After seeing Cao Cao appear in his field of vision in women's clothes, Gongsun Xun's doubts, nervousness, and indecisiveness all night disappeared.

In the final analysis, his previous gaffe was not because he was at a disadvantage, on the contrary, it was precisely because of the huge advantage in his hand and the complete victory in sight that he was a little suspicious...... And Jia Xu and Xun You were not so much helping their father-in-law analyze the situation last night, but comforting him.

However, after the old friend appeared in front of him, Gongsun Xun suddenly realized that the other party was more tormented, and he was the one who was forced into a corner.

I'm worried about it.

And since he regained his senses, unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun was completely relaxed, and even thought clearly, almost in an instant, last night's analysis of Cao Cao's movements, Cao Cao's big move in front of him, and the extremely strange military arrangement on the map, all came together, but it made Gongsun Xun have a complete conjecture in his heart.

Back in front of him, the battle was extremely fierce, and the Cao army was almost out, and it was full of fighting spirit, which made Cheng Pu, who was at a disadvantage in his troops and was still on the attacking side, inevitably struggle.

On the opposite side, Cao Mengde's women's clothes supervised the battle, Cao Jun desperately moved forward, his side was temporarily restrained, and on the mountain, everyone naturally focused their eyes on Yan Gong.

Unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun, who came back to his senses, laughed instead: "Meng De is like a donkey to a tiger, and his skills stop here...... Mingjin retreats! Even Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian were also called back...... The good student defense camp is! ”

After that, he ignored the battle situation in front of him, and turned around.

The gong representing the withdrawal of troops sounded one after another from the rear of the entire front, and although Cheng Demou, who had suffered a loss, hated and hated, he could not resist Gongsun Xun's military order...... can only retreat with hatred.

The Hebei army poured out of the camp like a tidal wave, and then withdrew like a tidal wave, leaving only hundreds of corpses...... Cao Jun roared for a tsunami, like a big victory! The more effective soldiers chased out of the camp and tried to counterattack, and then attracted the condescending roll call of the crossbowmen in the Yan army camp, which in turn led to the suppression of the artillery trucks in the Cao army camp, and finally evolved into a daily performance of artillery carts bombarding each other.

After the battle was hastily stopped, not to mention how Gongsun Xun appeased Cheng Demou's obviously fragile self-esteem, on the other hand, Cao Mengde had no self-esteem...... When they returned to the camp, they first took off the annoying women's clothes on their bodies, but they were still indignant, and it took a long time to breathe evenly.

After all, a defensive victory doesn't really offset the humiliation of women's clothing, or the feeling of having to wear women's clothing to boost morale for a partial victory is too bad! And after that, the situation has reached a kind of extreme, and Cao Mengde, who has been rewarded by Zhu Shuo, knows that worse things than this will definitely follow......

Speaking of which, Zhu Shuo must also be mentioned.

Zhu Shuo's sudden return before the war just now is not just as simple as returning the message; It is equivalent to unmistakably informing Cao Cao that Gongsun Xun has already known about the upheaval in Xuzhou, and he will not let go of such a good opportunity; What's even worse is that the timing of Gongsun Xun's return of this person is too ingenious, before the battle, the generals of the whole army gathered, in a hurry, Cao Cao didn't have time to cover it up, Zhu Shuo had already told it all, but the news of Xuzhou was spread to the whole camp...... It was precisely in order to prevent the turmoil in the army's morale that Cao Cao had no choice but to put on women's clothes to boost morale and divert attention.

However, it is worth mentioning that before the war, the incident happened in a hurry, and Gongsun Xun was also hesitant for a while in the face of Zhu Shuo and Wu Zhen, the two candidates for sending letters...... Among them, the latter certainly seems to be able to speak well, if Zhu Shuo is detained in the camp, then he will not dare not do this; But it turns out that Xun You's suggestion is correct, Zhu Shuo has the identity of Cao Cao's villager and fierce character, when the words came out of his mouth, everyone immediately believed it, and Cao Cao couldn't hide it!

"Father."

was silent for a day, and when Cao Cao was sitting in the Chinese army and meditating hard, Cao Ang, who stayed in the camp, suddenly came from outside and stepped forward cautiously, but reported another matter. "General Huang Gongfu has arrived, please meet in private."

"Call Huang Gong to come back to find me!" After Cao Mengde was slightly surprised, he immediately bowed his head, and then turned into the back account.

"General Huang, sit down."

