The first general of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 138

Seeing that Xiahou Dun retreated for a while, Wei Tao didn't take it personally, but seeing Xiahou Dun not moving, but always on guard, Wei Tao already understood a lot.

Lowering his head and thinking for a while, Wei Tao gave instructions to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang beside him.

"Wen Yuan, Gong Ming, you two immediately lead our soldiers to set up camp here, and set up camp as soon as possible, so that the soldiers can rest by themselves."

"Master is not allowed!"

Hearing Wei Tao's words, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang shouted in unison, they looked at each other, and finally Zhang Liao spoke.

"My lord, this time we have come to meet Cao Mengde with unknown friends and foes. We have rushed here, and we are already tired. If we forcibly reorganize the army, we can barely fight. If we set up camp first, our morale will definitely be demoralized. If Cao Cao comes at that time Attack, I am afraid there will only be a big defeat!"

"It's okay, just do what I say. I know Meng De himself, and he will definitely not attack!"

Hearing Wei Tao's affirmative tone, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang looked at each other, but they couldn't believe it. They didn't know what to do for a while, but at this time Xun You's eyes lit up slightly, and then he smiled and nodded at the two of them.

"Don't worry about the two generals, just follow the Lord's order. I also think that Cao Mengde will definitely not come to attack. The two generals just set up camp according to the method of marching in the past, and don't worry about many other things."

Although Xun You had not been in Wei Tao's tent for a long time, and even Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Xun You had little contact with each other, but just the communication on this road was enough to make them admire Xun You's resourcefulness.

Now Xun You said the same thing, the two looked at each other, finally nodded and nodded, and each led the people to set up camp.

All of a sudden, except for hundreds of soldiers who accompanied them, all the soldiers put down their defenses and began to set up camp. Of course, under such circumstances, it is impossible to stare everyone down.

Wei Tao's subordinates are all elite soldiers, so the ability to set up a camp is naturally not bad, and soon a camp will become decent.

"What is this doing? Could it be that he is really not afraid that the leader of the army will fail to kill him?"

Seeing Wei Tao's subordinates set up camp under his nose as if he and others had never seen him, even with Xiahou Dun's knowledge, his eyelids couldn't help but twitch slightly at this time.

"If I charged and killed at this time, wouldn't I break it at random? Wei Ziyu is good at using soldiers, and often breaks through the crowd with one strike. How could he be so ignorant of the art of war?"

Thinking of this, Xiahou Dun himself suppressed his eagerness to try.

"This thing is weird, let's wait for the lord to come and have a look..."

The speed of Cao Cao's arrival was not slow, but when Cao Cao led the people to come and saw that there was a camp behind Wei Tao, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Brother Meng De has been in disobedience for a long time! My uncle died in the past, and I am also very sad. Tao Qian harmed others and himself, and he should be punished for his crime. However, the people of Xuzhou are so innocent. Please, brother, can let the people of Xuzhou go and protect our Han family." No loss of energy."

Wei Tao came up and bowed his hands to Cao Cao and said.

"If the elder brother can spare the people of Xuzhou, even if he personally takes Tao Qian Xiang's head brother, he will not hesitate!"

In fact, what Wei Tao said was not a lie. In the past, Wei Tao practiced martial arts with Cao Cao, and naturally he met Cao Song. However, Cao Song is an elder, and his relationship with Wei Tao is not deep, so Wei Tao did not feel too sad.

Of course, even so, with the relationship between the Wei family and the Cao family, it is reasonable for Wei Tao to avenge Cao Song.

"General!"

However, Wei Tao's words startled Mi Zhu who was beside him, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Although my lord employs people improperly, so that Mr. Cao died, why is this! Besides, if my lord dies because of one person, Cao Mengde slaughtered countless people in Xuzhou, who are these countless souls going to avenge! "

Wei Tao glanced at Mi Zhu lightly, but did not answer, and then looked at Cao Cao.

"In the past, I heard that my elder brother's ambition was to help the Han family, and in the end, he was able to expand the territory for my great Han, and it was to conquer the generals of the West. Now, elder brother's ambition still cares?"

"Hahaha... I always thought that Ziyu, you are only brave and unparalleled on the battlefield, but I didn't expect that you are also good at eloquence."

Cao Cao is Cao Cao after all, and he just smiled when Wei Tao repeatedly questioned him.

"But this alone can't stop me. You know, Xiapi is right in front of my eyes. It's not difficult to break it. Once Xiapi is broken, I can avenge my blood. Want to stop me here? How can it be?"

