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Chapter 442 The Fake is Real

Outside Wude City
It's not calm at this time!

Within a range of nearly twenty miles from the city, scenes of scouts from both sides fighting fiercely can be seen everywhere.

There is no smoke of war, no drums, no banners and shouts!
Seemingly peaceful grass and ditches, suddenly the bowstring will sound, cold arrows will be shot, and those who hit the arrow will be killed immediately.

Or from the hidden place, the scouts lying in the dark sprang out, or successfully killed each other with a single knife, or fought each other to the death, until the last party spurted blood and fell to the ground unwillingly, and all the belongings on his body were searched away!

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: If you know your enemy and yourself, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you don't know your enemy but know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you don't know your enemy and yourself, you will be imperiled in every battle.

In this era, scouts are the most important source of spying information.

In order to block the news of Wude City, Lu Bu not only sent all the scouts, but also sent a large number of personal soldiers to spread around Wude City!

Feng Yao also secretly ordered Liu Shun's scouts in Hanoi and Yuan Ping's eyeliner in Hanoi to dispatch one by one. Anyone who sees anyone who wants to leak the secret, no matter who they are, will be killed on the spot!

Not only was this on the shore, but Feng Yao even sent out some smaller boats, not for transportation, but sent Tiger Guards to block off the vicinity of the ferry. Detain, not let anyone, any ship leave.

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Xiuwu City

Cao Cao Barracks
One piece of news kept coming, but apart from the news about Mi Zhu's defeat at the beginning, he never received any useful information!
None is:
"My lord, our scouts suffered heavy casualties! Lu Bu's scouts are approaching Xiuwu City!"

"Report, the friendly army in Shanyang County cannot be contacted!"

"My lord, apart from Shanyang County, soldiers from Gongxian, Huojia, Jixian, Chaoge and other counties have arrived under orders."

"Report, it is impossible to find out the direction of Feng Yao's navy!"

"..."

Cao Cao frowned and urgently ordered to investigate again.

This time, in order to establish his own sphere of influence in Hanoi, Cao Cao almost all the troops came except for a small number of disabled soldiers and their families!

Hanoi, Cao Cao is bound to win!But the situation in front of him is full of fog.

In the battle with Lu Bu, although the time, place, and people are in harmony, Lu Bu will always be the nemesis of Cao Jun. When the name of Lu Bu is mentioned, the soldiers will be frightened and dare not fight with him. Le Jin and the others rushed forward to resist Lu Bu, perhaps they were no match for Lu Bu's army at all.

In the Battle of Ji County, despite Xun Yu's ingenious strategy, the two sides only fought in a tie, with thousands of casualties each. This time, in order to defeat Lu Bu, Cao Cao did not hesitate to offer a lot of benefits to the county magistrates, so he was invited to come to help!

"My lord, why don't we delay the attack and let Lu Bu attack Huai County, and then we attack Huai County from behind! Then Liu Bei can't blame us for not sending troops according to the agreement!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said, "Wen Ruo, Huai County is the seat of Hanoi. If Lu Bu wins it, and then calls on Zhang Yang's old troops to denounce us, wouldn't it make our army unrecognizable? Besides, this time, we have invited soldiers from several counties. Let's besiege Lu Bu together, I'm afraid we will never find such an opportunity in the future! Don't mention this matter again, it's better to think about how our army can attack Wude!"

When Xun Yu heard the words, his expression was gloomy, and he didn't say any more.

A look of extreme disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he quickly returned to his original state, and Cao Cao didn't notice it.

Ever since Yingchuan was captured by Feng Yao, Xun You was killed, and the power of the Xun family in Yingchuan had plummeted, Cao Cao began to neglect Xun Yu. It can be said that if his brother Xun Chen was not reused by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would still be of value to him, and his attitude towards him would be even more indifferent!
to night

Cao Cao led the army to march in person, ordered Xiahoudun and Lejin to be the vanguard, ordered Xun Yu and Xiahouyuan to guard Xiuwu City, and led Dianwei and Cao Hong to kill Wude City.

