There is such a sentence in Sun Tzu's Art of War "Seeking Attack": Therefore, the army is attacked, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the city is attacked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And there is a more powerful means that is not explained here, and that is to attack the heart.

If the attack is successful, the enemy army will naturally be defeated without a fight.

There are not many people who can play with people's hearts in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao is one of them.

Cao Cao had countless ministers and generals, but few dared to have even a trace of dissent under Cao Cao, and even people like Sima Yi who peeked into the world were trembling when Cao Cao was alive and did not dare to make the slightest move.

Cao Ren replied: "Wang Shuo only asked the city gate guard to bring a word to the eldest brother, and then drove away in the carriage, and I have sent someone to chase after him." What is Big Brother going to do? ”

Cao Cao picked up the book of war again, and after a long while, he said: "We don't have to do anything, all we have to do is to invite you into the urn, and after the enemy enters the city, we will catch turtles in the urn." ”

"Order."

……

The next day, at noon, outside the city.

Wang Shuo and Tai Shici had already dismantled the carriage, freed the two horses, and Tai Shici were looking for a place to rest in the shade of a tree.

Tai Shi Ci looked into the distance and said, "Why hasn't this Cao Cao appeared yet?" ”

Wang Shuo frowned and said: "Cao Cao shouldn't be out of the city, it seems that he doesn't want to take any risks, so he has to force me into Puyang City." ”

"So what now?"

Tai Shi Ci has no idea, it's no problem for you to let him march and fight, but if you want him to give advice, it will be really difficult for him.

"Wait two more days to see if Cao Cao can calm down."

Wang Shuo can't think of any good way now, but it is absolutely impossible to let Wang Shuo enter the city, if Wang Shuo enters the city, as long as the city gate is closed, no matter how strong Wang Shuo and Tai Shici are, it is impossible to escape from the city, and they can only be slaughtered.

So Wang Shuo planned to consume it first and see Cao Cao's patience.

However, it was obvious that Wang Shuo underestimated Cao Cao's patience, not only two days, but eight days passed in a flash, and Puyang City had no other movement except for the deeper and stricter defense on the city wall.

Tai Shi Ci couldn't bear it anymore, "Brother Wang, let's go into the city, it's just a city, and we can't stop you and me." ”

Wang Shuo shook his head and said: "Don't be impulsive, Cao Cao has many fierce generals, and just the two of us, entering Puyang City is equivalent to sending them to death." ”

"That's better than waiting outside the city all the time."

Wang Shuo pondered for a long time before saying, "Let's go to the city gate again......"

In the city, Dongjun Taishou Mansion, Cao Cao was taking a nap on the couch, Cao Ren pushed the door in, and immediately woke up Cao Cao.

Cao Cao put his right hand on his forehead and said with a slight anger: "Who let you break in when I was napping?" ”

"The eldest brother is angry because Wang Shuo brought news again, so I can't wait to push the door in, and I hope that the eldest brother will not be offended."

"Remember, don't go into the house while I'm sleeping, or I'll probably do something, you know?"

Cao Cao's words were full of murderous intent, which made Cao Ren fall into an ice cave, goosebumps on his body all rose, and he hurriedly said: "Zixiao knows his mistake, please forgive my eldest brother." ”

Cao Cao suddenly said kindly: "I don't blame you, it's just because I like to kill people when I sleep, I'm afraid I will accidentally kill you." ”

Cao Cao is a very suspicious person, he doesn't like this kind of insecure situation, and there are two things that describe Cao Cao's psychology to the fullest.

One is to kill people in a dream, the thing is roughly that Cao Cao once summoned all the servants over, and then told them that he had a problem with killing people in a dream, when he was asleep, as long as the person approached him a little, he would involuntarily jump up and kill this person, especially when he was asleep, the problem was even more serious.

The servants laughed, thinking that Cao Cao was joking, so they perfunctorily agreed.

In order to make everyone believe his words, Cao Cao made no one dare to have someone with bad intentions when he was sleeping, so when he slept one night, he deliberately kicked open the quilt and pretended to be in a state of cold and unaware.

