Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222 Burning Wuchao (3)

"I think everyone has recognized this thing, that's right! This is Yuan Shao's token. After you have it, even if you meet Yuan Shaojun on the way, you don't have to worry about being blocked." Li Song said, and everyone took it back eyes, waiting for Li Song's order.

"Everything is ready, now I just have to wait until the sun goes down, and I will personally lead the soldiers and horses to take the path and gallop to Wuchao." Li Song said.

"Rengui, you will personally select eight thousand elites from the army to carry out this mission with me." Li Song said to Xue Rengui.

"Prime Minister! You are an extremely human minister and have a high status. How can you take risks easily? It is better to let the last general go." Xue Rengui persuaded.

"No! This time I will personally lead the troops. I have to see with my own eyes all of Yuan Shao's food and grass disappear, so that I can feel at ease."

"Rengui, it's up to you to guard the camp, find the right time, and take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao!" Li Song said firmly.

"Prime Minister! The last general is willing to go to Wuchao with the Prime Minister, and I ask the Prime Minister for permission!" Zhou Qing and others hurriedly knelt down on one knee and begged for their lives.

"You stay in the camp and assist Rengui. I am not in the camp, and I will follow Rengui's orders! This time I will attack Wuchao, and Yuanba will go with me," Li Song said.

"No!" Everyone responded, Li Yuanba was the number one general of Li Song's army, and it was meaningless for them to have him following Li Song.

Everyone retreated, the sun went down, and night fell quietly. Li Song led the [-] elite soldiers selected by Xue Rengui, and together with Li Yuanba, they took a small road and rushed to Wuchao.

"Stop! Who is it?" Li Song and his party entered Yuan Shao's range of strength, and on the road leading to Wuchao, they finally met the first Yuan Shao army blocking the way.

"Yuanba, don't act rashly if you stay here, I'll go and have a look." Li Song left Li Yuanba behind, rode to the army with a few personal soldiers, and showed Yuan Shao's token.

"Under the order of my lord! In order to prevent the enemy from stealing our army's rations, I was specially ordered to go to reinforce Wuchao's defenders. Get out of the way quickly, so as not to delay my lord's important affairs."

The officer of this army was a village commander, and the commander looked at the soldiers and horses in front of him. He was dressed exactly like himself, and even the flag was Yuan Shaojun's flag.

"My lord, can you let me take a look at the token in your hand, please forgive me for my responsibilities!" the head of the village looked at Li Song and said.

Li Song handed the token in his hand to the head of the village and said, "No problem, you are here to prevent people from sneaking in. Brothers, you have worked hard."

After taking it over for a careful inspection, the head of the village immediately returned the token to Li Song and said, "These are all matters of humble duty, sir, please go slowly."

"Let go!" The head of the village turned around and yelled at the soldiers behind him. The soldiers immediately rushed to both sides of the road and waited in line for Li Song and others to pass.

Li Song waved his hand behind him, rode his horse to pass the checkpoint first, followed by Li Yuanba and the rest of the soldiers and horses, met several checkpoints along the way, and Li Song confused them all.

Li Song led his troops to the Wuchao Chunyuqiong camp not far away, stopped the horses, and Li Song pointed to the front, the brightly lit Chunyuqiong camp, "Send people to investigate the situation of the enemy in Wuchao , and where the grain and grass are stored."

"Promise!" Immediately, there was a detailed response, and he quietly touched the enemy's camp, escaped the sentry post, and escaped the patrol team. After finding out the situation here, he returned to report to Li Song.

"Prime Minister Qi, the enemy has stored food and grass in the southeast corner. The enemy general Chun Yuqiong is leading soldiers to inspect the camp at this time." Xi Zuo came back to report.

Didn't it mean that Chunyu Qiong was a drunkard?Why is he personally leading troops to patrol now!Lao Luo really scribbled.

"How's the defense here?" Li Song touched his chin and asked.

"Prime Minister! Except for the fact that there are more patrols here, the other defenses are loose after all." Xi Zuo said.

"Send the order!" Li Song pointed to the big camp in front of him and said, "Go at full speed, don't worry about other things, go straight to the place where the enemy's food is stored."

Li Song gave an order!Eight thousand elite soldiers rushed to the enemy camp at Wuchao, setting fire to besiege from all sides. Yuan Shaojun was defenseless and immediately fell into chaos.

"What's going on?" Chunyu Qiong, who had just returned to the tent to rest, ran out immediately when he heard the sound, saw the sky full of flames, couldn't help but turn pale with fright, grabbed a soldier and yelled.

"General, the enemy set fire to the camp, and now everything is on fire." The soldier said in panic.

"How many people are there in the enemy? How's the situation over there?" Chunyu Qiong asked.

"General, there are enemy troops in all directions. It's too dark to see clearly. There should be about [-] troops. The food and grass are also on fire," the soldier said.

Chunyuqiong was very anxious, if there was any loss of food and grass, he would lose his life after returning home, and Yuan Shao would definitely kill him to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Quick! Don't worry about other places, go to the grain and grass immediately, guard the grain and grass, and immediately send people to the camp to ask the lord to send troops for reinforcements." Chunyuqiong ordered, and he took the lead to go to the place where the grain and grass were stored.

The soldiers along the way followed Chunyu Qiong to the place where the grain and grass were stored. Seeing that the fire was not that big, they couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and hurried forward to put out the fire.

Before it could be extinguished, countless rockets flew in, and the fire grew instantly.Chunyu Qiong's liver and gallbladder were torn, and the fire was about to be extinguished, but the enemy fired rockets at random, and now the fire intensified.

"Report!" A soldier rushed over, knelt down on one knee in front of Chunyu Qiong and said, "The enemy troops are coming from the east and west..."

With a whoosh, a feathered arrow pierced his throat, the soldier's words stopped abruptly, and he fell down unwillingly, unable to get up again.

There was a shout of killing in an instant, Chunyu Qiong immediately divided his troops to intercept, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Yuan Shaojun urged to fight, but was killed by Li Songjun's army, and the fire was too late to be extinguished, but the enemy had already been killed. Chunyuqiong could not Do not personally lead troops to block the enemy.

At dawn, upon receiving the news that Wuchao had been attacked, Yuan Shao summoned his generals to attack Li Song's Guandu camp, taking the camp and cutting off his retreat.

Zhang He, one of the four court pillars in Hebei, came out and said: "My lord! The general thinks that we should immediately send troops to rescue Wuchao, otherwise our food and grass will be destroyed and our army will be defeated!"

"Li Song's camp is strong and difficult to break through. What's more, Li Song has generals Xue Rengui, Xiao Mohe, etc., I'm afraid..."

Yuan Shao impatiently interrupted Zhang He's words, but at this time Yuan Shao said very stubbornly: "Okay! I've made up my mind! You don't need to persuade me anymore, Jun Yi, and you will lead the army to attack the enemy camp."

"As for the rescue of Wuchao, let Jiang Qi lead the troops to rescue! The only thing we need is to focus on attacking the enemy camp."

"No!" The generals clasped their fists in salute and retreated. After dawn, Jiang Qi led a small number of soldiers and horses and headed towards Wuchao.

The two sides fought fiercely until dawn, and the food and grass were finally burned by the fire. Seeing that the food and grass were destroyed, Chunyuqiong immediately packed up the remaining soldiers and horses, preparing for the final dying struggle.

(End of this chapter)