Ren Cao Cao's heart was up and down, and Xu Shu would not say that he came for Gao Shun this time.

It's not a question of disciplinarity, it's a question of having a mind.

Talents, such a rare thing, are dispensable for Yuan Shao, but they are inevitable for Cao Cao.

Even if Cao Cao tried again and again, Xu Shu still didn't say a word.

Yes, Cao Cao will not let Xu Shu enter Xiapi County smoothly.

Cao Cao forcibly left Xu Shu and his party in the army under the pretext that Lu Bujun had no national law and hurt people at will, and under the banner of protecting the safety of Xu Shu, the 'imperial court envoy'.

Xu Shu did not have any dissatisfaction with this matter, and put on a confident look, as if he knew about this scene in advance.

This time, Xu Shu set off from Shangdang County in the south of Bingzhou, passed through Hanoi County, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places, and rushed all the way to Xiapi County in Xuzhou.

Although Yanzhou and Yuzhou at this time already belonged to Cao Cao's sphere of influence, Cao Cao did not claim the title of emperor, so he respected Xu Shu's identity as a 'court envoy'.

Because Xu Shu's 'court envoy' is the kind that is justifiable.

And because at this time Cao Cao's army was fighting with Lü Bu in Xuzhou, and Han Cheng had already led the army back to Bingzhou.

Cao Cao lacked skills and could not fight on two fronts at the same time, so Cao Cao ordered his subordinates Xun Yu and others to have no obstacle to Xu Shu and his party, so that Xu Shu successfully arrived in Xiapi County.

When the information collected by the intelligence battalion was put in front of Xu Shu, Xu Shu felt that he had taken the initiative to invite Ying to go south to Xuzhou this time, which was a bit of a miscalculation.

The reason for the miscalculation was not because the mission was difficult to complete, but because the credit for robbing the intelligence battalion was robbed.

Because relying only on the intelligence battalion's own strength, the success rate of this incident was as high as 890 percent.

So, before entering Yanzhou, Xu Shu asked Bai Hua, the 'second-in-command' of the intelligence battalion, to lead the elite men and horses of the intelligence battalion to leave his convoy and go to Xuzhou in his own way.

And Xu Shu himself came to Cao Cao's camp under the city of Xiapi County openly.

Xu Shu's team is in the light, and the team of the intelligence battalion is in the dark, one bright and one dark, one positive and one strange, to complete this task together.

At this time, Xu Shu had already guessed the scene, so he looked like he was winning.

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Bai Hua is a member of the Bai family of the Yanmen County family, and he can be said to be the best child of the Bai family.

Bai Hua is a stable person, with excellent ability, and his official position in the intelligence battalion is second only to Li Ru, and he is the justifiable 'second-in-command'.

The most important thing is that this achievement is earned by yourself, not by relationships.

Bai Hua came this time, and Han Cheng personally ordered the general, which is enough to see that Han Cheng attaches great importance to this matter.

Bai Hua did not disappoint Han Cheng, and under some operation, he mixed into the county town of Xiapi as a new guy in the grain sales team of the Mi clan in Xuzhou.

Although the war was still going on, Xuzhou Mi caught up with Liu Bei and took advantage of Liu Bei's line to catch Cao Cao.

Then he rightfully sold grain in Xiapi County.

Because of the war, the price of grain in Xiapi County was very high, so the Xuzhou Mi clan made a lot of money in this matter.

This kind of behavior is in line with the saying: "Driven by huge interests, there is nothing that we dare not do." If anything, it's that the stakes aren't big enough. ”

When Bai Hua arrived in the city of Xiapi County, he quickly broke away from the grain team of the Mi clan in Xuzhou.

After walking around the city a few times and making sure that no one was following, he quickly came to a 'good' place called 'Drunken Life and Dream Death'.

'Drunken Life and Dream Death' is a newly opened restaurant in recent years.

As the name suggests, although it is a restaurant, it also has rooms and can stay overnight.

Since you can stay overnight, it is natural that there will be some ancillary services that will make it rich and rolling in.

I heard that the backstage is Lu Bu's brother-in-law, Wei Xu, so this restaurant can be opened smoothly in Xiapi County.

After Bai Hua arrived at the 'Drunken Life Dream Death' restaurant, he whispered to the guy at the door: "Bring me two catties of beef, a pot of good soju, and then prepare a 'Dizi No. 1 room'." ”

The guy at the door was a shrewd young man, and after hearing Bai Hua's words, he seemed to understand something in an instant, and replied quietly: "This guest officer, please come in with me first." Beef and wine, which will be delivered to your room in a moment. It's just that the rent price of 'Dizi No. 1 room' is high, and if you want to book this room, you have to ask my shopkeeper to be the master. So would you like to move? ”

The code of this joint is very familiar to Bai Huazi.

Because many of the details of these codes were formulated by Bai Hua himself, although this was also Bai Hua's first personal experience.

Bai Hua saw that the guy was doing well, so he said to the guy: "Okay, I'll go with you to see your shopkeeper." ”

The guy took Bai Hua to a small room and said to Bai Hua: "This guest officer, you wait here for a while, and I will inform you." ”

Bai Hua nodded in agreement.

