The Art of War says: A soldier can attack when he is halfway across.
In ancient times, fighting across water was not as quick and fast as it is now.
However, when Ma Chao had few boats and most of his soldiers were northerners who were not good at water, crossing the Huzi River to fight Cao's army was really a defeat.
However, under Li Dian's surprised expression, he still saw Ma Chao's men building a boat.
On another occasion, a small group of dozens of people even took the risk of crossing the middle of the Huzi River by boat, apparently to test the rapidity of the water flow in the Huzi River.
The Huzi River is not wide, only a few feet.
Although the river is very deep, the current is not rapid.
Li Dian already knew about these situations.
As for Ma Chao's whimsical fighting posture across the river, Li Dian watched it for a while and finally came to a conclusion: "We can attack him halfway across the river.
Ma Mengqi used soldiers from a good family.
How could he not know that this move was to deceive our Cao army because it has no one and wants to attack it?"
Trickster" In response, Li Dianming not only strengthened the surveillance of Ma Chao's military camp, but also secretly took measures to send out detailed investigators in order to find out Ma Chao's true intentions.
Huangtian paid off and made a detailed report based on the local area one day later.
Li Dian learned that Ma Chao was pretending to be riding a boat during the day, really just to confuse Cao Jun.
But secretly, he had already discovered a path that could bypass the Huzi River.
Li Diangui was elegant, rigorous in military management, brave and good at fighting.
Although Cao Jun's generals are like clouds of generals, they don't shine very much.
But one thing is that he is good at defending the city, and his defense is as solid as a mountain.
What's even more valuable is that he is a general capable of attacking and defending.
In addition to defending the city, he is especially good at intercepting strongholds.
On this basis, he has a prescient premonition of the enemy's actions.
Therefore, after learning the news, Li Dian immediately went to see the path in person: the land was gentle and wide, and it was just a small, calm lake.
The water was only up to the knees.
People could swim on the water without the help of a boat.
And passed.
After learning about this small road, Li Dian had some concerns in his mind.
He secretly ordered his soldiers to increase surveillance on Ma Chao's men, and secretly arranged a mobile team to be on standby here, hoping to eliminate Ma Chao in one fell swoop.
However, at this time, Li Dian received a personal letter from Cao Cao, which said that Ma Chao used one step and three tricks, which were interlocking and difficult to guard against.
Therefore, Kuanyan encouraged Li Dian to treat it with caution.
Moreover, at the end of the letter, Cao Cao also mentioned that he had mobilized troops to Dongjun and planned to unite Dongjun's soldiers and horses to defeat Ma Chao first and then destroy Lu Bu.
If an ordinary general received such news, he would definitely be unable to hold back.
He wanted to take Ma Chao's head before the army arrived and achieve a great feat.
But Li Dian was not like that.
After he collected Cao Cao's letter, he did as Cao Cao ordered and stayed still.
At the same time, he put all his strength into monitoring the actions of Ma Chao's subordinates.
Because Li Dian suddenly thought that Ma Chao himself was a master at playing with intelligence, and his shadow battalion was even more elusive.
It's really incredible that I can easily get information about his true intentions from him.
And subsequent developments made Li Dian feel more and more that he was too wise not to act rashly.
The next day, Ma Chao sent his sergeants to look around to find the path.
Then he ordered the remaining half of the sergeants to rest in the camp, while the remaining sergeants stood looking at Lihu City from a distance.
They neither attacked nor retreated, but only sent people across the river to feign attack from time to time.
If you react, step back.
After noon, the resting sergeant changed shift with the morning sergeant, and they continued to pretend to attack without any pain.
This discovery was not very strange, but in fact, Li Dian also learned that the three thousand ambush soldiers sent by Ma Chao to that small road quietly returned to the walled city that night: It turned out that Ma Chao deliberately let him know that he wanted to explore the small road. , thus trying to use a trick to ambush and defeat his main force.
This discovery, even though Li Dian was not fooled, suddenly made Li Dian feel a chill in his back.
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Therefore, he became more determined to wait for reinforcements.
On the third day, the sergeants of Ma Chao's army who were pretending to attack in front of the Huzi River began to be busy again.
