Chapter 843
"What's the big deal about retreating, we just wait for Yu Chigong to come to attack, then we can pretend to lose and exit Baitanguan Pass." Cheng Yaojin said indifferently.

Zhang Shigui said in a deep voice: "You said it lightly, Yu Chigong already knew that we have reinforcements coming, and there are more than 6000 troops under his command. If it were you, I would have lost without fail, do you believe it?"

Cheng Yaojin curled his lips and said, "Then I probably believe it."

Zhang Shigui's face darkened, and instead of messing around with Cheng Yaojin, he discussed with Wu Yunzhao: "General Wu, does he have any tricks to cheat, so that Yu Chigong can't see through our tricks?"

Wu Yunzhao said with a smile: "General Zhang, you are overcomplicating things. If you want to feign defeat, you don't necessarily have to be defeated by Yuchi Gong. Natural disasters and man-made disasters can also make soldiers lose. We just need to create a man-made disaster, right?" ? Although Yu Chigong is a good general, he is not considered wise, so he shouldn't be suspicious, right?"

Zhang Shigui clapped his hands and laughed: "General Wu is right. I overcomplicated the matter, thinking that I must be defeated by Yuchi Gong, but I forgot that there can be natural and man-made disasters. General Cheng, Your Majesty told me to wait two days later. Fake defeat, when the time comes, I have something to tell you!"

"Oh? Why do you want my old Cheng?" Cheng Yaojin asked with a vigilant expression.

"Why don't you, three days later at night, you pretended to be drunk and accidentally walked into the water, wouldn't it be a natural disaster?" Zhang Shigui laughed.

"Why is it me? You two can't do it? If my old Cheng accidentally burns himself to death, it will be a lot of fun." Cheng Yaojin shook his head repeatedly when he heard this.

"The two of us need to arrange soldiers to prevent the fire from pretending to be defeated. If you want to arrange the soldiers, then I will arrange the arson."

Cheng Yaojin waved his hands again and again after hearing the words: "Don't, my old Cheng should go and set the fire. If you want me to do these meticulous things, then it will be a real defeat."

Zhang Shigui smiled: "Then it's settled, you will set the fire when the time comes, but don't be really drunk, and you won't be unable to escape when the fire hits."

"Don't worry, my old Cheng knows how to measure!" Cheng Yaojin waved his hands carelessly.

As for Juyong and Zhuo County, the envoys sent by Liu Bian also arrived respectively, and conveyed Liu Bian's orders to Yuwen Chengdu and Le Jin.After receiving the order, the two immediately raised their troops and rushed to the direction of Luping to set up an ambush.

Three days later, Yu Wencheng led the cavalry to Junping first, and Le Jin arrived at Junping on the afternoon of the third day.

As for Baitan Pass, since the Han army in Baitan Pass had more troops than Xuanjia Jingqi, Yu Chigong knew that a strong attack would not work, and he was reluctant to bear the casualties of his soldiers and horses.Instead of attacking Baitanguan, he led troops to challenge every day.

Since Wu Yunzhao was defeated by Yu Chigong, the Han army has been holding up the card of avoiding battle. No matter how Yu Chigong fights, the Han army should not.

After several days of no results, Yu Chigong couldn't help but feel restless. Liu Bei needed him to put pressure on the Han army and attract Liu Bian's attention.But the Han army relied on a white sandalwood pass to shut out its soldiers and horses, and there was no way to attack. How could Yu Chigong not be in a hurry?
On the evening of the third day, the soldiers had dinner and all went to bed to rest.

Cheng Yaojin was sitting in the tent, with several jugs of fine wine on the table, Cheng Yaojin rubbed his palms and said: "I thought Bai Tan would be lazy and drink some wine when we came, but I didn't expect the enemy to be so powerful and kill the army. It's still forbidden to drink alcohol. How about now that my old Cheng is under orders and can't control me?"

After Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he unsealed the fine wine, ate the meat and tasted the fine wine at the same time, and began to drink for himself.

As the time gradually approached late at night, Cheng Yaojin got drunk, but he did not forget the task assigned by Zhang Shigui.Then he staggered to the outside of the tent, holding the wine jar in one hand, and took out a torch from a brazier in the other, and went to the surrounding barracks to set fire.

The soldiers around Cheng Yaojin's barracks had already been evacuated by Zhang Shigui, but within a short while, more than ten tents were set on fire.

