A waning moon like a bowstring hung in the blue sky, and the earth looked a little dim.
In Lu Bu's army's camp, the bonfires were gradually extinguished, and groups of soldiers began to inspect various parts of the camp.
In a forest five miles away from the camp, countless soldiers and horses were hidden in it.
Cao Cao stood under a big tree with his hands behind his hands, frowning slightly, listening to the news from the spies.
Cao Hong's face was full of excitement, "Master, can we take action now?"
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and asked slowly, "Where are Yan Liang's soldiers and horses now?"
"Returning to my lord, General Yan Liang's troops are about ten miles due west."
Lu Qian cupped his hands and said, "My lord, General Yan Liang has made an appointment with us to act at the same time at Haishi. Now that the time is approaching, should we ask everyone to prepare early?"
Although Cao Cao heard Lu Qian's words, he did not answer immediately because his heart was always hanging and he always felt that something bad was going to happen.
What exactly is it, he can't figure it out?
This plan is perfect. As long as the two sides unite, they can defeat Lu Bu.
Remembering that Lu Bu had the upper hand many times and defeated him steadily, Cao Cao took a deep breath and spoke slowly.
"Let everyone prepare and set off on time at Haishi."
Cao Hong was overjoyed and hurriedly handed over his hand, "General, I obey your orders. Let's prepare now. This time we will definitely defeat Lu Bu'er and avenge General Xiahou."
Cao Cao thought of the tragic situation of the Xiahou brothers and couldn't help but sigh and said slowly, "You don't have to worry, I will find a way to heal their injuries."
Haishi.
Cao Cao gave the order and the army left the woods and rushed towards Lu Bujun's camp.
"Lord, Lu Bu's army is not on guard. Do you want to attack immediately?"
Cao Cao took a deep breath and looked at the bright light of Lu Bujun in the distance, feeling hesitant in his heart.
Cao Hong ran over from a distance, "Lord, everyone is ready. Haishi has arrived. Should we attack immediately?"
Looking at the expectant eyes of everyone around him, Cao Cao sighed secretly and waved his hands vigorously, as if to dispel the hesitation in his heart.
"Send the order and the whole army will attack. This time, Lu Bu's army must be completely defeated."
Cao Hong was immediately overjoyed, turned around and roared, "Attack with the whole army!"
Cao's soldiers, who had been hiding for a long time, immediately roared and rushed towards Lu Bu's camp after hearing the order.
In this operation, Cao Cao did not use the method of sneaking into the camp secretly, because this was difficult to do.
No matter it is day or night, no matter who is the camp, there will be many sentries around, and it is almost impossible to get close to them silently.
Even if he is an idiot general, he will never let anyone get close to the camp easily.
Therefore, the most effective method is for everyone to sprint with all their strength, rush to the camp as quickly as possible, and break through the door before the enemy can react.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Just when Cao Jun soldiers rushed to the gate of the camp, they suddenly heard the sound of trumpets coming from the camp.
As the horn sounded, countless torches lit up at the same time, and countless figures suddenly appeared in the originally dark camp.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Cao Cao, who had been supervising the battle from behind, was shocked when he saw this scene.
Cao Hong led the soldiers and rushed forward. As soon as they approached the gate of the camp, countless archers appeared behind the fence. With an order, countless arrows flew into the night sky and headed towards the charging Cao army like dark clouds. The camp fell.
Whoosh!
"Ahhh!"
Unable to take precautions, countless soldiers of Cao's army fell to the ground one after another, screaming in agony, but were soon trampled underfoot by their companions and died.
Whoosh!
Cao Hong was taken aback, and immediately screamed in his heart that it was not good, but he looked at the door that was close at hand, gritted his teeth, and roared, "Everyone, rush for me. As long as we rush into the camp, we will win."
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
When the soldiers of Cao's army heard Cao Hong's roar, their morale was immediately boosted. Regardless of the rain of arrows in the sky, they strode towards the welcoming gate of Lu Bu's army.
Whoosh!
"Ahhh!"
The soldiers of Cao's army braved the sky full of arrows and finally rushed to the gate of the camp. However, things did not go so smoothly. Lu Bu's army was well prepared, and the two sides started a fierce fight in front of the gate of the camp.
Looking at the fierce battle, cold sweat gradually broke out on Cao Cao's forehead. He turned to Lu Qian and asked loudly, "What's going on with Yan Liang? Have you taken action?"
Lu Qian was also so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead and he said hurriedly, "There is no news yet."
