Night.

The night is lonely.

Outside the palace gate, dozens of torches were lit, and there was a huge brazier that illuminated the darkness.

Under the firelight, there was also a figure, drifting slightly with the cold wind.

Liu Bei was hung outside the palace and had been hanging for nearly a whole day.

almost hung his life, at this moment, he was dying, waiting for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to come to the rescue, but he waited until the evening, and when it was late at night, he couldn't see anyone who came to save him.

Liu Bei felt utter despair.

The cold wind blew, and Liu Bei, who was hung up, slowly floated in the air, and then snowflakes fell, covering the whole body, and the whole person was about to freeze, and he had not been frozen to death yet, which was relatively hard, and the torch brazier next to him brought him a little temperature.

The entire city of Xudu is completely on alert at this moment.

The soldiers of the Cao army guarded the towers everywhere.

There are also soldiers hiding in the streets of the city, hiding in houses, waiting for those who want to save Liu Bei to appear.

Cao Cao didn't rest tonight, even if he waited all night, he had to get the latest results as soon as possible.

"Now, what's going on?"

Cao Cao sat in the mansion, in the hall, looked at the drifting snow outside, and asked a little anxiously.

There was also a stove nearby, and some wine was warmed.

But he was not in the mood to drink, there was nervousness, he was worried that the plan would fail, compared to the nervousness, he expected more, and as long as the plan was successful, he could do a lot tonight.

"No movement yet."

Xia Houen came back and said.

The entire Cao family and the Xiahou family are waiting for the rescue incident to happen tonight, and they are all a little looking forward and nervous.

The generals under Cao Cao did not rest.

Even if they are allowed to rest, tonight, I am afraid that no one will be able to sleep.

Only Xun Yu and their advisers did not participate tonight, but no one could rest in peace, so they all sent their own people out to find out what was going on outside.

"Keep waiting."

Cao Cao said: "I don't believe that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will ignore Liu Bei." ”

Cao Ang, who was sitting next to him, said: "Sir's plan will definitely come true." ”

Cao Cao nodded in agreement.

Xia Houen reported the situation, walked outside, and instructed the people outside to keep an eye on all the movements around him.

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At night, Xudu Long Street is as silent as death.

Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Xuan, Ma Chao and Xu Chu led 20,000 people to lurk around the Xu Du Palace, waiting for the arrival of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

The area where Liu Bei was hoisted was completely surrounded by them.

But until late at night, they couldn't see the people who came to save Liu Bei, and in the cold wind, they trembled slightly.

The weather is really cold now.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but mutter: "Yuan Rang, if no one comes to save Liu Bei tonight, what should we do?" ”

Xiahou thought for a while and said: "If no one comes to save it, the eldest brother will let someone come to give orders on what to do, but Liu Bei doesn't know if he can survive tonight." ”

They looked outside, at Liu Bei, who was swaying in the wind.

Now Liu Bei can still move, and he still has breath, but when tonight is over, he really doesn't know how to live or die.

"Then hang him."

Xiahou Yuan said: "Du Zhi said, no one came to save him, so he hung until Liu Bei died." ”

They didn't think about letting Liu Bei go.

The other side.

Xu Chu and Ma Chao were also muttering.

"This Liu Bei, his life is really hard!"

Ma Chao said softly: "After being hung for so long, he can still live, if he is replaced by someone else, I am afraid that it is gone, and Liu Bei can hold on until this time." ”

Xu Chu said: "No matter how hard he is, he will die tonight." ”

Ma Chao sighed, spit out a large white mist, and said slowly: "Let's continue to wait!" ”

Time passed quickly, and I don't know when I waited.

Some people began to appear in the city, they came out of houses all over the city, and they all had weapons in their hands, which were the ones arranged by Dong Cheng and others, as well as the displaced people sent by Sima Fang.

However, they did not go directly to save Liu Bei, but carried barrels of fire oil, quickly fell down in various houses in the city, or on the edge of the streets, and then threw the torches in the fire oil.

Rumble......

The flash of fire appeared, spreading quickly along the oil of fire.

The blazing flames dispelled the coldness of many winter nights, and the jumping firelight, under the cold wind, was blown "whirring", which sounded a little terrifying.

"On fire......"

Soon after, some people in the city woke up in their sleep to the sound of flames bursting wood, and when they opened their eyes, they saw the light of the fire outside, illuminating the night, spreading to themselves.

They had to put on their clothes, jumped up, and went out to look, and sure enough, it was on fire.

The fires were in more than one place, but in various parts of the city.

Under the blessing of the oil and oil, the fire burned more and more vigorously, and the snow on the ground was baked by the firelight, and it vaporized instantly, and the fire was about to spread to the house.

The city was soon in chaos.

The sound of the people running around, shouting for fire, continued.

The arsonists, after completing the task, quickly assembled, and some of them pushed out carts full of straw, which were wet with fire oil, and the slightest spark could burn.

As soon as these people appeared, they rushed to the palace gate.

Ma Chao and Xu Chu were still chatting.

At this time, a soldier quickly ran back and said, "Two generals, there is a situation." ”

They immediately picked up their weapons and jumped up, loosening their frozen bodies, and before the soldiers could explain where the situation came from, they saw the fires everywhere in the city.

"On fire?"

Xu Chu asked.

The soldier said, "Yes, there are people everywhere in the city who set fires and burned a lot of things, and the people in the city are in a mess and are fighting fires indiscriminately, what should we do?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Don't worry about the fire first, someone will put out the fire, our task is to keep an eye on here." ”

"Get up all of it and loosen your body."

Xu Chu gave the order to go down.

Someone set fire to the city, so the people who rescued Liu Bei should be almost prepared, and they are about to start, and they must be vigilant.

"General, there's movement again."

"There were more than 2,000 people, pushing carts, approaching us."

Immediately another soldier returned.

Ma Chao said: "Here, tell Yuan to let them, get ready to do it." ”

Xiahou Yuan's side also got the news.

"Archer, prepare quickly."

"Everyone else get up, loosen up, the enemy is coming."

Xiahoudun gave the order.

The archers who were hiding on the ridge of the roof appeared one after another, and drew their bows with their hands that were a little stiff from the cold.

They are condescending and see more clearly.

A total of hundreds of carts appeared in front of you, how many enemies there were, because the environment was dark, it was not clear for the time being, but the number was not small.

They all knew that this battle was about to start soon.

Guan Yu and the others knew that Cao Cao had dug a trap and was waiting for him to jump in, but he had to jump, and the eldest brother had to save it, even if it was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he had to break through.