Guzang City, Kufu.

Ma Chao was walking in the treasury of Wuwei County, counting the full warehouse of supplies, and his eyes were full of excitement.

"I really didn't expect that this Du Raid would be quite good at looting, and a mere Wuwei County would be able to store so much grain, grass and money." Ma Chao muttered to himself, a sarcastic sneer rising at the corner of his mouth.

The four counties of Liangbei are remote, and it is not easy to transport grain, so Su Zhecai can only lead 70,000 soldiers and horses north to pursue Liu Bei, which Ma Chao knows very well.

The grain, grass, and money in this treasury are enough to support the expenses of 70,000 troops for a month, and suddenly get this unexpected windfall, Ma Chaochao is naturally happy.

"One month is enough to seize the four counties of Liangbei and destroy Liu Bei, in this case, just the grain and grass in this treasury are enough."

Ma Chao had a calculation in his heart, so he planned to send someone back to the big camp tent to report the good news to Su Zhe, and ask Su Zhe to lead the army to Guzang City as soon as possible to meet.

After the inventory of the treasury was completed, Ma Chao walked out of the treasury, looked at the moon in the middle of the sky, and felt a little tired, so he was ready to go back to the county mansion to rest.

At this moment, he suddenly saw that in the north of the city, there seemed to be a fire suddenly appearing.

Immediately afterwards, in the direction of the west and south of the city, there were fires almost at the same time, as if at the same time, the entire Guzang City was on fire everywhere.

Ma Chao didn't react to what was going on, and shouted urgently: "What's the matter, why is there a fire all of a sudden, quick, wake up the soldiers, hurry up and put out the fire!" ”

Bell bell bell ~~

The sound of the gong warning suddenly sounded, and the originally silent Guzang City immediately fell into a panic and became a pot of porridge.

"Kill the Su thief—"

"Capture Su Zhe alive—"

Just when Wei Jun was woken up from his sleep and hurried to extinguish the fire, the sound of killing suddenly sounded in the city.

The sound of killing also came from all directions, as if tens of thousands of Han troops in ambush in the city suddenly launched at the same time.

"Han army sneak attack?" Ma Chao was taken aback, his eyes were incredulous.

You must know that after he captured Guzang City, but after careful investigation, the entire city was already an empty city, not only the Han army, but even the ordinary people had already fled cleanly.

He was sure that there could be no Han army hiding in the city.

If the Han army wants to sneak attack, it can only attack from outside the city, but he has enough left-behind soldiers and horses at the four gates, how can the Han army break through the city defense without realizing it and set fire everywhere in the city.

It's like the Han army is a divine soldier descending from heaven.

Ma Chao couldn't figure out why, and he didn't have the time to think about why.

The fire broke out so suddenly that many Wei soldiers did not have time to escape from their houses, so they were surrounded by raging flames and burned alive.

The surviving soldiers were completely frightened by the uncontrolled fire, coupled with the constant shouts of killing in their ears, they were even more frightened, and thought that several times the Han army had been killed.

For a time, the fighting spirit of the Wei army collapsed, and they were like headless flies, scurrying around the city.

Ma Chao recovered from the shock, turned over and came to the street, shouting: "Don't panic, go put out the fire, those who dare to move without permission must be a spy of the Han army, and there will be no forgiveness!" ”

Ma Chao tried all means, but he couldn't suppress the disintegrating Wei soldiers, and the panic broke down, spreading everywhere like a plague, forcing those soldiers to flee outside the city.

Ma Xiu rushed over and shouted: "Big brother, this fire started too suddenly, there are Han troops everywhere, I don't know how many people have sneaked into the city, hurry up and abandon the city and withdraw, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

Ma Chao's heart was shocked, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he looked at Guzang City on all sides, only to see that the entire city had turned into a sea of fire.

As Matthew said, at such a point, it is impossible to destroy it, and if he stays any longer, he will be burned to death in this sea of fire.

In desperation, Ma Chao had to shout unhappily: "Pass the order, the whole army quickly retreat from the nearest gates, and after leaving the city, you can't stay for a long time, and immediately retreat in the direction of the big camp in the south." ”

When the order was laid, the soldiers of the battalions opened the gates of the city and fled out of the city in all directions.

Ma Chao glanced at the raging fire, let out a helpless sigh, and rode his horse towards the nearest west gate.

