The north gate of Luoyang, above the city tower, behind the female wall of Cao Cao and Liu Yanqing.

Seeing that the thief would call for a battle, Cao Cao laughed and said: "It is necessary to fight with you, I have heroes here - but now my sailor has come, you and the great river are behind, the fortified city is in front, and you are trapped in a square inch of land, and it is already a dry bone in the grave!" Why should I bother to fight you? There are still three years of grain and grass left in the city, and we will eat and drink well every day, and sit and watch your generation die here, isn't it wonderful? ”

Lao Cao's words, the voice was high-pitched and loud, and the thieves and soldiers in the city heard it, and they were all disgraced - the grain and grass in their camp could only support half a month at most, and the backup was constantly transported to the future, but it was also worry-free, who would have expected that the Song army would come out of a Yellow River water division and directly cut off the grain route.

Liu Yanqing laughed, admiring in his heart: I, a little brother, really take one step at a time, and scold a general, and even hide ingenuity. If there is enough food and grass in the city, he has 30,000 soldiers under his command, why bother to allocate half of it and leave first? Now there are so many thieves and soldiers under the city, they will inevitably reconnoiter and ride out, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass from other states and counties, and we have eaten the grain and grass in seven days, which is the evil situation of no food in the whole city, and the old man is so anxious that he can't sleep at night, but he can deceive people seriously, and the old man is really not as good as him.

How did he know that Lao Cao was born with a big heart, and he was the best at fighting evil battles, not to mention that there were still seven days of food and grass, even if he had to stop eating the next meal, he didn't want to see him frightened.

For example, when Lao Cao confronted Yuan Shao, Xu Yu went to vote, and asked kindly: "How much do you have military rations here?" Lao Cao replied solemnly: "It's enough for a year." ”

Xu You smiled at that time, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it may not be." Cao Cao sighed and surrendered: "Sure enough, good eyesight!" In fact, it's only been half a year. ”

Xu You got up and made a gesture to leave: "I came with sincerity, I am lying to every word, everyone can't play, say goodbye." ”

Cao Cao hurriedly pulled his sleeve: "Oh, don't be angry, let's be honest with you, in fact, there are only three months of food left." ”

Xu You smiled angrily: "No wonder the world says that you are a traitor, you really are!" ”

Cao Cao also laughed: "Haha, as the so-called soldiers are not tired of cheating, how can you say such an important thing casually?" ”

After saying that, he showed a solemn and sad look, bit Xu You's ear, and told him in a small voice: "Actually, there is only this month's grain and grass in the army." ”

Xu You jumped up and shouted, "Are you still lying to me? You've run out of food! ”

Cao Cao was dumbfounded: "How do you know?" ”

He had run out of grain and grass back then, and he dared to say that he had a one-year reserve, but now he can still support it for seven days, and he only claims that he has three years of grain storage, which is several times more transparent than in his previous life.

The book implied: In fact, the dialogue between Lao Cao and Xu Yu really makes people see clearly what is the true nature of a traitorous male - only if he has a cunning plan and a heroic heart, he can be called a traitor! Later, many villains, who were just bad, had to brazenly boast of being a traitor, which made the clear-eyed people laugh off their big teeth.

It is necessary to know that all the treacherous people are easy to be narrow-minded, if they are heroic people, they are mostly honest and honest, the cunning and heroic, these are two extremely difficult to integrate characteristics, and only in extraordinary people such as Lao Cao, can they coexist harmoniously.

It's a pity that there is no such existence in the Jinzhong army under the city, and all the generals heard Cao Cao's remarks, and they all had the same thought: Mother, they still have three years of food!

If you think about it, even if Song will brag and give him a hard beat, it will be at least enough to eat for three months and half a year, and we can only have half a month's food, how can this battle be fought?

The man who made the stick had no intention of challenging it for a while, and returned to his own camp with a curse, and one by one he hung his head and returned to the camp.

Cao Cao and Liu Yanqing returned to the mansion and said with a smile: "The thief is stupid, and if he believes in my words, he will inevitably seek another plan." When it gets dark, I'll divide my troops and go out to kill him. ”

Liu Yanqing was shocked: "There are 70,000 or 80,000 thieves, and we only have more than 20,000 soldiers. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand: "Don't worry, old general, and listen to me carefully, the thieves are now cut off the back road, Xijing City is strong, and you can't rush down, you must find land to eat, but the mountains in the south of Xijing are sheltered, and the west is Tongguan is dangerous, and the thieves want to make a living, so they can only follow the east to attack the Yongan Army, and then go to fight Xifu Zhengzhou, if Zhengzhou goes down......"

