The sun is setting in the west, and the last rays of afterglow are spread on the horizon.

The orange sunlight stained the ground with blood red, and after a whole day of fighting on the battlefield, the bodies of the soldiers of the Qin army and the Cao army were lying everywhere.

On the battlefield lying full of corpses, two teams of only one hundred and ten people each were carrying the dead Tongze.

After fighting for two days in a row, the Cao army and the Qin army suffered heavy casualties on each other, but neither of them could make the other take half a step back.

It is the men sent by each side who are clearing the battlefield.

On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Cao army carried their dead Tongze, carried the corpses to the edge of the battlefield, and threw them into the deep pit that had been dug.

The soldiers of the Qin army, on the other hand, were rummaging through the soldiers of the Qin army who had died in battle, and they also carried the bodies to the edge of the other side of the battlefield for burial.

On the battlefield where there was a fight, the corpses were moving less and less, but in the two deep pits on the edge, more and more corpses of soldiers from both sides were piled up.

The deep pit where the dead are buried look at each other, they fought hard during their lives and confronted each other after their deaths, as if they could never end their war.

The afterglow of the slanting sun was getting darker and darker, and the corpses on the battlefield were only half cleaned up, but in the large array on both sides, not a single soldier ran forward to help.

The two armies faced each other, and both Lu Bu and Cao Ren knew very well that at this time, if either of them dared to send one more soldier to help clear the battlefield, a new battle could happen.

The reason why both sides have been suppressing each other is that each side has its own plans.

The army under Cao Ren was far more numerical than the Qin army led by Lu Bu, but he was not in a hurry to break the Qin army, there was only one reason, he sent troops this time, not to break through Xia Cai, but to attract the attention of the Qin army to Xia Cai and ignore Xuzhou.

Lü Bu did not attack Cao's army, partly because the Qin army was far outnumbered by Cao's army, and once the battle began, he was not sure of victory, and partly because his main purpose was not to defeat Cao Ren, but only to burn Cao Ren's grain and grass.

Two generals with their own thoughts, with two armies of tigers and wolves, face each other in the wilderness of the Tomb, and only occasionally there will be a battle on a seemingly grand scale, but it will not extend the results at all.

At the same time, Liu Bei, who was far away in Xuzhou, was full of anxiety with his hands behind his back, walking back and forth quickly in the conference hall.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood in the hall and watched Liu Bei walk back and forth hundreds of times.

"Hey, big brother!" Finally, Zhang Fei couldn't hold back his temper and shouted at Liu Bei: "What is there to do, just walk back and forth here, is it possible to do things?" ”

Zhang Fei opened his mouth to shout, but Guan Yu didn't say anything, just stood aside and looked at Liu Bei silently.

Being yelled at by Zhang Fei, Liu Bei stopped, clenched his right hand into a fist, smashed a punch into his left hand, frowned and said: "Cao Ren's army has advanced to Xia Cai, and Lu Bu is in close contact with Lu Bu in Xiangling, if our army goes to help at this time, we will definitely be able to wipe out Cao's army." It's just that King Qin ...... earlier"

Turning his head to look at Liu Bei, who was full of entanglement, Guan Yu still had no words.

He was pondering what kind of considerations Liu Wei had for Liu Wei to make a special trip to Xuzhou and ask Liu Bei to send troops to Xia Cai to help.

Compared with Guan Yu's calmness, Zhang Fei seemed much more impetuous.

Knowing the reason for his irritability from Liu Bei's mouth, Zhang Fei said in a rough voice: "King Qin is not His Majesty today, the eldest brother is also surnamed Liu, and he is also surnamed Liu, so why do you have to listen to his dispatch?" According to me, the eldest brother can do whatever he wants......"

His eyes stayed on Zhang Fei's face, Liu Bei frowned tightly, and after a while, he said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, you immediately order 20,000 soldiers and horses to go to Xia Cai and gallop to Lu Bu!" ”

"Big brother, don't worry!" Liu Bei finally made a decision, and Guan Yu, who didn't think of anything wrong with it, arched his fist at him and said: "This time I went to Xia Cai, I will definitely take that Cao Ren's head and pay tribute to my eldest brother!" ”

Nodding towards Guan Yu, Liu Bei didn't say anything more, but he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

Guan Yu was ordered by Liu Bei to raise 20,000 soldiers and horses and leave Xuzhou.

The Cao army, which confronted Lu Bu's army, camped very close to the battlefield, and Lu Bu's army was also camped in a place where they could see it at a glance.

Night fell quietly, and from Cao Jun's barracks, you could clearly see the bonfire lit in the Qin army's camp in the distance.

Standing outside the tent, Cao Ren faced the direction in which the Qin army was stationed, his eyes narrowed into a slit.

In the arrangement, he ordered Cao's army to strengthen the defense of the Chinese army, and stubbornly defend the place where the Qin army might break through to the hoarding of military rations.

has already seen Lu Bu's purpose, and Cao Ren's soldiers and horses occupy an absolute advantage, and they will definitely not give Lu Bu any chance.

