Xiahou Dun was so confident that he didn't even send a messenger because he was afraid that the news would be leaked. Therefore, not even Cao Ren, not to mention Li Qi, could know about his move of a magical general.

Before long, the spies had identified Camp Li Qi and sketched out the surrounding terrain.

Xiahou Dun was a little puzzled and said: "It's strange. When Li Qi attacked Xiangyang, why did he build the camp fifty miles away from Xiangyang City?"

(Note: Originally it was twenty miles outside Xiangyang City, but later it was retreated thirty miles after being tricked by a messenger.)

But then I thought again, the loss of a strong attack on the city was very high, Li Qi rarely had a record of strong attacks, especially in a defensive place like Xiangyang City, it was unlikely that Li Qi would continue to attack in turns.

Xiahou Dun estimated that Li Qi was deliberately trying to distance himself from Xiangyang City, or even pretending to retreat, in order to lure Cao Ren out of the city and start a duel with him in the wild.

In fact, it is useless to analyze these now.

Xiahou Dun must launch a surprise attack on Li Qi's camp before Li Qi detects his "magic weapon descending from the sky". So without further delay, tonight.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang received Li Qi's deployment arrangements.

Li Qi believed that as he, Huang Zhong and Fazheng's troops retreated, Cao Ren might pursue him and cooperate with Xiahou Dun's troops, or he might attack the weak Zhuge Liang, so he ordered Zhuge Liang to take precautions and not to be careless.

Already.

After Zhuge Liang read Li Qi's letter, he said to Gan Ning and Pang Tong who had just arrived: "My lord really cares about his subordinates."

Pang Tong was a little nervous. He failed to ambush Xiahou Dun, which means that Xiahou Dun chose the road to the south gate of Xiangyang City at the fork in Qili Mountain. This was a bit unpredictable for Li Qi, and now it was obviously too late to send people to find out Li Qi.

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Now that Li Qi's letter has arrived, Pang Tong also wants to know what arrangements Li Qi has made. If that doesn't work, he will have to send someone to take care of it.

Zhuge Liang handed the letter to Pang Tong.

After Pang Tong finished reading, he fell down on the futon and murmured: "My lord is such a god! He actually expected that Xiahou Dun would go straight to the south gate of Xiangyang!"

It seems that Xiahou's one-eyed man is not really his destiny, but the Lord is.

Loyalty from Pang Tong 666.

It was night, the moon and stars were sparse.

Xiahou Dun walked hard at night with one eye in his head.

You must know that most people in this era have night blindness. If the moon is not big enough and the opportunity is rare enough, they usually will not attack at night.

Night raids are a very painful thing, especially for people like Xiahou Dun who have acquired deficiencies, it is even more painful.

But compared to capturing Li Qi alive, all these pains are just drizzle!

After turning around a hill, you can vaguely see Li Qi's brightly lit camp.

Xiahou Dun was very excited, because as a close minister of Cao Cao, he knew that Cao Cao regarded Li Qi as a thorn in his flesh. If he could capture Li Qi alive this time, even if he could not survive, it would be a major problem for Cao Cao.

Considering the Xiahou clan's position in Cao Cao's camp, it is absolutely a matter of both prosperity and loss. Cao Cao's major concern is Xiahou Dun's own major concern.

After thinking about this, I got a little closer to Li Qi's camp.

The camp was very quiet, with only a few patrol teams walking between the tents.

Xiahou Dun calculated the time difference for the patrol to pass by, and when the time was right, he waved his sword to signal.

At this time, Cao Jun lit torches and rushed towards Li Qi's camp with a shout.

After rushing into the camp, Xiahou Dun discovered that there was no one in the camp. Even the small team that was patrolling just now didn't know where they had gone.

Impossible, Li Qi is not a god, how could he have calculated that we would detour to the south gate to sneak attack on him?

Could it be the message sent by Gan Ning and Pang Tong to Li Qi?

Calculating the time, Xiahou Dun still felt that it was unlikely. After all, if Gan Ning and Pang Tong ambush him on the upper road, they would have to wait. He was marching in a hurry on the lower road.

At this moment, fire suddenly broke out around the camp, trapping Cao's army in the center of the ring of fire.

Xiahou Dun was shocked: "We've been ambushed, retreat quickly!"

Thousands of rockets and weighted firewood were thrown in from the outside. Inside the camp, the fire became more intense.

Since he had been burned twice in Chibi and Maicheng, Xiahou Dun was considered experienced.

He knows that fire attacks never exist in isolation. After a failed attack on a camp, due to multiple factors such as declining morale, declining personnel, and reduced combat effectiveness, they usually retreat - and retreat in the direction they came from, which is at least safer than the unknown front.

Feel something.

Therefore, Xiahou Dun believed that Li Qi would definitely set up an ambush on his retreat route to wipe out his remaining troops.

In this case, Xiahou Dun made a decision: he would not retreat, he would advance directly.

To retreat is to retreat towards the direction of Qili Mountain;

To advance, go directly to Xiangyang City and join Cao Ren's troops.

Xiahou Dun took the lead, leaping his horse across the heavy flames, and the rest of the cavalry followed suit. However, the infantry without horses had a hard time breaking through the encirclement of flames, and they were either killed or injured.

At this time, Huang Zhong and Fazheng's troops, who were ambushing between Li Qi's camp and Xiangyang City, were staring directly in the direction of Xiangyang, preparing to ambush Cao Ren's troops who might come to attack the camp.

Unexpectedly, there was no sound from Xiangyang, but instead the sound of rapid horse hooves came from the direction of Li Qi's camp.

Huang Zhong looked at Fazheng: "What's going on?"

Fazheng said in a low voice: "Don't expose it first, let's see what the situation is."

The men and horses coming from the direction of Li Qi's camp may be the remnants of Xiahou Dun's troops, or they may be the remnants of Li Qi's troops. So don't shoot cold arrows without knowing it. If you shoot Li Qi's horse with an arrow, then

So cool.

When the enemy army approached, Fazheng finally confirmed that this army was Xiahou Dun's tribe, so he blew the horn and ordered the crossbowmen to fire arrows.

Think about it, in this quiet wilderness with no nightlife at all, a sudden loud sound of the flute not only shattered the silence of the night, but also shattered Cao Jun's fragile hearts. What's more, The man was so frightened that he fell off his horse.

Before he could calm down, tens of thousands of crossbows attacked, and Cao's army fell in large numbers.

Xiahou Dun was really convinced. Li Qi not only calculated that he would take the south gate route, but also that when he was defeated and retreated, he would take the Xiangyang side.

What a god-like thing!

When Cao's army was dead and scattered, Huang Zhongchuo mounted his horse and took Xiahou Dun directly with his sword.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Xiahou Dun dared to fight Huang Zhong head-on. He just fought and fled. Taking advantage of the chaos, he simply abandoned his horse and fled on foot into the dark jungle.
Chapter completed!