Chapter 261 Wuchao! Wuchao! (Part 2)
"Tao Ying's son begged for mercy, and I am willing to forgive him, but the thief's intention is really abominable. Seeing that Guandu's victory or defeat is about to be determined, I am afraid that after I destroy Cao, I will attack him, so I quickly beg for mercy, and flattery, and I really don't like it."
"But, Tao Ying'er is my son-in-law after all, and his eldest son is my grandson. If I firmly refuse his begging for mercy, I am afraid that the world will criticize me. I am in a dilemma and it is difficult to seize it. All the masters are talented, and I don't know what their opinions are?"
The Grand Duke Yuan San gave Deputy Director Tao a chance, and did not blindly follow Guo Tu's slander and directly cut off Deputy Director Tao's thoughts. Taking advantage of the fact that the guards were still preparing for a banquet, the Grand Duke Yuan San first introduced the origin of the improved version of the Xiangyang cannon, and then told the matter of Deputy Director Tao sending a letter to beg for mercy in public, and soliciting opinions from a group of confidant advisers. However, as usual, the extremely disharmonious Yuan Shaojun's senior officials once again had completely opposite opinions, and they were even more upset and could not be negotiated.
"Lord, you should give Tao Ying a chance." Xun Chen, Xu You and Wen Chou and other civil and military officials were kind to Deputy Director Tao, so they all suggested: "Accepting Tao Ying's peace at this time, you can legitimately transfer the Xuzhou army to the front battlefield to cooperate with our army's operations, and break through the Cao thief faster and faster, and you can also share a lot of pressure for our army when breaking through the remaining Cao thief's city team."
"Lord, you must never accept the Tao thieves for peace." The sons and clans of Yuan Tan, led by Guo Tu and Xin Ping, certainly firmly opposed the grand Yuan Sangong's forgiveness of Deputy Director Tao, and believed that the victory of his own army was decided, and it was only a matter of time before the defeat of Cao thieves, and there was no need to pull the Xuzhou army to help. At the same time, as long as the main force of the Cao army was eliminated, the remaining teams and cities of Cao's army could basically be issued, and there was no need to let the Xuzhou army intervene. At the same time, it was also convenient for the future to attack the five counties of Xuzhou and plunder the land with abundant money and food in Xuzhou.
Shen Pei returned to Yecheng. Yuan Shang and Feng Ji were left behind by Yuan Sangong in the rear of the guards of Jizhou from the beginning. Most of the members of Yuan Shang's son-in-law in the Guandu army were very slight, so they naturally could not compete with Yuan Tan's son-in-law during the debate. Seeing that Yuan Tan's son-in-law had great power, Xun Chen, who had always been smart and obedient, did not dare to persist too much, and soon turned against Mr. Yuan Tan's side. Although General Wen Chou, who had been the mercy of Deputy Director Tao, was still loyal enough, he kept urging Yuan Sangong to give his son-in-law another chance. Unfortunately, General Wen Chou was just a military general and was not good at talking. He was soon refuted by Guo Tu, Xin Ping and others, and was speechless and blushed.
What surprised everyone was that Mr. Xu You, who had always been far above Xun Chen, was abnormal this time and stood up to argue with Yuan Tan Party and said: "If you think that Yan, Yu, Sili and Guanzhong can be issued an edict, then you will be very wrong. Cao Ren and Man Chong, who guarded Yuzhou, Cao Hong and Wei Zong, who guarded Sili and Nanyang, Zhong Yao and Pei Mao, who guarded Guanzhong, Xun Yu and Ren Jun, who guarded Xuchang, and Liu Yan and Cao Chun who guarded eastern Yanzhou. These people are either Cao thieves' close friends or Cao thieves' relatives. Even if our army destroys Cao thieves in Guandu, how could they easily surrender to our army?"
