Wei Yan withdrew his troops ten miles back, came to the pre-agreed location, and after gathering his subordinates, the number was not small. However, when he heard that the Wei army of the other three gates had attacked, he just sneered and said, "It's just a small skill of carving insects, this time I want to make Cao Cao look good." ”

After listening to this, General Chen Shi and Guo Ying immediately asked, "Does the general have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Wei Yan nodded and said slowly, "It's probably already clear in my chest...... You see......"

He drew the sword hanging from his waist, drew a square on the ground, and drew four small squares around the square, and then pointed at the big square with the tip of the sword and explained: "This is Jinan City, there should be 10,000 people in the city, the Wei army does not attack the city, but only besieges the city, the purpose is to take a fancy to the lack of grain and grass in the city of Jinan, and want to wait until the city runs out of food, and then attack." These four small squares represent the four large camps of the Wei army, Cao Cao must be in one of the large camps, as long as the night attack on the camp, defeat Cao Cao, take advantage of the enemy army leaderless, Zang Ba will inevitably lead the troops to break through, when the time comes, the inside and outside, the front and back of the Wei army, will inevitably be able to save Zang Ba from the predicament, and then join forces in one place, and retreat to the plain. ”

Chen Shi and Guo Ying were confused when they heard this, and asked in unison: "How does the general know which camp Cao Cao is in?" And when our army attacked the camp, how did General Zang in the city know the time and then cooperate with our army? ”

Wei Yan said with a smile: "Anyway, Cao Cao won't be at the East Gate, otherwise, Xu Chu should come out of the camp outside the East Gate, instead of coming from other directions." In addition, General Zang is well versed in the art of war, and I went and returned during the day, deliberately showing off my might in front of the enemy, just to show them, and I wanted to let the soldiers in the city know that there was still a force outside to meet them. I think. Now the tower of Jinan City should be full of dense soldiers, and we must pay close attention to the movement of the four city gates, once we know that our army has launched a night attack, they will give us support and cooperate with us in the night attack on the enemy camp. ”

Chen Shi said: "The general has a high opinion, and his subordinates admire it. But. This Cao Cao is not at the east gate, so which gate is he in? ”

"This is simple, you two lead all the soldiers and horses to garrison here, if you encounter any situation, you will only retreat without fighting, I will personally confirm the camp where Cao Cao is located, and then I can capture the thief and capture the king." Wei Yan is confident.

Guo Ying asked curiously, "How can I confirm that the general is alone?" ”

Wei Yan smiled but didn't answer, and directly turned over the horse and lifted the reins. said to Chen Shi and Guo Ying: "Wait for my good news." ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Yan patted the war horse and immediately galloped away. It's just that this time he didn't go to the east gate, but took a detour to the south gate.

Outside the south gate of Jinan City, Li Dian led 3,000 Qingzhou troops to garrison this place, but the camp was built to accommodate 5,000 people, and the flag was fluttering. This bluffing approach makes it possible to look past from the periphery. There were indeed 5,000 troops.

Wei Yan took the lead in dealing with the three Wei scouts, hid in the grove not far from the barracks, and looked into the camp from a distance.

After observing carefully, Wei Yan couldn't see anything except the majesty of the Qingzhou army, and he couldn't even see where Li Dian, the leading general, was standing. He didn't think it was the way to go. Suddenly, he rode his horse out of the grove, directly exposed to the vision of the Wei army, reined in the horse, and immediately slashed his sword. shouted loudly: "Where is Fat Xu, come out and give me three hundred rounds of battle?" ”

The voice quickly reached Wei Jun's ears, Li Dian was wearing the armor of an ordinary soldier, standing in the middle of the soldiers' ranks, and seeing Wei Yan coming to the door alone to shout, he was suspicious in his heart, and secretly thought: "This person must have ambushed a soldier behind him, otherwise he wouldn't be so bold to shout here, I still shouldn't move around." ”

Wei Yan saw that there was no response in the barracks when he shouted, so he continued to shout: "Fat Xu, you shrunken turtle get out of here, Lao Tzu will use the big knife in his hand to cut off your dog's head today......"

The voice was loud, but there was no Xu Chu in Li Dian's barracks at all, and naturally no one answered.

Wei Yan pondered for a while, and estimated that Xu Chu was not in this camp, so he rode away and turned to the west gate.

