Cao Cao led an army of 500,000 troops, divided the troops into five routes and went straight to Jianghan, the news reached Xinye, Zhuge Liang said: "Lord and relax, I have my own strategy to retreat." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But my lord, our monarch and ministers can't live in Xinye anymore, and we must move to Fancheng with the people of the whole city. ”

"As long as the military advisor has a plan, please promote the hall and send a general. ”

The people of Xinye moved to Fancheng, men, women and children, adults and children, big burdens, and small burdens, which was different from leading troops to fight, and Liu Bei was very anxious.

Zhuge Liang immediately ordered to ascend to the hall, and all the civil and military officers saw the military advisors and stood on both sides. Zhuge Liang gave Sun Gan the first arrow: "Sun Gan, you immediately send someone to post notices at the four city gates of Xinye, telling the people that those who are willing to go with the emperor's uncle should go to Fancheng to temporarily avoid Cao Bing, and they must evacuate Xinye before the third watch tonight, otherwise we will not be able to take care of it." Immediately after you have put up the notice, you will go to the river and send boats to help the people cross the river. Sun Gan took the arrow.

The second arrow was given to Mi Zhu, and he asked him to take 500 men and horses to put dry firewood, weeds, sulfur, flames, and nitrate on the roofs of each house in Xinye, and immediately protect all the civil and military families to Fancheng. The third arrow was given to Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun led two thousand men and horses to quietly ambush outside Xinye City, divided into four teams, and after the three teams of men and horses at the West Gate, South Gate, and North Gate were arranged, only one team of men and horses was ambushed outside the East Gate.

When the fire broke out in the city, Cao Bing ran out, and Zhuge Liang told him: "You don't need to intercept and kill head-on, let them go and force them to run forward in the back; ”

Zhuge Liang also sent Guan Yu to take 1,000 elite soldiers to the upper reaches of the Baihe River immediately, bringing more cloth bags and sand in their pockets to block the water in the upper reaches of the Baihe River; after the third watch, he heard the shouting of horses from the people downstream, indicating that the Cao army, which could not be burned to death in Xinye, had run to the lower reaches of the Baihe River, and immediately released water to flood Cao Bing; after releasing the water, he killed Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei along the water.

Zhuge Liang also sent Zhang Fei to take a thousand men and horses to ambush at the Boling Ferry, because the water here is the shallowest and the slowest water, this is the ferry, Cao Bing has to find a way to cross the river here, and when they are about to pass, you immediately command the soldiers to kill them, cut them all out, and then follow Guan Yu and Zhao Yun to command the soldiers to rush to Fancheng.

Zhuge Liang also sent Liu Feng and Guan Ping with 500 soldiers to prepare rockets, which were arrows that hit at a single shot, and the shafts of the arrows were empty, and they were filled with sulfur and flame nitre. Then light the fire and shoot it with a bowstring, and wherever the arrow falls, it will immediately catch fire.

Zhuge Liang instructed them: "There will be a strong wind tomorrow night, and when the wind is together, it will shoot rockets on the roof of Xinye and burn Xinye." ”

Kong Ming also sent Mi Fang and Jian Yong with 600 people to divide into four teams, 300 people to play the green flag and 300 people to fight the red flag, and waited in front of the magpie tail slope thirty miles outside Xinye City. When Cao Cao's soldiers are about to arrive, you will immediately show up, and those with red flags will go from the left, and those with green flags will go from the right, as a plan for suspicious soldiers. When Cao Bing saw these flags, he naturally did not dare to move forward, and he would inevitably withdraw his troops. When the Cao soldiers retreat, you will divide your troops to ambush, as long as you see the new wildfire, immediately chase and kill the Cao soldiers, and then come to the upper reaches of the White River to respond.

Zhuge Liang finished sending them all, and finally said to Liu Bei: "Lord, burn Xinye and Baihe water, you follow me to the top of the mountain and watch the excitement." ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, "You said the same thing last time, are you really sure this time? Can you really defeat Cao Cao's forward troops?"

As soon as Zhuge Liang sent the men and horses, Xu Chu with three thousand ironclad troops was not far from Quewei Slope. Tan Ma reported to Xu Chu: "Lord Pioneer, I found a sentry in front of you." ”

"Wait for me to watch. Xu Chu looked up, and sure enough, there were soldiers in ambush. Xu Chu took a closer look, there were not many hundreds of soldiers, half of them were holding the green flag, half were holding the red flag, and they were each walking all the way.

Xu Chu immediately sent a Chinese officer to report to Cao Ren, and Cao Ren immediately led people to join Xu Chu's soldiers, looked up and looked forward, he also felt fresh: "General Xu, Brother Liu Guanzhang does not have many men, this is a suspicious plan, so you don't dare to advance." You go forward, chase him to the front and see what kind of ambush he has. ”

"Obey!" Cao Ren suppressed the whole army, and Xu Chu led three thousand light cavalry troops forward to kill. When he went to the land of the Qing Army and the Red Army, he saw that Liu Bei's soldiers and generals were nowhere to be found. Xu Chu was very angry and turned his horse back to meet Cao Ren.

"Xu Chu, I don't think there is anything that Brother Liu Bei can do. A small Xinye, dodge his ambush generals, and kill Xinye!" At this time, the sun was already in the west, Xu Chu led the vanguard army in front, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong commanded the men and horses to kill Xinye.

Xu Chu was walking forward, when he suddenly heard the sound of drums on the mountain next to him, this is the battlefield where the two armies are fighting, how can it be so lively? Le Ma looked up at the mountain, Xu Chu was angry. On the mountain, a flag and a soldier, the flag fluttered, the embroidered belt was high, and Liu Bei was surrounded. There was a person next to Liu Bei, he was wearing a scarf and a crane.

