However, it was said that after Zhang Xiu sent Su Fei away, he immediately retired his attendants, and read the piece of silk cloth left by Su Fei with Jia Xu, and sure enough, he saw that it was written on it, and he was ordered by the eldest prince Liu Qi to come to pick up Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu and their families to leave Sui County and go to Peng Ze for a while, so that they could inform him in time when they were ready, and in the end, Su Fei also left his contact information.

Zhang Xiu discussed with Jia Xu for a while, and immediately wrote a letter, saying that he would evacuate this evening, asking the other party to make arrangements, and then ordered Hu Che'er to go down the city at night, and send the letter to Su Fei through the contact information left by Su Fei.

That night, Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu with their families, as well as hundreds of personal soldiers quietly came to the gate of the West City, Hu Che'er, who was responsible for guarding here, had already led his henchmen to greet here, only to see Hu Che'er greet him, let people open the city gate, and let them and their group go out of the city.

"Lord, military advisor, take care all the way." Hu Che'er lowered his voice and said to Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu.

"You also have to be careful, whether we can teach Cai Mao's old thief a lesson this time depends on you." Zhang Xiu patted Hu Che'er on the shoulder and said softly.

"Rest assured, the last general will not dare to lose." Hu Che'er nodded and said solemnly: "The lord's grace to the last general, the last general will not forget. ”

"Hehe, General Hu, we will meet again soon, don't be like life and death." Jia Xu smiled faintly, whispered a few words in Hu Che'er's ear, and said slowly: "As long as you can do what I say, you will definitely go to Pengze safe and sound, remember, don't be greedy, the soldiers are gone, it is a good thing for us." ”

"The Admiral remembers." Hu Che'er arched his hand, saw Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu get on the boat, then returned to the city, ordered someone to close the city gate, and then called the two people who had already been found in the army similar to Zhang Xiu and Jia Xuchang, and arranged it like this, and then went back to rest.

At noon the next day, Cai Mao led an army of 40,000 into the county seat, and he saw Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu at the gate of the city from a distance.

But when he came to General Jianzhong's mansion, he saw that "Zhang Xiu" and "Jia Xu" were both flustered, their legs trembled, and they hurriedly asked what was going on.

But I saw a general next to him kneeling down and said: "Please forgive me, it is the last general who is incompetent, last night Zhang Xiu and the military advisor Jia Xu took their families and personal soldiers, opened the north gate of the city and went to Cao Cao, and when the last general knew, it was too late to catch up, and the last general had no choice but to find two similar to them from the army, and wanted to get through the trick, but unexpectedly, the adult's eyes were like torches, and he saw through it at a glance. ”

"What?" Cai Mao couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and his heart was depressed, because he originally planned to shift the responsibility of opening the city gate to Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, but he didn't expect that the two of them would take refuge in Cao Cao in advance, so it would be difficult for him to let Cao Cao enter the city.

After all, he is now the only supreme commander in the city, and if the city is broken, the responsibility will be all on his own.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted to the general: "What's going on? So many people got lost at the city gates, and you didn't even know it? ”

But seeing that the general smiled bitterly and replied: "Zhang Xiu is the lord, he wants to go out of the city, how dare he stop him?" What's more, the last general was guarding the west gate at that time, and the guards at the north gate didn't dare to stop it. ”

At this moment, Huang Zu also stepped forward to persuade: "Military advisor, what this person said is very reasonable, not to mention that this person can hold the city without surrendering, it can be seen that he also has a loyal heart, we should praise him, so as not to chill the soldiers of the county."

Cai Mao couldn't help but nod after hearing this, and quickly asked, "What's your name?" What is your current job? ”

I heard the general say: "The last general's name is Hu Che'er, he was originally Zhang Xiu's protector, and he relied on him as a confidant, but I didn't expect that this time he actually surrendered to Cao Cao with the last general's back, and the last general thought about it, he must have blamed the last general for killing Dian Wei and his nephews Cao Ang and Cao Anmin two years ago, right?" Now that the end will be cornered, I am willing to lead the soldiers in my city to join the adults, and I hope that the adults will accept them. ”

After finishing speaking, Hu Che'er gave Cai Mao a respectful long bow, and then waited quietly for him to speak.

Cai Mao saw that Hu Che'er's face was full of anger, not like a hypocrisy, and he also expected that the other party would never dare to play tricks in front of him, so he nodded, and then walked forward in person, helped Hu Che'er and said: "It's rare that you are so loyal, since this is the case, I will order you to be the captain of the Fu Military Academy, continue to lead the men and horses under your command, and serve me, Hu Che'er, you can rest assured that as long as you are loyal to me, you will definitely share wealth with you in the future." ”

Hu Che'er was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed again: "The last general will definitely swear allegiance to your lordship." ”

After Cai Mao pacified Hu Che'er, he then thought about how to open the city gate and let Cao Cao in.

Cai Mao thought for a while and didn't have any idea, because if he sent henchmen to open the city gate, everyone knew that those generals were his henchmen, not to mention hiding it from the soldiers of the three armies, even the old man Liu Biao couldn't hide it. But if you look for generals from Hu Che'er's army to open the city gate, and you are not familiar with the other party, and you are also your own grace and power, there is no hope for this matter at all.

