three kings

Chapter 395

Cao Cao is worthy of being a hero in the world. After figuring out the opponent's intentions, he immediately issued an order to withdraw his troops.

As soon as the order came out, it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction and suspicion of many soldiers, but most of them went down to execute the order immediately, only Ma Chao jumped out.Others did not refute because Cao Cao's prestige has been relieved for many years, but Ma Chao is unruly and unconvinced. Wouldn't it be embarrassing?"

Cao Cao frowned slightly, looked at Ma Chao with some dissatisfaction, and said displeasedly: "Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Sun Can is good at grasping the opportunity of a battle. Once there is a profit, he will stick to it. The number of people is higher than our army. The enemy is clear and we are dark. If we fight hard, what is the chance of winning? Don't talk too much, hurry up and prepare."

"But..." Ma Chao was impatient and wanted to say more, but he was forcibly pulled out of the military tent by the calm Ma Dai.

"This horse is fierce and hard to tame. If it goes on like this, disaster will happen." Sima Yi said pointingly when he saw Ma Chao walk out of the military tent.

Cao Cao glanced at Sima Yi, and thought to himself: "Zhong Da is right. This Ma Chao thinks too highly of himself. He doesn't take the heroes of China into his eyes at all. He defies orders time and time again. Although he has extraordinary talent, he can't do it." Just let it go. It's just... Ma's army is too powerful to control..."

Back then, Cao Cao used tricks to provoke the relationship between Ma and Han, making the Ma clan surrender.At that time, in order to win over the Ma family, he did not dismantle the Ma family army, and the more than [-] Ma family troops were still in charge of Ma Teng and Ma Chao.

Originally all was well, but Ma Chao was arrogant by nature and was invincible in Liangzhou. He felt that the so-called wizards and famous generals in the Central Plains were completely vulnerable. Even he was more grateful than awed to his lord Cao Cao, and often disobeyed his orders.

Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and the strength of Ma's army gave him a feeling of being aggressive, but Ma Chao often didn't take his orders seriously, which made Cao Cao care even more.After all, he only has an army of nearly 30, and some of the 30 are strong troops who have followed him for a long time, and some are new recruits. The real combat effectiveness is only about [-], but among the [-], Ma's army Only [-] of them are occupied, and [-] are the most elite cavalry. If something goes wrong and [-] cavalry suddenly rebel, how can Cao Cao have a chance to stand up?

"It's time to teach this horse a lesson." Cao Cao secretly made a decision.

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In the 14th year of Jian'an, on the night of July [-], Sun Can successfully deceived Cao Cao by using Guo Jia's clone night attack tactic, lurking behind Cao's army, and defeated Cao's army in Jin and Pang De's troops.He also planned to attack Cao Cao on three sides with Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun, but Cao Cao saw through this method in time and retreated first. Sun Can and others returned without success.

In this battle, Cao Cao lost Ai Jiangjin, the brilliant Qingzhou Army was almost wiped out, and Pound's cavalry also suffered heavy losses, which wiped out the victory achieved the day before yesterday.

Although the vitality was not seriously injured, but the tibia was also injured. The army retreated to Luoyang. With Luoyang as the center point, Ma Chao was stationed in Yongning, and Pang De, Le Jin, and Liu Ye were stationed in Hongnong, forming a triangle to resist Sun Can's army. .

On July [-], Sun Can led an army to attack Hongnong County, which was the weakest, and fought fiercely for three days, but did not achieve good results.The next day, Sun Can turned to attack Yongning again. After three days of fighting, he took a detour to attack Luoyang.

Sun Can seemed to have lost his mind. He fought this battle, and fought that battle without any rules at all.

On this day, Cao Cao gathered his advisers together and asked them what they thought of Sun Can's move:

"Sun Can is good at leading the army in battle. He also has Guo Jia and Jia Xu as his advisers, and Zhuge Liang who doesn't know how deep he is. It is absolutely impossible to act like this. There must be some unknown secret behind this. How do you think about it?” Cao Cao’s intelligence agency had long since discovered Zhuge Liang’s existence. He entered Cao Cao’s eyes as a political official, and thought he was an outstanding administrative genius. Sun Can's military adviser.Cao Cao thought that Zhuge Liang was not only proficient in administration, but also had some skills in making plans, but not long ago, through careful work, he learned that the person who pretended to be Sun Can to fight with himself that night was Zhuge Liang.Cao Cao couldn't help but be a little confused. He can be an administrator, he can also be a counselor, and he is also very good at leading the army.After much deliberation, Cao Cao can only describe Zhuge Liang as ignorant.

