Zhang Liao and others secretly advanced toward the mountains surrounding Cao Jun. They walked very carefully, avoiding the patrols of some of Cao Jun's scouts, and moved forward bit by bit.

But Cao Cao was enjoying the shade under the shade of a tree because of the sultry weather.

Cicadas were chirping all around. Cao Cao looked up at the fierce sun and sighed: "When will this damn weather end?"

Cao Ren brought a bowl of water and said, "Master, have a drink of water."

"Thank you." Cao Cao was not the kind of person like Yuan Shu who drank water with honey, so he just brought it over and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking a bowl of water, Cao Cao felt that his whole body felt much more relaxed, and his mind, which was dizzy from the hot summer sun, was cleared by the coolness.

After regaining some energy, Cao Cao asked: "How is the situation of the soldiers? Is there any movement on Liu Yu's side?"

"The soldiers have made arrangements, and there is not much discomfort. Liu Yu's side is still the same, staying still. Gongming has been ambushing in front." Cao Ren said respectfully.

"Send more scouts and be careful of Liu Yu. Also call Gong Ming back. Liu Yu already knows Gu's plan, so there is no point in ambushing him there." Cao Cao warned.

"General, I understand." Cao Ren nodded in agreement. "But what will our army do next?"

"Liu Yu didn't move, Gu will kill him here. This is Gu's territory, our logistics is not so strenuous. On the other hand, Liu Yu is different, he came here in a detour, and Gongze of Changge City is a tough guy.

I'm afraid it won't be that easy for Liu Yu's troops to capture Changge. As long as Changge is not lost, it will be difficult for Liu Yu's grain and grass logistics to keep up. The longer the time goes on, and Liu Yu is restrained here.

If the attack is unable to break through and the retreat is dragged by Gu, Liu Yu's food and grass will be exhausted, and his tens of thousands of troops will have no choice but to be eaten by mermaids." Cao Cao said with confidence.

Cao Cao is very confident in Cao Ren. Cao Ren has never made any mistakes and is a rare talent. Cao Cao has always been fortunate to have so many good brothers around him to help him. However, Cao Ren is still not as handsome as Cao Cao thinks.

Standard, so this time Cao Cao said so much because he wanted to educate Cao Ren.

Cao Ren did not disappoint Cao Cao, and said in an epiphany: "It seems that if Liu Yu does not defeat the lord in a short time, he will be in danger."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy to defeat Gu!" Cao Cao laughed.

Cao Ren agreed with Cao Cao's words in his heart. Cao Cao was the most outstanding hero of their Cao family and Xiahou family. They firmly believed in Cao Cao's ability and courage.

Summer was mercilessly scorching the earth, and there was no trace of wind in the mountain roads. The clarity that Cao Cao had just regained was dizzy by the hot sun.

Cao Cao touched his forehead and felt that he had a headache, and his body swayed.

"Lord, do you feel a headache again? You should go back and rest first." Cao Hong hurriedly came over to help Cao Cao, because Cao Cao didn't know when he would start to have dizziness, especially after high-intensity work or stimulation.

That'll be it.

"It's okay to be alone, it's just that the weather is too hot." Cao Cao shook his head and said.

"My lord, just be fine." Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "This weather is really abnormal. It has been like this for several days in a row, and the entire mountain road seems to be on fire."

Cao Cao was suddenly frightened. He grabbed Cao Ren and said, "What did you say? You lit it?"

"My lord, the general said it seemed to be on fire. It's a dry day, so the general has already told the soldiers to pay attention to the candles." Cao Ren thought he had done something wrong and was very nervous.

Cao Cao pushed Cao Ren away and looked around for a week. He found that all the soldiers were camped in shady places under trees or beside haystacks. He suddenly felt a chill spreading from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He actually made such a fatal mistake.

"Order all soldiers to move their tents to open areas! Quick!" Cao Cao roared hysterically.

Cao Ren was confused and said: "If you go to an open place in this hot summer, wouldn't it be too hot to die?"

