Checkmate! This is a position where you can stand alone and lead the army alone. How many people were born and died in order to get to this position, and how many soldiers fell victim to this position.

Cao Ren very much hoped that his men would come forward, which would mean that Cao Jun would still have blood, and the bloody army would be able to fight until victory.

One of the generals stood up directly and said loudly: "General, the last general is willing to go!" ”

Cao Ren saw that this person was Xiahoulan.

Xiahou Lan was almost cut down by Cao Cao due to defeat before. However, because he was a member of the Xiahou family, and he was a little powerful, in the end, under the persuasion of everyone, Xiahou Lan was punished by Cao Cao for a while and demoted to a military position. It's just that the Xiahou family and the Cao family are relatives after all, and Xiahoulan is a capable person no matter what he says, and Cao Ren brought Xiahoulan with him when he went on the expedition.

Xiahou Lan is very aware of his current situation, he was defeated before, because some factors were not executed, this is Cao Cao's greatest kindness. But this defeat was a stain on Xia Houlan. Xia Houlan has her own ambitions, but unfortunately under Cao Ren's command, at most she is a small military position, and if you want to become a general who leads the army alone, you don't know how long you have to wait. Now that Cao Ren opened his mouth, Xia Houlan immediately seized this opportunity and volunteered to come out.

Xia Houlan didn't want to be like this all his life, he wanted to use practical actions to get rid of his shame.

Does Cao Ren have any other choice now? No! It is estimated that others do not dare to take risks. Since this is the case, why didn't Cao Ren let Xiahoulan go.

"Good! General Xiahou was loyal and courageous. Ben will appoint you as the main general of the expedition to Nanyang now! Cao Ren ordered.

Xia Houlan said energetically: "General rest assured! The end will certainly live up to the trust. ”

Cao Ren wrote a letter of appointment, and then advised: "This time to go to Nanyang, your main task is to expand the momentum, although there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, but to create the momentum of tens of thousands of people, so that Liu Yu's thief army is frightened." ”

"The last general understands!" Xia Houlan nodded and said.

"Go ahead!" Cao Ren said very seriously.

Xia Houlan nodded heavily, because he knew that Cao Ren knew his thoughts, this task was very dangerous, but it could not be said to be very dangerous, after all, it was just to attract Liu Jun's attention, as long as he evacuated while Liu Jun was not surrounding them.

That's what Xia Houlan thinks, safety first, and great credit.

Everyone else admires Xia Houlan's courage, although they are not afraid of death, but for the sake of their families, they must always be cautious.

Xiahou Lan led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Nanyang County with great fanfare.

Cao Ren and the other generals watched Xiahou Lan set off behind Xiahou Lan's back.

"Don't fall into the prestige of the Xiahou family. Ben will also hope that you can use this opportunity to grow again. Cao Ren cheered Xia Houlan in his heart.

After Xiahou Lan's troops disappeared from the sight of Cao Ren and the others, Cao Ren immediately marched towards Yingchuan with the remaining troops. Cao Ren now wants to take the opportunity to attack Xuchang and take this place that once belonged to Cao Cao.

In the city of Nanyang, a literati and a military general looked into the distance from the city wall.

This person is Mi Zhu who was arranged here by Liu Yu. Mi Zhu not only came by himself this time, but also brought all the new little brothers he had taken in the prison. Mi Zhu's meaning of bringing them over is obvious, it is nothing more than to take them to experience and accumulate some credit, so that they can become Mi Zhu's right-hand man. These little brothers of Mi Zhu all played a great role when Mi Zhu was lurking in Jiangxia, so that Mi Zhu was not discovered in Jiangxia for so long. Mi Zhu sighed that he was lucky, he just thought that his buddies were righteous and accepted these people as junior brothers, so he didn't let them starve to death. Who knew that these little brothers all had special talents, and they gave Mi Zhu various suggestions many times, so that Mi Zhu could successfully help Liu Yu win Jiangxia.

Almost everyone in this world will have their own talents, even if it is a big dung picker, how can you know that he has abilities that others do not have. Talents need to be discovered, and Maxima needs Bole. The current situation is that Mi Zhu is the Bole of these new little brothers he has received, and without Mi Zhu's appearance, they may all be the scum of this society. Mi Zhu can be regarded as rescuing a lot of these lost lambs.

After following Mi Zhu, these newly acquired little brothers of Mi Zhu knew that people should live for the country and the people, and they all seemed to have a new life, and there was no previous violation of law and discipline at all, which shocked Liu Yudu.

