Chapter 219: Burning Xinye

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In the past few days, Cao Ren's right eyelid has been beating hard. He has been fighting for many years, and he has never panicked so much. The last time he lost Fancheng, this was one of his few defeats in recent years, so when he was close to Xinye City, Cao Ren was a little inexplicably panicked.

In Cao Cao's army, his martial arts were not the best, but Cao Cao once said: "When I am away, Cao Ren can be handsome." This sentence only says one thing, that is, Cao Cao feels that Cao Ren is a handsome talent.

Although there are many generals, there are few who can be handsome.

"Brother, I see that you are restless, but there is something in your heart?" Cao Hong asked as he looked at Cao Ren beside him.

In the evening, the two went to patrol the camp together, and the autumn wind was blowing, and Cao Ren was a little apprehensive, so Cao Hong asked.

"Zilian, this battle was originally a steady victory, but I don't know why, it makes me even more nervous than during the Battle of Chibi, is there really a variable?"

Cao Hong smiled: "Brother, you may not have slept well recently, and you are a little unsettled. Forgive me how big a wave can that big tiger and Liu Bei turn over?"

"How much do you know about Duan Dahu?"

Cao Hong groaned slightly: "To be honest, Duan Dahu is quite mysterious, as if he doesn't care about anything, but he can understand the interests and disadvantages, and he seems to know everything about the world. More importantly, he is extremely righteous and unfathomable in martial arts, and he is a rare hero. โ€

Cao Ren nodded and said: "This person's origin is unknown, but in the past few years under the command of the prime minister, ......he is almost invincible, and he is a hero! even compete with the prime minister for the world. โ€

"No, he's so powerful?" Cao Hong said in surprise.

"Kyushu in the world, the prime minister has the only five, and now the princes of the world can fight, nothing more than Xiliang Ma Teng, Jingzhou Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun Quan, this time we are waiting for 500,000 troops, the prime minister's attitude is very clear, that is, to take Jingzhou first, and then capture Jiangdong, and then level these two places, then the general trend of the world is in the hands of the prime minister. But I am afraid that the loss of this battle will affect the overall situation, so the success or failure of this battle is actually no less than the battle of Guandu. But what I'm worried about is that the prime minister is too complacent in this battle, as the saying goes, the arrogant army will be defeated, although it is unlucky to say this at this time, but as a general before the battle, I must also be cautious in everything in order to live up to the prime minister's trust!"

Cao Hong hugged his fists and said: "Everything is under the orders of the eldest brother, and Xinye will definitely be won in this battle!"

Cao Ren said: "Xinye is a small county, but it has continuously frustrated the spirit of our army, and the momentum of the entire battle situation is unfavorable. Tomorrow, I will lead the front to meet with General Xu Chu, and before the prime minister's army arrives, I will capture Xinye in one go!"

"Okay! let me meet Duan Dahu. Cao Hong shook his hands.

"Be careful!" Cao Ren patted Cao Hong on the shoulder.

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That night, Cao Ren went to bed early and slept until the third watch, but he heard a cannon shot, and there was a loud shout of killing outside. Cao Ren hurriedly put on his clothes, and sneered in his heart: "It is said that Zhuge Liang uses soldiers like a god, but it turns out that this is just the case." โ€

It turned out that in the afternoon, when he saw that the flagpole was broken from it for no reason, he had already instructed Cao Hong to prepare to prevent Duan Dahu from leading people to rob the camp. At this time, I could hear the shouts of killing outside, so I didn't panic.

After a long time, a soldier came to report: "Tell the general that a new field soldier has come to rob the camp." โ€

Cao Ren said: "Well, how many people have you killed?"

The soldier had a sad look on his face and said, "General Hui, I have never killed a single one." โ€

"How so?" Cao Ren staggered.

"There were four groups of people who came to rob the camp, namely Duan Dahu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, but they only went to the gate of the village, waved their flags and shouted, and never came in again. Therefore...... General Cao Hong can't chase it, and it won't chase it, I don't know what their intentions are, so he didn't move, and let the small one report to the general. โ€

Cao Ren looked up to the sky and closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "It's not good, they ran away!"

He picked up his sword and ordered: "Pass my general, the army will march overnight and kill Xinye!"

The sky was slightly bright, the horn sounded, and Cao Ren and Cao Hong led an army of 100,000 to Xinye, but the army marched slowly, so Cao Ren asked Xu Chu's vanguard troops to go straight to Xinye to find out. As soon as the sun rose in the east, Xu Chu's Tanma reported: "Duan Dahu and the others have abandoned the city and left, and Xinye is already an empty city!"

Cao Ren had originally made up his mind to fight with the generals of Xinye, and he had been ashamed of Fancheng a few days ago! He had expected all possibilities, but he did not expect that these people would abandon the city and run away. This made Cao Ren very angry, just like someone else slapped you, you made an appointment with a group of heroes to come to him for revenge, it is best to ask him to kneel down and slap himself in public, but found that no one could be found.

"Coward!" Cao Ren scolded.

He waved his long sword and ordered: "Order the three armies to advance with light cavalry, and you must rush to Xinye before noon!"

In the afternoon, when the banner of the word "Cao" was planted on the Xinye Castle Tower, the sunset stretched its shadow to the slenderness, and Cao Ren finally led the army to Xinye Castle.

The soldiers were tired and had no sense of accomplishment, so they sat down to rest. Cao Ren instructed: "Let's rest in Xinye City today, bury the pot and make rice, let everyone have a full meal, and march to Xiangyang tomorrow." โ€

After dinner, Cao Ren was reading a book in the Xinye County Yazhong, when suddenly the soldiers came to report: "General, there is a sudden fire in the city, and everyone is in chaos." โ€

Cao Ren said with a smile: "Didn't you have enough food in the afternoon, and some soldiers went to cook at the people's houses again? โ€

The scout went down.

But after a while, another scout came to report: "General, something is wrong, the city gate is full of dry firewood, and it is also on fire." โ€

Then, several scouts came to report that the west, south, and north gates of Xinye City were on fire, and the houses in the city were also on fire.

Cao Ren was frightened, hurriedly put on his horse, and led the generals to find a way out of the fire, until he was smoked like a bodhisattva in the temple, and the fire burned and burned. Along the road, I saw many soldiers with their clothes on fire, rolling in the ground, and the terrible howl resounded throughout Shinno Castle.

In the oblique stab, a soldier who was burned by the fire could no longer see him, rushed out of a dwelling, stopped at the crossing, and made a sound in his throat, but could not speak. Cao Ren's horse was startled and almost knocked him off the horse, Cao Hong rushed forward, picked up the soldier who was on fire with a shot, and threw him four feet away.

"Brother, there is no fire at the east gate, let's go out to the east gate. Cao Hong said urgently.

"Okay, let's go to the east gate!" Cao Ren was already scared into a cold sweat, and his heart was shocked when he saw the firelight.

As soon as I arrived at the east gate, I saw a team of people and horses with bright clothes and armor, and the leading general in white clothes and white armor and white horses was Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun stepped forward and said coldly: "General Cao Ren, I've been waiting for a long time!"