Cao Fu looked at the general and asked softly, "Then in your opinion, where should our army retreat?" ”

The general hugged his fists and said: "General, the south of the Yellow River is the world of the Jin army, and our army has no other choice but to retreat to the north of the Yellow River." ”

"Oh, retreat to the north of the Yellow River, do you want to let Ben General take refuge in Ran Min?" Cao Fu said angrily, for Ran Min, he was ten thousand dissatisfied.

The general shook his head, hugged his fists and said: "General, our army retreats to the north of the Yellow River, and can take refuge in General Zhang in Yewang City, General Zhang has 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and has now falsely surrendered to Ran Min, but he is not sincere to Ran Min, our army can take refuge in General Zhang first, and then make plans in the future." ”

When Cao Fu heard this, he nodded with satisfaction, and the general Zhang that the general said was the former Zhao Guoye Wang Taishou Zhang Jin, Yewangcheng is the capital of Hanoi County, Zhang Jin led the troops to control Yewangcheng, and even took the entire Hanoi County to control zhì, when Ran Min's army attacked Yewang City, because Zhang Jin did not have reinforcements to support, he knew that he was not Ran Min's opponent, so he lowered his body and expressed his surrender to Ran Min.

Although he knew that Zhang Jin did not surrender sincerely, Ran Min had many strong enemies to confront him, and since Zhang Jin had surrendered in name, Ran Min naturally wanted to let Zhang Jin go, so as to draw his troops to deal with those Zhao generals who swore to resist him.

Therefore, for more than two years, Zhang Jin has been running Yewang City with peace of mind, and gradually controlled all the nine county towns of Hanoi County, and became a warlord force that seized Hanoi County, and exchanged with Cao Fu on the other side of the Yellow River, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.

Cao Fu was glad that he had not offended Zhang Jin at this critical moment. He finally has someone to turn to so that he can continue to survive.

"General Zhang and General Zhang have always been friendly, and General Zhang will lead his army to join General Zhang, so he will not be rejected, okay, it's decided." Cao Fu happily decided.

The general hugged his fists and said: "Since the general has made up his mind, the last general will go back to prepare, and go to Yewang City in person later to ask to see General Zhang." ”

"Okay, you go back and prepare. Ben will be waiting for your good news. Cao Fu Zhengse said.

The general clenched his fists. Turned around and left Cao Fu's mansion.

Cao Fu looked at the generals and said loudly: "All the generals, go back and prepare immediately!" At noon today, he led the army to leave Xingyang City, and first went to Aocang to station, as soon as General Zhang's letter of promise arrived. Ben led his soldiers across the Yellow River. Head north of the Yellow River. ”

"Yes. General, the last general commanded. The generals took orders and turned around one after another to leave Cao Fu's mansion.

"That's right. General, how to deal with the soldiers and horses of Yangwu, Jingxian, Mi County, and Juan County, did they just give up? One of the generals walked halfway, stopped, and asked softly.

Cao Fu was slightly stunned, and said: "I will send my own soldiers to inform these soldiers and horses to go to Aocang, but if I don't have time, I don't know, the soldiers and horses of Longcheng and Dasuo City should be in time." ”

The general nodded, and then asked, "General, such a good Xingyang City, is it just given to the Jin army in such good condition?" ”

Cao Fu frowned, and asked softly, "What do you mean, you might as well say it directly." ”

The general hugged his fists and said: "Why don't the generals burn down the city and leave an empty city for the Jin army, so that the Jin army will not get anything." ”

Cao Fu smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said: "You're right, after the whole army withdraws from Xingyang City, the general will completely burn down the city, so that the Jin army will get a pile of scorched earth, hahaha!" He laughed.

Subsequently, Cao Fu sent several of his own soldiers to Yangwu, Jingxian, Juan County, Mixian, Longcheng, Yuanling, Dasuocheng and other cities, telling the defenders of each city to abandon their cities and withdraw to the direction of Aocang as much as possible to join the main army.

At noon, Cao Fu rode out of the north gate of Xingyang City, and at this time, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command had been assembled outside the north gate, just waiting for his order, and they could run in the direction of Aocang.

"General, the whole army has been assembled, and most of the people have set off for Aocang City, but there are a few people who still insist on staying in Xingyang City, unwilling to leave until death, how can this be good." The general hurriedly reported.

When Cao Fu heard this, his face showed a slight anger, and he said loudly: "Since there are people who are unwilling to leave until death, then let them die in Xingyang City, and give the order to set fire to the city immediately." ”

"General, if you set it on fire, you will definitely burn a lot of innocent people, please think twice!" A subordinate general hurriedly persuaded.

Cao Fu waved his hand and said loudly: "The general has made up his mind, immediately set fire to the city, what the general will not get, the Jin army will not be able to get it." ”

"Yes, General." The subordinate general clenched his fists and immediately went to give the order.

Soon, thick smoke rose in Xingyang City, Cao Fu saw this, nodded with satisfaction, and immediately ordered: "The whole army set off and go to Aocang." ”

"Let's go, the whole army will go at once." The ministry will convey the order loudly.

