A soldier beside Cao Zhang quickly lit a "lantern" made of red paper, and the soldier let go of his hand, and the red lantern quickly rose into the air and quickly rose into the sky.

This is a simple "Kong Ming lantern" made by Cao Zhang in advance, just to send a signal to Xu Huang and Duan Xuan at a critical moment.

Li Shi and Li Huan were commanding the Xiliang army to attack frantically, and suddenly saw such a red "lantern" rising on the soil slope.

Li Shi's mind was all on attacking, because he had already seen the hope of killing Cao Zhang, so he naturally didn't care about anything else.

Li Huan faintly felt that something was wrong, and looked up at the "red lantern" that slowly rose into the air, but he couldn't guess its purpose.

In the hidden forest, Xu Huang had been staring at the sky in the direction of the camp, and the sudden red light entered his line of sight, and Xu Huang instantly became excited: "Childe has sent a signal!" The whole army obeys the order and strikes! ”

Almost at the same time, Duan Xuan on the other side also saw the signal sent by Cao Zhang, and also issued an order to attack!

"Kill!" Around Cao Zhang's camp, countless torches suddenly appeared, and the earth-shattering war drums and shouts rang out.

Xu Huang and Duan Xuan led their soldiers to kill, countless archers raised their bows and arrows, and a dense rain of arrows fell towards the Xiliang army in Cao Zhang's camp.

The troops of the Western Liang Army all gathered in a relatively small space in Cao Zhang's camp and attacked around the circular formation of Cao Zhang's troops.

The rain of arrows suddenly came, and they were crowded in one place, and they had no time to dodge and take defensive measures, and many people were shot and killed in an instant.

The moment the firelight lit up and the shouts of killing rang out, a smile appeared on Cao Zhang's face, and he knew that the plan had been successful.

Didn't you Li Dao want to copy my battalion, I will leave it alone as bait, bring in all your troops, and then wrap you with buns!

"Kill!" Xu Huang and Duan Xuan have been holding back for a long time, and now they are like tigers descending from the mountain, frantically exporting towards the Xiliang Army.

The Xiliang army was completely stunned by the sudden attack, and it was too late to organize an effective defense, and completely became the target of Cao Zhangjun's massacre.

"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, kill!" Cao Zhang raised his arms and shouted, inspiring the soldiers around him.

The soldiers who were originally in despair, seeing the changes in the situation around them, were also greatly boosted, quickly lit up their weapons, and started a fight with the Xiliang army that was rushing from all sides.

Li Huan looked at Cao Zhangjun who appeared in all directions in astonishment, he had realized at this time that he had been careful again, but in the end he still fell for Cao Zhang's strategy.

Now all the Xiliang troops are concentrated in the large camp of Cao Zhang's army, the space is narrow, it is difficult to mobilize, and it is a flanking and sudden attack, and it has completely fallen into a situation of passive beating.

Li Shi also heard the shouts of killing around him, and realized that he was surrounded by Cao Zhang's army.

"The whole army continues to attack, kill Cao Zhang first!" Li Shi shouted loudly, and he reacted immediately.

Although there are enemy troops in all directions, Cao Zhang is still alive in front of him, the defense of the ring array is about to be broken away, as long as he insists on charging, he has every chance to kill Cao Zhang before the ambush is killed, and get the final victory!

Li Huan also immediately understood Li Shi's intentions, and immediately shouted loudly: "My subordinates turn around to meet the enemy troops on both sides and buy time for the major general!" ”

I have to say that after all, Li Huan and Li Shi are both famous generals of the Xiliang Army who have followed Li Dao for many years, and they made a decision in the shortest moment, and they are still very courageous.

It's a pity that this time they met not an ordinary person, it was Cao Zhang, who had the ability to cross the prophet, was resourceful and brave.

Since Cao Zhang dared to use himself as bait, how could he not have imagined that the enemy army would make a desperate bet and attack him with all his might, and he had already left a backhand.

"Light the grain and grass cart!" Cao Chang gave the order.

Dozens of soldiers around Cao Zhang's side heard Cao Zhang's order, and immediately raised the torches that had been prepared long ago and set fire to several grain and grass carts!

After the grain and grass carts were ignited, they quickly burned into dozens of "trains" burning with skyrocketing flames.

"Put!" Cao Zhang ordered again.

The soldiers quickly cut the rope that held the "train" in place, and pushed the train hard to the edge of the dirt slope.

The "train" rushed from the dirt slope to the Xiliang army below with the momentum and inertia of the flames that rushed to the sky.

The flames of the skyrocketing fire quickly dispersed the Xiliang army that was attacking with all its might, and the flames flew towards the soldiers of the Xiliang army, falling on their bodies and quickly igniting, allowing them to slap and roll, but they could not be extinguished at all.

After the "train" fell under the dirt slope, it continued to burn, and the fire spread along the wind to all sides, sweeping the soldiers of the Xiliang Army next to it.

