"I have a plan to defeat Cao's army!" My loud voice broke the silence in the conference hall.

The eldest brother suddenly felt refreshed, turned to face me, and asked with a smile: "Third brother, do you have any plan? Let's take care of everyone!"

"Brother, don't worry, I still need to go out of the city to survey the battlefield terrain in order to form a complete plan."

Seeing that I was so confident, my elder brother nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, since that's the case, we will accompany you to measure the terrain outside the city, and then you will tell us your plan."

Soon, our group of more than 10 riders came to more than 10 miles north of Runan City. I carefully observed the terrain and environment of the four fields, and gradually showed a knowing smile on my face. In this season and such a terrain environment are really my plan that suits me!

The elder brother next to me saw the expression on my face and knew that I had a deep heart. He asked me eagerly: "Third brother, can you tell us your plan now?"

"Yes, brother. I plan to do this..." I slowly told all my plans. The faces of the elder brother, the second brother and others were constantly changing. At first, they were confused, but later they were shocked and finally turned into ecstasy. When I finished speaking, the elder brother said excitedly: "Third brother, this plan is great. If you use this plan, you will definitely defeat Cao's army!"

But I was a little hesitant and said to my elder brother in a deep voice: "Although this plan is feasible, it requires the elder brother to take risks. The third brother is worried..."

The eldest brother interrupted me and said with a solemn expression: "Third brother, there is no need to be such a concern. As long as you can defeat Cao's army, let alone such a small risk, even if you are a bigger risk, you are willing to take it off."

At this time, the second brother also smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry, third brother, you will protect your elder brother, and no one can do anything to the elder brother!"

The eldest brother said resolutely: "Third brother, you will be in charge of this battle. Even if you are my second brother and you will be sent by all the soldiers of the army."

"Thank you, brother."

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"Report!" A cavalry sprang to Cao Ren, "Liu Bei has led his army out of Runan City, and is now arriving in a formation 20 miles away from our army."

Cao Ren nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Do you know how many people are there?"

"About 15,000 people!"

"Continue to inquire! If there is any abnormal movement, please give it back quickly!"

"Yes! General"

Since setting off from Xuchang three days ago, Cao Ren led his 30,000 troops to advance to Runan quickly. Within three days, the army rushed more than 400 miles. By noon today, it had marched less than 40 miles from Runan. When he heard that Liu Bei had led his army out of the city to fight, Cao Ren was happy at first, and then slowly calmed down. After thinking for a while, he ordered people to invite Yu Jin and Xu Huang over.

"Just just now, the spy reported that Liu Bei had led more than 15,000 troops out of the city to fight our army, and now he is arriving in a formation 20 miles away from our army. Wenze, Gongming, what do you think?"

The general Yu Jin, who was majestic and elegant, thought for a moment and said, "General, Liu Bei must be a fool of our army and is tired from afar, and wants to defeat our army with ease."

Xu Huang next to him agreed: "What Wen Ze said is the same as what I think. Our army has been marching for days and is not suitable to fight with Liu Bei's army today. General, in my opinion, it is better to set up camp and rest for a night and fight with Liu Bei's army tomorrow."

Cao Ren frowned and thought for a while, nodded and said, "This is exactly what I want. Since that's the case, he ordered the army to move forward 10 miles and camp 10 miles away from Liu Bei's army.

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After Cao Ren's army set up a camp, he had another report of the sentry. Seeing that Cao's army had no plans to attack immediately, Liu Bei had set up camp. Cao Ren summoned Yu Jin and Xu Huang into the tent and reported the situation to the two of them. After hearing this, Yu Jin thought for a moment and said, "General, you must be careful that Liu Bei will attack the camp at night."

Cao Ren smiled confidently and said, "I have thought of this matter for a long time. Gongming, I will ask you to lead 5,000 Qingzhou troops to lie on both sides of the camp tonight. Once Liu Bei leads his army, you will lead the army from left and right to defeat Liu Bei." This time, Cao Cao allocated 30,000 of the most elite infantry "Qingzhou Army" to Cao Ren for use. (Note: The Qingzhou Army was formed by Cao Cao carefully selected 50,000 of them from more than 300,000 Yellow Turban troops after he surrendered the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou. This army was invincible with Cao Cao's battles everywhere, and almost everything was defeated, and his combat power was extremely strong. He was ranked as the two elite troops of Cao's army with the "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry")

"Yes, Xu Huang takes the order!"

