Three Kingdoms

  Huang Gai couldn't figure out why the ballista catapults on the mountain had such a high accuracy rate. Even if they secretly removed obstacles in the water at night, they would still be hit after a few rounds of calibration. Although being hit by the hull may not necessarily cause many casualties, as long as a stone bomb is hit, the ship is basically not far from being scrapped.

A few Jiangdong soldiers died, or even dozens, hundreds, or thousands of people. If necessary, Huang Gai would not even blink an eye, but if a few or dozens of ships were lost, Huang Gai would The flesh hurts badly.

   It’s not that life is cheap…

  Uh, human life is indeed more expensive in this era.

   Well, in the feudal era, human life was cheap.

  Of course Huang Gai will not admit this, he just said that if the ship is too damaged, what is the next way? Could it be that instead of taking a boat, everyone walked overland and turned over the hills to go fishing?

  So, if you can not lose the ship, try not to lose the ship.

  This is the major premise.

   Then, set fire to it!

  Autumn is high and crisp, which is a good time to set fire.

  Setting fire, or even obsessed with setting fire, is largely due to human self-destructive desires, just like destroying sand castles that have been piled up on the beach for a long time.

   Destruction is always easier than construction.

   Yesterday, the wind stopped.

  Huang Gai didn't dare to move.

  He needs an exact wind direction, otherwise, halfway through setting the fire, the wind starts to blow again, wouldn't he just shoot himself in the foot?

   You must know that ships are also afraid of fire...

  To this afternoon, the wind direction finally changed.

   Huang Gai looked at the flags fluttering on the upper boat, and smiled until all the wrinkles on his face bloomed.

  Are you going to set the fire? First, prepare some small butter, then prepare some paper, and finally find a hidden place to start rubbing...

Um?

  Why does something seem wrong?

  That's right, anyway, most people who like to set fire are not very right.

   In order not to alert the people in Sichuan and Shu in advance, Huang Gai issued a ban order, no one is allowed to speak loudly. If the Sichuan and Shu soldiers are scared away, then the fire will be set in vain?

  The strategy of setting fire is an old routine.

  The ancient primitive people set fire to compete with wild beasts for territory.

   Shang Zhou also set a fire, but he burned himself.

  Anyone can set fire, the key is to use it properly.

  The Sichuan and Shu army’s routine wailing and wolf howling began. Huang Gai sat on the building boat and listened quietly.

   Originally, these ghostly screams gave Huang Gai a headache, but for some reason, they sounded very pleasant tonight.

  Yes, just call it like that, wait a minute and break your throat...

  In order not to be disturbed, the Jiangdong Army retreated to the other side of the bank at night, facing the Sichuan and Shu Army on the hills on the north bank across the water. There are also temporary camps on the shore, which are usually used to cook food during the day. After all, although food can be cooked on board, it is not convenient and safe enough. At the same time, people are not aquatic creatures, they still need land, and they need to get off the boat from time to time for activities.

  In the Xiaoting area, the two banks are steep. It is not like you can find a relatively large flat land by the water to the west of Yidao, so you can only take turns to go ashore for repairs.

  Huang Gai's Sichuan and Shu soldiers who were waiting in the dark retreated, and after the four fields fell into silence again, he stood up and began to give orders.

  First prepare some butter...

  Well, wrong, it is to move some ships as quietly as possible first.

  Even though the current wind is blowing north, who can guarantee that the wind will not turn when the fire is halfway through, or whether the flying sparks will ignite the forests on the south bank? Therefore, the safest course of action is naturally to stay away from both sides of the river as much as possible, and let the river become an isolation zone that blocks flames and sparks.

  The key is that after the wildfire breaks out, even if a small number of Sichuan and Sichuan escape, Huang Gai can immediately remove the obstacles of those disgusting people and chase them down!

   Such a way to vent my hatred!

   After the fleet had entered a safe range, Huang Gai ordered people to take a boat and set off to the north bank with fire starters.

  For a while, everyone in Jiangdong waited with bated breath...

  Come on, turn around.

  Let’s talk about Feiqian…

  Forget it, let’s come and see Zhuge.

  Zhuge is also transitioning.

  After the wind direction changed, Zhuge Liang made a transition.

  Sha Moke didn't understand very much. He even thought that Zhuge Liang had something wrong with his head?

  Obviously occupying an advantage, why retreat?

   Zhuge Liang was still smiling and didn't explain much.

