Chapter 42: Clever Strategy Defeats Zhang Liao (Part 1)
To the north of the city gate of Wuyang City, there is a flat land, with fertile fields stretching for hundreds of miles, similar to the grasslands in Hedong, which is very conducive to the cavalry's back-and-forth galloping and killing.
At this moment, Cao Xin's army arrived quickly and looked at the city in the distance, everyone couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Riding his horse back and forth on this flat land, Cao Xin gazed coldly at the distant Wu Yan City in the distance, and couldn't help but let out a mouthful of turbid air.
"Zi Xiang, do you know who the current commander of Wuyan City is?" Cao Xin raised his black iron finger and pointed at Wuyan City, saying to Liu Yue behind him.
At the same time, he nodded and Liu Yue immediately said: "According to the scouts' report, the general defending this city is one of Lü Bu's most trusted generals, named Zhang Liao, also known as Wen Yuan. It is said that he has the bravery of a thousand men..."
At this time, Cao Xing was taken aback and heard the words, his heart immediately stirred, but the next moment he couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Zi Xiang, do you think our army can win?"
These days, Cao Xin has indeed had some aesthetic fatigue towards famous generals like Zhang Liao, and he didn't feel as shocked as when he first saw Dian Wei.
Liu Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly, "It's said that Zhang Liao's Yan Yun cavalry is famous in the northern borders, and was once promoted by Ding Yuan himself. At this moment, there are 5,000 troops in Wuyan City, if both armies clash head-on, I'm afraid our army will be unable to withstand it."
"Well said!" With a smile, Cao Xin immediately looked at the thousand cavalrymen behind him, ignoring the prisoners of war in the middle army. Cao Xin then said to the generals:
"Gentlemen! I, Cao Cao, am incompetent and have dragged you all into this chaos for days, going back and forth on campaigns. However, now that Yan Province is in great turmoil and our lord is still on his way back to Yan Province, as his subjects, we should always think of repaying his kindness. These past few days, we have repeatedly defeated Lü Bu's army, winning every battle wherever we go. Tell me, why is this?"
As soon as the words fell, the generals led by Tiande and others shouted in unison.
"General is wise! General is wise!"
"Wrong!" A cold shout, Cao Xin interrupted everyone's words and loudly shouted: "Our army can win! Win in surprise! Win in the enemy's fewer soldiers! Win with the help of the people's hearts!" As he spoke, Cao Xin suddenly turned his tone, pointing at the distant Wuyan City, shouting loudly: "But what about now? This place is a vast and flat plain, the sky is still clear, the enemy's city wall is solid! And there are strong soldiers and generals! What's left for us is to have a real battle with them, we only have over a thousand people! Can we withstand their five thousand Yan Cloud Riders?"
As soon as this remark was made, the originally thunderous cheers suddenly stopped, replaced by a dead silence. The three thousand captives sat on the ground in a daze, watching Cao Xin shouting orders at the front of the formation, but they didn't know whether he was boosting morale or helping to intimidate the enemy.
At this moment, Cao Xin suddenly burst out laughing for no reason, and a strange and sinister aura was suddenly emitted. "Brothers! Do you know what the heaviest thing in the world is?"
What is the heaviest thing?
Upon hearing this, everyone was somewhat perplexed and immediately began whispering to each other.
At this time, Zhou Yu suddenly spoke up and said: "Of course it's the city?"
"No, no, no, it should be Shan," said Dian Wei.
"What's the heaviest thing... could it be a river?"
Quietly watching the puzzled expressions of the generals in front of him, Cao Xin's face was already expressionless, and he shook his head repeatedly, his voice much softer than before. The former suddenly said in a strange low tone: "It's air."
Air?
For a moment, there was an uproar in the team, and everyone was shocked by Cao Xin's answer.
In their view, air is extremely light and imperceptible, it can't be touched or seen, how heavy could this kind of thing be?
However, Cao Xin understood the thoughts of everyone at this moment. A hint of silence flashed across his cold face, and his voice rose from a low tone to a high one. "I'm telling you! Because until you die, you can't swallow that last breath before death! Death is not scary, what's scary is knowing you're about to die! Even if you were once very powerful, when death approaches, you can't even defeat yourself! In the next moment, you'll find that you can't even take a breath, and yet be flogged by the enemy, beheaded, humiliated, go to hell as a coward, all in just one moment! Do you want this?!
"Don't want to! Don't want to!! Don't want to!!!’"
The thunderous roar filled the formation, Cao Xin actually didn't think about using a few words to make everyone have the momentum of breaking through the cauldron and sinking the boat, he just hoped that everyone would lift their spirits, and in fact, it seemed to have worked.
Every soldier's face had a hint of unwillingness and determination, people are dignified, Cao Xin knew that they all had families, elderly and even wives and children behind them, but Cao Xin couldn't make any promises to them now, he could only think of ways to make them understand that at least as the commander-in-chief, he was not afraid.
To say whether Cao Xing has any strategy to deal with Zhang Liao? The answer must be affirmative.
But if his own soldiers did not believe they could defeat the enemy, that was another matter.
From grasping his sword to the present, Cao Xin had never spoken a word of encouragement in front of the formation, but perhaps at this moment facing Zhang Liao's five thousand cavalry, he felt a sense of true confrontation. For the first time, Cao Xin spoke in front of everyone, saying something that he was not good at - 'oration'. But the result was satisfactory.
At least these soldiers who followed him began to realize what a soldier's dignity is.
Rather die than be a slave
Die in battle, men's pride remains.
Laughing at the heroes of the world under control
I will rise again from the ashes!
The dead will always be trampled underfoot by the living, this is an indisputable fact in the long river of history. At this moment, facing Zhang Liao, for this thousand-man army, it may not be the last battle, but this war is one that can never have a retreat, victory means life, defeat means extinction. Is there still another way out?
It is clear that Cao Xin also understands this point, and he tries to make everyone understand that as a small librarian in the future, being able to come to this moment is already very good.
"Xǔ Chu!" Cao Xin reined in his horse and came to Xǔ Chu's side, handing him a letter he had prepared earlier. "I'm sending you as an envoy," he said, "to deliver this letter to General Zhang Liao of Wúyán City. Tell him that I, Cao Xin, am still young and inexperienced, just a scholar, but although I have only a thousand troops, I hope to engage in a decisive battle with General Zhang Liao on this plain!"
"Yes!" With a loud roar, Xu Chu led the way, galloping at full speed on his warhorse towards the front lines of Wuchang.
Xu Jia Village massacre, Cao Xin was unbearable, in fact, if he didn't lead his troops to defeat Ren Cheng himself, Lü Bu wouldn't have slaughtered Xu Jia Village.
I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me.
Cao Xin felt a twinge of guilt, but no matter what, it was too late to turn back now. In such chaotic times, this was how things should be. Cao Xin didn't know what he should do, but he also knew that being born in chaotic times meant facing all of this head-on, just like Xu Chu did.
Watching Xu Chu slowly walk away, his gaze suddenly turned towards Wu Yan City, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"It's finally... about to begin!"
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