It was already completely dark, and the cold wind was biting.

Yuan Bing, who had set up the trap, hid in the woods on both sides of the post road, waiting for Cao's army to enter the burning range. Yuan Mai commanded the remaining 1,800 people, lined up in a phalanx on the east-west post road, all bent their bows and arrows, and waited for Cao's army to enter the ambush circle, and then shot them with arrows.

After a meal, Cao Jun came in a hurry, and under the light of the torches, the banner of Cao Zi was waved in the wind. When the first hundred and ten horsemen led the way, thousands of people flocked behind.

Cao Jun was getting closer and closer to the crossroads, and a large number of men and horses had already entered the range of the fire. Because the sky was dark, Cao Bing didn't notice the dead leaves and grass under his feet, let alone the dead branches and trees in the ravines on both sides.

"Drop the rocket!"

Seeing that Cao's army had entered the burning range, he gave an order, and the ambush soldiers on the left side of the post road came out, ignited the rockets wrapped in gunsmoke and sulfur, and shot them at Cao's army. Zhou Cang, who was ambushed in the woods on the right side of the post road, also followed suit, and the arrows on both sides shot down, and on the post road, the firewood and grass in the ravines suddenly burned, and the unsuspecting Cao army was in chaos, fleeing in all directions, and the stench of being burned by the fire spread out of the road for five or six miles.

Yuan Mai, who was arrayed at the intersection, also ordered to release arrows, fired at three sides, and shot down random arrows, shooting down four or five hundred Cao soldiers in an instant, and no less than four or five hundred soldiers were stunned to death on the ground by the raging flames, and there was absolutely no possibility of surviving in this raging fire. Before the two armies could engage in battle, Cao's soldiers had already lost nearly 1,000 men.

"Soldiers, don't panic, go through the flames. Kill in the woods and fight with Yuan Jun! When the solid men arrive, we can turn defeat into victory! ”

Zhu Ling galloped in the firelight, and saw clearly that there was no fire in the woods on both sides, but a large amount of firewood and grass was ignited in the road surface and ravines of the post road. As for the solid people and horses he said in his mouth, it was Zhu Ling's move.

The battlefield was fair to both sides, and at the same time that Yuan Mai's scouts spied on the whereabouts of Zhu Ling's army, Zhu Ling's scouts also spied on the whereabouts of Yuan Mai's troops. It's just that Zhu Ling can't figure out where this is from? I thought it was a reinforcement sent back by Zhang He.

And Yuan Mai's scouts did not find out the true strength of Cao Jun. In fact, Zhu Ling's men and horses were far less than 10,000 people. When he crossed the river from Heyin, it was 7,000 people, and Zhenggu led more than 2,000 people from the original Black Mountain Army to surrender, so that Zhu Ling's strength reached more than 9,000 people. But after several battles with Hao Zhao, he lost about 1,000. When they went down the river east, it was less than eight thousand.

Arrived at the nearest ferry port to Liyang. Zhu Ling's fleet dropped anchor and landed. Zhu Ling left a thousand men to guard the ship, so the force that attacked Liyang was only about 7,000 people.

When Cao's scouts detected that there was a Yuan army heading towards Liyang, Zhu Ling decisively took countermeasures. Ordered Su Gu to lead 2,000 men lightly to the east, touch the back of Yuan Mai's team along the wilderness, and then launch a surprise attack from behind, and attack himself in the front, and the two combined forces will inevitably defeat Yuan's army.

It's just that the soldiers don't get tired of cheating, what Zhu Ling didn't expect was that the main general of the other party actually learned a trick of "fire attack" from the hands of "Wolong" who had not yet left the mountain, burning himself by surprise, and the person turned on his back. Before he could meet Yuan's army in a short battle, he had already lost more than a thousand people, which made Zhu Ling angry.

"Get into the woods!"

Zhu Ling's whole body was scorched by the flames, and as soon as he lifted the reins, his horse crossed the ravine, fell into the woods, turned over and dismounted, and fought with Yuan Jun with the spear in his hand. Other soldiers with horses followed the example of their commanders, flying over ravines and then into the woods to fight the ambushers.

The soldiers on the road who were about to be roasted by the fire also jumped to the woods on both sides, and the lucky ones jumped over the ravine, broke away from the fire and threw themselves into the strangulation field, perhaps with the hope of survival. The unfortunate man did not jump over the ravine, but fell into the raging flames, and in a matter of moments, he was burned to a charred pulp, emitting a thick stench.

Yuan Mai stood at the intersection of the road, holding a sword in his hand, commanding the archers to shoot the Cao army on the road that had not yet fallen, and as the waves of arrows rained down, dozens of Cao soldiers screamed and fell in the flames every time.

"Haha...... This battle is really happy, and the battle where Zhuge Liang burned Bowangpo is nothing more than that, right? After this battle, who dares to underestimate the ability of this son to command the army? Seeing Cao Bing fall one after another, Yuan Mai was very proud in his heart.

"Kill!"

Suddenly from the east to kill a man and horse, menacing, under the banner of the word "Cao", a vertical horse with an axe, rushed first. It's none other than the rebel general.

"Uh...... It turned out to be a solid guy, who dared to take his life? ”

Unexpectedly, a Cao soldier suddenly appeared on the side, Yuan Mai was surprised, and hurriedly commanded the soldiers to meet the battle. A lieutenant surnamed Meng next to him raised a knife to meet the battle, and there were six or seven rendezvous in the battle, and he was chopped off the horse by an axe.

"Wowhaha...... Yuan buys children, it is really a narrow road, why did you know why you did it today? Thou hast slain my brother and smite my baton, and I will take thy life today!" ”

After beheading the captain surnamed Meng, Zheng Gu recognized at a glance that the other party's main general turned out to be Yuan Mai, the son of Yuan Shao, and was overjoyed, and swung an axe to take Yuan Mai's life.

"Block, block for me, protect General Fenwu!"

Another lieutenant surnamed Zhang saw that Zheng Gu and the others were menacing, and hurriedly organized men and horses to resist Zheng Gu's charge.

"The son riding the white horse in front is Yuan Shao's son Yuan Mai, that is, the enemy of our Black Mountain Army, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't be wandering around, if anyone can take his head, Cao Gong will definitely reward the marquis of ten thousand households, give a thousand gold, and on the day of meritorious service, at this moment, the brothers are side by side!"

While brandishing a big axe, he rushed into battle and shouted loudly for morale. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, I heard that the person opposite is the son of Yuan Shao, Cao Jun was suddenly in good spirits, and forty or fifty horsemen followed behind him, rushing towards Yuan Mai to kill. Although Yuan Jun tried his best to block it, he couldn't resist this group of desperate tiger and wolf gangsters who were stimulated by heavy rewards, and they were stabbed in front of the battle by Cao Jun one after another.

"That's it, that's it...... Is Lao Tzu going to die at the hands of this nameless man? ”

Yuan Mai gritted his teeth unwillingly, the changes on this battlefield were really unpredictable, he was still proud just now, and disaster was coming in a blink of an eye. Although he is only a third-rate general, he is afraid that he is not an opponent. In the woods, Zhou Cang has been entangled by Zhu Ling, at this moment, who will save him?

"That's it, Lao Tzu will fight to the death by himself! Whether you can survive or not is up to fate......"

Yuan Mai roared, snatched the spear from a sergeant, and prepared to break out in person. Back then, Liu Xuande was forced to face off against Gao Ran in person, but he didn't expect that he would have this day! (To be continued......)