"Run!"

"Get out now! The fire has been lit and cannot be extinguished! ”

"How did Chen Zhi lead the enemy, and why was he able to lead this fire!?"

"Bastard, when I return to the barracks, I will definitely behead him and beat thirty military sticks!"

"Withdraw immediately, take off your armor and find a nearby branch to put out the fire!"

"The fire is too big! Three generals, we can't get out! ”

"Woooooooooooo I can't get out, my mother is still waiting for me to go back! ”

"Who's crying!? I'll kill you on the spot! Don't say anything like that! Although the fire was big, it couldn't burn on the road, so I took off my armor, urinated on my robe, covered my mouth and nose, and rushed out in a way! ”

"There's a water source around here!"

At the critical moment, Zhang Fei's mind was still spinning fast, knowing that now the war horses were running wildly, instinctively uncontrollable, and wanted to gallop out, and it should be no problem for these generals to sit down and have good horses.

But the rest of the people can't do it, they need to run on their own legs if they want to get out, and those who are fast may be able to get out.

Zhang Fei's ambush was close to Cao Ren, so the distance to escape was very far, not as good as the second brother Guan Yu, maybe now the second brother has gone out.

After all, his ambush was at the tail end, responsible for cutting off Cao Ren, and Guan Yu was blocking it head-on.

Of course, the two were confident that they could kill Cao Ren and the rest of the generals in the chaos of the army, and then take their heads and kill them on the spot.

But now it is impossible, Zhang Fei knows that if he rushes out, he will definitely not need to suffer from the fire and smoke, but when the battle starts, the eight thousand warriors under his command will have no way to retreat.

You can't take them all to death, and you can't make the eldest brother and second brother sad when you die, and you can find a way out of the fire, because there seems to be a water source on the side.

"General! The fire in the west is not big! ”

"Good! Leave immediately, everyone will follow me, the fire is still very strong, it is impossible for them to chase and kill! ”

"How many people have been killed and wounded!"

"I don't know, I don't know, the third general, there is no way to count it now, there are already a lot."

"Alas! Go away immediately, all of them will go back to me desperately, as long as I go back this time, I promise not to drink again for a month, and I will not beat you angrily! ”

Zhang Fei was so anxious that his face and beard were curled by the scorching heat.

Zhang Fei is a reckless person who dares to fight for his life, but he is not a brainless person, and he has always remembered his relationship with his eldest brother and second brother.

Do not die first.

Otherwise, how should the two righteous brothers deal with themselves.

He just wanted to hurry back now.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Fei drank loudly, and struggled to lift one person up, the recruit, who had no idea of escaping with a crying face, almost dragged him away, and someone else was infected by this emotion, and immediately got up to keep up, following closely behind.

Thousands of people were constantly changing directions as they retreated, looking for their way to a place where the fire was not very large.

……

In about half an hour, the monstrous fire had spread to more than a dozen miles away, and almost the entire hillside was shrouded, in a sea of fire.

The people who escaped immediately reported that there were many dead and wounded, Liu Bei arrived with his own troops, and he was very bitter when he saw this, attracting Guan Yu's soldiers and horses to come to converge.

"Big brother! Eldest brother! You can't stay here for long, once the fire is small, Cao Ren will definitely march immediately! He must even be trying to hunt down the remnants of our army now, please return to the city immediately! Stick to Xinye, maybe there is still a chance! ”

"The hinterland of Nanyang, from today onwards, we should defend the city, gather the people in the city, collect wheat and grain, and use it for defending the city, we have lost the ability to defend the city!"

"Where's Winged?"

Liu Bei's face was full of panic, and he looked behind Guan Yu's army, but he didn't see Yide's figure, "Second brother, where is Yide?" He was ordered to ambush Cao Ren's rear army, and once the fire spread, he was the most difficult to escape! ”

"Isn't there any news yet?"

"Get on the horse immediately and enter Bowangpo to find Yide!"

Liu Bei glanced at the fire deadly, and immediately chose to turn over and get on the horse, not daring to slack off in the slightest, and all the deputy generals of the civil and military forces around him hurriedly came over and grabbed his figure, "Don't be like this!" Lord! Don't be impulsive! ”

"Think twice! This fire is too big for Bowangpo to enter! ”

"How can it be on fire! Why is this happening? ”

Liu Bei shook off the edge of Lu's saddle, which he grabbed with one hand, and was ready to get on the horse at any time, but he was very eager to ask angrily.

In his opinion, this strategy is definitely not bad, after he arrived in Xinye, he continued to check the terrain, according to the Bowangpo reeds are very large, overgrown with weeds, and the vegetation is unattended, so he came up with a fire attack plan.

In addition, the vicinity of the White River is easy to flood water, and once they cross the river on the march, they will definitely be able to rush into it again, but they did not expect that all of them were disintegrated by Cao Ren's insight.

