Seeing Xun You coming from behind, Cao Cao asked him, "Gongda, when will our army fight out of the city?" ”

The Cao army in the city is not inferior to the Liaodong army outside the city in terms of numbers, and the overall combat power of the Cao army is better than that of the Liaodong soldiers.

Defending the city for many days, Cao Cao was also a little tired.

Not to mention that the corpses of the Liaodong Army are now everywhere at the foot of the city wall, and the stench fills the entire city wall, making the soldiers miserable.

Clenched his fists and bowed, he saluted Cao Cao, Xun You looked up at the Liaodong Army in the distance, and said to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong can go to the Liaodong Army camp first, and shout outside the camp to ask Gongsun Gong to promise our army to collect the corpses of Liaodong soldiers!" ”

"Our army collects the corpses of Liaodong people?" Cao Cao frowned, and asked puzzledly, "Why?" ”

"The reason why Gongsun Gong didn't collect the corpse was not because our army didn't allow it, but because he intended to use the smell of the corpse to make our army disheartened!" Turning his gaze to Cao Cao's face, Xun You said: "Duke Cao sent a messenger to ask Gongsun Gong to collect the body, and Gongsun Gong must categorically refuse. Once he has this move, he will definitely chill the hearts of the Liaodong soldiers, and when Cao Gong will go on the expedition, our army will not need to spend much energy at all, and he will be able to break one of them! ”

Xun You made this explanation, and Cao Cao suddenly nodded and said: "Gongda Zhizhi is really extraordinary. It's just that our army broke Gongsun Gong, once the Qin army enters Liaodong, what should we do? ”

"Gongsun Kang leads the army to intercept the Koreans!" With an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, Xun You said: "He has always coveted Liaodong, and if Cao Gong breaks Gongsun Gong, he will definitely take advantage of the situation to rein in Gongsun Gong's department." Gather the remnants of the army, the army's heart will be unstable for the time being, and Cao Gong will lead the army to attack it, and it will be broken in one fell swoop! As for the Qin army, our army only needs them to be unable to pursue them for the time being, and they can face them in a duel in the future! ”

Stationed in Liaodong, Cao Cao was not afraid of the Liaodong Army, but the Qin Army who was invited out of Liaodong by Gongsun Du.

Xun You's strategy was to avoid the Qin army for the time being, and use all his combat power to deal with the Liaodong army.

In this way, when the Qin army entered Liaodong, Cao Cao had the ability and time to prepare troops and horses to compete with the Qin army in Liaodong.

"Someone!" Determining that Xun You's plan was feasible, Cao Cao shouted behind him.

A pro-soldier stepped forward, clenched his fists and waited for orders.

Glancing at the soldier, Cao Cao said to him: "You immediately go to the front of the Liaodong Army and ask that Gongsun to allow our army to collect the corpse of the Liaodong Army." If he doesn't, return immediately! ”

"No!" In response, the soldiers turned and ran down the wall.

After a while, the gates slowly opened, and a fast horse rushed out of the city.

The fast horse rushed out of the city where the Cao army was stationed, and Gongsun Gong in the large array of the Liaodong Army saw this scene, but his face was full of doubts.

After several days of siege of the city, the Liaodong army suffered heavy casualties, and the Cao army defending the city always held the city gate to the death, without the slightest intention of going out of the city to counterattack.

Suddenly opened the city gate, and only ran out of a fast horse, so that Gongsun Gong didn't understand what Cao Cao wanted to do for a while.

I was wondering in my heart, and the fast horse that rushed out of the city was almost in front of the big array.

The guards standing behind Gongsun Gong saw that the Cao army was near, and they all set up arrows on the bowstring and aimed at the Cao army that rushed to the front.

Seeing that Gongsun Gong's guards set up arrows aimed at him, Cao Jun, who was out of the city, hurriedly grabbed his war horse and shouted to Gongsun Gong: "General Gongsun, Cao Gong has something to say!" ”

After fighting with Cao's army for several days, seeing that he had fallen to the downside, but he couldn't withdraw his army, Gongsun Gong's heart was also entangled, and he wanted to hear what Cao Cao had to say, so he raised his arm and stopped the guards who were setting up arrows behind him.

Seeing him raise his arm, the guards put down their longbows one after another, but their eyes stared at the Cao soldiers who had arrived in front of the army without blinking.

"The general has been attacking the city for days, and the bones of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army are piled up at the foot of the city wall!" Carrying the reins, the soldiers of the Cao Army stationed in front of the Liaodong Army shouted loudly: "Cao Gongnian soldiers are under the city, and I can't bear it in my heart, so I have come to ask the general to promise that our army will collect the corpses of the Liaodong soldiers!" ”

Listening to the words shouted by the soldiers of the Cao Army, in the large formation of the Liaodong Army, the soldiers were all stunned.

For several days, the two armies fought with the city, although the Liaodong army suffered numerous casualties, the Cao army was also somewhat damaged.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for Cao Jun to collect the corpses of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army.

Cao Cao's move really puzzled the Liaodong soldiers under Gongsun Gong's command.

What made them even more puzzled was that after listening to the words of the Cao soldier, Gongsun Gong did not speak, but stood silently, his face was blue and red for a while.

did not collect the bones for the soldiers, Gongsun Gong was just waiting for the corpse to decompose, and when the corpse was filled with a foul smell, the Cao army at the head of the city would be unbearable.

If it lasted for ten months, even if there was no spread of typhoid fever or malaria among Cao's army, the stench would definitely make Cao's army lose all their fighting spirit.

