Cao Zhang's intention to rob the camp with 100 people was indeed with a desire for revenge, but it was not as a suicide attack as Xia Houde thought. Cao Zhang had his own ideas, first of all, he understood that the purpose of this battle was to frustrate the morale of the Wu army outside the city and improve the morale of his own soldiers and horses. Therefore, as long as this battle is won, there is no need to annihilate 100,000 horses, and 100 people to win 100,000 will naturally improve morale more than 5,000 to 100,000. Secondly, Cao Zhang, after a daytime battle, had figured out the weakness of the Wu army's cavalry, and he was confident that he would win this battle with his well-equipped personal guards.

Cao Zhang, who was full of confidence, bowed his hand to Li Ru and said, "I will only take a hundred men and horses to rob the Wu army camp tonight. If you break one person and ride one, it is not considered merit. ”

Although Li Ru was strong about Cao Zhang's words, he didn't dare to let him get into danger, so he asked Cao Zhang how sure he was to win. Cao Zhang gave his analysis one by one, and Li Ru was relieved to reward the sergeant with 100 bottles of wine and 50 catties of mutton.

Cao Zhang returned to his camp, summoned a hundred soldiers, and ordered everyone to take their seats. He took a silver bowl and poured wine, and after eating two bowls, he said to his relatives: "Tonight, I was ordered to rob Wu Village, and all the princes drank a full drink and worked hard to move forward." ”

The relatives fought desperately with the day to ensure that Cao Zhang escaped with his life, and many robes were killed in the battle. At this time, when he heard that Cao Zhang was going to fight, he couldn't help but look at each other. The wine and meat in front of him also seem to have become a severed meal, which makes people unable to lift it.

Cao Zhang saw that everyone's faces were embarrassed, and he drew his sword in his hand and said angrily: "I am a general, and I will not spare my life." Why are you hesitating! ”

Seeing Cao Zhang's anger, everyone got up and bowed down and said, "I am willing to serve His Highness." ”

Cao Zhang ate all the wine and meat with 100 people, and took 100 white feathers at about the second watch, and inserted them on his helmet as a number. Then put on his armor and got on the horse, went out of the north gate and detoured to the side of Sun Quan's village, pulled out the antlers and shouted into the village, and went straight to the Chinese army to kill Sun Quan.

Sun Quanzhen didn't expect that Cao Bing, who was defeated during the day, would dare to go out of the city, and as soon as the reinforcements arrived, they were less prepared, and as a result, Cao Zhang was killed in the camp. Fortunately, there were chariots and equipment around the Chinese military tent, which was similar to an iron bucket, so Cao Zhang failed to break into the Chinese army.

Wu soldiers and Wu generals drank a lot at the celebration banquet, and the newly arrived Wu soldiers were very tired from hurrying for days, and suddenly the attacking soldiers were in a mess. Cao Zhang led a hundred horsemen and cronies to rush left and right, and suddenly entered a no-man's land.

The panicked Wu army didn't know how much Cao's soldiers and horses disturbed each other, which gave Cao Zhang the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, galloping across the camp, and killing anyone he encountered. Sun Quan listened to the noise of the battalions in the Chinese army, looked out and raised the fire like a star, and the shouts around him were shocked. Shocked, Sun Quan hurriedly sent people to Nanye for help.

Cao Zhang entered from the north of the village and came out of the south gate, and no one in the Wu army dared to do it. Cao Zhang walked out of the south gate of the camp and looked into the distance, and saw that the southern torches were like dragons, obviously the Nanye reinforcements had arrived. Cao Zhang knew that as soon as Nan Ye arrived, he had no chance of winning, so he no longer hesitated, turned back and entered Sun Quan's camp again, and broke through the north gate. The Wu army was afraid of an ambush, and was killed by Cao Zhang, but he didn't dare to pursue.

Li Ru was afraid that Cao Zhang would lose, so he sent Xia Houde to meet him halfway. When Cao Zhang arrived, he counted the people and horses, and the hundred horses did not fold one person and one horse. Cao Jun cheered loudly and shouted "Long live!" ", to bring Cao Zhang into the city.

