Chapter 37 reverse the situation

It was already three o'clock after Cao Cao returned to the camp in embarrassment, and the soldiers of the whole camp finally breathed a sigh of relief.The remnant soldiers escaped back smoothly, and it took a long time to rest before realizing that the coach had been lost.Cao Hong immediately became enraged, furiously yelled and questioned the defeated general, Le Jin refused to accept him, and the two of them grabbed their necks and beat them like flower melons.Cao Ren couldn't hold back the bullets, and Tan Ma sent out several times, and the camp was full of quarrels. Seeing Cao Cao's return now, everyone was shocked when they felt relieved: the general's face was smoky, his forehead was black and blue, his beard, which was not long before, was only left on his lips, and his battle robe had long been burned. It's gone, and his hand is bruised. Throwing this appearance in the pile of remnants, I'm afraid anyone will mistake it for a hapless fire-headed army.

Cao Cao sat slumped in front of the tent, touched his bare chin, and said with a dry smile, "If I miss a trick, I will repay it!" Bian Bing had the sharpest eyes and didn't see Lou Yi for a long time: "Where's the big guy?" "Lou Yi died in the city..." Everyone is miserable.Taking advantage of the dim light of the fire, Cao Cao looked around at the remnants of the defeated generals in the camp. Some were wounded and groaned in pain, some were depressed and sighed endlessly, and some were absent-minded and seemed to want to be separated... Two consecutive defeats, and this situation became more and more passive , Before Lu Bu can attack me in turn, these soldiers will flee first.He felt worried for a while, and when he looked up, he saw Le Jin and Cao Hong fighting, their noses and faces swollen. He frowned and said, "They all look like this, can they win the battle? Sit down!"

Bian Bing persuaded: "General, wash your face and go to rest quickly. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" Cao Cao suddenly remembered that Lv Bu hit Fang Tian's painted halberd on his helmet, and kept calling himself a coward, so he couldn't help being furious.He turned to the soldiers and shouted: "Have you ever thought about it, Yanzhou was originally ours, why did it fall into Lu Bu's hands? Although we lost this battle, did we just let them domineeringly like this? " No one dared to speak, Cao Cao's mind suddenly changed, and the words "there must be a brave man under the heavy reward" appeared in his mind, and he turned to ask: "These two defeats, are there any of your brothers who were killed or injured?" Nephew?"

Some soldiers sat on the ground and nodded. Cao Cao began to make up nonsense: "I came back from Xuzhou this time, and I planned to reward you well. I won't fight for the time being, and I will share the wealth with everyone..." As soon as they heard the penny, the eyes of those dull soldiers lit up. "But now, the rebel army is getting stronger and stronger, and we almost have no place to stand on. How can we enjoy wealth?" Cao Cao stood on the pole of the big banner, "The reason why we fought in these two battles The defeat was not because Lu Bu was unparalleled in the world, but because the traitor Chen Gong advised him. Many of your brothers and nephews died in battle, and my personal soldier Lou Yi was also killed in the city. Now Lu Bu and Chen Gong are not only Is it our enemy, or our enemy! They killed our brothers and took away our hometown. This hatred is irreconcilable! Don’t you want to avenge your dead brothers? Is there any man who is not afraid of death? Stand up for me! come out!"

Following his incitement, several people really stood up. "I, Mr. Cao, look up to a man who is not afraid of death. Anyone who stands up will be rewarded." Hearing that there is a reward for those who stand up, all the soldiers cheered and stood up. This caught Cao Cao's hook. He waved his hand and said, "What kind of talk is this? As soon as they heard that there was a reward, they all got up, and it didn't count. Those who stood up later sat down!" There are too many people in the barracks, who remembers how they stood just now, and who can sit down voluntarily when they promised to share the money?Everyone pulled each other with one beak and one beak.

