"Woo~Hoo~Woo~"

Thousands of horsemen galloped in, bringing up a lot of dust.

Looking at the remaining camp of Zhang Xiujun in front of him, Cao Cao glanced around, turned over and dismounted to a stove pit.

Lowering his body, he pinched the ashes of the plants and trees in the pit, and Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "There are few ashes of plants and trees in the pit, and there are not many rations for cooking 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 take someone to count all the stove pits."

Cao Cao held the ashes in his hand and crushed them, watching the ashes fall slowly, his face expressionless.

"No!" Cao Chun nodded in response.

Not long after, Cao Chun returned and said urgently: "Lord, I found this during the investigation just now. ”

As he spoke, he took out a sackcloth from his bosom, which was full of leaves and roots, and was stained with dirt.

Cao Cao's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice, "Where did you find this?" ”

"Next to a stove pit, buried in the soil, in addition to these roots, there is also a little boiled rice."

"According to the last general's opinion, Zhang Xiu must have no food and wants to use rice mixed with wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger, but the generals below have many complaints, and even bury them without eating."

Cao Chun pondered.

Cao Cao took the root and softened it with his hands.

Immediately, his eyes froze, he turned over and got on his horse, and shouted in a deep voice: "Cao Chun, leave a small horse to count all the stove pits, and the rest of the people will follow me on the horse to chase." ”

"In addition, I urgently ordered Cao Ren to lead the foot soldiers on the starry night, and be sure to catch up with me. At the same time, Guo Jia was told to let him be in the center and deploy the grain, grass and ordnance of the three armies. ”

Cao Cao knew that if he wanted to eat Zhang Xiu's 30,000 soldiers, it would be impossible to rely on 2,000 iron horsemen alone.

"No!" Cao Chun should go down.

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

......

At sunset, on a field.

Xu Shu strode over, his eyes were a little worried, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord, the food has been distributed, but if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the army's heart will be shaken." ”

Zhang Xiu took a deep breath and sighed: "If not, how can you tempt Cao Cao to be fooled?" ”

Xu Shu didn't say much, and turned to say: "Lord, the sentry cavalry has come to report that Cao Cao has led the cavalry to follow thirty miles away, thinking that he is waiting for the news of the defeat of our army." ”

"Well, give the order to go down, let the sentry take strict precautions, and report back as soon as there is any wind and grass." Zhang Xiu said in a deep voice.

"Oh yes, tonight the camp is loose and tight, and find someone to provoke the original Cao army to surrender, let them slip out of the camp, and bring the situation in the camp to Cao Cao."

"Well, I'll arrange it!"

Xu Shu nodded heavily and said in a deep voice.

"Also, let the logistics clutter army prepare an extra thousand tonight, oh no, prepare two thousand more stove pits and put them into use." Zhang Xiu said with a solemn expression.

"Stove meter?" Xu Shu raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Lord, if Shu remembers well, this plan should be from the hands of Sun Bin, a famous general of the Warring States Period, and he used this plan to defeat Pang Juan, a famous general of Wei, can you?" ”

Zhang Xiu is noncommittal, which can be regarded as a deserved.

"But my lord, Sun Bin is using a stove reduction meter."

"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 and deliberately increase the stove, Cao Cao will definitely think that our army is defeated and want to confuse him, so he will naturally lead his troops to advance lightly. ”

Zhang Xiu's expression was quite solemn.

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

"Alright, I'll go inspect the camp." Zhang Xiu held the sword, his face was a little tired, his spirit had been tense for the past few days, he was afraid that something would go wrong.

After speaking, Zhang Xiu strode with the camp, he wanted to stabilize the morale of the army, and he must not collapse before the Cao army advanced lightly.

......

Night

From time to time, more than a dozen deserters rushed out of the battalion.

As for the secrets, there are dozens of Cao army sentry riders lurking.

"Team rate, look, someone in Zhang Xiu's camp has escaped again!"

Looking at it, there was really a group of people in the camp in the distance who quietly escaped from the camp and hid in the night.

"Go, catch them for me, and bring them back to meet my lord." The team leader did not hesitate and said in a deep voice.

"No!" Behind him, dozens of horses galloped out.

In the middle of the night, in the temporary camp built by Cao Jun.

Cao Cao was in the first place, looking at the few people kneeling in front of him, his face was cold, and his voice was majestic: "You say that Zhang Xiu has no food to distribute? But I see that Zhang Xiu still has 100 carts of military rations. ”

Several people shook their heads hurriedly, and said urgently: "Cao Gong doesn't know, those are all fake, not food at all, and all of them are sand. ”

"Zhang Xiu is cunning, deliberately pulled to Cao Gong to show you, in recent days, the camp has eaten all wild vegetable roots, and the porridge drunk is not able to satisfy the stomach at all, and the sergeants have long been dissatisfied."

"I see, let's go down!"

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

I saw Cao Cao get up in person, with a smile on his face, and stepped forward to sort out the clothes and armor for Cao Chun and other generals one by one, and he also made Cao Chun and other generals a little confused!

"Zhang Xiu, your life is not long!"

......

In the blink of an eye, the next day dawned.

Zhang Xiujun and the five watchmen had already gone far away at this time.

And Cao Cao led the iron 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 unusual in the camp, only a few old ordnance remains. Strange to say, however, there are more than 2,000 pits in this camp than there were yesterday's explorations. ”

Cao Chun clenched his fists and said, looking a little puzzled.

"Two thousand more than yesterday?"

"Hehe, it's not weird, it's not weird."

Cao Cao smiled, immediately turned over and dismounted, and turned his back to the generals to undress and pee unscrupulously.

His voice was strong, and he said while urinating and said excitedly: "Because Zhang Xiu is already at the end of the strong crossbow, he pretends to make me Cao Cao jealous and dare not approach lightly, but I Cao Mengde is not!" ”

Cao Chun: "??? ”

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

"Where's Cao Ren?"

Cao Cao trembled, only feeling refreshed.

"Lord, Zixiao should be less than half a day away from here, and he can arrive at noon." Cao Chun responded.

"Forget it, don't wait!"

"But tell him to catch up before it gets dark to-day, and if not, let him come and see him." Cao Cao's expression was solemn, not like he was joking.

Zhang Xiujun's army has already fled, and it is estimated that one day, his military spirit will inevitably be shaken.

At that time, even if it is not the best time to launch a surprise attack, it will definitely be able to break the thief army, thus drawing Zhang Xiu in a battle.

"No!" Cao Chun should go down.

"Drive!" Cao Cao flicked his horsewhip angrily.

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