To the west of Xiaopei, Cao's army camp.

In front of the camp gate, Cao Cao was fully armed, holding the Yitian Sword in his hand, looking eastward, and there was a hint of gloomy and mysterious flowing on his brown face.

In the darkness, ten thousand Cao's soldiers had been in formation for a long time, and the solemn and murderous aura filled the early morning hours.

Cao Cao had been waiting for most of the night.

According to Cheng Yu's plan, in a few days, he had asked tens of thousands of civilians to pretend to be soldiers and mingle with the grain transport team to leave the camp to create the illusion of secretly withdrawing troops.

Two days ago, he even performed a good show in front of the soldiers, allowing the deserters who deliberately released him to reveal the news of his crime to the Tao merchant without leaving any trace.

He expected that such a delicate layout must have been deceived by the Tao merchant, which made the boy mistakenly think that his army was unstable and he would withdraw his troops and return to relieve the danger of Xudu.

So he divided the army of 30,000 and ordered Cao Ren to attack and rob the Tao army camp to kill the Tao merchants off guard.

Cao Cao predicted that when Tao Shang was defeated, he would definitely order the garrisons from Xiaopei City to rescue his horn camp.

At that time, Xiaopei's troops were empty, so Cao Cao led 10,000 troops to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Xiaopei and defeat the Tao Shang in an all-round way.

He can not only regain Xiaopei but also defeat Tao Shang. Before retreating, he will teach the rampant boy a lesson. This is Cao Cao's perfect plan.

In the cold wind on the winter night, Cao Cao and his ten thousand soldiers had been messed up in the wind for a long time. He listened to the Taoist camp, and the sound of killing sounds shook the sky, but he couldn't wait for Xiao Pei's troops to leave the city and go to rescue.

"Can that boy actually block Zixiao's attack?" Cao Cao's face turned suspicious.

Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao's concern and smiled and comforted: "The Tao Shang has been deceived by us. If there is a general Xiao, he will not be able to hold on for a long time, and Xiao Pei's troops will undoubtedly be released."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, his shaken mind gradually calmed down, his eyes returned to gloomy and deep, and he shot straight to the east, and continued to wait patiently.

The rising sun illuminates the entire Cao camp.

Suddenly, the sentry shouted: "General Zixiao is back!"

Why is Cao Ren back?

Cao Cao was shocked and looked at Cheng Yu in surprise. Cheng Yu smiled and suspicion appeared on his face.

Before they could wait for Xiaopei’s Tao Jun to be transferred out, why did Cao Ren come back?

Even if Tao Shang died, he would not be willing to mobilize Xiaopei's troops. Cao Ren should have captured the enemy camp at this moment and sent someone to send back the good news. Why did he personally lead his army back to the camp?

"Does it mean..."

Cao Cao was shocked and rushed to send horses out of the camp and led a group of civil and military officials out of the camp to greet Cao Ren.

Standing at the camp gate, Cao Cao's burnt face was full of anxiety, and he looked into the distance uneasy.

As the sight was reaching, dust was flying, and a group of soldiers were running towards the camp in a hurry.

Judging from the banner and the armor, it is indeed Cao Ren's army.

However, as the troops approached, Cao Cao's face became more and more gloomy, and the worry in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

He sent Cao Ren nearly 30,000 troops, but the troops he returned were barely 20,000.

Where did the other ten thousand soldiers go?

Moreover, the returned troops were not only small in number, but also had dilapidated flags and uneven military consolidation. It was not like a victorious army, it was simply a dejected defeated army.

Cao Cao changed color.

Cheng Yu's expression also changed.

All the civil and military soldiers of Cao's camp who had been waiting for a long time were shocked and changed their color.

When shocked, the remaining flag of the character "Cao" was approaching the camp gate. Cao Ren lowered his head and walked in the front with a helpless look on his face. Li Dian, Le Jin and other generals following him were all covered in dust and looked like they had eaten turtles.

Cao Cao's figure was trembling slightly, and the ominous guess in his heart was increasingly confirmed, but he was unwilling to accept it.

Cao Ren turned over and dismounted, lowered his head and knelt forward, and said, "Reporting to Sikong, Cao Ren was incompetent in combat and failed to conquer the enemy camp. He lost more than 10,000 troops and even made Cao Chun be captured. Please ask Sikong to punish him."

Cao Ren knelt down, Li Dian, Le Jin and other generals also knelt down one after another, and they all looked dirty and followed Cao Ren to take the crime.

Cao Cao's face changed drastically, and a hint of horror flashed through his eyes, and he was stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Unfortunately, Cao Ren was indeed defeated.

Not only did he fail, but he was defeated, and he lost as many as 10,000 soldiers.

What's even more incredible is that even Cao Chun, the general of the Cao clan, was captured alive by the Tao merchant!

Why is this happening?

In Cao Cao's mind, a huge question mark was roaring, but he could only pretend to be calm and said in a deep voice: "The Tao merchant has already been trapped in a plan. It would be fine if you can't capture the enemy camp. How could you be defeated so tragic?"

Cao Ren shook his head and sighed bitterly, and then told the tragic process of Tao's army being prepared. He secretly hid the strong bow and crossbow soldiers along the line of the camp, and how to attack with heavy cavalry and light cavalry at the same time, defeating his own army.

Cao's civil and military officials all changed their color in horror, and their faces were filled with incredible expressions.

Cao Cao's face turned pale and blue, and he couldn't suppress his shock, and Yiyu looked at Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu looked ashamed and did not dare to look at Cao Cao's gaze.

