Chapter 305 Let Cao's generals be ashamed and angry
"Brother, could it be that the dust and mist that fills the sky was caused by these hundreds of knights?"
Although Wen Chou suddenly understood, he still couldn't help but asked in surprise.
Yan Liang reined in his horse and said with a faint smile: "Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops are here. If I don't use some tricks, how can I scare off our Prime Minister Cao?"
It turned out that Yan Liang saw through Cao Cao's plan and knew that Wen Chou had fallen into the trap, so he immediately led all the remaining cavalry and came all the way. He originally thought that the ambush was only part of Cao Cao's army, but when he arrived at the battlefield, he was surprised to find that Cao Cao's entire division was actually there.
this.
Yan Liang immediately realized that with his existing troops, facing tens of thousands of elite Cao troops equipped with cavalry, it would not be easy to break through the siege and rescue Wen Chou.
Moreover, if he is not careful, he may even fall into a tight siege.
So Chapter 305 asked the generals of the Cao family, Yan Liang, to have an idea and make arrangements before the attack. He ordered Zhou Cang to lead more than a hundred riders to stay here. The horses were tied to branches behind their tails, and they galloped back and forth to stir up dust and mist to create a
Give the illusion of an incoming army.
At the same time, Yan Liang continued to explain, and ordered Hu Che'er to seize the opportunity to rush into the siege and publicize the arrival of his reinforcements, so as to frighten the enemy's troops and boost the morale of his own soldiers.
Facts have proved that Yan Liang's strategy worked.
Historically, Zhang Fei used this trick to frighten Cao Cao when he was at Changbanpo. Now, Yan Liang borrowed Zhang Fei's strategy, but Cao Cao still fell into the trap.
At this time, Wen Chou had completely understood Yan Liang's strategy. He was suddenly enlightened and the admiration on his face became even stronger.
Unable to help himself, Wen Chou handed over his hand and sighed again: "Brother, the wonderful changes in the plan are really beyond our reach. I am so impressed that I am so impressed."
Yan Liang only smiled at Wen Chou's admiration and admiration, and said with a wave of his whip: "Let's go, the whole army will retreat to Champion City first. This strategy cannot be hidden from our Prime Minister Cao for too long."
With that said, Yan Liang turned his horses and went ahead. Wen Chou and other generals then led thousands of cavalry and retreated towards Champion City, which was thirty miles away.
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When Yan Liang retreated, several miles away, Cao Cao was still hurriedly retreating to Shunyang City, more than ten miles away.
The spirits of the civil and military personnel in Cao's camp, including Cao Cao, were very low.
Guo Jia is like Guo Jia, who has clever calculations and thinks that everything is perfect, but he doesn't want to be discovered by Yan Liang in the end.
However, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang joined forces to fight against Wen Chou but were unable to do so, and their confidence was frustrated.
Le Jin and Yu Jin were defeated by Yan Liang one after another. Yu Jin suffered internal injuries, and their self-esteem was severely damaged.
Not to mention Cao Hong, who didn't even dare to fight when he saw Yan Liang, and was directly frightened away by Yan Liang's power. Although he was safe and sound, he was secretly ashamed of his cowardice.
There was also Xu Chu who followed Cao Cao. Although he was not defeated by Yan Liang, before he retreated, he was teased by Yan Liang with a few empty bows. The anger in his heart burned his self-esteem like fire.
In a depressed mood, tens of thousands of Cao's troops marched silently.
Cao Cao, who was riding his horse slowly, suddenly moved, as if he suddenly thought of something, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
He reined in his mount fiercely, turned around and looked east, saying: "No, something is fishy, something is wrong."
All the civil and military officials also stopped and looked at Cao Cao's strange expression. Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
After a moment of silence, Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Send the order and the whole army will stop advancing and form an array on the spot."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed. They all thought that Cao Cao did not intend to retreat to Shunyang, but was preparing to fight to the death with Yan Liang's army again.
"Prime Minister, the morale of our army has been dampened. Under the current situation, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to engage in a decisive battle with Yan's army." Guo Jia hurriedly advised him.
However, Cao Cao ignored Guo Jia and only raised his whip and said: "Send your scouts back quickly. We need to know the truth about the enemy's current situation."
The left and right did not dare to disobey, so they had to station the army in formation in the field, while several groups of scouts also fled like the wind, rushing to the battlefield they had just evacuated not long ago.
Tens of thousands of people stood in the wilderness with anxiety, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy.
These famous generals in Cao's army are not cowards, but Yan Liang's majestic performance just now deeply shocked them, making it difficult for them to regain their former fighting spirit for a moment.
However, Cao Cao frowned, wrapped his cloak tightly, and closed his eyes slightly. His expression seemed to have anticipated something, and he was just waiting for the result of the verification.
The sun was setting in the west, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were stationed in the wind, and anxiety was permeating the air.
Cao Cao still closed his eyes tightly, but Guo Jia's eyebrows flashed with a strange color next to him, as if he had vaguely guessed something.
The sound of horse hooves sounded, and several riders came from Juechen. It was the scouts sent out who had returned.
"Prime Minister, Yan Jun has already gone to Champion City and has not come after him."
After hearing the scout's report, all the generals on the left and right heaved a sigh of relief. Only Cao Cao, instead of being the least bit happy, his brows became more and more frowning.
