Chapter 396: Do your best

Granary, how is the granary on fire!

As a witness of the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, Cao Ren attached great importance to grain and grass and fire attack, and specially arranged heavy defense, guarding the granary without exception was the pillar of the Cao army, and the most loyal, bravest, and most capable Cao family iron army was arranged here, even if they attacked them with tens of thousands of troops, they could hold on for more than ten days!

Even if someone accidentally causes a fire, a large amount of clean water and fine sand are placed around the camp where the grain is stored, and the fire can be extinguished immediately if it is found.

But the fire is still burning!

Not only did it burn, but it still rose to the sky, and the blazing fire reflected that everyone couldn't open their eyes, and the sky was bright.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

This is Cao Jun's lingering nightmare.

Although the night was illuminated, the Cao army who was heading south was still dumbfounded, and even Kebineng was stunned, unable to believe that the granary guarded by heavy troops was actually on fire!

"It's not good, it seems that this destiny is really not in Cao Pi!" Kebineng said with hatred, "Listen to my order, everyone retreat immediately!" ”

"My lord, where are we going?"

"Hide in the mountains first! If anyone dares to catch up...... Kill them all, not a single one is left! ”

Zhou Tai looked at the fire in the distance and couldn't help laughing.

He knew that Huo Jun must have succeeded.

"Cao Jun's sons, Hugh is going to die.

Cao Pi can't have the mandate of heaven, this is a god to help me wait, please retreat quickly, I can wait for worry-free! ”

Zhou Tai's angry roar attracted Niu Jin's hateful gaze.

"The child is arrogant, what is the destiny of heaven, which can you comment?"

Zhang He looked at the skyrocketing fire and panicked.

In the battle of Guandu that year, Yuan Shaojun's grain nest was also engulfed in flames, Zhang He felt that Yuan Shao's end was approaching, and quickly led the army to surrender Cao Cao with Gao Lan.

Now that the familiar flames are soaring into the sky, will the stormy Cao Wei also face a devastating blow at this time?

Even if, even if you can break through Wancheng now, what can you do?

Lejin is good at fighting, and there are tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops behind him.

If they all rush to the battlefield, the consequences will be unimaginable!

"Still stunned what to do! Extinguish the fire! ”

Zhang He immediately made a decision and told his subordinates to rush to extinguish the fire - this was an excellent opportunity to get out of the battlefield, and Zhang He, who had changed his tactics with his troops, would never miss this rare opportunity.

Cao Ren sweated like rain.

While directing his soldiers to extinguish the fire, he hurriedly ordered his men to respond to the enemy and investigate the situation.

Soon, he heard a piece of news from Cao Hong's camp that stunned him.

Huo Jun suddenly appeared in Cao Hong's camp, they captured Cao Hong alive, escorted him directly to the grain store, and asked Cao Hong to order all the soldiers to enter the siege.

Although those soldiers were suspicious, they did not dare to disobey Cao Hong's order at all, so they could only leave the attack one after another.

After that, Huo Jun began to set fire to the camp without hindrance, and even directly led people to kidnap Cao Hong and leave, and retreated into Wancheng!

Cao Ren was stunned.

If the others had made a mistake, he would have been furious and would have screamed to kill his entire family.

But this time it was Cao Hong......

It's Cao Hong again!

Cao Hong was actually caught by Huo Jun like Jiang Ling.

He didn't die, he didn't fight Huo Jun desperately, but he gave in to Huo Jun so humbly and cowardly, and let Huo Jun burn Cao Jun's grain with one fire!

Now Cao Ren's heart is in turmoil, and he simply thinks that this is a joke by God to himself.

"Extinguish the fire! Put out the fire! Make no mistake! ”

Cao Ren finally made a choice between preserving food and annihilating the defenders of Wancheng.

With the whole army of Cao's army thrown into extinguishing the fire, Zhoutai, who had been fighting hard for a long time, was finally able to get out of the encirclement.

Everyone cheered in unison, and returned to Wancheng in the light of the fire of Cao's military camp, and the cheerful singing and loud cheers resounded throughout the city, and everyone saw the dawn of victory.

In the absence of too good fire-fighting equipment, Cao Jun's firefighting also paid a lot of sacrifices.

The fire spread quickly, but fortunately, a light rain fell in time, and the fire was finally brought under control a little.

After a night of fighting the fire, the fire was finally barely controlled, and when the dawn came, the generals of the Cao army looked at the ashes that were still warm, and they all fell into boundless depression.

