Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2108 Your calculation is my calculation

  In the dark night, Cao Ren was fully armored, sitting in the big tent, with his eyes slightly closed, stroking the handle of the saber, as if stroking the skin of his beloved Meiji.

  『Uncle Zixiao, this... Hussar bandits will come to attack the camp? 』The young man was lethargic, Cao Xiu sat aside, yawned several times in a row, and said somewhat vaguely.

  Cao Ren glanced at Cao Xiu, "If you are sleepy, you can squint first..."

   Cao Xiu held on, "Where are you trapped? I...yawn...'

Cao Ren couldn't help but chuckled a few times, then he felt that Cao Xiu was a bit embarrassed, so he changed the subject and said, "Looking at the hussars, they all like to take risks... Before, they hid in the mountains and forests and harassed you, but now You and I are both under Wubao, and we will definitely think of taking the opportunity to attack at night! Even if you don't come tonight, tomorrow night will come! 』

  Cao Xiu froze for a moment, "What? This... the hussars went around behind us? how is this possible? How did it go? 』

Cao Ren twisted his beard, "The hussars are good at hiding in the mountains...or they swam across the Danshui... Huh, it's just that there can't be too many people around the back, so they must be under the cover of night to disturb the barracks. In order to win! 』

  As soon as Cao Ren finished speaking, he heard a report from soldiers outside the big tent: "There are figures shaking in the Wubao, and it seems that soldiers will come out!" 』

  Cao Xiu stood up immediately, all sleepiness flew out of the sky, "Sure enough! 』

  Cao Ren sat still, sneered twice, and said, "It's the same thing again!" Use Wubao as bait to attract attention, and then attack a certain rear camp while you and I are focusing on Wubao...』

  Cao Xiu grabbed the saber beside him and said excitedly, "It's really a rat!" Do all these nasty things! Let's see how a certain person goes to the back camp and takes the heads of these rats! 』

"Hold on! ”Cao Ren stretched out his hand to stop Cao Xiu, frowned and thought for a moment, “Wen Lie, you should go to the front battalion to organize the formation... Make a feint, remember to stand under the light and show your figure... Don’t get too close to Wubao..."

  『Uncle Zixiao means…』 Cao Xiu paused, 「Could it be…」

  Cao Ren laughed a few times, "If you know, hurry up!" 』

  『Decree! 』As soon as Cao Xiu cupped his hands, he went to the front camp excitedly.

  Cao Ren smiled slightly, then put away the smile, and shouted in a deep voice, "Get ready to line up, follow me to the rear camp!" 』

Cao Ren concluded that there must be some agreed communication code inside and outside Wubao, so as long as Cao Xiu is exposed to the light, the people in Wubao will definitely think that the attention of the camp is on the front, so they will be in the dark. Signal from the hidden hussars!

  In the rear camp, Cao Ren had already ordered some luggage to be secretly transferred, and now he only needs to tear off the empty tents to free up a large area.

   Sword and shield players, spearmen, and archers lined up one after another, standing quietly in the darkness and waiting.

  The hustle and bustle of Wubao is getting louder and louder, it seems to be like tumbling gruel, with bubbling bubbles, but the back camp is quiet, only the sound of thin breathing can be heard.

Cao Ren put his main attention on the rear camp, because only by clearing the threat from the rear, can he better attack the Wubao in front, so he waited quietly, like a bird with a wide net spiders waiting for moths to throw themselves into their webs.

In the night wind, there seemed to be some strange noises. Amidst the puffing sound, the straw man tied to the sentry tower of the rear camp was hit by an arrow or a crossbow, and fell obliquely. , hit the ground.

  If it weren’t for the fact that everyone in Cao’s army was a soldier, such a change would have caused a few subconscious exclamations, but now, it’s just that the sound of breath is slightly heavier...

  Cao Ren's eyes narrowed slightly, staring closely at the wall of the rear camp.

  A few flying claws were thrown out from the other side of the camp, and with a slight rattling sound, they landed on the wall of the camp.

  The place in Qianyingwubao was noisy, the flames were flickering, and the figures were swaying.

  Cao Ren stretched out his hand, signaling the soldiers to stabilize.

A few black shadows emerged from the wall of the village, stayed for a while, climbed over the wall of the village, then quickly turned down, rushed to the gate of the rear camp, and then rushed to the gate of the camp. Unbolted the bar and opened the camp gate...