"How many enemy reinforcements are coming?" Guo Jia asked hurriedly.
"Back to my lord, the young men did not find any enemy reinforcements, only the original thousands of cavalry."
The scout's words shocked everyone present. From Guo Jia down, everyone looked surprised and confused.
They clearly saw dust and mist rising all over the sky. If it weren't for Yan Liang's army arriving, what else could it have been.
But now, why did the scouts report that they didn't see Yan Liang's reinforcements at all?
The generals talked about it one after another, and for a while they were all in disbelief.
At this time, Guo Jia sighed: "It seems that we have all fallen into Yan Liang's plan. He has no reinforcements at all. The dust in the sky is probably just an illusion created by the cavalry galloping back and forth."
Guo Jia sighed and told the truth.
The generals suddenly woke up. They were surprised and annoyed, and they all regretted that they had fallen into Yan Liang's plan.
Cao Cao, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his eyes, with that silent expression, as if the scout's reward had been expected by him.
In fact, what Guo Jia said, Cao Cao had already woken up when he ordered to stop advancing.
If Yan Liang really had a large number of reinforcements coming, how could Yan Liang not take advantage of the situation to cover up the killing with his military skills? But now there is no sign of pursuing troops behind him, which is already very suspicious.
Furthermore, Yan Liang's infantry did not have wings, so how could they arrive here so quickly?
After careful consideration of all kinds of doubts, Cao Cao soon realized that he had fallen into Yan Liang's trick. Now he stopped his troops and horses just to confirm whether his speculation was true.
The reality was as cruel as expected. Cao Cao, who was the best at creating suspicion, was now being tricked by Yan Liang.
At this moment, Cao Cao's state of mind was like being pricked by thousands of needles. His soul and dignity were deeply hurt by Yan Liang.
All the generals in Cao's camp fell silent, their fighting spirit and morale having dropped to the lowest ebb.
The cold wind at dusk caressed the sad faces, and there was silence.
"Haha~~haha~~"
The sudden burst of laughter broke the silence, and the laughter was full of disdain and confidence.
The person who laughed was none other than their prime minister.
Everyone looked startled, and couldn't help but have strange expressions on their faces, thinking that they, a group of heroes, were being played like this by Yan Liang, a traitor of the Yuan family, but how could their Prime Minister act like nothing was wrong and still laugh out loud.
"I wonder what the Prime Minister is laughing at?" Guo Jiaqi asked.
Under the gaze of a pair of blank eyes, Cao Cao gradually stopped laughing wildly, stroking his short beard, but he had a look of disdain on his face.
"What I am laughing at is Yan Liang's bravery and lack of strategy." Cao Cao said disapprovingly.
Everyone was stunned again, thinking that Yan Liang not only rescued Wen Chou and defeated their carefully laid ambush plan, but also used clever tactics to defeat tens of thousands of their troops. This was obviously brave and strategic, but how could the Prime Minister say that?
Yan Liang is brave but not resourceful.
Amid everyone's surprised gazes, Cao Cao sneered and said: "If I were Yan Liang, I would have sent out a single troop to go back to our army's retreating road. When our troops were suspicious, they would attack from both fronts and backs. Even if there was no intervention,
When reinforcements arrive, with thousands of cavalry, they can seriously injure our army. At the moment, it seems that Yan Liang's ability to use troops is no more than this."
Hearing what Cao Cao said, the generals couldn't help but secretly took a breath, thinking that what the Prime Minister said was true. If Yan Liang was really like this, wouldn't they have been defeated by now?
Thinking of this, the public's fear of Yan Liang was reduced a bit, and the low mood also rose slightly.
Guo Jia's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "What the Prime Minister said is true. Although Yan Liang is cunning, he can only play some small tricks. Now, although our ambush has not been successful, the soldiers of the three armies have not suffered much damage.
Regroup and march the army to fight again, why not worry about losing Yan Liang."
Others could not see Cao Cao's intentions. Guo Jia was extremely smart, but they knew that Cao Cao's words were still intended to belittle Yan Liang in order to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Realizing Cao Cao's intentions, Guo Jia hurriedly echoed his words and helped Cao Cao boost his morale.
After hearing Guo Jia's words, the morale of the generals was immediately boosted, and the originally silent atmosphere soon became as high as fire again.
Xu Chu was the first to shout: "Chu Yuan will fight to the death for the prime minister, and he will never give up until he kills Yan Liang——"
"I will never give up until I kill Yan Liang——"
"I will never give up until I kill Yan Liang——"
Xu Chu shouted like this, and all the other generals in Cao's camp became excited and roared in response.
For a moment, rumbling shouts of killing rose into the sky, and the fierce fighting spirit once again burned among Cao's troops.
A sly smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and he shouted happily: "The generals are very happy to have fighting spirit. It's very good. Let's go back to Shunyang to rest, and we will fight to the death with Yan Liang's dog thief one day."
Cao Cao turned around, reined in his horse, and headed towards Shunyang City with his head held high.
Tens of thousands of Cao's troops marched again. This time they no longer marched silently, but were all agitated, talking about revenge.
While marching, Cao Cao quietly glanced back to the east, gritted his teeth secretly and said: "Yan Liang, it was you who angered me, Cao Cao. Next, I will let you see the true ability of me, Cao Mengde, in using troops, huh-"!!
