Chapter 709 Night Change
"Okay." After confirming Sima Yi's meaning, and knowing that there was no harm in doing so, let alone putting himself in danger, Zhang Shou agreed as soon as he opened his mouth.
Failed to fight during the day, which had already made Zhang Shou hold his breath in his heart, and now he could vent his anger, why didn't he do it.
Soon, Zhang Shou and Sima Yi finalized a plan to disturb the enemy, and then General Zhang Shou called several young generals who belonged to him and assigned the tasks one by one.
In the Wei army camp, Wen Ping and Li Nian were still speechless. They sat quietly, no one spoke, as if they wanted to wait for the dawn to come, for the moment when their lives would end.
Suddenly, outside the tent, which had been very quiet, there was the thunder of war drums, followed by loud shouts of killing, followed by the sound of some arrows breaking through the air.
"What happened?" As soon as he heard the strange noise, Wen Ping immediately held the giant axe standing beside him in his hand and rushed out of the tent.
As soon as he came to the outside of the tent, a personal soldier had already run over and came to Wen Ping's side and knelt on the ground: "General, there are soldiers of the Celestial Empire stealing the camp outside the barracks. ”
"What? They really dare to come and steal the camp, huh! Hearing that the army of the Celestial Empire, which refused to stop at night, wanted to steal the camp, this was simply not to take himself seriously, Wen Ping was angry, so he gathered the soldiers and horses that were gathering and rushed towards the place where the war drums were beating.
After a pillar of incense, Wen Ping retreated to the tent with a disappointed expression on his face. This time, when he went out, he didn't even see the shadow of the Celestial Empire's army, only the constant shouting and killing in his ears. It gave him the feeling of punching cotton.
"Come on, return to the king, the enemy is just bluffing, so he doesn't have to worry." He gave an order to one of his own soldiers beside him. This is because he knows that the sound of war drums just now has also alarmed Cao Cao, and now that the enemy army has retreated, it is necessary for him to report it.
After arranging for someone to report the battle situation to Cao Cao, Wen Ping arranged for another deputy general to lead the troops to strengthen the patrol, because no one knew whether the other party would use a false and real strategy, in case it was really a stealing camp next time, he really didn't take it seriously, and he would suffer a big loss.
After doing this, Wen Ping returned to his military tent a little listlessly, and as soon as he entered the account, General Li Nian followed in.
As soon as Li Nian entered the account, when he looked at Wen Ping, he had an embarrassed expression on his face. "What happened?" Noticing that the situation seemed to be wrong, Wen Ping asked.
"General..."Li Nian opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.
"Don't ramble, say, what's going on?" At this moment, Wen Ping already had a bad feeling.
"Yes." Li Nian knew that there were some things that could not be said to be okay, so after only hesitating for a moment, he said, "General, I got the news that more than a hundred soldiers fled just now. ”
"Deserters? They escaped by taking advantage of the gap when the Celestial Empire was stealing the camp? Wen Ping quickly thought of something and asked out loud.
"Yes." Li Nian's answer was very happy. Those more than 100 soldiers are the subordinates of General Lu Chang that I mentioned earlier, but this is only a small part of them, and there are many people who want to escape, but because the Celestial Empire quickly withdrew, they have no chance to do their own.
Hearing that this was the case, Wen Ping involuntarily exhaled a breath, and then slowly sat down on a chair in the tent.
As a general on the night watch, if a deserter appears, he can't avoid responsibility, and even what he has to do now is to immediately bring people back those deserters and give them military punishment, in that case, his crime will be much smaller.
But Wen Ping didn't want to do this, being a deserter was a choice for those people, judging from the current situation, maybe only then could there be a glimmer of life, so why did he deprive these people of the chance to survive? You finally Wei Guo, you died on the battlefield by yourself, why do you want to burden others? After saying that, these soldiers have no military heart, and they want to point to these people to win a battle, what is the possibility?
Wen Pingzao didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't mention the matter of chasing deserters, which made Li Nian breathe a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that the general would send troops to chase after him, in that case, it would really be equivalent to cutting off his life.
"Forget it, leave them alone. It's just that more than 100 people have escaped, and even if the king asks tomorrow, he will not embarrass me. After thinking about it, Wen Ping shook his head and said. Apparently he didn't take it to heart.
The sound of arrows breaking through the air came again, and this time Wen Ping didn't ask others what happened, and directly ordered the army to meet him. It's just that after a pillar of incense, he led people back, needless to say, this is another technique of the Celestial Empire to disturb the enemy.
