In Lao Cao's heart, although he relied on a strategy to get in, after entering the customs, a bloody battle was inevitable after all.

For example, before taking Juyong Pass, first use the plan of flowering on the tree to fill more with less, so that the plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei, lure out the elite of guarding the pass, and then show the weak and arrogant enemy with the strategy of deception, and defeat the enemy with fire, on the way to ambush the soldiers, Guan Sheng, Shi Bao, etc., this is the elite soldiers, this is the opportunity to mix into the defeated team to be included in the pass, Rao is so, Guanzhong also after a fierce battle, only to take it.

But he never thought that Hua Rong shot the guard with an arrow, and the soldiers who pretended to be Jin Bing and the captured soldiers wanted to fight, but the other party immediately collapsed, without any intention of resistance, and divided by two by three, and controlled this pass.

Cao Cao was very strange, and he couldn't figure out why the defenders here were so weak.

It happened that Lu Fang captured the deputy general of this pass and came to report the merits, Cao Cao asked the deputy general, why the defenders were so weak, and the deputy general said the cause and effect, and Cao Cao realized.

It turned out that this killing tiger's mouth, which was also the elite garrison of the leather room army before, and then the Taoist soldiers went out of Yanmen, all the way to victory, Emperor Tianzuo had no choice but to dispatch elite soldiers to meet the enemy, and then defeated, a rage to drop gold, let the gold people enter the customs.

Since the gold is reduced, there is no use in killing the tiger's mouth, and the Jin soldiers do not want the Liao people to send elite guards on their own back road, and under the negotiation between the two sides, only 1,000 old and weak soldiers and horses are released, and they are just making a show here.

These soldiers and horses had a weak fighting spirit and a thinner combat power, so as soon as they saw the West Wind Army entering the pass, they immediately gave up resistance.

Lao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Sure enough, God helps me!" ”

Then he ordered Hua Rong and Zhu Tong to lead 5,000 soldiers to guard this pass, and he led the army and turned back to fight Yunzhou, that is, Xijing Datong.

He set out from Wuzhou, a long-distance surprise attack, along the southern foot of the Yin Mountain in the wilderness, on the way also passed through Datong, at that time the whole army took advantage of the twilight, the flag died down, from the north of Datong City seventy miles, quietly passed.

Now when he goes back, he still follows Yanshan, and catches all the Liao people he meets along the way, whether they are merchants or hunters, in the army to prevent him from leaking the news.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, an accident happened.

Killing the tiger's mouth is 200 miles away from Datong, Lao Cao calculated according to the speed of coming, expected to arrive in three days, so he left all the excess military rations to Hua Rong, and only brought three days of grain and grass with his family.

Unexpectedly, the next day was full of gloomy clouds, and at night, it snowed like goose feathers.

Lao Cao's face changed greatly, and he slapped his thigh: "That's it, but this time it's a big deal, after all, it's my luck." ”

At dawn the next day, the heavy snow did not stop, and the snow on the flat ground accumulated several feet.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time and ordered to continue the march.

On this day, I only walked twenty or thirty miles.

And it came to pass in the evening, that all the generals came to his tent: "Brother, tomorrow we will be cut off from grain and grass, how is it good?" ”

Cao Cao took out the map, pointed his finger and said, "There is no other way but to change the route." ”

Yunnei County, a county of Yunzhou, is located thirty miles west of Datong in Xijing.

If Lao Cao follows the original plan, bypassing the populated place to Datong, it still needs to travel sixty or seventy miles, there is nowhere to supply along the way, if you turn to Yunnei County, it only takes more than 20 miles, it is such a snowy day, a day of trekking, you can also arrive.

Early the next morning, Lao Cao killed more than 100 horses, boiled them into broth, let the soldiers have a full meal, turned south, and arrived in Yunnei County at night.

Only a few hundred defenders were stationed in this county, the city wall was low, and Lao Cao directly attacked the city, and it was broken with a drum.

