Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3375 A little plan

Cao Sheng was trembling a little.

I don’t know if it’s because of the pain from the wound or some other reason.

Cao Sheng has three fingers missing from his right hand, leaving only his thumb and little finger, which are wrapped like a **** steamed bun.

　　When he returned from the defeat, three of his fingers were cut off at some point.

As the saying goes, a turtle doesn't laugh at a bastard, and Cao Hong doesn't laugh at Cao Sheng. Both of them were injured, and neither of them could laugh when they were put together.

　　　『We can lose, but these supplies and food...』

Cao Hong turned to Cao Sheng and said, "But we can't leave it to the hussar!" 』

 Cao Jun's emphasis is on fighting in formation and then fighting. Their mobility is not as good as that of humans, so naturally they fight to the limit.

 Consumption of people and consumption of things.

 Cao's army was heavily outnumbered and was running out of food and grass, but he still had a lot of armor and weapons left, so naturally there was no time to transport them away. There are hundreds of thousands of arrows here alone, and now they are all doused with kerosene...

 There are also some pots, pans and other things that are impossible to carry.

As for gold and silver, there are also a lot of them. On the one hand, they were collected by Cao's army. On the other hand, the more fierce the war, the more they wanted to see these things.

In addition, there are a lot of leftover timbers from the original camp, carpentry tools, iron door jammers, night lighting equipment, iron chains connecting Luzhai, bamboo nails, iron nails, iron caltrops placed under the trench, etc...

There are all kinds of things, imaginable and unexpected, but they cannot all be left to Fei Qian in vain!

 That's right, at this moment, Cao Hong is no longer thinking about how to win, but how to lose...

Once the fire is set on fire, you can burn as much as you can, and if you can burn some hussars and horses by the way, it is naturally the best!

"But the general..." Cao Sheng couldn't believe it, "We...really..."

"The hussar is too cautious..." Cao Hong couldn't help but sigh, and then said angrily, "Why doesn't he come?" ! 』

 Plans are great, but they often fail to keep up with changes.

 Cao Hong's plans were all good, but when he met a guy like Xu Chu who took an unconventional path, and coupled with Bao Zhong's rebellion, he was immediately confused, and all his original plans to lure the enemy deeper were scrapped!

 ‘This hussar is not Xiliang at all! ” Cao Hong gritted his teeth, “I had known earlier… Huh! Nowadays, we can only use the last resort! 』

 Some of Fei Qian's early battles were indeed full of Xiliang style. This is not Fei Qian’s personal initiative. Among the Three Kingdoms, Liu Guanzhang was good at this kind of tactics, and even many of Yuan Shao's men were accustomed to this simple and crude fighting mode.

  Or the Northland tactics will also work.

Last time in Yuzhou, Cao Cao suffered a loss, and then secretly concluded that the Hussar liked to use this set of tactics. Hussar fought against the Shanshan Kingdom in the Western Regions, and also led his troops to attack the royal capital of Shanshan. The same is true for the camp down the slope. Like a thunderous wind, the force of thunder directly broke through the camp, and then directly captured the central army, beheading the enemy general in one fell swoop, and immediately won a great victory.

 Therefore, Cao Cao and Cao Hong made two preparations.

If Fei Qian is going to use this tactic of directly attacking the middle formation again, then under the high platform, it will be a dead place!

For this reason, Cao Cao specially left a substitute...

And also prepared a letter of challenge, on the one hand to anger Fei Qian, and on the other hand to prove that when Fei Qian came, Cao Cao was still on the high platform, waiting for Fei Qian to come to meet him!

So if Fei Qian goes against the norm and wants to attack Cao's camp steadily and steadily, Cao Cao and Cao Hong will also be able to accept it.

 Is it a war of attrition? If you can consume more strength of the hussars, it will be Cao’s army’s gain!

As a result, who would have imagined that Fei Qian ignored Cao Cao's letter of war and did not go as Cao Cao and Cao Hong expected. He neither chose a central breakthrough nor an attrition battle. Instead, he used formation tactics to pull Cao Hong out...

It's like Cao Cao and Cao Hong said to Fei Qian, "Trap or ambush, choose one?" 』

Fei Qian gave the answer, he chose "still".

