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Volume 1 Chapter 74 A battle of wits and courage

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    Zhou Cang picked up the wooden comb with a trembling hand that was used to holding a big knife, carefully placed it on his messy beard, and combed it down hard, trying to separate his messy beard, as if to distance himself from his troubles and helplessness.  .  However, the comb couldn't separate his messy beard, and Zhou Cang couldn't relieve his helplessness - there was only less than a day's supply of food left in the camp, and he had to save it!

    Zhou Cang sighed helplessly, put the wooden comb into his arms, set up a pavilion with his hands, and looked towards Cao Ang's camp for the seventeenth time.  However, the banner with the word Cao still stood in the distance, with no trace of movement at all.  How could this little thief be so calm and still hiding in the camp and not come out? How could he have such patience?  !

    Cao Qi saw Zhou Cang standing on a high place from a distance, and ran over quickly. He bowed hastily and reported to Zhou Cang in a low voice: "Commander Qu, our camp will soon run out of food!"

    "How is it possible?" Zhou Cang almost shouted in surprise: "Yesterday you said you could last another day, how could you run out of food right away?!"

    Cao Qi sighed and said in a low voice: "Twenty more heroes came here this morning. Qu Shuai, there are more than 1,900 people in our camp now. Where can we find enough food with that little food?!"

    "Wait!" Zhou Cang shook his head repeatedly, "It's impossible. I remember clearly that when we gathered this morning, there were only 774 heroes in our camp. How could it suddenly more than double?!"

    "My Qu is so handsome!" Cao Qi sighed forcefully and said sadly: "Can I still lie to you?! Every time you count the number of young men who go to war, their family members and their relatives are also  Those who want to eat food!¡±

    "Why are there so many family members?!" Zhou Cang frowned, grabbed his beard hard, and sighed, "Needless to say, I know that I must have agreed casually when they joined the gang. Since they trust us,  You can't push them out of the door! The most important thing when you come out to hang out is to show your righteousness!"

    Cao Qi scratched his head and sighed helplessly while nodding: Back then, he resolutely joined Zhou Cang's tent. As he experienced the disastrous defeat of the Yellow Turban Uprising, he never thought of leaving. Isn't it just for this righteousness?  Words!

    Cao Qi whispered: "Brother, please arrange a night attack tonight!"

    Zhou Cang asked in surprise: "Why, taboo (Cao Qi's word), you also know that Cao's camp is well-defended. How could the night attack succeed? It's just that the brothers died in vain!"

    Cao Qihuan looked around and saw no one else, so he whispered: "Just let the brothers use up Cao Jun's equipment At the same time, it will also reduce our burden. After all, there is not enough food now!"

    Zhou Cang was furious and wanted to scold Cao Qi loudly, but Cao Qi's stomach growled with hunger, leaving Zhou Cang stunned.  Because Cao Qi is his confidant, Zhou Cang appointed him as the forage officer in the camp a few days ago. It stands to reason that the forage officer of an army will never go hungry, but now everyone has just finished eating, why is his stomach growling with hunger?  !

    Cao Qi laughed sarcastically and explained in a low voice: "I'm just smart and don't have the ability to fight in battle. If I skip a meal or two, I can save some food!"

    Zhou Cang sighed and slapped Cao Qi hard on the shoulder, "Brother! It seems that we can no longer fight Cao Ang and must fight them to the death. Send the order, we will raid Cao Qi's camp early tomorrow morning and fight them to the death!"  By the way, tonight we will select a hundred soldiers from our old brothers to harass Cao¡¯s camp. Tomorrow morning they will rest in the camp and stay behind to protect these family members. Even if our raid fails, we can still leave some space for our side.  Plant some seeds!¡±

    Cao Qi nodded, hesitated, but still asked: "Brother, are you really not sure of winning? We have the advantage in numbers, and there are more than twenty brothers who have sneaked into Cao's camp!"

    Zhou Cang sighed and said in a low voice: "Yes, we have twenty-six brothers who entered Cao Ang's camp, but except for the first two days there was news, there is no news at all now. It is very likely that we have been captured by Cao Ang. We  Now I don¡¯t know anything about Cao¡¯s camp, and they are well-trained, but we are just a ragtag group of people with many orders. How can I be sure of winning?!

    ¡°Let¡¯s do this, tomorrow morning I will make it clear to everyone, if you don¡¯t win, you will starve to death!  Only by annihilating Cao Ang's troops and seizing the food and supplies they carry with them can we survive!  It has been said since ancient times that a sad army will win, and our Yellow Turban Army will definitely achieve the final victory!  "

    Cao Qi nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I am convinced of this!"

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    Xia Houyuan frowned, ran to Cao Ang's tent, and said to Cao Ang, who was reading military books at night.Said: "Zixiu, something is very wrong with Zhou Cang tonight. I suspect he has other plans!"

    Cao Ang raised his head when he heard the sound and asked in surprise: "What's wrong? I feel quite normal. He has sent people to harass us from time to time in the past few days. I'm used to it!"

