On June 12 of the fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao and Jiang Zhe led 100,000 Cao troops to storm Jiangling, and fought for several hours.

It is said that it is a camp, but in fact it is just a camp, and the failure to storm Jiangling aroused Cao Cao's idea of not giving up on this city, so he only retreated five miles and buried the pot to cook under the nose of Jiangling.

Of course, during the period, the soldiers and horses covering were naturally indispensable, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao each led 5,000 elite cavalry and were ready to go, as long as Liu Beijun dared to go out of the city, he would immediately report a head-on attack.

However, after waiting for a long time, it was not Liu Bei's soldiers and horses who were waiting, but Liu Bei's envoy......

"Strike the army and truce?"

Hearing the words of Jian Yong, the envoy of Jiangling in front of him, Cao Cao sneered and said, "Now that the matter is over, Liu Bei still wants to negotiate conditions with our army?" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Li Dian, and said with a heavy drink, "Li Dian, according to your opinion, when can you take Jiangling!" ”

Li Dian understood, glanced at Jian Yong coldly, and clenched his fists and shouted, "The last general dares to order the military order, before dawn, he must take Jiangling, otherwise, the last general will come to see him!" After that, Le Jin beside him also looked at Jian Yong and sneered.

"Did you hear that?" Cao Cao raised his hand and pointed at Jian Yong, and shouted in a condensed voice, "If Liu Bei is afraid, he will surrender early, and the prime minister can spare him from dying, otherwise, on the day the city is broken, Liu Bei and others should be beheaded!" ”

"Is that what Jiang Situ mean?" Jian Yong turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe, who was silent, and said with a smile, "During the day, we waited for the two armies to fight, and the battle lasted for several hours, and it was difficult to distinguish victory from defeat, and I Jiangling refused to defend the city, and the casualties were far less than that of your army, and the ancients besieged the city ten times as many as the soldiers, and now I still have 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling, which is equivalent to the strength of your army, even if the remaining 300,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Gong arrive, our army will consolidate the city defense and strictly defend it, and Jiangling will not fall in March or February!"

Even if Duke Cao did not hesitate to kill his soldiers, he stormed Jiangling and trapped our lord to death...... Dare to ask Cao Gong, if the army is greatly damaged, how to regain Jiangdong? Isn't it for Jiangdong to reap the benefits of fishermen? ”

"Humph!" Seeing Cao Cao's hesitation on his face, Jiang Zhe said lightly, "Don't bully me, I don't know, Jiangling has joined forces with Jiangdong, if Liu Bei is punished here, he will break Jiangdong one day, naturally it will not be a problem!" ”

"What Shouyi said is extremely true!" Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, then looked at Jian Yong and shouted angrily, "I have always been the only one Cao Cao who talks with people about conditions, just one Liu Bei, how can he show off his power in front of this prime minister?" If he wants to defend it, good! I rushed to build hundreds of thunderbolts overnight and razed Gangneung to the ground, and I saw how he resisted! Jian Yong frowned when he heard this, looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "Situ, is that what you mean?" ”

I saw Jiang Zhe pondering for a while, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Our army will not retreat because of this...... Liu Bei's demise is imminent, even if it is a condition for sacrificing Jiangling, it will be difficult for us to agree, how could Zhuge Kongming not know? Since he sent you as a messenger, I think he has the confidence that it will be difficult for me to refuse, so you should tell the truth! ”

"Huh?" I saw Jian Yong glance at Jiang Zhe in surprise, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of Situ!" After that, he arched his hand towards Cao Cao and said in a condensed voice, "What my military advisor means is to exchange Jiangling for two hours!" "Oh?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, a little curious in his heart, turned sideways and asked, "How do you change your hair?" ”

I saw Jian Yong smile slightly, and said with a straight face, "With tonight's time as the boundary, our army withdrew from Jiangling and dedicated this city to Cao Gong, and Cao Gong is not allowed to attack our army within two hours until tomorrow, even if Cao Gong leads the army to pursue, our lord will be defeated by Cao Gong, and there will be no complaints!"

"Interesting!" Cao Cao touched the beard on his chin, looked at Jian Yong with interest, and said mockingly, "Liu Beijing has such confidence? Want to escape from our army's encirclement and suppression in just two hours? "Whether you can evacuate safely, that's my lord's business, don't worry about Cao Gong, I just ask Cao Gong, are you willing to abide by this agreement?" "Two umbrella hours, Jiangling ......" Cao Cao hesitated slightly, turned his head to look at Jiang Zhe and asked, "Shouyi, what do you think?" Hearing what Cao Cao said, Jiang Zhe thought about it carefully.

