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However, after Song Zhong left Cao Cao, he was about to return to Xiangyang, but when he met Guan Yu on the road, he was questioned by Guan Yu where he came from. Song Zhong could not hide it, so he had to honestly tell him the story of Liu Cong surrendering to Cao Cao.

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

Xinye is also the place where Liu Bei stationed his troops.

At this moment, Liu Bei was in Xinye County. When he heard the news brought by Guan Yu, his face was gloomy and ugly.

Starting with Liu Bei, a middle-aged scholar sat upright.

The scholar was eight feet long, had a face like a jade, wearing a silk scarf, a crane cloak, and a feather fan. He was elegant and elegant, and was as elegant as a god.

It’s Zhuge Liang!

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

Zhuge Liang looked calm and gently swung the feather fan, saying, "Don't be anxious, lord, Liang has a plan to relieve his worries."

"Oh?" Liu Bei was overjoyed: "Are you going to have a plan?"

Zhuge Liang then said, "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 courage of General Zhang, he will definitely be able to capture Liu Cong and then kill his party. Then Jingzhou will be settled, and the lord can use Jingzhou to block Cao's army."

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

If you really want to do this, you will seize the foundation. Then the name of benevolence that you have worked hard to manage will probably be burned...

Although Liu Bei is not as good as Zhuge Liang's plan, as a hero, few people can match his outstanding vision!

Fame! It was the most important capital during the Three Kingdoms period. Sometimes, it was even more important than the foundation. If Liu Bei did not have a good reputation, there would probably not be so many people who defected to him.

Liu Bei knew the power of fame very well. He gave up his good reputation for the sake of the storm of Jingzhou. No matter how he calculated that Liu Bei felt that he would lose.

Moreover, even if he gets Jingzhou, he may not be able to stop Cao Cao's army. If he loses his fortune, he will lose his reputation and lose his capital to rise again.

Thinking this clearly, Liu Bei immediately pretended to be unbearable and said tears: "My brother asked me to be alone before the crisis. Now if I use this method to seize the land, and I will die in the next day, what will I have to see my brother? This matter must not be done!"

Zhuge Liang sighed and said in his heart: Ming Gong is truly a benevolent master!

I have to say that Liu Bei's cleverness in winning over the hearts of the people, Zhuge Liang was convinced by this move.

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

Bowang is only half a day away from Xinye.

When Liu Bei heard the news of the horse being investigated, he was shocked and wanted to escape now.

Zhuge Liang's face also became solemn.

When everyone mentioned Zhuge Liang in later generations, they would inevitably be impressed by his wisdom. In later generations, Zhuge Liang had been praised as a god. He knew everything and could do everything. He had a lot of magic tricks and wisdom...

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 the plan.

"My lord, be content. A fire burned most of Xiahou Dun's men and horses. Today, Cao's army came again and I will teach him this plan. We can't live in Xinye, so we might as well 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 would arrive soon. No matter who is old and old, those who are willing to follow him can follow our army to take refuge in Fancheng today, and you should not mislead yourself!"

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

This is a trick to make an empty city give Cao Cao. Not only does Cao Cao not have any benefits, he may also be furious.

Next, Zhuge Liang set up an ambush again, preparing to suffer a great loss to Cao's army.

First, he ordered Guan Yu to lead a thousand troops to ambush the Liutou on the Baihe River. Each brought cloth bags, filled more sand and soil to stop the water of the Baihe River. After the third update at night, as long as he heard the vulgar man shouting the horse neighing, he would take the cloth bags, put them in the water, and then kill them down to meet the water to help.

He also ordered Zhang Fei to lead a thousand troops to ambush the Boling Ferry. The water here is the slowest. As long as Cao's army is flooded, they will inevitably flee from here and can take advantage of the opportunity to fight to meet him.

Zhao Yun led three thousand troops to lead the army, first in the houses of the city, with sulfur, yellow flames, and salt, and fire-induced objects. Then he divided into four teams, leading one team to ambush outside the east gate, and the three teams were ambushed at the west, south and north gates respectively.

When Cao's army enters the city, they will surely rest their houses. I look at the celestial phenomena and there will be strong winds tonight. As long as the wind blows, the three gates of the west, south and north will shoot rockets into the city!

When the fire in the city is in full swing, the ambushing troops at the west, south and north gates only need to cheer outside the city to confuse Cao's army, and only leave the east gate to let Cao's army go. Zhao Yun ambushed from behind outside the east gate, which will definitely give Cao's army a head-on attack!

The lord arranged for the people to evacuate, so there was time.

When it was dawn, Zhao Yun met again, and the two generals Zhang took their troops back to Fancheng...

