In front of Hulao Pass, the three armies had a total of no less than 300,000 soldiers and horses. They fought for most of the day. Seeing that the sky gradually darkened, and with no gains at all, Cao Cao and Liu Bei finally stopped the army.

The only ones who stayed were corpses all over the ground, and of course most of them were soldiers from both sides of Cao and Liu.

The envoys of the twenty-one countries in the Western Regions were completely convinced at this time. With the battle we saw today, any of the three troops was enough to sweep away small countries such as them. The imperial army obviously had the upper hand, and the general Guan Yu, who was so powerful that the Han Dynasty was so powerful that all countries in the Western Regions were well-known, had not yet been dispatched.

Therefore, in the minds of envoys from various countries, the outcome of this war has been decided. Once the Han Dynasty quelled the domestic rebellion, the national strength it possesses was really unimaginable to the envoys of small countries, such as them. At least it was much stronger than the forces such as the Northern Huns, Anxi, and Kushan that they had seen with their own eyes.

As a result, the envoys abandoned their last doubts, turned around and began to urge the progress of the letter of the country, hoping to return to China with the letter of the Han Dynasty and the delegation as soon as possible.

Thirty miles outside Hulao Pass, an extremely sumptuous banquet was placed in the tent of Cao's army.

Of course, although they were not considered defeat today, their losses were greater than that of Liu He, so naturally they could not be called a celebration banquet. This banquet was specially arranged by Cao Cao for Liu Bei.

Cao Cao stood outside the commander's tent, looking forward to it, as if waiting for something.

After a while, a Cao army scout rushed back quickly, and Cao Cao immediately met him.

"How? Is Xuande Gong here?"

The scout shook his head and said, "Governor Liu said that he sent troops to purify the monarch, and lord, do you respect Qiang Yinhou as the emperor? He is different from you and does not plan with each other. He is a great Han emperor and a loyal minister in the court? How can you...How can you..."

Having said that, the scout didn't dare to continue talking.

"How can you join a traitor like Cao? Is it?" Cao Cao finished speaking for him.

"It's outrageous!" Cao Hong was furious: "This Liu Bei is simply shameless."

However, what I didn't expect was that Cao Cao was not angry, but instead raised his head and laughed loudly, and he didn't have the slightest hint of anger? This made Cao Hong and others very puzzled.

"Meng De? Why do you still laugh when Liu Bei humiliated you so much?" Xiahou Yuan said inexplicably.

Guo Jia rolled his eyes and said, "I think my lord will come to invite him, but it may not be meaningless to be tempted."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Not bad? Those who know me are filial piety."

After saying that, he turned around and returned to the commander's tent, leaving Cao Ren and other generals behind, looking at each other.

Seeing this, Guo Jia took the initiative to explain it to them? This made them reluctant to ask for it.

"Have you ever thought that Liu Bei still claimed to be Liu He's minister after all, and what would happen if he would eat and live with the so-called traitors of the court all day long, and advance and retreat together?"

Xiahou Yuan said without hesitation: "We naturally know this. Fighting together on the battlefield can be said to have happened to be a collision. After the war, eating, drinking and celebrating achievements in the same camp will naturally give people a handle, saying that he actually has ulterior motives, and this is a great disadvantage to the morale of the army. But this will not make Meng De so happy, right?"

A soldier walked out of the handsome tent with a pot of freshly warm wine. Without saying a word, Guo Jia cut it off and took a sip of it in the spout.

"Well... good wine, good wine..."

After a few mouthfuls, he continued to talk.

"You only know one thing, not the other. Who is Liu Bei? How could he be a fool if he deceived Liu He for so many years with a loyal attitude? I know the pros and cons of this, and the lord knows, does Liu Bei not know? Since he knows the pros and cons, if he comes to the banquet tonight, then it is hard to say whether he is 'unpredictable', whether he is for Liu He or for our army."

After saying that, he walked away with the wine pot, leaving only the "good wine" that echoed in the military camp.