The defense of Jiangling City is strong and tight, and it will be difficult to attack for a while, but Liu Bei cannot let it go, if Zhuge Liang's proposal is to exchange Jiangling for Liu Bei to withdraw the army safely, then I should refuse, but now he proposes this, it is a little difficult to choose...... Two Hours...... The key is here, in two hours, Zhuge Liang is so confident that he can escape the pursuit of our army

The distance of two hours, if the light cavalry is called to rush to catch up, it is not that it cannot catch up, at that time, Liu Bei's army is exhausted, even if it is 10,000 light cavalry, it is enough to defeat his 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, hmm...... But in that case, our army's light cavalry soldiers are thin and lacking, and they may not have much combat power, well, it still can't work...... Wait a minute! "Dare to ask the envoy," Jiang Zhe said in a condensed voice, "What does your military advisor mean is that you are not allowed to attack your army before tomorrow's hour, right?" ”

"Exactly!" Jian Yong nodded, and then said with a smile: "Although soldiers are not tired of cheating, but Cao Gong and Situ are such characters, since they have promised, they have never broken their promises and gained weight, right?" ”

"Joke!" Cao Cao sneered, glanced at Jiang Zhe, saw him nodding secretly, and said with a sneer, "Interesting!" I want to see how Liu Bei escapes in two hours! Li Dian, send off! "So, retire next!" Seeing Cao Cao's answer, Jian Yong surrendered and retired.

Jian Yong had just left, and Cao Cao immediately sent people to recruit Xiahou Bi, Cao Hong, Zhang Jaw, Xu Huang and others, except for Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, who were on duty, and Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to wander outside the east gate of Jiangling, and the rest of the generals gathered here.

Sitting around a pile of fires, Cao Cao informed his generals of what Jian Yong said, only to hear the generals look suspicious and shake their heads. "After only two hours, Liu Bei wanted to escape? It's ridiculous, even if I catch up with Baitan and Qianli, I will capture and kill him! "Whoever speaks in this tone is naturally Xiahou undoubtedly.

"The last general always feels that there is fraud in it" Li Dian was cautious, shook his head and said in contemplation, "The last general feels that this is Liu Bei's trick!" ”

"However......," the general said hesitantly, "the last general can't think of it, how sure is Liu Bei able to get away with our army?" Don't say that it is only two hours, even if it is half a day, our army can catch up with the light cavalry! ”

"General Zhang's words are wrong" Xu Ming]:.;; ：。 "I heard that the art of war is cloudy, and the one who seeks profit for a hundred miles, Admiral Qi; Fifty miles. Ten:! Ten:.;. , the army is half to. Even if our army's light cavalry was two hours behind and hurried to catch up with Liu Bei's soldiers and horses,! Tuyi is also unable to resume the war, and the people are tired and tired, how to deal with the war? "This ......," he mused, bowing his head. Perhaps it was because of what Xu Huang said, Cao Cao turned his head and said to Jiang Zhe, "Shouyi asked me to answer Liu Bei's envoy, I must have an idea in my heart if I think about it......"

"I know!" Before Jiang Zhe could speak, Xiahou Bi laughed and said, "The so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, whether he agrees or not, tonight, our army is ambushed outside Jiangling City, and when Liu Bei withdraws, our army will attack from all sides, so that Jiangling can go down, and Liu can also capture" ......" The generals smiled bitterly, Cao Cao twitched the corner of his eyes, glanced at Xiahou Bi, shook his head and said to Jiang Zhe, "What is the intention of keeping righteousness?" ”

"Heh" Jiang Zhe chuckled lightly and said in a low voice, "Isn't the enemy's meaning that our army will not attack him before Yinshi?" Our army might as well do what he wanted, but the enemy did not say that our army must not transfer troops before the end of the day...... "Hmm? I saw Cao Cao's eyebrows, and Lang smiled and said, "Shouyi means ......" "Before Yin, you must not hand over the army, okay, we will guide him to his mind, send a team to hang far behind Liu Beijun, and when the time comes, capture and kill Liu Bei!" And the same can be said of our light cavalry......

"I see, wonderful!" Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed, then looked at Xiahou Wei, and said slightly angrily, "Listen well, this is a wonderful strategy!" In the tone, there is a bit of hatred for iron and steel. I saw Xiahou disturbing his head, laughing dryly, and muttering secretly in his heart. At the same time, Jian Yong also returned to Jiangling and restored Zhuge Liang. "Qiyu military advisor, Cao Cao agreed!" "Hmm" nodded, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan in his hand, and said with full gold and deep meaning, "Jiang Zhe can respond?" "Don't worry, Jiang Zhe is also in response," Jian Yong arched his hand and smiled, "Jiang Zhe has always been true to his word, and he will not break his word and gain weight!" "Good!" Zhuge Liang showed a slight smile, walked out of the hall, and looked up at the starry sky in the sky.

