The Nameless of the Common Clans

Looking at the pebbles falling from the grain bag, Xu Shu understood that the purpose of this grain team was to attract the elites of Cao's army to rob grain. I am afraid that the reason why Cao's army could find this place so easily was because the lord had deliberately leaked the news.

Silently turning over the grain bag, Xu Shu turned his head, looked at the stunned captain, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is in my heart, don't tell anyone!"

"Here!" The captain nodded, and then said unwillingly: "But sir, why!?"

What they fought desperately to protect were just batches of stones, which made him feel that their previous sacrifices were meaningless.

"Attract the enemy's elite to attack, and take the opportunity to annihilate the elite of Cao's army." Xu Shu sighed. This was also the reason why he ordered the silence. If these soldiers knew the truth, I am afraid they would not fight to the death to protect them. In this way, the camp The plan was going to be messed up. He cursed himself secretly for being so nosy. What was he reading when he had nothing to do?

From a tactical point of view, this is naturally no problem, but for those soldiers who fought desperately and sacrificed their lives to protect the food road, this is actually unfair. But war is like this. If you want to win, sacrifice is inevitable. The difference is that some sacrifices are passive and some are active.

Taking the initiative to sacrifice can bring a greater chance of victory, but it can also easily arouse people's resistance.

The captain responded with a low voice, and continued with Xu Shu, pretending not to know anything, escorting the grain truck to Guandu. Along the way, he encountered two more raids and ambushes by Cao Jun. At Xu Shu's suggestion, Using the grain truck as bait, he easily ambushed twice and defeated Cao's troops who came to raid and ambush. Two days later, the grain truck arrived at the Guandu camp, and Xu Shu brought the captain to see Chen Mo.

"Lord, once this matter is known to the soldiers, it can be a big deal or a small matter. We must take precautions." Xu Shu frowned and said to Chen Mo.

"What's your name?" Chen Mo nodded and looked at the captain.

"General Meng Tan." The captain bowed to Chen Mo. No matter what, Chen Mo's prestige in the army was still very high. Even if he did have resentment in his heart, he would not dare to express it towards Chen Mo.

"Let's be a guard general for a few days." Chen Mo looked at Meng Tan for a few times and nodded.

"Lord, is this going to continue!?" After hearing this, Meng Tan immediately understood that this strategy of luring the enemy with fake food would continue. He immediately became anxious and stepped forward to ask.

"Presumptuous!" Dian Wei and Ma Chao took a step forward and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you talk to the lord like this?"

Chen Mo waved his hand and signaled the two of them to step back. He frowned and looked at Meng Tan and said, "This matter is of great importance. I have been deploying it for more than a month. If we let it go now, the soldiers who have died because of this matter in the past month will also die." It's pointless! Are you sure you want me to give up on this?"

"This..." Meng Tan looked confused. Not to mention whether he, a captain, was qualified to participate in such a plan. Even if he was, as Chen Mo said, it had been deployed for a month, and the soldiers who died in the battle had been killed. If nearly two thousand people gave up because of his own words, even if Chen Mo listened to him, could he make this decision?

"Games on the battlefield are two different things from going into battle to kill the enemy. According to what Yuan Zhi said, you are a good general, but when it comes to strategizing, who here can you compare to?" Chen Mo waved his hand and said: "Go and hand over to Dian Wei. From now on, other people will be responsible for escorting food and fodder."

"Here!" Having said that, if Meng Tanruo dares to say more, he is seeking death.

"Yuan Zhi came just in time. It's up to you to arrange this matter." After Meng Tan left, Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and motioned for him to sit down.

"My lord must have a motive for doing this, but I don't know why?" Xu Shu followed his words and knelt down under Chen Mo. After nodding hello to Xun You, he asked.

"Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!" Chen Mo directly gave his goal and said: "In order to lure Cao Cao to take the bait, during this period, the food transportation route was changed several times, and each time it was transported from a different city. This time it will be The replacement of Meng Tan just convinced Cao Jun that I had not discovered the details of his arrangements in the army. After all, it was time to let him know where our army's grain garrison was. "

If too many flaws were revealed, Cao Cao would not believe it. However, Chen Mo did not leak this information on his own initiative. He just placed a few suitable people in suitable positions and then took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation.

And Cao Cao really wants to come up with something big. If you count all around Cao Cao, only the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are capable of completing such a mission.

"How can my lord be sure that Cao Jun will send out the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?" Xu Shu felt a little unsafe. The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the elite among Cao Cao's subordinates, and they are also the elite among the cavalry. Now Youzhou, Bingzhou, Xiliang, etc. All the horse-producing land was acquired by Chen Mo. Although Cao Cao still had cavalry under his command, in the long run, his cavalry would be restricted or even cut off by Chen Mo. At this time, if the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were destroyed, it would not only affect the combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's army, but even this would Chen Mo failed to capture the Central Plains in one battle. I am afraid that in the next few years, Cao Cao will not be able to form elite cavalry like the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

"I will give him a place to store grain. Do you think he will send out tiger and leopard cavalry?" Chen Mo said with a smile.

Xu Shu's eyes widened instantly: "Master, is this plan too dangerous!?"

