In the woods south of the city, Cao Cao's cold eyes were staring at Fucheng.
Looking up at the moonlight, Cao Cao rode out of the woods.
The silence of the night was broken, and the crows in the forest suddenly started.
In the dark night, Cao Xiu and hundreds of Cao's soldiers stood up one after another. They remained silent, walked out of the forest at a cat's pace, and followed Cao Cao to a small hill on the southwest side of the city.
Sima Yi was already sitting in a wheelchair, waiting there. Beside him were the Sword Master Wang Yue and thirty men in black.
After glancing around, Cao Cao raised his whip and glanced at Sima Yi.
Sima Yi nodded and gave another order to the group of men in black. The men in black quickly took action and removed all the camouflage covering the hillside in just a few clicks.
Under the moonlight, a dark cave entrance about one foot high appeared.
"Uncle, this is"
Cao Xiu looked suspicious. Until now, he was still at a loss.
Cao Xiu knew that the reason why his uncle Cao Cao abandoned Fucheng without fighting was because he had a clever plan to defeat Yuan Fang.
But he couldn't figure out what his uncle's purpose was in bringing him and a mere three hundred troops here.
And the sudden appearance of the black hole in front of him made Cao Xiu even more confused.
A hint of mystery appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and he pointed to the cave entrance and said: "This cave entrance can lead directly to Fucheng. I have already secretly ordered the soldiers to pile up firewood, grass, saltpeter and other flammable materials in the city. All you have to do, Xiu'er, is to sneak into the city through this cave. , set a fire fiercely, and caught the thief Yuan off guard. "
Hearing these words, Cao Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
Only then did he know why Cao Cao abandoned the important town of Fucheng without fighting.
It turns out that Cao Cao had been carrying out some secret project before retreating. In fact, before Yuan Fang's army arrived, a secret passage was dug directly into the city.
And Cao Cao took the initiative to withdraw from the city, ostensibly to show weakness to Yuan Fang, but the real purpose was to induce Yuan Fang to enter the city confidently and boldly, and enter the trap he had set in advance.
Although Yuan Fang was cautious, he frequently sent out several teams of scouts to conduct reconnaissance before entering the city, but Cao Cao had already expected this. He deliberately retreated with a large army, but secretly led an army of 10,000 people to sneak back to the front line of Fucheng through small roads.
What he did was to burn the city of Fucheng, and then use the troops outside the city to kill the Qi army by surprise.
This is the strategy proposed by Sima Yi.
Cao Xiu figured everything out. He was both excited and surprised. He couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that my uncle would have such a clever plan. Hugh really never expected it."
Cao Cao only sneered, patted his shoulder and said: "Although this strategy is strange, whether it can succeed depends on your performance tonight, Xiu'er. Don't disappoint uncle."
Cao Cao¡¯s request placed high hopes on Cao Xiu, the young general of the Cao family.
Cao Xiu felt his blood surge and said with emotion: "Uncle, don't worry, Xiu will live up to his expectations. This fire will definitely burn Yuan Fang to pieces, leaving no trace of Yuan Fang behind to avenge the deaths of his uncles and Brother Zhang!"
After saying this, Cao Xiu did not hesitate anymore and was the first to jump into the pit, leaned down, and soon disappeared into the secret passage.
Hundreds of other dead soldiers of Cao's army followed closely behind, jumping into the hole one after another, before each of them set off. Cao Cao took the trouble to pat them on the shoulder to show encouragement.
Not long after, more than 300 people had entered the cave.
After sending Cao Xiu and hundreds of elite soldiers away, Cao Cao turned his attention to the wheelchair. The young man who gave him advice.
"Zhongda, are all these remnant soldiers under your command reliable?"
Cao Cao glanced at Wang Yue and the more than thirty swordsmen in black behind him, with a bit of doubt in his eyes.
Sima Yi smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord, Wang Yue will personally take action in this battle, and the elites of the remaining soldiers will come out in full force, so that the Yuan thief will not escape death."
Sima Yi¡¯s confidence gave Cao Cao more confidence.
But at this time, Xu Chu couldn't help but said: "I advise you not to underestimate Yuan Fang too much. That boy's current martial arts has reached the late stage of Zang training."
"It's just the late stage of Zang training." Wang Yue snorted coldly, his tone extremely arrogant.
Xu Chu¡¯s expression changed and he was surprised.
To know the martial arts in the later period, the world is not flexed, and it can be described as the peak of the martial arts, but this Wang Yue's tone is so mad, and even the martial arts in the later period of the dysentery are not in his eyes.
??Sima Yi also sneered, turned to Wang Yue, and said in a commanding tone: "Wang Yue, go ahead and lead the elites of the remaining soldiers out. This time, you must bring Yuan Fang's head back to me."
Wang Yue did not make any generous remarks, and there was no expression on his face, as if killing Yuan Fang was just a piece of cake and not worth mentioning at all.
After giving Xu Chu a disdainful glance, he jumped into the pit with the giant sword on his back.
Behind Wang Yue, the more than thirty dead soldiers in black clothes seemed to be thoughtless and emotionless warriors. Without any hesitation or fear, they all followed behind and jumped into the pit.
After a while, everything disappeared into the darkness.
"Let's go to the south gate to watch the show."
Xu Chu and the three hundred cavalrymen all got on their horses and followed Cao Cao towards the south gate under the cover of night. Sima Yi also followed behind.
Fuyang is a medium-sized city with a small perimeter. In a short time, Cao Cao had arrived near the south gate.
