Cao Chun suddenly thought of a possibility, "No, Wei Tong's remaining soldiers are still to the northwest of me! Could it be that Zhang Fei went back to attack Wei Tong again?"
"Leave off immediately and go to Wei Tong's camp." Cao Chun immediately ordered. He could not let Wei Tong die here in such an unexplained way. He now only had a few hundred remaining soldiers and could not withstand Zhang Fei's charge. Cao Chun was very worried about Wei Tong's safety. This time, the prime minister specially arranged for him to follow Wei Tong, firstly as an oriole, and secondly to ensure Wei Tong's safety. After all, he led mostly new soldiers and their combat effectiveness was not strong.
If Wei Tong is captured or killed, those great gentlemen in Yingchuan will not swallow themselves up. Although Cao Cao was born in Qiao County, his true prosperity relied on the support of the Yingchuan gentry. Even the emperor was placed in the Xudu in Yingchuan County. Each of these people are important figures, and Cao Chun would not dare to offend them.
Moreover, Cao Chun also realized that during this expedition, every move he made seemed to be within the opponent's sight. The original plan was to encircle and annihilate Zhang Fei in Anlu, but for some unknown reason, Wei Tong was attacked by Zhang Fei halfway.
He ordered a thousand tiger and leopard riders to turn quickly and go back the way they came.
When Cao Chun gave the order to march westward, Zhang Fei was quietly waiting somewhere for news of his sentries.
He was actually not far from the camp just now. He wanted to see if Cao Chun would be fooled by his plan to mislead soldiers. This general acted cautiously, and this type of person was most likely to make wrong judgments under the influence of various confusing information.
So Zhang Fei put in enough drama for him to see what choice he would make.
A famous general needs a kind of talent, which is the ability to perceive danger and the ability and talent to immediately make the most beneficial judgment for himself. In this regard, Zhang Fei is far stronger than Cao Chun.
A scout from a distance came back, dismounted and ran to Zhang Fei and whispered, "General, Cao Chun's army has moved, and its destination is to the west."
"sure?"
"I'm sure. I followed them quietly for a while to confirm their direction to the west before coming back," the scout said with certainty.
"Okay! Excellent! Hum, Cao Cao, I will accept the feast you arranged for Lao Zhang this time. Each team rushed eastward to Anlu overnight, with coins in their mouths and no words! Otherwise, I will reward you. His whip."
Zhang Fei's army set out and quickly headed east.
Cao Chun and Zhang Fei moved one to the northwest and the other to the southeast, getting further and further away.
When they arrived at Dongfang Jianbai, Cao Chunjun saw the smoke from Wei Tong's camp. Everything seemed normal. He was completely dumbfounded.
He knew that he had made a mistake and had been fooled. At this time, Zhang Fei had disappeared, and even Prime Minister Cao's plan of a north-south pincer attack had not been completed.
When Wei Tong heard that Cao Chun had left and returned, he rode out to ask. When he talked to Cao Chun, Wei Tong was shocked.
After listening to Cao Chun's story, Wei Tong immediately understood the mystery, "General, Zhang Fei must have gone east at this time. The army left by General Wen in Anlu will definitely be attacked by him."
When Cao Chun heard this, he punched himself in the chest angrily. He was about to give an order to rush back, but Wei Tong held him back.
"General, hurry back now. When you get there, you will definitely be trapped and exhausted. There will be no way to fight. If Zhang Fei sets up an ambush near Anlu again and General Cao goes there, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?"
Cao Chun banged the saddle angrily, "Brother Wei, what do you think we should do?"
"Currently, our army has lost the opportunity. Zi and you are here to repair it. Wei immediately sent people to Anlu to investigate and notify our army to be on alert. Then I will go with the general to intercept Zhang Fei, and maybe there will be a remedy." Wei Tong said.
"Well, that's the only plan for now." Cao Chun said.
Not long after, a horseman came quickly from a distance: "General Cao!"
The man was covered in wounds. He dismounted from his saddle and crawled up to Cao Chun. He cried and said: "Report to the general, Zhang Fei suddenly appeared in Anlu last night. General Wang Yu requested the general to support him immediately!"
"When did you come out?! Where is Zhang Fei!?"
"The villain risked his life to come out of the camp to look for the general. At that time, Zhang Fei was still attacking General Wang."
Cao Chun and Wei Tong were shocked and hurriedly ordered their troops and horses to set off immediately. But before leaving the camp, another sentry rider with an arrow wound and a black face came running towards him.
"General Cao, General Wang lost to Zhang Fei and was...beheaded by Zhang Fei..."
Wei Tong and Cao Chun were stunned at that time. You looked at me and I looked at you, unable to say a word. Cao Chun's eyes darkened and he was so angry that he almost fell off his horse, "Zhang Fei! Zhang Fei! I swear to kill you!"
Last night, Zhang Fei's army raided Wenpin's ambush in Anlu and beheaded the deputy general Wang Yu, beheading more than a thousand people. After the victory, he disappeared without a trace.
When Wei Tong and Cao Chun were upset, Song Xin and Zhang Hu walked into the tent alone. "Brother Wei, General Cao, when we patrolled the camp in the morning, we captured an enemy soldier."
Wei Tong saw the person being pushed in, still wearing soldier's clothes, with his arms tied, and his face was full of dissatisfaction.
"Captain! The villain is wronged!"
"This is the letter found on his body!" Song Xin ignored him and took out a letter.
"Bring it to me!" Cao Chun didn't wait for Wei Tong to speak and took the lead to take the envelope. After taking one look, his eyes were so angry that he pulled out his sword and wanted to kill someone.
Wei Tong persuaded him in time, took the letter and took a look. It not only contained a map, but also Anlu's information about setting up an ambush. Apparently, he hadn't had time to send it out yet. However, this letter was not delivered to Zhang Fei and was intercepted by Song Xin.
"He knows our army's deployment very well, and he has drawn pictures of our camp. It seems that he is a spy lurking in Xiangyang, following us all the way!" Cao Chun yelled.
Wei Tong held Cao Chun's hand and said, "General, calm down. I will keep this man for now and escort him back to the Prime Minister for disposal."
Cao Chun rolled his eyes and immediately understood what Wei Tong meant. His face improved, he took back the knife and turned to Song Xin and said, "You two have made great achievements. Cao will ask for credit for you when I go back this time."
In the next few days, Cao Chun arranged for Wei Tong to continue to rest and treat the wounded soldiers, while he sent sentry cavalry to search for Zhang Fei's whereabouts. But at this time, Zhang Fei had long since disappeared.
Song Xin used these days to help Song Ya remove the soul essence from his body. At the same time, he took out the water escape technique.
"Since I have to rest here for the past few days, I can practice the water escape method. It will be useful in the future when I go to the bottom of the Mianshui River to find the water mansion. It is also a good time to try to see if different escape methods can coexist in my body. "Song Xin quickly made a decision. With this escape technique, he would not have to worry about not having a boat when crossing the river in the future. It is really a powerful tool for traveling.
Song Xin sat down on the ground and used a little luck to exchange the content of the Water Escape Technique. Seeing that I only had twenty points of luck left, I couldn't help but sigh, and began to close my eyes and meditate on the "Water Escape Chapter" in "Five Elements Escape Technique".
