The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 172

Out of my trust in the top military advisers of the Three Kingdoms, I agreed decisively: "Who would lead troops to Zhongmou to burn food?" Li Dian felt a burst of enthusiasm. Yuan Junzhong stood firm: "If the general wants to go, please give me [-] soldiers and horses, and I will definitely fulfill my mission." Zhou Cang came up from behind him, and said disdainfully: "Thirty thousand is needed there, and the lord will give me [-]." Elite soldiers, the final general will bring the head of Zhang Liao to see you."

Xun You rolled his eyes and thought, "My lord, it's better to have a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, set fire to burn food, and on the other hand, once the fire starts, lead troops to attack Cao Ying immediately. It will be a success." Jia Xu coughed, turned his back to Xun You and winked at me. "My lord, you can take people to burn food yourself, so I will order Wen Chou and General Zhang Yun to attack Cao Ying, while Jia Xu and General Gao Lan will stick to the camp." Although I didn't understand what Jia Xu meant, I still vaguely agreed: " This is very good, this is very good." At that moment, Jia Xu, Gao Lan, Xu Shu, and Xun You were called to guard Dazhai, Zhou Cang and Zhang Kaishuai's divisions were in ambush on the left side of the road to prepare for them, and Zhu Linghan's Ju Zishuai division was in ambush on the right. side.Li Dian and I were in the front, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Nan were in the rear, mobilized 6 horses, and prepared to go to burn food.Zhang He and Wen Chou laid down an army in the stronghold, ready to go, and when they saw the fire, they went to attack Cao's camp.Xu Shu has been silent by the side, seemingly disapproving.

Xun You shook his head and said, "The path from here to Zhongmou is complicated and there are many barriers. I will take you to detour through the mountain trails, otherwise it will not work. Let me follow to burn food."

Jia Xu repeatedly said: "No, no, Mr. is a gentle scholar, how can he take risks himself, no."

Xun You shook his head and said, "Xun You has long been prepared to bleed and sacrifice for His Majesty and the Han Dynasty. What is there to regret about dying? In order to defeat the Cao bandits, I am willing to take risks." Jia Xu probably felt that Xun You's loyalty is commendable, and he no longer persisted .In the end, it was decided that Xun You would lead the way.

Everything is ready.Jia Xu asked his soldiers to take Xun You to rest.Turning around, he said to me: "This person is pretending to surrender, plotting something wrong."

Before Xu Shu went out, he rushed forward and said, "I've seen that he is a false surrender!"

I didn't see that Xun You was falsely surrendering, at least the clothes and belt edicts were genuine.But I have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the relationship between Xun You and Cao Cao, and his character. If I say that he will surrender, I am the first to not believe it.

Xu Shu said angrily, "This man's refusal to stay in my stronghold must be a fraudulent surrender! Also, the clothes belt edict is also fake."

I stared and said: "The imperial edict is indeed true." Jia Xu said solemnly: "Cao Cao is really treacherous, even I admire him." I added in my heart, more insidious than me!
A flash of light flashed in my mind: "Sir, this imperial edict was written by His Majesty under forced circumstances." Xu Shu gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, I think so too." Jia Xu said: "Xun You Although the story is wonderful, there are many loopholes. Xu once lived in Luoyang, Chang'an, and knows that His Majesty is weak, timid, and full of enthusiasm, but he is cautious and timid in doing things. Even the words he said and the poems he wrote, They were all trembling with trepidation like walking on thin ice. How could they suddenly become so bold, and be so confiding in Xun You, who had not worked with Cao Cao for many years and who appeared to be Cao Cao's confidant? Could it be that His Majesty is not afraid that the imperial edict will fall into the hands of Cao Cao and lose his life. Furthermore, this time The words in the clothes belt imperial edict are majestic, sweeping the world, quite majestic and majestic, they don’t seem to be written by His Majesty. Someone must have written them in advance and asked him to copy a copy.”

Xu Shu said: "Also, this person is Cao thief's confidant, and he also said that he had been ordered by the clothes belt to be the internal response of Dong Cheng and others. This doesn't make sense. Cao Cao tried to test Dong Cheng and Wang Zifu before killing Dong Cheng. For a while, Xun You could have told these people to escape, but he didn't do so. One is that he is greedy for life and fears death, and the other is that the internal response is nothing at all."

I thought to myself, Xun You is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.It seems that he really surrendered.

I said: "Mr. Wenhe asked me to allocate troops and horses to show Xun You a show?" Jia Xu nodded and shook his head: "Yes, and no. Xu just wanted to follow his plan and let Cao Cao and Xun You reap the fruits of their own consequences, throwing stones on their own. On the feet.” Here’s another trick, Jia Xu is good at guessing people’s psychology, and after guessing correctly, all he has to do is to fight back and let you—reap the consequences.

