Chapter 839 Before counting

Bail Law Cloud: Half of the soldiers can be defeated!

In ancient times, crossing water and fighting was not as fast as it is now. Ma Chao crossed the Luzi River to fight against Cao's army when he took few boats and most of the soldiers were not good at northerners, which was really a defeat.

However, under Li Dian's surprised look, he still saw Ma Chao's subordinates creating a boat ride. On another occasion, a small force of dozens of people even ventured to cross the middle of the Luzi River, obviously testing the rapid flow of the Luzi River.

The Luzi River is not wide, only a few feet. Although the river is very deep, the water flow is not rapid. Li Dian has known about these situations for a long time. As for Ma Chao's whimsical posture of crossing the river, Li Dian finally made a conclusion after watching it for a while: "Half of the soldiers can be defeated, how can Ma Meng use good soldiers? This is to deceive me, Cao Jun, no one, and he wants to cheat!"

In this regard, Li Dianming strengthened the surveillance of Ma Chao's barracks, and secretly took measures to send detailed exploration in order to find out Ma Chao's real intentions.

The emperor lived up to his will. A day later, he made a detailed report according to the local government. Li Dian learned that Ma Chao's illusion of riding a boat during the day was really to confuse Cao Jun. In the dark, he has already found a path that can bypass the Luzi River!

Li Diangui is elegant, rigorous in governing the army, and brave and good at fighting. Although it was not very shining in the generals of Cao's army. But one thing is that he is good at defending the city, and his defense is as strong as a mountain. What's more valuable is that he is a general of both attack and defense. In addition to defending the city, he is particularly good at intercepting villages. On this basis, he has a presage of the enemy's actions.

Therefore, after learning the news, Li Dian immediately went to see the path in person: the land was slow and wide, and it was a calm lake. The water was only over his knees, and people could pass by without the help of boats.

After learning about this path, Li Dian had a plan in his heart. He secretly ordered his soldiers to increase their surveillance of Ma Chao's subordinates, and secretly arranged a mobile team to stand by here to destroy Ma Chao in one fell swoop.

However, at this time, Li Dian received a handwritten letter from Cao, in which he said that 'Ma Chao's three tricks are interlocking, which is unpreventable'. Therefore, Li Dian was encouraged to treat it cautiously. Moreover, at the end of the letter, Cao Cao also mentioned that he had transferred troops to the East County and wanted to unite the soldiers and horses of the East County to first flatten Ma Chao and then destroy Lv Bu.

If you are an ordinary general, you can't help getting such information. Before the army came, he took Ma Chao's head and made a great contribution. But Li Dian was not. After collecting Cao Cao's letters, he really ordered like Cao Cao to move, and at the same time put all his strength on monitoring Ma Chao's subordinates.

Because Li Dian suddenly thought that Ma Chao himself was a master of intelligence, and his shadow camp was even more haunted. It's really strange that he can easily get information about his true intentions from him...

And the subsequent development also made Li Dian feel that he did not act rashly, which was too wise.

The next day, Ma Chao sent a sergeant to inquire about the path. Then he ordered half of the remaining sergeants to rest in the tent, and the rest sergeants stood far away and looked at Lihu City, neither attacking nor retreating. They just sent people to cross the river from time to time. If the defenders on the tower reacted a little, they would retreat. After noon, the resting sergeant and the morning sergeant changed shifts and continued to fight painlessly.

This discovery is not very strange, but in fact, Li Dian also learned that that that night, the 3,000 ambushmen sent by Ma Chao to the path quietly returned to the city: it turned out that Ma Chao deliberately let himself know that he was going to explore the path, so he wanted to ambush his main force. !

This discovery, even if Li Dian was not fooled, made Li Dian suddenly feel a chill behind him. Therefore, he was more determined to the idea of 'waiting for reinforcements'.

On the third day, the sergeants of Ma Chao' army who vetoed in front of the Luzi River began to be busy again. They either dug trenches or practiced their fists and feet, dredge their muscles and bones, and pushed the drums of the army to the front of the city, beating drums and shouting every half an hour.

With this discovery, Li Dian shook his head and wondered what Ma Chao was doing.

On the fourth and fifth days, the defenders in Lihu City began to feel tired and numb. After all, the two armies confronted each other for three days, and they deliberately endured with each other, and no one took the initiative to attack. This kind of boredom and depression will always make people restless and bored.

For this, Li Dian once again strictly ordered the military order in the city and fiercely beat the whips of several lazy soldiers, thus stopping this relaxed atmosphere. But in fact, Li Dian also began to relax and be happy secretly: according to the detective's report, Lord Sikong has secretly dispatched Xiahouyuan to lead 2,000 leopards and 3,000 Cao cavalry to Lihu. At that time, after the confluence of the two armies, even if Ma Chao had a plan, but with only 3,000 capable soldiers and 2,000 unbearable county soldiers under him, Li Dian believed that Ma Chao had no more to do and could not fly.

But on the sixth day, Cao's army in Lihu City began to feel uneasy. Because there was some news from nowhere, Ma Chao found a path to bypass Lihu. Ma Chao began to collect the army and sharpen his troops, as if he was going to attack. The Cao army in the city began to be nervous, and it was obvious that the number of defenders in the city was increasing. .

And Li Dian just sneered at this and said calmly, "Ma Mengqi is poor!" Then, he ordered his subordinates to just calm down and practice defense as usual, and there is no need to act rashly.

At night, Ma Chao's subordinates began to march quietly, and these were naturally discovered by Cao Jun's secret agents who paid close attention to Ma Chao's army. However, the very different news they sent back at this time surprised Li Dian: Ma Chao had no intention of attacking Lihu City at all, but wanted to bypass Lihu City and attack Puyang!

This conclusion is really a little strange. Because for Ma Chao, bypassing Lihu City without attack is equivalent to giving up the safety of the back road and supplies. Moreover, if the lonely army goes deep into the East County, it is more likely that it will be destroyed by Cao Jun to make dumplings because they can't take care of the beginning and the end.

However, in Li Dian's opinion, this incredible move is not crazy for Ma Chao at all!

In those years, when Ma Chao first came out of the battlefield, he dared to lead the Xiliang iron horse to go deep into the hinterland of the Qiang people outside the fortress, imitating the attack of the general Huo. At this time, he just sneaked into the East County where the war was unknown, which was really possible!

Countless battles have already proved the subtlety of Ma Chao's surprise attack. Even Xia Houyuan, the best surprise attack among the Cao army, once said sincerely: Ma Meng's use of troops is not just a strange attack. His sense of battlefield and determination are ten times better than me, and there is no enemy except for the Lord!

What's more, Ma Chao revealed the news of the path a few days ago and deliberately made Li Dian think that he had seen through his tricks to ambush Cao's army with the help of the path, but in fact, it was his tricks to make the path lose its privacy. As a result, he was so dignified again. It's not a way to hide it from the world, and what is it? And Ma Chao is so painstaking. What else can he do besides attacking Puyang?!

Li Dian, who came to this conclusion, immediately sweated coldly on his forehead. He quickly ordered the scouts to rush to inform Puyang, and at the same time, he ordered the whole army to leave - he wanted to break Ma Chao's back road with his own hands before Ma Chao disappeared in front of him!

Because Li Dian has no choice. The reason is that he has a different relationship with Xiahou Dun, who guards Puyang!

If Ma Chao bypassed Lihu and did not attack later, then even if Ma Chao's whole army will be destroyed in the future. Li Dian knew that he would inevitably be punished, and Xiahou Dun made it clear that he was even more responsible!

Not to mention, it is also very likely that it will destroy Ma Chao in one fell swoop and make great achievements!