Chapter 1008 Liu Ye Goes South

"General, General, urgent military situation!" A soldier rushed in from outside and shouted.

"Come quickly."

"Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and others joined forces, voluntarily abandoned the territory east of the Yangtze River and headed north, passing through Chaohu Lake to surprise attack General Zuo's barracks. Xiahou Dun came out of the city to meet him. General Zuo was defeated by the enemy forces from both sides, and Cao's army recovered Huainan."

Guo Jia said: "I didn't expect that Cao Xiu and Cao Ren would do such a heroic act of severing their wrists. It's really unexpected."

"But it's not without its benefits. In this way, Zhang Zhengnan and Governor Gao can successfully plunder the land east of the Yangtze River, and Cao Jun's territory will be even less." Jia Xu added.

Liu Ye nodded, suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but smile.

"This may not be an opportunity."

"Wenze!"

Yu Jin took a step forward and said, "The general is here. I wonder what the general's orders are?"

"You are stationed here with 50,000 troops. I will personally lead 50,000 troops south to Huainan."

Hearing that Liu Ye planned to lead the army south personally, Yu Jin immediately objected: "Why does the general lead the army south personally? The last general can just lead the army south to help General Zuo. The general can sit here and stalemate with Cao Cao."

Liu Ye smiled and said: "Gu has his own plan, and it's up to him to listen to Gu."

Guo Jia seemed to understand what Liu Ye meant, and his eyes flashed. Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia, and both of them understood.

In October, Liu Ye led 50,000 troops southward and made a big fanfare move to support Hefei.

In Pengcheng.

"Qi Gong, we just received news that General Zixiao and General Wenlie went north to defeat Liu Bei and recover Huainan. After Liu Yuqing heard the news, he led his army south to support Liu Bei."

Xia Houyuan cupped his fists and said: "Please Qi Gong give me 20,000 elite soldiers. I am willing to lead the army to surprise the enemy troops stationed outside Xiao County. I will definitely achieve great success in one fell swoop!"

Cao Cao did not agree immediately, but looked at Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, what do you think of Miaocai's suggestion?"

Cheng Yu thought for a while and said: "If Liu Ye really leads his army south, General Xiahou's surprise attack plan may not be successful."

Cao Cao nodded and said in a deep voice: "You're right, that's what Gu is worried about. Although Yuan Rang is safe for the time being, it won't take long for Zhang Jaw and Gao Chong to lead their troops southward, and Liu Bei will also There is no need for Liu Ye to go south in person if he has spare strength, I am afraid he is just pretending and is waiting for our army to attack!"

What if Liu Ye pretended to go south, but actually stayed near Xiao County, and when Xia Houyuan attacked, Liu Ye came back from the outside, wouldn't Xia Houyuan be in danger?

"Attack at night, use the banner of Gude, but do this, this, and this." Cao Cao ordered Xia Houyuan.

After Xia Houyuan listened to Cao Cao's instructions, although he felt confused for a while, he still agreed and just followed Cao Cao's instructions.

Two days later, outside the Xiliang military camp in Xiao County.

Boom, boom, boom!

Woohoo!

The drums and horns of the attack sounded at the same time, followed by the sound of horses neighing. The Xiliang army suddenly woke up from their sleep. The camp was full of people and people got up one after another.

"The enemy is attacking the camp, get up quickly, hurry up!"

"Damn it, where are my clothes?"

"Get up, don't fucking fall asleep, or you'll die if you sleep again!"

"Go up to the turret, quickly!"

Dozens of Xiliang soldiers hurriedly climbed the stairs and climbed onto the observation turret, lit torches and looked outside. Outside the military camp, smoke and dust were boiling, and Cao's army and horses could be vaguely seen in it. It seemed that Cao's army had dispatched thousands of troops and horses, preparing to surprise the camp.

"Go and inform the general and military advisor, quickly!"

Yu Jin woke up long ago. After hearing the report from his men, he immediately gave a strict order: "Stick to the camp and the entire army is not allowed to go out to fight. Strictly guard against enemy attacks."

"Send someone quickly to inform the general!"

"Here!"

Several horses rushed out of the camp and ran towards the south. After running for dozens of miles, they saw only a large army being repaired.

"General, General! General Yu ordered us to come and report. General, please go north for support. There is a night attack by Cao's army."

Liu Ye had already covered himself up and nodded in preparation: "Yes, I understand."

"The whole army goes north, immediately support Yu Jin and attack Cao's army!"

"Here!"

It turns out that Liu Ye, who had previously spread suspicion, ostensibly led his army to evacuate Xiao County and make a move to attack Hefei southward. In fact, it was a false move. An army of 50,000 was deployed south of the military camp in order to wait for Cao Jun to take the bait. As long as Cao Jun took the opportunity to attack the military camp. , then Liu Ye immediately led his army north, joined forces with Yu Jin, and attacked Cao Jun.

Fifty thousand Xiliang army infantry and cavalry followed Liu Ye northward in a mighty manner, coming towards the direction of the Imperial Army for reinforcements with great momentum.

"As expected by Qi Gong, this Liu Ye is near the military camp, hum!" Xia Houyuan was also frightened into a cold sweat. If Cao Cao had agreed to his suggestion at that time and really led the Cao army to surprise the enemy camp, he would have been defeated by the Xiliang army at this moment. Making dumplings.

"The whole army retreats, Liu Yuqing is indeed a treacherous thief!"

Xia Houyuan gave an order, and all Cao's troops immediately retreated towards Xiao County. In fact, the total number was not many, just more than a thousand cavalry. The reason why they were able to create such a big momentum was because the more than a thousand Cao troops did not launch an attack at all, except for a hundred Yu Qi tied a branch to the tail of his horse and ran back and forth dragging up the smoke and dust. The remaining Cao soldiers were all beating drums and blowing trumpets. The momentum created was naturally huge.

Xia Houyuan gave an order, and Cao's army left as quickly as it came, and more than a thousand cavalry immediately fled eastward.

"General, the enemy has fled. It seems that there are not many of them." Sun Li looked at the fleeing cavalry from a distance and frowned.

"Thief Cao is indeed treacherous, and he actually saw through the general's plan." Yu Jin sighed.

"kill!"

Boom! At this moment, the 50,000-strong Xiliang Army infantry and cavalry had already rushed outside the camp, under the banner of Liu Ye's general.

"Where is Cao's army? Why is there no trace?" Ma Chao, as the forward, rushed the fastest and shouted.

"General, Cao Jun also suspected that our army had set up a suspicious formation, so he only sent light troops here. He just saw you leading the army to help, so he has already left." Yu Jin reported.

"As expected of Cao Mengde, it's really difficult to deceive him with ordinary strategies. It's a pity that he mobilized a hundred thousand troops and it was a fool's errand." Liu Ye shook his head.

"Indeed, with Cao Mengde's shrewdness, it is indeed difficult to deceive him with ordinary strategies." Guo Jia nodded.

"If this stalemate continues, the amount of food and grass consumed every day is not a small amount. It is better for our army to attack Xiao County City, and after taking it, we can intimidate Pengcheng and march into the hinterland. Cao's army will definitely be shaken!"