Chapter 154 Cao Mengde strikes first
Using the same reason to send away Cao Cao's personal soldiers, Cao Hong gritted his teeth with a gloomy face and asked Cao Bao: "Brother, what do you think of Cao Cao?" ”
Cao Bao shook his head and asked with some puzzlement, "Why do you ask this?" ”
Cao Hong sneered and said, "You and my brother are probably wrong about him Cao Mengde!" I thought he was a talented hero, but I didn't expect it to be a villain with a wide exterior and a taboo inside. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Cao Bao's strength was a little high, and the whole person was confused, and he tried to open his eyes wide and said, "Who made you and my brother a subordinate?" It's not surprising that Cao Ah can't look down on us. But as long as we hold on to the soldiers and horses in our hands, he will not dare to do anything to us. If you want me to say brother, are you a little too cautious? I thought that he summoned him late at night to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack the city. ”
Cao Hong shook his head and sneered: "I'm afraid it's not that simple, brother think about it, since the surrender, whenever it is necessary for my brother's sons to go into battle, Cao Apu has given direct orders every time, and how can he have discussed it with his brother?" There must be demons when things are impermanent, as I expected, Cao Apu must have the heart to cause harm, brother must be on guard! ”
Cao Bao took a deep breath, cold sweat dripped down like rain, he had already woken up eight points from alcohol, and shook his head with a frightened face, "This is impossible, although you and my brother are generals, they are also meritorious heroes, isn't Cao Mengde afraid that after killing you and my brothers, it will chill the hearts of the people in the world?" ”
Cao Hong gritted his teeth and said: "Becoming a king and defeating a king has been the same since ancient times. Cao Mengde only needs to fabricate a crime casually, which is enough to block the mouths of people all over the world! ”
Cao Bao still refused to believe it, or shook his head in disbelief, "If this is the case, then you and my sons will definitely be in chaos." At this critical moment, Cao Mengde shouldn't be so unwise, right? ”
Cao Hong squinted his eyes and took a deep breath, "Don't forget, there is also a Zang Xuangao in Cao Ying's camp whose prestige is not inferior to that of his brother in the eyes of his sons. ”
Cao Bao gasped and asked in horror, "If that's the case, then how should we deal with it?" ”
Cao Hong tapped his temples with a headache, looking at a loss.
Seeing this, Cao Bao could only smile bitterly, comforting Cao Hong and comforting himself at the same time: "Perhaps, it's just that we think too much." ”
"Impossible! No way! ”
Cao Hong stood up suddenly, with a look of sudden realization, "I know, it must be Cao Cao's rear that has changed again, causing him to have to divide his troops to return to help, and lose the absolute suppression of our Xuzhou army, it is not difficult to understand that he is uneasy!" ”
"Oh?"
Cao Bao's eyes couldn't help but widen, his breathing suddenly became short, his heartbeat accelerated a lot uncontrollably, his mind was racing, and his voice trembled: "Then we, we ......"
No one understands his brother's mind better than Cao Hong, the two of them stepped on their shoulders and grew up together, with just one look, Cao Hong can basically guess the true thoughts in Cao Bao's heart.
Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Cao Hong said: "In the current situation, saving your life should be the first priority, brother, don't think too much." In my guess, even if the Cao army divides its troops, the number of soldiers and horses left behind will definitely be above our army, and it is very difficult to break through, let alone win the battle! ”
Cao Bao was already surprised by his brother's ability to guess people's hearts, so he just nodded disapprovingly and asked, "Then since Cao Apu has become suspicious, we naturally can't kill him." How to act depends on the second brother's planning! ”
Cao Hong nodded, got up and paced and muttered: "The Cao army originally had 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus 10,000 Kaiyang troops, a total of about 60,000 people. The casualties in the fierce battles for several days are about 10,000, that is to say, there are about 50,000 soldiers in Cao's camp today. As I expected, if Cao's army really divided his troops, considering that on the one hand, he would continue to attack the city, and on the other hand, he would maintain an advantage over our army, then Cao Cao would only send a maximum of 20,000 soldiers and horses. Therefore, if it goes head-to-head, the probability of our army winning is extremely low. Therefore, if we want to survive in a desperate situation, we can only fight to the death and attack it by surprise! ”
Cao Bao nodded approvingly, and asked again, "How to attack it unprepared?" ”
Cao Hong squinted his eyes and said: "Cao Ah is cunning by nature, and if he fails to summon his brother twice, he must be suspicious. When the dawn attacks the city, we will definitely drive our army to ascend first, and if the war is unfavorable at that time, we can take down my brother and ask for the guilt if I find a reason. When the time comes, people will be swordsmen, and I will be fish and meat, and I will no longer have the strength to struggle and resist, so I can only sit and wait for death. So, right now, tonight, I suggest that my brother strike first, gather his henchmen at night, and set fire to raid, so that he may be able to escape with his life! ”
Cao Bao gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely, clenching his fists with a hideous expression.
Under the dark night sky, Cao Ying, who was originally quiet, suddenly faintly stirred.