When staying in the clouds overnight, Cao Cao looked out the window at the snowflakes tightly, his face was full of sadness, and he sighed: "I will fight this county, someone will report to Datong, the surprise attack plan has been broken, only with these ten thousand two soldiers and horses, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get down to Datong such a strong city, if you wait here for the snow to stop, return to the White Wolf Pass first, and then make plans is not too late." ”

Guan Sheng listened to it, shook his head again and again, and said: "Brother, our lone army went deep into the enemy's territory, all relying on the word bravery, and retreated into the White Wolf Pass, without help before and after, if the Jin soldiers came to attack in a big way, the pass was certainly dangerous, but there was a fixed amount of grain and grass, if you eat him to besiege the city, wouldn't it be a Jedi?" This Datong Mansion is still better to play below. ”

Xu Ning looked at the map for a long time, and nodded at this moment: "Brother, what Guan Dadao said is right, if you can't beat Yunzhou, you can't defend the tiger's mouth, so you have to loot this city, and then take Hua Rong and Zhu Tong to return to Wuzhou." ”

Cao Cao listened to the fierce provincial thought: "Ah, if it weren't for the persuasion of the two virtuous brothers, it would be a big mistake to be a brother!" Yes, if you can't take Datong as a horn, you will become a Jedi lone soldier if you kill the tiger's mouth! Taking the same is really an inevitable thing. ”

Shi Wengong shouted: "The younger brother doesn't have the insight skills of Guan Sheng and Xu Ning, but if the elder brother wants to break his city, the younger brother is willing to be the first!" “

When the rest of the brothers heard this, they vied with each other to ask for battle, and Lao Cao heard it in his ears, and he was full of pride, and slapped the table: "That's it, with you as a brother, Wu is not afraid of hardships and dangers!" ”

On December 6, the heavy snowfall that had been falling for several days finally stopped.

Cao Cao led the army to the fullest, stepped out of a road in the snow, and approached Datong.

Lao Cao Lu had already thought about it: don't do anything to encircle three queyi, concentrate all your strength, storm a city wall, rely on this group of fierce generals in your hands, and reduce ten meetings with one force.

When the sun set, the west wind army arrived in Datong, only to see the city gate wide open, looking inward, up to the city wall, down to the street, there is no figure.

Shi Bao smiled and said, "What is this?" Is it empty? We are not Sima Yi! ”

Xiang Lao Cao hugged his fists and said: "Brother, give me a horse, if he dares to open the door, I will dare to break through this city!" ”

Cao Cao frowned and pondered, and it was difficult to decide for a while.

Guan Sheng persuaded: "Brother, let Shi Bao give it a try, if he is ambushed, Guan will fight for his life and save him." ”

Cao Cao secretly said: The Liao lord lowered the gold, and the Jin soldiers attacked Yanmen, how could he allow the Liao lord to lead the army behind? must have wrapped up all his elite soldiers and strong generals. Yelu Yanxi is a person with great ambition and talent, maybe under the lack of soldiers and horses at hand, he really put on an empty plan to deceive me......

His eyes froze, and he nodded: "In this case, I will give you a thousand people, and the vanguard will break the city!" ”

Shi Bao was overjoyed, ordered a thousand soldiers, and rushed into the city gate with murderous spirit.

Cao Cao and the others couldn't help but get nervous, and after a while, they saw Shi Bao's figure on the head of the city, beckoning and laughing: "Brother, it's either an empty city, or an empty city!" ”

Cao Cao was very curious, led the troops in, divided the troops to rob each of them out of the city gate, brought thousands of men and horses, and went straight into the Yelu Yanxi Palace, but he saw that the ground was in disarray, as if he had been robbed by thieves.

Cao Cao waved his hand, and a group of brothers scattered like wolves and tigers, searching the palace, and after a while, hundreds of eunuchs and palace maids were captured, all trembling and trembling, and the less timid ones were even wetter than their pants.

Cao Cao Wen said: "I am the commander of the West Wind Army, because there is no way in the Liao country, so on the contrary, I only kill corrupt officials and evil officials, but I don't harm a good person, you can't wait for the slaves of the Liao Emperor, they are all poor people whose lives are involuntarily, how can I rashly harm them?" There is only one sentence to ask you, where is Yelu Yanxi's house now? ”

After that, his eyes swept over everyone like cold lightning, and he saw that most of them were full of dazedness, only one woman, the moment she lowered her head, her eyes showed a trace of hatred.

Cao Cao pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, stepped forward, supported the other party's chin, raised his face to look at it for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Tianxiang Guose, even if the Liao Emperor, I am afraid that there is no such stunning palace e." ”

The woman's body trembled slightly, but she didn't see much fear in her expression, and replied: "Half-old, I don't dare to be a stunning reputation." ”

This speech, hearing its voice like a phoenix, is actually both graceful and tactful.

She calls herself a half-old, but it's not fake, although she is well maintained, what kind of eyesight does Lao Cao have? Naturally, I can see that this woman should be thirty-two or thirteen years old, and there is a faint trace of sorrow in her expression.