The evening breeze in Xiangling was much colder than the wind during the day, standing outside the barracks, blown by the evening breeze, Cao Ren shivered with excitement all over his body, and looked up at the sky.

There was no moon in the clear night sky, and the stars in the sky were as clear as if they had just been washed by water.

Taking a deep breath, he let the cool air enter the trachea, and went around his lungs, taking away the heat from his body, and Cao Ren felt that his whole person seemed to be much refreshed.

He didn't know that as he looked up at the night sky, thousands of pairs of eyes were staring at his camp in the mountains and forests next to the barracks.

Squatting next to a bush at the edge of the mountain forest, Gao Shun stared at the Cao army camp lit by a starry bonfire, and checked the deployment of the Cao army with his own eyes.

The Cao army's camp was very neatly arranged, but their layout only guarded against Lu Bu's army on the opposite side, and the rear flank was completely empty.

What's more important is that Cao Ren actually placed all the grain and grass in the weakest rear wing.

The location of Cao's grain and grass had been determined, but Gao Shun did not immediately order an attack on Cao's army.

Although it was very simple to break through the place where Cao's army was stored, it was very close to Cao's army's camp, almost next to each other.

Once the movement is a little slower, the five thousand feathers of Lin Wei will be completely surrounded by Cao's army.

In the deployment of the battle, Gao Shun did not count on Lü Bu who confronted Cao Ren's army, although Lü Bu's army was nearby, Gao Shun did not have the opportunity or leisure to send people to contact Lü Bu.

If you are too close to the enemy, you may lose all your efforts.

Yu Linwei can only rely on himself, and Gao Shun must find a way for Yu Linwei to set fire and withdraw from the battle before launching an attack.

His eyes roamed around Cao Jun's barracks, and when Gao Shun saw a small hillside near Cao Jun's grain, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Cao Ren placed the military rations near the dirt slope, so that in the event of an attack, he could use the soil slope to quickly transfer the military rations.

But his precautionary measures were only aimed at being broken by Lu Bu and the defense line of the Chinese army, and under the resistance of the Cao army, it was impossible for the Qin army to rush to the destination so quickly, and this kind of placement was completely flawless.

It's a pity that he didn't know that it was not only Lu Bu who coveted his military rations at this moment, but also Yu Linwei, who came to Xiangling earlier but never showed up.

The eyes of the five thousand feather forest guards were all staring at the Cao army camp under the hillside, and everyone was tightly pressing the hilt of the long sword at their waists, waiting for Gao Shun to give the order to attack.

After confirming the layout of Cao Jun, Gao Shun waved his hand to his side and stood up.

The moment he stood up, a Yu Lin Wei led his war horse and came to his side.

Turning over on the horse's back, Gao Shun beckoned behind him.

Five thousand Yulin guards, after Gao Shun beckoned, stepped on their horses, drew their long swords from their waists, took off the round shield hanging on the horse's back, and quietly waited for Gao Shun to give the order to charge.

Yu Linwei's war horses are not as humane as the domesticated war horses of the Dragoon Guard, in order to prevent them from neighing, before coming here, all the war horses had their mouths strangled and chewed.

Yu Linwei, who was on horseback, turned his head to look at Gao Shun one by one, and his eyes were full of bloodthirsty expectation.

From the expectation in the eyes of the Yulin guards, Gao Shun could see that they were ready to fight with Cao Jun.

Every Yulin guard, before going to battle, will never think about how to withdraw afterwards, all they think about in their hearts is how to kill more enemy troops once they are surrounded by Cao's army!

"Down the mountain!" Finally, two words came out of Gao Shun's throat.

When these two words came out of his throat, the five thousand Yulin Guards, who were already ready to charge, put their legs on the horse's belly and followed him, rushing down the hillside.

When they were quietly dormant, Yu Linwei did not make a sound, but when they set off to rush down the hillside, the horses' hooves stepped on the slope of the slope that sloped downward, but they splashed a cloud of dust and rolled up a roar like thunder.

Still standing outside the tent and looking at the Qin army camp in the distance, Cao Ren suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and hurriedly turned his head to look in the direction where the roar came.

Since it was night, Yu Linwei rushed down the hill without lighting a torch, and although Cao Ren turned his face to them, he couldn't see what was happening at all.

"Go check what's going on!" The red sound of the horse's hooves was getting closer and closer, and Cao Ren shouted to the soldiers on the side: "Order the whole army to be on alert, beware of the enemy army robbing the camp!" ”

Speaking of the word "robbery camp", Cao Ren's heart suddenly tightened.

He remembered the grain and grass that he had placed at the back of the army, and he also remembered that he did not leave much man there at all when he placed the grain and grass because he was guarding the front like an iron bucket.

"Hurry up and rescue the grain and grass!" As soon as one of the pro-soldiers received his first two orders and turned to leave, Cao Ren shouted at the other pro-soldier.

Giving the order to rescue the grain and grass, Cao Ren didn't just stand there and watch, he turned around and ran back to the tent, took out the blade from the tent, and shouted: "Prepare the horse!" General Ben is going to check it out in person! ”