"Besides, even if our army is sure to win in Guandu, we may not be sure to capture or kill Cao Zhe himself in Guandu. No matter where the Cao Zhe fled, these people will still obey Cao Zhe's orders, make a comeback under the leadership of Cao Zhe, causing a lot of trouble for our army, and delaying the lord's road to the world. In this case, if the lord refuses Tao Ying's begging for mercy and alliance, he will not only lose a powerful after-disaster support with a lot of troops and abundant money and food. It is also possible to force Tao Ying to Cao Zhe or the remaining party of Cao Zhe, and unite to create more trouble for the lord."
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"Lord, Mr. Shen Pei, the chief official, has a letter."
Mr. Xu You's bad luck was obviously not over yet. At this moment, a Yuan Shao guard rushed in outside the tent and presented a letter with his hands to the Grand Duke of Yuan San. After taking a closer look, he was even more furious. He shouted at Mr. Xu You: "You are abusive man, and the Shen Pei has already found out. The bad food and grass in our army are all because of your son Xu Xie, and your nephew Xu Dong is greedy for money and profit. He took the opportunity of escorting grain to exchange the good food for moldy food, and earning huge amounts of money to fill his private bags. What else do you have to say?"
"What? There is still this matter?" Xu You was stunned and said nothing, he didn't expect his son and nephew to do such a beautiful thing.
"Look at it yourself!" The Grand Duke of Yuan threw the letter at Xu You and roared: "Your son and nephew have all been jailed for sacrifice. Do you still want to argue?"
When he heard that his nephew had confessed, Mr. Xu You's legs began to tremble. He couldn't take a step to pick up the letter to read it for a long time. The Grand Duke of Yuan was even more furious and shouted: "Left and right, beat this shameless person out of the tent! From now on, he will not be allowed to come to see me again!"
I believe there is no need to introduce the situation in detail. In short, after the poor Mr. Xu You was beaten out of the tent by the Yuan army guards, Mr. Yuan Tan took the opportunity to add insults and urged Mr. Yuan San to not accept the peace request of Deputy Director Tao. After being humiliated, Mr. Xu You was angry and afraid of being implicated by his nephew. He was even more afraid that Mr. Yuan San to settle the old accounts, so he naturally had an idea that should have appeared, "If Yuan Shao does not accept loyal advice, he will be destroyed by Cao Cao in the future. Now my nephew has been harmed by Shen Pei. If he does not abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible, he will be harmed by Yuan Shao in the future!"
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Mr. Xu You was very lucky. When he led his horse out of the camp, the guards at the camp had not received the news that Mr. Xu You had lost favor and had lost power. He respectfully sent Mr. Xu You out of the camp. Xu You rode his horse to the east for only more than ten miles and met the Cao army patrol team. When Xu You explained that he was an old friend of Cao and had an emergency meeting with Cao Cao, the Cao army patrol team immediately sent Xu You to Guandu Camp. The official of Cao army camp immediately sent the news to the Central Army and Cao Cao. At this moment, it was already the second afternoon of the second day of the seventh month of the fourth year of Jian'an!
The third time of Shen is approaching, and the news that Xu You came to send to Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao, who was sitting on the toilet doing the reincarnation of grains, was stunned at first, and then he didn't even have time to use toilet chips (ancient toilet paper, made of bamboo and wood). He lifted his pants and rushed out of the tent, rushed to the camp gate to meet Xu You with his trousers. The speed was so fast that even the servant Cao, who was holding a belt, could not catch up with him, and staged a drama about Meng De lifting his pants to welcome Xu You, which was roughly the same as in history.
At the third moment of Shen Shi, Mr. Cao met Xu You at the camp gate. This was a coincidence, and it was also a meeting caused by chance. It was also a meeting that completely changed the direction of history. Mr. Cao ignored the fact that his clothes were not tied, and let his clothes fall down and his underwear exposed his black legs. He still clasped his fists to Xu You and said sincerely: "I have been here since Ziyuan is here!"
At the right time, when the Grand Duke of Yuan San led important civil and military officials to drink and laugh in the tent of his own army, Xu You was respectfully invited by Cao to the tent of his own army and asked Xu You to sit in the upper position. Then, he couldn't wait to ask Xu You about his experience and reasons before changing his clothes. Because this time he did not hold Cao's request for food, Xu You did not keep it from asking Cao's army how much food there was, but told the truth about his slogan of Yuan Shao for peace because he tried to persuade Yuan Shao to accept the Xuzhou army, explaining that he was expelled from Yuan Shao's army to support Tao Ying, and told Cao Cao that Yuan's army had already possessed an improved version of the thunder cannon.
