Chapter 195: Is there an "expert" in Cao Ying? (First update)

First update, today is Christmas Eve, I wish everyone a happy holiday!

But it was said that after Song Zhong paid his respects to Cao Cao, he was about to return to Xiangyang. However, he met Guan Yu on the road and was questioned by Guan Yu about where he came from.Song Zhong could not hide it, so he had to honestly tell the story of Liu Cong's surrender to Cao Cao.

Guan Yu was shocked and immediately tied up Song Zhong and came to notify Liu Bei.

Xinye is also where Liu Bei stationed his troops.

At this moment, Liu Bei was in the Xinye County Government Office. Hearing the news brought by Guan Yu, his face was uncertain and very ugly.

Before Liu Bei, there sat a middle-aged scribe.

This scribe is eight feet long, has a face like a crown jade, wears a silk scarf, a crane cloak, and a feather fan. He is delicate and elegant, and looks like a god.

It's none other than Zhuge Liang!

Liu Bei thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of any good way, so he had to ask Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, what should I do?"

Zhuge Liang looked indifferent, gently swung his feather fan, and said: "My lord, don't be anxious, Liang has a plan that can relieve my lord's worries."

"Oh?" Liu Bei was overjoyed: "What's the plan?"

Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, it is better to go to Xiangyang in the name of mourning and lure Liu Cong out of the city to greet him. With the bravery of Generals Guan and Zhang, we will be able to capture Liu Cong, and then kill his party members. Then Jingzhou will be settled, and the lord can rely on Jingzhou to stop Cao's army."

Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard Zhuge Liang's plan, but he immediately felt something was wrong!

If you really want to do this and take away people's foundation, then the reputation of benevolence that you have worked so hard to build will probably be burned...

Although Liu Bei is not as resourceful as Zhuge Liang, as a hero, his vision is outstanding and few can match it!

Reputation! It was the most important capital during the Three Kingdoms period. Sometimes, it was even more important than the foundation. If Liu Bei didn't have a good reputation, I'm afraid not so many people would defect to him.

Liu Bei knew the power of reputation very well. He would feel a loss no matter how much he gave up his good reputation for the land of Jingzhou, which was in trouble.

Moreover, even if he gets Jingzhou, he may not be able to stop Cao Cao's army. If he loses, it will be more than worth the gain. Without his reputation, he will not even have the capital to rise again.

After thinking about this clearly, Liu Bei immediately pretended to be unbearable and said with tears: "My brother entrusted me with his care before he was in danger. If we use this method to seize his land now, I will die under the Nine Springs one day. How can I see my brother? This is absolutely not allowed!"

Zhuge Liang sighed and thought to himself: Mr. Ming is really a benevolent Lord!

It has to be said that Zhuge Liang was convinced of Liu Bei's skill in winning over people's hearts with just one move.

While the two were discussing, they suddenly came to report that Cao Cao's army had arrived in Bowang County.

Bowang is only half a day's journey from Xinye.

When Liu Bei heard the news about the horse exploration, he was frightened and wanted to run away now.

Zhuge Liang's expression also became serious.

When everyone mentions Zhuge Liang in later generations, they must be impressed by his wisdom. In later generations, Zhuge Liang has been praised as a god. He knows everything, is omnipotent, and is even more clever and clever...

This may be a bit exaggerated, but it also proves Zhuge Liang's IQ from the side.

After pondering for a moment, Zhuge Liang came up with a plan.

"My lord, please be at ease. The previous fire burned most of Xiahou Dun's troops. Today Cao Jun comes again and will teach him this trick. We can't live in Xinye, so why not go to Fancheng early."

"At the same time, I ordered people to post notices at the four gates of the city to inform the people that Cao Cao's army will arrive soon. Anyone, young or old, male or female, who is willing to follow us can follow our army to take refuge in Fancheng today. Don't make a mistake!"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up and he readily agreed.

This is a desperate move to leave an empty city to Cao Cao. Not only will Cao Cao get no benefit at all, he may even become furious.

Next, Zhuge Liang set up an ambush, preparing to inflict a heavy loss on Cao's army.

First, Guan Yu was ordered to lead a thousand troops and horses to ambush at Liutou on the Baihe River. Each person brought a cloth bag, filled with sand and soil, to contain the water of the Baihe River. After three o'clock at night, as long as he heard the people shouting, he would pick up the cloth bag, flood it with water, and then kill him down the river to meet the needs.

He also asked Zhang Fei to lead a thousand troops to ambush at Boling Ferry. The water here was the slowest. If Cao's army was flooded, they would inevitably flee here, and they could take advantage of the situation to kill and respond.

Then let Zhao Yun lead three thousand troops. First, he would hide many sulfur, flames, saltpeter and igniting things on the houses of the city. Then he would divide them into four teams. He would lead one team to ambush outside the east gate, and the other three teams would ambush at the west, south and north gates respectively.

When Cao Jun enters the city, he will surely rest in civilian houses. I look at the sky and see that there will be strong winds tonight. As long as the wind blows up, all the ambushing troopsat the west, south and north gates will shoot rockets into the city!

When the fire in the city breaks out, the ambushing troops at the west, south and north gates only need to shout and cheer outside the city to confuse Cao Jun, leaving only the east gate to let Cao Jun go. If Zhao Yun ambushes from behind outside the east gate, he will definitely give Cao Jun a head-on blow!

The Lord arranges for the people to evacuate, and there will be time.

Wait until daybreak, Zhao Yun will meet with Generals Heguan and Zhang again, and withdraw his troops back to Fancheng...After Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's plan, he couldn't help laughing: "Kong Ming's plan is wonderful!"

