In the battle of Huangmenting, Cao Ren's entire army was wiped out.
Of the five thousand men and horses, no one escaped and they were all wiped out.
Shen Chen is doing his best to ensure that history is still moving towards its course.
In fact, Shen Chen is not afraid of changing history.
If a time traveler is always thinking about the historical process, but once a slight change is caused by the butterfly effect, he immediately becomes blind, then what kind of time traveler is he?
Countless advanced knowledge of later generations have been learned in vain, and the nine years of compulsory education, high school and university have also been in vain. What is the difference between that and waste?
It's just that when he was in Xuzhou, he wanted to change history, but he couldn't. When he came to Jingzhou, he couldn't change anything.
Only this time, killing Cao Ren changed history, but at the same time he had to conceal the news of Cao Ren's death and let Cao Cao continue to follow the course of history and suffer a great defeat in Wancheng.
Because only in this way can he take advantage of the opportunity and take the initiative to attack when the opportunity arises, like a hungry wolf dormant and launches a fierce attack on a sick lion.
So at this moment, not to mention that Huangmen Pavilion is 70 or 80 kilometers away from Wancheng, it takes a day to walk on horseback. Even if it is very close, unless Cao Cao takes the initiative to send someone over to investigate, no one will go back to report this matter.
Shen Chen is now waiting for news. His army is currently stationed at Huangmen Pavilion. After cleaning up the mess, he sent soldiers, pretending to be ordinary people, and went to Jiyang, Wancheng and other places to inquire for news.
When Zhang Xiu learned that Cao Cao was preparing to find an excuse to kill him, he immediately followed Jia Xu's arrangements and secretly began to prepare for a raid on Cao's army camp.
On the morning of the next day, Cao Cao walked out of Madam Zou's courtyard and supported the wall. He sent someone to find a carriage and took him and Madam Zou back to his camp in the north of the city.
The 30,000-strong army now has Cao Ren leading 5,000 men to attack Huyang, and Le Jin leading 3,000 men to attack Anzhong, so at this time, Cao Cao still has more than 20,000 troops.
The more than 20,000 people and horses were divided into three camps, forming a corner-to-corner posture, each two or three miles away from each other.
At the front is Cao Hong's camp, with a total of five thousand people, in the middle is Cao Cao's main camp, with more than 10,000 people, and at the back are Yu Jin's troops.
After Cao Cao took Mrs. Zou into his camp, he was quite happy and didn't think about Wei, and hung out together all day long.
After waiting for two days, Cao Cao got up early in the morning with weak legs and feet. Suddenly Dian Wei came from outside to report that Hu Che'er, a general under Zhang Xiu's command, had come to seek refuge.
"oh?"
Upon learning this, Cao Cao said: "Let him come in."
Hu Che'er was tall and mighty, only inferior to Dian Wei. Although he didn't know how good his martial arts was, his mighty appearance alone made Cao Cao like him very much.
After a while, Hu Che'er came in, knelt down on one knee and said, "Hu Che'er has met Mr. Cao."
"Get up quickly."
In the tent, Cao Cao was sitting on the main seat. He raised his hands to signal him to stand up, and asked, "Why did General Hu come to my camp?"
"Forehead"
Hu Che'er stood up, seemed a little embarrassed, and said: "Although this villain is a subordinate of General Zhang, he is loyal to the court. In the past two days, he saw the general drinking all day and speaking rudely to Duke Cao, so he tried to dissuade him, but he did not expect that he would I beat him and scolded him, and I said it in words"
"what did he say?"
Cao Cao asked.
"Tell me about that day when Duke Cao gave me gold and silver. He must have been trying to win over me. He also said that I had already had objections and wanted to drive me out of the military camp."
Hu Che'er hesitated and said: "The villain argued hard. Unexpectedly, General Zhang was angry and threw his halberd at me, and ordered the soldiers to catch me. Fortunately, I was strong and many of my army were old friends, so I didn't try to arrest him.
Otherwise, I might not be able to escape before Cao Gong. Now the villain has nowhere to go, so he has no choice but to come to Cao Gong."
"I see, that Zhang Xiu is just a fool, An Neng knows a true hero."
Cao Cao had long liked Hu Che'er and Kong Wuli. When he saw that he had a falling out with Zhang Xiu, he was overjoyed and said: "You come to me. This is called abandoning the dark and turning to the bright. In this case, you can first be a Qujunhou under my account."
, after he has made meritorious service in the battlefield, I will promote him to you."
Hu Che'er said hurriedly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Cao, but I have long heard that General Dian is very brave, and I admire him in my heart, so I am willing to serve under Mr. Dian."
"oh?"
Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Then you can become a deputy general under Dian Wei."
"Thank you, Mr. Cao."
Hu Che'er bowed his head with a look of joy on his face.
Looking at his appearance, Cao Cao stroked his beard slightly, feeling happy in his heart.
In fact, when Hu Cheer first came to invest, Cao Cao still had doubts.