All the generals were also dumbfounded: Is the general in a coma, and he is inciting his own people to fight, what is he doing in the middle of the night? "Stop arguing!" Cao Cao waved his hand at this time, "Listen to me, the ancients had Qingji and Fan Kuai, both of whom were first-class warriors. I also want to find warriors from among you, treat them generously, and have the courage Follow me to rob Lu Bu's camp!" Hijack the camp! ?Only then did the generals understand what he was going to do, and Bian Bing was the first to stand up and reminded: "General, is it too late to rob the camp now?"

"What do you know?" Cao Cao murmured to him in a low voice, "Although we have been tricked tonight, if Puyang is on fire, Lu Bu will stay in the city. His camp will be empty, and if he wins the battle, he will relax. .” "I talk too much, I talk too much." Bian Bing backed away. Suddenly, Cao Cao felt his feet sinking, and the clamping pole was opened, and the big banner more than two feet high fell down immediately! It was very lively now, not only Cao Cao almost stumbled, but the soldiers also ran away in fright.At this time, a big man suddenly rushed to the front, facing the fallen flag and shouted loudly: "Good time!" He abruptly bumped his shoulder.

There was a loud "kuang", everyone heard it clearly, and thought that this person would have to be smashed to death by a big banner.Unexpectedly, the big man actually held the banner!This guy is like a big bull, his head is about to hit the ground, his feet are kicking hard on the ground, hehehe hehe hehe took a few breaths, suddenly roared, freed his right hand to hold the flagpole tightly, and wobbled The big banner was erected again. Carrying a fallen flag is already a great thing, but raising a flag with one arm is even more impressive.Not only Cao Cao and the soldiers were stunned, but even Le Jin, Xia Houyuan and several other generals who boasted of their bravery were shocked.

"Good stamina!" All the soldiers couldn't help shouting, but they were shocked when they saw the big man turn his face.This man is nine feet tall, with a belly so big that it is about to bleed out, thick arms and hamstrings, he can't even wear the clothes of a soldier, only wrapped in a coarse cloth shirt worn by a handyman, his chest is exposed and his chest is black. A slap wide protects the heart hair.On the surface, it is more lively, a fat face that is not yellow or green, big eyes, snub nose, water chestnut mouth, loose hair and blue scarf hoop, double chin and big face, few beards, fat down Drooping, just like a big wax gourd.

"General, are you okay?" His voice was thick, but muffled because he was too fat. "It's all right." Cao Cao patted the dirt on his body, "What's the name of the strong man?" "I'm Xia Dianwei." He let go of his hand as he spoke, and it took more than a dozen people to work together to hold the big banner firmly. Cao Cao rolled his eyes: "Do you dare to follow me to rob the camp, I have treasures for you." "If you don't like Zhenbao, you just have to eat as much as you want!" Dian Wei grinned, "I used to be with Zhang Miao before, and I don't care if I eat there, so I put it under your account."

