Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Flame of the Wind (Complete)

The things on the battlefield are so cruel that some people grit their teeth and some people are elated. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Not to mention how Cao Ren, who had been defeated for a while, was so angry that he wanted to discuss with the military advisor Manpet and then go to Liu Bei for trouble, only that Liu Bei followed Li Sheng's advice and broke the Eight Golden Lock Array and folded Cao Ren for a while, and returned to the camp to count: That is since the armor and equipment have been collected innumerable, nearly 10,000 enemies have been killed, and the losses are counted: Although the specific number cannot be obtained, in the rough estimate, Liu Beijun's own losses in this battle are definitely not more than 3,000. Liu Bei was overjoyed at the moment, so he wanted to kill pigs in the camp and set up wine to celebrate with Li Sheng and them. After all, for Liu Beijun, who was always beaten by Cao Cao, it was a very happy thing to be able to defeat Cao Cao's army on the frontal battlefield, and it was no wonder that Liu Beijun's people would be so out of shape after a small victory.

"Hah! is so happy to win such a game, I don't think this Liu Bei is a big deal. A disdainful voice sounded in Li Sheng's tent.

Since Liu Bei relied on Li Sheng's advice to win the battle, Liu Bei suddenly valued Li Sheng, and he assigned a remote corner of the camp to Li Sheng at Li Sheng's request, so that Li Sheng and the guards he brought were together. At the moment, this voice was obviously a discordant voice coming from Li Sheng's tent - the people brought by Li Sheng had come to observe the combat strength of Liu Bei and Cao Cao's army and make some comments on them, so after this battle, Li Sheng gathered his subordinates together to discuss today's gains and losses. Although Li Sheng has an inexplicable good impression of Liu Bei, there are also people below Li Sheng who don't like Liu Bei, such as Zhou Li, who just spoke, seems to look down on Liu Bei. In fact, Zhou Li didn't look down on Liu Bei, he just took some of his hatred for Liu Bei's brother Zhang Fei out of anger on Liu Bei. For the battle three years ago, Zhou Li and Li Sheng generally remember it vividly, and they are afraid.

"It's also a normal thing. Anyone who has defeated an enemy who has not been able to win for a long time will be happy to celebrate. It's like a big bull power, but he defeated the Yun master mother once in a while, didn't he want to go and drink happily? In this way, you don't seem to have anything to mock Xuandegong. In addition, we have come to see the gains and losses of the battle at the request of the lord this time, and you should comment on the battle itself and the performance of the various generals in the battle. As for other things, don't talk too much about them, even if you don't like them. You must know that we are from the military camp of Xuande Gong. If what you said accidentally leaked into the ears of Xuande Gong, it would be a big problem for the Lord and Xuande Gong to unite with Xuande Gong. Kong Ming smiled faintly, the feather fan swayed lightly, and the words of consolation made the few shaved heads in the tent who were quite angry seem to be watered with cold water, and they all calmed down at once.

"Understood." Everyone turned back to look at their lord Li Sheng. They found that their lord had been sitting there with a frown and a word, as if there was something difficult in his heart. Everyone looked at Kong Ming and hoped that Kong Ming would solve the worries in Li Sheng's heart, and Kong Ming thought the same.

He came to Li Sheng's side with a feather fan and asked softly, "What is the lord worried about?" ”

"I'm worried about Uncle Xuande's side." In response to Kong Ming's inquiry, Li Sheng, who was sitting on the side, stretched out his hand and said the uneasiness in his heart: "There is nothing wrong with defeating the enemy and needing congratulations. It's just that it's still on the battlefield right now, and the rebuke between the enemy and us is all stubble. If Cao Ren knew about the laxity on our side and came to steal the camp overnight, I am afraid that not only the results of Uncle Xuande's victory during the day would be turned to ashes, but even you and I and the soldiers in the camp would have suffered a lot of casualties. After all, once the collapse of the army is like a mountain, no one can stop it. ”

"Hehe, it's very good that the lord thinks of this. It's just that the lord underestimates Xuande Gong too much. Do you think he who can come up with a plan to conquer the crowd can't see this? Wait. Maybe an order will come later. Kong Ming's feather fan floated lightly, with a dusty and indifferent look.