"Good you, a cunning Taoist thief! He actually stepped on two boats. Even if I lost to Yuan Shao, you still have a way to retreat. It would be perfect to do this in the fence. After a cold sweat, Boss Cao was not as angry as Deputy Director Tao's despicable intentions. He quickly asked Xu You for advice on defeating Yuan, "Zi Yuan has been in Yuan Shao's army for a long time. Is there any plan to defeat Yuan? "
"Wuchao!"
At the beginning of the You hour, Xu You finally spit out these two words. In the Yuan Shao army's tent at the same time, Yuan Sangong and others were still drinking happily. Some people who were unable to bear the ability to drink had already started to speak in a mess and incoherent manner.
"Wuchao?!" Boss Cao jumped up and exclaimed: "Can you say that Yuan Shao's food, grass and military supplies are all stationed in Wuchao camp?"
"Since the Prime Minister has known this, why didn't he design a surprise attack on Wuchao before?" Xu You asked strangely, then suddenly touched his forehead and smiled: "I understand. It must be because Yuan Shao's four different villages stopped him, and the Prime Minister's soldiers could not steal, so he was helpless until now!"
"That's true!" Boss Cao quickly left the seat, knelt down to Xu You, and kowtowed repeatedly, "If Ziyuan had a plan to help our army steal the defense of Yuan Shao's camp, I will repay him with great retribution!"
"Prime Minister, please come." Xu You quickly helped Cao Boss and said with a smile: "This matter is very easy. Heaven destroys Yuan Shao. Today, Yuan Shao gave the order to go to Wuchao for the night. Xu You happened to hear it. The Prime Minister only needs to hold this order and then slapped Yuan Shao's flag, lied that Yuan Shao's army's grain protection officer, the Yueqin Captain, went to Wuchao for grain protection under Yuan Shao's order. Then he could easily pass through Yuan's army's village!"
Boss Cao was extremely ecstatic. He first bowed deeply to Xu You, then turned around and shouted: "Send the order to raise the tent, and order all the civil and military officials to come to see me quickly! Quickly, the faster the better!"
At the second hour of You, the third Duke of Yuan was already drunk on his face, but he was still raising his glasses to drink with the generals frequently. The civil and military officials of the Cao army had already rushed to the Cao army's central tent. After Cao's boss briefly explained Xu You's visit, he immediately began to dispatch troops and generals, and ordered Xun You, Guo Jia, Xiahou Dun and Li Dian to guard the camp together. He ordered Li Tong and Yu Jin to lead an army to lie on the left and right sides of the camp to prevent Yuan Shao's army from taking the opportunity to attack. Then Cao decided to personally lead Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Zhang Liao and Le Jin and other powerful generals, all of whom had only more than 5,000 cavalry in the army, and rush to attack Yuan Shao's army's grain land in Wuchao every night!
Of course, facing such a desperate tactical adventure of Mr. Cao, the civil and military officials of the Cao army were of course extremely worried, questioning the authenticity of Xu You's intention to surrender, and worried that there would be fraud. Xun You, who was more suspicious, was even worried that this was a good show of luring the enemy staged by Deputy Director Tao in order to please his father-in-law, and wanted to deceive Mr. Cao to go to Wuchao, who had already arranged a net of heaven and earth, to die!
"It's definitely not the enemy's plan!" Cao, who has always been famous for his suspicion, said very decisively this time: "Not to mention that Xu You's character will never sacrifice himself to others, and the pottery thief will not be in a hurry to take my life. Even if he has actually turned to Yuan Shao's character, he must hope that Yuan Shao's character will suffer both defeats. The more intense the better, the longer the time, the better! He will never hope that I will fall down immediately and take advantage of Yuan Shao's character! Therefore, I can also conclude that Wuchao is definitely not a trap set by the pottery thief for me!" After hearing Cao's analysis, Xun You didn't know what to say. He only told him to be careful after just a few words, and then bowed down to assist Xiahou Dun in the deployment of defense in the camp.
