When Cao Cao arrived, he called Cao Ren.

"What's going on?"

"Lord, Zhang Ming blocked the road, and above the pass, there seems to be an ambush."

Cao Cao frowned, this matter was very serious.

"Prepare to break through."

Cao Cao needs time now, and now that Lu Bu has not yet gained a firm foothold, after he goes back, it will be easy to drive Lu Bu away.

If it drags on for a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to drive it away by then.

Cao Cao was in a hurry, so he ordered a strong attack.

He observed that above the pass, there were at most three or five hundred people in ambush, and they could pass through with a certain amount of losses.

Organized a shock of several thousand people.

Thousands of people rushed out, but no one from above attacked.

However, when they reached the pass and were about to rush out, they were suddenly attacked by a large number of people.

Zhang Ming and they arranged crossbowmen and archers to attack together.

At the same time, at the pass, there were many soldiers holding explosion-proof shields and blocking them to the death.

All of a sudden, Cao's army suffered heavy casualties, the first round of impact, losing more than a thousand people, and then retreated.

"Damn, lord, let me go." Dian Wei brandished his halberd, and he wanted to kill it.

Cao Cao couldn't rush out.

This pass is their road after all, and it is not very dangerous, but now, they can't rush through it in a short time, and it will take an extra day and a half to make a detour.

"Continue to rush, Zhang Ming will have 10,000 troops, this place is not a dangerous place."

Cao Cao continued to give the order to charge.

The army killed the past, and the Cao army was very brave.

"Hmph, come as much as you want, clean up as much as you want."

Zhang Ming smiled, pressed his hand, and suddenly a large number of arrows attacked again.

This time, Cao Jun was prepared and knew how to block and dodge.

But the arrows were dense and the losses were still very large.

The two sides fought together.

"Get the fireworks ready."

Fireworks are flares, and they could have been used without fireworks here, as long as the flag was ordered.

But Zhang Ming still uses fireworks, that is, he also wants Cao Jun to see it.

Zhang Ming did not attack, but let Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang rush to kill for a while and beat the enemy back.

This time, Cao's army lost more than a thousand people.

"Send someone to contact Cao Cao and tell Cao Cao that he wants to go over and leave the money to buy the road."

Yes, Zhang Ming deceived Liu Bei and blackmailed Cao Cao.

In this way, Zhang Ming first kidnapped, then defrauded, and now blackmailed.

A whole criminal.

However, Zhang Ming felt very enjoyable.

Soon, a soldier went over and informed Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was furious, and his subordinate generals asked for battle one by one.

"Lord, I'm going to kill Zhang Ming." Xu Chu said.

"Lord, give me 3,000 soldiers and horses, and we will rush over." Xiahoudun said.

The rest of the dozen or so generals all joined the battle.

Cao Cao sent someone to ask how much Zhang Ming needed.

"General Cao, as long as 8,000 war horses and 8,000 sets of weapons and equipment."

Eight thousand sets, and eight thousand war horses?

It's a lion's mouth.

Eight thousand war horses are tens of millions of dollars, how can Cao Cao give up.

"Wishful thinking."

Cao Cao sent the soldier who delivered the news back.

The soldier was not seriously injured, but he was a little aggrieved.

Go back and report to Zhang Ming.

"Hahaha, I know that Cao Mengde will be like this, he has to suffer."

"Xiahou Yuan, give you 3,000 soldiers and horses, and break through the pass."

"Tiger idiot, evil come, you two prepare, and you will prepare to attack later."

Zhang Ming's asking price was too high for him to bear.

Therefore, Cao Cao wants to fight over.

The crowd will be excited and begin to prepare.

Xiahou Yuan led 3,000 men to charge first.

Three thousand people rushed over, and just after engaging in battle, suddenly a cannon rang out, and fireworks shot up into the sky.

"There's an ambush."

Wood began to be thrown on it, and a pile of logs began to be prepared, rolling down.

The top of the pass is very narrow, and only a small number of logs can be placed.

The logs rolled down, killing hundreds of people, and the rest hurried back.

The man retreated, but the log on top kept falling down.

The speed of throwing the log is not fast, and hundreds of people have to pass the log up from below, little by little, before they can be thrown down.

The rolling logs kept throwing, and Cao Cao's army did not attack immediately after withdrawing, but observed there.

After about half an hour of observation, the rolling logs continued to be thrown down and slowly piled up.

At this point, many places were blocked by rolling logs.

Xiahoudun said: "What is Zhang Ming doing here? Did he try to block the way of our army with this rolling log? ”

These rolling logs are really troublesome because there are quite a few of them.

But send the army in to clean up, and it will take more than an hour.

The log was still being thrown, and a soldier who was delivering a message slowly climbed over from the top, and then shouted to Cao Cao in the distance.

"General Cao, my lord said, the price remains the same, if General Cao does not agree, he will block General Cao here for two days."

Two days, now one day is very critical for Cao Cao.

If they were here for two days, Liu Bei would know about it, and maybe he would send troops to pursue them.

Moreover, now that the situation in Yanzhou is unknown, he is very anxious.

"Don't think about it, Zhang Ming is insatiable, the asking price is too high, bullying my army of 100,000?"

Cao Cao has an army of 100,000, and Zhang Ming has an army of 10,000, why let him extort?

Cao Cao estimated that even if Zhang Ming blocked all the passes, he would block him for a day at most.

Eight thousand war horses, eight thousand sets of weapons and equipment.

Tens of millions of things, how can he easily agree.

"It's not good, Zhang Ming wants to set fire."

Suddenly, Guo Jia on the side was shocked, he remembered the oil that Zhang Ming deliberately left behind in the previous battle with Yuan Shao.

So much wood, if you pour oil on it, it will be a sea of fire.

As soon as Guo Jia said this, this Cao Cao immediately understood Zhang Ming's plan.

"Let's go, take a detour."

"Evil comes, you immediately lead five thousand troops as the vanguard."

"Cao Ren, you led 10,000 troops, set off in half an hour, and you have made a response."

Cao Cao was too decisive, he knew that Zhang Ming must have wanted to set fire, and only by setting fire could he stop them.

By this time the log was already halfway blocked, and it was too late by this time, and if they set it on fire, they would not be able to get by.

Cao Cao ordered a retreat.

The army left.

And Zhang Ming was not surprised at all when he knew that Cao Cao was leaving.

"Throw gasoline, set fire."

Cao Cao left, Zhang Ming still set fire, that is, he told Cao Cao that he said that he could do it, and it would be two days to hold him for two days.

Set the fire, Zhang Ming and they left immediately.

Fast horses, Zhang Ming can Cao Cao and them arrive at the next place in two days.

This place is a relatively narrow terrain, and in two days, Zhang Ming has more people now, enough to block it first.

That place is even more critical, if Cao Cao has to make a detour, it will be even more troublesome, not two more days.

Let's talk about Pi outside the city.

When Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao had indeed retreated, he was surprised and delighted.

Is this a conspiracy or does Zhang Ming really have some way to make Cao Cao retreat?

"Big brother, this Cao army has really retreated, will we give money?"

The second brother Guan Fei said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hesitated, whether to give it or not?