Liu Bei is definitely popular in Xinye County, after the people saw the notice, without a trace of hesitation, they immediately started to act, the old man was worried about his family, he was reluctant to throw anything, and the children also carried toys such as stone bullets and bows in their pockets, although it would affect the itinerary to some extent, but Zhuge Liang did not send anyone to urge, after all, the matter of burning Xinye could not be leaked in advance.

In the end, tens of thousands of people abandoned their houses, dragged their families with their families, brought valuables such as grain, carts, horses, etc., and under the leadership of Sun Qianmizhu, they went out of the city to Fancheng in an orderly manner.

Two days later, except for the troops stationed in Xinye County, there was no one of the people, the streets were empty, indescribably deserted, and on the road from Xinye City to Fancheng, the people formed a team that was several miles long, which was unprecedentedly lively.

Zhuge Liang was cautious, and asked the soldiers to check door to door, until he confirmed that there was no one in the city, and then he gave the battle order.

First of all, all the soldiers went out together to take the oil from the Black Dragon Mountain, smear the walls of the city, including the city walls, in order to reduce the suspicion of Cao's army, they also got a lot of silt from the swamp, the two were not mixed, and the principle of using half of each was adopted, and at the same time, all the wells in the city were also poured with oil.

In less than a day, the city changed, it was dark and almost like a ghost town, and the strange smell made people almost sick, but it was bearable, so that it could not be stunned. However, it is absolutely not permissible to stay in this environment for a long time, because some soldiers who have applied oil have dizziness, nausea and fatigue.

Then, Zhuge Liang instructed Zhao Yun to lead a team to the top of the Baishui River, prepare sandbags, fight together, intercept the water of the Baishui River, and arrange soldiers to destroy the drawbridges of the three city gates in the southwest and north, deepen and widen the moat outside the gate, so that the carriages and horses cannot travel.

Guan Ting, as the vanguard, was responsible for leading Cao Bing to come, and Zhuge Liang personally led a thousand people to ambush in a col in Heilong Mountain, just waiting for Cao Bing to enter Xinye City, so he opened his bow and shot arrows and set fire to the city.

Of course, Zhuge Liang also considered the problem that Cao Jun might pass through the city, and asked Liu Feng to lead a team of men and horses to plant flags all over the road to Fancheng, making it dusty, so that Cao Jun did not dare to move forward lightly.

However, it was said that when Zhuge Liang and Wang Baoyu were busy withdrawing from the city, Cao Bing had already begun to act, and Cao Cao, who came to Wancheng, dismissed Xiahoudun as the commander-in-chief, and ordered the general Cao Hong to serve as the commander-in-chief, leading 100,000 soldiers and horses, and Xu Chu led 3,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard.

In order to prevent Liu Bei from using the strategy of fire attack again, when passing through Bowangpo, Cao Hongling people who are good at rock climbing climbed the slopes on both sides to confirm that there was no ambush on both sides, so he carefully led the army and passed through Bowangpo unimpeded.

The last time Xiahoudun crossed Bowangpo, he chose to be at night, but this time Cao Hong had experience, and he launched a large army as soon as it was light, so when the army crossed Bowangpo, it was just past the afternoon.

Soon after Cao Hong's army came out of Bowangpo, Guan Ting led three thousand soldiers and horses to meet him, and happened to meet Xu Chu's three thousand iron horses.

Xu Chu laughed, laughing at Liu Bei, who was no one, and sent such a vulnerable white-faced young general, clearly humiliating himself.

Cao Hong and Xu Chu were not in a hurry, Guan Ting ran for a while, and when she saw that she didn't catch up, she turned around and went to provoke, let arrows, throw stones, and use the methods that Wang Baoyu had taught herself, so that her subordinates could scold, and the scolding words could be played at will, anyway, it was something ugly and scolded.

Most of the soldiers are rough men, they open their mouths and scold, one is more fancy than the other, and most of the people involved are the women of the Cao Hong family, and the eight generations of ancestors have been turned out and insulted all over again, hey, I won't explain it in detail here.

Finally, Cao Hong was teased in a hurry, shouted, and led the army to chase after him, thinking of dismantling this white-faced young general!

Guan Ting led the army, crossed the Baishui River, and retreated all the way, but did not enter the city, but bypassed Xinye and went to join Liu Feng's army.

Xu Chu walked along the outside of the city, wanting to continue to chase, but in the sunset, he faintly saw the dust in the distance, waving flags, as if he didn't know how many troops there were, the first reaction, this should be a trick to lure the enemy deep, so he had to stop the team, depending on the situation.

"It's coming!" Wang Baoyu held the binoculars in his hand, looked at the dense army, and said excitedly.

In fact, Wang Baoyu also has a worry, that is, he is worried that Cao Bing will not come so soon, oil is a volatile substance, once it drags on for a long time, its combustion effect will inevitably be greatly reduced, and it will not be able to give Xinye to Cao Cao in vain.

Zhuge Liang is also very excited, if this fire can be successfully burned, his status in Liu Bei's mind will definitely be improved a lot, and when the time comes, the monarch and the ministers will be able to create a great achievement!

Besides, the 100,000-strong army led by Cao Hong quickly surrounded Xinye City, and it had an absolute advantage in strength.

But the gate of Xinye City was wide open, there was not a single soldier, and there was no sound in the city, which was really contrary to common sense, Cao Hong couldn't help but wonder, and Xinye City was coated with oil and mud, and it was pitch black, a pile of rotten, it was simply a legendary ghost town.

And the only place to enter the city is the east gate, and the other three places are all deep pits, which need to be landfilled before entering the city. If you venture in and are ambushed, the east gate will be the gate of hell.

"General Cao Hong, this must be an ambush set by Liu Bei, and we will set up camp outside the city." Xu Chu said cautiously.

Not to mention a famous general like Cao Hong, even ordinary people have to think about it when they see this strange phenomenon, so Cao Hong sent a team of soldiers into the city to investigate, and it didn't take long for the soldiers to report that the city was empty, the smell was unpleasant, and the houses, streets, including the wells were full of mud.

"Liu Bei, the villain, actually used such an unbearable method to destroy Xinye, which is really hateful." Cao Hong scolded in annoyance, because the smell of the city was unbearable, so he ordered all the soldiers to stay outside the city for the time being, and brought it to dawn tomorrow morning to see the movement clearly, and then consider whether to occupy Xinye, because at present, it is really not of much value.

The sky was completely dark, and Cao Bing under the mountain began to bury the pot to make rice, and the smoke of the cooking stove rose, and the aroma of rice meat in the air diluted the smell of oil a lot.

And Wang Baoyu, who was hiding in the mountain col, was completely dumbfounded, Cao Bing was not fooled, and did not enter the city at all.

Zhuge Liang also looked worried, it was obvious that Wang Baoyu's plan had failed, and from this point of view, he could only retreat to Fancheng first, and then make the next plan.