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Unable to stop Cai Mao's will, and Uncle Liu was also a little lucky. He felt that since Deputy Director Tao could seize the opportunity of Cao's energy and severe injury, he might not be able to seize the opportunity of Xuzhou's army being seriously injured, he might as well imitate him. Therefore, Uncle Liu, the three coalition forces of Cai Mao's army in Jingzhou army and the Han Fu's army in Cao's army, finally crossed the large amount of water and stationed to the east bank of the Linshui River, which was convenient for attacking Xuchang.

Of course, General Cai Mao and General Huang She were also cautious. In order to prevent the Xuzhou army from attacking him in half, General Cai Mao heard the confidant adviser Fu Xun to cross the river with the three brothers Liu Huangshu who were good at fighting as the vanguard. He then led the Jingzhou army to cross the river and protect the ferry. At the same time, Cai Mao urgently ordered the Cao army general Han Fu in the team to write a letter to Cao Laoda, and asked the soldiers under Han Fu to sneak to Cao's camp at night to deliver a letter, asking Cao Laoda to rise up Yu Yong and join forces with his own army to defeat the pottery thieves!

General Cai Mao was obviously a little too careful. The Xuzhou army was eager for Jingzhou army to cross the river to clean up, so how could it stop General Cai Mao's team from crossing the river and seeking death? Therefore, General Cai Mao's team successfully crossed the water across the entire line and quickly repaired some fortifications, and had some money to gain a foothold. However, it was not so easy to send the letters to Cao's camp. In the open and tragic surrounding Xuchang, Han Fu's soldiers were familiar with the environment and were caught by the Xuzhou patrol sentry as soon as they approached Cao's camp. The handwritten letters written by General Cai Mao to Boss Cao were also sent to Deputy Director Tao.

After reading Cai Mao's letter while yawning, Deputy Director Tao was not angry. He arranged for Yi to send the messenger and the letter to Cao's army camp and hand it over to Cao's boss for his own treatment. Cao did not hesitate after reading the letter. He immediately picked up his pen and wrote a book to Han Fu, ordering Han Fu to immediately terminate the alliance with the Jingzhou team, lead Cao's army to leave the battlefield, and go south to Runan to meet with Manchurian team. Then Cao's boss handed over the letter to Shi Yi and entrusted the Xuzhou army to send someone to send it. Then he said: "I have done my best. Whether Han Fu obeys the order, whether Cai Mao and the big-eared thief prevent Han Fu's team from leaving the battlefield is no longer in my control."

"It's enough for Meng Degong to have this kind of heart. Yi understands it, and my lord will definitely understand it." Shi Yi took the letter very politely and asked again: "Donald Meng Degong has anything else to bring to my lord?"

"As soon as tomorrow dawn, I will lead my army to withdraw immediately." Cao Da replied frankly: "Retreat in the southeast direction, take Chenting to Chen County to rest. Then retreat to Runan. If your army does not believe it, you can send troops to monitor it."

"Yi will report to the lord truthfully and obey the lord's arrangements in detail." Shi Yi solemnly agreed, and then said, "If Meng Degong has no explanation, then Yi will surrender."

Boss Cao nodded and ordered the guards to send him out the tent. However, he did not emphasize again that the Xuzhou army would cover the retreat of his own army. The Cao army took the initiative to withdraw from Xuchang for such a big disturbance. If Deputy Director Tao played tricks, his hypocritical reputation in front of the people of the world would be completely destroyed. However, after Yi said goodbye, Cao Junwu, who was accompanying him on both sides, was in trouble. Several strategists were better, Dian Wei, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong and other generals were in trouble and rushed to Boss Cao to raise questions.

"Prime Minister, our army is really going to withdraw? Don't consider joining forces with the Jingzhou Army to retake Xuchang?"

"Yes. It's a pity to give up like this. Our army still has thousands of troops to fight. We have sufficient food and grass, and we are familiar with the defense terrain of Xuchang. We join forces with the Jingzhou Army to retake Xuchang. It's not hopeless?"