Just as the two were talking, the spy hurried back and said, "Lord, General Yan Liang's troops have returned the same way and did not participate in the battle."
After hearing the news from the spies, everyone present was stunned, their eyes full of disbelief.
Lu Qian suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the spy, and asked loudly, "Did you see clearly that General Yan Liang's troops really left and did not participate in the battle?"
The spy nodded hurriedly, "At least when his subordinates left, General Yan Liang's troops did return."
Cao Cao's face had become ugly, and he thought quickly in his mind, what on earth is going on?
Cheng Yu quickly came to Cao Cao and said loudly, "My lord, I'm afraid Lu Bu has been prepared. General Yan Liang did not participate in the battle. I'm afraid tonight's plan has failed again. Is it better to retreat, otherwise it will be too late?"
After hearing Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao reacted from the shock and said hurriedly, "Hurry up and send the order, withdraw the troops as soon as possible, and stop entangled."
Cao Cao knew he had been fooled. Although he wanted to retreat, how could the soldiers who had already charged forward retreat just by saying retreat?
The soldiers of Cao's army who were in a stalemate with Lu Bu's army were stunned when they heard the order from the rear. After they reacted, chaos began to appear in the Cao army's camp.
Countless soldiers of Cao's army wanted to retreat and had no intention of fighting anymore. Seeing this, the soldiers of Lu Bu's army could not miss the opportunity to beat the drowned dog. They immediately rushed out of the camp gate with shouts and began to hunt down the escaped soldiers of Cao's army.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
Cao's army had no intention of resisting and just wanted to escape as soon as possible. Although Lu Bu's army pursued them, they only knew how to dodge, but no one thought of resisting.
Cao Cao looked at the chaotic camp, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. He immediately jumped on his horse, and with the remaining soldiers who had gathered together, he wanted to return to Puyang.
But at this moment, a roar was suddenly heard in the distance, and then the sound of horse hooves came.
In the darkness, the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer sounded like muffled thunder, getting closer and closer with a despairing depression.
Cao Cao knew that something was wrong, so he couldn't care less and yelled hastily.
"Quickly order everyone to go into the woods and stop fighting. We have been fooled."
The soldiers of Cao's army had long known the power of the Bingzhou cavalry. When they heard the sound of horse hooves, they naturally knew that the Bingzhou cavalry was coming. They didn't dare to delay any longer and hurriedly headed towards the woods beside the road.
Although the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry has amazing combat power, it will definitely not be able to exert its power in the woods.
Cao Jun was also lucky. The woods here were very large and connected to a slow hillside behind the mountain, spreading far away.
When Cao Cao entered the woods, he could only jump off his horse and walk through the woods.
No one can walk on horseback in the woods, because the branches of the trees grow very low. If you just walk, you can pass under the branches, but riding on a horse will increase a lot of height, and then you have to walk in the woods. If you walk, you will be hit by low tree branches.
Especially in the dark night, it is almost impossible to avoid the tree branches.
What's more, there are dense trees in the woods, so even if you are riding a horse, you can only move slowly.
Zhang Liao led the Bingzhou cavalry and rushed from a distance. When he saw Cao Jun's soldiers heading into the woods, he roared and led the Bingzhou cavalry towards Cao Jun's soldiers outside the woods.
"Kill!"
"Ahhh!"
When Cao Cao's soldiers saw that Cao Cao had run away, their morale was even lower. Seeing the Bingzhou cavalry rushing towards them, they almost subconsciously dropped their weapons and rushed madly towards the woods.
Everyone knew that the only way to escape the crazy killings of the Bingzhou cavalry was by rushing into the woods.
Zhang Liao roared, and the Bingzhou cavalry passed through the woods like a torrent of steel, immediately cutting off Cao Jun's escape to the woods.
At the same time, Wei Xu and others led the infantry, rushed out of the camp, and followed the fleeing Cao soldiers to kill them.
Under the encirclement of the two armies, Cao Jun's soldiers who did not rush into the woods in time were immediately beaten back and screamed in agony.
"Stop fighting, we surrender!"
"Please, we surrender!"
These soldiers were originally young men selected by Cao Cao from the Yellow Turban Army. They had no loyalty. In order to save their lives, they knelt down and surrendered one after another.
Zhang Liao led the Bingzhou cavalry and continued to chase the fleeing Cao soldiers until dawn, when everyone returned.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, generals at all levels began to report their results.
