"Fool, if Jia Xu really led the army as expected, wouldn't he take advantage of our army's return to attack Xuchang. Xuchang has just been peaceful, and there are not many troops, so it is better to withdraw them all, and kill them all, so as not to kill and wound innocents!! Xiahou Yuan reacted quickly and said in a fierce voice. When Cao Hong heard this, he gritted his teeth, but he was not angry with Xiahou Yuan, but extremely unwilling in his heart.

After all, not long ago, the self-army clearly had the advantage, but in the blink of an eye, the situation was turned upside down, if there is no person with a certain concentration, where can he endure it?

"Hehe, not necessarily. If the Lord can trust me, I would like to know this for a while. At this time, Xi Zhicai suddenly laughed and said leisurely.

Even Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, his eyes widened, and he said, "You want to stay in Xuchang!?" ”

Xi Zhicai nodded his head. Cao Cao immediately frowned, and said, "No!" It's good to lose Xuchang, and it's good to lose your ambition! Jia Xu is good at poisonous tricks, extremely dangerous, if you have any case, I will bend my arms!! ”

Listening to Cao Cao's angry shouting with concern. Xi Zhicai only felt that his heart was tightened, and there was more emotional brilliance in his eyes, and he sighed: "If the situation is becoming more and more chaotic and uncertain today, Dong Jackal has been lying in Sanfu, eyeing the tiger. As I expected, it won't be long before the world changes. This place in Xuchang is very important to our great cause.

The lord treats me with deep affection and righteousness, and treats me like a humerus, this kindness and virtue will not be repaid for death. Forgive the courage of the play, and ask the lord to let the play stay and guard Xuchang! ”

Xi Zhicai has a great vision, and he is full of determination. Cao Cao's heart tightened, he was well versed in Xi Zhicai's temperament, and he knew that no one would be able to change Xi Zhicai's determination at this time, so he couldn't help but sigh: "How many soldiers and horses do you need?" ”

"Two thousand is enough."

Cao Cao pondered for a while, and said without doubt: "I promise you five thousand, but Xuchang has a mistake, take your head!" ”

Cao Cao brought exactly 10,000 soldiers and horses this time, leaving 5,000, which is nearly half. Xi Zhicai couldn't help but change color, but when he saw Cao Cao's eyes, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but laugh from the bottom of his heart: "Okay, I guarantee that the city is in the people, and the city is dead!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded, and immediately said to Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin: "Miaocai, Wen Qian, you two stay to assist the military advisor." ”

When Xiahou Yuan and Le Jin heard this, they immediately received the order. Cao Cao immediately ordered Cao Hong to order Qi soldiers and horses, and instructed people to quickly call Xiahoudun back immediately and retreat to Chen Liu.

A hundred miles away from Xuchang is on a mountain called Koudang.

"Lord, great joy, great joy~! Then Xiahoudun led his troops and withdrew!! Suddenly, a disgraced and tattered general rode his horse and shouted with ecstasy on his face.

When Zhang Xiu, who was pale and angry, heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, he stood up suddenly, and shouted in disbelief: "Really, then Xiahoudun really withdrew his troops!?" ”

"How dare the little one deceive the lord, without further ado, I will escort the lord down the mountain as soon as possible!!" The general who came to report said very seriously, and the surrounding soldiers all showed joy when they heard it, and they all said that Zhang Xiuji people have their own natural appearance, and there is no endless road.

However, Zhang Xiu's face soon changed, and his expression quickly became gloomy, and he said, "No! Cao Mengde is a hero in the world, and it is impossible for him to be so light and willing to let me go. This must be his ruse!! I'm afraid that Xiahoudun did not retreat, but lay in ambush behind, waiting for me to go down the mountain and throw myself into the net!! ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words came out, everyone changed their color, and they all felt that it was reasonable, and immediately showed despair. Zhang Xiu also sighed weakly, and said: "I knew this was the case, I should have listened to Wen He's words that day, and I shouldn't have messed with Cao Cao!" ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words fell, an earth-shaking killing sound suddenly sounded in the rear. Zhang Xiu's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly got on the horse to investigate, and saw the flags all over the place behind the mountain, and the crowd was like a tide, and he saw a blue-black 'Jia' character flag, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, shouting: "The military division is coming!" ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words came out, the remnants of the defeated soldiers around him all showed the excitement and excitement of the rest of their lives, and they couldn't help but call out.