Xu Chuxin said: "It seems that that person must be Kong Ming." Okay, set up some suspicious soldiers, why don't you make me angry? How capable is your little Zhuge Liang? How many men and horses can you have, and how many generals do you have? This time, I have the prime minister's 500,000 soldiers to back me up. ”

Xu Chuyi was happy: "Kill and go forward, capture Liu Bei alive, and capture Zhuge Liang alive!"

Three thousand soldiers will rush up the hill, shouting as they go. At this time, there was movement above, there was a bang sound, and the arrow could be dodged if it was shot downward, and the arrow could still be dodged; from the mountain down, the big stone was bone, and the artillery cart was beaten down, and dozens of catties were smashed down, and the Cao soldiers were smashed to the point that their heads were broken and bleeding, and they could not attack. Xu Chu saw that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were still looking down, but he was angry.

At this time, Cao Ren and Cao Hong arrived: "Why did General Xu attack the mountain?"

"General Cao, come and see. ”

Xu Chu pointed to the mountain. He pointed to the mountain, and he also looked up the mountain, only to see that there was no soldier or one general on the mountain, and Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were gone. Xu Chu was furious: "Good for you Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei!"

"Xu Chu, there is nothing on the mountain. ”

"No, I obviously saw Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, so I commanded the men and horses to go forward. Look, how much damage has my soldier had?"

When Cao Ren saw it, he was really injured dozens of them. Cao Ren sneered: "Xu Chu, Liu Bei is already poor, let's immediately kill Xinye and step on Xinye to the ground." ”

Xu Yang led 3,000 troops in front, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong's 30,000 soldiers and horses passed through the Quewei Slope and killed until Xinye. When I arrived at Xinye, I saw that the four city gates were open, the drawbridge was placed, and there was not a single soldier. Xu Chu commanded the people to go to the city to take a look, there was no one on the street, and the people were gone. This time, there is no need to set up camp, and the people's houses are free to live in.

Xu Zhen, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong lived in the county yamen with the vanguard army, and Cao Bing was so hungry that he hurriedly buried the pot to make rice. When the rice was ready, and the rice bowl was just about to be eaten, a sudden wind suddenly rose, and Liu Feng and Guan Ping, who were in ambush outside the city, immediately shot rockets at the roof of the house.

As soon as the fire was fired, someone reported to Cao Ren: "General Cao, there is a fire in the city!"

"Let you be careful not to listen, it must be the sergeant who cooks carelessly and quickly extinguishes the fire, why make a fuss?"

"General, the big thing is not good, there are many fires in the city!"

This frightened Cao Ren, Cao Ren couldn't help but shudder, and quickly turned over his horse and prepared to retreat. The flames of the city soared, and the entire house was burned. Cao Ren saw that the fire at the east gate was relatively small: "Follow me out of the east gate!"

The whole Xinye fire was red, although the fire at the east gate was small, but the smoke was up, people hit people, horses hit horses, and trampled on each other. When Cao Ren led his troops to rush out of the east gate, not far after crossing the suspension bridge, he heard shouts of killing behind him. Zhao Yun led his generals to rush in the direction of Cao Bing, and Cao Bing had no choice but to flee north.

Cao Ren commanded the troops to flee to the White River, and when the soldiers saw the water, they all jumped into the river, and when they were comfortable, the horses also jumped into the water spiritually. Now the Baihe River can be lively, people shouting horses neighing, resounding in the night sky, the sound reached the ears of Guan Yu upstream, suddenly the water burst the embankment, many people and horses were washed away by the water, at this time Guan Yu commanded a thousand soldiers to kill downstream.

Cao Ren's soldiers retreated quickly, and when they searched, they found the Boling Ferry, where Zhuge Liang ambushed Zhang Fei. The water of Boling Ferry is shallow, and the water is not urgent, and some generals go down the river on horseback. At this time, Zhang Pegasus issued an order: "I will kill my soldiers!"

As soon as the cannon sounded, Zhang Fei shouted: "Where is Cao Bing, Zhang Fei is here!"

Cao Bing saw it, grabbed the road and fled, Xu Chu had no intention of fighting, only fought with Zhang Fei for a few rounds, and ran down with the soldiers, Liu Bei temporarily repelled Cao Ren's troops, thinking that Cao Ren would definitely come back soon.

Liu Bei and his ministers discussed countermeasures, and Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, let's quickly abandon Fancheng and go to occupy Xiangyang as a foothold." ”

Liu Bei's eyebrows furrowed, and he shook his head: "Military Division, it's easy for us to go, what about Xinye and the people of Fancheng?"

Zhang Fei said: "Big brother, with so many people, when will we be able to get to Xiangyang?"

"Third brother, how can you bear it when you say this? How can we leave the people alone? You remember my words, if a person wants to accomplish great things, he must put the people first, put the people first, and put the people first. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Lord, since you are determined to take away the people, I think it is better to tell the people that we will take away those who are willing to go with us, and let them fend for themselves if they are not willing to go with us." "Zhuge Liang didn't want to take the people away from the bottom of his heart.

"Okay, let Sun Gan do this. ”

Liu Bei sent people to prepare ships to transport the people from morning to night. The people of the two cities combined were more than 100,000 people, the older ones were on crutches, and the younger ones were held in their arms, and the people on both sides of the river were full of voices and noisy. Those who push carts, those who carry burdens, those who carry backpacks, those who carry baskets, those who carry umbrellas, those who carry baskets, those who help the old and the young, even men and women, all have to cross the river, and the crying on both sides of the river continues, shaking the heavens and the earth.