Inside the city of Fan.

Cao Yuan followed Cao Cao and walked all the way through the main street.

The fires in the city have been extinguished, but there are burned houses everywhere, and the people whose homes have been destroyed are lying on the ruins and weeping.

Before Zhuge Liang escaped from Fancheng, he ordered all the treasury houses in Fancheng to be burned down.

All the grain and grass that was too late to be transported away were burned out of military resources, and not a single grain of rice was left for the Wei army.

As soon as the Kufu was set on fire, the nearby houses were also burned, hundreds of houses were burned down, thousands of people were left homeless, and countless people were burned to death in the flames.

"Xinye is on fire, Fancheng is on fire again, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are really ruthless to their people. "

Cao Cao looked at the miserable situation around him, and his face was full of disgust.

Zhao Yun rushed over and arched his hand: "King Qiyu, Liu Bei abandoned 20,000 Han soldiers and fled first, and these 20,000 soldiers and horses all surrendered to our army, but Zhuge Liang fled into the river first. "

20,000 soldiers!

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "No matter what, we broke through Xinye Fancheng one after another, and captured 20,000 soldiers, this southern expedition can be described as a rich result!"

The generals are all excited.

Zhao Yun sighed: "It's a pity that Zhuge Liang escaped too fast and let him get away." "

Cao Cao frowned slightly: "This person is very scheming, he failed to capture him alive, and he will indeed bring us a lot of trouble in the future." "

Cao Yuan's thoughts flew, and suddenly, a fine light flashed in his eyes.

"King, please borrow 3,000 soldiers and horses, although the minister can't kill Zhuge Liang, he can teach him a lesson and make him pay the price for what he did!"

Cao Yuan surrendered his hand and asked for his life, and there was a mysterious coldness in his eyes.

Cao Cao perked up and hurriedly asked, "Ziyou, what are your clever plans to teach these Zhuge Liang lessons?"

"The minister has his own way, and the king will know later. "

Cao Yuan refused to say it explicitly.

Cao Cao naturally trusted Cao Yuan unconditionally, so he happily ordered Cao Hong to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to obey Cao Yuan's dispatch.

Cao Yuan said goodbye to Cao Cao and walked out from the west gate of Fancheng.

After leaving the city for a few miles, Cao Yuan gave Cao Hong a secret plan.

Cao Hong led 3,000 soldiers and horses and left first.

Cao Yuan's horse whip pointed to the west, and said happily: "Zhongkang, let's hurry up and go straight to the Huang family!"

"The Huang family?"

Xu Chu was at a loss and asked, "Which Huang family?"

Cao Yuan sneered: "There is still that Huang family in Jingzhou, naturally it is the Huang family, one of the four surnames of Kuai Cai Pang Huang. "

"Is it Jingxiang Celebrity, that Huang Chengyan?"

Xu Chu was even more puzzled, and asked again: "Let's be dignified, what are we going to do with Huang Chengyan?"

"Zhuge Liang burned Xinye first, and then burned Fancheng, and he was determined to help Liu Bei and our enemies!"

"Although I can't kill him now, I can rob his fiancée and disgust him once!"

Xu Chu suddenly realized and said strangely: "Son, how do you know that the daughter of the Huang family is Zhuge Liang's fiancée." "

"Well..."

Cao Yuan waved his hand: "You don't care how I know, I'll ask you, let's rob this person or not." "

"Rob, why don't you rob, let's go!"

Xu Chu beat the horse and whipped it, and galloped the horse.

More than 100 people and horses rushed away looking at the Huang family manor.

Twenty miles west of Fancheng, on the north bank of the Han River, Huang's dock wall.

In the lobby, Huang Chengyan, the head of the Huang family, was talking and laughing with Mr. Shuijing Sima Hui.

A girl in a yellow shirt served on the side, adding wine to the two from time to time.

"Yueying and Kong Ming are really talented and beautiful, this marriage is definitely a match made in heaven. "

Sima Hui looked at the girl and said with a smile.

