However, after Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu discussed, according to Jia Xu's plan, he called Hu Che'er again and secretly asked him to return to the official residence, and secretly asked his family to pack up and go to bed.

But the situation is so turbulent, and so much has changed in such a short period of time, how can he sleep? Although he is now very worried about whether Liu Qi will really lead him as a confidant as he said in the letter, Zhang Xiu also knows that this is his only way out at present, he has a grudge against Cao Cao, and it is impossible to consider taking refuge in him, because as Liu Qi said, even if he doesn't retaliate against himself now, he will definitely do it in the future, so he is iron-hearted this time, even if he fights for his life, he will definitely not surrender to Cao.

And if you don't surrender to Cao, then the only way to go to Jingzhou in front of you is to lose, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Jingzhou is now divided into two factions, Liu Qi and Liu Cong, although the Cai family of Liu Cong's faction looks aggressive now, but Zhang Xiu learned from Jia Xu that Cai Mao cannot be Liu Qi's opponent at all, and sooner or later it will inevitably be a defeated ending.

Therefore, at present, it seems that there is only one way to go, that is, to accept Liu Qi's advice and go south to Yuzhang to join Liu Qi.

"Alas, I really hope that Cai Mao is not just to seize my county as Liu Qi said, but to fight Cao Cao with me sincerely." Zhang Xiu was really unwilling to let his Wang Tu hegemony become a bubble, and still thought a little unwillingly.

Early the next morning, Zhang Xiu heard Hu Che'er say that Cai Mao, the military commander of Nanjun and Zhennan, sent someone to ask to see, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but glance at Jia Xu with a wry smile, knowing that his last hope was gone, Cai Mao was really unreliable, so he nodded and invited someone in.

After a while, I saw a general come in and said to Zhang Xiu: "The last general is under the command of Lord Cai, the Taishou of Nanjun, named Su Fei, the word Ziyi, see General Zhang." ”

Zhang Xiu hurriedly ordered Su Fei to be polite, and asked him to sit down, and then said with a smile: "I don't know what General Su is doing in my camp?" Is it a discussion of a strategy to break Cao? ”

Su Fei nodded, and said solemnly: "In the end, I will come here, but I am on the order of Cai Junshi, asking the general to agree to our army to enter the city and defend Yuqi County with your army, my general also knows that it is easy to arouse the general's suspicion, but my Jingzhou is now full of war, left and right, it is difficult to deal with it, General Cai led the army to come in a hurry, there is no food and grass in the army, I am really helpless, I have to decide to enter the city and cooperate with the general to defend the county, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

After finishing speaking, Su Fei personally handed Cai Mao's letter to Zhang Xiu, and at the same time, he quickly handed a piece of silk cloth in his sleeve to Zhang Xiu's hand.

Zhang Xiu saw that the content of the letter was really as Liu Qi expected, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and at the same time quickly pressed the piece of silk cloth handed by Su Fei to the shore, then smiled, nodded and said: "The matter of Jingzhou will also be heard, originally Liu Jingzhou was kind to me, I should personally raise a soldier and horse, fight for Liu Jingzhou, but unfortunately I met Cao Cao's southern expedition here, and now Cai Taishou personally rushed to help, this will be grateful, since your army is short of food and grass, then it is natural for everyone to enter the city together to defend." I don't know when General Cai ordered people to enter the city? We will personally go out of the city to greet us. ”

After listening to Zhang Xiu's words, Su Fei couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Xiu to agree so happily, originally this time Cai Mao sent him into the city, but it was just a formality, the purpose was to wait for Zhang Xiu to refuse, and then use this as an excuse to attack the county seat.

It is precisely because he knows that Zhang Xiu will definitely refuse, Su Fei, as Huang Zu's confidant, will only get Cai Mao's consent when he takes the initiative to ask for an order to send an envoy to Sui County, because with the current situation, it doesn't matter who goes, not to mention that he is now relying on Huang Zu, just to give him a favor.

But Su Fei didn't expect that the other party would agree like this, which made him suddenly feel a little at a loss, not that Su Fei was unwilling to Zhang Xiu agree, in fact, the army entered the city, which was more conducive to receiving them to escape, but things were unexpectedly smooth, but it made him feel a little incredulous for a while.

However, Su Fei didn't think much about it, anyway, it was Cai Mao who was distressed instead of himself, so he pretended to be happy, hugged his fists and said: "This is really good, please General Zhang must be prepared, so that it is convenient for us to act." ”

Su Fei's words were actually a pun, on the surface, it sounded like Zhang Xiu was preparing to let Cai Mao's army enter the city, but in fact, it was a reminder to Zhang Xiu to be ready to leave in time.

Zhang Xiu already knew that this person should be the person sent by Liu Qi to pick him up from the time Su Fei secretly passed the silk cloth to him, and when he saw the other party say this, he naturally knew the meaning, so he said with a smile: "Please rest assured, we will definitely be ready." ”

Su Fei smiled, then arched his hand to Zhang Xiu, and then retreated.

And after Su Fei returned to the barracks, Cai Mao heard that Zhang Xiu agreed to his request without thinking, and Jia Xu didn't even suggest to stop it, so he couldn't help but be puzzled, because he wanted to support the army into the city, and even a fool could see the purpose contained in it, and Jia Xu, as a generation of wise men, how could he not see it? But now it can be seen that it does not stop Zhang Xiu, in his opinion, it is obvious that there is fraud in it.