"Oh? Is that so? Li Sheng pondered for a while, seemed to calm down, and resumed waiting.

Zhuge Liang's guess about Liu Bei is undoubtedly very correct. When Li Sheng sat down again and continued to discuss the gains and losses of Liu Cao's two armies in the battle in the morning, the entire Liu Beijun camp had some movement. Although this movement was not very big, even if Li Sheng worked hard, it was very slight, but after Li Sheng combined the words that Kong Ming had just said to himself, he understood that Liu Bei's order had finally been given. He began to set it up.

"How is Kong Ming? Let's take a look together, shall we? Li Sheng invited Kong Ming, and he planned to go to Liu Beijun's big tent to see what kind of feast Liu Bei planned to use to deal with Cao Ren tonight.

"Huh! It's good. Kong Ming's always calm face actually showed a naughty smile: "I also want to go and ask Liu Bei." I want to ask him why he canceled tonight's dinner. ”

"Haha!" Everyone in the tent laughed loudly, and they all said: "I'm afraid that Lord Liu Bei will be stunned for this criticism of the military advisor." ”

Li Sheng couldn't help but wonder.

passed calmly all the way, and came to Liu Beijun's middle tent, but Li Sheng and the other three were stopped by the soldiers outside the door. "The lord and the generals are discussing things inside, and I ask Lord Li to stay less, so I will go in and inform the lord." The soldier said politely. After the battle in the morning, no one in Liu Bei's army didn't seem to know Li Sheng's identity. For those who can crack that wonderful formation, under the deliberate propaganda of Liu Bei, who wants to further establish a good relationship with Li Sheng, they are very familiar with Li Sheng.

"I'm tired." Li Sheng didn't put on a show, just smiled very gently, and stood aside with Kong Ming. Liu Bei wants to have a relationship with him, and why doesn't he want to get along with Liu Bei.

After a while, the soldiers who went in came out, and they brought the news that Liu Bei had invited Li Sheng in. This is also very normal, no matter what, Liu Bei is Li Sheng's current ally, and he has nothing to hide from Li Sheng.

Li Sheng and the others lifted the curtain of the big tent and walked in, and just as they stood still, they heard Liu Bei's voice smiling and apologetic: "I'm really sorry Zixu, because I have to deal with Cao Ren's overnight sneak attack, I'm afraid tonight's celebration banquet will be canceled." ”

"Hehe, I understand that. I can see this from the situation of Uncle Xuande's mobilization of troops and horses in the battalion. Li Sheng pulled Kong Ming's sleeve and politely greeted Liu Bei, and then went straight to the position next to Liu Bei. He knew his position here, so he didn't have much politeness, but he seemed a little humble and arrogant. "I don't know how Uncle Xuande wants to deal with Cao Renjun who came to attack? Although the other side folded for a while in the morning, there were still more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it was still very possible to fight with our army. As soon as he got down, Li Sheng asked.

"I want to lay an ambush in this woods." Liu Bei said with a smile: "Although Cao Ren's soldiers and horses are elite, they are suddenly attacked in the dark night, and I am afraid that they will not be in a mess." That's what we're for. ”

"Ambush the enemy to rout, and then wave the army to cover the killing. Uncle Xuande wanted to use this to defeat Cao Renjun and let him lose it for a while. Li Sheng immediately guessed the result of Liu Bei's plan. He then shook his head and said regretfully: "This plan is good, but it may not be able to quickly break the Cao army." Uncle Xuande must have guessed the true intention of Lord Liu Biao to lead you to send troops. In this kind of situation, there is a great enemy in front and a bad situation behind it, and letting the war drag on for a long time is not conducive to the development of Uncle Xuande. ”

"Ah......" Liu Bei couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw that Li Sheng had spread out this matter here. He originally wanted to reprimand Li Sheng, but after thinking about it, since Li Sheng said so, it was very likely that he was on his side. So, he lowered his head and consulted Li Sheng: "Hearing Zixu say this, is there a better way?" ”

"That's right." Li Sheng nodded with a smile.

"Then please ask Zixu for some guidance." Liu Bei made a compilation to Li Sheng and asked earnestly.

"Uncle doesn't need to be so polite, it is my Zixu's honor to be able to relieve my uncle's worries." Li Sheng humbled and asked Liu Bei to get the map.

