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The big tent was pitch black, and there were vaguely piled up sacks. Ren Ping patted the bananas, which were all thick and heavy. There were at least a thousand stones of grain in this big tent. This was not the target they were looking for. They quickly went to another big tent, and these many big tents were almost connected together. As long as they entered one big tent, it would be much easier to enter the other big tents.

They received information that among these large tents, at least ten large tents stored food, and the rest were fodder, weapons, tinder oil and other materials.

They first had to find the big tent that stored tincture oil. Although the captured Cao army scout confessed that there was a big tent in these big tents that stored some tincture oil, they did not know which big tent it was, so they could only look for it one account and one account.

When they found more than a dozen large tents, they got into another large tent. The pungent smell of oil came to their faces. It was here. At this time, their eyes had adapted to the darkness. They saw that half of the large tent was piled with weapons, and the other half was packed with neat wooden barrels, as many as the Han armed turret barrels, about twenty kilograms per barrel.

Ren Ping was excited. He knew that most of the mission had been successful. They only needed to be careful and meticulous. Generally, there would be no problems. He was about to instruct his subordinates to take action, but he heard someone outside the tent saying, "The general has an order that it is dangerous to put the tincture oil in the big tent. He should be moved to the stone house immediately."

Ren Ping was shocked. He pulled two subordinates and hid behind the turtle oil barrel. The tent door was opened and the soldiers lined up to walk into the upper class, clamoring and shaking. Everyone carried two turtle oil barrels and left. Ren Ping was so nervous that he was about to jump out. After moving most of the oil barrels away, no one came in.

"You all come here, go in and move the oil barrels away." The officer's order came from outside.

This was their only chance. It was about to pass away. Ren Ping gritted his teeth and each carried two oil barrels and ran wildly towards the pile of weapons. As soon as the people hid close to the big tent, a group of Cao army soldiers came in again. They moved quickly and quickly emptied the remaining oil barrels. The big tent suddenly became quiet again.

Ren Ping breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his back was wet. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. Seeing that the two subordinates were extremely nervous, he smiled and patted them, "It's okay." "Will we go to cook the fodder first?" One subordinate asked in a low voice.

Ren Ping shook his head, "Only burn food, we will act separately, ignite the fire after one stick of incense, and then gather in the old place after ignition."

The two nodded, each carrying two barrels of oil and drilled out of the big tent. Ren Pingpingjing immediately felt in her heart and ran towards the other side with two barrels of oil.

On the city, more than a thousand troops had all been deployed in the city. Xiahou Ba had just received scout information. The five thousand Han troops who were originally building camp were coming to Licheng, just a few miles away.

This made Xiahou Ba very nervous. He didn't know what happened. The situation changed several times a day, but the final result was that the Han army really came to Licheng.

Xiahou Ba asked the deputy general Mao Xin worriedly: "General Mao, what do you think the enemy is going to do again and again, what is their purpose?"

Mao Xin was also confused at this time. It was obvious that only five thousand people could not break through Licheng, which was guarded by 4,000 troops. What was the purpose of the Han army? Is it just to test it?

At this time, Mao Xin suddenly remembered something and said anxiously: "Maybe it is possible that the Han army attacked Nancheng on the surface, but in fact it is attacking Beicheng. The walls of our Beicheng are not firm, so don't be trapped by them."

This sentence immediately reminded Xiahouba. He remembered that the north city wall was indeed built in a hurry, and it was easy to knock it open with a siege ram. If the Han army really attacked the east and west, the consequences would be serious. Xiahou suddenly let out a cold sweat and hurriedly said to Mao Xin: "You can take a thousand soldiers to defend the north city. If there is any situation, report it to me at any time."

Mao Xin led the army to go in a hurry. At this time, the Han army had appeared two miles away. From the head of the city, Xiahou Ba was staring at the movements in the distance. For some reason, he suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.

After most of the marching, Huang Zhong's army arrived at Licheng. Instead of hiding, they directly listed the military formations under Licheng and acted as if they wanted to attack the city. Huang Zhong rode on the horse and looked coldly at the city in the distance. This was his first battle in the northern expedition and must not be defeated.

At this time, Liu Zheng was brought up by Huang Zhong's personal soldiers. Liu Zheng clasped his fists and said, "I am not aware of the position of Liu Zheng, and I will meet the old general Huang."

Every time Huang Zhong saw him, he could not help but remember the first time he saw him in Xiazhi County. The monkey jumping on the tree has now become a famous eagle monkey in the Han army. Huang Zhong smiled and said, "Can General Liu tell me what the situation in the city?"

"From the current situation, there is nothing abnormal. It should go smoothly. I believe in Ren Ping's ability, and he will definitely live up to his mission."

Huang Zhong nodded, "Okay, I'll wait and see."

Having said that, Liu Zheng was still very nervous. If Ren Ping failed, it would not only be a life-threatening situation, but also damage the reputation of the Eagle Strike Army. Although he had a backup plan to attack the city ram and hit the wall, he still hoped that Ren Ping would succeed.

Now that the time they agreed upon has passed, Ren Ping has entered the city for an hour and a half. No matter how difficult it is, there should be news. Liu Zhengxin was so nervous that he was pounding and secretly begging God to bless them with success.

