When Cao Ren led the army to Lanling, the gate of Lanling City was opened, and there were only corpses and a large number of abandoned weapons outside the city, but no one was seen.

"Come on, send a horse to the south quickly!" Cao Ren walked on the battlefield and gave orders.

"Whoa!"

As soon as Tanma set off, he saw Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Ji leading the army back to Lanling.

After the three generals met, Cao Ren was promoted to discuss the matter at the Lanling Bureau.

"I'm just outside the city, and I'm talking to you two in private. But since Your Majesty has ordered me to supervise the troops and horses on this road, I am now compelled to say two public words, and hope that the two generals will understand. Cao Ren sat down in the middle and arched his hand at Zhang Ji and Xiahou Yuan.

"The general just said it!" Zhang Ji said.

Cao Ren shook his head, and his face instantly became serious, "It is a great achievement that you killed more than 4,000 people of the Xuzhou army in this battle and captured Lanling City in an instant. But he lost more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and let Liu Bei go, which is a big mistake. ”

Xiahou Yuan glanced at Zhang Ji and said in a hurry, "This can't be blamed on us, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are very brave, and the formation is like playing a family, and our army was almost killed by the two of them in such an array." With these two people desperately protecting us, we can't keep Liu Bei. ”

“但本来是可以的！” Cao Ren sighed.

Xiahou Yuan seemed to have been impatiently inherited by Zhang Ji, and as soon as Cao Ren's voice fell, he retorted: "What do you mean that it is okay? In this battle, I fought with General Zhang like this, and if I were replaced by someone else, it would only be worse, except for the Praetorian Guard! ”

In the entire imperial army, Xiahou Yuan now only has the two guards Zhang Liao and Yinglin in his eyes.

He didn't have any of the other soldiers and horses.

He and Zhang Ji are undoubtedly the strongest in addition to the Praetorian Guards.

Even Cao Ren had to stand a little on the side.

Even if everyone's soldiers went out of the West Garden together, they were all old and new, but Cao Ren fought fewer battles than them.

Cao Ren's face was serious, and he said calmly: "Tactics are not only battles, but also techniques!" The news of Sun Guan and Lü You's defeat in Licheng has not yet reached Liu Bei, and our army will pretend to be defeated, flee into Lanling, and ask Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to help. As long as he enters the city smoothly, Liu Bei will be the turtle in the urn, killing or arresting, only in my thoughts. ”

Again, as soon as Cao Ren finished speaking, Xiahou Yuan took the lead in saying, "General Cao, I have to say that your idea is a bit taken for granted. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are here, it is difficult for you to capture or kill Liu Bei in a single thought. ”

After repeated times, Cao Ren's anger was finally forced.

He asked, "So, do you just want to admit the credit, not the fault?" ”

Xiahou Yuan replied disdainfully, "That's not it, it's my fault for losing soldiers and losing generals, but I don't admit the sin of letting Liu Bei go!" It's hard to say whether your self-righteous ideas will succeed or not. You can't throw the hypothetical sin on my and Zhang Ji's heads irresponsibly. ”

Zhang Ji looked at the two who were angry in just a few words, and was a little confused.

"Xiahou Miaocai, what's going on with you today? Did Shohara prick you get a needle in the wrong place? Why are you so impulsive, dissipate your anger, I'll tell you! Zhang Ji said to Xiahou Yuan in a low voice.

When Xiahou Yuan heard this, his eyes hung upward, and he was instantly depressed.

I'm not fucking afraid that you and Cao Ren will fight? Rushed to say your words first?

What a pair of flattering eyes thrown to a dog, blind in vain!

"Both of you put out the fire first, so that you can speak." Zhang Ji arched his hand at Cao Ren, "Actually, I think we can admit half of Liu Bei's sin by letting go." The reason why the other half didn't recognize it was because General Xiahou just said that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not ordinary people. ”

"Even if you pretend that Licheng was defeated and gain Liu Bei's trust and enter the city smoothly, it is really not an easy task to capture or kill Liu Bei in the hands of these two people. I fought Guan Yu with General Xiahou, but I didn't take advantage of it, General Cao might as well think about it. ”

Cao Ren looked at the two of them singing and harmonizing, and their eyelids were almost together.

He glanced at Zhang Ji and Xiahou Yuan and asked, "You two fought against Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?" ”

"It's not a catch, it's two to one, I haven't been beaten!" Zhang Ji touched his face, feeling a little unbearable.

Cao Ren said helplessly: "This is the result of you not making peace with me and fighting alone. ”

"I listen to General Cao's tone, shouldn't there be any more of us here?" Xiahou Yuan asked unhappily.