As the saying goes, if you set up a recruiting flag, you will get food.During the wild season, the common people could not survive on their own, and many people joined the army only to have enough to eat.Cao Cao looked at his big belly and heard him speak straightforwardly. He said with a smile, "Of course I'm here to keep you full. I'll give you as much as you can eat!" "Okay! Then I'll follow you to rob the camp." Dian Wei patted the dirt on his hands. Cao Cao turned around and shouted: "Is there anyone else who dares to follow me and this strong man to rob the camp?" "I! I'll go!" The soldiers refused to leave, and now Dian Wei, who was brave and powerful, stood up, and the others began to try. The morale of the army, which had been low, suddenly rose, and Cao Cao ordered to select 500 warriors as death squads, each wearing double armor, throwing away their shields, and holding a big halberd in their hands as the first climbers.Later, Le Jin and Xia Houyuan were asked to lead 3,000 elites as backup.Cao Cao himself freshened up, put on the commander's armor and red tasseled pockets, and led his men and horses to rush to Lv Bu's camp in a grand manner. When Cao Jun arrived at Lu Bu's camp, it was almost dawn.This moment was not the best time to rob the camp, but Lu Bu's army had just won a big victory. He thought that Cao's army would not be able to recover within three days, but he would suddenly arrive overnight.They were not psychologically prepared at all, and military discipline was lax in the absence of the coach.Cao Jun was about to rush to the front of the battalion, but only a few guards noticed and shot a few arrows sporadically.Cao Jun's pioneers were all wearing double-layer armor, so they were not afraid of this trick, so they strode forward. "Kill!" Dian Wei and other 500 warriors shouted in unison, each raised their halberds and rushed forward, knocking down the gate with one strike.It was too late for Lu Bu's army to beat the drums and sound the horns, and Cao Jun's shouts for killing became the sound of death.Those soldiers started up suddenly, and most of them were stabbed to the ground before they took up their weapons, and some even their tents were smashed to pieces.This group of death-death troops rushed forward in a row, sweeping away the ground they passed, and even broke into the big tent of the Chinese army.The big flag was also pushed down, the grain carts were overturned, the horses were stabbed and jumped, and all the military tents were picked up. Some timid enemies were so frightened that they climbed the fence and turned outside the camp.But if it protruded, it was still dead, and three thousand people were still waiting outside with knives and guns! The purpose of robbing the camp is not to kill the enemy but to disturb the enemy's morale, but the number of enemies killed today is indeed quite a lot.Seeing that the sky was already bright and Lu Bu's camp had been turned upside down, Cao Cao immediately ordered to withdraw his troops, leaving behind the enemies who were still in chaos and marched away. It was feasible to go out not far, when I heard the shouts shaking the sky, looking back, the menacing enemy army attacked from three sides - Lu Bu's brigade was killed. It turned out that Lu Bu set up an ambush in Puyang last night, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to set fire suddenly.Although this fire helped Lu Bu a lot, making it easy for him to destroy a thousand enemies, it also caused trouble for Puyang's defense.After careful interrogation of the prisoners and finding that there was no Cao Cao, Lu Bu immediately ordered people to demolish the houses and repair the burnt city gates. It was almost dawn after all the mess.Lü Bu also knew that Cao Cao was superior in his use of troops, so he didn't dare to stay in the city, so he hurriedly led his troops back to the camp.Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, he heard that the camp had been robbed. Lu Bu gritted his teeth in anger, and hurriedly divided the soldiers into three teams. Cao Cao didn't expect Lv Bu to come so fast. Now he can't run away from Bingzhou Cavalry. If he fights, he will only lose 3,500 casualties, excluding the battalion. Moreover, the enemy's camp is closer, and the panicked soldiers will join them immediately. fighting.There was no other way. Cao Cao immediately sent people back to the camp to recruit the army, and these people turned around and changed their back team to the front team to wait for the enemy to attack.The black cavalry of Bingzhou came here with dust, and the ground trembled with countless iron hooves. Cao Jun was afraid from top to bottom.In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Cao Cao urged his horse to the center of the formation from behind, so that every soldier could see him.Seeing the enemy cavalry rushing closer and closer, bows and arrows struck like locusts.Cao Cao didn't dodge, let the soldiers around him wave their weapons and gate flags to block arrows for him. Since the commander is not afraid, the soldiers will naturally not back down. And at the front was the five hundred death-death troops. Dian Wei, acting like a leader, suddenly squeezed to the front and shouted: "Everyone squat down!" Hide the face that is not protected by the armor helmet.The others really listened to what he said, and all of a sudden they all followed his example and squatted