Soon, under the personal leadership of Cao Fu, more than 10,000 soldiers left Xingyang City and marched to Aocang, which is not far from the north.

At the same time, the generals of all cities who received Cao Fu's military orders also immediately gathered their troops and horses, abandoned their cities, and ran in the direction of Aocang.

In the direction of Chenggao Pass, tens of thousands of main troops and horses under the command of Hua'an have been assembled and are ready to attack at any time.

"Big brother, the three armies have been assembled and can go out at any time." Wang San reminded softly.

Hua An nodded and said loudly: "Leave 20,000 reserve soldiers and horses, and the remaining 40,000 soldiers and horses will set off immediately to attack Xingyang City." ”

"Yes, big brother." Hua An hurriedly responded, and then ordered: "The whole army will set off immediately." ”

The 40,000-strong army immediately set off, with the main cavalry in front and the reserve infantry behind, marching in the direction of Xingyang City.

The army had just set off less than half an hour, and a cavalry rushed in the direction of Xingyang City, and Hua An knew that it must be the scouts he had sent in the morning, so he rode his horse to meet him.

Soon, the cavalryman rushed to Hua'an's front, stopped his horse, and on horseback, clenched his fists and said: "General, the enemy army has all withdrawn from Xingyang City, and set a fire before leaving, and now, the entire Xingyang City is already a sea of fire. ”

"What, there is such a thing, what about the people in the city? There is no departure from the city. Hua An was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

The scout clasped his fists and replied: "General Hui, most of the people have left the city, but there are still at least thirty percent of the people who are unwilling to leave, and now, they are falling into a sea of fire. ”

"Brutes, what a group of brutes, actually ignoring the lives of the common people, burning Xingyang City, if you catch Cao Fu, the evil thief, he must be broken into pieces." When Zhuge Xiong heard this, he said angrily.

"Big brother, what should I do now, there has been a fire in Xingyang City, do we want to speed up our army's advance." Wang San hurriedly asked.

Hua An hesitated for a moment and ordered: "The 20,000 main cavalry will immediately speed up to Xingyang City with the general, and the follow-up 20,000 infantry will also speed up." After speaking, he rode his horse and galloped in the direction of Xingyang City.

Zhuge Xiong and Wang San immediately led the main cavalry under their command, followed behind Hua'an, and quickly rushed towards Xingyang City, and the follow-up 20,000 infantry also accelerated the speed of the march.

After abandoning the infantry, Hua'an and the main cavalry marched a lot faster, and within more than an hour, they arrived near Xingyang City.

"Big brother, look, the smoke billowing from the city in front of you must be Xingyang City." Wang San pointed to Xingyang City in front of him and said loudly.

Hua An nodded and said loudly: "The fire in Xingyang City is burning very strongly, let the soldiers speed up, we must reach Xingyang City as much as possible to extinguish the fire in the city, otherwise, Xingyang City will be burned down and become an empty city." ”

"Yes, big brother." Wang San responded, led his soldiers, and accelerated forward.

Soon, Hua An and the 20,000 main cavalry under his command arrived at the city of Xingyang, looking at the open city gate and the raging fire in the city, Hua An gasped.

At this time, the fire in Xingyang City was already burning very violently, and standing outside the city gate, a hundred steps away from the fire, you could feel the scorching heatwave.

From time to time in the city, there are screams of ordinary people crying for their fathers and mothers, which makes people listen to it and unconsciously give birth to a sad feeling.

"Big brother, the fire in the city is burning too much, how can this be extinguished?" Wang San saw that the fire in the city was really violent, and he was a little embarrassed.

"General, our army lacks the tools to fight the fire, so with the flesh and blood of the soldiers, I am afraid that we will not be able to save the fire in the city!" Zhuge Xiong also felt that the fire was too big and it was indeed difficult to extinguish.

Hua An looked at the raging fire, thought for a moment, and said loudly: "The fire is too big, it is useless to put it out directly, now, we can only take the method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, clean up the location where the fire is about to burn, so that the fire can not continue to spread, for the houses that have been burned, let him continue to burn!" You don't have to save it, and you can't save it. After speaking, he looked at Wang San and Zhuge Xiong.

"Don't worry, big brother, I understand, the eastern half of the city is handed over to me." Wang San said loudly.

"General, the west side will be handed over to the last general." Zhuge Xiong also received the order loudly.

Subsequently, Wang San and Zhuge Xiong respectively led their soldiers and horses into Xingyang City, and according to Hua'an's instructions, carried out a fire-fighting operation at the bottom of the kettle.

The heat wave of the fire scorched the faces of the soldiers, making the sweat beads on the faces of the soldiers of the Jin Army fall down, but in order to fight the fire, the soldiers did not complain, did not flinch, and went all out to carry out the firefighting operation.

The hard work paid off, after more than an hour of hard work, the trend of the spread of the fire in Xingyang City was finally contained by the soldiers of the Jin army, except for the houses that were already burning were still burning violently, and the houses that were not ignited were already safe.

"Big brother, the fire has been controlled by our army, and now, as long as these still burning fires are extinguished, Xingyang City will be safe." Hua An hurriedly reported. (To be continued......)