Cao Jun Lieutenant Yang De was beheaded, the cavalry was scattered, the Han army was still challenging in Sucheng, Deng Ai was no longer pretentious, but arranged the formation, clashes back and forth, shouted in unison, showing the prestige of the Han cavalry, and cut off the head of the Cao army and hung the horse, provoking the Cao army.

Cao Ren was shocked and angry, and said angrily: "Yang De's courage is not a pity to die!" ”

After saying that, he thought about the way to deal with it in his heart, now Deng Ai is attacking more with less, and the soldiers and horses in Sucheng will not dare to move lightly, and the morale of the thief army will be frustrated if he shows off his strength, and he must find a way to break the thief for a while, and the only worry at the moment is where Guan Yu, who has not shown up for a long time.

Cao Ren pondered for a while, looked at Xie Tong next to him and said, "It's time to use Captain Xie's strategy!" ”

Xie Tong was puzzled, and Cao Ren said in a deep voice: "Captain Xie, you led 3,000 cavalry to the camp, and ordered Jiang Mi to gather troops and horses and go straight to Lu Hun City with you.

The army will not sit idly by when it attacks Guan Yu, and when it is necessary to rescue, the ambush thief army can appear. Remember to bluff, get out of the thief army, and look at the reality and then decide whether to fight or retreat! ”

Xie Tong commanded: "General, eighty percent of the thief's grain and grass is in Lu Hun, if there is a chance to take down the thief's grain and grass in one drum!" ”

Cao Ren unconsciously touched his forehead and said: "Don't do superfluous things, Guan Yu is not stupid, even if the main force is ambushed outside, there will be elites left in the city, and the loss of attacking Lu Hun will outweigh the losses."

Don't be like Yang De, be confused by thieves, take the enemy lightly, do a big thing to me, win steadily and steadily, don't take risks! Xie Tong promised to receive the order.

Cao Ren sent someone to order Duan Zhao not to fight, and it was enough to hold on, and he led 5,000 cavalry to move. Jiang Mi ordered the army and went straight to Luhun City with Xie Tong.

In fact, the Han army barracks have long been empty, and there are no more than 100 garrisons everywhere, nothing more than more flags, and 100 people are transferred alternately, resulting in the illusion that there are many soldiers and horses.

Fortunately, Cao Ren ordered not to attack easily, and the Cao army in the two camps saw that something was wrong, and they were suspicious but did not risk attacking, but just sent someone to tell them.

Jiang Mi and Xie Tong's army killed, and Wu Dang in the city was shocked and hurriedly recalled Yuan Long, who was logging outside the city. Close the city gates, go up to the city to defend, and Pegasus reports to Deng Ai.

The army of Cao's army came to the city to observe the movement in the city, Wu Dang had previously opened the treasury, scattered gold and silver, recruited sturdy and burly men, wearing Han army armor for bluff purposes, and now hurriedly transferred them to stand at the head of the city to show the large number of soldiers and horses.

Deng Aide was shocked into a cold sweat under Sucheng, and said in his heart: "Cao Ren has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his soldiers and horses are more than ten times his own, and there are many more ways and options to respond to the situation.

Our army is now scattered, and if it is discovered, the whole army will be annihilated in an instant, and it can only hold on. A thousand cavalry reinforcements will not play a role, but will expose the lack of soldiers, only with the help of Guan Yu's prestige and the layout of the virtual and real plan to take effect, Cao Ren did not dare to attack the city when the situation is unknown.

Sucheng continues to hold on here, giving Cao Jun the illusion that I Deng Ai has something to rely on! ”

Deng Ai thought about it, and summoned more than ten people: "Now you disperse and run to the west, and return after running for an hour." When I went, I brought the words 'Cao thief attacked the city, what should I do', and when I came back, I said 'act according to the plan and ignore it'! ”

More than ten people looked at each other and said, "General, who is the message to?" ”

Deng Ai coughed and said: "Why do you ask so much, you just run, and if you can meet someone in an hour, you can tell the person you meet." If you can't meet it, come back! More than a dozen people were puzzled and left as promised. Deng Ailing Zeng Xia led 200 people to make a fire on the spot to cook and continue to consume.