Cao Cao is relatively good at defensive counterattacks. When the opponent loses his energy, he will launch a wave of fierce attacks and pursuit, which can often achieve good results.

 But now I met Fei Qian, a guy who was more stable than Cao Cao and wilder than Cao Cao.

Fei Qian can either use elite soldiers, sophisticated weapons and equipment, and powerful siege equipment to achieve an extremely sharp central breakthrough, or he can use the current maddeningly calm tactics.

 This gradually made Cao Hong lose his original confidence.

 Does he really have the ability to compete with Fei Qian in tactics?

 Especially after he was injured.

 It seems that all the previous confidence has flowed out along with the blood from the wound.

　　　『Hu Qi Guo is an outstanding person! Cao Hong waved his hand and said, "It's not unfair to lose to him, not unfair!" But... this person will be punished by heaven, ha, I'm afraid he will be punished by heaven soon! 』

During the Battle of Anyi, Cao Hong finally realized that the Hussars General’s achievements in the southern and northern campaigns were by no means accidental. Let’s not mention other things, just the changes in the battlefield, the choice of tactics, and the changes in formations. , there are some mysteries that are unpredictable and difficult to deal with.

At this moment, Cao Hong seemed to understand the deep pain that hit him on the shoulder when Cao Cao left.

Even if Cao Hong was given time and thought more, would he have made a better choice?

  It may not be the case either.

This hussar is an opponent who, even if he tries his best and makes all the right choices, will still get the wrong result in the end...

 So at the end, Cao Hong blurted out the word "Tian Zhu".

Perhaps, only the "Tenchu" left can defeat such an enemy and opponent.

At this moment and here, this general who had fought many times in the Central Plains, no matter what opponents he encountered, no matter what miserable situation he was in, was still never discouraged, finally showed helpless bitterness between his brows.

He pressed the sword on his waist and watched the changes in his camp, but remained silent for a long time.

 with a death to kill — is actually just saying that. After all, God or the gods really don’t have time to care about these trivial matters in the human world. Therefore, more often than not, it is because one is unable to take revenge that one hopes God will help him.

If Cao Hong had this ability now, wouldn't it be more satisfying if he didn't just go up and kill the rebel with his own hands?

Especially Bao Zhong's rebellion made Cao Hong feel that he was completely out of control of the overall situation!

He made precautions and arrangements, but when Bao Zhong rebelled, these arrangements were almost completely useless!

The soldiers sent to monitor Bao Zhong were killed so easily that they could not even delay the attack. If the Central Guards who blocked the suspension bridge were not reliable, Bao Zhong would have broken through the camp gate and attracted the hussars. Army!

 He dared to gamble before because he felt he could control the situation.

 But Bao Zhong made him realize that he had lost control.

And in this Cao Jun camp, how many people are there who are hidden conspirators like Bao Zhong? !

 Cao Hong doesn’t know.

 Cao Hong suddenly discovered that all his arrangements and plans seemed to be a joke!

 It’s not that he didn’t have a plan or arrangement, but every time he thought there was no problem at the beginning, there were always problems!

 This time entering Guanzhong is actually a gamble.

Be it Cao Cao or Cao Hong, they are all gamblers sitting at the gambling table. Seeing that the chips in their hands are getting smaller and smaller, how many people can persist in betting and discarding their cards again and again? Then he watched Hussar take away the pot again and again. Even if the pot is not big every time, every time Hussar wins, it means that Cao Jun loses one chip!

 When Cao Hong finally caught two Aces, he felt that everything was stable and he could make a big move, but he was beaten back by Fei Qian's three 2s...

 This made Cao's army's already bad situation even worse.

But it also made Cao Hong even more angry!

 You started with two Aces, why did you lose?

So, let’s bet again!

Even a no-name like Bao Zhong thinks it’s pretty good and he can take a gamble...

 As a result, we lost again.

Now Cao Hong finally felt that something was wrong, and felt that his control of the entire situation was completely out of balance. Even if he could hold on until dawn, how many chips would he have to take another gamble?

When the blinds at the bottom are greater than the chips in hand, even if Cao Hong didn't want Allin originally, he could only be Allin.