After hesitating, Jian Yong stepped forward a few steps, arched his hand and said, "Military advisor, there is something I don't know whether to say or not, I always feel ...... below" "Hehe" Zhuge Liang turned his head and said with a smile, "Xianhe has any concerns, you can talk about it!" ”

"Yes" Jian Yong bowed his hand and said in a low voice, "When I saw Cao Cao just now, I ordered Cao Cao and Jiang Zhe to talk to Cao Cao and Jiang Zhe, and Jiang Zhe once said, "The meaning of your military division is that you must not use troops before the end of tomorrow." I am afraid that there is fraud in it! ”

"Xianhe can rest assured" Zhuge Liang gently patted Jian Yong's shoulder with a feather fan, and said with relief, "Jiang Zhe's thoughts, I naturally understand, it is nothing more than that he saw the flaws in Xianhe's words, and he will just plan it... r…

This ......" Jian Yong's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said, "The military advisor has instructed, and what the military advisor said, the sentence cannot be deleted, and it can be relayed according to what the military advisor said, :1!! lL。 Hehe, why is Xianhe like this? Zhuge Liang chuckled lightly, and whispered in his ear, "This matter does not interfere with Xianhe, but Liang deliberately does so, otherwise, Jiang Zhe will definitely not allow it!" ”

This ......" Jian Yong had a slight doubt on his face, but saw Zhuge Liang looking up at the starry sky, and explained, "Jiang Zhe, although he is too benevolent and righteous, but he is not pedantic, he is really our great enemy!" According to Liang, he also calculated that our army and Jiangdong joined forces, so he surrounded Jiangling with heavy troops, wanting... Break. If he insists on storming Gangneung, even if our army still has 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, I am afraid that he will not be able to protect himself and get out, let alone preserve his strength? Therefore, I deliberately left a flaw with him so that he would agree to this! ”

Jian Yong suddenly realized, nodded and praised, "Military Master's Wonderful Theory!" After that, he was full of doubts and hesitated, "However, if Cao Jun is closely following our army, how can our army get out?" ”

"Don't worry" Zhuge Liang chuckled, and said confidently, "I think of Jiang Zhe, I will inevitably be waiting for him to be behind, and I will not lead the army too urgently, and the rest will depend on ourselves!" ，

Seeing that Zhu Youliang was so calm, Jian Yong arched his hand and smiled, "Guanjun Shi is so calm, it seems that he is thinking too much." "How dare you." Zhuge Liang returned the salute, looked up at the sky, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

At night, according to the agreement, Cao's army retreated twenty miles, and within two hours, Liu Bei's army was not allowed to be pursued, and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses in Jiangling withdrew from the city and surrendered Jiangling City to Cao Cao. But the agreement is the agreement, in fact......

As early as the hour, Zhuge Liang ordered a group of three or two thousand soldiers and horses to slowly withdraw from the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were on standby in the city.

This is why Cao Chun, who is outside the east gate of Jiangling, is a little hesitant to attack, or not to attack?

Although Cao Chun received the order from Jiang Zhe's general, the agreed time was at the sub-hour, but Zhuge Liang ordered a group of soldiers and horses to slowly withdraw from Jiangling at the time of Hai, which was obviously suspected of some 'breach of contract'. To attack or not to attack, Cao Chun was a little difficult to choose, and he was afraid of ruining Jiang Zhe's layout.

Just when he hesitated in his heart, he looked at the Jiangling soldiers, who numbered about 3,000, slowly moving into the distance, but there was no movement in Jiangling City. "What should I do, Commander Cao?" Meng Xu, the head of the tiger and leopard rider, shrugged and asked.

Cao Chun frowned and pondered for a moment, then glanced at the bright Jiangling, and said in a low voice, "This army of soldiers and horses is just a temptation, there are still fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses under Liu Bei's command, only from the consideration of serving the public, Liu Bei will not leave the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, flee alone, etc!" "No!" Meng Xu responded with a fist. "In addition, quickly send someone to inform Situ of this matter!" "No!"