The news of Cao Zhangbai's cavalry breaking into the camp spread throughout the three armies early the next morning. Nan Ye and Liu Bei's soldiers naturally laughed at Sun Quan's incompetence, Wu Jun was demoralized, and Sun Quan was even more angry. Sun Quan actually didn't lose many men and horses in this battle, but he really couldn't swallow this breath, and he couldn't stand to become the laughing stock of Nan Ye and Liu Bei. At this time, what he regretted most was not that he neglected last night and made Cao Zhang break into the camp, but that he regretted that he shouldn't have gone to Nan Ye for help. Cao Jun broke into the camp with hundreds of horsemen and asked for help, which was a shame to go home.

Sun Quan, who was angry in his heart, wanted to get back to the field, so he asked Lu Su: "I want to kill Cao Zhang, does Zijing have a clever plan?" ”

Lu Su thought for a while and shook his head and said, "Cao Zhang went out of the city and lost for a while before, if you want to tempt him again, I'm afraid it won't be easy." The lord wants to kill Cao Zhang, unless he attacks the city. I watched that the three soldiers and horses had not been preparing for a long time and had not yet attacked the city, why didn't the lord discuss the siege with the national teacher? ”

Although Sun Quan wanted to be ashamed, he didn't dare to attack the city rashly, so he hesitated: "Although the equipment of each battalion is complete, it is only enough for 40,000 soldiers. Zijing's new soldiers have no equipment, how to attack the city? ”

Lu Su said with a smile: "Xuchang is by no means a day, it is enough for the lord to send 40,000 soldiers to attack the city!" What's more, there are also national teachers who marched into the army with Liu Xuande. It was not too late for the rest of the soldiers to build their equipment. ”

Sun Quan said: "If I don't do my best, how can Guanghua Guoshi and Liu Xuande do their best?" ”

Lu Su said: "The lord invited him to send troops with such a rhetoric......"

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately went to Nan Ye's tent and invited Nan Ye and Liu Bei to march together. After many days of preparation, Nan Ye and Liu Beijun's equipment were basically completed, and Sun Quan's proposal could be said to be at the right time.

Nan Ye looked at Liu Bei and asked, "What does Xuande think of what Zhongmou is discussing?" ”

Liu Bei listened to Nan Ye ask his opinion and looked at Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang nodded at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei said: "The equipment in my camp is already complete, and it can attack the city." ”

Nan Ye saw that Liu Bei also agreed, so he said: "Although it is said that attacking the city is the next step, Li Ru and Cao Zhang will not be able to defend it. We can only do this, but I don't know whether to attack one side together, or to besiege on three sides? ”

Liu Bei and Sun Quan were silent when they heard Nan Ye's words, the two of them were also experienced in battle, so they naturally knew how difficult the siege battle was. If the three families work together to attack a city wall, there must always be a priority of sending troops, the first to send troops is cannon fodder, and the second to send troops may break the city and make meritorious contributions. Naturally, the three families don't want to make wedding dresses for others, so the joint attack is not reliable, and there will only be disputes.

A siege on three sides is a good idea, but the siege is also divided into a strong attack and a feint, usually a feint attack on both sides and a strong attack on the other, but who will attack and who will feint has become a problem. The feint attackers will not be able to concentrate on their efforts, so they will not be able to disperse the forces on the city, and the strong attackers will not be able to take the city. In the end, I'm afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty.

When Lu Su proposed to attack the city, he thought of this scene, so he asked: "Dare to ask the national teacher, if the three families work together to attack the city, after the city is broken, who should Xuchang belong to?" ”

Nan Ye had long thought that someone would raise the issue of the distribution of benefits after the war, and he knew that this question was the most difficult to answer. Since it was Sun Quan who proposed to attack the city this time, Nan Ye thought that he must be prepared, so he kicked the ball back and smiled at Sun Quan and Lu Su: "What do Zhongmou and Zijing think?" ”

When Sun Quan heard Nan Ye's question, he replied according to Lu Su's intentions: "In my opinion, you might as well attack the city on three sides, whoever breaks through the city gate first and enters Xuchang will own the city, so it is the fairest." ”

Nan Ye couldn't help but nod when he heard this, feeling that Sun Quan's idea was not bad. In this way, the three families will not have the distinction of strong attack and feint attack, and they will try their best to attack in order to win the city, and the chance of breaking the city is also the greatest. Nan Ye turned to Liu Bei and asked, "What do Xuan Degong and Mr. Kong Ming think?" ”

Zhuge Liang didn't wait for Liu Bei to look at himself this time, so he spoke first: "What King Wu said is extremely true! The three families have a large number of soldiers and horses, and the joint attack on one side cannot be mobilized, and the orders are difficult to unify, so it is better to besiege on three sides and do their best. ”

Nan Ye knew that Zhuge Liang's meaning could completely represent Liu Bei, so he agreed that tomorrow, the three families would send troops together to attack the city on three sides, and the one who broke the city would get Xuchang.