But when he had a conflict with Zhang Xiu, one of his generals surrendered, fearing that there was fraud involved.
But then I thought about it, Hu Cheer is just a person. Even if he comes to vote, what can he do?
Assassinate him?
Dian Wei protects him at twelve o'clock. Although Hu Che'er is brave, can he defeat Dian Wei?
What's more, Hu Che'er has now been incorporated into the Imperial Guard.
Dian Wei is the leader of his personal bodyguards. There are nearly a thousand personal bodyguards around his tent. Cao Cao is protected by at least dozens or hundreds of soldiers every day when he travels.
Moreover, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the entire camp. Let alone assassinating him, even approaching him without any reason is impossible.
Therefore, he thought for a moment and realized that Hu Che'er must have come to vote sincerely and not deceitfully.
Otherwise, what would he do?
You can't be here to steal something, right?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao smiled and said: "Okay, you go down first and let Dian Wei arrange the camp patrol for you."
"I'll take my leave, villain."
Hu Che'er then withdrew and was incorporated into the Imperial Guard under the command of Dian Wei.
Here Cao Cao was happy to have Hu Che'er, but over there Zhang Xiu also pretended to drink heavily every day to paralyze Cao Cao, but secretly actively mobilized his troops to prepare for a counterattack.
Since there was a huge disparity in strength between him and Cao Cao's army, and Cao Cao was already hostile to him, Jia Xu believed that he must act quickly.
At least in a short period of time, a sudden attack must be launched before Cao Cao is aware of it, catching him off guard.
So in the past two days, Zhang Xiu sent Hu Che'er to sneak into Cao's camp to investigate the internal structure of Cao's camp, and at the same time he also actively peeked outside. He often sent people to pretend to be civilians passing by Cao's camp and secretly observed outside.
On the third day, Cao Cao sent someone to compile a letter and delivered it to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu pretended to be drunk at the time, and Jia Xu asked Cao Cao's envoy to come in and take a look, then accepted the letter.
After Jia Xu saw off Cao Cao's envoy and returned to the camp, Zhang Xiu suddenly woke up, stood up from the table and asked, "Uncle, how are you doing?"
"Already sent away."
Jia Xu threw the bamboo slips in his hand on the table.
Zhang Xiu took the letter, and after reading it, he threw the bamboo slip away and cursed loudly: "Does this thief Cao treat me like a fool?"
In the letter, he stated that he and Zhang Xiu had a misunderstanding. He also said that he just met with Mrs. Zou to discuss matters that day. He asked Zhang Xiu not to think too much about it. Cao Cao was planning to host a banquet for Zhang Xiu tomorrow and asked him to go to Cao Jun's barracks.
"General, don't be impatient."
Jia Xu had read this letter just now on the way back. Knowing that Zhang Xiu would be angry, he said: "This shows that Cao Cao has planned to get rid of the general tomorrow, but he doesn't know that we have already raised troops, so he is the most unprepared tonight."
It’s a good time for us to take action.”
Zhang Xiu immediately became excited and said, "Uncle, are you going to do it tonight?"
"Um."
Jia Xu's eyes flickered and he nodded slightly: "If we don't take action, we will be in danger, because then Cao Cao will definitely choose to send troops to directly attack our military camp."
In fact, if given the choice, Jia Xu really wouldn't want to do it.
Cao Cao was powerful and had the authority of the Emperor. To oppose him would be like striking an egg against a stone.
But there is no way, he is now tied to Zhang Xiu's chariot.
Zhang Xiu is watching him. If he wants to leave the Xiliang Army camp, Zhang Xiu will definitely kill him.
So he couldn't leave.
And now Cao Cao wants to kill Zhang Xiu again, so he cannot delay it. If Zhang Xiu refuses to go, Cao Cao will definitely be suspicious.
The worst result at that time is that Cao Cao directly sends a large army to attack their camp.
At that time, among the rebellious army, I, a scribe, would most likely die among them.
Therefore, Jia Xu was forced to launch another strategy - chaos and violence!
How similar is this to the time in Chang'an?
So lovely.
After all, it is important to survive.
Compared to other people's lives, your own life is more important.
Isn't it?
soon.
The sky darkened and it was midnight.
Outside the tent of Cao Jun's camp, there was suddenly a sound of birds chirping.
The Xiliang Qiang people are best at imitating bird calls, and there are Qiang people in Zhang Xiu's Xiliang army.
At this time, he was drinking with Hu Che'er in Dianwei's tent.
His camp was very close to Cao Cao's camp. After all, he didn't usually sleep with Cao Cao. After his duty during the day, he had to go back to the camp to sleep at night.
As a result, before going to bed, Hu Che'er suddenly came over with several jars of wine, saying that it was strong wine produced in Nanyang and that only heroes could not drink this wine.
When Dian Wei learned that it was strong alcohol, he immediately became interested. He is a good drinker, and he soon started drinking.