At this moment, Liu Zheng suddenly saw a thick smoke rising from the top of the city, and then the flames rose into the sky and disappeared again. Liu Zheng's eyes suddenly widened and stared at the city. The fire rose again, more than ten feet high. This was a raging fire, mixed with rolling smoke.

Liu Zheng shouted with excitement, jumped up and shouted loudly: "They succeeded."

“Successfully”

The two eagle attacking troops cheered, and all the Han soldiers cheered. Everyone saw the raging fire in the city. Huang Zhong nodded in praise and immediately ordered: "Tell me my order to attack the city."

"Dongdongdongdongdong" Han sergeant drums were heard, and five thousand Han soldiers shouted and killed, raising their shields and spears, carrying the siege ladders and rushing towards the city walls like a tide

At this time, the city of Licheng was already in chaos. The fire was lit from the grain warehouse first. Dozens of large tents were lit. The fire was fierce, and the fire was rising into the sky. The wooden boards protecting the large tent were also burned. The crackling sounded, and the fire was taking advantage of the wind. The fire spread rapidly. Soon, more than one large tent was ignited. The soldiers shouted in horror, "Put the fire, put out the fire, hurry up and put out the fire."

Yu Ming guards rushed forward with a basin of water and splashed water desperately, but there was no effect. When they saw the fire out of control, they shouted in a hurry and asked for support. Many soldiers ran down from the city to participate in the firefighting. Xiahou Ba was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Save the grain warehouse first to save the grain."

But at this moment, the drums of the Han army's attack sounded, and five thousand soldiers rushed towards the city like a tide. Xiahou Ba lost his power, and he hurriedly ordered: "Soldiers go to the city to resist, don't worry about the fire for the time being."

The alarm bell was shaking, and the sound of shocking drums came from outside the city. An officer rushed down the city and shouted: "Go back, the enemy is coming, go to the city to resist, go back quickly."

More than 2,000 soldiers who had just rushed down the city to participate in the firefight turned around and ran towards the city. At this time, the city was in chaos, and every soldier was at a loss. Many people remembered the last fire, and their despair grabbed the hearts of the soldiers.

Behind a house, Ren Ping carried a bucket and pretended to put out the fire. However, he was anxious and looked around for two subordinates. According to the prior agreement, once the fire was successful, they should come here to meet him. Why haven't they come yet? Is something wrong with them?

At this moment, two Cao army soldiers rushed forward and shouted in a low voice: "General, we are here."

The man was so excited that he hugged each other tightly, Ren Ping said to the two again: "Now we are Cao's army. Follow me to pretend to put out the fire and don't go to the city to avoid being hurt by the hawkish arrows."

The two nodded, and they each found a bucket, ran to the well to fetch water, and shouted with other Cao army soldiers, carrying water to put out the fire.

Of course, Huang Zhong would not really attack the city with all his strength. His so-called attack was just to restrain Cao's army and prevent them from extinguishing the fire. The soldiers rushed into the siege and stopped attacking. They raised crossbows to shoot arrows at the top of the city. The arrows on both sides were intertwined in densely, and soldiers were constantly being caught in arrows and screaming, and the Han army also suffered casualties.

Huang Zhong's face was expressionless. When he saw that the southwest was originally densely packed, it suddenly decreased. He immediately realized that Cao's army must have gone down to put out the fire. Huang Zhong immediately ordered: "Come to the city from the southwest of the city wall."

Thousands of Han troops held up their shields and rushed to the southwest with the siege ladders. More than a dozen siege ladders were placed on the one-mile-wide city wall. The soldiers fought bravely and climbed upwards, and soon fought with the soldiers on the city.

Seeing that the enemy's offensive was not strong, Xiahou Ba had just transferred a thousand people to the city to put out the fire. Unexpectedly, the Han army suddenly launched an attack, and the momentum was fierce. The city wall in the southwest was soon in a hurry. A soldier came to ask for help, "General, brothers can't stop it anymore, so I ask for reinforcements."

Xiahou Ba stomped his feet in hatred, turned around and shouted: "Go and ask Mao Xin to fight in the city, don't worry about putting out the fire."

More than a thousand soldiers who had just arrived in the city, led by Mao Xin, rushed to the top of the city and fought fiercely with the Han army siege. At this time, the fire in the city was getting bigger and bigger, swallowing up all supplies, and it was completely out of control. The two of them could not extinguish the fire at all. Almost all the Cao soldiers involved in the fire extinguishing were desperate. They no longer carried water, but stood there blankly, looking at the fire that soared into the sky.

As the sky gradually became brighter, the Han army siege retreated again. The battlefield was full of broken ladders and dead bodies, weapons and shields were discarded all over the ground, and pools of blood were particularly bright red and dazzling.

Although the Han army was unable to conquer the city in the end and suffered casualties, they successfully stopped Cao's army's fire-fighting operation.

The Cao army's food and military supplies warehouse in the city were burned to white ground, dozens of people and several livestock were burned to death in the fire, and only a thousand people left for the four thousand Cao army. A serious problem was immediately placed in front of them. Their food was cut off, leaving only a dozen officers' war horses.
Chapter completed!