The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() After listening to Ma Yue's explanation, although Li Ru was a little displeased, he also became vigilant: "What you said is somewhat reasonable, my plan is only aimed at Yuan Shao alone, if he can't command the troops under his command , this plan is indeed difficult to achieve.”

Ma Yue smiled wryly: "Is it just that? If they really see through this plan, the rebel army must be more careful. And I have given Hua Xiong a plan earlier, and asked him to find a suitable place to ambush on the halfway. , hoping to win a few more games with ambushes. But once they are on guard, it will be very difficult for Hua Xiong to ambush them again, even..." He didn't say much about the bad things later.

When Li Ru heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "You still have this move? It seems that things are not as optimistic as I thought, and the Hua Xiong army must be withdrawn as soon as possible, otherwise it is very likely to be with the army. The enemy troops who had been prepared for a long time collided head-on!"

Ma Yue smiled helplessly again: "Now that the Huaxiong Army is hiding in a secret place, even if we send people there, we may not be able to find them. The only way now is to ask the Lord to send troops as soon as possible, as the backup of the Huaxiong Army. Only then can he solve his troubles."

"Well, what you said is right, let's go to see the lord and beg him to send troops!" Since the matter was serious, Li Ru didn't dare to slack off any more, and immediately stood up and said.

The two important advisers under Dong Zhuo had their own ideas, which made the battle ahead difficult to control, and they only had ideas to remedy it.But in fact, they went to see Dong Zhuo to explain everything at this time, it was already a bit late, because the main force of the Huaxiong Department ahead and the Kwantung Allied Army had already met on Qingshi Kip Road.

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Because of the insistence of several other troops, Yuan Shao had no choice but to cancel the military order to advance at full speed, which greatly reduced his prestige as the leader of the alliance.However, this matter was a good thing for the Kwantung Allied Forces, because they had arrived at Qingshi Kip Road just before dark the next day—that is, the place where the Vanguard Army was wiped out by Hua Xiong's troops before.

At this time, the Kip road had been cleaned up, and there were no traces left by the previous battle. It seemed to be no different from ordinary roads.However, this group of people still stopped, because it was already dark at this time, and the road was very narrow and difficult to walk, for the sake of caution, it was better to wait overnight and then continue on the next day.

This is the advantage of them vetoing Yuan Shao's full-speed march, otherwise they would have all crashed into the ambush circle of the Xiliang army by this time.But now, they didn't realize that there was anything wrong here, and the people from all walks of life buried their pots and cooked their own food, and only waited for the dawn of tomorrow before entering the valley.

The Xiliang army ambushing on the mountain had seen everything here, so someone couldn't help but suggested to Hua Xiong: "General, why don't we sneak attack the enemy's camp in the dark tonight? Presumably they wouldn't There will be no precautions, we will be able to break into the enemy camp and make a great contribution."

For this suggestion, Hua Xiong was not unimpressed, but thinking that it was Ma Yue's intention to ambush here, he dismissed this seemingly attractive idea: "No! If we kill at this time, it will indeed have the effect of a sneak attack. , but the enemy army is strong, and our 2 people are not enough to completely defeat them. But if we lie in ambush here, the situation will be different tomorrow. At that time, we will not only have the advantage of sneak attack, but also have the advantage of terrain advantage, this can completely offset our lack of military strength. I have ordered you not to make any moves tonight, and it will not be too late to take action after they enter Kip tomorrow!"

"Here!" Seeing that Hua Xiong had made up his mind, the soldiers didn't persuade him any more, and after agreeing, they went to prepare.

But at this time, in the Kwantung Army barracks outside Kip Road, Cao Cao met Kong Rong again, and the latter once again mentioned that Xu Jie had never sent someone to deliver a letter: "It's been two days, Xu Jiedu didn't send anyone back, something is really wrong."

"It seems that something is wrong." This time, even Cao Cao felt a little uneasy.After thinking about it for a while, he said: "In this way, if no one sends a letter back at dawn tomorrow, we will send a small team forward to investigate. The vanguard army of nearly ten thousand will suddenly lose contact. It’s really unbelievable.”

"Could it be... that they were all wiped out?" Kong Rong expressed his doubts with a worried face.

"Total annihilation? This is an army of [-], unless Dong Zhuo mobilizes all the horses in his hands to attack them. Or—" Cao Cao gave a big meal when he said this.

"Or what?"

