Under the plain city, Xiahou Yuan looked at Xun Yu who was chatting and laughing with Qin Xu very confusedly, and didn't understand what this mastermind of his own army was doing.

Since Qin Xu had not "made his fortune", he had a not very friendly relationship with Xiahou Yuan or with the entire Cao clan's forces. It can even be said that the reason why this shaft can go from a small master of the inner mansion to the history of a state that has become one of the most famous in the Han Dynasty step by step, until he is a marquis and a general, and is ranked in the ninth qing, is completely because he stepped on the head of the generals of the Cao family step by step, and even the head of Cao Cao, the lord of power. Qin has almost become a public enemy of Cao's forces.

Moreover, although Qin Xu did order the flying cavalry just now, and the second battalion ascended first to snipe at the Black Mountain thief who was already unstable because of the long-term attack on the alliance, but Xiahou Yuan knew Qin Xu's "nature" very well, this guy was simply a master who didn't see rabbits and didn't scatter eagles, and at first he just listened to some Cheng Lian's ridicule, and it was easy to resist the urge to refute, just as a pig hummed and a dog barked and ignored it, but then, after discovering that the Black Mountain thief rode back, Xun You, who was originally protected by the elite soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, was actually robbed by Qin Xu's soldiers and captured in Plains City, Xiahou Yuan thought that he had finally seen through Qin Xu's vicious plan.

Is this a ploy called a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle or a false way? Xiahou Yuan's brain was in a mess under his anger, and he couldn't remember it clearly. But he knew Qin Xu's tricks clearly. Well, didn't I just shoot you with a bow and arrow for half an hour! Isn't it claimed that there were no casualties? Is that so? Kidnapped Cheng Yu, detained Bai Rao, and imprisoned nearly a thousand Puyang Cao Army's grain transport auxiliaries and still played such a trick. It is said that the allies are "helped" to retreat from the enemy, but even Mr. Gongda has been taken captive, and you Qin is the title of a human trafficker. That's how it came about? And one after another, still addictive? Te also ignored the more than 5,000 Puyang elite cavalry and tiger and leopard elite soldiers under the city, right?

But when Xiahou Yuan saw Zhang Liao leading the elite of the Xiao cavalry battalion to pursue the Black Mountain thieves and ride away, and his own family gathered soldiers, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the gate of the plain was not closed, and rushed into it with all his brains, so as to get what he wanted when he came, and save Xun Yu and achieve the best of both worlds. But when he came to the low city wall of Plains City, he found that he had the impression that Xun You should have been tied up by five flowers and whipped by several big men. He happened to be standing at the head of the city and talking to Qin Xu with his arm, but the ease and smile on his face almost blinded Xiahou Yuan's eyes.

"Could it be that Mr. Gongda voted for Qin Xu so quickly?" Xiahou Yuan quickly shook his head violently, throwing this unrealistic idea out of his mind. Joke. Xun You is a character who was treated by Cao Cao as a teacher. Leaning on it is like the heart. Recognized as the first mastermind of Cao Jun. If it is said that someone else met Qin Xu, who has the title of "human trafficker", and was served by the poisonous tongue of this erector in a few words, Xiahou Yuan believed it. After all, there are too many incredible things in this kid, even if Xiahou Yuan was once used as a stepping stone by Qin Xu and is still a little too slow, but to be fair, Xiahou Yuan, who has seen how Qin Xu scolded Cao Cao and couldn't eat for several days, is still a little jealous of Qin Xu's "ability".

But if the "other" was replaced by Xun You, Xiahou Yuan didn't believe it very much. It is the name of Xun Gongda, but it has become a signboard of Cao Jun. And there is quite a market in the circle of Cao's generals. In Xiahou Yuan's view, Xun Yu is old and spicy. And Qin Xu, who took advantage of Lu Bu's east wind and the Cao generals' rookies who suddenly rose up with bitter tears, is not a little bit worse. This is why when he decided to come to the plains this time, he had always been favored by Cao Cao in the Cao army's forces, and Xiahou Yuan, who was above the top, would be willing to succumb to Xun You, and put away his previous intention to fight with Qin Xu.

But now, when the facts are in front of us. Xiahou Yuan felt that his brain full of muscles was even more insufficient.

"General Xiahou, how about we simply break this small city on the plains, capture the one surnamed Qin, and rescue Mr. Gongda in one fell swoop?" Just because he was provoked by Cheng Lian's words, he also felt that Xun You was deep behind the enemy, and he gave up the ox cart to kill the enemy as a soldier leader, and said by Xiahou Yuan's side at this moment.

