Chapter 62: The Fire Burns Longshe (Part 1)

  As time passed bit by bit, the dark clouds in the sky gathered more and more. Wang Xu, who was anxious like a burning fire, kept lifting his head to look at the sky, but could only stare blankly! Fortunately, due to the impending rain, the darkness fell faster than expected!

  "Honey, don't you think it's time to take action? Although it hasn't completely darkened yet, we can't see things far away very clearly. This fire needs some time to get going, if it just gets lit and the sky starts raining, that would be terrible!"

  At this moment, Wang Xu's face was pale, his fists clenched tightly, and the clothes inside his armor were soaked with sweat due to excessive tension! But he still forced himself to calm down and smiled: "Not yet, if we light it up now, the fire may not have spread much, and the other side can discover and extinguish it in time. That would be even worse! Let's wait a bit longer..."

  In the distance, Gao Shun and Wang Fei were getting anxious like ants in a hot pot, their eyes darting towards Wang Xu every few seconds! After all, anyone could see that it was about to rain, but Wang Xu didn't say anything to them. Due to their trust in Wang Xu, coupled with his iron-green face, the two of them didn't dare ask questions and could only anxiously endure in silence!

  At this moment, Wang Xu deeply understood what it meant to be under pressure! One hundred pairs of eyes filled with confusion stared at him tightly, and everyone's heart was a little panicked! But as the commander, he could only suppress the panic in his heart and pretend to be calm! He lay in the wild grass, feeling the cold wind blowing across his face, and it seemed that his heart had become cooler because of this! The wild grass swaying in the wind, the distant military camp gradually rising with sparks, this originally poetic scene made him almost on the verge of madness...

  But fate always likes to play jokes on everyone, the black clouds floating in the sky came and went but never showed any signs of raining, while the night had already fully unfolded...

  As the sky darkened and the rain still hadn't fallen, Wang Xu couldn't care about that anymore. He gritted his teeth, slapped several palms, drawing everyone's attention, then immediately lowered his voice and shouted: "Everyone put on your yellow scarves! Check for any flammable objects on your bodies, and each of you grab a handful of the prepared dry grass! Hurry!"

  With a rustling sound of "hushing", after a moment, the brave warriors responded in unison in low voices!

  Due to the urgency of time, Wang Xu also didn't have time to check one by one. After hearing everyone's response, he waved his hand vigorously: "Follow the original plan, take action!"

  At the sound of the order, Gao Shun and Wang Fei, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led their thirty brave warriors to sneak into the left and right sides of the Yellow Turban's large camp!

  About five minutes later, Wang Xu, who was silently counting the time in his heart, did not wait for any movement from either side and immediately shouted to the more than thirty brave warriors behind him: "Brothers, follow me!"

  After finishing speaking, he picked up a bunch of dry grass and rushed towards the Yellow Turban camp with his body bent!

  Because it was already very dark, and with the howling north wind and dense grass covering them, Wang Xu easily led the crowd to sneak into the Yellow Turban's large camp a hundred steps away!

  Glancing at the sparse sentries on the distant Yellow Turban Arrow Tower, who were dozing off, Wang Xu didn't say a word, and swiftly struck the flint to ignite the fire!

  After getting the fire, Wang Xu didn't hesitate either. He quickly ignited the dry grass and then grabbed another bunch of burning grass around! Seeing that the fire was not rising fast enough, Wang Xu couldn't help but shout in a low voice: "Who has oil? Quick, pour some on the ignited place!"

  "Hmph! Hmph! Hmph......"

  Under the concerted efforts of everyone, in almost an instant, a large area of grassland in front had ignited into a raging fire! And the sentry on the distant arrow tower also discovered the commotion here at the first moment, suddenly opening his mouth to shout loudly: "Someone! Someone! There is someone setting fire in the grass!"

  In a state of shock, these soldiers suddenly woke up from their drowsiness and quickly pulled the copper bells hanging above the arrow tower!