As soon as he saw Wei Yan shouting in front of the battle, he immediately stepped on the horse's back and rushed out with two hundred cavalry.

Wei Yan saw that Yu Ban was chasing after him, so he turned around and ran.

Yu Ban saw that Wei Yan was running fast, and after chasing for two miles in a row, he saw that Wei Yan had disappeared without a trace, so he stopped chasing and retreated directly.

Wei Yan took the opportunity to turn to the north gate, he only sneaked a glimpse in the dark of the camp outside the north gate, where tigers and leopards rode in the camp endlessly, so he immediately frowned, thinking: "Cao Cao should be here......"

In order to further confirm the location of Cao Cao, he rode out of the horse, came to the front of the camp, and shouted loudly: "Xu Chu, you dead fat man, get out of here, Dian Wei, you shrunken turtle, hurry up and climb out for me, Lao Tzu will use the big knife in his hand to cut off the heads of the two of you and sit on a stool, Lao Tzu ......"

Before he finished scolding, Wei Yan saw a large man standing out of the tent of the Chinese military camp from a distance, with incomparable anger in his eyes, it was Xu Chu.

Xu Chu was furious, and saw that Wei Yan was like an eagle seeing a chicken, casually handling the weapon of a soldier outside the camp tent and holding it in his hand, and then snatched a horse ridden by a tiger and leopard, and galloped towards the outside of the camp, while running, he scolded loudly: "Niang Xipi's!" I'm going to slaughter you today! ”

Dian Wei also flashed out of the camp tent, he crossed his arms, stood quietly by the camp tent, and saw Xu Chu rushing over first, so he sneered: "Xu Fat Man is going to kill!" ”

Wei Yan saw Xu Chu rushing over with a tiger's eye, but instead of being afraid, he scolded even more. He saw Xu Chu's eyes full of anger, and rushed over with a long knife in his hand, and he squinted and saw Cao Cao also coming out of the camp, so he hurriedly said to Xu Chu: "Dead fatty, you are too slow, grandpa won't play with you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the danger turned around and ran, and after a loud shout, the horses under the seat seemed to fly and ran out.

Xu Chu chased after him with a long knife and shouted, "Your grandfather's!" Don't run if you have the ability! ”

Wei Yan turned his head to look at Xu Chu with a sneering gaze as he ran, and scolded loudly: "If you don't run, it's not your grandfather." If you have the ability, come with me, grandpa, I will teach you to come and go. ”

"Your grandfather's! Lao Tzu is afraid of begging? "Xu Chuyi is bold, as early as when Wei Yan accompanied Xu Yu to Changyi, he looked at Wei Yan unpleasantly, and now Wei Yan insulted him in every way. He couldn't hold back any longer, and ran out after Wei Yan.

Wei Yan saw Xu Chu persistently chasing after him, only a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he already knew where Cao Cao was, and there was no need to pay attention to Xu Chu at all.

"Drive!" Wei Yan raised his hand and slapped it fiercely on the war horse under his seat, and at the same time shouted, and the war horse under his seat galloped out as if it were flying, turning a small forest and swiping through the smoke. And it was gone.

Xu Chu rode his horse and chased wildly, saw Wei Yan turn a small forest, and chased after Wei Yan, he was already angry, and saw Wei Yan riding alone, plus the art master was bold, so he followed Wei Yan without thinking.

Turning the horse's head, Xu Chu just turned the road on the edge of the grove. He saw an arrow coming at him. He was taken aback and hurriedly raised the long knife in his hand. I heard a crisp sound, and the arrow hit the wide blade and was directly blocked.

Not far away, Wei Yan was riding on horseback, holding a longbow in his hand, and was looking at Xu Chu with an evil smile on his face.

"Your grandfather's! Unexpectedly put cold arrows? You wait for Lao Tzu. Look at how Lao Tzu cleans you up! Xu Chu saw Wei Yan put away his bow and arrows and slapped the horse away, shouting loudly, while holding the horse's belly between his legs, and driving the horse forward to catch up.

Wei Yan didn't answer, turned around and left. He originally wanted to solve Xu Chu with one arrow, but the cold arrow released was blocked by Xu Chu, and he didn't expect Xu Chu to chase so fast...... While retreating backwards, he looked back and saw Xu Chu fierce, following closely behind him, like a ghost. He secretly thought in his heart: "No matter how powerful you are, you are still alone after all, if you keep chasing me, I don't believe that two thousand cavalry will not be able to surround you!" ”

"Your grandfather's, there's a kind of don't run!" Xu Chu raised the long knife in his hand, and kept shouting while riding his horse.