"Prime Minister, we should have another bet. Don't rush to retreat. Find an excuse to watch the situation outside the battlefield. When the Taoist thieves and the Jingzhou army decide the outcome, it's not too late for us to make a decision!"

Faced with the unwilling proposals of several confidant generals, Cao Boss Cao only used one sentence to make several confidant generals shut their mouths. Cao Boss Cao asked coldly: "Do you think Cai Mao and the big-eared thieves are sure to defeat the pottery thieves? Defeat the pottery thieves on land?"

Several powerful generals of the Cao army shut their mouths. They had fought with the Jingzhou army and the Xuzhou army, and were very clear about the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides. In addition to playing tricks and stealing, the combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou army is actually not much different from the Cao army's heyday. However, the Jingzhou army is different. By the way, they can all abuse the poor Jingzhou army when they pull out a normal Cao army. Taking Cao army as a reference, the Jingzhou army may be able to compete with the Xuzhou army as a pitiful small one.

But Cao Hong was still a little dissatisfied and said, "It may not be possible. At least in Xiangcheng, the Jingzhou army won the ranks of pottery thieves and killed the pottery thieves' general Tui."

"That was just an accident. The team of pottery thieves lost to unknown enemy situation and careless underestimating the enemy." Cao Lao Da said expressionlessly: "Now the military information of the Jingzhou army has been exposed. Cai Mao and Da Er Thief gave up the favorable terrain west of the Shui River and stepped into the deadlock. The defeat of the Jingzhou army has been decided."

"The Prime Minister's words are reasonable." Xun Yu nodded and said, "The terrain west of the Shui River is complex, with three major rivers, namely the Shui River, Ying River and Ru River, as well as the Funiu Mountain, Shiren Mountain and Baiyun Mountain. The mountains are high and there are many forests, the terrain is complex, and the roads are not conducive to the cavalry of the pottery thieves. If Cai Mao and Liu Bei fight west of the Shui River, they may still have hopes to create miracles, or at least they can support them for a period of time. The terrain east of the Shui River is different. The terrain in this area is too wide, and the Xuchang city has been controlled by the Shui River. The weak Jingzhou army, with the weak infantry and cavalry, has no hope on such a terrain."

"Do you understand?" Boss Cao asked the generals again, and then said: "It is true that our army still has more than 8,000 troops, but there are more than 6,000 injured people, and more than 5,000 families and elderly and weak need protection, and they have to free up people to transport food and grass. In this case, if our army stands in the wrong team again, then the day of our army's complete destruction will be considered as the day."

Speaking of this, Mr. Cao paused and said, "Besides, Cai Mao, the big-eared thieves asked our army to attack the pottery thieves, and they didn't have any kindness. They just wanted our army to consume more pottery thieves for them. Even if they really won, our army would definitely be annexed by them. So don't be dissatisfied, you want to seek revenge on the pottery thieves. When we reorganize the troops, it's not the time."

The generals of Cao's army stopped insisting and quickly sang promises together. Boss Cao turned his eyes outside the tent, looked at the direction of the Jingzhou army to the west, and murmured in his heart, "Cai Mao, big-eared thief, although you know you can't win. But I also hope you can help me, kill some of the pottery soldiers and lose again. Don't let the traitor win too easily."

Boss Cao was also a trustworthy person. The next morning, it was just dawn. Boss Cao led a team of wounded soldiers and his family and his family. He went to Chen State through Xinji and Chenting. Deputy Director Tao did not try to keep him after receiving the news. He personally led a army out of the city to see him off. Unfortunately, Boss Cao was not grateful and didn't even bother to say a polite word like thanks. He just bowed symbolically, and then left with resentment and a little gratitude towards Deputy Director Tao. Deputy Director Tao's request to visit the family of Mr. Cao was also flatly rejected by Mr. Cao - Deputy Director Tao had the idea of ​​beating Mr. Cao's daughter more than once. Deputy Director Tao was not angry, but just sent more than a hundred cavalry to monitor Mr. Cao's team to leave.