down to protect their faces, leaving the rest of their bodies for them to shoot with their bows and arrows. "The enemy is ten steps closer, call me!" Dian Wei shouted in a dull voice. The 3,000 troops behind were dialing arrows, watching the enemy getting closer, Cao Cao raised his voice and shouted with all the soldiers: "Ten paces away!" "Call again at five steps!" Dian Wei shouted again. Cao Cao couldn't hold on any longer, and felt that the white swan horse was trembling a little. He forced himself to hold the bridle calmly, and heard the people around him shout: "Five steps away!" The distance was too close, and even the bow and arrow stopped shooting. , Seeing the enemy's murderous spirit and raising his spear, and right in the crowd of enemies, Lv Bu, who was in a battle robe of hundreds of flowers and painted a halberd, was in a trance. Cao Cao's heart trembled, and he couldn't help shouting: "The enemy is here!" As soon as these three characters came out, Cao Cao saw a unique scene in his life-Dian Wei suddenly jumped up from the ground. At some point, he had gathered more than ten halberds, all of which were clamped under his armpit, and the sharp halberds scattered. Open, aimed at the neck of the enemy's horse, like a big vicious spider. All of a sudden, people shouted, horses neighed and mourned, and five or six of the enemies on horseback had already been knocked down to the ground.Immediately afterwards, all the death-defying troops followed his example and jumped up, all stabbing the neck of the enemy's horse with a pair of halberds.The Bingzhou iron cavalry, who had always been invincible, fell down in a row.As long as one row falls, the one behind will trip and fall to the ground, and the enemy's formation will be in chaos. Although they succeeded in the middle, the two sides still fell into a hard fight because they didn't have enough armored halberds. Le Jin and Xia Houyuan also took the lead in fighting the enemy hand-to-hand.This is really a tit-for-tat hand-to-hand fight. While wanting to avenge the robbery of the camp, at the same time stubbornly resisting to survive, killing evenly.Hearing the cries again, they were surrounded from all sides—the soldiers and horses in the enemy camp were assembled and killed, but the reinforcements from Cao Cao's camp also arrived. A pursuit turned into a massacre, and Cao Cao's army and Lu Bu's army were intertwined and entangled like two giant dragons.This battle lasted from early morning to noon, and both sides suffered more than a thousand casualties, which can be described as shocking.No one sent any signal, but the soldiers on both sides could feel the progress of the battle, from fighting desperately to fighting and resting, and then holding up guys to playfully gesture at each other, and finally the two camps separated like an ebb tide Come. When Cao Cao returned to the camp, he was overwhelmed by fatigue and fell into the tent without taking off his armor. He felt thirsty in his throat, and shouted: "Louyi! Bring water!" After shouting twice, he remembered that the big man could no longer take care of him.The savior of the snow and the good helper of the bloody Yellow Turban have been buried in the fire in Puyang.Cao Cao suppressed his sentimentality, and shouted again: "The king must..." No one agreed, and he remembered that another big man was sent to Xijing, and there was no news from him for more than a year, and he might not come back alive.He was a little annoyed, his left and right hands were gone, where the hell did the other soldiers go? Cao Cao endured his fatigue and got up, went outside the tent to draw water, and suddenly saw all the soldiers gathered around not far away, watching and laughing.He looked away from the crowd, and couldn't stop laughing—but he saw Dian Wei sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding mustache and dried meat in both hands, throwing his cheeks to fill them, and there was a large pile of tableware and dishes at his feet . A man was smiling with his hands in his hands, and when he saw Cao Cao coming, he said cheerfully, "General, it doesn't matter if you give him a full meal. We have several fire-headed soldiers from the stove, and they can't feed him alone! Dian Wei's appetite is as big as six people, as long as something passes through his throat, he will be blind for nothing." Cao Cao suppressed a smile, lifted a jar of water from the ground and handed it to him, saying, "Eat slowly, there is still plenty." "Yeah." Dian Wei didn't bother to talk, he chewed something and nodded. "After eating, don't go back to your tent. I appoint you as the captain, and from now on, you will be on the top floor to protect me personally." Dian Wei poured cold water on it, wiped his mouth with a coarse cloth sleeve: "Thank you, General, for cultivating it!" Cao Cao smiled and ordered: "Find someone to make a suit of clothes for Lieutenant Dian Du, so that he will be more decent in the future." After that, he took the water jar and turned to the big tent to rest. At this point in the battle of Puyang, Lu Bu set up an ambush and nearly captured and killed Cao Cao, and Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to kick the camp outside Lu Bu's city.However, Cao's army was seriously injured, and Lu Bu was unable to set up camp outside the city again.The two sides fought against each other with Puyang City, and returned to a stalemate.