At the third hour of Youth, the five thousand elite cavalry of Cao's army had gathered together, and began to eat and feed horses, changed Yuan's flags and uniforms, prepared to fight at night, inspected the weapons and equipment, and only made more than 200 flying muskets, and sent them to the army, and handed them to the most elite soldiers and equipment. Cao was afraid that there would be insufficient items to cause fire, so he ordered each of the soldiers to carry a bundle of grass and all the drugs that helped the ignite the army and went to war with saltpeter and sulfur and other ignition drugs. At the same time, in the tent of Yuan Shao's central army, the three Duke of Yuan, who was half drunk, came to the place where the singers and danced the girls of the army, and sang and danced in the tent to cheer them up. All the civil and military officials of Yuan's army were happy and continued to drink and laugh with Yuan's three Duke.
The hour of Xu is right, and the first update is ringing. The summer sun finally sets on the top of the West Mountain. Cao Boss personally put on his horse. Five thousand elite Cao's army were holding a horse, carrying firewood, grass, and firewood. He silently rode his horse out of the camp. Cao's sideways bypassed the main camp of Yuan Shao's army and rushed to Wuchao in the dark! Xiahou Dun, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Li Dian and other Cao's army all knelt in front of the camp to send troops, with tears in their eyes, praying that God would bless him. Cao Boss can win this trip and succeed in the surprise attack!
"Give another twenty jars of good wine!" At the same time, the Grand Duke of Yuan Shao's military camp, who had already blushed with his face, waved his hand and shouted: "Tonight, I will not be drunk and dispersed with the generals! Let the soldiers rest for a few more days and maintain their strength. When the three hundred new pirate cars are built, they will break through Cao's camp in one fell swoop and capture Cao's thieves alive!"
One hour later, the five thousand Cao army light cavalry, who had handed the flag of Yuan Shao, finally bypassed the Yuan army camp and began to look towards the first Yuan Shao army camp to protect Wuchao. At that time, the sky was already dark. Although the Yuan army camp noticed that the Cao army was approaching, when they saw the Yuan Shao army flag shining in torches, they only sent a small team to pose for the night pass. Cao army answered the order correctly, and also called himself the Yuan army's grain protection officer, the Yueqin Captain, and was ordered to go to Wuchao to protect the grain. Yuan army believed it and allowed Cao army to go through the road next to the village.
At the same time, in the tent of Yuan Shao's army camp, the drunken Duke Yuan finally lay on the table and slept soundly. However, most of the civil and military officials of the Yuan army were better than Duke Yuan. They were sleeping on the spot and vomited in a mess. The rest were all erratic, with no words to say anything, and there were even a few people who had been away for a long time. They began to hook up with the singing and dancing girls in the tent, and gradually showed their lustful voices in their drunkenness.
Despite this, the command system of Yuan Shao's army was still not completely paralyzed, because Yuan Shao's army's military supervisor Ju Su was still conscientiously leading the army to patrol the defense of Yuan's army camp. He also took a small Yuan Jun school who was lazy to sleep during the night and blamed him for forty military sticks. Therefore, even though the Grand Three Duke of Yuan and many Yuan Jun were drunk, the main camp of Yuan's army could still remain vigilant and orderly.
There are also things that satisfy Ju Su, who was depressed. When Ju Su inspected the Yuan army's rear camp, he found that Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, a member of the Yuan army's infantry who had been loved by Yuan Sangong, were very loyal to his duties. He also led his personal soldiers to patrol the night guard post. After meeting Ju Su, Zhao Yun, who was very familiar with Ju Su, was also very familiar with Ju Su for Ju Su's orders, and then bowed to Ju Su. While nodding, he couldn't help asking Zhao Yun: "Zilong, did your lord call you to drink?"