The offensive of the Xiliang army under the dirt slope was instantly blocked, and the formation was instantly scattered.

Li Shi didn't expect such a change, he smelled a strong smell of sulfur, smoke and other fire-causing things in the air.

Li Shi suddenly realized that the so-called "grain and grass carts" were all fake, and it was Cao Zhang who disguised the things that caused the fire and coaxed them.

Cao Zhang took advantage of the terrain of the dirt slope in the camp, first stubbornly defended, and now turned these trains into a powerful tool to counterattack and block the attacks of the Western Liang army.

Li Huan was organizing his subordinates to resist the impact of Xu Huang and Duan Xuan on both sides, and when he turned around and saw the sky-high fire burning under the dirt slope, he realized that the situation had changed, and quickly rode his horse to Li Shi's side.

"Shi'er! It's not a way to go on like this, no matter how long we delay, we won't be able to complete the killing of Cao Zhang, and we may even be wiped out! Li Huan found that the fire had blocked Li Shi's offensive, and they could no longer continue to attack Cao Zhang, so he immediately made a judgment and reminded Li Shi.

Li Shi had also realized that the previous plan was not working, the fire prevented them from rushing up the dirt slope to kill Cao Zhang, Xu Huang and Duan Xuan's two sides of the rush were too ferocious, and the Xiliang army had already suffered heavy losses and fell into a comprehensive passivity.

Li Shi's heart was extremely unwilling, but there was no way, seeing that Cao Zhang was right in front of him, he couldn't complete the kill.

The overwhelming ambush was killed, and the Xiliang army was completely unable to resist it, and the end of defeat was irreversible.

Li Huan looked at Li Shi and persuaded: "Shi'er, obviously we still made a mistake in judgment." Cao Zhang used himself as a bait to lure us into his camp, and it was difficult to give full play to the advantages of the Xiliang army in a small space, and then launched an ambush to attack us. ”

"These trains are also what he has prepared for a long time, just to stop us at the last moment and buy time for his reinforcements."

"Now we can't kill him no matter how much we consume, and the loss will be even heavier if we delay it, we can't fight blindly to the death, quickly organize a breakthrough, and go back to Chang'an first!" Li Huan proposed to Li Shi.

Li Shi's heart was indescribably aggrieved, and he suffered a dumb loss in the face of Cao Zhang twice, but he didn't have a temper at all, which was another huge blow to him.

But after all, he is the son of Li Dao and a famous general in Xiliang, and he also understands that now is not the time to care about personal emotions.

The defeat in this battle was not enough to make them completely desperate, as long as they withdrew to Chang'an and held on, there was still a chance to turn the tables.

Retaining strength and breaking through as soon as possible is the most correct decision now!

"Okay, break out first!" Li Shi replied helplessly.

"I'm in front, and you're following me behind!" Li Huan was afraid that it would be dangerous for Li Shi to go first, so he protected him behind.

"The whole army will break through with me!" Li Huan roared angrily, and took the lead in riding his horse and rushing forward, and the soldiers of the Xiliang Army immediately followed him and tried to rush out.

Li Shi turned his head and glared at Cao Zhang on the dirt slope, his heart was full of resentment, but at this time he was no longer able to fight, so he could only turn his horse's head and take the Xiliang army that had originally attacked the soil slope, ready to evacuate with Li Huan.

The Xiliang army began to break through, and no one continued to attack Cao Zhang's army on the dirt slope, and the crisis of Cao Zhang and Xu Shu was completely lifted.

Xu Shu also calmed down at this time, and he was only convinced by Cao Zhang's courage and resourcefulness at this time.

Cao Zhang's eyes saw Xu Shu's expression out of the corner of his eye, and he was very satisfied in his heart, which was also the result he wanted.

As a lord, you need the strategists around you to help you, but it doesn't mean that you have to explain every step of your actions and plans to your subordinates.

A lord who has no secrets and no sense of distance will also lose his due majesty at the same time.

There is another important reason, that is, once there is no secret in front of the subordinates, it also invisibly increases a danger, and it is easy for others to take targeted actions.

Cao Cao was mastered because of his lustful characteristics, so he was used by Jia Xu, which led to the tragic deaths of Cao Ang and Cao Anmin.

Although Cao Zhang adheres to the principle of employing people without doubt, it does not mean that he does not have basic vigilance, so he will not tell the people around him the details of his arrangement in advance, and always maintains a certain degree of mystery.

But now he won't put too much thought on Xu Shu beside him, his eyes always looked at Li Shi, who was leading the troops and preparing to break through, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Want to break through and escape? How can it be so easy!

"Yuan Zhi!" Cao Zhang greeted Xu Shu beside him.

"Yes." Xu Shu hurriedly responded.

Cao Zhang explained to Xu Shu: "You stay and protect yourself, I am going to copy the back road of Li Shi now!" I want them to know that if they attack my camp, they will have to pay the price of death! ”