Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 109 Wen He’s plan is brilliant!Prime Minister, please follow this!

It was late at night and the north gate of Fancheng was closed.

The grass was desolate, and every blade of grass was stained with blood. Reflecting the bright moonlight, it glowed with white light, making it even more desolate and terrifying.

Under the impact of the elephant formation, Cao's camp had its chariots and horses damaged and scattered everywhere, and there were countless dead bodies. Wherever the beast-controlling camp passed, there were numerous bones everywhere.

In Fancheng, it was a different scene.

Zhao Yun prepared wine and dishes, thanked Meng Huo for his first arrival, and was off to a successful start.

"When the king first came, he made such a great contribution to relieve our difficulties in Fancheng. Zhao Yun is grateful."

Zhao Yun raised his wine glass high, and Fancheng's generals Wei Yan, Li Yan, Wen Pin, Kuai Yue, etc. also held wine in their hands and stood up with Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, why are you so open-minded?"

Meng Huo led Mrs. Zhu Rong and brought the cave master, Meng You and the cave masters of the three caves to return Zhao Yun's favor.

"I came here to repay the kindness of the military advisor. It is my duty to obey the military advisor's instructions and kill the enemy. Why should I mention it?"

The cave master laughed loudly and drank three glasses of wine: "Although I didn't capture the Tiger Chi today, I earned [-] arrows for General Zhao. It's enough for the city to use for a few days!"

Although he was defeated by Xu Chu in the battle, he also indulged the enemy and laid the foundation for the charge of the elephant formation behind him. Moreover, he was casual by nature and would not let a momentary unhappiness affect his mood throughout the day.

"I have always heard of the name Hu Chi. When I saw him today, I realized that he is indeed extraordinary. He is a powerful enemy!"

Zhao Yun nodded and brought about the duel between the cave master and Xu Chu. He watched it clearly from the tower and deeply admired Xu Chu's ability.

Meng Huo swallowed a bowl of wine in one gulp, reached out and grabbed a deer leg, stuffed it into his mouth, tore off a large piece of meat, and chewed hard.

"Sooner or later I will have to fight Xu Chu! I want to see if he is more brave or if I am better!"

Meng Huo's whole body had protruding tendons and lumps of muscles, glowing with oil under the pouring moonlight. When he was motionless, he looked like a sculpture of a god.

Jin Huan Sanjie pulled out the waist knife from his waist, stood up, cut off a huge piece of venison from the plate, and handed it to A Hui Nan.

"Your elephant soldiers gave me a group of beasts a delicious meal. I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha. In return, I also gave you a piece of meat!"

"OK!"

Ah Hui Nan stood up, stretched his neck, passed the dagger with three golden rings forward, and stuffed the big piece of meat into Ah Hui Nan's mouth.Ah Hui bit the meat with a murmur, retracted his arm with three golden rings, and inserted the dagger into his bag.

The elephant array charged, and the beast-controlling camp ambush.The two of them cooperated well and won a great victory, feeding the beasts in the beast control camp.

Zhao Yun and other old generals from Fancheng diligently encouraged people to drink. Everyone exchanged cups and drank until late at night before they dispersed.

……

At this moment, people in Xuchang are in panic, as if they are facing an abyss.

Xun Yu spread rumors and spread the news that Cao Cao's troops had returned to Xuchang throughout Xiliang and Chang'an.He wanted to scare Ma Chao away with this.

Unexpectedly, Ma Chao's soldiers from Xiliang, instead of being frightened and retreating, were extremely excited and even more determined to conquer Xuchang!
Ma Chao, a young and talented man, had long wanted to launch an army to attack Cao Cao and unify the Han Dynasty. However, because his father Ma Tengji stayed in Xuchang and was under house arrest by Cao Cao, he did not dare to act rashly.

His subordinates Pang De, Ma Dai, Ma Tie and others were all young officers with aggressive natures. After staying in Xiliang for a long time, the Qiang people were frightened by the news and felt that they were invincible. They could follow their young master to attack Xuchang and use the Xiliang cavalry to join the Central Plains army. It is also their long-cherished wish.

But the rumors spread by Xun Yu were not ineffective at all.

