It's night, and the breeze is blowing.

Winter in the south is very cold without any moisture.

Cao Jun, who was patrolling Maicheng, tightened his armor and couldn't help but sigh: "The weather in the south is not cooling, it's freezing."

A Xiangyang soldier asked: "Is it colder than the heavy snowfall in your north?"

The northern soldier said: "The cold seems different. The cold in the south seems drier."

While chatting, I suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the jungle ahead.

The patrolling soldiers watched intently, but saw no one - to be precise, except for the torches lit on the tower, it was pitch black for dozens of feet, and nothing could be seen.

It was probably the sound of wind and grass, and the patrolling soldier breathed a sigh of relief.

By midnight, Maicheng Tower still found no sign of enemy invasion.

After the third watch, a rumbling sound suddenly came from the originally silent Maicheng, as if a mudslide was coming.

It was Yu Jin who was on duty at this time. Countless boulders were smashed from the side walls into the streets of the city, smashing the tiles of the houses into pieces and waking up all Cao's troops in the city.

Cao Cao put on his coat and went out to check.

Yu Jin came to report and said: "The enemy did not attack from the front, but only smashed stones from the side wall. Therefore, the defenders of the four gates did not discover the Yizhou soldiers in time."

Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to find strong bunkers to avoid rocks, and ordered Yu Jin to lead his troops out of the city to clear out the Yizhou soldiers who came to harass them.

At this time, Cheng Yu came to Cao Cao holding a stone and said, "Prime Minister, there is something wrong with this stone."

Cao Cao took a look at the stones and found that these stones were not the solid stones usually used by catapults to attack the enemy, but were wrapped in mud.

In all likelihood, after the mud and rocks were smashed into the city, they would break apart, and the inside would be filled with anointed firewood.

Suddenly, Xun You said in surprise: "Prime Minister, the strange smell we smelled when we entered the city seems to be mixed with the smell of anointing oil. The enemy is going to attack with fire."

At this moment, countless rockets were fired from outside the city.

The clusters of fire filled the sky, like shooting stars in the night sky.

The buildings that had been heavily smeared with anointing oil were ignited by rockets, and within a short time, Maicheng was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames.

It turned out that after Fa Zheng moved the people of Maicheng, he had people apply a large area of ​​anointing oil on the buildings. However, he was worried that the smell of the anointing oil would be too obvious, so he applied various pungent smelling substances on the buildings.

This was used to cover up the smell of the anointing oil. So when Cao Jun entered the city, he did smell a strange smell, but it was difficult to directly connect the strange smell with the anointing oil.

Now not only were there a large amount of flammable anointing oil on the buildings on both sides, but even the narrow streets were filled with mud and rocks mixed with anointing oil and firewood, which were smashed into the narrow streets by catapults used by Yizhou soldiers.

The anointing oil and firewood were instantly ignited by rockets, and most of the buildings were made of wood, causing Maicheng to be instantly engulfed in flames.

In addition to the roaring fire and the sound of soldiers crying and shouting, Cao's army was already in chaos.

Cao Cao's pupils widened, with a look of fear on his face.

Nima caught fire in the south last year, is it coming again this year?

Xu Chu and other soldiers protected Cao Cao and his counselors as they exited the north gate. However, the narrow streets were not only filled with blazing flames, but also Cao soldiers trying to escape from the north gate, almost blocking the barbican city.

Someone shouted: "Everyone, get out of the way and let the Prime Minister go first!"

However, the situation is chaotic and such calls are too weak.

Xu Chu simply wielded his sword and killed several unscrupulous soldiers, carving a bloody path for Cao Cao among his own people.

As soon as they arrived at Wengcheng, soldiers came to report: "A large number of Yizhou soldiers are coming outside the north gate!"

Cao Cao said: "There is a sea of ​​fire behind us. We have no way to retreat and can only move forward."

Therefore, Xu Chu opened the way in front, and Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals protected Cao Cao and broke through.

After leaving the north gate of Maicheng, there are two roads leading to Dangyang.

Xu Chu asked: "Prime Minister, the left side is densely packed with torches lit by Yizhou soldiers, and the right side is relatively dark, and there seems to be no one. Which way should we go?"

Cao Cao said: "Although there are obviously enemy troops on the left, we can still see them anyway, so we just have to fight hard. If there is an ambush on the right, we will not see it at all. If the enemy fires with a repeating crossbow, we will be dead."

Xu Chu doesn't have to use his brain at all. Whatever the Prime Minister says is what he says. Even if there is an abyss in front of us and the Prime Minister asks us to jump, we will jump.

After traveling less than a mile, Zhao Yun and his army were waiting here.

Xu Chu said: "You protect the Prime Minister and go first!"

After that, he wielded his sword and took Zhao Yun directly.

Zhao Yun clamped his legs and rode forward to confront Xu Chu.

Although Xu Chu was brave, Zhao Yun was not weak either. What's more, Yizhou's soldiers were so numerous that even Xu Chu did not dare to fight.

Under the protection of Cao Ren and Cao Hong, Cao Cao had just escaped from danger and was about to find a way out when Huang Zhong came to kill him again.

Cao Ren stepped forward to attack Huang Zhong, while Cao Hong protected Cao Cao and continued to flee.

It was not until dawn that Cao Cao left the boundaries of Maicheng.

Looking back at the surroundings, the soldiers and horses brought out from Dangyang have been defeated by few.

Cao Cao looked up at the sky, trying not to shed tears in his eyes. He just felt sad and sad in his heart: Why am I being burned again!

In Jiangling City, Li Qi was sitting in the middle hall, watching Cao Cao's civil servants and generals being restrained and pushed in one by one.

It's a pity that Li Qi is not very familiar with the names of these people.

Anyone who can be recruited to surrender will be recruited first. Those who really want to die generously, Li Qi will fulfill his reputation.

Soon, Yang Xiu was pushed and brought to Li Qi.

Li Qi was a little embarrassed.

Li Qi didn't like people like Yang Xiu, and Yang Xiu might not be willing to surrender for the sake of his family's and his own reputation.

Li Qi took into account that Yang Xiu had a prominent family background in the north, and for the sake of taking over the Central Plains in the future, it was best not to kill Yang Xiu himself. Anyway, he would die sooner or later in the fight for the right to inherit the throne, so it would be better to let Cao Cao kill him.

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It seems that I have to find an excuse to let him go.

After thinking again and again, Li Qi was about to speak when another sergeant escorted Jiang Gan to see him.

Li Qi smiled when he saw Jiang Gan, enthusiastically untied the rope for Jiang Gan, and said, "If it weren't for Ziyi, I would have achieved what I have today."

Jiang Gan looked at Li Qi confused, wondering what he meant.

Originally, Jiang Gan was ready to die heroically, but he didn't want Li Qi to personally untie him.

Jiang Qian wondered, if Li Qi wanted to surrender, should he be tough for a few rounds first to avoid being looked down upon by others?

Unexpectedly, Li Qi said: "Let him go, let Mr. Jiang go. What? Yang Dezu and Jiang Ziyi are good friends, so let Yang Dezu go too."

Jiang Gan: “???”

Yang Xiu: "???"

Escaping from death should be a happy thing, but Jiang Qian couldn't be happy. He always felt that something was wrong with it. He likes to travel through the Three Kingdoms, and please collect it from the beginning: (https://www.wuxiayue.com
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