Liu Yudu felt that if he wanted to change Mi Zhu's position and let him do a position similar to indoctrination of prisoners, it was very likely that there would be unexpected effects.

But Mi Zhu's mind is not on this aspect, his biggest ideal is to restore the prestige of the Mi family and lead the Mi family to become a great family.

And the other general, Gao Shun, who has not had a chance to perform for a long time.

When Liu Yu ran away from Tian Feng, he left a bag for Tian Feng, which was written to let Gao Shun lead the trap camp into Nanyang to guard against Cao Cao's possible attack.

Liu Yu was very uneasy about Cao Cao, if it was possible, Liu Yu wanted to enter Yuzhou and destroy Cao Cao. But Cao Cao built Yuzhou like an iron bucket, and even if Liu Yu was confident that he would defeat Cao Cao, he would have to consider his own losses.

Liu Yu was able to conclude that as soon as the news of his capture of Jiangxia reached Cao Cao's ears, Cao Cao must have made a move. And the biggest possibility is to raid Nanyang, and then unite with Sun Ce to trap himself to death, so that Liu Yu is doomed to failure.

It's a pity that Liu Yu didn't expect Cao Cao and Sun Ce's first plan to be like this, but in fact, Cao Cao had his own plans and didn't care about Sun Ce and Liu Bei's life or death at all.

Liu Yu made a mistake.

As soon as Liu Yu's order arrived in Xiangyang, Gao Shun and the trapping camp set off to Nanyang without saying a word, and joined Zhang Xiu, who was guarding Nanyang.

Just when Gao Shun entered Nanyang City, Mi Zhu also arrived in Nanyang City and had a front and rear foot with Gao Shun.

Zhang Xiu naturally welcomed the arrival of Mi Zhu and Gao Shun, and with them coming, Nanyang's defense would be a little stronger.

Originally, according to Zhang Xiu's method, Gao Shun was stationed in Nanyang City, and then Zhang Xiu could patrol Nanyang with cavalry, so that the safety of Nanyang could be guaranteed.

Gao Shun doesn't care, his original personality is relatively low-key, and he doesn't want to refute other people's suggestions, as long as he can play a role.

But Mi Zhu put forward a different suggestion, he felt that Gao Shun's trapping camp was extremely powerful, and it was best to meet the enemy army in a narrow way in a dangerous place, so as to give full play to the true power of the trapping camp.

Mi Zhu had heard of the name of the trapped camp, and Liu Yu had several failures and was able to escape by relying on the protection of the trapped camp. And the more powerful the enemy, the stronger the power of the camp. Mi Zhu, as a wise man from a great family, how could he forget Gao Shun.

Therefore, Mi Zhu believed that Gao Shun and the trapping camp should be stationed in the county town bordering Nanyang and Runan, and when the Cao army made any abnormal moves, he would immediately attack to give any invading Cao army a fatal blow.

Gao Shun has always been low-key, but he was surprised that Mi Zhu had such an opinion, he didn't expect that the trapped camp did not appear on the battlefield very often, and some people remembered the name of the trapped camp.

Gao Shun actually wanted to fork, and he didn't appear much in the camp, but every time he appeared, he was able to make huge feats, and which of today's wise men would let go of one of the strongest combat forces under Liu Yu.

Gao Shun finally approved Mi Zhu's suggestion and decided to garrison the county town bordering Runan.

This disrupted Zhang Xiu's arrangement, but Zhang Xiu also agreed with Mi Zhu and Zhang Xiu's opinions. In the final analysis, Zhang Xiu was stationed in Nanyang, and he was really a little panicked, and he especially wanted to go out to kill the enemy. Now in this situation, Zhang Xiu can only put his mind on defense.

In the end, Mi Zhu and Gao Shun chose Duyang County as their garrison. Duyang is close to Runan, and it is about the same distance from several other counties bordering Runan, so it is the best place to make the fastest response.

At this moment, on the city wall of Blocking Yang, Mi Zhu smiled at Gao Shun and said: "General Gao, this Yang City is a little stronger than other counties, and when he was on Liu Bei's side before, Liu Bei ordered to strengthen the Blocking Yang City under Xia. I didn't expect to help us this time. ”

Gao Shun nodded lightly, he didn't say much, he responded to Mi Zhu's words.

