Chapter 425: A Brilliant Move
Gaomi City, the county capital.
In the main hall, there was a deathly silence, filled with a gloomy atmosphere.
Cao Cao's face was pale, and he sat on the top, his gray eyes surging with deep malaise.
Under the ranks, Cao Ren, Lejin, Cao Ren and other generals were all demoralized and depressed.
"Su thief, it's only been a few days, you dare to offend me Qingzhou, your appetite is so big!"
Cao Cao's fist hit the desk, gritting his teeth, and his hatred and anger were unsettled.
Disapproving laughter rang out.
Guo Jia looked indifferent and said with a smile: "The lord has not experienced any winds and waves, so why be discouraged, the previous defeat was just caused by Zang Ba's rebellion, not a crime of war, now Xun Wenruo's reinforcements are on the way, we are back to the entire Qingzhou, fighting at home, and I am afraid that the thief can continue to be arrogant." β
Guo Jia's enlightenment made Cao Cao's heart feel a lot happier, and his angry expression was gradually replaced by calmness.
Cao Ren hurriedly agreed: "Lord, Guo Fengxiao's words are reasonable, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't worry, Gaomi is the gateway to our Qingzhou, the city is strong, the grain and grass are sufficient, just wait for the reinforcements to arrive, we will be able to hold Gaomi, Su thief with more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, but also vainly try to take my Qingzhou, it is really delusional." β
Cao Cao took a few shots, and said with a smile: "You are right, an unexpected failure, what's the big deal, you will cheer me up, and then it will be the hinterland of Qingzhou, we have no way back, and we will desperately block the Su thief from the door!" β
Cao Cao rekindled his confidence, and the generals in the hall were quickly infected, and one by one their fighting spirit was rekindled, and the depressed atmosphere was gone.
At this time, Guo Jia reminded again: "We are confident that we are right, but at present, the Su thieves are camping in the south gate, and they must not be taken lightly, and they must be strictly defended, and there must be no worse pools like Jucheng again." β
Cao Ren snorted coldly: "Last time, there was Zang Ba secretly digging tunnels, and this time no one will do internal response, even if the Su thief plugs in his wings, he doesn't want to sneak into my Gaomi City again, Fengxiao, you don't need to worry too much." β
Cao Cao also nodded and said: "Su thieves are treacherous, and they do need to be more guarded, but they can't be too nervous and lose the morale of our army." β
Guo Jia didn't want to say more.
At that moment, the generals retreated, but only his nephew Cao Anmin did not leave.
"Anmin, it's not early, why don't you go back and rest?" Cao Cao said.
Cao Anmin stepped forward and said with a smile: "My nephew knows that my uncle has been in a bad mood recently, so I specially selected a few beauties for my uncle's pastime." β
Cao Cao was originally a little tired, but when he heard the word "beauty", his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Knowing that you are an uncle, you are better than Anmin, what are you waiting for, call the beauties up." β
Cao Anmin was busy passing the order, and after a while, six beauties who were greased and powdered, and had a bewitching face and spear, walked into the lobby, lined up in a line, and stood in front of Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was in great interest, so he happily got up and went down the stairs to personally select the beauties.
He was like picking cabbage, walking past a beauty, he had to look at their faces, and touch their waists and mounds, and carefully select.
"How old is this?"
"Eighteen."
"It's not good, it's too young to be young, what about this?"
"It's twenty-three."
"It's still too small to be interesting."
Picking and choosing, Cao Cao was always dissatisfied, and said unhappily: "It's all some young girls, what kind of taste can they have, An Min, don't you understand your taste for my uncle?" β
Cao Anmin suddenly realized and said busily: "Uncle, wait a while, nephew will come when he goes." β
Cao Anmin hurried away, and returned in a hurry after a while, with a young woman in his hand.
The young woman was plump, and although she looked quite old, her white skin was also white, and she had a mature taste.
"This is the wife of Gaomi County Ling, she is thirty-three years old, and her nephew wants to come to suit my uncle's taste." Cao Anmin smiled and pushed the woman to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, hugged the woman into his arms, and in his squinted eyes, evil intentions suddenly appeared.