After a while, Cao Mengde had already regained his composure, but he was sitting on the back tent with his coat on, and when Cao Ang introduced Huang Gai into the tent, he looked at the extremely stable and highly admired general under Sun Ce in front of him, and couldn't help but relax a little.

In any case, it is always true that the Central Plains Coalition Army is full of talents, and as the saying goes, everything is people-oriented, so many heroic people gathered under his command to listen to orders are the fundamental reliance of Cao Cao who really has the courage to fight with Gongsun Xun.

In fact, even if Zhou Yu died on the ridge, Cao Mengde did not blame the other party, because in his opinion, Zhou Gongjin did fulfill the responsibility of a commander, and in terms of his age, it can even be said that this person's performance is amazing...... Only the opponent is too strong, and Zhou Gongjin himself has too few cards in his hand.

"Cao Gong!" Seeing that Cao Ang personally raised his knife and stood at the door of the tent as a warning, Huang Gai bowed his head seriously, and then sat on the chair in front of the couch, for a while, the dried blood stains on his armor were clear under the candlelight, but no one cared about these details at this time. "There will be something to report to Gong Cao in private......"

"Come on."

"During the daytime battle, the Northern Army retreated, but an officer deliberately stayed in front of the position led by the last general and asked to surrender......"

"At this time, the Yan army officer surrendered to us?" Cao Cao only felt incredible.

"This person was not an officer of the Yan Army before." Huang Gai hurriedly explained seriously. "His surname is Deng Mingdang, he is a person from Jiangzuo, and he has always been the Sima of other departments under Zhu Junli and Zhu Fujun...... That day of hard fighting, he was ordered to go to Chenghe Hebei to stab Yan Gong, but he was tied up and placed without even seeing Yan Gong's face. ”

Cao Cao had already woken up when he heard this: "Have you ever asked the people in the camp that day about this matter?" ”

"Asked!" Huang Gai hurriedly said again. "Otherwise, the last general would have been killed with a knife, why would he come to alarm Cao Gong? Zhu Fujun was seriously injured and has been recuperating in Yangzhai, his old troops are all in my camp, and they all know him from top to bottom, left and right, and there are many people who know about the deception and assassination...... And his family's family, clansmen, relatives and friends are also in the south. ”

"If it's just the old general who escapes back, General Huang will definitely not look for me." Cao Cao inquired earnestly. "But what confidential information did he bring?"

"Yes!" Huang Gai replied seriously. According to what he said, before he met Yan Gong and was activated, he had been doing miscellaneous work in Baimayi, and he was active in the Yan Army's Central Army Tent, and he did hear and see a lot of confidential military information...... And some of these things actually coincide with what I know? ”

"How?"

"For example, he once burned a lot of letters from our traitors and confessed, and reported a few names and dates, but they coincided with the few rebellions behind him."

Cao Mengde bowed his head slowly: "In this way, he is also reliable?" And General Huang also moved his mind because of this? ”

Huang Gai nodded slowly, but took advantage of the situation to introduce it in detail.

It turned out that, just as Cao Cao thought, Deng Dang returned to Cao's army camp after a few months, and indeed provided a lot of military aircraft, but there were not necessarily many of them that were really useful...... Remove expired ones; remove the invalid (Xuzhou military intelligence); remove the ones that cannot be disposed of (for example, Liu Biao and Lu Bu have many people who exchange letters with Gongsun Xun); Remove the useless (daily logistics within the battalion, military dispatch and internal affairs of Hebei); Remove some that are very important, but everyone can think of them (for example, when Gongsun Xun heard the news of Xuzhou yesterday, he urgently ordered Cheng Yu from Yingzhou and Tai Shici, who had returned from the Liaodong conscription, to go to Xuzhou to support as soon as possible)...... So there are only a few that really work.

For example, Gongsun Xun just ordered this morning to let Xu Rong lead 10,000 Guanxi Cavalry to set off from Hongnong and rush to Luoyang Yuyuan Pass, which seems to be preparing to attack Sun Ce;

For another example, Gongsun Xun issued a military order the day before yesterday, asking Baima to dispatch a batch of grain alone amounting to tens of thousands of stones, and a total of thousands of truckloads of logistics materials were sent to Guandu!

"General Huang wants to...... Ambush in Yangzhai? Or rob the army of food in the nest? After Cao Cao listened, he was curious.

"This is up to Cao Gong."