"This hateful Jia Xu, what the hell does he think? Actually not doing things according to the routine. Cai Mao couldn't help but be bored and said with annoyance.

"Master Cai, what should we do next?" Huang Zu saw that Cai Mao was depressed, and his heart was secretly refreshed, but he was still respectful on the surface, and asked Cai Mao.

Cai Mao naturally couldn't say that she didn't know, so after thinking about it for a while, she said: "Since Zhang Xiu agreed, we are naturally going to enter the city, hmph, no matter how many tricks Jia Xu has, now he is asking for us, what can he do with us?" What's more, our army has the upper hand, so we don't need to be afraid of him at all. ”

Huang Zu stepped forward and said: "The military advisor doesn't have to worry too much at all, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu have a big enmity, so Zhang Xiu naturally didn't dare to submit to Cao Cao, so he could only resist desperately, and now we ask to enter the city, although Jia Xu is wise, but he can only accept it helplessly, and even if he is transferred to another place, he has nothing to do, so the last general thinks that although Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are resistant to us entering the city, they have to rely on us to help them retreat from the enemy, at least at the moment they will never dare to have any conspiracy. ”

Cai Mao nodded and said: "You are right, no matter what, Zhang Xiu allowed us to enter the city, which is also a good thing, our army will enter the city first, and then we will have our own way to let him bear the responsibility of losing the county, since he has lost his nest and has nowhere to go, will he not be arbitrarily kneaded by us when the time comes?" ”

Huang Zu naturally knew the meaning of Cai Mao's words just now, but he ordered someone to open the city gate quietly, and then put the responsibility on Zhang Xiu, but he still pretended to be surprised in the statement, and asked in a lost voice: "Master Cai, it's not that the last general said something that should not be said, this time we have so many people, and the two sides are close to twice as much as Cao Cao, even if we stick to the city, we can definitely consume Cao Cao, right?" But my lord, you said that General Zhang should bear the responsibility for the loss of the county, do the military advisers think that we can't hold the county? ”

But he heard that Cai Mao screened all the attendants, and then pretended to be in his heart, and said to Huang Zu: "Old General Huang, you also know that both of us are veterans under the command of the lord, but we were so excluded by that Liu Qi, and now he is only the eldest son, so it is like this to us, and when we inherit the position of the lord in the future, I am afraid it will be very difficult for us to save our lives, so, for today's plan, we can only avoid the fate of the future by preemptively and supporting the second son." Now that Cao Gong has agreed, as long as we help him take the county, he will help us support the second son, isn't this an opportunity for us? Now that we have troops into the city, as long as we order someone to quietly open the north city gate and let Cao Gong enter the city, we can not only take the opportunity to accommodate Zhang Xiu's troops, but also make good friends with Cao Gong, killing two birds with one stone when taking off? ”

Huang Zu was secretly furious when he heard this, he didn't expect that this person would really collude with Cao Cao for personal anger, and he couldn't help but be disdainful in his heart, but he still pretended to be surprised and said: "Collaborating with foreign enemies is a capital crime, we are all ministers of the lord and the public, how can we do such a thing?" If the lord is held accountable, I'm afraid we will all be killed. ”

saw Cai Mao sneering: "Huang Taishou was originally loyal to the lord, but what now? You have worked hard for so many years, how many big battles have you fought hard? But just because of a little Zhang Hu, he was demoted, this is still the reason why the lord remembered your past achievements, once Liu Qi ascended the throne, I am afraid that even today's status will not be able to be maintained, is it that Huang Taishou has tens of thousands of troops under his command, and he is a hero, is he willing to be subject to such rats? According to Ben Jiang, we used a small county in exchange for the second son's accession to the throne, or we made money. ”

Huang Zu let out a long sigh when he heard this, and said to Cai Mao: "In this case, the last general is willing to obey the orders of the military division." ”

Cai Mao laughed, patted Huang Zu's shoulder and said: "Huang Taishou's words are really satisfying, don't tell lies in front of real people, as long as Huang Taishou sincerely works with us, after the second son ascends the throne in the future, I will definitely promote you as a farewell driver and let you be in charge of the entire Jingzhou military power." ”

"Thank you to the military advisor, in fact, the last general doesn't want any power, the last general just wants to clean up Liu Qi and avenge that arrow." Huang Zu sneered in his heart, and said to Cai Mao with joy on his face on the surface.

"Huang Taishou is welcome, you can do this with your qualifications." Cai Mao was happy in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The general will immediately send Su Fei to Zhang Xiu to reply, enter the city at noon tomorrow, and order someone to open the north city gate at night and let Cao Gong enter the city." Hehe, as long as Cao Gong promised to support the second son, it means that the court agreed, and when the time comes, Cao Gong will remove Liu Qi from all his positions, and then add the second son, and it will be strange that those who are inclined to inflammatory, and those who tend to be inflammatory. Liu Qi, a little brute, will not be involved in Jingzhou again in the future, even if he can't keep the title of Yangzhou Assassin, not to mention that Jiangdong Sun Ce is not easy to mess with, and it is not certain whether he can survive from the battlefield. ”

Cai Mao didn't see a sneer on Huang Zu's face at all, and said with a laugh.