Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 250 The strategy of dividing troops, Cao Cao was defeated and returned to Henan

After Yuan Shu learned of Sun Jian's surrender, he was so angry that he almost didn't raise his sword to beat Sun Jian violently.

But thinking of his own force and Sun Jian's force, Yuan Shu could only give up this unrealistic idea resentfully.

Finally, under Huang Yi's persuasion, Yuan Shu could only agree to go to Chang'an.

But Yuan Shu asked Guan Yu to personally escort him to Chang'an. The reason was straightforward: "Zheng Xianmou is a treacherous person, and his words cannot be trusted. Hanshou Tinghou has a firm promise and will definitely send me to Chang'an safely."

Zheng Ping did not refuse Yuan Shu's request. Even if Yuan Shu didn't say anything, Zheng Ping would let Guan Yu escort Yuan Shu to Chang'an.

And during the period when Guan Yu secretly escorted Yuan Shu to Yanzhou and entered Hulao Pass.

Zheng Ping's layout against Cao Cao also began.

Cao Ying.

Cao Cao looked at Huang Yi who was lying on the grain cart, howling and cursing, and frowned: "Huang Yi, how did you get this injury?"

Huang Yi said angrily, "Sun Jian's traitor surrendered to Guan Yu while he was urging for food."

"This thieves even used the excuse of drinking and delaying food and grass for three days, and punished him with a cane."

"If it weren't for the fact that I have a close friend hiding in Sun Jian's bandit army to watch, I still don't know that this bandit surrendered to Guan Yu."

"hateful!"

Cao Cao stared at Huang Yi suspiciously, but didn't believe Huang Yi's words: "Then why did you come to our army?"

Huang Yi said bitterly: "I want revenge! General Cao, if you can kill Sun Jian, I will take Shouchun for you."

Seeing that Huang Yi did not seem to be lying, Cao Cao became even more suspicious: "Then do you know what Sun Jian is going to do next?"

Huang Yi shook his head: "Outside of Sun Jian's command tent, the guards are very strict. The confidant below is only a lieutenant general in the army, not qualified to go to Sun Jian's command post, and has not found out about Sun Jian's next plan."

"But I once heard from my father-in-law that he had a bet with Zheng Ping."

"If Sun Jian can defeat you, General Cao alone, Zheng Ping will let Yue Zhang return to Shouchun; if Sun Jian cannot defeat you, General Cao alone, Yue Zhang will have to take the initiative to go to Chang'an to plead guilty."

"Now that Sun Jian has directly surrendered, father-in-law will definitely not be able to return to Shouchun, and will definitely be escorted to Chang'an."

"General Cao, I think you are also very clear that these ears were cut off by Guan Yu when he was in Fengqiu City."

"I have a sworn feud with Guan Yu, and now I have Sun Jian as my enemy."

"But I know that I can't kill Guan Yu and Sun Jian, so I would like to exchange my longevity."

"As long as General Cao can kill Sun Jian, Shouchun City, I will give it to you!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes: "You won't let me kill Guan Yu?"

Huang Yi shook his head: "General Cao, if you kill Guan Yu, you will have a deadly enmity with Liu Bei. I will not be so stupid as to think that you will kill Guan Yu, General Cao."

"But Sun Jian is different. He was originally Yue Zhang's subordinate. Without Yue Zhang, Sun Jian would be just a small official in Wu County."

"Now dare to betray Yue Zhang, such a person, not killing is not enough to vent his hatred."

Huang Yi said it seriously.

Even the suspicious Cao Cao couldn't help but believe Huang Yi's words.

"Zhongkang, send someone to take General Huang to rest, and ask the military medical officer to prepare some more wound medicine. It must be cured!" Cao Cao told Xu Chu.

After sending Huang Yi to the other camp, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai behind him.

"Do you think the words of Feng Xiao, Zhicai, and Huang Yi are credible?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and there was strong suspicion in them.

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice: "I have carefully observed Huang Yi's stick injury. It won't take half a month if he can't hit the ground, but it won't be fatal."

