After Zhang Fei beheaded Cao Ren, Li Qi ordered him to carry Cao Ren's head to the Wei camp to fight, and told Zhang Fei: "Only defeat, not victory, we must lure the enemy deep."

Zhang Fei's revenge was avenged, and he felt extremely smooth, so he readily obeyed Li Qi's order, otherwise Zhang Yide, a Yan man, would not be so easy to show weakness on the battlefield, and Li Qi relied on Zhang Fei's character to

To lure the Wei army.

Sure enough, when the Wei army camp heard that Zhang Fei had come to fight with Cao Ren's head, everyone was furious. Cao Hong even raised his sword to kill Zhang Fei.

Cao Hong and Cao Ren are cousins. They have fought side by side since Cao Cao raised his army. There is no need to express the relationship between the two.

Counselor Liu Ye said: "The two armies are facing each other, and there is potential for a decisive battle. But Li Qi just let Zhang Fei lead the army alone to challenge the battle, for fear of fraud."

Cao Hong said: "How can Zhang Fei, a reckless man, know how to use tactics?"

Liu Ye said: "General Zi Lian's words are wrong. Zhang Fei looks rough, but he is as careful as dust. Back then, we defeated millions of our troops on Changban Slope. Is it possible to rely on bravery alone?"

Cao Pi hesitated for a long time, then stopped him and said: "What Ziyang (characterized by Liu Ye) said is not unreasonable. General, please don't act recklessly, which will weaken the spirit of our army."

Why was Cao Pi confused?

First of all, Cao Pi disliked Cao Hong very much. As Cao Hong was a rich man in the Cao family, Cao Pi once asked him to borrow money, but Cao Hong refused. After Cao Pi ascended the throne and became emperor, he wanted to kill Cao Hong. Fortunately, the Queen Mother wanted to pay more attention to Cao Hong.

He sacrificed his life to save Cao Cao for the first time and interceded for him, so he spared Cao Hong's life.

If Zhang Fei's spear could be used to kill Cao Hong, Cao Pi's hatred would be relieved.

But after all, Cao Pi was the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty, and he still had a certain pattern and vision. Now is the time to employ people. Even if he disliked Cao Hong, he would not send Cao Hong to his death. Besides, Cao Ren has been defeated for a while, if Cao Hong continues

If you go out and kill people, then the Wei army will have no military morale to speak of.

When Cao Hong saw that Cao Pi had spoken, he did not insist on going to fight. He only said: "Zhang Fei is holding Zi Xiao's head and screaming outside the tent, but we are indifferent to it. How can the Wei army be so aggressive?"

Cao Pi thought about this, so he replaced Cao Zhen, who was more stable, to deal with Zhang Fei.

Cao Pi said: "When Zhang Fei comes to challenge him, he will use a trick to lure the enemy into defeat, so Zi Dan can just drive him away in front of the formation. Don't pursue him alone."

Cao Zhen took the order, mounted his horse with his sword in hand, and rushed to the position outside the tent.

As soon as Zhang Fei saw Cao Zhen, he couldn't suppress his violent temper at that time, and said angrily: "Cao Pi actually sent a young boy to come to fight with me? I won't kill you, and you should go back and change Xia...

Cao Hong is here."

Currently, among the famous generals in Cao Wei, apart from Zhang He who was sent to Xuzhou, Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong are the only ones who can take action.

Originally there was another Xu Chu, but after Cao Cao's death, Xu Chu died of excessive grief and vomited blood.

Therefore, Zhang Fei wanted to yell at Xia Houyuan at first, but then he thought: Xia Houyuan was also half of his father-in-law, and it was not easy to deal with him if he met him, so he changed his mind to Cao Hong.

Although Cao Zhen was younger and had less qualifications, because of his close friendship with Cao Pi, he was worshiped as the General of Zhenxi and was considered a well-known figure in the court. He could not bear Zhang Fei's contempt, so he made a horse to fight.

Zhang Fei had no choice but to face the enemy, and the battle lasted twenty rounds with no outcome.

If there really was a fight, Cao Zhen would definitely not be Zhang Fei's opponent, but Zhang Fei was in a state of confusion right now.