 This last bit of chips, put it on the table!

  If you can’t catch big fish, it’s good to catch a few shrimps!

 In short, if you can use up more hussars and horses, try to use them up as much as possible!

Cao Cao's substitute came, his face was pale, and he was a little unsteady on his feet. If it weren't for the soldiers behind him, it seemed that he would collapse to the ground in the next moment!

　　　『Hold him up! ” Cao Hong frowned, “If you can’t stand still, tie me up with a rope!” 』

Cao Cao's substitute shouted in panic, "No, no, I don't want it..." "Stop his mouth!" ” Cao Hong waved his hand.

 Are you serious about pretending to be the prime minister?



Cao Jun soldiers responded, then directly blocked a piece of cloth in the mouth of Cao Cao's substitute, and then tied it with a piece of cloth to prevent the substitute from spitting out the gag cloth.

 But as a result, a groove was drawn on the stand-in's face, which was quite obvious even in low light conditions.

"etc! 』

Cao Hong suddenly stopped the soldiers who were about to take Cao Cao's substitute to the high platform, and then walked forward.

Cao Cao's substitute thought that Cao Hong had changed his mind, so he stared at Cao Hong with hopeful eyes and tears, and he hesitated and didn't know what to say...

Cao Hong stood in front of Cao Cao's double, frowned and thought for a while, then touched the wound on his leg, but found no blood. After all, he was the commander-in-chief, and the guards had bandaged him well, and the medicine had just been changed, so naturally not much blood seeped out.

Cao Hong turned around, saw Cao Sheng, took Cao Sheng's hand, and then smeared Cao Sheng's injured blood on the face of Cao Cao's stand-in.

The blood stains destroyed the original light and dark structure on the stand-in's face, making the grooves on his face less obvious.

Cao Hong looked around and felt that even if there were some differences, it would not be a problem under the flickering lights, so he nodded and waved.

The soldiers dragged the substitute of Cao Cao, who was whining and still saying that he didn't want it, to the high platform of the central army...

　　After so many days of good food and drink, isn’t it time to put it on the chopping block?

What else is there to feel wronged about and what is there to avoid?

I really don’t know what to say.

 Cao Hong snorted, then turned to look at Cao Sheng, suddenly showing a smile.

Perhaps Cao Hong himself thought his smile was amiable, but in fact, in this dim environment with uncertain firelight, his smile was somewhat ferocious.

The bait was also put up to see if it could lure any prey to the bait.

 If there is bait, there must also be someone to carry the rope or someone to pull the trigger.

 Otherwise, if the prey runs away with the bait in its mouth, wouldn’t it be all in vain?

 Cao Sheng is the person Cao Hong plans to stay as the triggerman.

　　　　Everything that happened before is no longer mentioned now. ” Cao Hong said to Cao Sheng, “My lord has entrusted this place to you and me, but you and I cannot fulfill our duties. We are both guilty!” Just remember, in this world, the hussar is not the only hero! Before I leave, I also want to bring back some of the spirit of frustration between you and me! This bit of spirit is too much to lose! 』

Sheng was silent for a moment, "Thank you for your generosity, General..."

 Cao Sheng, what can he say?

 It is said that Cao Hong has an idea every time, but you, the idea king of Shandong, are not reliable at all?

Cao Sheng returned from defeat. Cao Hong did not punish Cao Sheng on the spot, which was considered a mercy outside the law!

What?

 You mean Cao Hong? Cao Hong was also defeated?

What's wrong?

Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. What could Cao Hong do wrong?

Even if Cao Hong is really at fault, it doesn't matter. The worst he can do is give him a warning and a one-year salary penalty, and then remove him from a certain position as an explanation, and then he can be quietly reassigned to a new position.

Isn’t this what the nobles are shouting? Officials are human beings and they make mistakes. What's more, the appointment of officials is based on imperial edicts and reflects the emperor's face. If an official is really laid off by some unruly people and loses his official hat, where will the court's face be put? Could it be a feudal country ruled by imperial power?

Even if Cao Sheng knew in his heart that Cao Hong was guilty of defeating the army, what could he say?

 The Buddha said, it cannot be said.

