Hearing that Cao Cao's army was coming, Liu Bei gathered everyone. Xue Bing and Zhang Fei hurried to the Mayor's Mansion. When they arrived, Guan Yu was already standing in the hall, but the others had not arrived. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were discussing something in low voices. Seeing this, Xue Bing bowed to Liu Bei and quietly walked to the side, waiting for the others to arrive.
However, Zhang Fei was not a law-abiding person. As soon as he entered, he shouted loudly,"Cao Cao is here? Wait for me to lead a group of people to meet the enemy!”Just as he was shouting, he realized that Liu Bei was staring at him. He could only shut his mouth resentfully and stand behind Guan Yu. Not long after, Zhao Yun, Guan Ping, and the others arrived in the hall. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Bei straightened his body and said to everyone,"Cao Cao's vanguard has already arrived at Bowang. He summoned all his generals to discuss a strategy against the enemy!”
At this moment, one of the civil officials standing on the left side of the hall said,""Cao Cao is too powerful. With our current strength, we might not be able to resist him. Why don't we retreat to Xiangyang to avoid him?”Xue Bing looked over, but the person who spoke was Mei Zhu. These days, he had been staying in Zhang Fei's residence. Through Zhang Fei, he had gotten to know all the civil officials and generals under Liu Bei's command. Although they did not have much of a relationship, at least they were familiar with each other. Seeing Mi Zhu step forward to speak, Xue Bing began to recall this part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "It seems that Liu Cong has already given up Jingzhou. If he were to rush everyone over, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang will start a second fire!”Thinking of this, he understood that there was going to be a war again. He actually felt a little anticipation in his heart.
"Zi Zhong doesn't know that Liu Biao has passed away and his son Liu Cong is in charge of Jingzhou. At this moment, Jingzhou had already been offered to Cao Cao!”At this point, Liu Bei let out a long sigh, but he didn't know what he was sighing about.
Everyone in the hall was shocked. Liu Cong had already offered Jingzhou to Cao Cao? Then wouldn't everyone have no stable rear now? Even Zhao Yun had a grave expression on her face.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Liu Bei continued,""After I received this news, I discussed it with the military counselor for a long time. The military counselor has already come up with a plan to defeat the enemy.”After saying that, he turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang and asked him to mobilize everyone. Zhuge Liang lightly waved his feather fan and sat in his seat, giving orders. He first sent people to the four gates to post a notice to the residents of the city: Regardless of whether they were men, women, old or young, those who were willing to follow Liu Bei would head to Fan City to hide from him! Then, he called Sun Qian over and ordered him to go to the river to allocate ships to help the people. After Sun Qian left, he called Mi Zhu over and asked him to escort the families of the generals to Fan City. Seeing that Mei Zhu had also accepted the order, he began to mobilize the generals and arrange the enemy's matters.
"Where is Commander Yun?" Zhuge Liang took out a token arrow and shouted. When Guan Yu heard this, he immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Kong Ming. He cupped his fists and said,""Yes!" Zhuge Liang smiled and ordered,""Commander Yun will lead 1,000 soldiers to the upper reaches of the White River to set up an ambush. The soldiers each carried a cloth bag filled with sand to block the water of the White River when they reached the upper reaches. After midnight, as long as they heard people shouting and horses neighing downstream, they would immediately take out the cloth bag, flood it, and then lead the soldiers down the river to meet them.”With that, he handed the token arrow to Guan Yu. Guan Yu received the command arrow and said,"Yes!"”Then, he turned around and left.
Seeing Guan Yu leave, Zhuge Liang called out,""Where is Yi De?" Zhang Fei immediately jumped out and shouted,""Here!" In the end, Liu Bei rolled his eyes. However, Zhang Fei turned a blind eye to it and stared at Zhuge Liang, waiting for his mission. Zhuge Liang saw this and immediately said,"Yi De will lead 1,000 troops to the Boling Crossing to ambush." The water flow here was the slowest. After Cao Cao's army was flooded, they would definitely escape from here. At that time, they could take advantage of the situation to attack!”When Zhang Fei heard this, he grinned and said,""Understood!" After receiving the token, she left happily.
