Spring and summer communication, mosquitoes and flies around.

When the moon was on the willows, Zhang Liao suddenly opened his eyes. If anyone were here, they might see that flash of green light, not hunger, but hunger!

Quietly armored, lifted the long knife, and Zhang Liao stepped out of the military tent.

"General!" The guard outside the tent immediately shouted softly.

"Hmm!"

Zhang Liao nodded and asked, "Have the brothers all risen?" ”

"It's all up." The guard replied.

"Alright, get ready to go!"

Zhang Liao was not sad or happy on his face, nodded flatly, then turned over his horse and walked towards the camp gate.

When it was time to set off, the outpost on the periphery suddenly reported: "General, I found a suspected Cao army spy and is pursuing." ”

"Huh? What's going on? Zhang Liao said unhappily, "The enemy didn't even find it under your noses?" ”

"General Hui, it's not that I'm incompetent, it's really that the other party is far away (I feel a little familiar with this), and it's two miles away from the camp, and it's really hard to find out at night. If it weren't for the fact that we were about to go out and make them impatient to go back and report the news, which led to the revelation of the horse's feet, I am afraid it would have been a while before they could find out. ”

After listening to the words of the vigilant soldiers, Zhang Liao bowed slightly, indicating that he accepted this statement, and then fell silent. The people around him were puzzled, and they were all silent until Guan Hai came over.

"General?"

Zhang Liao came back to his senses, looked at Guan Hai's puzzled eyes, and knew that he had been thinking for a long time, so he immediately made a decision and said, "Divide half of the people and stay to rest." ”

"Huh?" Guan Hai was even more puzzled, but seeing that Zhang Liao didn't mean to explain, he could only answer, "Yes, general." ”

Soon, half of the 20,000 troops that had just gathered dispersed, and the other half rushed towards Xingyang under the leadership of Zhang Liao.

The speed is not fast, but the camp site that Guan Hai found is only about twenty miles from Xingyang, so it still didn't take long to feel the city.

At the head of the city, Cao Zhen was shocked by the speed of the Ming army.

Fast can't be fast.

This isn't a fucking trick, I'm going to screw my head off and kick him as a ball!

Cao Zhen thought so, but he didn't dare to slack off, and ordered: "Everyone be on guard, the Ming army has a strong ability to fight at night, and there can be no negligence." ”

The Ming army's strong frontal combat capability is well known to everyone! However, Cao Zhen always paid attention to night attacks, and the Ming army took many fortified cities and dangerous passes through night attacks, including Hangu. If he hadn't been prepared, he wouldn't have been able to escape even the Bishui Pass.

"Xian Yufu, you take three thousand people to the east."

"Yes, General."

Xian Yufu was about to leave, Zhang Liao stopped him, and said seriously: "The purpose of this general is not to attack the city, but to harass him, so the bigger the movement, the better, but you can't really do it, understand?" ”

Don't let your hands go?

Xian Yufu is a little depressed, he is also a grumpy man, he can do it, never the kind of thing.

"Yes, General."

Xian Yufu was obviously a little disappointed, but Zhang Liao directly pretended not to find it, just nodded and turned to the brightly lit Xingyang City.

"All shout, the louder the better."

"Yes, General."

"Kill~"

Seven thousand shouts of killing pierced the entire Xingyang City, and the people who were sleeping were awakened, and the timid ones ran directly into the cellar and hid.

Cao Zhen carefully hid behind the Ru Wall and stared closely at the outside of the city.

However, after a while, only shouts of killing were heard, but there was no attack.

"Not good!"

Cao Zhen exclaimed in surprise and said, "Quick, this is the plan of the Ming army to attack the east and west, immediately summon the other city gates, be careful." ”

"Yes, General."

……

"Kill~"

Another shout of killing came.

Cao Zhen dared to swear by Cao's head, this was definitely not from the pretentious Ming army in front of him, but on the other side.

East? Striking the East from the West?

Cao Zhen was a little worried, and had the heart to rush over, but the dense torches outside the city made him dare not leave easily, but he didn't do nothing, he called the deputy general, and ordered-

"You go there in person, and you must not let the Ming army enter the city."

"Yes, general, the last general swears to defend Xingyang to the death, and never let a single soldier of the Ming army go up to the city." The adjutant general hastened to reassure.

"Less nonsense, hurry up, it's too late." Cao Zhen reprimanded lightly.

"Yes!"

The adjutant general did not dare to say more, and hurriedly ran down the city and ran to the east.

The adjutant general rushed to the east, but was dumbfounded: what about the enemy who said yes? Is it just screaming outside the city?

Thinking like this, the deputy general did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly reported the situation in the east to Cao Zhen.

When Cao Zhen heard the news, his doubts arose again: is not the east? What do you mean? Don't...... Same as during the day, just for show?

After the Ming army collected its troops and left yesterday evening, Cao Zhen seriously thought about its intentions, but to no avail, only a "pretend" barely acceptable statement. However, he himself did not believe.

"It's just...... What could be the reason? ”

In the blink of an eye, Cao Zhen thought of a possibility-

"Exhausting the enemy?"

Glancing at the shouts outside the city that were still shaking the sky, but no one came to attack, Cao Zhen's big hand stroked his beard, and he already had eight points in his heart, and there were still two points, which was ......

"Kill...... Kill......"

Another shout of killing passed, and the rumbling drums followed.

"Knock knock...... (As if onomatopoeia can't be separated into separate lines, so use quotation marks)"

"Huh?"