"Brother Meng De, do you and I still have to fight each other after all?"

Wei Tao's eyes sharpened sharply. Although Wei Tao was only followed by hundreds of people, even a general like Xia Houdun couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he heard it.

But Cao Cao still smiled.

"Ziyu and Cao are both heroes of the world. For a long time, Cao also wanted to compare with Ziyu to see who is the real hero. The last meeting in Luoyang was too short, how about a comparison now?"

This is Cao Cao, the absolutely confident Cao Cao.

"Heroes are not heroes, needless to say, but how can I, Wei Tao, be afraid of a real fight? Meng Deke is here to fight each other, let's see who wins and who loses!"

Hearing Wei Tao's words, many generals around Cao Cao became excited and ready to move, but at this time Cao Cao squinted his eyes slightly, scanning back and forth among the continuous camps behind Wei Tao.

No matter how fast Wei Tao's camp was built, it was impossible for it to be set up in an instant. At this time, it was just an outline.

But the more you look at Cao Cao's expression, the quieter he becomes. The figures among the shadows are unreal, but the sounds that come out from time to time let people know that there are many soldiers among them.

"Meng De, what do you think? Are we fighting generals or fighting soldiers? Or how about you come to attack my camp?"

At this moment, Wei Tao's voice sounded faintly, calm and not flustered.

"My lord, that Wei Tao must be bluffing, waiting for a certain family to destroy him!"

At this time, a general behind Cao Cao stepped forward and said.

"Zihe is willing to behead the other party for the lord!"

This person is none other than Cao Chun and Cao Zihe. Now Cao Cao is also the hero who occupies Yanzhou, so the Cao family will naturally do their best to help him.

This Cao Chun can be said to be a rare talent in the Cao family, and he is quite trusted by Cao Cao.

Seeing Cao Cao's hesitation now, he understood Cao Cao's concerns, so he stood up and wanted to test the truth for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, agreeing, although he felt something was wrong and became suspicious, but Cao Cao was not an ordinary person, so naturally he would not retreat easily.

"Wei Ziyu! Although you and I have never met before, you have been famous for a long time. Let me fight with you today! Kill!"

Cao Chun moved very fast, as soon as Cao Cao gave permission, he immediately made a move, leading five hundred cavalry to rush out from behind Cao Cao, and they were in front of him in the blink of an eye.

"Hugh, get mad, wait for me, Xu Huang, to fight you!"

At this moment, there was a roar, and a group of [-] cavalrymen rushed out from the several tents that had just been barely set up, and also rushed straight.

"boom!"

A thousand cavalrymen slammed into each other fiercely, each raised their weapons and slashed at each other.

"clang!"

The long spear in Cao Chun's hand and the big ax in Xu Huang's hand also clashed fiercely, and the sound shook the audience.

For a while, the cavalry and generals were in a stalemate, as if there was no winner, but if you look carefully, you will find that Cao Jun is actually slightly inferior, and Cao Chun is inferior to Xu Huang!
"Who is this! Ziyu himself is quite skilled in martial arts, but how did he find so many good generals?"

Even Cao Cao couldn't help but lose his voice at this time. He really didn't understand. He had the help of the Cao family and Xiahou's family, and there were many generals under his command, but compared to Wei Tao, he was much worse. .

This can't help Cao Cao not to sigh, can't help Cao Cao not to envy!

Although it was a battle of thousands of people, the winner was already decided in a quarter of an hour. Xu Huang defeated Cao Chun. Although Xu Huang lost more than 100 cavalry, Cao Chun lost more than [-] cavalry, which was almost doubled. above.

In fact, it can be said that this is the case. In addition to the fact that Cao Chun is not as good as Xu Huang in command, the more important thing is that his martial arts are even worse than Xu Huang.

General is the courage of soldiers, especially cavalry. Once Cao Chun is defeated, his soldiers will be relieved.

"My lord, Zihe is defeated, please punish me, my lord."

"Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. Zihe doesn't need to be like this. Go down and heal your wounds."

Cao Chun is a rare talent in Cao Cao's family. Naturally, Cao Cao couldn't blame him, so he immediately ordered Cao Chun, who was covered in blood, to return to the camp to rest.

On the other side, Wei Tao waved his hand, and Xu Huang led the people back into the tent again.

Seeing this, Cao Cao narrowed his eyes again.

Now there are only hundreds of people standing behind Wei Tao, but on the other hand, there are thousands of people on Cao Cao's side, and the army led by Wei Tao has traveled thousands of miles, all of them are exhausted, it is impossible to be defeated by the enemy Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao just squinted his eyes and glanced back and forth, not ordering a strong attack.

