"Withdraw."

The Seven Generals once again led the army back.

On the city wall, all the defenders showed a tired face, and they couldn't care much at all, and lay directly on the city's head, for four consecutive days, every day the seven generals would lead the army to come and attack Hangu Pass, with the help of the pass, Lu Bu led the army to retreat the army of the seven generals again and again.

Under the situation of strict defense and stubborn defense, it was doomed that the defenders of Hangu Pass could only passively resist the enemy, and the losses were extremely heavy, but fortunately, Hangu Pass was still defended.

As strong as Zhang Liao, they all lost their strength, leaning against the wall, panting.

At this moment, Jia Xu climbed the wall again, and began to look at the retreat of the army of the seven generals, these days, every time the enemy retreated, Jia Xu would come to check, and the defenders on the wall were already surprised.

"Their soldiers are already a little out of order, and the retreat is invisible, and it seems that every day should be the last battle." Jia Xu said with some joy.

"Don't look at them, look at us."

Zhang Liao complained with some dissatisfaction, and then said: "Every time they retreat, the time is getting longer and longer, and the damage to the city gate is too late to repair. ”

"You reminded me that I'm going to set up a trap in the pass, and I hope you will remember when the time comes, don't hurt yourself or the enemy." Jia Xu said thoughtfully.

"Besides, I don't know if we can hold it, maybe we all die at the head of the city, so we don't need to guard against those traps."

Zhang Liao's eyes were a little dim, looking at the tired soldiers beside him, Zhang Liao asked in a low voice: "When will your arrangement be acted, and if it drags on like this, even if we retreat the army of the seven generals, we will pay a heavy price." ”

"Let's do it tonight." Jia Xu said.

"That's good, I'll sleep for a while."

After speaking, Zhang Liao closed his eyes, leaned directly on the city wall and fell asleep, with the silver-backed double knife beside him, ready to be picked up and fought at any time.

"You have suffered."

Jia Xu sighed heavily, and went down the city, unwilling to disturb the rest of the soldiers here.

...........

It's night.

Xuchang, Caofu, but still brightly lit.

Since the war, big and small affairs have come one after another, not giving Cao Cao a chance to breathe at all, and even Xun You and the others who helped him screen out important things are tired enough.

By the time Cao Cao was busy with these things, it was late at night, and Cao Cao was indeed a little tired, and he was about to go back to the house to rest for a while, recuperate his spirits, and deal with business tomorrow.

At this moment, the guards suddenly broke in, and said in a panic: "Ming Gong is not good, something happened in Xingyang County, up to the county guard, down to Shuzuo, all of them died in the mansion." ”

"How is it possible, if these people have an accident at the same time, what safety can there be!" Cao Cao couldn't believe it and questioned sharply.

"This ......"

Suddenly, the guard didn't know how to answer.

However, another guard rushed in and reported in a panic: "Yingchuan County, Yingyang County, all the big and small officials died in the house. ”

Before Cao Cao could react, one after another guards ran in and reported:

"All the officials of Changshe County died in the mansion."

"All the officials of Xiangcheng County died in the house."

"All the officials of Xutian County died in the house."

............

By the time all the guards had reported the matter, Cao Cao's face had turned pale, and all the counties around Xuchang had perished overnight, and the most odious thing was that those prisoners had been released, and they were in rebellion or fleeing in various counties, and the leaderless soldiers had no way to deal with them for a while.

"Is there anything else you haven't reported?" Cao Cao asked a little weakly as he sat on the desk.

"A batch of our food and grass supplies were robbed on the way, and they can no longer be supplied to the soldiers on the front line." The leading guard swallowed his saliva fiercely, although he knew that Cao Cao didn't want to hear bad news anymore, but he didn't dare not report the news, this was a capital crime.

Cao Cao, who heard this, seemed to be much older, and muttered after a long time: "A good way to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, a good way to go deep into the enemy, a good way to keep the enemy, a good way to keep it, this time to fight Chang'an, not only did not pick up any cheap, but caused a major loss to his own side, what face do I have to face the Son of Heaven again, what face can I face the trust of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Ming Gong must not blame himself, everything is to blame Xu Zisheng for being too treacherous, it is really a villain's move."

"If you miss one move in chess, you will lose all the games, why do you have to lie to yourself, I am not wronged if I lose to him."

A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, which made the guards a little puzzled.

"Since you have shown your head, then don't think about going back, Xu Zisheng, the chess pieces you buried, take this opportunity to touch them completely."

Cao Cao stood up, no longer showing the slightest malaise, and then ordered: "Pass my order, the first order, the official positions everywhere, if you are virtuous and capable, you can report it later, and you can choose it together, and you can't solve it by force." ”

"The second order is that all prisoners, all suspects, be taken into custody first, and if they resist, they will be killed on the spot, and before dawn, all counties must restore peace."

"The third order, dig three feet into the ground, and also find out those spies who are hiding in the shadows, and all those who are related to them will be killed, and no one will be left."

"Fourth Command ......"

After a slight pause, Cao Cao continued: "Send a message to the Seventh General, the army retreats and returns to Xuchang. ”

"No."

The guards were given the order to leave, enough for them to stay awake all night.

After all, Cao Cao still made a decision to let the army return, obey Xu Zisheng's wishes, there is no food and grass supply, and then stay in the depths of Xu Zisheng's territory, sooner or later it will be slowly eaten by Xu Zisheng, rather than suffering heavy losses, it is better to give up.

"Hopefully, it's still too late."

Cao Cao looked at the starry sky outside the house, his brows furrowed slightly, according to the news from today, it will only be a day or two to break through the Hangu Pass, if the Hangu Pass is broken, the army will go deep into the pass, and the supply of grain and grass will be cut off, the situation will be a little dangerous, which is exactly what Cao Cao is worried about.

"Sir, sir, there is more or less your shadow in this, or maybe, it is all your attention? It caught me off guard, it seems that some things should be mentioned to the front, and if it drags on, I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the sky. ”

Cao Cao sat back on the desk with some melancholy, studied the ink and writing, and began to write and fold, these things still need to be reported to the Son of Heaven tomorrow morning, but it is not a good thing, it is difficult to guarantee that the Son of Heaven will be furious.