Cheng Yu walked over, looked at Guo Jia's back, looked disgusted, and said without hesitation: "It's a humiliating person..."

Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and others shook their heads helplessly. Among the several strategists in the army, Cheng Yu has always been proud of the so-called scholar-oriented character and looked down on Guo Jia, who is somewhat "unregular" in behavior. Fortunately, both of them are people who are aware of the overall situation, so they have no adverse consequences. Then the lord turned a blind eye to it.

In the huge Cao army camp, everyone from Cao Cao to ordinary soldiers started to use dinner.

The Cao army's food with the army was naturally no longer the same as the Han army. A bowl of porridge, a coarse grain cake, or two coarse flour buns, was a filling thing.

Even so, such food can be considered a top-notch in the army of this era. Of course, except for Liu He, the alternative guy, and Cao Cao himself, the food in the army was the same as theirs. Cao Cao retreated without moving the banquet that had just been placed in the commander's tent. Therefore, the Cao soldiers all had a very pleasant meal.

Just as they were having a feast, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs from the whistle towers around the camp.

"Clang clang clang..."

Following closely behind were loud drums.

In the army, the sound of gongs means that there is an enemy situation, and the sound of drums means that you should prepare to attack or face the enemy. The sound of gold will naturally withdraw your troops and retreat.

All the soldiers jumped up in an instant: "There is an enemy attack!"

"Swish swish swish swish..."

A fire fell from the sky.

Thousands of rockets shot in from outside the camp. Before the Cao army could react, the second and third waves of rockets followed one after another.

In a blink of an eye, the tents within a hundred steps of the camp turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"It's on fire, please put out the fire..."

The Cao army was in chaos, and the gate of the camp, which was originally almost impeccable, naturally turned into a pile of ridiculous wood.

"Kill in..."

Zhao Yun took the lead, shot down Cao soldiers on the arrow towers on the left and right sides of the village gate, then picked up his spear and rushed into Cao's camp.

Behind him, ten thousand flying feathers cavalry, who set their bows left and right, shot arrows at Cao's tents, followed Zhao Yun and rushed unscrupulously in Cao's camp.

"Just Zhao Yun, don't be rampant!"

Before Xiahou Yuan arrived, the arrow arrived first, and a feather arrow broke through the air and stabbed Zhao Yun in front of him.

"Hmph." Zhao Yun didn't care at all, and shot the arrow and flew to the ground with a casual shot, then rushed straight towards Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan thrust a long spear and fought with Zhao Yun for a few minutes, then he was at a disadvantage.

"No, you are so skilled in martial arts. Don't chase after me, some family will go."

He left this sentence, then snapped and fled.

How willing Zhao Yun was to let go, and he turned around to explain to Feiyu Cavalry: "You must not be dispersed. Be sure to concentrate in one place and search around. But if you can burn the grain silo of Cao's army, everything will be fine."

Then he chased Xiahou Yuan.

At the door of the coach's tent, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Jia Xu, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Shu and others all looked at the fire not far away.

Cao Cao looked a little confused: "What is Liu He's intention? The battle has just ended today. With his wisdom and Xun Yu, Xun You, Cui Jun and others, how could he guess that our army camp must be wary and guard against him to attack at night? How could he send someone to rob the camp? Could it be that he is going to seek death?"

Cao Hong didn't care about that much and said, "Why care about that much? Zhao Yun is a general of the enemy. Since he has come, he cannot let him leave alive. Finally, he will help Miaocai and capture and kill him."

He was about to turn around and leave, but Jia Xu called back: "If the general is like this, he will be Liu He's plan."

Cao Hong was a little dissatisfied: "What trick can Liu He have? Could he really send Zhao Yun like this to die in the future? Even if he really has any plan, as long as he can kill Zhao Yun and destroy the Ten Thousand Fei Feather Cavalry, it will be enough to greatly damage the enemy's vitality."
Chapter completed!