The Three Kingdoms started from fooling Jia Xu

Chapter 63

"Woo ~ woo ~ woo ~"

Thousands of cavalry galloped over, bringing up a lot of dust.

Looking at the remaining camp of Zhang Xiujun in front of him, Cao Cao glanced around, got off his horse and walked to a stove pit.

Lowering his body, he pinched the ashes in the pit. Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "The ashes in the pit are small and empty. I don't think there are many rations to cook in this stove."

Listening to Cao Cao's words, Cao Chun admired him very much. This may be the biggest difference between him and Cao Cao. How could he care about these details.

"Cao Chun, immediately lead someone to count all the pits."

Cao Cao crushed the ash in his hands, watched the ash fall slowly, and said expressionlessly.

"No!" Cao Chun nodded in response.

Not long after, Cao Chun rode his horse back and said anxiously, "My lord, I found this during the investigation just now."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of sackcloth from his arms, and the sackcloth was wrapped with some vegetables and roots, and it was also stained with soil.

Cao Cao fixed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Where did you find this?"

"Beside a stove pit, buried in the soil, besides these vegetable roots, there is also some boiled rice."

"According to the last general's opinion, Zhang Xiu must have no food, and wanted to eat rice mixed with wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger, but the generals below complained a lot, and what's more, they buried them without eating."

Cao Chun spoke in deep thought.

Cao Cao took the vegetable root and squeezed it soft with his hands.

Immediately, his eyes were fixed, he got on his horse, and shouted urgently in a deep voice: "Cao Chun, leave a group of brave cavalry to count all the stove pits, and the rest of them will follow me on horseback."

"In addition, urgently order Cao Ren to lead the infantry on a starry night journey, and be sure to catch up with me. At the same time, tell Guo Jia to stay in the center and deploy food, grass and military equipment for the three armies."

Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to eat Zhang Xiu's [-] soldiers, it would be impossible to rely on only [-] cavalry.

"No!" Cao Chun agreed.

Cao Cao flicked his whip, and the cavalry of the three armies galloped again.

At sunset, on a field.

Xu Shu came striding forward with worried eyes, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, the food has been distributed, but if this continues, the morale of the army may be shaken."

Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and sighed, "If not, how could Cao Cao be fooled?"

Xu Shu didn't say much, but instead said: "My lord, the sentry cavalry came to report that Cao Cao had led the cavalry to follow him thirty miles away, presumably he was waiting for the news of our army's defeat."

"Well, let's go down and ask the sentry to take strict precautions, and report back immediately if there is any trouble." Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice.

"Oh, by the way, the camp is tight inside and out tonight, and someone else is going to provoke the original Cao army to surrender, let them slip out of the camp, and report the situation in the camp to Cao Cao."

"Well, I'll arrange it now!"

Xu Shu nodded heavily and said in a deep voice.

"Also, let the logistics sundry army prepare one thousand more tonight, oh no, prepare two thousand more stove pits and put them into use." Zhang Xiu said solemnly.

"A plan to increase the stove?" Xu Shu frowned, and said in surprise: "My lord, if you remember well, this plan should have come from the hands of Sun Bin, a famous general of the Warring States period. He used this plan to defeat Pang Juan, a famous general of Wei State, is it okay?"

Zhang Xiu didn't comment, so he agreed.

"But my lord, Sun Bin is using the trick of reducing stoves."

"Cao Cao is not Pang Juan, and I am not Sun Bin. Pang Juan is arrogant, but Cao Cao is suspicious. If I use it, it will backfire.

But if I want to cover up the situation and increase the trouble deliberately, Cao Cao will definitely think that our army is defeated, and if he wants to confuse him, he will naturally lead the army to advance lightly. "

Zhang Xiu said with a serious expression.

Xu Shu pondered for three breaths and did not raise any objections.

"Okay, I'm going to inspect the camp." Zhang Xiu supported his sword, his face was a little tired, his spirit had been tense these days, and he was afraid that something might go wrong.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiu strode between the battalion, he must stabilize the morale of the army, and must not collapse before Cao Jun advances lightly.

late at night,

From time to time, dozens of deserters rushed out of the camp.

As for the secret, there are dozens of Cao Jun sentry cavalry lurking.

"Leader, look, someone from Zhangxiu camp has escaped again!"

Looking around, a group of people really escaped from the camp in the distance and hid in the night.

"Go, catch them and bring them back to meet the lord." The team leader said in a deep voice without hesitation.

"No!" A dozen riders galloped out behind him.

After a long while, Cao Jun was in the temporary camp.

Cao Cao was at the top. Looking at the people kneeling in front of him, his face was stern, and he shouted in a forceful voice: "You said that Zhang Xiu has no food to send? But I think Zhang Xiu still has a hundred carts of military food."

Several people shook their heads hastily, and said anxiously: "Mr. Cao doesn't know, those are all fake, they are not food at all, they are all filled with sand."

"Zhang Xiu is cunning and deliberately showed it to Mr. Cao. In recent days, all the food in the camp has been wild vegetables and porridge. There is no way to satisfy the hunger. The sergeant has long been dissatisfied."

"I know, let's go!"

Cao Cao lay back, and after a long time, he laughed and was overjoyed.

I saw Cao Cao standing up in person, with a smile on his face, going forward to arrange the armor of Cao Chun and other generals one by one, which also made Cao Chun and other generals a little confused!
"Zhang Xiu, your life is not long!"

In a blink of an eye, the next day is dawn.

Zhang Xiujun and Wu Geng pulled out the camp, and they had already gone a long way.

And Cao Cao led the cavalry to the place where Zhang Xiujun camped last night, and ordered Cao Chun to investigate.

After a while, Cao Chun came on horseback.

"My lord, there is nothing abnormal in the camp, only some old ordnance left. But it is strange to say that there are more than [-] stove pits in this camp than yesterday's investigation."

Cao Chun clasped his fists and said, with a puzzled expression.

"Two thousand more than yesterday?"

"Hehe, it's not surprising, it's not strange."

Cao Cao chuckled, and immediately got off his horse, urinating unscrupulously with his back facing the generals.

With a strong voice, he said while urinating and said with excitement: "Because Zhang Xiu is at the end of his strength, he pretended to make me Cao Cao fearful and dare not approach lightly, but I, Cao Mengde, would not!"

Cao Chun: "???"

Not only Cao Chun, but the other generals were also puzzled.

"Where is Cao Ren?"

Cao Cao trembled, only feeling refreshed.

"My lord, Zixiao should be less than half a day's journey away, and he can arrive at noon." Cao Chun replied.

"Forget it, don't wait!"

"But you tell him, you must catch up before dark today, if not, let him come to see you." Cao Cao looked serious, not like joking.

Zhang Xiujun has already fled, and it is estimated that one day later, his army's morale will definitely be shaken.

At that time, even if it is not the best time to launch a surprise attack, it will definitely defeat the bandit army and draw Zhang Xiu.

"No!" Cao Chun agreed.

"Drive!" Cao Cao flicked his horsewhip angrily.

Immediately, the two thousand cavalry rolled away like a torrent of steel.

(End of this chapter)