  Samoke could only retreat in a murmur of defeat, and honestly followed the transfer of Sichuan and Shu soldiers.

Samoke is the leader of the Wuling Mountain Man, and he is willing to go out to see the world. From a certain point of view, Samoke is already very good. After all, most of the South Vietnam Mountain Man only think about themselves forever. Stay in a certain area, stay in the cottage and be the emperor of the land for a lifetime.

  Just coming out of the mountains and forests does not mean that the old habits can be washed away immediately.

Originally, Shamoke was in Wuling, at least within his own clan, and he could be said to be indistinguishable, but when he arrived in Sichuan and Shu, he was reduced to the role of a younger brother, from ordering others to listening to others' orders. This kind of role change does not mean that it is possible to fully adapt to it in a day or two, especially when there are some younger brothers around Sha Moke, sometimes it is inevitable that Sha Moke cannot determine his position.

Ordinary people, or those who have no patience, will probably adopt a direct high-pressure state for this kind of situation, regardless of whether there is a foreshadowing in the early stage, and it doesn't matter whether it is the younger brother or the younger brother's younger brother, anyway, they will all be suppressed. .

   As it happens, Zhuge Liang has enough patience.

  After all, Zhuge Liang is still young, and he has plenty of time to slowly adjust... adjust Shamoko. The way he adjusts Sha Moke is to let Sha Moke watch from the sidelines, and then he will give some pointers when Sha Moke really can't figure it out.

  After all, in Lushan, Pang Degong treated Fei Qian and others, including Zhuge Liang, in this way. Only the answers that people get after hard thinking will be particularly profound.

  The flame quickly broke the tranquility of the night.

  Under the blowing of the south wind, the flames ignited from the riverside climbed up to the mountain forest almost in a blink of an eye, and then quickly attacked from the foot of the mountain, shining red all over the sky!

  Seeing such a scene, Shamoke was stunned for a moment, and immediately many question marks appeared on his head.

  Zhuge Liang didn't pay attention to Sha Moke, nor did he stop because of the fire rising behind him.

  If there is no accident, Huang Gai will soon notice the flaw...

  Zhuge Liang must be in a hurry.

Wangshan running dead horses, especially walking in the mountains without roads, requires a lot of physical strength and endurance. Fortunately, the soldiers arranged by Zhuge Liang in the early days not only cut down the vines and thorns in advance, but also made a way. , the more important thing is to leave marks not far away, so as to avoid accidentally losing your way.

  The river is curved. When Zhuge Liang walked down the mountain, he naturally reached the edge of the river.

  On one side of the river, soldiers from Sichuan and Shu were pushing small boats into the river. When they saw Zhuge Liang coming, they stepped forward to salute.

  Zhuge Liang waved his hand, "Move faster, or you might run away." 』

"yes! 』The Sichuan and Shu soldiers immediately sped up their movements.

  Sha Moke was dumbfounded, "Engagement, what are you...doing?" 』

   Just a few small boats going to fight the Huang Gai army?

  Can't you?

   Or just run away?

  Sha Moke was dazed aside, but Zhuge Liang got on the boat, turned his head, and then revealed a row of shiny teeth in the night, "What's the matter, Colonel Sha?" Are you planning to stay here? 』

  「Oh, oh...」Samoke quickly boarded the boat, but saw that there seemed to be a lot of things in the cabin of the boat, `Uh...what is this? 』

Sha Moke subconsciously wanted to find a torch on the left and right to have a look, but he suddenly found that the people holding the torches were all on the shore, and after Zhuge Liang and the others boarded the boat, he immediately immersed the torches in the water , and then boarded the ship.

  Sha Moke suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart, as if he was leaning against the black bear's hole, and then blew some frightening breaths from the hole...

  『Well, be careful, it's kerosene. Zhuge Liang said in a very calm tone, "be careful not to get it on." 』

"ah! 』Samoke turned pale with shock. He has seen kerosene before, and knows how powerful this thing is, and he has also clearly seen the rows of kerosene jars in the middle of the cabin, "This...so much? ! 』

  The boat shook and left the shore.

  The earthen jars collided slightly, making a creepy sound.

  Shamoke stared wide-eyed, fixedly staring at the earthen pots in the cabin, holding the side of the boat tightly with both hands, and decided that if there was anything wrong, he would turn over and jump off the boat immediately.

  Although he is Shanyue from Wuling, he still knows a few things about dog planing...

