Cao Yongdao: "General Cao Bin, Mr. Man Chong, since Lu Bu's army is about to return and the enemy is in front of us, it is better to put aside the dispute for the time being and divide the troops of the two families to guard the four gates. After Lu Bu's army is defeated, each of them will distribute the city according to the merits of the two armies.
How about food, grass, baggage, and women?"
Cao Bin said: "Okay, just follow what the general said."
Cao Yongdao: "In that case, I will take my leave, general."
Cao Bin said: "I'm sorry I won't send you far."
After Cao Yong had gone far away, Cao Bin was no longer angry. What should I say? It was a coincidence that Cao Ren, the leader of the army, appeared. It was as if Cao Ren had deliberately avoided these two people. He was very fond of them at the first sight.
When he arrived at Cao Ren, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Cao, Lu Bu's army is about to arrive. You must be on guard early!"
"I know this, so there is no need for you to worry about it, sir," Cao Ren said.
Man Chong then suggested: "General Cao, the city of Xiaopei City is small. There is no need to keep all the army in the city. We can divide the troops and station them outside the city to form a horns with each other inside the city. I hope General Cao will send General Cao Bin out of the city to the village.
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"No need!" Cao Ren flatly refused: "The soldiers came from Yanzhou to Xiaopei. They marched more than a thousand miles. They fought bloody battles for several days and were very tired. The soldiers are also made of flesh and blood. After all, they are not made of iron. After all, they took advantage of Lu Bu's army.
Before they arrive, let them have a good time in the city for a few days. If Prime Minister Cao does this again, he will definitely approve it."
Man Chong said helplessly: "In this case, the general must send more rangers to detect the horses to prevent Lu Bu's army from sneak attack."
"Sneak attack!" Cao Ren snorted and asked, "Does the military advisor think that all of my tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers are clay puppets? With the advantage of elite soldiers and the danger of the city, how can Lu Bu's army make a sneak attack?"
Man Chong bitterly advised: "General Cao, Lu Bu is brave but has no plans, but Chen Gong is full of tricks, Zhang Xian is even more cunning by nature, General Cao must not be careless!"
"That's it!" Cao Ren said angrily and impatiently: "Since the military advisor is so cautious, let me lead fifty personal soldiers to patrol the night in person! In this way, it will be even more foolproof!"
Man Chong said in astonishment: "This..."
Cao Ren said coldly: "What? Does the military advisor want to disobey military orders?"
Man Chong sighed: "Chong... I obey."
Xiaopei City West City.
Cao Yong suddenly woke up from his sleep and felt the heat on his face. His body was covered with sweat. He looked up at the sky outside the window. It was still dark. He couldn't help but wonder: "It's not yet dawn, why is it so cold?"
So hot?"
Cao Yong stepped on the ground. Just as he was in shock and doubt, the green-faced beast Xia Houcun suddenly shouted sternly outside the window: "Old Cao is in trouble, Lu Bu's army is back!"
"What!?" Cao Yong was suddenly startled and hurriedly put on his riding boots. He didn't bother to explore why it became so hot. He hurried out of the house and asked quickly: "How many troops do Lu Bu's army have?"
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The green-faced beast Xia Houcun took a breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and thought to himself: "It's so hot today!" He thought about it and replied: "You can't see clearly in the dark, but there are so many things outside the city.
Torches, at least 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry!"
"So many?" Cao Yong took a breath of air and said in a condensed voice: "Let's go and take a look."
Cao Yong came straight to the west gate under the protection of Xia Houcun and his own soldiers. It happened that at this time, the golden retriever Pan Sui, the white-flowered monkey Hong Xuan and the white-flowered snake Zheng Gan also arrived. The group hurriedly climbed up the tower and saw the dark night sky outside the city.
Below, there were densely packed torches, horses neighing and people boiling, and the momentum was terrifying. The endless army actually surrounded Xiaopei City on all sides.
Outside Xiaopei City.
Zhang Xian said to Lu Bu: "Lord Zhou Mu, it's time to start!"
