In the empty woods, there is no trace of those ghosts just now.
Except for the woods, the cold wind, the cold moon, the rocks, the loess, and the grass, everything else with the breath of life will disappear!
Dian Wei blinked Bano's big bull eyes and snored: "Huh? Where are all the people? Where did they die?"
A gust of lonely cold wind blew through the trees, and ice and ice hit Cao Jun's bodies.
However, a deputy general with sharp eyes raised his finger and pointed at the tree trunk high in the sky, shouting to Cao Zhen, Li Le and Dian Wei: "Three generals, what do you think that is?"
The three generals looked up and saw a piece of Cao Jun's uniform that no one was wearing lying on a high tree trunk. It was flickering and looking very conspicuous.
The discerning people in Cao's army recognized that the clothes hanging on the tree seemed to be of the same line and number as the clothes on the twenty missing soldiers of Cao's army.
Cao Zhenmu stared blankly at the clothes on the tree for a long time, and then said to Dian Weiyan: "General Dian, I think there is something evil in this forest. No matter whether the other party is a human or a ghost, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time. Let's hurry up." Get back to the camp quickly and don’t make any good plans!”
At this moment, Dian Wei also felt that there was something wrong with it. Although he felt itchy in his heart and was unwilling to be fooled, he did not dare to continue talking nonsense in this wilderness.
Then he waved his iron halberd and said angrily: "Send the order to the whole army, change the rear team to the front team, and retreat outside the mountain quickly!"
As soon as Cao Jun's order arrived, the front team changed to the rear team, and with the mountain scouts as the guide, they retreated cautiously towards the outside of the mountain.
Cao Jun retreated along the original route, walking and exploring as he went. They stopped and walked like this for an hour, but there was still no sign of leaving the forest.
Cao Zhen frowned more and more. He raised his hand and pulled Dian Wei, and said hesitantly: "General Dian! I see something fishy about this... Don't you think this place looks familiar? We just met It seems like you’ve been here before?”
Dian Wei looked up blankly, but suddenly he fell on the piece of Cao Jun's clothes hanging on the tree. His face suddenly turned pale, and he said angrily: "No! Damn it, why are we leaving again?" Back to where you were?!”
It would have been better if Dian Wei didn't call out, but this call immediately caused a commotion among Cao's army.
Everyone looked up and looked at the Cao Jun uniform hanging on the tree, feeling inexplicably horrified.
An unpleasant thought slowly came to the mind of Cao Cao's soldiers. In ancient times, ghosts and gods were respected.
Ghost wall!
The so-called ghost wall is widely spread among the people and is very common. When walking in the woods in the deep suburbs at night, you will be stuck in a circle and you can't get out no matter how you walk.
At present, Cao Jun, who is lost in the mountains and forests, seems to have encountered this situation!
Li Le was so anxious that he was sweating. While asking the soldiers to be quiet, he also called for scouts to find the way out and ordered him to carefully search for a way out. He should not lead indiscriminately, otherwise he would be punished by military law.
Poor Cao Jun was in the mountains late at night. Not only did he fail to capture the person he wanted to capture, but he ended up being trapped in the forest. It was really irritating, hateful and stupid!
Cao Zhen, Li Le and Dian Wei were trapped in the dense forest in the mountains. Yuan Xi, Sima Yi and others on the other side were not idle either. They had already made preparations.
After receiving the news that Dian Wei and others were trapped in the mountains, they immediately led their troops and fought out of the mountains and forests, heading straight for Cao Jun's camp at the mouth of the valley.
Taking advantage of his illness to take his life, not sparing anyone when he was in power, and killing him with one strike, was the consistent style of Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi.
On the way, Sima Yi commanded the soldiers and horses to move quickly on behalf of Yuan Xi. He asked Yuan Xi with interest and said curiously: "My lord, this is really weird. You just followed the book and played with the objects in the dense forest." The layout actually trapped Dian Wei and the others within it. Could it be that this Qimen Dunjia technique is really a powerful formation?"
Yuan Xi shook his head, sighed, and said with a smile: "What kind of formation is just a deception."
Seeing that Sima Yi didn't understand the reason, Yuan Xi tried to explain it to him in words he could understand: "In fact, the reason is very simple. In one sentence, the essence of biological movement is circular movement. If there is no goal, the instinctive movement of any living thing will They are all circular trajectories... For example, if you close your eyes and ask you to walk in a straight line on an open field, in the end you will find that you must be walking in a circle. We usually walk in a circle. Being able to maintain linear motion is just relying on the eyes to constantly correct the direction, and the so-called Qimen Dunjia method in this book is just using weather, geography, landmarks, and carrier objects placed according to rules. , to deceive people's cognition and senses, confuse people's visual signals, and give people wrong messages, causing a hometown that thinks it is walking in a straight line, but in fact, it is walking in a circle... I don't know what I mean. Please explain, Zhongda, how much can you understand?"
Sima Yi remained silent, but later when Yuan Xi attacked Jingxiang and pursued Liu Bei, Sima Yi suffered again because he was tricked by Zhuge Liang. Of course, this is a story later.