Cao Ren turned around and said to Jin: "Wenze, are you willing to go with me to explore the military situation of Liu Bei's army later?"

Yu Jin said calmly: "I wish to follow the general!"

Half an hour later, Cao Ren and Yu Jin led dozens of cavalry to a hill 1,000 steps away from Liu Bei's military camp. Looking at the distance, there were frequent military horses in and out of the barracks. Cao Ren said to Jin: "Look at the size of this camp, Liu Bei's army should be no less than 15,000 people, which is indeed the same as the reward for surveillance."

Yu Jin nodded and suddenly said, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are in Runan City. Maybe we can bypass this place and take Runan directly!"

Cao Ren said in a deep voice: "According to the information discovered by Mr. Wenhe, Liu Bei's surrendered Liu Pi's troops were no less than 40,000, and there were 15,000 people here. There were at least 25,000 people in Runan City. The city walls of Runan were solid and could not be easily taken down. Moreover, if Runan cannot be taken down quickly, they would be attacked by Liu Bei from the front and back." (Cao Ren did not know that although he had incorporated 40,000 Liu Pi's army, 24,000 of them were old and weak soldiers without combat power, so now there are only 6,000 soldiers to fight in Runan City)

After reading the deployment of Liu Bei's military camp, Cao Ren began to carefully examine the terrain around the military camp. This place was originally a large area of ​​farmland, but now it is deserted and overgrown with weeds. Since it was already winter, the grass leaves had already withered yellow and were whizzing by the sharp north wind. The fields were empty and there were no trees. It seemed that Liu Bei was also guarding against our army to attack the camp with the cover of trees, Cao Ren thought to himself.

Suddenly, Cao Ren seemed to think of something key, looked at the camp of Liu Bei's army ahead several times and the surrounding terrain environment, then looked up at the sky, and his face, which had always been calm, showed an expression of ecstasy expression.

"Let's camp beside the grass, and camp beside the grass... Hahaha... Liu Bei actually dared to build camp beside the grass!" Cao Ren murmured to himself softly.

Yu Jin next to him could not hear Cao Ren's words clearly, but saw Cao Ren's expression and said in confusion: "General, what's wrong with you?"

"Wenze, a good opportunity to defeat the enemy is right in front of me. I have already thought of a plan that will definitely defeat Liu Bei. You and I will return to the camp quickly, and don't disturb Liu Bei. After returning to the camp, you and I will make a careful decision."

"Yes, General!"

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In Cao Ren's tent, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and Xu Huang surrounded the map to discuss combat plans.

"General, do you mean to attack with fire?" Yu Jin asked in surprise.

Cao Ren said in a deep voice: "That's true, I'm trying to imitate the old Huangfu Cheqi (General Huangfu Song, one of the three famous generals of the court at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty) Changshe Fire attack and defeated the Yellow Turban Battle. Liu Bei did not understand military tactics and set up camps in a row, which was the way to defeat. Today, the north wind was blowing again. If you attack with fire, Liu Bei's army would be in a panic. Our army could take the opportunity to lead the army to attack, and we would be able to defeat Liu Bei in one fell swoop, and then lead the victorious army to seize Runan. Our army will win in this battle."

After hearing Cao Ren's plan, Xu Huang's eyes lit up and his face showed joy. Xu Huang smiled and said, "The general's plan is great. If it can be successful, our army can eliminate Liu Bei and purge Runan without any effort."

Cao Ren smiled: "This plan must be done quickly, if you are late, someone may remind Liu Bei. I will attack Liu Bei's military camp by night tonight. Wenze, Gongming, after nightfall, you two lead 10,000 troops to sneak to both sides of Liu Bei's military camp. If you see the fire, you will lead the army to cut off Liu Bei's military retreat, and I will lead the army to cover up and kill him."

"Yu Jin (Xu Huang) receives the order!"