Waiting for Liu Bei and Sun Quan to leave the account, Guo Jia suddenly smiled and said: "The national teacher was loyal to Lu Zi before, and it seems that the national teacher's skill of recognizing people is also abnormal." ”

Nan Ye didn't understand why Guo Jia said this, today Lu Su just raised a question about the distribution of interests, and Sun Quan just gave a relatively fair answer. So Nan Ye was puzzled: "Why did Feng Xiao say this?" ”

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Does the national teacher think that Sun Zhongmou will do his best to attack the city tomorrow?" ”

Dian Wei, who was standing behind Nan Ye, said: "If he wants to win Xuchang, he will definitely do his best." ”

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Sun Zhongmou has no equipment to help the troops, how can he do his best?" Tomorrow will inevitably feint. The national teacher and the king of Guanzhong tried their best to break Xuchang. It's just a futile effort to break people. ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei couldn't help but say angrily: "He dares to deceive people like this!" ”

Nan Ye found that what Guo Jia said was not unreasonable, so he frowned and said, "Since this is the case, we will also make a feint tomorrow." It's just that I don't know if Xuande can see through this plan. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Why should the national teacher worry too much? With Kong Ming on his side, how could Xuande Gong not guard against Sun Zhongmou? However, the national teacher should also send someone to inform him to consolidate the alliance between the two families. ”

When Nan Ye heard this, he ordered Zhou Cang to go to Liu Bei's camp and told Liu Bei that he didn't have to attack tomorrow. When Zhou Cang entered Liu Bei's big tent, Zhuge Liang had just finished instructing Liu Bei to make a feint tomorrow, and before Liu Bei could think of sending someone to inform Nan Ye, Zhou Cang arrived first.

After hearing the news, Liu Bei thanked Zhou Cang for sending him out of the account, and said with emotion: "The national teacher is really benevolent and righteous!" ”

Guan and Zhang Erjiang couldn't help but nod when they heard this behind Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang was thoughtful, he felt that Nan Ye, whether he was really benevolent and righteous, or he saw through Sun Quan's plan and came to win over Liu Bei, he was worthy of respect. This strengthened his determination to unite with Nanye.

At dawn the next day, the flags fluttered under the city of Xuchang, and the three people moved together to open the formation. Punches, ladders, wells, buckets, ...... Countless siege engines were pushed to the front. If you don't know the inside story, you will definitely not be able to see that the three families are just putting on a show, and they will definitely think that today is the time for a decisive battle.

What is a feint? To put it bluntly, it is a pretending attack, the purpose of which is to make the enemy misjudge and cover the main attacking force. And the highest level of feint attack is, of course, to confuse the real with the false, so that the enemy mistakenly thinks that it is the main attack. The feint formation of Sun, Liu, and Nan at this time not only wanted to confuse the Cao army in the city, but also confuse the friendly army, and its momentum was naturally huge and extraordinary. No one can see that the three families have their own leeway, not even Li Ru in the city.

Li Ru learned that the three-way people and horses were no longer sitting in the mansion when they attacked the city, but stood side by side with Xiahou Shang at the head of the city, looking at the Nanye people and horses under the city. Liu Bei in the east of the city had his own Xiahou De to deal with, and Sun Quan in the west of the city was handed over to Cao Zhang and Deng Yi. Li Ru only needs to care about the strongest Nan Ye.

Xiahou Shang saw Li Ru's brows furrowed and asked, "Do we want to use that artifact?" ”

Li Ru knew what Xiahou Shang was talking about, it was the secret weapon he had prepared for many years in Xuchang. Liu Bei and Sun Quan came to attack Xuchang several times and did not force Li Ru to use this weapon, but this time Nan Ye's addition made Li Ru realize that he could no longer keep his hole cards.