Cao Zhendianwei and Li Le were trapped in the mountains and forests. Yuan Xi led his troops to fight back and headed towards the camp at the mouth of the valley with Xu Chu, Liu Xiongming and others as the vanguard.
Without Cao Zhen, Li Le and Dian Wei, Cao Jun's troops stationed at the mouth of the valley had no one to lead them. How could they be a match for Yuan Jun? The only thing left was surrender.
It didn't take more than half an hour for the battle to be properly handled by Yuan Jun. Cao Jun suffered less than half of his casualties and most of them surrendered. Yuan Jun successfully began to station himself in Cao Jun's camp.
The camp where Cao Jun was stationed at the entrance of the valley was abandoned. It was almost dawn, and the morning sun in the east of the mountain was gradually rising. The red brilliance shone on the rich branches and leaves of the forest, creating a soft lushness.
In the mountain forest, the team of Cao Zhendianwei and Li Le walked slowly towards the outside of the mountain with frowning eyes. Everyone, including the generals, looked listless.
Their faces were pale, and their deep-set eyes showed their deep fatigue... It's no wonder that after a night of tossing, frightened and tired, whoever it was would be exhausted mentally and physically. end.
Dian Wei's eyes were blood red and he was gnashing his teeth. In addition to fatigue, he also had a look of unwillingness and resentment in his chest. His nostrils opened and closed suddenly, he was panting like an ox, and the teeth in his mouth were cracked. It was obvious that he had deep resentment. , but he had nowhere to use his energy and nowhere to vent his anger.
It’s no wonder that Dian Wei was angry. He was confusedly deceived into the mountains and forests by some figures who were pretending to be ghosts, and lost his way again. The soldiers of the three armies lost their way in the huge forest, and went around in big circles. It's a big circle, no matter how you turn, you can't get out of the woods.
They looked the same everywhere, just like a group of little mice locked in an experimental maze. There was always a ruthless big hand above their heads controlling everything. No matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't break free from the shackles. .
It wasn't until the sky got bright and the fog in the forest cleared that Cao Jun reluctantly found a way out of the forest and hurriedly withdrew from the maze that looked like a demonic figure.
Compared to Dian Wei's anger, Li Le seemed very low-key and calm. Now he just wanted to go back to the camp, have a good drink of wine, have a peaceful sleep, and remember all the strange things last night. Leave it behind.
The three generals just had their own thoughts and led their troops back to the camp full of resentment.
Although Cao Jun's camp at this moment has been conquered by Yuan Xi and others, after Yuan Xi and Sima Yi's careful layout and careful cleaning, the camp has been renovated before, and there are no traces of the battle.
On the sentry tower behind the camp, there were already soldiers wearing Cao Jun uniforms patrolling, and everything was as regular as before.
As for Cao Zhendianwei, Li Le and others, they were too exhausted physically and mentally, but they could not detect any doubts or differences.
The soldiers and horses were displayed in front of the camp. Dian Wei's deputy general rode out, raised his head and shouted to the patrol soldiers on the gate: "The guards on the fence listen, General Cao, General Dian and General Li are patrolling the mountain. When you return, quickly open the camp gate to welcome me!"
The "Senior Cao" on the gate looked down in a pretentious manner and asked loudly: "What is the password? You will report it later!"
"Asshole!" Li Le was furious when he heard this. He raised his riding crop and pointed it at the soldier and said angrily: "Open your dog eyes and look carefully! What kind of command did Mr. Cao Zhen give when he came in person? Open the gate of the village quickly. Otherwise I will kill you!"
"Alas~~~!" Behind Li Le, Cao Zhen interrupted impatiently, saying: "Soldiers act in accordance with military orders and rules. If you are asked to give the command, just give the command. Where can I pretend to be so capable? .”
"No..." Li Le responded in a low voice, then turned his head and rolled his eyes at the camp with dissatisfaction, and replied loudly: "The password is - Qiuhu!"
The soldier's face straightened up, as if he had suddenly realized something. He saluted the troops below and said in a loud voice: "It turns out that the general is returning from the mountain patrol. Many villains are rude... , open the village gate quickly!"
The camp "Zi Ga Zi Ga" was opened, and the soldiers and horses of Cao Zhen, Dian Wei and Li Le arranged themselves into it slowly and at an unhurried pace.
The camp was very quiet, with very few patrolling soldiers and scattered here and there, as if there was no one there. Such a scene in such a large camp was really unusual and worth pondering.
Although Cao Zhen, Dian Wei and Li Le were exhausted physically and mentally, after entering the camp again, they suddenly felt that something was wrong, something was wrong.
But seeing Dian Wei's spirit trembled, he clenched the double iron halberds in his hands, looked around vigilantly, and shouted loudly into the camp: "Where are the generals who are staying in the camp? Tell them to come out quickly. See!"
It seemed that it was just a coincidence, or it seemed that it was intentional. Following Dian Wei's tiger roar, a cry of killing suddenly sounded deep in the camp.
