"Sikong, the military is important, Chu shouldn't have asked, but Xu Du is where the Son of Heaven is, and there is no room for mistakes, Chu thinks that since he can't attack Xiaopei at the moment, it is better to go back to Xu Du, first clean up Zhang and Liu's two thieves, take Nanyang, stabilize the rear, and then it's not too late to destroy the thief. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Even Xu Chu, who has always been brave and unscrupulous, saw the seriousness of the situation this time and couldn't help but persuade Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect Xu Chu to have such a high opinion, so he also said by the way: "Zhong Kang is reasonable, Xu Du is the most important, the overall situation is the most important, please think twice." ”

One article and one military, both important ministers agreed to withdraw troops.

In fact, Cao Cao already had the idea of withdrawing troops in his heart, but he was unwilling, so he didn't make a decision for a long time.

At present, there is a danger, but it gives him a reason, and he can't tell the stakes.

After pondering for a moment and gritting his teeth for a moment, Cao Cao finally let out a long sigh.

This sigh is tantamount to announcing his determination to withdraw his troops.

Just when Cheng Yu was just breathing a sigh of relief, Cao Cao said again: "Xu Du is the top priority, naturally we must withdraw the troops to rescue, but we can't just do it in vain, we must teach the pottery merchant a lesson before withdrawing the troops, let him know that Lone is powerful, and also boost the morale of the soldiers." ”

As he spoke, Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu, obviously asking him to come up with a feasible plan.

It's okay to withdraw, but to win the battle and withdraw the troops with dignity.

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment, and a smile with ulterior motives appeared on his face, "In this case, Yu has a plan here, and he can use the opportunity of withdrawing troops to teach the potters a good lesson." ”

Cao Cao's gloomy expression suddenly appeared with joy Cheng Yu was unhurried, and slowly said his plan, Cao Cao listened and listened, his gloomy face couldn't help but turn from gloomy to sunny, and he rarely squeezed out a little smile.

"Very good, just act according to Zhongde's plan, potter thief, you have taken advantage twice, I'm afraid you have underestimated Lone, Lone will teach you a good lesson, let you know that Jiang is still old and spicy."

……

South of Xiaopei City, Tao Army Camp.

In the dead of night, the camp was quiet, and the potters were sleeping comfortably.

Compared with Cao Cao's lack of food and sleepless nights, the spirit of the potter is excellent, he eats well, sleeps soundly, and is full of energy.

A few days ago, Zhang Yi, a lobbyist who sent an envoy to Jingzhou, had sent a messenger to bring back the news, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu had been persuaded by him to entangle tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to go north out of Wancheng and attack in the direction of Xudu.

This news made the potter naturally extremely excited, fortunately the charm value of 9 points did not have a white flower, Zhang Yi deserved to be the world's first fool, and successfully fooled Liu Biao to send troops.

The strategy has been effective, and the next thing the potter has to do is to eat and drink enough and sleep well, and sit and wait for Cao Cao's gray withdrawal of troops.

It's no wonder he's not in good spirits.

At night, the potter was sleeping soundly, but was woken up by his wife Mulan, who was patrolling the night.

Mulan told him that the patrol outside had caught a few deserters from the Cao Army, and that she had found some useful information, and that he must be interested in hearing it.

The potter suddenly fell asleep, cheered up and went out of the tent, and asked his wife to escort several captives over.

Before the captives arrived, Hua Mulan said first: "I will interrogate those prisoners, they confessed that the Cao army has been in turmoil in the past few days, there are obviously 40,000 soldiers and horses in the enemy camp, in fact, half of them have been mixed in the grain transportation team to withdraw in the direction of Xudu, and Cao Cao also committed a head stroke, and now he is ill, everyone in Cao Ying is frightened, and nearly a thousand soldiers have fled. ”

Cao Cao had a head wind?

The potter's eyes lit up, which surprised him a little.

Xu is in danger, and Cao Cao withdrew his troops, which is expected.

Cao Cao used his troops to deceive, fearing that the withdrawal of troops would lead the pottery merchants to take advantage of the situation to pursue, so he asked the soldiers to mix into a grain transportation team and withdraw the troops quietly, which is also like Cao Cao's style.