When he fought Lu Bu and Yuan Shu in Xuzhou, he definitely didn't have such a clever strategy, and he was flawless in advance and retreat, as if he could predict it in advance no matter how he used it, and instead set up an ambush.

Sure enough, after Guan Yu sighed, he then said in a deep voice: "Chen Zhi fought with him and retreated according to the plan, I don't know if it attracted the generals under Cao Ren's command to follow him, but soon after, a fire broke out in the entire Bowangpo. ”

"Certainly, something went wrong with Chen Zhi," Guan Yu's tone was slightly lower, and Chen Zhi, who was still stained with blood not far behind, immediately got up, his face was full of unwillingness, and he said eagerly: "Impossible!" How could General Yun Chang speculate like this? ”

"I led the crowd to kill three partial generals at that time, attracting Xu Huang to fight in person, and I pretended to be invincible and retreated, he was going to chase and kill again, but I heard with my own ears that he was pulled by Cao Ren."

"From beginning to end, Cao Ren sneered from a distance, and there was no sign of emotion at all, he really had insight into the before and after strategies, maybe he knew the layout in advance."

"Impossible," Liu Bei immediately refuted with a straight face, "When marching, only the four of us, together with Xianhe and Gongyou, know about it, how can we have an internal response!" ”

Chen was stunned for a moment, stunned and speechless, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, the last general is really desperate to advance, and he pretends to be defeated and retreats, I really don't know how Cao Ren saw through it!" ”

Although his words were loud and fierce, at this moment, Liu Bei did not say a word, and Guan Yu looked extremely pale and powerless.

But after a while, Liu Bei reluctantly squeezed out a trace of emotion, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Dao, I'm not blaming you, next to the guards, staying around the guards day and night, how can I not know your loyalty and ability?" But no matter how Cao Ren knows about it now, the top priority is to find out Yide first. ”

"Lord!" When Chen Zhi heard this, he knelt on one knee and solemnly clenched his fists and said: "Since General Yun Chang suspects that the last general is derelict in his duties, then I will rush in and rescue General Yide." ”

"If you want to go, you will go," Guan Yu glanced back at him, shook his long hair slightly, and said with a solemn face: "Chen Dao, a certain family does not say whether it is derelict or not, but now is not the time to discuss the mood, you and I will each send an army to find people in this fire, and we must guard against Cao Ren's army covering up." ”

"Once you find someone, come back immediately and let the eldest brother take care of it here."

Liu Bei thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, no matter what the situation is, I will be here to deal with you." ”

"Okay, Yun Chang is gone."

"Chen is here!"

The two recruited soldiers and horses, and after a few words, these soldiers also did not care about life and death, shouted and followed with boiling blood, and rushed into the scorching area that had been burned.

Liu Bei was anxious outside, but he was also restless and guilty, this plan was that he had harmed his two brothers, and he thought that he would be able to win a big victory, and the Gongyou and Xianhe around him all said that it was a good plan.

Together with Mi Fang and Mi Zhu, after they learned about it after they marched out, they even came to praise in advance with great surprise.

I didn't expect it to be such a solution, I can't even hide it from Cao Ren, how can I fight with Xu Zhen?

can't fight Xu Zhen, let alone Cao Mengde......

Thinking about this life, it seems that he has never defeated Cao Cao, could it be that when the alliance was in place, he should be relieved to belong to Cao Cao, and it is the right way to do things for him? Won't you come to such a state of harm to others and yourself now?

It was the first time for Liu Bei to fall into a confused self-blame, in this autumn wind and heat wave, his mood was repeated and revealed, and he felt uncomfortable.

……

The fire burned all night, and the whole night was red and faintly bright, and even in the first half of the night, there was no need for torches, rushing into the smoke and marching to chase and kill, and people could be vaguely seen.

The Bowangpo is full of the corpses of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, as well as the miserable injuries, which is shocking.

Cao Ren, Xu Huang, and Yu Ban killed all night, led the troops to constantly bypass the fire pursuit, looked for nearby water sources, and fought with Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses several times, and won countless victories.

But there were always people desperately escorting him away, and until this morning, he killed many of Zhang Fei's brothers, but he was still able to escape.

"I escaped, I can't find it."

Early in the morning, by the river, Cao Ren was washing his face, and when he heard that the scout had come back to report that Zhang Fei had been rushed by Guan Yu to pick him up, Xu Huang was entangled by Chen Zhi in another place, and he fought for a long time before he was repulsed.

This battle was a big victory and won a lot, but it did not kill Zhang Fei's head, which is somewhat regrettable.

Cao Ren laughed, "That's it, just shout out, after winning this battle, you will want to mess with Liu Bei's heart with Bowen." ”

"There are many civil and military forces in the north, and Liu Bei's most resentful is Bowen, except for the prime minister, that is, he can hit Liu Bei's heart the most."