"Reporting to Marquis Wen, our troops killed 372 enemies."
"Reporting to Marquis Wen, our army killed 463 enemies."
Lu Bu was a little absent-minded. Before everyone could finish speaking, he suddenly said, "We will discuss these things later. Let's go back and organize our troops first to guard against a sneak attack."
Are the generals who were originally beaming with joy still waiting for Lu Bu to be rewarded for their military exploits?
But he never thought that he would be kicked out by Lu Bu.
"Gongtai, you stay, the rest of you can go out."
After everyone left, Lu Bu gradually frowned, turned to look at Chen Gong, and said slowly, "I have sent people to find out clearly that General Yan Liang's troops did not participate in this battle, but were on the ground during the battle. When I started, I was already gone.”
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Chen Gong was immediately surprised, "Marquis Wen, are you telling the truth?"
Lu Bu smiled bitterly and nodded, "Gongtai, it's all true. Yan Liang said he would join us to deal with Cao Mengde, but he didn't take action."
Chen Gong frowned, "Why did Yan Liang break his promise?"
Speaking of this, Chen Gong paced back and forth in the tent and said slowly, "This time, Yan Liang joined forces with us. Even if he didn't send troops to help, he also lured Cao Mengde out, which can be regarded as helping us." Very busy.
It can be said that what he did was only good for us, not bad. "
Lu Bu nodded, "This is also what I feel is strange."
Chen Gong suddenly said, "Marquis Wen, no matter what happens to Yan Liang, now that Cao Mengde has been defeated and his strength has been damaged, why don't we rush to Puyang immediately and take the opportunity to take it back."
Lu Bu nodded, "Okay, let's go to Puyang immediately."
Following Lu Bu's order, the army immediately rushed towards Puyang.
Cao Mengde's failed sneak attack this time was the best time to recapture Puyang.
…
In the darkness, rapid footsteps kept coming from the woods, and countless Cao Jun soldiers were walking through the woods.
The group of people climbed over the mountain in front of them along the woods and came to a river. Cao Cao then ordered a rest and at the same time, called for everyone to discuss.
Cao Hong strode over, raised his hands and said, "Master, this time we were fooled by Yan Liang, and we must avenge this."
Lu Qian frowned, "Now we know clearly that Yan Liang's real intention is to lure us out, and then join forces with Lu Bu to destroy us."
At this point, Lu Qian paused and suddenly said, "But think about it, if Yan Liang led his soldiers and horses to surround our retreat, we would probably be completely wiped out today."
When everyone heard these words, doubts suddenly appeared in their eyes.
Cao Hong murmured, "Yes, Yan Liang didn't show up until we were defeated. Could it be that he didn't want to destroy us?"
Lu Qian shook his head and said with a wry smile, "If Yan Liang didn't want to destroy us, why did he lure us out again?"
"Oops!"
Hearing these words, Cheng Yu's heart suddenly sank and he shouted, "No, we have been fooled."
Everyone heard Cheng Yu's panicked tone and hurriedly turned their heads to look, "What's going on?"
Cheng Yu ignored the answer and turned to Cao Cao, cupping his hands and saying with a wry smile, "My lord, I'd better hurry back to Puyang today. If I'm late, I'm afraid Puyang will change hands!"
Hearing these words, Lu Qian suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be that Yan Liang's main intention this time is actually Puyang?"
Cheng Yu nodded, "Yan Liang deceived us out of the city this time. He neither helped us nor Lu Bu, but he must have had an intention to do so. Now it seems that Yan Liang's real thoughts should be Puyang."
Cao Cao also reacted and hurriedly shouted, "Send the order, the army will set off quickly and return to Puyang as soon as possible."
Cao Hong also knew that it was not good, and hurriedly raised his hands and said, "My lord, will you lead a group of cavalry to Puyang first to check the situation?"
Cao Cao was not worried about Puyang. Seeing that Cao Hong wanted to go first, he nodded, "Okay, go back quickly and send back the news as soon as possible."
Cao Hong hurriedly cupped his hands, turned around and left in a hurry.
At this time, Cao Cao had completely believed what Cheng Yu said, and he also understood that he originally thought that Yan Liang really wanted to unite with him, but now it seems that he had misremembered.
The most important point is that Yan Liang's plan to frame him must have been ordered by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao didn't care about his friend's love at all and attacked his own Puyang. This is enough to show that Cao Cao is the last person he wants to see. Something happened.
Yuan Shao is also in the game!