Cao Zhen's face changed, and he stood directly at the battlement and looked out, hoping to see what was going on. It's a pity that in the dark night, he just let him see the fire that has not changed in the slightest.

"Nothing changed?"

"Really?"

Cao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Let someone go down and take a look." ”

"Huh?"

The little colonel screamed, and immediately reacted, and responded under Cao Zhen's almost cannibalistic eyes: "Yes, general." ”

"You! That's right, it's you, you go. Xiao Xiao pointed to a person and said.

"Yes." The soldier's face was full of fear, but he still answered it. At the same time, there are already quick-eyed people ready ropes and large baskets.

The soldier stepped into the basket with determination, and slowly fell from the city with Cao Zhen's hope.

Every inch is thrilling, and the ruler is moving.

The soldier only felt cold sweat on his forehead, and it was not until he was only a foot from the ground that he turned over and came out of the big basket.

With a "click", the soldier landed steadily, swallowed his saliva, and ran towards the light in the night.

"Huh~"

With a bang, the soldier had just been completely submerged in the night, and he remained in the darkness forever.

Cao Zhen has been paying attention to the movements of the soldiers, and after waiting for a while, there is no one in sight, and he can't help but feel a little anxious: Something happened?

Looking at the darkness between the firelight and the firelight, Cao Zhen gradually calmed down, and analyzed it carefully in his heart: subdued the elite? So what is their purpose in doing this? Are there really so many people out there...... If it doesn't work, you still have to send someone out to see, if you can't do it in the west, you can go to the south and north.

After thinking about it, Cao Zhen gave another order to the colonel.

However, by dawn, the Ming army had retreated, and no news had been returned. It wasn't until the Ming army disappeared that Cao Zhen went out of the city to investigate, and found more than ten corpses, which were the soldiers sent before.

At the gate of the city, Cao Zhen looked at the corpse lying on the ground and was silent for a while, and said, "Buried it!" ”

"Yes, General."

Cao Zhen turned around and returned to the camp in the city, his face was very unpleasant.

"General, the Ming army is brave and known to the world, why bother for such a trivial matter." While persuading, the deputy general poured a cup of tea and sent it to Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen was really a little thirsty, took a sip of the teacup, moistened his throat, and said: "Now the intention of the Ming army is obvious, it is a plan to exhaust the enemy!" ”

"Exhausting the enemy?"

"Hmm." Cao Zhen nodded and said, "Not only that, but he also wants to turn us blind and not let us know their next move." ”

Speaking of this, Cao Zhenxin moved his head and said: "In this way, you let people pick more than 100 people who dare to die, and go out of the city tonight while the Ming army is retreating, and secretly monitor them to see if they have any signs of dividing their troops." Ben will suspect that they may have been trying to capture the Bianshui Pass. ”

"Bishui Guan? It's quite possible! The adjutant general was taken aback, and then said, "It's just that how can I send the news back then?" Looking at the posture of the Ming army, I am afraid that it will take twelve hours a day to call for battle. ”

Cao Zhen said: "If the Ming army has the intention of dividing the troops, three arrows will be fired in the direction where there is no Ming army; If there is any other movement, put two sticks. At night, use rockets, which make it easier to see. ”

"The general is thoughtful, but the last general is too thoughtful." The adjutant general admired.

Cao Zhen waved his hand and didn't say anything more, and the deputy general retreated with interest. Cao Zhen rubbed his head, feeling that this time it might not be so simple, and the manpower sent may not be successful. However, he didn't mean to be a lieutenant, because it was useless to remind him.

"Do you want to report this to the prime minister? After all, if there is a problem with the water, I am afraid that this northern attack will not be so smooth. ”

After thinking about it again and again, Cao Zhen still wrote a letter, and immediately left the city with his henchmen and sent it to Xuchang in the starry night.

The sky was bright, the Ming army arrived again, just like yesterday, thousands of people attacked the city, and retreated to the city, but changed from the north gate to the west gate. Even like this, Cao Zhen didn't dare to relax at all.

"But they seem to have a lot fewer people, are there half of them?"

Cao Zhen looked at it carefully, and then shook his head, although it was far away and couldn't really see it, but it was definitely not half, it should be between five thousand and eight thousand.

"So, do you want to divide into three or four groups? Turn-taking harassment? It seems that Ben General also has to let people take turns to rest, otherwise after some time, there will be no strength to defend the city without people attacking. ”

For several days in a row, Zhang Liao harassed day and night, and did not attack the city. Cao Zhen also took turns to rest the soldiers in batches, but the effect was not as good as imagined, mainly because Zhang Liao was beating drums almost day and night, and the noise was terrible.

During this period, Cao Zhen also risked people to go out of the city to see if he could destroy the big drum, but unfortunately he did not succeed, but lost 300 cavalry. Not much, but Cao Zhen's account only had a total of 2,000 cavalry, which was due to Cao Cao's additional 1,000 later, and it was only half in Xingyang, so he lost a full 30% of this time, which is definitely enough.

Xuchang, Cao Cao received the summons, and always felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he immediately called Cheng Yu and others.

After everyone learned the details, Xun Yu spoke first: "Prime Minister, the purpose of the Ming army this time should be General Cao Zhen." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but look at Jia Xu in Xun Yu's left hand when he heard this, because Jia Xu had also said this before. It's just that Cao Cao heard Jia Xu's meaning at that time and thought that he was referring to Bishui Guan, not Cao Zhen.

Taking a deep look at Jia Xu, Cao Cao said: "Why did the Ming army attack Zhen'er? (Again, Cao Zhen is Cao Cao's adopted son.) ）