Liu Qi comforted Chen Deng, and asked Chen Deng's father Chen Qi to come over, treat him as a nephew, and have a lot of praise for Chen Gui, and ordered him to be praised.

Although the reward is nothing to Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son, it is rare for Liu Qi to have this heart for them, so they also feel honored. He invited Liu Qi to Chen Qi's mansion in Xiapi and ordered his wife to ascend to the church to meet him. Between nephews and uncles, cousins also seem to be happy, reflecting a strong family affection.

After that, Liu Qi returned to the mansion, and expressed Wei Yan as the assassin of Xuzhou, captured the general, faked the festival, supervised the military of Xuzhou, responsible for guarding Xiapi and Pengcheng, and expressed Yu Ban as the general of Fenwei, and ordered him to lead the troops and horses of his headquarters to guard Langya, in addition, Liu Qi knew that this time he raided Xuzhou, and Zang Ba, who was commissioned by Cao Cao to Qingxu Erzhou, would inevitably lead the army to counterattack, so he was with Chen Deng, Mi Fang and other local generals in Xuzhou After studying the terrain, he judged the route of Zang Ba to Xiapi, It was decided to set up an ambush in the area of Gonglai Mountain, where Zang Ba must pass, and Liu Qi personally went out to lead Huang Zhong, Yu Ban, Liu Pan, Liu Shi, Zhang Tong, Huo Jun, Jiang Wan and other generals to dispatch together, so that Zang Ba did not dare to raise troops in Xuzhou for a long time.

In order to ensure that he could achieve absolute superiority this time, Liu Qi transferred Wei Yan to lead 5,000 light cavalry to Gonglai Mountain, plus 8,000 crossbowmen commanded by Liu Qi and Huang Zhong and other generals, a total of more than 23,000 people.

Liu Qi expected right, when Zang Ba heard the news that Liu Qi took Xuzhou lightly, almost fainted, he did not wait for Cao Cao to issue an order to lead the army to conquer, immediately decided to lead the army to conquer, this time in order to ensure victory, he will garrison Qingzhou 30,000 troops are all taken away, commander Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Kang, Wu Zhou and other generals, the army is coming, ready to teach Liu Qi a lesson this shameless generation.

Zang Ba is also a famous general under Cao Cao, there is a way to advance and retreat along the way, Xiaoxing sleeps overnight, and camps are also cautious, and there is no mistake in advancing more than 300 miles.

On this day, Zang Ba's army came to the territory of Santing in Linqu County, seeing that more than ten miles ahead was the boundary of Xuzhou, Zang Ba hurriedly ordered the army to strengthen its vigilance, and lined up the defensive position to prevent the enemy's ambush.

Zang Ba then ordered the spies to go to the front to explore the way, and then led the army out day and night, in order to avoid being ambushed by the enemy as much as possible.

Not long after, Zang Ba's army came to a fork in the road and suddenly stopped.

"This road to the left is a big road, through Guò Pi Township, Yunting and other places can go directly to Ju County in Langya Kingdom, and this road to the right is a small road, which can directly reach Kaiyang, the capital of Langya Kingdom, General, where should we go from?" Sun looked at the fork in the road in front of him and asked suspiciously.

Zang Ba frowned and was silent, thought for a while, and then ordered the spies to explore the way in front, and it was decided.

About half an hour later, the soldiers reported that smoke was rising from the Gonglai Mountain area on the right road, but there was no movement on the left road.

Zang Ba pondered for a moment, then ordered the army to walk along the path to the right.

Seeing this, Sun Guan couldn't help but ask: "There is smoke rising from the path on the right, there is obviously an ambush, why did the general pass from here?" ”

But Zang Bahe, who listened to it, sneered: "Don't you hear that there is a saying in the art of war, and the truth is true, and the truth is false?" This is obviously Liu Qi laid an ambush on the main road to wait for us, but deliberately lit a cooking smoke on the side road to deceive me, otherwise, Zhongtai thinks about it, now is not the meal time, how can the enemy raise fire? Hehe, back then, I followed the prime minister to conquer the heroes, I have seen a lot of such tricks, Liu Qi'er, a treacherous person, do you think I will fall for him? ”

Sun Guan couldn't help but show admiration on his face, and said respectfully: "The general's wisdom is beyond the reach of others, hehe, Liu Qi'er has always been treacherous, if it were us, I am afraid it would have been designed for him a long time ago, but it is a pity that he met the general, and he could only waste his efforts in vain and in vain." ”

Zang Ba was not carried away by the other party's sycophants, and still frowned and said: "However, it is difficult to rule out that Liu Qi deliberately lured us to walk in the direction of the path and set up a trick, so although this time we will be ninety percent sure that we will be safe, but we still can't take it lightly, we must be on guard and strictly guard against Liu Qi's ambush." ”

"No, the general is prepared for danger in times of peace, and he is calm and wise, although the ancient name is not as good as the general." After Sun Guan accepted the order, he still didn't forget to pat his boss on the back, and then slowly conveyed Zang Ba's order, asking everyone to be careful and vigilant, and definitely not to take it lightly.