At noon that day, the people at the foot of Koudang Mountain were like mountains, full of various teams of men and horses, but this time it was not Xiahoudun's soldiers and horses who surrounded the mountain, but the reinforcements led by Jia Xu.

On Koudang Mountain, I saw Jia Xu wearing a koi Baichuan robe, with long hair over the shoulders, neatly combed, his eyebrows raised like a dragon's tail, his eyes were sharp and sharp, he looked quite severe, and he knelt down and said with his hand: "The ministers can't help, so the lord is frightened, he really deserves death, and he is willing to be punished!" ”

"Wenhe, hurry up!" When Zhang Xiu heard this, he hurriedly helped Jia Xu up, and then sighed: "I really shouldn't have disobeyed you and sent troops without authorization, but I didn't expect Xuchang to be taken away by Cao Cao's traitor!" It's a pity that there are nearly 100,000 quintals of grain there!! ”

When Jia Xu heard this, his expression narrowed, his eyes shot two fine lights, and he grinned and said, "The lord doesn't have to worry about this." Now to recapture Xuchang, it is like a bag. ”

"What do you mean by Wen He!?" When Zhang Xiu heard this, she couldn't help but change color, and hurriedly grabbed Jia Xu's arm and said excitedly. If today's chaos is a great time, it is a good time to make contributions, and the princes are fighting each other, in order to establish a foundation as soon as possible, to stand firm in the troubled times, and more importantly, once there is a hegemon who has the power to sweep the world, then the weak will become the prey of others.

And now the person with the greatest power is undoubtedly Dong Zhuo, who has nearly hundreds of thousands of troops and has nearly hundreds of thousands of troops, but he is afraid of the siege of the world's heroes, and he has never dared to rashly send out another three auxiliaries.

Immediately afterwards, since Yuan Shao, who took down Jizhou not long ago, Jizhou is a place where money and grain are abundant, plus Yuan Shao has the full support of the Yuan family behind him, as well as the reputation of gathering during the Northern Alliance, his command is full of talents, and he has recovered a large number of Han Fu's command, and now his army also has hundreds of thousands. However, the rise of Yuan Shao has also aroused the jealousy of many people, including Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan in Youzhou. Then he was Yuan Shao's younger brother, that is, Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu also received the support of a large number of elders in the clan, and even took the Yuan family's base - Runan, plus Nanyang, the territory is much larger than Yuan Shao, but because of this, it is difficult to take care of the left and right, plus not long ago and Sun Jian tore his face, his general Ji Ling was broken by his Sun Jian, and the soldiers and horses were broken, and Liang County was attacked by Cao Cao's soldiers and horses, otherwise I am afraid that compared to his brother Yuan Shao, it is not too much!

In addition, there are also new stars from all over the world, such as Ma Zongheng, who took down Yanzhou half a month ago, and Cao Cao, who is rapidly expanding his power.

Most of these male lords who have emerged in recent years are based around the Central Plains, and as for the princes in other places, most of them are standing still, and they have the posture of watching the situation in the world with a cold eye.

Zhang Xiu understands very well that in the near future, the male lord and the overlord will appear one after another. But with the passage of time, under countless wars, the so-called weak and strong, these heroes and overlords will become smaller and smaller, and the last few remaining will be the emperors who can own the world in the future.

Zhang Xiu didn't dare to have the ambition to take down the world, but he didn't want to become the prey of others, so he had to do his best to improve his power, and the fastest way was naturally to expand the territory, so he needed a lot of food. Therefore, it is conceivable that the loss of Xuchang made Zhang Xiu discouraged and desperate!

