The Poor Son-in-Law of the Tang Dynasty

"General, let me lead the vanguard to cross the river and clear the obstacles!"

Xue Li took the initiative to invite Ying.

"Do you have a good strategy?"

Seeing that Xue Li took the initiative to stand up, Ye Chen asked curiously.

"no!"

Xue Li shook his head: "But in the end, you can adapt to the situation. Besides, there must be someone to be the vanguard of crossing the river!"

Being a pioneer often means dying.

Xue Li has this kind of heart, which actually moved Ye Chen.

Thinking about Xue Li's mind, Ye Chen made up his mind to let him be the vanguard.

When Xue Li played, the effect would definitely be much better than others. Although he was a late bloomer, his military talent had been buried all along, but he never had the opportunity to display it.

Now that I give him this opportunity in advance, Xue Li's life can also enter glory as soon as possible.

"Okay! I will give you 1 horses..."

Before Ye Chen finished speaking, Xue Li shook his head and interrupted: "No need! The final general only needs 3000 troops!"

3000 people?

Ye Chen was stunned, and the others were also stunned.

If you bring this few people over, you might not even get a splash.

Take 1 people there, at least they can still thump and thump, and buy more time for the troops behind to cross the river.

But seeing Xue Li's confident appearance, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes.

Could it be that he has some sure idea?
Xue Li was unwilling to speak out, probably because he was afraid of revealing the secrets. Although there were unlikely to be traitors and spies here, there were many people with mixed eyes. If Xue Li really had a sure idea, it must be used at the last moment.

Now that I have said it, if one more person knows about it, the risk of leakage will increase.

It was about the safety of himself and the three thousand soldiers, so he didn't want to say it clearly, and Ye Chen could understand it.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen didn't ask any more questions, and immediately took the case: "Okay, I'll give you 3000 troops, but if you lose, don't blame me for being ruthless, and I will punish you by military law!"

"Marshal, please don't worry, if you can't cover the large troops to cross the river safely, you don't need your military law, and the last general will come to see you himself!"

Xue Li also immediately cupped his hands excitedly.

For him, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he will naturally not miss it.

Subsequently, the meeting broke up.

Xue Li didn't even care about taking a break, and summoned the three thousand cavalry that Ye Chen had assigned to him overnight.

The [-] cavalry were actually used by him temporarily, and now they can be regarded as his right-hand man, helping him in battle.

After gathering the army, after a simple oath, they set off for Lujiang.

Ye Chen has been sending intelligence personnel to follow, sending back battlefield information at any time.

Naturally, Xue Li would not object to this.

After Xue Li led 3000 people to the Lujiang River, he was not in a hurry to cross the river. Instead, he asked people to go to the nearby Linjiang people to find a boat. The bigger the better, the smallest must be able to hold two or three horses.

"Lieutenant Xue, let's cross the river, why don't we choose an open place?"

Seeing Xue Rengui staring at the prisoner in the dense forest opposite Jiang and muttering, the lieutenant couldn't help asking.

"You all know that you have to cross the river in an open area, won't the enemy know?"

Xue Li asked back.

This question made the lieutenant startled slightly, and immediately laughed: "It seems to be also..."

"If I'm not wrong, there must be an ambush on the open ground. Although I don't know what methods the enemy will use to ambush, the ambush on the open ground must be the strongest!"

"There will also be ambushes in the dense forest, but the ambush will not be too strong. I even guess that it is only a scout level for surveillance!"

Xue Li's thinking was very clear, as if he had analyzed the situation like a veteran with many years of experience.

"Then we chose to cross the river in the dense forest?"

The lieutenant asked curiously.

"Who told you I'm going to cross the river?"

Xue Li glanced at him.

The deputy general was dumbfounded.

If you don't cross the river, then what do you analyze the whole day for?
Besides, if you don't cross the river to clear the obstacles on the opposite side, how will the large troops behind come over?

"Then we can't stay here! The big troops are coming today..."

"Boy, I will teach you what it means to fight with your brain today!"

Xue Li interrupted him, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and laughed: "You should learn from it!"

With that said, Xue Li came to the army, separated the troops from the horses, and hung some cowhide bags that he did not know where he got on the horses.

There are hundreds of horses in total, all of which are wearing this strange cowhide bag.

The lieutenant general looked stunned, and couldn't understand what Xue Li was going to do.

Then, these hundreds of horses arrived on the boat, and then hundreds of people rowed the boat to the other side.

After being sent to the other side, they threw the cowhide bags in the dense forest and on the open ground, and then ran straight away without stopping.

The river is about 60 meters wide. Within this distance, archers with slightly better archery skills can achieve accurate shooting.

Xue Li is good at archery, so he immediately picked up the bow and arrow and aimed at the leather bags.

"ignition."

After aiming, Xue Li gave an order.

The lieutenant immediately lit the fuel on the arrow with a torch.

call out--

Pfft!

boom!
The arrow hit the cowhide bag, and the cowhide bag burst instantly. In an instant, the flames shot up into the sky, causing a loud howl of fire.

Seeing this scene, the deputy general's eyes widened.

Fire attack!

Where did he get the kerosene?
"Haha, boy, don't be so unbelievable."

Xue Li took back his bow and arrow, and patted the lieutenant general on the shoulder: "Songtsan Gampo threw this kerosene outside Chengdu before, and I picked it up. I wanted to report it, but General Yuan thought it was useless so I kept it for myself." Now, it can be considered to be of great use.”

While speaking, the fire has spread.

The fire oil is extremely flammable, and all the cowhide bags containing the fire oil were ignited one after another, but in just a few breaths, the opposite side was already in flames.

Even the open ground was full of flames.

For a while, many pits sank into the open ground, and countless soldiers came out from the ground, some of them were even burned, screaming in pain.

Seeing this situation, Xue Li couldn't help but sneered: "I'm pretty smart, I know how to dig a hole on the ground and hide under it! But now, this hole has become your own grave, just lie down and wait to die!"

The scope of the fire was too wide. After the fire oil burst, it covered an area of ​​hundreds of meters, and even caused a wildfire in the dense forest.

Soon, those ambush soldiers hiding in the dense forest couldn't stay any longer, and ran out one after another.

"incredible!"

The deputy general was shocked when he saw this situation.

No wonder Xue Li is confident, as long as there are 3000 people, he dares to be a pioneer.

"Order to go on, the army rests where it is, and crosses the river in two hours!"

Xue Li laughed, and sat down cross-legged on the spot, watching the fire from the other side.

……

Information about the Lujiang River quickly reached Ye Chen's ears.