"Humph! That is to say, you will be confused by Qin Xu's shallow sub-scheme. Don't hide it from me! To tell the truth, Xiahou Yuan was very moved by the suggestion of the leader of the tiger and leopard battalion, but when he was about to nod his head and agree, he happened to see the rammed wall of the plain that was no more than three feet high, Qin Xu seemed to look at this side with a smile, but it suddenly made Xiahou Yuan change his mind, and whispered to the leader of the tiger and leopard battalion beside him: "You wait, but you don't know, this Qin is the best at taking risks, why did he dare to use 400 soldiers who surrendered at the beginning and 2,000 new people, and dare to resist with the 40,000 army led by the lord?" Isn't it just that this guy has a variety of ideas and strange methods? In the end, he was allowed to go away victoriously. And at that time, it was exactly like this, pretending to be laughing and talking with people, God knows if there will be thousands of elite soldiers in ambush behind this city gate, just waiting for me to act. ”

"But the last general saw that Mr. Gongda had a very happy conversation with that Qin, and it seemed that he was not forced by Qin Xu to confuse the general, if the general attacked the city at this time, he would definitely receive miraculous results. Does the general think so? The leader of the tiger and leopard rider was noncommittal to Xiahou Yuan's words, still looking respectful, and said to Xiahou Yuan.

"Huh? Who are you? How do you know that? Xiahou Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the tiger and leopard rider leader beside him who had been coaxed by Cheng Lian's inferior tactics to leave Xun You's side, and did not directly answer this person's slightly rude question, and said lightly.

"The last general is Peiguo Guo Yuan, uh, it is the nephew of Cheng Zhong Xuan in the imperial history under the command of the lord, who fled to his uncle's mansion and sought refuge, because he knew how to bow and horse, and was selected into the tiger and leopard camp for the lord, and served as the chief!" The person who claimed to be the head of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Guo Yuan, still looked respectful, but it was difficult to hide the pride in his eyes, and he pointed to the plain city in front of him and said: "General, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, the thickest part of the wall of this plain city is only two arms, and they are all rammed earth, and the city gate is in disrepair, in fact, it is decayed, just ......"

"It turned out to be Zhong Yuanchang's family!" Xiahou Yuan looked at Guo Yuan's rather majestic body, but his mind was very "flexible". Without waiting for Guo Yuan to finish speaking, he interrupted what he said and nodded noncommittally. said lightly: "That being the case, you go and gather the people of your headquarters, and remember the great humiliation of being robbed from under your nose today." In the future, you need to work for the lord, remember not to be too popular. Do you remember? ”

"This ...... Promise! After Guo Yuan listened to Xiahou Yuan's implicit instruction, he was stunned for a moment, but he came to his senses and seemed to think of something. His expression suddenly froze, and he said in a low voice. thinks that Guo Yuan's uncle Zhong Xuan was already good friends with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others. Since the incident in Chang'an, he was recommended by Cao Cao as the middle of the imperial history, specializing in the rectification of discipline in Cao's army, and also had a certain influence in the army. Guo Yuan did not answer Xiahou Yuan's question and elaborated on his origin. Instead, he only said his "source", thinking that Xiahou Yuan would at least be polite to himself after hearing Zhong Xuan's name, but although Xiahou Yuan did not explain the words, the meaning was already very clear, and he ignored Zhong Xuan's stubble at all. There is even a faint bit of it, if it weren't for Zhong Xuan's face, this would have caused the mastermind of his own military to fall into the "hands of thieves", which would have been enough for Xiahou Yuan to carry out military law several times. Such an unsentimental statement. But it was when Guo Yuan was made to hate Xiahou Yuan.

"Herald! The whole army retreated five miles! Looking at Guo Yuan's back as he walked away angrily, Xiahou Yuan was thoughtful. Suddenly he commanded. As soon as this order came out, Xiahou Yuan obviously saw Guo Yuan's figure who was striding away, paused, shook his neck, and seemed to be quite unconvinced to speed up his pace and return to the team, making the corners of Xiahou Yuan's mouth show a little sneer, and he glanced at the private soldiers around him. The other party got the order and quietly followed Guo Yuan.

In fact, this is not that Xiahou Yuan did not accept his advice, and he was still a small family in order to fight with the soldiers under his command, and gave up this great opportunity to attack the plains in vain. It was Guo Yuan's eyes just now that made Xiahou Yuan feel a little vigilant in his heart.

