Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 75 He disappeared
When Yuan Shu saw Ji Ling, whose body was charred and dying, the anger in his heart because of his defeat and the loss of more than 30,000 troops gradually subsided.

After a long while, Yuan Shu finally ordered, "Take General Ji down to treat him."

At this moment, Ji Ling didn't even have the strength to speak, and could only let the soldiers carry him away.

"Cao Aman is really cunning. Even Ji Ling fell into his trap!" Yuan Shu said angrily.

"First they ambushed us on the mountain road, and then they set the formation on fire. There must be a master in Cao Cao's army!" Yang Hong said, and the look in his eyes became more serious than ever before.

Although Yang Hong is not a top-tier strategist, he is also an upper-middle-class strategist.

His entries are two purple, two blue, and one gray.

The [Strategy and Strategies (Purple)] skill grants a 25% bonus to strategy success rate while serving as a faction's military advisor. Furthermore, in battle, each time the lord adopts one of his strategies, his troops' morale increases by 5% and their defense by 3%.

Another effect of [Balance of Virtual and Real (Purple)] is: Every time a strategy is successfully executed, one layer of "potential energy" can be stored (up to 5 layers).

Consuming all layers triggers the following effect: Troop attack power in the next battle + (number of layers × 6%), lasting until the end of the battle.

Immediately gain (number of levels * 5%) of the total food consumed by the army in the past three days. This bonus can only be used once per battle.

Yang Hong's ability depends more on Yuan Shu's adoption of his strategy and the final effectiveness of the strategy's execution.

When facing an opponent whose think tank is inferior to ours, the advantage will be more obvious.

But when he met someone like Cao Cao, who had Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Cao Yan, Xun Yu, and Cheng Yu under his command, his advantage in terms of entries was almost gone.

In the past, whether it was when the allied forces of the princes attacked Dong Zhuo,
When dealing with Li Jue and Liu Biao,
Yuan Shu had never suffered such a great loss.

He could even gain the upper hand thanks to his own characteristics and the strategies of his advisers.

But now, facing Cao Cao, a man he had never taken seriously, he had lost nearly 40,000 soldiers before even seeing him.

Although he has an army of nearly 200,000, he cannot withstand such an attack!

After a moment's contemplation, Yuan Shu finally spoke up and asked Yang Hong, "Sir, what should we do next?"

Yang Hong thought for a moment and replied, "Let's continue as planned and strive for a decisive battle with Cao Cao in Kuangcheng!"

Cao Yan, under the banner of "Cao", led an army of 30,000, pretending to be Cao Cao's main force to attack Liu Xiang.

In addition, Cao Cao had indeed appeared during the ambush of Ji Ling's army before, which made Yuan Shu and Yang Hong more convinced that the Cao army outside Kuangcheng was the main force led by Cao Cao himself.

Their goal was still to annihilate Cao Cao's main army in the wild.

In this way, the casualties caused by siege warfare can be reduced, time can be saved, and the army can be prevented from collapsing due to lack of food and grass.

And as long as we enter Dongjun, there will be food everywhere.

As long as there is enough food and grass, it will be much easier whether advancing or retreating.

After saying this, Yang Hong could not help but sigh again and said, "General Ji Ling underestimated the enemy and rushed in rashly, thinking that Cao Cao would only ambush once, but he never expected that Cao Cao had not yet ambushed us a second time.

But if he had sent out more scouts to explore the way and marched carefully, he could have avoided this disastrous defeat. Alas..."

What Yang Hong said was actually a reminder to Yuan Shu that he should never underestimate Cao Cao again.

After witnessing Ji Ling's miserable condition and being reminded by Yang Hong, Yuan Shu finally adjusted his mindset.

"Cao Cao is cunning. Send out all the scouts and beware of ambushes ahead." Yuan Shu ordered.

"My lord, you will understand!" Yang Hong bowed and turned to deliver the military order.

