Kong Ming said: "If we don't do this, Cao's army has arrived in Wancheng now, with as many as 50,000. How can we resist in a small area of Xinye?"
Liu Bei said: "It's better to go to Fancheng to hide for a while."
Although Kong Ming was very disappointed, fortunately, Yu Yi advised him in the letter and was not too entangled. While discussing, someone suddenly reported that Cao's army had arrived in Bowang.
Liu Bei quickly asked Yi Ji to return to Jiangxia to rectify his military and horses, while continuing to discuss other ways to resist Cao Cao with Kong Ming.
Kong Ming said: "My lord, don't worry. I used to reduce most of the Cao army with fire, and my spirit was greatly reduced. Now Cao army is coming again, I will definitely let them fall into the trap. Now Xinye can no longer stay there, please go as soon as possible. Go to Fancheng."
So Liu Bei sent someone to post a list article everywhere in Xinye City, with the content: No matter whether it is men, women, young or old, as long as those who are willing to follow me, please go to Fancheng with me to hide today, and don’t delay it!
Send Sun Gan to the river to dispatch ships and rescue the people. Send Mi Zhu to escort everyone's families to Fancheng first. The generals gathered to obey the orders and sent Guan Yu to ambush the Baihe River with a thousand soldiers, each carrying cloth bags and filling some sand. , blocked the water from Baihe, and after the third update, he heard the people shouting and neighing in the desolate direction, and quickly took out the cloth bag, put the water to drown them, and then went to the direction of the water to respond. Zhang Fei and a thousand soldiers were sent Go to Boling Ferry to ambush. The water here is relatively slow. After Cao's army is flooded, they will definitely flee from this place. They can take the opportunity to kill the fugitives. Zhao Yun was sent to take three thousand soldiers and horses, divided into four teams, each of which was each With a pair of men, lying outside the east gate, the other three teams were in the west, south and north gates. Now, there are more things that cause fire on the houses of people in the city. After Cao's army entered the city, they would definitely rest in the private houses. That day There will be strong winds at dusk. When the wind rises, I order the soldiers ambushed in the west, south and north gates to shoot the rockets into the city. When the fire in the city starts, I will cheer outside the city, leaving only the east gate to let them escape. You can go from The attack outside the east gate, after dawn, he joined Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and returned to Fancheng with his army. He sent Mi Fang and Liu Feng to thirty outside Xinye City with two thousand soldiers and horses, half red flags and half green flags. Liqueweipo, when you see Cao's army arrive, the Red Flag soldiers walk to the left and Qing Flag soldiers walk to the right, he will definitely feel suspicious and dare not chase them out. You two go to ambush separately, as long as you see there is something in the city. When the fire gets hot, you can come out to chase Cao's army and then flow up the Baihe River to support him.
After following the orders of this complete set of strategies, he went to a high place with Liu Bei, waiting for good news for victory.
Cao Ren and Cao Hong came with a large army of 100,000, and Xu Chu was leading the way with three thousand soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Xinye in a mighty manner.
At noon, three thousand soldiers came to Quewei Slope and saw a team of people in front of the slope, holding red and blue flags. Xu Chu urged the soldiers to move forward, Liu Feng and Mi Fang divided the team into four teams, Qingqi and The red flags are on both sides.
Xu Chu quickly stopped the horse and told the troops not to advance, saying, "Looking at this, there must be an ambush in front of us. Let's stay here now."
Xu Chu sent a pair of men to report to Cao Ren in the front team. Cao Ren said: "There is no ambush here. It must be something that confuses us. You can move forward quickly."
After receiving the order, Xu Chu returned to the slope and rushed in with his troops. When he went to the forest to pursue him, he did not see anyone. It was already dusk.
When Xu Chu was about to move forward, he suddenly heard the sound of drums on the mountain shaking the sky. He looked up and found a large flag on the top of the mountain and a large umbrella in the middle: Kong Ming and Liu Bei were drinking there below.
This contempt made Xu Chu very angry. He led his troops to find a way to the mountain, but some woods and stones on the mountain rolled down and had no way to move forward. He heard the shouts from behind and was about to find a way to fight. The sky was shrill.
It was already very late, and Cao Ren rushed to Hungry with his troops and asked the soldiers to capture Xinye City and stopped.
When the soldiers arrived in Xinye, they did not see a single person in the city. Xinye had become an empty city. Cao Hong said: "There must be no way, so we escaped with the people. Our army happened to rest in Xinye City. After dawn,
Let's make a decision again."
At this time, Cao's army was trapped and hungry, so they went to seize the residents' houses to cook. Cao Ren rested in the yamen. After the first update, a strong wind suddenly broke out, and the soldiers guarding the gate reported a fire.
Cao Ren dismissed and said, "This must be a small fire that the sergeant accidentally made while cooking. There is no need to make a fuss."
Later, I received several reports, all of which were about the fire. Then the fire became bigger and bigger. The west, south and north gates were surrounded by fire. At this time, Cao Ren realized the seriousness of the matter and ordered all the soldiers to get on the horse.
At this time, Xinye City was lit up by the fire, and the upper and lower parts were red. This time the fire was even bigger than the previous fire in Bowangpo, dyeing half of the sky red.
Cao Ren and everyone broke through the fireworks, looking for a way to escape. When they heard that the east gate was fine, they took the soldiers to escape to the east gate. The soldiers left in panic, and countless people were trampling on each other. Cao Ren waited until
After leaving the range of the flames, he suddenly shouted and killed him. It was Zhao Yun who came to fight with his troops and the defeated soldiers and fled to escape. Who would be willing to turn around and fight?
While fleeing, Mi Fang led a team of men to rush for a while, and then left again. Liu Feng came out to intercept and fight for a while. At the fourth update, the soldiers were in a hurry and were in a hurry. He arrived at the Baihe River to be glad.
The river was not deep, so the people went down the river to replenish the water, thinking that it would be over.
Guan Yu blocked some river water with a cloth bag upstream. At dusk, he saw a fire in Xinye. At the fourth update, he suddenly heard the sound of someone and a horse downstream. He quickly sent sergeants to pull open the cloth bag together. After the water recovery, he went to
In the downward direction, Cao's army was washed away by the water, and many of them were drowned in the water.
Cao Ren took his troops to a relatively slow place. When he arrived at Boling Ferry, he heard a loud shout. A group of people blocked the way. The leading general was Zhang Fei, shouting: "Cao Army took the order."
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Zhang Fei knew that Guan Yu had exiled water, so he brought the soldiers from the vulgarity and intercepted Cao Ren in a melee. Suddenly he met Xu Chu, but he didn't answer, so he went to confront him. Xu Chu did not dare to fight and took the lead. Zhang Fei rushed forward.
Come, I picked up Liu Bei and Kong Ming and followed the river to the upper stream together. Liu Feng and Mi Fang arranged for the boat to cross the river together and walked towards Fancheng. Kong Ming asked someone to burn all the boats, which was considered to have completed this plan.
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Cao Ren packed up the remnants of the army and temporarily lived in Xinye. He sent Cao Hong to meet Cao Cao, explaining the failure.
Cao Cao was furious and said, "Since Zhuge Liang, this village man dares to do this!"