Now it is August, the weather is dry, and the fire started burning in a short time. Since there was no one in the nearby barracks and most of the soldiers were asleep, no one called for help for a while.

Cheng Yaojin was drunk and drowsy. Seeing that many barracks were burned, he shouted for water and woke up the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers were all panicked and got up from the barracks to put out the fire, but Zhang Shigui and Wu Yunzhao had already made preparations, they just asked the soldiers to control the fire and prepare to retreat, but they did not give the order to put out the fire.

Originally the fire was not that big, so it was not difficult to put it out, but under the command of Zhang Shigui and Wu Yunzhao, the soldiers only controlled it slowly, so the fire naturally grew bigger and bigger.Fortunately, Wu Yunzhao and Zhang Shigui commanded the soldiers in an orderly manner. The soldiers hid from the fire. Although they were a little flustered, there were no casualties.

The flames shot up into the sky, and soon the soldiers in Yuchigong's camp in the rear saw it, and immediately reported it to Yuchigong.

When Yu Chigong got the news, he went to a high place to wait and see, only to see the flames in the Baitan pass rising to the sky, and vaguely heard chaotic shouts.The voice was mixed with words like firefighting and water leakage.

Yu Chigong was overjoyed: "That's great, the Han army accidentally slipped into the water, this is a great opportunity to attack Baitan, let the soldiers get up, let's go to attack Baitan Pass quickly."

The movement of the Han army had already awakened the Xuanjia Jingqi, Yu Chigong returned to the camp, and the soldiers were also looking at the Baitan Pass in the south.

"Go ahead and put it on quickly, and within half an hour, I will arrive at Baitan!" Yu Chigong conveyed an order to the soldiers.The weather in August was scorchingly hot, most of the Xuanjia Jingqi only wore leather armor, they quickly adjusted their formation and followed Yu Chigong to attack Baitan.

Soon Xuanjia Jingqi rushed to the Baitan pass, Yu Chigong only heard the continuous chaos in the pass, so he did not suspect him, and ordered the soldiers to attack the pass.There were only a few hundred soldiers on the top of the city, and Yuchi Gong led his troops to kill them all the way to the gate.

"General Qi, Xuanjia Jingqi has reached the critical point!" The soldier reported to Zhang Shigui.

"Finally it's a trick, let's withdraw!" Zhang Shigui ordered.

"Wait, retreat so easily, I'm afraid Yu Chigong will be suspicious, I will resist for a while, and you will send someone to notify me to retreat later, Yu Chigong will definitely not have doubts anymore." Wu Yunzhao suggested.

Zhang Shigui naturally knew that it would be better to do so, but he didn't want Wu Yunzhao to take risks, but Wu Yunzhao recommended himself, Zhang Shigui no longer refused, and said: "General, be careful!"

"En!" Wu Yunzhao nodded, urged the horse to come to the pass, put the horse on the pass, and one of them came to the pass with a Zhangba Snake Spear.But after a while, Yu Chigong led the troops to kill him, Wu Yunzhao stopped Yuchi Gong and fought, and the battle lasted for ten rounds.

At this moment, the soldiers shouted: "General Wu, stop fighting, General Zhang told us to retreat."

"Damn it, if it wasn't for our army to escape, how could we have made it easier for you?" Wu Yunzhao cursed angrily, and forced Yu Chigong to jump off the wall and landed on the horse. Wu Yunzhao urged the horse and left the battlefield.

Yu Chigong asked people to open the door and let the main soldiers from outside the pass in. However, no one controlled the fire, which caused the fire to become too large, and the soldiers did not dare to chase the Han army for a while.

"Quickly put out the fire. Most of the Han army is infantry. Let's pursue them later, and we will definitely get some kills." Yuchi Gong looked at the fire and ordered.

Not far away, there was a tent that was not yet burning, and a figure was looming, and he could only hear him scolding: "These unscrupulous guys, why did they abandon me, Lao Cheng, and run away?"

This person was Cheng Yaojin, who was too drunk to drink, and after setting the fire, he collapsed in a corner and didn't wake up until the fire spread.In the chaos, Zhang Shigui and Wu Yunzhao were also busy with their own affairs, they only thought that Cheng Yaojin left early.

"General, there are people there!" A soldier happened to see Cheng Yaojin and reminded Yu Chigong.

"Huh? It's him?" Yu Chigong's eyes lit up, and the horse rushed to Cheng Yaojin's side, and stretched out his ape arm to lift Cheng Yaojin in his hand.

(End of this chapter)

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