Southern Yuzhou.

Liu Bei and Zhang Liao were about to arrive in Runan.

Runan is the seat of Yuzhou and one of the most important towns in Yuzhou.

However, Liu Bei found that Yuzhou was almost empty.

Cao Cao did not leave an army to garrison.

"General Wenyuan, Cao Cao is not ready to defend Yuzhou?" On the march, Liu Bei asked Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao replied: "Yuzhou is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and most of our army is in Guanzhong and Jingxiang. There is also a line of Chenliu and Huainan. Only Yingchuan has soldiers in Yuzhou, and the rest are not guarded. ”

Fa Zheng snorted: "Even Yuzhou doesn't dare to defend it, it can be seen that Cao Cao is already poor.... ”

"Mr. Xiaozhi, the prime minister did this not because he was afraid of Yuan Xi, but to concentrate his troops and defend Xuchang. I believe that Xuchang's defense is still very solid. Zhang Liao said.

"I hope so."

Liu Bei didn't think much about it.

Now that he has come here, even if Cao Cao is poor and does not have any advantage, he has to help.

"Newspaper .... My lord, Yuan Jun left Xuchang yesterday and marched in the direction of Runan. Now it is more than 300 miles away. "There's spies running ahead.

"Let's find out."

"No."

After the spies left, Liu Bei ordered the army to stop.

Fa Zheng came over with the map and said, "Lord, fifty miles further on, is Pingxing, the seat of Yuzhou, should we occupy it?" In Pingxing, Yuan's army was contained, and elites were sent to Xuchang to rescue Cao Cao. After that, he withdrew to Guanzhong. ”

"Let's go to Pingxing."

Liu Bei did not intend to fight to the death with Yuan Xi.

According to Zhuge Liang's suggestion, the battlefield should be placed in Guanzhong, which is the place of the decisive battle. Therefore, Pingxing can be used as a temporary garrison place to attract the attention of the enemy, and actually rush to Xuchang to rescue Cao Cao.

Arrived in Pingxing County.

Liu Bei saw that the city defense here was very solid.

There were still instruments in the city to defend the city.

He was very satisfied.

If the army is stationed here, it will be difficult for Yuan's army to conquer.

So, he ordered the whole army to be stationed in Binh Hungh. 20,000 elites were selected from the army, led by Guan Xing, and went to Xuchang with Zhang Liao.

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng both stayed behind to guard Pingxing.

A few days later.

Yuan Xi personally led 300,000 troops to Runan County.

Just got here.

Yuan Xi heard about Liu Bei's entry into Pingxing.

"In the north of Pingxing and in the south of the city, there is a large battalion with a garrison of about 100,000 troops. Liu Bei led the elite to defend the city, and formed a strategy with the large camp outside the city. If our army wants to attack Pingxing, it needs to destroy his army outside the city, otherwise it will be attacked. "The judge who came with the army said.

"Yan Liang." Yuan Xi got out of the car and shouted to the back.

Yan Liang rode over: "Lord? ”

Yuan Xi said: "You prepare, tomorrow to attack the enemy camp in the south of the city, I will transfer troops as backup, and by the way, block the enemy troops who come to the rescue." I want you to conquer the enemy camp in one day, can you do it? ”

.......

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng already knew about the arrival of Yuan Jun.

and set up an ambush in the camp outside the city.

"My lord, Mr. Kong Ming has written again." Fa Zheng sent a transcript.

"What did he say?"

Fa Zheng opened the notebook and glanced at it, frowning: "My lord, Mr. Kong Ming said... Jiang Wei's army, after capturing the three counties of Longxi, its main force did not go to Jincheng. And in the counties of Xiliang, there is no Jiang Wei, and he is worried that Jiang Wei will raid Hanzhong. ”

"Is that possible?"

Liu Bei read the recital.

Zhuge Liang has already transferred 20,000 troops from Yizhou to Hanzhong to assist in defense. However, the road to Shu is difficult, and it cannot be reached in two months.

Liu Bei pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't believe that Jiang Wei will attack Hanzhong. He doesn't have many troops in his hands, and most of them are cavalry, how did he get to Hanzhong? What's more, there are 20,000 defenders in my Han... ”

"My lord, the minister thinks that Kong Ming's worry is not unreasonable. Jiang Wei is different from ordinary generals, he will consider the overall situation. Nowadays, our army will fight in the Central Plains, which will create trouble for Yuan Xi. In order to alleviate the pressure on the Central Plains, Jiang Wei captured Hanzhong and forced our army to retreat, which is also reasonable. "Fa Zhengdao.

Liu Bei hesitated...

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng both felt that Jiang Wei would go to Hanzhong.

Could it be that Jiang Weizhen will go?

Once Hanzhong is lost, it will be difficult for his troops in the Central Plains to return to Yizhou.

I thought about it for a long time.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said: "We have come to Pingxing in Runan, hundreds of miles away from Hanzhong, even if we return to help, it will be too late." What's more, Yuan Xi's army is outside the city, and we can only mobilize the army if we defeat him. ”

Liu Bei turned around and returned to his seat and wrote two letters.

"You send this letter to Hanzhong, and let the defenders be on guard against Jiang Wei. The letter was sent to Chengdu, allowing Kong Ming to decide on his own Yizhou affairs. You don't have to tell me about it. Liu Bei handed two letters to Fa Zheng successively.

"Yes."

The law should be followed.

Next.

Yan Liang led an army of 100,000 to Pingxing Nancheng.

Surround the enemy camp outside the city.

"Kill..." Yan Liang sent 5,000 troops to launch a tentative attack on the camp. The main thing is to find out whether there are ambushes in the battalion and what the firepower is, and then it is good to send heavy troops to break the village.

The battle begins.

Yan Liang commanded in the back.

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng were also on the upper floor of Pingxing City, watching the battle.

And on the hillside not far away, Yuan Xi, Xian Pei, Zhang Jaw and others also couldn't take their eyes off it, staring at the battle situation outside the southern city.

Five thousand people ran to the gate.

Whoosh...

Many arrows were fired in front of him.

The soldiers arrived with shields and from time to time returned fire.

"Broken village!" The 5,000 people braved the rain of arrows and rushed outside the wall, took out the canisters of fire oil that had been prepared long ago, threw them at the walled building, and ignited them with fire: "Boom, boom, boom..." ”

The fire oil exploded, blowing the walled building away.

"Rush in..." Five thousand men slaughtered into the camp.

The Yizhou army stationed inside did not resist too fiercely, and no ambush appeared. This made the soldiers attacking the village more unscrupulous and entered quickly.

Yan Liang already sensed that something was wrong, but he did not recall the army.

He wanted to see where the enemy's ambushes were and what the firepower was.

The 5,000 people who entered the enemy camp were advancing for about a kilometer when they suddenly smelled a strong smell of fire oil. Then a large number of rockets flew from the sky and shot around them.

Boom boom...

The rocket ignited the surrounding haystacks and camp tents, which were filled with fire oil. An explosion unleashed a devastating force that trapped five thousand people in the middle.

Yan Liang's eyes widened in surprise from behind: "Liu Bei actually has so much oil!" ”

........

After a series of explosions, a sea of fire formed in the camp.

The soldiers were wailing and screaming.

Some of the soldiers who reacted quickly turned around and went back.

But the Yizhou army in ambush in the camp shot a dense array of arrows and killed them.

In just a quarter of an hour.

All 5,000 people were killed!!

Hiss...

The judge, who was watching the battle not far away, exclaimed: "Lord, Liu Bei's two big camps outside the city are specially designed to deal with us." If our army attacks, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. ”