"After the hour of You, the lord sent someone to summon Yun." Zhao Yun replied truthfully, "After Yun arrived at the tent, he saw that the lord was already drunk, and most of the generals were drunk, so he dared to deceive the lord and said that Yun Yuran could not drink alcohol. He only drank a glass of wine from the lord. He returned to the back camp to preside over military affairs in case of being inconsistent."
"Zilong is really a virtue." Ju Su praised Zhao Yun and sighed, "It would be great if Chunyu Qiong from Wuchao could be like you. I heard that Chunyu Qiong was drunk and dreaming every day in Wuchao camp, completely ignored military affairs. Although I advised my lord to replace this person many times, it was because he was the lord's confidant and beloved general and failed. I was always worried about the emptiness of Wuchao's defense."
Zhao Yun, who is kind-hearted, dared not agree, for fear of giving people the impression that he likes to slander his colleagues. However, when Ju Su sighed at Wu Chao, Zhao Yun suddenly remembered a big event and asked Ju Su tentatively: "Mr. Guangping, there is something that Yun should not be involved in overpowering the matter, but since Yun met Mr. Yun, then Yun asked him overwhelmed the question. If he offended, I hope he would forgive him for his offense."
"Zilong has something to say, I will answer you if you can answer." Ju Su replied with a very good impression of Zhao Yun.
"Then the clouds were usurped." Zhao Yun bowed and said, "I dare to ask, sir, why did our army suddenly dispatch a large number of cavalry to the northeast?"
"Our army dispatched a large number of cavalry to the northeast?" Ju Su was a little surprised and asked back: "When is it, why don't I know?"
"Just a while ago, Zhao Yun replied: "About half an hour ago, Yun's soldiers came out to patrol the camp and saw a cavalry of about four or five thousand of our troops from a distance, hurried to the northeast with torches. Because they were all cavalry under the banner of our army, Yun's patrol soldiers were infantry again, so they did not chase them, but came back to tell Yun."
"About four or five thousand cavalry of our army heading to Wuchao?" Ju Su was even more surprised and puzzled: "The lord has been drinking in the big tent, and it seems that he has not ordered so many cavalry to be dispatched?"
"Yun also found it strange." Zhao Yun replied: "When Yunyou was halfway through Yunyou, he went to the lord to meet his lord. Seeing that his lord seemed to be almost drunk, it was unlikely that he would mobilize so many cavalry in his drunkenness. Therefore, he was always suspicious, so he dared to ask the gentleman for military information."
Ju Su stopped talking and just murmured: "Four or five thousand cavalry are heading northeast? There are Wuyuan, Yangwu, Wuchao..., Wuchao?!"
"Wuchao?" Ju Su's little face suddenly turned pale. He quickly grabbed his follower and shouted: "You, ride a fast horse, bring my ribbon talisman, and immediately go to General Wang Mo's village in the northeast to find out the origin and where the cavalry was! Then come back to report to me immediately!" He followed Sing Nuo, took the ribbon talisman representing Ju Su's military supervisor, and went straight out of the camp from the back camp to the village to find out the truth.
"Zilong, follow me!" Ju Su pulled Zhao Yun up again and rushed to the tent to meet the tent with a whip. However, when Ju Su pulled Zhao Yun into the tent with breath, the tent was already carried back to the tent by the guards to rest. Ju Su had no choice but to lead Zhao Yun to the tent of the tent again to inquire about the situation. At the same time, he secretly prayed in his heart: "Lord, that cavalry must be sent by you!"
"Otherwise, I don't have the right to dispatch troops and generals for you and send troops to Wuchao to prevent any precautions!"
The sky of Yuan Shao's army obviously did not go to work today. When Ju Su rushed to the tent of the Grand Duke of Yuan San, the Grand Duke of Yuan had already vomited all over the stinky and foul-like messy things. Ju Su could not wake up many times. Seeing that Ju Su was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, Zhao Yun also knew that the situation was urgent, so he quickly bowed to Ju Su and said, "Mr. Guangping, the military situation is like fire. In case of prevention, Yun is willing to lead the 5,000 infantry soldiers of the headquarters to Wuchao to check the situation at night. Please allow him to allow it. If the lord wakes up, Yun is willing to take full responsibility!"
Chapter completed!