Outside Xiakou City, Yuan Yao's camp, the place of the Chinese army commander's tent.

After Yang Zaixing, Wei Yan and the others repelled the enemy army, they returned to report: "Lord, we have repelled the enemy army who robbed the camp, and according to the lord's orders, we just drove the enemy out of the camp and did not continue the pursuit!" ”

Yuan Yao nodded and responded: "Okay, pass the order to all the armies, Huang Zu will not dare to come again if he is afraid to come, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield and rest early." ”

"No, I'll take the order!"

After the generals retreated, Pang Tong stepped forward and bowed: "Back to the lord, Deng Long has released Zhang Shuo and Chen Zuo, calculate the time, they should have entered the city by now." ”

"Hahahaha, good!"

Yuan Yao laughed a few times and said, "Since the two of them have been released, then we will act according to the plan, and let Wei Yan lead five thousand soldiers and horses to the outside of Xiakou City tomorrow to call a battle for a challenge." ”

"No, the minister will give the order, and he will definitely instruct General Wei in detail."

……

Early in the morning of the second day, Wei Yan led 5,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to go outside Xiakou City to call for a challenge.

Huang Zu had already strictly ordered the defenders to only defend behind closed doors, and those who dared to go out of the city without permission would be killed regardless of victory or defeat!

No one in the defenders of Xiakou dared to go out of the city to meet the battle, Huang Zu saw that Yuan Yao's army did not attack the city, so he ordered Su Fei to sit on the city wall and return to the palace to rest, the defenders completely ignored the scolding of Wei Yan's soldiers, and Wei Yan led the army to scold outside the city for a day and could only return in vain.

In the next three days, Yuan Yao only ordered Wei Yan to lead 5,000 troops to go outside Xiakou City to call a challenge every day, and he had no intention of sending troops to attack the city at all.

However, although Yuan Yao did not make the army attack the city, Huang Zu did not rejoice at all, he always had a bad premonition in his heart, and always felt that Yuan Yao was secretly planning something, and for several days in a row, this feeling made Huang Zu restless, and he was also a little suspicious in his heart.

The soldiers of the defending army saw that Huang Zu became irritable and irritable, and they all dared not make mistakes, so they all mustered up all their spirits to guard the city, and the battle situation in Xiakou City was a little strange and stalemate for a while.

However, an unexpected piece of news soon broke the balance of the battle situation in Jingzhou.

On this day, when Yuan Yao was discussing the battle in Xiakou with Pang Tong in Shuai's tent, Mao Xiang suddenly came to report: "Lord, Jinyiwei has just sent back the news, yesterday Zhou Yu led 20,000 Jiangdong soldiers and horses to secretly bypass the Jingzhou army camp, and ambushed the 30,000 Jingzhou army led by Wen Ping in a valley more than 30 miles away from Xiajun County, and the Jingzhou army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, the Jingzhou military sentry cavalry found out about this, and Huang Zhong led the army to rescue the Wenpin army in time, and at present, the reinforcements of the Wenpin Department have joined forces with Liu Pan's army, and Zhou Yu has also led the troops back to the Jiangdong army camp. ”

Yuan Yao said with a look of surprise: "Huh? Zhou Yu actually led the army to ambush the reinforcements of the Wenpin Office? No wonder the Jiangdong soldiers and horses have been standing still in the past few days, it turns out that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have already planned! Wen Ping can also be regarded as a veteran general of the Jingzhou army, and he has suffered such a big loss, it seems that the Jingzhou army has been cultivating for many years, and its soldiers are really a little slack. ”

Pang Tong nodded and replied: "What the lord said is very true, the land of Jingzhou has been peaceful for many years, and its soldiers and horses are definitely not as strong as the Jiangdong soldiers and horses who followed Sun Ce's southern expedition to the north. However, the reason why Zhou Yu was able to ambush successfully this time also lies in the ingenuity of the ambush location he selected, which is more than 30 miles away from Xiajun County, which is not far or close, and the Jingzhou army has been tired all the way from afar, and will definitely be unprepared after arriving there, which gives Zhou Yu an opportunity to take advantage of. ”

Yuan Yao smiled slightly, and said: "The Jiangdong Army's plan is indeed ingenious, fortunately, Huang Zhong's rescue is timely, and Wen Hire's is not easy, and finally let the Jingzhou Army break through, otherwise if Wen Hire's 30,000 reinforcements are wiped out, Liu Pan's army will definitely be difficult to hold on to Jiangdong soldiers and horses!" Now that the Jiangdong soldiers and horses have gained the upper hand, it seems that our actions should also be accelerated, what does Shiyuan think? ”

Pang Tong bowed his hand and said: "The lord is wise, my army has not attacked the city for a few days, Huang Zu must have doubts in his heart, Zhang Shuochen has been in the city for many days, and it is indeed time for them to find something to do." ”

"Pass the order, the soldiers of the three armies have been fighting hard for a long time, and the three armies will be rewarded today, and the wine and meat are enough!"

"No, the minister receives the order, and then he will go to pass the order, and the minister will personally arrange the things behind, and he will not miss the lord's plan!"

……

That night, Yuan Yao sent countless wine, cattle and sheep from Huangzhou and Exian in the rear to reward the three armies, and the soldiers of the three armies all drank and ate meat happily, and there was a sound of celebration in Yuan Yao's camp, but secretly Yuan Yao had already ordered several elites to set up ambushes, if the Xiakou defenders dared to attack the camp again, they would definitely be defeated and lost!