They were either digging trenches or practicing fists and feet to loosen their muscles and bones.
Beat the drums and shout.
After this discovery, Li Dian shook his head and wondered why Ma Chao was so crazy.
On the fourth and fifth days, the defenders on Lihu City couldn't help but begin to feel tired and numb.
After all, the two armies had been facing each other for three days, and both sides deliberately tolerated each other, with no one taking the initiative to attack.
This kind of boredom and depression will always make people restless and bored.
In response to this, Li Dian once again issued strict military orders in the city, and severely whipped several soldiers who were lazy and slack on duty, thus stopping this lax trend.
But in fact, Li Dian secretly began to feel relaxed and happy: According to the spies' report, Master Sikong had secretly dispatched Xia Houyuan to lead two thousand Leopard Cavalry and three thousand Cao Family Cavalry on a rapid march to Lihu.
At that time, after the two armies merged, even though Ma Chao had a powerful plan, but with only 3,000 capable warriors and 2,000 vulnerable county soldiers at his command, Li Dian believed that Ma Chao was completely at his wits end and unable to fly.
But on the sixth day, Cao's army in Lihu City began to feel uneasy, because news came out from nowhere that Ma Chao had found a small road to bypass Lihu.
Ma Chao began to gather his troops and strengthened his troops, as if he was going to launch a large-scale attack. , Cao Jun in the city became nervous, and it was obvious that the number of garrison troops on the city increased.
Li Dian just sneered at this and said calmly: "Ma Mengqi has already exhausted his plans."
Then he ordered his subordinates to just calm down and practice defense according to usual drills, and there was no need to act rashly.
At night, Ma Chao's men began to march quietly, and these were naturally discovered by Cao Jun's spies who were paying close attention to Ma Chao's army.
However, the completely different news they sent back at this time surprised Li Dian: Ma Chao had no intention of attacking Lihu City, but wanted to bypass Lihu City and attack Puyang by surprise.
This conclusion is really unbelievable.
Because for Ma Chao, bypassing Lihu City without attacking would mean giving up the safety of his retreat and supplies.
Moreover, if the lone army penetrates deep into Dongjun, it is even more likely that it will be killed by Cao's army because it cannot take care of the head and tail.
However, in Li Dian's view, this incredible move was not crazy at all to Ma Chao.
When Ma Chao first came out of the battlefield, he dared to lead the Xiliang cavalry deep into the hinterland of the Qiang people outside the Great Wall, imitating the great Han Huo Qubing's cavalry general and attacking from the heart.
At this time, it is very possible that he just sneaked into Dongjun where the war is unknown.
Countless battles have already proven Ma Chao's skill in surprise attacks.
Even Xia Houyuan, the best among Cao's troops, once said with sincerity: Ma Mengqi's troops are not just for surprise attacks.
His battlefield sense and decisive attack are ten times better than mine, except for the Lord.
Invincible What's more, Ma Chao had revealed the news about the trail a few days ago, and deliberately made Li Dian think that he had seen through his plan to ambush Cao Jun through the trail.
But in fact, it was he who tricked Li Dian into losing the trail.
Knowing its secretiveness, if he could pass by in such a grand manner, what else could it be if it wasn't a plan to hide the truth?
And Ma Chao worked so hard, what else could he do besides want to attack Puyang by surprise?
Li Dian, who came to this conclusion, immediately broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.
He quickly ordered his scouts to rush to Puyang to report the news.
At the same time, he also ordered the entire army to assemble and set out.
He wanted to kill Ma Chao with his own hands before he disappeared from his sight.
Go and cut off Ma Chao's retreat.
Because Li Dian had no choice.
The reason was that he had a bad relationship with Xiahou Dun, who was guarding Puyang.
If Ma Chao bypasses Li Hu and he does not attack from behind, then even if Ma Chao's entire army is destroyed in the future.
Li Dian knew that he himself would inevitably be punished, and Xiahou Dun made it clear that he was even more responsible.
Not to mention, it is still very possible to annihilate Ma Chao in one fell swoop and achieve an unprecedented feat. s: Thanks again to Mr.
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