Chapter 21: Take advantage of the enemy's weakness and swing a heavy blow
Xun You tried his best to hold on, his eyes were about to be closed, and he shook his body and suggested to Cao Cao: "Lord! The enemy deliberately did not let me wait to rest, and the mountains and forests here are high, if I blindly send troops to pursue, I feel that if I continue like this, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up. ”
After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, not seeing the sound of Cao's operation, knowing that he was also extremely tired, so he did not sell Guanzi, and said: "No, let all the troops be silent, and let the sentries on duty pay attention to the surroundings, so that we can sleep peacefully." ”
Cao Cao stroked his heavy and abnormal head, half-leaned on the soft couch, also squinted a pair of sleepy eyes, waved his right hand weakly: "This plan... Very good! Come on, quickly go and order Cao Ren to be on duty first! ”
A guard with weak feet answered the half-dead voice of "whoa". Just as he was about to give the order, he suddenly heard Cao Cao Shuangdao: "Order him to scatter the army, surround the camp, and not pursue the enemy, but if the enemy comes, just shoot it with arrows." ”
The guards turned around and responded to "Whoa", and just turned around slowly to go, when they suddenly heard Cao Cao say again: "Order... Tell the generals, according to the size of the official position, change every hour, and Cao Ren will be on the first duty. After speaking, Cao Cao stuffed the cloth tightly in his ears, threw himself on the soft couch, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
said that Cao Ren, who had just changed shifts, stared at a pair of red eyes after receiving the order, and he was stupid when he opened his mouth at that time. He only felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, and he shouted in his heart: "Why am I again!" I'm Cao Ren, I'm not a superman! I've just changed shifts..."
However, although Cao Cao is his cousin, he is also his lord, and he can only accept the order bitterly. Then he ordered someone to bring cool cold water, wash his face, and cheer up his spirits. took his subordinates, who were also suffering, to change shifts and guards.
For a while, Caoying Dazhai, except for the hard-working people on duty, everyone stuffed their ears, and the snoring sound was pulled up one after another.
On this day, although Cao Cao was plotted by Hua Fei, he was extremely miserable! But it was also a blessing in disguise, and a huge expense was saved. Because of the army of more than 300,000 people, they were so sleepy that they didn't even turn on the stove, so they fell asleep on an empty stomach.
This time, Cao Ren was a little surprised to find that perhaps because night had fallen, the group of mountain patrols also went back to hand in the order, and the gong was silent.
Cao Ren didn't expect it wrong, these people who have been tossing for almost a day, patrolling the mountains. It was indeed already triumphant, and he went back to their king, Hua Fei.
It's just that halfway through, they met the marshal who was only after resting for half a day, and was invited by Hua Fei, and the five hundred yellow turban wrestlers under his command.
Following them were 10,000 elite soldiers led by Hua Fei and the four major captains under his command. After that, there were 20,000 people, who were busy in the dark, quickly and quickly arranging something.
These people are all in good spirits, and the five hundred wrestlers in black are even more excited! Their impatient eyes seemed to be telling: "Lao Tzu has been waiting for this day, and he can't wait for it!" ”
At the height of Pengcheng, the torches were already burning, and the 10,000 people who stayed behind were closely inspecting the city walls.
When Hua Fei led Wu Xu to retreat from Cao Ying and return to Pengcheng. He began to keep turning the Buddha beads, and in the faint sandalwood fragrance, he planned what to do in order to continue to toss Cao Cao?
Hua Fei sometimes thinks, he is tossing like this, is Cao Cao, one of the three famous masters, really good? But he also knew that war was sometimes a kind of mutual torture. If he didn't toss Cao Cao, Cao Cao would toss him.
The Buddhist beads in his hand turned very slowly, but he was planning quickly in his heart. He thought about it repeatedly, constantly measuring Cao Jun, what would happen after being tossed for such a long time.
He felt that the first thing that should arise was the problem of poor mental state. If the spirit is not good, then it will affect the ability to judge. They will easily get angry and behave abnormally.
Then he felt that Cao Jun's physical fitness would inevitably show a downward trend. If the combat effectiveness is 100% to describe the state of a normal person, then he thinks that Cao Jun's combat effectiveness may only be able to maintain below forty.
Hua Fei still remembers that once, someone asked him, what kind of dog is the best in the world? Hua Fei told him with certainty at the time that the water dog was the best to fight.
Because there is a famous saying, it is called beating the water dogs! And Cao Jun, whose combat strength is only around forty, is undoubtedly overboard in Hua Fei's view.
Therefore, Hua Fei decided to beat the water dogs! Of course, he was a man who knew how to respect his enemies. He didn't mean to insult Cao Cao at all, this was just an example.
Hua Fei felt that there were many reasons why he could lead the army to attack. For example, since the combat effectiveness of the Cao army has dropped so much. Then it means that they must also be weak, and their legs will be weak.