To the south of the sand dunes is the plain, where Cao Jun's four camps are the closest to Yuan Jun.Only one of the four villages was set up on a high ground, and the three villages on the flat ground were stationed by Cao Xiu, Lu Qian, and Li Tong. Digging trenches, the three villages echoed each other and exchanged aid, so the enemy could not concentrate their forces to attack any one village.The most terrifying thing is that there are more than [-] large and small camps around, most of which are built on strategic hilly highlands, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and cooperate with trenches.Extending to the two wings, it stretches for more than seventy miles.There are beacon towers built in these camps, which can transmit messages at any time and cut off the return route of the enemy who robbed the camp.If you want to sneak attack Cao Cao's camp, you really have to think clearly.

Jia Xu's strategy is to follow the plan and throw bricks to attract jade.

After Cao Cao told Xun You to feign surrender, he dispatched [-] soldiers to Cao Hong, and asked him to ambush on the main road. After Zhang Liao and the Yuan army who were attacking secretly started fighting, they would cover up and kill this lone army that had penetrated into the tiger's den.

On the other hand, the three camps of Cao Xiu, Lu Qian and Li Tong had become empty camps, and the infantry of Tiger Leopard Cavalry and Lu Qian and Li Tong had ambushed around the camp.The Third Route Army was arranged into a big sturdy bag, just waiting for Yuan Jun to come and close the door to beat the dogs.

Cao Cao's real intention is not here. He wants to divert the tiger away from the mountain and take advantage of the emptiness.He personally put on the armor and took command, leading the army to raid the empty Yuan Jun camp in the rear.This route has the most powerful troops and countless generals. Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Zhen, Guo Huai, Zhu Zan, Liu Yan, Xiahouen, Xiahoulan, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhang all came with them. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, carrying firearms and rockets, Prepare to burn Guandu again.

Now that Yuan Jun has seen through the false surrender, there is no reason to fall into the trap again.

In the heat of the night, the leaves are motionless, and the stars are like the eyes of a dead fish.The earth has been ravaged by the arrogant sun endlessly for a day, the temperature is steaming, and the heat waves are rolling in with the dust from the horseshoes. Every particle of dust floating in the air seems to have been heated in the stove.

The front army is me, Li Dian, and Xun You, and there are [-] troops behind.According to the original plan, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Nan were in the back team.Doing so is actually very dangerous, not to mention Xun You, and even Li Dian's loyalty needs to be verified.If the two of them collude and turn against each other before the battle, I will be unable to fly.Based on this point, among the personal soldiers behind him, [-] super killer special forces ambushed.They followed closely behind, their eyes shining brightly, staring at the three war horses in front of them without blinking. If Li Dian and Xun You moved slightly, they would immediately pull out the poisoned daggers hidden in their boots, throw them out, and insert them The nape of their neck.

When I did this, Xun You didn't have any doubts at all. It wasn't because he wasn't smart enough, but because I took too many risks for him to doubt.

A large group of people, sneaking in the dark, turned from the main road to the mountain path.Zhang Nan suddenly raised his horse to catch up from the rear and said, "My lord, the rear found a large number of Cao troops, and they may have been ambushed." Xun You was shocked, thinking how could this be possible, could it be that Cao Hong had exposed him.On the surface, he remained calm and said, "Could I be wrong, this road should be absolutely safe."

Zhang Nandao: "It can't be wrong, that passerby is fighting under the banner of Cao Hong, it seems that our army has been discovered, my lord, if we don't leave, we will be attacked by two forces." I kicked my stirrup angrily, and cursed: " How did you get discovered, it must be because you didn’t hide well, quickly, change the rear army to the front army, and withdraw to the camp.”

Xun You has yet to say more.I hurriedly said: "Mr. Gongda, the plan has been seen through, it's a pity to go back and make a long-term plan, what a pity!" I was very sorry and sighed.

Xun You couldn't say anything anymore, he wanted to strangle Cao Hong to death in his heart, if he hadn't been impatient, would Yuan Xi still be able to go back alive today?
In fact, Cao Hong was very well concealed, and he didn't reveal his whereabouts at all. Zhang Nan was acting according to the plots designed by Jia Xu and Xu Shu, and I also followed suit.As long as Xun You can't be suspicious, the next play will be easy to sing.

The same is true of Zhang He Wenchou who went to attack Cao Ying. He stopped halfway and stopped.Wen Chou took [-] black dragon riders to adopt Wuhuan's field tactics. He went like a whirlwind and used his strong bow and horse to attack the enemy's stronghold in all directions, causing Cao Jun to have the illusion and panic of facing thousands of troops. After approaching Cao Jun's ambush circle, He shouted and shot a bow and arrow, and fled immediately.When the enemy came after them, they turned around and shot arrows. Tiger and leopard cavalry's riding and archery skills were far worse than those of string-controlling fighters, so they must suffer from being dumb.The most important thing is that Cao Cao knows that the war has started here, and he will definitely attack Yuan Jun's camp. At that time——

There were only [-] crossbowmen and Hao Zhao's "artillery division" stationed in Yuan Jun's camp. Gao Lan, Jia Xu, Zhou Cang, Zhu Ling, Hu Che'er, and Han Juzi led the army to ambush around the gate of the village.

