Cao Jun lost the first battle and temporarily returned to camp to rest.
Chen Tao, Chen Kang's uncle and nephew were entertaining Zou Yi at a banquet, and asked him about the details of Man Xiang. Chen Kang saw the mighty force of the Man Elephant killing the generals in the formation, and he still felt uneasy.
Chen Kang asked with lingering fear: "General Zou, what is the origin of this savage elephant?"
"He is Chen Lan's most powerful general. I think even if Lu Wenhou is resurrected, he may not be his opponent." Zou Yi took a sip of wine, deliberately widened his eyes, and sounded frightened. Chen Kang, who was already timid, became even more frightened when he heard this. He was at a loss for words and didn't know how to talk.
After hearing this, Chen Tao couldn't help but stop holding the wine glass to his mouth. He was stunned for a while before he seemed to realize something and drank the wine. However, his fingers trembled slightly, but the wine still spilled on his beard. superior. Chen Tao suddenly felt lost and wanted to wipe it with a handkerchief, but accidentally knocked over the wine bottle at hand.
He hurriedly covered up his embarrassment with a smile and said, "I think the wild elephant is just a foolhardy person."
Zou Yi looked at his look and sneered in his heart, "Chen Sima, don't underestimate him. Manxiang looks straightforward, but he is a shrewd person."
Chen Tao nodded, remembering that the Manxiang deployed a formation in Jiagu and blocked more than 10,000 Zhang Liao and Zhang He's coalition forces with only a few thousand men, so he no longer doubted Zou Yi's words.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the three of them drank until late at night before they dispersed. Zou Yi wandered out of the camp. When he saw Chen Tao's uncle and nephew returning to their tent, the drunkenness on their faces disappeared instantly. He did not go back to his camp, but came to the camp where Song Xin was. He told Song Xin what he had talked about tonight.
Song Xin was quite satisfied after hearing this. It seemed that Zou Yi was determined to follow him.
Zou Yi asked out of curiosity: "Sir, Mr. Song, I have something that I don't understand. I hope you can clear up the confusion."
Seeing Song Xin nodding, he asked again: "That day, I saw that the young master had a weapon in his hand. After making a loud noise, the enemy general on the opposite side fell from his horse. Why didn't he use it to deal with the wild elephant that day? The young master had superior force and killed the wild elephant. Isn’t it a piece of cake?”
Song Xin laughed, "I killed Manxiang, but Chen Tao's uncle and nephew will steal the credit. Moreover, Manxiang may seem rude, but he is well versed in tactics. I want to take him under my control."
When Zou Yi heard this, his eyes flashed with surprise. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him had so many thoughts. He immediately stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Zou Yi is willing to go to the barbarian elephant camp and persuade him to surrender!"
Song Xin smiled and waved his hand, "Now that the elephant is on the verge of victory, it will never surrender. If you go, you will only kill yourself in vain. Let me think about it."
Zou Yi could only nod. Although Song Xin was much younger than him, every time he stood in front of Song Xin, Zou Yi would feel like someone had seen through him. He couldn't even bear the thought of hiding something from Song Xin. come out.
"However, there is one thing you can do for me these days. Come over here."
Zou Yi quickly walked to Song Xin, leaned over and put his ear close to her.
Song Xin whispered a few words in his ear, and Zou Yi nodded repeatedly, then turned around and went back.
"What did you say to him?" After a while, Luo Yao asked curiously.
"It's nothing, I just want to give uncle and nephew Chen Tao a surprise."
Seeing his mysterious look, Luo Yao snorted, "Why don't you show off to me?"
Song Xin smiled and said, "It's not a big deal, I'm just helping Chen Tao's uncle and nephew to brag about Dharma conch to make them more famous."
In the next few days, the "heroic deeds" of Chen Tao's uncle and nephew became more and more popular in the military camp. Song Xin's people also helped them publicize it before. Now when facing the barbarian elephant, their morale is low, and many soldiers have pinned their hopes on it. On Chen Tao. There are even rumors that the person that Manxiang fears the most is Chen Tao's uncle and nephew.
One night, Zhang Liao sent another general to attack Jiagu, hoping to take advantage of the darkness to surprise the Manxiang military camp and open up the road to Huoshan. As a result, not long after this person entered Jiagu, arrows suddenly rained down from both sides, and countless dry firewood was thrown from above, blocking their way back.
This general knew that he had fallen into the trap and hurriedly ordered the obstacles to be removed. However, he saw a tall figure standing in the valley on one side shouting condescendingly: "General in the valley, you are already a turtle in a urn, why don't you surrender quickly!"
The general looked up and saw that it was Man Xiang, and he cursed: "Thief, you only know how to steal women and play tricks, do you dare to fight me openly?!"
The Man Elephant sneered at his sarcasm, took off the bow and arrow from his waist, lit the arrow and fired an arrow at the bottom of the valley. In an instant, firelight and thick smoke rose into the sky. It turned out that the firewood they threw down was sprinkled with sulfur and kerosene.
Cao's army's formation was suddenly in chaos, and the thick sulfur smoke in the valley made it impossible to breathe. Many soldiers were suffocated to death due to suffocation.
At this time, Manxiang took out another arrow and aimed at the general.
The general was blinded by the thick sulfur smoke and heard the sound of wind above his head. Before he could react, he was shot through the face by an arrow and died on the spot.
Manxiang snorted coldly, threw the bow and arrows in his hands to his followers, and said: "Kill without leaving any survivors alive!"
With one command, arrows were like rain and stones were like hail. Not long after, there were no more screams in the valley.