Ma Chao played steadily, step by step, and did not dare to make any rash advances.Behind him, Han Sui was in charge of the supplies and weapons, which were continuously delivered. Instead, he was not in a hurry for a quick victory. He wanted to wait for Cao Cao's troops to withdraw and have a decisive battle!
However, the wealthy clan members in Xuchang have completely lost their confidence in holding on and are deliberately trying to escape from Xuchang and seek refuge in Hebei, Shandong and other places.

Although Xun Yu comforted him in every possible way, conducted strict inspections, and guarded the city gates.But those who escape from Xuchang every day are still invincible!

Even the public officials in Xuchang were trembling day and night, fearing that Ma Chao would suddenly come and kill them, and they would lose their food. They packed their bags secretly and prepared to flee or surrender immediately if the limelight was not right!
In the palace, the head of state, Fu Wan, went in and out of the palace every day in the name of visiting the queen, reporting on the war situation and situation outside.

Fortunately, since Cao Cao's southern expedition, the affairs of the palace were also under the control of Xun Yu, the servant. Xun Yu was loyal to the Han Dynasty, and he was busy with the defense of Xuchang at the moment. He was already overwhelmed and had too much time to take care of himself, so he had to monitor the palace. Much looser.

"Zhang Guozhang, how are things going outside?"

Emperor Xian Liu Xie finished his breakfast, put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth and asked impatiently.

"I'll go get a basin of water and wash your Majesty's hands."

Queen Fu glanced at her father, turned around and came to the palace gate to keep a lookout.

"Your Majesty, Cao Cao is fighting with Uncle Liu in Jingzhou and is unable to separate himself. Ma Chao raised 20 troops and rushed to Xuchang. As long as these two groups of soldiers win along the way, the Cao Cao thief will be in the predicament of being attacked from both sides and will be defeated sooner or later!"

While Fu Wan was talking, he took out a rough map from his sleeve and showed the locations of Ma Chao, Jingzhou and Cao Cao's troops.

Liu Xie nodded, with a happy face: "Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry has fought against the Qiang people for many years, and their combat effectiveness is not bad. If Cao Cao fails to succeed in Jingzhou, he will definitely return to Xuchang and travel thousands of miles. He may not be Ma Chao's opponent. !”

Fu Wan hurriedly put away the map, hid it in his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise. The great grievances your Majesty has suffered due to the power of Cao Cao's thieves for many years are finally over!"

Liu Xie sighed, stood up, and looked up at the ceiling of the palace: "As long as we can continue the Han Dynasty, we will not hesitate even if we are broken into pieces!"

But then he frowned and looked worried!

"Cao Cao is becoming more and more arrogant. Before he went out to fight, his subordinates already wanted to make him king. Fortunately, Cao Chong's death ignited Cao Cao's desire to conquer, so he put the matter aside for the time being. If Uncle Liu Huang couldn't do it this time Defeat Cao Cao, but be defeated by Cao Cao."

"Then the traitor Cao will probably not only proclaim himself king when he returns to the capital, but will also demote me to the rank of common people and expel me from the palace!"

He held the emperor hostage to command the princes, and if all the princes were destroyed by him.So what's the use of keeping the emperor?

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Cao Cao is a thief who deceives you and ignores you. The emperor will not protect you!"

"And there are recent rumors that Liu Zhang from Yizhou has also sent troops and horses to cooperate with Ma Chao and march eastward. I am afraid that they will reach Xuchang in just a few days. With three troops and horses, I don't believe Cao Cao can escape this disaster!"

"Sure enough?"

Emperor Xian Liu Xie's eyes lit up and he couldn't suppress the surprise in his heart. He stood up and walked back and forth excitedly, almost dancing!

"There are many rumors, but they may not be true. Xun Lingjun's mansion is heavily guarded and all news is banned. But I think since it has been spread in Xuchang at this time, it should be true."

Liu Xie smiled softly, and the pressure in his heart suddenly felt a lot less.

"Although Ma Chao is brave, he is not one of my confidants after all. Liu Bei of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou are indeed my descendants of the Han Dynasty. If two of them can join the throne in Beijing, I will be safe."

After bending down, he bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as there is a change in Cao Cao's traitor, I will immediately compile a book and send it to Yizhou and Jingzhou, and order two descendants of the Han Dynasty to lead troops to Beijing to protect your Majesty!"

When the two were about to talk, Queen Fu suddenly came in a hurry, holding a basin of water in her hand.

"Your Majesty, father. Cao Cao's servants are here again!"

