"Master Li, the danger of the white horse has been solved, and now we are going to send troops to Leping?"

After Zhang Xiu got the news, he was very happy. One is for Gongsun Du, and the other is for revenge.

Since the surrender, Gongsun Du has attached great importance to Zhang Xiu, and has made him the general of the right army, on a par with Tai Shi Ci. In this regard, there are many people in the army who are dissatisfied, but because of the majesty of Gongsun Du, they are just buried in their hearts. But Zhang Xiu still felt that the atmosphere was wrong, although he was not smart, but he could also understand the reason, and he was also holding his breath in his heart, wanting to prove himself and prove that Gongsun Du's decision was not wrong.

In fact, Gongsun Du did this for many reasons, including Zhang Xiu's reason for bringing Hu Che'er, and the meaning of buying horse bones with a thousand gold. The generals in the army were puzzled, but Wenchen like Xun You understood it tightly, so they didn't have the slightest intention of refuting, but rather agreed.

Zhang Xiu didn't think about this, and when the plan for this expedition appeared, he came to the door many times to ask for battle, and it was not until he got the answer that he settled down.

Probably because of this, Zhang Xiu was too eager to prove himself, so he was ambushed in Luoshui and retreated to Liaocheng.

Li Ru understood his thoughts, but he didn't refuse, but said: "Since the establishment of the Ming army, there have been rare defeats, the general was defeated the day before yesterday, the Ming Duke did not reprimand, and the rest of the roads have also suspended the march, otherwise the plan will be disrupted, there will be mistakes, and the responsibility will not be borne by you and me." Therefore, the general's revenge is very understandable, but if the general can't calm down, he is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"At that time, even if Ming Gong won't blame, I'm afraid the general himself will be upset, right?"

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

Seeing this, Li Ru also nodded and said no more.

The next day, an army of 50,000 left Liaocheng and galloped towards Leping. Prior to this, Zhang Xiu had already sent a detective horse to explore the road in the middle of the night.

Arriving all the way to Luoshui, Zhang Xiu's heart suddenly lifted. Last time, it was in this place that I encountered an ambush, and because of the existence of the Luoshui River, the front and back were almost cut off and were defeated.

"General, do you want to send someone to investigate again?" Seeing his hesitation, Li Ru suggested.

Zhang Xiu didn't want to agree, but when he thought of what he said before leaving, he agreed: "Okay, then be careful, and send someone to investigate again." Although it is unlikely that he will set up an ambush in the same place, Cao Cao's treachery is rare in the world, and his subordinates are affected by it, so it is difficult to guarantee that they will not make such a move, so they have to guard against it! ”

"What the general said is very true!"

Among the Ming army, if you want to be familiar with Cao Cao, except for Gongsun Du, it should be these two. After all, Li Ru and Zhang Xiu were ministers in the same hall, and they both had many battles with Cao Jun, so the impression is ......

It goes without saying that it is profound!

And it's the kind that is difficult to think about without being profound!

The army retreated for several miles, temporarily rested, and hundreds of elite scouts crossed the river to explore the other party's radius of more than ten miles.

More than an hour later, the detective returned.

"General, a suspected ambush of Cao's army was found in the valley of a tributary of the river about ten miles downstream."

"Shenma?"

Zhang Xiu was so shocked that her heart almost exploded, and she chattered: "Cao Cao is treacherous and lustful, and his subordinates are really not good birds!" ”

Li Ru nodded in agreement, and said at the same time: "But now that we have discovered their traces first, it is better to give him a plan and let him be defeated!" "But......

"But what?" Hearing the hesitation, Zhang Xiu immediately asked.

"We should step up our investigation, in case this is what Cao Jun deliberately let us find out, then ......"

The words were not finished, but how could Zhang Xiu not understand, his face changed suddenly, and said, "That's right, that's right!" Don't underestimate anyone under Cao Cao. ”

This time, the people sent by Zhang Xiu were not Tancai, but the only team under his command, with a total of less than twenty people.

It was also more than an hour, and the team returned, but it didn't bring back any news.

"General, there is less than thirty miles upstream, and five miles away from the river bank, there is another Cao army, about five thousand people."

"Five thousand?" Zhang Xiu had many doubts on his face.

Without waiting for him to ask more, Li Ru said, "Have you explored the valley before?" How many people are there? ”

"Ten thousand!" Although the team has few people, its mobility is much stronger, and the exploration area is much wider.

"So many people are coming to ambush us?" When Zhang Xiu heard the conversation, there were new doubts in her heart. Fortunately, Li Ru's next words solved his confusion-

"General, it seems that Leping's Cao army should also be ready. Once we cross the river, we will be ambushed from three directions, and even if we are prepared, we will suffer a lot. Besides, judging from Xu Huang's ability to lead the troops before, I'm afraid it's not that simple, either there is a problem with the ambush, or there is a problem with Leping's army. ”

At the same time, the ambushes of the two Cao armies also received the news that the Ming army had reached Luoshui, but did not cross the river, but retreated.

"General, do you think it could be that the Ming army has discovered us?"

The lieutenant general of the valley asked his own general.

"What if you find out?"

The general was not worried, and said: "Whether it is us here or General Cao, arrangements have been made in advance, and if the cavalry of the Ming army does not come, it will be fine, as long as he dares to come, do you dare to let him go?" ”

The adjutant general suddenly laughed: "The general said that he was joking, since they are here, how can they let them go!" Take! Gotta take it! Aren't we afraid of the ferocity of the Ming army and forget our arrangement for a while! ”

With this guts, if it weren't for your uncle, he would be the deputy general of the general?

The general glanced at him, a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes, but he still explained: "Don't worry, haven't they been defeated by us once before!" Put your heart in your belly! ”

"Well, yes, what the general said is very true."

"The Ming army has discovered us!" In another place, General Cao said with great certainty.

"Pass on the general's order, everyone cheers up, but if the Ming army is coming, be sure to let him come and go!"

"Yes, General!"

When the herald left, General Cao's originally relaxed face became solemn: the Ming army suffered a loss here last time, and I thought that this time they would set up an ambush here, and they would let down their vigilance, but they didn't expect it to be like this, and they really can't underestimate the Ming army!

At the end, General Cao hesitated, recalling the Zhang Xiu he had encountered, and couldn't help but secretly say: This Zhang Xiu doesn't have to worry, if it wasn't for Jia Xu back then, this guy would have died long ago. Now that Jia Xu is serving under the prime minister's account, who is helping him with advice? Drama loyalty? Guo Jia? Xun Yu? Tian Feng? Frustrated? Or someone else?

Zhang Xiu and Li Ru didn't know that they were about to encounter a great enemy, so after some discussion, they decided to wait until it was dark and then ......

The night gradually fell, and gradually deepened, the fire of the Ming army camp actually showed signs of gradually dissipating, and the Cao army, who was secretly monitoring this side, felt bad and sneaked in. However, before they could get close to the Ming camp, they were deprived of their lives by crossbows fired in secret.

The night was getting darker and darker, and the fire of the Ming army camp had long since dissipated.

In addition to Cao Jun's meticulous life, there was also the army in the camp.

Early morning.

Leping City, in the thin curtain wants to wake up. Under the city, but I don't know when there were a few more uninvited guests, they were climbing the city wall step by step, climbing up, but it didn't take much effort, and they saw that they were under the noses of the defenders at the head of the city.