"I hope that Qing will triumph as soon as possible," although Liu Xie was very plain on the surface, he was extremely envious of Liu Ping in his heart.

Although Liu Ping is only a courtier, he can command the army and fight in all directions, and although he is the son of heaven, he does not have a single soldier who really belongs to him.

At this time, Huaxin Wang Lang Kongrong and others also came over to echo Cao Cao and said, "I wish Cao Sikong an early victory." ”

"Cao Sikong has worked hard and made great achievements."

At this time, the ministers also regarded Cao Cao as the minister of the pillar state of the Han court and the leader of the Quartet, so they were extremely respectful to him.

Kong Rong has written a poem in recent days: From Luo to Xu Weiwei, Cao Gong's selflessness about the country is the embodiment of the concentration of Zhongqing's thoughts.

……

Wancheng, garrison the general's mansion, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu sat opposite each other.

"Cao Cao is about to personally lead a large army to come to conquer, what does Wen Hegong have to teach me?" Zhang Xiu's eyebrows were furrowed, and he rubbed his forehead vigorously with his hands.

At the beginning, their Western Liang Army pursued the Son of Heaven and had a big battle with Li Le's Baibo Army, he and his uncle Zhang Ji secretly led the army out of the battlefield, intending to bypass the defense line of the Baibo Army and kidnap the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty to Hongnong, and also coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes addicted.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally ran into the defense line formed by Liu Ping's army.

What he didn't expect was that although Liu Ping's army was not much, its combat power was extremely strong, and his uncle Zhang Ji died in a battle, so he could only lead the remnants to flee south and defect to Liu Biao.

Fortunately, Liu Biao took him in and let him live in the rich land of Wancheng, so that he could develop his military strength.

At this time, he has no ambitions, and he is satisfied with just holding this territory.

How could the disaster come from the sky, the Son of Heaven actually issued an edict, reprimanding him for being disobedient, and to lead the army to attack Xudu, and specially sent Sikong Cao Cao to personally lead a large army to come to conquer.

After hearing this edict, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but cry without tears, the conscience of heaven and earth, he still wanted to sneak attack Xu Du with this little army, didn't he die by himself?

Fortunately, there is also the resourceful Jia Xu by his side.

This Jia Wenhe is full of scheming, and he has no last resort, and he was able to clean up the remnants of the defeated army, conquer Chang'an, defeat Lu Bu, the leading figure in Bingzhou, and hold the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty hostage, and achieve a hegemony.

Now Jia Wenhe will definitely be able to come up with a good plan to help him tide over the current crisis.

"There is nothing to be done," Jia Xu shook his head and sighed: "Cao's army is powerful, the soldiers are brave, and they came to conquer by the edict of the Son of Heaven, if there is no change, it will be difficult for the general to win." ”

"Edict of the Son of Heaven?" Zhang Xiu didn't expect Jia Xu to say such frustrating words, and snorted: "The Son of Heaven is in Xu, what kind of edict does Cao Cao want to get?" This edict may have been written by Cao Cao himself. ”

Everyone knows about this, but the edict has been issued since Xu Du, even if it is from Cao Cao's hand, people in the world believe that it is true. Besides, even if there is no edict, with the current military strength of Wancheng, can it stop Cao's army? ”

"What should I do in Yiwen and the public's opinion?" Zhang Xiu was a little deflated.

"It's better to fall early!" Jia Xu said firmly.

"However, after all, my uncle died at the hands of Cao Cao's son-in-law Liu Ping, and now I am in command of the rest of my uncle's army, and I don't want to avenge my uncle, but I want to surrender to Cao Cao, how can the generals be willing?" Zhang Xiu was a little worried, stood up and paced back and forth.

Jia Xu knelt on the ground, stroked his beard, and the old god said: "We are originally Hanchen, if the son is in Xu today, we are serving the court and asking the Son of Heaven for sin, how can we vote for Cao Yi?"

As for the generals, do you think you can reproduce the day and conquer Chang'an? Don't you know that this time is also another time?

Cao Cao is not as good as Lu Bu, Lu Bu is just empty of the courage of a horseman, and Cao Cao has Guo Jiacheng, Yu Xun, Xun Yu and other ministers, all of whom are handsome among the people, and there are Xiahou Duntai, Shi Ci, Zhang Liao and other famous generals, compared with the general, there is no advantage at all.

If you lead an army to resist, or there is a danger of annihilation of the whole army, as long as you tell the generals, they will understand if they understand, and if they don't understand, let him go. ”

Zhang Xiu let out a long sigh, he also knew that even if he put aside the edict of the Son of Heaven, with his current strength, it would be difficult to compete with Cao Cao.

But let him surrender to anyone, even if he surrenders Cao Cao, he can't accept it, after all, his uncle died in the hands of Cao Jun Liu Ping.

"However, Liu Jingsheng treats me well, when I am in trouble, I set aside the land of Wancheng for me to stay, how can we be so untrustworthy and unrighteous and dedicate the city to Cao Cao?"

"Does the general think that Liu Biao asked me to wait for Yu Wancheng to live in Wancheng with all his good intentions?" Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and said: "Although Liu Biao does not have the heart to dominate the world, he must not let others invade the land of Jingxiang.

Now that the Cao family is growing stronger, Liu Biao can't sit idly by, and let me wait to live in Wancheng, just to contain the Cao family.

In the final analysis, we were used as a gun by Liu Biao. ”

Zhang Xiu stood still, staring ahead with empty eyes for a long time, then clenched his fists and made up his mind: "In this way, according to the words of Wen and Gong, when the Cao army comes, I will open the city and surrender." ”

"This is a wise move by the general," Jia Xu bowed slightly, and then retreated.

After Jia Xu left, Zhang Xiu sat down, and suddenly a woman's voice came from behind: "You coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death, have you thrown the revenge of killing your uncle out of the clouds?" ”

Zhang Xiu turned around, and a stunning woman about thirty years old came out of the back hall, who was none other than his aunt Zou.

At this time, Zou Shixing's eyes were wide open, his beautiful face and facial features shifted, and he pointed at Zhang Xiu and reprimanded: "Your uncle has always treated you like a parent, and now that his bones are not cold, you want to lead the army to surrender to the enemy."

In the future, what face will you have to go to see him under the Nine Springs? ”

Zhang Xiu's face was full of embarrassment when he was scolded, although Zou was young, he was his elder, he knelt in front of Zou and said: "Aunt doesn't know, Cao's army is powerful, and my nephew is really powerless to resist it."

Rather than the destruction of the city in the future, and the Xiliang Army is completely annihilated, it is better for me to bear this infamy alone, and I can also protect my aunt and mother. ”

"Coward, I don't need you to protect you," Zou turned sideways to avoid Zhang Xiu's kneeling, and said sharply: "This is just an excuse for you to be greedy for life and fear death, and cling to glory. ”

The more Zou spoke, the more excited he became, his whole body convulsed, and he said with tears streaming down his face: "I heard that the enemy who shot your uncle is called Tai Shici, and the main general is called Liu Ping, right?"

If you don't repay this revenge, I will revenge! ”

"Auntie, you are a woman, how can you take revenge?" Zhang Xiu said hurriedly.

"You don't have to worry about it, it's a big deal that I will die with those two thieves," Zou gritted his teeth.

……

Liu Ping and Cao Ang led 3,000 troops to sleep overnight.

Not only one day, but also set up camp thirty miles away from Wancheng.

Suddenly, a herald came to report: "The eldest prince, the prince of Ping, Wancheng has come to ask for a meeting." ”