"General, no more, Zhao Yun Wuyong has dragged our army tightly. He must find a way to break through, otherwise there is a risk of annihilation of the entire army."

Niu Jin was also anxious now.

shouted beside Cao Hong.

"I will bring three thousand soldiers and horses behind the palace, and you will bring the rest of the soldiers and horses to retreat to Yiling City."

Cao Hong immediately ordered.

at this time.

I can only give up some of my troops.

"no!"

"How can General Naiyi (No) Commander Ling stay behind the palace?

"Please keep me two thousand soldiers and horses, and the general will quickly withdraw back to the city."

Niu Jin was shocked and said quickly.

"snort."

"At the moment of the enemy, as the chief general, how can I escape at the fortitude?"

Cao Hong shook his head and rejected Niu Jin's proposal.

"General!"

Niu Jin got off the horse and knelt on the ground, begging, "You can't have me Niu Jin in Yiling City, but you can't have a general."

"Please put the overall situation first and break through quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

"You..." Cao Hong looked at Niu Jin and sighed helplessly after a moment.

"Okay, I'll lead you two thousand people to the palace."

"Remember, come back alive."

"I will celebrate you at that time!"

Cao Hong dismounted, helped Niu Jin up and said.

"Thank you, General, haha, being able to be the back of the General is a blessing for the last general."

Niu Jin laughed loudly, then grabbed the bloody knife, led his own guards and two thousand brave soldiers, and took the initiative to pounce on Zhao Yun's army.

The rest of Cao's army took advantage of the situation and retreated their nephew.

Cao Hong looked deeply in Niu Jin's direction, took a deep breath, then raised his hand and ordered to retreat.

But suddenly!

Liu Bei's rear army camp ignited a raging fire.

The chaos in the rear army immediately caused Liu Bei's army to look panic and his morale to plummet.

Seeing this, Cao Hong looked at Liu Bei's rear camp with his eyebrows.

Liu Bei's central army tent.

A messenger ran in in a hurry.

"Report!"

"Reported to the lord, Wei Yan led 15,000 troops to raid the rear camp of our army. The rear camp was in chaos, and the food and supplies stored by our army in the rear camp... were ignited by a fire from Wei Yan."

The messenger knelt on the ground and started to wail with a sad face.

"The food and grass are burned?"

Liu Bei felt dizzy and almost stood firm and fell down.

Although he did not move all the food and grass on the ship, he also transported the food for one month for siege.

Now Wei Yan has burned all over the fire.

He felt heartbroken!

After all, Jiangxia does not have much grain storage, and it still needs to be purchased from Jiangdong to support it.

"Hurry, order people to put out the fire quickly, how much can they save?" Liu Bei hurriedly urged.

"It's too late. Lord Wei Yan was prepared for it. The army under his command carried hot turbulent oil and other fire-induced objects, which caused the fire to be raging and difficult to extinguish."

"And the camp tents are continuous and ignited by the fire. Now the entire Houjun camp has turned into a sea of ​​fire."

"Wei Yan is taking advantage of the fire and is raiding towards the central army."

"Lord, please retreat quickly. If you don't retreat, it will be too late."

The messenger said loudly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Bei finally failed to stand firm and fell to the ground.

It's over, it's all over.

The food and grass were burned, and Wei Yan attacked the camp from the rear, and immediately tore his entire camp into several pieces.

If Zhuge Liang had not arranged the camp and arranged defenses separately and supported each other, the fire in the rear camp would have been directly burned to the central army by the strong wind.

Where do you need Wei Yan to attack?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei felt a little better.

At least, the battalion defense arranged by the military advisor has made great contributions this time.

"Lord, are you okay?" Zhuge Liang stepped forward, helped Liu Bei up, and asked with guilt on his face.

"I'm fine."

Liu Bei shook his head, then grabbed Zhuge Liang's arm, and asked with some concern, "Military advisor, Wei Yan actually brought 15,000 troops to attack the camp. If he and Cao Hong's troops gathered, there would be more than 20,000 troops in total, no less than us."

Liu Bei was also panicked.

At this time, I was unsure of my mind.

"I never expected that Wei Yan would be so bold."

"He has only 20,000 soldiers left in his city. How could he dare to take such a great risk, bringing 15,000 people out of the city and leaving only 5,000 people to defend the city? Aren't he afraid of losing Yiling?"

"well……"

"I never calculated this point, which led to today's miserable defeat. I feel so painful."

Zhuge Liang grabbed Liu Bei's arm, his face full of reluctance and regret.

His fire attack plan was completely changed from the moment Cao Hong attacked the camp. This time, Wei Yan led his troops to attack the camp, which was far beyond his expectations.

This was the first time he met someone who was so bold and arrogant.

If he is given 20,000 elite troops now, he can raid Yiling, successfully take down Yiling City, and cut off Cao Hong and Wei Yan's retreat.

pity!

What a pity!

Zhang Fei's men are still in the jungle in the west and have not come back.

He has no troops to adjust, and he has to face the front and back attacks from Cao Hong and Wei Yan!

Such a dilemma really makes Zhuge Liang uncomfortable!

"Military advisor, Cao's morale is in high spirits, while our morale has plummeted and the morale of the army is unstable. What should we do?"

Liu Bei asked worriedly.

Zhuge Liang calmed down and looked at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, the most important thing is to shrink the defense line, turn off attack to defense, block Cao's attack, and then wait for Yide to lead the army back."

"Okay, listen to the military advisor."

Liu Bei nodded and immediately did what Zhuge Liang said.

With the order issued.

In Liu Bei's camp, all the troops gathered towards the Central Army camp. Zhao Yun had no choice but to abandon Cao Hong, go to the Central Army camp, and meet with Liu Bei.

As Liu's army gave up the attack, Cao Hong's pressure was suddenly reduced, and Wei Yan also used this to break through Liu Bei's army formation and came to the front army camp, and successfully joined Cao Hong's army.

Abandoning the losses, there are still about 19,000 people left at this time.

"Wen Chang, why are you here?"

"And I have brought so many people here. If Yiling is in trouble, you and I will be blamed."

When Cao Hong saw Wei Yan, he said with some blame.

"As soon as we saw the fire in Liu Bei's camp in the city, we knew that the general was attacking Liu's camp at night. I was worried about the safety of the general, so we led the army to rescue him."

Wei Yan said, with a ruthless look on his face, "And the soldiers are also a treacherous way. If I don't bring so many people out of the city, I'm worried that not only will I not be able to save the general, but I will be trapped by Liu Bei's army."

"So I simply did it all the time, and took 15,000 troops, confiscated the back camp of Liu Bei's camp, and burned his food and grass."

"Now, the five thousand soldiers and horses in the city are all set up by me at the west and south gates near the Liu army camp. Even if Liu Bei leads his troops to attack, he can resist for a while, which is enough for us to return to the city safely."
To be continued...