Cao Cao led troops into Wancheng Tunzha, and the rest of the military horses were divided outside the city, and the walled fence was connected for more than ten miles. When he arrived at the foot of Wancheng City, Cao Cao stopped at the horse, raised his whip and pointed ahead and said to Zhang Xiu: "Lead the horse!" ”

Zhang Xiu lowered his head and hesitated for a long time, while the people in the city and his subordinates pointed at him. Cao Cao's subordinates looked at Zhang Xiu's appearance and secretly laughed there, Zhang Xiu felt that he had lost his face, but he was under the eaves and had to bow his head!

Zhang Xiu took the reins of Cao Cao's horse "Absolute Shadow" and said, "Step forward and lead the way." ”

Zhang Xiu led the horse to meet Cao Cao's army and walked forward, Zhang Xiu felt that he was a monkey whipped by the juggling team and walked down the street, and the onlookers came from time to time with ridicule and ridicule. Before he surrendered to Cao Cao, he was a high-ranking general, known as the king of spears in the north, admired by the people and admired by the soldiers.

Zhang Xiu swallowed his anger and took Cao Cao to Wancheng, Cao Cao laughed as he walked all the way, and Zhang Xiu's hand holding the reins was tense. Cao Cao lived in Wancheng for several days, and Zhang Xiu feasted Cao Cao every day, hoping to find an official position.

One day, Cao Cao was very drunk, returned to his bed, and asked left and right in private: "Are there any prostitutes in this city?" ”

Cao Cao's nephew Cao Anmin knew that Cao Cao loved his wife, and whispered to Cao Cao: "Last night, my little nephew peeked at the side of the building, there was a woman who was born very beautiful, and when she asked, it was the wife of Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he ordered Cao Anmin to lead fifty soldiers to pick up the Zou family. After a while, the Zou family was taken to the army, and Cao Cao saw the Zou family, with crisp breasts and beautiful buttocks, and there was really a mature and intellectual beauty. The Zou family's face was crimson, and he looked at Cao Cao shyly, which made Cao Cao's heart angry.

Cao Cao asked her surname, and the woman replied, "The concubine is Zhang Ji's wife, Zou Shiye." ”

Cao Cao asked, "Does Madame know me?" ”

Zou made a gesture to Cao Cao: "I have heard the prestige of Lord Sikong for a long time, and I am fortunate to pay homage tonight." ”

Cao Cao stared at Zou with squinting eyes: "I am the descendant of Mrs. Turner Zhang Xiu; Otherwise, the Zhang clan will be wiped out. ”

Zou thanked him and said, "I really feel the grace of Lord Sikong's rebirth." ”

Cao Cao approached Zou and said, "It's a blessing to see Madame today. Tonight, I wish to sit with the pillow, return to the capital with me, and enjoy wealth and prosperity, what is it? ”

Zou Shi thank you. This night, he played the piano and drank wine with Cao Cao in the tent. Zou wanted to find an excuse to leave: "If you live in the city for a long time, Zhang Xiu will inevitably be suspicious, and she is afraid that outsiders will talk about it." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Tomorrow, Cao Cao and his wife will go to live in the village." ”

The next day, Cao Cao and Zou moved outside the city to rest, and called Dian Wei to stay outside the Chinese army's tent. The rest of the people were not allowed to enter unless Cao Cao called for it. Therefore, there is no communication between the inside and the outside. Cao Cao had fun with Zou every day and didn't want to return.

Zhang Xiu's family reported the matter to him secretly. Zhang Xiu was ashamed, and at this time, Zhang Xiu's cronies came to see Hu Che'er again. Hu Che'er told Cao Cao about bribing him with a lot of money to assassinate Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu saw that Hu Che'er was loyal to him, so he didn't pursue it and let him go down.

Zhang Xiu remembered that Cao Cao had humiliated him repeatedly, and said angrily: "Cao thief insulted me too much!" ”

Zhang Xiu asked Jia Xu to discuss, and Jia Xu offered a plan to break Cao: "This matter must not be leaked." Wait for Cao Cao to come out of the account in the future, so and so ......"

The next day, Cao Cao sat in the tent, and Zhang Xiu came in to report and said: "There are many fugitives in the new soldiers, and Xiu asks Lord Sikong to move them to the Chinese army. ”

Cao Cao thought that Zhang Xiu was a brave and unscrupulous person, so he didn't suspect anything and agreed to him. Zhang Xiu then quietly divided his subordinates into four villages and deployed them around Cao Cao's army, waiting for the opportunity to start an incident.

Cao Cao's expedition against Zhang Xiu did not bring Xun You, Guo Jia and others, and Li Dian, the captain of the spear corps under Cao Cao, saw that there had been frequent changes of guard in various places recently, and he had a faint sense of foreboding. Li Dian sent people to ride fast horses day and night to Xu County, and deployed Cao's military camp to report to Xi Zhicai and other strategists.

