Chapter 397 Countermeasures
"Cao Ren, are you only going to be a shrunken turtle in the city?"
"Cao Ren, the tiger and leopard of King Wei's personal guard are riding here, and they should not surrender the city quickly!"
As usual, Xun Gang's army still insulted the city, luring Cao Ren into battle; Now that half a month has passed, Cao Ren still has no intention of going out of the city for a decisive battle, which makes Xun Gang's tactics of luring the enemy in the past half a month come to naught. Cao Ren is a general who can endure, if he can't even see such a small skill of carving insects, it will be too embarrassing.
But some people can endure it, and naturally some people can't bear it. Niu Jin looked at the more and more rampant Xun Gang army, and he was angry, and said angrily to Cao Ren: "General, Xun Gang deceived me too much!" How can you endure such an insult to the general? Please also ask the general to allocate a thousand strong troops to me, I will definitely kill him on his back! ”
Cao Ren just looked at him lightly, without the slightest wave on his face, and even a smile. He shook his head gently, and seemed to scold Niu Jin silently for his recklessness, but said: "Niu Jin, if the generals of our army are as reckless as you, the first king will not conquer this country!" ”
Niu Jin was not convinced, and said angrily: "General Cao himself is cowardly, but he scolds me for being brave!" If all the soldiers of our army are like this, who will lay down this country for the first king? ”
Cao Ren was not ashamed, he just pointed to the army under the city and scolded, and said with a smile: "I have rumored a plan to stimulate Xun Gang, and now it really works!" Can you see that those soldiers are as arrogant as they were half a month ago? The rumors are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and when the enemy army is weak and demoralized, it is the day of our army's slope! ”
"Nonsense! Can just rumors deceive people's minds? Why didn't I see that? ”
Cao Ren snorted coldly, as if he didn't want to communicate more with this reckless man. He watched every move of the soldiers in the city, even the slightest changes; Coupled with the news of the internal return he sent, he felt that the day of breaking Xun was just around the corner!
Cao Ren didn't expect Xun Gang to cut off grain and grass, it is said that Jingzhou's income is good this year, so as long as he doesn't cut off his grain channel, Xun Gang will not be short of grain for half a year. He relied on his own rumors to make Xun Gang's morale low, and even more troops were willing to submit to him, so that he could defeat Xun Gang greatly!
In the past few days, Xun Gang's army has become less and less, and the shouting has become less and less imposing, Cao Ren saw it in his eyes, and Nei Ying said that Xun Gang's army often mutinied, so the army in the war became less and less. Cao Ren was very happy, and in a few days, when there was another incident in Xun Gang's army, it would be the day he would go out of the city to attack!
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"Lord, there is a scout to report, Cao Ren has been training his army diligently in the past few days, and it seems that he is planning to fight a decisive battle with our army!"
Lu Xun reported the news he had obtained, his face was full of smiles, after all, it was not easy for him to make Cao Renzhong plan this move, and it was inevitable that he would have a sense of accomplishment.
Xun Gang just nodded lightly, looked at the people kneeling under the tent, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you for reporting to Cao Ren in the past few days, Xun Gang is grateful!" ”
These people are all Cao Ren's internal responses, Xun Gang deliberately asked them to send a message to tempt Cao Ren, not wanting him to be fooled! It's not much use to leave these people behind, so naturally they are all arrested, ready to be beheaded.
Those who should not know when their identity is exposed, but they don't intend to beg for mercy, they just keep their heads down and wait for death, and they can't do the things that betray the glory of the seller.
Xun Gang waved his hand, and a group of soldiers entered the tent and took them out to behead, and when these soldiers saw them, they were all shocked and speechless-aren't these the soldiers who mutinied a few days ago? Aren't they all locked up?
Xun Gang looked at their expressions, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. These soldiers were naturally arranged by him to act in the army, and they were played for these people, otherwise how could Cao Ren be tricked? Now to kill these people, let them see their stupid deeds and fall into despair, this is what Xun Gang is happy to see.
