Xiaoqi

Although the battle of Feiyundu was an unexpected encounter, Cao Cao did not believe that the fiasco was entirely accidental or an accident.He knows that there are no pure accidents in this world.There must be hidden reasons behind many seemingly accidental events, just like the battle of Feiyundu.

In that battle, if Li Li's Xiliang army was not alert enough, its scouts would not be effective.It is absolutely impossible to find him. Cao Cao and the [-] army are lurking in the valley.In other words.If Li Li hesitated a little after learning that there was an ambush hidden in Feiyundu, and did not immediately divide his troops to intercept him, then Cao Cao's [-] army would still be defeated, but it would not be completely wiped out, or even his life would be endangered.Therefore, the seemingly accidental battle of Feiyundu actually hides many inevitable factors, precisely these small details among the inevitable that are most easily overlooked.He buried [-] elite soldiers and horses, and took the lives of his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin for this.

The battle of Feiyundu was a painful experience that Cao Cao will never forget.It is also a scar that will never heal.He can forget his arduous journey of fleeing in embarrassment, and he can ignore the humiliation of Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, and Yu Jin who defected to the enemy after being defeated and captured. He can even never mention the [-] soldiers who were annihilated, but he will never forget The scene where Cao Ang, the eldest son whom he loved most and had high hopes for, died tragically in front of him.

"It's better to blame others than to blame me", this is Cao Cao's sophistry after he accidentally killed Lu Boshe's family.In fact, he had already regretted it at the time, but he was unwilling to admit it and stubbornly believed that it was not wrong to kill potential danger in the cradle.What is wrong with taking precautions?Therefore, he resolutely refused to admit his mistakes, and said "I would rather blame others than others blame me", which is actually just a self-consolation.However, it was such a sentence that had a great influence on Cao Cao, and it became his rule of conduct invisibly.Except for himself, anyone can plot, anyone can give up, and do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.

This time, in order to ambush Li Li in one fell swoop, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao discussed for three days and three nights, and finally formulated the plan of "inviting the king into the urn".And this plan comes from the Feiyundu battle that Cao Cao personally experienced. Although the method is slightly different, it has the same effect. When the whole plan is presented, it is exactly the same as the Feiyundu battle.In addition, in the process of implementing this plan, Cao Cao once again performed a drama of "I would rather bear others than others", luring Li Li into the trap at the cost of self-damaging [-] elite soldiers.

As a result, Cao Cao succeeded.

So now, in front of Li Li, he has made public the wonderful plan that he has been pondering for four years. This sense of accomplishment makes him feel more satisfied than ever before.Therefore, he is fully qualified to be proud and has reason to be excited. He does not need to hide his victorious attitude, because Li Li at this moment is like "Cao Cao" who was trapped in the Feiyundu valley back then, isolated and helpless, unable to escape.And all this is his masterpiece of Cao Cao.

In the previous battles over the years, he didn't take advantage of Li Li's hands, not even a draw, and he returned in disgrace every time.However, Cao Cao can afford to lose, and it doesn't matter if he loses to Li Li repeatedly. He only needs to win once after repeated defeats.And this one and only victory is in sight.Li Li has won many times before, but those victories are in the past. Now he, Cao Cao, only needs one victory, and Li Li will never stand up and be buried here forever!

Condescending, standing on the tower of the palace gate, Li Li could clearly see the complacent look on Cao Cao's face, see his arrogant victorious posture, and even feel Cao Cao's great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment at this time.

Although Li Li didn't like to see Cao Cao's elated expression, he had to admit that he really lost the battle of Yecheng.Moreover, it was an unprecedented fiasco, which made it hard for him to protect himself, and also affected the 10,000+ Xiliang cavalry in and outside the city.

As Cao Cao said, at this moment Li Li is just like Cao Cao who was trapped in Feiyundu Valley in the past, surrounded by enemies and unable to fly.However, Li Li did not agree with Cao Cao's rhetoric. To be precise, he knew why he lost this time, and he was not defeated by Cao Cao.Instead, he was defeated by Yuan Shao who was already lying in the coffin.