Cao Cao couldn't refuse this temptation, but for Chen Mo, it was also a risky move. Even if the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were wiped out, if the land where grain was stored was destroyed, Chen Mo would lose in the overall situation.

"Yu Sheng has set up eighteen such places to store grain." Chen Mo said with a smile: "It's just that in the past month or so, our army's grain and grass have been shipped from this granary."

Xu Shu understood. More than a month ago, Chen Mo had already begun to plan this grain robbery after he noticed the spies planted by Cao's army here. He did not reveal it intentionally, but let the other party find it by themselves. In order to make Cao Cao believe that Chen Mo's grain and grass were stored here, the grain transportation route has been constantly changing in the past month, and the generals who transported grain have also been constantly changing. Cao Cao had sent small forces to harass the grain route before, and their purpose was not to rob grain, but to explore where Chen Mo's grain and grass were stored.

Both sides were calculating. Chen Mo wanted to kill Cao Cao's elite cavalry, and Cao Cao wanted to take a risk and destroy Chen Mo's granary. These two were risking their lives.

"It's a pity that our people failed to find the location of Cao's granary. Otherwise, we can also imitate Cao Cao and go deep behind the enemy!" Chen Mo laughed.

Then, Chen Mo thought of something and looked at Xu Shu and said, "To prevent accidents, the people who came back with you this time need to be temporarily detained."

"They are already detained." Xu Shu nodded. Although there was only one general, Meng Tan, around him at the time, there were other soldiers escorting grain. In order to avoid leaking the news, Xu Shu asked people to keep these people under custody after returning to the camp. Xu Shu looked at Chen Mo and said, "In other words, the lord is ready to close the net now?"

"Well, you are responsible for this matter. Cao Cao's spies should have noticed that I am investigating him." Chen Mo nodded.

"I don't know who it is? There are a few others, but they are not important." Xu Shu frowned. The person who knew Chen Mo's grain escort route must be of a high level.

"Han Fu, the grain officer." Chen Mo was a little disgusted when he mentioned this person. Han Fu was from Luoyang. Although he was not directly promoted by Chen Mo, he was also a member of the poor and commoner class that Chen Mo had won over. He entered the official career after passing the assessment in the academy. After Chen Mo noticed that Cao's army could find his grain route every time, he began to doubt it, but he didn't expect it to be Han Fu at first. He even suspected Zhang He and Han Qiong, but in the end, it was Han Fu who was secretly found out. This made Chen Mo feel that he had made a mistake for the first time. He never made a mistake when judging people, but this time he made a mistake.

Xu Shu frowned. The grain officer was not a high-ranking official, but it was a very important position in the army. Logistics dispatch could not do without the grain officer, and Han Fu belonged to the academy school and was considered Chen Mo's disciple. As a result, this person chose to betray. No wonder Chen Mo rarely looked at people with emotion.

This person really deserved to die.

"I understand." Xu Shu bowed to Chen Mo. He knew what to do next. Chen Mo had already deployed all the preliminary arrangements. The next step was to set up an ambush based on this granary, wait for Cao's army to attack, and then design a siege. This was not difficult.

"In addition, after this is over, bring Han Fu to see me. I want to know why he rebelled against me?" Chen Mo was a little confused about Han Fu's betrayal. Was there something wrong with his system? Or did this idiot choose to stand on the side of Shi Quan? Chen Mo needed to figure this out.

If there were any imperfections in his system, Chen Mo would see if there were any improvements, but if there were other reasons, it would not be too much to destroy Han Fu's nine clans.

"Yes!" Xu Shu nodded and kept this in mind.

Next, since he had to design it, Chen Mo had to give Xu Shu military power, and the target was the enemy's elite, so this army could not be too bad. Chen Mo also prepared it for Xu Shu, and Zhang He cooperated with Xu Shu to complete this matter.

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On the other side, in the Cao army camp, Cao Cao looked at the latest news sent by Chen Mo, turned his head and looked at Guo Jia and said, "Is Fengxiao successful?"

"Yes." Guo Jia nodded and said, "Although Chen Mo has used many means, and our spies don't know where the food and grass come from, but judging from the routes of these times, Chen Mo's food and grass are all transported from this area."

Cao Cao heard this and looked at the map. It is close to the Yellow River, but the nearest city around is Longcheng, which is about 20 miles away. It is not in the city and is quite hidden.

"Bo Dao is really careful." Cao Cao smiled.

"My lord, do you really want to take a risk?" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and asked with a frown.

"The opportunity for war is fleeting. Han Fu said in the letter that Chen Mo has begun to suspect that someone has leaked the news. With Bo Dao's wisdom, if we miss this opportunity, I am afraid that our spies will be discovered by him." Cao Cao affirmed.

Guo Jia nodded and stopped trying to persuade him. This kind of thing definitely involves risks. It all depends on how Cao Cao decides. Since Cao Cao has made up his mind, there is no need for him, as a counselor, to continue to stop him. Of course, the premise is that Cao Cao cannot go there in person. Not to mention failure, even if he succeeds and gets to Chen Mo's rear, if Chen Mo finds out, he will definitely be in danger of death.