All kinds of information about Xu Huang had long filled Cao Cao's table.

was able to come to Qingzhou for just two months and defeat Zhang He and Xu You, how could Cao Cao be careless.

Cao Cao didn't know much about Zhang He, but Xu You was Cao Cao's friend.

What Xu You's ability is, Cao Cao knows very well.

You must not treat Xu Huang like you did with Lu Bu.

Compared with Lu Bu, Xu Huang was more cautious.

In a head-to-head battle, few people in the world could defeat Lu Bu.

is also because of his own strength, Lu Bu's battles are basically pushing the opponent sideways, and he rarely considers other factors.

This is the self-confidence that he has conquered for decades.

All of Cao Cao's plans are adapted to local conditions and vary from person to person.

He likes to surprise and win, and definitely doesn't like to stay the same.

When it was for Lu Bu, it was a routine.

When facing Xu Huang, Cao Cao had to change it.

Even if it is an ambush, Cao Cao will be between the virtual and the real, making it impossible to judge.

It's just guessing at each other and seeing who guesses right.

Cao Cao now guessed that Xu Huang must have thought that he would set up an ambush in the Maple Leaf Forest.

But he just wasn't ambushing here.

It is to influence Xu Huang's judgment.

If he didn't guess correctly after repeating it, Xu Huang would definitely doubt himself from the heart.

Or doubt Cao Cao's abilities.

Cao Cao did not set up an ambush in the Maple Leaf Forest, but he asked 5,000 soldiers to take off their armor and disguise themselves as civilians to confuse Xu Huang and make Xu Huang mistakenly think that he had set up an ambush in the Maple Leaf Forest, just waiting for Xu Huang to arrive.

Cao Cao's army did not stop at the Maple Leaf Forest.

Soon Xu Huang also brought people to the Maple Leaf Forest.

As Cao Cao thought.

Xu Huang was cautious.

The army stopped in front of the Maple Leaf Forest and did not continue the pursuit.

Xu Huang sent a large number of scouts into the Maple Leaf Forest to investigate.

And the spies who had been staring at Cao Cao's army in front also sent the news back.

Cao Cao's 20,000 soldiers suddenly lost 5,000.

Xu Huang, who received the message, was more careful.

The army stopped in front of the Maple Leaf Forest, and Xu Huang would not advance without determining the situation of the Maple Leaf Forest.

He really wanted to catch up with Cao Cao and stop 100,000 people.

But the person who ran ahead was Cao Cao.

Cao Cao turned the tables in Yanzhou and defeated Lü Bu.

Now no one dared to doubt Cao Cao's use of troops.

The more anxious you are, the more careful you have to be.

Xu Huang was very calm.

It's just that the maple leaf forest covers a vast area, and even if Xu Huang sends a large number of scouts into it, it won't be able to find out in a moment.

The Maple Leaf Forest can easily hide tens of thousands of troops, otherwise it would not be a good ambush point.

Thousands of people are hiding inside, and as long as they don't move, it's hard to be found.

This investigation took half a day.

The maple forest was silent.

The hundreds of scouts sent have all returned.

No one has ever been in the wrong.

After making sure that there was no ambush in the Maple Leaf Forest, Xu Huang continued to advance with the army.

It's just that the doubts in his heart haven't disappeared.

Cao Cao's five thousand soldiers and horses that disappeared were not in the maple leaf forest, where would they go?

Don't get this question to yourself, when Xu Huang was pursuing, he was always worried, always worried about where he would suddenly kill an ambush.

Although there were spies sent around Cao Cao's army.

But these spies can't get too close.

It is impossible to observe every move of Cao Cao's army, and can only send back some basic information.

For example, the route of Cao Cao's army, where it stayed for how long, the approximate number of people, and the speed at which the team advanced.

Cao Cao's army is now less than 5,000 people, and he will not find out these 5,000 people.

Xu Huang couldn't feel at ease.

Xu Huang's speed slowed down.

Hundreds of scouts, always exploring the front.

Even in those places that are not easy to ambush, Xu Huang has not missed them.

Zhang Wang proposed to speed up the march, but Xu Huang refused.

If you face the enemy, it is not Cao Cao.

If the enemy running in front of you is Zhang He.

Xu Huang would not be so cautious.

Cao Cao was still more than two hundred miles away from Yanzhou, and even if he was slower than before, he could catch up before Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou.

Xu Huang and Cao Cao's team are now only fifty miles apart.

It will take at least ten days for Cao Cao to return to Yanzhou, and it will take even longer if Cao Cao does not take the nearest road.

Xu Huang is now fifty miles behind Cao Cao.

Even if the speed is slow, it will take two days to catch up with Cao Cao again.

"The Lord is clever." Cao Ren was still mixed in with the ranks of the people.

For his brother Cao Cao, he admired him more and more.

Although he didn't ambush in the Maple Leaf Forest again, he still managed to drag Xu Huang for half a day, and forced Xu Huang to not dare to move forward at full speed now.

Originally, he would have been caught up by Xu Huang yesterday, but just a change would take Xu Huang two more days.

There have been no ambushes.

Xu Huang also had a faint guess in his heart.

Five thousand people cannot disappear into thin air.

Just calm down and think about it.

I can still guess a little.

Since there is no other place, it is most likely to blend in with the ranks of the common people.

100,000 people, walking on the road, the ranks were very chaotic.

It's hard to find out if there are 5,000 more people or 5,000 less.

Besides, along the way, people run away every day.

Most of them were persecuted.

They are living well in Qingzhou, unlike those displaced people, no one wants to leave their homeland.

Under Cao Cao's butcher's knife, they did not dare to resist.

But every night in the dead of night, someone quietly escapes.

Some people are unlucky to be discovered.

But many more managed to escape.

After all, Cao Cao now has limited troops in his hands and can't take care of so many people.

Again, these people fled at night. Unless it's bad luck and you just bump into a patrolling soldier.

As long as you are a little braver, you can basically escape.

Those who didn't dare to escape could only follow Cao Cao all the way forward.

They don't know what their fate will be.

They did not dare to rebel and fight for their fate.

Although among the 100,000 people, 5,000 elite soldiers were mixed in, but I really didn't feel that the number of people had increased.

Two days later, Xu Huang chased Cao Cao ten miles behind.

But the news sent back by the spies.

Cao Cao's remaining 15,000 elite soldiers disappeared again.

This made Xu Huang even more vigilant.

5,000 ambushes and 10,000 ambushes are definitely two completely different concepts.

Xu Huang was confident that when facing 5,000 ambush soldiers, he could quickly stabilize the morale of the army.

Pay a little casualties at most.

But if he faced 10,000 ambush soldiers, and it was Cao Cao's ambush soldiers, Xu Huang was a little worried about whether he could cope with it.

It is not uncommon for 10,000 men to ambush 50,000 men and win the battle.

Although he had guessed that the five thousand soldiers were mixed with the ordinary people, Xu Huang still didn't dare to be careless.

10,000 elite soldiers were nowhere to be found.

And in front of it is an excellent ambush place - Black Bear Valley.

It is famous because someone has seen black bears in the valley.

The mountains on both sides of the valley are very steep. The rocks on the mountain, like knives and axes, cannot be climbed.

Walking in the valley, there is a kind of worry in my heart, afraid that the exposed rocks on the mountains on both sides will suddenly roll down.

(End of chapter)