At that time, there was a little boy who was deeply loved by Cao Cao, and his care for Cao Cao was also very meticulous, seeing that the master was frozen in the cold night, he walked lightly to Cao Cao's bed out of duty, and was just about to reach out to pick up the quilt on the ground and cover it for the master, Cao Cao suddenly turned over and jumped up, pulled out the bedside sword, and waved it fiercely, and the boy died instantly.

After Cao Cao killed, he didn't say a word, lay down again, and pretended to fall asleep.

The other attendants were so frightened that they couldn't move. It took a long time to come to his senses, but no one dared to approach Cao Cao again. The little boy who was killed had been lying under Cao Cao's bed.

The next morning, Cao Cao woke up and saw the dead child lying on the bedside with blood splashed on the bedside and the dead child lying under the bed. ”

All the attendants had been trembling and hiding beside them, and when they saw Cao Cao asking angrily, they all knelt down and told what had happened.

After Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked and remorseful, and immediately burst into tears. Picking up the child's body, he said sadly, "I told you that I would kill people in my dreams without knowing it." Why are you still near me while I'm sleeping! ”

So, Cao Cao ordered to bury the person who was killed by himself by mistake. Throughout the funeral, Cao Cao's expression was very sad.

Everyone in the army finally believed that Cao Gong did have a mysterious ability to protect himself in his sleep. And warned each other: when Cao Cao was sleeping, he would never be reliable to step forward.

Cao Cao's trick may seem vicious and vicious, but it is very effective, at least Cao Cao has never been assassinated while sleeping.

In comparison, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei were very miserable, Lu Bu was tied up by his subordinates while sleeping, and then given to Cao Cao, who died in Baimen Tower.

Zhang Fei was even more miserable, and his head was cut off by his subordinates while sleeping and given to Sun Quan.

Another thing that can show the weight of Cao Cao's suspicion is when Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong and fled for his life.

At that time, Cao Cao and Chen Gong met Cao Cao's father's friend Lu Bohao, who was hospitable and hurried out to buy wine because there was no wine at home.

Cao Cao sat in the front hall, and suddenly heard the sound of sharpening knives behind him, and suddenly became suspicious. Then he quietly walked to the back window and heard inside: "Tie it up, kill it!" Immediately shocked, without waiting for a closer look, he decided to strike first. So he took his sword and broke into the inner house, and saw one man killing another, and all eight of them fell in a pool of blood, and when they came to the kitchen, they saw a pig just tied with four hooves to be slaughtered. At this time, I realized that it was a misunderstanding and mistakenly killed the host's family, who sincerely treated the guests.

Cao Cao and Chen Gong had no choice but to flee from the Lu family in a hurry. But on the way, I ran into the old man Lu Boyu who was rushing and returning from drinking!

Chen Gong was full of guilt and couldn't raise his head. Cao Cao was at a loss when the two horses were at a loss, and with a wave of his sword, he killed Lu Boyu again!

Chen Gong was shocked: "The killing in front was due to a misunderstanding; Now I know that I am a benefactor, but I still want to torture and kill, it's too unusual! ”

Cao Cao said: "After Bo Lu arrives home, when he sees the person who was killed, he will sue the official and hunt us down!" ”

"It's too unkind for you to do this!" Chen Gongdao.

Cao Cao sneered: "I'd rather be sorry for the people of the world, but I must not let the people of the world be sorry for me!" ”

These two events infinitely magnified Cao Cao's suspicions, and completely confirmed the name of the traitor.

Cao Cao lay down on the bed again, "You just said that Wang Shuo brought news again, hasn't he entered the city yet?" ”

Cao Ren was in a cold sweat on his forehead, and said cautiously: "That Wang Shuo is extremely cautious, he has always refused to enter the city, and today he brought news to know whether his father is alive or dead, and then decided whether to enter the city or not." ”

"Ignore him."

Cao Cao closed his eyes tiredly, and before Cao Ren went out to close the door, he suddenly said, "It's not more than three, you have to knock on the door first when you enter the house in the future." ”

"Yes."

Cao Ren only felt that his legs were weak, and he almost couldn't stand enough, and ran away in a panic after closing the door. (To be continued.) )