Chapter 35 The Burning of Mountains and Forests

"Retreat!"

At this time, Zhuge Liang shouted, and then retreated with the army.

"Kill!"

Seeing this, Cao Cao no longer loved to fight, and led his army to continue to chase and kill.

"Retreat!"

Zhuge Liang shouted again and led the army to retreat.

"Kill!"

Cao Cao led a large army to continue the pursuit.

The officers and men of the Shu army continued to retreat backwards.

In a few moments, they rushed out of the mountains and onto a plain.

Cao Cao's army continued to move forward, and they had only one goal, that is, to catch up with Zhuge Liang and others, annihilate them all here, and stay here forever.

They want to run, they have to run.

Their generals and soldiers understood that if they were caught by Cao Cao, they would be completely defeated, and they had to preserve their strength.

"Lord, we are almost at the edge of the mountain range, and a few miles further on, we will reach the mountain range of the Shu army. What do we do now? Xu Chu came to Cao Cao's side and asked.

"Don't worry, we still have a chance!"

Cao Cao looked ahead, a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Lord, I don't understand, what chance?" Xu Chu asked a little confused.

"Look!"

Cao Cao pointed ahead and said to Xu Chu.

Following what Cao Cao pointed out, Xu Chu looked and saw that not far away, there were two peaks separated by each other, and they could clearly see the two peaks.

The two peaks are triangular and arranged together in a zigzag pattern.

These three peaks acted as a natural barrier, splitting Cao Cao's forces and the Shu army in half.

"These two peaks are the defense line of the Shu army, and these two peaks are the necessary places for our army. As long as we destroy the defenses of the Shu army, we can go straight to Huanglong and take Liu Bei in one fell swoop! ”

"The lord is wise!" Xu Chu hurriedly hugged his fists.

Cao Cao smiled all over his face, and then ordered Xu Chu: "Pass the order, let the soldiers pay attention to the loopholes in the defense of the Shu army!" ”

"No!"

Xu Chu responded with a fist.

"Pass the order, all soldiers, get ready for battle!" Cao Cao gave another order.

"No!"

Xu Chu shouted, then turned around and led the soldiers to retreat.

At this time, the Shu army led by Zhuge Liang was also retreating towards the mountain range.

Cao Cao looked at this scene, and the corners of his mouth raised a sinister smile.

Immediately, in his army, a large number of archers appeared, shooting arrows forward.

"Whoosh!"

"Poof! Poof! ”

Arrows flew towards the Shu army, and after a while, the soldiers of the Shu army were shot into hedgehogs, and one by one they fell to the ground and lost their lives.

......

"Run!"

At this time, there was a shout of killing behind Zhuge Liang, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see a large number of Cao soldiers behind him, and they raised their bows and arrows one after another, and released arrows towards the Shu army.

At this time, their team was immediately dispersed.

"Kill, kill me!"

Cao Cao shouted and continued to chase the Shu army with his army.

At this time, Cao Cao's army was already closing behind the Shu army.

However, with the help of the terrain, the Shu army forced Cao Cao to retreat.

At this time, Cao Xuan came to the camp.

"Father, leave the heavy task of annihilating the Shu Kingdom to me this time."

Cao Cao frowned slightly, looked at Cao Xuan, and asked.

"What's your plan?"

"The child is willing to lead the cavalry under his command to charge into battle, clear all obstacles for his father, and strive to annihilate the Shu Kingdom in the shortest possible time."

Cao Cao nodded, he was still very convinced of Cao Xuan's strategy, so he agreed.

"Go ahead!"

"No!"

Cao Cao waved his hand.

Zhang Liao and Xu Chu led the army and killed the Shu army in front, Cao Hong.

Under their onslaught, the Shu army was defeated and retreated to the rear.

"Kill!"

"Poof! Poof! ”

Xu Chu's spear continued to pierce the corpses of one Shu army after another.

However, soon, the Shu army was hidden in the mountains and forests, and Xu Chu had no choice but to lead the army to retreat.

They returned to the camp and reported the situation to Cao Xuan.

Cao Xuan smiled slightly.

"If you burn here, Liu Bei dares to set fire to Xuzhou, and we can also set fire to the mountain!"

"No!"

Immediately, Xu Chu ordered the mountain to be burned.

Soon, the mountains and forests were ablaze.

The fire shone brightly on the night, reflecting the whole mountain.

"Haha!"

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and roared, with a cruel glint in his eyes.

"Liu Bei, I, Cao Cao, want to make you pay a terrible price!"

Cao Cao's eyes were cold, he gritted his teeth, and he couldn't wait to kill Liu Bei here immediately.

However, Cao Cao did not rush into action, but sat down quietly and thought quietly.

"Father, why don't we send troops to capture Nanpi now, take advantage of the situation to kill Liu Bei, and take Nanpi into the bag?" Cao Pi suggested to Cao Cao.

"No, now Shu Han is in a weak position, if we force our attack, I am afraid that we will be counterattacked by Shu Han, and then our army's losses will be very large, which is not conducive to our army's next plan. Besides, although Liu Bei is trapped by us, I don't think he is easy to match, and we should not underestimate the enemy. Cao Cao shook his head and said.

"But now that we have lost the opportunity, if we don't hurry up, we are likely to fall short, is my father willing?" Cao Pi asked puzzled.

"Willingly? Hum! How could I be willing? Can my great cause be ruined by someone else? What I have to do now is to wait patiently, wait for the opportunity, wait for the opportunity, I will definitely kill Liu Bei!" Cao Cao said angrily.

Looking at Cao Cao's angry appearance, Cao Pi didn't dare to speak anymore and stood aside silently.

"Lord!" At this time, an officer hurriedly entered the camp tent.

"Any news?"

"Tell the lord, the subordinates have just learned the news, according to the spies, Liu Bei is strengthening the fortifications during this time, and has sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to guard his army! Moreover, listening to the advice of the spies, in the past few days, he also dispatched 10,000 soldiers and horses from Nanpi to Beihai. ”

"Hmmm! Well, this time, I'll give him a lesson that I will never forget! Cao Cao said with a grim look in his eyes.

"Yes, my lord!"

"Pass the order, let the army rest for five days, and set out after five days!"

"No!"

Soon, the army rested, and Cao Cao also rested in the camp tent.

In the past few days, the fire has burned the mountains and forests, forcing Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang out of the mountains and forests and fleeing to Beihai.

This fire caused heavy losses to the Shu army.

And Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Cao Cao would use this kind of strategy.

"Damn, to use such despicable means!" Zhuge Liang gritted his teeth and said.

"Strategist, don't be too angry!"

At this moment, Liu Bei came to Zhuge Liang and comforted.

Zhuge Liang turned his head to look, only to see that it was Liu Bei coming.

"Lord!" Zhuge Liang arched his hand slightly, his face displeased.