Outside the West Gate.

In the dense forest, the Han soldiers looked at the burning Guzang City, and their young faces were all burning with unprecedented surprise, and the rolling killing machine was burning wildly in their hearts.

Zhang Fei looked at the grand occasion of the burning of the city, looked at the Wei army who escaped from the city gate in embarrassment, and couldn't help laughing happily: "Sima Zhongda's strategy is really wonderful, if the thief is in the city, it would be better, Lao Tzu, I can turn things around in a battle today!" ”

This plan to burn the city by fire was exactly the clever plan that Sima Yi offered to Liu Bei.

On the same day, Sima Yi offered a plan to Liu Bei, dug a tunnel in the city overnight, and went straight to the dense forest outside the city, leaving a secret passage that quietly sneaked into Guzang City.

Subsequently, Liu Bei withdrew all the soldiers and civilians in the city, leaving the grain, grass, money and silk of the treasury in the city, creating the illusion that he was afraid of Su Zhe and abandoned the city in a hurry, so as to induce Su Zhe to enter and occupy Guzang City with confidence.

At this time, Liu Bei could call Zhang Fei's subordinates, who had been ambushed in the dense forest in advance, and sent Du Xi to lead the army to sneak into the city at night, set fire to the city everywhere, disturb the morale of the Wei army, and drive the Wei army to escape from the city.

And at this time, Zhang Fei and his ambush soldiers outside the city could take the opportunity to attack and intercept the fleeing Wei army.

Looking at the fire in the city and the fleeing Wei army, Zhang Fei sneered fiercely on his face, turned over his horse, and shouted: "Blow the horn for Lao Tzu, the time for revenge has come!" ”

In the dense forest, the sound of trumpets suddenly sounded, piercing the silence

"Brothers, go out with Lao Tzu, kill all the Wei dogs who fled, and don't leave any of them~~"

Zhang Fei roared like a beast, and galloped out with a horse's belly.

More than 5,000 Han soldiers ambushed, like wild beasts out of the cage, surging out of the dense forest and killing the Wei army fleeing from the West Gate.

"His grandmother's, after losing so many games, I can finally kill one happily today, I must have a good time!"

Zhang Fei crashed into the fleeing Wei army first, raised his spear and fell, and flew several Wei soldiers into the air, and the spear blade stirred upward, turning those poor soldiers into corpses.

Immediately afterwards, the 5,000 Han army, like a tiger and wolf, rushed into the panicked Han army, wantonly harvesting human heads.

The screams suddenly rose, and the people who were killed by the Wei army immediately turned on their backs, and the ghosts cried wolves.

These Wei soldiers who escaped from the city thought that they had escaped the fire and were lucky enough to pick up a life, but they never expected that there would be a Han ambush outside the city.

Unprepared, the Wei army, which was in turmoil, had almost no strength to resist, so they could only scatter with their heads held and let the Han army slaughter.

In the raging fire, Ma Chao finally rode his horse and escaped from the West Gate.

As soon as he looked up, he suddenly saw that his soldiers were being wantonly intercepted and killed by the Han army that suddenly appeared, and he was immediately taken aback.

"Okay, Liu Bei, I didn't expect me to fall for your trick!"

The angry Ma Chao swept his horse into the chaotic army, and successively picked several Han soldiers away, scolding the panicked Wei soldiers in his mouth, and ordered them to fight desperately.

It's a pity that under the blow of the fire and the ambush of the Han army, the fighting spirit of the Wei army has long been lost, and it is not at all that he can turn it back, and he has no intention of fighting back at all, but he is just holding his head and running away, and he is broken by the Han army.

"Damn, Your Majesty asked me to seize Guzang City, if I lose my troops and flee back to the camp, wouldn't I lose face and lose Your Majesty's trust in me......"

Ma Chao was angry and annoyed in his heart, knowing that the defeat was decided, and wanted to withdraw, but he was in a dilemma and couldn't make a decision.

"The traitor surnamed Ma, your grandfather Zhang is here, see if I can stab you to death!"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar sounded, waking Ma Chao up from the entanglement.

He looked up violently, and saw a black charcoal-like figure slaughtering at him, with such a furious momentum, as if he had a grudge against his father.

"Zhang Fei!" Ma Chao's brows sank.