After Meng Huo killed Uncle Du and his men, Duo Si thought again: "If Chang'an really has no food and grass, wouldn't it be a great opportunity for us to capture Chang'an and establish unparalleled achievements?"

Meng Huo said: "I will first have someone write a letter to explain today's events, and then let the Lord send me."

Duosi said: "Uncle Du fled in the middle of the night. If we send troops now, we can catch Cao Pi off guard. If we delay, I'm afraid Cao Pi has already taken adequate precautions. Don't you think it's important to have an army quickly?"

Meng Huo laughed: "Haha... since when did you start reading Han people's books? You are so smart, why didn't you become the commander of the Wudang Fei Army?"

Duosi said: "You have been with the lord longer, and he trusts you more. Besides, I was confused for a while and rebelled in Nanzhong. How can the lord give me military power casually? I understand."

Meng Huo slapped the long desk and said, "You don't understand!"

Duosi was shocked: "Meng Huo, my lord once said that you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Which point do I understand incorrectly?"

Meng Huo said: "Why are you panicking? What I mean is that in addition to being braver than you in killing enemies, I also have another advantage that you don't have. This is the fundamental reason why I can become the commander of the Wudang Flying Army.

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Duosi looked attentive and asked, "Do you have other advantages?"

Nima is simply unheard of!

Meng Huo said: "My greatest advantage is that I am smart enough to know that I am not smart enough, but you are always stupid enough to think that you are not stupid enough."

Duosi: "..."

Meng Huo continued: "In the city of Chang'an, there are all the top figures under Cao Cao. Is Cao Pi stupider than you? Has Xia Houyuan read fewer books than you?"

Duosi said helplessly: "Okay, I don't care, you have the final say."

Meng Huo: "I am the one who has the final say here."

…

In Chang'an City, Cao Pi had made defensive preparations. He only waited for Li Qi's men to attack the city, and then used dense and high-frequency crossbow bolts and ambushes on both wings to defeat them.

If you are lucky, you might be able to capture two or three of his generals and exchange them for Xiahou Dun.

At worst, it can kill Li Qijun's morale.

But he couldn't wait to come, and he couldn't help asking: "Is it possible that Dub's plan has been seen through?"

Sima Yi was also very puzzled and said: "I heard that the current commander of the southern camp is a southern barbarian. He is brave but not clever. He shouldn't be able to see through Du Bo so easily, right?"

In fact, what Sima Yi said was right, Meng Huo was indeed brave and reckless.

The problem is that Meng Huo also knew that he was brave and foolhardy, so he simply stopped trying.

It must be said that after Meng Huo came out of Nanzhong, he followed Li Qi in the north and south, and he had already lost the arrogance of his youth.

The more he saw, the more he found he didn't understand.

Just like if the king of Yelang had seen the territory of the Han Dynasty, he would not ask the question that has been laughed at for more than two thousand years...

The next day, Li Qicai received a letter from Meng Huo, saying that he had killed a group of Cao soldiers who were suspected of pretending to surrender, and asked if he should attack Chang'an while it was short of food.

Li Qi replied: "Suspected surrender is equal to suspected food shortage. Since you are not sure whether the other party is really short of food, why fight? If the other party is really short of food, then if you delay him for a few more days, won't he be even more hungry?"

After replying to Meng Huo, Li Qi said to Pang Tong: "If Chang'an City is really short of food, he may be put to death and survive. We can lure him with food and grass."

Pang Tong said: "After this period of confrontation with Cao Pi, Tong found that Cao Pi was a very cautious person. He had his own principles. Those who did not comply with these principles would never send troops. Therefore, it may not be easy to lure them into the trap."

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Li Qi smiled. What Pang Tong was describing was not Cao Pi, but Sima Yi, who was under Cao Pi's command.

Sima Yi's caution had a considerable impact on Cao Pi's leadership this time. Rather than saying that Cao Pi was too cautious, it is better to say that Sima Yi was too cautious and affected Cao Pi's decision-making.

Then again, why did Cao Pi take the initiative to take command this time and shoulder the heavy responsibility of Chang'an's defense?

To put it bluntly, I still want to show my ability to rule in front of Cao Cao and further solidify my position as the heir apparent.

However, Cao Pi's expedition was not a good one.

You can't win if you advance, and you can't lose freely enough if you lose.

Therefore, Cao Pi was very eager in his heart. He did not seek to reverse the overall situation, but to win a beautiful partial victory.

Li Qidao: "I will make plans this time. Mr. Shiyuan will take care of it."

While Li Qi sent the letter to Meng Huo, he also wrote a military order asking Meng Huo to act according to the plan.

When Meng Cheng saw Li Qi's letter, he thought to Duo: "See, this is the winding intestine of a cultural man. You should read more books, or simply be like me, who can't read.

Just don’t read it.”

Duosi felt that she had been insulted. The most embarrassing thing was that what Meng Huo said seemed to be the truth.

Meng Huo came to the location where the granary was stored, inspected the stored grain first, and then ordered his sergeants to move out a few bags of rice.