  Cao Ren slowly squeezed his palms into fists, expressing his preparation...

  The sword and shield soldier lowered his head, only a little eye was exposed on the shield, staring straight ahead.

   With one hand in front and the other behind, the spearman raised his spear obliquely, ready to support the sword and shield hand to attack forward at any time.

  The archer put the arrow on the bowstring, then opened it halfway, half raised his arm, waiting for the next order.

  Cao Ren raised his hand in the air...

  The camp gate of the back camp is dark and open, like the big mouth of a bear child at home, a bottomless pit that can never be filled...

However, I don't know if it was because the waiting was too urgent. Cao Ren felt that this time seemed a little too long. Just when he felt his arms were slightly sore, he saw some black shadows shaking outside the gate of the back camp. , Arrived in front of the door, stretched his head to look inside to observe.

this is…

  So cautious?

  Cao Ren held his breath subconsciously, but immediately felt a little amused. The distance is so far, no matter whether he breathes or holds his breath, the other party can't hear him at all.

So…

broken!

  Cao Ren suddenly realized that it was precisely because the rear camp was too quiet that some flaws had been revealed instead!

After all, normally speaking, Cao Ren and Cao Xiu's soldiers are not too many. Although the distance between the front camp and the rear camp is a little bit, it is not just like the Baili joint camp. did not hear it…

The noise in the front camp still continues, and you can hear it from here. Under such circumstances, there should be a team leader or a leader in the rear camp to patrol, and it is possible to appease it. There was confusion, or following orders to prepare supplies, plus most of the rear battalion would be civilians and auxiliary soldiers, so no matter how strict the discipline was, there would still be some voices, and now because of Cao Ren's arrangement The array has dug the trap, so the rear camp is naturally unusually quiet at the moment...

Of course, in most cases, ordinary people would not notice these things. When they saw the camp gate open, they would excitedly go inside and kill them. There were many generals who knew he was coming, but Cao Ren met Liao Hua.

Liao Hua, as one of the few generals in the history of the Three Kingdoms who lived to be over 80 years old, participated in the two series of Northern Expeditions from Zhuge Liang to Jiang Wei, survived from a military academy to a general, and even survived until Liu Chan surrendered. In the end, it is still not death in battle but death from illness. Luck is one aspect, and another more important aspect is that Liao Hua is more cautious than ordinary people.

  Luck may be able to take care of you for a while, but only being cautious can benefit you for a lifetime.

  Two torches were thrown in and landed on the ground of the rear camp.

  Cao Ren frowned tightly...

  The black shadow at the gate of the camp shook twice, and then suddenly burst out a voice: "Kill!" kill! 』

  The sound of shouting to kill resounded in the night sky and resounded inside and outside the camp. Cao Jun's soldiers couldn't help moving forward subconsciously even after they were in formation...

  Cao Ren hastily shouted softly: "Don't move, don't move!" 』

  Since this is the case, you can't act rashly, you can only gamble...

   After all, it is possible that all the people in the back camp were attracted to the front camp, right? Besides, the back camps are not all for storing food and grass, isn't it worth taking some risks to burn them?

  Come on, hurry to the bowl, um, come in the trap...

  Quick, quick...

  Cao Ren gritted his teeth and muttered, his raised arms felt a little sore, one couldn't help but moved slightly, and fell a little...

  The soldiers of Cao Jun, who could not hold back for a long time, thought it was Cao Ren who gave the order to attack, and immediately shouted, "Let's all move forward!" The sword, shield, spearman, archer and archer cooperated seamlessly, rushed out of the darkness in an instant, and surrounded the back camp gate!

  『@#&! 』

Amidst the chaotic noise, Cao Ren couldn't help but yelled something, but at this point, he naturally had no way to take it back. He could only give the order immediately and go out to pursue the camp to see if he could catch some. The stragglers who hadn't fled yet asked for some specific information with their tongues.

  But when Cao Ren and the others chased out of the camp gate, they saw only darkness.

  The trees and shrubs on the mountain road are swaying, it seems that there are countless figures lurking in it, or there are not many people at all...

