"Let's talk about it." Knowing that Yang Xiu had an idea, Cao Cao was happy in his heart, and when he said this, he was a little excited.

Knowing that Cao Cao had heard this, Yang Xiu also said with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chao's move is indeed a bit unexpected. But why not take an adventure? The main reason why we want to confront each other here is because our troops are inferior to others, so we have to defend. But now, he has indeed turned the original superior strength into a shortcoming, and even so, we should seize this opportunity to launch a general offensive and defeat Zhang Chao's army by relying on the superiority in numbers. Once successful, our threat will be exhausted, and at that time we can send troops to help General Cao Ren, and it is not impossible to say that the Seventh Army of the Celestial Empire in the East China Sea State, or the Lu Bu army in Qingzhou, will have a chance to be wiped out, if so, the main force of the Celestial Empire will go to two-thirds, and at that time we will recover Gunzhou and Merge Prefecture, and even occupy Sili It is not impossible. Such a good opportunity, please also ask Wang Shang to make a decision quickly. ”

"Good!" After listening to Yang Xiuzhi's opinion, Cao Cao was overjoyed to pat the dragon case, and then stood up and said, "The square of Dezu is just lonely. Zhang Chao's move was indeed too risky, and he didn't take us seriously, even if it was like this, he had to teach them a lesson. The generals listened to the order, immediately ordered their troops and horses, and as soon as the heavy rain stopped, they immediately prepared to counterattack. ”

Cao Cao was excited, and the other generals were also excited, obviously they also saw an opportunity after listening to Yang Xiu's words, and even a great opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

The ministers promised and shouted the king's sage, and Cao Cao was also happy. While arranging for someone to send a message to General Cao Ren, asking him to insist on it no matter what, he began to issue orders to the generals again, making it appear that he would counterattack on all fronts at any time.

The rain is still like a pillar.

From a distance, there is a patch of water everywhere.

It's just that Cao Cao still likes this scene very much, after all, with the barrier of heavy rain, Zhang Chao does not dare to act rashly.

But now, since he got Cao Ren's information, it is indeed a different situation, and he now really hopes that the heavy rain can stop immediately, so that the rain can clear the sky, so as to help his army attack.

Under the heavy rain, Cao Cao had already asked someone who was well-versed in the weather several times, and he was excited when he learned that the heavy rain might stop completely after a day, and at least a few days of sunny days. Standing in the corridor of the main hall outside the palace, he looked in the direction where Zhang Chao's army was, and sighed softly, "Zhang Zhiyuan, this time I will let you know the price of taking risks. ”

In the camp of the Xuchang Heavenly Dynasty, Zhang Chao seemed to have a sneez, and then said to himself with a smile: "Isn't it Cao Apu who is scolding himself, hehe, the heavy rain will stop tomorrow." The battle report of Xuzhou also came back to Xuchang City, presumably this time the Wei army must attack on all fronts. I just hope you don't leave me behind, don't let me down. ”

Zhang Chao was full of confidence for a long time, and he sent General Buqi with 20,000 Zhangjia light cavalry to come out under the banner of the Seventh Army two months ago, waiting for this day. He believed that Cao Cao would definitely grasp such a good opportunity. Now it seems that everything is in place, and he is only waiting for the other party to attack. "Zhongkang, pass the order and call all the generals to come and discuss the matter." Before the big war, he still wanted to plan well to see if there were any loopholes in the plan.

Cao Cao naturally didn't know that Zhang Chao had already prepared, and a day later, the heavy rain really stopped, and immediately the entire city of Xuchang moved, nearly 800,000 troops, were divided into several ways to attack, and even Cao Cao himself took the tiger and leopard to ride out, he really wanted to see Zhang Chao's defeat like a mountain.

"Rush." The drums of war swayed in unison, and the earthquake rang out.

The 800,000-strong army poured out, and the formation was enough to shake the earth, and from a distance, the soldiers rushed like a tide.

"Withdraw!" In the camp of the Celestial Empire outside the city, Zhang Chao looked at the deliberately chaotic military camp, smiled, and then rode the white crane horse to turn around and lead the army, leaving a mess of the army's military tent.

After the heavy rain, the ground was still a little wet, just to hurry up, Wei Jun couldn't care about this, and when he stepped on the slightly muddy ground and came to the Celestial Empire military camp, he saw a chaotic scene.

Many military tents have not had time to be taken away, pots and pans are thrown all over the ground, and even some grain scattered on the ground will be seen occasionally, and there is still a lot of forage in the stables where horses are kept and taken away.

All of this seems to indicate that the Celestial Empire's army is in a hurry to withdraw.

"They let them escape, but it doesn't matter, catch up immediately, they are demoralized now, and it is a good time for us to attack." The general of the vanguard army, Xiahoudun, saw the chaotic scene in front of him, and said happily and anxiously.

I am happy because the army of the Celestial Empire is indeed defeated, and everything in front of me will not deceive.