"Yes." Lu Bu nodded and said in a deep voice: "Send the order and raise the fire!"
"The general has orders, raise fire!"
"The general has orders, raise fire!!"
"The general has an order, raise fire!!!"
Lu Bu's military order quickly spread throughout the army. The soldiers spread the dry grass and dead branches prepared in advance on the ground, poured kerosene, butter, and suet oil on it, and then ignited it with flint. Suddenly, there was a blazing flame.
It rose up and quickly spread forward along the dead branches of dry grass soaked in suet oil. In less than a moment, the entire Xiaopei City was surrounded, forming a burning ring of fire.
Upstairs in Xiaopei City.
Cao Yong laughed loudly and said, "What is this reckless man like Lu Bu doing? Does he want to burn down Xiaopei City?"
Xia Houcun, the green-faced beast, also said: "From what I can see, Lu Bu has nothing to do. This is just a trick."
"Xiahou is right, and I, Pan Sui, think so too." Golden Retriever Pan Sui agreed.
Hong Xuan, the thong-branched ape, nodded and said, "That's definitely the case!"
"As soon as Prime Minister Cao's army arrives, Lu Bu's son will definitely die under Xiaopei City!" said Zheng Gan, the white-flowered snake.
Cao Yongdao said: "I don't care what Lu Bu is trying to do, but I have given my general order that the whole army must not leave the city without permission, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy. We will wait until daybreak to discuss anything."
Outside Xiaopei City.
Chen Gong smoothed his beard under his chin and said to Lu Bu: "General, Cao Jun really fell into the trap and did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, haha!!!"
Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said: "General Zhang Fan has a spirit in heaven. The time has come for Cao Jun to die! This time, none of them can escape. I will turn them all into cold corpses to save General Zhang Fan and all the brothers who died in the battle."
Burial!"
Zhang Xian looked solemn, thinking that it was not only Cao Jun's 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers who were buried in Zhang Fan and the fallen soldiers, but also the 70,000 to 80,000 innocent women in the city! Although Zhang Xian was one of the instigators of this tragedy
One, but when I think about it now, I can't help but feel pity.
"With just a few thousand cavalry, you want to swallow up tens of thousands of Yanzhou's elite soldiers? What a shameless statement!!!" Lu Bu's words had just finished, and a clear voice suddenly sounded from not far away. Lu Bu suddenly turned his head and said
I saw Cao Xing escorting a middle-aged Confucian general with a slender figure and handsome appearance.
Lu Bu shouted and asked, "Cao Xing, who is this?"
Cao Xing replied: "My lord, when I led the scout team to patrol at night, I encountered a small group of enemy troops on the outskirts of the city. After a fierce battle, I finally wiped out all the enemy troops. I noticed that this man looked gentle and did not look like a scribe.
He is not like a warrior, so he was taken to be handed over to the master."
Lu Bu shouted and asked, "Who are you?"
The man brushed his sleeves and replied in a neither arrogant nor humble manner: "I don't change my name when I am in the lower class, and I don't change my surname when I sit down. I am a native of Changyi, Shanyang County (now Weishan, Shandong), and I am very fond of Boning."
"Full favor?" Lu Bu frowned and thought for a moment, but in the end he had no impression, so he asked again, "Why did you say such arrogant words just now?"
Man Chong said: "You are the one who speaks arrogantly."
"Really?" Lu Bu said coldly: "Soon you will know that this general is not arrogant!"
"Hey." Man Chong sneered: "With this little fire, you want to burn tens of thousands of troops in the city to ashes? Ridiculous, really ridiculous, really ridiculous!"
Zhang Xian smiled and said: "You might as well reveal that Mr. Manchong knows that our army is not just setting fires outside the city. When it was just dusk, my Lord Zhou Mu had already sent people into the pre-dug tunnels to sneak into the city and set fires. He wanted to come here.
The defenders in the city should have noticed it at that time, but they probably didn’t take it seriously, hahaha!!!”
Chen Gong said coldly: "Even if they take it seriously, it will be too late to put out the fire!"