  "Clang! Clang! Clang......" The metallic crashing sound quickly shattered the tranquility of the night!

  As soon as he was seen, Wang Xu immediately stood up first, grabbed a bunch of partially burned weeds and quickly ran towards the right, along the way, igniting more grass clusters, while loudly shouting: "Fire! Fire! The Han army is burning the big camp! Huangfu Song led the main force from that side, everyone run away!"

  As Wang Xu made his move, the warriors behind him followed suit, and in an instant, shouts rose from all directions, and the speed of the fire's spread increased sharply! This move immediately caused a commotion in the Yellow Turban camp, and Wang Xu clearly saw that torches, oil lamps and other lighting tools inside the Yellow Turban camp had quickly lit up. Row after row of soldiers, although in disarray, were rapidly gathering!

  Just as Wang Xu was getting anxious, the big fires on both sides also suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes and quickly spread at a visible speed!

  "Haha! Gao Shun and Second Brother did not disappoint me!" Wang Xu's heart was filled with great joy, his body moved swiftly, his voice grew louder, as he joined the crowd of brave warriors behind him in constantly changing the burning grass bundles, waving them to set fires everywhere.

  The reaction inside the Changsha city was not slow either. Seeing the fire on this side, Huang Fu immediately let the soldiers move out thirty large drums and beat them fiercely! The majestic drum sound shook the entire sky and earth, and it seemed to make people's blood pulse wildly with the beat!

  Immediately afterwards, countless flames also rose from the Changsha side, echoing with the fire of the Yellow Turban's large camp! At the same time, Huangfu Song also decisively sent troops, pouring all his strength into killing and rushing towards the Yellow Turbans' large camp.

  Moreover, all the soldiers shouted in unison while advancing. "The fire attack is successful, the deadline for the Yellow Turbans' death has arrived! Everyone charge!"

  What a magnificent sight it was to see tens of thousands of people shouting with all their might! Coupled with the fierce flames and the shouts of Wang Xu and others in the surrounding area, the Yellow Turban camp suddenly erupted into chaos. Not to mention ordinary Yellow Turban soldiers, even some generals were fleeing in panic, running wildly in all directions. Although there were also many people organizing and gathering, now that the sky was too dark, the Yellow Turban troops had no preparation at all, and when they saw the flames illuminating the rows of imperial troops, how could they possibly know what to do?

  Seeing this scene, Wang Xu's hanging heart finally put down. Without any scruples, he suddenly cheered and shouted with Gao Shun and Wang Fei, who were tacitly cooperating with each other, each responsible for a region, and together they burned the northern half of the Yellow Turban camp.

  At the same time, Huangfu Song's vanguard cavalry also arrived at the Yellow Turban camp in no time, but did not immediately launch a charge. Instead, they galloped around the perimeter, firing arrows and shooting rockets that swooped down on the increasingly chaotic Yellow Turban camp.

  "Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo!" With this, the Yellow Turban camp was indeed in dire straits. Many large tents were ablaze, with fire borrowing from the wind and the wind borrowing from the flames! In the blink of an eye, it had spread everywhere, and the cries, wails, terrified shouts, and commanders' angry rebukes inside the Yellow Turban camp all blended together, appearing even more chaotic in the thick flames.

  But the Yellow Turban rebels had nearly a million troops, and it wasn't that easy to subdue them. Under the organization of some capable generals in this book, better-quality troops were quickly gathered together in the chaos, and gradually influenced other Yellow Turban soldiers!

  Huangfu Song, standing still outside the great camp a hundred paces away, observed this phenomenon. Without any hesitation, he immediately gave a loud order: "Cavalry prepare, launch a surprise attack from the east side of the Yellow Turban's great camp! Whoever charges into the enemy's great camp first will be heavily rewarded!"

  "Roar! Roar! Roar!"

  At the words, the soldiers suddenly let out a beast-like roar and the cavalry quickly gathered in formation, under the leadership of the generals they launched a fatal charge towards the Yellow Turban camp...

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