The night of the heavenly steps was as dark as ink, and a firelight rose into the sky, illuminating most of the princes' camps as if it were day.

In the thick smoke, I saw a group of figures shuttling through the many tents in the valley south of Feiyundu, and torches flew out of their hands, and all the tents they passed were lit by them, making the valley chaotic. Thousands of Yuan soldiers were awakened by the fire in their sleep, and even though they rushed out of the camp, they were full of panicked soldiers everywhere, and they could not find the arsonists.

Obviously, the arsonists had not left the valley granary at this moment, but they were wearing the same armor as the Yuan army, mixed with the chaotic Yuan soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to set fire, and the thieves shouted to catch the thieves, and continued to expand the fire and create chaos under the eyes of the fish.

The valley mouth in the south, which was once the valley mouth where Cao Cao led the army to fight back to the death, is also the place where Cao Cao escaped from death.

After more than two months, this narrow, steep and difficult to defend valley once again ushered in a crowded scene.

Tens of thousands of Allied soldiers rushed into the valley to try to enter the valley to put out the fire and save the Allied granary. However, thousands of Yuan soldiers in the granary of the valley were in a panic and rushed to escape, rushing from the valley to the mouth of the valley, and met the soldiers and horses who came to fight the fire and support. Moreover, the two sides in and out did not back down from each other, and the scene was very chaotic. Many innocent soldiers were pushed and fallen in the chaos, and then trampled to death by the Allied soldiers who were eager to enter and exit the valley.

These soldiers who were eager to rush into the valley were the first to rush to put out the fire on the orders of Yuan Shao, not Yuan Jun. It's the Yanzhou Army. However, at present, there are two Yanzhou troops among the allied forces, one is the soldiers and horses under the accounts of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, and the other is the soldiers and horses under the command of Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao's soldiers called themselves "Qingzhou soldiers". However, most of the soldiers are still Yanzhou people, and most of the real Qingzhou soldiers have been killed in the battle of Feiyundu two months ago, and most of the surviving Cao soldiers are Yanzhou soldiers.

The defense of Dazhai of the Allied forces was divided into two parts, the front and the rear, which were guarded by troops and performed their duties. The front camp was defended by Yuan Shao's descendants, fearing that the Xiliang army would attack out of the customs; The defense of the rear camp was defended by the princes of each town in turn, and its duty was to defend against the sneak attack behind Xu Rong's headquarters in Xingyang, which was hundreds of miles away. and Jiang Qi, the chief general stationed in the Feiyundu granary, to protect the safety of the allied army's grain and grass. The defense of the rear camp rotates once every ten days, and each time the princes of the two roads jointly guard the camp, watch out for each other, and supervise each other. lest anyone steal from the Allies without authorization.

The princes who shoulder the defense task of the rear camp tonight are none other than Yanzhou Cao Cao and Chen Liuzhang Miao, who are from the same source, and the soldiers and horses under their accounts are all Yanzhou soldiers.

When Yuan Shao learned that the Feiyundu granary was on fire. The princes of each town were ordered to send troops to fight the fire at the first time. Because the Allied Dazhai is too large. The distance between the front camp and the rear camp was more than ten miles, so when Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Zhang Yan and others in the front camp had just reacted, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao, who were responsible for the defense of the rear camp, had already led their troops to the mouth of Feiyun Valley, and came to fight the fire as soon as possible, trying to keep the allied granary.

Of course, they also came here to intercept and kill the arsonists, but the top priority was to keep the granary, and the second was to intercept and kill the murderers.

The rear camp of the Allied forces was only a few miles away from Feiyundu. As soon as smoke rose from Feiyundu, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao were immediately reported. Immediately led the troops and horses of the headquarters to come.

The importance of Feiyundu granary is self-evident, this is the lifeblood of the princes' allies, and it is the key to the success or failure of the battle of Hangu. Judging from the light of the fire and the smoke in the air, the fire in the valley was not small, and at least thirty percent of the camps in the hundred-hundred

It's going to die now! Once the Feiyundu granary is burned down, the princes' allied forces will inevitably collapse themselves, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, when they learned that Feiyundu was on fire, the princes of each town immediately moved and personally led their own soldiers to rush to the mouth of Feiyundu Valley. At this moment, they were unprecedentedly united, temporarily put aside the contradictions between each other, and rushed to the granary with all their might. This is the real fire eyebrows, don't care about anything else, the only thought of the princes of the towns at this moment is to keep the granary, and other things are put aside for the time being.

It is a matter of life and death for the princes and allies, where can they still take care of intrigues, how can they sit idly by?

――――――

"Meng De, look at this fire, the shape inside is worrying, I am afraid that the loss of grain and grass is not small, and the situation of my allies is not good!"

Facing the valley mouth in the south, looking at the situation of the soldiers in the valley entrance plank road standing still, Zhang Miao's cheeks were lined up, his brows were tightly locked, and he sighed worriedly.

Cao Cao, who was standing side by side with him, stopped, looking at the chaotic situation at Taniguchi with a solemn face, his brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of deep worry.

