"My life is at stake. The rear team has become the front team. Withdraw your troops quickly." Cao Cao was so frightened that he didn't even think of fighting. He immediately waved his troops and ran away. Zhang Liao didn't pursue him either. Pointing his halberd, the ambush troops on both sides came out. Yan Liang on the left and Lü Meng on the right. The two generals led their troops to charge and kill. The blood flowed from the direct killing. Cao's soldiers could not withstand the defeat and fled. All the weapons and equipment were abandoned on the ground. The number of countless.
Cao Cao ran wildly all the way. He heard the shouts of killing behind him fading away. The heart in his throat slowly returned to its original place. However, thinking that Zhang Liao was on the white horse, Cao Cao did not dare to stop at all. He led three thousand defeated cavalry. He hurriedly fled to Fengqiu.
Yan Liang and Lu Meng led their troops to pursue them for more than ten miles before returning. This battle finally relieved the tightness in their chests. They looked at each other and laughed non-stop.
After laughing, Yan Liangcai couldn't help but sigh with admiration: "My lord is a true god and man. He only used a little trick to scare Cao Cao into fear. He threw away his armor and left." After that, he summoned the man in golden armor. "Zhang Liao". The "Zhang Liao" respectfully drove his horse forward. He took off his helmet and took a closer look under the firelight. He turned out to be a Hebei sergeant who looked exactly like Wen Yuan.
Lu Meng knew his lord better than Yan Liang. Hearing this, he also sighed: "My lord's eye for understanding people is unparalleled in the world. His understanding of Cao Cao is beyond our reach. He expected that Cao Cao would leave tonight. Cao Cao did indeed I fell into the trap. The lord scared Cao Cao away by using a trick of suspicion. I'm afraid that Cao Cao will still think about the lord sending his army southward and run to Guandu like his buttocks are on fire." Speaking of happiness, the two of them raised their heads again. A burst of laughter.
It turned out that before his departure, Wen Yuan was afraid that Cao Cao would come to the front line for a surprise attack. He told Lü Meng to be careful and also gave him a secret plan. If Cao Cao came in person, he would use a secret plan to deal with it.
Wen Yuan knew that Cao Cao was suspicious of his troops, so he ordered Lu Meng to use the suspicion strategy. Every day he increased his troops in Henan with great fanfare so that Cao Jun's sentry cavalry could see them. At night, he quietly crossed back to the north bank. In this way, it seemed that there were 20,000 to 30,000 people crossing the river. .In fact, only Yan Liang and Lü Meng were left on the south bank of the river. At first, there were four to five thousand troops left. It was not until the last day that the 10,000 soldiers and horses that crossed the river were real. And this soldier and horse brought Wenyuan's great banner. It was also Lü Meng. The signal for the start of the pact with the Lord.
According to the plan, Lu Meng found a sergeant from the army who looked exactly like his lord. He put on armor and weapons. At night, he quietly led his troops out of camp to lie in wait for Cao Cao's troops in the south of Baima City. He suddenly appeared when Cao Cao's troops came out. He confused Cao Cao and made him think he was his lord. I arrived at Baima in person. In fact, the real lord quietly left Liyang ten days ago. At this time, he had already arrived in Qingzhou...
This is the plan planned by Wen Yuan and other counselors. Attack Cao Cao with Zhao Yun and Lu Meng. Maintain moderate pressure, especially on Lu Meng's side. The flag of the general must be falsely established so that Cao Cao has no time to distract himself. And this At that time, Wen Yuan personally led 20,000 cavalry and rushed to Xuzhou with multiple routes. Wen Yuan had already planned to wipe out Liu Bei's wing in Xuzhou before the decisive battle with Cao Cao began.
As for Cao Cao, after escaping to Fengqiu, Cao Cao was in shock. Thinking that Wenyuan's army was all in Baima, Cao Cao left Xiahou Dun to lead 15,000 troops to defend Fengqiu as a forward position. The rest of the troops retreated immediately. They then ordered Yue Jin and Xiahou Shang to retreat to the second line to avoid being trapped by the enemy. They also ordered Cao Ren, who had never dared to fight, to advance to attack Zhao Yun. He personally led the army to respond. He wanted to break Zhao Yun's side of the army first. Try to clear away the worries in the direction of Hulao Pass before the main force of the Hebei Army reaches Guandu, and then fully deal with the Hebei Army going south.