"You see, although Cao Jun came from Jianyang, the degree of convenience is not as good as going straight to Wancheng from us. I don't know why Cao Jun is like this, but judging from the soldiers and horses brought by Cao Ren, he has already come with all the soldiers and horses in Wancheng. Li Sheng said with a smile: "Wancheng is empty, this is exactly where we can take advantage of it." Uncle Xuande's ambush plan is very good, if it can be changed slightly, it is very likely to capture the two cities of Wancheng and Jianyang in one go. ”

"Will the plan be released?" Liu Bei's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard Li Sheng say this, and he hurriedly asked.

"First of all, it doesn't take a lot of troops to ambush here. Water and fire are ruthless, since Xuande Gong arranged the military camp behind this forest, it was naturally to prevent Cao Ren from attacking this place. This was originally the common sense of the general, but at this moment, it provided us with a very convenient condition for defeating Cao Ren. If Cao Ren is in a hurry to attack, he will inevitably pass through the woods, as long as we prepare something to ignite fire in the forest, once Cao Ren's soldiers arrive, we will burn them, which will inevitably cause Cao Ren's army to damage most of them. Its power does not lie in the fact that our army has ambushed its soldiers under the trees. Li Sheng calmly laid out his plan with a smile on his face: "While carrying out a fire attack on Cao Ren, Xuande Gong can send two generals to move with their own divisions. One of them marched around the woods to the upper reaches of the Yushui River, and if Cao Ren's defeated army tried to cross the Yushui River, then this deviant division could rush and kill Cao Ren's army to organize his return to Thorn Yang. The other partial division can rush to Wancheng with cavalry, wearing the costume of Cao Bing, and deceive the gate of Wancheng as Cao Ren's defeated army, and then capture Wancheng. After Cao Ren's defeat in this way, Jianyang can't go back, and Wancheng can't do it, so he will inevitably have to retreat north to Yexian. Although Jianyang did not send troops to seize it, because Wancheng, Anzhong, Yuyang and other places are in our hands, it will not last long. ”

"Good plan, good plan. In this way, a battle can pacify the land of Wancheng, and Zi Xuxian's nephew is really talented. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard Li Sheng's plan, and he praised Li Sheng again and again, giving him a high evaluation. After praising it, he smiled and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were looking at him with blank eyes, and after waiting for him to give them a task, he took his eyes back and put them on Li Sheng's face. "Since this plan was conceived by Zi Xu, then Zi Xu must also know who among the people under me is suitable for the task, and at this moment, I, Liu Bei, will also be a small soldier. Everything in this battle is under the orders of Zixu alone. Saying that, Liu Bei was about to go to the beginning.

"No, no." Hearing that Liu Bei actually wanted to further improve his status, Li Sheng suddenly panicked, he hurriedly grabbed Liu Bei's sleeve and waved his hand and said, "Why did Uncle Xuande say this?" The generals in this account are all Uncle Xuande's generals, and Uncle Xuande should be very clear about their personality and ability, so how can he give me the task of assigning this task? I've only met with the generals once or twice, so how can I see so much? Besides, with my position as a mere guard, how can I really order Uncle Xuande, who is General Zuo? What Fang just said is just a plan, a very idealistic thing. I didn't estimate who was going to carry out the plan, I just thought it would go smoothly. If Uncle Xuande insists that I assign orders, it will simply be embarrassing for me. Li Sheng grimaced and made an unsustainable appearance.

"Hehe......" Liu Bei couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Sheng shirking like this, and he didn't insist anymore, and directly assigned the task. He asked Guan Yu to lead one army to defraud Wancheng, and asked Zhang Fei to lead another army to the Yushui River to cut off the back road of Cao Ren's army, and he himself took Guan Ping, Chen Zhi and others to prepare things to ignite fire in this forest, arranged ambushes, and silently waited for Cao Ren's arrival. Of course, as before, Liu Bei asked Chen Zhi to strengthen his reconnaissance on Cao Ren's side at this time.