Dong Zhaodao: "Sun Can's use of troops is false and true, but in the end, it is just a cover, a cover for a certain operation. As long as we can find Sun Can's specific target on the map, everything will be fine. Understand."

At this time, news came from outside the palace that Liu Bei's envoy asked to see him.

"My lord, Jian Yong, meet the prime minister!" Liu Bei's envoys were none other than Jian Yong and Jian Xianhe, the elders who started the family together with Liu Bei.

"It turned out to be Mr. Xianhe, give me a seat quickly!" Cao Cao showed his warm and hospitable side to Liu Bei's envoy.

"Don't dare!" Jian Yong gave a slight salute neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "My lord asked me to apologize to the prime minister. The two families of Cao and Liu are friendly, and they should fight against foreign enemies together. The superior has always been at a disadvantage, and cannot give too much support to the prime minister, please forgive me. For this reason, the lord specially asked Yong to offer three thousand sets of armor and one thousand taels of gold, and I hope the prime minister will accept it."

Cao Cao laughed, "Liu Taiwei is too polite, it is indecent to come and not to go. Dezu, you go to the warehouse and order the same medicinal materials as a gift." After repeated wars in the north, there is a shortage of medicinal materials. Cao Cao's move is against Liu Bei The original intention of coming here, while Jian Yong was delighted, he couldn't help worrying about trying to play tricks on Cao Cao. Although it was imperative, there were also hidden dangers behind it.

Came back to his senses, Jian Yong remembered the purpose of this trip, and said again: "Prime Minister, the recent actions of Sun Canshui's army are extremely unusual. They travel between the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and they have exercised complete control over the Yellow River. Our army cannot We have obtained important information from the other side, but according to the analysis of our military adviser, Sun Can may take action against Hulao Pass."

Cao Cao's expression changed, and he immediately looked at the topographic map on his desk, his brows suddenly stretched, "Mr. Xianhe must have worked hard to come from a thousand miles away. Someone here is going to greet you from another company."

Jian Yong resigned knowingly.

As soon as Jian Yong left, Cao Cao said: "It seems that Sun Can plans to gather all the troops from Qing, Xu, and Henan states to attack Hulao, intending to turn Hulao into his first line of defense against us. What do you think about this?"

"Even if Sun Can came in person, he might not be able to take Hulao Pass from General Zixiao, let alone others? The prime minister just needs to inform General Zixiao to pay attention." Cheng Yu was the first to speak.

Sima Yi looked further than Cheng Yu, "Duke Ming, you should blockade all the territory west of Luoyang immediately. Sun Can has three wizards beside him, so it's not that he doesn't know that the Hulao Pass will come down soon. The reason why Sun Can attacked indiscriminately is to Disturbing our army's audiovisual, planning to send surprise soldiers to bypass our army's defense line and attack the tiger prison."

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In the 14th year of Jian'an, at noon on August [-]th, Luoyang Road.

Sun Li looked at the outline of the post station not far away, looked back at the long line of grain carts and exhausted soldiers behind him, heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and thought to himself: This batch of grain arrived safely, and my mission this time is considered complete. After going back, I have to drink a couple of cups.

Sun Li's character is Deda, his personality is strong, he is heroic and brave, he is the most outstanding young general with a foreign surname, and he is deeply favored by Cao Cao.Cao Cao was good at cutting grain, so he was very concerned about his own grain, and personally selected Sun Li as the logistics general for transporting grain.

Sun Li also lived up to Cao Cao's high expectations, and performed excellent tasks every time.

"Old rules, rest at the inn ahead. After resting for half an hour, we will start." Sun Li shouted loudly at the soldiers behind him.

The food transport army entered the post station, and a rough man came out, looked at Sun Li indifferently and said, "Master Jun, do you want to rest or..."

Sun Li jumped off the horse, and said: "I have changed all the horses, and I am preparing a few tanks of water to share with my brothers, so that they can have a good rest."

"Huh!" Sun Li quickly realized something was wrong, "Where's your postmaster?" He often traveled between Luoyang and Hulao, and whenever he came to this post station, the station elder Wang would greet him personally.The soldiers in the post station are the lowest level of soldiers, maybe they can't even be called soldiers, but they are just some servants who specialize in serving the messengers and grain teams.

Sun Li is a general, and he is very different from them, so he will not condescend to befriend them. Therefore, Sun Li only knows the postmaster, but the careful Sun Li has a slight difference because of this slight difference. Suspect.

