Invincible from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 316
When Cao Cao arrived, he called Cao Ren.

"How is the situation ahead?"

"My lord, Zhang Ming is blocking the road. There seems to be an ambush above the pass."

Cao Cao frowned, this matter is very serious.

"Ready to break through."

Cao Cao needs time very much now, and now Lu Bu has not gained a firm foothold. After he returns, he can easily drive Lu Bu away.

If you drag it on for a while, I'm afraid you won't be able to drive away by then.

Cao Cao was very anxious, so he ordered a strong attack.

He observed that above the pass, a maximum of 500 people can be ambushed, and they can pass through with a certain loss.

Thousands of people were organized to attack.

Thousands of people rushed out, but no one attacked from above.

But when they reached the pass and were about to rush out, they were suddenly attacked by a large number of people.

Zhang Ming and the others arranged crossbowmen and archers to attack together.

At the same time, at the pass, there were many soldiers holding explosion-proof shields, blocking them firmly.

All of a sudden, Cao Jun suffered heavy casualties. In the first round of attack, he lost more than 1000 people, and then retreated.

"Damn it, my lord, let me go." Dian Wei waved his two halberds, wanting to kill him.

Cao Cao couldn't rush out.

This pass is their way after all, and it is not very dangerous, but now, they cannot rush through it in a short time, and it will take an extra day and a half to make a detour.

"Continue to charge, Zhang Ming only has [-] troops, this place is not dangerous."

Cao Cao continued to order to charge.

The army killed the past, and Cao Jun was very brave.

"Hmph, how many come, how much to clean up."

Zhang Ming smiled and pressed his hand, and suddenly a large number of arrows attacked again.

This time Cao Jun was prepared and knew how to block and dodge.

But the arrows are dense, and the loss is still great.

Both sides fight together.

"Get the fireworks ready."

Fireworks are signal flares, so there is no need for fireworks here, as long as the flag is displayed.

But Zhang Ming still used fireworks, just to show Cao Jun.

Zhang Ming didn't attack, but let Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Xu Huang charge for a while to drive the enemy back.

This time, Cao Jun lost more than 1000 people.

"Send someone to contact and tell Cao Cao that if you want to go there, leave money for the road."

Yes, Zhang Ming deceived Liu Bei and blackmailed Cao Cao.

In this way, Zhang Ming first kidnapped, then cheated, and now is extorting.

A whole criminal.

However, Zhang Ming found it very enjoyable.

Soon, a soldier passed by and informed Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was furious, and all his generals called for a fight.

"My lord, I'll kill Zhang Ming." Xu Chu said.

"My lord, give me three thousand soldiers and horses, and we will rush over," Xiahou Dun said.

The rest of the dozen or so generals all challenged together.

Cao Cao sent someone to ask how much Zhang Ming needed.

"General Cao, you only need [-] horses and [-] sets of weapons and equipment."

Eight thousand sets, and eight thousand war horses?

This is the big mouth of the lion.

Eight thousand war horses cost tens of millions of dollars, how could Cao Cao be willing to do so.

"wishful thinking."

Cao Cao beat back the soldier who sent the news.

The soldier was not seriously injured, but he felt a little wronged.

Go back and report to Zhang Ming.

"Hahaha, I knew Cao Mengde would be like this, he will suffer."

"Xiahouyuan, I will give you three thousand soldiers and horses to break through the pass."

"Tiger Crazy, Evil Lai, the two of you are ready to attack later."

Zhang Ming's asking price was too high for him to bear.

Therefore, Cao Cao wants to fight over.

The generals were excited and began to prepare.

Xia Houyuan led 3000 men to charge first.

3000 people rushed over, just after the battle, suddenly there was a cannon, and the fireworks shot into the sky.

"There is an ambush."

The wood was thrown from above, and the prepared pile of logs began to roll down.

The top of the pass is very narrow, and only a small number of logs can be placed.

The logs rolled down, killing hundreds of people, and the rest hurried back.

The person retreated, but the log above was still thrown down.

The speed of throwing the log is not fast, hundreds of people have to pass the log up from below little by little before they can throw it down.

The log was thrown all the time, and Cao Cao's army did not attack immediately after retreating, but observed there.

After observing for about half an hour, the logs continued to be thrown down and piled up slowly.

At this time, many places have been blocked by rolling logs.

Xiahou Dun said: "What is Zhang Ming doing? Is he trying to use this log to block the way of our army?"

These logs are really troublesome, because there are a lot of them.

But sending troops in to clean it up will take more than an hour.

While the log was still being thrown, a soldier carrying the message slowly climbed over from the top, and then shouted to Cao Cao from a distance.

"General Cao, my lord has said that the price will not change. If General Cao refuses to agree, I will block General Cao here for two days."

Two days, now one day is very critical to Cao Cao.

If they stay here for two days, Liu Bei will know, and maybe he will send troops to pursue them.

Besides, the situation in Yanzhou is unknown now, and he is very anxious.

"Don't think about it, Zhang Ming is greedy, asking too much, and bullying my [-] troops?"

Cao Cao has an army of [-], and Zhang Ming only has an army of [-]. Why should he be blackmailed?
Cao Cao estimated that even if Zhang Ming blocked all the passes, he would only be blocked for a day at most.

Eight thousand war horses, eight thousand sets of weapons and equipment.

How could he easily agree to tens of millions of things.

"No, Zhang Ming is going to set fire to it."

Suddenly Guo Jia on the side was shocked, he remembered the oil that Zhang Ming deliberately left behind during the previous battle with Yuan Shao.

With so much wood, if you pour oil on it, it will be a sea of ​​fire.

When Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao immediately understood Zhang Ming's plan.

"Let's go, take a detour."

"Come on, you immediately lead five thousand troops as the vanguard."

"Cao Ren, you lead an army of [-] and set off in half an hour. You have already prepared for it."

Cao Cao was too decisive, he knew that Zhang Ming must want to set fire, only by setting fire can stop them.

At this time, the log was half blocked, and it was already too late. If they set fire to it, they would not be able to get through.

Cao Cao ordered to retreat.

The army leaves.

And Zhang Ming was not surprised to know that Cao Cao had left.

"Throw gasoline, set fire."

After Cao Cao left, Zhang Ming still set the fire, just to tell Cao Cao that he could do what he said, and if he had to hold him back for two days, it would be two days.

After setting the fire, Zhang Ming and the others left immediately.

With a galloping horse, Zhang Ming could reach the next place two days earlier than Cao Cao and the others.

This place is relatively narrow and long. In two days, Zhang Ming has a lot of people, enough to block it first.

That place is even more critical. If Cao Cao still needs to make a detour, it will be even more troublesome, and it will not take two more days.

It is said that it is outside Xiapi City.

When Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao had retreated, he was surprised and delighted.

Is this a conspiracy or does Zhang Ming really have any way to make Cao Cao retreat?

"Brother, Cao Jun really retreated, shall we pay?"

The second brother Guan Fei said to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hesitated, should he give it or not?

(End of this chapter)