But Yuan Jun's soldiers and horses were seen pouring out from all directions, each occupying his position and performing his duties. It looked like a well-prepared ambush, but it was broken.
In the camp, the leader was Chang Tun, but he was holding a long knife in his left hand, and patting his inner thigh with his right hand unhurriedly, looking like a villain who was successful.
His voice was long, lazy, and contented, and he shouted: "Cao Zhen, Dian Wei, and Li Le! It's been a long time. I, Changtun, have been waiting here for the three generals for a long time!"
"Yellow turban thief!" Li Le called out in a low voice and looked around timidly. He glanced at Yuan Jun, who had already planned it, and said to Dian Wei in a low voice: "General Dian, we have been ambushed and fallen into a trap. !”
Dian Wei let out an angry "hum" and gritted his teeth and said: "I don't know yet? Why are you panicking? It's just a yellow scarf and a group of soldiers and horses, can't you and me be troubled? It's just one move behind the chess, and we can come back again That’s it, what’s there to panic about? Let me cure him!”
After that, Dianwei rode out, pointed his iron halberd towards Changtun, and said in a loud and naive voice: "Yellow Turban Thief! Yesterday, he pretended to be a ghost in front of our village and led us to the mountain forest. I’m a confused person, but you are a bastard?”
"Haha, General Dian really praised me. I'm just a general. I'm good at attacking and defending, but I'm not good at using strategy. The arrangements last night were actually made by someone else. I, Changtun, don't dare to take credit for it."
Dian Wei gritted his steel teeth, raised his head and roared at Changtun: "Who is planning this bastard to disgust me? You call him out and let me know him..."
"Isn't he right behind you? General Dian Wei will naturally be able to see it if he turns around." Chang Tun smiled broadly and raised his hand to point to Dian Wei's back.
Hearing this, Dian Wei hurriedly followed Chang Tun's fingers and turned his head to look, only to see a thin and handsome man in silver armor standing in front of an ambush soldier slightly behind him, looking at him with a smile on his face. Looking at him, his smile was like a spring breeze, containing deep kindness. No matter how you looked at it, it was sunny and harmless.
It happened that Dian Wei felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar after seeing this handsome face, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
The current general Yuan Xi, the overlord of Hebei, actually ran here from Liyang, which made Dian Wei feel uneasy.
"Ahem~~ General Dian, it's okay to say goodbye to the white horse!" Yuan Xi said with a cheerful face, waving his hands to greet Dian Wei, as if he was not an enemy but a friend.
Seeing that Dian Wei didn't answer, Yuan Xi didn't take it seriously. He raised his hand and pointed at Cao Zhen from a distance, and said loudly: "Cao Zidan, you are playing into my plan. You are in the ambush of my army and capture this man alive." At this moment, if we don’t dismount and surrender, when will we wait?”
Dian Wei's face turned red, and he suddenly became furious. He yelled: "Fart! You surnamed Yuan, your little plan succeeded for a while, what's the big deal? I tell you, don't be complacent, just with these soldiers and horses under your command, in my eyes My subordinates can’t move for three rounds, and you want me to surrender just because of this! It’s just a joke!”
Now, Dian Wei couldn't bear it anymore! Moreover, he was worried that something would go wrong with Cao Cao. Although he didn't know what Yuan Xi was up to, it would definitely be very detrimental to his lord Cao Cao.
"Yuan! I want your life!"
Dian Wei roared angrily, brandished the iron halberd in his hand, urged his horse to sit down, and rushed towards Yuan Xi regardless. His eyes were filled with deep anger, and the intense heat could almost burn Yuan Xi himself. Light it up!
Dian Wei was angry and rode out. Cao's soldiers behind him also swarmed up.
Yuan Jun's side was also unambiguous. Under the command of Sima Yi and others, eight armies came out to recharge their troops to fight against the exhausted troops of Dian Wei and Li Le overnight. A big battle suddenly broke out in Cao Jun's camp. Crazy going on.
Dian Wei only had Yuan Xi in his eyes, and he just waved his halberd and rode away towards him. However, the soldiers around Yuan Xi, seeing Dian Wei's bravery, all mounted their horses to stop him.
Unexpectedly, Dian Wei's bravery and martial arts are extraordinary and cannot be resisted by ordinary people. Wherever he goes, there are few generals in his command. People block him, kill people, and Buddha block kills Buddha. The three armies are invincible. Yuan Xi is also heartbroken when he sees it. trembling.
Seeing Dian Wei's bravery, Xu Chu, who was standing beside Yuan Xi, stopped Dian Wei's attack on Yuan Xi with his sword.
For a moment, swords and halberds intersect, "dang, dang, dang," you come and go. After more than ten rounds, there is no winner or loser. Cao Cao's two great guards in history are fighting for their lives.
Seeing the fierce duel between Dian Wei and Xu Chu, Yuan Xi couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his head, and said with emotion: "What a fierce general... you must capture him alive!"
How much Taizong Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Xi cherished Dian Wei here, how cruel he would be later.
