The generals in the camp did not hesitate, and each stood up and received the order with clasped fists.
"Okay, let's go our separate ways. Remember not to expose your whereabouts. If someone makes a mistake, don't blame me for being cruel."
"Follow orders."
After receiving the order, the generals left separately, and then the soldiers and horses began to act in a restless manner.
Huang Zu returned to Anlu City, and Huang She immediately greeted him.
"Father, what did the lord say?"
"You immediately lead an army of 20,000 people out of the city overnight to hide in Banpo Mountain. I will lead my army back to Nanling early tomorrow morning and return to you in a day or two."
After looking at Huang She, Huang Zu directly told Cao Cao's arrangement.
"My lord is setting a trap for Cai Hao. Are we waiting for him to attack the city? We will rush out from behind them and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
Upon hearing Huang Zu's arrangement, Huang She immediately understood what Cao Cao was thinking.
"That's what I mean. Cao Ren and Li Dianhui each lead their troops to ambush on the east and west sides. As long as Cai Mao attacks the city, the entire army will rush out and defeat Cai Mao in one fell swoop."
Huang Zu nodded.
"Then I'll leave right now."
After hearing Huang Zu's affirmative answer, Huang She did not hesitate, directly clasped his fists and went to organize his troops, then ran out of the city gate towards Banpo Mountain.
During the day of the next day, Huang Zu also opened the south gate and retreated towards Jiangxia in a bold manner, while Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and entered Anlu.
Cai Mao's scouts saw Huang Zu's retreat and Cao Cao stationed in Anlu, and immediately spread the news to Nanxin where Cai Mao was located.
"You said that Huang Zu was defeated and retreated to Nanling with more than 10,000 remaining troops?"
Cai Mao heard the news from the scouts, and then set his sights on Kuai Liang.
"Zirou, should we send troops to Anlu now and destroy Cao Cao in Anlu City?"
After looking at Cai Mao, Kuai Liang thought for a moment.
"Although Cao Cao fought with Huang Zu, he still has troops and horses. When we left, there was not much food and grass in Anlu. And after so many days of consumption, it will definitely not be able to support Cao Cao for long, so we fought to Anlu.
Otherwise, we can only besiege but not attack, otherwise the loss of troops will not be worth it."
"Well, okay, everything is as you said."
Facing Kuai Liang's conservative strategy, Cai Mao also nodded. It would be best if he could defeat the enemy without fighting. He didn't want to start a real war. As long as he could defeat Cao Cao, the credit would be the same anyway.
"Then send troops."
Since Cai Mao agreed with his idea, he had no objection. How could he not send troops now?
"The whole army is here, send troops to secure Lu."
"promise."
Following Cai Mao's order, 10,000 troops stayed in Nanxin to ensure logistics, and the remaining 90,000 troops were sent directly to Anlu.
"My lord, Jiangxia has begun. Cai Mao has sent 100,000 troops and has now occupied Nanxin, while Huang Zu has led 10,000 remaining troops to retreat to Nanling."
The news about Jiang Xia reached Yuan Shao directly.
"oh?
Is Cai Mao so fierce?"
After hearing the news from the scouts, Yuan Shao couldn't help but smile.
"My lord, we will probably hear the news about Cai Hao's defeat next. Cao Cao must have set up an ambush, just waiting for Cai Hao, a silly fish, to get into the net."
Xu You looked at Yuan Shao, a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He now basically understood what Cao Cao was thinking.
First he attacked Anlu fiercely, then Huang Zu pretended to be defeated and retreated to Nanling. Then he turned back to ambush. As soon as Cai Mao's army arrived, he would ambush and destroy them.
"Well, order the whole army to prepare. As soon as the news of Cai Mao's defeat in Jiangxia comes, we will attack Xiangyang immediately."
Yuan Shao nodded, and after Cao Cao's performance was over, it was time to go on stage.
"promise."