After figuring out the tactics of the Celestial Empire, Wen Ping also wanted to learn from the other party's appearance at this moment, and also to harass the enemy, but he was worried that the Celestial Empire had already prepared, if he led his troops forward, what if he fell into the trap of the other party?
When Wen Ping was at a loss, Li Nian entered the tent again, and this time he brought the news of the flight of more than 500 soldiers.
Hearing that the number of people had increased so much all of a sudden, Wen Ping's face finally couldn't calm down.
"General, what should I do? Why don't I take someone to chase them back? Li Nian knew how much responsibility the clerk would have once this matter was announced, so he couldn't help but say with some concern.
"No need." Wen Ping really waved his hand at this moment.
It is normal for soldiers to flee and send people to chase them, but in this way, it will inevitably form a bloody matter, and it is the Wei army that dies like this, which can only be cheapened by the Celestial Empire for nothing, he doesn't want to do this kind of thing that hurts relatives and enemies are happy.
But at the same time, Wen Ping also knew that there were so many deserters, and as a general on duty, he would not be able to escape the blame, and he would even be punished by military law for this. That is, from this moment on, his order seemed to be predestined.
Thinking that he had experienced countless battles, but in the end he would be implicated in the matter of desertion, and even be convicted of serious crimes, he couldn't help but sigh, and said to Li Nian with a look of interest: "Let's talk about it, don't you want to stay in the barracks anymore." ”
"General, you have a life-saving heart for me, and I will never abandon you." Li Nian patted his chest and said loyally.
This is really Li Nian's true words. He did think about escaping, because he still had his wife and a few children, just imagine, without himself, how could a woman live with a few children?
But as soon as he considered that Wen Ping had a life-saving grace for him, such an idea was suppressed again. He is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, and he doesn't want to involve General Wenpin because of his departure.
"Hey." Listening to Li Nian's words, Wen Ping reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "I have received your heart." Only now, I allow you to leave, go. ”
"Ahh Hearing Wen Ping's words, Li Nian was first taken aback, and then said excitedly: "General, let's go together." ”
"Me?" Wen Ping shook his head, "No, if I leave, it will be disloyal to the king, the king is kind to me, I can't do such a thing." ”
Although the Wen Ping of this meeting really wants to leave here, even if it is to go home to farm, it is good to be an ordinary person who is here to die in vain. But he knew that he couldn't do this, so he didn't say anything else, so he left Cao Cao, who was kind to him, and I was afraid that he would not be able to do it for the rest of his life.
Wen Ping couldn't leave, but this didn't delay him from letting Li Nian leave. "General Li, you should quickly pack up and leave. By the way, there is also the money I have saved up on a daily basis, and you can take it with you. Remember, if possible, when you go to Runan to find your family, look for my wife and children as well, give them these things, and say... Let's just say I'm sorry for them. ”
Wen Ping saw that there were so many deserters, and he already knew that his sin was too great, and as soon as the morning dawned, once Cao Cao knew these things, he was afraid that he would be dealt with by military law. Death is not terrible, he is worried about his family, so he decided to let Li Nian escape in order to fulfill his last wish.
At Wen Ping's strong request, Li Nian was forcibly driven out of the barracks, and left with him some tiger and leopard riders who belonged to him.
It didn't take long for Zhang Shou's third sneak camp raid to reappear, and this time more Wei troops took the opportunity to escape, and even began to spread to some other generals' men.
Because the generals knew that this was the intrusion of the Celestial Empire, they were a little nervous the first time, relaxed a lot on the second time, and simply covered their heads under the quilt on the third time, as if they hadn't heard it.
However, they did not dare to sleep soundly in order to be ordinary soldiers, because they did not know when they would get up and go to battle at the command of the general. It was precisely because they were not asleep that they communicated with each other among the soldiers, and soon the news that some comrades-in-arms had deserted was spread, and then the soldiers who had the same mind began to flee more and more.
In a whole night, the Celestial Empire invaded more than ten times, and Wen Ping did not stop being busy all night. Fortunately, he treated every attack as a real camp, but he didn't give the Celestial Empire a chance to really steal the camp. But more than ten times, the soldiers of the Wei army did flee more than 10,000 times.
Originally, there were only more than 100 people for the first time, more than 500 for the second time, and 1,000 people for the third time, but in the end, there were more and more people, and that situation was that Wen Ping couldn't stop it if he wanted to.
The sky finally brightened, Cao Cao also got up, and when he came out of the tent and saw Wen Ping, whose eyes were red, not far away, who was still on duty, his eyes showed appreciation.