"Zi Long, Zi Yu!" Zhuge Liang called out.”When Xue Bing heard that he was called, he immediately stepped out of the line and replied,"I'm here!" Zhuge Liang looked at the two and said,"You two will lead three thousand troops. Divide them into five teams. Each team will lead one team to lie in ambush outside the east gate. The other three teams will lie in ambush in the west, south and north." Before the ambush, hide more flammable substances such as sulfur on the houses in the city. When Cao Cao's army entered the city, they must rest in the houses. After dusk, there would be a strong wind. As long as the wind rose, he ordered the ambush troops at the west, south and north gates to shoot rockets into the city. When the city was on fire, the soldiers outside the city shouted and cheered, leaving only the east gate empty and letting him escape. When Cao Cao's army escapes, you two will charge out from behind. After daybreak, they met up with General Guan and General Zhang and returned to Fancheng.”When Zhao Yun and Xue Bing heard this, they said,"Understood!" Zhao Yun received the token arrow and left the Mayor's Mansion. Zhuge Liang then ordered Liu Feng and Mi Fang to lead 2,000 troops, half of them with red flags and the other half with green flags, to camp at the Que Wei Slope 30 miles outside Xinye City. Once they realized that the Cao army had arrived, with the Red Flag Army on the left and the Green Flag Army on the right, the Cao army would be suspicious and not dare to chase. After that, you two will set up an ambush separately. When you see the fire in the city, you can chase after the defeated soldiers. The two of them left with the order. The rest followed Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to a high place to observe the situation and wait for the news.
Xue Bing followed Zhao Yun to the camp to gather three thousand soldiers. Zhao Yun then ordered his subordinates to find more things to start the fire while he and Xue Bing waited quietly in the camp. They were busy all the way until night time. When everyone had settled the fire, it was already late at night. Zhao Yun and Xue Bing each led 500 soldiers to lie in ambush outside the east gate, while the rest of the soldiers lay in ambush at the other three gates. At that time, Zhao Yun had even said to Xue Bing,"Last time, you captured Yu Jin and made a great contribution. This time, I'm here to make a great contribution!"”When Xue Bing heard this, he smiled." Last time, I was separated from the general in the chaotic army and lost my way. I didn't expect to meet Yu Jin. That meritorious service was thanks to God's help."”"Ziyu, you're too polite. How about we make a bet?" Zhao Yun smiled.”"What do we bet on?" Xue Bing asked.”Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said,"Let's bet on tomorrow's battle. Who among us can capture Cao Cao's general?" Do you dare?" Xue Bing pondered. "The one who will be here tomorrow is Cao Ren, and the vanguard is Xu Zhu. Neither of these two were easy to deal with, and neither of them were easy to catch.”Thinking of this, he knew that this bet would most likely end in a draw, so he replied,""Good! Let's make a bet!" After saying that, he clapped his hands with Zhao Yun and led his troops to rest.
On the second day, Xue Bing hid outside the east gate since morning. His eyes were staring at the city, hoping that the famous fire that burned the new fields would burn quickly. In fact, he knew very well that this fire would only start after dusk at the earliest. However, he could not suppress the excitement in his heart. Xue Bing spent the day in this kind of painful torment. In the afternoon, voices gradually came from Xinye City, mixed with the neigh of horses. Xue Bing thought to himself,"It seems that the Cao army has already entered the city. Now, when the wind rises at dusk, we can set fire to the city!”
Xue Bing, who had nothing to do, actually looked at Zhao Yun's side. However, after searching for a long time, he could not see how Zhao Yun hid her troops because he could not see a trace of weakness. Time passed as his imagination ran wild. By the time Xue Bing regained his senses, Xinye City was in chaos. Even from outside the city, one could clearly see the flames rising into the sky. Xue Bing hid outside the city and could clearly hear the shouts, screams, and even the crackling sounds of houses being destroyed by the fire.
At this moment, the west, south, and north gates of Xinye City were filled with battle cries. When the Cao soldiers in the city heard the sounds, they became more and more chaotic. Not long after, small groups of Cao soldiers rushed out from the east gate. Gradually, the number of people increased. After 15 minutes, the Cao generals began to lead a large number of soldiers out of the city. Xue Bing knew that the time had come. He pointed his spear forward and shouted at the soldiers beside him,"Kill them!" The surrounding soldiers seemed to have been infected and spread the word "kill" one after another. The five hundred soldiers seemed to have appeared out of thin air and were led by Xue Bing to kill.
