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Volume Three: The Wind Rises in the Eastern Capital Chapter 426: The Cunning Cao Mengde

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    Chapter 426 The cunning Cao Mengde

    "Yide, my lord has a military order." On the border of Peiguo and Shanyang counties, a simple military stronghold was erected against the mountainside.  Zhang Liao found Zhang Fei with a letter in his hand.

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    "That's not the case." Zhang Liao replied with a smile and handed over the letter in his hand.

    Zhang Fei took it in confusion, and after a closer look, he realized that the lord wanted the two of them to ambush in the south of Changyi City and keep an eye on Changyi at all times.

    "Wen Yuan, you can make up your mind on these matters. Lao Zhang will go to sleep for a while." Zhang Fei shook his head and waved his hand and walked out of the tent.

    "This is Yide!" Looking at Zhang Fei leaving, Zhang Liao had no choice but to smile. As a general, he really has to work a lot.

    When Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei followed Zhen Yao's instructions and went directly to station outside the south gate of Changyi, inside the city, their subordinates, both civil and military, were also persuading Cao Cao to abandon the city and leave.  If you don¡¯t leave, it will be too late to leave in the future.

    "Lord, Zhen Yao used the strategy of 'surrounding three towers and one tower' to clear the south gate. It can be seen that there must be an ambush outside the south gate. And if he wants to send troops to ambush, the Zhen family's camp will have to divide most of its troops." Changyi Prefect  In the palace, General Lu Qian clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "In my humble opinion, if we use the west gate as a breakthrough point to attack the Zhen family camp, even if we can't catch Zhen Yao, we can still take advantage of the situation and leave."

    There are many people who have this idea, but Cao Mengde is definitely not included among them.  I saw Cao Cao shaking his head and smiling, shaking his head and saying: "You think there must be an ambush outside the south gate? Cao Cao thinks there will never be a heavy ambush outside the south gate."

    "Five days ago, Yuan Rang and Zhong Kang led their troops out of the south gate and suffered a huge defeat. Now life and death are still unknown. Zhen Yao valued this and deliberately lowered the south gate so that Cao Cao did not dare to break out from this gate."

    "On the contrary, heavy troops were set up to ambush outside the other city gates, just waiting for Cao Cao to fall into a trap. Just imagine, how many troops and horses did Zhen Yao have? There were hundreds of thousands of them. That is, there were 30,000 troops outside the three city gates.  Soldiers and horses, the camp still holds a lot of troops, is there a way to survive if we go through the east and west gates?"

    "On the contrary, Cao Cao can only have a chance of survival by going out of the south gate. There may be an ambush outside the south gate, but there are not many soldiers and horses. As long as the generals use their lives and the soldiers are brave, it will be enough to break out. Then we can escape from Zhen.  Yao arranged it."

    Cao Cao was talking happily alone, and his generals were fooled and nodded, thinking that their lord thought more than himself. If this was really the case, the best choice would be to attack from the south gate.

    "The rest of the scribes, such as Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew, Cheng Yu, and Hua Xin, were all speechless.  They know their lord's character well, and he can listen to any advice before making a decision.  But once you open your mouth, you will stick to it even if you are wrong.

    None of his men, both civil and military, had any objection to Cao Cao's words. Cao Cao immediately ordered to prepare for a breakout at night.  In order to successfully break out of the encirclement, Cao Cao arranged this matter down to the smallest detail. Each general had his own general order.

    That evening, Yu Jin suddenly led his troops out of the north gate and made a surprise attack outside the city, directly attracting everyone's attention.

    "This is Cao Cao's treacherous plan, using Yu Jin as bait to make the golden cicada escape from its shell." When the battle at the North Gate Army Formation, the news that Yu Jin led the troops to rush out came back to the formation, Xu You shook his head and smiled, but did not take it to heart: "Quick order  General Zhao of the North Gate, after letting Tao Jin leave the city, be sure to cut off his retreat and not allow him another chance to return to the city."

    "No!" The soldiers led the troops away, and soon there were horse stampedes outside the tent.

    Not long after, Cao family generals also rushed into battle outside the east gate. Xu You naturally gave the same order, saying he was allowed to go out but not allowed to return.

    Until late at night, Cao Cao in the city could no longer bear it, and quickly evacuated from the south gate with his troops.  Because the south gate was completely left open by Xu You, the soldiers and horses galloped away as soon as they came out, and even the infantry also galloped forward.

    "Finally out." After hearing Cao Bing's movements at the south gate, Xu You stroked his short beard and sighed.

    Although he has always been confident and calm, things have not come to an end and he is still worried.  Seeing that the situation was gradually under his control, and that Cao Cao retreated through the south gate as he thought, Xu You completely relaxed.