Only in this way did the Liaodong Army have some possibility of breaking through the city.

What he didn't expect was that his plan was about to be successfully implemented, but at this time, Cao Cao put forward a request to collect the corpses of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army.

In response to Cao Cao's words, once Cao's army buried all the corpses and the stench was stopped, the Liaodong army would no longer be able to defeat.

But if Cao Cao is not allowed and his request is refused, it will definitely chill the hearts of the soldiers.

was entangled in his heart, and the Cao soldier shouted again: "I hope the general will reply earlier, and I will return to the city to resume my life!" ”

His eyes narrowed slightly, Gongsun Gong turned his head to look at the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army in the array, and said with a sneer: "Cao Cao is afraid that he can't help the stench, so he proposed to collect the corpses of our soldiers, right?" ”

was asked by Gongsun Gong like this, and the soldiers of the Cao army were also excited, and hurriedly replied: "Cao Gong really can't stand the stench, but the corpses under the city are soldiers of the Liaodong Army." As the main general, the general can't bear to watch the soldiers in the wilderness, and the corpses are mosquito bites? ”

"Sharp teeth!" Snorted coldly again, Gongsun Gong said: "A certain soldier under his command, even if he is dead, is also a man from Liaodong!" They have the right to do some more things for the army, and when they defeat Cao Cao, they should bury them! ”

"That being the case, go back to the city and return to life!" also did not say more than Gongsun Gongduo, the soldiers of the Cao army took the war horse in their pockets, turned the horse's head, and ran towards the city gate.

Gongsun Gong shouted these words, undoubtedly to let the officers and soldiers of the Liaodong Army know the reason why he did not collect the corpses of the soldiers who died on the battlefield.

But the soldiers of the Liaodong Army, when they looked at the mountains of corpses piled up at the foot of the city wall, all of them showed a sad look on their faces.

After fighting with the Cao army for several days, the corpses of the Liaodong army at the foot of the city wall all died in the battle to support the city wall.

They didn't retreat during the battle, or they wanted to retreat, but they didn't have a chance, and now even the corpses were left in the wilderness waiting to decompose.

Looking at the corpse of Tongze in the past, thinking about fighting with the Cao army in the future, once he dies on the battlefield, his own family is also in such a situation, the soldiers of the Liaodong Army will inevitably have a kind of grievance in their hearts even if they die, they will die, and they will die in their hearts.

The affection of the soldiers did not attract the attention of Gongsun Gong.

The stench emitted by the corpses permeated the city, and the Cao army on the city wall was unbearable, and after a long time, the morale must be shaken.

What he was waiting for was the day when Cao Jun's morale was shaken and he had no intention of holding the city.

Riding their horses towards the city gate, the soldiers of the Cao army, who went out of the city to mention to Gongsun Gong that the Cao army wanted to collect the corpses of the Liaodong army, entered the city as soon as a gap was opened in the city gate.

The heavy gates slowly closed as he entered the city.

The Liaodong Army did not take advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive.

Gongsun Gong knew very well that even if he ordered the soldiers to launch a new round of attacks, the Cao soldiers entered the city, and the Cao army guarding the city gate would be able to close the city gate in time.

Riding his horse and rushing into the city, the soldiers of Cao's army, who had been ordered to meet Gongsun Gong, turned over and jumped off their horses, and ran up the city wall as fast as they could.

Inside and outside the city walls, there was a strong stench.

When he ran up the city wall, he still maintained the posture of covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves, and it was not until Cao Cao approached that he bowed with his fists and said to Cao Cao: "Qi Cao Gong, Gongsun Gong refused our army to collect the corpse for the Liaodong Army!" ”

After getting the soldier's reinstatement, Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at Xun You.

Twisting the beard on his chin, a smug smile appeared on Xun You's face.

Gongsun Gong's move will definitely shake the morale of the Liaodong Army.

The reason why the Cao army did not go out of the city to fight with the Liaodong army was that the Qin army stationed on the border of Liaodong would take advantage of the situation to enter Liaodong when the two armies were fighting.

In the face of the Liaodong Army, the Cao Army can still occupy the complete initiative, but in the face of the Qin Army, even Cao Cao is not completely sure of victory!

"Cao Gong!" Staring at the Liaodong army stationed outside the city, Xun You said to Cao Cao: "Gongsun Gong refuses our army to collect the corpses of Liaodong soldiers, and the Liaodong army will definitely shake its military heart." Cao Gongquan and endure it, and wait until tomorrow morning, our army can go out of the city to break it! ”

"Why don't you go out of town at night?" Xun You chose to go out of the city in the morning instead of at night, and took advantage of the night to go out of the city to attack the Liaodong Army, which made Cao Cao very puzzled.

"Li Min is ten, it is the time when people are most tired!" With a smile on his face, Xun You said: "The Liaodong Army is stationed outside the city, and at night, we will definitely wait and see if our army can leave the city!" Going out of the city at night to fight, our army could not take much advantage. There are two reasons to strike early in the morning. One of them was because the Liaodong Army was tired at that time and had no intention of facing the battle. The second is that Sun Gong couldn't imagine that our army would choose to go out of the city to fight during the day, rather than out of the city at night! ”

His eyes were staring at Xun You, and a smile gradually appeared on Cao Cao's face.

He also figured out the reason why Xun Yuti left the city early in the morning, and said to his own soldiers: "Pass the order, the soldiers will have a full meal this evening, and tomorrow morning, our army will go out of the city to kill the enemy!" ”