Mi Zhu didn't care too much, after a few days of getting along, Mi Zhu knew Gao Shun's character, Gao Shun was low-key, didn't talk much, treated his subordinates very well, and was as honest as water, no bad habits, and didn't even drink wine. Mi Zhu found it hard to believe that this was a general with an elite army in his hands. With Mi Zhu's impression, it seems that most of the generals in this world will have some shortcomings. For example, Zhang Fei is a short-tempered person who likes to drink, Guan Yu is very arrogant, and no one seems to be able to enter his eyes. Dian Wei is also a big old man, and he is straightforward in doing things and being a person. Mi Zhu didn't know much about Lu Bu's words, but when he heard that Lu Bu's wife was a peerless beauty, Mi Zhu guessed that Lu Bu's weakness was lustful. And the shortcomings of these generals, Gao Shun actually has none of them, and he is as innocent as a blank piece of paper. What's even more speechless is that Gao Shun puts on a dead face every day, and people who don't know still think that he has a deep hatred with others.

The fire of gossip in Mi Zhu's heart began to burn, and he wanted to get to know Gao Shun, but Gao Shun didn't say much, and Mi Zhu couldn't talk around the bush.

If it weren't for Gao Shun's character and personality, Liu Yu would not have given such an important force to Gao Shun all the time.

"General Gao, when do you think the Cao army will come to attack?" Mi Zhu felt that Gao Shun didn't like to talk nonsense, so he talked about this defense.

"Cao Cao is treacherous, maybe there will be an enemy in the near future." Gao Shun had fought against Cao Cao and had a deep understanding of Cao Cao's scheming strength, so he could predict that it would not be long before he would fight.

"General Gao is wise. As long as General Gao and the trapping camp are here, no matter how treacherous Cao Cao is, he will not be able to threaten Nanyang City. Mi Zhu patted Gao Shun's ass.

Gao Shun frowned, he didn't like such words very much, so he said: "Mr. Mi, let's serve Your Majesty, don't need so many beautiful words." Ben will only do what he has to do. ”

This is the most words Gao Shun and Mi Zhu have said in the time they have been together for so long.

Mi Zhu was a little embarrassed, it seemed that he was disgusted by Gao Shun.

The younger brothers of Mi Zhu, who had a distance from Mi Zhu and Gao Shun, all heard Gao Shun's words, and they were all very angry, thinking to themselves what the origin of this military general was, and he dared to talk to the eldest brother like this, which was really shameless.

The awkward atmosphere continued, and Mi Zhu didn't know what he was going to say. Gao Shun's words just now are what later generations said, talking about the sky to death.

Gao Shun felt that there was no need to continue wasting time here, so he prepared to return to his military camp.

But a scout rushed up from under the city wall, and then reported to Mi Zhu and Gao Shun: "General Hui, my lord, the defender of Ye County urgently report, Ye County has found a large number of Cao troops and has attacked Ye County. Ye County's troops are limited, so he sent messengers to fight out of the siege to ask for help, and asked the general and adults to go to the rescue as soon as possible. ”

"It's coming so fast. Know who the other party is the main general and what the strength is. Mi Zhu asked the scout, and it seemed that his previous prediction was correct.

"Hui Yu, Lord Ye County reported that the banner of the enemy army is Cao Ren Cao Zixiao, due to the fierce battle, it is really impossible to identify the number of enemy troops, but I am afraid that it is more than 10,000 people." The scout confessed honestly.

"Ten thousand? Cao Ren? is a rare general under Cao Cao, it seems that Cao Cao is determined to attack Nanyang this time. Mi Zhu said in a deep voice.

Gao Shun's dead face also showed a little brilliance, and said to Mi Zhu: "It's time to fight!" ”

Mi Zhu knew that Gao Shun was respecting him, and the meaning of saying this sentence was to give Mi Zhu a big face, so that Mi Zhu could know Gao Shun's respect for him. And Gao Shun didn't feel any surprise at the number of 10,000 people, Mi Zhu knew that Gao Shun had full confidence.

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "General Gao, let's go to the rescue of Ye County now." General Gao and the trapped camp haven't fought for a long time. It seems that some people have forgotten the power of General Gao and the trapping camp. This time, General Gao, but the Cao army who is going to attack knows how powerful you are. ”

"Well said!" Gao Shun rarely smiled

Mi Zhu finally knew why Gao Shun didn't usually laugh, damn, Gao Shun was so fucking ugly when he laughed, do you want to scare people to death?! Mi Zhu felt that his impression of Gao Shun had changed.

Gao Shun put away his smile and walked down the city wall without saying a word. Mi Zhu followed closely, he now had to fight against Cao Jun with the trapping camp, and he also wanted to see if the trapping camp, which was the strongest combat force under Liu Yu, was really as terrifying as the legend.