Cao Thief

Chapter 223 Stealing Camp (23)

Bang bang bang bang, there are four rings.

It was already Yin time, and the camp was very quiet.Chen Deng was lying in the small tent with a wooden sleeper, half leaning against the fence, holding a volume of the biography of Ram and reading.

His eyes were fixed on the bamboo slips, but his mind didn't know where he went.

"Is the public platform not asleep yet?"

"Ah, it's Shulong."

When the curtain was raised, Cao Xing walked in from the outside.

Chen Gong quickly turned over and sat up, waving his hands to signal Cao Xing to be casual.He stood up, poured a bowl of water, and handed it to Cao Xing.Cao Xing thanked him, took the water bowl, and sat down.Chen Gong had a habit, when he was in the army, he didn't drink alcohol at all, he only drank water.

Cao Xing is also used to it, so he doesn't care much.

Although he and Chen Gong are not particularly confrontational, but in terms of talent alone, Cao Xing can't say much.

The conflict with Chen Gong mainly focused on Hao Meng's rebellion and Cao Xing once identified Chen Gong.But after that incident passed, Lu Bu didn't ask, and Cao Xing wouldn't bring it up again.Later, Cao Xing was stationed as a prime minister, and he had less contact with Chen Gong, and the grievance gradually faded away...

"Shulong, there must be a hard fight at dawn, why don't you go to rest?"

"The water ran out of the back camp just now, I just went over to check."

"Water?" Chen Gong's expression became tense, and he quickly said, "It's nothing serious."

"It's okay... It was a panic caused by a small school accidentally burning the armor. I have ordered people to deal with that small school. It's not a big problem."

"That's good!"

Chen Gong's expression softened a lot.

"Shulong, what do you need from me?"

"This one……"

Chen Gong glanced at Cao Xing and smiled slightly, "Are you trying to say that I insisted on beating Haixi because I was acting out of passion?"

"Ah."

Chen Gong sighed, and said softly: "Actually, I also know, not only you, I'm afraid Wenyuan Xuangao and others don't agree with it, thinking that I don't distinguish between public and private. Actually... Shulong, do you think Cao Cao will let us go? I mean, is he going to watch us sit in Xuzhou and ignore it?"

Cao Xing froze for a moment, then shook his head.

"Cao Cao, the treacherous hero... is called Yingfeng Emperor, but he is actually a Han traitor.

Now he is holding the Son of Heaven in order to make the princes occupy the name of righteousness.However, if he wants to control Chao Gang, he will definitely fight Yuan Shao.

And Junhou sits in Xuzhou, and he is indecisive.

How can Cao Cao rest assured?Before the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, he is bound to attack Xuzhou.At that time, there will be a battle between us and Cao Cao. "

Cao Xing opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to start them.

"Fighting Haixi is called the million grains and grass. It is to cut off Cao Cao's ambush. Have you noticed that if Cao Cao uses troops against Xuzhou, regardless of Chen Yuanlong's attitude, Haixi will definitely send troops to help. Now Haixi With a population of [-], the area is as wide as three counties. Deng Ji has a high prestige in Haixi, and he can recruit thousands of soldiers in the shortest time. At that time, troops will be sent from Haixi to Quyang to conquer the prime minister and defeat Cao Cao. Responding to each other from a distance, they are in a pincer attack on Xiapi. This is my original intention to send troops to Haixi.

I know that you have friendship with Deng Ji's brother-in-law.

But don't forget that he and us are actually hostile.You have friendship with that kid, but that kid may not regard you as a friend. "

Cao Xing's cheeks twitched and he sighed.

"Gongtai, I just think that starting a war at such a time may not be beneficial."

Chen Gong said seriously: "The battle has already started, why should Shulong think too much?"

That's right, the war has already kicked off, is it possible to withdraw the troops at this time?Cao Xing had to admit that Chen Gong's words made sense.

"In the battle of Quyang, it is best to have a quick victory."

Chen Gong said with a smile: "Shulong, that Haixi might have some tricks, but just now you saw it, a round of throwing stones revealed its true form. Why should you worry about such mobsters? Within three days, Quyang will be destroyed , when the time comes when we step on the west of the sea, we will be able to return home."

"hope so!"

Cao Xing turned his head suddenly, "However, you'd better keep an eye on Zishan. I don't want him to cause any trouble, and let us increase casualties."

"I know, I have ordered him to sit in the rear army and take care of the luggage."

"So good."

Cao Xing felt that all that needed to be said had already been said, and it was useless to continue in this small tent, so he bid farewell to Chen Gong.

After seeing off Cao Xing, Chen Gong half-lyed on the couch again.

He didn't read the volume of "Gongyang Biography", but closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

What I said to Cao Xing just now was definitely not alarmist talk.Chen Gong knew that between Lu Bu and Cao Cao, it was life and death, and there was no room for change.Of course, he didn't want to hang out with Cao Cao either.However, when will Cao Cao send troops?Chen Gong was also quite puzzled.

