I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 438
The late autumn of the first year of Xingping had passed, and winter was about to begin, but the several troops stationed in Sizhou showed no signs of withdrawing their troops and returning.

It was late at night, and there was not much light in the entire sky.

In the school grounds in the camp, Cao Cao was standing on a high platform in the school grounds in the camp.

In order to ensure the secrecy of this operation, there were not many torches lit in the school grounds, so as not to be detected by the scouts from Hebei, which would ruin the event.

Although Cao Cao standing on a high place had good eyesight, in the middle of the night and with limited light, Cao Cao still couldn't fully see how many people were standing in the audience.

However, he still has some experience, and Cao Cao can roughly judge how many people have already stood in the audience just from the sound of hurried footsteps coming from the camp.

Of course, it is not necessary for all the soldiers in the battalion to come, as long as the main characters arrive.

Feeling that the middle-level officers who needed to gather under his command were almost gathered, Cao Cao turned around and said to Xiahou Dun behind him:
"Yuan Rang, I will leave this camp to you!"

Xiahou Dun, who was previously in charge of the vanguard officer, was left in the camp by Cao Cao this time.

Perhaps this task is more suitable for him than charging into battle.

In order to ensure the success of Zhang Miao's raid plan, Cao Cao only left Xiahou Dun with 3000 troops and asked him to guard the camp cautiously.

But to be honest, the remaining [-] soldiers were all the soldiers with the least combat power, so Cao Cao was somewhat worried.

However, although Xiahou Dun is not capable, he can be regarded as a mature and prudent person, so Cao Cao is the most at ease in keeping him.

Xiahou Dun could feel Cao Cao's worry, he smiled calmly and said:

"Duke Ming just fight with peace of mind, there is a certain family, even if Liu Bei personally leads the troops to come, I will discipline him not to leave alive!"

These words are somewhat bragging, but Cao Cao is still very pleased. As a general who commands the army, if he doesn't even have this kind of ambition, is it still worth it?

Cao Cao said to Xiahou Dun: "Accordingly, I shouldn't have any serious problems this time. I have already handed over this battle to everyone in the army. If it is my plan, then I will follow the trend and defeat Liu Xuande in one fell swoop. !"

"If Liu Bei sees through my plan... the generals of the three armies can withdraw their troops without waiting for orders. The soldiers will meet at Qiliu Beach forty miles to the south!"

"If the attack on Liu Bei really doesn't go well, I will send someone to notify you. You can order the soldiers to pack their luggage in advance and retreat to Qiliu Beach first."

Xiahou Dun nodded suddenly.

It seems that Cao Cao is also ambiguous about this battle, and he can't guarantee that he can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

However, if there is a problem, Cao Cao will retreat immediately to save his soldiers as much as possible. The middle-ranking generals know what to do and have the right to make decisions on the fly, so they can advance or retreat.

It's just that if things really got to that point, Zhang Miao might be tricked by Cao Cao.

But living in this troubled world, there is no such thing as who cheats or not!
It's all for the sake of image preservation, understandable.

Xiahou Dun cupped his hands at Cao Cao: "Don't worry, Duke Ming!"

Xiahou Dun is mature and prudent, Cao Cao is of course relieved.

He nodded, then stepped on his shadow, greeted all the soldiers, and headed separately to the Tucheng built by Liu Bei, and his two camps at the east and west sides of Tucheng.

Cao Cao knew very well that there was a gap between the combat strength of the soldiers under his command and that of the Hebei army. If he fought head-on, he would undoubtedly lose over time.

Therefore, if he wants to defeat Liu Bei, Cao Cao can only rely on Zhang Miao's surprise troops to succeed.

Cao Cao deliberately retreated a few days ago, set up camps, and pretended to be fighting a protracted war, in order to paralyze Liu Bei.

Regardless of whether Liu Bei let go of his guard or not, the opponent must be fully focused on him at this time, and he should be negligent about the situation in the east.

In this way, with Lu Fan's instigation and assistance, Zhang Miao's chances of attacking Liu Bei's camp in one fell swoop will be greatly enhanced.

And when the time comes, if you take advantage of the situation, you will win a complete victory!
If things go wrong, if you withdraw immediately without any damage to your troops, you won't suffer too much damage.

Cao Cao and Zhang Miao secretly exchanged messengers and agreed to attack Liu Bei at midnight today.

During the day, Cao Cao still ordered the soldiers to build earthen cities, pretending to be harmless to humans and animals.

But at night, his troops showed their true colors.

However, compared to the time agreed between him and Zhang Miao, Cao Cao deliberately delayed by about a minute.

The purpose is to allow Zhang Miao to enter Liu Bei's camp first to test.

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"Ming Gong, look! It's on fire!"

Dian Wei, who was protecting Cao Cao, excitedly raised an iron halberd and pointed it towards Liu Bei's camp.

Moreover, faintly, Cao Cao and a group of generals seemed to be able to hear the exclamations and shouts of killing coming from the camp not far away!
"Ming Gong, it seems that Zhang Miao has succeeded!" Dian Wei eagerly geared up his fists, eager to try: "Please also give orders quickly, and all the ministries will lead their troops to cover up and kill!"

