In the night, Cao Hong couldn't tell how many people there were here, so he could only lead his troops all the way to the north, many of the soldiers' bodies were still on fire, as if they were glued to their bodies, they couldn't put it off, and they ran for about two miles, it was the Baishui River, the river was not deep, and the soldiers who were sleepy and tired of anxiety immediately poured into the river and began to wash away the smoke and dust and the remnants of sparks.

One of the links of Zhuge Liang's strategic deployment, there is flooding Cao Bing, Zhao Yun is already above the Baishui River, intercepting the river water, forming a reservoir, hearing the voice of Cao Bing below, Zhao Yun gave an order, opened the gate and released the water.

The river water, which had been held for a long time, formed a drop of more than ten meters with the below, and at the moment when the sluice gate was released, the monstrous giant Lang rolled and rushed downstream.

In the dark night, the roar of the Baishui River, like a ghostly roar, almost frightened Cao Hong, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to go ashore, but there were still many soldiers who were swept up in the torrential flood, and they didn't know where to rush.

"Kill!"

At the same time, Zhao Yun led 5,000 elite soldiers to rush down from the upstream, Cao Hong and Xu Chu did not dare to resist at all, turned around and fled to Bowangpo, and the soldiers under his command did not know how many were killed by Zhao Yun's soldiers.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun did not keep chasing after him, which allowed Cao Hong's army to finally retreat under Bowangpo, and the sky gradually brightened, and the disgraced Cao Hong sent someone to simply tap the soldiers and horses, and exactly lost half of them, 50,000 people.

"Lord, Cao Hong fell for that Zhuge Liang's trick, and he has no shame to see you!" Cao Hong knelt on the ground and first beat his chest and cried bitterly, then suddenly pulled out his sword, wiped it at his neck without hesitation, and wanted to commit suicide to apologize.

Fortunately, Xu Chu knew Cao Hong's temperament very well, and he was afraid that he would not be able to think about it, so he had always been by his side every step of the way.

"General Cao, this revenge will be avenged in the future, don't take your own life, you are in Liu Bei's treacherous scheme!" Xu Chu begged bitterly.

"Hey, thinking about that Xiahou Dun, he was hit twice in a row, and I only satirized him for being greedy for merit and rash in marching, so I asked the lord for orders to lead troops to kill the enemy." Cao Hong was full of emotion, "But who would have thought, I didn't fight with General Liu Junyi, but my soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they were entrusted by the lord!" ”

Generals, most of them want to save face, and they joke that Xiahou is incompetent, but he is worse than others, and he is ashamed of Cao Cao, and it is also very painful to look at people without pulling a few eyes after going back!

Xu Chu just comforted that victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers, and he couldn't say anything else, he just sent someone to keep an eye on Cao Hong, and don't commit suicide again no matter what.

Cao Hong led the remnants of the defeated army, and he did not dare to move forward lightly, so he had to return to Wancheng and tie himself up to ask Cao Cao for his guilt.

Cao Cao, who learned the news, didn't speak for a long time, and two fires burned 100,000 Cao soldiers, and his face was definitely not good-looking. Cao Cao led his troops to fight in his life, winning more and losing less, but these two times were undoubtedly the biggest losses.

Looking at Cao Hong, who was crying bitterly at the bottom of the stairs, Cao Cao hated it so much that he wanted to scold the stupid rice bucket and kill him with his own hands, but Cao Cao took a few deep breaths of fresh air, tried to quiet his feelings, and did not punish Cao Hong, let him step back, and scolded him: "Zhuge villager, the old man will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces, so as to solve the hatred in his heart!" ”

Xinye City has completely become a scorched earth, ruined and broken, more like a ghost city, Zhuge Liang sighed slightly, sighed in his heart, where is there any 10,000-year-old foundation, Liu Bei's painstaking management of Xinye County, just like this, burned down, no longer exists.

"Sir, this fire is enjoyable!" Wang Baoyu smiled easily.

"Baoyu, you really have the ability to conquer heaven and earth, Kong Ming can't do it!" Zhuge Liang said sincerely, he began to believe that Wang Baoyu was a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, if it wasn't for the sudden wind and thunder last night, how could he get such a great victory, Wang Baoyu must have the help of ghosts and gods.

"We are a family, you are welcome, this matter is all the credit of Mr., it has nothing to do with me, anyway, I am also a person who wants to retreat." Wang Baoyu's words inevitably had a sour taste.

"Alas, don't mention this matter again, I just hope that one day, the lord will rule the world, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and at that time, Kong Ming will return to the mountains and forests with you." Zhuge Liang said.

Who will return to the mountains and forests with you, I still have to go north to find my way home, Wang Baoyu muttered in his heart. Since Zhuge Liang's words have been said to this point, Wang Baoyu is not good at saying cool words, and the two of them led all the soldiers to abandon Xinye, sing triumphant songs, and return to Fancheng.

Liu Bei heard that Xinye burned Cao Hong's 50,000 soldiers and horses in the First World War, and he was so happy that he said in public for the first time that he wanted to reward Zhuge Liang!

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, but when the prize was served, his heart was wow and cool, a hundred taels of gold, that's all, gone.

Zhuge Liang held back his disappointment, bowed down and politely declined, saying that he didn't like money in his life, and he was only willing to help the lord restore the Han dynasty and make contributions, so this life was enough.

Liu Bei praised Zhuge Liang's high wind and bright festival, and then, only Guan Ting and other deputy generals were left to temporarily guard Fancheng, and the rest of the army joined forces again to attack Xiangyang.

The battle of Xiangyang, where is it as easy as the battle of Xinye, Cai Mao may have received Cao Cao's order, and he did not go out of the city to fight, hanging the battle card high, according to the defense, Liu Bei organized several sieges of the city, lost a lot of troops, but it was always difficult to advance into Xiangyang half a step.

Wang Baoyu did not participate in this war, one of the main reasons is that in his memory, the war was not written in the book, and he didn't know how to win or lose.

Another reason is that Wang Baoyu helped Zhuge Liang burn Xinye, which is already a big face, which is based on the friendship between the two, not to help Liu Bei do things.

Zhuge Liang came to the front line to command, and the attitude of the other party made him helpless, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun took turns to scold the city, but they never saw any generals in the city come out to fight alone.

In the face of this situation, there seems to be only one way left, that is, to wait for the materials in the city to be difficult to maintain, and then they will not be allowed to close their doors, but Xiangyang City is rich in materials, and it is conservatively estimated that it can hold on for at least half a month, maybe there are other hoards, and it will take a longer waiting time.

Wang Baoyu and others were waiting for news from Xiangyang in the house, Guan Ting had a difficult task, and he had no time to come to him. Coaxing children, listening to Diao Chan playing the flute and playing the piano, or going to Zhuge Liang's room to read a book, the days are rare and quiet.

However, this leisurely was soon broken, and on this day, a middle-aged man in white came to the mansion and asked to see Wang Baoyu by name.