Li Qi asked him to fake defeat. If you say he lost to Xia Houyuan or Cao Hong, it would be justifiable. But if he lost to Cao Zhen, everyone would know it was a fake defeat. Since the enemy knew that I, Lao Zhang, was faking defeat, how could he lure the enemy in? If he let

Cao Zhen won the battle on the scene, but he didn't pursue me. How could I defeat him? Wouldn't that ruin my old reputation?

Thinking of this, Zhang Fei simply didn't pretend to be defeated. After three rounds, Zhang Fei roared loudly, with a sound like a bell and a force like thunder. Cao Zhen quickly reined in his horse, returned his gun, and retreated a few steps.

Cao Zhen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He thought he was going to fake defeat just now when he saw how weak he was. Then he suddenly roared and the rhythm changed drastically, catching Cao Zhen off guard.

Seeing Cao Zhen's bearish appearance, Zhang Fei probably guessed it, so he showed weakness again and dragged his spear away.

Cao Zhen sneered in his heart: Are you trying to seduce me? There is no way, so I won’t chase him.

Seeing that Cao Zhen didn't chase him, Zhang Fei turned around and came back to fight him. But this time, Zhang Fei was not careless. He looked right into Cao Zhen's heart and stabbed out with a spear. Cao Zhen was shocked, are you going to fake defeat?

.

Because there is a huge difference in martial arts between Cao Zhen and Zhang Fei, the initiative lies entirely in Zhang Fei's hands. If Zhang Fei wants to fake defeat, Cao Zhen can still choose to pursue him or not, but if Zhang Fei wants to do it for real, Cao Zhen can't resist it at all.

Cao Zhen hurriedly avoided the spear, but before he could stabilize his body, he saw the spear coming across and hit him on the waist with a "snap". Cao Zhen became unsteady and turned over and fell off his horse.

Zhang Fei no longer hesitated, stepped forward on his horse, and stabbed him to death in one fell swoop.

The bad news reached the Wei camp, and Cao Pi was so angry that he vomited blood.

Cao Hong said: "The decisive battle has not yet begun. Our army first defeated Zixiao and then Zidan. If we don't rush out and kill Zhang Fei..."

Cao Pi stretched out his hand to stop Cao Hong. He knew that if this continued, the soldiers would be useless and have no fighting spirit, which would indeed be detrimental to the upcoming decisive battle. However, Li Qi clearly had an ambush in the rear, and rushing out would be tantamount to seeking death.

Cao Pi asked: "Is Zhang Fei still outside the tent?"

The sergeant said: "Still yelling and cursing outside the tent."

Cao Pi said: "This is very good. Zhang Fei's troops can delay as long as they can. General Xiahou and General Cao can lead their troops from the rear of the camp, outflank them in two groups, and directly attack Li Qi's base camp."

Xia Houyuan and Cao Hong took orders and left one after another.

In Cao Pi's opinion, Li Qi's troops were originally smaller than those of the Wei army. Now Zhang Fei and the ambush troops in the rear accounted for at least one-third to half of Li Qi's troops.

Without Li Qi, his camp would be in trouble.

But Li Qi was said to be sitting firmly in the military tent, constantly inquiring about the battle ahead.

First of all, Guan Yu, Pang De and other generals have returned to the main tent, while Zhang Fei and Gan Ning, who was supporting Zhang Fei, are still in front.

A spy reported back: "Zhang Fei and General Zhang killed Cao Zhen in formation and continued to yell and curse."

Li Qi smiled and said: "This is because Cao Pi saw through our plan to lure the enemy, but Cao Pi was not as good at being a coward as Sima Yi, so he sent Cao Zhen to fight. Only when Yide pretended to be defeated and left, Cao Zhen withdrew his troops.

Camp. On the scene, they still won. Yide clearly felt the intention of the Wei army, so he killed Cao Zhen in formation to anger Cao Pi."

Fa Zhengdao said: "What your Majesty said is true. In my opinion, since Cao Pi has seen through our plan, no matter how much Yide scolds, it will not help. If it gets late and something happens to him, it is better to call him back to the camp and then try again."
Chapter completed!