"Report, the enemy troops have withdrawn and all of them have returned."

When the confirmed news reached the Taishou Mansion of Luoyang City, the upper and lower levels suddenly cheered, the original Luoyang defenders alone, almost the city was about to be destroyed, but fortunately, Cao Cao led the army to arrive in time and repelled the army led by Xu Chuqin.

For more than a month, Xu Chu came to fight repeatedly, but Cao Cao came prepared for this trip, Xu Chu did not get any bargains, and Dian Wei alone could fight with Xu Chu to a draw.

thought that there would be a long battle, but unexpectedly, overnight, Xu Chu led the army to retreat, which was really beyond Cao Cao's expectations.

Thinking about it, Cao Cao still felt that there was something strange about it, and he couldn't be happy, like Cao Cao, as well as Sima Yi and Xun Yu, they all couldn't understand Xu Chu's behavior of going to great lengths but returning empty-handed.

"Do you have any opinion on this?"

Cao Cao couldn't think about it, so he turned to ask the next Wenchen general, wanting to brainstorm and get a result.

The outspoken Dian Wei took the lead in saying aloud: "It's nothing more than that Xu Chu can't bargain, so he can only leave, so as not to consume the strength of his own army again." ”

"Although I feel that something is wrong in my heart, but in the current situation, what General Dian Wei said is true." Ma Chao seconded.

Dian Wei and Ma Chao made judgments one after another, and Xiahoudun and Xu Huang had no other ideas, so they didn't say much, and it was useless to say more about some things.

"No, no, no."

At this moment, a light laugh sounded, and everyone looked for prestige, it turned out that it was Sima Yi who rolled up his sleeves, and the old god was speaking.

"What does Zhongda think?" Cao Cao asked with interest.

Mo Shuyan is not here, and the only strategists that Cao Cao can ask are Sima Yi and Xun Yu, those generals, although they have military strategies, they are not good at strategy.

"I'm afraid that if the view is too unique and upset everyone, it will be worth the loss."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"No."

With Cao Cao's orders, Sima Yike had no scruples, after all, his prestige was not enough now, and he was not convincing.

Coughing lightly, Sima Yi said solemnly: "I look at this situation, Xu Zisheng's original intention, I'm afraid it is not Luoyang, maybe it ......."

Without waiting for Sima Yi to finish speaking, Dian Wei took the case and reprimanded angrily: "How could it not be, if it wasn't for the lord leading us to arrive in time, Luoyang City would have been lost, how can it be said that this is not Xu Zisheng's goal?" ”

"Don't interrupt what Mr. Zhongda said, if you have any objections, we will talk about it later."

Cao Cao's expression was solemn, and he glared at Dian Wei, obviously slightly dissatisfied with Dian Wei's interruption of Sima Yi's words.

"No."

Even if Dian Wei was dissatisfied, in the face of Cao Cao, he could only say no more, and sat back in his position, his face was still a little angry.

Seeing this, Cao Cao just glanced at it, didn't say anything, turned his head to look at Sima Yi and said, "Mr. Zhongda, please continue." ”

"Okay."

Sima Yi nodded, didn't care too much, and continued: "Let's ask about this battle, it was initiated by Xu Zisheng, and he declared to the outside world that he would attack with all his might, but now, Xu Zisheng has not arrived, this can still be explained, but Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and Jia Xu, none of them appeared here, isn't this inconsistent with words and deeds?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes turned cold, and his hands on the bookcase couldn't help but clench together, and he said coldly: "Mr. Zhongda means ......"

"What the lord thinks, is what I think."

"That's not a good situation."

Cao Cao's fist instantly loosened, he closed his eyes weakly, and asked with a little tiredness: "Mr. Zhongda, what do you think you should do next?" ”

"The primary goal, of course, is to stop Xu Zisheng's true intentions, but so much time has passed, and it is estimated that what he wants to do has been done, so let's listen to the news first, and then think about it in the long run." Sima Yi said helplessly.

"That's all there is to it."

Cao Cao opened his eyes, returned to normal, and commanded in a deep voice: "Pass my order and immediately send someone to investigate the news of Jingzhou." ”

"No."

There was an answer from outside the hall, and a sound of footsteps immediately faded away.

"Explore Jingzhou."

Dian Wei, who didn't understand what Cao Cao and Sima Yi were saying, was even more confused when he heard this order, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you want to take care of Jingzhou, is it possible that Xu Zisheng still dares to divide his troops to attack Jingzhou, I don't believe it......"

Before he finished speaking, Dian Wei saw the solemn looks on the faces of Cao Cao and the others, and couldn't help but gasp, and said in disbelief: "Could it be that Xu Zisheng really did this?" ”

"I'm afraid so." Xun Yu smiled bitterly.

Hearing this news, Dian Wei suddenly didn't react, and he didn't know what to say, the soldiers made a risky move, this is Xu Zisheng's bet was right, and he didn't have time to make any remedies.

This matter can only wait and see, Cao Cao put it aside for the time being, and then frowned and asked Xun Yu: "Xuchang City, there is still no news?" ”

"Nope." Xun Yu said.

"How is it possible, more than a month has passed, Zhongde should report the recent situation of Xuchang City from time to time, how can there be no news." Cao Cao asked with some puzzlement.

"There are only two possibilities for this scenario."

Sima Yi took a step forward, put his hands together, and said softly: "First, Xuchang City is peaceful, and there is nothing to report, and second, all the news has been intercepted halfway. ”

"Intercept halfway, who is so bold as to dare to cause chaos in our hinterland." Dian Wei shouted dissatisfiedly, he always had a lot of complaints about Sima Yi's explanations.

However, Cao Cao didn't care too much, and asked with a worried face: "Could it be those remnants of the spies who did it?" ”

Instead of convincing Cao Cao that Xuchang City is too good to have anything to do, it is better to let Cao Cao believe that the news was intercepted halfway to be credible.

"It doesn't matter who does it."

Sima Yi flicked his sleeves behind him, looked at Cao Cao with deep eyes, and said in a condensed voice: "I'm afraid, it's not specifically to intercept the news, but because something happened in Xuchang City that I don't want the lord to know, I have to intercept the news." ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao's face gradually became gloomy, thinking that the recent deployment of troops and generals did give Xuchang City an opportunity to emptiness of troops, but all the secret passages and spies in Xuchang City had been removed as soon as possible, and it stands to reason that there should be no hidden dangers.

What's more, there are also Mo Shuyan and Yu Ban guards, Cao Cao gradually relaxed again, but it is better to confirm it.

So, Cao Cao sent a group of men and horses back to Xuchang City, intending to obtain the current situation of Xuchang City, so that he could rest assured.

As for Cao Cao and the others, they can't return for a while, and they still need to understand what Xu Zisheng did.

Everything is settled, and next, we need to wait for news and think about it in the long run.