Late at night, the weather tonight is a little cold, deep overcast, and the moonlight seems to be completely covered by dark clouds, without showing a trace of light.

In the Cao army camp ten miles away from Tan County, the soldiers of the Cao army were already dressed in battle armor and fully armed, waiting for orders.

Outside the handsome tent in the center, Cao Ren and Liu Bei looked at each other, nodded in unison, and at the same time commanded the soldiers: "Go!" ”

According to the information sent back by Jian Yong, the Mi family will secretly open the east gate of the city tonight to welcome their army into the city, as long as the city gate is opened, the Cao army's military advantage will be spread out plus Guan Zhang Zhiyong, then no matter how wise and brave Zhang Liao is, it will be difficult to hold this Tan County without the benefit of the city.

Cao's army quietly came to a small forest two miles away from the east city, and for the sake of safety, they stopped for a while, from here they could clearly see that there was a fire moving around the city, and it was the patrolling soldiers walking back and forth with torches.

"Xuande Gong, it's almost time!" Cao Ren shook the rattling armor on his body, wiped the beads of sweat that overflowed on his face, and asked Liu Bei on the side. In this weather, it stands to reason that there will be no sweat, but the sneak attack is imminent, Cao Ren will inevitably be a little nervous and excited, and this night attack is the key to determining the outcome of the victory.

"It should be almost, if there is no accident, after a while, the private soldiers of the Mi family will raid and control the city gate inside, and after the city gate is opened, for the sake of insurance, Bei will first lead some brothers as the vanguard to explore the situation, and then General Cao will lead the army in!" At this moment, Liu Bei's heart was also a little nervous, and he rubbed his hands.

In fact, if the three brothers want to go to Jingzhou, they can escape at any time, but Liu Bei's heart is a little big, in order not to go to Liu Biao without any foundation, he not only wants to escape like this, but also wants to bring some loyal soldiers to go with him, so he did not hesitate to take risks, sent Jian Yong to unite with the hostile Zhang Liao, and carefully planned tonight's plan, of course, this is related to Zhang Liao.

"Xuande Gong is a true hero, and when he plays, he must report the loyalty and courage of Xuande Gong to the lord!" Cao Ren said with a bit of appreciation. This Liu Bei is really good, not only planned such a perfect internal plan, but also willing to risk himself in order to be foolproof, and went to explore the way for him first, it seems that this person really wants to establish a career under the command of the eldest brother, otherwise it would be impossible to work so hard.

Liu Bei smiled, and was about to answer, but there was movement from the city over there, and there was a faint sound of swords and screams, and the light of the torches on the city wall that was originally moving at a constant speed also jumped and jumped, and many of them were even extinguished directly, Liu Bei knew that Zhang Liao had already started acting, and while he breathed a sigh in his heart, his face was solemn: "Second brother, third brother, after the city gate is opened, you will lead a thousand soldiers and horses for your brother, and you will each lead five hundred soldiers and horses to rush in with your brother!" ”

"Got it, big brother!" Guan Zhang and the two were quite cooperative.

The movement on the city wall continued for a while, then slowly dissipated, and under Cao Ren's nervous gaze, the tall city gate was slowly lowered with a loud creak.

"The gates are open, the gates are open!" Cao Ren's face was overjoyed, and he said continuously.

"Sons, and charge with Liu!" Liu Bei didn't delay, he stood up directly, pulled out his sword and rushed out.

"Let's go!" Guan Zhang and the two naturally led 500 men and horses to follow closely.

Two miles away, really not far, not a while, Liu Bei's two thousand men and horses passed through the city gate and disappeared into the darkness, and then, the city gate was put out with several neat fires, that was Liu Bei to Cao Ren in advance said the code, indicating that the situation inside was very good, and you can rest assured that you can lead the army to rush in.

"Brothers, follow me in!" Seeing Liu Bei's code, Cao Ren was overjoyed, and without hesitation, he led the army to the city gate.

It's a pity that what Cao Ren didn't know was that the city was indeed in a good form, but it was a pity that Zhang Liaojun and Liu Beijun were in a good form.

"General Zhang, Bei has already made a secret signal, Cao Ren will immediately lead the army in, and what Bei said has been completely done!" Under the illumination of the countless torches inside the city gate, Liu Bei's two thousand soldiers and horses and Zhang Liao's defenders were on guard against each other, but they did not fight, Liu Bei stood at the forefront and bowed to Zhang Liao.

"There are more than a dozen large sailing ships ready in the west of the city, you can leave by boat directly when you go out of the city from there!" Zhang Liao said calmly.

"Thank you, General Zhang, farewell!" Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhang Liao suddenly turned his face and didn't recognize people, then he seemed to have only one way to choose, that is, he quickly escaped and told Cao Ren that Zhang Liao was cheating, and then took the opportunity of Cao Ren not reacting to Zhang Liao and fled with the two brothers, fortunately, everything he was worried about did not happen, Zhang Liao is a trustworthy person, and he is worthy of the second brother who is so optimistic about him.

"Farewell today, I don't know if there is still a day to meet, Wen Yuan, a certain farewell!" Guan Yu looked at Zhang Liao, and rarely took the initiative to bow goodbye.

"Take care!" Zhang Liao returned the salute, and then watched Liu Guanzhang lead two thousand soldiers and horses to leave, of course, Zhang Liao sent a lot of soldiers to follow along the way, in case the other party raided, after all, although the two thousand soldiers and horses are few, but in case of surprise, it is enough to hurt people.