Just as Wen Yuan thought, Cao Cao also wanted to defeat this partial force from the west of Guandu first to avoid being hindered in the future.
Therefore, Guancheng to the west of Guandu became the battlefield where the second battle broke out between Zhang and Cao's armies.
In the direction of the city, in early February, Zhao Yun left his general Lu Xiang to guard Hulao Pass. He led 15,000 troops, with Lu Kuang as his deputy general and Xu Shu as his supervisor. The troops came out of Hulao Pass in a mighty force and passed by the front. .All the cities belonging to Cao Cao along the road surrendered. It was not until Zhao Yun entered Guancheng that he happened to meet the vanguard general Li Dian who was coming towards him.
Li Dian first set up camp outside Guancheng. The next day, the two armies faced each other and set up their positions. They blocked each other's positions. Li Dian jumped on his horse and went out to fight.
Zhao Yun wanted to go out in person. His deputy general Lu Kuang admonished him: "You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife. Li Dian, a mere pioneer, how can the general go out in person?"
Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Li Dian has been fighting under Cao Cao for many years. You need to be more careful when you go. I am here to raid the formation for you."
Lu Kuang nodded and accepted the order. He rode out of the battle and shouted, "Thieves who are rebelling against the country. Master Wang has not surrendered to you earlier."
Li Dian cursed: "Zhang Liao pretends to be a Han official, but he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. If I am willing to repent, it is not too late."
Lü Kuang was furious and stopped answering. He clapped his horse and attacked Li Dian with his sword. Li Dian also came to meet him with a gun. The two exchanged horses and fought for more than 20 times. Lü Kuang saw that he was no match for Li Dian, so he drew his horse with a feint of his sword. Let's go. Li Dian suddenly came to catch up. He heard a loud shout from the Hebei army formation: "Li Dian looks at the arrows."
He just heard the sound of the bowstring. Li Dian couldn't dodge in time and fell off his horse. He was shot in the shoulder. Zhao Yun rushed to catch up. Li Dian carried the arrow and fled back to the main formation in embarrassment. Zhao Yun pointed the tip of his spear. The Hebei army shouted and killed them. Cao Yun rushed over. Seeing that they were defeated, the two armies fought in a melee until noon. Fortunately, Cao Ren arrived in time with his troops. The two families stopped fighting and returned to their strongholds.
Cao Ren returned to the stronghold and asked Li Dian about his guilt for the defeat in front of the formation. The generals advised him to avoid it. Cao Ren then ordered Li Dian to return to Guandu to recover from his injuries. He led his army to the front. The next day, he left the stronghold and set up a formation. He marched to Guancheng with the sound of drums. Down.
Zhao Yun saw Cao's soldiers on the top of the city. Cao Ren was fighting below the city. He was about to go down to the city to meet the enemy. Xu Shu said: "General, wait a moment. The general knows this formation."
Zhao Yun looked carefully. He saw thousands of Cao soldiers arranged into a large square formation. They were not connected to each other in the middle. The tic-shaped space divided the large square formation into nine small square formations with clear distinctions. Zhao Yun looked carefully. After a while, I couldn't see any clues. I shook my head to express my ignorance.
Xu Shu said: "This is the eight-door golden lock formation in the military book. The eight doors are: Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Death, Jing, Kai. For example, if you open the door from the Sheng gate or the Jing gate, it will be auspicious; if you open the door from the Shang gate, you will be lucky. If you enter through Dumen, you will be killed. The formation is unpredictable and extremely powerful. If a general enters the formation rashly, he may make a mistake."
Zhao Yun listened to Xu Shu's serious words, but his eyes showed confidence. He cupped his hands and said: "Sir, you are very knowledgeable. You must have a way to break the formation. I hope you will give me some advice."
Xu Shu twisted his beard and smiled and said: "I'm not sorry, General. You and I are both serving the lord." He pointed at the formation laid out by Cao Ren under the city with his folding fan and said, "Although this formation is neatly laid out, it just doesn't capture the essence of the eight formations. General." You can lead 500 troops to attack from the Shengmen Gate in the southeast corner and then fight out from the Jingmen Gate in the west. Then the formation will be in chaos. If I send my troops to cover up the attack again, I will definitely defeat Cao Ren."