Many people think how clever the strategists are recorded in the history books, and think that modern people are much worse than them. Who knows, this is actually a fallacy at all.

In ancient times, there were indeed many unusual wise men, but those people were usually out-of-the-world masters who lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests. For example, Sima Hui, known as the "Water Mirror", and people like Pang Degong who refuse to go out. But most of the people who mingle in the officialdom are people who like to chase fame and fortune. Although some people have IQs better than ordinary people, they are by no means people with great wisdom. Therefore, many of the seemingly resourceful people recorded in the history books are actually deliberately touted.

And with the development of the times, people only have the more they live, the smarter they are, how can there be a reason that the more they live, the more stupid they are.

However, it was said that Cao Cao took advantage of the night to enter the east gate of Puyang, so he assigned Cao Ren to lead a group of men and horses to set fire to the sky and sea, in order to create chaos to hide the world, and he led other soldiers to continue to march in the direction of the county capital.

He then entered our ambush area. At this time, the surrounding residents have been evacuated by us. I distributed the remaining eighteen explosives among the brothers who were in ambush in all directions, and when Cao Cao's soldiers and horses arrived, the eighteen brothers lit the fuse at the same time, and then threw them into the opponent's array. Immediately, after hearing eighteen consecutive earth-shattering explosions, Cao Cao's men immediately lost thousands of troops. Then, the brothers took the opportunity to cover up and kill, and for a time the Cao army array was in chaos.

failed to blow up Cao Cao this time, I have to say that he was really lucky. But this also shows one thing, the quality of the brothers throwing explosives needs to be improved.

In this battle, all the men and horses brought by Cao Cao were wiped out. With a few close soldiers, he planned to withdraw along the way he came, and by the way, he would see if he could meet Cao Ren at the east gate. However, to his disappointment, Cao Ren and the others had already defeated me with 200 brothers.

Looking at the embarrassed appearance of Cao Cao and the others, I couldn't help but slightly purse the corners of my mouth and said, "How about Brother Cao, this strategy of "inviting the king into the urn" is okay, right?" ”

Cao Cao looked at me silently, as if he didn't know what to say for a while.

Immediately, I put the halberd aside, picked up the purple lightning and put the bow on the arrow, and said, "I'm sorry Brother Cao, I can't let you leave alive." ”

Suddenly, I let go of my fingers, but what I didn't expect was that Xiahoudun on the side suddenly pushed Cao Cao: "Lord beware!" Cao Cao was pushed away by Xiahoudun at once, but unfortunately Xiahoudun was shot in the left eye by an arrow, and immediately a miserable scream shook people's hearts.

I couldn't help but chuckle a little incredulously, but said, "Heh, this can also be tricked?" It's really bad luck, and even the wall can't stop it. ”

Xiahoudun fell to the ground, and Cao Cao hurriedly dismounted to help him when he saw this, and said, "Yuan Rang, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Brother!" Xiahou Yuan and the others on the side also followed. At this moment, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but scolded angrily: "Traitor, I'll fight with you!" ”

But seeing Xiahoudun covering his left eye, he endured the heart-rending pain, and hurriedly shouted: "Miaocai! Hurry up and escort the lord away, leave me alone! ”

Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but stop immediately, and then looked at me with resentment in his eyes. But when he saw Cao Cao, he couldn't help but say, "No, how can I leave you alone?" ”

Xiahoudun said: "My lord, we must focus on the overall situation!" As long as the lord succeeds in the future, it is not a pity for me to die in Xiahou; Let's go, leave me alone! ”

"Yuan Rang." Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun with a complicated expression, and resolutely gritted his teeth and endured his grief and got on the horse, planning to flee from other places again.

However, I had already set up an ambush on all sides at this moment, how could I easily let him escape? So when he and the soldiers beside him fled to the south road, Zhang Xiao and Wei Yue's soldiers and horses were already waiting in ambush on the way. As soon as he arrived, he immediately led the crowd to kill.

