Chapter 295: Attack

The messenger ran all the way back to Cao Cao's team and told Cao Cao about the incident. After hearing this, Cao Cao finally let go of his heart. He thought that as long as Li Qin agreed, he would definitely do as he did. Even if he knew that he was a fool, Li Qin would have to treat the fool to the end in order to be honest with the words of "being upright"!

People these days attach great importance to reputation, and many people regard reputation as more important than life. Li Qin's reputation for justice is almost known to everyone in the world. Seeing that he is so good, Cao Cao naturally believed that Li Qin would definitely be exhausted by reputation and would not come out to attack him. So after hearing the messenger's return, he and Gongsun Zan tried their best to push the army forward, and kept pressing ten miles below Hulao Pass!

Yuan Shao and the princes behind saw that Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan could push the army so close, and everyone couldn't believe it. They didn't know what happened to Li Qin. Could it be that they took the wrong medicine and were so crazy that they made the coalition forces so close! The princes didn't know the reason and talked a lot, and went to ask Yuan Shao again. Yuan Shao didn't understand why, so of course he couldn't answer.

The more they pressed the army forward, the more nervous Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan became. When the army entered ten miles, for safety reasons, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan discussed that in order to ensure safety, they had to go over and squeeze Li Qin in words at the gates, not only did they not allow him to send troops, but even Li Qin's subordinates could not send troops.

During the march, Cao Cao said to Gongsun Zan: "General Gongsun, then Li Qin must know that he was fooled, but for his reputation, he may not send troops, but I am afraid that he will imply that his subordinates lead troops to fight privately. Think about it, if we set up camp under the gates and Li Qin himself did not give orders, but he hints that a so-called somewhat reckless leader would go to fight and attack us, wouldn't that be the same as his sending troops?"

Gongsun Zan nodded and said, "General Cao is also my concern. As long as Li Qin said afterwards that the person was not sent by him, but the leader took his own initiative and led his troops privately. Just hit the leader with a few sticks, and even if the matter is done, his reputation will not be lost. This is a very likely thing. Can General Cao have a way to deal with it?"

Cao Cao said: "One of us can only go over and squeeze Li Qin with words. As long as we can tell the matter out in front of the generals of Fujiao, it will be considered as breaking Li Qin's conspiracy. The generals of Fujiao Army are all over the top. Even if some people want to be reckless, they will be exposed by us. Then they will not lead troops to fight. Li Qin can only be a mute and eat Coptis chinensis. No matter how hard he is, he can just swallow it!"

Gongsun Zan frowned and said, "This matter is very dangerous, but I will definitely not go. You can only go General Cao. I will send someone to protect you and let my best dead soldiers follow you and block the arrows for you!"

Cao Cao was silent for a long time and said, "I don't think it's necessary. No matter how many people I take, when I get to the gate, as long as Li Qin wants to hurt me, I will not be able to leave safely. So it's better to go there alone. The fewer people pass by, the less Li Qin will be unable to take action, otherwise he will never be able to convince the public and will be ridiculed by heroes in the world!"

Gongsun Zan suddenly said, "Why do you go over? Just send someone to pretend to you? Anyway, Li Qin can't tell whether it's true or false."

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "That's true. Then choose a loud voice who pretends to be me, put on my armor, go to the bottom of the lock and shout. Let's watch from behind... Oh, I wonder if General Gongsun can pick out the archer. If Li Qin appears at the lock and shoots him with an arrow, wouldn't he be the way for heaven!"

Gongsun Zan nodded immediately and said, "Why didn't I expect that this plan is very good. There are many magical archers in our army. We arrange ten at a time. As long as Li Qin appears, he will be killed!"

Cao Cao immediately agreed that he wanted Li Qin to be honest, but he himself had no idea of ​​being honest. As the saying goes, "I never get tired of cheating," Li Qin was deceived, and that was Li Qin's business. Who made him feel bad about his brain?

The two discussed the specific matters again and decided what to do. They brought their soldiers to approach Hulao Pass carefully. The terrain of Hulao Pass was dangerous, and there was not much open space under the pass, which was not suitable for cavalry combat. Therefore, as long as Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan blocked the pass, the large brigade of the Fujiao Army would not be able to rush out. Tactical terms, Cao Cao wanted to turn the geographical advantage that Li Qin had to use and his own, which was a good tactic.

When they arrived two miles below the gate, Cao Cao ordered the infantry to come forward and form a square formation of one thousand people. The soldiers and generals stood densely between the two mountains below the gate. The front row of soldiers held high a shield, and behind the shield were archers. Behind the shield were large troops, the soldiers and generals were ready to camp. As long as the matter was settled in the front, camp immediately. Time was precious and not wasted.

A small school crowd came out and walked out of the gate with an arrow. He pulled his neck and shouted, "Li Zhe, are you there? My General Cao has something to say to you in person, how dare you come out to answer?"

When the coalition forces arrived, Li Qin had already received a report. He was on the wall at this time. Suddenly, he heard Cao Cao want to talk to him. He said, "Cao Cao has always been a sloppy person. How could he talk to me in this situation? I guess he will come here later. It should be a fake!"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "It is possible that what comes here is true, but Cao Cao must have ambushed the archer. If you don't attack him, he will attack you!"