"Go quickly! Gu made a fatal mistake. If Liu Yu suddenly sets fire to this mountain road, our army will be in danger." Cao Cao said regretfully.

Cao Ren finally realized the seriousness of the problem and quickly ran to order the soldiers to move.

Cao Cao hoped that Liu Yu had not thought of this, otherwise he would have to retreat.

Zhang Liao and Dian Wei had completed their division of labor. They saw that Cao Cao's troops began to move out of the woods and grasslands one after another, and they knew that Cao Cao had finally discovered the problem.

The two of them knew they couldn't wait any longer and started setting fire to it.

Dian Wei and Zhang Liao set fires in two places, and the fire quickly burned. Liu Jun soldiers threw flammable materials such as kerosene and sulfur into the fire, which instantly increased the power of the fire and spread toward Cao Cao's camp.

"The water has escaped!" Cao Jun's soldiers shouted in horror.

Cao Jun's soldiers were also well-trained and quickly found fire-extinguishing tools such as tree branches to swat the flames. While they were trying to put out the fire, a large number of feather arrows were shot from the other end of the flame, killing them.

Cao Jun knew that this was an enemy attack, but with the fire blocking him and fear, Cao Jun didn't know how to deal with it. Some of them were timid and simply dropped their weapons and ran away.

Cao Ren was so anxious that the corners of his mouth were blistered, and he shouted angrily: "Don't mess around, put out the fire quickly!"

But Cao Jun's soldiers couldn't listen at all.

The fire spread quickly. Zhang Liao and Dian Wei kept firing rockets. The tents in Cao's camp were hit by rockets and began to burn.

Fires broke out outside the military camp, and the inside of the military camp was in panic. Cao Cao was shocked by the sudden fire.

Cao Cao looked at all this with an expressionless face. He was filled with hatred in his heart. He was ready to kill Liu Yu, but he didn't expect that a momentary mistake would lead to this great defeat.

Cheng Yu and others came to Cao Cao one after another, looking at the fire with fear on their faces.

"This..." Cheng Yu was trembling all over and couldn't even speak clearly.

"Quickly organize troops to put out the fire, and others to guard against Liu Yu's attack!" Cao Cao issued the order.

"Yes, lord!" Everyone left quickly, leaving only Cao Cao here.

Liu Yu's vanguard general Lu Bu saw the fire starting to burn in Cao's camp, and said happily to his subordinates: "Wenyuan and Evil have succeeded. It's time for my Wolf Cavalry to show off its power. Let the world know that my Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is not only

Not only is he invincible on the plains, but he is also invincible on the mountain roads. Soldiers! Follow me and kill you."

"Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!" Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry shouted loudly and followed Lu Bu's footsteps to kill him.

Xu Huang had just withdrawn from the ambush, and soon he saw a huge fire burning in the camp. It must have been an enemy attack! Xu Huang immediately led his troops back to rescue.

Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry suddenly came behind Xu Huang's troops.

"Lu Bu! Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry!" Xu Huang's face was a little pale. He knew that Liu Yu had been planning for a long time, and now Lu Bu came to kill him. Next was Liu Yu's large army.

Xu Huang's troops chose to retreat. If the ambush had not been removed, Xu Huang could have given Lu Bu a severe blow. Now that the ambush had been removed, Xu Huang could not stop Lu Bu's assault with the only force he had.

"Xu Huang, don't leave! Let me kill you!" Lu Bu saw a general holding a big ax and knew it was Xu Huang.

Xu Huang sped up and patted the horse, despising Lu Bu in his heart. How could there be a fool in the world who would stop and kill him after hearing what you said?

However, although Xu Huang escaped Lu Bu's attack, a large group of Liu Jun soldiers appeared in front of him, led by Dian Wei.

Xu Huang was almost exposed. The two most powerful generals under Liu Yu actually attacked him one after another.

After Dian Wei set the fire, he led his troops to wait here early.

As soon as he saw a large number of Cao's troops rushing towards the opposite side, Dian Wei shouted loudly: "Fire the arrows!"

