Chapter 922 Burning Quanling

Liu Pan finally agreed with Huang Zhong's opinion and divided the 11,000 soldiers into two groups. Huang Zhong was the vanguard and led 5,000 men, while Liu Pan led the remaining 6,000 people as the rear army. One after another, they pursued in the direction of Zhou Yu's army, hoping to capture Zhou Yu as soon as possible.

In the past few days, the pits laid by Zhou Yu's army have become less and less. The number of people has dropped sharply from 7,000 to 5,000, with only half remaining. Liu Pan's mood to defeat the enemy has become more and more intense. He was so anxious that he could not wait to fight Zhou Yujun immediately.

"General, Zhou Yu's army retreated without a fight. Now Quanling has become an empty city." Soldiers Hui reported.

"Hahaha, Zhou Yu is really as timid as a mouse. Quanling is the seat of Lingling County, but he retreated without a fight. Our army got a fortified city for nothing. It's really funny." Liu Pan couldn't help laughing.

Quanling is the seat of Lingling County. Once it is captured, as long as the advance speeds up, it will take less than three days to enter Guiyang County. Liu Pan did not fight the enemy at all along the way, which is equivalent to accepting the empty city left by Zhou Yu. Isn't it refreshing?

"Hahaha, we will rest in this city tonight and march to Guiyang County tomorrow. Maybe Governor Gao is still fighting bloody battles with Jiangdong soldiers in Changsha. Our army has already defeated Lingling and Guiyang counties and attacked from behind. Attack Changsha County and join forces with Governor Gao at Linxiang City, hahaha!"

As the Commander-in-Chief of Xiliang Navy, Gao Chong was naturally regarded as a general. But this time he was able to surpass Gao Chong, and General Liu Ye naturally looked at him differently.

Not long after, a soldier reported back: "General, Old General Huang requested to be stationed outside the city. If the Jiangdong Army attacks, they can form a rivalry with the city."

Liu Pan frowned: "Well, Brother Han Sheng is really... alas, instead of sleeping in the city, he suffers outside the city, tsk tsk tsk."

After talking for a while, Liu Pan shook his head, ignored Huang Zhong, and prepared to sleep.

Not long after, night fell and enveloped the entire land. Quanling City was naturally shrouded in darkness, and most people, including Liu Pan, had fallen asleep.

At this time, several houses in the city suddenly opened the doors in unison, and more than a dozen strong men walked out together, looking at each other.

Night markets first appeared in the Song Dynasty. Curfews were implemented for thousands of years before that to prevent people from causing chaos at night. How could these people openly violate the curfew and appear on the streets?

"Have you had enough sleep during the day?"

"Don't worry, I locked the door during the day and didn't dare to come out. Now I'm in high spirits."

"That's good. Don't mess up what the Governor has given you. Whether or not Liu Panjun can be defeated depends on this time!"

The speaker's eyes sparkled in the night, like gems. He couldn't help but grit his teeth and clenched his fists when he said this.

It turned out that these people were ambushed by Zhou Yu in advance. They took off their armor, put on civilian clothes and stayed in the city just for this night.

"Although most of the enemy troops have fallen asleep, they still arranged for some soldiers to keep vigil at night. Be careful and smart when the time comes, you know?" the leader warned.

Seeing that more than a dozen people nodded, he whispered: "Okay, split up and let's go!"

A dozen or so people suddenly dispersed into groups of two and moved separately. They all carried skin bags filled with kerosene and walked quickly towards the designated location.

"Hehe, Liu Pan, a fool like him, certainly wouldn't have thought that the governor would store hay in people's houses instead of in granaries." The man chuckled, untied the skin bag containing kerosene from his waist, and sprinkled it directly on the hay. Hit it, then take out the flint, light the torch, and throw it in.

boom!

When dry wood touches the fire, it naturally catches fire, and with the help of kerosene, the fire burns quickly, and the red flames suddenly rise up, like a devil baring its teeth and claws.

At the same time, fires broke out in more than ten places in the city at the same time. Naturally, the buildings in the city these days were basically made of wood and were all made of fuel. As the flames continued to spread, the huge flames suddenly swept across the entire spring. Mausoleum, when viewed from outside the city, the entire Quan Mausoleum was completely engulfed in flames and turned into a city of fire!

Ten miles east of the city, an army of about 10,000 people was stationed outside the city, holding a Zhou banner.

Under the flag, there is a general wearing iron armor and a brocade robe. He holds a sword on his waist and looks to the west from time to time.

"Grand Governor, the fire is on!"

Taishi Ci reported excitedly.

"good!"

Even people like Zhou Yu couldn't help but get excited at this moment.

"The city has been ignited with flames. The enemy army must be panicked. Defeat the enemy army and make great achievements today!"

Minlang!

Zhou Yu pulled out the sword from his waist and shouted loudly: "Listen to my deployment of the entire army and defeat the enemy!"

All Jiangdong Army generals clasped their fists and said, "I am willing to listen to the command of the Grand Governor!"

"good!"

Zhou Yu looked around at the generals on the left and right and shouted: "Tai Shi Ci."

"The general is here!" The heroic and masculine Taishi Ci took a step forward: "What are the orders from the Grand Governor?"

"Ziyi is so brave that he can lead three thousand troops to stop Huang Zhong and prevent Huang Zhong from rescuing Liu Pan!"

"Here!"

"Lu Meng!" Zhou Yu ordered again.

"The general is here, what orders does the Grand Governor have?"

"You lead a thousand troops and horses and rush to the west gate quickly. If any enemy fish slips through the net, they will be killed immediately!"

"Here!"

Zhou Yu gave orders one after another, and four Jiangdong Army generals led a thousand troops and horses respectively to block the east, west, south, and west gates of Quanling to prevent the enemy troops from escaping from the city.

Zhou Yu, on the other hand, led three thousand troops and horses as his rear army and rushed to Quanling City to help.

This was Zhou Yu's plan. In fact, everything he did before was not for anything else but to paralyze Liu Pan.

Fuyi, Taoyang, Duliang and other cities successively retreated without a fight, deliberately reducing the number of Zao, creating the illusion of a constant loss of officers and men in the army. All this was just to paralyze Liu Pan.

As for the Jiangdong soldier Liu Pan captured in Taoyang City that day, it was actually Zhou Yu's deliberate arrangement. This Jiangdong soldier is not an ordinary person, but a dead soldier of the Sun family in Jiangdong, and is absolutely loyal to the Sun family.

And Zhou Yu generously rewarded him and gave his family a hundred gold. Naturally, the dead man burst into tears and swore to die to serve the Sun family. Zhou Yu ordered him to be caught by the enemy on purpose, and then said those words.

Liu Pan was originally worried that Zhou Yu was trying to seduce him, but after hearing what this "deserter" said, he unknowingly believed it.

In this way, Zhou Yu finally deceived Liu Pan through the empty city plan, the plan to reduce the stove, and the words of the dead soldiers. He also laid a fire attack in Quanling City and burned it into the city!