In fact, no matter how much Cao Cao paid in casualties, Li Li would not believe him.Even always looking for opportunities to get rid of Cao Cao.That being the case, why did Li Li fall into the trap?This is because Li Li never dreamed that Yuan Shao would hand over Jizhou to Cao Cao, and fully cooperate with Cao Cao to set up an ambush in advance, and then make Li Lili's army enter the city.

Li Li once thought that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao might join forces secretly, so he was always on guard against Cao Cao and mobilized his troops to be ready at all times.But beyond Li Li's expectation, the real danger did not come from Cao Cao.Not from outside the city, but Yuan Shao who was dying inside the city.In other words, the reason why he lost this time.It was because he was ruthlessly plotted against by Yuan Shao, a dying man.

When Yuan Shao was alive, he never defeated Li Li. Not only did he lose many times, but he also lost very badly. However, when his life was about to end, he won once.In other words.Li Li, who has survived all battles, was tricked by the dead this time.He underestimated Yuan Shao's courage and mind.So much so that he was always on guard against Cao Cao, but he didn't pay attention to Yuan Shao at all.As a result, although Yuan Shao was dead, he won the last battle of his life after his death.

This is the terrible thing about the princes at the end of Han Dynasty.

Although Li Li has the memory of later generations, he can predict everything before the enemy and seize the opportunity, so that he is invincible at the beginning of the war.But this prophetic memory of future generations is not omnipotent after all, one mistake can make him fall into the abyss of eternal doom, and completely lose everything he got before.Even life-threatening.

He thought he could take the lead, but he didn't know that it was because of Li Li's appearance and rapid rise.Invisibly changed the fate of many people, especially the princes of the towns that he thought he knew well.When the situation faced by these princes changes, the opponents they are always on guard against also change. If the opponents change, then the wars and tactics that follow must also change.As a result, a series of great changes have been triggered, everything has deviated from the historical track and has become beyond recognition, thus making the situation in the world confusing and unpredictable.

Li Li knew that this kind of change was unavoidable, but he thought that after he became the most powerful prince in the world, he would be able to control the situation in the world, and he could firmly control it according to his own will, ensuring that he would always remain invincible .But he forgot that although the situation can be controlled by the strong, people's hearts cannot be controlled.As the situation changed, the vassals had to change their original intentions and goals, so as to adapt to the changing situation and finally achieve the results they wanted.

In fact, Li Li never underestimated any of the vassals. He was very careful in every battle, and tried his best to be meticulous and prudent, so as not to leave the enemy with the slightest opportunity.The same is true for Yuan Shao's conquest of Jizhou this time.However, he somewhat despised Yuan Shao, thinking that Yuan Shao was already a bird in a cage, even if he had all-powerful abilities, it would be useless, and he still could not change his fate of defeat.Unexpectedly, it was this contempt that caused him to suffer his first defeat since the war. The defeat was complete. Not only was the 10,000+ Xiliang cavalry in danger, but even he himself was trapped in the city, life and death were unpredictable.

"If the general has nothing to say, then Cao will not accompany you. There are many divergences on the road to Huangquan, and the general will go all the way!"

Just when Li Li bowed his head to reflect on himself, Cao Cao's voice came again, which brought Li Li back to his senses, looked down at Cao Cao with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Meng De must not get carried away with his complacency, could it be that he forgot who gave all of this? Yuan Benchu's body is not yet cold, and he is in the palace at this moment. Can Meng De just ignore it? If Li is not mistaken, the soldiers in front of him and the tens of thousands of troops besieging the mansion should be soldiers under Yuan Benchu's command? Now Yuan Shao You are already dead, and you, Cao Cao, don't even ask, how can such a cold and heartless person convince the crowd, who among the more than [-] soldiers who have worked for you will not be chilled?"

"Ugh!" Cao Cao's expression changed when he heard that, and he glared at Li Li, but from the corner of his eyes, he was watching the expressions of the soldiers on both sides, but he saw that they all lowered their heads and looked ashamed, as if they were bewitched by Li Li, and couldn't help but miss him. Lord.

Seeing this, Cao Cao suddenly felt that something was wrong, and angrily scolded: "Li Thief speaks evil words to confuse people, what exactly do you want to do? Brother Benchu ​​has passed away, so why don't you let his body go?" The out-and-out villains will sue first.Cao Cao already had a premonition that Li Li was trying to blackmail him with Yuan Shao's corpse, so he simply made his words clear, and bit Li Li back first, so that Li Li stopped thinking of threatening him with Yuan Shao's corpse as soon as possible.

"Hahaha!" Seeing that Cao Cao was furious, Li Li laughed loudly and said loudly: "Cao Mengde must not be jealous of a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart. Although Li is in a tight siege today, he still doesn't bother to do such a lowly thing. But it is still unknown whether you, Cao Cao, will act like this? You must not think that your calculations can be hidden from the world. Li knows exactly what you are thinking at the moment.

The reason why you didn't mention Yuan Shao just now is because you wanted to set fire to the entire mansion.So you dare not mention Yuan Shao at all, for fear that the 10,000+ officers and men of the Yuan army will not want to set fire to the mansion if they know that Yuan Shao's coffin is in the palace at this moment.So you deliberately avoid talking about it, and then pretend that you don't know about it afterwards, so you can let it go.Cao Mengde, Li did not wrong you, did he? "

Before Cao Cao could speak, Li Li yelled sharply: "Such a treacherous person pretends to be a man of benevolence and righteousness. Li is deeply ashamed and feels sad for these Yuan Jun soldiers who worked for you! Keep your eyes open!" Take a good look, what a despicable person is standing in front of you, such a ruthless and unrighteous lord, you are willing to follow him, are you blind?

Hehehe, the famous name of Yuan Benchu's first generation will be in your hands today, even if he dies, there will be no bones left!The huge Jizhou was given away, but after his death, he was avenged for his kindness, and his corpse was set on fire, and his bones were ashes.Alas, alas, it is not worth it! "While speaking, Li Li sighed up to the sky, his voice was full of emotion, he seemed to be the embodiment of justice, he complained for Yuan Shao and the tens of thousands of Yuan Jun soldiers in front of him, he openly denounced Cao Cao, and denounced him to be completely useless, Huo Ran is the most ruthless and ungrateful in the world Shameless scumbag.

Obviously, it was a matter of his own life, and Li Li was willing to go all out this time.Now that he was framed by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, he was encircled and his life was in danger, so he no longer had any scruples, and fought back by all means, resolutely decided to use an eye for an eye for a tooth for a tooth.Since Yuan Shao was so generous that he handed over the huge Jizhou to Cao Cao, he would always have to pay it back when he came out to mess around; Cao Cao won Jizhou for nothing, so could he still abandon Yuan Shao's body?

So Li Li kept saying that he didn't bother to blackmail Cao Cao, but in fact he still used Yuan Shao's coffin as a hostage to coerce Cao Cao not to set fire to the palace.If Cao Cao insisted on going his own way and insisted on setting fire to Yuan Shao's mansion, it would undoubtedly confirm what Li Li said just now, and his reputation of being ruthless and ungrateful for revenge.In this way, how did Cao Cao lead Jizhou, how could he subdue the army of Jizhou, and how did he win the support of the people of Jizhou?It should be noted that this era pays attention to the three cardinal principles and five constant principles, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. It is respected that death is the most important thing, and it is safe to be buried in the earth. There is no such thing as cremation.

Obviously, what Li Li is most worried about at the moment is that Cao Cao ordered the army to set fire to the palace.It should be noted that more than [-]% of mansions or palaces, and even all houses nowadays are made of wood, and arson (also called flooding) is the most taboo.Just like this huge palace of the Li Litun army, once it is set on fire from all sides, it can be completely burned in less than half a day.At that time, Li Li and his more than [-] soldiers and horses will be buried in the sea of ​​flames apart from desperately breaking through, and there is absolutely no possibility of retreating completely.This is how the Luoyang Imperial Palace was burned down in the past.At first, it was only the imperial palace that caught fire, and then it became more and more intense, and then spread to the whole city. The fire burned for three days and three nights, and finally turned a centuries-old imperial capital into ruins.

Therefore, Li Li exposed Cao Cao's sinister intentions in public, and bewitched the officers and men of Yuan Jun who had just joined Cao Cao's command, thus forcing Cao Cao to a dead end.Li Li just saw that Cao Cao had just taken over the Jizhou army, and his hearts were fluctuating and his foundation was unstable. He also received great favor from Yuan Shao.Therefore, Cao Cao has no retreat at this moment, and he has to agree if he does not agree.

The fact is just as Li Li expected, Cao Cao was forced to compromise temporarily, and he bit the bullet and agreed in public to reassure the army, and then make a long-term plan.

Chapter 073

There is a big camp on the south bank and a camp on the east.

Zhou Yu, who had just led his army back to the camp, strode into the big tent, took off his shirt, and ordered the generals of the battalions to send troops immediately to search all around the camp and the thirty miles outside the east gate. All right and wrong will be arrested, and they will be placed in the district after the war.

Following the orders of the generals to leave, only Zhou Yu, Xu Chu, Pang De and Ma Dai were left in the big tent.And they are also the main generals of each battalion, their status is almost the same as that of Zhou Yu, they are only temporarily ordered to wait for dispatch under Zhou Yu's tent.

"My lord was furious just now. If Gong Jin hadn't taken the initiative to plead guilty, I'm afraid we would be punished together!"

After Xu Chu, who never left his body, took his seat, he sighed in a low voice with a look of shame on his face.

Zhou Yu shook his head lightly, and said solemnly: "This time we are indeed dereliction of duty and should be punished. Fortunately, the lord is magnanimous, and it coincides with the imminent battle, so we were able to avoid punishment. However, the lord's anger is not unreasonable. We will garrison here It has been more than [-] days, and there were no enemy troops around the camp before, but last night more than [-] scouts outside the east gate were silently silenced, but we didn't know anything about it. This is It's no wonder the lord is very displeased with this dereliction of duty.

Changing places, we will definitely not tolerate such things happening to our soldiers and horses.Therefore, we must always maintain a high degree of vigilance, pay special attention to everything around us, and never be negligent.If there is another mistake, there is no need for the lord to punish me. How can we lead a battalion of people?Do you think so? "Obviously, Zhou Yu has realized that he was a little impulsive before, so that he made a major mistake. At this time, he is trying to make up for the past, make up for the previous mistakes, and fill in the gaps. In order to make up for the crime.

Xu Chu, Ma Dai and Pang De nodded one after another, fully agreeing with what Zhou Yu said.At this time, Pound seemed to think of something, and frowned and said: "As Gongjin said, the general remembered one thing. I didn't think it was wrong before, but now it seems a little strange."

"Oh?" Zhou Yu's expression changed slightly upon hearing the sound.Immediately asked: "Ling Ming may as well speak bluntly, what is it?"

Pang De replied: "In the past few nights, Cao Jun went to bed very late every day. One night, when the last general was patrolling the night, he accidentally saw a lot of charcoal piled up in Cao Jun's tent, and thousands of soldiers were staying overnight. Carrying these charcoal. So the general went to ask, Cao Zhen explained, "The charcoal was left over from heating some time ago. I haven't had time to clean it. Now that the weather is getting warmer, charcoal is no longer needed, so I moved it to the tent behind the camp." Store it in the middle of the war, and ship it away after the war.'

At that time, the general didn't notice what was wrong, so he didn't investigate further. After all, it was common for the army to carry some spare charcoal during the expedition, so it was not surprising.But looking back now, the general felt that something was wrong. When Cao Jun came to meet the alliance, he came from Yanzhou.If their charcoal remains.That should also stay in Yanzhou, why bother to cross the river (Yellow River) with charcoal.Bring it to the battlefield in Hebei? "

"Carrying charcoal with the army?" Zhou Yu murmured, his brows furrowed into a ball, and he asked suspiciously, "It's the end of April, and it's the beginning of summer. Why do you want to bring charcoal to the expedition at this time?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, stood up with a "chuo", and said with a shocked expression: "No! I have caught the trick! Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and lead the army out of the camp, especially the horses. , not a single horse can stay in the camp!" While speaking, Zhou Yu beckoned to the soldiers to come forward to help him put on the armor, and took off the battle robe hanging on the clothes rail.

Pang De seemed to have realized something when he heard the words, but he didn't understand much, while Xu Chu and Ma Dai had no idea, so they were surprised: "Why is Gong Jin so anxious? This"

Zhou Yu raised his hand to signal Ma Dai not to say anything, and said anxiously: "Then the charcoal in Cao's camp is definitely not left over, but it was deliberately brought from Yanzhou to deal with my Xiliang iron cavalry! If I guess correctly, I will wait for this moment Sitting on the stove, there must be charcoal buried around the tent. Once the camp catches fire, the charcoal buried in the ground will be ignited, and the consequences will be unimaginable. If this is the case, I will die. Wait for the speed of the army to leave the camp. After leaving the camp, beat the drums and gather all the soldiers and horses sent out before, and then go to the east gate,,, no, go directly to the south gate!"

While Zhou Yu was walking and talking, Xu Chu quickly walked out of the tent, ran straight to the back of the tent, slashed at the ground with a knife, and suddenly saw black charcoal half an inch below the soil.

"Gongjin's words are not bad at all, there are indeed a lot of charcoal buried around the camp!" Xu Chu said angrily with cold eyebrows.

At this time Zhou Yu just walked out of the camp, and before he could speak after hearing Xu Chu's words, he suddenly saw thick smoke billowing from the west and over the Chinese camp, and the neighing of horses from the stables near the Chinese camp.

In an instant, Zhou Yu's face turned pale, his foot stepped on the ground, and he fell forward suddenly.Fortunately, Xu Chu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and strode forward to support him, "Why, Gongjin, ah, the camp is on fire!" The moment he reached out to support Zhou Yu, Xu Chu saw thick smoke rising from behind Zhou Yu's tent, and the glowing red The flames are clearly visible.

"Zhongkang, Zhongkang, hurry up and lead the troops out of the camp on foot, the sooner the better! What are you doing in a daze, hurry up!" This was the first time Zhou Yu yelled at Xu Chu sharply, and dragged Xu Chu forward.

"The water is running, the water is running, get out of the camp, get out of the camp quickly"

"Xi Yu Yu!"

"huhuhuhu"

Amidst the exclamation, the war horse neighed, thick smoke billowed, and the chaos was in utter chaos.The burning fire started from the western camp and quickly spread to the camp of the Chinese army, and then the red flames wrapped in thick smoke rushed towards the western camp.In less than a quarter of an hour, the huge camp on the South Bank was shrouded in thick smoke, and immediately the raging fire engulfed the entire camp at a speed visible to the naked eye.Thick smoke shot straight into the sky, the flames roared and screamed, and the startled horses rushed out of the camp crazily, with blazing flames on their tails.

"Hey! Where is Zhou Yu's child running away? Take your life!"

Two hundred paces away from the gate of the camp, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Jiang Qi and Cao Zhen led [-] cavalry to block the gate of the camp. The moment they saw Zhou Yu and others rushing out of the gate in a panic, Cao Zhen immediately slashed his sword and shouted angrily: " All the soldiers listened to the order, all arrows were fired, and the cavalry rushed to the formation, kill!"

With a roar, the bowstring vibrated, and tens of thousands of arrows roared into the air, among them were javelin-like crossbow bolts.In an instant, the rain of arrows and arrows flew like a meteor and fell rapidly, screaming and rushing towards Zhou Yu's army rushing out of the gate.But the panicked Xiliang army was in chaos at this time, with frightened horses running wildly, infantry and cavalry mixed together, they only cared about running for their lives, and had no intention of resisting at all.