Cao Cao wanted to say something and stopped, but finally replied seriously: "I thought it was both, our army really needs a victory to boost morale...... That being the case, why not set up an ambush in Yingchuan Yangzhai? After all, it is too risky to intercept grain in Wuchao, our army does not have formed cavalry, but the Hebei cavalry can roar, so once our army cannot win quickly and retreat quickly, the whole army will be annihilated there. Besides, even if you can succeed, a mere tens of thousands of stone grains may not really play a decisive role...... What does General Huang think? ”

"That being the case, the last general will be put back to Deng Dang tonight, and let him send a message to Yan Gong, saying that I have persuaded Cao Gong to concentrate my forces in an ambush in Yingchuan Yangzhai, and then the last general will naturally invite him to be the vanguard, and then lead the headquarters to defect to the battlefield to achieve a big victory!" Huang Gai immediately looked at each other seriously, as if he was saying something logical.

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then solemnized, even Cao Ang, who was guarding the tent door, also turned back in amazement.

But Huang Gai asked to himself: "What does Cao Gong think?" ”

"Is Deng Dang not credible?" Cao Cao paused for a long time before asking.

"Maybe it's credible, after all, his old wives and friends are all in the south." Huang Gai sighed. "But maybe it's not credible, because at this time, once the victory or defeat is the earth-shaking trend, if Yan Gong wins, we will have nothing at that time, can we still take revenge on his family? But the question is not whether Deng Dang is credible, but that the situation has reached this point, Cao Gong must find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, and if there is a strange plan, it must be launched quickly...... Although he is not talented, he is also willing to surrender to the north by deception, delaying some time and attention for Cao Gong, so as to facilitate Cao Gong's actions. ”

"What if I didn't have a plan?" Cao Mengde looked at the brave general in front of him fixedly, and was a little distracted for a while.

"Then I will use the deception to surrender as a fighter and fight to the death!" Huang Gai is still calm.

Cao Cao wanted to speak and stopped.

"The last general is rude and unwritten, and he doesn't dare to say much."

At this moment, Huang Gai Huoran got up, bowed down on one knee in front of the couch, and calmly faced Cao Mengde. "But now that Xuzhou has been broken, things have reached the point of last resort, and if there is no surprise, or find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle, then our army is afraid that the whole army is in danger of overturning."

Behind him, Cao Ang obviously wanted to interject, but was stopped by Cao Cao, but Huang Gai had already said to himself:

"Cao Gong, knowing that he is a foreign general, is not enough to win the trust of Cao Gong, and he has no intention of working hard for Cao Gong...... I was a barbarian in Lingling, half of my body was muddy, and I only saw the heroic appearance of General Sun when I was about thirty years old, and since then I have been with my sword and served the Sun family for two generations, and it has been a full ten years! Therefore, the people who entrust their lives in this life are naturally two Sun Poyu, and they can only be two Sun generals...... And what kind of person is this General Sun who is now in Yangzhai, doesn't Cao Gong know? Although he only has two counties and 20,000 soldiers and horses, he has never had the heart to live in the hearts of the people, so he let him descend to Hebei, and he is afraid that he would rather die than obey. Although it doesn't matter about the dispute between the north and the south, the difference between Han and Yan, he is willing to go to the soup for the foundation of the Sun family! In the battle a few months ago, he should have died in the next battle, do he care about this life today? Only born in the world, its death is either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather...... If I am allowed to die in the camp and be overwhelmed by the general trend, Huang will not be willing! All these words just want to ask Cao Gong to believe me once, so that he can accomplish what he asks for! ”

Cao Cao looked at the person in front of him for a long time, as if he had re-acquainted himself with the other party, but finally sighed, and then helped the other party up in front of him, and then said sincerely: "As General Huang said, the situation is already very critical, and I did have a plan from a long time ago, I originally wanted to go by myself, but Gongsun Wenqi was on the other side, staring at me, but I didn't dare to move lightly, thinking about it all day, this time I was preparing to let Bo Fu do it." In the ......"

"Cao Gong doesn't have to follow me to tell you the details." Huang Gai suddenly raised his voice to interrupt the other party. "Since I have decided to deceive and use it as bait to hook Yan Gong, I am an outcast, so I can't participate in such a big event. And this kind of big thing, the less one person knows, the more you can grasp...... As long as Cao Gong says a word, is I allowed to be bait, is it in Yangzhai or Guandu? That's it. As for my fraudulent surrender, I also ask Cao Gong not to say much, even General Sun does not need to mention it, so he will be distracted. ”

Cao Cao knew that holding the other party was a will to die, and he wanted to be a dead soldier, and his heart was also gloomy for a while, but he could only forbearably say: "I really didn't expect General Huang to be so fierce...... Please surrender to Gongsun Wenqi with Yang Zhai's deception, and please be sure to keep your useful body. ”

Huang Gai didn't say much, leaned over again, and hurriedly retreated.

