"My lord, two generals, I'm going to say something ugly in front of you. If anyone dares to disrespect orders, don't blame Liang for being rude."
Zhuge Liang changed the topic and said calmly.
"Please rest assured, military advisor, if anyone disobeys your orders, I will never spare him lightly!"
Liu Bei nodded in response, but glanced at Zhang Fei aside.
"Brother, what do you think I'm doing? I should obey the military advisor's orders, but if I lose, hehe..."
Zhang Fei just couldn't help but sneer.
"I will lead the military law."
Zhuge Liang smiled.
"So good!"
Zhang Fei also snorted coldly.
After the discussion, everyone dispersed.
As soon as Zhuge Liang left the door, Xu Shu caught up with him and said worriedly,
"Kong Ming, you are too reckless in issuing a military order today. What if you lose?"
Zhuge Liang glanced at him and couldn't help but smile,
"Do you think I want to issue a military order?"
"If we don't issue a military order, how can Generals Yun Chang and Yide listen to my military orders?"
Xu Shu thought about it carefully and felt that Zhuge Liang's words were reasonable.
It can be seen from daily contact that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who are arrogant in nature, are not convinced by Zhuge Liang.
"Don't worry, Yuan Zhi. Although there is a military order, I am sure to defeat Cao Jun!"
"Kong Ming already has a plan to deal with Cao Jun?"
Xu Shu's eyes lit up.
"That's true, but it's not enough for outsiders at the moment."
Zhuge Liang smiled.
If it were Yang Ling who came here, he would not dare to issue a military order.
But if it were Cao Pi, it would be much easier to deal with!
…
Cao Pi also had the idea of defeating Liu Bei and achieving military success.
Therefore, after arriving in Wancheng, he did not dare to neglect and immediately commanded his men to reinforce the city to prevent any eventuality.
Within a few days, spies came to report that Liu Bei personally led an army approaching Wancheng!
Cao Pi took Cao Hong, Cao Ren and other generals to climb the city wall in person.
I saw darkness outside the city. Liu Bei's 30,000 troops were waiting outside the city with a murderous aura soaring to the sky!
Although Yang Ling was a bit of a jerk, his words were good.
Liu Bei was able to train such an elite army with just one county in Xinye. He really had two skills.
Cao Pi thought to himself.
"Your Majesty, we have 50,000 soldiers and horses. As long as we hold on to the city and defend it, it will be impossible to capture the city with Liu Bei's small force."
Cao Ren on the side said solemnly.
He has always been known for being good at defense. This time Cao Pi went on an expedition, Cao Cao also specifically asked him to serve as Cao Pi's deputy.
"What my uncle said is absolutely true."
Cao Pi nodded in agreement,
"Send the order and close the city gate tightly. No battle is allowed without my order!"
"Here!"
Everyone clasped their fists to accept the order!
Looking at the closed gates of Wancheng, Liu Bei and others knew clearly that Cao Jun had no intention of leaving the city to fight.
If this is a forceful attack, I'm afraid that if they don't take it down, the few troops Liu Bei has in hand will be exhausted!
"Military advisor, I'm going to watch your performance next."
Zhang Fei said in a strange manner.
"Easy to say."
Zhuge Liang smiled faintly, calmly waved to the two sergeants, and whispered a few words in their ears.
The two nodded, quickly came to the front of the two armies, and shouted to the city head,
"Son Cao Pi, your father Cao A has concealed the truth and brought trouble to the imperial court and insulted the emperor!"
"Uncle Liu Huang now raises the flag of righteousness, raises righteous soldiers, and comes to attack!"
"If you know what's going on, you can quickly turn against me and kill your relatives to atone for your sins!"
Cao Pi just laughed disdainfully at the yelling and scolding from the city.
Do you want him to be fooled by such a simple way to provoke a general?
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang on the opposite side are too naive, right?
Looking at the motionless city wall, Zhang Fei couldn't help but sarcastically said,
"Military advisor, your method doesn't seem to be working?"
"No hurry, wait a moment."
Zhuge Liang was not nervous at all, his expression was quite calm, and he seemed to be completely confident!
The two sergeants at the bottom of the city saw that it had no effect, so they rested for a moment and started yelling again.
But this time the content of their scoldings was completely different!
"Cao Pi, you are really a coward!"
"I heard that when Yang Ling snatched your maid, you didn't even dare to fart!"
"Are you a man? You just know how to hide in the city!"
"Compared to Yang Ling, you are really far behind!"
Cao Pi's face on the city wall instantly turned livid, and the blood vessels on his forehead were pulsing!
He never expected that Liu Bei would even find out about Yang Ling's kidnapping of Guo Zhao.
What he didn't expect even more was that the other party would humiliate him in public.
This is simply murderous and heartbreaking!
How could Cao Pi, who had always been proud and arrogant, endure such humiliation!
"Come here, come out of the city to fight!"
Cao Ren and Cao Hong were stunned.
Didn’t you just say that you should close the city gate tightly and not go out to fight?
Why do you want to leave the city when Liu Bei mentions Yang Ling?
"Your Majesty, there is really no need for us to take risks!"
"Yes, I hope the prince will think twice!"
Everyone advised him earnestly.
"What are you afraid of? Fifty thousand versus thirty thousand, the advantage is mine!"
Cao Pi scolded angrily.
Seeing that everyone was still stunned, Sima Yi coughed lightly and said,
"Since the Crown Prince has an order, we might as well obey it."
As Cao Pi said, Cao's army has strong soldiers and strong horses, and there are many fierce generals.
On the other hand, Liu Bei had been beaten by Cao Cao for so many years, so there was no need to be so afraid of him.
Thinking of this, everyone no longer persisted and followed the order and left.
After a while, the gate of Wancheng slowly opened.
Four generals, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan, each led a team of troops and went out of the city to fight!
Seeing this situation, Liu Bei and others couldn't help but be surprised.
Zhuge Liang's method actually worked and really inspired Cao Jun.
"The military advisor is indeed very resourceful!"
Liu Bei praised with a smile.
Zhuge Liang smiled but said nothing.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Although he and Liu Bei have been slowly developing in Xinye, in fact, they have already sent spies to Xudu to find out all the news about Yang Ling.
Naturally, he knew the grievances between Cao Pi and Yang Ling very well.
That's why he moved out of Yangling to stimulate Cao Pi, and it finally worked!
"It's just a way to provoke generals."
Zhang Fei snorted coldly,
"If you have the ability, you can defeat Cao Jun!"
"This is a trivial matter!"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with a smile,
"Please two generals come forward to fight Cao Jun!"
Guan Yu raised his weapons with Zhang Fei, and when he was about to step forward, he heard Zhuge Liang say,
"But the two generals must remember that this battle can only be defeated but not won!"
Only defeat is allowed but not victory?
How can there be such a requirement when marching and fighting?
Zhang Fei's face sank, and he was about to get angry, but when he saw Liu Bei on the side, he suppressed his anger and said angrily,
"Okay, I'll do as you ask!"
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei sandwiched their horses' bellies, leading the soldiers behind them to meet Cao's army in front!
