"What the envoy said is very true."

Xi Zhong's face was also full of unexpected joy, but he bowed slightly and said to himself, "Originally, Zhicai thought that just with the soldiers, horses, grain and grass that Jun left in Yanzhou, the guards of Yanzhou could desperately hold a few cities to support the rescue of Jun's return army, but I didn't expect that the guards would have the ability to reverse the situation and fight against the combined forces of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, which Zhicai categorically did not expect." ”

"This is the loss of Zhicai, if he had known that the guards of Yanzhou would be able to do this step, Zhicai would definitely not suggest that Jun return to the army to rescue Yanzhou, and should take this opportunity to destroy Zhang Chao and Tao Qian's troops in one fell swoop to completely pacify Xuzhou, so that when Jun comes back to destroy the rebels, he can teach the rebels nowhere to go."

"Now if Lu Bu and Zhang Miao know that they are invincible and flee eastward to preserve their strength, they can still go to Guangling to join Zhang Miao's brother Zhang Chao, so that Lu Bu, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, and Tao Qian will gather together, and it will be another enemy that should not be underestimated, and now it is the beginning of winter, I am afraid that if I want to attack them, I can only wait for the next year."

"At that time, these people were recuperating and recuperating, and the situation in the world was changing rapidly, I am afraid that it is no longer the same."

"This time, Zhicai made a mistake in his judgment, which caused the envoy to miss a good opportunity, and he is willing to be punished!"

Speaking of this, Xi Zhong's head sank very low, and his waist bowed deeper, and he refused to get up in front of Cao Cao for a long time, and his shame was overflowing.

"Zhicai, please hurry up, how can I blame you?"

Cao Cao hurriedly came up to support Xi Zhong's arm, and said with a smile on his face while helping him up, "You never expected Yanzhou to be like this, and I never expected Yanzhou to be like this, otherwise how could you and I coincide?" Besides, how much soldiers, horses, grain and grass I left in Yanzhou at the beginning, you and I have a tight number in our hearts, whether those soldiers, horses, grains and grass can do this, will you believe it? Anyway, I definitely won't believe it. ”

"Zhicai really can't figure out the reason, especially when Xiahou Taishou and Xun Sima resisted the combined forces of Lu Bu and Zhang Miao, they were able to divide their troops and horses and hand them over to An Min and Cheng County to order the north to quell the chaos, which is simply incredible......"

The self-blame in Xi Zhicai's heart was slightly reduced, and he raised his head and said suspiciously.

"So I said, there must be some variables here that you and I can't think of, you don't have to blame yourself, and I won't blame you, just wait until I see Xiahou Yuanrang and Xun Wenruo, and the truth will be revealed."

Cao Cao had a look of expectation on his face, and said, "Now, it is how to prevent Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's troops from fleeing eastward to join Zhang Chao and Tao Qian, if they can all be annihilated here, they can destroy an enemy in advance......

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's face suddenly became gloomy again, and he gritted his teeth and said: "In addition, I also want to see that Zhang Mengzhuo (Zhang Miao), ask him face to face, I treat him like my own brother, that Yuan Benchu has repeatedly ordered me to kill him, I would rather be an enemy with Yuan Benchu than swear to obey his fate, and before leaving, his family is entrusted to him, why did he rebel against me this time!" ”

"And then, I'm going to ......"

Cao Cao's fists clenched, and his eyes, which were not too big, narrowed into a long and narrow slit.

Although he didn't say what he thought in his mouth, it was already obvious that it couldn't be too obvious, as long as Zhang Miao fell into the hands of Cao Cao, he would definitely not end well, and even the whole clan would not end well.

“……”

Xi Zhicai was silent for a moment, not bothering, and waited until Cao Cao's eyes opened again, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes appeared again, before he finally said: "Envoy, this time I am afraid that I will not be able to completely annihilate Lu Bu and Zhang Miao's department." ”

"When the envoy did not come back, they had been in a stalemate with Xiahou Taishou and Xun Sima, and now they heard that the envoy led the army to come back to the rescue, and they would not dare to stay in Yanzhou for a long time, but they were afraid that they had now led the army to flee eastward, and our army did not know the situation in Yanzhou before the rush to rescue, and did not arrange interception in advance, and now it has missed the opportunity."