Obviously, this top strategist did not expect that the plan he carefully planned not only did not teach the pottery a lesson, but instead shot himself in the foot, and was plotted against by the pottery, causing his army to suffer heavy losses and a great defeat.

Cheng Yu felt that his wisdom was deeply humiliated by Tao Shang, and he felt even more ashamed of Cao Cao's trust and felt ashamed for a moment.

Cao Cao's burnt yellow face was so gloomy that it was as dark as a black face. The angry hatred in his eyes was like a fire burning. He gritted his teeth in his mouth and repeatedly recited the word "Tao Shang".

This son of his father-killing enemy who repeatedly humiliated him once again played tricks on him.

Under the hatred, Cao Cao suddenly felt a pain in his mind. This time he was not pretending, but that there were signs of complicated head-on disease.

However, when the army was defeated and the morale of the army was in turmoil, if he fell down, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.

He had to grit his teeth, take a few deep breaths, try his best to calm down the anger in his heart, and barely recover.

Just as Cao Cao had just taken a breath, a scout rushed over and shouted: "Sikong, the dust and fog in the east are soaring into the sky, and Tao Army is approaching our camp."

Everything in the Cao camp changed color.

Just now, the Tao army showed their might and killed them so hard that they fled in panic. They were still in shock. Now they had time to take a breath, the Tao merchant came again. How could they not be frightened?

"Tao Shang, how dare he force me like this-"

Cao Cao was angry, drew his sword and shouted: "Little thief, you dare to despise me so much. Gu wants to fight you to the death."

"Sikong, although our army has many troops, it has just suffered a great defeat and its morale is low, but the enemy is strong. At this time, we should avoid its sharp edge. Never act because of anger. Please calm down." Cheng Yu persuaded urgently.

Cao Cao was well versed in military tactics, but he could not tell the strength of the situation. How could he easily use troops? He was just angry and lost his mind for a moment. When Cheng Yu persuaded him, he quickly calmed down.

After taking a breath, Cao Cao could only order that the entire army strictly guard the camp and never fight.

There was an atmosphere of fear throughout the Cao camp.

Everyone in Cao's camp was in tension, but Tao Shang plucked his horse and held his sword, led his victorious army, and approached the enemy camp with his head held high and his chest.

In this battle, nearly 10,000 people were killed and surrendered to the enemy, and he captured Cao Chun, a general of the Cao clan alive. He was a complete victory.

The Tao Shang was deeply involved. After experiencing this battle, Cao's camp came to the top, including Cao Cao, and his morale was greatly reduced and he would never dare to fight again.

That's why he dared to approach Cao's camp with an army of ten thousand with his army of thirty thousand horses.

The battle flags were flying like the wind, and more than ten thousand victorious soldiers lined up like mountains, and their morale approached the enemy camp with rainbows, stopping a hundred steps away.

The big flag of the character "Tao" is so dazzling under the rising sun.

Under the big banner, Tao Shang's young face was as arrogant as a rainbow, and he sneered at the enemy camp.

He seemed to be able to see the fearful faces up and down Cao Cao's angry sword-shocked expression.

"Fan Kuai, go." The Tao Shang raised his horse whip and gave Fan Kuai a wink.

Fan Kuai responded to the sound, carried a large iron shield in his hand, and rode out alone, heading straight to Cao's camp.

Fan Kuai's name has long been awesome all over the world. Everyone in the Cao camp knew that there was a red-armed general in the Tao army who used a pig-killing sword, which was cruel and ruthless and powerful.

At the moment Fan Kuai rode out alone, and as soon as he appeared in front of them, all the soldiers in Cao's camp changed color.

Tens of thousands of people along the camp were intimidated by Fan Kuai and all of them subconsciously took a step back.

Even Cao Cao was confused at this moment. He didn't know what Fan Kuai meant, but he forgot to order his soldiers to shoot arrows.

Fan Kuai stopped at the front of the enemy camp for more than fifty steps, raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Listen to Cao Cao, my lord asked me to tell you that my lord has always respected you and didn't want to be an enemy of you. Who told you to invade my Xu Tu for no reason? My lord wants to teach you some lessons. If you know the tact, just roll the bed and get out as soon as possible, otherwise you will die without a place to bury."

Fan Kuai's voice was extremely loud, and his words were like thunder, echoing between the two armies, and tens of thousands of Cao's troops could be heard clearly.

Cao Cao's eyes were filled with grief and anger, and he was almost bursting out of his socket.

"Sikong, the Taoist thief dared to be so humiliated. Please give the order that the entire army will go out and fight to the death with that boy!" Cao Ren shouted angrily.

In fact, all the generals were also angry by Fan Kuai's words and called out the war in anger.

The generals were all over the head of anger, but Cheng Yu remained calm and glanced at Cao Cao secretly and shook his head secretly to show that Cao Cao should not be impulsive.

Cheng Yu certainly knew that the Tao merchant was using the method of provoking the generals.

He knew better the morale comparison between the two armies. Cao Cao was infected by the emotions of the generals and went to fight in anger, which was exactly what Tao Shang wanted, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Cao Cao hated that he gritted his teeth. At a certain moment, he really wanted to go out and kill Tao Shang.

In the endless resentment, Cao Cao was still a little calmer after all, knowing that this was the Tao merchant who was using the trick to provoke him and lure him into the battle.

When he went out to fight, he was just in line with the Tao merchant's wishes and had no chance of winning.

If you don’t go to the battle, you will be openly humiliated by the Tao merchant and your face will be greatly damaged.
Chapter completed!