At this time, Xu Chu did not carry his sledgehammer, which reduced the horse's weight-bearing capacity on a certain distance, so that the horse could carry him forward quickly, and chased Wei Yan all the way.

……

In the Wei army camp outside the north gate of Jinan City, Cao Cao saw Xu Chu chasing Wei Yan on a single horse, and he was a little relieved, so he said to Dian Wei beside him: "You take a hundred tigers and leopards to ride to pick up Xu Chu, this fat man will definitely suffer, and you must rescue Xu Chu safely." ”

Dian Wei turned over and jumped on a horse, with a hundred tigers and leopards riding behind him, arched his hand towards Cao Cao, and said: "Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely bring Xu Fatzi back safe and sound." ”

When the words fell, Dian Wei took a hundred tigers and leopards out of the camp on horseback, and when he passed through the gate of the village, he saw Cao Hong guarding there, so he said loudly: "General Cao, the lord will be handed over to you to take care of!" ”

Cao Hong said disdainfully: "Cut! Do you still need to say it? ”

Dian Wei knew Cao Hong's temper, ignored it, turned his head, and chased after him in the direction where Wei Yan had fled. ……

Wei Yan was in front, Xu Chu was behind, and the two of them rode their horses one after the other, galloping all the way for five or nine miles.

"This dead fat man, is he really competing with me?" Wei Yan turned his head, glanced at Xu Chu behind him, and secretly thought, "Okay, I'll let you die today without a place to be buried!" ”

"Wei Yan, what are you running for your grandfather, aren't you going to cut off my head, Lao Tzu will let you cut it, you come, don't run if you have the ability......" Xu Chu saw that Wei Yan was not far in front, but unfortunately he couldn't catch up, so he felt panicked in his heart, and kept screaming in the back.

Wei Yan is much calmer than Xu Chu, if he stayed in the past, it is estimated that he would really fight with Xu Chu, but since he came to Zang Ba as a deputy general, he has made up his mind to be a general who can only charge into battle. He also knew that Xu Chu's strength was not low, and he might not be sure if he fought alone, so he was bent on introducing Xu Chu into the gathering place of his subordinates, and then attacked and killed together.

Running all the way, Wei Yan soon galloped ten miles, and saw a Yan army's soldiers and horses parked in front of him, Chen Shi and Guo Ying were waiting there quietly, and his face immediately showed a joyful color, and shouted loudly: "Chen Shi, Guo Ying, lead your troops to follow me and kill Xu Chu." Rewards! ”

When Xu Chu was chasing Wei Yan, he suddenly saw a Yan cavalry parked in front of him, and there were many of them, he hurriedly reined in the horse, stopped on the side of the road, and saw that Wei Yan had turned the horse's head. With the group of cavalry back to kill, he felt that he was a little weak, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and ran back......

Wei Yan saw that Xu Chu was about to run, and hurriedly shouted: "Chen Shi is on the left wing, Guo Ying is on the right wing, don't run Xu Chu!" ”

Chen Shi and Guo Ying's two generals "promised" at the same time, and immediately scattered on the two wings with five hundred horsemen, wanting to outflank them from the two wings.

Xu Chu ran forward. He also scolded in his mouth: "Your grandfather's! Don't dare to fight with me alone, but use so many people to harm me, Lao Tzu must hurry back to lead the troops......"

Only two-thirds of the way he spoke, the war horse under Xu Chu's seat suddenly lost its front hoof, and suddenly flipped Xu Chu off the horse's back. He screamed, and he fell to the ground.

Wei Yan saw that Xu Chu was overturned to the ground by the war horse, his face was full of joy, and he raised the eyebrow knife in his hand and pointed at Xu Chu and shouted: "God help me!" The reward for killing Xu Chu is a thousand gold! ”

Only this momentary change. The 2,000 cavalry of the Yan army immediately surrounded Xu Chu, and the first few cavalrymen rushed at Xu Chu with sabers......

