Thirty miles away from Cao Cao's camp, in a hidden valley, Liu Jue had set up camp. Unless one was familiar with the surrounding terrain, it would be very difficult to find this place.
Wei Yan gathered his soldiers. When he returned, Liu Jue and Pang Tong were already waiting for him at the entrance of the valley.
"Young General, Wei Yan did not fail!”Seeing Liu Jue, Wei Yan quickly went forward to greet him.
"Wenchang, it has been hard on you and the soldiers.”Liu Jue could see that Wei Yan was in a sorry state.
"Young General, you are too kind." Wei Yan's heart warmed and he immediately said.
"Alright, you and the other soldiers should go and rest first. Tomorrow will be the day when the Cao army will enter the trap.”Liu Jue smiled and patted Wei Yan's shoulder.
"Here!" Wei Yan shouted in excitement.
Pang Tong smiled." Cao Ren is probably looking down on us now. He thinks that we will abandon Xinye and run away."”
"They'd better think so. I'm just about to 'gift' Xinye to them." Liu Jue narrowed his eyes.”
"If we defeat Cao Ren in this battle, the young general's reputation will definitely increase greatly. At that time, the factions that have surrendered to Cao will have no choice but to give up.”Pang Tong said expectantly.
"I don't really care about those Cao Surrendering Sects, but if their reputation increases, they will definitely attract a large number of talents.”
Liu Jue looked at the sparse stars in the sky and said with a smile,"Just like Shiyuan and Kongming, the two of you are like Jiang Ziya and Zhang Zifang to me. I hope to have more talents to use!”
Pang Tong smiled." Young General is thirsty for talents. If the world's talents know about this, they will definitely come to seek refuge. The future is promising!"”
"I hope so!" Liu Jue heaved a sigh of relief.”
"Cao Ren is already a fish on the chopping board. On the other hand, Liu Bei was ambitious and had an outstanding reputation. He had Xu Shu as his advisor and Guan Zhang and Zhao as his generals. If the young general had the chance, he should take advantage of his current weakness to eliminate him as soon as possible. He could not let him become powerful!”
Liu Jue's lips curled into an arc as he said,""Of course, I know Liu Bei very well. It would be fine if he knew his place. Otherwise, I wouldn't be like Cao Cao and let him run around alive and kicking.”
If Liu Bei knew his place, it would be fine. Otherwise, he would beat him until he did not dare to have any evil thoughts.
"Liu Bei and the others have arrived at Chaoyang City, right?" Liu Jue asked.”
"That's right. Young General, are you afraid that he'll have bad thoughts about Wan City?" Pang Tong nodded.”
"He better not, or else don't blame me for being merciless." Liu Jue sneered.”
Wan City was the administrative center of Nanyang County. There were more than a dozen cities under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County, and the population was about 200,000. To Liu Bei, it was indeed a big piece of fat meat.
After obtaining Wancheng and Nanyang, not only would they expand their territory, but they would also have a larger population. They would be able to recruit 20,000 soldiers. At that time, Liu Bei would be able to get rid of the situation of being trapped in Xinye.
Of course, even if Liu Bei obtained Wan City, whether he could defend it or not was another matter.
Wancheng was only a few hundred miles away from Xuchang. Cao Cao would not let such an important piece of land fall into Liu Bei's hands.
Of course, if Wan City fell into Liu Jue's hands, Cao Cao would not be able to sleep and eat in peace. He might even send troops to seize it. At that time, it would probably be another great battle.
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The next day, Cao Ren's army continued to march toward Xinye.
What made Cao Ren angry was that he was harassed by the enemy several times along the way, even though they were only a few dozen miles away from Xinye.
At least a few hundred people, at most a thousand.
Relying on the surrounding hills and forests, they either set up a diversion or launched an attack.
Although it didn't hurt much, it was annoying and slowed down the army's progress. However, it also made Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and the others look down on Liu Jue even more.
When they arrived at Xinye, the sun had already set.
Cao Ren looked into the distance and saw that there was no one at the top of Xinye City. The city gate was wide open. He immediately said to Jiang Ji,""Could it be that Liu Jue has set up another trap in the city?”
"General, why don't you send some soldiers in to investigate the situation? We'll know if there's an ambush!" Jiang Ji muttered.”
Cao Ren agreed and immediately sent a dozen soldiers to scout Xinye City.
After a while, the soldiers returned and reported to Cao Ren,""Reporting to General, Xinye City is already empty. The commoners have all packed up and left.”
Cao Hong laughed contemptuously." It looks like Liu Jue can't play any tricks. He's long gone with Liu Bei and fled with the commoners. Those laughable tricks from before seemed to be stalling for time."”
Cao Ren nodded and said," It seems like that's the case. The army will stay in the city tonight. We will go to Fan City tomorrow."”
Cao Ren immediately ordered the army to enter the city and ordered the soldiers to cook.
That night, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Jiang Ji stayed in the county government while the rest of the soldiers slept in the homes of the commoners.
At the same time, Liu Jue received a report from his subordinates that Cao Ren had entered Xinye. He, Zhuge Liang, and Pang Tong smiled at each other and went back to their tents to sleep.
In the past few days, Liu Jue had used all sorts of methods that seemed to be at the end of his rope to finally achieve the goal of making Cao Ren look down on him. Cao Ren thought that he was timid and had long fled with the commoners.
This way, Cao Ren and his army could live in Xinye City in peace.
"The weather is so cold now. Let me light a fire for you guys to warm you up!”Liu Jue thought confidently.
"Ding! [Mission Hint: Defeat Cao Ren's army and capture Cao Ren and Cao Hong alive.] [Mission reward: 50,000 merit points, a ship construction blueprint.]”
At this moment, the system's long-awaited voice rang in Liu Jue's ears.
"Capture Cao Ren and Cao Hong alive?" Liu Jue muttered to himself. This condition was a little difficult. If these two people were unwilling to be captured, it was also possible for them to commit suicide.
However, it didn't matter as long as he could defeat Cao Ren in this battle.
"As for the mission reward, let's wait until we win this battle.”Liu Jue thought to himself and quickly fell asleep in peace.
When it was almost dawn, Liu Jue got up and got dressed. His soldiers were also ready.
"Young General, it's almost time.”Zhuge Liang looked at the sky and turned to Liu Jue.
Liu Jue glanced at everyone and ordered,""Gan Ning, you will lead a thousand soldiers and guard the south gate. Wei Yan, you will lead a thousand soldiers to guard the east gate. Zhang Sheng, you will lead a thousand soldiers and take charge of the west gate. As for the east gate, you don't have to worry about it.”
"Kong Ming, Shi Yuan, you will lead seven thousand soldiers to hold the line. I will lead five thousand elites to ambush the Cao army outside the east gate.”
"All soldiers, follow me to Xinye and act according to the plan!”Liu Jue raised his arm and shouted.
"Here!" The soldiers below answered in unison, their faces filled with excitement.
Everyone understood that although the sun was about to rise, some Cao soldiers would probably never wake up.
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