Cao Liu and his party led the army slowly into the city gate. Riding in the city gate, Xi Zhicai observed the surroundings carefully, and suddenly smelled a faint smell, and his heart tightened.

"Lord, do you smell a faint smell?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"The army is marching and the dust is everywhere. What does it smell like? The smell of horse manure is stronger." Cao Cao asked puzzledly.

"That's not right!" As a top strategist, Xi Zhicai is not only very careful, but also has five senses that are much stronger than ordinary people. He just smelled a familiar smell.

"Zhicai, is there anything strange?" Cao Cao asked.

After looking around, he found nothing out of the ordinary. The smell he had just smelled had also disappeared. Xi Zhicai's vigilance also relaxed slightly.

"There must be too much horse dung around the city gate! Is it possible that Li Jue and Guo Bang sent troops to Tongguan again?" Cao Cao frowned and asked, looking at the large amount of horse dung on the ground on both sides.

"It's impossible. The danger of Tongguan is no less than that of Hulao Pass. The Xiliang soldiers are not good at attacking fortresses. Our army has also stationed General Xiahou Dun and 20,000 troops to garrison. Nothing will happen." Xi Zhicai said.

"Well, what Zhicai said is right. Li Jue and Guo Si have even abandoned Chang'an, so they don't dare to attack Tongguan. The situation now is very similar to that of the time when Dong was conquered. The rebels fled west, how can they dare to go and come back?

Return?" Cao Cao said with a smile.

"Huh?" A light flashed in Xi Zhicai's mind: "My lord, what did you just say?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then said: "I said that Li Jue and Guo Si did not dare to attack Tongguan. The current situation is very similar to that of the past when they challenged Dong."

"Begging for Dong? Begging for Dong?" Xi Zhicai murmured to himself, as if he was thinking of something. Suddenly, he remembered what he smelled just now, and suddenly shouted: "No! Master, among us

It’s a plan, order the entire army to withdraw from Chang’an!”

"What?"

"Although the smell that someone smelled just now was very faint and was masked by the smell of horse manure, it was undoubtedly kerosene! Li Jue is planning to burn Chang'an again!" Xi Zhicai shouted.

"Miaocai, order the entire army! Evacuate Chang'an immediately! Evacuate quickly!" Cao Cao's pupils shrank and he shouted quickly.

Although Xia Houyuan was puzzled, seeing Cao Cao's eagerness, he quickly ordered: "Stop the army! Turn around and withdraw from Chang'an!"

Cao and Liu's army marched side by side and entered Chang'an City together. At this time, less than half of the army had entered Chang'an. After Liu Bei heard the order from Cao Cao's army, he was stunned for a moment, but before he could take action, the two

Suddenly a dozen soldiers rushed out from the army, spread out, and each took out a long object in his hand. He blew it gently, and the object in his hand burned and glowed. Then these people came to both sides of the city cave.

, quickly found the fuse hidden under the horse manure, and lit it on fire without hesitation.

"boom!"

Before Cao Liu could react, a fire quickly broke out in the cave and spread from the middle. While countless soldiers were swallowed up in an instant, the entire army was quickly divided. Cao Cao and Liu Bei had to lead their troops in a hurry.

Escaping from the city cave where the fire spread, more than 30,000 troops fell directly into the city.

At the same time, as the fires in the city cave burst into flames, fires quickly ignited in Chang'an City and around it, and the entire Chang'an was quickly enveloped in fire.

"Damn it! You were careless!" Xi Zhicai said regretfully.

I thought that given the importance of Chang'an, Yuan Shu would not be so ruthless. After all, Yuan Shu is not the Dong Zhuo of the past. With his strength, as long as he temporarily establishes a foothold in Xiliang, Chang'an can basically take down 300,000 armor with a snap of his finger.

Scholars are not just for boasting. Now they are just restricted by Shu Dao. There is no need to burn Chang'an.

Moreover, they and the Guanzhong family's informants are everywhere in Chang'an. If Li Jue and Guo Si take action, they will definitely notice it. The combination of the two makes Xi Zhicai selectively ignore the possibility of Yuan Shu burning Chang'an. After all, who can

It occurred to me that there was an old fox who had remembered this day more than a year ago and had been secretly arranging it.

Secretly transporting a large amount of special kerosene that has been processed to have a very light taste to Chang'an, spending a lot of time quietly spreading it in various key places, and preparing dead soldiers to sneak into Cao's army in advance. This project is so huge that even in Jia Xu's hands

The manpower and resources were fully prepared for half a year, just to give Cao Cao and Liu Bei a big gift.

For this reason, Jia Xu has made many deductions and has already calculated how to act if he is discovered. Fortunately, although Xi Zhi discovered Jia Xu's trap, it was a bit late. An army of 30,000 is still a small matter. The most important thing is

It was Cao Liu who was trapped in the sea of ​​fire.

"hateful!"

Xia Houyuan and Guan Yu, who came to greet Liu Bei, kept waving their weapons to extinguish the surrounding fires to rescue the soldiers trapped in the fires. However, these fires were fueled by kerosene and were huge in scale. They were not burned by ordinary piles of firewood.

The fire ignited at the first touch. The two of them kept putting out the surrounding fires, but often just after they were put out, the fires ignited again.

The situation was urgent. Facing the endless flames, Cao Liu could not break out of the city wall, so he had to join Guan Yu and Xia Houyuan first.

"Brother Meng De, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked anxiously. The surrounding flames could not be extinguished at all. Their 30,000 army and 20,000 cavalry were completely trapped in the sea of ​​​​fire and could not move.

Facing the raging fire, Cao Cao had no idea. Who would have thought that in just a moment, the whole of Chang'an would be plunged into a sea of ​​flames! Cao Cao just wanted to curse: Doesn't your oil cost money?

How much kerosene is needed to burn all over Chang'an? This obviously cannot be arranged in a short time. Isn't he afraid that the whole of Chang'an will be destroyed if he accidentally misses it?

Yuan Shu could only laugh at this, I just have money and a lot of fuel, if you don't accept it, bite me!

In Jiangdong, the land of plenty, fish oil is worthless at all. Playing with fire is the most common tactic in water battles. Yuan Shu developed his technique a little and inspired Jia Xu to set up such a monstrous fire.

The Jiangdong navy has played with fire in many ways. Setting fires and controlling fires are a piece of cake. The fire oil is usually blocked. Even if it is lit, it can only burn down a house. In times of war, it can only be used slightly.

Suddenly, these are connected together again.

Although he didn't know what Jia Xu was up to at the beginning, out of his trust in him, Yuan Shu was not stingy at all with kerosene and other materials and manpower. As a result, Jia Xu, an old fox who took one step at a time and saw three steps at a time, directly completed the matter.

, completely arranged Chang'an into a huge crematorium, with no way to survive.

Now, due to Xi Zhicai's vigilance, only 30,000 people are trapped in the city, and they are near the city gate, which is already very lucky. If the entire army were stationed in Chang'an, and a big fire was set up at night while most of the soldiers were sleeping, it would definitely be a disaster.

No one survives, Cao and Liu are all finished, and then the fun will be great.

"Zhicai!" Cao Cao turned to his own think tank.

Xi Zhicai was sweating on his forehead. Now he seemed to be in a desperate situation. The 30,000 troops could not be saved. How to let the lord and himself and others escape was the first thing. But Jia Xu's sure-fire situation was so easy to break.

Really? Looking at the city cave completely shrouded in flames, Xi Zhicai felt extremely bitter in his heart.
Chapter completed!