"The enemy should have no food supplies," Cao Cao said, "we just have to be patient and wait." He looked at Guo Jia. Why don't you just wait here, I don't believe they can hold out much longer. ”

"If they want to get food as soon as possible, their best thing to do is to be stationed outside the city, not to attack us." Guo Jia suddenly laughed. "That's why I asked the king to borrow the general Cao Renyi, only he can be competent with my tactics."

"So what does Bonghyo think of the current situation?" Cao Cao asked.

"Continue the march and press the enemy. If my strategy fails, we don't press on the enemy, and we miss the opportunity to cut off the food routes and besiege. The best thing is to force Pang Tong's army into Jiangxia City. ”

"It's too risky." Xiahou said.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger!" Xu Chu said excitedly: "I am willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Xiahoudun smiled and said nothing. At this moment, the spies reported that the corpses of the hundred cavalrymen had been found in a dense forest in the southwest, and the horses were gone.

"They all died by arrows, and they were really ambushed." Xu Chu said impatiently: "This guy is too hateful! Tonight, let me go after them, and I will see what they are capable of. ”

"Never!" Guo Jia said loudly: "It's a good thing for a general to take the lead, but you can't run into someone else's trap by yourself." Although it is painful to lose 100 soldiers, the loss of one will be like the loss of 10,000 soldiers, and you should not be reckless. ”

"But how can I ignore him when he kills my cavalry, if such a thing happens tonight. Where do I put Xu Chu's face? Since there was no progress in probing and pursuing the enemy soldiers, but was ambushed by Zhou Yu's army, Xu Chu, who felt very embarrassed, wanted to completely defeat the haze that shrouded him and Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao spoke out to stop him. But Xu Chu didn't stop there. He went so far as to walk with Tanma in the dark of night. He was like a hunter in the night, sniffing the scent of enemy soldiers.

None of them carried torches, but they were wrapped in horses' feet, and they engaged in a secret confrontation with the enemy in the shadows. Because he was lured into the enemy line on the west flank before. He deliberately pursued to the west. But at the time of the third watch, there was the sound of a riot in the east. After receiving the report, Xu Chu and others quickly gathered in the past. The cavalrymen who were first introduced into the woods were shot and killed. Xu Chu was not afraid, and led the troops to rush in. Unexpectedly, there were many crossbowmen in ambush in the bushes, and thousands of arrows were fired, and Xu Chu's enemies fell to the ground one after another, and the war horses neighed. At this moment, other cavalry also rushed over, but Zhou Yu's army began to withdraw. After those cavalry rushed in, they were surrounded and killed by the cavalry of Zhou Yu's army, which suddenly protruded. A moment later, most of the cavalry of Cao Cao's army that had pursued had been routed on the spot.

After some time, the army in the village rushed over, but the generals of their own soldiers were already on the ground, and the enemy was nowhere to be found. Blood-stained woodland. The soldiers dismounted and searched for survivors. Suddenly, a man stood up from a pool of blood, tall and tall. The soldiers faced each other with swords. I only heard the man shouting: "I am Xu Chu!" ”

It turned out that after Xu Chu was hit by the enemy's arrow, the war horse threw him out, and he was hit by an arrow in his right shoulder and threw it to the ground, and his head hit the tree, and he suddenly fell unconscious. It was also during this period that a large number of his men were killed, but he survived. He felt it was a great shame to live in this situation. In Cao Cao's tent, he was gray and dirty, and he was ****. No, his upper body and forehead were bandaged, and he looked embarrassed.

"If you don't obey military orders, you will have to end up like this!" Cao Cao reprimanded: "I have repeatedly warned you, what are you thinking? ”

"General Xu, military merit is not so important." Xiahou said.

Xu Chu was a defeated general, so he had to swallow his anger.

"I did this because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to pay and lose face, but so many people died." Guo Jia broke Xu Chu's thoughts. Xu Chu bowed his head and was silent. Guo Jia continued: "But the problem is not here. Rather, the enemy's strategic deployment is very clever, too fast, too fast. ”

"This is not the time to admire." Xiahoudun said coldly: "You must find out these rats." ”

The spies discovered trails as they searched around during the day. Especially in the place where the east was ambushed, the enemy soldiers should have taken a secluded mountain road.

"Completely taking advantage of the right time and place, is this Zhou Gongjin planning to trap us here?" Cao Cao said after hearing this.

"Zhou Gongjin is a master of taking advantage of the geographical advantages." Guo Jia said: "But this is not to be feared. We shouldn't have sent too many men into his ambush. Hurry up and march is the way to go......"

His words were immediately interrupted, and it was a messenger galloping from Sima Yi. This person came over looking for the established marching route of Cao Cao's army, and he could be regarded as looking for a while. He told the story of the battle between Sima Yi and Pang Tong.