Xu Chu got up from the ground. Seeing several cavalrymen rushing towards him, he hurriedly turned his body, and the sharp blade slashed in front of him. However, his hands were not idle, his left hand directly pulled down the cavalry that passed by him, and the long knife in his right hand was swung out. Blocked the attack of several other cavalrymen and escaped the catastrophe.

"Get out of the way!"

Wei Yan stood on the horse's back, raised his eyebrows with a knife, and after shouting loudly, he jumped off the horse. The blade of the eyebrow knife slashed directly at Xu Chu's Heavenly Spirit Cover. Xu Chu twisted his face, and saw Wei Yan raise his knife in the air to slash down, the fierce and vicious appearance was something he had never seen before, he didn't take advantage of the weapon, if he raised the long knife to block it, the weapon in his hand was likely to be used as a split, he hurriedly stepped out a few steps, and dodged Wei Yan's slam with his body.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the eyebrow knife in Wei Yan's hand slammed into the ground, making a big hole in the ground.

Xu Chu secretly shouted "so dangerous" in his heart, but the long knife in his hand took advantage of the situation and slashed towards Wei Yan's soft underbelly.

Wei Yan saw that Xu Chu had avoided a sharp slash, and he didn't wait for the move to be old, so he immediately held the handle of the eyebrow knife across his chest, and saw Xu Chu holding the knife from the side and slashing over, so he directly blocked Xu Chu's attack with the eyebrow knife......

"Zheng!"

With the sound of metal colliding, the weapons in the hands of Wei Yan and Xu Chu collided together, and the two of them struggled to add all their strength to the weapons, and their four eyes glared at each other viciously.

"You are a guts bandit, you can only bully more and less, what kind of hero are you?" Xu Chu struggled to hold the handle of the knife, the blade slowly slid on the handle of the knife at the tip of Wei Yan's eyebrows, making a sizzling sound, he glared at Wei Yan and shouted loudly.

Wei Yan held the hilt of the knife with both hands, struggling to block Xu Chu's blade, feeling the tremendous power that he had never felt before, and was pressuring him little by little. He heard Xu Chu's scolding, so he laughed dryly twice: "I'm not a hero, I'm not a hero, as long as I can kill you!" ”

"Humph! It's up to you? If you want to kill me, it's early! Xu Chu said confidently.

Wei Yanyin smiled, but his eyes suddenly turned to Xu Chu's back, because he saw Chen Shizheng coming with a spear, and the tip of the spear stabbed directly into Xu Chu's waist.

Xu Chu already had an ominous feeling, but it was not a way for him to stalemate with Wei Yan like this, seeing that danger was coming, the green tendons on his arms suddenly burst out, and he pushed Wei Yan back violently with all his strength, and at the same time hurriedly turned around, the long knife pushed away the spear stabbed by Chen Shi, and the blade went up along the spear, and with a knife, the right hand of Chen Shi, who was holding the spear, was cut off, and blood splashed his face......

Chen Shi's right hand was cut off, he screamed in pain, and after running forward on the horse for a while, he fell off the horse, but fortunately, his subordinates followed, so that he would not fall and be injured.

Wei Yan was pushed away by Xu Chu's force, took several steps back one after another, and hurriedly used the handle of the eyebrow knife to hold the ground before he could barely block the force to continue retreating. When he saw Chen Shi's broken hand, Xu Chu was standing in the heart of the car with a long knife, and he secretly admired it in his heart: "This guy has so much strength!" ”

Xu Chu was under siege, his eyes kept flashing, and he was always vigilant. "Let's go up and kill him!" Wei Yan saw that Xu Chu was not something he could win alone. Then he shook his spirits and shouted loudly.

At the sound of an order, the soldiers in front jumped off their horses one after another, raised the blades in their hands and rushed towards Xu Chu.

Xu Chuhu glared angrily, without the slightest fear, and saw the soldiers rushing up. He immediately let out a loud roar, and then violently swung the long knife in his hand, slashing five soldiers in a row, and the blade became curled up due to the frequent collision with the weapon......

Wei Yan saw that Xu Chu had killed five people in a row, and was about to join the battle circle, but suddenly saw a big chaos behind the army.

"Fat Xu! I'm here to save you! Dian Wei took the hundred tigers and leopards to ride like a bamboo, and soon killed Xu Chu. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled Xu Chu onto the horse, and he didn't love fighting, and returned quickly with Xu Chu and a hundred tigers and leopards.

