Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu and the soldiers defending the city did not sleep all night, and the war drums of the Yuan army occasionally beat intermittently all night, but fortunately, the Yuan army still kept its promise and did not attack the city. This is also a tired plan designed by Xu Shu, at the beginning it was a large army acting, and then only the soldiers beating the war drums remained, and the others had already gone back to rest. Finally dawn, Yuan Jun's drill did not know when it would end, Zhang Xiu dragged his tired body, and said to Jia Xu: "I didn't expect Yuan Xi to be so insidious, even if we don't attack a war drum at night, we won't be able to rest well." ”

Jia Xu, who was also exhausted, also agreed very much, although he was also depressed in his heart, he still calmly analyzed: "General, don't be anxious, although the enemy's strategy can make Luoyang unpeaceful, we have no way at all, it seems that they have taken a big advantage, but they themselves are not comfortable, Yuan Jun is not only tired of our army, but also provokes our army, leading our army to risk a sneak attack; It is very likely that they are paralyzing our army, making me think that it will be three days before attacking, and it will be the same tonight, and on the third day, when we are sure that Yuan Xi will attack in three days, he will do it in advance. Today, the general rests with confidence. ”

In the middle of the night the next day, Zhang Xiu hadn't fully rested, and he didn't even hear the war drums outside the city gate when he slept, until the guards guarding the city hurriedly came to report: "The general is not good, Yuan Jun is beating the drums again." Zhang Xiu said angrily: "What's the panic, they're just beating drums, and they're not doing the same in the army like yesterday." But the guard did not give up, and said uneasily: "Today is much larger, and we have all seen siege engines." Zhang Xiu one day, the siege vehicles came out, this is still enough, suddenly sleepy, shouted: "You go and call Mr. Jia Xu, I will go to the city gate now." Jia Xu was forced to go to the city wall in desperation, and now he regrets it, why didn't he follow Cao Cao to deal with Yuan Shao, this Yuan Xi is definitely even more shameless than his father! Although he had expected that Yuan Jun would make this move, Jia Xu held back the anger in his heart and shouted to the sergeant who was exercising outside the city: "Under Jia Xu, I want to ask General Yuan Xi to answer." ”

Although torches were lit under the city, Jia Xu couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, only to see a voice sound: "In Xu Shu in Xiayingchuan, I have heard Jia Xu's name for a long time, and please rest assured that my lord is an honest and trustworthy person, this time it is just a drill, and I will never attack Luoyang City!" Jia Xu finally understood, it turned out to be Xu Shu. Jia Xu explained to Zhang Xiu: "Xu Shu once studied under Mr. Shui Jing, although Mr. Shui Jing is a hermit, he is unfathomable, and the general still has to worry. After all, he has something in his words, Yuan Xi does not attack, it does not mean that Xu Shu does not attack, after all, now Yuan Xi does not have parents to lead the troops, and he is not dishonest. When Zhang Xiu heard this, he immediately said angrily: "I didn't expect this Yuan Xi to be so cunning, and he actually deceived me with words, it is better for our army to surprise and sneak attack, maybe it can achieve miraculous results." ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The general's words are wrong, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and he rashly attacked and fell into the trick of the Yuan army." "Zhang Xiu can't be angry, is our army so angry with him? Jia Xu thought for a long time, and said to Zhang Xiu: "General, don't worry, since Yuan Xi likes to play code words, we can also plan it." The way of the art of war, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, tomorrow in the middle of the night when the enemy is in the exercise, our army will take the opportunity to kill, and it will be successful! Zhang Xiu was puzzled, why tomorrow instead of today?

Jia Xu explained: "After two days of harassment, they must have thought that we did not dare to go out of the city, and they were too careless to take precautions, and they might attack sometime in the middle of the night tomorrow. This is a good time to sneak attack, because they are thinking about how to attack us, not how to defend us. When Zhang Xiu heard this, he suddenly felt wonderful. Because of the counterattack, Zhang Xiu was also excited, he didn't feel too tired to defend the city this night, and Yuan Jun didn't disappoint Zhang Xiu, he really didn't attack the city. Zhang Xiu selected five thousand elites, let them recuperate, and prepared to teach Yuan Xi a lesson at night.

In the middle of the night on the third day, Zhang Xiu quietly waited at the gate of the city with five thousand elites. Jia Xu advised: "The general's sneak attack this time is only to hit the morale of the Yuan army, and you must not be greedy for merit!" "When the war drums of the Yuan army beat on time, this time it was Gao Gan who led the army, and according to Yuan Xi's order, he really attacked Luoyang. When Gao Gan thought that he had received a beautiful errand, the city gate of Luoyang opened without foresight, and in the face of Zhang Xiu, who suddenly rushed out, Gao Gan was a little overwhelmed, and hurriedly shouted: "Enemy attack, hurry up and prepare for war." However, Zhang Xiu and the five thousand elite soldiers behind him descended the mountain like tigers, venting all the grievances accumulated in the past few days on the Yuan army, Guo Huai and Guo Yuan protected Gao Gan, and the Yuan army was defeated and retreated, but soon the cavalry led by Zhao Yun supported it.

Zhang Xiu let out a bad breath, the goal was achieved, seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Zhang Xiu also retreated one after another, and returned safely to the city wall. Jia Xu didn't have the fatigue before, looking at the chaotic defeat of the Yuan army below, it seemed that it was really a victory, although he didn't have time to get all the spoils, but it was also a gain, and he could finally rest assured. Zhang Xiu came to the city wall, and was about to celebrate his defeat of Yuan's army, and when he thanked Jia Xu, Jia Xu suddenly said: "The general should not be happy too early, now is the most dangerous moment, and the arrogant army will be defeated." When the Cao army retreated, Liu Biao went to chase, but the result was a big defeat, we went to pursue again, and the result was a big victory, Yuan Xi didn't understand this truth, Xu Shu definitely knew! Yuan's army will definitely attack the city tonight! Sure enough, Yuan Xi packed up his army, scolded Zhang Xiu for being despicable and untrustworthy, and began to attack the city. The defenders of Luoyang were in high spirits, and Jia Xu was like a god, successfully defending against Yuan Xi's fierce attack.

When Yuan's army retreated, Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu and the soldiers defending the city were nervous for three days, and after a fierce battle, they finally got tired and let down their vigilance, leaving only a few soldiers who defended the city in good spirits. It turned out that it was Sima Yi who led the attack just now, not Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi has been lurking in the dark, like a fierce beast waiting for its prey, and the third watch is also the most sleepy time for the general defending the city. When the time came, Yuan Xi led the elite troops, commanded by Gao Shun, who was good at attacking the city. Neither Zhang Xiu nor Jia Xu expected that Yuan Xi really chose to attack three days later, but this promise was regarded by them as the biggest lie.