"Obviously Sun Jian didn't intend to kill Huang Yi directly."

"But according to Huang Yi, Sun Jian has surrendered to Guan Yu, so why didn't Sun Jian kill Huang Yi directly, but let him go instead?"

"I thought that Huang Yi was deliberately given to Duke Ming by Sun Jian to confuse Duke Ming."

"Huang Yi's words are half-truth and half-false. They are credible, but not all of them."

Guo Jia also said: "I just carefully observed Huang Yi's expression and tone. His anger is not fake. When Sun Jian and Guan Yu were mentioned, he did have obvious mood swings."

"But Huang Yi's eyes wander occasionally, which proves that his words are false."

"Especially when it comes to having a sworn feud with Guan Yu, Huang Yi's tone is obviously not right."

"I agree with Zhicai's judgment. Huang Yi's words are credible, but not all."

Cao Cao thought carefully: "Sun Jian is brave. If he really surrenders Guan Yu, our army will be in danger."

Xi Zhicai said: "In the current situation, there are two possibilities."

"One is that Sun Jian really surrendered. Sun Jian punished Huang Yi with a stick. He was instructed by Zheng Xianmou to confuse Ming Gong, build plank roads openly, and keep Chencang secretly."

"One is that Sun Jian did not surrender, but deliberately punished Huang Yi with a cane, using Huang Yi's mouth to confuse Minggong, so that Minggong had to beware of Guan Yu in Huailing."

"No matter what kind, Minggong will divide his troops to deal with it."

Cao Cao frowned: "This is a plan to divide the troops. Sun Jian wants to divide our troops and attack each of them."

Hesitation.

Cao Hong came from outside and reported, "Duke Ming, there is information from Huai Ling City. Yesterday, a troop of about 500 people went towards Xiaopei."

Cao Cao stood up in surprise: "Whose banner can you find out?"

Cao Hong shook his head: "The spies don't know for sure, but what is certain is that the horse of the chief general is like red charcoal fire."

"Red rabbit horse? Guan Yu?" Cao Cao frowned: "Guan Yu went to Xiaopei? Why did he go to Xiaopei? Can you see a prison car?"

Cao Hong shook his head: "There is no prison car."

Cao Cao instantly thought of Huang Yi's words, "If Sun Jian can defeat you, General Cao alone, Zheng Ping will release Yue Zhang back to Shouchun; if Sun Jian cannot defeat you, General Cao alone, Yue Zhang will have to take the initiative to go to Chang'an to plead guilty."

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai also reacted.

"Could it be that Guan Yu escorted Yuan Shu to Chang'an?"

"Could it be a trick of suspicious soldiers, deliberately distinguishing the soldiers of the public?"

Although there was such a possibility, Cao Cao didn't dare to gamble: "Let Xia Houyuan lead a thousand Qingqi to Xiaopei immediately, and be sure to stop that army."

"If Yuan Shu is in the army, capture him immediately!"

After Xia Houyuan left, Cao Cao was still worried: "At this time, no one can trust you."

Suspicious Cao Cao, regardless of Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai's advice, insisted on dividing the troops into two battalions.

One of the battalions, commanded by Xiahou Dun, was dedicated to guard against Zheng Ping in Huai Ling City.

As soon as Cao Cao divided his troops, Sun Jian got the information.

"Zheng Biejia's plan to divide the troops has succeeded." Sun Jian laughed loudly: "Although Cao Cao has counselors to advise him, his suspicious nature cannot be changed."

"Zheng Biejia's suspicious tactics against Cao Cao, even if Cao Cao has good and mediocre people under his command, it will not help."

"It's just that I didn't expect that Huang Yi would voluntarily implement the bitter trick to deceive Cao Cao."

Although Sun Jian joined forces with the Qingzhou soldiers in Huailing City and could defeat Cao Cao with the advantage of soldiers and horses, but in order to show his heart, Sun Jian believed that Qingzhou soldiers attacked Cao Cao at this time, which would damage his reputation.

So Zheng Ping changed his strategy and asked Huang Yi to implement a bitter plan, deliberately preparing some true and false information for Cao Cao, forcing Cao Cao to divide his troops.