In a hurry, because of the muddy road, their speed was too slow, and they didn't have a good time to catch the first attack.

But fortunately, he believed that as long as he advanced at full speed, he would definitely be able to catch up with the Celestial Empire army, and when that time came, he believed that the situation would be one-sided.

Xiahoudun gave the order, and immediately the 300,000 vanguard army galloped forward, seeing that the great achievement was in front of him, no one wanted to fall behind.

Next, between chasing and fleeing, after catching up with the Celestial Empire rear army for three consecutive days, when you could see the Celestial Empire rear army fleeing in the distance, someone reported that a lot of buried iron pots were found in the new Celestial Empire army camp, and they deliberately counted them, and found that the number was even more than before.

"What's going on?" As soon as he heard that the number of iron pots of the enemy army was increasing instead of decreasing, Xiahoudun was also a little puzzled at this time. For fear that the other party was playing some tricks, or even playing some traps, he couldn't figure it out, so he hurriedly reported the matter to the rear.

Cao Cao, who was hurrying behind him with an army of 500,000, was stunned at first when he received the report from the vanguard army Xiahoudun, and then looked at Xun You and Yang Xiu with a somewhat puzzled gaze, as if he was looking for an answer.

Xun You also had a thoughtful expression, but Yang Xiu, who has always been known for his quick thinking, said: "Your Majesty, this should be the Celestial Empire's army, deliberately increasing the number of iron pots, just to make our army jealous, but this is also exposing the shortcomings of their insufficient number of troops, which is simply to cover up." ”

"Not bad." Yang Xiu's reminder, Cao Cao also came back to his senses, this is clearly Zhang Chao's false impression that after the Seventh Army was deployed, the army was invincible, even so, he obviously didn't want to pursue it himself, but the more this was the case, the more he was sending people to chase, and he believed that victory was not far from him. "Come on, pass the order, inform General Xiahou, and let him lead the army to chase after him quickly, this is Zhang Zhiyuan's suspicious plan, don't worry about it."

The herald rushed away, and Xiahoudun, who got the order, felt that he was still too careful, and even delayed the time to pursue the enemy because of this, regretting that he was leading the army away quickly, and he wanted to hurry up and make up for his previous mistakes. But he really didn't know that it was to take advantage of the time they had stayed, and Zhang Liao's headquarters of the Seventh Army had already entered the Dafeng Mountain on the side and hid.

Under the order of Xiahoudun to pursue with all his might, the 300,000 Wei troops crossed the Yuzhou border and came to Xinzheng in the Sili realm, even if they chased here, they did not encounter resistance from the Celestial Empire soldiers, and the scouts came to report that the nearest Celestial Empire army in front of them was only less than fifteen miles away.

It was only a distance of fifteen miles, and it was nothing for a Wei army that was marching in a hurry. He said that after a few days, the road was much better, and he believed that he could catch up in half a day with all his strength.

"Pass the order, the whole army is ready for battle, once you find the soldiers of the Celestial Empire, you can try your best to cover up and kill, no need to ask for instructions." Thinking that the great achievement was just around the corner, Xiahoudun at this moment said very excitedly, after fighting for so long, he could finally chase Tianchao and fight on the ass, he definitely didn't want to give up.

In the rear of the Wei army, Cao Cao with 500,000 troops also entered the territory of Sili from Yuzhou, and at this moment the strategist Xun You put forward a different opinion, "Your Majesty, we have now driven the Celestial Empire out of Yuzhou, can we withdraw the army next?" After all, there is still the enemy's Fifth Army here, and if they converge in one place, our superiority in strength will not be there. ”

"Huh?" Hearing the advice, Cao Cao was also a little hesitant, that's right, the reason why the Celestial Empire fled was because he sent the Seventh Army out, and now the strength is not as good as his own, but once they are allowed to join the Five Army Corps, then this battle will not be easy to fight.

When Cao Cao was hesitating, Yang Xiu on the side did take a step forward with his fists clenched and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you must not withdraw the army now." We are now coming with a victorious army, and if we withdraw now, it will be tantamount to giving away the good situation. The person said, as far as I know, the Fifth Army is deploying in the Luoyang area, even if they want to come to help, it will take at least ten days, and during this time, it is enough for us to fight a few big battles, if at that time, it is naturally best to be able to severely damage the main force of the Celestial Empire, then take advantage of the situation to destroy the Five Army Corps together. If not, it's too late to withdraw. ”

Yang Xiu is best at pondering people's hearts, he knows that Cao Cao wants to win Zhang Chao's game, so what he says at this moment is equivalent to Cao Cao's voice in his heart.

Sure enough, Cao Cao, who was still hesitating, nodded as soon as he heard Yang Xiu's words: "Yes, the opportunity is in front of us, how can we withdraw the army, even if we want to withdraw, we have to wait for the arrival of the Fifth Army Corps, and we can't do anything before withdrawing." ”