Cao Chun said it well, Liu Bei is indeed not among the 3,000 soldiers and horses, but Liu Bei is not there, but Liu Qi is, obviously Zhuge Liang expected Cao Chun's thoughts, and deliberately sent only one soldier and horse out of the city, pretending to test the movement, and deceived Cao Chun, so that Liu Qi could get out of danger safely, after all, Liu Qi is just a person, although he has some martial arts, it is not enough to protect himself in the chaos.

More than half an hour passed, and when the time was approaching, Zhuge Liang secretly calculated in his heart, and saw that Liu Qi and others had obviously run away, so he asked his subordinates to slowly go out of the city.

However, this slowly out of the city, instead of retreating in one direction at the same time, a team of three thousand people retreated in different directions.

At this time, Cao Chun outside the city is a little difficult, after all, the tiger and leopard cavalry is only 3,000 horses, how to track down the whereabouts of these dozens of soldiers and horses?

At present, there are no less than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in Gangneung, and if the troops are divided, 3,000 people will be divided into an army, which can be divided into nearly 20 troops, but if the tiger and leopard cavalry is also divided into troops, with only a hundred people, and chase after the enemy's 3,000 people, isn't it ridiculous? If it is said, the three thousand tigers and leopards riding together in one place are far more powerful than fighting separately!

Just when Cao Chun was unable to make a decision in his heart, he was stunned to see a person who was ordered by Jiang Zhe to come to give an order, asking Cao Chun to lead the tiger and leopard to ride forward to join him......

Zhuge Liang has a 'breach of contract, suspicion, but Jiang Zhe is not much better, as early as the hour, he took Zhao Yun, Zhang Jaw, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Cao Hong and others, led 100,000 light horsemen to quietly detour to the southeast ten miles outside Jiangling City, and was already preparing for the pursuit of Yinshi, and waited for an hour, Jiang Zhe saw some movement in Jiangling.

Now that Jiang Zhe has arrived, the tiger and leopard cavalry will naturally belong to his commander, and so is Cao Chun, looking at the dense torches at the east gate of Jiangling, Cao Chun hesitated and said, "Situ, if I wait for more than 100,000 light horsemen to kill now, Liu Beijun is obviously defeated and ......" "Hmm" Jiang Zhe nodded noncommittally, in fact, it was difficult to make a decision in his heart. Is it to stick to integrity and attack when the time comes, or to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and order an attack to kill Liu Bei?

Seeing that Jiang Zhe was a little hesitant on his face, Cao Chun didn't know what to do, and said in a low voice, "Situ, such a good opportunity ......" "General Cao" However, Cao Chun still didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Zhao Yun in a low voice. "How...... How? Cao Chun looked at the generals around him a little inexplicably, but when he saw that the generals were silent, he was even more puzzled. Soldiers are not tired of deceit......" Jiang Zhe sighed slightly, looked at the torches outside Jiangdong City from afar, and muttered, "That's it, if you want to blame it, blame you, Zhuge Liang is too defenseless on this trip......" "Situ! Hearing what Jiang Zhe said, Zhao Wei's face tightened, and he said worriedly, "Situ think twice!" The generals around him also persuaded each other.

I saw Jiang Zhe sigh slightly, and said in a low voice, "Punishing the enemy is a top priority, this matter, I will bear it in the future, and the generals will listen to the order, quietly gather the cavalry, and rush to kill Liu Beijun!" "......" Zhang Zhangdi, Zhao Yun looked at Cao Chun, who was unclear, with some reproach, and hugged gloomily, "Huh?" Before Zhao Yun's words fell, he opened his jaw and looked left and right, and muttered, "It's foggy?" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe looked at the east of Jiangling City, but he could only see the faint light of the torches, but he could no longer see the longing figures surging. "Heh" Jiang Zhe exhaled slightly, and said with a smile, "Zhuge Kongming, it's not unprepared!" ”

"What Situ said is extremely true" Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said concentratingly, "In the fog, it is difficult to fight, why don't you stop for a while, let someone find out where Liu Bei is, and when the time comes, Situ should go to capture and kill Liu Bei, wouldn't it be better?" ”

Listening to Zhao Yunzun's prompt, Cao Chun understood, and said secretly in his heart, it turned out that this had been agreed a long time ago, I said how could Liu Beijun withdraw from Jiangling inexplicably, and Situ ordered me to attack again......

However, Cao Chun secretly blamed himself there, and Zhang Liao pondered and said, "Situ, together with this fog, we can't see the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses in Jiangling......" "What can't you see clearly" Cao Hong smiled in a low voice, pointed to the faint torch light in the distance and said, "Isn't it obvious!" "Yes!" Zhang Liao laughed at himself, but Jiang Zhe had some doubts.

