Xu Chu left Baima during the day, and Ju Yi came outside the city that night.

Back in the barracks, Xu Chu met Cao Cao and retold all the words Cao Shuo said, but he didn't mention that Cao Shuo's food in the army was very luxurious.

"Zirong seems to be doing well." Cao Cao smiled and said, "Does he have meat to eat there every day?" ”

"Nope." Xu Chu lowered his head and replied: "Childe also eats wild vegetables and corn porridge there......"

"Zhongkang, do you know if you have a problem?" Cao Cao asked Xu Chu.

"Please publicize it." Xu Chu replied.

"You won't lie." Cao Cao said: "As long as you lie, your eyes will be very wandering!" ”

Xu Chu lowered his head very embarrassed and did not say anything.

"Forget it, I don't blame you." Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand: "It must be Zirong's coercion and temptation, so don't tell me the truth." ”

"Childe is really worried about ......," Xu Chu tried to argue.

Cao Cao said: "Whether he is worried or not, from now on, his military rations will be deducted." ”

"Cao Gong!" Xu Chu raised his head and looked at Cao Cao in embarrassment: "If this is the case, Gongzi will definitely think that I said something to Cao Gong......"

"Do you still need to say it?" Cao Cao said: "What is he Cao Zirong doing all day, don't I know?" On the day you returned, Yuan Shao's first camp went outside White Horse City, but Zirong had no intention of sending troops to defeat the enemy. ”

"What does Childe want to do?" Xu Chu asked in amazement.

"What else could he want?" Cao Cao said: "Since occupying Xuzhou and other places, his selfishness has become bigger and bigger. Now he refuses to come to see me, just for Ju Yi, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou. ”

Looking at Cao Cao blankly, Xu Chu didn't know what to say.

"Yan Liang and Wen Chou are fierce generals in Hebei, if they can receive their command, Zirong will definitely be like a tiger." Cao Cao said: "Ju Yi's first camp is also capable of fighting well, he wants to keep all these people by his side, and he won't give me any of them." ”

"Cao Gong, there will be a sentence in the end that I don't know whether to say or not." Xu Chu said.

"You say." Cao Cao generously waved his hand.

"Gongzi now governs Xuzhou, Huainan, Lujiang and other places. Among them, Huainan and Lujiang belong to the Yangzhou Thorn History Department. Xu Chu said: "Gongzi was canonized by His Majesty as the Assassin of Yangzhou, but many of Yangzhou's territories are in the hands of Jiangdong Sun Ce and Jingzhou Liu Biao. If there are few talents around Gongzi, how can he be Sun Ce and Liu Biao's opponent? It is reasonable for him to want to keep some talents, not to mention Yan Liangwen and Ju Yi, who were not Cao Gong's subordinates in the first place. ”

"That's right." Cao Cao said: "Forget it, let him mess around, I don't bother to care about him." ”

Cao Cao was relieved, and Xu Chu was also relieved.

Ju Yi was on the outskirts of White Horse City and did not fight, and the news soon reached the ears of Yuan Shao in Liyang.

Twisting the beard on his chin, Yuan Shao asked the few staff members sitting in the room, "What do you think Ju Yi is doing?" ”

Feng Ji got up, clenched his fists and said to Yuan Shao: "Back to Yuan Gong, I think Ju Yi is deliberately delaying." ”

"What's in it for him?" Yuan Shao asked.

"A few more days to live." Feng Ji replied: "Cao Zirong has no intention of sending troops, so Ju Yi will not attack by taking advantage of the situation, and they just maintain a balance with each other." In this way, knowing that Cao Zirong sent troops out of the city, he could survive. ”

"You mean, Ju Yi knows that he will die in this battle?" Yuan Shao asked.

"Yuan Gong is so appointed, no matter how stupid he is, he should already understand." Feng Ji said: "What I don't understand is Cao Zirong, who obviously has an advantage, why didn't he send troops to destroy Ju Yi." ”

"Can't you all figure it out?" Yuan Shao asked the people present.

"Actually, I've been wondering what Cao Zirong wants to do." Seeing that Yuan Shao was also suspicious of Cao Shuo's actions, Guo Tu said: "But I thought about it, but I didn't figure it out......"

Yuan Shao's gaze fell on Fu Zhi's face: "What do you think?" ”

Frustrated and said, "Yuan Gong forgives the sin, I can't figure it out......"

"You figured it out." Yuan Shao said: "I just won't tell me!" ”

"Yuan Gong Mingjian, I really didn't figure it out." Fu Zhi hurriedly stood up, bowed deeply to Yuan Shao and said, "Cao Zirong has always had no rules to do things. He must have his intentions when he doesn't send troops, but we can't figure it out and can't see through it......"

"I thought of a possibility." A staff member in the hall who looked relatively short said: "Cao Zirong probably wants to subdue Ju Yi. ”

"Accept Juyi?" Yuan Shao's brows furrowed slightly: "I have already sent someone to Yecheng to inform the defenders that they must take good care of Ju Yi's family no matter what......"

"If the messenger is ......robbed halfway," the staff member said halfway, and did not continue.

The staff member who spoke was none other than Xin Ping.

He also has some weight in front of Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao often ran out of ideas, and would consult with him.

As soon as Xin Ping said this, Yuan Shao's brows furrowed slightly.

"What Zhongji said makes sense!" Before Yuan Shao could say anything, Guo Tu said: "In case the messenger sent by Yuan Gong to Yecheng is really intercepted by Cao Zirong......

Looking at Guo Tu, Yuan Shao frowned and thought for a while and said, "Send a few more messengers, be sure to convey my meaning to Yecheng." ”

"I'll do it!" Guo Tu got up and answered.

When Guo Tu went out, his face became a little unpleasant.

Since Yuan Shao imprisoned Tian Feng, he seems to have changed as a different person.

Only cronies Guo Tu, Feng Ji and Juan Pei and others around him are wary of others.

Yuan Cao started the war, and it was the time to use people, but he sent Ju Yi and Xiandeng to the camp to be sent to death in Baima.

In his view, this is no different from death.

It's not that he didn't see Cao Shuo's intentions, he just didn't want to say what he saw.

The so-called cunning rabbit dead lackey cooking, today's Ju Yi may be tomorrow's them!

Yuan Shao got the news a few days late after all.

Although the messenger he sent was fast, how could he catch up with Liu Shuang and the others.

The messenger was still far away from Yecheng, and Liu Shuang had already entered Yecheng with more than a dozen fire dancers.

Since Cao Yuan started the war, all the Lingyun Pavilion that used to be in Yecheng was confiscated by the Yuan family.

Fortunately, before the war, the steward of Lingyun Pavilion had already made a risk prediction, and many assets were transferred, and those who stayed inside to watch the store were only temporarily hired locals.

It is impossible for Lingyun Pavilion to live, but the Moon Tower in Yecheng is still there.

Although the mastermind behind Mochiyue Tower and Lingyun Pavilion is Cao Shuo, it gives people the impression that it is a sworn enemy of Lingyun Pavilion.

Therefore, when the Yuan family confiscated Lingyun Pavilion, they did not pay attention to the Moon Tower.

In a private room in the Mochizuki Building.

Liu Shuang sat inside with more than a dozen Huo Wu, dressed as civilians, discussing how to take Ju Yi and Yan Liangwen's family out of the city.

(End of chapter)