Wei Yan saw that Dian Wei came and went in a hurry, and the place he went was like a no-man's land, and no one could stop him, so he sighed heavily: "Dian Wei and Xu Chu are worthy of being fierce generals under Cao Cao's account, and they are extremely good, if you don't think about trying to get rid of these two people." I'm afraid it's hard to kill Cao Cao. ”

Guo Ying led the troops to chase, but Wei Yan hurriedly shouted: "Poor Kou Mo chase." Sweep the battlefield, start attacking Cao Cao at night, and cooperate with Zang Ba to break through from the city! ”

"No!"

……

Dian Wei saved Xu Chu and ran forward for several miles, but when he saw that there were no pursuers behind, he slowed down slightly. Finally stopped on the side of the road.

"Brother Wei, thank you so much this time." As soon as Xu Chu jumped off the horse, he said to Dian Wei in shame.

Dian Wei patted Xu Chu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Fat people don't have to be careful, this time it's your righteousness." If you go it alone, Wei Yan is definitely not your opponent...... It's just that you were so reckless this time that you almost died in the encirclement of Wei Yan, if I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid you would never have survived. ”

Xu Chu said: "Brother Wei, what you taught me is that I won't be so reckless in the future." ”

Dian Wei said with a smile: "The nature of the country is easy to change, if you become as calm as a military advisor, you Xu Fat will not be Xu Fat." Since he was not hurt in any way, he went back with me, and the lord should be in a hurry in the camp. ”

Xu Chu nodded and asked, "Brother Wei, Wei Yan only has two thousand cavalry, why didn't the lord send troops to clean him up?" ”

"The lord has his own thoughts, and you fought with Wei Yan?" Dian Wei asked.

Xu Chu said: "It's a fight, it's only a short two or three moves, but the strength is really not weak, and it is not under General Cao Hong." ”

Dian Wei smiled: "Very good, in this way, the lord should have a plan." It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so come with me and return to camp quickly. ”

"Well, back to camp!" Xu Chuhan said with a smile.

The two of them returned to the camp together, and the hundred tigers and leopards that Dian Wei brought with him rode a lot, but a few were slightly injured.

After returning to the camp, Dian Wei and Xu Chu walked into Cao Cao's big tent together, and as soon as they entered Cao Cao's big tent, they saw Xi Zhicai, Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Li Dian, and Le Jin were all there, and the two of them didn't say anything, and walked straight behind Cao Cao, standing on Cao Cao's left and right......

"Lord, there has been movement in the plains, Jiang Yiqu, the general of the Zhao army who surrendered to Lin Nan, took up the post of the plain guard, and heard that the lord besieged Zang Ba in the city of Jinan, so he immediately made a defense at the ferry on the shore of Huangjizhou. In addition, according to the scout's report, Jizhou has been divided between Lin Nan and Lu Bu, and each of them occupies half of Jizhou, and now Yecheng has become Lu Bu's territory, and Yan Jun has returned to Xindu, but Lin Nan's movements have not been discovered. Xi Zhicai summarized the secret report that had just been connected to the five scouts and told Cao Cao together.

After Cao Cao heard this, he didn't have any expression on his face, and only said lightly: "It's normal for Yuan Benchu to be defeated by Lin Nan, but I don't understand why Lin Nan gave half of Jizhou to Lu Bu?" ”

"It is said that it is to thank Lu Bu for sending troops to help." Cao Hongdao.

Xi Zhicai said: "No! Our army also sent troops, but what we got was indeed Zang Ba, who was secretly instructed by Lin Nan, was wreaking havoc in Qingzhou, while Lu Bu got half of Jizhou, there must be some conspiracy in this. ”

Cao Cao nodded, agreeing with Xi Zhicai's words, and immediately said: "I also think there is some conspiracy, but I can't see through it for a while...... Lin Nanning is willing to give up half of Jizhou, but he has to fight for it in Qingzhou, which is really rare. ”

Xi Zhicai said: "What does the lord mean ......"

"In response to all changes, you send someone to the city of Jinan, and say that I want to see Zang Ba in person. I want to know Lin Nan's thoughts and thoughts, because now is not the time for our army to turn against the Yan army, and the matter in Qingzhou can be regarded as a misunderstanding. Cao Cao said loudly.

