Chapter 76: Not good! I fell for Cao thief's trick! (Thanks to the large sum of [Kanai 1970]
After Cao Jun successfully attacked for three to five days,
It seemed that Pengcheng was a little bit too strong to take advantage of, so the soldiers attacking the city began to lose their ability to work.
Cao Jun's siege today actually withdrew without even touching the city wall.
on the city wall,
Tao Qian looked at this somewhat abnormal situation and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
After Cao Bao repelled the invading Cao army again, his self-confidence was fully opened, "Zhou Mu, Cao Jun was repelled by me again. It seems that Cao Cao's elite army is nothing more than this."
Tao Qian did not reply, but kept staring at Cao Jun who was fleeing in embarrassment, frowning.
Cao Bao looked at Tao Qian's face and did not dare to say anything more, so he had to send people to clean up the battlefield below the city.
When it’s time to bury the pot and make rice,
"The amount of smoke in Cao Jun's camp...seems to have decreased?!"
Tao Qian looked at the smoke rising from Cao Jun's camp and finally understood what was wrong!
"Come here!" Tao Qian shouted immediately after discovering the problem.
Mi Fang, who was waiting not far behind Tao Qian, immediately stepped forward and asked, "What are the orders from the state pastor?"
“The smoke from Cao Camp’s kitchen has decreased!
Go and send scouts to explore Cao Jun’s camp.
Look if their army has been reduced!"
Mi Fang was stunned when she heard this, and immediately admired Tao Qian's rich battlefield experience, "I will arrange for someone to go there now!"
It didn't take long,
The scouts sent by Pengcheng found extremely important information.
"Repay! Lord!"
"speak!"
"We have found out the news! Only Cao Cao's Chinese army camp still has troops coming in and out. Although flags are placed in the left and right military camps of Cao Cao's camp, there is no one in the camp!"
"Have you ever found out the whereabouts of Cao Jun?" Tao Qian had a proud smile on his face.
"Judging from the direction of the footprints, they should be heading towards the East China Sea!"
After hearing the exact news, Tao Qian immediately stroked his beard and laughed loudly:
"Hahaha!
Cao Ahao, you have calculated so many things, but have you ever predicted that I, Tao Gongzu, would see through your trick?"
At the same time,
With Cao Ren as the chief general and Le Jin as the deputy general, an army of more than 30,000 soldiers quietly advanced towards the East China Sea. Judging from their goal, they should be directed at Tancheng.
But after walking more than a hundred miles and confirming that there were no spies behind him,
Cao Ren led the army and returned to a place less than fifty miles away from Pengcheng, where he hid quietly.
...
the next day,
This guy Cao Cao seems to be completely unaware.
As before, several groups of hundreds of infantry were sent to attack the city.
Today was even better. Not a single soldier died. Only one unlucky guy was shot in the thigh by a stray soldier and was dragged back by his teammates.
After Tao Qian learned that Cao's army divided his troops and headed towards the East China Sea, his mind gradually became active.
In the next two days, Cao Jun stopped attacking the city, and instead engaged in scolding and verbal battles.
Tao Qian has recently lost interest in climbing the city wall to observe the enemy's situation.
today,
The soldiers of Cao Cao who were scolding the formation below the city were even more disheveled and sat on the ground. Some even tired of scolding lay down on the ground and fell asleep.
After Cao Bao witnessed all this, he sent someone to report the situation below the city to Tao Qian.
When Tao Qian heard this, a feeling of pride suddenly rose in his heart.
"Aren't you Cao Mengde very good at fighting?
Why, now that Pengcheng is right in front of you, but you can't take it, instead you are going to use a trick to divide your forces to attack the East China Sea?"
Thinking of this, Tao Qian felt that he was already standing on the third floor, while Cao Cao and others were still standing on the second floor.
A kind of arrogance from the person in charge who sees through everything arises spontaneously,
"Back then in Dongjun, you and Cao Ah Man only defeated me because Dongjun was your home court.
