Chapter 23: The Unusual Army of Chenliu (Part 2)

  Zhang Miao suddenly came back to his senses, but the cavalry in front of him was indeed his own army. Unfortunately, Liu Yue's words made him unsure of what to do.

  At the same time, on the city wall, Zhang Mai was somewhat hesitant and undecided. Cao Xin sneered in his heart at this moment, but he was also not in a hurry, and quietly called Zhou Yu to come over.

  "Big brother, what instructions?"

  "General Cao ordered calmly: 'Prepare for a full retreat.'"

  The other party was stunned and hastily said: "Big brother... didn't we say we were going to attack Chenliu?"

  Many voices grew louder, Cao Xin suddenly whispered: "Be quieter!" He said, and then seriously said: "It seems that Chenliu is not easy to enter, Chenliu city is high and deep, we can't fight now, I...".

  Just as Cao Xin was saying this.

  On the city wall, Zhang Miao loudly said to Cao Xin and others: "You all temporarily camp outside the city, now the situation is chaotic, wait for me to investigate the truth, and then let you enter the city!"

  Cao Xin nodded repeatedly at this moment, seeing that the plan was taking shape, and without hesitation, he ordered the withdrawal of troops.

  Back in one day.

  It was just when Lü Bu had just received the news of Chenliu's fall, but he did not know that Chenliu had not been captured at this moment.

  Lü Bu threw the letter aside, not noticing the suspicious behavior of the scout earlier. However, upon learning that Chenliu had been attacked by 2,000 men, he became extremely angry and said, "Zhang Miao is a scoundrel! He's not worthy to be consulted."

  He didn't care about the scout's strange expression and Lü Bu suddenly became angry, saying: "You! Are you Zhang Miao's scout?"

  He was shocked upon hearing this, and immediately pretended to be grief-stricken, kneeling on the ground and pleading: "General, my lord has been defeated by Xiahou Dun and is now on his deathbed. I beg of you, please dispatch troops to provide support as soon as possible."

  Chen Gong remained silent at this time, and Lü Bu was still burning with anger. He looked at the scout fiercely and said: "Order Hou Cheng to lead 5,000 iron cavalry to capture Chenliu within one day!"

  At this time, Chen Gong on the side seemed to have reacted and immediately interrupted: "Wait a minute! Calm down and think about it, it's strange that Chen Liu was broken so easily. Is there any trickery in this?"

  However, seeing Chen Gong speak like this, Zhi Hui was greatly shocked in his heart. He immediately pretended to be in a state of extreme grief, and cried out: "I beg the general to avenge my master... I beg the general to take into account our friendship with my master, and I hope the general can send troops to punish that traitor..."

  Lü Bu nodded and said to Chen Gong with a displeased face: "Gongtai, you are overthinking. You just said that Chen Liu is an indispensable shield for our army, how can we sit back and do nothing? Listening to this man's words, the enemy general seems to be called Xiahou Dun, I've also heard of his bravery, it's not impossible to deal with Zhang Miao!"

  Although he had some doubts in his heart, Chen Gong still nodded and said: "Let's follow the plan of Feng Xian... Let General Hou Cheng lead 5,000 cavalry to go first..."

  "Excellent!"

  However, unbeknownst to them, at that very moment when Lü Bu said he would lead the army to attack Chenliu, the scout who was originally kneeling on the ground couldn't help but smile strangely.

  It's night.

  Thirty miles outside of Chenliu, a force of two thousand men was lying in ambush in a mountain forest.

  The sky grew darker and darker, until the roads on both sides were completely invisible, even the trees, grass and stones by the road were hard to discern, it can be said that one couldn't see their own fingers when stretching out their hand.

  However, at this moment, the end of this mountain path is that some soldiers are doing something with their hands and feet in the distance under the foot of the mountain.

  At this time, a sturdy man eight feet tall suddenly came quickly from a mountain pass in the distance, looking at a cold and indifferent young man standing on the small path, and immediately said loudly: "Brother, everything is ready, half a day ago, brothers followed your orders and dug more than 1,000 small holes at the foot of that mountain pass!"

  The person who spoke was Zhou Yu, and that cold young man was none other than Cao Xin, who had retreated from Chenliu.

  At this moment, Cao Xin not only didn't have a hint of despair, but instead had some heroic spirit. Looking at the opponent's sweaty face, Cao Xin couldn't help but smile and say: "Have you brothers eaten your fill?"

  Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu was immediately embarrassed. "After a day of preparation, everyone slept well and ate their fill, but all the dry rations were gone. What are we going to do now?"

  At this time, Cao Xin did not answer immediately, but instead smiled and said: "After eating and sleeping well, one should have energy..." As he spoke, his face suddenly turned solemn, and he ordered: "Pass on my order to place the more than 1,000 knives that were confiscated on top of those small holes that were dug."

  He was taken aback for a moment, and Zhou Yu, although unclear about what was going on, still responded with a "Yes, sir!"

  "General! What's going on? Weren't we supposed to attack Yangyi County? How did we end up in Chenliu without attacking, and instead set an ambush on this small path? Who are we waiting for?"

  At this time, Zhou Tong had just left, and Dian Wei suddenly came running in a fit of rage, looking like he had been holding back his anger for the past few days.

  At this moment, Cao Xin looked at the opponent's angry appearance and couldn't help but say: "I originally wanted to deceive Zhang Miao into opening the city gate, but unexpectedly this person turned out to be a cautious one. However, in fact, I didn't think about deceiving the opponent from the beginning. My real intention was to spread the news that Chen Liu had already been lost and claimed that it had been attacked by Xiahou Dun, General Xiahou. Lü Bu would definitely believe this news with his temperament, and since there were too few people in Chenliu City, it wouldn't be of much use even if he took it down. It's better to cast a long line... to catch a big fish..."

  "Going fishing for big fish?"

  Another smile, Cao Xin asked: "Are all the soldiers arranged?"

  "Everything is ready... As the general intended, 2,000 brothers, 500 riflemen and 1,500 shield bearers. Each rifleman will be accompanied by three shield bearers for cover, and no one has two wooden guns."

  Satisfied, he nodded and Cao Xin looked up at the sky, then said: "Pass down my order! The whole army will be divided to ambush on both sides of the mountain. If the enemy arrives, do not engage in a fierce battle. I will light a torch, and when the time comes, follow my orders."

  At this time, Dian Wei was rebuked by the other party. Although he didn't quite understand, seeing that the other party seemed to be very confident, he suppressed his anger and cupped his hands, saying: "This general will obey orders."

  Everything has been entrusted properly.

  Cao Xin let out a silent sigh of relief, but didn't dare to be careless, quietly hiding in the dark corner of the mountain, waiting for the opportunity to arrive.

  Cao Xin knew that the rumor of breaking through Chenliu would soon be exposed, and at this moment, the trajectory of history had already deviated. In fact, Cao Xin was not as confident as Dian Wei seemed to be, but somehow, Cao Xin was so sure.

  At the same time as these two thousand cavalrymen were secretly preparing.

  It seems as if it was destined by fate.

  In the distance...

  Suddenly came the sound of iron hooves trampling the earth...

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