After watching Boss Cao leave, Liu Ye next to him immediately suggested: "Lord, Cao's thief team is no longer enough to worry about. Cai Mao and the big-eared thief team have also crossed the water and set up camp on the east bank. Why don't our army immediately send troops to attack Cai Mao's camp and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop?"

Deputy Director Tao was a little moved. Jia Lao poison immediately stopped him and said, "No! Although Cai Mao crossed the water and camped with the water, his team was almost all from Jingxiang. Everyone is familiar with the nature of water. It is easy to cross the river, but our army must have bridges and ships to cross the river. Moreover, the terrain of the west bank of the water is complex, which is not conducive to our army's full pursuit. If our army goes to attack for a strong force, it will be difficult to expand the results of the battle even if it wins. The best way is to lure Cai Mao's main force to the city of Xuchang, which is far away from the water, to fight to the decisive battle, so that our army has more opportunities to severely damage the enemy."

Deputy Director Tao nodded, but was still a little worried, saying, "But the thief Cao has already withdrawn. What if Cai Mao and the big-eared thief noticed that the situation was not good, immediately retreated to the shui River and retreated?"

"It's possible, but it may not be big." Jia Lao Poison replied: "The Jingzhou army had just won a great victory in Xiangcheng and its morale was in full swing. Our army was damaged in the two battles of Xuchang and Xiangcheng, and its strength was somewhat damaged. So Liu Bei might suggest that Cai Mao, the head coach of the Jingzhou army, would not be willing to retreat, and would inevitably test our army. Our army only needs to take advantage of the opportunity of Cai Mao's troops to test and betray him a while, and it will not be difficult to lure Cai Mao's main force to the city of Xuchang to fight."

Deputy Director Tao made a little plan and nodded quickly and said, "Okay, since it is difficult for our army to win a big victory by the edge of the water, it is better to make a bet. If you lose, it will only let Cai Mao and the big-eared thief slip away. If you win, it will severely damage the main force of the enemy! Don't send troops for the time being, just watch the enemy's movements!"

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The news of Cao's withdrawal was sent back to the Jingzhou army by Jingzhou probe. Cai Mao, the general of Jingzhou who had just crossed the water, was furious and immediately summoned Cao's general Han Fu to question the reason. Unexpectedly, Deputy Director Tao had sent Cao's surrendered troops to send Cao's letter to Han Fu. Han Fu, who was also loyal to Cao, did not dare to disobey his orders, and ordered more than 2,000 Cao's soldiers under his command to secretly prepare for retreat. Seeing that Cai Mao sent someone to spread the news, Han Fu immediately understood that the matter was exposed. He quickly led the army out of the camp to chase Cao's boss, and ordered Cai Mao's guards to repay Cai Mao, indicating that Cao had refused to form an alliance and asked Cai Mao to fulfill his promise and not to chase or block his own army.

Logically speaking, it should be difficult for Han Fu's team to stand out in the camp, which had already been secretly prepared. Moreover, it is likely to cause chaos in the Jingzhou camp, creating an opportunity for Xuzhou army to take advantage of the situation. However, just as Han Fu led his army out of the gate of the army camp, a cavalry suddenly rushed out of the slanting thorn and rushed to Han Fu with lightning speed. He shouted and raised his sword. General Han Fu, who was caught off guard, immediately landed at the ground. The Cao army soldiers were shocked and looked carefully, but they saw that the famous Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang who were beheading Han Fu's head!

