Chapter 697 Surrender without killing
Later generations sighed: "Alas, the emperor's power is lonely and poor, and he relies on his division of troops to rob the village. If he fights for the teeth, there is a sign of breaking the flag. Why did God commit treason?"
Although this poem is very biased and seems a bit pretentious and sour. If you lose, you will lose. Is it still blame God? Say God helping the traitor? But I have to say that this time the tooth flag was blown off by the wind, which did play a key role in the whole thing. Of course, there are also factors that Guo Jia and Cao cāo are in it. Otherwise, this time Guo Jia and Cao cāo may really capsize in the yin ditch. Although it may not affect the entire battle situation, if you are plotted by Zhang Fei, you will definitely lose your face for the rest of your life. Your lifetime of reputation will be defeated by such an accident! Please, that's Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide, oh hey.
So, that night, Cao's army set up three ambushes inside and outside, leaving only an empty camp waiting for Zhang Fei to attack.
At the second update, Zhang Fei also divided into three groups, with only a few dozen or hundreds of people in the middle. He rushed directly to Cao's camp to rob the village and set fire. The other two groups, one in front and the other behind, Zhang Fei didn't want to let the person go.
Then, Cao's camp started to set off, and the first ambush of Cao's army came out. Seeing this, Zhang Fei was happy. Haha, Liu Dai was really fooled. See what the elder brother and second brother said after he went back, and see who dared to look down on him in the future, thinking that he was a reckless and brainless person!
At about three o'clock in the morning, Zhang Fei's two armies came out, leading the elite troops to cut off the Cao army's retreat first. Soon, Zhang Fei's men and horses surrounded the Cao army. However, what surprised Zhang Fei was that, logically, when he suddenly encountered such a change, was plotted and surrounded by others, the Cao army inside should be in a mess, like a headless fly, and each collapsed. But in fact, the Cao army inside was now panicked and was not confused. He quickly adjusted the formation and aimed the spear outside. Moreover, he actually acted as a guard on the formation, instead of panic and trying to break through and escape.
"Tsk, it seems that Liu Dai is still a character!" Zhang Fei spat inwardly, thinking that Liu Dai is a good guy in charge of the army, but he never thought that the other party had prepared for a long time. No one knew that there was his second or even third ambush outside. Now, no one here would be in chaos.
With Zhang Fei's personality, he finally came up with an idea. Now that he is like this, can he stop immediately and go home? What a joke! Even if the current situation is a little different from what Zhang Fei expected, Zhang Fei did not think that he was plotted by the enemy in turn. Even if he had a normal battle, would he be afraid of others? Not to mention Liu Dai, even if Cao Cāo came in person, he could take down the person directly! By the way, if Cao Cāo was really here, it would be much more convenient, then Zhang Fei could do his best to solve all the things directly!
So, the arrogant Zhang Fei launched the attack without hesitation. But soon, he realized the tragedy.
Cao's army's second ambush came out, defending itself inside and surrounding it, but instead attacked Zhang Fei.
"Don't panic, don't be confused!" Zhang Fei shouted back and forth, "It's a pity that the soldiers could not be confused at this time. Not to mention that they were suddenly attacked and were completely plotted against, no one would not be panic. Even in the situation they are facing now, it is difficult to respond.
If we were just surrounded like the Cao army inside, we could still surround each other and defend ourselves with our backs. But now? In order to surround Cao army, Zhang Fei had largely dispersed his troops. This led to the fact that Zhang Fei could not form any powerful defense line on the spot, and he didn't even know which side to resist.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei obviously understood that he had been completely defeated and had no time to resent or regret anything. Zhang Fei cursed "Damn!" (Hey) and chose to break through without caring about whether he could call a few soldiers. Well, this situation was like when Zhang Fei lost Xuzhou, and there were not a few people left, and he escaped in a panic.
On the other hand, Cao Cāo and others saw that Zhang Fei had actually made a fool and set up a trap. They all sweated coldly. They almost capsized in the yin ditch! After all, in such a short time, there was no time to think too much and prepare for anything. When they got the news during the day, Zhang Fei was going to call that night. Perhaps there were many smart people here, but in this case, people could not think carefully and easily missed something.
Fortunately... Cao cāo couldn't help but look at Guo Jia. This was definitely not the first time. Cao cāo was glad that Guo Jia was helping him next to him. The feeling this time was actually no different from the feeling at the beginning, but how did the two of them get to where they are today?
Cao cāo temporarily put away his thoughts and immediately ordered someone to shout in all directions,
"The prime minister is here, surrender and will not kill him!"
"The prime minister is here, surrender and will not kill him!"
Cao cāo, such a name alone is enough to inspire the morale of the country and scare the enemy's courage! In addition, Zhang Fei's strategy was discovered, but he used it to plot against Zhang Fei. This should not be a capable Liu Dai could have. Therefore, even if he couldn't see Cao cāo at all, most people believed it at this moment.
And don’t forget that Liu Bei was originally without soldiers, and he had just captured Xuzhou, and he had not come yet to rush to recruit soldiers again. In other words, these soldiers are still under the banner of Cao’s army a month ago, and many of them even feel the belonging of Cao’s army. So they all abandoned their weapons and surrendered on the spot!
Liu Bei may be more popular with the people than Cao cāo, or more friendly with the people and like it. But can you really win the world if you win the people? This sentence may be correct, because "soldiers" come from "people". If you win the people, you will have an army. With the army and strength, you will naturally win the world. But in fact, the people are not completely equivalent to soldiers. Even if the families of ordinary soldiers are all ordinary people, in today's world, you can just ask if he is willing to go with Liu Bei or Cao cāo, absolutely nine out of ten will be willing to go with Cao cāo!
If you don’t do anything else, you always win the battle for Cao, and Liu Bei always win the battle! Cao Cao won the battle because the army has strong combat effectiveness and there are also counselors like Guo Jia who help. There are even many battles without bloodshed. On the other hand, Liu Bei was not a crushing defeat or a heavy casualty?
Therefore, if you ask the common people who prefer to govern the world, they may say it is Liu Bei; but if you ask the soldiers who are more willing to be under, it is definitely Cao cāo. Even if it is not Cao cāo, it is Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, or something. Liu Bei, a guy who has been defeated from beginning to end, can't rank at all! You must know that the soldiers are all flesh and blood, not suicide squads. Even if it is not for honor, for the inspiring iron-blooded morale, and for the survival rate, the soldiers are absolutely willing to follow Cao cāo!
Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world? No! Those who win the "soldiers" of the people will win the world! No matter how many people you have, it will be useless! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!