Then, Xiahou Yuan and others were dispersed. Cao Cao wanted to escape but couldn't, Zhang Xiao caught him, but asked, "Where is Cao Cao?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned, and then he had an idea, and hurriedly pointed to the distance and said, "The person who escaped on a yellow horse is it." ”

"Chase!" Zhang Xiao took the knight beside him and chased after the man riding the yellow horse.

Subsequently, Cao Cao hurriedly fled along the alley to the east gate. At this time, the east gate was surrounded by fire, and in his opinion, there should be no more ambushes here. However, he couldn't have been more wrong. At this moment, the situation in the whole city is under my control, and I have never left the East Gate. So, I caught him.

At this moment, Cao Cao couldn't help but be discouraged.

I couldn't help but smile and said, "The person who escaped on the yellow horse is Cao Cao, so who are you?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned, but he was suspicious: "How do you know?" ”

I smiled and said, "Guess for yourself; Tie it up and bring it back first. ”

"No!" The brothers on the side complied, pulled Cao Cao off his mount, and then tied him up with ropes.

In this battle, our side won a complete victory, and Cao Cao and his subordinate generals all became prisoners of our army.

After returning to the county government, we discussed what to do with Cao Cao and the others next.

Chen Gong couldn't help but suggest: "I thought that Cao Cao could not stay, and he should be directly executed to comfort the people who were slaughtered by him in the first place; As for his subordinate soldiers, except for Cao Cao's clansmen, those who were willing to surrender were retained, and those who did not surrender were also executed. ”

Feng Xian hesitated slightly, but asked me, "What does the virtuous brother think?" ”

I said, "If the new law is to be dealt with, Cao Cao's war crimes are so serious that they should indeed be punished by death; But the current situation is special, if we put Cao Cao to death, his descendants will inevitably want to avenge him, and we can't kill his entire family in order to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, otherwise what difference will we have with him? So, I mean that he was imprisoned and reformed through labor with torture instruments until he was clearly aware of the sins he had committed. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, what Brother Xian said is the best of both worlds, I think I can do what Brother Xian said." ”

Chen Gong disagreed: "This move must not be; Now we don't have too many troops, and Cao Cao and his subordinate soldiers are all people who know martial arts, if they want to find an opportunity to escape, ordinary jailers will definitely not be able to stop them; Therefore, it is better to kill it directly. ”

When Feng Xian heard this, he felt that what Chen Gong said seemed to be reasonable, but he still felt that it was a little inappropriate to kill him directly. So he said to me again: "Brother Xian, my brother is not sure about this matter for a while, so it is up to you to decide." ”

I said, "It's better not to kill unless you have to; But keeping them alive can cause some trouble; Especially Cao Cao's character is very stubborn, and he will never give up lightly when he is determined to do it; However, I still want to take another gamble to see if I can change Cao Cao's thinking and use it for us; Let his family ransom him with money; Now that there is a shortage of grain, the price of millet is still rising, and it has risen to 200,000 or 300,000 yuan a stone; Since Cao Cao's life is not easy to dispose of, it is better to use it in exchange for some money to subsidize daily expenses; Anyway, Cao Cao also dug up a lot of treasures in the previous tomb robbery, and he should still have the money to redeem him. ”

Feng Xian couldn't help but wonder: "Like this, which one is the virtuous brother?" ”

I smiled slightly and said, "It's called 'Trying to Catch the Dead'; It can be achieved by catching and releasing and releasing and releasing and receiving, so as to achieve the purpose of dissipating the enemy's will. ”

"I see." Bong Xian nodded with relief.

Chen Gong pondered slightly, then nodded and said, "The young general's proposal is more realistic; Just how much ransom does it cost? ”

I smiled slightly and said, "Cao Cao's ransom is set at 10,000 taels of gold, and the ransom for his subordinate generals is set at 1,000 taels of gold. ”

Feng Xian and Chen Gong both nodded, feeling that this price was quite appropriate.

Later, we sent a letter to Juancheng, asking Cao Cao's family to send money to ransom him. (To be continued.) )