Even though I think it is a trap, I still want to seek other people’s opinions.
"I don't know about this. The only thing I understand is that if the opponent may be a trap, you should be more cautious. In addition, Cao Cao is valued by the lord, so I don't recommend stealing the camp."
The same goes for Dian Wei. Who is Cao Cao? He is considered a formidable enemy by his lord. Facing such a person, even his lord and military advisors must treat him with caution. How can he underestimate his enemy?
"Then let's stand still for the time being. I want to see what kind of ghost Cao Cao is."
Hearing that Dian Wei did not agree to send troops, Ma Chao was relieved. If all three of them insisted on sending troops, Ma Chao really didn't know what he would do. Fortunately, none of them were reckless.
Ma Chao did not choose to be impulsive here, but chose to wait and see.
There was no incident all night, and Cao Cao's side waited all night but did not see the enemy attack.
"Lord, they didn't come."
Xi Zhicai's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Cao Cao with depression in his eyes.
"Haha, don't be discouraged. Are you fishing? You have to wait for the fish to bite the hook. Order the entire army to continue south and return to Dantu."
Cao Cao didn't take it seriously. Although he didn't succeed in fishing last night, so what?
As long as Yuan Shu does not send troops, he will keep going south until he reaches Dantu.
"promise."
The army continued to move southward, all the way towards Dantu, but Ma Chao remained as before, hanging far behind with his cavalry.
Another day passed, and Cao Cao's army was still the same, loose on the outside and tight on the inside. However, this time it was not that all troops were on standby, but half of the army was on standby, waiting for the enemy's arrival.
"General, Cao Cao's military camp remains the same. There are few patrols on the outside and sparse lights inside."
Scouts continued to report that Cao Cao's camp was the same as yesterday, sparsely defended and dimly lit.
"What the hell is Cao Cao up to?"
Ma Chao was also depressed after hearing what the scout said. What the hell is this?
Yesterday you just went fishing, but today you actually want to continue fishing.
"Did he already know that we were behind?"
Wen Chou glanced at Ma Chao, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Right now, our whereabouts should not be known to Cao Cao. With him acting like this, I still feel unsure whether there are any pursuers behind him, so I want to test us. If we attack now, we will definitely fall into Cao Cao's prepared trap. If this is the case, we will
Have fun with Cao Mengde, brother Gongming."
Ma Chao shook his head slightly. He acted very carefully and the chance of being discovered by Cao Cao was very small, so Cao Cao should still have a fishing mentality.
"Speaking."
When he heard Ma Chao calling his name, Xu Huang nodded directly at him.
"You lead five thousand cavalry back to the vicinity of Wangdu now. We have already swept away the scouts he left there. If Cao Cao is cautious, he will definitely send more scouts to Wangdu City to investigate. The traces of our army's actions are difficult to erase.
So what you have to do is to rob and kill all the scouts sent by Cao Cao, and then immediately go south to fight with me. I don’t want Cao Cao to sleep well all the way."
Ma Chao is indeed an expert in cavalry warfare. Since Cao Cao has not received any news from me, I will hide myself completely and wait until he relaxes completely before jumping out to deliver a fatal blow to Cao Cao.
"Okay, I'll leave now."
After hearing Ma Chao's words, Xu Huang didn't say anything nonsense, he just clasped his fists and left.
"There's no rush. It doesn't hurt to have a night's rest and then leave tomorrow."
When he heard that Xu Huang was about to leave, Ma Chao opened his mouth to stop him.
"It's okay, time is tight, no delay."
Xu Huang shook his head. The battle was about to take place, so he went to rest by himself, as he should be traveling all night.
"Then there is General Lao Gongming."
Ma Chao admired Xu Huang's attitude, so he didn't stop him and just stood up and clasped his fists to greet Xu Huang.
"Farewell."
Xu Huang left here directly with five thousand fine cavalry and ran towards Wangdu City.
On the second night, Cao Cao still didn't wait for Yuan Shu's pursuit, but it didn't matter, as long as he was safe and sound.
In order to get out of the way of possible pursuers, Cao Cao's scouts traveled a long way and finally arrived near Wangdu City.
"Team leader, come and see."
As soon as a scout shouted, the people around him immediately gathered around.
"There must have been a large number of cavalry gathered here. It is estimated that there are no less than 20,000 cavalry in this group."
The team leader jumped off their horses and carefully observed the messy horse hoof prints in front of them, and came to this conclusion.
"So what do we do now?"
Upon hearing the team leader's judgment, the scout on one side immediately frowned and asked.
"In this way, our troops will be divided into two groups. One group will be led by Tieshan to report to the lord, and the other group will follow me to follow the footprints to track the whereabouts of the enemy cavalry. I must find all these rats."
The team leader thought for a moment and directly issued the order.
"promise."
Upon hearing the leader's order, all the scouts immediately divided into two teams. One team was led by Tieshan and went around to report the news to Cao Cao. The other team followed the leader and followed the footsteps southward to start tracking Ma Chao.
Xu Huang led 5,000 fine cavalry all the way north. During the march, he divided the 5,000 cavalry into 100 squads, spaced 500 meters apart, and marched in a row towards Wangdu City.
One goes from north to south, and the other goes from south to north. They advance alternately, and the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer.
"Shh."
The leader of the Weilu Army suddenly pressed his hand, signaling his subordinates to stop taking action.
"What's wrong?"
A scout approached the team leader, his face full of confusion.
"listen."
The scout pricked up his ears and began to listen, as did the scouts around him.
"There is the sound of horse hooves."
After listening carefully, the scout spoke quietly.
"Well, Gouzi, you go find someone and ask them to surround us. The others are ready to fight and listen to my command."
The team leader waved his hand, Gouzi nodded and jumped off the horse, leading him backwards. The other scouts took out their crossbows, silently loaded the crossbow arrows, and aimed forward.
"Da da da."
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and the scouts nervously raised their crossbows.
"Da da da."
"Da da."
"clatter."
More than twenty cavalrymen appeared directly in everyone's sight.
"Fire the arrow."
The leader of the team gave an order, and forty-nine mounted crossbows fired at the same time, and the crossbow arrows flew directly towards the opposite side like locusts.
"Enemy attack, avoid."
Cao Cao's scout team who was walking at the front immediately turned over and dismounted when they heard the sound, relying on their horses to avoid the oncoming crossbow arrows.
The team leader reacted in time, but the others failed to respond in time. As soon as they heard the team leader's shout, the crossbow arrows were fired in front of them.
A dozen scouts were shot to death on the spot, and the remaining ones suffered more or less serious injuries.
"Come closer to me, come closer to me."
When suddenly attacked, Cao Jun's scout team did not panic, but immediately called on his soldiers to come closer to him.
"rush."
The Weilu troops did not hesitate, swung their steel swords and charged directly on their horses.
"kill."
"kill."
"kill."
The team led the attack, and the cavalry behind him did the same, shouting and rushing towards Cao Jun's scouts.
