Liang was shocked. He told Liu Bei to withdraw his troops quickly, and no matter how bad it was, he would let the soldiers in the middle of the river go ashore.Liu Bei wins Zhuge Liang, and he claims to be like a fish in water, and he obeys his advice.He has always believed that the masters are unpredictable, and since Zhuge Liang wanted to retreat, he ordered the retreat.

As soon as Liu Bei's order was issued, a man's head suddenly appeared on the surface of the water and grinned at Liu Bei, saying, "Mr. Xuande, it's too late to retreat now!" It is Gan Ning.

"My lord, go back quickly, and the second and third generals are here to protect my lord!" As soon as Gan Ning showed his head, Zhuge Liang knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly pulled Liu Bei to the side, and Sha Moke and Wei Yan also went to Liu Bei's place when they saw the situation. Swipe hard.

Gan Ning's torch fell on the river surface and ignited the straw soaked in tung oil. A monstrous fire suddenly ignited on the river surface. The fire spread quickly, and within a short while, the entire river surface was reflected in the flames.Taking advantage of the wind, the fire first set the boats on the river on fire, and then the soldiers on the boats were also burned into burning men.Of course, the reason why Gan Ning's plan was successful is also because this section of the river is relatively narrow. Although it is also the Yangtze River, it is only a tributary of the Yangtze River. It is not much wider than ordinary small rivers, but it is deeper.

Something was crackling and burning in the fire, the water surface was wailing constantly, and Gan Ning who lit the fire was not feeling very well.There was a big fire burning above his head, and he didn't even have time to take a breath, so Gan Ning could only swim desperately to a place where there was no fire.Just when Gan Ning felt his lungs burning, and the breath in his chest was almost exhausted, he suddenly found that the fire light above his head was gone.He quickly surfaced, panting heavily.Looking at the flames not far away, Gan Ning cursed, "It's a good thing that I set the fire myself. If any brother came, I would pay for my death!" Gan Ning spit into the river, listening to the voices of people downstream Hiss, hurry to the shore.He has already arranged that as soon as he returns to the headquarters, he will divide his troops and attack Liu Bei's camp.Gan Ning returned to the army, and the soldiers were ready to go.Entering the big tent, he immediately asked Gan Hu to lead [-] elite soldiers to Liu Bei's camp on the north bank, while he himself led the rest of the troops to attack Liu Bei's base camp.

At this time, Liu Bei looked at the fire in the river and wanted to cry. Although not many of the [-] elite soldiers were on the river, the fire not only burned Liu Bei's army to death, but also separated the northern and southern camps.In the camp on the north bank, there were only Chen Dao and a small number of elite soldiers, and Liu Bei was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to eat them.But Liu Bei didn't know that this was exactly Gan Ning's plan.Zhuge Liang is very wise. Looking at this situation, he knew that the enemy must have a backup. He said to Liu Bei: "My lord, quickly arrange the second and third generals to support General Chen Dao. We organize the remnants and prepare to resist the enemy's attack!"

Frustrated, Liu Bei suddenly reacted. Since the enemy is attacking with fire, how could they be unprepared, but the camps on both sides of the strait are chaotic, how can they integrate the troops.At this time, Sha Moke and Wei Yan also came to Liu Bei's side. They were about to say something when they suddenly felt the ground tremble. When they looked up, they saw dust in the distance.Shamoke and the others knew immediately that it was the enemy's attack. Wei Yan said anxiously: "Eldest brother retreats first, and third younger brother regroups. I will block the invading soldiers and horses." He also roared in his mouth: "Shameless thief, how dare you fight me to the death!"

Gan Ning saw a rider running towards him with a knife in the distance, and kept saying that he wanted to fight him. Gan Ning curled his lips in disdain, and ordered to his side: "Give me the order: kill!"

Following Gan Ning's order, 3 troops rushed towards Liu Bei's camp like flowing water. Wei Yan was shocked. He thought that the opponent would fight to buy time for Shamoke and Liu Bei. From this point of view, if the opponent is not good at martial arts , or did not put themselves in the eyes.Wei Yan took it for granted that it was the first situation, so he entered Gan Ning's army with a knife, hoping to take the head of a general from among the ten thousand troops.But Wei Yan underestimated Gan Ning too much, and he overestimated himself too much. How could he alone be able to stop an army of [-] people? Did he think he was the overlord of Western Chu?

(End of this chapter)