When Cao Cao was in Japan, he sent people to see Liu Xie every day in order to monitor the situation in the palace and control Liu Xie's body and emotions.Although Cao Cao had not returned from the southern expedition at this time, he still followed the routine and reported all the situations to Xun Lingjun in detail.

"Your Majesty, remember to keep a low profile. Never get carried away and act too excited!"

After Fu finished a few hurried explanations, he went out the back door, turned to the front door and left the palace.

……

Fifty miles north of Fancheng, inside the main tent of Cao Cao's army.

It was late at night, but the lights were brightly lit. The entire military camp was filled with smoke and filled with a tense and depressing atmosphere.

The 20-strong army only returned in half a day, but lost nearly [-] people and injured [-] to [-] people. The entire army was almost wiped out.

Le Jin, a famous general of the generation, was killed under the elephant array in this battle and was trampled to pulp by elephants.

"I wanted to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared. I took advantage of the Southern Barbarians' unsteady foothold to seize the opportunity and capture Fancheng. But I didn't expect that your losses would be even worse than before!"

Cao Cao's face was as gloomy as black iron, and his tone was full of harsh accusations.The generals naturally understand in their hearts, but after serving the Prime Minister for many years, they have already figured out the Prime Minister's temper. No matter what kind of tragic failure, the responsibility will always be on the generals or counselors, and the Prime Minister will never be wrong.

"Prime Minister, we are incompetent and have lost all three armies. Please ask the Prime Minister to punish us..."

Xiahou Dun lost in confusion and was completely stunned by Meng Huo's three armies. At this moment, he felt as if he was in clouds and mist, and as if he had not woken up from a nightmare.

"Punishment?"

Cao Cao sneered: "Can punishment resurrect one hundred thousand of my soldiers?"

Zhang Liao left the squad, knelt down next to Xiahou Dun, and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, the Southern Barbarian soldiers are all wearing rattan armor, which cannot be penetrated by swords and guns, and arrows cannot penetrate their armor. The elephant formation is charging, all wearing iron armor, charging rampantly, we cavalry We are helpless, and the infantry are reduced to dead souls under their hooves. They cannot harm the enemy at all..."

After hearing this, Cheng Yu frowned slightly, took a few steps forward, and spoke softly.

"When I was in Xuchang, I occasionally heard Xu Shu mention the Southern Barbarians' rattan armored soldiers, elephant camp, and beast-controlling camp!"

"The vine-armored soldiers are invulnerable, the elephant camp is armored and rushes into battle, and the beast-controlling camp has countless lions, tigers, leopards, poisonous insects, raptors, etc."

"I didn't expect that Meng Huo would spend a lot of money to support Jingzhou this time and bring all the three cave soldiers under his command!"

Cao Cao was angry when he suddenly turned around and looked at Cheng Yu: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now that you have lost a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, it's useless for you to tell me!"

"Since you know the number of his troops and horses, of course you also know how to defeat the enemy!"

Cheng Yu was frightened after hearing this. Xun You, Jia Xu and others around him even complained secretly and complained about Cheng Yu.

This garrulous sentence directly took the matter of defeating Menghuo on himself, and the five great counselors were in the same boat, and it was impossible to get rid of this matter.

"Prime Minister..."

Cheng Yu calmed down, knelt beside Xiahou Dun, lowered his head and said.

"I just heard Xu Shu mention the soldiers of the Southern Barbarians, but I don't know the details. Moreover, the Southern Barbarian King Meng Huo is far away in southern Xinjiang, and there are Jiaozhou Shixie in the middle. I really didn't expect that he would come out to help Liu Bei!"

"That's why I didn't mention this matter before the war. I hope the Prime Minister will forgive Cheng Yu's crime..."

Cheng Yu put his hands on the ground and knelt down, never daring to raise his head again.

"Zhuge Wende!!"

Cao Cao suddenly flew into a rage, pointed his halberd in the direction of Xiangyang, and cursed!
"Zhuge Pifu, when I defeat Jingzhou and capture Xiangyang, I will kill you with [-] knives. The ancient punishments of cannon burning and castration will also be inflicted on you!"

"Until Zhuge dies, I will have no peace! Unless Zhuge dies, I will never die in peace!!"

"Zhuge..."

Cao Cao lost his manners, ignored the dignity of the prime minister, and vented all the anguish in his heart.After this scolding, my mood actually became much smoother.

