Chapter 659

It is obvious that Cao Cao had made preparations.

Otherwise, Cao Cao's camp would not be so rigorous and defensive.

Zhang Ren concluded that Cao Cao should focus on defense.

Before Cao Cao, constantly fighting with Liu Xiu, did not intend to defend at all. Now suddenly changed the strategy, but let Zhang Ren some not used to.

Zhang Ren ordered: "summon, order the catapult and archer to attack. The rest of the soldiers, hold on

At the first order, the soldier quickly conveyed the order.

A moment later, the catapult started.

"Bang Dang! Bang

The lever of the catapult swung quickly, throwing out big stones.

The stone passed in the air and fell into Cao's camp, smashing the ground to pieces.

Bows and arrows flew by and into Cao's camp.

The army suppressed and bombarded.

Zhang Ren turned around and rode back to the central army. He came to Liu Xiu's position and said, "Your Highness."

Liu xiudao: "General Zhang, the war is not going well."

Zhang Rendao said: "Cao Cao's insistence on defense makes it difficult to attack by force."

Liu Xiu asked, "what do you think?"

Zhang Ren replied, "the general suggested that we should withdraw troops and camp temporarily and confront Cao's army."

"If we say that Cao Cao is willing to fight head-on, we can defeat Cao Cao's army by holding the general trend and making concerted efforts."

"However, Cao Cao chose to defend, which is very difficult."

"Cao Cao is not an ordinary man. He is proficient in the art of war and the layout of the barracks is very clever."

"It will be very difficult for us to break through."

After careful analysis, Zhang Ren said: "if there is no wenpin general, he will try his best to win Cao Cao's camp."

"Now wenpin general is going out of Luoyang in the East, cutting off Cao Cao's back road."

"In this case, we can wait."

"We can wait, Cao Cao can't wait."

"Therefore, at the end of this war, it is suggested that we should stick to it for the time being and fight a war of attrition with Cao Cao."

Zhang Ren's eyes narrowed, with a touch of cold light, said: "at the end of the day, we will conclude that the final result must be Cao Cao's withdrawal, or Cao Cao's collapse. At this stage of the war, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage. "

Liu Xiu also nodded after listening.

In the current situation, no matter how hard the attack is, it will not be of great benefit. After all, Cao Cao is not a general person.

Liu Xiu wanted to fight a decisive battle, but he was not so arrogant that he could take Cao Cao directly.

Liu xiudao: "permission to withdraw!"

"Here it is

Zhang Ren was relieved.

He also worried that after Liu Xiu won, he wanted to win Cao Cao.

Now Liu Xiu has taken the advice, and Zhang Ren can arrange it according to his ideas.

Zhang Ren drove his horse to the front of the army, ordered the stone throwing soldiers and archers to stop attacking, and then called to withdraw.

The soldiers in Cao's camp were relieved when the army withdrew.

When Cao Cao was in the camp, he was relieved to see the Chu army leave. He loosened his clenched fist and let out a long sigh, but the pain that had been relieved began to ache again.

Seeing that Cao Cao's face was different, Cheng Yu immediately ordered the soldiers to escort Cao Cao back to the camp, and asked Hua Tuo to give the needle for Cao Cao.

Hua Tuo was busy for a long time, but Cao Cao was relieved a little.

Hua Tuo said: "King Wei, I'm afraid the grass people's estimation of your illness is at a low point. Depending on your situation, I'm afraid it's very serious. Cao min suggests that you can't work hard these days. "

Cao Cao gave a bitter smile and said, "doctor Hua, I have no choice in the present situation."

Hua Tuo said, "it's impossible. You are a patient."

Cao Cao said: "thank you for reminding me. I know."

Hua Tuo stepped back.

Cao Cao looked at his generals and said, "what do you think of today's World War I?"

Xun you said: "Liu Xiu suddenly withdrew. He thought that Liu Xiu saw that our camp was not easy to attack, so he planned to spend time with us after withdrawing."

"Time is pressing. If we delay one more day, our rear area will be in danger."

"Liu Xiu's intention is to wait for wenpin to cut off our retreat."

Xun you's eyes twinkled with light, and said: "King Wei, I suggest that you arrange soldiers to straighten out the salute immediately and prepare to retreat."

Cheng Yu stroked the white beard under his jaw and said slowly: "even if we want to withdraw, we can't withdraw in a hurry. Otherwise, it is easy to be covered up by Liu Xiu. If we want to withdraw, we have to withdraw safely. "

Xunyou said: "Zhongde is right."

Xu Chu sat at the bottom in a dull voice. He only knew how to carry out tasks, but he didn't participate in these things.

Cao Ren said: "King Wei, since we want to withdraw. The general believes that it is most appropriate to withdraw troops at night. On the one hand, our retreat is silent and will not be found; on the other hand, if Liu Xiu wants to cover up, he has to consider whether there is an ambush? "At this stage of the war, Cao Ren was also very tired.

Cao Cao wants to withdraw, and Cao Ren supports it.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Cao Ren's suggestion is advisable. The best time for us to withdraw is at night."

"It's tonight."

"At the same time, send a team of soldiers to attack Liu Xiu's camp quietly."

"We sent soldiers to harass Liu Xiu to make him think that we would not retreat. When Liu Xiu gets up early tomorrow morning, he suddenly finds that we have retreated, and it's too late for him to pursue us. "

Cao Cao looked at the people under his command and asked, "what do you think?"

Cheng Yu said, "I agree with the arrangement of the king of Wei."

Xun you said, "I agree with you in your humble position."

Xu Chu looked excited in his eyes and said, "King Wei, the last general is going to fight. Tonight, the end will request to harass. During this period of time, Liu Xiu's people have been beating him continuously, and he has been holding his breath for a long time. This is a headache for Liu Xiu this evening. "

"Yes," said Cao Cao

Cheng Yu objected: "the king of Wei, the minister objected."

Cao Cao said, "why?"

Xu Chu glared at Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu explained: "it's just an attack on Liu Xiu's camp. It's not a big deal. Xu Chu's task is to protect the king. As long as the king is safe, everything is secondary. So Xu Chu must stay to protect the king. "

After hearing this, Xu Chu's face changed slightly.

He didn't think of it.

Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Xu Chu took the initiative to say, "King Wei, I'm going to be wrong. He is willing to stay and withdraw with the king. "

Cao Cao said with a smile, "if that's the case, Zhongkang will stay."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and said, "Cao Ren, choose a man from the army and lead the soldiers to harass him at night. Remember, it's just harassment. There's no need to cut corners. "

"Here it is

Cao Ren should go down.

After he left the camp, he went down and arranged everything.

The retreating army and the moving army are already in Cao Ren's arrangement.

After dealing with these things, Cao Ren was relieved.

Although the war failed, at least he was luckier than XiahouDun and XiaHouYuan, and still alive. Cao Ren now has a little fear of Liu Xiu's army.

In fact, Liu Xiu's army is too fierce.

Cao Ren, with a cool breeze, took a rest for half an hour and went back to his tent.