Chapter 368
Who would have thought that Guan Yu's tribe, which had been confronting him, would suddenly appear in the Peiguo area of ​​Shanyang County.

After the news spread back, Cao Cao also became nervous.

Due to the lack of troops and the fact that some of his troops were sent north, he had to concentrate his troops on Juancheng.

Shanyang Peiguo can also reach Qingxu, but Shanyang is adjacent to mountains, and the northern part of Peiguo is also surrounded by mountains.

Cao Cao arranged for Li Qian to guard Shanyang County and Han Hao as his deputy.Li Tong was appointed to guard Pei State, and Zang Ba and others were appointed to guard Taishan County.

The fortifications have been built in advance and cannot be said to be indestructible, nor can they be broken through easily.

But Guan Yu's main force of thousands suddenly appeared there, and Cao Cao was somewhat nervous.

"Is it really Guan Yu?" Xi Zhicai was a little confused. If Guan Yu's main force was over there, then what was on the Juancheng side?
Considering that Guan Yu has not come out to call for formation in the past three or four days, it is not impossible for them to abandon Juancheng and go straight to Shanyang County.

But if we send heavy troops there, wouldn't the army here be empty?

The problem is from Juancheng to the west, and there is almost no danger to defend.

This is also the reason why Xi Zhicai is so confident. Whenever Guan Yu leaves here, Yanzhou will be waiting for them to march in and recapture it.

"Without further delay, send troops immediately!" Cao Cao was not willing to waste time. This was a great opportunity.

"Wait a minute!" Guo Jia came forward, "Ming Gong, there is no danger to defend Yanzhou. Even if Guan Yu doesn't know, it's impossible for his counselors not to know. Furthermore, if we attack Shanyang Peiguo, even if we end up going straight to Xuzhou, if there is a way out, If it is cut off, the material supply will immediately be in trouble. Guan Yu is also a veteran on the battlefield, so it is impossible that he does not know this truth. "

"Trap?" Cao Cao immediately understood. The other party was clearly attacking Shanyang Peiguo, but in fact he was luring him to rescue him.

From this point on, the real main force here will attack until Juancheng is captured.

After Juancheng breaks through, no matter whether it goes south or east, there is basically nothing that can stop the opponent.

Speaking of Cao Ren and others, they are still in Pingyuan Kingdom. If the other party captures Qingzhou, then the logistics there will be cut off.

"Not necessarily, but it's very possible!" Xi Zhicai added.

The analysis of Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia was always correct, so Cao Cao was willing to trust their judgment.

If it was just a partial army passing by, then either Li Qian or Zang Ba should be able to stop it.

The top priority is to continue to collect intelligence. An army cannot be conjured out of thin air. Everything must be traceable.

After three days of this, a military report came from Shanyang that thousands of enemy troops were attacking Shanyang County.

The leader, with a red face and long beard, holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, is undoubtedly Guan Yu!

In particular, the opponent also has a lot of siege equipment, and the soldiers don't look like new recruits, at least they are veterans who have been training for several years.

Then there was news from Yanzhou. Indeed, a few days earlier, an army had gone south, captured Dingtao and other places in Jiyin County, and killed them in the direction of Shanyang.

Did Guan Yu really divide his troops?
Not to mention Cao Cao who was surprised, even Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia were a little incredulous.

This is equivalent to abandoning the military camp outside Juancheng and leading the main force to launch a surprise attack.

How can they do this?
If they take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and recapture Yanzhou, then their way out will be cut off!
"Assemble the troops and prepare to go to war!" Cao Cao did not intend to wait any longer this time. This was a great opportunity to surprise the opponent.

At this time, even Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia couldn't persuade him.

I'm just a little confused as to why Guan Yu would split up his troops at this time because he was not such a reckless person.

Although Cao Cao was anxious, he was not impatient. He carefully sent people to investigate and confirmed that the enemy camp had increased patrols, and then he felt a little more at ease.

The increased intensity of patrols at this time was due to the lack of troops and fear of enemy raids.

However, they were still cautious and sent Cao Hong as the vanguard to try to launch an attack.

Sure enough, the enemy had little defense and the army successfully entered the camp.

After a careful search, I found that there were probably less than two thousand soldiers stationed here.There are almost no baggage supplies and almost no war weapons. It can be said that they have all been transferred to other places.

"Haha..." Cao Cao laughed, "Guan Yu Wumou actually thought that he could deceive Cao with this little trick?!"

What really made him happy was that Guan Yu's main force actually rushed in rashly. Now as long as he cut off their retreat, there would be no supplies in the future. How could they support it?

As for the various places in Shanyang, it goes without saying that they had to fortify their walls and clear the country under his orders long ago. It is not easy to obtain supplies.

Win, win, win!

"Report!" Suddenly at this time, a soldier hurried over to report, "General, there are suddenly tens of thousands of troops outside, and they are pulling towards us!"

"What? Where did the army come from?!" Cao Cao panicked. Isn't the main force of Liu Bei's army in Shanyang?
"No, we have fallen into a trap!" Xi Zhicai, who was accompanying the army, immediately reacted, "The enemy has spread suspicion and attracted us to take the initiative. The purpose is to surround and kill us here!"

But why couldn't he see through such a simple plan?

There are just a few factors:

1. Guan Yu called for formation every day earlier, but he has indeed not called for war in the past few days.

2. Intelligence showed that the general who attacked Shanyang had a red face and a long beard and was holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, subconsciously thinking of Guan Yu.

3. There is indeed intelligence that the enemy has an army moving south from the military camp.

Regardless of what was observed, what was reported from Shanyang, or the intelligence compiled here, they all show one thing.

So Cao Cao finally couldn't sit still and took the initiative to kill him, and finally fell into the trap.

The question is, if there is no problem with the intelligence, why is there such a result?

"Why is there such a result?" On the outskirts of the camp, Guan Yu looked at Cao Jun in the camp and looked at Jia Xu.

He really didn't expect that Cao Jun would be fished out if he couldn't get out of the camp.

"Sometimes habits and trust are not good things..." Jia Xu replied, but he would not say the specific reason.

This thing is like magic. Once you know the secret, it's no longer interesting.

The core of this strategy is habit and trust.

From the beginning of spring, Guan Yu continued to call for war, going every two days.

Unknowingly, the other party had become accustomed to Guan Yu's appearance and shouting in the past six months.

So here comes the question, what will happen if the other party suddenly doesn’t come to call for a fight for a few days?
First of all, you are not used to it, and then you will feel that the other person has left.

Then it's simple. You only need to provide them with evidence that "Guan Yu did leave here" to make the other party firm in this idea.

In the end, it was still blind trust in the intelligence. In fact, Jia Xu did not do anything in the past six months, but found the rules and general methods of the other party's message transmission.

You only need to find a certain person or a certain family through the channels of intelligence transmission, and then you can use them in turn to spread some wrong news.

As for the red-faced man, it was a coincidence that among the young people who came to take the imperial examination earlier, there was a red-faced young man named Wei Yan. Just make a fake long beard.

With a red face and a long beard, and holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword, I have to say that Guan Yu is indeed very recognizable.

On the other hand, a person with such an appearance will immediately be thought of as Guan Yu, which is quite normal...

Finally, he went out on Weiye, controlled the family who was delivering the news, and set up an ambush with the help of the village gathering. The fish was cautious for three days before finally taking the bait.

 Brain-burning...

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