Wancheng was already an empty city, and Cao Cao and Lü Bu took Wancheng without much effort and gathered in the city.Lü Bu and Cao Cao were discussing how to go south to pursue Liu Bei, and there were also rumors outside the door that Zhou Yu had come to see them."
Zhou Yu, when did he arrive in Wancheng," Lu Bu was a little surprised."
Pass him in."
Cao Cao was surprised, but he didn't forget to let Zhou Yu in and see what Zhou Yu said.As soon as Zhou Yu came in, he was straight to the point: "My lord wants to form an alliance with the two adults to fight Liu Bei together, I don't know what the two adults want" Lu Bu was unwilling: "Kill Liu Bei, it's enough to have me and Cao Cao, why bother Sun Ce to come in with one foot, I don't want another person to divide the territory." ”Cao Cao had a different opinion: "If the three families join forces to destroy Liu Bei, how much territory does Sun Ce plan to take" Zhou Yu said: "As long as Jiangxia, other places will never ask." ”Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Lu Bu and I each sent 200,000 troops, so how many soldiers and horses does Sun Ce plan to send" Zhou Yu said: "My lord has 100,000 sailors and 100,000 infantry, which is enough to be equal to the strength of the two adults." ”Lu Bu's eyes lit up: "It's great that Sun Ce has 100,000 sailors, and we are worried that there are no sailors in the Yangtze River." ”Zhou Yu said with a smile: "As long as the three of us join forces, the north and south will attack, and Zheng Feng will be difficult to fly." ”Zhou Yu hit Cao Cao's death hole, and Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, I want to break Zheng Feng's body into ten thousand pieces" Since Sun Ce only needs a small land in Jiangxia, Cao Cao and Lu Bu immediately agreed to let Zhou Yu sign an alliance on behalf of Sun Ce.After the alliance was formed, Cao Cao and Lü Bu led the army south, preparing to clean up Liu Bei in one fell swoop.However, Cao Cao played a little slippery, and before the troops entered Wancheng, he quietly asked Xiahoudun to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to bypass Wancheng and go to Xiangyang.Anyway, Cai Mao has surrendered, he wants to enter Jingzhou before Lu Bu, as long as 100,000 soldiers and horses enter Xiangyang, even if Lu Bu turns his face, he has nothing to fear.No matter how Xiahoudun detoured, he couldn't get around Xinye, in order to hide people's eyes, he chose to take a small road.When Xiahoudun learned that Liu Bei's entire army had retreated, he wanted to hunt down Liu Bei and make a great contribution to Cao Cao.Xiahoudun kept urging the troops to speed up, to intercept and kill Liu Bei before Liu Bei retreated to Xinye.Bowang Slope is a canyon with dense reeds on both sides.Some subordinates also reminded Xiahoudun to be careful of the enemy's attack with fire.Xiahoudun smiled and said: "If you want to attack with fire, you must first ambush, who would have expected that I would not take the avenue and take the path, not to mention, Liu Bei is now like a lost dog, where troops will be sent to come over in advance to set up an ambush" Xiahoudun didn't believe in that evil, he just urged the troops, and he didn't watch out if there would be ambushes.When the soldiers and horses were halfway through, countless arrows suddenly rained down in the sky, setting all the reeds on both sides on fire.Wang Ping led 10,000 ambush soldiers to kill, but Cao's army was unable to respond to the battle, and was killed to the point of blood flowing like a river, and corpses were strewn all over the field.Xiahoudun fought desperately to find a bloody way and led the remnants to escape.Because Wang Ping used Zhuge Liang's strategy, he defeated Xiahoudun's 100,000 army, which bought enough time for Liu Bei's retreat.Bowangpo's ambush battle naturally couldn't avoid Zheng Daxian's eyes, he had long been hiding in the carriage and watching Wang Ping burn Bowangpo on the spot.When he arrived in Xinye, Zheng Feng found that there were still many people who had not yet evacuated, so he inquired about it.It turned out that there were too many people who were evacuated from Wancheng, and they went south from Xinye in batches, and the last batch was just waiting for Liu Bei's arrival."