That girl is Huang Chengyan's only daughter, Huang Yueying.

"Uncle, don't be sarcastic about Yueying, people outside say that Yueying looks ugly, where did she come from~~"

Huang Yueying was embarrassed to be praised, so she lowered her head and laughed at herself.

Sima Hui said disapprerovingly: "It's not those daughters of the family who want to marry Kong Ming and are jealous of you, so they deliberately slander you as an ugly girl." "

Huang Yueying naturally knew it, so she only smiled lightly and said nothing, adding another glass of wine to Sima Hui.

Listening to his friend's praise for his daughter, Huang Chengyan also smiled slightly, with a little pride on his face.

"It's a pity, if it weren't for my beloved disciple Kong Ming, who wanted to assist the Northern Expedition of the Han King, he would have married his niece last month, and his life was delayed until now. "

Sima Hui sighed.

Huang Chengyan said lightly: "The so-called good things are grinding, the marriage contract is established, and there is no hurry, so it is naturally the great cause of the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty." "

"Brother Chengyan is right. "

Sima Hui nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "If the King of Han can succeed in the Northern Expedition, my beloved disciple will be the first hero of the Han Dynasty, and I, the matchmaker, are also worthy of Brother Chengyan, and I have told you such a virtuous son-in-law who will go down in history." "

He's kind of an invitation.

Huang Chengyan laughed, raised his glass and said: "Then I have to respect Brother De and have a cup, thank you for saying such a wishful husband for my family Yueying." "

Sima Hui laughed.

The two of you say a word, and I say a word, which is a praise for Zhuge Liang.

That's when it happened.

The servant came to report, saying that it was Pang Degong, the head of the Pang family, who had something urgent to visit.

"Brother De is also here, just in time, the three of us haven't been able to get together for a long time, just have a few drinks. "

Huang Chengyan's eyes lit up, and he ordered Pang Degong to be invited.

Not much.

A middle-aged Confucian man hurriedly entered the hall with a solemn face.

Huang Chengyan didn't have time to speak.

Pang Degong hurriedly said: "Brother Chengyan, Brother Decao, you are still in the mood to drink here, quickly pack up, and prepare to evacuate to Xiangyang for refuge." "

Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui glanced at each other, and their faces changed.

Huang Chengyan said curiously: "Brother De, you are so dignified, why should we avoid Xiangyang?"

"My son Pang Shanmin has just fled back from Fancheng, and he said that the King of Han is in Xinye..."

Pang Degong failed in Zhuge Liang's plan to burn Xinye, and Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao by the water.

Then, Zhuge Liang's empty city plan was broken by Cao Cao, Fancheng was lost, and 20,000 soldiers and horses surrendered to Cao.

The news of all kinds of fiascos, the voice trembled.

"Fancheng has fallen, and the north of Hanshui will be occupied by the Wei army sooner or later, if we don't retreat to Xiangyang as soon as possible, it will fall into the hands of Cao Cao sooner or later, and life and death are unpredictable!"

When Pang Degong spoke, he was already shocked into a cold sweat.

Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui, the two of them were stunned and changed color, as if they heard a fantasy.

Huang Yueying on the side was also surprised.

"Kong Ming's plan to burn Xinye and the empty city is really a clever plan that can be written into the book of war, and it can even be seen through by Cao Cao?"

Sima Hui looked suspicious, unwilling to believe that his beloved disciple's clever plan could fail.

Pang Degong sighed: "Kong Ming's strategy is indeed a clever plan, I really can't figure it out, why can it be seen through by that Cao Yuan!"

Cao Yuan!

This thunderous name shocked Huang Chengyan and Sima Hui.

"Cao Yuan...."

Huang Yueying's eyebrows were also frowned, and a surprise flashed in her bright eyes.

Regarding this name, all kinds of rumors that she had heard before immediately appeared in her mind.

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