"If Zhengzhou goes down, then Bianjing will be shaken, and the Quartet army will be recruited, and the Xijing garrison will be ordered to help, then the attack and defense will be easy, and we will just wait for him to be broken!" At the same moment, in the thief village, a nine-foot-tall general patted a simple map and said blatantly: "Then the west can fight Xijing again, the east can attack Bianjing, and the south can go down to Xuchang, isn't this all alive." ”

After this person said that, all the thieves cheered up, and shouted in unison: "Taishi's clever plan!" ”

The general laughed, pointed to the map and said: "In this case, General Shan led 20,000 horses, sent troops overnight, and killed along Shouyang Mountain, and first robbed the Yongan army in hand......"

At the same time, in the Yazhong of Xijing Mansion, Cao Cao pointed to the map: "If he wants to reach the Yong'an army, he must pass through Shouyang Mountain, but I opened the water gate of Dongcheng, went down from the Luo River, and set up an ambush in front of him, waiting for work, and breaking his army in one fell swoop." The old general is like this, so and so ......."

Liu Yanqing nodded again and again when he heard this, suddenly remembered something, and said worriedly: "The boats in the city are limited, and I am afraid that I will not be able to carry a large army." ”

Cao Cao disagreed: "Why do you need an army? I have only 3,000 troops, which is enough to break the thief, and if not, I should hurry up and build some rafts, which can be towed by boats. ”

As soon as it was dark that night, the water gate on the east side of Xijing quietly opened, and large and small ships came out one after another.

These boats followed the waves of Luoshui all the way to the east, traveled thirty or forty miles, quietly docked, and thousands of troops went ashore for several miles to the north, until they reached the foot of Shouyang Mountain, and hid into the north of the road, on the wooded slopes.

Shouyang Mountain stretches for more than 30 miles from east to west, it is the highest place of Pi Mountain, the main peak is 120 zhang high, because at the beginning of sunrise, the light must reach first, so it is named Shouyang.

This area is pillow in the north of the mountain, looking at the Yiluo Ershui in the south, high in the north and low in the south, it is an open flat land, and it is also the only way for Luoyang to and from Zhengzhou and Bianliang.

Cao Cao hid in the forest with the sergeant, looking at the mountains that were like dragons in the dark, and the emotions in his eyes were extremely complicated: he listened to the gossip of the boatmen on the road, and Cao Xiu and Cao Wenlie, whom he praised as "the thousand-mile horse of my family", were buried in Si after his death.

In addition, his descendants: Emperor Wen Pi, Emperor Ming Rui, Gaogui Township Gong Cao Chao, etc., all buried their bones in the left near after death. And the father and son of the Sima family, who took away his descendants Sheji, are also generally buried here.

My relatives and enemies are dead, but I am still in this world, fighting for the glory of the Han family, and I don't know if it is to make people or the sky to treat me favorably - Cao Cao rubbed his eyes, took a deep breath of the cool air in the mountains and forests at night, shook his head with a wry smile, temporarily put aside distracting thoughts, and just waited to fight.

At the second watch, I saw a military horse rolling like a fire dragon with torches.

Cao Cao's spirits perked up, he held his breath and concentrated, and when the group came closer, he bent his bow and arrows, and with a whoosh arrow, he shot the head over, and shouted: "Brothers, kill the thief!" ”

For a while, hundreds of arrows flew out of the mountains and forests, and those thieves stayed up all night to hurry. Suddenly shot over.

Cao Cao shouted loudly while firing several arrows in succession, and seeing that the enemy army was becoming more and more confused, he abandoned his bow and took the lance, jumped on his war horse, and rushed down the hillside. When the Song army saw Lao Cao taking the lead, they all had a surging fighting spirit, shouted in unison, and brandished their blades to kill.

The commander of the army was shocked for a while, dancing an iron rod in his hand, rushing forward and back, desperately trying to stabilize the situation, but it was not easy to march in the middle of the night, and many sergeants were still connected with ropes in their hands, which was difficult to untie in a hurry, and was ambushed and rushed, and suddenly collapsed.

This officer will continue to kill the Song army with an iron rod, and he shouts angrily in his mouth, but he can't stop the rout of the thieves.

There is a division of teaching: the dust and white clouds in the past, and the loess cave of the bones and flesh of the enemy. On the back of a white-headed horse all his life, he is ridiculous and obsessed.

(End of chapter)