How many civilians have been evacuated," Zheng Feng asked."400,000 people are on their way to Xiangyang."
A subordinate replied."
How many people are still in the field now," Zheng Feng asked again."
And a hundred thousand."
Subordinate answers.I asked for it, and there were 500,000 people who evacuated with Liu Bei.What made Zheng Feng uneasy was that there were still as many as 100,000 people in Xinye, which miraculously coincided with the people who followed Liu Bei's retreat in history.With Liu Bei's character, he must not give up on the common people, and the speed of retreat with 100,000 old and weak women and children must be slow, Cao Cao and Lu Bu must be able to catch up, and Wang Ping's Bowangpo is burned in vain.Many subordinates persuaded Liu Bei to abandon the people, and the troops advanced lightly to seize Xiangyang.Liu Bei really refused, and swore on the spot that even if he was caught up by Cao Cao and Lu Bu, he would never give up on a common man.Zheng Feng had already expected this, and he didn't bother to persuade Liu Bei, he had already thought of a clever plan to delay the enemy's pursuit.That is the burning of Xinye In fact, the burning of Xinye in history was done by Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang is not there at present, so Zheng Feng did it for him.Arrange for the people and their families to withdraw first, Zheng Feng commanded the troops to arrange sulfur and other flammable materials everywhere in the city, and then led the troops to ambush outside the city, waiting for Cao Cao and Lu Bu's army to enter the city.Xiahoudun was defeated, met Cao Cao on the way, and was immediately scolded by Cao Cao.When Lu Bu learned that Cao Cao had sent Xiahoudun to take the lead, he couldn't help but be furious and scolded: "Cao Cao, a traitor, wants to seize Jingzhou before Lao Tzu, right, then Lao Tzu is not polite, the whole army is marching in a hurry, and Lao Tzu wants to seize Jingzhou before Cao Cao." ”Tian Feng, the accompanying military advisor, persuaded: "Before arriving in Xiangyang, you must first go to Xinye, Liu Bei has Pang Tong by his side, be careful of Pang Tong's tricks." ”Lu Bu was still angry: "Liu Bei himself is difficult to protect, how dare he design it for me" Tian Feng said: "We are pursuing tightly, Liu Bei must set up an ambush in Xinye to delay our speed."
If the lord forcibly passes through Xinye, once he is ambushed, he will definitely lose his troops and lose his vitality. ”Lu Bu thought that Tian Feng was a famous military advisor in the world, and his intelligence was still above Chen Gong, so he ran away because of Yuan Shao.Lu Bu was happy to get Tian Feng for several days, and he definitely didn't want to follow in Yuan Shao's footsteps, so he asked patiently: "I don't know what good strategy Tian Junshi has" Tian Feng smiled: "Didn't Cao Cao want to seize Jingzhou before the lord, then let him touch the mold of Xinye, and the lord can watch Cao Cao's excitement outside."
When Cao Cao lost his troops, it was the day when the lord attacked on a large scale. ”Lu Bu was suspicious, but he still obeyed Tian Feng and pretended not to know in front of Cao Cao.While Cao Cao was worrying about the troops, Cao Ren, who had recruited troops from all over the country, came to help, and he brought a total of 200,000 horses.Cao Cao was overjoyed, and despite Guo Jia's dissuasion, he insisted on ordering Cao Ren to lead 200,000 horses to march quickly and attack Xinye.Zhou Yu asked Cao Cao to follow Cao Ren to Xinye, and Cao Cao agreed.Zhou Yu also guessed that Liu Bei would set up an ambush in Xinye, and he was already anxious.Because Zhou Yu did not leave Xiao Qiao in Jiangling, but when he passed through Xinye, he hid Xiao Qiao in a family's house, and sent Huang Gai to guard it.Once the fire of the new field is ignited, Little Joe is in danger.Therefore, Zhou Yu wants to take Xiao Qiao out before the war starts.On the way to Xinye, Zhou Yu proposed to go to Xinye to investigate first, and Cao Ren agreed.For the fastest update to read, please visit this site to read the latest novels: