Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 267 Your Trick Is Mine
That night, the soldiers of the Han and Cao Battalions all slept very deeply, especially Liu Xie, who fell into a dream as soon as his head touched the pillow after a day's trek.

Before Jingye's clapper rang, Xu Rong came to ask Liu Xie if he needed to set a password or send people to watch the night in turn.But Liu Xie replied indifferently: "No need, let everyone sleep well. Tomorrow and the days after that, everyone will suffer."

Xu Rong didn't understand what Liu Xie meant, and out of caution as a general, he was still worried.Fortunately, before returning the account, he saw Xun You watching the night.Xu Rong knew that Xun You was a military advisor that His Majesty relied heavily on, and also respected Xun You's character, so he couldn't help coming forward to express his doubts.

Looking at Xu Rong's worried face, Xun You couldn't help but smiled and said, "You don't need to keep people on watch at night, just pass down the order and let the soldiers cover all the supplies, food and grass with something to keep out the rain."

Xu Rong was even more puzzled. It was fine if he didn't guard against Yuan Jun's sneak attack. Why was Master Xun still worried that it was going to rain?
After being reminded by Xun You, Xu Rong raised his head and realized that the sky tonight was like a thick inkstone, too deep to dissolve.There was indeed a sign of rain. Thinking that too many things would lead to chaos, I couldn't help thanking Xun You: "Mr. Xun is indeed in charge of the overall situation, and the general admires it. But, why did your majesty and the military adviser decide that Yuan Jun would not sneak attack at night?"

As soon as the words came out, Xu Rong felt a little regretful.Xun You also said just now that there will be rain tonight, so how could Yuan Jun send troops in the rain?

"Not only that," Xun You laughed again, and explained to Xu Rong without showing off: "Yuan Jun was defeated tonight, he was chased by Cao Jun for a whole day, his legs and feet were weak, how could he have the energy to steal the camp? It's not that our army is also exhausted tonight, I think His Majesty's temperament may still make noise for exhausted soldiers."

When Xu Rong heard this, he immediately felt relieved.Looking back at the still brightly lit but scattered Taishou City, I felt deeply sad for those Yuan Jun: Yes, I was worried that Yuan Jun would sneak attack at night, and Yuan Jun was probably even more worried that he would attack the city at night.This night, they really don't want to sleep well. Meeting Yuan Shu's stingy and ungrateful master, it is estimated that the soldiers will have to hang out on the tower all night...

That night, as Xun You expected, Yuan Jun did not move at all.Yuan Jun on the tower just watched pitifully until midnight with Wu Qingyan, all of them looked like pandas.

Finally, it was the turn of the night round of soldiers to change the guard, and the second round of soldiers was even more miserable. Their bodies were warm and still awake, but they were soaked by the heavy rain again.By the morning of the second day, a full third of Yuan Jun was coughing and contracted a cold.

These bad things spread to Yuan Shu's ears, making Yuan Shu who was vomiting blood even more depressed.The only good thing worth mentioning is that this morning, he finally made people hang the immunity card on the tower.He felt that since he was so gracious and well-mannered, he must have made the little emperor who didn't know anything and the uneducated Cao Cao blush with embarrassment.

But in fact, Cao Cao and Liu Xie didn't have time to talk to Yuan Shu at all.Especially Cao Cao, after dawn, he ran to the camp of the Han army to greet Liu Xie.

Of course, this real intention is the same as Liu Xie's entry into Cao Ying to explore the truth.He just wanted to know what medicine Liu Xie bought in the gourd last night.

But before entering the camp of the Han army, Cao Cao saw groups of Han soldiers leaving the camp with their shovels on their shoulders.Seeing this, Cao Cao was puzzled, and finally met a familiar Xu Rong, and was too shy to ask him.

After all, in the Battle of Xingyang, Xu Rong almost killed Cao Cao with just one ambush, causing Cao Cao to lose his horse. It was Cao Hong who gave up his horse to Cao Cao and encountered reinforcements, so he escaped his life.

But when Xu Rong saw Cao Cao, he immediately led his horse forward and bowed to Cao Cao with his fists in his arms: "Master Cao, yesterday was too hasty, and I didn't have the chance to meet you. I never thought that today, you and I will meet here again. When we parted in Xingyang, A certain person predicted that Mr. Cao would accomplish a great deed and carry out his ambition to help the world. Today, Mr. Cao really did what he said, and he has swept the world for the Han Dynasty."

Hearing Xu Rong's praise, Cao Cao's complexion immediately improved a lot.He is an open-minded person by nature, and at the same time, he can see that Xu Rong's praise is different from Yuan Shu's. Every sentence comes from the heart, and he can't help but feel a lot of joy in his heart: "It is a great honor to receive General Xu's praise. Back then It's better not to mention the matter of Meng Lang... By the way, I don't know where General Xu wants to go?"

"According to His Majesty's order, the army and the Jingzhou soldiers are divided into five teams to dig the Suiyang Canal, divert the Sui River to flood Taishou City, and drown Yuan Shu into a living bastard!" Hearing Cao Cao's question, Xu Rong beamed with joy.After saying this sentence, seeing that the soldiers were marching in disarray, he couldn't help stepping up and yelling at them. He had no choice but to say goodbye to Cao Cao, "I have a military order today, so it's inconvenient to talk with Cao Shijun. After Yuan's army is defeated in another day, I will definitely have a banquet in person. Envoy, let’s have fun with the wine.”

"General, go slowly." Cao Cao's face was very gloomy at the moment, but he still finished the scene.After Xu Rong left his sight, Cao Cao immediately pulled the reins and walked towards the road from when he came.

"My lord, are we not going to see His Majesty?" Le Jin just didn't wink at him, picking which pot he didn't open.

Cheng Yu, who was accompanying Cao Cao, looked even more embarrassed. Hearing Le Jin's words, he couldn't help shouting angrily: "What are you going to do? Are you going to let the lord get his own humiliation?!"

Le Jin is a martial artist, and he has a temperament of nodding his head. When Cheng Yu choked, he became angrily and shouted: "Cheng Yu, you don't want to be so arrogant just because His Majesty gave you a name. Let me tell you, I am Le Jin." Even though he is two heads shorter than you, he can destroy you with one hand, believe it or not?!"

"My man, do you dare to insult me?" Cheng Yu was already an arrogant and ruthless person, but with force in his body, he was not afraid and happy to advance.Hearing this, his eyebrows raised suddenly, and he immediately drew out the saber from his waist to fight Le Jin.Le Jin also drew his sword, and for a moment, the two really wanted to fight each other.

But at this time, Cao Cao was annoyed in his heart, turned his head to look at the two men, just let out a cold snort, and rode his horse back to the camp.Seeing that Cao Cao was really angry, the two stood aside in embarrassment, and couldn't save face. They just stared at each other, panting for breath and not letting each other take a step.

In the end, it was Xiahou Dun who came up and sighed to the two of them: "Stop messing around, Wen Qian, and return to the camp quickly to send the order to let the soldiers dig the canal with the Han army."

"Why?" Le Jin had to show some face to Cao Jun's No. [-], but he was still puzzled: "We didn't come to borrow troops from His Majesty to attack the city today, why are we going to dig a ditch again?"

"Your Majesty didn't agree with my plan last night at all!" Cheng Yu was the most annoyed. Seeing Le Jin's stubbornness, he explained angrily: "The ancient city of Taishou is already dilapidated, and it is adjacent to Sui River. In the autumn flood, if the Suiyang Canal is dug to flood Taishou City, the city will fall in one day. Compared with my plan last night, it will not hurt people and peace, and it is even better!"

Le Jin understood everything now. As General Cao, he suddenly felt extremely aggrieved.Logically speaking, no one in Cao Jun could have come up with this method. It's just that the emperor was so yin and yang last night. Think about it.

What's even more damning is that this trick was not what Liu Xie thought at all, but that Cao Cao used this trick to deal with Yuan Shu in history.In other words, Liu Xie completely plagiarized Cao Cao's strategy.

But on the other hand, Cheng Yu's trick was indeed vicious. As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he did not scold Cheng Yu on the spot, which had already given Cao Ying a lot of face.Therefore, after this incident, it seemed that Cao Cao was a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis.

"The Son of Heaven...you military advisor?..." Le Jin struggled for a long time, looked at Cheng Yu, and went to the camp of the Han army. Finally, he could only wave his horsewhip and sigh deeply: "Alas!"

Xia Houdun frowned and smiled bitterly, knowing that simple-minded warriors like Le Jin would be easy to dismiss, seeing Cheng Yu's face gradually gloomy, he stepped forward to persuade him worriedly: "Zhongde, this is the end of this matter." After saying this, Xiahou Dun looked around After one glance, he warned Cheng Yu softly and cautiously: "In any case, our army and the Han Dynasty are still allies who share weal and woe!"

"Don't worry too much, general. I have my own sense of proportion in this matter." Cheng Yu chuckled, and there was a hint of gloom in that smile that even a veteran general like Xiahou Dun would find cold: "Actually, this kind of thing , it will happen sooner or later. Through this, we know another side of the emperor's temper, which can be regarded as the east corner of the loss and the sangyu harvest..."

"Zhongde, be careful!" Xia Houdun suddenly had a very ominous premonition in his heart, and he warned Cheng Yu again with a heavier tone.

Cheng Yu smiled, looked at the camp of the Han army, and then nodded inscrutablely.

(End of this chapter)