At the same time, on the other side, Zhao Yun led his army and charged out. The Cao soldiers who had just escaped from the burning Xinye City did not even have the time to rejoice that they had escaped from the fire. They were shocked by the waves of shouting and killing, and they became even more flustered. Most of the soldiers brought down their comrades in panic, and many soldiers were trampled to death by their own people in the chaos. When Xue Bing led his troops in, the Cao Army was completely unable to organize any effective resistance and was unable to stop Xue Bing's troops. Xue Bing took the lead, and these 500 soldiers stabbed into the Cao Army like sharp knives. The Cao Army soldiers only cared about escaping, and no one resisted. Xue Bing rode on his horse, waving the spear in his hand, and killed countless people. Other than Xue Bing, Zhao Yun's troops also charged in. Many of the 100,000 soldiers had already been burned to death by the fire, and now they were being attacked in the midst of the chaos. For a moment, people were thrown off their horses, and broken limbs flew in the air. If it wasn't for the fact that Xue Bing and Zhao Yun had too few men, these tens of thousands of soldiers would have died here.
Xue Bing and Zhao Yun killed for a while, but they didn't manage to capture a single general. The captives were all ordinary soldiers, and because there were simply too many enemies, they couldn't kill their way in. Thus, half of the troops had escaped.
Zhao Yun rode his horse to Xue Bing's side and said with a smile,"It's a pity that we didn't manage to capture a single general! What about Ziyu?" "I didn't even see one, let alone catch one!" Xue Bing laughed when he heard this.”Along the way, Xue Bing had only seen a few soldiers, not even a few cavalrymen, let alone a general. Xue Bing could only sigh in his heart."As expected, luck like last time doesn't come every time!”
"In that case, we'll call it a draw!" Zhao Yun smiled and said to Xue Bing. "That's for the best!" Xue Bing laughed when he heard this.”Then, he and Zhao Yun packed up their troops and went to meet up with Guan and Zhang.
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Hearing that Cao Cao's army was coming, Liu Bei gathered everyone. Xue Bing and Zhang Fei hurried to the Mayor's Mansion. When they arrived, Guan Yu was already standing in the hall, but the others had not arrived. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were discussing something in low voices. Seeing this, Xue Bing bowed to Liu Bei and quietly walked to the side, waiting for the others to arrive.
However, Zhang Fei was not a law-abiding person. As soon as he entered, he shouted loudly,"Cao Cao is here? Wait for me to lead a group of people to meet the enemy!”Just as he was shouting, he realized that Liu Bei was staring at him. He could only shut his mouth resentfully and stand behind Guan Yu. Not long after, Zhao Yun, Guan Ping, and the others arrived in the hall. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Bei straightened his body and said to everyone,"Cao Cao's vanguard has already arrived at Bowang. He summoned all his generals to discuss a strategy against the enemy!”
At this moment, one of the civil officials standing on the left side of the hall said,""Cao Cao is too powerful. With our current strength, we might not be able to resist him. Why don't we retreat to Xiangyang to avoid him?”Xue Bing looked over, but the person who spoke was Mei Zhu. These days, he had been staying in Zhang Fei's residence. Through Zhang Fei, he had gotten to know all the civil officials and generals under Liu Bei's command. Although they did not have much of a relationship, at least they were familiar with each other. Seeing Mi Zhu step forward to speak, Xue Bing began to recall this part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "It seems that Liu Cong has already given up Jingzhou. If he were to rush everyone over, I'm afraid Zhuge Liang will start a second fire!”Thinking of this, he understood that there was going to be a war again. He actually felt a little anticipation in his heart.
"Zi Zhong doesn't know that Liu Biao has passed away and his son Liu Cong is in charge of Jingzhou. At this moment, Jingzhou had already been offered to Cao Cao!”At this point, Liu Bei let out a long sigh, but he didn't know what he was sighing about.