At this moment, the generals followed Zhuge Liang's plan and opened a dragnet, waiting for Cao's army to throw it!

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At dusk, Cao Ren and Cao Hong's troops arrived outside Xinye County. They saw only four gates wide open and no one inside the city.

When the scouts found out the situation and confirmed that no one was in the city, although Cao Ren and Cao Hong were a little afraid of falling into the trap, they were more convinced that Liu Bei heard that Cao Cao was launching a large-scale southward attack and was so frightened that he left early.

After confirming once again that there was no ambush in the city, everyone felt at ease.

Cao Hong said with a smile: "It must be that Liu Xuande was alone and had no plans, so he took the people and fled. Our army will rest in the city and continue to advance tomorrow!"

Cao Ren also nodded in agreement and shouted loudly: "Enter the city!"

The sergeants were tired and hungry after a day's journey, and they really needed to go to the city to rest.

After hearing the general's order, everyone looked happy and went into the city to find a house to cook and rest.

Among the crowd, only Chen Hang looked a little anxious.

He vaguely remembered that there was an ambush in Xinye County, and Cao Hong also suffered a big loss in this battle, but he had forgotten how Zhuge Liang set up the ambush. After all, whether it was a novel or a movie, it had been so long since he had seen it, and Chen Hang could not remember clearly.

But one thing can be confirmed, Zhuge Liang is good at using fire attacks, and this Xinye ambush is undoubtedly a fire attack.

After entering the city, Chen Hang kept observing carefully and saw yellow powder scattered on the ground under the eaves. His heart suddenly moved and he hurried over to check.

When I put it to my nose and smell it, there was a special smell unique to gunpowder, and I immediately remembered Zhuge Liang's plan.

If he remembered correctly, Zhuge Liang first ordered people to hide lots of sulfur, flames, salt, and fire starters on people's houses in the city. When Cao's army entered the city, they would definitely rest in people's houses. Then just wait until night and shoot rockets into the city to burn a large number of people to death...

Chen Hang quickly jumped onto the roof, lifted up the hay covering the roof and saw that there was indeed a lot of sulfur and flames.

Upon discovering this, Chen Hang quickly rushed to Cao Hong, who was walking to the county government office: "General, wait a minute!"

Cao Hong asked in confusion: "Chengye, why are you blocking the way?"

"There is an ambush in the city! General, look out!" Chen Hang opened his palms and said: "This thing is sulfur, which is flammable. The bandit army has covered the city with sulfur. When our army rests at night, we only need to launch rockets into the city, and our soldiers will be buried in a sea of fire!!"

Cao Hong and Cao Ren's expressions changed drastically!

"Chengye, is this really the case?"

Chen Hang didn't waste any time, but jumped onto a roof, lifted up the hay, and revealed a piece of sulfur, flame, and saltpeter powder!

Upon seeing this, Cao Hong immediately gave a loud order: "The whole army leaves the city quickly! Don't stay for a moment!"

The sergeant finally rested. Although he was a little dissatisfied when he heard this military order, there were so many military orders that no one dared not to listen. They packed up their belongings and returned to the team.

Cao Ren immediately sent out scouts to investigate outside the city.

Not long after, news came that there was a group of archers ambushing on the hillside not far away!

By the time Cao Ren sent people to catch him, the archers had already disappeared.

"Thanks to Cheng Ye for being vigilant this time, otherwise, you and I would be in danger!" Cao Ren was a little frightened.

Cao Hong also nodded and glanced at Chen Hang appreciatively: "If it hadn't been for Chengye, we would have almost missed the important event! Our army was spared this time, and Chengye should be the first contributor. Write it down first, and wait until I report it to your lord, and then I will discuss the merits and reward you!"

Chen Hang said loudly: "Thank you, General!"

Cao Hong smiled and helped Chen Hang up, and then discussed with Cao Ren. In order to avoid being ambushed again, he ordered the entire army to camp outside the city and wait for Cao Cao's main force to come and turn around.

In fact, Chen Hang knew that Liu Bei and the people should not have gone very far. If he led people to chase him at this time, he would definitely be able to stop them.

However, he has just been in the limelight, and if he continues to point fingers, he will definitely cause dissatisfaction!

Cao Hong trusted him, so it didn't matter if he said something wrong. As a general, if Cao Ren was given the guidance by one of his soldiers, who knows if he would hold a grudge.

Moreover, after a day's journey, he, Chen Hang, was a pervert, so he didn't feel tired, but the sergeants were already tired and tired.

After thinking about it, Chen Hang decided to talk to Cao Hong in private and let the sergeant take a break.

In any case, the trap carefully planned by Zhuge Liang was broken because of the unusual existence of Chen Hang.

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Zhuge Liang, who was arranging the retreat of the people with Liu Bei, was stunned when he heard that Cao Jun entered the city first and then left the city. He had not fallen into the trap. A look of surprise appeared on his calm face.

"Is it possible that there are experts in Cao's camp who can help me? So they can see through my plan?"

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces.

If even such an ambush can be broken, then this "master" in Cao's army is too terrifying!

Zhuge Liang remembered something and hurriedly asked the scout again: "Is Cao Jun coming after him?"

"No!" The scout shook his head and said, "They have set up camp outside the city!"

Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

They have no more than 10,000 soldiers and no more than a few generals. If Cao Jun comes to pursue them, they will definitely not be able to resist them and will have no choice but to abandon the common people.

However, in order to prevent any changes, Zhuge Liang ordered the scouts: "Inform the three generals that there is no need to ambush anymore and come here to meet up."

At this time, if there is one more, there will be more strength. To be on the safe side, it is best to let the sergeants come back and escort the people across the river to Fancheng as soon as possible!