There, generals Li Dian and Zhang Ren led more than 20,000 elite troops to form an array in the darkness outside the city.
The top of the city was brightly lit with fire, clearly illuminating dozens of steps around. Cao Cao led his army to avoid the range of the lights, staring at the top of the city with stern eyes.
From such a close distance, he could even clearly see the dozing off of the soldiers on duty at the top of the city.
But those Qi soldiers never expected that at this moment, in the darkness of the night, there were tens of thousands of pairs of murderous eyes, staring at them "hungryly".
Cao Cao counted the time with his fingers. According to speculation, Cao Xiu and the three hundred soldiers should have sneaked into Fucheng quietly at this time.
There are more than 10,000 Yuan troops stationed in the city. If it is just a sneak attack, 300 people will only scare the enemy at most and will not pose a substantial threat at all.
However, if the whole city is caught off guard and set on fire, the effect will be completely different.
The power of fire. It is enough to destroy the fighting spirit of any elite man.
Time passed by, tens of thousands of Cao's troops arrayed in formation gradually became anxious, but Cao Cao's face was still as dark as water.
Suddenly, his ears stood up suddenly, as if he noticed something.
As far as the eye can see, there are Qi troops on guard on the top of the city. Suddenly there seemed to be a commotion, and then there was a lot of noise and shouting.
"There's a fire in the south, look quickly."
"There are also fires in the north and west."
¡°The whole city is on fire, what¡¯s going on?¡±
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The Qi army at the top of the city screamed, and their panicked cries echoed in the night. Even Cao Cao and his tens of thousands of soldiers who were hiding outside the city could vaguely hear it clearly.
Cao Xiu succeeded!
A sneer quietly appeared at the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and the fire of revenge suddenly rose from his heart.
"Zhang'er, Miaocai, Zilian, the time to avenge you has finally arrived. Tonight, I will kill Yuan Fang for you!"
Behind him, Sima Yi in the wheelchair looked at Fucheng, which was in chaos as the flames soared into the sky, with a ferocious sneer on his lips.
"Yuan Fang, you caused my Sima family to leave their hometown and made me, Sima Yi, crippled. You also robbed my woman. Today is the time for you to pay with your life, haha~~"
Amid the wild laughter, Fucheng, originally shrouded in night, became brighter and brighter. Apparently the fire was spreading.
The fire was raging, and in a short time, the entire Fucheng was like a fire falling from the sky, and the fire rushed into the sky. It actually illuminated the entire city as bright as day.
The entire city has been set on fire.
The scorching fire spread rapidly and reached an uncontrollable level in a blink of an eye. The Qi soldiers who woke up from their sleep were immediately frightened to death by the sudden fire. Flee towards Simen Luohuang.
The fire near the south gate was weak, and most of the panicked soldiers rushed this way.
The suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was wide open. The panicked Qi soldiers were like ants bursting from their nests, pushing and squeezing, desperately rushing towards the city gate.
Facing the power of nature, even the most elite Qi soldiers¡¯ fighting spirit collapsed.
Outside the city gate, Cao Cao's face became more and more ferocious, and he stared coldly at Fucheng, which was in flames.
The flames of the sea of ??fire illuminated the area for miles around as clearly as daylight. Cao Cao, who stood quietly, could even clearly see the horrified expressions of those Yuan soldiers.
The Qi army fled in a hurry, just trying to escape with their lives. Wherever they could be noticed, they were not far away.??Their enemies were staring at them.
Cao Cao sneered, slowly raised the riding whip in his hand, and shouted:
"kill¡ª¡ª"
Tens of thousands of Cao's troops, who had been arrayed for a long time, were like tigers and wolves that had been hungry for a long time. They all burst out with murderous aura and rushed out.
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Fucheng, palace.
In the lobby, Yuan Fang, who was sleeping soundly with his head on his forehead, was suddenly awakened by the screams coming from outside.
Yuan Fang was shocked, thinking that the enemy was attacking at night, so he hurriedly picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd and rushed out of the door in a few steps.
Looking up into the distance, I saw that the sky above my head was already filled with raging flames, and the light of the fire had already turned half the sky red.
My ears were filled with the sound of sparks flying, the sound of houses collapsing, and the frightened screams of soldiers. All kinds of extremely chaotic screams came together. It was as if Fuyang City had turned into hell in just one sleep. sea ??of ??fire.
"What's going on? Why did it suddenly catch fire?"
Yuan Fang's heart was shocked, his thoughts were whirling, and he suddenly realized something.
"No wonder Cao Cao abandoned Fucheng without a fight. He must have dug a secret tunnel leading directly to the outside of the city in advance. He also hid flammable objects everywhere in the city. He sneaked into the city when I was not prepared and set it on fire. Yes, it must have been in this way."
Yuan Fang understood the reason in an instant, but without any panic, he shouted to his troops on the left and right: "Cao Cao's army must be ambushing outside, ready to take advantage of the chaos to attack. Go quickly and send an order to Ma Chao's troops outside the city, telling them not to panic. Send troops to help.¡±
The soldiers received the order and rushed out of the gate.
At this moment, a group of men in black suddenly sprang out from the darkness. Their swords flashed across the place, and they chopped down all the soldiers to the ground in a few strokes.
Yuan Fang frowned and looked up, only to see more than thirty men in black, completely covered in darkness, blocking his way.
"Remnant soldiers, it's you again, you are all still in the Condensation Martial Arts. Sima Yi, it seems that this time, you have risked your own strength."