The Xiakou garrison strictly obeyed Huang Zu's order, and no one dared to leave the city at all, even if they noticed that the atmosphere in Yuan Yao's camp was wrong, they had no intention of sending troops to rob the camp at all, which also allowed the Xikou defenders to escape a catastrophe.

Yuan Yao's camp, where Huang Shot was held.

Two drunken sergeants brought a plate of wine and meat to Huang Jie, "The lord has an order, reward the three armies!" The military advisor specially asked me to bring you a drink and food, so let's eat it quickly. ”

Huang Jian saw that Yuan Yao's soldiers were all beaming, and he was also very surprised in his heart, and asked tentatively, "I don't know what happened in the camp?" Why did General Hou suddenly reward the three armies? ”

The sergeant snorted coldly and reprimanded, "What? Do you still want to find out about the military? If you are given wine and meat, you will eat it quickly, and ask so much what you are doing! ”

After the sergeant finished speaking, he put the wine and meat on the table with a 'bang', and then angrily withdrew from the camp tent of Huang Jue, and the two sergeants did not go far, but stood at the door of the camp and began to talk.

Another sergeant looked at the sergeant and asked, "Big brother, you are familiar with each other, do you know why the lord rewarded the three armies?" ”

Huang Jie was just about to open the wine jar to drink, and when he heard this person's question, he was also very curious, so he hurriedly put down the wine jar in his hand and walked to the door of the tent to eavesdrop.

The sergeant snorted softly and said in a snort, "Humph! If you ask others, they really don't know, but if you ask me, you're really asking the right person! Do you know what my second brother does in the army? ”

The other sergeant replied: "I know, I know, you have said this several times, isn't our second brother staying by the side of the military advisor to do things, we all have to rely on you!" ”

"I told you this, don't you tell anyone, do you hear?"

"Big brother, don't worry, I will never tell anyone!"

When Huang Jian heard this, he felt that he was about to hear some confidential things, and his little heart was pounding.

I only heard the sergeant continue: "Do you know why the lord only sends General Wei to lead the army to call for battle every day, but he does not attack the city for a long time? ”

"I don't know, is there a connection between these two things?"

"This has a lot to do with it, when General Deng was discussing things with the military advisor some time ago, my second brother was guarding outside the account, and he heard a big event with his own ears! General Deng said that he had persuaded Zhang Shuo and Chen to surrender to the lord, and Zhang Shuo said that they were willing to enter the city to persuade the Jiangxia general Su Fei to surrender to the lord, and let him open the city gate for our army. Now that Zhang Shuo and Chen have returned to Xiakou to act as internal agents, I heard that this matter has progressed, and now the lord and the military advisor are negotiating conditions with Su Fei, if things go well, our army will be able to enter the city directly in a few days! ”

When the sergeant said this, he smiled and continued, "Xiakou Jiancheng can go down without a fight, is this a happy event?" Should the lord reward the three armies for the same pleasure as me? ”

Another sergeant also replied with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's really too much, if Su Fei can really sacrifice the city, how many comrades will die in less battle, this is a great joy!" ”

When Huang Zhu heard this, his heart was extremely flustered.

What the! Zhang Shuo and Chen have already joined Yuan Yao? They still want to enter the city and persuade Su Fei to open the city gate?

Zhang Shuo and the others have always been good friends with Su Fei, if the two of them go to persuade in person, the possibility of success in this matter is indeed very great, and I just heard the sergeant talk about it, it seems that Su Fei has agreed to sacrifice the city, and now they have already negotiated the conditions!

In this way, Xia Kou is in danger! Jiangxia is in danger! Father is in danger!

Now that Xiakou has not been broken, the land of Jiangxia has not been lost, and there are still tens of thousands of troops under his father's command, so Yuan Yao did not kill himself, but if he has no use value, then there is only a dead end!

No, I have to find a way to escape, tonight Yuan Yao rewarded the three armies, and its soldiers will definitely be in chaos, and he may not have a chance to escape!

Thinking of this, Huang Jian forced himself to calm down and began to think about how to escape.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a voice from outside the account.

The sergeant who was quite stunned just now said in a daze: "No, I have drunk too much, I have to sleep for a while, you defend yourself first, and I will come back to replace you when I wake up!" ”

Another sergeant yawned and replied, "It's okay, big brother, you sleep first, I'm not sleepy, yawn ......"

"Huhuhu......"

A moment later, Huang Jie heard a snoring sound from outside the tent, and one of the guard sergeants had fallen asleep.

"No, I'll squint for a while, whirring and ......"

After another moment, another snoring sound came, Huang Jian waited for a moment, there was still no movement outside, Huang Jian quietly poked his head out, and sure enough, he saw that the two sergeants on duty who were guarding him had already died.

Huang Jie stepped forward and drew the saber from the waist of a sergeant, intending to kill the man, but he raised his long knife and put it down after thinking about it.

"I'm afraid it will smell of blood to kill these two people, so don't do it too much, count you two lucky!"

Huang Jian entered the camp next to him and changed into the armor of Yuan Yaojun's soldiers, and found a token from one of the sergeants, rode the war horse parked behind and ran directly out of Yuan Yao's camp.

Huang Shot falsely claimed the identity of Pang Tong's henchman, and Yuan Yaojun's soldiers were a little slack tonight, and finally Huang Shot really let Huang Shot get out of Yuan Yaojun's camp without danger.

After Huang Shot left Yuan Yaojun's camp, he rode straight to the direction of Xiakou City, and soon came to the outside of Xiakou City, and the defenders of the city confirmed Huang Jie's identity and hurriedly invited him into the city.