Everyone in the hall was shocked. Liu Cong had already offered Jingzhou to Cao Cao? Then wouldn't everyone have no stable rear now? Even Zhao Yun had a grave expression on her face.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Liu Bei continued,""After I received this news, I discussed it with the military counselor for a long time. The military counselor has already come up with a plan to defeat the enemy.”After saying that, he turned his gaze to Zhuge Liang and asked him to mobilize everyone. Zhuge Liang lightly waved his feather fan and sat in his seat, giving orders. He first sent people to the four gates to post a notice to the residents of the city: Regardless of whether they were men, women, old or young, those who were willing to follow Liu Bei would head to Fan City to hide from him! Then, he called Sun Qian over and ordered him to go to the river to allocate ships to help the people. After Sun Qian left, he called Mi Zhu over and asked him to escort the families of the generals to Fan City. Seeing that Mei Zhu had also accepted the order, he began to mobilize the generals and arrange the enemy's matters.
"Where is Commander Yun?" Zhuge Liang took out a token arrow and shouted. When Guan Yu heard this, he immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Kong Ming. He cupped his fists and said,""Yes!" Zhuge Liang smiled and ordered,""Commander Yun will lead 1,000 soldiers to the upper reaches of the White River to set up an ambush. The soldiers each carried a cloth bag filled with sand to block the water of the White River when they reached the upper reaches. After midnight, as long as they heard people shouting and horses neighing downstream, they would immediately take out the cloth bag, flood it, and then lead the soldiers down the river to meet them.”With that, he handed the token arrow to Guan Yu. Guan Yu received the command arrow and said,"Yes!"”Then, he turned around and left.
Seeing Guan Yu leave, Zhuge Liang called out,""Where is Yi De?" Zhang Fei immediately jumped out and shouted,""Here!" In the end, Liu Bei rolled his eyes. However, Zhang Fei turned a blind eye to it and stared at Zhuge Liang, waiting for his mission. Zhuge Liang saw this and immediately said,"Yi De will lead 1,000 troops to the Boling Crossing to ambush." The water flow here was the slowest. After Cao Cao's army was flooded, they would definitely escape from here. At that time, they could take advantage of the situation to attack!”When Zhang Fei heard this, he grinned and said,""Understood!" After receiving the token, she left happily.
"Zi Long, Zi Yu!" Zhuge Liang called out.”When Xue Bing heard that he was called, he immediately stepped out of the line and replied,"I'm here!" Zhuge Liang looked at the two and said,"You two will lead three thousand troops. Divide them into five teams. Each team will lead one team to lie in ambush outside the east gate. The other three teams will lie in ambush in the west, south and north." Before the ambush, hide more flammable substances such as sulfur on the houses in the city. When Cao Cao's army entered the city, they must rest in the houses. After dusk, there would be a strong wind. As long as the wind rose, he ordered the ambush troops at the west, south and north gates to shoot rockets into the city. When the city was on fire, the soldiers outside the city shouted and cheered, leaving only the east gate empty and letting him escape. When Cao Cao's army escapes, you two will charge out from behind. After daybreak, they met up with General Guan and General Zhang and returned to Fancheng.”When Zhao Yun and Xue Bing heard this, they said,"Understood!" Zhao Yun received the token arrow and left the Mayor's Mansion. Zhuge Liang then ordered Liu Feng and Mi Fang to lead 2,000 troops, half of them with red flags and the other half with green flags, to camp at the Que Wei Slope 30 miles outside Xinye City. Once they realized that the Cao army had arrived, with the Red Flag Army on the left and the Green Flag Army on the right, the Cao army would be suspicious and not dare to chase. After that, you two will set up an ambush separately. When you see the fire in the city, you can chase after the defeated soldiers. The two of them left with the order. The rest followed Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to a high place to observe the situation and wait for the news.
