Five days later.
The 50,000 army commanded by Yang Xiuqing has been standing still, unlike when he treated the Wei army in the past, he charged without saying a word, and with the crazy combat effectiveness of the Taiping army, he crushed the Wei army.
Obviously, they also knew that the Wei army twenty miles away was no longer an ordinary Wei army, but a large Wei army that came from the far north.
That is the real strongest division of the Wei State.
On the Wei side, although they marched thousands of miles to arrive, they did not rush to attack when they approached Linxiang and really had to face the Taiping army.
For five days, the potters only stood still, and continuously transported grain and grass from the rear to collect soldiers, and it seemed that they would not launch an attack until the grain and grass were sufficient and the soldiers and horses were assembled.
This war, which was so close at hand, was carried out in a calm confrontation.
It was dusk that day, and the Taiping army camped.
On the water camp, Yang Xiuqing, who was wearing armor, stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes closed, looking at the surging Xiangshui, his breath was as heavy as a mountain, and his whole body was full of a confident bearing of holding his destiny.
Shi Dakai stood beside Yang Xiuqing, holding his sword, also calm and clear, and there was no trace of emotional fluctuations on his face.
On the contrary, Li Xiucheng on the other side, calm, but his eyes flashed with a little anxiety, and he glanced in the southwest direction.
Finally, Li Xiucheng couldn't bear it anymore, so he bowed his hand to Yang Xiuqing and whispered: "King Dong, it's almost dark this day, and the southwest wind hasn't risen yet, will Mr.
Shuijing miscalculate?"
"Absolutely not."
Yang Xiuqing didn't look back at him, still standing with his hands in his hands, "Looking at the world, only Mr.
Shuijing has the ability to observe the sky and recognize the changes in the wind and clouds. ” Seeing that Yang Xiuqing was so convinced, Li Xiucheng didn't dare to say more, so he could only close his mouth and stand behind, but there was still a little anxiety between his eyebrows.
At this moment, the big flag behind him suddenly sounded.
In a moment, gusts of wind whistled from the southwest, blowing the battle flags in the camp violently, and the camp tents shook with it.
Southwest winds rise The haze and anxiety on Li Xiucheng's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by endless surprises, shouting: "King Dong, the southwest wind has risen, and the southwest wind has really risen."
"This Mr.
Shuijing, he can really predict the changes of the wind and clouds, it is really not simple, it is not simple," Shi Dakai couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
The corners of Yang Xiuqing's mouth swept up a sneer that was expected, and he muttered: "This water mirror really has the ability to understand the heavens and the earth, and with him helping me in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the great cause can be accomplished."
After sighing, Yang Xiuqing waved his hand and shouted: "The loyal king listens to the order" "The minister is here," Li Xiucheng stepped forward angrily.
Yang Xiuqing waved his hand and pointed to the downstream of Xiangshui, and shouted proudly: "This king orders you to lead 10,000 water troops, set off immediately, and take advantage of the southwest wind and the trend of the downstream to burn the Wei camp for this king."
"Obey the order."
Li Xiucheng, who received the order, with the confidence that he would win, strode straight to the trestle and jumped onto a ship.
As soon as he gave an order, the 10,000 Taiping troops, who had been preparing for a long time, quickly boarded the large and small warships, and dozens of ships went down the river, dragging the bamboo raft on it, and went straight downstream.
The bamboo rafts were filled with firewood and grass and other flammable materials, obviously intending to carry out fire attacks.
Burning the Wei camp, this is Yang Xiuqing's plan to break the enemy.
On the same day, after receiving the news of the arrival of the main force of the Wei army, he thought that his army had the advantage of occupying the upper reaches of the Hunan River, so he offered Hong Xiuquan a plan to go down the river and attack the Wei camp.
It's just that if you attack with fire, it's not enough to rely on the momentum of the river, but also need to borrow the power of the wind to get twice the result with half the effort.
So, Yang Xiuqing thought of Mr.
Shuijing, Sima Hui, and thought that this master of the world had the magical ability to observe the heavens and understand the changes in the wind and clouds.
Therefore, Hong Xiuquan hurriedly announced that Sima Hui would go to the holy tent to discuss the matter, and asked Sima Hui when the southwest wind would blow.
Sima Hui used his ability to observe the heavens and predicted that there would be strong winds after these five days, so Yang Xiuqing led the army north out of Linxiang, confronted the Wei army twenty miles away, and hurried to make a large number of bamboo rafts for fire attack.
When the wind rose today, Yang Xiuqing knew that his strategy had succeeded.
Standing on the riverbank, Yang Xiuqing took advantage of the last afterglow of the sunset to watch the bamboo rafts of the boats, and under the river, they disappeared at the end of the north Tianshui, with a slight sneer on his face.
The fleet had departed, and it was completely dark.
Only then did Yang Xiuqing ride his horse back to the land camp, glanced at the 40,000 infantry troops that had been assembled, and shouted proudly: "The king of the west listens to the order." ” "The minister is here."
Shi Dakai was on standby.
Yang Xiuqing's horse whip pointed to the north, and shouted: "This king orders you to raise 40,000 holy soldiers, follow this king to the north by dry road, and attack the Wei camp from the land at night.
Shi Da opened the order, and shouted: "The king of the West has an order, the whole army will attack and sweep away the Wei demon."
"Sweeping the Wei Demon" "Sweeping the Wei Demon" In the camp, the holy soldiers of the Taiping Army raised their arms hoarsely and shouted wildly, the fanatical roar echoed in the night sky, and under the illumination of the lights, the yellow turbans rolled with the wind, like a wave of yellow waves, strange and turbulent.