In the end, in desperation, Cai Mao had to decide to wait until Cao Cao attacked the city, after all, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu had already surrendered in Cao's camp, and Cao Cao would definitely order them to recruit the old generals in the city.

So that night, Cai Mao quietly ordered his henchman Cai Yin to go out of the city and send a letter to Cao Cao's camp, telling Cao Cao that he would not be able to open the city gate tonight, and that Cao Cao would use Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, who had already surrendered, to recruit the soldiers in the city the next day.

But he didn't expect that as soon as Cai Yin came to the city gate, he was detained by Hu Che'er, who was serving as a city protector.

"I'm the envoy of Cao Ying in the name of Cai Junshi, how dare you, a young general who has just surrendered, stop me? Too bold, right? Why don't you open the gates with me quickly? Cai Yin held Cai Mao's token in his hand and said disdainfully.

"These are extraordinary times, I am ordered by the military advisor, and I will never let any suspicious person out of the city, although you have the military advisor's token in your hand, how do you know if it was not stolen? Now that I let you out of the city, if you are a spy who colluded with Cao Cao, wouldn't I have to bear the responsibility? What's more, now that the city gate is closed, even if Cai Junshi comes in person, I won't open the door, hmph, yesterday's incident, I can't let it appear a second time. ”

Hu Che'er waved his hand expressionlessly, and then ordered someone to escort Cai Yin first, and wait until dawn to hand it over to Cai Junshi.

After taking Cai Yin up again, Hu Che'er quietly opened the city gate and set up an ambush in the city, and not long after, he saw Cao Cao's army coming.

Hu Che'er couldn't help but admire Jia Xu's clever calculations and anticipated things like a god, so when Cao Cao entered the city, he ordered the army to close the city gate, and then personally led the army to attack Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was very happy after receiving the news that Cai Mao was going to quietly open the north city gate tonight, and insisted on personally leading the army to the city, preparing to wait for the city gate to open, quietly enter the city to arrest Zhang Xiu, kill him to avenge Dian Wei and his nephew, and at the same time thought about reliving the old dream with Zhang Xiu's widow Zou tonight.

Now when he came to the city, he saw that the city gate was wide open, and his heart was extremely proud, and he did not have the slightest defense, so he rode his horse into the city first.

Unexpectedly, not long after he entered the city gate, he heard a loud bang, and the city gate suddenly closed, and then he saw a general leading the army to kill him, and laughed loudly: "Cao thief, you have fallen for the plan of my military advisor." It's hard to get out today, so let's take my life. ”

Then he saw the man shoot himself with a spear.

Cao Cao fixed his eyes and saw that the general was none other than Hu Che'er, who had stolen the double halberd of his general Dian Wei, so he was shocked and said loudly: "I fell for Jia Xu's plan." Everyone quickly retreated. ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao immediately turned around and rushed in the direction of the city gate, but left Xu Chu to lead his own soldiers behind the palace.

Not long after, Cao Cao's army joined forces with Guan Yu's army outside the city, cut the lock, opened the city gate, and then ordered the withdrawal of the army.

But Guan Yu on the side said: "Prime Minister, now that the city gate has been opened, we should take advantage of the situation to attack the city, how can we return like this?" If you ask the prime minister to give a certain army of 3,000, you must personally behead Cai Mao and Zhang Xiu and dedicate them to the prime minister's account. ”

Cao Cao heard the words and said: "Although Yun Chang is brave, how can Jia Xu use soldiers like a god, today since Hu Che'er dares to ambush us at the city gate, there must be an ambush in the city, why don't you return to the long-term consideration." After finishing speaking, he no longer listened to Guan Yu's persuasion, and directly ordered the troops to retreat.

After Cao Cao returned and agreed, he counted the number of people and found that more than 1,000 people had been lost, and he couldn't help but say hatefully: "Cai Mao Xiaoer, you dare to tease your own appearance, it is simply a crime that cannot be punished, pass on the order of the prime minister, the army will attack the city early tomorrow morning, this time it will definitely capture Yu County, and kill Cai Mao to vent his anger." ”

But I heard Xun You persuade on the side: "Please calm the anger, now Cai Mao led the army into Sui County, its purpose is self-evident, is to take the opportunity to control Yu County, if we attack, they will inevitably unite together, with the strength of more than 50,000 defenders, we will definitely not get the advantage, so, this time we can only outwit." ”

"Oh? I don't know how to outwit it? Cao Cao smiled faintly and then asked.

"Hehe, now Cai Mao into the county, although Zhang Xiu accepts, his heart must be dissatisfied and suspicious, as long as the prime minister postpones the siege of the city, and uses the discord strategy, it will definitely be able to make Cai Mao and Zhang Xiu fire, at that time, Zhang Xiu in order to protect himself, can only reluctantly choose to surrender the city, and Cai Mao originally asked the prime minister, and now seeing Zhang Xiu open the city to surrender, he will push the boat down the river, choose to escape, and push the responsibility of losing to Zhang Xiu, so that the prime minister has Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu, and Sui County, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." Xun You shook the fan in his hand and said calmly.

"Hehe, Gongda really has a clever plan, and the Japanese prime minister will personally raise an army to the city of Qixian County, and use a divisive plan to make them angry." Cao Cao laughed, clapped his hands and laughed.