When Xun You saw the troops returning to the army, he knew that he would run into Cao Cao's surprise attack team. He was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.Isn't this self-defeating!He still had a fluke mentality, secretly glad that he was not found out, and felt that this was the greatest luck among luck.I only hope that the left-behind generals such as Lu Qian and Cao Xiu can kill the two Hebei generals Zhang He and Wen Chou, and it is not a waste of risk.

Cao Cao thought he had a plan, thinking in his heart that if he won this battle, he could regain the lost ground and cross the Yellow River again.Maybe it can go straight to Jizhou.Cao Zhen suddenly raised his horse and came over and said, "Prime Minister, Yuan Xi is not Yuan Shao. If the army is dispatched, how can we not take precautions in the barracks. If we see through Xun You's plan, what should we do to ambush our army?"

Cao Cao was decisive, and immediately said: "Otherwise, Xun You will go here, and Yuan Xi will be defeated. The spies came to report just now. Yuan Xi has personally led the army to burn food. If he becomes suspicious of Xun You, he must stay in the camp." I am a hostage. I will never personally take risks. Besides, Yuan Xi is short of food and cannot fight for a long time. How can he give up the golden opportunity in front of him? If he wants to defeat me, he has no other choice but this way. Today he robbed the camp This move is imperative, and you must not doubt it."

Guo Huai said: "Prime Minister, you can wait until Zhang He and Wen Chou are trapped, and then march in calmly." This idea is acceptable to Cao Cao. The distance between Cao Zhai and Yuan Jun's camp is too close. If Zhang He and Wen Chou are not trapped first, they still have a chance to turn back halfway. to the rescue.

Wen Chou quickly launched an offensive. Like a tornado roaring in the dark night, the Black Dragon Rider blew whistles and whipped his horsewhip in a way unique to ethnic minorities, deliberately disturbing Cao's soldiers and causing them to launch an ambush.

He couldn't see clearly in the dark, but Cao Xiu knew that the black dragon had arrived when he heard the hooves of the horses.All together, three cannons rang out, and Cao Jun, who was lurking on the left and right of the Zhaimen Zhongsan Road, screamed earth-shatteringly; Double-teaming over, it was this short distance of thirty feet that gave the highly maneuverable and flexible Black Dragonrider time to turn around. The Wuhuan string-controlling warriors on the horse took out their bows and arrows at the same time, and made all kinds of fancy tricks on the horse. Exaggerated movements, shooting bows and arrows from many incredible angles and distances, shooting the tiger and leopard cavalry off their horses.The tiger and leopard cavalry's offensive was actually slowed down.Wen Chou let out a whistle, and led the cavalry behind him to retreat with the whirlwind of defeat.

Cao Xiu received the order to encircle and wipe out the enemy troops who robbed the village from three directions, but he didn't expect them to be so slippery, they would run away as soon as they came into contact. Bows and arrows shoot together, but the result is getting farther and farther behind, and it has become a miserable situation of being beaten behind someone's buttocks.Among the three, Lu Qian was the clearest. He was a wise general who could keep pace with Yu Jin and Zhang Liao. When he felt that something was wrong, he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.Cao Xiu was furious when he heard the call of gold, and when he came back, he frowned and asked Lu Qian, "Why did you withdraw the troops?" Arguing with him, he clasped his fists and said: "General, something is wrong. The enemy soldiers came too few. I think it is only five thousand at most. If they really came to rob the village, it would be impossible to be so anticlimactic. It is likely that Xun You was seen through. Yuan Jun set up It's a trap to ambush the prime minister, it's terrible—it must be like this." Lu Qian said that his heart was chilled, and his eyes widened several times.

Cao Xiu gasped: "It's broken, the prime minister is in danger, I'll take the tiger and leopard riders to rescue, you and Li Tong stay in the camp, before the prime minister comes back, you must not open the door to meet the enemy." Thanks to Cao Xiu's rescue all the way, It was also thanks to Lu Qian's enlightening words, otherwise Prime Minister Cao would really be useless.

Cao Cao saw the smoke rising in the direction of Cao Jun's camp, and knew that he had joined Zhang He Wenchou, and his heart fell like a stone falling to the ground.

Approaching Yuan Jun's camp, under the lights, Cao Cao was happy to see that the crossbowmen in the camp were heavily guarded. If the defense in the camp was lax, he would suspect it was a trap.This is completely reassuring.Cao Cao waved his hand in the dark, and the sound of the horn immediately spread across ten miles. Cao Jun's camp, with the sound of war drums, poured towards Yuanzhai in three directions.In the middle are Cao Cao and his two sons, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang, who have the strongest military strength, reaching [-] people. The other two are led by Xia Houdun and Cao Zhen.

(End of this chapter)