Cao Cao stood up, walked to the middle of the tent, and said: "During the battle today, I carefully observed the surrounding topography.

The northeastern direction of this mountain is overgrown with shrubs and weeds, extending from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. If we set a fire there, it will surely spread to the top of the mountain!..."

The people present were all veteran generals on the battlefield. When they heard Cao Cao's words, they immediately understood what he meant and couldn't help but whisper.

Liu Bei thought: "If this is true, we can defeat the enemy with fire tonight! Once the fire spreads to the mountains, the enemy army will be in chaos! At that time, our army will launch a fierce attack from the front, and we will definitely win in one battle!"

Then he looked at Cao Cao and asked doubtfully: "Since the enemy has this flaw, why didn't Brother Meng De tell him during the daytime battle?"

Cao Cao said: "It's just because of the direction of the wind. The wind direction is wrong during the day. Once a fire is set, it will not only fail to burn the opponent, but will cause the fire to spread to our army, so he did not say anything."

I looked at the direction of the wind just now, and it has changed now, so we can now adopt a fire attack strategy."

He glanced at everyone and said: "Success or failure depends on this one move. I hope you will work together to help me succeed!"

Everyone under Cao Cao's command clasped their fists together and said: "Please give me the order from the King of Wei. The general will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Liu Bei's subordinates all looked at Liu Bei, waiting for Liu Bei's instructions. Liu Bei clasped his fists towards Cao Cao and said, "Please ask the King of Wei for the order!"

Cao Cao immediately said to Xia Houyuan: "Miaocai, you immediately lead your officers and soldiers to the northeast of the hill to set fire."

Xia Houyuan clasped his fists in agreement and left quickly.

Cao Cao glanced at the others and said, "Follow me and lead the troops to the front of the enemy. Once the fire reaches the mountain, we will launch a full-scale attack!"

Everyone agreed in unison.

Zhang Liao stood on the hill and looked at the enemy troops at the foot of the mountain. He saw that the originally peaceful enemy camp became commotion. Countless people were gathering. Even though the sound of horses neighing and people shouting was so far away, he could still hear it clearly.

Zhang Liao's heart suddenly moved, and he realized that the enemy was about to launch an attack, so he immediately ordered the messenger to send an order to the entire army to prepare for battle.

At this moment, a scout rode up to Zhang Liao, clasped his fists and said, "General, the enemy troops are gathering in the front, and they seem to have the intention of launching a strong attack!"

Zhang Liao had already thought of it and nodded.

The scout added: "In addition, my subordinates discovered that a Cao army was quietly moving to the northeast. I don't know what their intentions are."

Zhang Liao's heart moved and he looked thoughtful.

The general next to him muttered: "Northeast? There are overgrown weeds and dense shrubs there. Could it be that the enemy wants to use the cover of shrubs and weeds to sneak attack on us?"

Zhang Liao slowly shook his head and said: "No. How could the bushes and weeds cover up the army's movements? How could Cao Cao and Liu Bei think that this kind of sneak attack is effective?"

The general felt that what Zhang Liao said made sense and said doubtfully: "Then, what exactly does the enemy want to do? It's not like the enemy thinks that our army will escape from that direction, right?" The other generals couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Liao's heart suddenly moved, and he murmured: "Shrubs, weeds!?..." His face changed, and he said urgently: "No! The enemy is going to attack with fire!"

Only then did the generals react, and their faces suddenly changed color.

Zhang Liao said urgently to a general: "You, immediately lead all the officers and soldiers under your command to rush to the northeastern hillside. No matter what, you must clear an open space before the opponent sets off a fire! Hurry!"

The general quickly agreed and ran down.

After a while, seven to eight thousand officers and soldiers rushed towards the northeastern hillside and quickly cleared away shrubs and weeds on the mountainside.

At the same time, Xia Houyuan led his men to the foot of the mountain in the northeast. Following Xia Houyuan's order, hundreds of officers and soldiers used their torches to set fire to the haystacks and trees.

At this time, the air was dry and the grass and trees were flammable. In the blink of an eye, dozens of fires started to rise, and then spread quickly. Under the blowing of the night wind, they began to spread straight towards the mountain along the eye-catching shrub and weed belt.

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The flames burned more and more fiercely, and in a short time they formed an overwhelming force, sweeping up the mountain with a huffing and puffing.

The dark night was lit by flames, and the huge flame was like a fire dragon swimming towards the top of the mountain!

The coalition officers and soldiers who were arrayed in front of the hill saw the huge fire coming from the northeast, and everyone couldn't help but get excited.

General Xiahou Dun couldn't hold himself any longer and clasped his fist towards Cao Cao and said, "King Wei, can we attack now?"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Cao Cao's face, waiting for him to give the order.

Cao Cao looked at the fire in the distance and said with a smile: "Don't worry, now is not the time. When the flames spread to the top of the mountain, it will be time for the army to attack!"

Everyone waited quietly, looking at the fire in the distance, hoping that the flames would burn up the mountain soon.

The flames went all the way up the hillside, and the flying flames were like the claws of the devil. Looking at it from a distance, people couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.

Not long after, the wall of flames pushed to the halfway point of the mountain, and then crossed the halfway point and continued to spread upward.

However, at this moment, the wall of flames stopped moving forward. Although it was showing its teeth and claws halfway up the mountain, it never moved forward any further.

Cao Cao and others were surprised when they saw such a scene. Liu Bei couldn't help but muttered: "What's going on? Why did Lieyan stop advancing?"

Cao Cao frowned. He didn't know what was going on for a while.

At this moment, an officer galloped up to Cao Cao, reined in his horse, and clasped his fists, saying: "Report to the King of Wei, the enemy has cleared a large open space on the mountainside, and the flames have stopped on the mountainside. There is no way to continue."

It’s spreading upwards!”

Cao Cao and Liu Bei were greatly surprised. Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao and frowned: "It seems that Zhang Liao anticipated our move and took the lead!"

Cao Cao felt depressed and couldn't help asking about Zhang Liao's mother.

Xiahou Dun couldn't help but said: "King Wei, don't worry about him, just order the attack! I don't believe that Zhang Liao can't be defeated!"

Cao Cao shook his head with a gloomy face and said: "The enemy army was aware of our army's intention and had been prepared for it. However, the change of situation has demoralized our army. If we continue to attack forcefully at this moment, not only will we not be able to defeat the enemy army, we will only lose money in vain."

Precious troops!..."

Liu Bei said on the side: "Not only that, but time is not on our side. Continuing to waste time on a hopeless battlefield will only put the army in danger!

Since the opportunity has been lost, it is better to make a decisive decision and withdraw immediately!"

Cao Cao was depressed, but at this moment he couldn't think of a better way. He couldn't help but sigh and had to issue an order to withdraw his troops immediately!

Zhang Liao stood on the top of the mountain and looked down the mountain. He found that the main enemy force gathered at the foot of the mountain turned around and retreated without launching an attack!

The general next to him became excited and shouted: "General, the enemy has retreated!"
Chapter completed!