night.
The night is lonely.
Outside the palace gate, dozens of torches were lit, as well as a huge brazier, illuminating the darkness.
Under the firelight, there was another figure, floating slightly in the cold wind.
Liu Bei was hung outside the palace for nearly a whole day.
He almost lost his life. At this moment, he was dying, waiting for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to come to save him, but he waited until night and late at night, but no one came to save him.
Liu Bei felt completely desperate.
The cold wind blew by, causing Liu Bei to float slowly in the air as he was hung up. Then snowflakes fell down, covering his whole body. His whole body was about to freeze. He was not frozen to death yet. He was relatively lucky, as well as the people next to him. The torch and the brazier brought him a little warmth.
The entire Xudu City is on full alert at this moment.
Cao's soldiers guarded the towers everywhere.
There were also soldiers hiding in the streets and houses of the city, waiting for those who wanted to save Liu Bei to appear.
Cao Cao didn't rest tonight. Even if he waited all night, he still had to get the latest results as soon as possible.
"Now, what's going on?"
Cao Cao was sitting in the hall, looking at the falling snow outside, and asked anxiously.
There was a stove next to him, which had warmed up some wine.
But he was not in the mood to drink. He was nervous. He was worried that the plan would fail. Compared with the nervousness, he was looking forward to more. As long as the plan was successful, he could do a lot of things tonight.
"No movement yet."
Xia Houen came back and said.
The entire Cao family and Xiahou family are waiting for the rescue event to happen tonight. They are all a little expectant and nervous.
All the generals under Cao Cao did not rest.
Even if they were allowed to rest, I'm afraid no one would be able to sleep tonight.
Only Xun You and other counselors did not participate tonight, but no one could rest peacefully. They all sent their own people out to inquire about what was going on outside.
"Keep waiting."
Cao Cao said: "I don't believe that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will ignore Liu Bei."
Cao Ang, who was sitting next to him, said: "Sir's plan will definitely come true."
Cao Cao nodded in agreement.
Xia Houen reported the situation, then walked outside and ordered the people outside to pay closer attention to all the movements around them.
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Xudu Long Street at night was deathly silent.
Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Dun, Ma Chao and Xu Chu, together with 20,000 people, lurked around Xu Du's palace, waiting for the arrival of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
The area where Liu Bei was hoisted was completely surrounded by them.
But until late at night, no one came to rescue Liu Bei. They were shaking slightly in the cold wind.
The weather now is indeed uncomfortably cold.
"Why haven't you come yet?"
Xia Houyuan couldn't help but murmured: "Yuan Rang, if no one comes to save Liu Bei tonight, what will we do?"
Xiahou Dun thought for a while and said, "If no one comes to rescue me, brother will send someone to give orders on what to do, but Liu Bei doesn't know if he can survive tonight."
They looked outside and saw Liu Bei swaying in the wind.
Liu Bei can still move and still have breath, but when tonight is over, he really doesn't know whether he will live or die.
"Then hang him."
Xia Houyuan said: "Du Zhi said that if no one comes to save him, he will be hanged until Liu Bei is dead."
They never thought about letting Liu Bei go.
The other side.
Xu Chu and Ma Chao were also muttering.
"This Liu Bei is so tough!"
Ma Chao said softly: "He has been hanging for such a long time, but he is still alive. If it were anyone else, he would be dead. Only Liu Bei can hold on until now."
Xu Chu said: "No matter how tough his life is, he will die tonight."
Ma Chao took a breath, exhaled a large piece of white mist, and said slowly: "Let's continue waiting!"
Time passes so quickly, I don’t know how long it will take.
Some people began to appear in the city. They came out from various houses in the city, all holding weapons in their hands. They were the troops arranged by Dong Cheng and others, as well as the refugees sent by Sima Fang.
However, they did not go directly to rescue Liu Bei. Instead, they carried barrels of kerosene, quickly poured them down on the houses in the city, or on the edge of the streets, and then threw the torches into the kerosene.
boom……
The fire appeared and spread quickly along the fire oil.
The blazing flames dispelled the coldness of many winter nights, and the jumping firelight made a "whooshing" sound under the cold wind, which sounded a bit scary.
"on fire……"
Not long after, the people in the city were awakened by the sound of fire exploding wood in their sleep. When they opened their eyes, they saw the fire outside, illuminating the night and spreading towards them.
They had to put on their clothes, jump up, go out and look, and sure enough it was on fire.
There were more than one fire, appearing everywhere in the city.
With the blessing of kerosene, the fire burned more and more vigorously. The snow on the ground was baked by the fire and vaporized instantly, and the fire was about to spread into the house.
The city soon fell into chaos.
People were running around everywhere, shouting and shouting to put out the fire.
Those who set the fire gathered quickly after completing this task. Some of them also pushed out carts filled with straw. The straw was wet with kerosene. As long as there was a little spark, it would burn brightly.
As soon as these people appeared, they rushed to the palace gate.
Ma Chao and Xu Chu were still chatting.
At this time, a soldier ran back quickly and said: "Two generals, there is a situation."
They immediately picked up their weapons and jumped up to loosen their frozen bodies. Before the soldiers could explain where the situation came from, they saw fire appearing everywhere in the city.
"on fire?"
Xu Chu asked.
The soldier said: "Yes, people set fires everywhere in the city and burned a lot of things. The people in the city were in a mess and fighting the fires randomly. What should we do?"
Ma Chao said: "Don't worry about the fire for now. Someone will put out the fire. Our task is to keep an eye on this place."
"Everyone get up and relax."
Xu Chu sent the order.
Someone is setting fire to the city, so those who rescue Liu Bei should be almost ready. They are about to take action, so they must be alert.
"General, there is another movement."
"There are more than two thousand people pushing carts and approaching us."
Immediately another soldier came back and said.
Ma Chao said: "Here we come, tell Yuan Rang and the others to prepare for action."
Xia Houyuan also got the news.
"Archers, prepare quickly."
"Everyone else, get up and relax, the enemy is coming."
Xiahou Dun passed the order.
The archers hiding on the roof ridges appeared one after another and drew their bows with their hands that were stiff from the cold.
They are from a higher position and can see more clearly.
A total of hundreds of carts appeared in front of us. It was unclear how many enemies there were because of the dark environment, but the number was not large by visual inspection.
They all know that this battle will start soon.
Guan Yu and the others knew that Cao Cao had dug a trap and was waiting for him to jump in, but he had to jump and his eldest brother had to save him. Even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, he would still have to break through.