Seeing this, Cao Anmin retreated in acquainty.
Cao Cao hugged the woman's waist and asked with a smile: "Beauty, you come to sleep for me, your husband will not complain." β
The woman said shyly, "Husband, he said, it is my honor to serve the lord, how can I complain." β
"That's good, that's good, I've never liked to force people, since you're a beauty, you're not welcome, hahaha-"
Wicked laughter rang out, and Cao Cao hugged the woman violently and strode towards the inner room.
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The night is deep, and the moon and stars are scarce.
The soldiers and soldiers of Cao at the head of Gaomi City were still on guard, always watching the movements outside the city.
Unbeknownst to them, under the cover of deep night, tens of thousands of Soviet troops had all left the camp, hidden in the darkness hundreds of steps away, and quietly approached the south gate of the city.
The horse's hooves were brisk, and Su Zhe's figure also appeared in front of the south gate.
Looking into the distance, under the dim light, he could even clearly see the enemy guards patrolling back and forth at the head of the city.
Pang Tong was beside him, his eyes looked at him quietly, but he couldn't help but think of the happy scene that was lost with him.
Her face quietly turned a little red.
"Tong'er, is the time come?" Su Zhe suddenly asked.
Pang Tong's body was shocked, and he came back from his trance, looked up at the moon above his head, and nodded: "It's almost there, it's time to send a signal." β
Su Zhe flicked his hand and shouted, "Xu Chu, light the fire for me." β
Xu Chu received the order, and he was anxious to drink the soldiers and light up the three piles of wolf smoke.
In the blink of an eye, three beacon flames rose into the sky, and they were clearly visible inside and outside the Gaomi City.
Seeing the beacon fire, the Soviet soldiers in the dark immediately became enthusiastic and clenched the swords and guns in their hands.
They knew that a bloody battle was in front of them, and that it was about to be staged.
At the head of the south gate, the soldiers and soldiers of Cao who were patrolling were not blind, and naturally they also noticed the light of the beacon fire that had just been ignited outside the city.
He immediately found that under the light of the fire, countless Soviet soldiers had lined up under the city and put on a siege posture.
Screams, gongs and warnings suddenly sounded, and the city was in chaos.
The captain on duty, while striking the gong, shouted: "Quickly prepare to defend against the enemy, go and report to the lord, there is an enemy attackββ"
Before the word "attack" could be spoken, a cold arrow shot out of nowhere, piercing the captain's chest, and he fell to the ground with a scream.
The soldiers and soldiers of Cao on the left and right were all shocked, and hurriedly surrounded them, only to find that the sharp arrow did not come from outside the city, but from inside the city.
The Soviet army is obviously outside the city, why do people shoot cold arrows in the city?
Could it be that a crossbowman who doesn't have long eyes panicked for a moment, shook his hand, and shot by mistake?
Just when they were puzzled, suddenly the sound of killing suddenly rose, and they saw hundreds of heavily armed civilians on the inside of the city gate, brandishing weapons, rushing into the city with the earth-shattering killing.
Although these hundreds of people were civilians, they were all skilled in martial arts, and they suddenly came out, and in the blink of an eye, they caught the Cao soldiers on duty at the south gate by surprise and collapsed and scattered.
Corpses lay in pools of blood, and the defenders, deprived of their officers' command, scurried around like headless flies.
Soon, the drawbridge was cut and fell, and the closed gates were opened.
At this scene, Su Zhe, who was a hundred steps away, saw it clearly, his eyes couldn't help but look at Pang Tong, and said with an appreciative smile: "Tong'er, your impromptu trick is really a great achievement, after breaking the city, I must comfort you." β
When he said the word "comfort", he quietly winked at Pang Tong, obviously with other intentions, hinting at the kind of labor between men and women.
Pang Tong's face was dizzy, he snorted, turned his head and ignored him, just lowered his eyebrows and smiled.
Su Zhe laughed, raised his whip and pointed at the enemy city: "The city gate has been lowered, what are you waiting for, the whole army will attack, and I will raze Gaomi City to the ground!" β