Zhang He and Cao Ren looked at each other and gave in.
Finally, Zhang He took the lead in reporting.
After all, in Cao Cao's eyes, Zhang He is now the most loyal.
"Informing the King of Wei, General Xia Houyuan was holding the Han army in check from the front. I easily broke through the front of the camp and successfully reached the flank of the camp."
"But..."
Speaking of this, Zhang He's eyebrows were covered with a haze, and he was unwilling to speak at all.
Cao Cao was impatient and shouted angrily.
"Speak quickly!"
"As commanded..."
Zhang He had no choice but to tell the story of this humiliation.
"Reporting to the King of Wei, the flanks of the Han army's camp are completely different from the front. The flanks...the flanks..."
This hesitation almost made Cao Cao angry.
"What happened to the flanks!"
"There are no iron shields, fences, or any facilities on the sides. You can directly see the camp's tent from the side!"
"What!"
When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes widened in shock.
Invincible from the front, no one can break in, and undefended from the sides?
How is this reasonable?
"Then why don't you lead the army to attack?"
Zhang He had a grimace on his face.
"King Wei, I think so too, but the Han army dug a huge ravine on the side of the camp."
"This ditch is wide, deep, and long! It is connected to the innermost part."
"Unless General Mo fills in all the 10,000 people he brought, there will be no way to pass."
"Also...even if 10,000 people are filled in, it is still unknown whether they can pass..."
Digging a trench?
Cao Cao understood now that Zhang He was not defeated by the Han army, but by this ditch!
No wonder it looks so cool.
Cao Cao turned his head and quickly asked Cao Ren.
"And you?"
"Reporting to the King of Wei, I... suffered exactly the same thing as General Zhang."
No wonder they both have this look on their faces!
"Is there any arrangement in the ditch?"
"No."
Zhang He and Cao Ren shook their heads at the same time.
He also looked down. There was nothing but a deep ditch.
Cao Cao's eyes widened and he became even more confused.
Even if the Han army was driven back and Shebeng was defeated, could it be that the Han army could retreat through a dead ditch?
Furthermore, the Han army could not have any other arrangements.
I had already learned from Xun Yu that this time Liu Zhang brought 4,500 people into the camp.
There were no more than four or five thousand arrows falling in just one round, so they must have gathered all their strength.
How could there be defense next to it?
If there is a defense, why bother digging such a big trench?
"Aren't you two going to tell Gu that the two deep ditches will frighten you to death and lead the army to collapse and flee?"
In the end, Cao Cao almost shouted.
He couldn't accept that his generals were such useless people.
I have only heard that living people can defeat enemies, but never heard that dead people can defeat enemies!
Neither Zhang He nor Cao Ren explained, but their eyes were full of shock.
Cao Cao thought he had guessed it and became furious.
"Trash! Trash! You have really disgraced me!"
"Just now, if you had been able to attack the ravine at all costs and find a way to enter the Han camp, Liu Zhang would have been captured by himself!"
"It doesn't matter even if you can't attack in, just lead the army to retreat in an orderly manner. How lucky you are that you were so scared that you threw away your armor!"
"Look, look, how many soldiers have I lost from entering the valley to now!"
There was nothing else on the road from the front of the Wei army's formation to the Han camp, and almost all of them were corpses of the Wei army.
Some were stabbed into hedgehogs, some were trampled to a pulp, and some had their vital organs chopped off.
There are almost all kinds of ways to die, but there is one thing that is very unified.
Without exception, they were all the corpses of Wei soldiers.
A rough estimate of the corpses on the ground ranges from seven to eight thousand to tens of thousands!
Two attacks resulted in the loss of 10,000 people, but the Han army lost no one.
In other words, not even anyone from the Han army was seen.
How could Cao Cao not be angry?
How many armies does he have to support his generals in such a wasteful manner?
"King Wei!"
Zhang He stood up with an unhappy look on his face.
"Who said I was defeated by Death Gou?"
"I don't know what happened to General Cao, but here, there is definitely not just a death ditch!"
"If it's just a ditch, I will fill it in even if I try to kill the soldiers!"
"But...but..."
Cao Cao was furious, stepped forward and lifted Zhang He up.
"Stop hesitating, what exactly did you encounter!"
Zhang He recalled the scene just now, with lingering fear in his eyes.
"King Wei, there are at least two thousand people trapped in the camp. Everyone is holding an anchor and preparing a projection posture!"
"The soldiers under my command are all new recruits and cannot bear this kind of stimulation. Once those more than two thousand spears are projected, even I will have no way to survive!"
"I am not afraid of King Wei's jokes, even I am afraid in my heart."
During the confrontation just now, Zhang He's heart was in his throat.
He was afraid that the Han army's spear would be thrown out and pierce his head.
Fortunately, fortunately, the Han army did not throw a gun.
Otherwise, there will be a big question mark as to whether he can come back alive.
By the time Zhang He calmed down and calmed down, the soldier had already collapsed.
He ran out crying for his father and his mother, unable to stay for a moment.
Zhang He yelled at the top of his voice to no avail.
We had no choice but to do our best to maintain stability.
But it still can't change the ending of the army's collapse.
Cao Cao let go of Zhang He and pulled Cao Ren up.
"You won't tell Gu that it's the same over there, right?"
Cao Ren pouted and nodded in horror.
"King Wei, I am... I am incompetent..."
The superiors cannot think of ways to defeat the enemy, and the subordinates cannot stop the soldiers from fleeing.
Cao Ren is really worthy of the word "general"!
After Cao Cao put down Cao Ren, he staggered.
No wonder the arrow array in the middle only shot Xia Houyuan. It turned out that there were other responses already.
No wonder the two armies were defeated and fled. Liu Zhang had already planned it and was waiting for the Wei army to take advantage of him.
How can you not be defeated if you are prepared but unprepared?
However, Cao Cao couldn't understand it at all.
It was obvious that he designed Liu Zhang and trapped him in the valley. Why was the opposite true?
Liu Zhang was trapped here, but he was the one who was repeatedly frustrated.
Who is plotting against whom?
"hiss!"
Suddenly, Cao Cao took a deep breath and turned pale with shock.
"That's not right. Where did the Han army come from?"
