Yang Zhao camped in Guandu and did not go to battle at the first time.

Cao Cao built a number of fortifications in the south of Guandu, and opened a long line of defense to prevent Yang Zhao, he did not play at the first time, and he knew very well that he could not win against Yang Zhao if he took the initiative to fight, and he could only defend passively.

He was waiting for Yang Zhao to come over, and then try to defend by all means, hoping that this would work.

At this time, Guo Huai took Sun Quan and others to leave from the north bank, and also came to the Guandu camp to meet with Yang Zhao and report the results of the battle on the north bank.

"Cai Mao, it's useless, kill it!"

Yang Zhao didn't have much feeling for Cai Mao, and he didn't plan to win him over, and said: "As for the other captives, take them in for the time being, and wait until this battle is over, but the defense on the north bank cannot be relaxed, although we cannot be defeated, but we must also be prepared to retreat in case of defeat." ”

Guo Huai nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

"Thank you, Lord, for giving us this opportunity!"

Sun Quan said gratefully.

Sun Yi and Sun Shangxiang also bowed down at the same time.

The opportunity to kill Huang Zu to take revenge was given to them by Yang Zhao, and they had to be grateful no matter what.

Yang Zhao said: "Huang Zu is dead, you can stay if you want to, if you don't want to, you can go back to Jianye." ”

Sun Quan said: "Lord, I want to stay and make up for my previous mistakes. ”

They regret it and want to make amends.

Yang Zhao did not refuse, and asked them to take them down and arrange two military positions at will.

Then, he began to plan what to do next, and thought for a while and said: "Ziming, you lead 10,000 troops, attack Cao Cao's stronghold, just bomb it with artillery, and there is no need to attack it, so that Cao Cao feels that we may enter at any time, so that he can't be distracted from other things." ”

Lu Meng took the order and said: "Yes! ”

Yang Zhao thought for a while and said: "Next, release the news, order the whole army, strictly govern the army, in our army, no violation of military discipline is allowed, and then deliberately arrange a few people who violate military discipline, three days later, heavy punishment!" ”

They didn't know exactly what Yang Zhao wanted to do.

But since it was commanded, they had to do as it was ordered.

"The lord is still planning Yingchuan?"

It was Jia Xu who first figured out Yang Zhao's thoughts.

Fu Zhi asked curiously: "How to manage the army strictly, how to connect with the planning of Yingchuan?" ”

Xun You said: "The lord's plan is incomprehensible to us. ”

They all agreed with Xun You's words.

Yang Zhao smiled: "It's right that you can't understand it, but I will soon understand what I want to do, arrange it according to what I said first, don't wait too long, there will be results." ”

Lü Meng received an order to directly lead 10,000 troops out of the battle and attack Cao Cao's stronghold.

"Lord, Yang Zhao asked people to attack."

The soldiers of Cao's army saw that there was an enemy coming from the north, and hurried back to tell Cao Cao.

Hearing that Yang Zhao was coming, Cao Cao and the others immediately raised their vigilance to the highest level, and directly arranged for the battle to start a defense, but their defense could not prevent Yang Zhao's firepower from covering, and the fortifications in the front row were quickly blown up, and many people were killed.

When Cao Jun saw that the fortifications had been abandoned, he turned around and retreated, hiding behind the other fortifications.

Lu Meng's attack did not last very long, and he knocked out the fortified base in the front row and retreated.

Cao Jun's soldiers sighed at this time, it should be fine.

But it's only okay for the time being, Yang Zhao will continue to attack next, it is impossible to let them go, and the soldiers are worried again.

It can't be defeated, and it can't surrender or retreat, and there is a lot of resentment in the army.

"Just quit like that?"

Cao Cao came to the front line, frowned and said, "With Yang Zhao's ability, even if he directly pushes and fights, there is no problem at all." ”

Chen Qun analyzed: "Could it be that Yang Zhao doesn't want to defeat us directly, but wants to break the hearts of our subordinate soldiers, break our strongholds every day, force his subordinate soldiers to surrender, and provoke our internal contradictions?" ”

Now the grievances in the army, they know.

If you substitute this conjecture, there is some truth.

Break the confidence of the soldiers, make them feel afraid, if Cao Cao still refuses to sue for peace or surrender, and continues to let the soldiers resist Yang Zhao, this kind of behavior is no different from sending Yang Zhao, which will provoke the resentment of the soldiers and cause a mutiny in the army.

Listening to Chen Qun's brain supplement, everyone else felt that there was a certain possibility.

Cheng Yu said: "Yang Zhao wants to attack his heart and kill people!" ”

Cao Cao asked, "What is Yang Zhao doing in the army now?" ”

"It seems to be rectifying military discipline."

Ma Liang, who was behind him, stepped forward and said: "According to the news of the spies, in Yang Zhao's army, a few nights ago, some soldiers ran to sleep during the vigil, and Yang Zhao was rectifying the whole army and governing the army strictly. ”

Xi Zhong said strangely: "Yang Zhao's subordinates are so disciplined, and there are soldiers who sleep during the vigil?" ”

Chen Gong said: "It's not surprising that the vigil in the army, for so long a night, and nothing else happens, if it is a recruit, it is difficult to support it." ”

This explanation is very far-fetched, and Xi Zhong doesn't believe it very much.

"I always feel that Yang Zhao is behind it, there should be some other plans."

Hearing Xi Zhong's words, Cao Cao's vigilance instantly raised.

Yang Zhao is a scheming person.

"Tighten your vigilance, send more scouts, and pay attention to Yang Zhao's every move." Cao Cao commanded.

The entire Cao camp quickly became vigilant.

Scouts were sent out one after another to inquire about Yang Zhao's movements outside, just in case.

"Our troops are here, and we are in a stalemate with Yang Zhao, in case Liu Bei comes out of Badong, the situation is very unfavorable to us." Lejin reminded.

"It's unlikely that Liu Bei will play it."

Xi Zhong shook his head slightly and said: "Before going north, the lord had already arranged for General Cao Ren to go to Yong'an County to defend, Liu Bei was in Hanzhong and Guanzhong, and Yang Zhao fought a battle, and the losses were definitely a lot. ”

"Zhicai has a point."

Cao Cao nodded and said: "But the defense still can't be weakened, and the order is to go back to Xudu, so that Huang Zhong can also go to Yong'an, and defend with Zixiao, just in case." ”

Cao Junli's arrangements were soon passed on.

They still didn't take the initiative to do anything, waiting for Yang Zhao's movement.

waited until the next morning, when Lü Meng led his troops to attack again, and Cao's army was all supported.

However, Lü Meng's attack also destroyed some fortifications, so he led his troops to retreat, and the fight was not very deep, which made Cao Cao and others puzzled.

"What exactly does Yang Zhao want to do?"

Xi Zhong frowned, and listed all the things Yang Zhao had done recently, trying to analyze the problems behind it.

But no matter how he analyzed, he couldn't guess Yang Zhao's thoughts.

Cao Cao said: "Maybe as Wen Chang said, Yang Zhao is attacking the heart!" ”

"No!"

Xi Zhong affirmed: "It shouldn't be like this, is there a connection between rectifying military discipline and strictly governing the army and Lu Meng's attack?" ”

He tried his best to connect the various ideas, but he felt that it was far-fetched, but he believed that his first feeling must be that there must be something wrong.