Cao Ren, who rushed to the rescue, didn't mention this anger in his heart, how long did he Cao Ren suffer such a big loss? gritted his teeth, and his face looked very, very ...... under the moonlight Terror! It didn't take long for Li Dian and Cao Hong to extinguish the embers, and after counting the grain and grass, Li Dian hesitated for a long time before coming forward to report: "General, most of the grain and grass of our army have been lost, but I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to move forward again." ”

Cao Ren swung his knife to cut off a chariot and asked hatefully, "What is Mancheng's opinion?" ”

Li Dian said: "For now, it's better to rest in Xinye for a few days, and at the same time send a fast horse back to Fancheng to urge some grain and grass to come over...... The general doesn't need to be so angry, anyway, we also took Xinye City, and Yu has an explanation from the lord. Although Zhao Yun's soldiers are refined, they are no more than a thousand people, and they are all cavalry, which are only suitable for rapid raids, so they will design again and again to show their talents on the plain. If we had held the city, his cavalry would be useless. Even if he still has 3,000 foot soldiers, what is the use of being in front of my army? ”

Cao Ren is angry, and now he is indeed a little helpless. Zhao Yun's elite rider came and went without a trace, you can't catch up and can't find it, and you can't fight if you want to. Besides, the terrain is not familiar to anyone, in case you are in a hurry, and Zhao Yun gives him another half-middle-waisted time, that person will be lost. With a dull sigh, Cao Ren said: "According to Mancheng's opinion, send a fast horse to Fancheng to get some grain and grass...... Do you want to send more soldiers back to prevent Zhao Yun from ambushing and plundering? ”

"Oops!"

Li Dian suddenly shouted, because he suddenly remembered that Zhao Yun's foot soldiers had only appeared once, and after that, Zhao Yun's elite horse had been singing on stage, but where did the three thousand foot soldiers go?

Hearing Li Dian's shouting, Cao Ren naturally asked. After Li Dian said what he thought in his heart, his face changed after a little thought: "Zhao Yun's three thousand foot soldiers must have gone straight to Fancheng!" General, please rush to the aid of Fancheng in case Fancheng is lost! ”

Cao Ren said: "Fancheng? What was the use of Zhao Yun attacking Fancheng? The lord's army will arrive in a few days, and Zhao Yun's thousands of men and horses dare to defend Fancheng to kill themselves. ”

"But general, thinking about today's battle, Zhao Yun does not want to fight with our army, but intends to feed our army! At present, more than half of the grain and grass of the army have been lost, and the Xinye Mansion Treasury has been burned by Zhao Yun, so our army is unable to approach Xiangyang...... In this way, Zhao Yun's real purpose is to drag us in Xinye, and we can't do anything forward, maybe he is buying some time for Liu Bei to make plans. Our army is currently short of grain and rice, and can no longer move forward easily, only to take the grain and grass from Fancheng. Zhao Yun expected that he would definitely attack Fancheng and burn the grain in Fancheng's treasury! General, there is a batch of grain and grass for the army to be eaten by the lord in Fancheng in advance! ”

Cao Ren was shocked at this time, and hurriedly wanted to gather people and horses to rush to Fancheng, but he was ...... Where did his men have the strength to hurry? I can only rest outside the city for one night, and then rush to Fancheng tomorrow.

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The official road from Xinye to Fancheng is about three days away, but if you start from the north of Bowangpo, take a shortcut and take a rapid march, you can reach it in about a day. Now Xu Shu is like this, at the fourth watch of the night, Xu Shu led 3,000 foot soldiers to rush to the outside of Fancheng.

Looking at the soldiers who were already very tired, Xu Shu himself felt very tired, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to hide in the forest to rest first, and at the same time sent a fine work to enter the city to investigate as soon as the day dawned. At about the beginning of the morning (around half past nine in the morning), Xu Shu reported that Fancheng was empty, and the defenders left behind were lax. Xu Shu saw that the soldiers were almost rested, and immediately ordered: "All the soldiers listen to the order, take advantage of the Cao army's unpreparedness, and take Fancheng in one go!" There is grain and grass in Fancheng, and after taking Fancheng, everyone will naturally have a hearty breakfast! Come on!! ”

The three thousand foot soldiers were instigated by Xu Shu's words, and they screamed and rushed towards the gate of Fancheng at a very fast speed. The Cao soldiers guarding the gate were lazy and lazy, and they couldn't have imagined that Xu Shu would suddenly come to attack Fancheng at this time - he had just gone out here with 20,000 horses to attack Xinye, so where would Xinye have soldiers here? In a panic, as soon as he wanted to close the city gate and pull up the suspension bridge, more than 100 Liu Bei soldiers had already rushed into the city gate, and the city gate could not be closed if he wanted to close it again.

There is a battle that is unprepared and unprepared. In less than two hours, Fancheng had already been attacked by Xu Shu's 3,000 men. After capturing Fancheng, Xu Shu didn't dare to be careless, and after disarming the Cao soldiers, he blasted out of the city and closed the four gates again, and then ...... As said, let the soldiers let go of their stomachs and eat! But there is one thing, it doesn't matter if you eat to death, but you are not allowed to drink!