The voice fell.

"Report ——!"

There was an order outside, and a general walked in after getting a response, clasped his fists and said: "Envoy, the last general has just found out the news, Lu Bu and Zhang Miao led the army to flee eastward, and now they have left Jiyin County and arrived in the area of Changyi!" ”

"In addition, there is one more thing that the last general cannot verify......"

"Straight to the point!"

Cao Cao shouted.

"The last general found a bad rumor, it is said that a few days ago, when Lu Bu, Zhang Miao and others learned that the envoy returned and wanted to evacuate, Xiahou Taishou, who was stationed in Puyang, led the army to counterattack with all his might, wanting to leave it behind and wait for the arrival of the envoy, but unfortunately he was defeated by Lu Bu and returned, and he was also injured by a stray arrow, and he is currently unknown whether he is alive or dead!"

The general hurriedly bowed his head and said.

"Yuan Rang?"

Cao Cao's face was shocked, and he immediately ordered loudly, "Go and explore again!" Be sure to find out for sure! I want to know if Yuan Rang is alive or dead as soon as possible! ”

……

Xiahoudun was indeed injured.

Wu Liang had already received the news a few days ago, after this guy learned that Lu Bu and Zhang Miao were going to escape, he refused to let them leave easily, and decisively led the army out of the city to pursue.

It's a pity that Lu Bu is really powerful, and Chen Gong has a plan to set up an ambush in advance to prevent the pursuers.

So Xiahoudun followed their way.

Not only did he lose his soldiers, but he was also injured by a stray arrow, and finally returned to Puyang sideways.

This time history finally returned to the right track, this arrow was impartial and just shot on Xiahoudun's left eye, and the "blind Xiahou" in history finally lived up to its name.

As far as Wu Liang knew, in fact, the power of this arrow was not great, Xiahoudun was only blind in one eye at most, and he was still alive at that time, and he would not go back sideways at all, so as to flow rumors of unknown life and death.

I didn't know that this guy had to pretend to be forced when he was hit by an arrow, so he pulled out the arrow and eyeballs together.

Although he didn't shout as described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "The blood of father and mother, don't give it up", and then stuffed his eyes into his mouth and ate it.

But he still bled a lot, soaking his entire neck and left shoulder.

So after a while, he turned pale and fell off his horse......

The accompanying soldiers were frightened at that time, and hurriedly carried him back, and poured the decoction to nourish blood and qi for a few days, and finally his life was fine, and he was able to get out of bed and walk around in the past two days.

“Emmm……”

Getting this news, Wu Liangzi breathed a long sigh of relief, and secretly thought in his heart: "In this way, you can be completely sure that the 'Mazda Terrier' is just a coincidence, and Xiahoudun is not a traverser, so that everyone can be friends with peace of mind, General Xiahou, we will be your eyes in the future." ”

……

A few days later.

Cao Cao's army passed by Yuncheng.

Xi Zhong saw that the situation was decided, and it didn't matter if he was there or not, so he asked Boss Cao for two days off to go home to visit relatives.

His family was all settled in Yuncheng, which was only a few hours away from Juancheng.

It has now been four or five months since Boss Cao sent troops to recruit Xuzhou.

Not everyone can pass through the house three times without entering like Dayu, what kind of ugly does the daughter-in-law have to be?

However, Xi Zhong went home mainly to visit his mother, he was a famous filial son in ten miles and eight towns, and in the Han Dynasty, he was raised as "filial piety" as early as more than ten years ago.

As a result, as soon as he entered the door, Xi Zhong saw his unsuccessful nephew - Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng's mother married many years ago, and later her husband's family suffered a catastrophe during Dong Zhuo's rebellion and almost wiped out the clan, and the mother and son have been helpless since then, so they ran back to join the opera.