Cao Mengde raised his head in the tent and sighed, but finally had nothing to say.

Cao Ang, who was standing at the tent door, came back to his senses and didn't know what to say for a while, but Cao Cao looked at his parent-child posture, but reluctantly adjusted his emotions, and smiled for a while: "Zixiu will go out with me to inspect it." ”

Cao Ang naturally didn't dare to slack off.

In this way, the father and son walked side by side under the moon, and they made rounds around the camp. This is the big tent of the Chinese army far from the front line, so naturally there is no danger of fighting, but it cannot be said that there is no atmosphere of war.

On the left and right sides of the Chinese army's tent, there are newly built so-called transport battalions, one of which is the wounded barracks, which is where the wounded who cannot recover as soon as possible are to be gathered, and then transported by the people to the rear Chenliu area; There is also a natural is the people's battalion, the people's husbands have finished transporting grain and grass, they need to be here to order, and they have to hurry back after resting for a night, and when they encounter a shortage of personnel due to the tension of the war, the strong ones among them will be directly selected into the auxiliaries...... Ren Jun, who surprised Gongsun Xun during the day, was the commander of this battalion.

Cao Cao traveled for a long time in the moon, and was depressed by the serious tension in various parts of the Chinese army, so he prepared to go out of the Chinese army camp, but did not dare to go to the wounded barracks on the left, but took Cao Ang to the Minfu camp on the right.

However, at the end of autumn, the cold wind was bleak, the weather turned cold, Cao Mengde traveled all the way, only to see that the people in the camp were all exhausted, they all sat speechless, lifeless, and some were cold and tired, shivering.

That's right, when Cao Cao was about to walk past a fire with Cao Ang and a few guards, he was stunned for a moment and stood in the shadows.

It turned out that next to the fire, a gray-haired man was holding a wooden thorn and picking blisters on the feet of a man next to him, who was obviously still a teenager. The young man put his feet in the old man's arms, the soles of his feet facing the firelight, and everyone could see clearly, almost the entire soles of his feet were dripping with blood, and he was sleeping very soundly, and he didn't even notice that so many blisters were picked on his feet.

Cao Mengde is a perceptual person, and he is a living person whose personal ambition and the heart of helping the world and the people coexist, and he has always touched the scene...... And when he saw such a scene today, he only felt that the orthodoxy of the Han family and the personal pride and ambition that he used to convince him before were not worth mentioning.

Even in an instant, after experiencing Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Xu Chu, Wang Bi, and even Huang Gai's generosity just now, he almost burst into tears.

However, it is precisely because he thinks of these people who have died one after another, or who are determined to die for the so-called overall situation, that he can't cry, and even knows what to do...... Because those people are urging and motivating him, so that he must fight to the end in order to achieve great things.

He stood in the shadow of the moon, and his life experience was like a marquee.

The vigor of the lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, the ambition of Dunqiu when he was the commander, the depression when he was implicated in the dismissal, the heroism when he pacified the Yellow Turban, the lament for the people's livelihood after taking office in Jinan, the disappointment in the court situation, and then the rise of Dong Zhuo when he was in the rebellion, the ambition when he was crisscrossing the Central Plains, and the excitement of getting the support of Liu Bei and Liu Biao...... All kinds of complex thoughts were stirred repeatedly in the heart of the same person, but in the end, they were no match for Cao Chun's angry round eyes on the first level, and the bloody feet in front of him.

But the two are contradictory!

One is urging him to do his best to move forward, and the other is reminding him that for the sake of the people of the world, it is better to give up!

While he was thinking wildly, the gray-haired old man picked up a blister for the boy who did not know whether it was his grandson or whom, and threw down the wooden thorns, and reluctantly got up, as if he was about to go to the well to find some water, but when he turned around, he saw such a scene, and he was very frightened.

"Uncle!" Cao Mengde, who had no way to hide, stepped forward in shame, and directly held the other party's hands regardless of the filth on the other party's body. "Please stay with me for another month, whether you succeed or fail, I, Cao Mengde, will never let you work so hard again!"

As if he had exhausted all his strength, Cao Cao said this seriously, and regardless of whether the other party understood it or not, he let go, and then walked back to his Chinese army's tent.

