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Cao Xiu also saw that there were more than a dozen big trees, with large crowns and extremely lush branches and leaves, and each tree had a huge black spherical object on the top of it, which looked very similar to a bird's nest, but none of the soldiers had seen such a big bird's nest. The soldiers were very surprised and talked a lot.

Cao Xiu felt a little uneasy. He had already passed by this official road for the first time, especially after walking by a few hours ago, and he didn't see any bird nests. How could it suddenly appear? Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "It seems that there is someone on the tree."

As soon as the words were finished, a fire suddenly appeared on the trees. All the huge black spherical objects were ignited instantly, burning very quickly, which made the cavalry on the official road panic. At this time, a raging fire ignited on the official road ahead, cutting off their way. Just as the soldiers were slamming the war horses one after another, the fireballs on more than a dozen big trees suddenly fell down and hit the cavalry group. The soldiers screamed and the war horses cried in a mess.

However, no one expected that a flame was lit on the official road and spread rapidly. Although the flame was not big, it made the war horses panic. The war horses raised their front hooves and ran out of the official road in panic. However, on the left side of the road was a long ditch, about two meters wide, and many war horses turned around and ran towards the inner woods.

The fire was ignited, and arrows were suddenly scattered in the woods. Five thousand crossbow arrows roared at the cavalry on the official road. The cavalry of Cao was caught off guard and screamed and fell into the fire on the ground. Then the second round of arrows shot strongly. The second round of arrows shot out, causing nearly a thousand people to be killed and injured. There were bows and arrows outside and fire burned inside. Thousands of cavalry were in chaos.

At this time, the flames on the official road attracted more tincture oil buried in the soil. The fire burned all over the entire official road in an instant, forming a mile-long fire belt. Cao Xiu waved his arms desperately and shouted: "Leave the official road and leave the official road."

More than a thousand Cao's cavalry ran out to the death like they had exploded their nests. At this time, the ravine on the left stopped Cao's army's survival, and countless war horses fell into the ravine.

The Cao army soldiers who were all in fire ran out of the fire and rushed to the woods. At this time, they no longer cared about the ambush of bows and arrows on the opposite side. The fire was on their heads and their bodies were burning. Many people opened their arms and ran for only a few steps before falling to the ground. The fire curled them up. Dozens of war horses ran a little slow and were engulfed by the fire. They fell to the ground and rolled on their backs, screaming.

In the woods, Pang De shook his head gently. This kind of tragic scene was cruel, but the war did not allow him to have mercy. He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Continue to shoot arrows."

Rounds of arrows shot out from the woods, and many Cao's cavalry who crawled out of the gullies could not escape the dense arrows and were shot to the ground. Gradually, the two-mile-long official road came quietly, the fire was also burning, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of burnt.

But not all the Cao army cavalry were ambushed, but nearly half of the cavalry were hiding. Cao Xiu escaped from the ambush. He was burned to death and led more than 2,000 soldiers behind him to turn around and run north. However, after a few miles away, a drum sounded suddenly and fired up. Another army of about 5,000 people broke out from the woods. It was Wei Yan.

He waved his sword and shouted, "Don't leave the enemy general, Wei Yan has been waiting here for a long time."

Cao Xiu was so scared that he was distracted and had no intention of responding to the battle. He turned around and ran away. The cavalrymen behind him ran with him. Wei Yan led his army to surround him, killing the enemy and capturing nearly a thousand people. Only more than a thousand cavalry escaped the pursuit, followed Cao Xiu in panic and fleeing north.

Wei Yan ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield and escort prisoners of war. The soldiers brought a group of war horses, with more than seven. Wei Yan's eyes suddenly lit up. He walked to an extremely majestic war horse, patted and laughed, "This horse is good."

"General Wei, just accept this horse," said several generals next to him with a smile.

Wei Yan shook his head. He suffered a lesson this time because he suffered no matter how much military rules were.

"This war horse is dedicated to the state governor."

He immediately ordered his personal soldiers to "put away the horse."

At this time, a soldier came on a horse from a distance. The soldier clasped his fists and said, "Justice's master just now sent someone to pass an order, asking us to go to the south to assist in the war. General Pang has gathered his troops and is waiting in front."

Wei Yan said happily: "Please tell General Pang, we will be there soon."

Soon, the two armies joined forces and rushed to the south.

At the fifth o'clock in the morning, the Han army stopped attacking, and Liu Hu's five-armored infantry rushed out of blood and rushed towards the hills. The battlefield was silent. Zhang Liao stood on a big rock and looked north. He was very solemn. He had already seen the burning fire in the north. It must be their reinforcements being ambushed.

At this time, Li Dian slowly walked forward and whispered: "It's really strange that the enemy can completely defeat our defense, but at the last moment, he gave up. The enemy's heavy armored infantry also retreated to the hills. What are they doing?"

Zhang Liao sighed and said, "If I'm not wrong, even if we go out to break through, we will be surrounded by the enemy."

As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, the sound of dong drums came from afar. A huge army appeared in the east, with tens of thousands of people, and an army of tens of thousands appeared in the north. Li Dian suddenly turned pale. He saw a golden-edged red flag, which was the king flag of the Han army, named Liu Jing, who arrived in person.