"Search! ”Cao Ren gritted his teeth and shouted, “Search for traces! Find them all for me! 』

  At this moment, Cao Xiu in the front battalion hastily dispatched soldiers to report that the hussars in Wubao did not intend to fight Cao Xiu, but fled in the chaos. Cao Xiu asked if he wanted to pursue...

"what? ! 』Cao Ren was furious, and then reacted instantly, no wonder these people in the rear battalion were not greedy for any results, nor did they have the desire to burn food, grass, and supplies, because the goal of these people was to lead Cao's soldiers to create a war for the people in Wubao. Chance to escape! So whether it really created chaos, or Cao Ren set up a heavy ambush like now, his goal has been achieved!

  『Huh…』 Cao Ren slowly put the saber back into the scabbard, 『Send the order, withdraw the troops, and return to the camp! 』

  『General, don’t you want to pursue? 』

  Cao Ren looked up at the stars all over the sky, "Stop chasing, retreat!" 』

  『Then the place of Wubao…』

  『We’ll talk about it after dawn! 』

Before dawn, Cao Xiu, who had some incomprehension of Cao Ren's order, and some ordinary Cao soldiers were awakened again. They stood in the barracks and looked at the blazing Wubao, which lit up half of the sky. I can't help but stand on my head with chills!

  If they really entered Wubao last night, how many people could escape? !

When Cao Ren and the others were a little bit annoyed and angry because they had set up traps in vain, but they didn't catch them, and when they saw the igniter in the Wubao, they were secretly glad, but Cao Cao on the other side, because the beast in the trap was too big. Yes, it is unavoidably difficult to support...

  In the past few years, Xu Huang has not only been a cook.

  Cao Cao seemed to be looking at the battlefield, but he didn’t seem to be looking at anyone in his eyes. His eyes were on the direction of the battle flag in the distance.

   Cao Xiu got up when he heard the words, saluted Cao Cao silently, then turned around and went down the slope. When he was leaving, he heard the voices of Dong Zhao and other counselors beside Cao Cao rushing into his ears.

  Xiu has reassured the people...

  Cao Xiu is Cao Cao's nephew, and his father is Cao De. Because Cao De was born in a concubine's house, even Cao Xiu was not taken seriously. Even though Cao Cao's many Xiahou clans and Cao clans had ascended to high positions under Cao Cao, Cao Xiu was still just a military commander. Just like a fighter jet among garbage is still garbage, even Cao Cao's army commander is still an army commander.

  『My lord! This enemy general is very powerful! It is necessary to be careful and prevent it, it is better to send more people to intercept it...』

  『My lord! The city of Wancheng is high and deep, and it's not easy to overcome it quickly, so it's better to call the Captain Dian to come here, just in case...』

  『My lord! The army is collapsing again, and morale will inevitably be ruined. My lord needs to respond quickly, and boosting morale is the only way...』

  『My lord…』

  『…』

  Cao Xiu walked down the **** in a daze. Cao Xiu didn't want to pay any attention to the discussion on the top of the slope. These counselors usually look aloof, like the boss of the sky and his second child, and they speak difficult words at every turn, but now they are like panicked children who only know how to stay by Cao Cao's side. For various reasons, gather more soldiers to protect the formation...

  Of course, to a certain extent, these people are also protecting Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao is safe, and their safety factor is naturally greatly improved.

  That's right, now Cao Cao is using himself as a bait to block Xu Huang's attack route, while Dian Wei on the other side is attacking Wancheng frantically with a large number of Cao soldiers.

   This is a dangerous and crazy ruse...

  Cao Xiu's face was in severe pain, he stretched out his hand to touch the painful spot, spread it in front of his eyes, it was covered with blood. In the previous battle, I didn't know when I got a cut, and now when the wind blows, my cheeks twitch in pain.

  『Sima, Sima, here...』 Several soldiers around saw Cao Xiu coming down, and hurriedly made room for Cao Xiu, 『Sima, what do you say, my lord...』

  In the eyes of those in the Cao family and the Xiahou family, Cao Xiu and Cao Anmin are dispensable, but in the eyes of these big soldiers, Cao Xiu is undoubtedly a big man who can get close to Cao Cao, at least someone who is better informed than them.

