Chapter 545: Xu Chu doesn’t know how to speak well
"Chasing the Moon Repeating Crossbow...?"
Cao Cao later learned that he knew the name Yi Xiaotian gave this repeater... I heard that it was named after a woman...
"Mr. Yi always does these unimaginable things... Prime Minister... you should be used to it, right?"
Cao Ren smiled on the side.
The three of them were sitting around a table on the top floor of Fangyuan Pavilion.
Carved fences, sparse diners... The breeze under the setting sun blew everyone's faces. Half a day had passed since the morning when the craftsman's workshop and the group were in the workshop. Seeing that night was approaching, the three of them did not feel overwhelmed by the good wine and food at the table.
And feel relaxed.
On the contrary... because of Yi Xiaotian's words "I have something to ask of you," Cao Cao's expression at this moment was unprecedentedly serious.
"How can you get used to it... Brother Yi is a heavenly being... It would be funny if the thoughts of heavenly beings could be understood by ordinary people like us..."
Cao Cao chuckled and shook his head, but from time to time his eyes glanced at the top of another pavilion at the same height as Fangyuan Pavilion...
There... there was a figure whose whole body blended in with the bricks. He was motionless and seemed to be observing the actions of Cao Cao and others.
Similarly, Jia Xu and Cao Ren were chatting with Cao Cao, but in fact their attention was not at all in front of them.
"Prime Minister..."
Cao Ren narrowed his eyes, took a sip of the wine in the bowl, and said softly:
"There are at least three people following us in the dark alleys on the street..."
Jia Xu also said:
"There is also a person in the corner of this floor who has never taken his eyes off us..."
"Don't alert the snake...keep eating..."
"Since they want to investigate...then we will leave it to them!"
Cao Cao gave the order directly, remembering what Yi Xiaotian told them, and continued to perform flawlessly...
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In half a day, the situation changed drastically for Cao Cao...
Because of his trust in Yi Xiaotian, after Yi Xiaotian built the Moon-Chasing Repeating Crossbow, Cao Cao decided to hand over the command of the army to Yi Xiaotian... This is trust, and it is also a game.
Cao Cao believed that if Yi Xiaotian said that he could help him defend Xiangyang, then he could do it. For this reason, Cao Cao could do anything that seemed illogical -
In fact... today's Cao Cao, even the three thousand soldiers and horses leading the city defense, have become the bait thrown by Yi Xiaotian.
Yes... After Yi Xiaotian left the craftsman's workshop, he quickly told Cao Cao his guess.
He believes that Xiangyang is in danger now, but it is also an excellent opportunity that the aristocratic families who have just been punished by him will not miss - an opportunity to rebel...
When Cao Cao first heard Yi Xiaotian's statement, he smiled and told Yi Xiaotian that this should be impossible.
"We are the Prime Minister's people...how dare they..."
Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao saw a sneaky person following the direction Yi Xiaotian's eyes pointed...
Then along the way, they discovered more than one person with strange movements - just one person. After seven or eight consecutive strange figures appeared in the dark and never took their eyes away from them, Cao Cao finally believed it.
"Lord, you only need to hand over the two thousand county soldiers to me...I will make all preparations outside the city so that the Sun-Liu coalition forces never come back...and the rest, in order to deceive others, or..."
"In order to confuse the enemy and make them believe that we have given up the so-called city defense, we need to use the trick..."
As Yi Xiaotian said this, he analyzed the current situation to Cao Cao and others.
And the basis of everything is that Cao Cao needs to believe that even with only two thousand county soldiers, Yi Xiaotian can still defeat the enemy.
To this, Cao Cao agreed without even thinking about it.
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According to Yi Xiaotian, Cao Cao and his soldiers and horses must show the feeling of hastily setting up defenses in the city during these two days. It is best to let those who are secretly watching see their anxiety.
As for Cao Cao, Cao Cao needs to do nothing...
Yes, there is nothing to do, just play as you like, creating the look of giving up before the big battle.
"If my guess is correct, soon...people from the aristocratic family will send military intelligence to the Sun-Liu coalition..."
In fact, that night...Cao Cao heard the news from Li Fu:
"Report to the Prime Minister... Under the city wall in the south of the city, there are several masked people who escaped from the city by relying on the passage under the city. One person is riding a fast horse and is heading towards Jiangling at the moment..."
After receiving this news, Zhang Liao, Le Jin and others, who were still a little confused at first, finally had no doubts at all.
Cao Cao also showed his iconic smile in the tent...
"Everything depends on Brother Yi."
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And these are all the things that happened in the two days after Li Yue left Xiangyang.
The fact is that Ma Liang thought that Yi Xiaotian and others were on the first floor and he was on the second floor. Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu thought that they were on the third floor, but they didn't know that Yi Xiaotian was on the fifth floor...
After Yi Xiaotian learned that Ma Liang did not take any action after learning the news of Cao Cao's defeat, he expected that the other party would seize this opportunity and prepare to counterattack them, but Yi Xiaotian used his trick... Instead, he used this
In two days, perhaps the most terrifying fortification in Xiangyang’s history was built——
Time goes back to the night when the cavalry led by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei arrived in Xiangyang...
In the night, two figures were walking slowly on the quiet street.
Until...until there was a knock on the door of Ma Mansion, and the concierge opened the door. He saw that he was going out to greet the servant tonight, so he hurriedly shouted excitedly into the back room:
"Fourth Master! Fourth Master! It's... Manager Li is back!"
Ma Liang was still writing quietly in the room... Yes, in the past two days, since Li Yue left Xiangyang, Ma Liang no longer has a headache, his waist is no longer sore, he eats deliciously, and he can travel from the east of the city in one breath
I didn’t feel tired even after running to the west of the city.
Ma Liang, whose face had become much rosy, heard the sound outside the house, dropped his pen, and rushed out with an extremely excited smile on his face.
Even the wind couldn't catch up with Ma Liang's steps. The crystal clear water droplets in the night were floating in the air. Oh...it turned out to be Ma Liang's drool... He couldn't wait any longer...
"Finally here! Li Yue! Well done! Well done!!"
Ma Liang gritted his teeth and rushed to the door, and directly pushed away the nervous servant... without asking why he was nervous, he wanted to find Li Yue.
The concierge smiled and turned back, but the moment he turned around, his smile slowly froze. His eyes were staring straight at the figure in the night outside the door...
I thought it was because the night was too dark, and it was normal for it to be dark outside.
Who would have thought that if I really took a closer look...it was dark outside the door, there was clearly a "mountain" blocking the door.
Ma Liang smiled and rushed out the door, but plunged into the "mountain".
"What is this? Why is there a wall?"
Ma Liang rubbed his nose and moved his hands in front of him, only to see the "mountain" take a step back, revealing Li Yue beside him, whose face was swollen like a pig's head... Li Yue cried bitterly, but there was something in his mouth.
He hesitated and couldn't say a word.
And Ma Liang finally looked up...and saw someone he didn't want to see at all.
"Strong man...I think we have something to talk about..."
"I'm sorry, Xu Chu doesn't know how to speak well."