  Zhuge Liang stood at the bow of the boat, and not far behind him were four other boats.

  The five small boats swayed down with the current, and gradually circled the bend of the river, and the light in front gradually became brighter.

  The fire is already very large.

   Jumping flames engulfed the bushes, dancing joyfully on the treetops.

  Rolling black smoke whizzed up, baring its teeth and claws in midair.

  Zhuge Liang watched, then waved his hand.

  The boat gradually stopped, and then propped up by bamboo poles, it swung slightly sideways.

   The rest of the boats also stopped and moved along with Zhuge Liang's boat, forming a small horizontal line on the river.

   One of them took two steps forward and stood beside Zhuge Liang.

  Zhuge Liang tilted his head slightly, then nodded.

  The man turned around and waved his hand.

   Immediately, the people on the small boats began to take out the kerosene tanks from the cabin. First, after reaching the bow, they opened the tank and poured more than half of it into the water.

   Not long after, Shamoko saw the water flow carrying those kerosene tanks ups and downs downstream...

  『Do it, you are…』 Samoke guessed what Zhuge Liang was thinking, obviously a little excited, 『Are you going to burn Jiangdong’s boat? ! 』

  Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and nodded.

  『But why didn’t the catapults be burned directly? ”Samoke asked with some doubts. Because when he was in Sichuan and Sichuan, he also saw catapults firing kerosene bombs. He always thought that Zhuge Liang would use kerosene bombs to smash those warships in Jiangdong on the mountain, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to use kerosene bombs at all. It was just attacking with ordinary stone bullets, and it was not until now that the fire oil was taken out.

  Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "If someone hits you, but you can't hit him, then do you stand and wait for that person to hit you, or do you do something?" 』

  『Can’t hit him? Then... oh, I see..." Shamoke suddenly realized, "Then they won't run away now? 』

   Zhuge Liang pointed to his feet.

  Sha Moke lowered his head and looked at Zhuge Liang's feet carefully.

  Because of the huge flames on the mountain ahead, Shamoke could clearly see that Zhuge Liang was wearing a pair of cowhide boots, which were still stained with some traces of mud...

  Is there any answer written on the leather shoes?

  『It’s a ship. ’ Zhuge Liang said, his voice still steady.

"What? 』Samoke still didn't understand.

  Zhuge Liang smiled, pointed to the boat under his feet, and finally said one word, "boat. 』

   Then there is no explanation.

  Sha Moke stared at the boat, then looked up at Zhuge Liang, then looked down at the boat, then raised his head, and then started scratching his head, he couldn’t figure it out...

  When Sha Moke couldn't figure it out, Huang Gai also had some doubts in his heart.

   At the moment when the initial flame rose, Huang Gai was excited, and the destruction factor in his body was tumbling wildly after being satisfied, and then he gave Huang Gai some dopamine by the way.

  After a short period of pleasure, there is often emptiness.

  The same goes for the yellow cover. When he watched the wildfire spread excitedly, he gradually felt something was wrong.

  He ordered Jiangdong to be quiet in order not to startle the snakes, but the mountain fire has already spread to the mountainside and is still attacking upwards, why didn't the soldiers of Sichuan and Shu be heard?

  『What did you hear? Huang Gai felt that he had missed something, and asked the soldiers beside him.

  『General! What a big fire! 』The soldier was still immersed in the pleasure of setting fire, his eyes danced with the flames, and his face was obsessed.

  『…』Huang Gai held his breath, and then said in a deep voice, "I'm asking you to see... no, I'm asking you if you heard anything? ! Didn't ask what did you see? ! 』

  The soldiers quickly listened, and looked around in a daze, "Yes, there are many voices, listen, it's monkeys calling..."

  The veins on Huang Gai's head twitched twice, and he felt more and more uneasy, as if he was being watched by a wild beast. As he grows older, the functions of his ears and eyes will inevitably deteriorate, so he is not sure whether he has heard it or not, "Didn't you hear someone screaming? 』

  『Uh...it seems to be...no...』 The soldier didn't quite understand what Huang Gai meant.

   Could it be that General Huang likes to be called?

   Still hinting at me?

   Want me to call twice?

   If it is called, how should it be called better?

When the **** was nervous, Huang Gai slapped the handrail, turned his face as if he was pulling up his pants, and ignored the pawn. He walked two steps forward and found another pawn, "What do you have?" Didn't you hear the screams of someone on the mountain? It's people! people! 』

"ah? It doesn’t seem to be... probably they are all burned to death, and they won’t bark if they are burned to death...” Another soldier replied.