Moreover, Xu Shu knew very well that Fancheng was not a place to stay for a long time, so after taking out enough grain and grass for a sumptuous feast for 3,000 people to eat and supplement his personal rations, Xu Shu ordered people to pile up firewood and grass in the treasury, and only waited for Zhao Yun to arrive at Fancheng to meet the two, and after a short rest, he put a fire.

The west gate of Fancheng, here is the place where Xu Shu and Zhao Yun agreed to meet. At this moment, Xu Shu has ordered someone to plant a banner with the word "Liu" on the city gate, and a wine-free feast has been laid in the gatehouse, just waiting for Zhao Yun to come...... No, Xu Shu has already eaten it now. Yesterday, I just gnawed a few pieces of dry food, I didn't eat breakfast in the morning, and after another fight, it's no wonder that Xu Shu is not hungry. Besides, Zhao Yun doesn't know when he will be able to arrive, and the food is not delicious when it is cold, right? By the way, Xu Shu can say anything good, that is, people are more greedy, even his friend Zhuge Liang once jokingly called him "But there is food, don't see Yuanzhi", which means that if there is anything delicious, don't let Xu Shu see it, otherwise Xu Shu will definitely try his best to taste this dish. Xu Shu was a little more restrained in front of people when he was studying at Sima Hui, but he did not do much behind his back, "fragrant meat rolls, and the gods can't stand steadily", and he and Zhuge Liang and Shi Tao can become friends, but they were actually bumped into by the two when they were hiding somewhere to eat fragrant meat, and they only rose to become close friends after drinking and meat. (It seems that Xu Shu has been damaged a little too much...... ）

Xu Shu was eating and dancing at the city gate, and a cavalry team of more than 1,000 people was coming in the distance. Xu Shu looked at the city gate tower from a distance, and ordered: "Go and open the city gate, General Zhao Zilong and Zhao are here." ”

More than 1,000 elite horsemen quickly entered the city, Zhao Yun dismounted and went directly to the gatehouse, seeing Xu Shu holding a salt-oil roast chicken in both hands and gnawing there, his mouth was full of oil stains, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Mr. Shan, you can't help it...... It's undecent. ”

Xu Shu replied: "Zilong is also a person who has been fighting for many years, and he should know who can care about elegance and indecency when fighting." We're going to have to eat our fills now, and then we're going to have a steaming hot meal. ”

"It's also here, then the cloud is welcome."

Walking to the table in a few steps, Zhao Yun, who was dressed in military uniform, took off his helmet and put it aside, took the knife and cut off a large piece of beef, and started to move with his hand like Xu Shu. A few cooks over there were carrying a large bucket of rice upstairs, Zhao Yun instructed the guards of the city to take turns to eat, and asked if his elite cavalry was also eating, and after getting a satisfactory answer, he chewed beef while talking to Xu Shu.

During the meal and talk, the two had already told each other about their battle situation, but the food on the table was almost wiped out by the two. Xu Shu wiped his greasy hands and groaned, "Zilong's burning of Cao Ren's grain cart after that did a beautiful job!" I didn't burn much with that blow, but the fire trick you made up could burn more than half of Cao Ren's grain and grass, so Cao Ren no longer had the ability to move forward and force Xiangyang. If he wants to step forward, the lord will definitely be able to easily repel it. Zilong, our purpose has been achieved. ”

"So what's next?"

Xu Shu said: "Cao Ren is not incompetent, I think he will definitely send people back to Fancheng immediately, one is to get food for emergencies, and the other is to protect the grain and grass here." For the sake of thoroughness, most of them will mobilize a lot of soldiers and horses...... Zilong, tell us to go down and let everyone rest for two hours after they have eaten enough, and then we will go out of the city together. When they left the city, they put a fire on it and destroyed the grain and grass in the storehouse. ”

"Where are you going when you get out of town?"

Xu Shu smiled: "Let's go back to Xinye......"

Xu Shu replied: "Zilong is also a person who has been fighting for many years, and he should know who can care about elegance and indecency when fighting." We're going to have to eat our fills now, and then we're going to have a steaming hot meal. ”

"It's also here, then the cloud is welcome."

Walking to the table in a few steps, Zhao Yun, who was dressed in military uniform, took off his helmet and put it aside, took the knife and cut off a large piece of beef, and started to move with his hand like Xu Shu. A few cooks over there were carrying a large bucket of rice upstairs, Zhao Yun instructed the guards of the city to take turns to eat, and asked if his elite cavalry was also eating, and after getting a satisfactory answer, he chewed beef while talking to Xu Shu.

During the meal and talk, the two had already told each other about their battle situation, but the food on the table was almost wiped out by the two. Xu Shu wiped his greasy hands and groaned, "Zilong's burning of Cao Ren's grain cart after that did a beautiful job!" I didn't burn much with that blow, but the fire trick you made up could burn more than half of Cao Ren's grain and grass, so Cao Ren no longer had the ability to move forward and force Xiangyang. If he wants to step forward, the lord will definitely be able to easily repel it. Zilong, our purpose has been achieved. ”

"So what's next?"

Xu Shu said: "Cao Ren is not incompetent, I think he will definitely send people back to Fancheng immediately, one is to get food for emergencies, and the other is to protect the grain and grass here." For the sake of thoroughness, most of them will mobilize a lot of soldiers and horses...... Zilong, tell us to go down and let everyone rest for two hours after they have eaten enough, and then we will go out of the city together. (To be continued.) )