Cao Ang immediately led the guards to catch up, but the old man was puzzled, only his white hair trembled in the autumn wind for a while...... He doesn't even know who Cao Mengde is?

"Father!" Walking to the fireproof sand pile between the gaps between the two camps, Cao Ang finally caught up and asked the doubts in his heart. "What did my father mean by what he said? There is also the previous Huang Gongfu's request...... Although Xuzhou was defeated, has the overall situation really reached this point? Don't we still have so many soldiers? ”

"That's exactly what it is." Cao Cao turned his head on the sand, condescending, and sighed. "Zixiu, you have to understand...... Soldiers and horses need to be supported by things, and the two males compete for each other, never in one city and one place! ”

"Father, please." Cao Ang became more and more anxious, since that battle he has been one of the few hard-liners in the army, and naturally instinctively resists the words of the collapse of this situation.

"It's the human heart." Cao Cao faced his son, of course, without any reservations. "Gongsun Wenqi already has an advantage, one victory, two victories, three battles and then wins, but we are defeated again and again, so when we can't see the hope of winning, the hearts of our Central Plains Alliance will be scattered. Xuzhou is over, do you think Bo Fu is not there, will the hearts of the people of Wu County next to Guangling float? Liu Biao is half-hearted and short-sighted, do you think he will see that the situation is not good, and in order to seek peace with Gongsun Xun, he suddenly withdrew his troops? The Central Plains is surrounded on both sides, do you think the cities will send autumn grain in time? Do you believe it or not, in another month, if we can't win a big victory, then rebellions will occur one after another in the Central Plains, and officials will change banners in entire counties and counties? Zixiu, Gongsun Xun may need to clean up the situation and digest the territory one city by one, but as the loser, we may not be able to support one and the whole plate will be broken! ”

Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, but did not refute again...... Because this kind of thing is just a little bit of a thing.

"You also heard about the things before and after, go back with me, I will write a letter, you set off overnight, personally send it to Bo Fu, I want to use his ability to fight and Huang Gongfu's deception to delay, really take a hand!" Cao Cao stepped forward and patted his parent on the shoulder, relieved, as if he was ordering something ordinary.

Cao Zixiu looked up at his father's calm gaze and a trace of white hair on his sideburns, and suddenly flashed the gray hair of the old man just now, and the gaze of his uncle Cao Chun's head, and then he lowered his head in a trance.

However, as soon as the father and son descended the sand dunes and entered the camp of the Chinese army, a soldier hurriedly caught up with them and leaned over to report a news that caught the two off guard:

"Back to the lord, Zhu Zhi just committed suicide in the camp! left his last words, saying that he only woke up at this time, he actually made the blade of the swallow thief, and he couldn't regret it, so he could only die to pay for his sins, so as to live up to Cao Zidan's daring to die! ”

Cao Cao was silent for a long time, but slowly nodded to each other: "Got it." ”

After that, he took Cao Ang into the camp to write a letter.

There are unforeseen circumstances and coincidences, almost at the same time, Cao Jun's camp went north, and Gongsun Xun, who was patrolling the wounded barracks, also learned a sudden news.

"Your Royal Highness...... "Wang Ling, a righteous officer who was found in the camp of the Chinese army, was sweating profusely, and he was so nervous that he could not control himself, but he had to give up his hands and tell the truth." The list of casualties in today's battle has just been checked, and it has been repeatedly verified and determined that the former battalion artillery soldier Qu Jun Hou Lu Fu was stoned to death by the artillery of the enemy camp at the beginning of the war! ”

Gongsun Xun, who was explaining something to the military doctors and wounded in front of him, was silent for a while, and only slowly bowed his head for a long time: "Got it." ”

The surrounding people were silent, and no one dared to be rude.

And Gongsun Xun held his waist and cut the blade, but suddenly turned his head and said seriously to the wounded in the camp: "Gentlemen, I swear to you today that within a month, someone from my Gongsun will definitely decide the victory and defeat, and I will never let you work so hard again!" And in this battle, our army will win! ”

—————I know the dividing line—————

By mid-September, the war was getting more and more intense, and Prime Minister Lu Fan's eldest son died in the war, and Taizu was silent when he heard it. The next day, Emperor Shiren was not crowned, and all his close attendants worked on the white horse, and they all entered the official ferry for a while, and they were shocked left and right. —The Book of Old Swallows. Volume II. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

PS: How do you say that? In the new month, start being a good person today!