"There are so many generals."
While Hu Che'er was praising, his eyes were quick and his hands were full again.
Dian Wei laughed and said: "This wine is indeed interesting. Compared with it, the wine I drank before is just like water."
"Yes, I never saw such strong liquor when I was in Xiliang."
Hu Che'er said: "I only heard when I came to Nanyang that this is a good wine produced in Xinye. Many of Zhang Xiu's soldiers who were good at drinking in Xiliang didn't believe it, so they all got drunk. The general has a better drinking capacity than us in Xiliang."
Anyone can drink it."
Dian Wei was very happy to be praised. He picked up the wine glass and drank another drink. He put it down and wiped the wine stained on his beard beside his mouth. He patted his chest and said, "That's right, in our hometown, no one can drink more than me.
"
"The general is here again. There has been no war recently. He just let go of the heavy drinking. Once this wine leaves Nanyang, it will be difficult to drink it in the future."
Hu Cheer refilled his glass.
"Yeah?"
Dian Wei lost himself in Hu Che'er's overwhelming praise. He drank another drink and said, "Then I have to take the opportunity to drink a few more drinks."
Then he started drinking one glass after another, and soon he drank three to four kilograms of liquor with over 50 degrees of alcohol content.
His whole body almost started to float, his eyes were blurry, and he saw that Hu Che'er seemed to have turned into two, and then into four, and his voice to persuade him to drink became much quieter.
"General, general?"
Hu Che'er was about to continue to persuade him to drink, when he saw that Dian Wei was swaying. After finishing the last glass, the wine glass in his hand slipped to the ground, so he gave it a gentle push.
The next second, he fell down on the desk, opened and closed his mouth, snored like thunder, and fell asleep.
"Choo Choo Choo!"
The sound of birds chirping outside came. When Hu Che'er saw Dian Wei's eighty-jin double halberd placed in the tent, he immediately went up to pick it up. He was also very strong and could carry five hundred kilograms, so he lifted it up easily.
After stealing the two halberds, Hu Cheer calmly walked out of Dianwei's tent. At this time, he was Dianwei's deputy general. The patrolling guards around him had to greet him when they saw him.
It's just that Dian Wei's double halberds are recognized by the whole army, and he is afraid of attracting attention by showing off his weapons in the market.
So Hu Che'er stole the halberd and did not dare to wander around the military camp. Instead, he immediately ran to his tent. He secretly dug a hole in his tent, threw the two halberds in and buried them.
After a while, he pretended to patrol the camp and went north to the edge of the camp. His throat started to vibrate and he made a crisp bird call.
"Cuckoo!"
The sound was transmitted outside, and the birds chirping outside stopped.
After waiting until it was confirmed that his companions had received the news, Hu Cheer pretended that nothing was wrong and strolled back to his tent.
The Qiang people who reported the news outside received the message and immediately rushed back to Zhang Xiu's military camp to report back.
"Did Hu Che'er succeed?"
Zhang Xiu asked.
The Qiang man replied: "Yes."
"good."
Zhang Xiu said with great joy: "The time has come. Let's raise our troops today. Send my order and the whole army will make a surprise attack."
"only!"
The messenger immediately went to convey the order.
The entire Xiliang military camp instantly boiled, with troops coming and going, getting ready to go.
According to Jia Xu's plan, Zhang Xiu personally led the dead soldiers to touch them in the middle of the night.
It is definitely not possible for a large number of troops to directly rush to Cao's camp, because it is night, and if a large number of troops light torches, they will not be able to hide it.
But it would be difficult to march without lighting torches.
I can't see the road clearly at night, and I can't see even a few steps away. The Xiliang army is a long way from Cao's camp, and thousands of soldiers will turn into headless flies.
The most important thing is that Cao Cao is not stupid. In addition to the tight defense inside the camp, there are also many sentries on the outside.
That is to say, they had already scouted the location of these sentry posts before, and with Hu Che'er as an internal response, the Qiang people who went to notify Hu Che'er were able to arrive outside Cao Jun's camp.
Otherwise, without these preparations, even if Zhang Xiu launched a sudden attack, Cao Jun's soldiers would be able to react quickly.
Even if they are several miles away, they can blow the horn and send a signal to Cao's camp, thereby exposing the operation.
Therefore, Zhang Xiu was very lucky to have a wise man like Jia Xu around him to help him.
Soon, Zhang Xiu led the guards towards Cao Ying.
The positions of the sentries on the periphery were all marked one by one. It was late at night, and even the sentries were drowsy and low on vigilance.
Following Zhang Xiu's previous instructions, the guards quietly eliminated a large number of peripheral sentries and approached the edge of Cao's camp.
"Let the army come over!"
After dealing with those sentries, Zhang Xiu immediately issued the order.
Half an hour later, the Xiliang army waiting outside had quickly assembled, and the torches formed a long dragon, and they quickly rushed towards Cao Ying.