Everything was ready, a simple dinner was hastily eaten, and it was so spent until midnight. With the news that a scout horse came galloping over, Liu Bei and Li Sheng, who had been waiting for a long time, knew Cao Renjun's actions: "Cao Ren finally set off, and he took his more than 20,000 people to come straight to this side. Although there were many people, they didn't make a sound when they marched, thinking that they were preparing for a night attack. ”

"Ha, they really want to sneak attack." Liu Bei and Li Sheng glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile happily. Everything was ready, there was no one in Liu Beijun's camp anymore, and Cao Ren was greeted only by the scorching flames and the deadly arrows shot from the soldiers who Liu Bei had laid down in the woods. It was definitely enough for Cao Ren to eat a pot or two of a sumptuous feast. Seeing that this wonderful performance was about to begin, whether it was Li Sheng, Liu Bei, or anyone else in Liu Beijun, they all secretly prayed in their hearts without exception: "Cao Ren, Cao Ren, come quickly." ”

For Liu Beijun's Yin Yin Hope, Cao Ren didn't know anything, and at this moment, he just led his team towards Liu Beijun's camp with a gloomy face. Although the army went out as he thought, he was not in a good mood. Riding on the horse, he silently stared at the powerful darkness, but the thoughts in his heart turned back to the argument that happened between himself, Wen Ze and Berning before setting off:

"I can't breathe a sigh of relief. Berning, I'm going to sneak up on the big-eared thief's camp tonight. Hearing the news from only his own spies, he only said that Liu Beijun was preparing for the celebration banquet in the evening, and Cao Ren, who had suffered a defeat, suddenly became angry, and he summoned his military advisors and deputy generals over, and put forward his thoughts to them: "The big-eared thief has a great intention to win today, and his guard is lax, and this is an opportunity for us to take advantage of." I plan to destroy Liu Bei's army after a night of fighting. ”

"General, no." As soon as Cao Ren's words fell, Man Chong hurriedly raised his objections.

"How?" Cao Ren stared at Man Zhong with some strange eyes.

"Looking at Liu Bei's method of breaking the formation today, we know that there must be masters in Liu Bei's army. With Liu Bei's skillful skills, coupled with the clever skills of that master, how could he not prepare in the camp? I'm afraid that this attack will not please me. And the general is here with all his troops. I'm really worried about what happened in Wancheng. Man Zhong said worriedly about the concerns in his heart, he wanted Cao Ren to go back to Wancheng directly. After all, compared to the elimination of Liu Beijun, the safety of Wancheng is the most important thing - Wancheng is one of the barriers between Luoyang and Xuchang.

"Hey...... Hey, I understand what you're talking about. I have my own plans in my heart about Wancheng. If I don't win tonight, I will return to Wancheng with my troops. Cao Ren waved his hand to signal that Man Zhong didn't need to go on.

"But what if someone in Liu Bei's army says that we are not prepared to lead the division and attack Wancheng?" Cao Ren persuaded Man Favor here, and Yu Ban over there raised another worry that suddenly appeared in his mind. He didn't expect this, but it was only because of Manzhong's words that he suddenly had such uneasiness.

"Just in case! In case of? How can there be so many whatevers! Liu Bei didn't have that level yet. So suspicious, how do you lead the troops? Cao Ren said angrily. As a member of the Cao clan, Cao Ren has the same extremely stubborn personality as Cao Cao. He didn't say much at the moment, but just exercised his authority as the chief general directly to the military academies sitting below, and he issued orders one after another, but he completely determined the attack.

"Alas!" In the face of Cao Ren's stubbornness, the two people with foreign surnames Yu Ban and Man Zhong looked at each other and could only smile bitterly.

This was in Cao Ren's eyes, and he naturally knew that he had not convinced them. Although he was unhappy about this, there was no better way.

"Maybe we'll have to wait until the battle is won." For victory, Cao Ren has always been looking forward to it.

Walking through the night with men and horses, there is no sundial or anything like a timekeeper to keep time, and naturally I don't know how long I have been here. The darkness and silence around were terrifying, and the slender Yongdao drowning in the darkness in the distance was like a road to the Yellow Springs that could never see the end, which made Cao Ren inadvertently feel a little uneasy.

Shaking his head vigorously, Cao Ren firmly cleared the boring feeling from his mind. The expedition was requested by himself, and at this point, everything was irreversible. No matter what the path ahead, he has only one path to choose, and that is to continue to walk firmly.

