"Quick, cover your mouth and nose!"

Li Xu looked at the pile of pine and cypress branches and leaves piled up on the gentle slope not far away, and took a lit rocket from a guard and hit the bowstring.

Seeing the enemy dispatching heavy armored infantry to rush forward, Li Xu originally planned to fight against the enemy head-on.

He was confident that with his current strength, coupled with the two iron maces and whips in his hand, he would definitely be able to knock down a few in one go.

Other guards will also take the opportunity to harass and delay the opponent's attack.

At that time, the enemy will definitely have a brief chaos, so he will take the opportunity to kill a few more, and then use the opponent's corpse to strengthen the fortifications to block the enemy's attack.

As long as the opponent's casualties exceed expectations and cannot take down his own side for a long time, he should retreat. Otherwise, these iron-shelled soldiers will easily be made into dumplings by the officers and soldiers.

To put it bluntly, this is a helpless move. It is insufficient equipment and insufficient troops, so it can only resist.

But after just now, after realizing that the wind direction suddenly changed and the sides of the gentle slope were covered with pine and cypress that were easy to burn, Li Xu suddenly had a bold idea.

Fire attack, or strictly speaking, fire prevention.

Although time was in a hurry and the enemy was about to attack, Li Xu gave several orders without hesitation.

The first order is to let the archery team shoot arrows at the enemy to harass and delay the enemy, and to gain more time for the arrangement for one's own side.

The second command was to order the mobile team to cut down a large number of pine and cypress branches on both sides of the gentle slope and then throw them on the slope where there were originally excavated a trap.

The third order was to let the melee team use the sword in their hands to dig out three fire trenches between the pine and cypress branches and their own positions.

Although the wind direction is changing now, it cannot be guaranteed to change at any time. If there is no fire groove, then you will be trapped in your own cocoon.

Moreover, considering the problem of the wind direction suddenly changing and the smoke reversed, Li Xu ordered everyone to tear off their clothes to cover their mouths and noses and act as temporary masks.

Although time was in a hurry, everyone knew that this was the moment of life and death. With a command, everyone worked hard and completed Li Xu's explanation in a short time.

At this time, the enemy heavy-armored infantry vanguard under the slope had entered the range of the pine and cypress fire formation, and was about to use the long sword in his hand to pick up the pine and cypress branches.

Li Xu looked at the black viscous liquid on the pine and cypresses, and snorted and shot the rocket in his hand out.

The rocket accurately landed on a black viscous liquid, instantly igniting a flame, and then quickly ignited the viscous liquid nearby. Finally, the oil-rich pine and cypress branches were also ignited.

The fire took advantage of the wind and turned from a small flame into a blazing flame in just a moment.

The pine and cypress branches were scorched by the fire and continued to emit grease, which in turn became a new ignition aid, making the flames more vigorous and making crackling sounds constantly.

The sudden rise of flames immediately blocked the enemy's attack. The soldiers wrapped in iron shells were already extremely hot. Now they were scorching by the flames. They felt even more uncomfortable inside the iron armor like an oven, and they couldn't help but retreat.

The soldiers in the rear were advancing, and the ones in front were retreating again, and suddenly they were crowded into a group.

And at this time, it was blowing southwest again, and the large amount of thick smoke produced by the fresh pine and cypress branches and leaves burned with the wind to cover the sky and the sun quickly covered the enemy troops that had been squeezed into it.

Those who have burned wet firewood know that the thick smoke can really choke people to death. It is midsummer again and the weather is hot. The heavily armored infantry hid in the thick iron shell and were about to be smoked and fired again. Their eyes were instantly red with thick smoke, and the sound of coughing kept ringing.

Although iron armor can withstand the attacks of swords, guns and spears, it is a good thermal conductivity material. The temperature inside rises rapidly, making these iron armors instantly turn into hot ovens.

Someone couldn't bear it and shouted and started running backwards while removing the armor.

More and more people began to follow the example. Some of the light infantry following behind were blocking the way, and they just called over with one knife.

A fire not only interrupted the enemy's attack, but also caused them to fall into chaos of killing each other.

When Li Xu saw this scene, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered all arrows to be shot.

Regardless of whether you can see the enemy or not, just shoot at the crowd.

Now that the enemies are gathered together, there is no intention to estimate Li Xu and others above.

Without the cover of iron armor, almost every arrow fell can achieve success, bringing out a scream.

The guards saw Li Xu's arrangements that made the situation reverse instantly, and their morale was greatly increased. Without orders, they shot arrows at the bottom and shouted: "The Imperial Guard has arrived. If you surrender quickly, you can avoid death!"

Apart from being skilled in martial arts, these guards are not too stupid. Everyone understands the ability to take advantage of the chaos to deceive people.

The shouts of surrender were heard by the wind. The enemy, who had already fallen into chaos, was even more panicked. He didn't even bother to check the authenticity and fled back desperately, causing the situation to become more chaotic and disorderly.

Standing on the high slope, Song Mu looked at this scene, stroked his beard and laughed, "The thief is defeated! Brother Xu'er's trick of using the wind to catch fire is really a magical stroke!"

Song Yu and Liu Jian also looked surprised and relieved.

Seeing the enemy army in chaos, Li Xu's heart also fell.

The bandit army has already lost its momentum at this point, and there is only one way to retreat.

He really wanted to lead people to chase after him for a while, but the fire formation in front of him not only blocked the enemy, but also blocked the way for his own pursuit. He had to order the guards to continue firing arrows and take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

I hope Zhang Long and Zhao Husheng can come faster, and if these thieves run away, it will be another disaster.

Li Xu thought about it, but he did not forget to observe the situation of the enemy troops in the distance.

Suddenly he saw the enemy leader in iron armor who had been hiding in the distance suddenly rode a horse closer to the back formation, waving his arms while shouting something.

It is probably because his soldiers were in chaos, so his orders could not be executed, so he had to risk getting close to command and order.

Li Xu's heart moved, and quietly picked up the bow and arrow, aiming at the figure of the man.

"Sniper Attack!"

Li Xu silently recited in his heart and activated his skills.

In an instant, he felt that his arrow had locked the opponent firmly, and it was obvious that the opponent had entered the range of his skill attack.

With a "bang", the bowstring sounded softly.

A heavy wolf-toothed arrow spun and shot towards the wind.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat..."

The enemy leader who was waving his arms and neighing and yelling to retreat suddenly stopped and then fell down in the shocked eyes of a group of subordinates.

An arrow drilled into his eyes, and the half shaft exposed outside was still trembling slightly.

Seeing that the leader was dead, the enemy had no fighting spirit. His morale instantly fell to freezing point and they screamed and fled to the way they came.
Chapter completed!