"Zhongda's strategy didn't capture this guy?" Cao Cao gasped. "All the rumors I've heard seem to be true. This Pang Shiyuan is not simple, I really underestimated him at the beginning. The yellow-haired child has become a giant, careless, careless......"

While regretting his decision, he was also very excited.

"It would be nice if we swapped things with Zhongda. I really want to meet this kid. Cao Cao smiled lightly: "The struggle between the two kings is the most interesting. He suddenly hid his words and sighed: "It's a pity that Zhou Gongjin is used by him, it's really unbearable." Why don't I change Zhuge Liang with him. ”

"Is the king too child's play?" Xiahoudun said seriously. Perhaps in this tent, the only one who dared to say such things to Cao Cao was Xiahou Dun, who was of the same clan. "Zhuge Kongming has the name of a great sage, don't slack off."

"Are you out of battle yet?" Cao Cao was still dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's actions. "Even if he has the ability to reach the sky, but he is arrogant and arrogant, and he is suspected of teasing me, how can this kind of person be used?"

"I've heard about him being ostracized." Xiahoudun reminded.

"He's a strategist, and I don't have that idleness." Xu Chu said coldly.

"I am also very respectful to him." Guo Jiadao.

"You are all kind to him, too!" Cao Cao said: "Fortunately, I got Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, otherwise Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would really be of no use to me." ”

"In accordance with the king's requirements, he has given generous gifts to the families of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and built a luxurious mansion in Xuchang." Guo Jiadao. "They will know the king's heart."

Cao Cao nodded.

"Is the king too good to these people?" Xu Chu said unhappily: "It's not my own person after all." ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense. These two people are both affectionate and righteous people, and they obeyed Liu Bei's orders to follow our army's orders, and Zhongda also relied on their strength, which cannot be erased. You are all my confidants, so don't be jealous of it. He seemed to be emphasizing that.

"Don't dare!" Xu Chu said.

"There's a request down there." Guo Jiadao, the others were silent. "I hope that General Xu and General Xiahou can escort them to the east side, which is where General Xu was attacked."

"It's too dangerous." Xu Chu said bluntly. "You are a counselor, and if you have a battle, you will surely suffer. It is nothing if I get an arrow, but if I hurt the military advisor, it will be equivalent to the king's broken arm. ”

"More than an arm." Cao Cao laughed and said: "But since it is Fengxiao's request, for the sake of the future of our army, we still have to obey." You are good enough to protect me, and if there is any mistake, it will be dealt with by military law. ”

Xu Chu and Xiahoudun led four thousand horses to gallop over. Because it was daytime, the people were not on guard. After about ten miles, we reached the edge of the forest. Xu Chule stopped fighting and said: "Be careful!" ”

They slowly entered the forest. Xu Chu galloped forward on horseback first, as if he was driving away the invisible enemy, and as if he was probing the terrain. After a long time, he decided that there were no ambushes here, so he ordered the cavalry to keep watch around it.

Guo Jia looked around. There were also fragments of armor and short swords that fell in the grass. The previous blood stains were still left on the earth and the leaves. This is the remnants of the battlefield.

Guo Jia turned over and dismounted, Xiahoudun on one side frowned, there was obviously something unusual around him.

"It's better for the military division to stay on the horse, although General Xu patrols around, but if the enemy's cavalry comes by surprise, the situation is unpredictable."

Guo Jia shook his head and said with a smile: "Then it's up to fate." ”

Xiahoudun was speechless when he heard this. He is the life of a military attaché, and he has always believed that only power can determine the life and death of a person, and he does not agree with this statement of "resigned to fate". But this military advisor looked around with a clear eye.

Guo Jia, who was wearing a crimson robe, bent down to check, pushing away the grass from time to time. Xu Chu came on horseback, and when he saw his actions, he said: "There's nothing here, what is the military advisor doing?" Like a fool who was led by the nose and pulled here, Xu Chu was greatly displeased.

But Guo Jia took great pains to carry out his work seriously, leaving aside the two military attachés who were a little confused. But wherever he went, the two military attachés had to be on the right and left, and the soldiers were also on the side. About half an hour passed, and everyone felt that there would be no gain, and Xu Chu was very impatient and lost his words: "Why don't I lead a large group of men and horses to look around along the mountain road, and maybe I can find signs of enemy soldiers." What can be found in such a place of the dead? ”

Guo Jia continued his work, crouching down from time to time, staring carefully at the ground. Nodding several times, Xu Chu couldn't help but turn over and dismount, walked over, and carefully looked at the pile of objects on the ground that caught Guo Jia's attention. It turned out to be a pile of tan.