"The last general obeys ......," Zhang Hu replied immediately. Zhang Hu led the army for many years. also knows the current situation, and can only hope that reinforcements will appear to help the army break the siege.

"Wait a minute." Cao Zhen seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped Zhang Hu.

"General, what else do you have to order?"

"Zhang Hu, come here, ......" Cao Zhen beckoned to Zhang Hu, called the account to come closer, leaned into Zhang Hu's ear, and said softly: "When you go to Chenliu, keep an eye on it, if the prime minister refuses to send troops, or if there is some shirk, you immediately go to Yingchuan to find Xiahou Ba, Yingchuan is not far from Xingyang, and if Xiahou Ba leads the troops to come, it will be too late." Also, don't forget to take the opportunity to inform Wang Ling of Hedong. ”

Zhang Hu is also a clever person, and when he heard Cao Zhen say this, he immediately realized that Cao Zhen probably couldn't trust Xu Shu.

"Rest assured, the general knows what to do."

……

In the camp of the Han army. The emperor's banner has been erected, which also tells everyone that Adou has come to the front line.

Cao Xin felt deeply uneasy, although the number of spies who came to report the Han army was not as large as Cao Jun, but since Adou was willing to take the imperial conquest in person, this at least meant that the other party had made up his mind to kill him.

Cao Zhen has three paths to take, either to break through by force, but in that case the losses will be very huge, and it is likely that there will be a danger of annihilation; Either wait for reinforcements to arrive, flank Xingyang on both sides and then help Cao's army break out, maybe you can find an opportunity to counterattack immediately.

The third way is to storm the Han army camp, now the Cao army has an advantage in numbers, and Adou is in the barracks, if he can break through the Han army camp, drive away or capture Adou alive, he can directly turn defeat into victory.

Cao Zhen is not an adventurous person, the first and third methods are too risky, and if you are not careful, you will be wiped out. So Cao Zhen still chose to wait for reinforcements. Chen Liu, Xu Shu, Yingchuan Xiahouba, are very close to Xingyang. Wang Ling, the assassin of Bingzhou, also stationed 30,000 troops in Hedong, and with Cao Zhen's grain and grass reserves now, he is completely able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements.

In order to save grain and grass, Cao Zhen not only ordered Xiao Hu to distribute grain, but also reduced the grain that had lost its combat effectiveness and was seriously injured by eighty percent. At most, I guarantee that I won't starve to death. Those seriously injured people already need a lot of nutrition to recover, and if they don't get enough food now, they will definitely be more than lucky.

……

Zhang Hu highlighted Xingyang, ran all the way to the east, and soon, he ran out for dozens of miles.

There was a heavy rain a few days ago, the air was still very fresh, and there was a faint fragrance in the soil, but at this time, Zhang Hu had no time to enjoy the surrounding scenery.

"General, look!" The guard next to him pointed ahead, and a military camp lay in the middle.

Zhang Hu waved his hand, reined in the horse violently, and then looked into the distance.

The banner of the Cao army fluttered in the wind, Zhang Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and in front of him was the Cao army camp.

"How many districts do you inquire, who is the commander in the battalion?" Zhang Hu pointed to the two guards beside him.

After a while, the guard came back and said, "General, the prime minister is opposite." ”

"Prime Minister, great! It turns out that the prime minister is here, and it seems that there is no need to go to Chen Liu. Zhang Hu was just about to move forward. suddenly remembered Cao Zhen's command.

Cao Zhen stopped his body violently, took out his seal letter from his arms, and then handed it to the guards beside him, and said, "A few of you, take my seal letter and go to the camp to ask for help." By the way, if the prime minister asks about me, he will say that I am still in Xingyang......"

……

Watching several guards rush towards the Xu Shu camp opposite, Zhang Hu sighed slightly.

"I hope it's not what the general thinks, the prime minister should send troops immediately." Thinking of this, Zhang Hu looked back at the rest of the people and said: "A few of you, go find something to eat, we will rest nearby for the night, if the prime minister does not send troops tomorrow, we will go to Yingchuan." ”

……

Xu Shu held a white cloth in his hand and gently wiped the sword.

After a long time, Xu Shu raised the sword gently, with a smile on his face, and said to himself: "Old friend, I'm sorry for you, I've hidden you in the sheath for decades, but now that I'm old, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to use you." ”

"Prime Minister......" The little colonel walked in from outside, came to Xu Shu and said: "Prime Minister, a few people have come outside, claiming to be under the command of General Zhang Hu, and asking to see the Prime Minister." ”

"Oh? Invite him in. Xu Shu put down the sword in his hand.

Zhang Hu's guard was brought up, and when he saw Xu Shu, he immediately knelt down: "Knock to see the prime minister." Prime minister. The governor was trapped in Xingyang, and asked the prime minister to send troops to rescue him immediately. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor is trapped in Xingyang? How is this possible? A look of surprise appeared on Xu Shu's face, but his heart was very calm.

