Outside the dark city walls, hundreds of cavalry stood facing the city walls.

Looking at the hundreds of Cao soldiers outside the city, the partial general at the head of the city asked loudly, "Who are you waiting for?" ”

"We are on the orders of the general, and it seems that we are begging for military rations!" Standing at the foot of the city, the officer who led the hundreds of people arched his fist to the city wall and said: "I hope to open the city gate earlier and let us enter, the grain and grass of the army will be burned, if there is no grain and grass, it will definitely be in danger!" ”

"You mean, the fire over there was set off by the Qin army?" Standing on the city wall, the general raised his hand and pointed to the sky in the distance, which was reflected in the fire and turned red, and asked the officers outside the city.

"Exactly, there are no particles left!" The officer under the city looked up at the general in the city, and said: "If the first batch of military rations does not arrive in the evening, the army will be hungry tomorrow morning!" ”

The main army's food was burned by the Qin army, and it was also a great setback in morale for the Cao army defending the city.

After listening to the officer's words, the general only groaned slightly, and then ordered the officer beside him: "Let them enter the city!" ”

Tai Shi Ci sent people to Shouchun to trick the defenders in the city into opening the city gate, and Lu Bu's army was also in a commotion at this time.

A fire suddenly broke out in the rear of Cao's army, which immediately attracted the attention of the Qin army.

Many Qin soldiers ran excitedly in the barracks and shouted, "The rear of the Cao army is on fire", which soon alarmed Lu Bu, who had already entered the tent and planned to rest.

Lu Bu, who had not yet taken off his armor, heard the noisy shouts outside, and hurriedly ran out of the tent and ran towards the edge of the barracks.

Standing on the edge of the barracks, looking at the fire in the distance, Lu Bu muttered to himself in his heart.

He did not send people to secretly attack Cao's army from behind, Zhang Liao guarded Cai, and it was impossible to send troops, as for Tai Shi Ci, he had already discussed that he would seize Shouchun earlier, and Tai Shi Ci's caution would definitely not expose his whereabouts before that.

Looking at the raging fire burning behind Cao Jun's array, Lu Bu's brows tightened.

If the Qin army did not make a move, then there is only one explanation, that is, Cao Jun deliberately set this fire in order to lure him over and annihilate his army.

With this layer of scheming in his heart, Lu Bu categorically would not lightly order the army to kill Cao Jun.

"Wen Hou!" was staring at the Cao army camp that was on fire, and a Qin army officer clenched his fists and said to Lu Bu: "Look at the fire, it doesn't seem to be like Cao Jun's suspicious formation." ”

Lu Bu didn't say what he was thinking, he heard the officer speak, turned his head to look at the officer and asked, "Then in your opinion, why did the rear of Cao's army catch fire?" ”

was asked by Lu Bu, and the officer maintained a posture of clenching his fists and bowing and said: "Even if it is the fire set by Cao Jun's own family, it is difficult for them to control the fire at this time, and the villain is willing to lead some soldiers to visit Wen Hou!" ”

I also felt very strange about the cause of the fire, and when I heard the officer say that he was willing to lead the soldiers to investigate, Lu Bu stared at the officer for a moment, then nodded and said, "You lead a few people to find out!" ”

"No!" Lu Bu didn't give the officer too many people, but only arranged a few soldiers for him, just to find out what the fire was like in the rear of Cao's army.

Whether to attack or not to attack Cao's army depends on the outcome of this investigation.

With Lu Bu's approval, the officer did not delay at all, hurriedly ordered a few soldiers, turned over on the war horses, and led the soldiers to ride their horses towards the Cao army camp.

The Cao army camp was in chaos, and shouts were everywhere, and many Cao soldiers ran to the place where the military rations were burning to help fight the flames.

After burning for a long time, the military rations were already burning, and even if Cao Jun extinguished the flames, they had no hope of saving the grain and grass.

Although most of the Cao army ran to the place where the army was hoarded, in the barracks, there were still some Cao troops who were responsible for guarding against the attack of the Lu Bu army.

The officer led several Qin soldiers to rush towards the Cao army camp on horseback, and when they were still thirty or forty paces away from the barracks, a puff of arrows flew towards them.

The skylit fire in the distance turned the nearby red.

Under the reflection of the red firelight, the figures of several Qin soldiers were extremely clear.

The arrows flew towards these Qin troops who were galloping on their horses, and the officer and the few Qin troops he led had already held their shields in their hands.

Riding their horses against the arrows, the officer and several Qin soldiers held their shields in front of them, and their bodies were curled up on the horseback.

The arrows that flew towards them were covered with heads, and the two Qin soldiers who were not very lucky, when they rushed forward, although they covered their bodies with shields, their horses were shot by arrows.

Although the horses with arrows in the head were still running wildly, they were already dead, and before they could take two steps, their front hooves suddenly softened, and they turned over and planted forward.

The Qin army on horseback didn't have time to jump, and together with the war horse, they turned over and planted forward.

The officers and several other soldiers of the Qin army who blocked the arrows did not pause in the slightest, and rushed towards the Cao archers who were shooting arrows at them.