It was pretended just now, but Cao Ren's words made him really a little unhappy.

It's an Overseer, but you can't just start with all sorts of assumptions, and that's a bit of a struggle.

"Before I left, the military advisor specially explained that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are fierce generals, and they must not be caught and killed!" Cao Ren said lightly, "You yourself said that this is not a passing thing, right?" I won't say much. ”

"Deceiving Licheng, the worst result is nothing more than Liu Bei escaping, but the losses of our army will definitely not be too great!"

Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Ji were silent.

"I don't think so." Xiahou Yuan thought for a while and said, "Although we are caught and killed, the two of us are alive and well, and there are no other losses, how can this be a mistake?" ”

"As for the previous one, I admit it, you remember. By the way, I also added a sum to myself, knowing that I wanted to deceive Lanling, attack and kill Liu Bei, and when I was in a hurry to attack him, I was unprepared, but you actually walked behind us, resulting in the defeat of this battle, and Liu Bei fled. ”

Cao Ren: ......

Xiahou Yuan said this, and Cao Ren's stomach hurt a little.

Damn, one of you is either two or three horses, and you don't change people when you change horses.

Labor and management ride alone, and more are foot soldiers.

A man can run to death without resting, but will the horse be obedient?

"I think what Xiahou Miaocai said is very fair." Zhang Ji also said the same after careful consideration.

Cao Ren, who was stabbed by this knife, almost lost his breath.

"Okay, okay, I don't want to argue with the two of you about this matter anymore, let go of Liu Bei's sin, and the three of us will share it!" Cao Ren compromised, and he couldn't talk to unreasonable people at all.

Anyway, this little sin is not a big one, and it doesn't matter if you admit it.

"General Cao, we are not the right person, how to fight next, please General Cao give orders!" Zhang Ji arched his hand and said.

Cao Ren: ......

It's a damn sentence to the right thing, not to the person.

"Liu Bei fled, and then pretended that Licheng was lost, and asked for reinforcements, it is obviously impossible." Cao Ren said in a deep voice, "Next, our army is the vanguard, attracting the enemy, you attack and kill in the rear, fight quickly, and take Pengcheng directly." ”

What tactics are you talking about now, there are no tactics, let's fight regularly.

"Wait." Zhang Ji frowned, suddenly raised his hand and said, "I didn't understand it just now. But I suddenly thought of one thing, I don't know General Cao, I'm talking about General Cao Mengde, he didn't have the news of betraying the dynasty and changing the court, has it been spread to the ears of Tao Qian and Liu Bei? ”

Cao Ren was stunned, and said intently: "It shouldn't be!" ”

"Even if they know the details of the Battle of Leigh, they can't suspect this matter for the time being."

Even if Tao Qian knew about the fire that Cao Cao set in Licheng, he must not have known that it was Cao Cao Yin and Yuan Shao for the time being, and Cao Ren was basically completely sure that there were no deserters in the city that night.

Both ends are blocked, one comes out and dies the other, how can they live?

Even if there were escapees, it was before the siege, not after the siege.

Zhang Ji slapped his thigh fiercely, "That's it, you can chase and kill the general with the two of us!" ”

Cao Ren's eyes lit up, "The inside should be combined with the outside, attacking the city and plundering the village!" ”

"Exactly!" Zhang Ji said with a smile.

"Without further ado, I'll leave immediately, so as not to be discovered by the Xuzhou army!" Cao Ren immediately got up and said.

Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Ren and asked, "The general has nothing else to arrange?" ”

"This plan is the original strategy, there is nothing to arrange, each does its own thing." Cao Ren patted Xiahou Yuan's shoulder and said.

Xiahou Yuan watched Cao Ren walk out of the hall and said to Zhang Ji: "You see why people can supervise the two of us. ”

"You're not bad, you just thought about me, I almost got red eyes." Zhang Ji quipped.

Xiahou Yuan suddenly looked at Zhang Ji very unexpectedly, and smiled, "Okay, my charming eyes are not in vain!" ”

"Let's get down to business, after Cao Renbing sets off, immediately spread out the horses and chase after them!"

Zhang Ji shook his head, "No, our two soldiers and horses are too strong, and the enemy is not easy to take the bait, I will chase and kill with great fanfare, and you continue to cover your whereabouts and wait for the opportunity to raid." ”

"Okay, Lieutenant Zhao is an assassin in the palace, and now it seems that I can't change my identity as an assassin in the army." Xiahou Yuan shook his head and smiled, "You're already familiar with the road!" ”