"Hahahaha." Cao Cao laughed: "Beauty is not old!" Although it has been weathered, it is more graceful, which is the reason why autumn flowers are often better than spring flowers. ”

The woman didn't expect that he, a bandit leader, could not help but show a trace of curiosity, and suddenly pointed to the snow that began to fall outside the hall: "But now it is a harsh winter, everything is withering, and all flowers are dying of old age." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "The wind and snow are all over the sky, and the white plums are dancing. Quiet people are quiet, and they are as beautiful as immortals. ”

The woman's cheeks flushed, she took a few steps back, and said in shame: "Why do you still want to play with me when you know my identity?" ”

Cao Cao Qi said: "Who knows your identity?" I look at your lady's wonderful appearance and good spirit, I am expected to be not a palace lady, when there is a famous female official in the palace, so I want to chat with you a few words, so that you are no longer afraid of me, so that I can ask you about the whereabouts of Emperor Liao. ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, turned her head slightly, and said as if she didn't believe it: "Really? So how do you say my name in the poem? I don't believe there is such a clever thing in the world. ”

This action is quite naïve, if a little girl makes it, it is naturally cute, and when she is a little older, she will feel contrived, but this woman is in her thirties, making such an innocent gesture, but it seems to be natural, and she does not feel that it is contrived at all.

Cao Cao couldn't cry or laugh: "You said that the flowers are all over in the harsh winter, I said that there are still plum blossoms, on a whim, just make up a few crooked poems casually, who knows what your name is?" ”

The woman bit her lip, shook her head, and said, "I still don't believe it, you killed the palace, how vicious, how can you do a good poem." ”

Cao Cao sighed and said: "Although I am a martial artist, when I see a beauty like you, I naturally can't help but have a heart of betrayal. ”

The woman couldn't help but laugh a little when she heard what he said, and then she noticed that something was wrong, coughed, and turned away.

Lao Cao smiled: "That's it, the quiet girl, or the girl, no matter what, it is always rude to say the name of a woman's boudoir, so it is considered a mistake, oh, these palace maids and eunuchs, all of them are spared and do not kill one, how about compensation?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the faces of those palace maids and eunuchs showed surprise, and they looked at the woman without blinking, obviously begging her to agree.

The woman said angrily: "You are not a good person, and you just said that they are hard-working people and will not hurt, why did you use them to sell short favors to me in the blink of an eye?" ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "If I were a good person, I would have been forced to death by this world." Besides, what Fang just said is that he will not rashly cause harm, I will interrogate the whereabouts of Yelu Yanxi later, they are eager to protect the lord, gritting their teeth and not saying a word, I can only kill people and establish authority, then it can be regarded as a reason, and it is not rash to kill people. ”

As soon as he said this, the faces of the palace maids and eunuchs turned pale again.

The woman shook her head and said, "They really don't know the whereabouts of the faint king, please don't kill them." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Didn't I say it, in order to show my gratitude to you, I have already spared them." ”

The woman blinked, seemed to be a little happy, and then shook her head again: "Don't call it nonsense, the concubine body is not called a ghost." ”

Then he seemed to expect what Cao Cao was going to say, so he glared at him first: "It's not called Pianpian, it's not called Baimei, it's not called Sijing, Ruoxian!" ”

Cao Cao laughed: "I see, Earth and Heaven girl, what a domineering name!" I think Ling Zun is also an amazing hero, otherwise how could he give his daughter such an atmospheric name? ”

The woman was so angry that she stomped her feet and said, "You still said that you don't know who I am, and you are obviously deliberately playing with each other." ”

As he spoke, tears flowed down his face.

Cao Cao said in a low voice: "You can't call Cersei, right? When I heard that your concubine Wen was called Xiao Sise. ”

Immediately surprised: "Are you Concubine Wen?" The first beauty in Liaogong? That's it! ”

Suddenly his face was full of anger, and he turned back and shouted, "Take my lance and war horse!" ”

Xiao Sese saw him suddenly burst into anger, and trembled with fright: "You, you said that you won't kill anyone." ”

Cao Cao roared, "Who wants to kill? I'm going to chase Yelu Yanxi's dog thief, but I'm going to ask him face to face, if I surrender to the Jin Kingdom well, even if his bones are not hard, it's just that, such a woman, she didn't take it with her when she ran away, could it be that her eyes are also blind? ”

Before the words fell, Du Yan rushed into the hall: "Big brother, all the city gates have been occupied...... Oh! ”

He casually glanced at Xiao Sese, and his mouth almost grinned to the root of his ears: "Brother! I—I don't want Yeluchun's wife anymore, I just need this ......"

Before the words fell, Guan Sheng, who had always been solemn and calm, pounced like a tiger, sandwiched Du Yan's head in the creaky nest, and dragged out of the hall in three or two steps.

(End of chapter)