Cao Cao assigned Xiahou Dun to lead the left army, Cao Hong led the right army, and he led the four generals Xiahou Yuan, Li Dian, Yue Jin, and Dian Wei to enter the city according to the agreement.
Li Dian was afraid of a conspiracy, so he said: "My lord, you should wait outside the city. Let us go inside the city to take a look. If there is no problem, you can come in again."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Being cowardly at this time will cause panic in the army. Besides, if I don't go, then who will be willing to go?" So he led the team into the city in person.
The time is according to the final information provided by Tian. The moon has not yet fully emerged. I can only hear the sound coming from the west gate, but it is very small and intermittent. The torch on the door is burning brightly, the city gate is also open, and the suspension bridge is also open.
After putting it down, Cao Cao quickly rode in, but after entering the city, there was no one on the street, and there was no one when he arrived at the county magistrate's mansion. This was obviously a trap. Cao Cao quickly turned around and shouted, "Quickly.
retreat!"
Suddenly there was a sound of cannon from the county magistrate's mansion, and the surrounding area was filled with flames, falling from the sky, and there were shouts all around, which almost drowned out Cao's army. Zang Ba came out of the east alley, and went straight for Cao Cao, covering up and killing him. Cao Cao went to his base.
He escaped from the door, and Hao Meng and Cao Xing came out. They chased and killed for a while. Cao Cao could only escape towards the south gate. Gao Shun and Hou Cheng came to stop him again. Dianwei could only grit his teeth and rush out. Gao Shun and others
People can only avoid it.
Dian Wei fought all the way to the suspension bridge, but found that Cao Cao was not behind him, so he turned back and fought into the city. He met Li Dian at the gate, and Dian Wei asked, "Where is my lord?"
Li Dian replied: "I don't know either, I'm looking for him too."
Dian Wei said: "I understand, you quickly go out of the city to bring reinforcements, and I will go to the city to find the lord."
So according to this plan, Li Dian went out, while Dian Wei continued to fight into the city. He entered very deep into the city, but still did not see Cao Cao. When he went inside, he saw Le Jin. Le Jin
Ask: "Where is the lord?"
Dian Wei said: "I have killed twice here, but I just can't find the lord."
Le Jin said: "Okay, let's fight in together to save our lord."
So the two of them arrived at the gate. The city wall was full of cannon fire rolling down. Yue Jin's horse could not enter. Dian Wei could only brave the fireworks and charge into the city, looking for Cao Cao everywhere.
Cao Cao followed Dian Wei at that time, but Dian Wei killed him too quickly. Cao Cao could not follow up at all. He could only intercept the enemy's horse in the chaos and wanted to go out through the south gate, but the south gate had been blocked.
He walked towards the north gate, and in the light of the fire, he happened to see Lu Bu walking over with the Fang Tian Painted Halberd.
Cao Cao sighed inwardly that it was bad. Fortunately, he was very adaptable. He messed up his hair, covered his face with his hands, deliberately bent his waist very much, and secretly walked past Lu Bu.
Lu Bu followed him, stabbed Cao Cao on the helmet with his halberd, and asked, "Have you seen where Cao Cao ran?"
Cao Cao pointed to the man behind him and said, "The man riding the yellow horse is Cao Cao. Go and catch him." Cao Cao deliberately lowered his voice and tried his best to disguise himself, for fear that Lu Bu would see something wrong.
Lu Bu was very happy after hearing this, abandoned Cao Cao, and galloped away in the direction of the yellow horse. Seeing that Lu Bu had gone far, Cao Cao quickly turned the horse's head and galloped towards the east gate. He happened to meet Dian Wei who came to rescue him, so
Dianwei protection
Cao Cao forced his way to the city gate, and when he arrived at the city gate, the flames were burning fiercely. Weeds were piled under the city, and the ground was covered with flames. Dian Wei used his iron halberd to push them away, and quickly broke out of the fire on his horse.
, Cao Cao also followed.
When they arrived at the gate, a burning beam suddenly came down from the city gate and hit Cao Cao's horse on the buttocks. The horse was also knocked down. Cao Cao struggled to push the beam away and put it on the ground. His arms and hair were burned.
Wei rode back to rescue him and happened to meet him.
Xia Houyuan arrived, so the two of them rescued Cao Cao together and broke out from the fire. Cao Cao rode Xia Houyuan's horse, while Dian Wei opened the way in front. The melee lasted until dawn the next day, and Cao Cao was able to return to his home.
Take a rest in the camp.
Everyone thought that Cao Cao was feeling uncomfortable after these three failures, and wanted to go up and comfort him.
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao just raised his head and laughed loudly: "I just accidentally fell into the trap of a common man, and I vowed to take revenge!"
Guo Jia stood aside, observing Cao Cao's injuries, and said: "If there is a plan, it should be launched as soon as possible."
Cao Cao said: "Now we will use our tactics to lie to the outside world that I was burned by the fire and was on the verge of death. When Lu Bu hears this news, he will definitely lead his troops to attack us. I will ambush at Maling Mountain and wait until they
After only half of my army has crossed the crossing, I will attack them so that I can capture Lu Bu alive."
He replied: "My lord, what a good plan!"
So he sent sergeants to mourn and publicize that Cao Cao had lost his life in the fire. In order to build up momentum, Cao Cao deliberately sent people to cry loudly and loudly.
This news soon reached Lu Bu. Lu Bu was depressed because he had found the wrong person. Because Cao Cao was mistakenly identified, he actually killed the man on the yellow horse, only to find that it was one of his own.
After Lu Bu heard about the situation, it turned out that Cao Cao was burned by the fire, and the burn was very serious. He entered the camp and died due to ineffective treatment. Naturally, he would not miss this opportunity, and immediately ordered his troops and headed towards Maling.
Kill, we are almost there
When they got close, there was a sound of drums, and ambushes emerged from all directions. Lu Bu quickly ran away, and finally broke out of the encirclement after killing a lot of soldiers. A large number of men and horses were lost in this battle. From then on, Lu Bu became honest and did not dare to challenge again.
Stand firm in Puyang City.
This stage is the season when locusts flood, and the grain harvest is bad. Because grain output is very small, prices have skyrocketed. Many people among the people want grain instead of money.
Lu Bu and Cao Cao, the two warring parties, were unable to continue the war due to food problems. Cao Cao took his troops and horses to temporarily return to Juancheng to garrison, while Lu Bu took his troops and horses to eat in Tunshanyang, and the two places ended there.
soldiers.
In Xuzhou, Tao Qian was thirty-six years old. He suddenly contracted an illness and became a little heavy, so he called Mi Zhu and Chen Deng to attend the meeting. In fact, Tao Qian's health had never been good. Mi Zhu said: "Cao Cao has not been in good health this time."
There are two reasons why we were able to withdraw our troops. One was because Lu Bu suddenly attacked Yanzhou, which was his base camp, and the other was because Liu Bei's face was too fierce.
Now because there is no food, both sides have stopped fighting. They will definitely come back next spring. My lord wanted to give up his position to Liu Bei twice. At that time, because you were still in good health, Liu Bei refused to accept it. Now you are sick.
Seriously, take this opportunity and give him Xuzhou's seal and ribbon, he won't refuse."
Tao Qian thought it was reasonable, so he sent people to Xiaopei to find Liu Bei to discuss the concession.