The Cao army camp was not defended by a large army, and hundreds of archers and some heavy infantry were considered to be the strength to resist these Qin troops.

led the soldiers of the Qin army to rush into the Cao army, and the officer and several Qin soldiers waved the Pu knife in their hands and slashed at the Cao army.

A Qin soldier rushed into the midst of Cao's archers, brandished his sword, and slashed down four or five Cao troops in succession.

Just when he raised his sword to chop down a Cao Jun, he suddenly felt the war horse under his crotch go down, and then the war horse neighed miserably and fell to the side.

The war horse under his crotch did not fall for no reason, and a heavy infantry of the Cao army, taking advantage of his moment of chopping the archers, picked up his long sword and cut off one of the legs of his war horse.

The leg of the war horse was cut off, and the Qin Jun on the horseback fell crookedly.

As soon as he fell to the ground, before he could get up, a dark shadow pounced on him.

Rushing at him was a Cao army with a short spear, and the Cao army rushed to the Qin army who fell to the ground, roared, and the short spear in his hand stabbed towards the Qin army.

Although the soldiers of the Qin army had just fallen off their horses, they had not yet lost their combat effectiveness, and at the same time that Cao Jun was holding a short spear and piercing him, the Pu knife in his hand was pushed up, and he pierced the heart of the Cao army impartially.

The tip of the short spear was only half an inch away from the head of the Qin army, and the Pu knife in the hands of the soldiers of the Qin army pierced the Cao army.

Just when the soldiers of the Qin army were shocked into a cold sweat and wanted to pull out the Pu knife and get up to fight again, a group of Cao soldiers pounced on him and stabbed short spears and long swords at him.

Dealing with an enemy, the soldiers of the Qin army were not afraid, but a group of Cao soldiers pounced on him, and the Qin army was powerless to deal with it, and was pierced by several long swords and short spears.

More than a dozen blades pierced into the Qin army, and the Qin soldiers who were still lying on the ground were shocked, and then lay down, and there was no longer breath.

There were only a few Qin troops who rushed into Cao's army, but the number of Cao's troops was increasing.

The officer knew that if he delayed, he would definitely delay the big thing, and after overthrowing a Cao army, he let out a loud shout, grabbed one of the Cao archers by the collar, lifted the archer on horseback, and threw it on horseback.

The Cao Army archers, who were held by the officers of the Qin army, did not expect that the opponent's strength would be so great, and when he was pressed on horseback, he still kicked his legs and struggled desperately.

Where would the officer of the Qin army give him a chance to break free, carrying the Pu knife, he slammed the hilt of the knife on his temple.

This knock can be said to be just right, and the Cao Jun archers who were caught on horseback were knocked unconscious, but it was not enough to kill him.

Captured a Cao archer, the Qin officer clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, and rode his horse towards the outside of the warband.

As soon as he turned his horse's head and rushed out of the Cao army, several Cao archers hurriedly followed, set up arrows on the longbow, and aimed them at his back.

But before the Cao archers could unleash their arrows, the two Qin troops, who were already covered in blood, rode their horses and crashed into them from behind.

The two Cao Jun archers who were hit by the war horse on the waist just snorted and flew up in the air under the powerful impact force.

The two companions were knocked out by the Qin army, and the other Cao army archers were stunned, and they forgot to launch the arrows that had been attached to the bowstring.

Only at the moment when they were stunned, the officers of the Qin army who had held the archers of the Cao army hostage had already galloped out of the distance on horseback, gradually getting out of the range of the bow and arrow.

The officers captured the Cao army and retreated, but the two soldiers who rode their horses and crashed into the Cao army's archers were blocked by the Cao army that came up later, and they were soon annihilated in the Cao army.

He took a few soldiers to investigate the situation, but in the end, he was the only one who made it back alive.

Riding his horse and galloping towards the Qin army camp, the officer ran wildly and quickly, and at the same time turned back to look at the Cao army camp that was getting farther and farther behind, his eyes were full of resentment.

Standing on the edge of the barracks, looking at Cao Jun's camp from afar, Lu Bu's brows were always tightly locked.

The Cao army has been in chaos for a long time, and if the Cao army is not suspicious, but really chaotic, and does not take advantage of this time to attack, it will be a good opportunity to completely control the battlefield.

But in case he really took advantage of the chaos of the Cao army and waved a large army to rush towards the Cao army, and the Cao army was really in doubt, maybe this time he would have to suffer a defeat like Shouchun.

Staring in the direction of Cao Jun's military camp, Lu Bu never made up his mind whether to attack or not, and just when he hesitated whether to attack or not, a galloping horse appeared in his sight.

Although the distance was still far away, Lu Bu could see that it was the officer who took a few people to Cao Jun to investigate the situation when he rode his horse towards the barracks.

"Wen Hou! Capture Cao Jun! There was still a long way to go from the barracks, and the officer of the Qin army on horseback had already opened his voice and shouted at Lu Bu.

Knowing that he had captured a Cao Jun, Lu Bu was also overjoyed, his waist couldn't help but straighten up, and his expression was a little more expectant.