    "How is it? Where is Cao Jun?" Compared with Xu You's relaxation, Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei were very nervous.  As soon as Cao Cao left the city, Tan Ma passed the news back. Now what the second general has to do is not to let Cao Cao escape from under his nose.

    Zhang Liao thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The vanguard has just arrived. Xiahou Yuan is leading the charge. Yide, you lead five thousand soldiers first and intercept Xiahou Yuan. If not, Cao Cao would not have led the troops to advance so easily."

    "That's all right, let's have a few moves with that Xiahou first!" Zhang FeiGrinning, with Zhang Liao in charge, he didn't have to worry too much, he only had to take orders and fight.  This is the best thing for Zhang Fei who likes to use force more than brain.

    Xia Houyuan led his troops and galloped in front of Cao Cao's army. What he did was to explore the road. The best plan was to lure out the possible ambush, and then defeat the ambush with his lord's army, and then leave Changyi.

    Even if an ambush cannot be drawn out, one must first determine which areas are likely to have an ambush. Now, although Xia Houyuan is galloping on horseback, his eyes are always looking at the terrain around him.

    Most cities are built near mountains and rivers, so it is obviously impossible to completely avoid mountain roads around the city.  All that can be done is to choose a route that is more spacious, can set up a formation, and will not be attacked.

    There are not many mountain roads in the south of Changyi City, but there is a must-pass mountain road leaving Changyi, but it is a bit long and narrow.  After a while, Shandao appeared in front of Xia Houyuan.

    "Even if there is an ambush, you have to go in first and take a look." With this thought, Xia Houyuan did not stop, but quickly broke into the mountain road with the soldiers behind him.  However, after completely entering the mountain, the forward speed was deliberately slowed down.

    "Xia Houyuan, do you recognize me, Zhang Fei?" With a startled shout, the guy with a loud voice rushed out from the mountain road and stopped in front of Xia Houyuan. On both sides of the mountain road, five thousand soldiers also appeared, or raised their bows.  Or raise a crossbow and point it directly at Cao's soldiers on the mountain road.

    "Kill!" There was an ambush, and the leader was still Zhang Fei. Xia Houyuan felt mixed in his heart. The worry was that if Zhang Fei intercepted him here, he would definitely not be considered weak.  Fortunately, since Zhang Fei has come out, as long as he is defeated, the lord can quickly evacuate Changyi.

    After exchanging glances with the last messenger, Xia Houyuan faced Zhang Fei directly with his sword across his sword. Before the lord's army arrived, he had to hold him back and prevent his troops from being dispersed.

    "Let go!" Zhang Fei had only a dozen riders behind him, but he dared to directly block Xia Houyuan's path and issue orders.

    With a command, thousands of bows and arrows flew together, forming a black bridge in the sky. The dense arrows could almost cover the clouds and the sun.

    "Don't mess up your position, gather around me and fight out!" Xia Houyuan commanded calmly, and at the same time he rode his horse to fight with Zhang Fei. At this moment, the arrow rain also stopped, and the five thousand soldiers took out their swords from their waists and rushed in.  The mountain road goes straight to Cao Bing.

    Although Xia Houyuan was sent as cannon fodder by Cao Cao, he was still a high-level cannon fodder. He had many soldiers and horses behind him, and he was not a weakling.

    "If we say that among the elite soldiers currently in Cao Cao's hands, the only ones who have not been affected by the unfavorable war and can still exert their full combat power are the 'Tiger and Leopard Cavalry' led by Cao Chun.

    The tigers and leopards rode out, and within a mile of the surrounding area, one could feel the tremor of the galloping hooves.  When Xia Houyuan saw Cao Chun leading troops to help, he couldn't help but sneer: "Zhang Yide, I want you to die here today!"

    Zhang Fei also sneered in his heart, and he couldn't help but speed up his attack by three points, and muttered: "If you want to kill me, Lao Zhang, ask me for the spear in my hand first!" But even so, Zhang Fei did not use all his strength, after all, he and I  Zhang Liao's goal was to free Cao Cao last, not generals like Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun.

    Cao Chun immediately moved, and Cao Cao's headquarters also received the news. Lu Qian beside him hurriedly said: "My lord, Cao Chun's troops and horses have been dispatched, and an ambush has appeared in front. If we don't move quickly at this time, it will be difficult for General Cao Chun and General Cao Chun to become enemy soldiers."  .¡±

    There was nothing to guess at this time. Cao Cao drew out the Yitian Sword from his waist and shouted: "Okay, all the officers and soldiers listen to the order and follow me to rush to the aid of General Miaocai and cut off the enemy's ambush!"

    "Kill~~kill~~kill~~" The centripetal force of the Cao family's soldiers and horses towards Cao Cao is still very strong.  As long as Cao Cao gives the order, at least within a short period of time, the soldiers will form a strong fighting force.