Yuan Shao gave an order and Nanyang soldiers and horses were all ready. Sun Jian had already led his army to camp in Chaoyang. Then he led 80,000 troops out of Wan County and headed for Xinye.
After several days of marching, Cai Mao's army finally arrived outside Anlu City. Looking at the blood-stained and dilapidated city walls, he couldn't help but nodded.
"Lord, Cai Mao's army has arrived."
When Cai Mao's army arrived, some scouts brought the news.
"Let's go, follow me up to the city wall, and we'll meet Liu Jingsheng's general."
"promise."
Wenpin, Cao Hong and Xun Yu, a talented playwright, followed Cao Cao to the top of Anlu City.
"Cai Mao, why did you lead your troops here?"
Looking at Cai Mao's army below the city, Cao Cao spoke directly.
"Cao Mengde, tell me why I led my troops here. You ignored the covenant and brazenly led your troops to sneak attack on our troops. Now I am leading my troops here just to capture you, a treacherous villain."
Upon hearing Cao Cao's words, Cai Mao also rode out and pointed his gun at Cao Cao.
"Cai Degui, my original sneak attack on your troops was just a ploy to gain Huang Zu's trust. Now you see that I have defeated him and lost his troops and returned to Nanling. Please give me some time to wait for me to get it."
After going to Jiangxia, how about immediately handing it over to Liuzhou Mu and changing it to Changsha County?"
After hearing Cai Mao's words, Cao Cao couldn't help but frown.
"Forget it, your character is known all over the world. I'm not just here with my troops for you. I will also take Jiangxia after defeating you, so you don't have to worry about it."
Cai Mao looked at Cao Cao on the city wall, looking like a fool. Now you still want to trade Jiangxia for Changsha. What are you dreaming about?
"I still have 50,000 elite soldiers, are you really sure you can take me down?
Even if you can capture me, how much energy will you have left to defeat Huang Zu?
Your tone is so bad that you might as well withdraw your troops now, I will lead my troops directly into Xiling and give Jiangxia to Liu Jingsheng."
"Dream, wait for you."
Listening to Cao Cao's lies, Cai Mao felt that he was not feeling well. Is this Cao Cao still known as a hero?
mean.
Seeing Cai Mao leaving, Cao Cao turned to look at the people around him.
"Lord, if Cai Hao knew that all this was an act, would he be mad to death on the spot?"
Xi Zhicai looked at the sad Cao Cao and couldn't help but smile.
"Are you going to use a trap to put on a show? Otherwise, I'd be sorry for the people coming here with their troops."
After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao was instantly successful, and the sadness on his face turned into a bright smile.
"Let's go and wait for them to attack the city."
"promise."
Cao Cao took Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai and left the city wall directly, leaving this place in the hands of Wenpin and Cao Hong.
"The whole army is on alert to prevent the enemy from attacking the city."
"promise."
Cai Mao rode back to the army, and Kuai Liang came directly to greet him.
"What did Cao Cao say?"
Upon hearing Kuai Yue's question, Cai Hao smiled slightly.
"What else can I say?
He wants us to retreat, then lead the army to attack Nanling, capture Jiangxia and then exchange Changsha with us."
Kuai Yue looked at Cai Mao and was stunned. He originally thought that Cao Cao would say something cruel, but he didn't expect that he would say this.
"I can only say that Cao Cao exaggerated a bit, and now it seems that it is nothing more than that."
Cai Mao nodded to Kuai Yue. He also felt that Cao Cao had indeed exaggerated.
"Then do you think we should try a wave of attacks now?
I want to see how strong he is."
"General, we agreed when we came here that we could only encircle but not attack by force."
Hearing that Cai Mao wanted to attack the city, Kuai Liang frowned.
"Okay, okay, siege the city, not attack."
Looking at Kuai Liang, Cai Mao couldn't help but curled his lips and said, "If you don't want to attack, don't attack."