Cao Xiu didn't answer immediately, he sat down first, stretched out his hand to grab a handful of plant ash from the extinguished bonfire, paste it on the wound to stop the bleeding, then endured the pain, leaned back a little, straightened his legs and feet, He let out a slight groan, and then slowly said amidst the familiar smell of sweat and blood: "What else can I say?" Take a good rest and wait for the next order...』

"what? The soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, and asked again, "Aren't reinforcements dispatched?" 』

  Cao Xiu glanced at the soldier, "Why, are you afraid?" 』

  『Why am I afraid? ! The soldier jumped up as if he had been insulted, "I mean those heavy armored soldiers with big axes are really powerful, our knives and guns are useless at all!" The bastard... The **** obviously slashed that kid's neck, but...but that kid didn't do anything wrong, backhanded...』

  『…』

  When Xu Huang's heavy axe was mentioned, everyone fell silent.

   Qingzhou soldiers basically walk sideways under Cao Cao's command, because Qingzhou soldiers are more horizontal, more fierce, and less afraid of death, so sometimes they will cause some bad behavior...

   But the problem is that even those who are least afraid of death don't want to die in vain.

Before seeing Xu Huang's heavy axe soldiers, many Cao Cao's soldiers hadn't realized that when the armor accumulated to a certain level, the attacks of ordinary soldiers would be ineffective. The martial arts and battlefield that Qingzhou soldiers were proud of The experience of fighting, in front of the heavy axe soldiers, seems to be a trick.

  Cao Xiu closed his eyes, feeling a sense of helpless sadness in his heart. Cao Xiu believes that the matter of fighting a war is actually a comparison of the dead. Whoever can make himself die less and the enemy die more will win. How many famous generals actually came out like this, their names are praised and worshiped by countless people, but who would remember how many soldiers fell on the muddy water and grass behind the **** battles, letting others step on their feet? What about the corpse?

  The victory or defeat of the war is accumulated by the corpses of lowly soldiers like myself, but the sweetness of the final victory does not belong to such lowly people like myself at all.

  Forward, charge, retreat, rest...

   Then switch positions and do it again.

  Just follow the orders of the generals. As for life or death, I can’t control it if I want to, so let him go...

  If the enemy general with the giant ax really rushes to Cao Cao's main formation, at worst, he will die before Cao Cao, and I can't control the rest of the matter...

   Just as Cao Xiu closed his eyes and was wandering in his head with chaotic thoughts, his ears were suddenly filled with a loud shout. The sound was so loud, it was like thunder rolling in mid-air!

"what happened? 』

  Cao Xiu got up from the ground and looked around.

  『Over there! Wancheng! It's Wancheng! 』

  Cao Xiu turned his head to look, and found that there was an unexpected change in Wancheng!

  In the north of Wancheng, at some point, a group of Cao Jun's troops appeared, and they came all over the mountains and plains. On the battle flag raised high in front of them was a huge "Ren" character.

  『Ren Zhonglang is here! It must be Ren Zhonglang's army! 』

  Ren Jun, General Zhonglang, is in charge of the army station in the south of Yingchuan. If all his subordinates are counted, there will be 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers in the field. Of course, it is impossible to bring all of them this time, but at least nearly 10,000...

  "Wan City may be broken..." Cao Xiu murmured amidst the laughter and cheers of the surrounding people.

Although he is only a general of the army, Cao Xiu still has some ability to judge the battlefield. Although he heard that Huang Zhongwu, the guard of Wancheng, is very brave, Dian Wei is not a soft persimmon, and he will inevitably involve a lot of Wancheng guards. The army is defending in the south, and now with the sudden appearance of Ren Jun in the north, under the attack from the north and the south, it will be difficult for Wancheng to hold on.

  Cao Xiu heaved a sigh of relief and thanked the heavens. It seemed that he didn't have to risk his life this time. Looking around, many Cao soldiers around him also showed expressions of relief.

  After Wancheng was conquered, the whole army came together, no matter how strong the heavy ax soldiers were, they would be enough to kill these guys!

  Combined with Captain Dian's bravery, he can directly suppress the enemy general with the giant ax...

While deducing, Cao Jun suddenly screamed again, and then Cao Xiu turned his head, and saw the enemy general with a giant ax he was talking about just now, maybe he also knew that Wancheng was in danger, so he brought the gang back The ax soldiers rushed towards the big banner of Cao Cao's main formation!

  (end of this chapter)