The army marched slowly under the command of Zang Ba, and after a short time came to the foot of Gonglai Mountain, because from here it is necessary to pass through a narrow valley, which is the place where the enemy is most likely to lay ambushes, Zang Ba and his generals all hold up their shields, be careful and vigilant, and even in order not to be surrounded by the enemy, he also divides the army into small units, each squad is two or three hundred people, and the distance between the squads is three hundred steps away. Moreover, once an ambush is encountered, those small units in front are more likely to be completely annihilated, but they can ensure the safety of large troops in the rear, so on the whole, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

What Zang Ba didn't expect was that this time his army actually passed through Gonglai Mountain safely, not to mention an ambush, not even a rabbit.

"Hehe, as expected, it seems that Liu Qi did set up an ambush on the left road." Seeing that the army had come to the open place in front of him, Zang Ba finally let go of his hanging heart, wiped his sweat, and said with a faint smile.

Sun Guan smiled and said: "The general is really clever, I might as well wait......."

But before Sun Guan's words landed, he heard a shout of killing in front of him, and then saw rows of archers in front of him, coldly facing his army.

"Taishan Yuwen is here, Zang Ba, you have now been surrounded by our army, if you know each other, quickly dismount and surrender, otherwise, I am afraid that you will die today.

Hearing Yu Ban's words, Zang Ba's complexion couldn't help but change, and then he shouted: "The thief who betrayed the master, what face do you have to talk to me?" Hehe, Yu Ban, they all say that you are a generation of famous generals, but I didn't expect you to use such inferior ambush methods, although your spearmen and crossbowmen are strong, how can you be a fine rider under my command? Today, I, Zang Ba, will let you see and see, and the elite of the world-famous Qingzhou soldiers. ”

Then Zang Ba ordered loudly: "Soldiers, kill with me, whoever captures this traitor with me will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and the internal marquis will be sealed." ”

After that, I heard that the 10,000 cavalry under his command were slaughtered like a sea of mountains.

Zang Ba didn't expect that the soldiers under Yu Ban's command just shot a round of arrows indiscriminately, and then immediately turned around and fled, and couldn't help sneering slightly, but his cautious personality made him wonder if this was Yu Ban's trick, because he was also from Taishan County, he knew that his fellow did have some ability, and even Prime Minister Cao Cao praised him at the beginning, how could such a person be mediocre?

"Pass my order, Mingjin will collect the troops, and the rear team will become the front team, and prepare to retreat." Sensing that something was wrong, Zang Ba immediately issued an order to retreat.

But it was too late, because a special team appeared behind the forbidden army, the number of this team was only eight thousand at most, but everyone was equipped with a hard crossbow, and the cavalry under his command had not had time to turn the horse's head at the moment, only to see an order from the opponent's army array, and then ten thousand crossbows were fired in unison, and the crossbow arrows that covered the sky and the sun shot like flying locusts.

Then came the sound of thudding arrows into the flesh, the neighing of horses and men came one after another, and the crossbow arrows with strong lethality poured wildly, like poisonous snakes, devouring the lives of his soldiers and horses.

"What kind of crossbow bolt is this? They were only thousands, but after a round it sounded like tens of thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at the same time, when did the enemy have such a terrifying weapon? ”

Seeing the cavalry soldiers under his command who relied on the world to dominate the world fell down like a wheat field blown by the wind, Zang Ba couldn't help but feel like a knife, and tears flowed out of his anger, he hated himself for being careless for a while, and was ambushed by the enemy so strongly, he hated himself for not being cautious enough, he didn't expect the enemy army to lay an ambush here and now, if it was when he passed through the mountain pass at the beginning, he dared to guarantee that the loss in his army was not even a thousand, but the cunning Liu Qi was out of danger by himself, Ambush when his heart was relaxed, even he had to admit that the enemy's move was really too much for him to guard against.

And what was even more terrifying was the unknown powerful crossbow machine of the other party, which was obviously less than 10,000 people, but fired tens of thousands of crossbow arrows in an instant, and in the face of such a weapon, he had a deep sense of powerlessness.

"The enemy army in front of us is too strong, let's go." Although he was unwilling, Zang Ba gritted his teeth and led the army to retreat.

But at this moment, I heard a loud sound of shaking the mountains.

Zang Ba couldn't help but turn pale when he heard this voice, as he often commanded the cavalry in battle, he naturally knew that it was only the cavalry that made such a strong shocking sound, and from the sound, he could hear that there were more than 5,000 cavalry.

"No wonder Liu Qi was able to take Xuzhou lightly, it turned out that there were so many cavalry under his command! But his power is in the south, where are there so many horses? ”

Today's Zang Ba has too many questions in his mind, but he knows that now is not the time for him to solve the doubts, and no one will answer his questions. Helpless, he could only sigh, then turned his head to stare in Liu Qi's direction, and said through gritted teeth: "Liu Qi, don't be complacent, my Zang Ba will definitely come back, and I will definitely double the humiliation of the defeated army this time." ”