Originally, most of the troops had gone with Cao Cao to Xuzhou, and the only troops in Yanzhou were also deployed in the border to prevent the surrounding princes, and the towns in Yanzhou were basically undefended.

At this time, the soldiers and civilians in Puyang City were busy strengthening the city defense and preparing for battle, and the shouts of people and the neighing of horses were endless.

At the head of Puyang City, an elegant scribe was looking down at everything in the city.

He was about thirty years old, his elegant face was tinged with a touch of sadness, his clear eyes were shrouded in a trace of worry, and the black hair on his temples was mixed with some gray hair at some point.

This person is Xun Yu.

It's no wonder that he feels so tired, because the original situation, after accepting the Qingzhou refugees, is very good.

If it weren't for the haste to attack Xuzhou, with such a strong capital in Yanzhou, dealing with some weak princes would be bound to be devastating and unstoppable.

After their territory gradually expanded and their military strength became more substantial, even a large state like Xuzhou, with the power of a state, could hardly resist Cao Cao, who was gradually becoming stronger at that time.

It would be a good idea to wait until then to challenge the more powerful princes.

But all the good ideas were disrupted by an accident.

Originally, after Cao Cao gradually gained a foothold in Yanzhou, he wanted to bring his parents and family to Yanzhou, which is also a reasonable thing for ordinary people, but the bad thing is that they did not return according to the route set by Guo Jia, but swaggered and came to Xuzhou City.

In this way, they are bound to become targets for the enemy, even if they are protected by excellent guards and supported by other subordinates along the way.

In the end, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and other family members all died tragically at the hands of Tian Feng's attendant Ling'er.

But Ling'er, who was clever in his means, after killing Cao Cao's family,

He blamed Tao Qian's subordinate Zhang Min, creating the illusion that a general who wanted to make money and murdered Cao Cao's family.

Cao Cao, who did not know the truth, was also furious because of this, mistakenly believing that Tao Qian was the murderer of his family, so indiscriminately ordered an attack on Xuzhou.

The hastily assembled army marched towards Xuzhou in this way, leaving only a bunch of cumbersome things for Xun Yu and a group of civil officials and strategists who stayed in Yanzhou.

Even people with outstanding intelligence such as Xun Yu feel powerless when facing the huge and heavy government affairs.

So in just a few months, he looked more than ten years old, and even his originally black hair grew white threads.

Seeing Xun Yu's sad face, Cheng Yu on the side said with relief: "Xun Sima doesn't have to worry too much, although the thieves are coming, we also have precautions, as long as we hold on for more than ten days, the lord's reinforcements will inevitably arrive." ”

Xun Yu sighed and said, "More than ten days? How long did it take for these people to occupy most of Yanzhou? ”

Faced with Xun Yu's question, Cheng Yu was silent, because he also knew in his heart that what Xun Yu said was an indisputable fact, these enemies suddenly appeared in Yanzhou and captured many counties with lightning speed, so that they didn't have time to send a request for help to Cao Cao, and these enemies had already occupied most of Yanzhou.

At this time, Xun Yu said in a low voice: "I'm not afraid that the enemy will attack the city, but I'm worried that Yanzhou has an internal response. ”

Cheng Yu heard this and replied: "If there is really an internal response, then it is reasonable that the enemy can avoid the border defense so easily." ”

Xun Yu worried: "That's right, the defense line we built in order to prevent other princes from attacking is useless now, and the only troops are also distributed on the border, and now Yanzhou is in an emergency, not only the lord has no time to rescue, but the army stationed on the border can't come back for a while, Puyang's urgency is really imminent!" ”

Cheng Yu said: "But the biggest problem is that until now we still don't know who the enemy is? And there is no clue who should be lurking in Yanzhou, and these hidden dangers may be the greater threat. ”

Xun Yu nodded, looking at the busy crowd under the city, his gaze happened to be the same as that of a thief.

The people who were looking around met each other.

It seems that this person was secretly observing Xun Yu and them in the city, and seeing Cheng Yu glaring at him angrily, this person quickly lowered his head and left in a hurry.

Xun Yu saw this person and naturally knew what was going on, but now Puyang was facing a bigger problem, and he didn't have the extra energy to deal with these details, so he could only turn a blind eye.

And after Lu Qian at the head of the city saw this sneaky man, he didn't say a word, picked up the big knife and was about to go downstairs.

But at this time, Xun Yu stopped him and said, "Lu Zhen, don't pay attention to them." ”

Lu Qian looked surprised, pointed to the crowd under the city wall and said, "That guy is clearly a fine work, so let him go?" ”

Xun Yu said: "He is not the only one in Puyang City, if you want to arrest it, you have to turn the whole city over, but our top priority is to resist the enemy's attack, these young people, let them go first." ”

Lu Qian was puzzled and said, "Do you want them to unscrupulously investigate our reality in the city?" What if these small works wreak havoc in the city, will they also be left to them? ”

Lu Qian's words are not unreasonable, the enemy army infiltrated the city in detail, not only to spy on intelligence, but also to quietly destroy important facilities in the city, as well as incite the army and people to rebel, which can be said to be a potential threat.

That's why Lu Qian was so angry when he saw that there were fine works mixed in the crowd.

Without waiting for Xun Yu to speak, Lu Qian strode down, it seemed that he was determined to catch all the fine works.

But just as Lu Qian was about to walk down the city wall, a sound of footsteps came, and then, he heard a "bump", and a shout came from the other side of the stairs.

I only heard Lu Qian say in surprise: "Master, why are you?" ”

It turned out that after this Lu Qian came to Cao's camp, he had been defeated by Cao Cao's relatives and generals in turn, so he made up his mind to learn the formation and the art of war, and he was ashamed.

So, he gave up his self-esteem and asked Liu Ye for the opportunity to learn the art of war and formation, but Liu Ye couldn't resist him, so he had to reluctantly agree to him.