Sun Jian and Cao Cao were already evenly matched in terms of military strength, but now that they have divided their troops to guard against Zheng Ping, the military strength used to resist Sun Jian is somewhat stretched.

If it was still Sun Jian's previous attack method of preserving strength, Cao Cao would be able to defend by dividing his troops.

However, this time Sun Jian was not prepared to retain his strength.

"Pass down the general's order to rob Cao Ying tonight."

"The whole army will attack by force, and if we don't break Cao's camp, we will never retreat!"

And in Huai Ling City.

Zheng Ping also got information about Cao Cao's division camp. According to the plan, Cao Cao divided camp, Sun Jian robbed the camp, and Zheng Ping sent people to "rescue Cao Cao."

"Yide, you are the best at driving soldiers to scare people."

"Take your sharp soldier battalion and go to Cao Cao's second battalion."

"Remember, your mission is to save Cao Cao! Don't fight Cao Bing."

Zhang Fei laughed loudly: "Mr. Xianmou, don't worry about my work. If Cao Bing wants to beat me, I will retreat ten miles, and then I will ask the crime at dawn."

"However, what if Sun Jian is defeated?"

Zheng Ping shook his feather fan lightly, and said firmly: "Sun Jian and Cao Cao are equal in strength. Now Cao Cao has decided to divide his troops. He added a battalion to guard against me, and sent his generals to chase after Guan Ping's five hundred old and weak. The rest of the main battalion , cannot stop Sun Jian's entire army from attacking."

"It's actually very interesting that Sun Jian would think of protecting the reputation of the envoy."

"If you reciprocate, let's leave some benefits for Sun Jian."

That night.

Sun Jianqiang attacked Cao Cao's main camp.

Although Cao Cao was on guard, it was difficult to resist Sun Jian's attack due to the disparity in military strength.

In embarrassment, Cao Cao could only abandon the main battalion and go to the second battalion.

At this time, Zhang Fei had already led his troops to the outside of the second battalion, shouting loudly: "General Cao, I am Zhang Fei, and I am here to save you."

"Quickly open the camp gate!"

Upon learning of Zhang Fei's arrival, Cao Cao subconsciously concluded that Zhang Fei had come to trick the gate of the camp.

If the gate of the camp is opened, with Zhang Fei in front and Sun Jian in the rear, wouldn't the whole army be wiped out?

"Stay at the gate of the village!"

Cao Cao, who was still in shock, had no time to think about it, so he just let the archers shoot and prevent Zhang Fei from passing.

Zhang Fei pretended to be furious: "General Cao, what do you mean? I am Zhang Fei, and my eldest brother is Qingzhou Mu. I am here to save you!"

Zhang Feiyue shouted like that, Cao Cao dared not open the door.

Just let Cao Hong go and shout: "The sky is dark, the camp can still stand firm, General Zhang can come again in the daytime."

Zhang Fei couldn't help sneering: "Sure enough, as Mr. Xianmou expected, Cao Cao is too suspicious and dare not let me approach."

Stay till dawn.

When Sun Jian retreated, Zhang Fei led the troops again and shouted, "General Cao, come out and answer!"

Only then did Cao Cao ride his horse to see Zhang Fei at the gate of the camp: "General Zhang, where is General Guan?"

Zhang Fei pretended to be stupid and pretended to be stunned: "You said my second brother, he recently contracted a cold and went back to Linzi City to recuperate."

Such a reason made Cao Cao secretly annoyed.

Cao Cao held his breath and asked, "Sun Jian came to attack the general's camp last night, did General Zhang know?"

Zhang Fei feigned anger and said: "General Cao, you have the nerve to say that! I saw your camp was attacked by Sun Jian's army, and you rushed to rescue it in the starry night. It's fine if you don't appreciate it, but what did you say to me?" The sky is dark, but the camp can still hold on. Come again someday'."

"Does General Cao think that I am coming to attack your camp?"