Xi Zhicai took the defense drawings and looked at them, and took a branch to draw something on the ground. Suddenly, Xi Zhicai's eyes widened and he shouted, "Not good! This is a fierce array of four phases, quickly report to the lord and let him withdraw from the Chinese army's tent! ”

Xi Zhicai was in a hurry, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the ground. The servant who took care of Xi Zhicai saw him fall to the ground, and hurriedly said to Li Dian's envoy: "It's not good, Mr. Xi Zhicai's old illness has relapsed, go and ask Hua Tuohua to come quickly!" ”

Hua Tuo, Guo Jia and others hurriedly came to visit, and Hua Tuo muttered after giving Xi Zhicai the needle: "Strange, his pulse is not disordered, why does the old disease suddenly recur?" ”

After Xi Zhicai woke up, he sat up, and after Guo Jia fed him the medicine, he let Hua Tuo go. Guo Jia reprimanded the servant, closed the door, and said to Xi Zhicai: "Are you spying on the heavens again?" I have long advised you that the method of Qimen divination should not be moved lightly, otherwise it will damage Yang Shou. ”

Xi Zhicai held Guo Jia's indifferent smile and said: "Fengxiao, when you stand in my position one day, you will understand what I have done." The lord has a big problem, and it is up to you whether you can go against the sky this time. ”

Xi Zhicai told Guo Jia about the fierce array of the four phases, Guo Jia was shocked, and hurriedly led Xu Chu and Cao Chun to lead the Tiger Guards and the Tiger Leopard to rescue Cao Cao.

Every time Zhang Xiu entered the account to discuss with Cao Cao, he saw a majestic man like a bear, with a fierce face, and his subordinates did not dare to approach. Zhang Xiu put on the front cover, and only then did he find out that this person was Cao Cao's Chinese army guard Dian Wei.

Zhang Xiu saw that Dian Wei was guarding in front of Cao Cao's tent, and it was difficult to approach, so he discussed with the partial general Hu Che'er. Hu Che'er has Xiongnu blood, and he was born extremely strong, with a strength of 500 catties and 700 miles a day.

Hu Che'er said to Zhang Xiu: "Dian Wei's terrible one, double iron halberd ears." The lord can invite him to eat and drink tomorrow, and return drunk. At that time, so-and-so mixed in with the sergeant who came with him, stole into the tent, and stole his halberd first, and this man was not to be feared. ”

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed, prepared bows and arrows and armor soldiers in advance, and informed the henchmen of each village, saying that it was expedient that he had to surrender to Cao Cao before. Now Cao Cao is lax, he can take the opportunity to start an incident and kill the national thief Cao Cao, and he will be ashamed. Zhang Xiu's old generals were also snubbed under Cao Cao, and even the ordinary soldiers of Cao Cao's army did not take them seriously.

When Jia Xu calculated the time, Jia Xu specially invited Dian Wei to the village and toasted diligently. In the evening, Dian Wei stood up and said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Jia, I can't drink anymore." The lord still needs to be guarded! ”

Dian Wei staggered out of the village, and Hu Che'er took the opportunity to mix in Dian Wei's team. Hu Che'er went straight into Dazhai and quietly sneaked to steal Dian Wei's double iron halberd.

That night, Cao Cao was drinking with Zou in the tent when he overheard the sound of someone talking outside the tent and the neighing of war horses. Cao Cao sent someone to investigate, and the man reported that it was Zhang Xiujun who was on night patrol, so Cao Cao no longer doubted it.

When it was nearly the second watch, I suddenly heard shouts in the village, reporting that the grass wheel was on fire. Cao Cao was halfway through the fun with the Zou family, and he was furious and scolded: "There is a fire in the army, such a trivial matter, you can just take water and destroy yourself." Don't alarm me again. ”

After a while, the flames were blazing on all sides, and Cao Cao began to panic, and hurriedly called Dian Wei to come to protect him. As soon as Dian Wei fell asleep drunk, he heard the sound of the golden drum shouting in his sleep, so he jumped up, but he couldn't find the double halberd.

At this time, Zhang Xiu led his troops to Yuanmen, and Dian Wei hurriedly pulled out the foot soldier waist knife and held it in his hand. I saw countless Xiliang military horses in front of the door, each with a spear, rushing into the village.

Dian Wei struggled forward with a knife and hacked more than 20 people to death. The Xiliang cavalry retreated, and Zhang Xiu ordered the infantry to rush in, and the spear arrays on both sides were like reeds. Dian Wei didn't have time to put on his armor, he was stabbed dozens of times all over his body, and he fought to the death. Dian Wei is powerful, and he can't use it if he cuts a large piece of the knife edge. Dian Wei abandoned his knife and met the enemy with two enemy soldiers in both hands, killing eight or nine people.

(End of chapter)