Most of the grain and grass were burned, and the deputy general Cao Hong was kidnapped.

This battle has only been fought for less than two days before it became like this, and it was really unexpected before the expedition.

This is not all the bad news, the generals counted the soldiers, and found that the Cao army actually lost nearly 30,000 people in the first battle!

Even if it was 30,000 pigs, Zhou Tai and Huo Jun would not be able to kill them overnight.

Most of the Cao soldiers saw the skyrocketing flames and thought that the battle was hopeless, so they fled one after another.

In particular, many people under Cao Hong's command were worried about being implicated and scattered, and the Xianbei people under the fierce general Kebineng were even more scattered in a hurry and did not know where to go.

The army that was still ambitious and well-groomed yesterday has now become like this, and Cao Ren felt a wave of despair rushing over his head, and he almost cried.

Finished.

He knew it was over.

Even if he can break through Wancheng, he definitely doesn't have the ability to defeat Lejin Cai Mao.

If this battle is defeated, the morale of the Cao army will also be devastated, and the Cao family's country will also ......

It will also ......

This fierce general of the Cao army, who has been in battle since the pacification of the Yellow Turban, and fights vertically and horizontally, is now in addition to despair, but also has a strong unwillingness.

He looked around and saw that Wang Shuang, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and others all lowered their heads, and couldn't help but stomp their feet hard.

If only the Giant Eagle were there.

The school affairs under the command of the giant eagle are so powerful, when we were besieged in Jiangling, he could accurately find the location of the enemy and annihilate it, and never let the thieves succeed, and now Dawei has become like this, Yunshan has rebelled, Lejin has rebelled, and soon Zang Ba will also rebel......

We have fought all our lives, why did we get such a result!

I'm not convinced!

"General, let's ......" Xiahou Shang asked tremblingly.

Cao Ren's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, and he said with hatred: "What are you afraid of!" Isn't this ration still burned yet? ”

He turned angrily and roared:

"In the first battle, our army fell into the tricks of the thieves, although the losses were not small, but the troops were still far above the thieves.

Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if you are desperate when you encounter such a small setback, how can you correct the world and sweep away Liuhe? ”

"Ben will personally supervise the army to attack the city, who dares to retreat in words, behead!"

To be honest, Cao's current strength is still far above the defenders in the city.

But everyone knows that once the attacker falls into a huge setback, it will definitely lose its fighting spirit.

Looking at the dejected generals of the Cao army, Cao Ren had no bottom in his heart, not knowing where this battle would go.

Do your best, do your best.

At least, I'm worthy of the first Wang Houen.

Cao Ren returned to the military tent and arranged the siege again.

He knew that the Hun soldiers left behind were also unreliable, and after Xianbei fled, they were very likely to escape.

Even if Wancheng is breached, after the slaughter, there is no ability to continue south, and he can only temporarily rest and wait for the big battle.

Cao Ren washed his face with cold water to calm himself down a little, and called Wang Shuang again and asked him to send pen and ink.

After pondering for a moment, Cao Ren still decided not to show off his bad words, and said in a low voice:

"How many henchmen do you have under your command?"

"Uh," Wang Shuang was stunned, "Also, there are more than 100 people." ”

"So little ......" Cao Ren felt a sense of loss in his heart.

It would be nice if the giant eagle was there.

There are countless capable people under the command of the giant eagle, and they will never fall into such a desperate situation.

I, Cao Ren, commanded thousands of troops, but now there are only 100 people to deploy, isn't it a shame to be ridiculed!

He hesitated for a long time and sighed:

"A hundred is a hundred!"

"Send a confidant to find King Wu, let King Wu send troops quickly, don't care about Guan Yu, and fight Xiangyang first.

Tell the truth about our defeat today to King Wu, and he has his own decision. ”

"Send someone to spread the word about Cai Mao, and say that this battle is a grudge between us and Lejin, and it has nothing to do with Cai Mao, so that although he is watching from the wall, he will not fight with us.

If he dares to come, even if we can't beat Le Jin, we will desperately kill him first! ”

Cao Ren knew that Cai Mao had always been the first to go north, and knew that after Cao Ren's defeat this time, he might take the initiative to go north in order to curry favor with Le Jin, what he had to do now was to quickly dispel Cai Mao's thoughts.

"Finally, ......," Cao Ren sighed, "I have a handwritten letter, I must ask my confidants to hand it over to the Giant Eagle, if our army loses this battle, I hope that the Giant Eagle can take care of the big things, don't let the Son of Heaven be dusted!" ”