And just ask, a group of Cao soldiers with weak legs. Even if there are many people, what about taking him Huafei and a group of subordinates?
He thought to himself: "As the so-called taking advantage of his illness, you should take his old life!" Hua Fei felt that such a good opportunity could not be let go. If he can't win, won't he still be able to run?
What's more, he is not, he really wants to eat a fat man in one bite. With such a number of manpower, he wanted to get more than 300,000 Cao Jun in one war, he didn't dare to think about it, he just wanted to teach Cao Jun a painful lesson.
What's more, if this battle goes well, even Cao Cao will be forced to retreat without a fight!
So when the day was getting westerly, Hua Fei, who had made a decision, ordered Wu Xu to immediately send someone to inform the marshal. He was ordered to lead an army to Pengcheng and join him.
He also ordered his command, 40,000 soldiers and civilians to go as much as possible, and prepare things to ignite fire, and hemp ropes, long bamboos, black linen cloth, etc., all kinds of items.
Then he counted again, earnestly. From the step by step of military strength, such as who is the striker, which people are the central army, and which people are responsible for responding, all go through it again in detail.
When the blazing sun gradually approached the mountains in the west. The marshal led the people in a hurry and rushed to Pengcheng. Hua Fei ordered the man to start cooking immediately. At the same time, he ordered people to recall and go out to collect supplies.
He then summoned the lieutenants, the commanders, and the marshals, as well as the main responsible personnel of the wrestlers. I held a pre-war meeting in the castle tower. Hua Fei first compared the situation between the enemy and us and analyzed it. Then he explained his ideas and action plan in detail to everyone.
In the end, he said: "Cao Jun's weakness lies in the lack of grain and grass. Unfortunately, due to time and lack of scouts. We have no way of knowing him, where is the land of grain? ”
He paused for a moment, then added: "Therefore, the main purpose of our trip is to burn as many enemy camps as possible in the shortest possible time. ”
Hua Fei glanced at it, and he had already heard a little, and everyone was stunned. He continued: "This trick is called casting a wide net, and I hope that we will be lucky enough to burn the enemy's grain and grass, or the siege equipment stored, and the camp tent is located. ”
In the end, when Hua Fei asked everyone if they had different opinions, no one answered. Helpless, he could only ask his good ally in harmony, a mysterious handsome man dressed in black and masked.
Seeing Hua Fei asking, the big handsome glanced at Hua Fei back to his senses. He originally wanted to stop Huafei's action. Because he felt that with 10,000 and 500 elite soldiers, he wanted to break through to the 350,000, the enemy's Dazhai. Carry out the arson plan!
This made him think that Hua Fei might be crazy! However, after he listened to Hua Fei's explanation, he had no way to oppose this plan. Because the plan is so perfect! From the time of day, the location to the people, all of them are taken into account.
It is even more advanced and retreated, almost impeccable! At least that's what the big marshal thinks. He felt that Hua Fei was right, even if they couldn't burn the enemy's grain and grass.
And only burned, the enemy's siege equipment. It can also drag the enemy army, and it can't attack the city for the time being. In this way, it is also possible to consume the enemy's already small amount of grain and grass.
After all, the stomach of the 350,000 army is like a bottomless black hole! They have to eat more than 500,000 catties of grain in just one day! That's an astronomical number.
The handsome man looked at Hua Fei's eyes, as if he was looking at a priceless, rare treasure! He nodded heavily at Hua Fei. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Sir! I am willing to support your actions unconditionally. ”
At this time, it was not early, Hua Fei did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately issued the marching order.
He ordered the marshal and his five hundred wrestlers, the first echelon, to carry out the task of scouting! And with the difficult task of attracting enemy troops, attention.
The marshal did not hesitate to answer the order.
Later, Hua Fei ordered three or four of the four teams of Minfu to serve as the receiving team. After the meal, he moved with the army, and on the way of the retreat of the army as fast as possible, he arranged a mixed horse rejection array and a hemp rope array. In order to cover the disadvantage of the army, it can safely withdraw to Pengcheng.
He also ordered one or two teams of people to guard the head of Pengcheng. Within a range of two hundred meters, torches were erected to light the way, ready to meet the return of the army.
In the end, he personally led 10,000 elite soldiers, with many fire-causing things, as the main team, marching in the center. With his order, the army quickly marched after the meal. Thirty miles away, Cao Jun went to Dazhai.
When they came into contact with the rangers. Although it was dark, it was already approaching, and in the night, it seemed that the Cao army camp was extremely huge.
Hua Fei ordered in a low voice to go to the rear to take a look. Once the people are almost arranged, they will come and report to themselves. He also ordered the army to rest in place first, drink some water that they carried with them, and seize the time to recover their strength.
And the big marshal ordered a team of wrestlers, scattered, and quietly approached, clinging to sharp arrows and dozing off, Cao Ren's army.