In order to ensure the success rate of the sneak attack and the safety of withdrawing troops in case things go wrong, Cao Cao divided the troops into five branches, each led by five generals of the Chinese army, and sneaked towards Liu Bei's Dazhai from different directions.

However, whether it is attacking or retreating, all troops must obey his command and act in unison.

Only after Cao Cao sends out a signal can the soldiers of the three armies attack with confidence.

Or retreat according to Cao Cao's intention.

Dian Wei and Cao Jun's soldiers were in a hurry, but Cao Cao was not very calm. He just quietly observed the situation of the enemy camp not far away, listened attentively, and quickly analyzed in his heart...

Finally, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, and he ordered calmly: "Send a signal, all the ministries will withdraw quickly!"

"what?"

Dian Wei never thought that after Cao Cao observed for a long time, he actually asked the big guys to withdraw!

This, doesn't this show that the sneak attack was successful?Why withdraw!
But obviously, Cao Cao is not in the mood to explain to Dian Wei now.

Some small flaws made Cao Cao see the problem.

The flames are too big!

The chaotic shouts of killing are too loud...

Even if the Hebei army was successfully attacked by Zhang Miao's army, it would be impossible to cause such a big chaos in a short period of time!

There must be fraud in it.

If it was changed to another commander, Cao Cao might feel that he was too cautious.

Too suspicious!It's too close to observe.

How do you fight like this?
This is indeed a shortcoming of Cao Cao, but it can also be regarded as one of his strengths.

After all, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is better to be careful.

Immediately afterwards, the signal of the retreat horn sounded in Shino.

After receiving Cao Cao's message, the other four soldiers and horses were puzzled, but they followed the prior agreement and immediately withdrew their troops and returned, leaving Zhang Miao's army alone in Liu Bei's camp.

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At the same time, Liu Bei's Qianzhai had been harassed by Chen Liu's army in sevens and eighties, and many tents and supplies were burned by Liu Bei, in order to bring in Cao Cao's main force.

But it's a pity that Liu Bei couldn't wait for Cao Jun to appear.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of horns not far away, which was completely different from the horns of our own side, and it probably came from Cao Jun.

Hearing the sound of the horn vaguely, Liu Bei couldn't help being excited. He thought it was the signal of Cao Jun's advance!

But after the horn sounded, there was still no movement outside the camp, and no Cao Jun came to reinforce Zhang Miao.

Soon, Liu Bei became overwhelmed.

Cao Cao is going to throw Zhang Miao here to die!
"Hey! Cao Aman is really ruthless! Even Zhang Miao is plotting! Bah!"

Liu Bei, holding a double-pronged sword, cursed fiercely, and then stopped pretending, and immediately ordered the inner camp to beat the drums, and ordered all the soldiers of the three armies to come out together!

Gao Shun's trapped camp could not bear it any longer, the weapons in their hands were really hungry and thirsty at the moment.

After hearing Liu Bei's attack signal, Gao Shun's soldiers were the first to rush from the inner camp to the outer camp.

Chen Liu's soldiers were having a good time fighting in the camp, but they were not surprised but happy when they saw the Hebei army in the depths of the opponent's camp!
To be honest, the Hebei army soldiers in the outer battalion are not their opponents at all. General Chen Liubing is worried about not being able to find an opponent right now!
After finally winning a sneak attack, why don't they kill them so much?

Seeing these thousands of infantry rushing out of the inner camp, fully armed and imposing, they must be the elite troops of the Hebei Army.

If this army is wiped out, the prestige of the Hebei Army will definitely be greatly suppressed.

Zhang Miao's level in front of the military was average, seeing that the opponent was an infantry, he immediately ordered several Sima under his command to lead the cavalry to charge!

In Zhang Miao's perception, cavalry was born to be the nemesis of infantry. No matter what terrain or situation it was in, those who rode on horses were better at fighting than those who could not ride on horses!
This is Zhang Miao's most basic understanding of arms.

But today, Gao Shun taught him a hard lesson, using infantry to teach him how to be a man.

As soon as those Chenliu cavalry rushed to the front of the trapped camp, they saw that the soldiers of the trapped camp formed in formation, using the spears in their hands to strike the ground with clean movements, stabbing the cavalry running in the front all at once. It's heartbreaking.

And the sergeants of the trapped camp used the shield formation formed by the large shield, overturned by the horse, and then rushed up to stab the knights who landed!
This is a big camp, do you guys think this is a plain?So arrogant!
The combat power and quality of the trapped camp far exceeded Zhang Miao's imagination!
It was the first time he had encountered such a fierce infantry team!
According to Gao Shun's training of these soldiers who fell into the camp, this army can really be called the world's first soldier!

How long can the cavalry and infantry of Chenliu County, plus their leader Zhang Miao, go before the trapped camp?
If they fall into the camp and fight a protracted war with them, then simply disband.

Liu Bei's attention is not on Zhang Miao now.

Since it's not easy for him to invite you into the urn, and Cao Cao won't come, then Liu Bei has made up his mind and will chase him out tonight, and show Cao Cao a little bit of strength no matter what he says!
In the Han Dynasty, the surname was Liu, not only Liu Jian ruled the roost alone!
He Liu Bei is also easy to use!
(End of this chapter)