This year, Xudu's farms have a bumper harvest, and Cao Cao no longer lacks food and grass.

Today's Cao Cao is not the Cao Cao of Yanzhou.It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is strong in soldiers and horses.And as Cao Cao welcomes the emperor, his account is even more talented.For example, Deng Ji is not simple.At least in Chen Gong's view, Deng Ji was able to sort out the chaotic and disorderly Haixi County in just one year.This talent is enough to amaze him.

Under Lu Bu's tent, there is a shortage of such talents...

Chen Gong knows himself very well, he is not a talent to assist the government.

He is a mastermind, but he is not good at internal affairs.This is also one of the reasons why Xuzhou went into decline after Lu Bu captured Xuzhou.

Lv Bu was brave and decisively fought between the two battles, making him invincible in the world.

As for Chen Gong, he is not bad at making plans and strategizing.But the problem is that this war also needs the assistance of internal affairs.Grain, population, etc., if there are no professionals to take care of it, it really won't work.For Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to win the world, he still needed Xiao He to sit behind him, let alone Lu Bu?Perhaps in the coming year, we should pay attention to this aspect.Then Chen Changwen has talent, he can recommend it to the prince...

Thoughts come and go, unconsciously, Yin time has passed.

Chen Gong leaned on the bed, fell asleep in a daze...

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Cao Peng was hanged from the city wall with ropes.

A total of 104 people left the city, taking advantage of the night, quietly came to the Xiapi barracks.Everyone's body was stained with mud, and their faces were even smeared with muddy water, making them look extremely weird.After midnight, the temperature drops sharply, and the wind blows from the swimming water, making people feel a bit chilly...

Crawling on a small bag of soil, Cao Peng looked up.

It can be seen that Cao Xing was very cautious in marching and fighting.Although the camp was set up hastily, the guards were tight.

There are patrol guards at several camp gates, and there are guards standing guard on the hanging tower.Rushing in from the front is very difficult and dangerous.

Fortunately, in the past few days, Cao Peng led people to carefully inspect the surrounding terrain.

He waved his hand towards Pan Zhang, making a gesture of splitting up.Pan Zhang's face was smeared with black mud, and he nodded towards Cao Peng to express his understanding.

Immediately, the 104 soldiers were divided into two groups.

Cao Peng led a group of people along the Zushui River Beach.Under the cover of a vast expanse of white reed flowers, they came to the side door of the barracks without anyone noticing.After a whole day of marching, the Xiapi army seemed to be very tired, so the barracks were relatively loose.

However, between the tents, there will be patrols passing through from time to time.

This is also in line with Cao Xing's temperament.Cao Peng didn't have much contact with Cao Xing, but he didn't know Cao Xing well.In fact, he knew that there would be a battle between Lu Bu and Cao Cao, so when he was in Haixi, he began to collect and sort out the information of the eight masters.

Cao Xing is a calm and steady person.

Personal force is not weak, and archery is superb.

But as far as the art of war is concerned, it is not very powerful.The biggest characteristic of Cao Xing is the word "stable", so when he led the army, the most prominent thing was calmness.There may not be any great credit, but there will never be any major mistakes.Lu Bu ordered him to be stationed at the prime minister, precisely because of his "stability", such a battle as attacking Liu Bei and defeating Xiahou Dun was not Cao Neng's actions.

Bang bang bang bang, the fifth watch arrives.

At this time, the dawn is very late, and the white belly will not appear until after Mao o'clock.

That is to say, between five o'clock and six o'clock in the morning is the darkest time... and for people, this time period is also the time when they sleep the most.

The number of patrols gradually decreased. Cao Peng made a gesture to Zhai Jiong and Chu Ge, and then walked forward with his body bent.

Outside the small gate, there were two guards, with spears in their hands, nodding their heads, dozing off.Cao Peng reached out and took out an iron meteor from the suede bag, and suddenly jumped out from the reed flowers, like a cheetah, and rushed towards the two guards.The guard was drowsy, and suddenly heard the sound, and immediately stood up vigilantly.But before they could see what was going on, the iron meteor in Cao Peng's hand had already flown out.

Peng made a muffled sound.

The iron meteor smashed viciously on the face of a guard, denting the guard's nose bridge and the brow bone between the eyes.The guard fell to the ground with a plop, and the ground was instantly stained red with blood.At the same time, Cao Peng also came to another guard, jumped up and twisted the guard's neck, and with a force on his hand, he pulled down forcefully with the force of his falling body.

With a bang, the neck fractured.

The guard slipped limply to the ground, Cao Peng reached out and grabbed the spear.

Just as Cao Peng finished off the two guards, Zhai Jiong and Chu Ge took the lead and rushed into the camp with the people.