Xue Bing followed Zhao Yun to the camp to gather three thousand soldiers. Zhao Yun then ordered his subordinates to find more things to start the fire while he and Xue Bing waited quietly in the camp. They were busy all the way until night time. When everyone had settled the fire, it was already late at night. Zhao Yun and Xue Bing each led 500 soldiers to lie in ambush outside the east gate, while the rest of the soldiers lay in ambush at the other three gates. At that time, Zhao Yun had even said to Xue Bing,"Last time, you captured Yu Jin and made a great contribution. This time, I'm here to make a great contribution!"”When Xue Bing heard this, he smiled." Last time, I was separated from the general in the chaotic army and lost my way. I didn't expect to meet Yu Jin. That meritorious service was thanks to God's help."”"Ziyu, you're too polite. How about we make a bet?" Zhao Yun smiled.”"What do we bet on?" Xue Bing asked.”Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said,"Let's bet on tomorrow's battle. Who among us can capture Cao Cao's general?" Do you dare?" Xue Bing pondered. "The one who will be here tomorrow is Cao Ren, and the vanguard is Xu Zhu. Neither of these two were easy to deal with, and neither of them were easy to catch.”Thinking of this, he knew that this bet would most likely end in a draw, so he replied,""Good! Let's make a bet!" After saying that, he clapped his hands with Zhao Yun and led his troops to rest.
On the second day, Xue Bing hid outside the east gate since morning. His eyes were staring at the city, hoping that the famous fire that burned the new fields would burn quickly. In fact, he knew very well that this fire would only start after dusk at the earliest. However, he could not suppress the excitement in his heart. Xue Bing spent the day in this kind of painful torment. In the afternoon, voices gradually came from Xinye City, mixed with the neigh of horses. Xue Bing thought to himself,"It seems that the Cao army has already entered the city. Now, when the wind rises at dusk, we can set fire to the city!”
Xue Bing, who had nothing to do, actually looked at Zhao Yun's side. However, after searching for a long time, he could not see how Zhao Yun hid her troops because he could not see a trace of weakness. Time passed as his imagination ran wild. By the time Xue Bing regained his senses, Xinye City was in chaos. Even from outside the city, one could clearly see the flames rising into the sky. Xue Bing hid outside the city and could clearly hear the shouts, screams, and even the crackling sounds of houses being destroyed by the fire.
At this moment, the west, south, and north gates of Xinye City were filled with battle cries. When the Cao soldiers in the city heard the sounds, they became more and more chaotic. Not long after, small groups of Cao soldiers rushed out from the east gate. Gradually, the number of people increased. After 15 minutes, the Cao generals began to lead a large number of soldiers out of the city. Xue Bing knew that the time had come. He pointed his spear forward and shouted at the soldiers beside him,"Kill them!" The surrounding soldiers seemed to have been infected and spread the word "kill" one after another. The five hundred soldiers seemed to have appeared out of thin air and were led by Xue Bing to kill.
At the same time, on the other side, Zhao Yun led his army and charged out. The Cao soldiers who had just escaped from the burning Xinye City did not even have the time to rejoice that they had escaped from the fire. They were shocked by the waves of shouting and killing, and they became even more flustered. Most of the soldiers brought down their comrades in panic, and many soldiers were trampled to death by their own people in the chaos. When Xue Bing led his troops in, the Cao Army was completely unable to organize any effective resistance and was unable to stop Xue Bing's troops. Xue Bing took the lead, and these 500 soldiers stabbed into the Cao Army like sharp knives. The Cao Army soldiers only cared about escaping, and no one resisted. Xue Bing rode on his horse, waving the spear in his hand, and killed countless people. Other than Xue Bing, Zhao Yun's troops also charged in. Many of the 100,000 soldiers had already been burned to death by the fire, and now they were being attacked in the midst of the chaos. For a moment, people were thrown off their horses, and broken limbs flew in the air. If it wasn't for the fact that Xue Bing and Zhao Yun had too few men, these tens of thousands of soldiers would have died here.
Xue Bing and Zhao Yun killed for a while, but they didn't manage to capture a single general. The captives were all ordinary soldiers, and because there were simply too many enemies, they couldn't kill their way in. Thus, half of the troops had escaped.
Zhao Yun rode his horse to Xue Bing's side and said with a smile,"It's a pity that we didn't manage to capture a single general! What about Ziyu?" "I didn't even see one, let alone catch one!" Xue Bing laughed when he heard this.”Along the way, Xue Bing had only seen a few soldiers, not even a few cavalrymen, let alone a general. Xue Bing could only sigh in his heart."As expected, luck like last time doesn't come every time!”
"In that case, we'll call it a draw!" Zhao Yun smiled and said to Xue Bing. "That's for the best!" Xue Bing laughed when he heard this.”Then, he and Zhao Yun packed up their troops and went to meet up with Guan and Zhang.
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