"Far away, is he going to force us to surrender?" Li Dian asked in a trembling voice.

Zhang Liao's face was as serious as water. After a while, he shook his head gently and said, "It's meaningless for them to force us to surrender. I think we should be using us to exchange conditions for the Prime Minister."

Speaking of this, Zhang Liao asked again: "How many troops do we have?"

"More than 8,000 new troops, more than 6,000 wounded soldiers were killed more than 4,000."

Zhang Liao nodded, "Rebuild the fortifications, kill the livestock and eat them, so that the brothers can eat them."

"But we don't have much water."

"How much water is left?" Zhang Liao asked anxiously.

"It may still last the sky."

Zhang Liao sighed softly, "I think God is enough."

Under the hills, 60,000 Han troops gathered. Just as Zhang Liao was the one who led the army to come, Liu Jing personally led the army. He did not order to attack Shangang again. But he set up a camp under the hills, and the continuous camp tent surrounded Shangang. At this time, Zhang Liao was their hostage. It depends on whether Cao Cao would save him or not. If he did not save him, Cao Cao would lose all his prestige. If he saved him, they would definitely pay a heavier price. The only thing he had was negotiations. Of course, Liu Jing would not refuse, but it depends on Cao Cao's bid.

In the big tent, Liu Jing handed over an arrow to Liu Jing. Liu Jing smiled with praise: "The general fought very wisely in this battle, leaving me enough room for him. If General Pang and General Wei had not defeated the Cao army cavalry to help, I would not have made up this decision."

He replied with a fist: "I am ashamed of my humbleness. My ultimate idea is just to use this opportunity to hone the soldiers' practical combat capabilities, so it is definitely not a wisdom to send troops to attack in turn."

"The general is too modest."

Liu Jing smiled and glanced at Liu Hu again. Seeing that Liu Hu wanted to stop, he asked with a smile: "What does General Hu want to say?"

Liu Hu scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Fortunately I have only brought a thousand brothers here. If I bring two thousand brothers, wouldn't it be a big plan for the governor of the state?"

Everyone laughed together. At this time, a guard reported at the door of the tent: "You are the governor of the state and the envoy of Cao's army asked for a visit. It was Chen Qun the last time."

Liu Jing smiled, "It's faster than I expected, please wait for him to go to another account."

Everyone retreated one after another, leaving only Jia Xu in the big tent. At this time, Liu Jing sighed a little, "We didn't expect this to be the result in advance."

Jia Xu smiled, "Although it was unexpected, it was reasonable. Cao Cao's rear army could not escape."

"The military advisor is right, but now is not the time to summarize the achievements. When talking about the negotiations, we can see from Chen Qun's rushing to see that Cao Cao was anxious at this time. Should we take the opportunity to increase the price?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Jia Xu shook his head, "The price increase at this time will only make people feel that the provincial governor is different and has no principles. Cao Cao refused to accept the conditions of the provincial governor before, which led to this defeat. Then the provincial governor should adhere to the principles and not take advantage of others' danger, regardless of whether the other party is an enemy or not."

Liu Jing nodded silently and bowed, "The military advisor criticized correctly."

Jia Xu smiled sly again and said, "However, if Cao Cao must raise the conditions and force all kinds of benefits to the provincial governor, the provincial governor may as well accept it with a smile. He should not be pedantic, right?"

Liu Jing laughed, "The military advisor knows me very much, so I'll ask the military advisor to come forward for me for this matter."

In the tent, Chen Qun paced back and forth in the camp with his hands behind his back, and from time to time he walked to the door of the tent to look at the hill not far away. His heart was full of anxiety at this time. The situation at this time made them very passive. If he did not rescue Zhang Liao and other rear troops, it would seriously affect the prestige of the prime minister. If he wanted to rescue the rear troops, he would probably be unbearable to them.

At this time, a heavy cough came from the door of the tent. Chen Qun turned around and saw Jia Xu walking in with his hands calmly behind his back. This made Chen Qun feel cold. Liu Jing really refused to come forward, so things would be a little difficult to deal with.

Chen Qun hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Chen Qun came here to disturb the military advisor."

Jia Xu waved his hand, "No need to say more, let's all understand, please sit down."

Chen Qun and Jia Xu sat down, and Jia Xu smiled and said, "The governor of the state is busy with military affairs. I asked me to meet him for him. Please forgive me for any rude things."

Chen Qun smiled bitterly, "I was entrusted by the Prime Minister to come to discuss with the army. I hope your army can let our army return north. As for some necessary conditions, we can discuss, and we don't know what conditions the provincial governor needs to release the people."

"This question is hard to answer"

Jia Xu pondered for a while and said, "Please forgive me. I have been here for a long time. In fact, it was last night. The governor of the state proposed the conditions, but was rejected by Prime Minister Cao. Things are easy to change. Now let us ask us to make the conditions again. It seems a bit unreasonable. Is it true?"

Jia Xu's implicit meaning was to ask the other party to make their own conditions, and they no longer took the initiative. Chen Qun understood the other party's meaning, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and had to bow helplessly: "Since that's the case, I'll go back and discuss with the Prime Minister."
Chapter completed!