On the fourth watch, the night was silent.

More than 20 miles northeast of Yecheng, outside Cao Jun's big village.

At this time, a team of patrol cavalry surrounded Cai Fan, pointed at the gun and crossbow in his hand, and the cavalry general shouted violently: "Hmph, you waited for Xiaoxiao to visit the camp again, and shot me with arrows." ”

Hearing this, Cai Fan's liver and gallbladder were split.

"I am Cai Fan, the younger brother of General Cai Yang, I have something important to meet Cao Gong, and I can help Cao Gong break the enemy army."

"You are General Cai Fan? Have you not surrendered to the enemy? Why is it here? The patrol commander did not relax at all, but he did not dare to take this person's life easily, and frowned.

"It's nonsense, I just think it's a snake Zhang Xiu, how can I really surrender? If you don't want to die, report it quickly, so as not to spoil Cao Gong's great affairs. ”

Cai Fan's eyes suddenly widened with anger and shouted.

Seeing that Cai Fan was full of confidence, the rider also frowned, a little uncertain.

After hesitating for a moment, he said to the soldier behind him: "Take care of him, don't let him run away, I'll report to the lord." ”

Less, the camp.

Cao Ren entered the camp with the cavalry.

"Lord, the cavalry general outside the camp said that Cai Fan is now outside the city, saying that there is something important to see the lord, whether he sees it or not." Cao Ren raised his eyebrows.

"Cai Fan? Didn't he take refuge in Zhang Xiu? ”

Cao Cao's thick eyebrows stirred, and he said in surprise: "Let him come in!" ”

Not long after, Cai Fan came in a panic.

Looking up, he glanced at Cao Cao, who was clutching a roll of bamboo slips and ignoring him.

"Meet Cao Gong below!"

Cai Fan swallowed his saliva, Cao Cao's aura was too strong, so strong that he swallowed all the words he had prepared into his stomach.

The words fell, and it was so deadlocked.

For a long time, Cao Cao didn't raise his eyebrows, and said in a voice that was not distempered: "Didn't you cast Zhang embroidery?" What are you doing here? Do you want to come and catch up with me Cao Cao? ”

"In, don't dare!" Cai Fan pursed his lips, wanting to justify that he was in Zhang Ying's heart in Cao, but looking at Cao Cao, he couldn't say anything.

"Then what are you doing here?"

Cao Cao slammed the bamboo slip in his hand on the table, and shouted angrily.

Listening to the sound, Cai Fan was so excited that he knelt directly on the ground, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

"Cao... Cao Gong, who came late at night to make up for his merits, has a plan to defeat Zhang Xiu and help Cao Gong win this battle. ”

"Defeat Zhang Xiu? Let's hear it. ”

Cao Cao was quite serious and listened solemnly.

"Cao Gong, now that the grain and grass in Yecheng have been in an emergency, Zhang Xiu worships me as a grain supervisor and sends me to transport grain from Xinye, as long as Cao Gong leads the army and destroys the military food, Zhang Xiu will be defeated."

Cai Fan said in a solemn voice.

"Hmph, it's nonsense, how could Zhang Xiu appoint you as a grain supervisor. Cao Ren, fork him out and cut him down for me. Cao Cao took the case and reprimanded angrily.

Fall,

Cai Fan was stunned, this was not what he thought, Cao Cao actually wanted to cut him.

"Cao Gong, Cao Gong spares his life!"

"Everything I say below is true, and there is no half-truth!" Cai Fan wanted to cry without tears, and kowtowed vigorously and shouted bitterly.

Cao Cao didn't speak, but a pair of eyes stared at Cai Fan tightly, looking at the expression on his face.

That fear doesn't look like it's pretended!

At this time, feeling the guards fork him up, he shouted in panic: "Now the grain and grass are in the autumn wind mouth more than 170 miles south of Yecheng, if Cao Gong doesn't believe it, you can send a fast horse to explore it." ”

Cao Cao raised his hand, and the guards let go of Cai Fan.

His expression didn't look like it was pretending, at least not with his eyes, because no one could pretend to be it in front of them.

Cao Cao stepped forward in person, with a guilty face, and dusted Cai Fan's body, especially when he saw the faint blood stains on Cai Fan's buttocks, Cao Cao believed it even more in his heart.