After a while, the guy and a middle-aged man with a short beard came out of the room.

When the middle-aged man saw the white painting, he was shocked, and immediately bowed, and said respectfully: "The intelligence battalion Dubo He Shanfeng pays a visit to Lord Sima. ”

As soon as these words came out, Bai Hua instantly returned to the bearing of being in a high position in the intelligence battalion.

After waving his hand casually, he said to He Shanfeng: "No need to be polite. The time of my mission is very urgent, so you can first introduce me to the current situation in Xiapi County. I haven't heard from you for a month. ”

He Shanfeng said to the guy who had just brought in the white painting: "You go to the front door to guard, and report to me if you have something." ”

The guy answered, turned around and ran.

Then He Shanfeng brought the white painting into the small room.

This small room is not big, but it is very tidy, and the most thing in the room is information. It can be seen that He Shanfeng is very attentive to this work.

After He Shanfeng gave up his seat to Bai Hua, he said to Bai Hua: "Lord Sima, in the past month, the war has become more and more tense, and I really can't let people send information out." ”

Bai Hua said solemnly: "When I came, I had already seen it. This time the situation is special, so let's forget it first, let's not take it as an example. If there is a next time, I will deal with you according to military law. ”

After He Shanfeng heard Bai Hua's words, he quickly kowtowed a few times and replied: "Please rest assured, Sima, there will be no next time." ”

Bai Hua said impatiently: "Don't grind, tell me about this month's affairs first." ”

He Shanfeng saw that Bai Hua was impatient, so he hurriedly said: "In this month, Lu Bu's situation has become even more embarrassing.

The siege of the army outside the city led to high food prices inside the city. Everybody's scared.

Even my 'drunken dream' restaurant has few customers.

Before, my restaurant was overcrowded. ”

Bai Hua frowned and said, "In addition to these, are there any other important things?" ”

He Shanfeng said quickly: "Yes!"

One of Lu Bu's subordinates was a general named Hou Cheng.

He asked someone to take care of his fifteen good horses, but the person Hou Cheng invited was ill-intentioned and wanted to escape with these good horses and planned to surrender to Liu Bei, taking these good horses as a 'meeting gift'.

As soon as this person escaped, he was captured by the people sent by Hou Cheng, and fifteen good horses were recovered, and Hou Cheng was overjoyed.

Hou Cheng's prestige in the army is good, so many generals sent gifts to congratulate Hou Cheng, and Hou Cheng also prepared a lot of wine and meat to celebrate.

Out of some kindness, he first gave some of the wine and meat to Lu Bu to taste.

But who knows, after Lu Bu saw the wine and meat, he was not as elated as he imagined, but shouted at Hou Cheng, I ordered a ban on drinking, but you openly sent me wine, did you want to get me drunk and have a plot against me, right?

and let people beat Hou Cheng with twenty military sticks.

This incident made Hou Cheng very faceless and afraid, so he contacted his friends Song Xian and Wei Xu and others, planning to capture Lu Bu and other important people, and then lead his troops to open the city gate of Xuzhou and surrender to Cao Cao. ”

After hearing this, Bai Hua thought for a long time and said softly: "This is a big deal, can you find out when they will act?" ”

He Shanfeng replied calmly: "My subordinates have already inquired, and it should be in these few days, either tonight, or tomorrow night." ”

Bai Painting's eyebrows tightened, and he said to He Shanfeng: "So urgent? I want to visit Lu Bu now, do you have a way? ”

He Shanfeng's face was flushed, and he replied apologetically: "Lu Bu's mansion is heavily guarded, and it has not been able to develop a downline for the time being. ”

Bai Hua sighed in disappointment.

He Shanfeng continued: "Although we can't visit Lu Bu, we still have some contact with Zhang Yang, I don't know if it's useful?" ”

Bai Hua could only think helplessly in his heart: "At this time, the situation is urgent, and I can't take care of it so much, so I can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor." ”

He Shanfeng said again: "Hurry up and prepare the horse!" I'm going to visit Zhang Yang. ”

A quarter of an hour later, in the study of Zhang Yang's mansion

Bai Hua and Zhang Yang sit opposite each other.

When Zhang Yang learned the identity of Bai Hua, he was taken aback and treated him with extreme caution.

Because through this incident, Zhang Yang not only saw Han Cheng's ability, but also saw his own hope.

Zhang Yang once served as Han Cheng's 'envoy' and sent an envoy to Lü Bu, who occupied most of Yanzhou at that time.

While facilitating the alliance between Han Cheng and Lu Bu, he also defected to Lu Bu.

Although Zhang Yang lost to Han Cheng, he was not very optimistic about Han Cheng, but was more optimistic about Lu Bu, who was the first in the world of martial arts.

However, a few years later, Han Cheng developed faster and faster, and his power became stronger and stronger, and he was able to defeat the 'first prince in the world' - Yuan Shao.

On the other hand, Lu Bu, although he occupies Xuzhou, is just a 'strong outsider'.

At the same time, Zhang Yang heard that his former subordinate, Han Hao, had already held an important position in the Fenwu Army.

Therefore, I regretted it very much in my heart, and my yearning for returning to Han Cheng's command became even stronger.