On the way, I suddenly saw a forest, which was eerie and eerie. Cao Cao hurriedly stopped the troops, "Our scouts here have not been able to find any information, and there must be enemy ambushes!"

Xiahou Dun didn't believe it: "My lord, from Xiuwu to Wude, the terrain is flat, there are ambushes, so why not be afraid! Besides, Feng Yao is at Lu Bu's side, how can we waste our troops here!"

Cao Cao said: "The law of war is false and true. Feng Yao thought that we would not believe that there was an ambush here, so he deliberately ambushed, wanting to fight and scare our army away! All generals, please listen to my orders!"

Cao Cao hurriedly ordered Le Jin to lead the sword and shield soldiers as the front army, rush into the forest, and ordered Xia Houdun and Cao Hong to outflank them from the left and right, and he himself led Dianwei to lead the formation!

Let's say that as soon as Le Jin rushed into the forest, he heard the sound of cannons, and an army rushed out from both sides.

"Hahaha! Son Cao Cao, it's my lord's plan, don't hurry up!!" The general on the left is Cheng Lian, a trusted general under Lv Bu's command.

"Kill!! Kill!! Kill!!" The general on the right is Wei Xu, Lu Bu's wife and brother, and also Lu Bu's most trusted general!

Le Jin was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the infantry to form a formation, shouting: "Defend the lord to the death!!"

The forest was already dark, the torches were flickering, and amid the shouts of killing, the two armies rushed together, screaming one after another, Le Jin saw that he couldn't hold it, and suddenly, there was chaos in the rear of Cheng Lian and Wei Xu.

"My Xiahou Dun is here!"

"My lord has already seen through your ambush and died!!"

Cheng Lian and Wei Xu had been prepared for a long time, and when they saw this, they immediately shouted to retreat!

Xiahoudun and Cao Hong tasted the sweetness, so they were willing to let the enemy escape. They hurriedly raised troops and chased after them, killing Cheng Lian all the way, Wei Xu kept screaming from behind, hating their parents for losing two legs.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and said to the generals: "The art of war is said to be false. At this time, Wude City must be empty. Our army can't find out the news in the daytime. It is Lu Bu who is retreating. I am afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to pursue!!"

At this time, all the generals were convinced, and they all clasped their fists and said: "My lord is wise, we are convinced!"

Cao Cao hurriedly ordered the army to speed up, and after a short distance, he received soldiers from various counties approaching Wude City. He was overjoyed and said, "God help me! This time, I will avenge the capture of Yanzhou!"

But Cao Cao didn't know that this was Feng Yao's plan. He thought it was a good opportunity and ordered his army to follow Cheng Lian, Wei Xu's army and kill Wude City. , He wanted to enter the city, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered all the troops to rush over, biting the enemy's rear, and rushed into the city.

Cao Cao said: "False is false! You want to deceive me with an empty city? Don't I know that Lu Bu had [-] soldiers, and at least [-] were lost in the previous battle, and he lost another [-] just now, so he only had [-] at most. The city must be empty of troops! If you seize the city quickly, you will leave Lu Bu!"

However, Cao Cao was always suspicious. Ever since he was tricked in Puyang City and almost died in Puyang, Cao Cao would not enter the city easily no matter what!
Dian Wei excitedly wanted to lead his troops into the city, but was stopped by Cao Cao, "Wait a minute, if there are really few troops in the city and a large army enters, it will be enough to destroy the enemy and capture the city. If you accidentally fall into the trap left by the enemy , my life is over!"

In order to attract Cao Cao to chase after them, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu had killed more than half of their soldiers, with a loss of about [-]. After entering the city, they retreated all the way to the west gate, and Xia Houdun, Cao Hong, Le Jin The three generals advance together and pursue closely.

(End of this chapter)