After another walk, the black serpent finally saw the light ahead. It was the camp shrouded in lights, and looking at a red battle flag erected high from a distance with a big Liu character fluttering, Cao Ren was immediately overjoyed. He knew he was finally at his prey.

There is no doubt that Cao Ren is an impulsive person, but unlike simple impulses, he is impulsive and a little cautious. He did not attack immediately, but waited for the arrival of his follow-up troops while observing the movements of the enemy on the opposite side. Since the passage between the woods was not very wide, Cao Ren's line was stretched into a long one. Although Cao Ren himself had already arrived here, there were still many soldiers behind him who were still a mile away. He had to wait for them so that his fists would become more powerful when they were punched out.

As for Liu Bei's camp, according to Cao Ren's own observation, there was no problem. Unlike the usual camp that has been prepared and seems to be extremely quiet, Liu Bei's camp is very noisy, although the location from which the noise comes from is still a little far away, but it is certain that there are still some people in this camp.

Soon the soldiers in the back followed. Looking at the resolute soldier on his face, Cao Ren smiled heartily, glared at the battalion in front of him, and suddenly drew the long sword at his waist. The sword pointed high into the sky, and the sharp tip of the sword showed a few stars under the light of the light in Liu Bei's military camp. Cao Ren looked at the star and stood tall, the sword in his hand swung down hard, and the command that had already been carried enough momentum rushed out of his mouth in one breath: "Attack!" His order was brief, just two simple words.

"Kill!" Cao Renjun's soldiers shouted and rushed towards Liu Beijun's camp. In the face of the closed gate, the soldiers who claimed to be elite did not use ropes to gather the strength of the people to destroy it like the southern army, and among the soldiers who first rushed to the gate was such a group of strong men armed with steel axes, and they used their sharp blades to forcibly break open the wooden door of the enemy. Although this is not conducive to sneak attacks, since the boss has already given the order, why should they worry about it. Unlike the soldiers of the South, who were tough and spiritual, the soldiers of the North were mostly bold and upright, and they were accustomed to dealing with a problem in the simplest way, and as long as they could handle the problem well, they did not care about anything else.

"Ping Pong...... After Ping Pong cut down the wooden gate a few times, Cao Renjun swarmed into Liu Beijun's village. Perhaps it was because the shouts in front scared everyone in the camp away, Cao Ren, who rushed into Dazhai, only saw the camp tent with no one standing quietly, and there was no sound in the whole Dazhai.

"Not good! I'm afraid it's a trick. Seeing such a strange situation and not reacting, then Cao Ren has been in vain for many years, shouting loudly that the whole army is about to retreat, but it is too late.

Countless rockets were sent out from the darkness in front of Cao Ren and threw themselves into Liu Beijun's camp. The fire immediately ignited. The speed at which the entire battalion burned in that moment made everyone understand that this was a trap.

It's impossible to move forward, and maybe a retracement is the best option. Cao Ren naturally gave this order. Although he also knew that since the enemy had set up such a position here, he would definitely be prepared accordingly on the way to retreat.

"How many of the 20,000 soldiers will be able to return to the camp with him?" Cao Ren didn't know about this. Remembering that it was because of his impulsiveness that he had put his team in such a dangerous situation, Cao Ren hated his stubbornness for the first time.

Although because of the quick opportunity, the soldiers and horses were reined in time, and not many soldiers were buried in the furnace, but the retreat of the soldiers in front and the advance of the unwitting soldiers in the rear caused casualties in this small space. As with all disorganized troops, the heavy casualties were not caused by the enemy's charge, but by the merciless trampling of one's own people.

At this moment, the enemy's intention is not to inflict many casualties on his side with the sword in his hand, but to use a huge momentum to cause the chaos on his side to intensify. Cao Ren understands this very well, but for the team that has long been twisted into a twisted shape, his understanding has no effect. In the moment of chaos, he could not convey orders. It's like this morning.