When the fire started to ignite, the forest was not absolutely calm, and the movements of birds and animals were not small, so Huang Gai didn't pay attention at first, but when the fire spread to the mountainside, those birds Birds and beasts, those who could fly flew away, and those who could escape fled, and the voices of the remaining ones became quieter, and amidst these successive noises, Huang Gai didn't seem to hear anyone shouting. , and no screams...

  Huang Gai's heart sank.

  Water and fire are the most feared things for human beings, because human beings need water and fire, and they cannot do without water and fire, and they cannot completely control them. Instead, they are more often affected by water and fire. So when humans see uncontrollable water and fire, they should scream uncontrollably like those birds and beasts!

  But Huang Gai didn’t hear it now…

did not hear!

what does that mean?

  Huang Gai's eyes darkened, but he still couldn't believe it, because he didn't tell anyone about setting fire to the mountain, so how could the Sichuan and Shu troops on the mountain know that they were going to set fire to it?

   Is it just a coincidence?

  The mountain fire is still crazily devouring everything, and then spewing sparks everywhere.

  Those Mars merged with the stars in the night sky, as if the world in front of them was cut into two halves, half bright red and half indigo.

"Snapped…"

  A thin voice sounded, it seemed very close.

   Huang Gai frowned, and asked the soldiers beside him, "Did you hear anything?" ! 』

  The soldiers are going crazy, "I... what should I hear? 』

"Snapped…"

   Another sound.

  Huang Gai frowned, then leaned on the armrest and looked down.

   On the dark river surface, some inexplicable luster seemed to be reflected. Some small black objects seemed to drift down from the upper reaches and hit the hull, making a cracking sound.

"what is that? ! ’Huang Gai shouted, pointing at the ups and downs in the water.

  Among the boats ahead, some Jiangdong soldiers heard Huang Gai's order and went to the side of the boat with torches to check.

As Huang Gai watched, he suddenly felt a sudden pause in his heart, as if he had missed a few beats, and even his breathing became a little short, as if some fierce beast was about to pounce in the dark night, and then he I saw that soldier lying on the boat, holding a torch in one hand, and reaching out to fish with the other...

In the next moment, it was unknown whether it was the falling fragments from the torch that ignited the kerosene, or the soldier accidentally overturned the kerosene tank. After a ray of light blue brilliance jumped up, the scorpion was in the blink of an eye. It turned into a fire boat!

   Immediately, what Huang Gai was thinking of, the scream of human beings, resounded through the sky!

  The lit 艨艟 suddenly lost control, and then ignited more fire oil.

  The flames spread across the river, as if the entire river was about to surge and burn!

"retreat! Anchor! retreat! 』

  Huang Gai is a veteran general, he issued the most correct order at this moment.

   It’s cool when you set fire to others, but it’s very miserable when you are set on fire by others.

  Although Huang Gai issued the most correct order, he forgot one thing in his panic. It is impossible for the ship to turn around...

The Jiangdong ships at the front wanted to turn around, but collided with each other, and then watched helplessly as the kerosene tank floating down from the upper reaches hit the side of their own boat, and immediately the flames spread along the course of the kerosene, It jumped up fiercely from the water!

The boat is close to the water surface, and it is more vulnerable to the flames on the water surface. Even if the boat cannot be ignited temporarily, the Jiangdong soldiers on the boat will be attacked by the fire poison. When they came out, they found that their heads and faces were covered with flames!

   The screams resounded through the world!

  『Don’t turn around! Use the pulp to pour it! Huang Gai seemed to be sweating from the surrounding flames, "Hurry up!" quick! 』

  Bigger ships are better. Although some kerosene was also contaminated, the flames could not directly burn the people on board, and those flames would also be affected by the surging river.

  This is only relatively speaking. After staying in the sea of ​​fire for a long time, no matter how big or small the boat is, it will burn the same!

  『General! There's a boat behind us! ’ shouted a soldier.

  『Knock out! Huang Gai roared, "Break a path!" Otherwise, all will die! 』

  At this time, I don't care about any friendly troops, and I can only escape as much as I can!

  Amidst the crashing sound, there was Huang Gai's ferocious face...

  In the far distance at the bend of the river, Zhuge Liang stood at the bow of the boat, his sleeves fluttering in the night wind, the smile on his face was still indifferent, only the flames in his eyes burned everything.