Xi Zhicai said: "No, my subordinates will do it." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said to everyone: "Hold on to each village." Stand down, and if there is any more commotion in the outside world, you can deal with it yourself, and you don't have to tell me. ”

Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Li Dian, and Le Jin all understood Cao Cao's words, and hugged their fists together and said, "Subordinates retire!" ”

There were three people left in the big tent in an instant, Cao Cao turned his head to look at Xu Chu, whose face was covered with blood, and asked, "Has Zhong Kang ever been injured?" ”

Xu Chu hurriedly replied: "The subordinates have not been damaged at all, and the subordinates are ashamed of the lord and did not take back Wei Yan's head." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "It's okay. Wei Yan didn't have to worry, with only 2,000 soldiers and horses, he couldn't set off any big waves. Can you fight Wei Yan? ”

Xu Chu said: "After a few moves, although there are only a few moves, my subordinates think that Wei Yan's force is not under General Cao Hong." ”

Cao Cao said: "Judging from what he seduced you today, this person is a bit brainy. Zhongkang, you have a good rest first. I'll let you capture Wei Yan another day, which can be regarded as giving you an outlet for evil anger. What do you think? ”

Xu Chu hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, lord!" ”

Dian Wei saw that Xu Chu was gone, with a hint of joy, and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, do you plan to capture Wei Yan alive?" ”

Cao Cao said: "As long as it is the talent that Lin Nan recruits, I will try to get it, no matter what method I use." I want Lin Nan to know that my Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao of the past, and my Cao Cao is the Cao Cao of the world, because the whole world will surrender to me, including him Lin Nan. ”

After Dian Wei heard Cao Cao's impassioned words. I secretly thought in my heart: "With such a lord, what more can I ask for in Wolf?" ”

……

Zang Ba was still waiting on the city tower, and there was a grain and grass official standing beside him, but his face looked very ugly, frowned, and asked, "Is there really only so much?" ”

The grain and grass officer nodded: "General Qiyu, at most one day tomorrow, after tomorrow, our army will fall into the predicament of running out of food." ”

Zang Ba waved his hand, motioned for the grain and grass officer to leave, and said slowly: "Okay, I know, you go down, don't tell them about this matter, so as not to cause unnecessary panic." ”

"No! Subordinates retire! The grain and grass officer slowly descended the tower.

"Big brother, there are still 3,000 households in the city, why don't you borrow food from the people for the time being, and after surviving this crisis, you can pay back more?" Seeing Zang Ba's frowns, Chang Feng offered advice.

Zang Ba shook his head and said, "Qingzhou has been suffering from wars for many years, how much food can the people have?" ”

Chang Feng said hatefully: "It's only strange that I and a few brothers fell for that Cao Cao's tricks, and we only thought of leading troops to rescue my eldest brother, but I didn't think of bringing grain and grass together, so I fell into this predicament." ”

Zang Ba suddenly smiled and said: "Hehe, there is no endless road, Wei Yan is still outside the city, I believe that he will cooperate with our army to break through, you go and arrange it, let the soldiers prepare to prepare, and break through tonight." ”

"No!" Chang Feng quickly descended the city tower.

Zang Ba looked at the Wei army camp opposite, and saw a scribe on horseback running out of the camp, so he focused all his eyes on the scribe, and thought to himself: "Isn't this Cao Cao's military advisor Xi Zhicai?" ”

Xi Zhicai was wearing a long robe, his face was dark yellow, and he was like a withered horse, and he rode lightly on horseback, and when he came to the moat, he stopped his horse, arched his hand to Zang Ba standing on the city tower, and said loudly: "General Zang, don't come unharmed?" ”

When Zang Ba saw Xi Zhicai coming in person, he looked very respectful, politely bowed his hand to Xi Zhicai, and replied: "Zang Ba is all right, but Mr. seems to be worse than a year?" ”

Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Thank you General Zang for your concern, my old bones can last for a few more years." ”

When Cao Cao's cavalry attacked Xuzhou to avenge his father, it was Xi Zhicai's strategy, not to mention the occupation of Xuzhou, even he was defeated. When he saw Xi Zhicai coming on horseback, he asked, "Sir, it's definitely not here to catch up with the past, right?" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded, and said slowly: "General Zang is right, I really have something important to come here, and my lord wants to ......."