"That's right," Yu Ban nodded in agreement, "Right now, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses have suffered heavy casualties, and it is impossible for him to go out of the city to take the initiative to fight, he must stay in Xinye, wait for Liu Biao to come to help, or abandon the city and leave, and then find a foothold." ”

"Xinye is the hinterland of Nanyang, the barrier of Jingzhou, if it is taken down, the entire Nanyang County will be in my hands, so it is equivalent to one foot has stepped into Jingzhou."

"This is the first achievement of the Southern Expedition, congratulations to the general."

Yu Ban said with a smile.

"It's not my credit," Cao Ren knew too well how this merit came about, and the news was given by Xu Zhen.

The topographic map was also given by him, and it was depicted in great detail, and he knew the terrain and strongholds of various places well.

Otherwise, how could it be so easy to cross the mountains and mountains, fight on three fronts, and pull out the ambush strongholds of Baihe, Funiu Mountain, and Hidden Mountain in one night, Liu Bei's deployment is very cunning, and the scope is extremely difficult to detect.

If it weren't for Bowen's strategy, the enemy would have the first opportunity...... With his previous temperament, he should have driven straight into the first place to gain a firm foothold and firmly entrenched near the White River, and then he would just enter the encirclement of this series of strategies.

Therefore, this merit should be regarded as a gift from Xu Bowen, although he once made it clear that he did not take any merits for going south, but he was so completely gifted with great merit, and Cao Ren deserved it.

"The merit is ridden, and the strategy is all solved by him, and he taught me how to fight back."

"Why? Please make it clear to the general, now that the war is over, it is time to inform the last general. ”

Yu Ban was very curious, Xu Zhenren was not here, how did he know how Liu Bei used his tricks, could it really be that Neiying's ability to infiltrate and spy was already superb?

Or he had cultivated many henchmen by Liu Bei's side in his early years, otherwise how could he get such accurate news.

Cao Ren's face suddenly became awe-inspiring, and he didn't want to say much about it, but Yu Ban was also Cao Jiang, since it was not good not to say it, he sighed and said, "The car ride didn't explain it to me." ”

"Just tell me that there is a place here, called Bowangpo, the terrain is easy to attack by fire, if someone comes to fight, and pretends to be defeated and retreats to lead me in, it means that there must be an ambush in the dense forest and grass, and it is going to be attacked by fire, it is better to burn it first."

"This!" Yu Ban was shocked, "Why could he expect that someone would come to feint?" ”

"Hehe," Cao Ren shook his head with a wry smile, stuck the long knife in the wet soil, and immediately got up and moved his muscles and bones, and said angrily: "This, I will ask in person when I see him." ”

"Che riding, is it really what the prime minister said, how much wisdom is close to demonic?"

"I'm afraid that's the case, who can predict the battle situation here so accurately?" Cao Ren pondered hard with his hands behind his back, he felt that he was still a little confused about the battle he came to fight in person, "I can only guess that he may have practiced countless times in his heart before he can guess Liu Bei's intentions." ”

"Guo Junshi also has this ability, so he can often make judgments, but it's a pity that he doesn't calculate many times."

"Okay," Cao Ren walked over and pulled Yu Ban, "The whole army marches, lay out the back road, order the army to stabilize and Wancheng soldiers and horses to move at the same time, I want to set up a large camp thirty miles away from Xinye, now that the food and grass are ready, I am not afraid of the garrison from afar, hold on to Liu Bei, and then force him, and also force the terminally ill Liu Jingsheng in Xiangyang." ”

"Whoa!"

……

At sunset in the afternoon, Zhang Fei returned to the barracks, exhausted by several fierce battles, and lost thousands of soldiers and horses in one night, only seven or eight hundred people followed him back, and his heart was traumatized.

He had never been beaten so badly in his life, so he fell asleep directly after arriving at the barracks.

I didn't wake up until late at night on the gatehouse of the city.

At this moment, Liu Bei looked at the map drawn simply, and knew where Cao Ren would probably march.

Sorrowful.

And the expression is quite desperate and frightened.

"Do they really keep shouting that?"

"That's right," Guan Yu cared about Liu Bei to keep him from fainting and falling, "If it is according to these generals, this battle should be Xu Bowen, who is thousands of miles away, has already seen through our strategy, this is unbelievable and absolutely impossible." ”

"So, big brother, there is only one possibility, have you ever talked to that Xu Shu about this plan?"

Liu Bei remained silent, and this question put everyone in the entire hall into an embarrassing situation.

If he doesn't answer, that means he did.

So it may not be Xu Zhen who defeated Liu Bei, maybe it was Xu Shu.

"Xu Yuanzhi, no......" Liu Bei said weakly, "No, he won't betray me, I treat him sincerely...... How could he ......"

Liu Bei said and said, wanting to smile easily, but his blood surged up, and his heart tightened.

I felt that it was pitch black before, and I hung weakly into Guan Yu's arms.

(End of chapter)