It was late at night, and Cao Cao had already fallen asleep. Most of the army was also resting. Only a small portion of them had their eyes wide open. The patrolling ones were patrolling, and the vigilant ones were on guard. They did not dare to relax at all, because the person who had made them suffer so much had come again!
Dong dong qiang! Dong dong qiang! Dong dong qiang!
Suddenly, a rhythmic sound of gongs and drums rang out, startling the nerves of all the Cao troops.
Cao Cao stood up in shock and rushed out of the tent, shouting,""Protector beast! Protector beast! Quickly send someone to protect me!"
Cao Ren and the others rushed over." Meng De, what happened?"”
"Is Wang Mou here? You have to protect me!"
Everyone was speechless. They had thought that an assassin had come to assassinate Cao Cao, but it turned out that he was the one causing trouble. From the looks of it, he had already been scared out of his wits by Wang Mou!
"Meng De, don't panic. It's just the sound of drums and gongs.”
"Oh? No enemies?"
"Yes!"
Cao Cao regained his composure after he went back and put on some clothes.
"What exactly happened?"
Just now, it was Cao Hong, Le Jin, and Yu Jin's turn to be on duty. The two of them shook their heads and said,"When the war drums sounded, we were ready for the enemy to attack. However, after waiting for a long time, not a single person appeared. Now that the drums have stopped, we really don't understand Wang Mou's intentions?”
"Oh? Where is the direction of the drum coming from?"
Cao Hong pointed at the mountain in the distance." There!”
"Did you send anyone to investigate?"
"Zihe and Mr. Xi have already brought people over!”
After thinking for a moment, Cao Cao ordered,""Zixiao, Wenqian, you two will lead an army over.”
"Yes!"
"Be careful!"
"Understood!"
After the two of them left, Cao Cao ordered,""Inform the entire army to be on high alert and prepare for battle!”
"Yes!"
The Cao army, who was in a state of alert, could not wait for any enemy to attack. They heaved a sigh of relief but were also furious. Had they been played?
Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Le Jin, and Xi Zhicai also returned safely.
"How is it?"
Xi Zhicai shook his head." They have escaped, but we found their footprints halfway up the mountain. There are also traces of horse hooves at the foot of the mountain."”
Cao Cao frowned." What trick is Wang Zilue playing again?”
"Meng De, what should we do now?"
Cao Cao was calm." We can't just waste the night, and we can't let our guard down! Let the army take turns to rest, and you too!”
"This... knowing that the enemy is right beside us and could attack at any time, how can we sleep?”
"That's right!"
Cao Cao said helplessly,"Then forget it, you guys can endure it with me!"”
They asked someone to bring them food and wine, and the few of them ate and drank while chatting. They stayed up late together.
After a few cups of wine, Cao Cao sighed,"I didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns on the road of revenge. If this continues, I wonder if I can take revenge?”
Seeing how sad Cao Cao was, they felt bad that they couldn't share their lord's worries.
"It's all that damn Wang Mou's fault!"
"Don't worry, Meng De. No matter what obstacles there are, we will definitely be by your side. We will capture that old thief Tao Qian's family to comfort Uncle's family in heaven.”
"Lord, don't worry. We will do our best!”
Cao Cao cheered up." Thank you for your concern, but I am not discouraged! Not only will I kill Tao Qian's family, I will also defeat Wang Mou with my own hands and make him submit to me. I will let him know how foolish it is to go against me, Cao Mengde!”
"Come, Cao Cao cheers everyone, please!”
"Lord, please!"
While they were staying up all night to prepare, Wang Mou had already led his team to a secret place and was preparing to sleep.
"Young Master, is it enough to just harass me for a while?”
"That's enough. With Cao Cao's paranoia, this is enough to keep him up all night. Let them endure. We'll replenish our energy for tomorrow's search.”
"Sleep, sleep!"
When dawn arrived, Cao Cao ordered the entire camp to be lit up to deal with the darkness before dawn. This was because this period of time was the most likely time for a sneak attack.
However, reality proved that he was thinking too much. Other than staying up all night, they did not even see a single enemy.
"He came over and beat the drum before completely disappearing?”
This time, even a good-tempered person would be angered.
Not only Cao Cao, but Cao Ren and the others also had their eyes red, wishing they could tear Wang Mou into pieces.
"Find them! Find them!”
"Cao Ren and Cao Hong will lead five thousand men, Yu Jin and Yue Jin will lead five thousand men, and they will go in two directions. We will dig them out even if we have to dig three feet into the ground.”
"Yes!"
As a result, the four miserable generals had to lead the army out to search without sleeping for the entire night. However, they were now filled with anger and needed to vent.
"The angrier you are, the easier it is for you to make mistakes. You guys have to keep an eye on the camp and not let him seize the opportunity.”
"Yes!"
Just as Wang Mou had expected, the Cao army had moved out in a frenzy to search for traces of the enemy.
Their efforts were destined to be in vain. Wang Mou had already led his troops far away, not wanting to clash with the Cao army at all.
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