Zang Ba didn't wait for Xi Zhicai's words to finish, so he directly interrupted Xi Zhicai's words, and said loudly: "If Mr. is here to persuade him to surrender." You don't have to say more, please go back, I, Zang Ba, will not surrender. ”

Xi Zhicai smiled: "General Zang, I'm not here to be a lobbyist. I just want to tell General Zang that my lord wants to meet with General Zang alone, I wonder if General Zang can agree? ”

"Cao Cao wants to see me?" Zang Bahu said suspiciously.

Xi Zhicai nodded. Smiled: "Exactly." My lord admired General Zang's personality, said that General Zang was a loyal and righteous person, and he wanted to see the general's dignity up close. ”

After Zang Ba heard this, he thought to himself: "What kind of medicine is sold in this Cao Cao's gourd?" ”

"I don't have much friendship with Cao Cao, so I don't have anything to talk about. If he comes to me, he will come on his own and there will be no feast. Zang Ba replied resolutely.

Xi Zhicai said: "Why should General Zang refuse people thousands of miles away, my lord is not setting up a Hongmen banquet, he just wants to get to know General Zang." My father-in-law said that this is a separate meeting, and neither side can bring weapons and retinues, only you and my father-in-law. General Zang. Aren't you reassured enough? Besides, my lord and your lord are brothers. The feelings are deep, and the siege of Jinan City this time is also out of helplessness, and it is also a misunderstanding, so my lord wants to turn the war into a jade silk, and the two armies will discuss it. Wouldn't it be nice to strike their own troops? ”

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Zang Ba pondered: "Cao Cao has obviously taken the advantage, as long as the city is besieged for another day, our army will run out of food." Isn't that exactly what he was expecting, and why did he bring it up to me at this time to discuss? Could it be that the lord led the army to cross the river, and Cao Cao was scared? ”

Xi Zhicai saw that Zang Ba was thinking about the problem, so he asked again: "General Zang, what do you think?" ”

Zang Ba said: "Okay, you go back and tell Cao Cao, just say that I Zang Ba has made an appointment, and at noon today, under the city of Jinan." ”

After Xi Zhicai got Zang Ba's reply, he exchanged a few more words, and then turned his horse's head and left.

Wu Dun looked at the back of Xi Zhicai's departure, and arched his hand: "Big brother, this should be Cao Cao's trap, you can't go." ”

Zang overbearing: "Whether it's a trap or not, I can't let Cao Cao look down on me, I just want to know what he wants to say, if he is really willing to continue to be friendly with our army, and if I refuse, it will undoubtedly add one more enemy to the lord." ”

After Wu Dun heard this, he no longer persuaded him, and hugged his fists and said, "We all listen to the eldest brother." ”

……

After Xi Zhicai returned to the barracks, he informed Cao Cao of Zang Ba's reply, and after Cao Cao heard it, he said, "What else did he say?" ”

"No, that's all he said." Xi Zhicai replied.

Cao Cao sneered and said: "This Zang Ba, I like him more and more, if he came to join me, maybe Qingzhou and Xuzhou could be completely handed over to him to guard." It's good now, but I've got myself in big trouble. ”

Dian Wei, who was standing beside Cao Cao, said: "Lord, that subordinate killed him." ”

Cao Cao said: "Hehe, it's light, if you have a chance in the future, you will definitely be allowed to kill him." ”

Dian Wei no longer spoke, but continued to stand on Cao Cao's left and right.

Cao Cao pointed to Xi Zhicai, and said slowly: "Prepare a first-class banquet and set up a table between the camp and the city, I want to see what the real purpose of Lin Nan is for Zang Ba to lead the troops into Qingzhou......

Xi Zhicai said "promise" and turned to leave.

It was almost noon, and Xi Zhicai had already made arrangements in accordance with Cao Cao's regulations, and set up a table of banquets between Jinan City and the camp.

Zang Ba stood on the city tower and looked into the distance, only to see Cao Cao walking out of the Wei army camp alone without any weapons.

"Big brother, it's Cao Cao, he's really here alone." Wu Dun pointed to Cao Cao in the distance and shouted.

