In the woods south of the city, Cao Cao's cold eyes were staring at Fucheng.

Looking up at the moonlight, Cao Cao stepped out of the woods by horse.

The silence of the night was broken, and the crows in the forest were startled.

In the dark night, Cao Xiu and hundreds of Cao soldiers rose up one after another. They remained silent, walked out of the forest in a cat pace, and followed Cao Cao to a small hill on the southwest side of the city.

Sima Yi was already in a wheelchair and was waiting there, beside him the sword saint Wang Yue and thirty men in black.

After scanning the surroundings, Cao Cao raised his whip and signaled Sima Yi.

Sima Yi nodded and issued an order to the group of men in black. The men in black quickly took action and removed all the disguised objects covering the hills in a few strokes.

Under the moonlight, about a foot high, the dark cave entrance suddenly appeared.

"Uncle, this is..."

Cao Xiu showed suspicion, and until this time, he was still confused.

Cao Xiu knew that the reason why his uncle Cao Cao abandoned Fucheng without fighting was that he had a clever plan to defeat Yuan Fang.

But he couldn't figure out what the purpose of his uncle bringing him and only three hundred soldiers here.

The sudden appearance of the black hole in front of him made Cao Xiu even more confused.

A trace of mystery appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and he pointed to the cave entrance and said, "This cave entrance can lead directly into Fucheng. I had already secretly ordered the soldiers to pile up firewood, grass, saltpeter and other flammable things in the city. Xiu'er, all you have to do is to sneak into the city from this cave, set a fire hard, and catch the thief off guard."

After hearing this, Cao Xiu was stunned at first, and then suddenly realized.

Only then did he realize why Cao Cao gave up the important town of Fucheng without fighting.

It turned out that Cao Cao had been carrying out some secret project before retreating. He actually dug a secret road to lead the city before Yuan Fang's army arrived.

Cao Cao voluntarily withdrew from the city, on the surface, was showing weakness to Yuan Fang, but his real purpose was to induce Yuan Fang to enter the city with confidence and boldness and enter the trap he set in advance.

Although Yuan Fang was cautious, he frequently sent several teams of scouts to reconnaissance before entering the city, while Cao Cao had expected it. He deliberately retreated with a large army, but secretly led an army of 10,000 and sneaked back to the front line of Fucheng on the path.

What he did was to burn Fucheng, and then use the army outside the city to kill Qi army surprisingly.

This is the strategy Sima Yi offered.

Cao Xiu, who had figured everything out, was both excited and surprised, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect my uncle to have such a strange plan early in the morning. Xiu really never expected it."

Cao Cao only sneered and patted his shoulder and said, "Although this strategy is amazing, whether it can be successful depends on your performance tonight. Xiuer. Don't disappoint my uncle."

Cao Cao's instructions placed high hopes on Cao Xiu, the young Cao family's relative.

Cao Xiu felt his blood rushing and said with a sigh: "Uncle, don't worry, Xiu will never let his uncle down. This fire will definitely burn Yuan Fang for a piece of armor, and avenge the dead uncles and brother Zhang!"

After saying that, Cao Xiu did not hesitate anymore. He jumped into the pit first, bent down, and soon disappeared into the secret passage.

The remaining hundreds of Cao's army soldiers followed closely, jumping out of the hole one by one. Before each of them set off, Cao Cao patted their shoulders in annoyance to show encouragement.

Soon, more than 300 people had already entered the cave.

After seeing off Cao Xiu and hundreds of elite soldiers, Cao Cao turned his gaze to the young man who gave him advice.

"Zhongda, are all these remaining soldiers under your command reliable?"

Cao Cao looked at Wang Yue, and behind him, the more than thirty black-clothed swordsmen flashed with doubts in his eyes.

Sima Yi smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, lord, Wang Yue will take action personally in this battle, and the elites of the remaining soldiers will also come out in full swing. If the thief Yuan cannot escape and die."

Sima Yi's confidence gave Cao Cao more confidence.

At this time, Xu Chu couldn't help but say, "I advise you not to underestimate Yuan Fang too much. That kid's martial arts now have reached the late stage of dirty training."

"Isn't it just the late stage of the dirty training?" Wang Yue snorted coldly, his tone extremely arrogant.

Xu Chu's face changed and he was shocked.

You should know that in the late stage of practicing the mortal, there are only a few people in the world who can be said to be the peak of martial arts. However, Wang Yue was so crazy that he didn't even take the late stage of practicing the mortal.

Sima Yi also sneered, turned his eyes to Wang Yue, and said in an orderly tone: "Wang Yue, go ahead and lead the elites of the remaining soldiers to move. This time, I must bring Yuan Fang's head back to me."

Wang Yue did not make any generous statement, there was no expression on his face, as if he killed Yuan Fang, it was just a piece of cake and was not worth mentioning at all.

He glanced at Xu Chu with disdain, and then he jumped into the pit with a giant sword on his back.

Behind Wang Yue, the more than thirty dead soldiers in black clothes seemed to have no thoughts and feelings, without any hesitation or fear, followed and jumped into the pit.

After a moment, they all disappeared into the darkness.

"Let's go, go to the South Gate to watch the show."

Xu Chu and the three hundred cavalry all turned over their horses, and with the cover of the night, they followed Cao Cao towards the south gate, and Sima Yi also followed behind.

