After several arguments, Nie Hong finally persuaded Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban to become the vanguard of this attack.

Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban could only sigh bitterly in their hearts, this person always put some senseless burdens on their hearts.

Everyone is already brothers, but he still sees himself as an outsider.

Since he insisted on going first, it was useless for the two of them to talk more, so they had to keep their distance as much as possible in order to respond.

It was early spring, and the weather was still a little dry and cold, so Nie Hong and his subordinates cautiously advanced into the depths of the forest.

"Nie Shuai, will Yuan Shu's subordinates really set up an ambush here?" An adjutant asked in a whisper.

In fact, everyone has his doubts.

Now only a few branches and leaves have sprouts, and this terrain is not suitable for hiding.

"If I were Yuan Shu's general, I would be ambushed here."

"Why is that?"

"It's a dry time, and it's a good place to use fire."

was reminded by Nie Hong like this, and everyone instantly understood.

Indeed, although Yuan Shu has far more soldiers and horses than Cao Cao, his current situation is not optimistic, if there is a crusade against him, he will have to use soldiers and horses, and in a few times, he will have no soldiers available.

Everyone immediately raised their vigilance and looked around for any traces of the enemy's arrangement.

Although it was daytime, the forest suddenly made everyone feel a little eerie.

"Nie Shuai, look at this ......" A soldier noticed something unusual, so he called out to Nie Hong directly.

Nie Hong hurried over to check.

What the soldier found was the trunk of a tree, with marks of felling.

"What a fuss, maybe some woodcutter cut it halfway, and then go back when it gets late." A soldier next to him said.

But Nie Hong frowned and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

"Quietly pass the order, the rear army becomes the front army, slowly withdraw it, and pay attention to the surroundings."

Looking at Nie Hong's appearance, everyone understood that this was not ordinary.

It's just that they can't retreat.

The route they traveled was not a serious path, and although there were no bushes around it, it was still uneven.

As if in response to Nie Hong's discovery, the soil on the ground suddenly rose, and many enemies holding ropes suddenly appeared on their periphery.

The front ends of those ropes were tied to stones, and without Nie Hongduo saying anything, everyone put on a defensive formation.

But they didn't expect that instead of throwing the rope at them, the enemy threw it at the top branches of the trees beside them.

At the same time, the enemy archers in the back row had already lit torches and ignited the arrows.

"Retreat!" Nie Hong shouted.

"Click! Click! As the branches made a sound under the force, one by one the trees fell towards Nie Hongji's men under the traction of three or four enemy soldiers.

Only then did they realize that the traces were not made by the woodcutter, but by the enemy.

It is not easy to notice that a tree is cut down in half and filled with wood chips. Then, with this traction, it can be easily put down.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The flaming arrows had also been fired.

Even if they didn't hit them directly, the arrows would have set fire to the trees around them, and the vast majority of Nie Hong's men were now trapped in the fire due to the enemy's preparations.

"Don't panic!" Nie Hong has led the Qingzhou Yellow Turban for many years and is naturally sophisticated. When he saw the situation, he immediately made a decision, and stuck the spear in his hand under the trunk of a burning tree beside him.

As mentioned before, Nie Hong's strength has few opponents in Cao's army.

"Drink!" With a loud roar, Nie Hong actually picked out the entire trunk.

His subordinates instantly understood what he meant, but naturally they couldn't do what he did.

However, they have been in Qingzhou for many years, and the tacit understanding between them is certainly extraordinary.

They worked in groups of three, cooperating with the Changge method, and they also picked up the burning tree trunks.

……

"Alas, sure enough, it is impossible to take down these people easily." Li Feng, who was standing outside as the commander of the operation, shook his head.

The enemy defends in such a way that he puts himself in a dilemma.

Burning trees are stacked on the periphery, and the enemies inside are uncomfortable, but they are alive.

And in the face of the nearly two-person high wall of fire, even if you release arrows, it is just a waste of money.

You can't see it with flat shots, and it's the same with upside shots.

"General, it seems that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived."

"Hmm......" Listening to what his subordinates said, Li Feng also noticed the sound of soldiers and horses marching in the distance.

"Withdraw."

An ambush that was neither a success nor a failure was over.

Li Feng was right to withdraw decisively, because Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban heard the sentry report that there was a fire in the forest, so they led the whole army to come to support.

Just rushed to the front and looked at the large circle of fire, they were also a little dumbfounded.

Nie Hong's subordinates, who were not trapped, were desperately fighting the fire, and Xiahou Yuan immediately understood what was going on, and immediately personally brought people up to help.

"Bang!" Suddenly, one part of the ring of fire burst outward, and the blackened trunk of the tree shattered and fell in all directions.

Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban looked fixedly, and within the gap, Nie Hong and his men walked out unscathed.

"General Xiahou." Nie Hong held a gun in one hand and smiled.

Xiahou Yuan looked inside through the gap and instantly understood his way of dealing with it.

The lord can have such a general, which can be regarded as a gift from heaven.