Immediately afterwards, with a clang gong, Liu Huangshu, who was benevolent and righteous, was famous all over the world, led his army out of the depths of the camp and stopped Cao's army. Then Liu Huangshu righteously announced that Han Fu had broken his promise, and also claimed that Han Fu had secretly surrendered to the Tao thieves in Xuzhou, and was preparing to lead these two thousand Cao's soldiers to join the Tao Ying traitors, and was preparing to kill all the soldiers in the Cao army who were loyal to Cao, and asked the Cao army soldiers to put down their weapons, accept their command and reorganization.

The Cao army under Han Fu's command was a second-tier team, and its combat effectiveness and cohesion were far inferior to that of the main force under Cao Boss. Han Fu had been killed by Guan Yu and the team was surrounded, with no leader. Most of the more than 2,000 Cao soldiers chose to put down their weapons and surrender. Only a few Cao soldiers refused to surrender, but they were also killed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When Cai Mao, who was angry at bullfighting, led the army to the scene, the situation was already under control, and Liu Huangshu also took over the command of the more than 2,000 Cao troops with high sound.

A disaster that could lead to a disastrous defeat in the entire army was quickly eliminated by Uncle Liu. In a very happy mood, Cai Mao, in addition to acquiescating Uncle Liu to annex Han Fu's team, couldn't help but ask curiously: "How did Xuande know that Han Fu was about to rebel? He was still prepared so thoroughly that he could quell the rebellion of Han Fu's thief in an instant?"

"It's not me, it's Zhuge Kongming, the nephew of Mr. Zhuge Xuan, who expected Han Fu to rebel, so he persuaded me to prepare in advance." Uncle Liu was not greedy for me in this regard and introduced to Cai Mao truthfully: "Kong Ming knew that Cao thieves and Tao thieves were both treacherous and resourceful, and sooner or later he would use the complex weaknesses of our army to separate from each other with tricks. Therefore, he advised me to send someone to secretly monitor Han Fu's thieves. In the second half of the night, he found something unusual in Han Fu's team. Kong Ming set up a clever plan for me, which quickly quelled the rebellion of Han Fu's thieves."

Cai Mao laughed, even praising Kong Ming, Major General Huang She was very satisfied with his comeback. He smiled at Zhuge Liang who was standing next to Uncle Liu, saying, "My brother is indeed amazing. It is rare that my uncle only met you once, and he immediately admired you very much. He called on him to marry my cousin to you."

"The governor and his brother have been too rewarded, and Liang really dare not take it."

The person who bowed to thank him was a young man in his early twenties. He was eight feet tall (Han ruler), had a crown and jade face, beautiful facial features, and a Confucian scarf. He was very handsome - that is, Zhuge Liang, the little demon who had the greatest shadow in his heart. After being humble, Zhuge Liang held the feather fan again and said solemnly: "But Grand Governor, brother, Cao's thief has escaped from the alliance, and our army's morale has been affected. It is also a lonely army who has come from far away to transport food and grass. There is no hope of capturing Xuchang. Liang believes that our army should withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to avoid the team of pottery thieves coming closer, which is not conducive to our army's retreat."

"What's the hurry?" Cai Mao waved his hand and said sneered: "Our army has traveled hundreds of miles to capture Xuchang, and retreated immediately before fighting. Isn't it a joke? Anyway, there are not many people in the Cao thief team. If you want to leave, go. There are not many of them, and there are not many of them."

"My uncle's words are reasonable and cannot destroy the prestige of our army."

Since Yang Changshi came forward to harm Jingzhou, he clearly supported Mr. Liu Qi and the Cai family in a dilemma, he had a common enemy. The relationship between Cai and Huang, who were not always in love with each other, suddenly became much closer. Major General Huang She had already respected General Cai Mao as an elder, and immediately agreed and suggested: "Uncle, my nephew thinks it would be better to send an army to fight under Xuchang City to test the current military strength of the Taoist thieves. If the Taoist thieves' military strength is indeed strong, our army will retreat immediately. If we find that the Taoist thieves' army was seriously damaged in the decisive battle with Cao Pirates, our army can take advantage of the situation to advance, defeat the Taoist thieves, and take down the Xuchang City in one fell swoop."