Only after exiting the camp that had been burned with flames in the stumbling crowd, Cao Ren was blocked by Liu Beijun in great disbelief. There were not many people who blocked the attack, but they were all cavalry, and the first one of them, the general in white robes, white armor and silver spears, was even more brave, rushing back and forth again and again, and the team that was already a little frightened was rushed to pieces. He didn't seem to have any intention of going straight to himself, and while it was likely that he had seen himself, he had never rushed to his side once. Cao Ren understands this approach very well, after all, at this time, it is the best choice to directly discharge from the army and make trouble.

"Master, Liu Beijun really has masters, and even the cavalry is so skillful." Looking at the opponent's defense, thinking about the subtlety of the other party's appearance and the accuracy of the combat method, Cao Ren had a higher assessment of Liu Beijun's combat power in his heart, and he found that he really underestimated this Liu Bei.

"Perhaps, it's all my fault. After all, people who can be called heroes by Meng De, where would they think that it is as simple as I imagined? Cao Ren sighed, lowered his head, but took his guards to rush back desperately. At this moment, he no longer has the idea of saving the tide of the war, as a very capable general, he knows what to gain and what to break. For the moment, all he wanted was to escape from the battlefield safely, and then return to Xuchang in a gloomy manner to report all this to Meng De. "Problems that can't be solved by oneself, Meng De can solve them." In Cao Ren's heart, Cao Cao is such an almost omnipotent image.

With more than 100 people out of the chaos, Cao Ren is a respectful person who moves forward. However, because the soldiers were already crowded and chaotic, the crowd full of people who were either fleeing or moving forward blocked the way forward. Cao Ren finally worked hard in it for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't even walk half a mile.

"Damn it, don't you all know how to give in?" Cao Ren blushed and shouted loudly. But this cry did not startle the reaction, and in the chaos of the tumult, this shout, which was not particularly special, was quickly forgotten. In this chaotic juncture, without the command of the officers, the soldiers acted on their own instincts.

Liu Beijun's attack was not only carried out in this camp, in fact, the fire in the camp was only the beginning of Liu Beijun's fire attack. While Cao Ren was still annoyed that the way back was blocked, the red flames were already rising at the rear of the team: rockets, oil tanks, fire rollers, and all kinds of fire attack weapons were fired into the passage between the woods with bows and crossbows and bullet sticks, burning the woods on both sides, igniting the soldiers' bodies, confusing the formation of the army, and crushing the last bit of fighting spirit in the hearts of the originally elite soldiers.

Defeat, flight, from soldiers to officers to commanders, there is not a single person who is not doing such a thing. The dark forest turned into a large burning furnace, and the bright light dissipated the fear that the darkness brought to them, and at the same time revealed Hell to them. All they wanted to do was run for their lives, to escape from this hot place, no matter how many people stood in front of them. Man must not only run faster than fire, but also faster than others. An army that has completely collapsed is indeed more terrifying than the crumbling mountain.

Trying to move forward in the chaos, I don't know how long I have been running, but I feel that the scorching heat has moved away from me. Looking back to the west, the forest to the west was still under the red light, and the miserable cries of the soldiers were still turned into letters in the wind. Cao Ren nodded slightly, and the people who were still gathered around him at this moment found that there were less than three thousand left.

"It's an unprecedented defeat." Cao Ren gritted his teeth and gritted his heart, and his resentment towards Liu Bei had reached the extreme. But what's the use of being angry? The 20,000-strong army was wiped out by a fire, and he had completely lost the capital to counterattack, thinking of the words that he had warned himself before leaving, Cao Ren suddenly felt extremely uneasy about Wancheng.

"By the way, what about Berning? And the rules? Why didn't you see them? Cao Ren realized that the general who escaped from the fire seemed to be the only one. This suddenly made him panic, he knew that these two people were also very important generals in the hearts of his lord Cao Cao, if he broke them like this in this battle, he didn't know how Cao Cao would scold him when he went back. "Maybe I'll actually take off my head." Cao Ren was worried about this.

However, Cao Renzhong was lucky, and his worries didn't last long. Just as he was about to send the remaining hundreds of guards to investigate the situation of the two of them, the two of them each came over with hundreds of remnants.

"It turns out that the general is fine. It's great. The two of them laughed comfortably when they saw Cao Ren, who was unharmed. It's just that unlike the smile that really showed out of happiness, the smile under the two of them was bitter. After all, after suffering such a big defeat, their hearts will definitely not feel good.