Qin Xu is certainly a big trouble. But Xiahou Yuan is not a fool. As mentioned before, Qin brought 6,000 cavalry to the plain this time, and there were many of the veteran elite flying cavalry battalions of the Lu Bu Army and the first battalion that was once famous in Hebei, and in the plain city, there were also cavalry members of the previous flying cavalry battalion to rescue Qin Xu and auxiliary soldiers to defend the city, so that even if Zhang Liao had led his headquarters to leave the plain and pursue the defeated Black Mountain thief cavalry northward, there were at least more than 7,000 soldiers and horses in this plain city, compared to his own 5,000 Puyang elite cavalry and hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry, However, because the engagement was too urgent, coupled with the matter of underestimating the enemy, a full third of it had been lost, and the soldiers and horses available at hand were less than half of the soldiers and horses in the city. Even if the plain city is broken again, it is better to have a walled city gate, right? It's not papier-mâché! It is true that the small walls of Plains City are low, and the city gate is extremely easy to break, but no matter how fast it is, it will always take some time, right? Not to mention that the two elite soldiers of Lu Bujun are waiting for their soldiers to break through the city gate, even if there is a slight change, they will attract attention. At that time, it is uncertain who will kill the deer. Not to mention finding Qin Xu's revenge soldiers to "rescue" Xun You! Therefore, the strategy that Guo Yuan said seems to be very reasonable at first glance, but as long as you think about it carefully, you can see the narrowness and shortness of this kid's thinking. Could it be that he still thought that as long as he was taken by surprise, he could make the two elite soldiers of the Lu Bu army under Qin Xu panic? It's too whimsical! Just as he, Xiahou Miaocai, the general who was relied on by Cao Cao, was he a fool who only knew how to kill and was carried away by his hatred for Qin Xu?

What's more, although Guo Yuan's tone was respectful and respectful, his eyes were not right! In addition, he was a little vague about his origin, and he was asked tightly, and he only said that he was Zhong Xuan's nephew. even wanted to take advantage of Zhong Xuan's appointment by Cao Cao to take charge of the punishment in the army, to show off in front of Xiahou Yuan. It's already suspicious. Who doesn't know that the Xiahou family and the Cao family are in-laws of several generations, and the friendship of more than ten generations, and the Xiahou family headed by Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan, the brothers who have been fighting with Cao Cao since childhood, are more trustworthy than the Cao clan of their own family. This is not a secret in the upper echelons of Cao Jun's forces, but since this Guo Yuan is said to be Zhong Xuan's nephew, and as he said, he was personally ordered by Cao Cao to enter the tiger and leopard camp, he should definitely know that it is, so how can he still make an appearance of being a radical general? Xiahou Yuan was already a well-thought-out person, even if he was carried away by his hatred for Qin Xu. He is by no means a master who easily jokes with his own life. Moreover, Guo Yuan, a person from Peiguo, seems to be too familiar with this plain city.

Knowing that the walls are made of rammed earth. This is not unusual, just take a closer look. But if you still know that the thickest part of this wall is only two arms thick, this eye is also a little poisonous, right? If you still know the age of the plain city gate, then it is enough to be reasonable. Who doesn't know that Pingyuan City has been obtained by Lu Bu for more than a year, whether the city walls have been repaired, whether the city gates have been built, and the spies of the idle forces may not know so clearly, but it was easily said by Zhong Xuan, the nephew Guo Yuan. This has to make Xiahou Yuan link it to the "robbery" of Xun You that happened just now. Dozens of tiger and leopard cavalry, whom Cao Cao called comparable to the elite of the trapped camp, would be so easily angry because of a few ridiculous words, and then disregard their own military affairs. But he went to the stupid and already declining, so he wanted to flee the black mountain thieves to fight, and threw the fragrant, white and tender Xun Da Strategist in front of a "rough man" like Cheng Lian without any scruples? And after knowing that doing so was charged with dereliction of duty and severely punished by military law. did not forget to provoke a war with the plain Lu Bu army. Xiahou Yuan is more irritable and impulsive. But after all, it's not that stupid.

Under the city of the plain that is close at hand, Xiahou Yuan's army has such an accident, and Qin someone, who is having a "cordial and friendly conversation" with Xun You in the city, is unknown. Rather, it is weighing the conditions that Xun Yu prescribes.

Although Qin Xu came to the plain in the name of inspecting the enclave that had been away from the state for a long time, and by the way to deal with the two fraud cases in the plain left before, he couldn't hide it from Xun Yu in any way. Even as early as when he got the news of Qin Xu's departure, Xun You didn't have to guess at all, and he learned Qin Xu's intention to dance the sword to Pei Gong. Only then did he learn by chance that Liu Bei, who had already set up the Gongsun clan, also wanted to go through this troubled water. to exchange time for Cao Cao to gather troops. What I didn't expect was that first Cheng Yu and Bai Rao's incident made Xun You fall into absolute passivity. It's also because the Black Mountain Thief Rider, who was supposed to appear as an ally, suddenly attacked inexplicably, but several Montenegrin leaders known to the world did not appear, and the target was not like targeting the plains, but more like targeting themselves. The occurrence of such strange and bizarre things is Xun Yu's inhuman brain, and he also feels that it is not enough.