"Having a summer sickness, rest indoors." Under Sun Li's gaze, the big man replied coldly.

Sun Li walked into the inner room, and indeed saw the station elder Wang lying on the bed, a soldier took care of him, stepped forward and touched the station elder Wang's head, his hands were hot, he felt relieved, walked out of the room and laughed secretly at himself, Little did he know that the soldier who was taking care of him had a cloth towel soaked in hot water in his belt.

"Take it!" A pot of water was handed to Sun Li.

Sun Li looked at the big man in surprise, took the kettle, and said curiously, "Brother, do you have any grudges against me?"

"No," the big man ignored Sun Li and turned to leave.

"You..." A lieutenant next to Sun Li couldn't see it, and wanted to trouble the big man, but Sun Li stopped him.

Sun Li glanced suspiciously at the postman who was transporting water, and said, "What's going on?"

The pawn was taken aback for a moment, and then he said with a smile: "I'm really sorry, that person is called Wang Da, and he is the nephew of the chief, Old Wang. You also know that we don't have enough salary in this line of work, and we can barely support our family. Old Wang has three children. , and there are four high halls, and that little salary can only support the family. This old Wang fell ill from exhaustion, and Wang Da felt uncomfortable, and he showed a cold face to everyone."

Sun Li didn't doubt that he was there, so he didn't want to talk too much.

The big man walked under the tree beside him, looked at Sun Li and the others, and said lightly, "That's true, that's true!"

I saw that the five hundred food transport soldiers suddenly felt top-heavy, and they looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling dizzy.

"Come on, brothers!" Fifty or so post station soldiers suddenly pulled out the splinters from their waists, and massacred the soldiers around them who had no resistance.

Sun Li also felt that his body did not listen to his command, and his limbs were weak. He shouted "hateful", knocked down the pawn who answered his words with a punch, and drew out the sword at his waist. Suddenly, he was hit hard on the back of the head and fell down. On the ground, unable to struggle, he realized in a daze that the big man who gave him a face had unknowingly come behind him.

Sun Li cried out, but was unable to get up, and could only watch helplessly as the big man stabbed the knife into his chest.

At this time, a group of people came out of the woods in the distance to help the soldiers in the station to see off the food soldiers who were unable to fight back.

But who are these people?It was none other than Gan Ning and his wave breaking navy.

That big man is Gan Ning, Gan Xingba.

It turned out that Zhuge Liang's strategy was flawless. Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang had never been to Sizhou and was not very familiar with the terrain. There was indeed an excellent hiding place here, but there was no favorable terrain to wipe out the opponent.

If the enemy cannot be completely wiped out, this strategy is likely to fail.

Therefore, Gan Ning immediately pretended to inform Sun Can of the news, Sun Can recruited counselors to discuss, and poisonous Jia Xu devised this poisonous plan.Using Mongolian sweat medicine to deal with the [-] soldiers transporting food from afar, Mongolian sweat medicine has a bitter taste, which is easy for alert people to detect, but Jia Xu has a thief who specializes in using Mongolian sweat medicine to carry out abductions, and he is very experienced in Mongolian sweat medicine. , as long as a small amount of grass juice is added to the water in which the Mongolian sweat medicine is added, the bitterness of the Mongolian sweat medicine can be resolved, and the water can be made sweet like a clear spring, which will not be noticed.

Originally, Gan Ning planned to deliberately provoke Sun Li, and then pretended to kill him by accident, and then fled into the nearby woods, so that he could lure [-] grain transport soldiers into the woods, and make them disappear from the world without anyone noticing.

But Sun Li didn't want to make trouble, and had a very good temper, so he almost missed the trap. Fortunately, the pawn reacted quickly, which dispelled Sun Li's suspicion.

"Kill them all, not one left!" A general in the Polang Shui Army reported to Gan Ning.

Gan Ning kicked Sun Li's body, and said with a smile, "This guy has a surprisingly good temper. He almost ruined our event and buried them all in the woods. Be careful not to be seen by passers-by." Speaking of this, Gan Ning Ning also felt strange, "Why is there no one on the official road? Hey, it seems that God is helping us, otherwise it would be bad if people found out." How did he know that Cao Cao wanted to prevent Sun Can's spies from sneaking into Luoyang and other places? All parts of Sizhou have been ordered to be sealed off. Unexpectedly, this move unintentionally helped Gan Ning and the others. If Cao Cao knew about it, I don't know if he would be angry.

(End of this chapter)