That's what I thought!
Cao Cao frowned secretly, but on the surface he couldn't answer that way. He chuckled and retorted: "General Zhang misunderstood. The general got the news by chance that Sun Jian had surrendered General Guan."

"It was dark last night, and it was difficult for the general to judge the authenticity, so I can only wrong General Zhang."

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Which villain dares to sow discord? General Cao, drag that man out, I will kill him!"

Cao Cao shook his head helplessly: "To tell you the truth, the main camp was attacked by Sun Jian's army last night, and the man didn't have time to take it away."

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt depressed for a while.

Last night, he only cared about escaping, and didn't have time to take Huang Yi away with him.

Seeing Zhang Fei's questioning now, Cao Cao couldn't produce any witnesses.

Zhang Fei was even angrier: "General Cao, are you trying to deceive me on purpose? You said that Sun Jian surrendered to my second brother, but he couldn't produce witnesses, so he slandered my second brother. Do you really think my second brother is easy to bully?"

Just now.

Guan Ping came to Zhang Fei on a red charcoal fire, and cried out his grievances: "Third uncle, Xia Houyuan intercepted me and robbed me of my luggage."

The loud voice immediately startled Cao Cao on the spot.

Zhang Fei was furious: "Cao Cao, what do you mean? Why did you let Xia Houyuan intercept and kill my nephew?"

Cao Cao can't tell what he's suffering now.

When Guan Ping called out the words "Xiahouyuan", Cao Cao guessed the reason.

What Guan Yu escorted Yuan Shu to Xiaopei was basically false information and false news.

It was Guan Ping that Xia Houyuan intercepted!
Based on Cao Cao's understanding of Xia Houyuan, he would not go to grab Guan Ping's luggage.

It must be that Guan Ping ran away as soon as he saw Xiahou coming!

"General Zhang, this is a misunderstanding."

"Someone must be using alienation!"

"General Zhang Mingjian!"

Seeing that Cao Cao's face turned blue, Xi Zhicai hurriedly called out to Zhang Fei.

Guo Jia's eyes were serious: "Ming Gong, there is no need to argue with Zhang Fei, we have been tricked. Return to Yingchuan immediately, otherwise Zheng Ping will definitely use Sun Jian's hand to keep Ming Gong here!"

"I didn't expect that not only Sun Jian surrendered, but even Yuan Shu's son-in-law would carry out Zheng Ping's bitter plan."

"I waited for a miscalculation!"

Cao Cao finally came to his senses, and looked at Zhang Fei with stern eyes, only feeling that Zhang Fei in front of him was acting so disgusting.

"Using Sun Jian's hand to eliminate this general, Liu Xuande can still take advantage of the righteousness."

"It's really sinister!"

Although Cao Cao was very reluctant, it was too late not to retreat at this time.

In the strategy of dividing the troops, Cao Cao made a wrong move, and the remaining army strength was no longer enough to resist Sun Jian.

But Sun Jian was determined to beat Cao Cao.

"Zhang Fei, go back and tell Zheng Ping that today's revenge will be avenged in the future!" Cao Cao simply stopped pretending, looking at Zhang Fei who was still acting, and shouted coldly.

Zhang Fei was not fooled, and pretended to be stupid: "General Cao, what are you talking about? You are not looking for the person who sows discord, but you want to seek revenge from Mr. Xianmou?"

Cao Cao didn't explain much, he snorted coldly, returned to the commander's tent, then pulled out his camp and retreated to the territory of Yuzhou.

The withdrawal speed was very fast, and I was afraid that if I stayed for another day, the entire army would be wiped out.

Inside Huai Ling City.

Zheng Ping found Huang Yi, and praised him generously: "Huang Yi, your performance this time is very good. Don't worry, Liu Shijun is benevolent and will not question Yuan Shu's family because of Yuan Shu's mistakes."

"However, Yuan Yao may not believe me, and you may have to go to Shouchun yourself to appease Yuan Shu's old department for the envoy."

　I'm stupid, stupid, stupid! !I set the schedule until tomorrow, and I said no matter what I said, I didn't update...

　　[The ending of the last chapter was modified]

　　
　
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