After Cao Ren lit the fire, there was chaos in front of the pottery merchant's camp.
Many Tao soldiers in the camp rushed out, some to put out the fire, some to beat gongs and drums to call for water, and some to quickly report to the Chinese army. Anyway, in the eyes of outsiders, the camp was already in panic.
Bewildered and confused.
Under Cao Ren, there are currently two military commanders serving in the army, both of whom are quite talented.
One is a Gaoling native recommended by Luoyang Zhongyao, Zhang Ji, a talented person in Sanfu, and the other is Liang Xi, a Chenjun native who was promoted by Cao Cao to Sikong Xi Cao Lingshi due to his political achievements. The two were ordered to follow the expedition.
Under Cao Ren.
In addition to running politics, these two people are also quite capable in running the military.
Zhang Ji looked at the blazing fire and admonished Cao Ren: "In Tao Shang's army, the drums are beating irregularly, the soldiers are fighting fires chaotically and frequently, and the panic and shouting are everywhere. It must be true that they have fallen into the trap."
Liang Xi also said: "General, although Tao Shang fell into the trap, he is treacherous and treacherous, and all his generals are accustomed to fighting. If it is delayed for a long time, I am afraid they will react too hard. We should
Send troops quickly to attack them... Why don't we go and fight!"
"No, wait a minute!" Cao Ren looked solemn and raised his hand to stop the two people.
"During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao had several encounters with pottery merchants. This guy is not an ordinary person, and ordinary people cannot take advantage of him... Moreover, when attacking Tao camp at night, the pottery merchants could not see clearly our offensive.
, but on the other hand, we are also unable to clearly see the deployment of troops in Tao Shang's army. If there is another trap and ambush in the camp, and we rush in hastily, won't we lose our troops in vain?"
Zhang Ji and Liang Xi were stunned after hearing Cao Ren's words.
"Then according to the general's wishes... we set a fire in the main camp and stopped moving?" Liang Xi looked at Cao Ren in disbelief.
Cao Ren shook his head: "No, our army is currently divided into four groups to attack Tao camp... I found out that my soldiers and horses are outside the front of Tao army's camp. There are Yuan Rang, Miaocai, Zi Lian and Zi He.
The four armies and horses attacked the pottery merchant from other directions. If the five armies and horses all rushed into Cao's camp, what if the pottery merchant really had an ambush and couldn't respond to each other? At least I am here to take charge...
…At critical moments, we can still respond to them.”
Zhang Ji was silent for a while after hearing this, and said: "But if there was no ambush in the pottery merchant's camp, all this military merit... would have to be given to the other four generals."
Cao Ren waved his hand freely and said with a smile: "Military achievements are not important to me, but defeating the enemy's army or preserving our army is very important to me."
As soon as these words were said, Zhang Ji and Liang Xi couldn't help but respect Cao Ren.
Cao Ren's style of work is inferior to that of famous generals in ancient times.
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The panic in Tao Shang's army's front camp was indeed faked by him. In Tao's camp, the dragnets and traps laid out by the generals from Xuzhou and Jinling City were fully prepared, just waiting for everyone to do so.
After Lu Cao's army attacked and came in, they immediately closed the net and gave them a hard blow on the head.
Tao Shang himself was in charge of the central army, constantly receiving intelligence reports from the front battalions.
At this moment, the four armies of Cao's army from the south, west, north and southwest have all entered the camp.
Xiahou Dun in the southwest, Xiahou Yuan in the south, Cao Hong in the north and Cao Chun in the west.
"The top generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family are here." After hearing the report, Tao Shang smiled and muttered: "Let Xu Huang, Tao Ji, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and others act according to the order.
Fight this battle well and show some momentum! Warmly entertain all the guests of the Cao family!"
After hearing this, the school official took the order and left.
When I was young, other members of the school affairs office came to report to Tao Shang.
It is said that there is another group of Cao's soldiers and horses in front of the Chinese army's stronghold. They only sent troops to open the access road to the front camp, but there has been no movement. They are waiting for the opportunity, not sure whether they are waiting for a fighter or something.
