Chapter 1581: Burning Xinye

Cao Shuo ordered the army to be stationed on the spot, and after waiting for about an hour, Cai Mao arrived with more than a dozen guards.

Entering Cao Shuo's tent, Cai Mao bowed down and made a big salute: "Cai Mao has seen Gongzi." ”

"General Cai must have something important coming here." Cao Shuo smiled slightly and asked him: "If you have something to say, just say it directly, we are also old friends." ”

"Childe is frank, of course I have to say it directly." Cai Mao asked: "Dare to ask what Gongzi plans to do when he leads the army to Jingzhou?" ”

"What else can you do with your army here?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Of course, I changed my surname to Jingzhou, and then killed Liu Xuande with me." ”

"Since Gongzi Shang came back to Jingzhou, Jingsheng Gong has never been an enemy of the Cao family." Cai Mao said: "Could it be that the Cao family refuses to give the descendants of Jingsheng a way to live? ”

"I give the descendants of Jingsheng a way to live, can they keep Jingzhou?" Cao Shuo said: "The Sun family in Jiangdong is eyeing each other, and Liu Xuande is always thinking about taking Jingzhou into his pocket. Although there are generals and a group of Jingzhou subordinates to protect them at the moment, but in ten or twenty years, who will Jingzhou fall into? ”

Cao Shuo's words made Cai Mao ask and didn't know how to respond.

He lowered his head, and his face turned very bad.

Standing up and walking to Cai Mao's side, Cao Shuo gently patted his arm and said, "General Cai, I hope you can understand a truth." Whether Jiangdong Sun or Liu Xuande get Jingzhou, his wife and second son are bound to die. They have only one hope for survival, that is, to serve the Cao family and sacrifice Jingzhou. ”

"Can Childe not kill his sister and Liu Cong?" Cai Mao asked in disbelief.

"Why should I kill them?" Cao Shuo said: "If they sacrifice Jingzhou, there will be no threat to the Cao family." Mrs. Cai is a woman after all, while Liu Cong is still a child. There is no difference between killing them and not killing them. Killing it will ruin the name of our Cao family. ”

"With the words of Childe, I am relieved." Cai Mao said: "Don't hide it from my son, I came this time on the order of my sister to come to Jingzhou." ”

"Did you bring the ribbon and the talisman?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Nope." Cai Mao said: "I don't know what Gongzi and Cao Gong want, of course Jingzhou doesn't dare to act rashly. As long as Gongzi promises not to kill his sister and Liu Cong, when I return to Xiangyang, I will send the seals, talismans, and population rosters. ”

"You really need to go back as soon as possible." Cao Shuo said: "Our army is about to attack Xinye, and Liu Xuande will definitely not be able to hold it." After leaving Shinno, where do you think he will choose to go? ”

Cai Mao was stunned.

Cao Shuo smiled at him: "Before I arrive in Xiangyang, the general, Mrs. Cai, and the second son of the Jingsheng family don't want to die." ”

"I see." Cai Mao bowed down and bowed to Cao Shuo: "I'll go back." ”

Cao Shuo nodded, and Cai Mao asked again: "Is it possible that Gongzi thinks that Liu Xuande can attack Xiangyang." ”

"He doesn't have to attack at all." Cao Shuo said: "As long as he goes outside Xiangyang City, someone will open the city gate for him." Liu Xuande has a lot of men under his command, and the general has to defend it. ”

Cai Mao was stunned and hurriedly retreated.

Seeing Cai Mao away, Cao Shuo ordered the army: "Camp on the spot today, and early tomorrow morning, the army will leave for Xinye." ”

Cao Shuo has seen Cai Mao, and he is getting closer and closer to Xinye.

Liu Bei in Xinye City did not actively prepare for the war.

Liu Bei's soldiers were busy stacking firewood and grass in various houses.

The people in the city could only watch him Liu Beijun's soldiers pile up firewood and grass in their homes.

Not far from the city gate, Liu Bei looked at the soldiers who were busy stacking firewood and grass in the city, and asked Zhuge Liang: "Our army has withdrawn from Xinye, can Cao Zirong enter the city so easily?" ”

"Cao Zirong can't enter the city, and his vanguard will also enter the city." Zhuge Liang said: "As long as a fire burns them clean, it will be a frustration for Cao Zirong." ”

"Are the people ready?" Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei on the side.

"Back to my brother." Zhang Fei said: "The people have long been ready to leave Xinye at any time. ”

"That's good." Liu Bei said in a compassionate tone: "I can't bear to let the people stay in the city, once the fire starts, I don't know how many people will die." ”

He was still preparing in Xinye City, planning to fill the entire city with firewood and grass, and when Cao Shuo entered the city, he would burn Cao Shuo clean with a fire.

And Cao Shuo had already gotten Liu Bei's movements at this time.

Sitting in the tent with Pang Tong and others, after listening to the return of the fire dance, the corners of Cao Shuo's mouth were slightly pulled.

He waved his hand, motioning for the retribution Fire Dance to stand down.

Huo Wu retreated, and Cao Shuo said to Pang Tong and the others: "Liu Xuande is really benevolent and righteous, he wants to burn down the homes of the people of Xinye, but he can say that he can't bear the people to be burned to death." ”

"Isn't it time to do it?" Pang Tong asked him.

"How are our men prepared?" Cao Shuo asked him.

"I've been lurking in the new field for a long time." Pang Tong said: "As long as Gongzi gives an order, this fire will burn on Liu Xuande's own head." ”

"Pass the order." Cao Shuo said: "While Liu Xuande was still in the city, he immediately lit a fire and asked him to prepare firewood and grass by himself, but it was burned by the fire in his own house." ”

Deng Zhan, who was standing in the tent, immediately retreated.

It didn't take long for a platoon of archers to shoot lit arrows into the air.

The arrows in the barracks flew up, but in a few moments, seven or eight miles away from the barracks, there were also more than a dozen flaming arrows flying into the air.

In this way, soon, just over ten miles away from Xinye City, there were rockets taking off.

Cao Shuo's army was still not close to Xinye, and the rockets flying more than ten miles away could be clearly seen in the city.

Looking up at the fire that rose in the air in the distance, Liu Bei's face suddenly became a little bad.

He asked Zhuge Liang on the side: "Kong Ming, I also got the news that Cao Zirong is a hundred miles away, could it be that they will arrive at a place that is only more than ten miles away from Xinye?" ”

"If they really arrived at a place that was only more than ten miles away, how could they expose their tracks?" Zhuge Liang first shook his head, and then his eyes suddenly widened: "Not good!" ”

"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

"The lord will give the order to get out of the city." Zhuge Liang said: "Cao Zirong is giving a signal to the city, I'm afraid that the firewood and grass we prepared will burn to our own heads." ”

Liu Bei was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Pass the order, and the army will leave the city immediately." ”

"What about the people?" Guan Yu asked.

"The situation is urgent, how can you take care of them." Liu Bei said: "Let the army go out of the city first." ”

When Liu Bei ordered the army to go out of the city, there were several fire points in the city, and there were also shouts of killing near the city gate, and I don't know how many Cao Shuo's men and horses sneaked into the city.

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