Suddenly, Xu Shu's eyes flashed, and he pointed at Zhang Hu's guard, and said: "Come on, arrest him, he must be a spy sent by the enemy, and he is here to disturb the hearts of our army." The army under the command of the general is hundreds of thousands, and the generals are four or five hundred, where can they be besieged! ”

"Prime Minister, what I said is true, I am not a spy, if the Prime Minister does not believe it, I have General Zhang Hu's seal here as proof!" As he spoke, the guard took out Zhang Hu's seal from his bosom.

Xu Shu took the big seal, looked at it carefully, frowned slightly, and then nodded slowly: "Yes, this is indeed Zhang Hu's seal." ”

Next to him, a small school came to Xu Shu's side and said, "Prime Minister, I have seen this person." He was indeed a guard under General Zhang Hu. He used to be a senior commander before, enlisted in the army with the last general, and was later transferred to General Zhang Hu's side. ”

"Oh, in that case, you are indeed under the command of General Zhang Hu." Xu Shu nodded, and then said, "You just said that the general was surrounded, quickly tell me the details." ”

"The last general obeys the order, and this is how it happened......," Zhang Hu, the guard, recounted what had happened.

"I see." Xu Shu's brows furrowed slightly, Xu Shu naturally would not send reinforcements, with Xu Shu's status as prime minister, there was no need to inform others about what to decide. Xu Shu can completely cover the sky with one hand and suppress this matter.

"No......" Xu Shu suddenly appeared, there was always something wrong here.

"Cao Zhen's hundreds of thousands of troops were surrounded, he should be very anxious, it stands to reason that he sent someone out to find reinforcements, and he should send a general, so that Cao Zhen can rest assured. Now what appears is just a guard, if I were Cao Zhen, how could I pin the hope of an army of more than 100,000 on this one guard? Thinking of this, Xu Shu's face became serious, straightened out his thoughts, and began to think.

"This person is just a guard, Cao Zhen will never just send a guard out to call for support. By the way, what he just took was Zhang Hu's seal. This seal of the tiger is of little use other than to prove his identity. You can't transfer troops, and you can't send generals...... Unless, Zhang Hu will break through! ”

"If Zhang Hu came, but did not come in person, but only sent a guard over, why is this? Is Zhang Hu suspicious of me? ”

Xu Shu shook his head secretly, and thought silently in his heart: "Zhang Hu shouldn't be suspicious of me, he doesn't have that ability, according to that, it was Cao Zhen who was suspicious of me." In this case, Cao Zhenhui Yecheng must not be released, if the matter is revealed, the twenty-year plan will be in vain. ”

Thinking of this, Xu Shu showed a kind smile on his face, and then said, "Since this is the case, I should send troops immediately." Tomorrow, I will go to the support of the general tomorrow. ”

After Xu Shu finished speaking, he came to the table, opened the map, pointed a few times, and then picked up the pen in front of Zhang Hu's guard, and wrote a "smmm". Then he stood up and said: "Xingyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now this Xingyang is blocking the general's retreat, and the situation is very bad for me." I believe that when the right time is chosen, the general will attack with me and surprise him by surprise, and he will surely win a great victory. The specific details, I have already written in this, now that the general is in an urgent situation, I will trouble you to work hard again, bring this letter to the general! ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhang Hu's guard immediately took the letter.

"Well, okay, you eat something first, rest and rest, and then come out immediately, come here, prepare a few new war horses for them......"

Zhang Hu's guard withdrew with the letter.

Xu Shu looked at the other party's back, and a strange smile appeared on his face

"Find some people and follow them."

……

Since the guards walked in, Zhang Hu has been sending people to keep an eye on the situation in Xu Shu's military camp.

At dusk, the sun gradually set, but Zhang Hu did not dare to make a fire. Because once the fire is lit, it is easy to be Xu Shuxian, and because there is no fire, Zhang Hu and the others can't eat hot food, so they can only nibble on some dry food and drink a few sips of cold water.

"General, they're back, they're back!"

Zhang Hu looked up and just saw that the few people sent to find Xu Shu during the day had already returned.

"What's the matter, is the prime minister willing to fight?" Zhang Hu immediately asked.

"Back to the general, the prime minister said that he would immediately change his troops. The prime minister also asked us to bring a letter to the general. ”

"Letters? What letters, take them and look at them. ”

"Yes!" The guard took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhang Hu.

Zhang Hu opened it and saw that there was nothing special written on the letter, except for a few polite words and words of comfort, that is, Xu Shu would send troops to support him immediately, hoping to win the victory with Cao Zhen at that time.

"Since the prime minister is willing to send troops, that's great." Zhang Hu breathed a sigh of relief.

"General, why don't we go back immediately and tell the general?"

At this time, Zhang Hu suddenly remembered that Cao Zhen had asked him to pay more attention to before. If Xu Shu promised to send troops but did not take actual action, wouldn't it hurt Cao Zhen.

"Well, the prime minister said, tomorrow he will set off with his troops, so let's wait another day, and when the prime minister soldiers, it will not be too late for us to go back. Well done guys, let's rest first! ”