    "It's a pity that what Cao Cao encountered this time was Zhen Yao's group of evil plotters who had stopped playing with tactics and strategies and started playing with people's hearts.  Cao Cao's layout can only be said to be a show with his men, and the person watching the show is Zhang Liao who is still watching the battle closely in the forest on one side and has never shown up.

    "Is Cao Cao's army starting to speed up?" After hearing what the secret whistle said, Zhang Liao smiled contemptuously. No matter how cunning and changeable Cao Mengde is, he will eventually plan to escape for his own life. Now he can't help it anymore.

    Cao Cao led his troops and horses gradually into the invisible giant net arranged by Zhang Liao. When he saw Zhang Fei leading thousands of people and being besieged by tiger and leopard cavalry, his heart skipped a beat. Is there a scam here?

    When Cao Cao thought about it, the number of Zhen family soldiers and horses ambushing outside the south gate would not be too many, but not many. It can only be said that compared with the other three gates, there should be a little less.  And this alone gave Cao Cao a better chance of escaping.

    But as far as the current situation is concerned, even if the army does not move, only Xia Houyuan andJust two people were able to force Zhang Fei into such a situation, which was obviously not in line with his original vision.  The assumption was wrong. Cao Cao's first reaction was that there were variables outside the south gate.

    However, it was obviously useless for him to think of these things at this time. Whistling sounds were heard one after another from the surrounding mountains and forests, and sharp arrows flew out from the mountains and forests, flying all over the sky, and finally landed in the Cao family's heavy military position.

    "Shield troops, block the mountain road!" Rather than leading troops to charge, Zhang Liao still preferred to form troops.  Teams and ranks of soldiers and horses were operating in accordance with military orders. The attack never stopped from the beginning and was slowly approaching, leaving less and less space for the Cao family's soldiers to move.

    "Heavy Lancers, sprint!" The soldiers who followed closely behind the Shield Soldiers, holding heavy spears up to ten feet long in both hands, rushed out quickly and ran straight towards the mountain road opposite.

    In just one round trip, nearly a thousand Cao family soldiers and horses were pierced by heavy spears and hung up in strings.  The spearmen's charge completely disrupted Cao Cao's rear formation. No matter how much Cao Cao shouted, it had no effect.

    "Wolf Cavalry, follow me and fight in!" The enemy formation was in chaos and it was time to finish. Zhang Liao got on his horse and joined his cavalry. He shook his spear and gave the order coldly.

    The mountain roads on both sides were surrounded, the front road had not yet been opened, and many cavalry were rushing towards the back road, but Cao Cao couldn't find a place to hide.  But Cao Mengde is Cao Mengde, and even at this time, he can still find a way to avoid the disaster.

    He took off the robe on his shoulders and asked the soldiers on the side to tie it on. He quickly took off his armor and helmet and blended into the group of soldiers, hoping to escape the disaster.

    Cao Cao's method was very rogue, and the surrounding civil and military officials were stunned for a while. However, it was obviously impossible for the uncles and nephews of the Xun family who claimed to be scholars to do this. Even old man Cheng Yu would not do this. They would rather be captured than abandon them easily.  own face.

    "Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun, you two have fallen into my lord's scheme!" Although Zhang Fei was surrounded by two generals of the Cao family, he kept hiding until the battle started ahead, then he opened his mouth and laughed: "Come, fight with a certain family  Three hundred rounds of fighting!¡±

    Zhang Fei, who was no longer concerned, used all his strength to stab Cao Chun with three consecutive spear thrusts, which made Cao Chun unable to resist.  After all, Cao Chun was much weaker than a first-rate general like Xia Houyuan, not to mention the enemy was a late Han Dynasty macho like Zhang Fei.

    "The lord is in danger, you can quickly go to support the lord with your talents!" Cao Chun knew that he was no match for Zhang Fei, but he still stepped forward.  After enduring Zhang Fei's strong attack, he gritted his teeth and said.

    Hearing this, Xia Houyuan hesitated for a moment, then turned his horse to prepare for reinforcements.  However, Zhang Fei would not let him leave so easily. With his feet straddling his horse's hooves, he stepped sideways to block Xiahou's path, and at the same time shouted viciously: "Where to go, stay here!"

    Xia Houyuan did not expect that in such a narrow space, Zhang Fei's mount could turn around so flexibly. He was caught off guard and could only barely raise his knife to block the flying spear.

    "Bang~~" There was a metal impact, and Xia Houyuan's palms were almost numb with shock. The mount under his crotch also screamed in panic because of the excessive noise. He repeatedly raised his front legs, but stopped moving forward.