"Knock knock!" Outside the gates, there was a constant sound of vibration, the sound of the army trampling the ground as it approached.

"Hide first, and when Cao Jun enters most of the city, kill him by surprise!" Zhang Liao's eyes froze, and he quickly focused his attention on the situation in front of him, and immediately ordered the soldiers to start hiding against the obstacles on the side.

"Kill!" Cao Ren didn't know what was going on, and his brother Cao Hong took the lead in riding into the city, and when they were about to join Liu Bei, they found that the city was quiet.

"Xuande Gong?" Cao Ren immediately felt a little weird, and hurriedly shouted.

"Guan Yu, Zhang Fei?" Seeing that no one responded, Cao Ren shouted again.

"Big brother, something is wrong, Liu Bei's three brothers are all gone, his three thousand soldiers and horses are gone, could it be that he has encountered ghosts and gods?" Cao Hong stepped forward and said with some doubts.

"Fart, the gods and laborers don't believe in that, but it's really evil, retreat first!" Cao Ren was also a little confused for a while, but his intuition told him that this must not be a good thing, so he immediately ordered the army to withdraw first.

"Kill!" At this moment, countless fires and shouts of killing suddenly appeared around the city wall, and Cao Ren's army was coming, and countless archers suddenly appeared on the city wall, and the arrow rain struck down.

"Whoosh whoosh!" The rain of arrows in the sky kept shooting, bringing countless screams, and there were ambushes on the side, and under this double blow, Cao Ren's army immediately fell into a state of panic.

Hearing the screams of the soldiers on the side, Cao Ren was stunned all of a sudden, he never thought that he would let Liu Bei come to the bottom to find out, why he would suddenly be ambushed, but as the first general of the Cao clan who had been in battle for a long time, he quickly came back to his senses, and he didn't have time to have other thoughts, so he immediately shouted: "The enemy has an ambush, retreat, retreat!" ”

"Kill!" Zhang Liao also suddenly appeared at this time, and rushed over with a team of wolf riders in the state with murderous energy.

Lu Bu is not good at fighting, but there are two things that people in the world have to admire, one is that his proud martial arts are known as unparalleled in the world, and the other is the cavalry tactics, which won him the name of a flying general.

And Zhang Liao, as Lu Bu's most intimate confidant and general, is quite influenced by Lu Bu in these two points, his talent itself is superior, and Lu Bu is not a person who hides his own interests, and he is quite instructive to Zhang Liao on weekdays, which has made Zhang Liao grow to a considerable height, so the wolf ride led by Zhang Liao himself is definitely one of the best in the world.

It didn't take much effort, and the wolf cavalry immediately broke through the formation of Cao Ren's army, which had been attacked by the rain of arrows for a while and its morale had plummeted, and then it was even more assaulted all the way, directly breaking into the core of the Cao army, and the remaining defenders would not let go of this opportunity, following behind the cavalry one after another, strangling all the enemies in front of them.

"Everyone, don't care about anything, the whole army retreats immediately!" Seeing that the soldiers on the side were almost crushed, Cao Ren's heart was dripping blood, but he knew that the soldiers on the side were absolutely invincible to the enemy army under such circumstances, so he could only keep ordering the soldiers and horses to get out of the encirclement as soon as possible, and escape after exiting the city gate.

"Cao Ren, let's take your life!" Zhang Liao's gaze was very sharp, and the left and right areas of the city gate were narrow at this time, so he quickly noticed the traces of the coach Cao Ren, and immediately pulled out his horse and twisted it, and quickly killed it in the direction of Cao Ren.

Capturing the thief and capturing the king first has always been the best choice in encounters.

"Zhang Liao, you are rampant!" In order to allow the soldiers to open the gap in the city gate as soon as possible and break through, Cao Ren also went out, and did not retreat but counterattacked Zhang Liao.

Cao Ren's idea is very simple, as long as Zhang Liao is dragged, then the remaining Bingzhou wolf cavalry will naturally lose so much impact without the leader, and the soldiers under his command will be able to kill the gap in the direction of the city gate faster, but he overestimated himself and underestimated Zhang Liao.

In fact, Cao Ren's strength is not low, in addition to the two Xiahou brothers in the Cao clan, he belongs to him, and he is also the number one in the row in the Cao camp where the fierce generals are like clouds, but unfortunately he met Zhang Liao, the confidant general who made Lu Bu even heavier than the only strategist Chen Gong, Zhang Wenyuan, who made Guan Yu willing to take the initiative to make friends, his martial arts were definitely not something Cao Ren could resist.

At the beginning, Cao Ren could still hold on to his life with a suffocating strength, but after less than forty moves between the two, Cao Ren completely lost his temper, was beaten out of breath, and was in danger, which can be said to have fallen into a precarious situation.

After more than ten moves passed, Cao Ren couldn't keep up with Zhang Liao's marksmanship at all, and after desperately resisting Zhang Liao's killer shot, his arm was almost unable to lift, and at this time, Zhang Liao's spear showed a sharp cyclone and rolled towards his throat.

"Death!"

"My life is at stake!" Feeling the stabbing of the lore spear overflowing with cold energy, Cao Ren had the heart to muster up the strength to pick up the weapon in his hand to resist, but after all, it was a beat slower, and he could only close his eyes in resignation, waiting for death to come.