When away from home, in order to ensure that the rice does not deteriorate for a long time, the rice is usually not shelled.

Meng Huo now asked people to remove some chaff and load the chaff into trucks, along with several other trucks of soil and firewood, and asked the monk Ya Chang to transport them to Baling.

The bag containing the chaff was specially made with a slit along the way to allow the chaff to spill out along the way.

After the scouts of Cao Jun discovered the traces of "grain and grass", they immediately ran back to Chang'an and reported: "The Chang'an South Camp has captured ten carts of grain and is heading to Ba Ling, but..."

When he heard that there was a grain truck wandering outside, Cao Pi's first reaction was whether he could rob the grain. His second reaction was, why did Li Qi escort the grain to Baling? Could it be a fraud?

Xia Houyuan said: "Maybe because Wei Gong is coming, they plan to deploy food and troops to Baling to resist Wei Gong."

Sima Yi said: "It is indeed possible."

"But what?" Cao Pi asked the scout.

The scout opened his palms and found a handful of picked up chaff. He said, "But one of their grain trucks missed something along the way. I picked it up and looked at it. They were all empty husks without rice."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Cao Pi took the chaff from the scouts doubtfully, and then smiled: "It seems that they still believed Uncle Dub, knowing that our army was short of food, so they used grain and grass

To lure us, they must have laid an ambush long ago, waiting for us to rob the food."

Sima Yi frowned and thought for a while, then said: "But the other party won't be so careless and leak it along the way without knowing it, right?"

Cao Pi said: "What Zhongda means is that Li Qi's grain team deliberately leaked the chaff, so that we thought it was a trick and did not dare to pursue him?"

Sima Yi said: "If I were Li Qi, I would also move the grain, grass and troops to Ba Ling. Otherwise, once Ba Ling is captured by Wei Gong, all their efforts will be in vain after they have besieged Chang'an for so long."

Cao Pi said: "Who dares to lead a cavalry to rob grain?"

Although this was a question, Cao Pi looked at Xia Houyuan when he asked.

Xia Houyuan was still a little hesitant.

To be honest, Xia Houyuan was already doubting his life after being defeated every time. This time, Sima Yi agreed to go to rob the grain, so he didn't know if there would be any pitfalls.

Before Xia Houyuan came out, a general appeared from his tent and volunteered to lead his troops in robbing food.

Cao Pi saw it as a picture of the general protecting the army.

At that time, he was the one who persuaded Cao Cao to be promoted to Duke Wei.

Cao Pi asked Wang Tu to lead 5,000 cavalry to pursue the grain team of Busan Ya Chang, and asked the generals: "Li Qiduo is cheating. Just in case, a general is needed to support him."

Xia Houyuan then stepped out and took over the task of responding to Wang Tu.

Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief. If he could successfully rob busy Ya Chang's food team, it would not only dampen the morale of Li Qi's army, but also alleviate the situation in the city that was about to run out of food.

At this time, Meng Huo and Wutu Gu had already led a group of infantry to set up an ambush at Zhidaoting.

Wutu Gu asked Meng Huo while pulling the tripping rope: "Why is the tripping rope used in this ambush? Do you expect that the enemy will send cavalry to chase?"

Meng Huo rubbed the mud pills under his arm and said: "The letter from my lord giving the ambush order contains this title: Ba Ling is one hundred and fourteen miles away from Chang'an, and two teams, A and B, are heading towards each other from Chang'an.

, Team A left about three hours early, and the average speed is about twenty miles per hour. Ask, what is the minimum average speed for Team B to catch up with Team A before Team A arrives at Baling?"

Wutu bone: "%......&%*#￥"

What is this mess?

After thinking for a long time, Wu Tu Gu was still trying to understand what Team A and Team B were.

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore.

Wu Tu Gu asked Meng Huo, "Have you figured it out?"

Meng Huo shook his head: "I just looked up the answer at the end. The minimum average speed of Team B must be more than forty miles per hour."

Wu Tu Gu said: "It's impossible to walk on foot, so we will definitely send cavalry to chase us."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance. The sound came from far and near, from small to loud, and then became like thunder.

It was precisely because he considered that Cao Jun might send cavalry this time that Meng Huo had to set up an ambush at Zhidaoting, which is relatively close to Chang'an. Because the ambush site was too far away, he was afraid that the ambush cavalry would have already left before the ambushers arrived.

The rear caught up and overtook him.

Meng Huo waved his hand towards Wu Tu Gu and each returned to the ambush site.

When Wang Tu's cavalry arrived, the barbarian soldiers pulled up the stumbling ropes, causing a group of people to flip over and fall over. Those behind them had no time to stop their horses and were also tripped down by those in front.

Immediately afterwards, crossbowmen stood up on both sides, and the crossbows pierced the cavalry like a slanting rain. As far as the sight could be seen, there were the wails of soldiers and the neighing of horses. Wang Tu died in the chaos before he even had time to rectify his horses.

Under the arrow.

For Cao Bing, this cannot be called a battle.
To be continued...