The Nameless of the Common Clans

At dawn the next day, Dian Wei was sleeping soundly on the bluestone in the cave, holding a pair of halberds. Suddenly, he was woken up by someone. His eyes were open and fierce.

"Why are you staring? Get up quickly." Chen Mo kicked him and went to wake up others.

Dian Wei touched his head and saw that it was Chen Mo. The fierceness in his eyes faded a lot. He rolled against the bluestone until Chen Mo called him again, and then he got up reluctantly.

"My lord, where are we going?" Dian Wei asked with a yawn, dragging his halberds behind Chen Mo listlessly.

"Liyang." Chen Mo asked the generals to gather the soldiers.

Dian Wei looked around and realized that they were not in the city.

"My lord, Liyang is heavily guarded by Cao's army. We have no siege equipment, so it may be difficult to break through!" A lieutenant suggested boldly.

This man is called Guo Meng, one of the surrendered generals of Jizhou. In fact, he is not a surrendered general. He surrendered with the army. Before that, he was just a garrison commander. Chen Mo saw that his fate was much higher than that of ordinary people, so he promoted him to a lieutenant. He was also the most handy one among the five schools that followed Chen Mo this time.

"Do you still remember the strategy of luring the enemy yesterday?" Chen Mo saw that he asked more questions, but he did not get angry. These surrendered soldiers of Jizhou were not loyal, so he would try his best to avoid letting these people fight hard battles.

"My lord, you want to lure the Liyang army out with the method you used yesterday?" Guo Meng's eyes lit up.

"Well, they come out and we go in." Chen Mo nodded: "Liyang and Baima must have one place where Cao's army stored food. If we burn their food and grass, Cao's army will not be able to hold on for too long."

"It is impossible for all the defenders of Liyang to be lured out just by luring with beacon fires and smoke." Guo Meng frowned.

"Just fight as the lord says, why are you talking so much nonsense?" Dian Wei slapped Guo Meng impatiently, almost killing him.

"Dian Wei! You must not attack your comrades without reason." Chen Mo kicked Dian Wei, stretched out his hand to help the captain up and said: "I was just about to tell you about this. Pick a group of people, change into Cao's armor, wrap your arms with white cloth, and wait for Cao's army to be led out of the city. I will defeat them here, and you will pretend to be defeated and return to the city, seize the city gate, and Dian Wei will lead the main force to kill in one fell swoop!"

"Me?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in astonishment. It was no problem to command a few hundred guards to fight, but Dian Wei asked himself if he could command several thousand troops.

"Do you want me to go?" Chen Mo asked back.

"I obey your orders!" Dian Wei looked bitter, and immediately bowed to accept the order.

"After you enter the city, the troops will be led by the five of them. They know what to do. You have only one task, which is to lead a small number of elite troops to defeat all the resistance." Chen Mo nodded and gave instructions.

Chen Mo would not easily do such things as charging into battle, even if he could. It was not because he was afraid of death, but because he was now in charge of the fate of the three armies. He was not just the commander of these five thousand troops. He could not make any mistakes. People in different positions had different things to do.

If he could exchange his life for a city, he believed that Cao Cao would definitely be willing to exchange his life for ten or even hundreds of cities.

"You hide around, and when the Cao army arrives, we will go out together and destroy it. Then Guo Meng, you lead the infantry to pretend to be defeated soldiers to Liyang, and immediately seize the city gate after opening it. Dian Wei, you lead the troops to follow, keep some distance, and wait for Guo Meng to send a signal, and then immediately march the army to attack Liyang." Chen Mo looked at the generals and said in a deep voice.

Liyang is a place of great fortune. If nothing unexpected happens, it is either a place where food is stored or where important figures of Cao's army are. In short, as long as Liyang is broken, it will definitely bring heavy damage to Cao's army. If it is food and grass, it will be the best.

"Yes!" Dian Wei and others agreed and led their troops to leave. One team changed into Cao's clothes, and the other four teams, led by Dian Wei, quietly moved towards Liyang.

Chen Mo waited for half an hour in the original place, ordered people to collect burning objects and set off wolf smoke.

Liyang is indeed where Cao Cao stored food. In order to protect the grain road, Cao Cao not only left 5,000 soldiers and horses here, but also left Cao Peng, a general of the clan, as the garrison commander.

Cao Peng is a member of Cao Cao's clan. Although he is not as powerful as Cao Hong and Cao Ren, he is brave in battle and is also proficient in military tactics. Among the generals under Cao Cao, he is also a powerful figure. Cao Cao left Cao Peng to guard the food and grass this time, which shows his trust.

The wolf smoke in the distance aroused the vigilance of Cao's army, and soon reported it to Cao Peng.

"General, this is our army's wolf smoke." A Cao general looked at Cao Peng and bowed.

"I saw it." Cao Peng personally came to the enemy tower to watch, frowned and said: "Have our troops been outside the city these two days?"

"No." The general shook his head.

"Could it be the direction of Baima? But how could there be an enemy here?" Cao Peng thought for a while, and said to the deputy general beside him: "You lead 500 soldiers to investigate immediately. If the enemy is small, annihilate them. If the enemy is large, just find out their approximate number and report immediately."

This Liyang and Baima area is the rear of Cao's army, with 10,000 troops stationed. The enemy's appearance here is a bit strange. Even if Wuyi sent troops from Yanjin, he should not approach here.