The camp gate was wide open, Shi Dakai took the lead, and Yang Xiuqing followed, and 40,000 Taiping troops poured out of the camp gate, along the northbound avenue, and went straight to the Wei camp.
The sky is dark, above the Xiangshui.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
Li Xiucheng was standing on the bow of the ship with his sword, directing his warships one by one, dragging more than 100 bamboo rafts, and heading north.
Because the Hunan River flows from south to north to the Yangtze River, Li Xiucheng has a tendency to go downstream, and the southwest wind blows, so the speed of the Taiping army's fleet is extremely fast, and the distance of more than 20 miles has arrived in less than two hours.
Looking far away, Li Xiucheng had already seen the brightly lit Wei Ying, and he could vaguely see that there were nearly 100 warships of all sizes parked on the dock.
Moreover, the Wei army did not seem to expect that such a weak naval army of their Taiping army would dare to take the initiative to attack, so they did not take precautions, and at this distance, they still did not send warships to intercept it.
Li Xiucheng smiled, and couldn't help but secretly praise: "The East King is worthy of being the first general of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Demon is really defenseless, God really helps my Heavenly Kingdom."
Taking a deep breath, Li Xiucheng did not hesitate for a moment, drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Order the whole army, drag the bamboo raft to the front, and launch a fire attack on this king." ” When the order was laid, the flagship sounded a whining horn, and the sailors of each ship quickly moved to drag the bamboo rafts that had been placed at the stern of the fleet to the front.
In the blink of an eye, more than 100 bamboo rafts were lit, and the raging fire rose into the sky, illuminating both sides of the Xiangjiang River.
At this time, the surprise attack fleet of the Taiping army was only less than a mile away from the Wei camp, and the fire boats were cast at this distance, even if the Wei army noticed it, the fire raft had already hit the shore before the warships had time to go out of the camp to intercept them.
Li Xiucheng did not hesitate at all, and decisively ordered the rope to be cut, and the more than 100 fire rafts that had lost their restraints were slammed into the direction of Wei Ying at the best impact angle under the double sound of the water flow and the wind.
As soon as the fireboats were released, Li Xiucheng immediately ordered the direction of the fleet to be reversed, and the ships were inserted diagonally in the direction of the west bank, so as not to be accidentally pushed into Wei Yingli on the east bank by the wind.
Li Xiucheng turned from the bow to the stern, and with excitement, he watched the fireboats, like a fire dragon on the water, unstoppably crashing into the Wei camp.
Click Fluffy puffy In the Wei camp, the sound of the warship breaking and the sound of the fire rising rose into the sky in an instant.
The fire borrowed the power of the wind, the wind helped the fire, more than 100 warships along the coast, quickly ignited by the fire, the fire burned wildly to the point of uncontrollable in a blink of an eye, under the blowing of the wind, it spread rapidly towards the shore, and soon burned the water camp into a sea of fire.
Immediately afterwards, the fire was blown by the strong wind, and it rushed towards the dry camp.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the entire Wei camp was submerged in the fire.
In the direction of the west bank, the holy soldiers of the Taiping Army who were watching the battle broke out into a tsunami-like cheer, and the soldiers raised their arms and shouted "East King and East King" to express their respect for Yang Xiuqing's clever calculations.
"The warships of the Wei army were burned down, and the grain, grass and military materials that Tao Demon had worked so hard to transfer were all burned down, I don't know how many soldiers were going to die in the fire, I am afraid that it has already become a pot of porridge at this moment, just waiting for the king of the east to give them a fatal blow on land."
Li Xiucheng's face was filled with a smug smile, and in his mind, it seemed that tens of thousands of Wei soldiers had escaped from the burning camp in panic, but they were smashed by the land surprise army led by Yang Xiuqing.
"East King" "East King" The earth-shattering roar in his ears woke Li Xiucheng from his pride, looking at the soldiers left and right, the faces full of reverence, Li Xiucheng's eyebrows, couldn't help but have a trace of melancholy.
"The king of the east has the talent of the commander, and is resourceful, and has made the most meritorious contributions to the capture of Jiaozhou, and it is also his plan to attack the east and the west to attack Jingzhou, and now a fire has broken the myth of the invincibility of Emperor Wei, in the hearts of the brothers of the kingdom of heaven, the prestige will increase sharply, and if it continues to rise like this, I am afraid that it will catch up with the king of heaven."
After losing his mind for a moment, Li Xiucheng shook his head, forcibly suppressed those distracting thoughts, and secretly comforted himself: "The King of Heaven and the King of the East are both ambitious people, and now is the time to start a business, so there should be no suspicions, even if they must have a fight in the end, it should be after destroying the Wei State and taking the world." ” Li Xiucheng smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head and secretly thought that he was too worried, why worry about such a distant thing, and enjoying the joy of victory in front of him is the king.
"The Demon Leader of the Pottery Merchant, even if you are invincible in the world, you are not the opponent of my Taiping Holy Army, enjoy the taste of my Li Xiucheng's fire, haha" The earth-shattering cheers were followed by a burst of laughter.
On the east coast, the second camp of Weiying water and land has become a sea of fire.
Directly south of the camp, the potter was standing on his horse, with a sarcastic sneer, watching the camp behind him turn into a raging sea of fire.
After a while, his eyes looked at Liu Ji beside him, and he sighed with a smile: "Liu Banxian, you are really like a god, you have guessed it." ”isjgy: