Cao Wu didn't say anything. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, then turned around and asked Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan has met Pang Tong?"
Zhang Liao nodded: "That day when I rushed to the front, the man I saw must be Pang Shiyuan."
"Fengxiao."
Cao Wu shook his head and finally confirmed his thoughts.
"These are fake, the real Liu Bei has run away."
"What?"
Zhang Liao frowned.
Lu Xun was surprised. He had always suspected that this was fake and was Liu Bei's fault, but he didn't understand why Cao Wu saw it right away.
As for the reason, Cao Wu actually couldn't explain it. He just felt that Liu Paopao had traveled all over the world, how could he die here so easily.
He speculated: "Is there a possibility that when the scout tactics were all over the mountains and plains looking for Liu Bei's camp, Pang Tong had already made plans to be discovered through the sudden increase in scouts."
Zhang Liao said: "This dense forest is everywhere. If Mr. Zhuge hadn't calculated the location of the camp, it would have been impossible to find out where the camp was. Moreover, if Pang Shiyuan already knew that he had been discovered, why didn't he set up camp? Even if there was not enough time, he could at least move some people. It’s not like tens of thousands of people are silent.”
Lu Xun hesitated: "Maybe Pang Tong is not sure?"
"wrong."
Cao Wu shook his head again, Zhang Liao's statement suddenly made him realize.
He pointed at the big bamboo stick and said: "This is the golden cicada escaping its shell. Because the location of Wenyuan's camp was too good, the army could not break through at all and could not move westward or southward. So Pang Shiyuan used the golden cicada's trick to evacuate it. He only brought a few backbones and advanced in advance. Leave, take advantage of the fight here, and run away!"
"What……"
Li Dian was shocked. This almost subverted his understanding of human nature. He couldn't believe that a person who grew up studying would make such a choice.
But when I thought about it, I realized that what Cao Wu said was true, and he was stunned.
All the generals were also shocked, and the words "Jin Chan escapes from his shell" greatly stimulated them.
This battlefield had been burning all night. It was originally hot, but at this moment, the generals only felt a deep chill.
Here are all the people who have fought in all directions, fighting in battle, and making choices, but their hearts are full of flesh and blood. They ask themselves that no one can abandon the 40,000-strong army.
What kind of military strategist would sacrifice more than 40,000 people and let them die in the sea of fire, just to give himself a chance to break out?
Lu Xun shook his head, he finally understood where he went wrong. After all, he misjudged human nature and underestimated Pang Tong's cruelty.
If he led the troops, hid in Tibet, and finally had more than 40,000 people under his command, he would not be able to abandon them like this, so he subconsciously believed that the person lying on the ground was Liu Bei.
However, Pang Tong didn't view things that way. He didn't regard these barbarian soldiers who didn't obey his orders as his own. Once he encountered danger, he could abandon them at any time.
This Pang Shiyuan was too terrifying and cold-blooded. These barbarians were his comrades the day before, and now they became the targets of his abandonment. What's more, there were many Han soldiers who were also abandoned by him.
Lu Xun sighed, he also figured it out.
He turned to the three corpses and said: "Even if the golden cicada escapes from its shell, it is also the breaking of a strong man's wrist. No wonder that except Mr. Liu Qi, Chen Dao, and Mrs. Gan, no important figure in Liu Xuande's army was found. I'm afraid those Guan and Zhang The military flag is also fake. It’s all a deception, a deception!”
"It seems that the enemy used the Wuxi Barbarians as bait to lure us into taking the bait. They left while we were fighting. Liu Qi, Chen Dao, and Mrs. Gan who were left behind were all abandoned."
Cao Wu suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Chibi that day, Chen Dao was ordered to arrest people on the south bank to spread the epidemic, but was eventually resisted and left by Xia Houyuan with his army. At that time, Xia Houyuan said that Chen Dao had no intention of fighting. Now it seems that probably that At that time, Chen Dao was disliked by Pang Tong.
Liu Qi wanted to stabilize Samoko and the others who stayed behind. After all, he was also a member of the Han clan and his reputation was still there. He was also extremely ill and could not charge on horseback. No matter whether he went south to Jiaozhou or west to Yizhou, Liu Jingsheng established in Jingzhou Reputation is no longer useful, and Liu Qi himself is useless.
As for Mrs. Gan's death, she was probably as seriously ill as Liu Qi and could no longer escape, so she committed suicide.
Zhang Liao felt ashamed and said: "We sent out almost the whole army, but we didn't expect that Liu Xuande escaped. Now that he has escaped, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch up. I am the commander, and this happened all because of my carelessness. Please The general will punish you.”
Cao Wu had the emperor's sword in his hand, but he never showed it. These generals went south and had no affiliation with Cao Wu. They just came here by chance. However, because of Cao Wu's prestige and Cao Cao's reliance on him, they were willing to obey Cao Wu's command.
Cao Wu smiled and patted his shoulder: "Wenyuan, the responsibility is not yours. It is Liu Bei and Pang Tong who are so cunning that they can even sacrifice their own wives, generals, and nephews. It is against human ethics. How can we guess?" Arrived."
Zhang Liao sighed and shook his head: "If the general hadn't guessed it, we would have thought that Liu Xuande was dead. We are really ashamed."
Xu Huang nodded and said: "It's really Liu Bei who was treacherous and deceived all of us, but he couldn't deceive us, General Beifu!"
It was also the first time that the generals felt Cao Wu's precise judgment. He made bold guesses in the details and peeled off the cocoons to reveal the truth.
Yu Jin was the most steady, and mused: "Liu Xuande only had dozens of people escape. It seems that there is no more trouble and it is difficult to find them in the deep mountains, so we have to give up the pursuit."
Li Dian and Le Jin nodded, Zhang He clenched his fists, regretting that he could not take revenge.
Cao Wu asked Lu Xun to take out the Wuling map again. On the map, traces of Zhuge Liang's circles were still there.
Lu Xun pointed at Zhang Liao's camp and said, "Not necessarily. From the time Dinghai's group was killed to the time our army came to light the fire, it only lasted three hours. In fact, Mr. Zhuge's uncanny calculations allowed him to quickly guess the location of the enemy camp. But for Pang Tong For me, we have to make sure that it has been discovered, and we have to hide it from Shamoko and gather the important people. After all, time is very tight."
Cao Wuye looked at Zhang Liao's camp and continued his analysis: "They have few people, so it is easy for them to avoid our army. However, if they go west or south, they still have to pass Wenyuan's camp. In this case, they must move carefully, and it is late at night. , I can’t see anything, and I have to stop and rest, so I can’t walk too far.”
The generals were overjoyed. They were all experts in the military. They each clicked a point on the map according to their own ideas.
This was the position they could reach if they put themselves into Liu Bei's situation. Even the young generals Wei Yan and Guanqiu Jian made an estimate.
After everyone took a look, they found that it was not too far away from Zhang Liao's camp, and there was a good chance of catching up.
But half of them believed that Liu Bei would go west to Yizhou, and the other half believed that Liu Bei would go south to Jiaozhou.
This is almost one-fifth of the famous generals in the world. If Cao Wu clears the clouds, they will be able to discover the truth.
Cao Wu's palms were sweating. He had been attacked by the power of history more than once. Now was the time to verify whether history would change.
He made a prompt decision and shouted: "Wen Lie! Wen Chang!"
"The general is here!"
Cao Xiu and Wei Yan came out of the crowd.
"The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are among the best in the world. Can you recover Liu Xuande for me?"
"able!"
Cao Xiu replied loudly.
"Okay, give half of the tiger and leopard horses to Wen Chang, and you two will go south and west, one day and one night, to pursue the enemy chief!"
"Here!"
Cao Xiu was fine, but Wei Yan couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.
The two men led the troops, Cao Xiu went west, and Wei Yan went south.
