The thunder in the summer, the lanterns on both sides of the small courtyard gate swayed in the night breeze, the footsteps stepped on the stone steps, pushed open the old courtyard door with a creak, the fallen leaves spread all over the courtyard, and the opposite window lattice had lights to illuminate the silhouette of people on it.

The henchmen who were arranged in this courtyard hurried to meet them.

"General."

"What's wrong with him?"

"Eat, sleep well, sit in and change into new clothes."

"Well, you're waiting outside."

In the elaborately furnished room, several tables were filled with dishes, and a man in a black robe covered with a single coat was munching on food and drinking, and when he heard footsteps enter, he raised his head, revealing a long scar from the corner of his eye to his cheek. Hao Meng sat down in front of the eating figure, and reached out to take the cup and fill it up.

"Gongsun Dudu, crisscrossing the north, with one or two hundred people to now have strong soldiers and horses, and can make friends with Cao Sikong, who is sitting on Yan and Yu, is really a rare hero, especially the governor is only thirty years old, and the Han family is weak, and the world will be ...... in the future. Ha ha...... Gaffes ......"

Holding chopsticks and holding them in the air: "It seems that General Hao has understood what I said before." ”

"Understood." Hao Meng handed over the wine, "Although Wen Hou said that he treated me kindly, but as a cow and a horse for so many years, he should have paid it back, and the name of the flying general is powerful, but in the final analysis, it is not as good as Gongsun Dudu and Cao Sikong, rather than a tragic death in the end after half a lifetime, Meng is definitely unwilling, and naturally will not choose to sit still." ”

Qian Zhao chewed the food in his mouth and looked up at him: "How do you know that you didn't trick me into tricks?" ”

"This strong man!" Hao Meng's fingers curled up one by one, his body leaned forward excitedly, and his tone became excited: "I know that you are a soldier under the command of Gongsun Dudu, just go back and tell the Dudu that Meng is willing to sacrifice the city gate for promotion, and I just hope that I can also seal my wife and Mengzi in the future and glorify the lintel." ”

Here, Zhao took his drink and thought for a while: "Seeing that General Hao is so eager, could it be that Wen Hou was defeated outside?" ”

"Don't hide the strong man, Wen Hou was encircled and sent to help, when he crossed Geyi Mountain, the rear team Zang Ba and Gao Shun were ambushed by the governor, and the surrender was surrendered, and the dead were dead, only thousands of cavalry were left to return to the city, and now Cao Sikong and the governor of nearly 70,000 troops are approaching Xiapi, and Wen Hou is still losing his temper, so I think it will be a matter of time before I know that defeat is a matter of time."

Hao Meng's tone was low, his eyes had turned dark, he had followed Lu Bu for many years, but after all, he still achieved nothing, and when he saw him in public today, he already felt that he was not a successful person, and his thoughts were as complicated as his heart, he couldn't help but sigh, took a sip of wine, "No one wants to do this betrayal of the master, but when the doom comes, it is inevitable that he doesn't want to keep his wife and children at home, Wenhou is newly defeated, and the army has no heart to fight, even if he guards for a few days, what's the use?!" ”

"When does the general want to do it?"

"When the governor and Cao Sikong attack Xiapi, but I am afraid that I will not be able to do it alone, Rong Meng will look for someone together, otherwise Wen Hou will ride a halberd, and I will be in a different place before I open the city gate."

In the sky, the thunder rolled over the roof, and he got up and walked to the open window, looking at the sky with a flickering blue and white electric light: "The general has the heart to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, how can I refuse, this matter is promising, the governor and Sikong have not yet come, and there is still a lot of free time to do this, once the matter is completed, I will protect you into the official body." ”

"Hao Meng thanked the strong man for his promise in advance."

Hao Meng also got up and went behind his back and arched his hand: "However, after the matter is completed, please let the Governor let go of the Wen Hou family, this is Meng's only request." ”

"How can the governor of my family do to women and children?" Standing in front of the window and turning around, the scar on the side of his face smiled, looking hideous and terrifying, "The general can rest assured." ”

Thunder rolled across the sky, muffling out the voices of people.

On the night of April 25, fifty miles west of the city, the barracks that stretched for several miles had fallen, and a large number of figures came and went between the nearby foothills, and the carts dragged the timber into the camp on the side, and the sound of sawing wood became one, and the sound of building equipment was heard from time to time to the nearby barracks.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the number of generals was scarce, and most of them had dispersed at this time, leaving only Cao Cao and Gongsun Zhi to sit in the tent and drink warm wine, chatting casually about the topic, and occasionally talking about the war here.

They came all the way to the west, not blindly marching, which sent some soldiers and horses to sweep the cities around Xuzhou, Xiahou Yuanshan attacked, led 5,000 soldiers and horses south to take Xiaqiu to block that area, to prevent Lu Bu from being forced to go south to surrender to Yuan Shu, but also to prevent Yuan Shu from waving troops north to rescue Xuzhou, and to the north, Cao Hong took Yan State, blocking the north in case Zang Ba led the troops who might escape back again.

Doing all this is the first step to capture Xiapi, in order to nail Lu Bu to Xiapi City, as long as this tiger is taken, the rest of the cities in Xuzhou will not need to be attacked again, and they have fallen into the hands of the two. The second step, when approaching Xiapi City, is to start letting the general camp build siege equipment, which takes a certain amount of time.

"Lu Bu will not sit still, the scouts came to report that there are traces of troops in several counties near Xiapi, Gongsun thinks should he use cavalry to intercept them? After all, the siege casualties were huge, and if Lu Bu had more soldiers to defend the city, it would be not good for us. ”

Gongsun Zhi nodded, in fact, he also had such an idea, but the rivers in the Xiapi area are dense, especially the big rivers like Yi and Si, and it is the rainy season in summer, the roads are muddy, and the river water is soaring, which makes it difficult for the cavalry under his command to cross and horizontally.

"What Sikong said is reasonable, but at the moment, there is a lot of rain, and the rivers around Xiapi are criss-crossed, and the cavalry will become cumbersome, even if they rob and kill a group of Lu Bu reinforcements, but it is useless for the siege. Now there are not many soldiers around Lu Bu, all four gates have to be guarded, and if they really have to share the burden, it is not much, and then they will feint to attack three gates, and the main attack will be one, and it will be broken in half a day. ”

Cao Cao took a sip of wine, stroked his beard and smiled, and waved his hand: "Gongsun leads the cavalry in a way, but there are few sieges, I will come to this matter, and Gongsun will defend the iron cavalry under Lu Bu for me when he arrives." ”

Under the same night sky, in Xiapi City, someone hesitated for several days and finally took the folded plain silk in his hand, opened it gently, and sat under the lamp, the blood stains on it had long dried up and were dark red.

Outside, thunder rang out, and heavy rain crashed against the windows.

"Yu Feng Xianshu.

After a long absence, Yang has left the party, and has been under the command of Gongsun Thorn Shi for two months, and the soldiers of Yunzhong County have been in trouble, Yang can't bear to suffer this calamity in his hometown, and he thinks of the same Han people and his homeland, so he volunteered to come and persuade Yunzhong to avoid a fight in the same room, but every time he thinks of the chaos in the Central Plains, Yang always hopes that the princes from all walks of life can have this consensus, and he runs to the south first, hoping to have this thought......"

This is handwriting written in ink, and the beginning is also crepe, Lu Bu doesn't like this way, but this time, he patiently looked at it, and one by one, the color gradually turned into a dark red of blood.

In the swaying light, the burly figure trembled slightly, and the tiger's eyes contained tears.