However, Xun Yu has never been as stable as his uncle Xun Yu, who served under Cao Cao, but is steady and curious, and he is the most decisive in the twists and turns. Now by chance, seeing Qin Xu's silence, he gathered more than 10,000 cavalry in the plain, almost taking out most of Lu Bu's army, and sighed that Lu Bu was so relieved of his baby son-in-law, and at the same time, he also gave birth to a sense of urgency for Hebei, or Jizhou.

Cao Cao, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, directly pretended to be wronged, saying that he was ill for more than a month, in order to stabilize the rear, so that he could draw troops from all over the place, in order to lure him to fail, so he used force under the banner of the Son of Heaven to force the Yuan brothers, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, to submit to the law. But after all, Yuan Tan possessed and annexed the state, and even if Yuan Shao tried his best to tolerate Gongsun Zhan's approaching in the war, he had to seek the annexation of the state first, just because the annexation had the advantage of cavalry. Sure enough, after Yuan Shao succeeded, a huge cavalry army that was not weaker than the Gongsun cavalry was formed, and there was a strong force known as the light cavalry nemesis such as the Xiandeng Battalion at that time.

And now that Yuan Shao has passed away, although the death is strange, there are many rumors. But after all, the tiger is majestic, and the old Yuan family, who has the reputation of the fourth world and the third prince, still has a "successor" after all. Yuan Tan, who mastered Yuan Shao's strongest troops, and Yuan Xi, who received the help of Yuan's base camp, although these two brothers are quite lacking in heart, they are not easy to mess with, with the existence of such variables, it makes Cao Cao's plan for Hebei a little more difficult for no reason. This also made Xun Yu the reason why after seeing Qin Xu "for the second time" in the plain, after testing each other, he had the intention to use Qin's huge power that could not be ignored.

"Mr. Gongda, it seems that Qin is lucky this time, and he doesn't have to be a villain for nothing." The Xiahou Yuan army under the city was originally assembled, but finally retreated suddenly, which still made Qin Xu, who was considering Xun You's "conditions", notice, shook his head and smiled, and said to Xun You beside him: "And please reply to your lord General Cao, in order to convey that Qin is looking forward to meeting him at any time." ”

"This is natural, and I hope that Qin Envoy Jun will not forget what you and I said just now." Xun You looked at Qin Xu's young face and sighed lightly, not knowing for a while whether he was right or wrong to do this.

"It's nature! General Cao is so generous, cough cough, so uphold the principle of fairness, justice and openness, on behalf of the Son of Heaven to mediate the situation of the two sons of the Yuan family in Hebei, to avoid the tragedy of human relations, and make Yuan Benchu Jiuquan uneasy, Qin dare not do his best? Just wait for the lord Lu Wenhou to give General Cao a positive answer. Qin Xu said with a smile: "Since General Miaocai has retreated five miles, he must have seen that Qin Mou did not have the intention of harming Mr. to cut off the friendship between the two families, and he also won a lot of words, sir, please take care of yourself!" ”

"This ...... Qin Envoy Jun, that Cheng Yu ...... "I didn't expect Qin Xu to even refuse to keep hypocritically, Xun You felt as if he was choked, and only after a long time did he look at the big man "high-ranking official" in front of him who was at least one round younger than himself, and said with a little crying and laughing.

"Cheng Yu? Mr. Gongda, we didn't know what to say before, no matter the rank, the soldiers are all friendly prices, one is ten yuan, nine hundred and forty-seven is nine thousand four hundred and seventy, Bai Rao's house was originally worth a few thousand, but after such a scene, it is estimated that General Cao does not treat this guy very much, so a discount, five thousand yuan is enough, as for Cheng Zhongde, but less than 10,000 yuan of the best five baht is not sold. As long as the ransom arrives, Qin will release him immediately without saying a word, and he still has this mind. Qin Xu was already not good, but the image of some young talents collapsed in Xun You's eyes instantly, and the angry Cao Jun mastermind had his lips trembling: "You...... You ...... erector."

"Of course, who told us to fall in love!" Qin Xu's scolding of Xun You did not enter his ears at all, and the smile on his face was sincere, as if he was talking about Xing with his friends, he approached Xun You and said, "Why don't Qin give Brother Gongda another hard discount on your friendship price?" ”

"What...... What the? Xun You, who was born in the Xun family of the famous Dashi clan in the Han Dynasty, looked at Qin who was like a profiteer, and began to feel that his brain was not enough.

"Other prices are the same, this Cheng Yu, only your lord General Cao needs to make a penny! This can be seen in your face, Brother Gongda! Qin Xu looked like I was very supportive of you, and said to Xun You.

"......" (To be continued......)