Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

"Dry grass?"

Xu Shu stared at the dry grass in the grain bag with suspicion in his eyes.

"Tear open all these grain bags!"

Xu Shu shouted immediately.

The soldiers on both sides were all confused, but they did not dare to disobey the order, so they took action and punctured more than ten grain bags in succession.

What was inside was actually all dry grass.

Some grain bags even contained saltpeter in addition to dry grass.

Xu Shu grabbed a handful of dry grass, his brows furrowed, his eyes filled with suspicion.

Why did the food in the grain bag turn into dry grass?

And there is more than just one bag. Most of these grain bags in the granary are likely disguised as dead grass.

Even filled with saltpeter?
"Fire attack!"

"Cangsong City is a trap. Cao Zhang intends to launch a fire attack on us at night!"

Xu Shu was so smart that this guess popped into his mind in a flash.

It was obvious that these grains disguised as dry grass were left by Cao Zhang on purpose for only one purpose:
Launch a fire attack and burn down Cangsong City.

So in addition to this granary, Cao Zhang must have hidden flammable materials such as firewood, saltpeter, etc. in various places in the city before withdrawing from Cangsong.

At this time, Cao Zhang had most likely led the Qin army to launch a surprise attack and had already sneaked to the outside of Cangsong City, ready to launch a fire attack at any time.

Only in this way could Cao Zhang achieve a surprise victory, defeat the strong with the weak, and defeat their 35,000 Han troops with only 20,000 Qin troops!

"Hurry up and prepare your horses to go see General Yide!"

Xu Shu woke up in shock and without thinking too much, he jumped on his horse and galloped away.

A quarter of an hour later, inside the county government office.

Zhang Fei, who was still sleepy, was awakened from his sleep in advance and stood in front of Xu Shu yawning.

With a serious look on his face, Xu Shu explained one by one the suspicious points he had found in the granary and the Qin army's intention to launch a fire attack.

"That kid Cao Zhang actually has such a vicious plan?"

Zhang Fei took a deep breath, his expression suddenly changed, and his sleepiness was instantly gone.

"Guo Jia is extremely intelligent and is great at coming up with strange and cunning plans. This plan is most likely his!"

Xu Shu guessed so, and then bowed:

"General Yide, the Qin army may launch a fire attack at any time. This Cangsong City is a trap. We can't stay here any longer!"

"General Yide, please order the entire army to move out of the city immediately to prevent the Qin army from launching a fire attack!"

Zhang Fei jumped up and opened his mouth to give an order.

When the words came to his lips, he suddenly thought of something and turned back:

"I say Yuanzhi, something is still not right."

"Even if Cao Zhang hid firewood in the city and intended to launch a fire attack, how would he launch the fire attack?"

"Just by secretly setting off a few rockets outside the city, you think you can set the whole city on fire and burn our army to ashes?"

Zhang Fei's questioning immediately stumped Xu Shu.

"General Yide is right. It is impossible to set the whole city on fire with just a few rockets."

"If the Qin army wants to use fire attack, they must have internal support to set fires everywhere in the city. Only by cooperating inside and outside can they succeed."

"But when the Qin army withdrew, they took all the people in the city with them, and the city became an empty city."

"We have conducted a thorough search and there is not a single Qin soldier lurking in the city. Our city is well defended and it is impossible for the Qin army to sneak into the city."

"In this case, how can the Qin army launch a fire attack from inside the city?"

Guan Ping also pointed out the doubts.

The two of them looked at Xu Shu in unison.

"this…"

Xu Shu was stumped and had no idea how to explain it for a moment.

Sudden.

The guards outside the gate rushed in and shouted, "General Hussar, something bad has happened. There seems to be a sudden fire in the south of the city!"

Zhang Fei's face changed.

The three of them looked at each other and ran out the door in a hurry.

Looking south, I saw several flames rising into the sky from the south of the city, instantly illuminating half of the city.

Almost at the same time.

To the west, north, and east of Cangsong City, countless flames were burning in all directions.

It was as if, at the same moment, the entire Cangsong City was on fire!
"Fire attack! This must be a night raid by the Qin army, launching a fire attack!"

Xu Shu shouted in a hoarse voice, pointing at the flames in the sky.

"This is weird, why are there fires all over the city all of a sudden?"

"Could it be that the Qin army has sneaked into my Cangsong City?"

Zhang Fei's expression changed drastically and he exclaimed.

"impossible!"

Guan Ping shook his head anxiously and said sternly:

"My four gates are well guarded, and there is no report of any Qin army attack. How could the Qin army sneak into my city and set fire?"

"Unless, all Qin's troops have grown wings!"

The two were surprised, confused and puzzled.

Xu Shu was the first to calm down and said anxiously:

"It's too late to think about this now. The city is on fire on all sides, and the Qin army has successfully launched a fire attack!"

"General Hussar, we must quickly wake up the soldiers and evacuate the city immediately."

"If it had been any later, our 35,000-strong army would have been burned to death inside Cangsong City!"

Zhang Fei was suddenly awakened and immediately shouted:
"Pass on my order to wake up the soldiers in each camp and withdraw from Cangsong City immediately—"

The order was passed down.

Inside Cangsong City, gongs were immediately sounded to warn people.

The Han army, which was immersed in a dream, was soon awakened. Under the shouting of the generals, they retreated out of the city in panic.

There was chaos in Cangsong City.

At this time, shouts and cries of killing were heard in the city, as if countless Qin troops suddenly descended from the sky and rushed into Cangsong City.

"Kill Zhang Fei!"

"Kill all the Han troops!"

The deafening shouts enveloped the entire city, as if the Qin army was in every corner.

The Han army, which was already unstable in morale, was shaken by the sound of killing and its mental will collapsed.

Even in the face of such a drastic change, the elite Han soldiers could have withdrawn from the city in an orderly manner and kept their morale high.

Now their morale was in great chaos, and they were rushing out of the city like headless flies.

The fire was relatively weakest towards the west gate.

Zhang Fei and most of the Han troops gathered from all directions towards the west gate and crowded out in chaos.

At this moment, in the dense forest outside the west gate.

Cao Zhang and his Qin army soldiers were looking at the Cangsong City which was on fire with great joy.

When they saw the city gates wide open and thousands of Han soldiers rushed out of the west gate like frightened birds, the Qin soldiers' ecstasy reached its peak.

"Yang Fu, oh Yang Fu, this plan of yours is truly a stroke of genius!"

"Liu Bei boasted that he was invincible, and Zhang Fei was even more arrogant and conceited, but they never expected that they would be defeated by your brilliant plan!"

"If I can kill Zhang Fei today and severely damage the morale of the Han army, you will be the most meritorious official of the Qin Dynasty!"

Cao Zhang was ecstatic and praised Yang Fu excitedly.

Yang Fu raised the corner of his mouth secretly and sneered:

"Your Highness, you are too kind. I just used Xiao Fang's plan to severely damage the Han army. This can be considered as a tooth for a tooth." (End of this chapter)