Li Qin frowned and said, "What should I do? Do I want to go out?"

Jia Xu said, "Why are you going out? Isn't it good to talk to the end? He just wants to ruin your reputation. If you don't know, he will be corrupted the same way."

After a pause, he said again: "No matter what trick Cao Cao wants to use, he will never leave his sect. Judging from his appearance, he will always camp here. So we'd better let them do it!"

Li Qin nodded, and just as he was about to shout to the lower body, Jia Xu grabbed him and refused to let Li Qin answer in person. He turned around and said a few words to Dian Wei, and Dian Wei laughed dryly.

Standing in front of the chassis, Dian Wei shouted to the bottom: "Cao Aman is not worthy of talking to my master and let him get out of the way. Also, you need to set up camp and set up. We agreed to fight head-on, so we can solve the problem by relying on the fight between soldiers and generals. Don't use any tricks. If we don't use them, don't use them, just do it like this!"

After saying that, Dian Wei retreated, and the archers of the Fujiao Army stepped forward. The rain of arrows fell. Although they did not shoot to the small school, the small school did not dare to talk nonsense anymore and turned around and retreated back to the square formation.

Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao in the formation both heard Dian Wei's call. Gongsun Zan said, "Li Qin is so rude. He is too arrogant. He doesn't even want to talk to us. He thinks he is, and he really treats himself as a character!" Li Qin refused to come over, and the archer he arranged was useless and came up with a good idea in vain.

Cao Cao sighed in his heart. Of course he was unhappy when he was looked down upon by Li Qin. He said, "General Gongsun, let's bear the momentary anger for a while. Sooner or later, it will be a day to deal with Li Qin, and this day will arrive soon!"

The two divided their work and cooperated, and Gongsun Zan remained in the square formation, paying attention to the movements of the Fujiao Army in the pass, while Cao Cao retreated and went to supervise the soldiers to camp.

The soldiers and generals of the coalition also understood that they were in danger now. They had set up the camps as soon as possible and they were guarding the camps, so they would be safer. So everyone worked hard and worked hard. The camps were built very quickly, and only one-third of the usual camp time was used, and the two camps were built!

It was getting late at this time, and the coalition troops were about to enter the camp and started to make rice. Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan were both in the first camp. Their mood finally relaxed a little, and they also sent letters to Yuan Shao and the princes behind, telling the people behind that they could set up camps, and that they were blocking in front, the safety problem was solved.

The smoke from the cooking camp is rising and the sun sets. The scenery under Hulao Pass is quite interesting, especially the thousands of smoke from the cooking camp is rising, which is peaceful and peaceful, showing a quiet atmosphere.

Looking at the soldiers who were silent but busy, Cao Cao looked at the gate again. He always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say something. After all, the current "peaceful atmosphere" was achieved by him racking his brains and implementing it smoothly.

On the city wall at the entrance, Li Qin, Jia Xu and a group of generals were standing behind the chassis, looking at the coalition forces below, and they also remained silent.

Seeing the smoke rising from below, Jia Xu spoke, and he said, "In another quarter of an hour, they should have dinner. Now is a good time to attack!"

Li Qin nodded, turned around, and said to the general: "Are the turmeric oil ready?"

Dian Wei said: "I have prepared two thousand cans of turmeric oil, and all the inventory in Hulao Pass has been taken out!"

Li Qin took a deep breath, swallowed it slowly, and said, "Start, don't have to catch the living, get Cao Cao's head, and remember the same great achievements. Go down and do things!" He waved his hand.

The generals agreed in unison, turned around and ran down the city wall, and the troops in each headquarters were opened. As soon as the gate of Hulao Pass opened, Dian Wei took the lead and rushed out!

Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan were still sitting in the camp waiting for dinner. They never dreamed that Li Qin would send troops to attack. Didn’t he agree to come to the field with a dignified offensive battle? Why did he suddenly send troops out?

The two of them jumped up at the same time, and Cao Cao shouted, "Arrows are ready, all of them are up!" After shouting, he said to Gongsun Zan again: "The big thing is not good, Li Qin doesn't care about his trust. He would rather not have reputation than defeat us!"

Gongsun Zan said angrily: "Since that's the case, let's take advantage of the opportunity to kill in!" He jumped onto the war horse, danced his spear with his hands, and killed the Fujiao Army.

Gongsun Zan is a brave general. He dared to face ten times the enemy when he was in Liaodong and could also kill the enemy to defeat him. He was indeed cautious when facing the Fujiao Army, but a real man did something and did not do anything. Since Li Qin was not trustworthy and sent troops to attack, he might as well fight head-on. Who is afraid of whom? Fujiao Army is not three heads and six arms. What's there to be afraid of? They are all humans!

Cao Cao chased after a few steps and saw Gongsun Zan leaving, he thought to himself: "It is definitely impossible to defend, but if you don't fight hard, you will not be able to fight in the future!" Of course, he didn't care about running away. He didn't know how many times he had escaped in history, but he didn't have to escape if he didn't fight, but there was no need to.
Chapter completed!