The scout of the Cao army brought the captured Han army to Cao Ren and reported: "The thief army wants to go west, but it is captured by us and brought to see the general!" ”

Cao Ren asked, "Are you sure these people are not from the Lu Hun faction?" ”

Cao Jun scouted: "General, we were ordered to monitor and saw with our own eyes that they were sent out by Deng Ai. ”

Cao Ren sneered: "The thief army is well arranged, Lu Hun will send someone to report to Deng Ai when he is attacked, and Deng Ai will send someone to contact Guan Yu, and it is good to hide." ”

Cao Jun's scout said: "Deng Ai sent ten people, five were captured, and the remaining five people sent people to watch them, I don't know if I can take advantage of the situation to touch the ambush of the thief army!" ”

Cao Ren said with satisfaction: "Great, I have written down your battle exploits, go ahead!" ”

Cao Ren turned to look at the five Han soldiers who were kneeling: "Say, what did Deng Ai send you to do!" ”

Without waiting for the Han army to speak, Cao Ren cut off the head of one of the Han soldiers who looked up at him with a sword and said: "The thief army dares to despise this general, you guys tell me quickly, otherwise he will be a role model!" ”

The rest of the Han army was terrified and said: "General Deng ordered us to disperse and run west for an hour and then return, and when we met people, they sent a message 'Cao thieves attacked the city, what should we do', and came back to spread the message 'Act according to the plan, ignore it'!" ”

Cao Ren said angrily: "You are so bold, you are worthy of the messenger sent by Deng Ai, your mouth is very hard, you dare to entertain General Ben, drag me out and behead me!" ”

Han Jun cried, Cao Ren frowned, and when he raised his hand and asked again, he still couldn't get the point, and killing three people in a row was almost a rhetoric.

The scouts kept bringing back the news that Deng Ai was still under Sucheng, and Cao Ren pulled his armor irritably and said: "Order Jiang Mi to attack Lu Hun, the strength may as well be greater, let Lu Hun keep sending people for help, I don't believe that Guan Yu will not show up!" ”

The Cao army tossed back and forth, and the Cao army scouts arrested the other five Han soldiers sent by Deng Ai, and Cao Ren interrogated for a long time and still found nothing.

In winter, it was dark early, and Deng Ai did not plan to fight at night, so he withdrew with torches. Cao Ren saw that Deng Ai did not hide his whereabouts, and was afraid that the Han army was deliberately luring him in the dark, and had other calculations, so he did not chase after him.

Seeing Deng Ai go away, Cao Ren had a bad thought in his heart, it was useless to stay, Cao Ren led the crowd to withdraw to the camp, and sent people to order Jiang Mi and Xie Tong to retreat.

On the way back to the camp, a messenger sent by Cao Xiu rushed to see Cao Ren. Cao Ren saw it and shouted angrily: "The thief army reinforcements are coming north, why don't you report such an urgent military situation early?" ”

The messenger was shocked: "General, General Cao has just figured out the strength and plot of the thief army, and immediately sent his subordinates to rush over, without delay!" ”

Cao Ren was told that Cao Xiu was five days away from him, and the messenger was delivered in three days.

Cao Ren looked at the cloth in his hand and said, "Ben will lose his words for a while." I'm tired of running all the way, go down and rest! ”

After speaking, Cao Ren said to the guards beside him: "Send a message to Jiang Mi and Xie Tong, ask them to stop withdrawing the army and return to Lu Hun!" ”

Cao Ren beckoned the soldiers and horses to quickly rush to Lu Hun's direction, looked ahead, and muttered in his heart: "Guan Yu is still in Lu Hun!" ”

Under Lu Hun City, Jiang Mi commanded Cao's army to attack the city, but Cao's army had no siege equipment, and secondly, it was a feint after all, and the strength was limited. Third, Wu Dang and Yuan Long dealt with it properly, but Cao Jun didn't get a bargain.

After dark, the whole city was brightly lit, Wu Dang arranged the straw man, beat the drum out of the city and lined up against the city wall.

Jiang Mi and Xie Tong looked at it from a distance, as if there were really a lot of soldiers and horses, and the Han army dared to go out of the city to meet the battle.