Cao Ren is mobilizing troops and horses, Cao Bao is secretly gathering the most elite and loyal Danyang soldiers under his command, and Cao Cao is also not idle.
Most of Cao Hong's guesses are correct, but one thing is that he doesn't know Cao Cao's character so well. Realizing that Cao Bao had guessed his intentions or heard some rumors, Cao Cao couldn't wait for dawn at all, and after the guards returned for the second time in vain, he immediately issued an order to kill Cao Bao's brothers.
Xiahoudun led the elite to raid Cao Bao's camp, Zang Ba ordered the Kaiyang army to be responsible for suppressing the riots that were likely to occur in the Xuzhou army, and as for the 3,000 Danyang soldiers, Cao Cao handed them over to Yu Ban and the Qingzhou soldiers under his command to deal with.
Danyang Mountain is dangerous, the people are fruitful, good at martial arts, noble strength, and the land of elite soldiers. Danyang elite soldiers, famous in ancient times, when Emperor Wu Li Ling only led 5,000 Danyang sharp soldiers, he was able to fight with 80,000 Hun elite cavalry for three days and three nights without retreating, and the good battle can be seen.
The reason why Tao Qian dared to take the initiative to provoke Cao Cao that day was the biggest reliance on the elite soldiers under his command.
However, there are Danyang soldiers in Xuzhou, and there is no shortage of elite infantry under Cao Cao. In the third year of the first peace, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, died at the hands of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and Zhang Miao, Bao Xin and others recommended Cao Cao, who took over Yanzhou, and fought with millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in Jibei, and after a complete victory, hundreds of thousands were surrendered. Most of them were sent to Tuntian by Cao Cao, and only thousands of elite personnel were selected from them and named Qingzhou soldiers.
The commander of the Qingzhou soldiers is Taishan Juping Yu Ban, one of the "five good generals" under Cao Cao in history, and the best thing is to train soldiers.
Although the ban on the evening festival was not guaranteed in history, before that, he had always been a commander of the army under Cao Cao. "The force is both powerful and strategic."
This is Cao Cao's evaluation of the ban. The arrogant and domineering Qingzhou soldiers, except for Cao Cao, only obeyed Yu Ban's orders.
Cao Bao's camp tent is not too far from the tent, about 500 steps.
Xiahoudun took off his heavy armor, dressed in black, with a sharp blade in his mouth, and led a hundred carefully selected warriors with murderous intent, and rushed towards Cao Bao's camp lightly.
Five thousand Qingzhou soldiers, everyone wielded a knife and a shield, and the murderous aura was pervasive, like a beast out of the cage, just waiting for a ban order, and they would be impatient to plunge into the bloody battle.
Zang Ba stood outside the tent with a spear in his hand, the night was as cold as water, but his eyes were much colder than ice water. On his left and right, Sun Guan and Yin Li were also ready to fight.
"Did you understand what I said just now?"
Cao Bao swept over the five Danyang military captains under his command one by one with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and said with a cruel smile: "Cao Thief is unkind first, so don't blame me for waiting for injustice!" The five of you go back quickly, gather the sons and daughters of the office, take the fire in my tent as a signal, shout together, set fire to the camp, and then follow me all the way to the south to break through and kill! ”
The five lieutenants gave up their orders in unison, and turned around to leave, but saw the door curtain suddenly lifted, and a cold and shining blade pierced the back of one of the lieutenants like lightning.
"Come on, there's an enemy attack!"
Cao Hong was the first to react, shouted and grabbed a long knife casually and rushed forward to meet it.
The Cao family in Xuzhou is a scholarly family, and the martial arts of the Cao brothers are naturally commonplace, and Cao Bao, as a leading general, is no match for the most ordinary Danyang soldiers, let alone Cao Hong, who has always been pampered. However, Cao Hong had no choice, he already knew very well in his heart that Cao Cao was one step ahead of them, and if he didn't work hard at this time, he would definitely die.
However, Xiahoudun came prepared, and his personal martial arts were the best in the world, even if the Cao brothers fought for their lives, they couldn't change their own endings at all.
The skills of the four Danyang lieutenants are extraordinary, but firstly, they lost the opportunity and were caught off guard, and secondly, in front of Xiahoudun, their so-called extraordinary skills are not enough to see at all. Therefore, in less than a cup of tea, Cao Bao was already unwillingly poured into a pool of blood.
As soon as the Cao brothers and several captains died, although the leaderless Danyang soldiers were as brave as ever, how could they be the opponents of the Qingzhou soldiers who had been prepared for a long time when the dragons were leaderless.
The riot in Cao Ying was completely quelled in less than an hour.
More than 10,000 Xuzhou soldiers, most of whom returned to Shun. After the three thousand Danyang soldiers were killed and wounded by hundreds of people, after seeing the heads of Cao Bao and others, they also lost the courage to continue to resist, and they all chose to abandon their weapons and surrender.
The rooster crowed, and the sky grew brighter.
Cao Cao stood outside the tent with a long body in a big coat, his eyes full of regret.
Although because of the proper planning and timely handling, a riot at night did not bring unbearable losses. However, after all, it is cannibalism, and it is impossible not to affect the morale of the army.