Chapter 20 Cao Apu, you have been fooled!

In the Chinese custom, from the day of the death of the deceased, relatives and friends pay tribute every seven days, set up wine and food, burn incense and worship, and invite Taoist priests and monks to surpass the dead, a total of seven times before and after, this is called 'burning seven!' ’

Battlefield battles, military conditions are like fire, everything can only be complicated and simplified, ordinary soldiers died, directly dug a pit and buried the matter, if a senior general died, it was only a memorial for seven days, Liu Bei agreed not to send troops within seven days, that is, to abide by the ancient rites!

The problem is that Cao Cao is a traitor in troubled times, his heart is extremely treacherous, and he is unscrupulous in order to succeed, how can he abide by the seven-day agreement, and on the second day of the memorial service, Cao Cao secretly ordered all the troops:

"Conceal your whereabouts, move forward slowly, advance to the vicinity of Laojun Peak, prepare to raid Liu Bei's camp, and send a lot of rangers to investigate the situation of the Jingzhou army in detail, whether there is any abnormality!"

Soon news came back and said: 'The Jingzhou army is stationed on Laojun Peak, building barriers, digging trenches, constantly reinforcing the camp, and there are soldiers and horses coming in and out day and night, it seems that there is a large increase in troops! ’

"Liu Bei has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he dares to openly argue with the old man, shouting for a decisive battle, there must be treachery among them, could it be that Xiangyang-Liu Biao sent reinforcements?"

Hearing the news, Cao Cao was quite surprised, thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go in person to check the reality of Liu Bei's military camp!

In this way, Cao Cao took a few strategists and hundreds of tigers and leopards to sneak out of the camp, climbed a nearby high post, and peeked at the situation on Laojun Peak.

I saw that on the Laojun Peak, the ditches were vertical and horizontal, the barriers were distinct, the flags were fluttering, the figures were shaking, and the drums and trumpets were beating one after another, vaguely forming a large array, but I couldn't say the name......

"It's weird, the old man has never seen such a strange array for most of his life, looking at the cold wind and rain from afar, and watching the river and Han from close up, but he has no clue at all!"

"Such a formation, unheard of, Liu Beijun must have a genius, I heard that Zhuge Kongming is erudite and talented, and he is the best at practicing formations, isn't it his handwriting?"

"Before the situation is clear, it is best not to act rashly, so as not to fall into the ambush of the enemy, which will be self-defeating!"

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Cao Cao and several strategists are all well-read military books, and they also have a lot of research on formations, but are the formations laid out by the Jingzhou army?

The two dragons out of the water array, the heaven and earth three talent array, the seven-star Beidou array, the eight-door golden lock array...... It seems that there is a little shadow, but if you look closely, it is not, it is really confusing!

For unfamiliar things, people instinctively feel fear, Cao Cao decisively ordered: "All units are stationed in place, do not attack Laojun Peak for the time being, and at the same time strictly prevent the Jingzhou army from sneaking attack!" ’

Although a formation is powerful, it can't decide the big battle, what really worries Cao Cao is the change of the opponent's troops, I saw that the camp on Laojun Peak is dense, and the cowhide tents are next to each other, and the strength is at least more than 100,000!

In Nanyang County controlled by Liu Bei, the defenders were only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and now there were 100,000 horses, indicating that Liu Biao had sent additional reinforcements, and in the dense forests on both sides of Laojun Peak, there were vague ambushes, indicating that the other party's troops were more than 100,000!

Cao's army went south in three ways, with the Chinese army as the main force, about 200,000 horses, and suffered two defeats in a row before, losing more than 50,000 people, and the rest was less than 200,000!

According to the rules of war, the strength of the attacking side must be more than three times that of the defending side, so that there is a chance of victory, and the Cao army has no advantage in strength, if it is forced to attack, I am afraid that the victory or defeat is unpredictable, even if it is a lucky victory, it will lose most of the soldiers and horses!

If the strength of the Cao army is consumed on Laojun Peak, how should the rest of the cities in Jingzhou be captured, and after their vitality is greatly damaged, Jiangdong, Hanzhong, and Yizhou take the opportunity to send troops, how should they deal with it?

Considering all kinds of serious consequences, Cao Cao made a decisive decision to cancel the original sneak attack plan and deal with Liu Bei, who has become the climate, he can only outwit and not fight hard!

"Liu Bei's military camp seems to be heavily fortified, but it has a sense of powerlessness, isn't it playing tricks, the prime minister can send a team of men and horses to sneak attack and test the reality of the enemy camp!"

Cheng Yu checked the sound for a while, and put forward a vicious plan, that is, to let out a group of men and horses, test the situation of Liu Bei's camp, and if he wins, he can take Laojun Peak, and then attack Wancheng; Losing only a few thousand lives is not harmful to the overall situation of the battlefield!

"Between the old man and the big-eared thief, there is a seven-day covenant not to use the sword, how can he ruin the old man's reputation for a temptation?