A shower of arrows rained down on Xu Huang and the others.

A large number of Cao's troops led by Xu Huang were shot to death. Lu Bu followed with Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and more Cao's troops were massacred and fell to the ground.

Dian Wei pulled out two short halberds, shouted and charged into Cao's army.

Being flanked by two powerful generals, Xu Huang couldn't care so much and directly broke out with part of his troops.

Dian Wei and Lu Bu did not pursue pursuit. After they killed all the remaining Cao troops, they continued to add materials to the fire, making the fire burn even more fiercely.

The fire continued to burn, and perhaps today was destined to be Cao Cao's unluckiest day. There was a strong wind blowing on the mountain road that originally had no cool breeze, and it blew towards Cao Cao.

Liu Yu rushed up with his army. Feeling the strong wind and its direction, he smiled and said: "Cao Mengde, God is going to kill you!"

Nearly half of Cao Jun's camp was covered by a sea of ​​fire. Cao Ren killed several soldiers who were ramming around, stabilized the position, and Cao Jun's soldiers began to put out the fire. Unfortunately, the best time to put out the fire was missed, and no matter how hard he put out the fire, it had no effect.

Animals are naturally afraid of fire. The war horses in Cao's camp were stimulated by the fire and struggled wildly. Finally, they broke free from the ropes and ran rampant in the camp, making it more difficult to put out the fire. Many war horses with flames on their bodies were even more difficult.

The flames were carried to other camps.

Cao Ren was almost hit by a crazy war horse. If Cao Ren's personal soldiers had not loyally protected the master, pulled Cao Ren away and avoided the impact, Cao Ren might have been trampled to death by the war horse.

Seeing that extinguishing the fire was ineffective, the disgraced Cao Ren could only return to Cao Cao and said: "Lord, retreat, the camp can no longer be defended."

Other confidants under Cao Cao also came over one after another, and they also looked regretful.

Cao Cao struggled for a while, and finally said helplessly: "The whole army retreats! Before retreating, set all the tents on fire to stop Liu Yu's pursuit."

Cao Cao was extremely resourceful and Liu Yu used a fire to defeat him, so he used the same method to stop Liu Yu's pursuit.

Cao Cao's generals quickly organized their troops, but due to the fire, Cao Cao's soldiers all fled for their lives, and the generals were unable to gather all the soldiers.

After spending some time, Cao Cao also organized some troops. At the same time, Xu Huang, who successfully broke through, also joined Cao Cao.

"Retreat!" Cao Cao didn't want to delay any more time. Since he had already failed, no matter how hard he tried, it would be in vain.

Cao Ren and others escorted Cao Cao to retreat and set fire to all the unlit tents.

Liu Yu led the army to fight. Looking at the chaotic Cao Jun camp, he said: "Stop setting fire to Cao Cao's camp. Surround Cao Cao's camp. We must not let Cao Cao escape! I want to capture Cao Cao alive! Send the order and capture Cao Cao alive."

, be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households!"

Liu Yu's army slowly prepared to surround Cao's camp, but after a while they found that the fire in Cao's camp became more intense, and the entire Cao's camp was burned. There was almost no one inside, and Cao's soldiers who could escape

They all escaped. When these Cao soldiers escaped, they knelt down and surrendered.

Liu Yu welcomed this kind of thing, and at the same time ordered the entire army to be prepared to prevent Cao Cao from jumping over the wall. But he found something was wrong. So many soldiers came out, but he didn't see even one of Cao Cao and his henchmen.

No shadow was seen.

"No! Cao Cao's guy has run away! Put out the fire quickly and chase after him!" Liu Yu understood.

Liu Jun's soldiers hurriedly started to put out the fire, but the entire Cao camp and the mountain road were on fire. No matter how they put it out, it had no effect.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Cao Cao deliberately set the fire. He was treating others with his own medicine, using fire to prevent our army from pursuing." Chen Gong looked at it for a while and understood Cao Cao's plan.
To be continued...