    Xia Houyuan shook his head slightly and said cautiously: "Every time Zhou Cang sends out harassing troops in the past few days, they are all new and unknown troops. After triggering our army's alarm, they will pay heavy losses under the sniper fire of archers.  The price. But today, the situation is very different! According to the return of 'No Collection at Night', less than ten corpses have been found on the battlefield. From this, it can be seen that what Zhou Cang sent tonight is his elite! Look!  Come on, this Zhoucang either wants to launch a night raid while we are tired at night, or he wants to launch a raid early tomorrow morning while we are catching up on sleep!"

    Cao Ang nodded slightly, "What uncle said makes sense, but when does uncle think it will be?"

    Xia Houyuan said in a deep voice: "The thieves are likely to launch a surprise attack in the early morning tomorrow. If they want to make a sneak attack tonight, they will definitely spend a lot of effort to find out the layout of our camp. But I found that they are mainly harassing now.  They obviously want to wait until midnight when we are tired to explore the way! The enemy only wants to reduce casualties, but they don¡¯t realize that their purpose is exposed!¡±

    Cao Ang nodded repeatedly: "Uncle is still more powerful. Even if those thieves are cunning foxes, they can't escape the eyes of uncle, a hunter!"

    Xia Houyuan laughed, very proud.  After all, he was still young now, so he was naturally very proud when he suddenly heard his disciple's heartfelt admiration.  But Xia Houyuan soon stopped his smile and said in a deep voice: "Now that we have determined the movements of the thieves, we must make corresponding arrangements. Please also ask Zixiu to order the soldiers to take turns to rest!"

    Cao Ang smiled boldly and said in a deep voice: "Why bother to rotate the guard? Let the defense be handed over to the guys tonight and let all the soldiers, including the auxiliary soldiers, go to bed; get up before early morning tomorrow and make preparations for the war. We want to  Let Zhou Cang know what an iron wall is!"

    Xia Houyuan hesitated, "Let all the soldiers rest? Isn't this a bit rash?"

    Cao Ang said in a deep voice: "Uncle, I believe in your judgment!"

    Seeing the trust in Cao Ang's eyes, Xia Houyuan felt a warm current welling up in his heart. He stretched out his hand, saluted Cao Ang solemnly, and said firmly: "The general will live up to his trust! Tonight, the general will be on duty in person.  And please sleep peacefully!"

    Cao Ang smiled and nodded, reaching out to borrow the trip strip on his armor.  Now that he said this, Cao Ang naturally had to take off his heavy armor. After all, it was more comfortable to sleep naked.

    With Xia Houyuan's guarantee, Cao Ang put down the burden on his heart and slept soundly.  When Xiao Yi entered the tent and wanted to wake him up, Cao Ang was still snoring happily.

    Soon Cao Ang put on his clothes and armor and walked out of the tent.  It was still dark at this time, and all the soldiers in the camp got up, hurriedly washed themselves, put on their armor, held weapons, and came to their respective posts.  Cao Ang looked around and saw Xia Houyuan resting against the arrow tower, so he tiptoed over.

    As soon as he reached the front, before Cao Ang could stop him, the soldier in charge of the night duty saluted respectfully to Cao Ang.  Xia Houyuan opened his eyes when he heard the noise, nodded to Cao Ang, then closed his eyes and continued to rest.

    Cao Ang walked up to the archery tower and looked far into the distance, but found nothing.  He asked in a low voice: "When you just handed over the shift, did you ask the guy? How is the situation tonight?"

    The soldier glanced at Xiahou Yuan and said with reverence: "Young Master, I am really convinced today. General Xiahou is really a natural marksman. According to the guy's reply, General Xiahou took the initiative to fire his bow dozens of times tonight.  , almost every time a bandit can be shot! Moreover, even the bandit dragging the corpse fell under General Xiahou¡¯s arrows. Now the bandit can only abandon the body of their companion and flee in panic! According to the guy just now  Report, at least thirty thieves died in the hands of the general in one night!"

    When Cao Ang heard this number, he was also very surprised and asked in surprise: "The moon is not too bright tonight, how can uncle have such a good accuracy?"

    Xia Houyuan did not open his eyes, but whispered: "How many years has my uncle practiced? How dim the moonlight is, in my eyes, it is like day! What's more, there are so many warning bells. My uncle has already set the position of these bells."  Keep it in mind, as soon as the thieves touch the bell, they are announcing their position, how could my uncle miss the target?!"

    Cao Ang nodded repeatedly and praised in a low voice: "Uncle Shenwu! Pass the order and inform the whole camp about uncle's results, especially the archers. Be sure to let them know about it and let them study hard! At the same time, order the whole camp to shoot and kill.  Those who rebel against soldiers can use the arrows on the corpse to receive the corresponding reward after the war!Each thief is worth two swords!  My uncle shot and killed more than thirty thieves this time. After the war, he can exchange for more than sixty pieces of money, and he will never default!  "

    Soon, the soldiers heard the news. Everyone looked at Xia Houyuan with envy, reverence and longing. They gathered their strength and were ready to do something big.  At this time, Zhou Cang also issued an order for the entire army to set off

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