At the beginning of November of the twentieth year of Jian'an, in the school field in Xu Huang's camp.

It's late at night, and there's not much light in the sky.

In the school field in the camp, Xu Huanggao stood on the high platform in the school field,

Because of the need to ensure that the operation is secretive, there are not many torches burning in the school yard, so as not to be detected by Guan Yu's scouts.

Although Xu Huang, who was standing on a high place, had excellent eyesight, in the case of insufficient light, Xu Huang still couldn't completely see how many soldiers were standing under his feet.

But from the constant sound of heavy wheezing like a tide surging in the school grounds,

Xu Huang could roughly judge that most of the 15,000 soldiers under his command had already arrived.

After Xu Huang saw that his subordinates had gathered almost, he turned to Zhao Yan behind him and said,

"Boran, after I leave, the camp will be handed over to you."

Xu Huang prepared to attack the camp tent at night this time, in order to ensure the success rate of the night attack, he wanted to take away most of the centaurs in the barracks.

He only left more than 2,000 soldiers with the lowest combat strength to guard the camp for Zhao Yan.

Such a left-behind force is undoubtedly weak, so Xu Huang is a little worried.

Zhao Yan heard Xu Huang's worried tone, and he replied calmly,

"Gongming, although you go with peace of mind, with me, even if the thief army attacks, you can still hold out until Gongming leads the army back to help."

Zhao Yan's ability Xu Huang trusted, after getting such a guarantee from Zhao Yan, Xu Huang nodded, and then he gave the order to send troops with peace of mind.

The reason why Xu Huang took the initiative to attack Guan Yu this time, in addition to the biggest reason why Fan Cheng was about to die,

And because after months of practice,

Although the 10,000 soldiers under his command cannot be regarded as an elite division, they are enough to barely fight.

In addition, after many days of planning, Xu Huang finally came up with a plan to defeat Guan Yu.

That ploy is a plan to attack the west.

Xu Huang knew that the initiative on the battlefield was currently in Guan Yu's hands, and if he wanted to defeat Guan Yu, he could only give full play to his strengths.

In terms of generals, Guan Yu is a famous general in the world, even if Xu Huang himself is also a long-established general, he does not dare to say that he will definitely be stronger than Guan Yu.

But in terms of soldiers, although Guan Yu's subordinates are all veterans, most of them are all infantry!

The soldiers and horses under Xu Huang's command were all mobilized by Cao Cao from the north, and most of them were cavalry.

Xu Huang's plan was that if he could lure Guan Yu's army to the plains for a decisive battle, then he would still have the strength to fight.

But Guan Yu Wen Tao is strategic, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake and let Xu Huang's army lead him to a decisive battle in the plains.

Therefore, Xu Huang came up with a plan to attack the west.

Xu Huang deliberately released the news a few days ago that he was going to send troops to attack Weitoutun in order to paralyze Guan Yu.

What Xu Huang thought was that when Guan Yu learned that the plan he had set up to lure the enemy had worked, he would inevitably lower his guard and wait for himself to fall into the net.

And in order to deal with the attack of his own army, Guan Yu will definitely concentrate his forces in Weitoutun in order to have a decisive battle with himself.

And Xu Huang just wanted to take advantage of Guan Yu's mentality, he nominally wanted to raid Wai Tou Tun, but in fact he wanted to attack Si Tsukatun, which was farther away from him.

chose to attack Sizukatun, firstly, because Sizukatun was farther away from his army, so Guan Yu would lower his guard over there.

In this way, he can have the effect of a surprise attack.

The second is that after Guan Yu mobilizes the army to Weitou Tunzhong, the troops in Sizuntun will be empty.

And the existence of Sizuntun is related to the gains and losses of Fancheng, which Xu Huang believes is Guan Yu's life.

When Guan Yu learned that he was leading a large army to attack Sizuntun, he would definitely lead his troops to help.

And outside the four mounds, there is a wide plain area!

When the time comes, he can lead his cavalry to wait for work and attack them halfway.

Xu Huang thinks that his plan can be described as interlocking, without flaws, and has a great success rate.

And if you want to ensure the success of your strategy, you must first ensure the secrecy of your surprise attack on Sizukatun.

So Xu Huang chose the most difficult night attack in this era.

During the day today, Xu Huang ordered the camp gate to be closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

In order to ensure that no spies will tell Guan Yu in the future,

In addition, Xu Huang ordered his soldiers to rest during the day today.

When it was just dark, Xu Huang ordered someone to order the army to gather in the school field.

In order to ensure the success rate of the night attack, Xu Huang ordered the soldiers who went out tonight to chew the horses, and the people were ranked.

In addition, Xu Huang also ordered the groom to cover the horse's paw with a cloth.

Even Xu Huang took into account that most of the soldiers had poor eyesight at night, so he deliberately sent the soldiers in his headquarters who had experienced night attacks.

Spread out to each battalion as a guide.

He also ordered the guides to coat their weapons with foul-smelling gold juice, and as usual, use the stench to guide the soldiers behind them.

In today's world, few generals can lead their soldiers to successfully carry out night attacks.

But there is no doubt that Xu Huang is one of the few people in the world.

After all the preparations were made, Xu Huang officially issued the order to send troops.

Going out for a night attack, there was no strong drum and courage, only countless heralds shuttled through the army in the school field, secretly giving Xu Huang's order to go out.

After receiving Xu Huang's order to go on the expedition, more than 10,000 cavalry in the school field stepped on the war horses, and Xu Huang also bowed to Zhao Yan and got off the high platform to lead the troops to the battle.

Zhao Yan looked at Xu Huang's arrangement, even at night, the Wei soldiers in the school field also got on their horses and set off in an orderly manner.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Xu Huang was really a famous general,

Among the five good generals under the account of King Wei, Yu Ban is known for his perseverance and good practice.

And Xu Huang was valued by Cao Cao with his superb command of troops.

Now that he has seen Xu Huang's extraordinary skill in commanding troops, Zhao Yan can't help but have great expectations for Xu Huang's night attack tonight.

He bowed deeply to Xu Huang's back,

"I wish General Pingkou a great defeat of Guan Yu and a triumphant return!"

Xu Huang led more than 10,000 cavalry under his command, and after leaving the camp from the camp gate in the north,

In the first few miles, he ordered his cavalry to slow down their horses and minimize the noise caused by the march of the army.

This can prevent their movements from being detected by Guan Yu's scouts not far away.

And when the army marched a certain distance, Xu Huang immediately ordered the army behind him to advance rapidly.

The elements of night raids, one is to be secretive, and the other is fast,

In this way, you can catch the other party off guard.

Xu Huang knew that no matter what preparations he made, Guan Yu would sooner or later learn about his night attack on the four mounds.

But as long as he could delay Guan Yu's awareness of this matter for a moment, then his chances of winning would be one point more.