 So Cao Sheng can only be what he is.

Cao Hong nodded, and then looked at the lights of torches outside the camp, "Now General Dai is going to exterminate the rebels. If he succeeds, he will lure the hussars in the name of rebellion. If he fails...this camp gate As soon as I open it...hehe, hum..."

 Cao Sheng lowered his head, looking like he was listening attentively.

 Indeed, logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Cao Hong's plan.

 The problem is that often these plans with no problems end up with all kinds of problems later on.

 Cao Sheng's hands were throbbing and his heart was sinking.

 He knew what Cao Hong’s purpose was for saying this to him...

"I remember that you followed me in the second year of Taixing..." Cao Hong said with some emotion, "So many years have passed in a flash..."

 Cao Sheng's heart sank deeper and deeper.

 When someone is said to be senior, there are often only two meanings. One is used to block the position of newcomers, indicating that their seniority is nothing. You, a newcomer, don’t worry about climbing up; the other function is to hint to the elderly that you are a waste, and you have not been able to do it for so many years. Go up…

 This is a question that Cao Sheng cannot answer.

 He cannot say right or wrong.

 It can’t be said that he actually came in the first year of Taixing, right?

Doesn't that not only show that the leader has a bad memory, but also that he is careless?

 So Cao Sheng could only remain silent.

Cao Hong obviously had no intention of letting Cao Sheng answer, but continued: "I have always thought that you are a talent, but you just don't have a good opportunity... A failure is nothing, but if you are unable to recover because of it, , even if you can get by, what about your family? Wouldn't it be disappointing? Although life is alive, how can it be fulfilled? However, as a man, if he cannot hold the power of life and death and enjoy glory and wealth, wouldn't his life be in vain? 』

 Cao Sheng trembled slightly when he heard this.

 He is different from Bao Zhong.

His surname is Cao, and his family, young and old, all make a living in Cao Hong's territory.

 Cao Sheng lowered his head and said, "Lord, don't worry!" Subordinates...subordinates are willing to share the worries of the general! 』

　　　　Good! ” Cao Hong nodded heavily, “I really didn’t misjudge you! 』

 The night wind came and blew yellow sand on the ground.

 ‘Now this burden is entrusted to you! ” Cao Hong said in a deep voice, as if to comfort Cao Sheng, he hurriedly added, “Actually, this matter is not difficult at all. There is no need to face the enemy head-on, nor does it need to be a long-lasting battle. We only need to lead the hussar army here. …The main thing is to seize the opportunity…』

Cao Hong gestured, "This central camp... you also know that we have already arranged it, and now is the best time to use it!" The key is not to fight, but to attract the hussars! 』

Cao Hong looked at the substitute on the high platform and said, "With him here... the hussar will definitely come!" 』

 Cao Sheng nodded, "That's what the Lord said." 』

Cao Hong said again: "If you can lure the hussars into the trap, that's great. If you can't, try to burn his generals and horses... Don't pour the fire oil too early to prevent the thieves from being alert... Don't do it too late to prevent the thieves from being alerted." See through... If you can really kill the hussar, you will be the most outstanding achievement in this battle! 』

Cao Sheng took a breath, gritted his teeth and reiterated, "Don't worry, Lord!" You will definitely live up to the Lord’s trust! 』

"good! If this happens, you will be the first to achieve success! I mean what I say! ” Cao Hong nodded and emphasized again, then took off his cloak, tied it on Cao Sheng with his own hands, then patted Cao Sheng on the shoulder, then turned around and walked into the Chinese army’s tent.

 Other guards followed Cao Hong and also entered the Chinese army's tent one after another.

 The secret way to escape is under the Chinese army's tent.

 After a while, Cao Sheng took a breath, and then shouted, "Drum!" Rise to the Great Wall! 』

The central camp of Cao Cao's army had been silent for a long time. Suddenly, the war drums roared and the firelight shone, reflecting the figure of Cao Cao's stand-in on the high platform!

Soon, some soldiers of Cao's army shouted: "The Prime Minister has an order!" Fight back on the spot! The bandit army will be defeated! Our army will win! 』

This cry is like the ripples of bait in the water, spreading out in circles...

 (End of this chapter)