After a scuffle that day, the soldiers on both sides were consumed a lot, but Xiahou Yuan's mind was not on it now.

Because just this morning, Zhang Xiu suddenly sent someone to deliver a letter, and the content of the letter made everyone wonder.

In the past five days, the two sides have maintained a relatively stable standoff, and neither side has any intention of attacking.

The generals of the Cao army always thought that Zhang Xiu and others were planning a night attack, and for this reason, Cao Hong also specially strengthened the patrol at night.

But now, the other party suddenly sent such a letter, which was unexpected.

Zhang Xiu actually wants to surrender!

Of course, he made it clear in his letter.

This time he came to attack, but because Zhang Xiu's current situation was not optimistic, he lived in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao continued to exert pressure, so he had to take the risk of going east.

If Cao Cao could agree to accept his surrender, Zhang Xiu was willing to be Cao Cao's vanguard in the capture of Jingzhou, on the condition that he remained in Wanxian.

After reading the letter, everyone looked at Xiahou Yuan with suspicion.

Xiahou Yuan smiled bitterly at Cao Hong, looked around at everyone and said, "This embroidery really has a problem for me." ”

"What does the general mean?" After all, Cao Ang is still inexperienced, and he did not understand the deep meaning.

"Childe may not know the mystery of this," Cao Hong explained for Xiahou Yuan, "Dare to ask Childe, do you dare to accept Zhang Xiu at this time?" ”

"How dare Ang decide such a big thing, he must show his father before he can ......" Cao Ang's words suddenly stopped.

"Yes," Cao Hong smiled and said, "Zhang Xiu must also know this, so he specified that he wanted the lord to agree." But this back and forth, for several days, I was worried that the other party might have some tricks, and I was afraid that these **** troops would attack, so I deliberately did so. ”

"What Zilian said is good, I guess that Zhang Xiu may use these days to raise grain and grass, or even borrow grain directly from Liu Biao. What he was worried about must have been that he was afraid that our army would intercept the grain transporters. Xiahou Yuan also said approvingly.

"Then the general led his army on a detour to the rear of the army to lay an ambush, and when the grain cart passed, it was burned." Han Hao said.

"Yuan Hei," Xiahou Yuan waved his hand, "This is just speculation on our part, but if Zhang Xiu has another plan, or if he sent this letter, it is precisely to order our army to intercept the grain, wouldn't it be his trick?" ”

"This is not it, that is not it, we are just speculating here, and if we don't send troops to go in person, how can we know his true intentions?"

"Don't worry," Cao Hong smiled at Han Hao, "After all, there is a Jia Xu by Zhang Xiu's side, this person is ruthless and vicious, so he has to guard against it." However, we don't have to be so passive. ”

"Oh?" Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Hong and asked.

"Man Cheng, recently the sentinel cavalry has reported that there are grain soldiers and horses transporting grain from Wanxian County?"

"Not yet." Since the day Li Dian set up camp, he has been sending sentinels to make a detour to reconnoitre, and he is afraid that the enemy will have reinforcements.

"Then you might as well endure it for two more days. Naturally, we want to be honest with our lord, but we can also agree. ”

"You're going to ......"

"When facing the enemy, you must be able to respond, and two days later, we will reply to Zhang Xiu, saying that the lord has already agreed."

"......"

Even if he has a kinship with Cao Cao, if he does this, it is still arrogance, and Xiahou Yuan naturally hesitated.

"The general listened to me," Cao Hong said very seriously, "although it is the intention of the false lord, we will not completely act according to Zhang Xiu's request. Since he said that he wanted to surrender to sincerity and be the vanguard of the lord, he would show his sincerity to the world. I replied to him later, the lord agreed, but there were still tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers and horses behind him, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no trouble. Therefore, I hope that he Zhang Xiu can be the vanguard, and our army will also go with him and repel Wang Wei first. ”

"But if Jia Xu really has a plan, isn't our army caught in the encirclement of Zhang Xiu and Wang Wei?" Cao Ang asked again.

Xiahou Yuan naturally understood Cao Hong's thoughts, so he said to Cao Ang: "Son, Zilian's meaning is to make it difficult for Zhang Xiu to ride a tiger, and our army will only follow him from a distance and pretend to be supportive." ”

"I see...... But if our army does not advance, will Zhang Xiu attack? ”

"He had to move. If he does not attack, then it will be proved that there is a trick, and our army will directly withdraw to defend the palace. ”

"Man Cheng, you still have to work hard for your sentry horse, and you will investigate more recently." Cao Hong was actually a little worried about the enemy's increase in troops.

"Zhang Xiu's side is very heavily guarded, and the sentry can only bypass far from both sides, but they can't go too deep into the ......."

In fact, I also want to know how difficult it must be to avoid the enemy's sight from the outer circle to detect the movement behind the enemy.

"Do your best. As long as Zhang Xiu has no reinforcements, no matter how scheming Jia Xu is, it will not be difficult to hold this place. ”

……

And so, two more days of calm passed.

The sentry still did not find any trace of the enemy's reinforcements, which made Xiahou Yuan feel a little relieved.

Two days later, Xiahou Yuan and others replied to Zhang Xiu according to the established plan, and hinted that he would reply as soon as possible and agree on a date to capture Wang Wei.

But Zhang Xiu's answer was unexpected.

He readily agreed, and took the initiative to charge ahead, while the Cao soldiers only needed to add momentum to the back.