"Everyone, please remember that it was your news that caused Cao Ren to fall into a catastrophe, don't blame me!"
Xun Gang's words dissipated in the night, and the heavy blood came out, as sad as the beauty of cherry blossoms.
A few days later, after an ordinary midnight, everyone fell asleep, except for Cao Ren's blood-red face, and his excited expression jumped on his face, as if he was already cheering for tonight's victory.
Cao Ren and Niu Jin led 5,000 soldiers and horses to fall from the city, and quietly approached Xun Gang's camp at night; The camp was silent, with only a few men patrolling the camp. Cao Ren was a little afraid that this was Xun Gang's strategy, and he didn't dare to step forward for a long time, but he didn't want Niu Jin to shout, and ordered the army to rush forward, and he was going to kill Xun Gang's head!
These soldiers were already suffocated, and without waiting for the commander's order, they rushed into the enemy camp with Niu Jin; Cao Ren was shocked, but it was too late, and the five thousand soldiers and horses scared away the soldiers guarding the gate, and they poured into the camp in a hurry, and there was no one to answer outside.
"It's over! Fell for Xun Gang's strategy! ”
Cao Ren looked at the village, only to see a bleak cold, as if there was no human population, knowing the plan, he panicked and wanted to shout retreat, but the ambush soldiers were all around, and Niu Jin was surrounded in just an instant, only Cao Ren was left outside and no one had an idea.
It stands to reason that Niu Jin must be unable to escape death, and Cao Ren can take this opportunity to escape back to the city; But if this is the case, the city will inevitably panic, and it will also give Xun Gang a chance to break the city, and he, the main general, will also do it.
"Damn, I'm fighting with you!"
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At the same time, on a mound ten miles away.
"Uncle, Xun Gang's Northern Expedition is like a bamboo, can Uncle Zixiao really hold it?"
On the top of the mound, three people rode two inferior horses, limping slowly towards the north, extremely tired.
Cao Chun turned his head, looked at Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, and sighed: "Brother is fighting in all directions, although he is not good at attacking, but no one can defend the city. Wancheng will be worry-free, so you have to worry about it! ”
(Note: Cao Chun is the younger brother of Cao Ren and the same generation as Cao Cao, while Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are both sons of Cao Cao, a generation younger than Cao Chun.) )
Xun Gang's Northern Expedition, Gan Ning was good at drinking, and the three of them escaped from Jiangling together with Dong Xi, who was captured by Wu State, only robbed two inferior horses, and slowly traveled north along the mountain road, Cao Ren, who wanted to take refuge in Wancheng, walked for more than half a month before escaping here, and was exhausted.
"It's past midnight, why don't I rest here first......" Cao Chun suddenly stopped the horse and sighed lightly, "There is no one in the wilderness, I just hope there will be no tigers and bears here, I don't want to wake up in the belly of a tiger tomorrow." ”
"That's fine."
Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu answered, and they were about to sit down and rest, when they suddenly heard a cannon shot, and the two of them couldn't help but feel a while, and looked across the mountain peak to the north, only to see the fire soaring into the sky, and the smoke was filled, but it was difficult to hear the sound because it was too far away.
"Uncle, is that over there in the direction of Wancheng?"
Cao Chun was stunned for a moment and said, "Exactly, I don't know what happened......
"If Uncle Cao Ren is in trouble, I have no way to go!" Cao Zhen sighed, but Cao Xiu listened, but suddenly said: "I can't rest, go to Wancheng to rescue quickly!" If Uncle Cao Ren is defeated, I can't wait for the turtle in the urn! ”
The two nodded when they heard this, and the two bad horses were about to rest, but when they saw the three of them galloping, they were immediately frightened and half dead, and hurriedly fled towards the jungle. If you want to be ridden by these people for a while, their lives should be explained here!
"Damn it!"
The three of them had no choice but to rush towards the north on foot, and they didn't know if they could save Cao Ren......