It is late at night, even if there is no fog, it is extremely difficult to find out the number of soldiers of Liu Beijun's army out of the city, so he can only look at the number of torches and secretly calculate the number of soldiers, but why do you want to rise this fog? In order to cover up Liu Beijun's whereabouts? Isn't it a contradiction to light this torch again?

Just when Jiang Zhe was secretly suspicious, under the east gate of Jiangling, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and sneered secretly. Jiang Zhe...... Right now, you're afraid that you'll be visiting our army nearby, right? This torch was deliberately lit for you!

Following Zhuge Liang's line of sight, the Jiangling soldiers who went out of the city actually held two torches in their hands, one in their left hand and one in their right hand, held high, which was obviously difficult to see in this night and fog...... r "Okay" turned his head to look at Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang Zhengse said, "It's time for the lord!" ”

This...... That's it! Liu Bei nodded, and led a group of soldiers and horses in the city to slowly go out of the city, and this army of soldiers and horses, among them, did not hold a handle, but only took advantage of the faint light of the torch in the hand of Tong Ze not far away, and went out of the city in the dark.

It turned out that in order to confuse Jiang Zhe, Zhuge Liang actually divided his soldiers and horses into two teams, one holding torches in both hands to attract the attention of Cao Jun, and the other did not hold torches, and took advantage of the night and fog to mix out of the city......

I'm afraid that this fog is mostly set up to prevent Cao Jun's scouts from seeing through this matter from a distance, and in addition, it is to call Cao Jun's rat trap...... Like what...

"Situ, I still feel that something is wrong...... "Hesitating, pointing to the faint light of the torch in the distance, and said in thought, "In such a night, Liu Beijun is like this, isn't he digging his own grave?" Or is there a deception in it, and he is secretly ambushing his soldiers? Jiang Zhe still couldn't think of a clue as to why Zhuge Liang wanted to raise this fog. Fog...... Could it be that as Zhang Jaw said, Liu Beijun has ambush soldiers by his side?

In history, Zhuge Liang is cautious and respectful, rarely misses, obviously will not be negligent, there must be a soldier and horse lurking beside him...... However...... "Situ" snorted lightly, and Qiyun said in a condensed voice, "Liu Beijun divided his troops and retreated, and at this moment he withdrew in several directions!" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe's eyes tightened, and he looked from afar, and vaguely saw that although those Jiangling soldiers were withdrawing towards the east, they were divided into five directions. "What does this Zhuge Kongming want to do?" Jiang Zhe muttered to himself.

Frowning, Zhao Yun hesitated and said, "Situ, it seems that Liu Beijun's military advisor deliberately wanted to confuse our sight, in such a situation, it is really not easy to find out Liu Bei's whereabouts......"

Zhuge Kongming, if you just want to play tricks to confuse our ears and eyes, then you are afraid that you will be disappointed...... Hey! When it was almost dawn, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and their entourage were marching in the dark in the night and fog.

Glancing back at the direction of Jiangling, Liu Bei smiled and said, "This time, thanks to the military advisor, what a false and real plan, asking me to deceive Cao Jun." ”

It should be Li Daitao's plan to lose the car and protect the commander, but I have already instructed those soldiers that if the Cao army pursues them, they can surrender, and Jiang Zhe will not embarrass them......

With a wry smile, Zhuge Liang shook his head and arched his hand and said, "Don't be slazy, my pavilion has not yet arrived in Jiangxia and Xiakou, and it is still possible to be caught up by Cao Jun. "What the military advisor said is extremely true!" Liu Bei nodded.

As soon as the words fell, a sudden gust of wind blew and blew off the main flag in the army, seeing this, Zhuge Liang's face changed greatly, he lowered his head and frowned for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, "Not good!" ”

In the stunned and puzzled beside Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang looked back at the darkness in the distance, and the worry on his face became more and more worried. Oops, it's a missed thing!

This plan is used to confuse the generals of the Cao army, which is naturally foolproof, but when it is used to calculate Jiang Zhe, I am afraid that it will be in vain to chase after Jiang Zhe! Tut! What now?

Zhuge Liang was distressed, and suddenly heard Huang Zhong pointing to the distance and saying, "Uncle Huang, it's almost time to Huarong Dao, and after Huarong Dao, it will be around Chuyang, Hanyang, and Bird Forest." Huarong Dao took out the map of the army from his arms, Zhuge Liang looked around, and secretly planned to make up his mind. It seems that Jiang Zhe can only be calculated here, but I don't know if I can deceive Jiang Zhe...... Qimen Dunjia...... Tut!