Zang Ba looked carefully, and immediately ordered: "Wu Dun, you guard this gate, I will go out of the city." ”

Wu Dun said: "Big brother, be careful!" ”

Zang Ba nodded, went down directly to the city tower, removed all the weapons on his body, asked the soldiers to open the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and then walked out of the city gate and walked straight towards Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was already sitting on the stool where the banquet was held, looked at Zang Ba who came from the opposite side, and said, "I didn't expect that the first time we met so closely was on this occasion. General Zang, don't come unharmed, right? ”

When Zang Ba occupied Mount Tai, Cao Cao had sent people to recruit Zang Ba many times, but Zang Ba never surrendered to Cao Cao, he thought that Cao Cao was just taking advantage of the favorable terrain he occupied. He politely arched his hand and said: "Thanks to the care of Marquis Wei, Zang Ba has survived to this day." ”

Cao Cao heard Zang Ba's words, because when Zang Ba occupied Mount Tai, he had sent people to surrender, but Zang Ba did not surrender, so he blocked Mount Tai in a fit of rage, and wanted to starve Zang Ba to death on the mountain. He smiled hesitantly and said, "General Zang, don't mention those old things between you and me, they're all written off!" ”

Zang said domineeringly: "I hope so." I don't know what Wei Hou wants to do with me? ”

"It's just a matter of reminiscing about the old days...... Cao Cao picked up a glass of wine on the table and handed it to Zang Ba, "General Zang, please!" ”

Zang Ba glanced at the wine and food on the table, his face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Wei Hou and I seem to have been hostile from the beginning, Wei Hou should be very clear about the relationship between himself and the enemy, right?" ”

Cao Cao saw that Zang Ba didn't buy him, so he smiled, drank the wine into his stomach first, and then picked up the chopsticks and tasted all the dishes on the table, and then said slowly: "Don't worry, it's not poisonous." General Zang and I can be regarded as friends now, because oh and your lord Yanhou are usually called brothers......"

Zang Ba turned his head and sneered: "Commensurate with brothers? If the Marquis of Wei is really a brother to my lord, how can he lead a large army to surround this place? ”

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!" Cao Cao smiled, "I'm actually protecting you, there are still some old Yuan clans in Qingzhou, and I haven't cleaned them up, so I have to make this decision." If I really want to attack General Zang, with my speed of using troops, Jinan City will inevitably be captured in less than a day, but I have besieged the city for five or six days in a row, but I have not taken a single siege, doesn't this explain the problem? ”

"Wei Hou is articulate, which is beyond my comparison, but how to explain Wei Yan's matter?"

"This is also a misunderstanding, I just asked the soldier to go out to meet him, but he thought I was attacking him, so he ran and ran, and I haven't found him until now. General Zang, please sit down, I still want to ask you something, and please let General Zang be relieved, once I get a perfect answer, I will immediately withdraw the soldiers here and stop harassing General Zang. ”

Zang Ba knew that what Cao Cao said was sophistry, but he still sat down, and he asked, "Wei Hou has something to ask." ”

Cao Cao said: "I promised to send troops to Qingzhou to contain Yuan Tan's 50,000 soldiers and horses in Qingzhou for your lord, and your lord also swore that he would never interfere in Qingzhou affairs, why did he send you to rob Qingzhou County?" ”

Zang said domineeringly: "This matter has nothing to do with my father-in-law, it is all done by me." I saw that Wei Hou and Yuan Tan were fighting hard, and Wei Hou's troops were slightly insufficient, so I sent troops to occupy it first, because I was afraid that Yuan's old troops would come back. ”

Cao Cao saw that Zang Ba kicked the ball at his feet again, so he laughed and said: "General Zang is worthy of being a hero, and he speaks without leakage." It's just that if we continue to talk like this, it seems that it has lost its meaning, so let's just get straight to the point, what do you think? ”

Zang Ba saw that Cao Cao's face had changed, and the expression that was a little submissive just now suddenly disappeared, in exchange for a full body of anger, so he said: "Since Wei Hou likes to go around the bend, then I have to follow Wei Hou around the bend, as long as Wei Hou is straight to the point, then I will also be blunt." ”

Cao Cao said: "Okay, then I'll ask directly." Originally, you had already occupied half of the plain counties and were still guarding the crossing of the Yellow River, but why did you come to rob other Qingzhou counties, and what was the purpose? ”

Zang Ba said: "The meaning of my lord is very simple, with the wisdom of Wei Hou, as long as Wei Hou thinks about it carefully, he will definitely know what my lord's purpose is." (To be continued......)