The camp of 8000 people is actually not too small.

There are small camps on both sides and a big camp in the middle.

The tents of the small camp are relatively tight, while the tents of the big camp are somewhat loose.

"ignition!"

At Cao Peng's order, Chu Ge and the others took off the gourd from their waists and poured the tung oil inside on the military tent.Afterwards, Zhai Jiong and others lit a fire bag and threw it on the military tent.When tung oil encounters fire, it burns instantly.In the blink of an eye, the military tents were surrounded by flames.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The soldiers of Xiapi in their sleep woke up with a start, but when they opened their eyes, there was a sea of ​​flames.

They didn't even bother to put on their clothes, and rushed out of the military tent one by one, shouting loudly while running...

This kind of situation is definitely not a problem of water leakage, it must be someone stealing the camp.

Cao Peng and others wanted to withdraw, but it was not so easy.But from the very beginning, Cao Peng and the others never thought about sneaking away.

He Yiyi drew his sword out of its sheath, and Cao Peng faced a Xiapi soldier, holding the sword in both hands, and slashed across his body.

The shape of this Heyi Dao is already close to the Mo Dao of later generations.The blade bit the soldier's body and cut him off in an instant.

Chu Ge held two spears, while Zhai Jiong held a broadsword.

Fifty people, like fifty tigers descending from the mountain, rushed towards the Xiapi army.

Cao Peng took the lead, and the sword flew up and down, whistling.Rays of blood sprayed in the sea of ​​flames, revealing a beautiful color.At the same time, a fire broke out in the small camp on the other side of the Xiapi barracks.The fire on both sides was together, and the entire barracks suddenly became chaotic.

A cavalry general urged his horse and twisted his gun, and rushed towards Cao Peng.

But he saw Cao Peng slammed his feet and twisted his body, sweeping across with his knife, tearing people and horses apart.

"When our generation is famous tonight, don't let the Xiapi dog thief go."

Cao Peng shouted loudly and ran among the chaotic army... all the way to kill the generals, only blood flowed like rivers.After Cao Peng and Pan Zhang joined the Chinese army, they rushed out of the camp without saying a word.At this time, the entire barracks was boiling, the sound of trombones, the sound of war drums, and the neighing of people and horses almost gathered together.Taking advantage of this chaos, Cao Peng and Pan Zhang rushed to the gate of Daying in one go.

It's just that the resistance inside the camp gate has increased significantly.

The Xiapi army also reacted and began to counterattack Cao Peng and others.

More than a dozen generals and soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Cao Peng and his party.What a Cao Peng, not afraid at all.He and Pan Zhang were one on the left and the other on the right, and the two swords were like two posts of the king of Hades.Cao Peng's sword was fatal, and Pan Zhang even recruited his soul.

Behind him, Chu Ge and the others seemed to be desperate, killing wildly in the crowd.

"Stop fighting, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!"

Cao Peng shouted while rushing out.

At this time, Pan Zhang was covered in blood, and in the firelight, the black mud on his face made him look even more ferocious.The big knife in his hand was slashing fiercely, and at the same time he kept cursing loudly in Yanzhou dialect.After a group of people came out from the gate, Cao Peng didn't dare to stay, and rushed towards Quyang.

"Stop going, thief!"

The Xiapi army in the barracks finally reacted. With the sound of the horn, groups of cavalry rushed out of the camp and began to attack Cao Peng and others.

Cao Peng and Pan Zhang ran away without looking back.

They had no horses, because the horses were all given to Gan Ning and others before.

This act of stealing camp is completely desperate.If you can fight for one, you can earn money, and if you can fight for two, you can earn one.Fight if you can, never love to fight.

But the question is, how can two legs outrun a war horse.

Cao Peng was running when he heard a scream from behind.

He quickly turned around and saw a sharp arrow sticking out of Pan Zhang's thigh.Behind them, the pursuers are getting closer...

"Young master, hurry up!"

Pan Zhang knelt down on one knee and roared loudly.

Cao Peng gritted his teeth, turned around and ran back, knelt down beside Pan Zhang, grabbed his arm and put it around his neck, "Pan Wengui, follow me."

Pan Zhang still wanted to struggle, but was stopped by Cao Peng's words.

"We are seeking survival, not death... If you don't leave, we will all die here."

His eyes were red, Pan Zhang was limping, and he and Cao Peng were galloping across the field.The sound of horseshoes behind him was getting closer, and there were screams from time to time.

But Cao Peng didn't dare to come back, he dragged Pan Zhang to run as fast as he could.

"Little thief, let me see where you are going!"

The sound of hooves has come behind.

The bowstring sounded, and a sharp arrow shot out from the string, flying towards Cao Peng...

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The third watch, around eleven o'clock.

Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, and ask for an evaluation ticket.

(End of this chapter)