After hearing what Cao Cao said, Xi Zhicai was also stunned.
"Well, instead of passively defending, it is better to take the initiative. The small Suixian County is not a problem for Yuan Shu at all. Even if we defend the city, it may not be beneficial to us."
Cao Cao nodded to Xi Zhicai. He really wanted to take the initiative. After all, in front of Yuan Shu's siege equipment, Suixian's city wall was just a decoration.
"Then we might as well give up on Suixian."
Xi Zhicai thought for a moment and said something that made Cao Cao stunned.
"Abandon Suixian?
what do you think?"
Although I was in a daze, I still had to ask what I needed to ask.
"Lord, give up and leave with the county army. The cavalry will attack Anlu immediately. Let's go to Stone Mountain to ambush."
The corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, and a plan had already taken shape in his mind.
"You mean to pretend to attack Anlu, wait until Chen Gong leads his troops south, and fight them to the death at Stone Mountain."
After hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao understood what he meant.
"Yes, Anlu is very important for Chen Gong to go north to Nanyang. If he hears that we are going south to Anlu, he will definitely lead his troops back. The terrain of Stone Mountain is not that dangerous, just like Yuan Shao. Chen Gong is eager to go south and will not notice when the time comes.
Then we can ambush them there."
Xi Zhicai nodded to Cao Cao, that's what he thought.
"But Yuan Shu's troops once ambushed Yuan Shao at Stone Mountain. It will be difficult for us to ambush them here."
Although what Xi Zhicai said was right, after all, the other party had ambushed Yuan Shao in Stone Mountain. Will it really be what he thought?
"My lord, it is precisely because they ambushed Yuan Shao at Stone Mountain that we decided to nail the battlefield there. As we said, those who drowned are those who know how to swim. They definitely didn't expect that we would have a repeat of the same tricks with them at Stone Mountain.
Shi."
Xi Zhicai didn't think so. Since you had ambushed Yuan Shao at Stone Mountain, you definitely wouldn't think that you were also ambushing Yuan Shao at Stone Mountain. This is called inertial thinking.
"Okay, let's do it like this. The army will leave the city and go south, avoid Chen Gong's soldiers and horses, and go to Stone Mountain to ambush."
Now this is indeed a helpless solution. Although you may not lose if you stick to Suixian, you will lose if you defend for a long time. Once there is a problem with Yuan Shao, he will inevitably fall into the siege of Yuan Shu's army. In this way, they will lose, so now
We can only take down Chen Gong's 100,000 troops first. If we can defeat them, we can do it easily.
Cao Cao quickly left Suixian with his army, avoiding Chen Gong's march route, and ran south along the west bank of Jianshui River towards Anlu.
Chen Gong advanced slowly, while Cao Cao abandoned everything and ran wildly day and night, one going north and the other going south, and finally he reached the foot of Suixian County.
Looking at the open Suixian gate, Chen Gong was immediately confused. What the hell is going on?
Even though your own army has arrived, you actually opened the city gate.
"Sir, what is this?"
Looking at the situation in front of them, the generals around Chen Gong were all confused.
"I don't know what's going on either."
Facing Gao Shun's question, Chen Gong shook his head. He didn't know what Cao Cao was up to.
"How about I lead some troops to investigate?"
Wen Chou frowned and asked Chen Gong.
"Don't go in. Send five hundred troops to the city to investigate."
Chen Gong thought for a while, no matter what Cao Cao wanted to do, there was nothing wrong with going to see it first.
"promise."
Soon five hundred soldiers and horses slowly moved forward and entered Suixian County, the southern gateway of Nanyang.
About a quarter of an hour later, the soldiers and horses entering the city rushed out.
"Sir, there is no sign of the enemy in Sui County, not even one."
The soldiers knelt in front of Chen Gong and reported to him the situation in Sui County.
"What did you say?
No sign of the enemy, no one?"
Hearing the situation in Sui County, Chen Gong was even more stupid. No one was there?
What about Cao Cao?
Where is Cao Cao's 60,000 army?
Where did it go?
"There is something wrong here, my lord."
Gao Shun looked at Chen Gong, his brows twisted into the character "Sichuan".
"Well, send two thousand soldiers and horses to occupy the city, and the rest of the army will camp outside the city."
Chen Gong thought for a moment that there was something strange here, so he decided not to enter Suixian for the time being. If Cao Cao hid something inside, for example, if his army entered the city and directly set fire to the city, he would be in trouble.
"promise."
Soon two thousand soldiers and horses were stationed in Suixian County, while Chen Gong's army was camped outside the city.
"Sir, I've asked."
After Chen Gong set up camp, some soldiers came to Chen Gong with the county magistrate.
"Tell me, where are Cao Cao's people?"
"Sir, Cao Mengde had abandoned Suixian County a few days ago and led his army southward."
The county magistrate did not dare to delay and directly informed Chen Gong of Cao Cao's whereabouts.
"What did you say?
Cao Cao led his army south?"
After hearing what the county magistrate said, Chen Gong was immediately dumbfounded. Cao Cao was so insidious that he abandoned the county and led his troops south. This was a plan to sneak attack on Anlu.
Anlu is the main road for transporting grain and grass. If Anlu is captured, his army will be in danger of running out of food. When Cao Cao returns to the north, he will be in trouble.
"Sir, what should we do now?
Cao Cao must be planning a sneak attack on Anlu."
Gao Shun frowned and looked at Chen Gong. Cao Cao could only go south to Anlu. The importance of Anlu was self-evident. Cao Cao had hit a snake within seven inches and touched his own lifeline.
"In this way, Gao Shun, you lead the trapped troops to garrison Suixian County. This is the gateway to Nanyang. If we capture it, we cannot let Cao Cao capture it. The rest will follow me and go south immediately."
Chen Gong thought for a while and decided that he could not allow Cao Cao's trick to succeed. For the current plan, he could only lead the army south to defend Anlu.
"promise."
Chen Gong's military order was issued, and Gao Shun immediately led his troops to Suixian County, while Chen Gong abandoned his camp and headed south to Anlu with 80,000 troops.
After several days of running around, Cao Cao finally arrived at Stone Mountain, and then ordered Cao Ren to take the remaining cavalry and start maneuvering towards Anlu. The remaining troops were ambushed in Stone Mountain, waiting for Chen Gong's arrival.
Cao Ren appeared outside the city of Anlu with his cavalry. When the soldiers guarding the city saw the enemy's cavalry, they immediately entered a state of combat readiness and sent scouts north to report the situation to Chen Gong.
Chen Gong led the army all the way south and did not dare to stop. Anlu was only guarded by thousands of soldiers and horses. If Cao Cao really killed him, there would be no resistance there.
While he was heading south, a fast horse galloped towards Chen Gong's army.
"Sir, Cao Cao's cavalry was discovered in the direction of Anlu."
The scout immediately informed Chen Gong of the situation in the direction of Anlu.
"Sir, it seems that Cao Cao is really heading for Anlu. How about I take the Tiger Army south first?"
Wen Chou frowned when he heard the news from the scouts. The Tiger Army was mobile with horse-drawn carriages. If he broke away from the large army and went south, his movement speed might be different from that of the cavalry, but it would definitely be much faster than the large army.
"You can't go. The defenders of Anlu are thin. If Cao Cao insists on taking it there, he won't be able to survive even one wave. If you leave the army and go to Anlu now, you will probably be targeted by Cao Cao. If you lose Anlu, you will lose it. As long as Cao Cao
If he's still there, we can trap him there and exchange an Anlu for Cao Cao's worth."