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At the fourth hour, in the night, Cao Ren led his troops to 1,000 steps away from Liu Bei's military camp and quietly fell down. Cao Ren raised his eyes and looked forward. He saw that the lights in Liu Bei's camp were brightly lit, and a team of soldiers were patrolling back and forth at the gate of the camp. Liu Bei was indeed unprepared! Cao Ren sneered in his heart and ordered the soldiers to take out the fire-induced object, and set fire all over the sky with dry grass.

In just a blink of an eye, the fire had already started to burn from all directions. With the strong north wind, the fire flew towards the wind and swept towards the Liu Bei army camp ahead.

"Fire, fire...fire...fire...coming!" The soldiers who were patrolling suddenly saw a fire in the distance. When they saw clearly that the fire was actually a fire in the sky, the fire waves had already hit less than 200 steps away from the military camp and quickly continued to approach. The patrol soldiers were stunned and immediately shouted in panic.

The entire military camp immediately fell into chaos, and various shouts sounded from time to time. At this time, the fire had already burned into the military camp, and the camp tents were instantly shrouded in the fire, and the fire was soaring into the sky, and the dark sky seemed to be dyed red for a moment. The originally panic-torn and terrified shouts of soldiers in the camp had gradually turned into shrill wails.

Looking at the raging waves not far away and listening to the shrill wails that came to your ears from time to time, Cao Ren smiled coldly.

"Report! More than 2,000 cavalry rushed out of Liubei's camp and fled towards Runan." A sentry came to Cao Ren to report.

It seems that Liu Bei wants to escape back to Runan, Hum! How could you escape so easily! Cao Ren shouted: "The whole army attacked, bypassed the fire, pursued Liu Bei, and seized Runan tonight."

Yu Jin, who was already lurking on both sides, saw that the fire had already started, and immediately ordered his troops to cover up and kill him towards Liu Bei's military camp. Just as the encirclement was about to form, more than 2,000 riders were in dishevelled and fled from the camp in a hurry, and fled straight to Runan.

Xu Huang recognized the person in front of him at a glance and shouted angrily: "Liu Bei! Don't go!" He ordered someone to greet Yu Jin and quickly follow him, and he led his army to chase him.

After chasing all the way, he came to a small river that was almost dry. He saw many weapons scattered on the ground. It was obvious that Liu Bei's cavalry was panicked when he was running across the river and discarded them to reduce the load. Seeing this, Xu Huang couldn't help laughing. At this time, Yu Jin and Cao Ren behind him also took the lead and led their troops to follow.

Cao Ren laughed and said to Xu and the other two, "Liu Bei suffered heavy losses and was defeated. We can take this opportunity to catch up and seize Runan in one fell swoop."

"I wish to follow the general to defeat the enemy!" Yu Jin and Xu Huang replied in unison.

"Okay, order the soldiers to wade through the river and follow Liu Bei's defeated army! At this time tomorrow, I will report the victory to the Prime Minister in Runan City!"

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The sky was already bright, and Cao Ren led his army to chase and kill 7 or 8 miles. Liu Bei's defeated army was far away in front of him. Cao Ren was very happy and urgently ordered the soldiers to speed up the marching and chase after him.

At this time, Yu Jin felt something was wrong in his heart, and looked at the surrounding environment. After careful observation, he was shocked to find that the terrain environment here was very similar to the place where Liu Bei's army camp, with dry grass growing in all fields. If there was a fire here, how could my 30,000 troops escape? I thought of the fire in Liu Bei's camp, why did only 2,000 cavalry escape from 15,000 troops and horses escape, and why could none of the infantry escape? I just focused on chasing Liu Bei and didn't have time to think about this problem at all. Looking back now, it is really suspicious.

As he thought about it, Yu Jin started to sweat. Could it be that this was Liu Bei's conspiracy? The more Yu Jin thought about it, the more he became, the more he was afraid. He hurriedly caught up with Cao Ren and said with a worried expression: "General, don't chase him anymore. We are probably under Liu Bei's plan!"

Cao Ren said in surprise: "What?"

At this moment, a sound arrow soared into the sky. The three sides on the left, right and back all started to fire, and Cao Ren's army was immediately surrounded by fire.
Chapter completed!