Even if one's own people sent a wolf smoke for help, he couldn't really ignore it.

"Yes, I will go now." The deputy general agreed, and immediately gathered the troops and ran straight to the place where the wolf smoke was raised.

In the silent valley, General Cao led five hundred men to the outside of the valley. Looking at the valley in front of him, he became alert and did not enter the valley immediately. Instead, he sent people to explore the valley first.

"Trouble!" Chen Mo saw this scene and knew that it would be difficult to lure these people into the valley to ambush and kill them. He immediately ordered people to shoot the scouts and sent people to summon Dian Wei and Guo Meng.

"My lord!" Dian Wei and Guo Meng found Chen Mo and bowed.

"The plan has changed. The Cao army is too alert. You should pretend to be a defeated soldier who broke out and join the Cao army. Be more alert. I will let Dian Wei chase after them." Chen Mo said to the two.

The alertness of the Cao army should also be taken into account. They were careless.

"Yes!" The two agreed, and Guo Meng immediately led a group of people and horses to rush out of the mountains and forests on both sides. They were wearing armor stripped from corpses. In addition, they slept in the mountains for half a night. Whether in terms of mental state or clothing, it was just right to pretend to be a defeated soldier.

At the entrance of the valley, the general of the Cao army saw that his scouts had not returned for a long time. He was hesitating, but when he heard the movement, he hurriedly shouted: "Form a battle array to meet the enemy!"

Five hundred Cao soldiers quickly formed a battle array. The general stood on his horse and looked into the valley. He saw a group of his own soldiers in a mess running towards this side, rushing towards this side like headless flies.

"Stop, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!" The Cao general stood on his horse, glaring and shouting, his loud voice echoing in the valley.

"Stop, stop!" Guo Meng slowed down his pace and looked at the troops on the opposite side. He breathed a sigh of relief. He rolled and crawled, making his face dusty. He ran to the front of the enemy's formation thirty steps away and said hoarsely: "I am Guo Meng, the military marquis stationed in Baima. I wonder which general is in front?"

"Military marquis?" The Cao general looked at the armor on Guo Meng's body. It was indeed a military marquis armor. He frowned and said: "I am Zhou Ren, the lieutenant under General Cao Peng. Why are you here?"

"Reply to the general, last night we found someone lighting a beacon outside the city, and were ordered to go out of the city to rescue. Who knew that we were calculated by the thieves in Guanzhong. Lieutenant Guo Sheng died in the battle. In the chaos, we were also defeated and chased by the enemy army!" Guo Meng bowed.

Guo Sheng is not a name he made up. He is really the commander of Baima. He learned about it from the surrendered soldiers last night.

Hearing the name of Guo Sheng, General Cao obviously relaxed his vigilance and frowned, saying, "Guo Sheng died in battle, so the white horse must be..."

Guo Meng's face was grim, and he clasped his fists and said, "I just want to report this to Liyang. I don't know when there was a Guanzhong army nearby, and our scouts didn't find it."

General Cao nodded when he heard this, and was about to ask something else, but he heard a burst of shouting and killing in the valley, followed by a large group of Guanzhong soldiers rushing out of the valley and heading straight here. Dian Wei rushed to the front, holding a human head in his hand, and his ferocious appearance was really scary.

However, looking at the messy formation behind him, General Cao was a little speechless. This group of people seemed fierce, but in fact they had no rules at all. If it weren't for the lack of soldiers and horses, he would have the confidence to defeat the other side.

This thing can't be pretended, which is why Chen Mo asked Dian Wei to lead the troops. Others can't pretend like this, but Dian Wei doesn't need to pretend when he goes into battle. No matter how hard he tries, he can't look elite.

"Here we are, General, please run with us. Although this army is not elite, the leader is quite vicious. General Guo Sheng was careless and was killed by him in the chaos, which led to our defeat." Guo Meng said anxiously.

General Cao nodded, looked at the clumsy command of the enemy general, and sneered. There was such a coward in the Guanzhong army.

"Listen to my orders, follow me back to the city!" General Cao turned his horse and led his men and horses to turn around and leave. Dian Wei pointed at the surroundings and roared angrily: "Hurry up, are you blind? The enemy army is in front of you, chase it!"

The loud voice shook in the valley. General Cao sneered. If he was given two thousand soldiers, he would be able to completely defeat this army. What a pity.

The two sides chased and fled, and soon arrived outside Liyang City.

On the Liyang City, Cao Peng frowned as he saw that he had sent out many more soldiers and horses, and there were also the pursuers behind him. He was about to ask, but he saw General Cao galloping out and shouting to the city: "General, please give me a group of soldiers and horses, and I will definitely defeat this mob!"

Having been chased by a group of mobs all the way, he had been holding his breath for a long time. Now that he saw the city of Liyang, he did not enter the city, but just asked Cao Peng for soldiers.

Seeing that it was his general, Cao Peng felt relieved. He frowned and looked at the Guanzhong army in the distance, nodded, and immediately sent a thousand soldiers and horses to the other side, letting the other side fight back.

"General, this..." Guo Meng looked at General Cao with some embarrassment, obviously not wanting to fight.

"You just wait here and see how I defeat the enemy!" General Cao looked at the soldiers and horses pouring out of the open city gate, laughed loudly, turned his horse's head, and said loudly: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"