Zhuge Ruoxue was taken aback when she received the report, and after thinking about it, she ordered Yang Kun to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Dantu County in the east immediately, and then gave an explanation. Yang Kun hugged his fists and promised, and immediately led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the treasury to receive a large amount of fire oil and gunpowder, and then left Jianye and rushed to Dantu. At the same time, Zhuge Ruoxue ordered a herald to quickly warn the Huainan defenders of the situation here, and then sent another herald to Xuzhou to report the situation here. After doing this, Zhuge Ruoxue ordered 5,000 soldiers to stay in Jianye, and appointed the officials in charge of staying behind and the officials responsible for transporting grain and grass, and then sent people to Chaisang to Jingzhou to transfer reinforcements. After doing the above things, Zhuge Ruoxue put on his armor and robe, rode on his war horse, and personally led 10,000 soldiers and horses to carry a large number of iron cable stakes to Beigu Mountain.

After Cao Jun occupied Wu County, only 5,000 people were left to defend the army, and the rest of the army marched by land and water, marching west along the river. The army passed through the Shenting Ridge and occupied Biling County without bloodshed, and then the army continued to advance westward towards Dantu County.

A day later, the army arrived at Dantu, and the low walls were sparsely defended. Cao Ren sneered: "Even such a little native soldier dares to stop my army!" It's just a mantis arm when the car is not self-sufficient! Then he ordered Li Dian: "General Li Dian, I will give you half an hour immediately to take down the Dantu!" Li Dian responded, and immediately led 20,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to attack the city.

As expected, the defenders in the county town saw Cao Jun's fierce murder, and they were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and flags and fled.

Seeing this, Cao Ren laughed proudly.

Li Dian led the soldiers and horses to break open the city gate and used it, and found that there was not a single resident in the entire city, all of them ran away, and he saw from a distance that the last few soldiers of Lu Bu's army ran away from the west gate in a hurry. Li Dian did not order the pursuit, in his opinion, it was not interesting to pursue those ineffective native soldiers. Li Dian sent someone to report to Cao Ren that Cao Ren had already led a large group of men and horses into the city, and the team was mighty and imposing, and everyone was rejoicing, and since the attack of Lu Bu's army, they had never fought such a refreshing battle.

Li Dian saw Cao Ren who was leading the army into the city, and hurriedly rushed to meet him.

Cao Ren looked around and ordered: "Make a fire to make rice, pack a meal and continue to go west!" The generals clenched their fists and promised. Liu Bei stepped forward and asked: "General, Jianye is not far from here, as long as you pass Beigu Mountain, you can see it, why don't I and my two younger brothers lead a cavalry to win Jianye so that we can make a contribution to the general!" ”

Cao Ren nodded, "Okay! There is Lao Xuandegong! I'll give you 20,000 cavalry, and you must take Jianye in one go!" ”

Liu Bei was overjoyed and bowed down to promise.

The three brothers came down. Zhang Fei, who couldn't help it for a long time, said dissatisfiedly: "Let's work hard in front, he Cao Ren has made meritorious contributions!" How can this really be!! ”

Liu Bei scolded: "Third brother, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Zhang Fei snorted.

Guan Yu stroked his long hair and squinted at Danfeng's eyes, and thought, "I think I should have intentionally captured these 20,000 cavalry, right?" ”

Liu Bei said with a relieved face: "The second brother still understands me!" ”

Zhang Fei snorted, "You two want to be slaves to Cao Ren's house, I won't do it!" Guan Yu scolded: "You black guy, why are you always so irritable?!" Why did your eldest brother want to get these 20,000 cavalry into his hands, that guy is for our great cause! Zhang Fei showed puzzlement. Liu Bei was about to explain, but he saw two cavalry generals riding towards this side, so he changed his words and said: "Don't say anything first, when we get to the road, let's talk as we go!" After speaking, he beat his horse and greeted the two cavalry generals, followed by Guan Yu and the angry Zhang Fei. The two sides reined in their horses, and the two generals clasped their fists and said: "I am waiting for the order of the general to report to the Xuande Gong, and the 20,000 cavalry are waiting outside the city, I don't know what the Xuande Gong has to say?" ”

Liu Bei hugged his fists and said: "The two generals have worked hard. Then he beat his horse and ran towards the outside of the city, followed by the two generals and Liu Bei's two allies.

Soon after, Liu Bei led 20,000 war horsemen to Beigu Mountain. As long as you cross the Beigu Mountain, it is a horse Pingchuan, and you can see Jianye City located by the river in the distance!

At the same time, part of the army on Cao Ren's side and Cao Ren and other generals were stationed in the city, and the other part was stationed outside the city, all of which began to make fires and cook.

This was a strong wind in the sky, rolling grass and sand, and dust, and the soldiers couldn't open their eyes for a while.

Li Dian and Cao Ren were standing at the door, and suddenly encountered this strong wind, so they quickly closed their eyes and hid their faces and retreated into the room. Cao Ren exclaimed, "This gust of wind is really strange! Li Dian frowned and said: "This strange wind suddenly appeared out of thin air, I'm afraid it's not a good sign!" Cao Ren said angrily: "You are also timid!" I think I was scared by Lu Bu! Thinking that Jiangnan has an empty army, what can happen? ”

As soon as the words ended, panicked shouts were heard outside.

Cao Ren was furious and raised his voice and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Immediately, a personal soldier captain rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "General Qiqi, the courtyard next door suddenly burst into flames!" It was the soldiers in that courtyard who shouted! Cao Ren said: "I think they are cooking and there is a fire, quickly take someone to put out the fire!" The captain answered and ran out, and then the captain's shouts and rumbling footsteps rang out.

At this moment, there was almost a sound from the backyard of the county government where Cao Ren and the others were! Cao Ren frowned, and then an officer ran in panting and reported: "Oh no, General, the backyard cupboard is on fire, spreading in all directions, and it's out of control, General leave quickly!" ”

Cao Ren and Li Dian hurriedly followed the officer out of the county office in a panic, turned their heads to look, and saw the flames in the backyard of the county office, and the fire swept towards the front yard like a monster, and the momentum was very fierce. Li Dian exclaimed in disbelief: "Why is the fire so weird and ferocious?!" Before his words fell, several surrounding courtyards resounded one after another, and at the same time, flames gushed out, rushing and raging in all directions! Immediately afterwards, in the whole city, in the streets and alleys, in all the courtyards, there were flames and the exclamations of the sergeants, and in the blink of an eye, the fire turned into a prairie fire, vigorous, burning the sky and the earth, and as far as the eye could see, the original good county town turned into a huge furnace!

The soldiers of the Cao army were burned to the ground and galloped in all directions, screaming and screaming, and the frightened war horses galloped in all directions, crashing and trampling on many Cao soldiers who fled for their lives, and the whole city was in chaos.

Li Dian and the others escorted Cao Ren, who was dazed, and rushed out of the city, and Cao Ren muttered distractedly: "What's the matter? What's going on? Li Dian shouted: "It must be Lu Bu's people who have arranged a large amount of firewood, firewood, and organs in advance, once our people light a fire and cook in the city, it will lead to a fire!" We've been tricked! ”