I live forever in history

Chapter 80 Cao Cao's Suspicion
"I just came back from wandering outside Xinchao, and I'm about to return to Xinchao."

"So we can go together, and we have to return to the camp to report the battle situation."

"Very good."

Cao Cao and Su Chen exchanged for a while, and decided to return to the Xinchao camp together.

Although Su Chen saved Cao Cao, Cao Cao was still wary of Su Chen.

It's somewhat weird and unreasonable for a person to appear on the battlefield between the two countries. It's better to check Su Chen after returning to the camp together.

"Captain Cao, we are exhausted now, should we rest up for a while before heading back to the camp?" A wounded soldier approached Cao Cao and asked.

In the army of the new dynasty, the upper official was killed and the lower official took his place temporarily.

After the war is over, after returning to the court, they will be rewarded with official positions or demoted and punished for their merits and demerits.

The previous Captain Chu was killed in battle, and now Cao Cao is the highest official in this team, and he has temporarily become the captain.

Cao Cao glanced at the remaining soldiers, almost all of them were wounded.

And it was getting late now. Although Cao Cao was worried that the Anxi Empire would still have pursuers, he was even more worried that the remaining soldiers would die on the way if they drove all night.

"Now that people are tired and horses are exhausted, let's rest overnight and go on the road tomorrow morning." Cao Cao said helplessly.

All the people in the team sat on the ground, and everyone was exhausted.

Due to being chased just now, dry food and water were lost.

If you don't eat for a day, you won't starve to death, but after fighting for a long time without a sip of water, everyone feels very uncomfortable.

"Meng De, I feel that there is a lake not far away, let's go there to get some water." Su Chen said to Cao Cao.

"Brother Su Chen, Cao is also a person who is familiar with military books, especially the military books of Grand Sima Liu Xiu and Uncle Liu Wen. It is said in the book that it is impossible to have lakes around such a landform environment." Cao Cao said helplessly. .

He Cao Cao is not a person who only believes in books.

But he has been fighting for a few years, and the content in the book has never been wrong, and the knowledge and practice have been combined.

Such an environment is indeed without water.

"Meng De, I have traveled to many places downstream, including the mountains and rivers of the Xin Dynasty and surrounding countries. I have seen a lot, and I will not make mistakes in judgment." Su Chen said.

"Brother Su Chen, you seem to be about the same age as Cao, can you be more knowledgeable than Chief Sima Liu Xiu?" Cao Cao asked back.

And if you go around for a while, you will encounter people from the Parthian Empire, and there will be a lot of danger for no reason.

Su Chen felt his hands itch.

If Lu Bu had talked to him like that, he would have been lying on the ground long ago.

Now I am not very familiar with Cao Cao, so I can't do it directly, and it is easy to lose my favorability.

"Meng De, trust me once, and go there with me to have a look. Even if you meet soldiers from the Parthian Empire, I can protect you and leave with my skills." Su Chen said.

Seeing Su Chen's resolute expression, Cao Cao decided that he should go with Su Chen.

After all, he just saved his life.

"Okay, then Cao Cao will go and have a look with Brother Su Chen." Cao Cao stood up and said.

"You guys continue to repair here. Brother Su Chen and I went to check around to see if there are soldiers from the Parthian Empire."

"Here!"

"Brother Su Chen, let's go." Cao Cao said to Su Chen.

Su Chen and Cao Cao mounted their horses, with Su Chen leading the way.

Cao Cao walked behind, carefully observing the surrounding environment and movement, for fear that a group of Anxi Empire troops would suddenly appear.

Surrounded by barren land and no place for Tibetans, Cao Cao relaxed his vigilance.

It's just that a jungle suddenly appeared in front of him, and Cao Cao's alarm bell suddenly rang loudly.

Seeing Su Chen walking towards the jungle naturally, Cao Cao hurriedly stopped him.

"Brother Su Chen, be careful in the jungle ahead, there may be ambushes inside." Cao Cao said.

"Don't worry, Meng De, there is no one inside. This is my intuition from traveling all over the world for many years." Su Chen glanced at Cao Cao.

"Intuition is inaccurate. We should believe in military books! Many military books that Cao has read have shown that ambushes are most likely to occur in such places, so be careful." Cao Cao said.

"Art of war?" The corner of Su Chen's mouth twitched.

Knowing too many authors of military books, Su Chen can't believe in military books at all. After all, Li Guang's "Human Sea Tactic" runs through the entire military book.

Liu Xiu was invincible all the way by relying on the right time and place, and he wrote the most important military book.

How do you make him believe in these military books.

Only when the author remains mysterious can he be in awe of those military books. Once he knows who the author is, it is hard to believe what he wrote in the book.

After all, Li Guang flirted with Su Chen a lot back then.

Therefore, Su Chen just likes to collect those books and never reads them.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War says that there must be no ambushes where there are woods." Su Chen rode forward on his horse.

"Could it be that Brother Su Chen is a heir to the military family, and he has read "Sun Tzu's Art of War". But "Sun Tzu's Art of War" can't say that Fenglin doesn't set up soldiers?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

But seeing that Su Chen had gone far, Cao Cao had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk in.

After entering the woods, Cao Cao got off his horse.

He pinched a little bit of soil on the ground, and it was indeed much wetter than the soil outside, and there was indeed a source of water here.

Cao Cao was a little puzzled, the soil not far away was so dry, why the soil here is so wet, it's not normal.

"Meng De, come here, there is a lake here." Su Chen shouted in front.

"Is there really a lake?" Cao Cao led the horse and walked forward.

Walking to Su Chen's side, he saw an open lake.The water of the lake is so clear that you can see the bottom.

After seeing the lake, Cao Cao was ecstatic.

With the lake here, the soldiers will definitely be able to replenish enough water and return to camp in good condition the next day.

And it is much cooler here than outside, and it can also resist the heat outside.

The only downside is that there are some mosquitoes, but there are not many mosquitoes, and the environment is much better than outside.

"Brother Su Chen, let's call the soldiers to come here."

Cao Cao turned his head, but suddenly his heart tightened.

Why did Brother Su Chen, a Han Chinese, come back from a neighboring country, and happened to save himself, and happened to know that there was a source of water here?

Could it be that he has ulterior motives and saved himself for a bigger conspiracy.

What can he plot?

Could it be that he is actually a spy of the Parthian Empire, and his purpose is to follow me to the camp of the new dynasty, and create civil strife in the camp so that the Parthian Empire can take advantage of it?
This can also explain why the soldiers of the Parthian Empire are like being slaughtered in front of him, and it can also explain why the timing of his rescue is so accurate.

It's possible, very likely.

At this time, when Cao Cao was thinking wildly, Su Chen happened to come behind Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)