Zhao Yun rescued Huang Zhongqiaobu's "empty camp plan", defeated Zhang He and Xu Huang, and Liu Bei praised: "Zilong is full of guts."
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei and Cao Cao competed for Hanzhong, and the veteran general Huang Zhongdao in the Battle of DingjunShan split Xiahou Yuan, and the Cao army was defeated, and Liu Bei made Huang Zhong the general of The Expedition to the West.
Soon, Cao Cao personally led a twenty-fifth army, claiming to avenge Xiahou Yuan, and stationed himself at the foot of the northern mountain of Hanshui. Liu Bei received the news and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures.
Liu Bei said to the generals: "Now as long as you can seize the grain and grass of the Cao army, you will definitely thwart the cao army's vigor and force Cao Cao to retreat. ”
Huang Zhong said: "The old man is willing to take on this responsibility, and he does not want many soldiers and horses, just send me a deputy general." ”
Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao is not comparable to Xiahou Yuan, and must not be taken lightly. I will send Zilong to lead the troops to go with you, and you two can discuss things in case of trouble. ”
Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun led their troops to Hanshui to encamp, and then discussed how to seize the grain and grass of the Cao army.
Zhao Yun said: "Seizing the grain and grass of the Cao Army is a major matter, and we must not be careless, so I will first find out the situation, and the old general will go again. ”
Huang Zhong said, "I am the main general, and you are the deputy general, how can I let you go first?" ”
Zhao Yun said, "You and I both serve the Lord, so why bother, since the old general refuses to give in, then we will cast lots, and whoever holds it will go first." ”
Huang Zhong agreed, so the two cast lots, and as a result, Huang Zhong went first.
Zhao Yun said: "Since the old general goes first, I should assist you, we will agree on a time, if the old general returns on time, I will not move; if the old general does not return when he arrives, I will take the troops to meet him." So the two agreed to return at noon.
After Zhao Yun returned to the camp, he said to the deputy general Zhang Yi: "Old General Huang will go to Cao Camp tomorrow to rob the grain, and if he does not return at noon, I will go to meet him." The terrain of our barracks is dangerous, and there must be no mistakes, and you must guard them tightly. ”
That night, Huang Zhong led his men and horses to smuggle across the Han River and went straight to the North Mountain. In the morning, the sky was faint, only to see that the mountain was full of grain and grass of cao jun, but only a small number of soldiers guarded it. Huang Zhong ordered the sergeant to dismount on foot and slowly approach Cao Ying, preparing to set fire to the grain.
At this moment, suddenly the sound of artillery shells was everywhere, and the shouts of killing continued, and Cao Cao's general Zhang He led the ambush troops to kill and cut the Shu army into two pieces. Huang Zhong was besieged in the middle, rushing left and right, unable to break through.
Zhao Yun waited in the middle of the camp until noon, did not see Huang Zhong return, hurriedly got on his horse, and went to meet him with his cavalry. All the way through the encirclement circle of cao jun several layers, kill to the bottom of the north mountain. At this time, Huang Zhong's body was hit by several arrows, and he was exhausted, and the situation was precarious.
Zhao Yun shouted, "Old General Huang panicked, Zhao Yun also came." Saying that, he rode into the siege and rescued Huang Zhong.
Cao Cao watched the battle on the mountain, and when he saw that Huang Zhong was rescued by Zhao Yun, he was furious and ordered Zhang He and Xu Huang to follow closely.
The deputy general Zhang Yi received Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong at the camp gate, saw the dust behind him, knew that Cao Cao's pursuers had arrived, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to close the camp gate and the archers to defend the enemy building.
Zhao Yun stopped and said, "Listen to my arrangement, don't close the camp gate, put an end to the flag, and let the archers ambush in the trenches outside the camp." After the command, Zhao Yun stood alone outside the camp gate.
Zhang He and Xu Huang led the Cao army to chase after Zhao Yun's camp, it was already dark, seeing that the camp was silent, Zhao Yun stood alone in front of the camp gate, and suddenly became confused, afraid of Being ambushed by Zhao Yun, and did not dare to take a step forward.
Zhang He and Xu Huang were hesitating when they suddenly saw Zhao Yun shoot a silver spear in his hand, and the archers who were ambushed in the trench shot at the Cao army together, and suddenly the arrows rained down, and the Cao army panicked and confused, cannibalism, and suffered heavy casualties.
Zhao Yun waved his army to cover up the killing, and Cao Jun fled in all directions, rushing to the Hanshui River, falling into the water one after another, drowning countless people.
The news of the victory reached Liu Bei, who was overjoyed and went straight to Zhao Yun's camp with his military master Zhuge Liang. Asked in detail about Zhao Yun's use of the "empty camp plan" to defeat Cao Jun, Liu Bei said approvingly to Zhuge Liang: "Zilong is full of guts! ”
@Jin Tang Wind Bone: Zhao Yunqiao used the "empty camp plan" to scare off Cao Jun, which was a strategy to use illusions to confuse and deceive opponents.
When Zhao Yun was on the verge of defeat and danger, he could use this plan to repulse Cao Bing, and indeed he needed to have the courage beyond ordinary people, which was also the difference and praise for his use of this plan. It can be seen from this that as a warrior, although the courage is commendable, it must still have superior wisdom and boldness.
"Empty camp plan" is a kind of wisdom, but also a kind of boldness. The great general did not have the slightest courage and courage, and would never dare to take such a risk. Therefore, Liu Bei praised Zhao Yun, "Zilong is really full of guts!" "It couldn't be more appropriate.