"My lord, I would like to lead the army in the front! If you are not victorious, please behead someone's head!"

This situation really puzzled many people. Xiahou Dun asked Yingying again, but Cao Cao didn't seem to hear it.

"what!"

At this time, Cao Cao suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and everyone followed Cao Cao's gaze, only to see a few birds in the woods on both sides.

The birds flew in fright, it was someone in the forest.

"Could it be that Wei Ziyu has already planted heavy troops?"

Just when Xiahou Dun was also surprised, he saw patches of smoke rushing from a distance.

"Sure enough, there are reinforcements."

At this moment, Cao Cao suddenly turned his horse's head and gave an order.

"go!"

Cao Cao's military orders were also very strict, and the whole army immediately retreated as soon as the order was issued.

"Cao Cao is cautious. Although he retreated due to suspicion this time, the next time he knows the strength of our army, it may not be so simple."

Wei Tao sighed softly, but then looked at Xun You beside him.

"Although my little trick can give me a chance to recover in a few days. But this time, I have to ask Mr. Gongda to make a plan. Only by making a surprise victory can I beat Cao Mengde."

"The general can frighten Cao Mengde away with a plan, but it's not as good as the public."

Xun You also smiled.

Just as Wei Tao and Xun You were joking, Cao Cao led them back to the camp.

"My lord, in all likelihood, Wei Ziyu was playing a trick of bluffing. The birds hovered around, but the number of birds was not enough. Afterwards, there was dust flying up, but the dust was not big. No matter whether it was in the forest or in the rear, it was obvious that there was no danger. I don't see that there is a large army, why did the lord retreat?"

Back in the camp, Li Dian asked immediately with his hands clasped.

"Hehe, do you think Ziyu knows about soldiers?"

Cao Cao has always been very tolerant of his subordinates' suggestions, so even if Li Dian had a faint intention to accuse Cao Cao of being wrong at this time, Cao Cao was not angry at all.

"Everyone in the world says that Wei Ziyu can use soldiers, and his ability to break the yellow scarf and retreat from Wuhuan can also be seen."

Li Dian is not the kind of person who deliberately belittles others to promote himself, so he said it honestly.

"Since this is the case, how can he not know that it is self-defeating?"

Cao Cao asked with a smile, which immediately made Li Dian speechless.

"My lord, you mean that Wei Ziyu is luring us to attack?"

After all, Li Dian is also a famous general, so he quickly understood the meaning of Cao Cao's words, and said it quite unbelievably.

"I heard what General Yuan Rang said, that Wei Ziyu didn't have enough soldiers, how could he do that?"

"Ziyu is the best at attacking with fire. Although he just set up a camp, who knows that there is no fire in it? If you want to win more with less, attack with fire is the most common method."

Cao Cao smiled slightly to explain his thoughts.

"He came here with only a few thousand soldiers. He knew that he was not capable of defeating me, so he resorted to scheming. He wanted to first dampen our army's morale, and then intimidate me, so that I had to retreat."

"But if it was a bluff, then it was a rush..."

Li Dian still said a little unconvinced.

"Hehe... just look at the five hundred cavalrymen charging out, it can be seen that at least he is prepared, so can the exhausted army? Even if we can win, it is only a mere victory. If you press it right and don't let it have the slightest chance of conspiracy, can't you be sure of winning?"

Cao Cao smiled again and convinced all the generals in the camp to obey.

However, Cao Cao didn't know one thing, that is, when Wei Tao came again, he had already expected a few points, so when marching in a hurry, not only the infantry had to rely on their own strength to move forward, but even the cavalry had to do the same. It was not until the time when Xiapi was approaching that the cavalry was mounted to take a rest.

In this way, although the horses and men were exhausted, the cavalry could still hold on for a while.

Of course, it's just a matter of persistence. If Cao Cao really rushed to the camp, Wei Tao could only flee in defeat.

This time the trick was indeed a bit risky, but for someone as resourceful as Cao Cao who was also extremely suspicious, he couldn't have fallen for the trick.

However, there are so many strategies in the world where there are so many [-]% certainty, [-]% certainty can be used, not to mention, as Cao Cao said, Wei Tao is also prepared in case it fails.

At least this time, the empty battalion counts for [-]%, Wei Tao is not afraid of being attacked by Cao Jun for a short time, and after Pan Feng leads people up later, Wei Tao doesn't have to be afraid.

(End of this chapter)