After hearing Zhuge Liang's plan, Liu Bei couldn't help laughing: "Kong Ming's plan is very wonderful!"

At this moment, the generals followed Zhuge Liang's plan and opened a net of heaven and earth, waiting for Cao's army to surrender!

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At dusk, Cao Ren and Cao Hong's army came outside Xinye County, and saw four gates wide open and there was no one in the city.

When the scout found out the situation and confirmed that there was no one in the city, although Cao Ren and Cao Hong were a little afraid of being trapped, they believed that Liu Bei was so scared that he left early when he heard that Cao Cao launched a large-scale attack on the south.

After confirming again that there was no ambush in the city, everyone came to rest assured.

Cao Hong smiled and said, "It must be that Liu Xuande was alone and poor, so he fled to the public. Our army will rest in the city and continue to advance tomorrow!"

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

The soldiers rushed to the road for a day, tired and hungry, and indeed needed to go to the city to rest.

When he heard the general's order, he looked happy and went to the city to find a house to cook and rest.

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

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

However, one thing can be confirmed. Zhuge Liang is good at using fire attack. This time, Xinye ambushed is undoubtedly the fire attack.

After entering the city, Chen Hang kept observing carefully and saw that there was a sprinkling of yellow powder on the ground under the eaves. He immediately felt moved and hurried over to check.

When I put it on my nose and smell it, I felt a special smell of gunpowder. I immediately remembered Zhuge Liang's plan.

If he remembered correctly, Zhuge Liang first ordered people to hide more sulfur, yellow flames, and salt in the houses of others in the city. When Cao's army enters the city, they will inevitably rest in the houses. Then, just wait until the night to shoot the rocket into the city, and a large number of people can be burned to death...

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

Discovering this, Chen Hang quickly rushed to Cao Hong, who was walking towards the county government: "General, wait!"

Cao Hong said in confusion: "Why do you block the way when you succeed in your career?"

"There is an ambush in the city! Let's look!" Chen Hang spread his palms: "This thing is sulfur, which is flammable. The thief army is already covered with sulfur in the city. When our army rests at night, we just need to set rockets into the city, and our soldiers can be buried in the sea of ​​fire!!"

Cao Hong and Cao Ren all changed their faces!

"Is this true to the karma?"

Chen Hang didn't talk nonsense, but jumped onto a roof, lifted up the hay, revealing a piece of sulfur-yellow flame-smell powder!

Seeing this, Cao Hong immediately ordered loudly: "The whole army quickly leaves the city! Do not stay for a moment!"

The soldiers finally got off to rest. Although they were a little dissatisfied with the military order, the military order was like a mountain, and no one dared not to listen. They packed up their baggage and returned to the team.

Cao Ren immediately sent a scout 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 someone to catch him, the archer had run away.

"This time, thanks to Chengye's alertness, otherwise you and I will be in danger!" Cao Ren was still scared.

Cao Hong nodded and looked at Chen Hang with appreciation: "If it weren't for the career, it would have almost missed a big deal! This time our army was spared, and the career should be the first to be successful. I will write it down first and then reward it on my lord!"

Chen Hang shouted: "Thank you, General!"

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

In fact, Chen Hang knew that Liu Bei and the people should not have gone far. If they were to chase them at this time, they would definitely be blocked back.

However, he had just made a name for himself and if he pointed at him, he would definitely be dissatisfied!

Cao Hong trusted him, even if he said the wrong thing, it doesn't matter. As the main general, if Cao Ren was guided by him, a soldier, who would know if he would hold a grudge in his heart?

And after a day of travel, Chen Hang was a pervert and didn't feel tired, but the soldiers were already tired and exhausted.

After thinking about it, Chen Hang waited to tell Cao Hong privately and asked the soldiers to take a break.

No matter what, a trap carefully planned by Zhuge Liang was broken because of the existence of Chen Hang.

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Zhuge Liang, who was arranging the people to retreat with Liu Bei, heard that Cao's army first entered the city and then left the city, but was not trapped. He was stunned and looked surprised on his calm face.

"Is there any expert in Cao's camp helping me? So I can see through my plan?"

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei looked at each other, both of whom showed a solemn expression.

Even such an ambush can be broken, then this "expert" among the Cao army is too terrible!

Zhuge Liang remembered something and hurriedly asked the scout again: "Does Cao's army chase 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.

Their soldiers were only tens of thousands and their generals were only a few. If Cao's army came to chase them, they would definitely not be able to resist and could only give up on the people.

However, in order to prevent any changes, Zhuge Liang ordered the scout: "Notify the three generals, there is no need to lie down in ambush and come here to meet."
Chapter completed!