Fuyang is a medium-sized city with a small circumference. In a short while, Cao Cao had arrived near the South Gate.

There, Li Dian, Zhang Ren and other generals had led more than 20,000 elite troops to line up in the dark outside the city.

The fire at the top of the city was bright, illuminating dozens of steps clearly. Cao Cao led his army to avoid the lights and stared at the top of the city with his cold eyes.

At such a close distance, he could even see the soldiers on duty on the city.

But those Qi soldiers never expected that in the darkness of the night, there were tens of thousands of pairs of murderous intents staring at them "hungryly".

Cao Cao calculated the time with his fingers. According to his guess, Cao Xiu and the three hundred soldiers had already sneaked into Fucheng quietly.

There are more than 10,000 Yuan troops stationed in the city. If it were just a simple sneak attack, the three hundred people would only scare the enemy at most, and would not cause any substantial threat.

However, if you light the entire city off guard, the effect will be completely different.

The power of fire is enough to destroy the fighting spirit of any elite.

As time passed by minute by minute, the tens of thousands of Cao's army were gradually getting anxious, but Cao Cao's face was still as deep as water.

Suddenly, his ears suddenly stood up, as if he had noticed something.

As far as I saw, the Qi army guarding the city above suddenly seemed to have a commotion, and then they started to scream.

"There is a fire on the south side, look."

"There was also a fire on the north and west."

"The whole city caught fire, what's going on?"

...

Qi Jun on the top of the city screamed, and his panic-like cry echoed in the night. Even Cao Cao, who was hiding outside the city, and his tens of thousands of soldiers could hear it clearly.

Cao Xiu succeeded!

A sneer quietly swept the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and the fire of revenge rose from his heart in an instant.

"Zhang'er, Miaocai, Zilian, the time to avenge you has finally arrived. Tonight, I will kill Yuan Fang for you!"

Behind him, Sima Yi in a wheelchair looked at the firelight and fell into chaos, and a ferocious sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Yuan Fang, you caused my Sima family to leave my hometown and made me Sima Yi become disabled. I also stole my woman. Today is the time for you to pay your life, haha~~"

Amid the crazy laughter, Fucheng, which was originally shrouded in the night, has become brighter and brighter. It is obvious that the fire is spreading.

The fire was raging. In just a short time, the entire Fucheng was like a huge fire that was swept from the sky, rushing into the sky. It actually shone the entire city as bright as daytime.

The entire city has been ignited.

The burning fire spread rapidly and had reached an uncontrollable level in a blink of an eye. The soldiers of Qi who were startled from their sleep were immediately frightened by the sudden fire and were unable to reach the peak, so they fled to the four gates in a mess.

The fire near the South Gate was weak, and most of the panicked soldiers rushed towards this side.

The suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was wide open. The panicked soldiers of Qi were like ants that broke nests, pushing and rushing towards the city gate at all costs.

Faced with the power of nature, even the most elite soldiers of Qi army had their fighting spirit disintegrated.

Outside the city gate, Cao Cao's face became more and more ferocious, and he stared coldly at the fire-storm Fucheng.

The flaming light of the sea of ​​fire shone a few miles as clearly as daytime. Cao Cao, who was standing quietly, could even see the terrified expressions of the Yuan soldiers.

The Qi army, who was fleeing in a hurry, only fled to take their lives. No matter where they noticed, their enemies were staring at them.

Cao Cao sneered, slowly raised the whip in his hand, and shouted loudly:

"kill--"

Tens of thousands of Cao's army, who had been in formation for a long time, were like tigers and wolves who had been hungry for a long time, and all of them were gushing out with murderous aura.

...

Fucheng, palace.

In the lobby, Yuan Fang, who was sleeping soundly with his forehead, was suddenly awakened by the screams from outside.

Yuan Fang was shocked and thought the enemy was attacking at night, so he quickly lifted Fang Tian Hua Ji and rushed out of the door in a few steps.

Looking up, I saw that the sky above my head was already blazing flames, and the flames had reddened half of the sky.

The sound of sparks bursting, the sound of houses falling, and the screams of the soldiers' horror. All the chaotic screams gathered together, as if in just one breath, Fuyang City had turned into a sea of ​​fire in hell.

"What's going on? Why did the fire suddenly catch?"

Yuan Fang's heart was shocked, his thoughts flew, and suddenly he realized it.

"No wonder Cao Cao abandoned Fucheng without fighting. He must have dug a secret passage in advance and led directly to the outside of the city. He also hid flammable objects everywhere in the city. He sneaked into the city while I was unprepared and set fire to the city. That's it."

Yuan Fang immediately understood the reason, but was not panicked at all, shouting to his personal troops on both sides: "Cao Cao's army must be ambushed outside, and is ready to attack in the chaos. He will quickly send orders to Ma Chao and his troops outside the city, telling them not to panic and send troops to aid."

When the personal soldiers received the order, they rushed out of the gate.

Just now, a group of men in black suddenly rushed out of the darkness. The sword light passed by, and the personal soldiers were chopped over to the ground in a few strokes.

Yuan Fang's eyebrows were condensed, and he looked up and saw more than 30 men in black, blocking his face.
Chapter completed!