Yuan Shu's army continued to advance and soon arrived at the ruins of the old city, where Ji Ling's army was burned by fire.

When we arrived at the ruins of the old city,

Yuan Shu and his generals, soldiers, and counselors were all stunned by the tragic scene before them.

The charred earth, the curled-up corpses, and the pungent stench filled the air...

Immediately, many Yuan army soldiers could not help but start vomiting.

Yuan Shu felt his stomach churning and quickly turned his head away, not looking directly at him. This way he finally did not lose his composure.

After feeling better, Yuan Shu quickly gave orders, forcing the army to pass through the area quickly and not to stop.

And just at this moment,
Yuan Shu sent out scouts to investigate the ambush.
He met the scouts sent by Liu Xiang to investigate the situation.

……

When Liu Xiang's scouts brought the burnt remains of the flag embroidered with the word "Ji" to Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang realized that Cao's army had used him as bait and used fire to defeat Ji Ling's rescue army!
"It's really hateful!" Liu Xiang felt a little angry, but more of it was fear.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu's army was about to arrive, and Liu Xiang suddenly felt more confident.

He thought that because of his previous mistakes, he had lost thousands of soldiers and caused the deaths of more than 30,000 Ji Ling soldiers.

There will definitely be no credit, but I just hope to minimize the guilt.

In addition, Cao's army seemed to have relaxed a bit in the past two days, and even the number of cavalry patrolling outside the city had decreased.

Therefore, Liu Xiang decided to try to sneak into Cao Cao's camp before Yuan Shu's army arrived.

Even if he fails to steal, he can help Yuan Shu spy on Cao's army's strength.

And if it succeeds, maybe you can even make up for your mistakes by doing meritorious service.

So Liu Xiang began to mobilize his troops and prepare to launch a surprise attack on Cao's camp at midnight tonight.

In the evening, there was still a lot of smoke rising from the Cao army camp due to the cooking fires.

This also made Liu Xiang more determined in his plan.

That night,

After careful preparation, Liu Xiang led an army of 10,000 and sneaked to a place a hundred steps away from Cao's camp.

From afar in the darkness of the night, Cao's camp was brightly lit.

In the firelight, there were many figures scattered around, as if there were quite a few people stationed around the camp.

And it seems that there are quite a lot of people.

But Cao Jun seemed a little too arrogant.

They didn't even place any secret sentries outside the camp, which made Liu Xiang feel a little secretly happy.

Slowly approaching, until they were only about fifty steps away, Liu Xiang made a decisive move and ordered, "Charge the entire army and crush the enemy camp!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

Liu Xiang's soldiers were holding their breath, wanting to avenge the sneak attack they had suffered while eating.

Therefore, everyone strives to be the first, for fear of falling behind.

But when they rushed into Cao's camp,
But they were shocked to find that the so-called human figures in the camp were actually straw men stuck around the camp walls!

It was these straw men that, under the flickering firelight, created the illusion of a garrison!

Liu Xiang's hand holding the whip was shaking slightly, and he didn't know whether it was because of anger or fear.

At this time, the soldiers who had gone to explore other places came back one after another and reported:

"General, there's no one in the camp!"

"General, there's no one in the central army tent!"

At this time,

Liu Xiang suddenly remembered the Ji Ling army that was burned to pieces by the fire. He was shocked and shouted repeatedly: "Retreat quickly, retreat quickly, there is an ambush!!!"

"ambush!!!"

"Run!!!"

A large group of people rushed out again.

Liu Xiang's army had all withdrawn from Cao's camp, but no Cao's troops appeared.

This made Liu Xiang's already not very bright brain even more confused.

Liu Xiang thought to himself,
"Could it be that Cao Cao wants to trick me out and then launch a surprise attack on Kuangcheng?"

"But there is no movement in the direction of Kuangcheng!"

"Cao Cao, where did he go?"

(End of this chapter)