Xiahou Lan, who was hidden outside Liu Bei's mansion, could see their every move clearly.

Unlike several other black hundreds, Xia Houlan's unique skill is to transform into a blackbird, which is why he wears a blackbird mask.

He is agile and has special skills, so he is very good at gathering intelligence and assassination.

However, this time, he did not come here to assassinate anyone, but to confirm Liu Bei's movements, whether they were really as Guo Jia expected, and would start a war with Yuan Shu.

Now that he has received the exact information, Xia Houlan must also leave here, because the morning sun is about to rise, and once there is no cover of night, even if he can turn into a blackbird, it is easy to attract the attention of others.

So he had to get out of here before the sun rose and return to Cao's army.

With a hula sound, Xia Houlan, who turned into a blackbird standing in the tree, suddenly spread her wings and flew out, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Here, the large forces of Cao's army are slowly retreating to Yanzhou.

This army is dominated by the Qingzhou army, and they are all unruly and lawless people, and if the people who command the army do not have excellent command ability and courage, they will not be able to tame this rebellious army at all.

Now, this Qingzhou army is retreating in an orderly manner in the direction of Yanzhou under the command of Cao Cao.

They came to Xuzhou this time, with such superior troops, they should have been able to take Xuzhou easily, but there were many accidents on the way, resulting in nothing now, and the base of Yanzhou is still in danger.

Although Cao Cao is anxious in his heart, he has always maintained a calm appearance on the surface.

As the commander of an army, if he can't hide the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart, let his soldiers find out, then this uneasy mood will soon spread to the whole army, when the people are panicked, no one knows what will happen, maybe there will be deserters, or there will be rebellion, in short, these things are not allowed to happen, once they appear, they will threaten the morale of the entire army, if there is no morale, then the army of hundreds of thousands of people will soon collapse and scatter, and the army will be defeated like a mountain. When the time comes, no one can stop it.

Next to Cao Cao was the young military advisor Guo Jia, who was at this time

Looking at the sky leisurely, it seems that now they are travelers walking in the wilderness, rather than mourning soldiers in a hurry to withdraw to Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was in a state of confusion, and he didn't know who to talk to, when he happened to see Guo Jia on the side looking at the sky leisurely, so Cao Cao asked curiously, "Fengxiao, what are you looking at?" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Guo Jia turned his head and replied, "Back to the lord, Guo Jia is watching the birds." ”

After Cao Cao heard Guo Jia's words, he was even more puzzled and asked, "Bird? ”

Guo Jia nodded and said, "Yes, at this time, he should also come back." ”

Cao Cao didn't know who Guo Jia was referring to by "he"?

But soon after, Guo Jia smiled happily, he pointed to the sky in the distance, and said, "Look, he's back!" ”

Cao Cao looked curiously in the direction Guo Jia was pointing, and saw that on the edge of the sky, there was a black dot flying towards here.

When he got closer, Cao Cao found that there was a big black bird flying in the sky, this bird was covered in pitch-black feathers, without a trace of impurities, and smooth and shiny, and it was even more dazzling in the early morning sun.

Seeing this big bird approaching, the tiger army beside Cao Cao became vigilant and raised their weapons one after another.

Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia and saw him smiling calmly, so Cao Cao had already guessed that this must be his masterpiece.

So Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand, signaling that the Tiger Benjun did not need to be nervous.

The commander of the Tiger Ben Army is Dian Wei, he has already seen this big bird, it was this big bird who took Dian Wei to find the tiger and leopard to ride, Dian Wei also recognized this Xiahou Lan who would transform into a big bird, so when the tiger soldiers under his command saw the big bird approaching here, they all took up their weapons on full alert, and he was the same as Guo Jia, and he did not have any nervousness.

On the contrary, it was Xu Chu, the deputy commander of the Tiger Army, who nervously picked up the tiger head hammer and protected Cao Cao after seeing such a big strange bird approaching for the first time.

Don't look at his height and strength, but his courage is surprisingly small, once he sees something strange, he will be nervous and scared.

But even so, he knew that his duty was to protect Cao Cao, especially

After experiencing those things before, Xu Chu didn't dare to take it lightly, even if he ate and slept, he had to be by Cao Cao's side, once there was any trouble, he would wake up immediately, even if he faced something that would make Xu Chu afraid of demons and monsters, he would have the courage to face the enemy head-on, and he would never run away again.

Seeing Xu Chu dutifully protecting Cao Cao in front of him, Dian Wei was also very pleased, although some of his old problems are still there, but he has made a lot of progress than before, which many people can't do, but this kid has overcome a lot of shortcomings in a short period of time, which is really commendable.

I saw Cao Cao smile and said, "Zhongkang, don't be nervous, this bird won't harm us." ”

After hearing what Cao Cao said, Xu Chu looked back at him in surprise, and said suspiciously: "Lord, don't be careless, this strange bird may eat people, I heard the old people say that where there are many dead people, there will be a kind of strange bird that eats people, they will eat the corpses of the dead first, if there are no corpses, they will catch the living to eat, it's terrible!" ”

Although Xu Chu's body is very huge, his intelligence is like that of a child, this is because when he was very young, he was greatly stimulated, which caused his mind to be affected, and his mind was always the same as that of a child, of course, except when he was crazy, it had to be another matter.

"Who do you think will eat people?"

As soon as Xu Chu's words fell, he saw the big black bird suddenly swoop down from above their heads, and as it rushed down, it made a human voice.

Seeing the blackbird rushing down and also speaking human words, Xu Chu was so frightened that his face was colorless, he "Damn! A shout came out, although he was so scared that he instinctively wanted to hide, but he suddenly realized that he couldn't leave Cao Cao alone, so he immediately used his huge body to block Cao Cao's front to block the danger that might arise.

Seeing the blackbird swooping down, the Tiger Ben Army raised their weapons one after another to protect Cao Cao's side.

Although Cao Cao had previously signaled that they did not need to be nervous, the heavy responsibility of protecting the coach could not be lost, and in case of an accident, no one could afford to take on this responsibility.

In the blink of an eye, the blackbird had flown in front of everyone.