"Report to the Prime Minister, something bad happened..."

While Cao Cao was yelling and scolding, suddenly the medical officer from the team rushed in and knelt on the ground.

"What's the matter? So panicked!"

Cao Cao had no choice but to stop cursing, turned to stare at the medical officer, and asked angrily.

'Qi Prime Minister.Of the thousands of injured soldiers who returned, most of them seemed to have been injured by poisoning... Weichen has tried his best, but with little success...'

As soon as the medical officer entered the tent, he saw Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao and Cheng Yu kneeling on the ground, and even heard the Prime Minister's loud curses.

"Poisoned!?"

Cao Cao's body trembled, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, but it was immediately covered up by even stronger hatred.

"Yes, there are many kinds of poisons, not just ordinary ones. And among them, there seems to be the kind of poison that killed Mr. Chong..."

The medical officer was originally a master of the apricot forest in the capital. When Cao Chong was poisoned, he was one of the doctors in Xuchang who consulted, so he was familiar with the poison.

"Chong'er's death was indeed the fault of Zhuge Pifu!!"

Cao Cao stood up with an angry voice, took the sword in his hand, held the hilt with both hands, swung the sword and cut the table in front of him into two pieces!

The civil and military officials in the hall, seeing the prime minister furious and holding a sword, lowered their heads one by one and did not dare to interrupt.I'm afraid that the prime minister will be so angry that he will swing his sword and his life will be in danger.

For a time, the entire Chinese army's tent fell into deathly silence, with only the sound of Cao Cao's heavy breathing filling every corner of the tent.

a long time.

"Prime Minister, Meng Huo is powerful and cannot be defeated. Moreover, thousands of injured soldiers in the camp must be treated. This matter must be considered in the long term."

After seeing the Prime Minister venting his anger, Xun You's complexion improved a little, and he slowly took a few steps forward and said calmly.

In the absence of Xun Yu, among the five great counselors, Xun You was the leader by default, so he had to do his part in many matters.

"Do you have any clever ideas to defeat the enemy?"

Cao Cao sheathed his sword, looked up at Xun You, then slowly glanced at the five counselors, and asked coldly.

"Meng Huo is a barbarian who has not been educated. I don't know what benefits Zhuge Wende promised him, but he was so moved that he led him to Jingzhou to help in the war."

"But those who are only interested in profit, I will seduce them with heavy profits! As long as the prime minister writes a letter and sends an eloquent person to go to Fancheng to lobby Meng Huo, he will definitely be tempted. I will order him to kill Zhao Yun and open the door to surrender to the enemy!"

Xun You walked back and forth, passing by the three people who were kneeling on the ground from time to time.

Cao Cao understood Xun You's intention and wanted to intercede with the three of them.

"Stay back, don't embarrass yourself here."

Cao Cao said coldly and ordered the three of them to stand up and return to the team.

"That's right! Prime Minister, please follow it."

Jia Xu also stood up, bowed to Cao Cao and said.

"My Chong'er died at the hands of his poison, how could I let him go!"

Cao Cao felt sad when he thought of Cao Chong's death, and a look of sadness crept onto his brows.

Jia Xu smiled softly, without missing a beat, and continued calmly taking over Xun You's words.

"Prime Minister, as long as Meng Huo is willing to surrender, kill Zhao Yun, and surrender Fancheng."

"When we enter Fancheng, the poisoned soldiers in the army will be treated with the antidote. At that time, the prime minister wants to increase the crime, so why bother?"

"Meng Huo's life is entirely in the hands of the Prime Minister. Killing, scraping and surviving is not a matter of a word from the Prime Minister!"

Jia Xu's still smiling eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of viciousness!
"Fan City is under the control of my 40-strong army. As long as we kill the Southern Barbarian troops and horses, not a single piece of armor will be left. We only say to the outside world that we captured Fan City, but the defenders refused to surrender and the entire army was wiped out! No one can know that the Prime Minister killed and surrendered. !”

Zhong Yao and Chen Qun stood up one after another and applauded.

"Prime Minister, Gongda and Wenhe's plan can take revenge and defeat the enemy. It is really wonderful! Please follow it, Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao put his left hand behind his back, stroked his beard with his right hand, and pondered for a long time.

"Okay! Let's do this plan! No matter the cost, we will succeed in luring the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)