So, in the early morning of the second day after Zhang Xiu's reply, under the watchful eyes of the generals of the Cao army, he launched an attack on Wang Wei's camp.

The result can be imagined, prepared to attack unprepared, and Wang Wei would not have thought that Zhang Xiu would suddenly turn his face and rebel.

Seeing that Wang Wei's camp was on fire, Xiahou Yuan and the others even gradually believed in the truth of Zhang Xiu's surrender.

……

In the camp that had been burned to the ground, Jia Xu was frowning slightly.

"Strategist, what's the concern?" Zhang Xiu walked over from the side and asked.

"Too little." Jia Xu slowly looked around and said regretfully.

"What's too little?"

"Dead people."

Although Zhang Xiu and his subordinates are accustomed to Jia Xu's character, listening to these words still makes people feel cold in their backs.

"The military advisor means ......"

"Tens of thousands of people fought tens of thousands of people, but only this corpse was left, will the generals of the Cao army believe it?"

"Wang Wei still can't act in the end." Zhang Xiu smiled reluctantly.

"Someone." Jia Xu called out, and a soldier ran over from the side.

"Can Jingzhou soldiers be captured in this battle?"

"Back to the military division, there are about 100 people."

"Kill them all, and throw them out of the tents. In addition, thirty of them were put into our military uniforms. ”

"Huh?" The soldier listened to Jia Xu in surprise and looked at Zhang Xiu with embarrassed eyes.

Zhang Xiu was slightly stunned for a moment, and then nodded at the soldier.

So, these dead people were tossed again.

"It's still not enough, but that's the only way......" Jia Xu said to the soldiers who had just finished getting the corpses with an expressionless face, "Go, before the general of the Cao army arrives, go to my barracks to get some grain trucks, and burn them together." ”

……

In this way, when Xiahou Yuan and the others came to Wang Wei's camp in person, the situation here was already completely convincing to them.

The corpses scattered all over the place, and the burned baggage, all prove that this place has just experienced a fierce battle.

After that, the two sides reconfirmed the agreement, and left Zhang Xiujun to clean up the battlefield, while the generals of Cao Jun returned to their camps.

A day later, Zhang Xiu returned to Wan County to wait for Cao Cao to surrender according to the agreement.

However, the generals of Cao's army did not withdraw.

Privately decided, now everyone has no bottom on how Cao Cao will reply. Besides, although Zhang Xiu began to withdraw from the camp, no one knows whether there is a trick or not, in case he retreats here and he kills back, the consequences will be serious.

It's just that they are worried that Cao Cao's reply is right, but Zhang Xiu's guess is not accurate.

Zhang Xiu really withdrew, and he withdrew cleanly.

Because Jia Xu's strategy was not what Cao Jun's generals speculated from beginning to end.

His target is only Cao Cao.

After a scuffle, Jia Xu could clearly realize that with Zhang Xiu's troops, even if Jingzhou's soldiers and horses helped with all their might, they would not be able to attack Xudu.

In that case, why not change the route?

Instead of going through the trouble of attacking it, why not ask Cao Cao to come over in person?

So, he came up with a fake plan.

In those days, they were indeed waiting, but what they were waiting for was not soldiers and horses, nor grain and grass, but Liu Biao's reply.

Zhang Xiu didn't go through Wang Wei, because he believed that this person would only get in the way, and he directly sent someone to send a letter to Liu Biao non-stop.

And Zhang Xiu's promise to Liu Biao was that once Cao Cao was eliminated, the Han Emperor would naturally be greeted by Liu Biao, but at the same time, Liu Biao must also show Zhang Xiu as the Taishou of Nanyang County, where Wan County is located.

Liu Biao has naturally coveted Emperor Han for a long time, and he had sent troops to meet him before, but now that the opportunity is in front of him, how can he let it go?

Therefore, even if there was opposition among the staff, Liu Biao still agreed to Zhang Xiu.

In this way, in front of the generals of Cao Jun, the two sides performed a scene together.

It's just one thing that makes Jia Xu very angry, and this is also the reason why he ordered his subordinates to go back to his camp to get the grain trucks - Wang Wei actually ordered some soldiers to transport grain and grass to evacuate the night before!

Jia Xu couldn't even understand that if the plan could be successful, after the Han Emperor was established, all the grain and grass in the world would be Liu Biao's, but this Wang Wei would actually be stingy with this little bit in front of him.

The concubine is not enough and scheming!

Fortunately, the matter of plotting with Liu Biao was not conveyed by him, otherwise I am afraid that he would not even let Liu Biao know about the letter.

But if you think about it from another angle, it's also a good thing.

If Liu Biao's subordinates are all such stupid people, it is the will of heaven.

Because Jia Xu's plan did not stop at assassinating Cao Cao.

With far-reaching eyes, he has already looked years later.

Bringing Cao Cao forward, Zhang Xiu inside, Liu Biao outside, and getting rid of it with a certain death situation, this is the first step.

The second step is to develop strength in Nanyang, and gradually encircle Jingzhou's civil and military forces, and finally seize Jingzhou.

After many years, Jia Xu's style of acting has never changed-profit and conspire.

Now Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao both want to get rid of Cao Cao, which is the same.

But after getting rid of Cao Cao and establishing the Han Emperor, the interests of the two sides are no longer the same.

There is only one Jingzhou, and there is only one Emperor Han, who can help Zhang Xiu become the overlord of the world, how could Jia Xu be willing to let him just be Liu Biao's guardian.

……

In troubled times, there are no permanent allies.