Chapter 76 Retreat

Nearly 10,000 troops outside the camp are far away from Taishi Ci, and Xu Shu's cloth clothes are extremely conspicuous in the army. There is no need to deliberately look for it at all. Tai Shici can see Xu Shu, who can still sit quietly among thousands of troops and horses.

Tai Shici took a deep breath and looked down at Xu Shu and said, "I heard that Xu Junshi has prepared a lot of dry wood and tung oil. Could it be that Xu Junshi wants to break through my cottage with fire?"

Xu Shu sat on the horse indifferently and smiled and said, "General Taishi guessed it well. Shu is going to use fire to win."

Tai Shici was stunned when he heard Xu Shu's words, but then a trace of haze flashed in his eyes and pointed to the mountain lying in the night not far away and said, "Isn't Xu Junshi afraid of causing trouble?"

Xu Shu naturally knew what the disaster was said by Taishi Ci. He smiled and said, "The village of Fangyuan Baili in You County has been moved away. This fire will not cause any casualties in Jingzhou. General Taishi, please rest assured."

Tai Shici was extremely angry. You Jingzhou moved away from here, but my Jiangdong people are still there, but this is not easy to explain. I don't know that Liu Pan behind Xu Shu is also inexplicable. When did my people in Jingzhou move out of here?

Tai Shici didn't know what to say for a while, but Han Dang beside him couldn't see it: "You are arrogant as a scholar. I'd like to see how you ignite the fire? Then Liu Biao is bragging about how to love the people. What would happen if I knew you did this? It's not like you slap yourself in the face. Hahaha..." After saying that, Han Dang laughed and looked at Xu Shu's eyes full of sarcasm.

It's good not to mention Liu Biao. When it comes to Liu Biao, Liu Pan, a follower of Liu Biao, has to speak. Liu Pan has long seen that Han Dang has been unsick. Now he has seen him insulting Liu Biao and pointing to Han Dang and scolds, "You old man can only show your tongue, and your uncle can also abuse him?"

Han Dangdang was furious. In his eyes, Liu Pan was still a child and was insulted by a child. How could he rush to the Zhaimen to teach Liu Pan a lesson if he was not angry, but he heard Taishi Ci pull him and said, "General Han, don't be impatient."

Han Dang also knew that it was inappropriate to rush out of the village gate at this time, so he stayed by and listened to Tai Shici's arrangement. Tai Shici grabbed Han Dang and turned his head and looked at Xu Shu and said, "Since Xu Shu really dares to risk the world to do this, I have to retreat, but at this time, it needs to be sent to Liu Qi in Jiangdong. Then Liu Qi was more auspicious and less auspicious. I'm afraid it's even more difficult to escape.

Xu Shu heard Taishi Ci talk about Liu Qi and said, "General Lao Taishi remembers that it is not impossible for the Lord to leave Jiangdong."

Tai Shici shook his head and said, "Then no matter how talented Liu Qi is, can he still run away if he is caught by the governor himself?"

Hearing this, Xu Shu was also silent. Even the governor Zhou Yu was not sure of winning, let alone Liu Qi. However, he is full of confidence in Liu Qi. Liu Qi is the best at inferences, and his ideas are always unexpected but reasonable. Knowing that Jiangdong will not let him go, he will leave Jiangdong in an unexpected way.

Xu Shu took a look at the dark sky and said, "Those who have achieved great things are not limited to trifles, and it's not early, so let's start." Liu Pan and others were no longer in the mood to talk nonsense with Tai Shici and others because Han Dang mentioned Liu Qi's situation, so they went down to arrange one by one.

Ten thousand troops outside the battalion began to be busy. Han Dang said to Tai Shici, "Now the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou must be busy carrying things, if I don't take a soldier and horse to sneak attack."

Tai Shici looked at the army outside the camp and said, "No. You see, the Jingzhou army seems to be chaotic but well-organized. Huang Zhong has been standing there with his soldiers and horses to prepare for our sneak attack. If he attacks rashly, he will only fall into Xu Shu's trap and suffer heavy losses.

Tai Shici is right. Xu Shu had already considered this matter. If Tai Shici really went to make a sneak attack. When he opened the gate of the fortress, the Jingzhou army would swark in to break through the camp in one fell swoop. Although the fire attack is practical, it has a certain risk. Xu Shu was a little disappointed to see that there were no signs of a sneak attack in Taishi Ci's battalion, but he didn't have any hope in the first place. He had known that Taishi Ci was cautious.

A bundle of dry firewood is piled up in front of the village door. If Taishi Ci doesn't stop it, I'm afraid that even the village gate will be blocked. Han Dang looked at Taishici and said anxiously, "Ziyi, do you really want them to act unscrupulously before my camp?"

Tai Shici shook his head and said, "Naturally they won't be so rampant." After saying that, he waved his hands behind him, and a row of bows and arrows in front of him. He pulled the bows and strings outside the village gate and was ready to shoot the Jingzhou soldiers who were close at hand.

"Pray!" As Tai Shici ordered the arrow feathers to shoot out of the camp one after another, the soldiers who were carrying dry firewood quickly threw away the firewood and took out a simple wooden shield from behind to cover his head and quickly retreated to the back. Jingzhou soldiers suffered very little casualties from a wave of arrow rain.

Jingzhou soldiers did not stop carrying dry firewood because of the arrow rain. They carried dry firewood on both sides of the official road and piled it on the bushes and poured tung oil. The pungent smell of tung oil could be heard even by Tai Shici and others in the camp.

Tai Shici looked at the high pile of dry firewood outside the camp and the tung oil shining in the fire. Although he was unwilling, if Xu Shu really wanted to ignite the fire, he had to lead the soldiers and horses to retreat.

The dry firewood has been piled up and the tung oil has also been poured on the dry firewood. Liu Pan raised a torch and looked at Xu Shu. As long as Xu Shu gave an order, he would light a torch and burn down the Jiangdong camp.

Tai Shici looked at Xu Shu and shouted, "Xu Shu, do you really want to go your own way?"

Xu Shu ignored Tai Shici, but looked at the sky and was silent for a while before saying to Liu Pan, "Let's light the fire."

Liu Pan did not hesitate to throw the torch on the dry firewood full of tung oil. As soon as the tung oil touched the spark, it burned and then turned into a burning fire and blushed. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the thick black smoke quickly spread to the camp.

Tai Shici looked at the fire before he was about to arrive at the camp, and his face was gloomy. At this time, if he did not retreat their tens of thousands of troops, he might be buried in the fire. Although I don't know how Xu Shu's 10,000 troops can avoid the fire, since Xu Shu dares to ignite the fire, he should have a way to avoid it.

Tai Shici said to his back, "Leave the camp immediately." The soldiers and horses in the battalion had already assembled, and Tai Shici quickly left the battalion from another direction and threw the fire behind him.

Xu Shu's army also chose to retreat when Taishi Ci's army retreated. Nearly 10,000 troops left the area covered by the fire in an orderly manner, and they retreated more than ten miles. The camp just built at noon was also discarded by them, and everything in the camp was discarded. Even the rear army was retreating backwards. Fortunately, Zhao Lei had been ordered by Xu Shu to retreat in advance so as not to panic.