Upon hearing this, the pottery merchant became somewhat nervous.
"The soldiers and horses of Cao's army on the front? Who is leading them?"
The school official had already inquired about it, and immediately said to Tao Shang, "It's Cao Cao's younger brother, Cao Ren."
"It's him?"
The pottery merchant couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.
After a while, I saw a wry smile on his face.
"There are no false soldiers under the reputation. Famous generals are indeed famous generals...Immediately send orders to all the ministries, asking them to be cautious and fight fiercely with Cao's army. Be careful and don't be greedy for credit. Cao Ren is outside the camp to give to the other four generals of the Cao family.
Keep a backup plan! It seems that if you want to defeat them completely, you may not be able to do so... Send orders to all the ministries, just to retreat the enemy, not to defeat it!"
"promise!"
After the school officials hurriedly left, Tao Shang thought for a long time and smiled.
"Cao Ren is indeed a famous general. The first general of the clan under Cao Cao is indeed not a free man, but Tao is not given for nothing... I also have a back-up, we will see."
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Among the five generals of the clan, Xia Houyuan has the strongest character.
But compared to his bad temper, Cao Hong was even worse than him.
When a group of Cao's troops were charging inside, they saw fire from all sides in the camp. Countless torches were thrown towards Cao's troops, followed by dense arrows flying towards them like a downpour.
Cao Hong was startled at first, and then hurriedly ordered his soldiers to prepare for the enemy.
The leading general, riding a tall horse and holding a sharp long knife, cheered up and rushed over at the lead.
The general was so fierce that he shouted loudly and startled Cao Hong's horse. He jumped wildly and almost knocked Cao Hong to the ground. Fortunately, he finally stabilized his horse.
"The bold thief actually dared to attack our army camp at night, and he didn't even report his name?"
Zhou Tai waved his sword and roared, his voice was like thunder, making the whole camp seem to tremble.
When Cao Jun's generals saw Zhou Tai's momentum, they couldn't help but feel guilty. Only Cao Hong, after steadying his horse, was happy and fearless, and replied with full voice: "I am the cavalry officer under Cao Sikong, and so is Cao Hong!"
Who are you?"
Zhou Tai said loudly: "Zhou Tai, a native of Xiacai, Jiujiang, if the traitor sees me and doesn't quickly dismount and surrender, I will spare your life!"
Cao Hong looked at Zhou Tai and saw that he had big eyes, thick eyebrows, a broad head and forehead, and a face full of beards. He looked like a warrior.
Especially the big knife in his hand, which probably weighs over fifty kilograms, is definitely not easy to get.
Although it seems that the other party is not weak, but now we are stealing the camp, the other party has already prepared. If he retreats, it would be a bit cowardly. Looking at the two parties, the gap between them should not be big. Although he is now surrounded, as long as he rushes out of here
, entered the inner camp and disrupted the enemy's arrangements. If the enemy dared to pursue again, it would be a good backhand.
Cao Hong thought about this, gave an order, and led Cao's soldiers forward to kill.
Although Zhou Tai was a water thief, he was now quite knowledgeable about military matters. When he saw Cao Hong's behavior, he knew that he wanted to break into the inner camp.
Zhou Tai did not dare to neglect, brandishing his sword and leading his troops to attack Cao Hong directly...
In other scenes, Xu Huang still ran into his old rival Xiahou Yuan, and Tao Ji led his army to ambush Xiahou Dun!
The more dangerous one was Gan Ning, who faced Cao Chun, one of the five generals of the clan.
Cao Chun's own military skills and martial arts are secondary. The key is that the elite cavalry following Cao Chun are the important Tiger and Leopard Cavalry under Cao Cao!
Even Jinling City's Iron Buddha Heavy Cavalry or Zhao Yun's Jinling White Horse Army are currently unable to compare with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
But for the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the pottery merchants were well prepared before the war!