However, Cao Cao would have a head stroke attack at this time, which the potter did not expect.

The potter summoned the captives and questioned them himself, and their answers were the same as Mulan's words.

The captives claimed that Cao Cao was inspecting the camp that day, and suddenly received an urgent report from Xu Du, and in a fit of anger, he had a head attack and fainted under his horse on the spot, and many soldiers witnessed it with their own eyes.

And it was Cao Cao's fainting that made Cao's camp even more demoralized, so they decided to flee.

The potter listened to them quietly, but his eyes swept over their faces, judging whether they were lying.

Suddenly, the potter's face sank without warning, and he shouted: "Come on, drag these lying guys out for me, chop them into pieces of meat and feed them to the wild dogs!" ”

The captives were frightened by the fact that their legs were so weak that they fell to their knees, crying and shouting to the potters for mercy, claiming that they were telling the truth and not lying.

As soon as Mulan waved her hand, several tiger and bear guards rushed up, and they were about to be dragged away without saying anything.

The potter stared at them coldly, and only when they were about to be dragged out of the tent did he wave his hand and stop the pro-army.

"Tao Zhou Mu spare his life, the little ones really don't lie, spare their lives......" The captives lay on the ground, howling Tao and begging.

The corner of the potter's mouth raised a sneer, and he waved his hand and said: "Of course I know that you are not lying, come on, escort them down, eat and drink, don't embarrass them." ”

The captives escaped death, and they were all grateful, and they were all escorted out.

"Husband just scared them, trying to test them if they were lying?" Hua Mulan saw the fame, and her eyes were a little admired.

The potter nodded slightly, smiled and said nothing, but ordered Chen Ping to meet him.

After a while, Chen Ping, who looked sleepy, pinned a wine gourd to his waist, shook into the big tent with a yawn, and asked in a daze: "Lord, this big night, you don't let Lao Chen and me sleep, what are you calling me to do?" ”

The potter smiled, ordered Chen Ping to pour wine, and told Chen Ping about the captivity.

After a few glasses of wine, Chen Ping had no intention of drinking, and after tasting it for a long time, Fang is sighed: "The master's ability to know people is really amazing, it seems that this Zhang Yi is really powerful, he must have persuaded Liu Biao to send troops, forcing Cao Cao to retreat." ”

"But ......"

Chen Ping's words changed, "Cao Cao's retreat should be good, but Ping thinks that what those soldiers said is a little suspicious." ”

Sure enough, Chen Ping's opinion was the same as his, which was why the potter summoned him.

"Now that Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu have sent troops, they have not yet posed a substantial threat to Xu Du, and it stands to reason that with Cao Cao's strict management of the army, such a situation is not enough to make his army so turbulent that the soldiers fled."

The potter nodded, "Drunkard, you think of going with me, if the opponent is replaced by Liu Bei, or Lu Bu, there may be such a situation, if it is Cao Cao, I am a little suspicious." ”

"Moreover, I heard that Cao Cao had a head wind, but he broke out at this juncture, which made me even more suspicious. You know, of course, Lu Bu's attack on Yanzhou almost made Cao Cao homeless, and this level of chaos did not make Cao Cao have a head stroke, why is it that now he just heard that Liu Biaobing committed Xu Du, and he was frightened into a head wind attack, if you want to say that this Cao Cao, is his courage too small......"

"You mean, Cao Cao deliberately created the illusion of confusion in the army's mind, and also deliberately pretended to have a head stroke in front of the sergeant, so that he could let me know through the mouth of the deserter that everything was in doubt?" The potter had already guessed seven or eight times out of ten.

Chen Ping took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "It should be like this, his purpose in doing this is nothing more than to let us relax our defense, if I am not mistaken, Cao Cao did not secretly withdraw his troops at all, his 40,000 troops are all hidden in the camp, just waiting to take advantage of our slackness to launch a fatal blow to us." ”

The two of them said a word, I said a word, analyzed for a long time, and finally broke Cao Cao's strategy.

The potter nodded slightly, and the murderous intent was quietly on his young face.

He walked to the tent door, lifted the curtain, looked to the west through the cold winter night, and sneered: "Cao Mengde, you are really yin enough, before leaving, you still want to calculate me, hmph, then let's go and see, see who calculates whom." ”