My father-in-law Guan Yu, I persuaded Liu Bei to launch a surprise attack on Xiangyang at the beginn

Chapter 70: After being defeated for half my life, it’s time to change my offense and defense! Destroy Cao Cao’s camp and capture Cao Cao alive!

"Prime Minister!"

Cheng Yu and others screamed in unison and rushed forward to support Cao Cao.

Cao Cao held his forehead with his hand, his eyes were tightly closed, his head was buzzing, and he looked as if his head was about to explode.

After taking a few breaths, Cao Cao calmed down a little and opened his eyes again. The horror in his eyes had turned into anger.

"You all boast of yourselves being resourceful, but why didn't anyone warn me that the Han River would surge? Why didn't anyone warn me to camp higher up, to prevent the big-eared thieves from breaching the Han River and flooding my camp?"

Cao Cao's face was grim and disappointed, and he directed his spearhead at Cheng Yu and other advisers.

The counselors looked at each other and lowered their heads in shame.

"Prime Minister, this is indeed our oversight. We are not aware of the weather and location of Jingzhou..."

Cheng Yu wanted to defend himself a few more times, but Cao Cao interrupted him with a wave of his sleeve:

"As a counselor, one should understand both astronomy and geography. Even if you are all from the north, since you have come to the south, how can you not understand the favorable weather and terrain here?"

Cheng Yu was so frustrated that he had to shut up silently.

Judging from the situation, Cao Cao obviously intended to let these advisers take the blame for the army being drowned.

"Prime Minister, we are indeed to blame, but the current situation is already like this. Our first priority is to minimize the losses as much as possible."

"The Prime Minister should quickly dispatch all the generals to return to their camps and immediately move those camps in low-lying areas that have not yet been flooded to higher ground."

"All camps on high ground should calm the morale of the troops and prevent them from abandoning the camp and fleeing!"

Man Chong ignored Cao Cao's attempt to shift the blame and made suggestions despite his anger.

Cheng Yu also came back to his senses and said anxiously:

"Prime Minister, I predict that Liu Bei will not simply breach the dam. He will certainly lead his army by boat and attack us along the current."

"Their main attack points are our main camp and Xu Gongming's left wing granary."

"Prime Minister, please quickly order Gong Ming to the granary to take charge. Otherwise, if Liu Bei were to capture it and all our food supplies were lost, the situation would be irreversible!"

Hearing the advice of his two counselors, Cao Cao shuddered all over.

It was a coincidence that I summoned most of the generals to the central army this morning to discuss the matter of suppressing the rebellion.

This resulted in the situation that when Liu Bei's floods hit, there were no commanders in most of his camps.

As a result, there was no one to command the camps in the low-lying areas to move in time, and although the camps in the highlands were not flooded, the soldiers were terrified and abandoned their camps and fled.

Cao Cao felt a surge of regret and shouted anxiously:

"All officers, listen up! Return to your base camps immediately to take charge of the situation. You must stabilize the morale of the troops and at least keep the camps on the high ground from collapsing!"

The generals came to their senses from their shock and followed orders and left.

"Gongming!"

Cao Cao held Xu Huang back and said solemnly:
"Your left-wing granary is a matter of life and death. If anything goes wrong, my entire army will collapse, and my southern expedition will be abandoned halfway!"

"Gongming, you must guard the granary for me!"

There was a hint of pleading in Cao Cao's tone.

He also knew that among the generals of other surnames, Xu Huang had the most outstanding ability except Zhang Liao.

This was also the reason why he placed the heavy responsibility of guarding the granary on Xu Huang after the Deng County granary was burned.

And now, in this critical moment, he can only place all his hopes on Xu Huang.

Xu Huang's body shook slightly, and he immediately felt a heavy burden of thousands of pounds pressing on his shoulders.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Huang said resolutely:

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. I will do my utmost to protect the granary for you!"

After saying this, Xu Huang jumped on his horse and galloped eastward.

