40,000 elites!
In just a few days, they were all wiped out?
Liu Biao stood rooted to the ground, stunned, thinking that he had misheard.
"Impossible!"
"Cai Mao marched north step by step, how could he be unprepared and fall into Cao Cao's ambush?”
Kuai Yue woke up from his shock, but he didn't believe it.
The personal guard replied," Reporting to Biejia Kuai, General Cai did not advance slowly. Instead, he advanced lightly and was ambushed by Cao Cao's army.”
"Advance lightly?"
Liu Biao's face darkened and he said angrily," I ordered him to advance slowly to the north. Why didn't he listen to my order and advance lightly?!"”
The bodyguard could no longer answer.
Kuai Yue rolled his eyes and suddenly thought of something.
He whispered," My lord, I heard that Cao Cao ordered the Cai family to seize all their land in Wan City. This must be Cao Cao's plan to lure the enemy. Cai Degui fell into this trap and underestimated the enemy!"”
Liu Biao came to a sudden realization and gritted his teeth,""This De Gui only cares about the small profits of the Cai family and has delayed this old man's plans!”
"The person who suggested this plan to Cao Cao actually knew the details of the Cai family in Nanyang and was certain that Cai Degui would attack rashly because of this. This person's wisdom is truly terrifying!”
Kuai Yue's forehead was covered in sweat, and his voice was trembling.
"Could it be that the strange person that Jia Wen He guessed came up with this vicious plan for Cao Cao?”
Liu Biao took a deep breath.
Kuai Yue's face was pale. He sighed." It seems that Jia Wenhe's guess is correct. That extraordinary person does exist. Moreover, we have all underestimated his resourcefulness."”
Liu Biao's body swayed, and he sat down weakly.
After a long time.
Liu Biao came back to his senses and said,"What should I do now?"”
Kuai Yue sighed." Forty thousand troops have been wiped out. Our army is greatly weakened. I'm afraid we won't be able to send troops north for another year or two. The only solution now is to give up on the oligarchic occupation and send people to pay tribute to Xu Capital to show weakness to Cao Cao.”
Liu Biao sighed, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
After hesitating for a while, he could only wave his hand weakly."We'll do as you say and do it quickly.”
"Yes."
Kuai Yue hurriedly accepted the order and retreated.
"Wait!"
Liu Biao stopped him again and said in a deep voice,"Send more spies to Xu Capital. You must find out who is planning for Cao Cao."”
"My lord is right. If we don't find out who this person is, we will suffer a huge loss sooner or later!”
Kuai Yue repeatedly agreed.
On the same day, the news of Bowang's defeat spread to all parts of Jingzhou.
Jingxiang was shocked.
North of the Han River, Longzhong County.
In a thatched cottage, an ugly and a handsome young master were sitting idly and playing chess.
"Kong Ming, that Cao Sikong was defeated first and then won. In less than two months, he destroyed Zhang Xiu and went to Wan City.”
Pang Tong asked as he played with the black piece in his hand.
"Cao Cao was worried about Zhang Xiu, so he secretly won over Zhang Xiu's subordinates and angered him, causing him to surrender and rebel.”
"However, I was surprised that Cao Cao was aware of this and left the camp at the critical moment.”
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said lightly. A white stone fell down.
Pang Tong smiled,"What's so surprising about that? It was naturally his advisor who warned Cao Cao."”
"In the Cao camp, only Xun Yu could see through Jia Xu's Poison Warrior's plan.”
"But in the battle of Wancheng, Xun Yu was in Xudu. With just his talent in acting and Cheng Yu, he might not be able to see through Jia Xu's methods.”
Zhuge Liang was suspicious.
"Hmm?"
Pang Tong raised his head to look at him and nodded,"What you said is reasonable and suspicious.”
"There's more."
Zhuge Liang continued," When Cao Cao retreated to Ye County, he should have lost all his rations and returned to Xudu. But why did Ye County store 5,000 bushels of rations in advance so that Cao Cao could counterattack and return to Wancheng?”
"Could it be that Xun Yu predicted Cao Cao's defeat and sent rations to Ye County in advance?”
Pang Tong guessed.
Zhuge Liang smiled and asked," Xun Yu indeed has the ability to assist the king. But Shiyuan, do you think his resourcefulness has reached such a level?"”
Pang Tong was speechless.
After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said," Xun Wenruo does not have such wisdom. It seems that Cao Mengde must have gotten a new strategist. This person's wisdom is even above Xun Yu's."”
Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, silently agreeing with his speculation.
Pang Tong couldn't help but ask curiously," There are only a handful of wise men in the world. There are even fewer who are more resourceful than Xun Yu. Who exactly is this new strategist of Cao Cao?"”
"No matter who this person is, by assisting Cao Cao, he is helping King Zhou become a hero. He is a disgrace to us scholars!”
Zhuge Liang snorted coldly, his resentment written all over his face.
Pang Tong laughed." No matter what, Cao Cao has already taken down Wan City. He has that extraordinary person to assist him. Cai Mao is leading his army north this time. I'm afraid he'll be doomed."”
"Not necessarily!"
Zhuge Liang laughed coldly." Jia Xu has defected to Liu Biao. He will certainly offer Liu Biao a plan to order Cai Mao to advance north step by step. He will be in a stalemate with Cao Cao. When Cao Cao is in danger elsewhere and has no choice but to return, he will recover Wan City.”
"That's right."
Pang Tong nodded slightly." It seems that although Cao Cao has taken down Wan City, it's still unknown if he wants to hold it firmly."”
Zhuge Liang smiled, picked up a chess piece, and prepared to place it.
At this moment.
The servant pushed open the door and barged in. He cupped his hands and said," Reporting to Young Master, Xiangyang has just sent back news that General Cai's light army has advanced rashly and was ambushed by Cao Cao at Bowang Slope. He has been completely annihilated!"”
Zhuge Liang's hand trembled slightly, and the chess piece at his fingertips fell onto the chessboard.
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