    "Hmph!" Zhang Fei snorted disdainfully and firmly trapped the two Cao family generals beside him. At the same time, thousands of soldiers around him began to stabilize their positions and dragged the tiger and leopard cavalry into the formation.  It was like being stuck in a quagmire, unable to move.

    The wolf cavalry swept through the mountain road at an extremely fast speed. Zhang Fei had just used his full strength to capture Xia Houyuan and Cao Chun. He could hear the sound of the galloping horses. Looking around, Zhang Liao was only a few dozen steps away from him.

    "Xiahou Miaocai, dismount!" Once the cavalry gains impact, it will be a powerful weapon on the battlefield.  Following Zhang Liao's cold shout, Xia Houyuan was just about to look back at the speaker when he saw a spear coming towards him.

    "Bang!" From the moment Zhang Liao started riding his horse until he ran half a mile, no one knew how strong his impact would be.  But looking at the spear in his hand, which was swept towards Xia Houyuan's back, Xia Hou's armor suddenly dented a large area, and he knew that this huge power was something that only a few people could possess.  With just one blow, Xia Houyuan was thrown directly away.

    When Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei each led a cavalry and went back and forth in the mountain road twice in a row, the number of Cao soldiers who could still stand upright in the mountain road was no more than a thousand.  The rest of the people, even if they were not dead, collapsed on the ground, whimpering in pain.

    Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Lu Qian and others were captured by the soldiers one by one, and the remaining Cao soldiers lost their fighting spirit. They threw their weapons aside in frustration and waited for the Nanyang soldiers to collect them.  Surrender yourself.

    "Where is Cao Cao?" Zhang Liao looked at the group of important officials of the Cao family in front of him with a sullen face.  Cao Cao's sons Cao Ang, Cao Pi and others were all captured, but Cao Cao was missing.  It has to be said that Zhang Liao is very angry now.

    To be honest, Xun Yu and others don¡¯t know where their lord is hiding. They only know that these people are likely to have a stroke right now, or they may be disguised as dead bodies and hidden in the pile of corpses on the mountain road.?.

    "Don't tell me?" Zhang Liao's gloomy eyes were equally intimidating. He looked at the dozens of people around him and sneered: "Very good, if I can't find Cao Cao, you will have no chance of surviving."

    "Yide, I ordered my soldiers to bury Cao's soldiers who were killed and seriously injured in this battle. I don't believe they can't be found!" Fortunately for Zhang Liao, his soldiers maintained their formations from beginning to end, even during the war.  Yes, both sides of the mountain road are completely blocked.

    "Okay, let's do it like this!" Zhang Fei spat heavily, and with one move of his hand, hundreds of soldiers began to clean up the battlefield on the spot, dragging out the Cao family soldiers on the ground one by one.  There were still more than a hundred people who quickly ran back to the military camp, fetched shovels, hoes and other tools, and dug holes on the spot.

    Everyone¡¯s attention was focused on Cao¡¯s soldiers buried in the pit, but they did not notice that among the ambush soldiers on the side, a dark-faced and slightly fat soldier was wiping the sweat from his forehead.

    This person was naturally Cao Cao, who was avoiding Zhang Liao's investigation. When the army was defeated, Cao Cao saw that he could not escape, so he thought of mingling among the dead bodies. When the war was over, he might be able to escape.  But looking back now, it's a good thing I didn't do that at the time, otherwise I don't know how I would have died.

    Not only the dead bodies, but also many seriously injured soldiers were also thrown into the pit by Nanyang soldiers. During the process of reburying them, the cries of Cao's soldiers could be heard everywhere.  However, these did not make Zhang Liao feel any unbearable, but instead issued the order more calmly.

    Cleaning the battlefield was also very troublesome. When the victory report was sent back to the home village, only half of the enemy soldiers were buried.  After hearing what the messenger said, Zhen Yao immediately smiled and said: "Well, if Cao Cao really wants to run away, no one can catch him. Let Wen Yuan come back with the soldiers. After a hard battle, all the men under his command will be tired.  very."

    "Promise!" The ordering soldier clasped his fists in agreement and quickly left the tent. But after a while, another soldier came to report the battle.

    "My lord, the general of the Cao family failed to counterattack the Changyi North Formation in Jinjin and fled far away with his troops. General Zhao sent troops to pursue him but failed to capture him and fled in Jinjin."

    "My lord, outside the east gate, General Xu Huang has captured the enemy general Lu Chang alive. At this moment, he has captured the east gate of Changyi."

    "The war between Yan and Yu has finally come to an end!" Zhen Yao's eyebrows turned slightly when he heard this. Although he ran away from the ban, it did not affect the general situation. He stood up from the first seat, stretched his arms and stretched his body, shook his head and said: "This  The battle is not easy, Yao wants to reward the whole army!"

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