Jia Xu seemed to see through Zhang Xiu's thoughts, smiled faintly, and then muttered to Zhang Xiu in a low and fast voice, telling Zhang Xiu the ins and outs. Zhang Xiu's face changed when he heard this, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but tremble with excitement, and shouted angrily: "Jia Wen and you dare!" ”

Zhang Xiugang opened his mouth to scold, but when he saw Jia Xu's expression was flat, he couldn't help but be angry, but he also knew that Jia Xu used the best method, and what was wrong was that he refused to believe his words!

"That's it! In this case, Xuchang must be weak now, so take it quickly!! After I enter Xuchang, if I don't kill the minions of the Cao thief, I won't be surnamed Zhang!! Zhang Xiu gritted her teeth, her face was dark and hideous, and she was about to turn around and get on the horse after speaking.

"Lord, wait!"

At this time, Jia Xu suddenly stopped Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiumeng turned his head and glared and shouted: "Xuchang is a heavy food city, which is very important for our army, but if Cao Cao's thief burns Xuchang like Dong Jackal, how can it be good!?" ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words came out, many soldiers reacted, and they couldn't help but change color. Jia Xu shook his head calmly and said, "No, Cao Mengde will never burn the grain. ”

"How dare you be so sure?"

When Jia Xu heard this, he just smiled and said unhurriedly: "Intuition." ”

In fact, what Jia Xu said was just, and he never believed in that ethereal and empty thing. It turned out that Jia Xu was studying abroad, and he once came to Luoyang to work as a farmer under the pseudonym Huang Du. At that time, Cao Cao happened to be the grain official in charge of their field. At that time, it happened to be a rare drought in ten years, the fields were dry and difficult to cultivate, and many farmers gave up, but only Cao Cao continued to encourage everyone.

Speaking of which, at that time, the young Jia Xu thought that Cao Cao was stupid and stupid at first, because other grain officials were trying their best to find benefits from these peasants, filling their own pockets, and even deliberately withholding grain, but secretly reselling it to others, so that many peasants did not hand in enough weight, and were punished to death. Cao Cao was the only one who treated these peasants like brothers on weekdays, and in dozens of acres of fields, no matter where he went, everyone knew each other and greeted each other warmly. And in order to improve the grain harvest, Cao Cao even came up with many methods. For example, in order to resist wild beasts trampling on crops at night, Cao Cao erected fences around the fields, and built several fish ponds around them, using the watered crops from the fish ponds. In addition, the tools of many crops have been improved.

Therefore, Cao Cao was very much loved by these peasants, and even farmers from other fields often came to Cao Cao for advice.

But he said that because of the drought at that time, the other fields dried up and the crops withered. Only Cao Cao's field can still grow crops, and it turns out that Cao Cao's field at that time had water from a fish pond, which could be supplied for the time being. Cao Cao took advantage of this time to encourage everyone, and at the same time took some sturdy men to find another water source. There was little hope for this. How do you know that the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and he was really found by Cao Cao, which can be described as a miracle. On that day, in the entire city outside Luoyang City, Cao Cao's name was discussed.

And when it was time for the harvest, many grain officials taught people to cross the fence at night to steal grain in order to make up for the small amount of food. Unexpectedly, the sky was dark that night, and because Cao Cao's prestige and identity were not something ordinary people could afford to provoke, those who went to steal were terrified. It happened that night that Cao Cao also seemed to have a premonition that he would bring people to patrol, and as soon as Cao Cao came, those thieves were frightened, ran around, and trampled on many crops.

Because Jia Xu's peasants lived not far away, they rushed to hear the news and heard that someone had come to steal the crops, and they were all angry. But compared to these peasants, Cao Cao, who is often smiling and happy on weekdays, is even more terrifying, he preaches that those who dare to trample on food, commit one by one and kill one by one, many peasants are frightened and dare not enter. Because the fields were surrounded by fences, many of the thieves were caught by Cao Cao's men and angry peasants as they escaped.

But Cao Cao also did what he said, and after asking the names of those grain officials, he went to arrest them in person, raised his sword in front of him and slashed them in public, and none of the thieves were spared.