After hearing Zhang Miao's sigh, Cao Cao was relieved: "Brother Meng Zhuo doesn't need to be so worried. From Cao's point of view, the fire in the valley is not too big, and the villains seem to have been prepared for a long time, starting from the slightly lax defense in the middle of Feiyundu, and setting fire from the inside out. Therefore, the granary of our army should not suffer much loss and will not be burned down by the gangsters. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Miao was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked up at the smoke and fire above the valley, and nodded subconsciously: "Look at it carefully, it is indeed as Meng De said." Although the fire in the air was large, the smoke was relatively small, which shows that the gangsters set fire to the grass and camp tents, and did not burn much grain; Otherwise, the air would have been full of smoke and little fire, which would be completely different from what we have seen now. ”

"Brother Meng Zhuo is so knowledgeable, in a word." Cao Cao echoed, and said with his head bowed: "Feiyundu is dangerous, located in the middle of the cliff, it is difficult for ordinary people to climb, the exit is only at the north and south ends, and the valley mouth is heavily guarded by our army, and it is difficult for the gangsters to approach at all." The reason why we wanted to put the granary here was because of the unique terrain conditions here. As long as there are more than 10,000 troops stationed on the cliffs on both sides of the valley, even if the thief army has thousands of troops and horses, they will not want to get close to the granary for half a step.

It's just that what Cao never expected was that the generals under the command of the alliance leader were so careless and safe for two months, but there was a mistake at this juncture, so that they were taken advantage of by the gangsters and set fire to the valley. No matter what the loss of the granary is, Jiang Qi, the general stationed in the granary, will not escape his crime, and he must be severely punished to set an example! ”

"What Mende said is very true." Zhang Miao echoed thoughtfully: "This Jiang Qi should indeed be severely punished, and in my opinion, it is not too much to behead him for public display." Fortunately, it had been burned once before, and the center of the valley granary was located in the middle of the valley to the south, with bare slopes on both sides, and the snow had not disappeared, but it was not afraid of fire. Uh???"

Speaking of this, Zhang Miao paused, looked at Cao Cao with a somewhat unnatural expression in shock, and hurriedly explained: "Meng De must not think too much, I don't have any other intentions, just talking about things, and there is absolutely no intention to reflect Meng De." Please forgive me! ”

"Brother Meng Zhuo is too worried." Cao Cao shook his head disappreciatively, and smiled indifferently: "Brother Tai is not wrong. Now the granary of our allied army is located where Cao was set on fire and intercepted by Li thieves in the past, and the valley is open, which is enough to hoard hundreds of thousands of stones, grains and grass. Brother Meng Zhuo may not know that when Yuan Mengzhu chose the granary station, it was Cao Moujian who put the granary here, and as a result, Brother Benchu happily adopted it, so that there was a Feiyundu grain and grass camp. ”

While speaking, Cao Cao paused and sighed lightly: "Cao thought that the granary should be foolproof when it was placed here, but he didn't admit that something would happen tonight!" This is something that Cao did not expect, these arsonists are really pervasive, and people can't prevent it! ”

Indeed, Cao Cao's words are the truth.

When the Allied troops chose the location of the grain and grass camp after crossing the river, Yuan Shao originally intended to place the granary in the middle of the camp, so that the granary would be in the defense of the Allied forces, and there would never be a robbery of the camp. However, Cao Cao built yì Yuan Shao put the grain and grass in the Feiyundu mountain stream, and the grain and grass camp was set up in the southern valley where Cao Cao was besieged and intercepted by Li Li before Cao Cao, that is, where Cao Cao led his troops to lurk. For this reason, he listed a lot of reasons, all in all, there are many benefits, there are hundreds of benefits and no harm, and Feiyundu granary is absolutely foolproof.

In the end, Cao Cao persuaded Yuan Shao to place the grain and grass camp in the Feiyundu Valley with his incorruptible tongue, and sent his right-hand man Jiang Qi to lead 10,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 archers to guard the granary. The 15,000 defenders surrounded the entire mountain stream, and no one was allowed to get close to Feiyundu for half a step, and it was difficult to see even a bird on the hills on both sides of the mountain. The tightness of the defense can be described as the elimination of pedestrians, and it is difficult for birds to enter, which is impregnable.

In the more than two months of fierce fighting, the Feiyundu grain and grass camp has been peaceful, not even a little wind and grass, so that the soldiers guarding the camp have nothing to do, except for the heavy snowfall, that is, all day long in the sun, leisurely and happy, so not at ease.

However, no one expected that the grain and grass battalion, which was so well defended, would eventually have an accident.

Moreover, the timing of the accident was very accurate, and it happened to be at the critical moment when the Allies were in a dilemma and the year was approaching. At this time, the soldiers of the Allied army were already a long-fought division, the soldiers were frustrated, physically and mentally exhausted, many people were missing their relatives and wanted to go home for the New Year, and even the princes of the towns had this kind of thought. What's more, the current war is deadlocked, Hangu Pass cannot be captured for a long time, and the princes' allied forces have lost their troops and their morale is sluggish. For this reason, some princes had the idea of temporarily ceasing war and retreating to Hedong County to spend the New Year, and this idea then spread throughout the army, making people's hearts fluctuate and secretly discussed. As a result, the princes of the towns had to appease the army, for fear that the army would mutiny, and Li Li could take advantage of the opportunity to go out of the pass to attack and kill.

However, the princes of the towns, including Yuan Shao, would not have thought that the accident in the Feiyundu grain and grass camp was expected by Cao Cao; In other words, when he tried his best to promote Yuan Shao to place the grain and grass camp in Feiyundu, he had already concluded that someone would come to rob the camp sooner or later.

―――――――――――― (To be continued......)

PS: [Thanks: Miss Lee 1 Book Friends Monthly Pass Support, Thank You!] 】