It was dark and the vision was unclear, and the losses were great when the siege continued, the Cao army did not carry rations, the soldiers were hungry and tired, Cao Ren ordered a retreat, and the two collected their troops and retreated.

When the two of them withdrew to see the camp from afar, Cao Ren ordered not to withdraw the army, and then rushed to surround the Han army camp and Lu Hun City.

Jiang Mi and Xie Tong didn't know why, so they comforted the soldiers and said: "The military situation is urgent, don't delay, I will let you eat when the time comes, but not now, quickly, the procrastinator will be engaged in military law!" "Cao Jun's efficiency is significantly slower when he moves.

Jiang Mi and Xie Tong saw that the situation was not right, rushed to catch Cao Ren, and said cautiously: "General, what's the matter!" ”

Cao Ren said in a sullen voice: "The thief army has changed its use of soldiers in the past, and today it is alternate between virtual and real, and this general has not had time to respond, and he was tricked for a day!" ”

Jiang Mi comforted: "General, our army's method of using soldiers is stable, and the thief army's pretense of being false proves that it is difficult to support the delay, and our army's victory is approaching!"

Don't be upset, the generals have not entered the water and rice for a day, and they have to attack at night, can this be postponed, wait for tomorrow! ”

Cao Ren shook his head and handed over the military intelligence sent by Cao Xiu and said, "You two take a look at this!" The reason for my irritability is that I didn't see Guan Yu today, even Pang De didn't show up, and Gan Ning and Zhao Lei didn't see each other for three days, I couldn't hold my breath in my heart, I was afraid that they would run away, and I wouldn't be quiet if I didn't see Guan Yu for a day! ”

Xie Tong took a step forward and said, "General, please give orders to attack the thief barracks!" The general is afraid that Guan Yu will flee south, so our army will continue to fight with the thief army from now on, so that the thief army will not stop fighting all the time, with a slight loss, but safe! ”

Cao Ren praised: "I'm just about to do this, I can't be sure if Guan Yu is there, but the reinforcements of the thief army have already gone north, which proves that Guan Yu has the intention of retreating south, combined with today's strangeness, the situation is too delicate!" Even if I lose a few thousand soldiers and horses tonight, I will definitely find out the truth! ”

Jiang Mi said: "General, at the end of the day, the general was ordered to press the army to Lu Hun, and the six camps of the thief army were to besiege and make a mistake, and they were even more afraid of dispersing the troops, so thousands of soldiers and horses were sent to each place to monitor."

Two of the barracks reported that it felt like they were always going back and forth, and we didn't care about it at first, but now it seems! ”

Cao Ren was now afraid that the Han army would retreat, and when he heard this, he exclaimed: "Separately leading troops to attack the thief army camp, Deng Ai must be bluffing during the day, he has no soldiers!"

Yes, yes, I haven't found the ambush of the thief army for a day, and there are no ambushes at all! Deng Ai is so bold that he dares to deceive me with a thousand soldiers and horses. ”

Cao Ren no longer hesitated, personally urged the soldiers and horses to carry equipment, attacked the Han army camp separately, and sent a letter to Yu Ban to immediately attack the Han army facing him, cutting off the back road of the thieves.

The Cao army attacked the Han army camp together, the Han army had hundreds of soldiers and horses, and the defense was not at all, and the arrows shot were sparse, and they were killed and scattered by the many Cao troops who climbed the camp on all sides in a moment, and they were easily captured.

Cao Ren was so angry at this scene on the horse, it seemed that Guan Yu was afraid that he had run away, and he didn't know how many days he had been gone.

Cao Ren loudly ordered the soldiers and horses to rush straight to Lu Hun, suddenly the Han army camp fire, the seven or eight hundred Cao troops who killed it fell into it, the Cao army outside hurriedly rescued, but the Han army actually blocked the camp door, the Cao army wanted to withdraw can only take a ladder to withdraw, and soon the rest of the Han army camps caught fire.

Cao Ren scolded: "The thief army is so poisonous, he will set fire to it with his life and die with our army!" I can't delay any longer, leave a thousand people to save people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will follow me to attack Lu Hun. ”

In Lu Hun City, Deng Ai looked into the distance and said: "I didn't expect that I, Deng Ai, would delay for a day with all my skills, alas! ”