"Let's go back to Wancheng. Then he asked for help from the prime minister of Xuchang and the general Xiahou of Runan. Man Zhong put forward this opinion, and it was quickly agreed by Cao Ren and Yu Ban. They galloped northeast with the remaining 3,000 people, regardless of whether the remaining soldiers could withstand the rapid march and run.

After walking in a hurry for nearly half an hour, there was already a "bang" of the Yushui River in my ears...... The sound of "boom", Cao Ren's remnants suddenly became excited. After a hard escape and a panicked death, they are extremely sleepy and tired at this moment. If you don't take a break, there is absolutely no way to continue on the road.

For the situation of the soldiers, Yu Ban, who led the soldiers, was very clear, and he hurriedly suggested to Cao Ren: "Wait a little." We soldiers need a rest. ”

"Oh well. Anyway, we are already far away from Liu Beijun, so we shouldn't be pursued again. Cao Ren himself was tired, he thought about it for a while, and then agreed to Yu Ban's suggestion.

For a time, people drank water, horses grazing grass, and the entire Yushui River was very lively. Cao Ren couldn't help but feel sour when he looked at the miserable smile on the faces of these soldiers for the rest of his life. "It's all my fault." The more Cao Ren thought about it, the more he blamed himself.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves galloping sounded in the darkness, and as the torches faintly lit up downstream, a white-faced general with a black horse and black armor rushed over from the darkness with a group of cavalry. The Zhangba snake spear in the hand that was held bravely and fiercely was squeezed, but it cut off the lives of five Cao soldiers in one move. He was sneaking up, but the sneak attack was a bit above board. Because when he attacked, he had already called out his name: "Cao Ren Xiao'er is gone, Yanren Zhang Fei is here!" ”

"Zhang Fei? The general who was called even more powerful than him by Guan Yu, Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei? Cao Ren was shocked when he heard the name of this report. For Guan Yu, who killed Yuan Shaojun, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the two generals in the two battles of Baima and Yanjin, Cao Cao's army admired it tightly. As for Zhang Fei, who was praised by Guan Yu, he also had a deep influence among the generals of Cao Jun because of Guan Yu's bravery. For this killing god who rushed halfway, Cao Ren really didn't have any idea of resistance in his heart, he hurriedly pulled Man Zhong and Yu Ban quickly turned over and got on the horse, and drove away with a few hundred guards cavalry who could barely keep up with him, but he fled as far as he could.

Due to the quick opportunity and a group of abandoned infantry behind to resist Zhang Fei's pursuit, Cao Ren finally escaped without much effort. After running for a few miles, he could no longer hear the sound of fighting in the rear, and was obviously far away from Zhang Fei's troops. But he still didn't dare to let go. After all, Liu Beijun had already sent ambush soldiers here, how could he guarantee that Liu Bei would not settle down in front again? Don't rest, just run back to Wancheng. Because of the abandonment of all the infantry, the speed of Cao Ren's line was still very fast. They finally came to the city of Wancheng when the sky was bright in the east.

The head of Wancheng is still calm, and the big Cao Zi flag on the city wall has not changed, which finally made Cao Ren breathe a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Wancheng has not been taken away." ”

Cao Ren was immediately relieved, so he sent his soldiers to drink the city: "General Cao Ren has returned to the city, you still don't open the city gate quickly!" ”

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha...... Ha! As soon as the shouts of the trumpeters stopped, a burst of laughter familiar to Cao Ren came to mind in the city. I saw that all the Cao character Ling flags on Wancheng were down, a red border and white background, and a large flag with a Guan character on it was erected, and a red-faced, green-robed, long-bearded general holding a green dragon glaive appeared at the head of Wancheng. He stroked a handful of long hair on his chest, stared at the slender Danfeng eyes at the people below, and said coldly: "Cao Ren Xiao'er, I have been taking this Wancheng for a long time on the orders of my lord. ”

"What!?" When Cao Ren heard this, he looked at Guan Yu who was laughing at him contemptuously in the city, and he was immediately anxious and angry, his chest was stuffy, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and he fainted on the horse's back on the spot. Guan Yu at the head of the city laughed with satisfaction: "Ha...... Ha...... Ha......! ”