"Or, they were ambushed and surrounded by people in an extremely unfavorable geographical environment, so not a single person who reported the message escaped." Cao Cao expressed his guess, but then shook his head: "But this possibility is really It's too small."

Just when the two of them were disturbed by this incident, Xiahou Dun, who had been ordered to arrange a night patrol, suddenly came in and reported: "General, I found something amiss at the end, and I am worried that there are ambushes from the Xiliang Army nearby."

"What?" The two of them were startled when they heard what he said. It was just a coincidence that Xiahou Dun talked about the ambush just now.However, Cao Cao still trusts this fierce general. Since he said it so solemnly, he must have discovered something, so he also asked solemnly: "What did you see?"

"General, please come out with me to have a look." Xiahou Dun stepped aside and motioned Cao Cao to go out with him.

So a few people came outside the tent. At this time, the sun had already set in the west, and there was only a touch of red in the sky, which was no longer visible to the naked eye.Just as Cao Cao and the others were looking around, not knowing what to look at, Xiahou Dun pointed to the towering mountain wall and the sky above the Kip Road: "General, please look there."

Looking as far as the eye could see, Cao Cao could only see a lot of birds hovering in the sky above the mountain wall, but he couldn't see anything else.But soon, Cao Cao, who was proficient in the art of war, thought of something, and his face suddenly became serious.Kong Rong beside him still looked confused: "Is there anything wrong there?"

"There is something wrong, and it's really wrong!" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, and looked at the sky in other directions: "Brother Wen Ju, let's look at other places, is it different from this place?"

"Different?" Kong Rong looked around for a while, and then said, "It's not different at all, the only difference is that there are no birds hovering in the sky in other places."

"That's it. This is the basis for the problems in the Kip Road. Birds like to build their nests on the cliffs, and whenever it gets dark, they will return to their nests to rest. Now, even if there are other places The birds have all returned to their nests, so we can’t see them, so why are there only birds above this road?”

"Why are there only birds there?" Although Kong Rong is known as the chief general of the first army, he actually knows little about military affairs. Even though Cao Cao has made his words so clear, he is still confused, frowning and thinking about something .

Seeing him like this, Cao Cao knew that he couldn't think of a reason, so he directly explained the reason: "Because there are things that these birds are afraid of near their nests, which makes them dare not return." And if my predictions are correct, the ones hiding on this cliff should be the ambushes of the Xiliang Army."

"What?" Kong Rong called out in disbelief, "You said there are enemy ambushes up here?"

"That's right, and now I can also explain why the vanguard army suddenly disappeared. They should have been ambushed, and most likely they are within this tunnel. The terrain here is dangerous. As long as the enemy attacks from a high position, they will be able to Yashi is enough to make it difficult for all the troops to resist, not to mention the Xiliang Army has elites who are good at fighting."

"This...is it really so?" Kong Rong was even more surprised: "It's just that we can't make a conclusion based on this alone?"

"Thinking about it now, this road is too clean, and there is no horse manure left." Cao Cao did not answer Kong Rong's question, but said to himself: "Nearly ten thousand horses pass by this road, It is impossible to leave no traces. But today, it seems that the place is quite clean. A flaw was revealed."

"What the general said is very true. There must be ambushes on both sides of the cliff!" Xiahou Dun also nodded.

"What should we do? If this is the case, how can we get on this road?" This time, Kong Rong had already lost his sense of proportion, and he couldn't help but said in distress.After all, he is not a person who knows how to fight, so it is naturally difficult to deal with such a thing suddenly.

But Cao Cao didn't take it seriously: "If we hadn't noticed their existence, maybe this ambush would pose a big threat to us, but since we have seen the loopholes and found their location, we can take the opportunity to give them an opportunity to attack." I have learned a lesson." After speaking, Cao Cao turned his eyes to the dense forests on the cliff: "The forests are lush there, so if you set a fire on it, it will burn very well. Xiahoudun!"

"The end is here!"

"After the second watch, you lead a team to sneak up to the hill on the left with more fire. Cao Hong, you lead an army to the cliff on the right. After the third watch, set fire to me!" Cao Cao turned his head to the side again Cao Hong ordered.

"Yes!" The two generals quickly agreed.

"Brother Wen Ju, let's go see Ben Chu and the other generals right now, so that they can understand the current situation." After giving the order, Cao Cao turned his head and said to Kong Rong.