After saying that, Major General Huang She added proudly, saying: "And as long as our army gains the upper hand on the battlefield, with the treacherous thieves of Cao, they will definitely return to our army immediately to ask for alliances and join forces with our army to attack the Taoist thieves!"

When he heard Major General Huang She's words, Uncle Liu didn't say anything, but he was really worried. With General Cai Mao's personality, this kind of unlucky fate is usually from Uncle Liu. Zhuge Liang's muscles twitched on his face, and he felt that he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. General Cai Mao was very satisfied and nodded and said, "My dear nephew makes sense. Since that's the case, how about working hard for Duke Xuande?"

"It's true." Uncle Liu snorted coldly in his heart and said respectfully: "The governor has an order, and Bei should take the order. However, Bei's team had just subdued Han Fu's rebels and needed time to reorganize these surrendered soldiers..."

"It's okay, leave the newly surrendered soldiers in the camp, I'll take care of you for the time being." I like to arrange Uncle Liu as a cannon fodder General Cai Mao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Duke Xuande, these more than 2,000 newly surrendered soldiers are definitely yours, and I won't rob it. Besides, you will soon capture more Xuzhou prisoners, so you still have to care about such a few prisoners?"

Uncle Liu, who was living under someone else, had no choice but to exchange a glance with Zhuge Liang. After seeing Zhuge Liang nodding slightly, he bowed to Cai Mao and said, "I will follow the order of the governor and lead the troops out of the camp now. However, our army has few soldiers. Please prepare for the response." General Cai Mao smiled and agreed, urging Uncle Liu to prepare for the battle as soon as possible and test the current military situation in Xuzhou.

Uncle Liu led Guan Yu with a bad look, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang returned to the camp, and also arrived at a place far away from Cai Mao and Huang Sho. Uncle Liu asked Zhuge Liang softly: "Kong Ming, Cai Mao sent our army to ask for directions again, why did you nod your head to agree? Now the pottery thieves say that there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and there are many cavalry. Our army has only 5,000, and there are almost no cavalry. On an open terrain like Xuchang, it is a good fortune to be with the pottery thieves."

"Lord, please rest assured. Liang dares to make sure that our army will go to test the strength of the pottery thieves." Zhuge Liang replied confidently: "In this battle, our army will win!"

"I will definitely win?" Liu Huangshu, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both stunned.

"It will definitely win!" Zhuge Liang nodded again and said with a smile: "Liang has carefully studied the characteristics of the military use of the pottery thief, is familiar with his military use style, and knows his personality that he is actually greedy. If he can take advantage of ten percent, he will not only take advantage of ninety percent!"

"So, our army will win this battle! In order to eliminate more Jingzhou troops and to lure the main force of Jingzhou to the city of Xuchang, the Taoist thieves will definitely be defeated in this battle, seducing Cai Mao to lead his army to the city of Xuchang!"

Uncle Liu was stunned at first, and it took him a long time to be ecstatic. He almost danced. Guan Yu asked in confusion: "Military advisor, Cai Mao has led his army to cross the water and camp. It is less than forty miles away from Xuchang. The pottery thieves want to defeat Cai Mao and directly send troops to raid Cai Mao's camp. Why do you have to do this and lure Cai Mao to the city of Xuchang?"

"General Guan asked well. The pottery thieves have a chance to win now." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "But General Guan obviously forgot that almost all the Jingzhou soldiers under Cai Mao's command were familiar with water. The storm was just a small river to Cai Mao's team. It could be crossed in an instant, but it was not so easy for the pottery thieves to cross the river. Moreover, the complex terrain west of the storm was not conducive to the storm chasing and expanding the results of the storm. Therefore, if the pottery thieves could lure Cai Mao's main force to the city of Xuchang for 40 miles away from the storm, they could win a large amount of time and space to annihilate the enemy. The pros and cons of this must be calculated very clearly."
Chapter completed!