After seeing Xu Huang off, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

He drew his sword from its sheath, his face once again lit up with a domineering and stern look, and shouted:
"I have ordered that the entire army be on alert to prevent the big-eared thieves from taking advantage of the situation and attacking."

"Anyone who dares to disrupt the formation and disobey orders will be executed immediately!"

After the order was passed down, the chaos and panic in the main camp finally settled down a little.

The soldiers who had not yet fled, under the scolding of the generals, anxiously rushed to the camp wall and waited for battle.

Sand bags were piled up outside the camp wall to prevent the water from being too strong and flooding the main camp located on a higher ground.

Seeing the situation stabilize slightly, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and sheathed his sword. "Zhongde, who do you think was behind this vicious plot by the Big Eared Thief?"

"Is it Xu Shu or Xiao He?"

Cao Cao frowned, and his solemn eyes revealed deep suspicion.

After a long silence, Cheng Yu replied:

"Xu Shu has lived in Jingzhou for a long time and must be well aware of the favorable conditions here. It's not impossible that he could come up with this plan."

"It's just that Yu intuitively feels that this plan is so vicious that it doesn't seem to be the work of Xu Shu. It is very likely that it is the masterpiece of Xiao He."

Cao Cao remained silent.

Obviously, Cheng Yu's intuition coincided with his.

"If that's true, this man's cunning and scheming are comparable to Feng Xiao's."

"The Big Eared Thief has such a cunning and deceitful person as his assistant. He is truly a great threat to me..."

Cao Cao gritted his teeth secretly, his eyes like blades, shooting towards the outside of the camp.

There was also a hint of disgust mixed in those fearful eyes.

The words trailed off.

In the field of vision, countless sails, countless warships, and countless flags with the word "Liu" on them have come into view.

Hundreds of ships rushed towards Ke, riding the wind and waves, and attacked the main camp.

Liu Bei is coming!

Cao Cao clenched his fists suddenly and said proudly:

"Big-eared thief, I've fought you for over ten years and have never been defeated by you!"

"This time, I will never lose to you!"

"Never will!"

Outside Cao's camp.

Above the rolling torrent, countless warships of Liu's army were approaching the main camp of Cao's army with high morale.

Liu Bei stood at the bow of the ship, with a long-lost look of vigor and vitality on his face.

Along the way, they found five or six Cao camps flooded, and at least 40,000 Cao soldiers were drowned or captured.

There were several other Cao camps that were located on high ground and were not directly submerged by the flood, but the morale of the soldiers was greatly disturbed, and they all abandoned their camps and fled.

Taking all of this into account, at least half of Cao's 150,000 troops had been wiped out.

Now only two goals remain:
Cao Cao's main camp and Xu Huang's left-wing grain camp.

If one of these two camps is destroyed, the remaining will of Cao's army to resist will be completely shattered.

"My lord, the Cao army's main camp has arrived!"

Zhao Yun raised the Longdan Spear beside him and pointed it forward.

Liu Bei's thoughts returned to the present, and he looked into the distance, only to see the main camp of Cao's army clearly in sight.

The huge "Cao" flag still flew proudly above the main camp.

Liu Bei seemed to be able to feel that Cao Cao was standing under that big flag, waiting for him to kill him.

All the past events passed by my eyes like flowing shadows at this moment.

Xiapi, Xiaopei, Runan...

The experiences of fighting with Cao Cao time and time again, and the unbearable memories of repeated defeats, all emerged in his mind one by one.

It’s been eight years!

Today, I will finally face off against Cao Cao again.

"This time, I have Kong Ming, Yuan Zhi, and even Bo Wen, this extraordinary man!"

"Cao Cao, I have been defeated by you for over ten years. Today is the day to switch gears and turn the tide!"

Liu Bei's faith was as strong as iron, his passion was blazing, and he drew his sword and pointed:
"Commendations from all three armies, attack!

"Destroy the enemy camp and capture Cao the thief alive!"

(End of this chapter)