"Youkang, forgive me, I thought you were sent by Zhang Xiu." Cao Cao said guiltily, "Come on, take the futon, I want to have a long talk with Youkang." ”

Cai Fan's panicked heart finally let go.

After a while, the two knelt opposite each other on the couch.

Cao Cao personally poured a glass of wine for Cai Fan, and immediately said with a smile: "Youkang, what you said is true? Is there really no food in Zhang Xiu's army? ”

"It's true, after a few drinks with the camp, he sent someone to beat him half to death, and ordered me to deliver the military rations within three days, otherwise I would not escape death."

"Cao Gong, you also know that the autumn wind mouth is nearly two hundred miles away, how can the grain team arrive in three days? Instead of sending him to death, it is better to abandon the darkness and turn to the light to help Cao Gong strangle the traitor. ”

Cai Fan said with a look of high righteousness.

Cao Cao's shrewd eyes fell into contemplation, he was thinking about the possibility of this matter, and Cao Cao said in a deep voice for a long time: "If this is the case, after this battle is completed, I will definitely be the court and add an official to Youkang." ”

Xie Cao...... Thank you for your appreciation. ”

Cai Fan was excited, and sure enough, he didn't come to the wrong place.

"Alright, you can rest first!"

Cao Cao said a word, and his line hurriedly left the camp.

The eyes are deep and incomprehensible, at this time Cao Cao said in a loud voice: "Cao Ren, immediately assemble the iron cavalry of the three armies, and be sure to follow me to the autumn wind before dawn to destroy Zhang Xiu's army rations." ”

"No," Cao Ren hugged his fist as he strode over.

Watching Cao Ren leave, Cao Cao looked up at the night, and then shouted to the guards: "What time is it now?" ”

"Back to the lord, it's more than half of the fourth watch."

"Four watches? It was two and a half hours until dawn. Speaking of this, Cao Cao returned to the tent and went in person.

This battle is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Once Zhang Xiu's army runs out of food, his three armies are bound to be defeated, and then he will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and he will definitely be able to pacify Nanyang in one fell swoop.

It didn't take long for Cao Yingyuan to open his door.

Nearly 2,000 horsemen marched away.

As for the darkness, Tianmu took in the things in front of him, and wore the news back to the camp after just a few breaths.

…………

"Lord, lord, Cao Jun has moved."

"Cao's army has about 2,000 iron horsemen heading straight to the south, thinking that they are going for our army's food and grass." Xu Shu strode down the aisle.

In the study,

Zhang Xiu slowly put down the bamboo slip, the corners of his mouth hooked up a sinister smile, and said, "It seems that the fish still haven't resisted the temptation of the bait and has taken the bait." ”

"Next, it depends on whether the fish is strong enough to eat the bait and get off the hook, or if I am better and pull it ashore. ”

…………

At dawn,

The sun rises slowly.

At this time, on a small dirt slope, when Cao Cao looked at the grain transportation team that was pulling out the camp in the distance, he smiled, and laughed wildly.

The scale of this grain transportation team is very large, if this batch of military grain is transported to Yecheng, I am afraid that Yecheng will not have any worries about grain and grass within half a year.

"The three armies obey the order, kill with me!"

Cao Cao pulled out the Heavenly Sword and shouted.

As the words fell, the two thousand iron horsemen behind him also shouted violently, and immediately went down the slope directly to the grain battalion three miles away.

The camp tent of the grain team was simple, and there was no defense, as for those people, when they saw the enemy riding and killing, they immediately scattered and fled, and the rest of the foot soldiers either died or surrendered, and the whole army was annihilated.

The whole battle lasted less than half an hour.

"My lord, it's all rice, and there are 100,000 hundred." Cao Ren said excitedly with excitement on his face.

Looking at the 100,000 grains and grass, coupled with the description of the descendants, he had dispelled the last doubt.

"Burned,"

"Huh? Go up in flames? Lord, this ......" Cao Ren's face was full of reluctance and embarrassment.

"I'll let you burn it!"

Cao Cao snorted coldly, the most important thing for him to do at the moment was to return to the army, and then stare at the embroidery, because Zhang Xiu's defeat was just around the corner!