The ancients said: If people have no faith, they will not stand, and if they have no faith, they will not prosper, if the old man is untrustworthy, how can he make the heroes of the Quartet surrender, and how to command the world? ”

Cao Cao, as a traitor, has a thicker skin than the city wall, and he doesn't mind using his reputation in exchange for a big victory, which is called the informality of those who achieve great things!

However, this victory must be big enough for the traitor to make sacrifices, if he can annihilate the enemy army and cut off Liu Bei's head, even if Cao Cao is thrown to the ground and trampled by thousands of troops and horses, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, has used urine to escape in order to survive!

But just a military temptation, it's not worth ruining the reputation, Cao Cao is the Duke of Wei, the uncrowned king, and the regent of the Han Dynasty, how can he be so cheap?

Cao Cao's new plan was to abide by the seven-day agreement, and then the whole army lined up at the foot of Laojun Peak, lured Liu Beijun down the mountain, and used the advantage of troops to win the field battle, so that the certainty would be much greater!

"Let's go back to the camp for the time being, and in a few days, fight to the death with the big-eared thief!"

"No!"

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"Boom! -Boom! -Boom! ”

"Kill! -Kill! -Kill! ”

The day of the decisive battle came, and in the early morning of this day, 200,000 Cao troops poured out of the nest and opened a formation below Laojun Peak...... I saw people like tigers, horses like dragons, and the sound of war drums and shouts of killing was earth-shattering!

Cao Cao was dressed in golden armor, and his mount claw Huang Feining, surrounded by a group of generals, stood at the forefront of the large array, really like the stars and the moon, majestic to the extreme!

In addition, the waists of the soldiers of the Cao army are tied with a white belt, which is to bring filial piety to the dead Gao Lan, since ancient times, the mourning soldiers will win, Cao Cao wants to use this method to arouse the murderous spirit of the soldiers!

According to reason, since Cao Jun has come to challenge, Liu Beijun should respond, even if he doesn't dare to go down the mountain for a decisive battle, at least send a general out and fight for a few rounds before the battle!

Taking a step back, the general didn't dare to send it out, at least show his head on the mountain and shout a few times, this is called losing people and not losing the battle!

But a strange thing happened, Cao Jun's war drums were beating wildly, shouting like a tide, constantly launching provocations, but the camp on the mountain must not have moved, only to see countless flags fluttering, not half a figure walking, what does this mean?

"What a cunning big-eared thief, is this trying to use the tactics of exhausting the soldiers to consume the morale of our army, where is the scolding hand?"

Seeing that the provocation was useless, Cao Cao waved his horsewhip and sent out hundreds of scolding fighters, all of whom were strong and full of energy, and scolded people a hundred times without repetition!

"Liu Xuande - you claim to be a member of the Han family, but in fact there is no evidence, King Jing of Zhongshan has more than 100 children, who knows whose wild seed you are?"

"The big-eared thief - he has lost countless battles in his life, he will only run away and live, and he doesn't even want his own woman, how many wives do you have?"

"Weaving mat sellers - uncle's boots are just broken, you quickly light up your craftsmanship and go down the mountain to weave a pair of straw sandals!"

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Hundreds of scolding fighters turned Liu Bei's life experience, battle record, and family upside down, and scolded for more than two hours in a row, only tired and panting, dry mouth, and there was still no reaction on the mountain!

"Where is Xu Gongming, leading 5,000 men and horses to fight the vanguard, and testing the reality of the enemy army!"

"No! --Soldiers, come with me! ”

stayed up until noon, Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore, and decided to send a team of people to go up the mountain to test it to see what tricks Liu Bei and Xu Shu were doing!

Xu Huang responded and led his subordinates with 5,000 men and horses to attack Laojun Peak...... The soldiers filled the trenches, removed the antlers, climbed over the fences, and made great progress, and met no resistance, except for a few unlucky ghosts who fell into the trap!

In the face of the rapid progress of the vanguard, Cao Cao was not only unhappy, but his face was as white as paper, and he had a sense of shame that he was being played, because he had a hunch that there might be an empty camp on the mountain!

"There was no one in the enemy camp...... There was no figure, only a wooden box was found! ”

Unfortunately, Cao Cao's premonition came true, the mountain was really an empty camp, Xu Huang led people to rush up the mountainside, and did not encounter a single enemy army, only tents, banners, and scarecrows everywhere...... Liu Bei's army has long since withdrawn!

The soldiers of Cao Jun searched carefully, but still did not see a single soldier in Jingzhou, but found a small wooden box in the big tent of the Chinese army, with a few words written on it: Please open it in person, Prime Minister!

The soldiers didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed over the wooden box layer by layer, and finally reached Cao Cao's hands, but when they opened it, they almost made Cao Cao angry half to death, and there was a note inside...... "Cao Apu, you are fooled!" ”

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