Now if it were my Xuzhou battlefield, you, Cao Ah Man, would have revealed your true colors without being obedient!
Hahaha!"
Perhaps because people are in high spirits during happy events, Tao Qian's mind was spinning faster today, and he thought again:
"Not long after Cao Cao acquired Yanzhou,
Yanzhou had a food shortage due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
This time I attacked Xuzhou, what I wanted was a quick victory, but now that I have delayed him for less than half a month, Yuanlong should have persuaded Gongsun Zan to send reinforcements.
I think Cao Ah Man can dance around for a few more days, hahaha!"
As for Cao's troops who were sent to the East China Sea, Tao Qian was not worried at all.
"Tan City is garrisoned by Xuan Gao and 10,000 defenders. With Xuan Gao's ability, it is easy to defend Tan City.
As long as Cao's army cannot attack Tancheng, sooner or later he will be just a lone army!"
So good, Tao Qian feels like a famous general from ancient times.
It feels so good to be able to control Cao Cao, who is as cunning as a fox and as sinister as a snake!
Cao Jun's division of troops to show weakness has had an effect. Not only did Tao Qian's vigilance begin to decline, but also Tao Qian's vigilance began to decline.
Among the other generals and commanders in Pengcheng City, there are gradually beginning to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight.
Tao Qian expected that the soldiers going to the East China Sea would be transferred to Tancheng.
Seeing that the morale and morale of the army are now available,
So they deliberately chose a time in the afternoon when people and horses were exhausted, opened the city gate, and attacked boldly!
"My sons, kill the enemy!"
"Kill!"
"Capture Cao Cao alive!"
The gates of Pengcheng are wide open,
The group of drowsy Sergeant Cao's soldiers who were "doing foreign work" suddenly jumped up one by one and ran faster than rabbits.
Tao Qian put on his helmet and carried his armor, and personally led his army out of the city, aiming directly at Cao Jun's Chinese army camp!
However, when the vanguard of the Xuzhou Army rushed into the camp,
They were dumbfounded.
Except for those soldiers of Cao Cao who "discarded their helmets and armor" and led them into the camp, not a single person was seen in the camp!
"What's going on? How come there's no one there?"
"Where is Cao Jun?"
"I have a bad feeling!"
"No, we fell into a trap!"
Pioneer Cao Bao saw that something was wrong and immediately turned his horse and ran towards the outside of the military camp!
When Tao Qian saw the vanguard withdrawing from the camp like a tide, a bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
Before Tao Qian’s army could turn around,
War drums sounded one after another, and every time the drum beat fell, it seemed to hit the hearts of Xuzhou soldiers and Tao Qian!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"kill!"
"Dian Wei again, who will fight with me!!!"
As the drum beat became more and more urgent,
A sturdy man, holding a pair of halberds, charged towards the vanguard army led by Cao Bao, which had fallen into chaos!
"Boom!" Dian Wei ran as fast as an entire battalion by himself!
"Come and die!!!"
Cao Bao looked at the big man who drew an arc in mid-air and fell into his own army formation. He was so shocked that his eyes popped out: "Is this man?"
Tao Qian was also frightened. Where had he seen people fighting like this?
He suddenly blurted out: "Inhuman!!!"
Seeing that Cao Jun's soldiers had rushed up from all around,
Seeing that there were enemy troops on three sides, Tao Qian couldn't care too much and immediately ordered, "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Before the order to retreat was given, he turned around and ran away.
joke,
Didn't you see that the two Xiahou's flags have appeared? If you don't run away, wait to be beaten!
Cao Jun's siege consisted of three towers and one tower.
It seemed to have given Xuzhou soldiers a way out, but it also gave them away the courage to resist.
Tao Qian and his Xuzhou army only had to flee in embarrassment, while Cao's army only had to chase and capture the troops.
When Tao Qian and the defeated army finally returned to Pengcheng after a round of retreat, of the 20,000 Xuzhou troops they brought out, only less than 8,000 were left.