Late at night, the city of Xiapi was quiet, except for the occasional sound of cats and dogs barking.

Tonight's sky was a little weird, there was not even a little moonlight, and the whole land was shrouded in night, and the darkness was a little terrible.

However, although the city is dark, but on the city wall of Xiapi City, there is still a not weak light, that is the night guard soldiers in order to guard against the enemy's night attack and specially lit the bonfire, of course, in addition, this bonfire can also be used for heating, after all, on the high city wall, the temperature difference is quite large, even if it is the height of summer at this time, it will make people a little cool.

"Whew!" Wang Hu turned around twice on the section of the city wall he was responsible for patrolling, and finally shrank next to the bonfire and put his hand on the side to keep warm.

"Hey, Lao Zhang, I'm done patrolling, it's time for you to go!" After a little test of the warmth of the fire, Wang Hu touched his partner who was already dozing off with his elbow.

"How did you get up so quickly? I only squinted for a moment! Touched by Wang Hu, Lao Zhang woke up from his sleep, muttered a sentence in his mouth, rubbed his face, and picked up his weapon to prepare to patrol.

"I slept for an hour, and I actually said that I squinted for a while!" Watching Lao Zhang leave, Wang Hu couldn't help but curse quietly behind his back, then put the knife in his hand to the side of the bonfire, and half lay down, he had been patrolling for so long, he should also take a rest.

"Someone sneaked up!" Before Wang Hu could close his eyes, he heard a loud scream and the sound of swords colliding with each other from the city wall, which made him instantly sleepless.

"The enemy is coming at night?" Wang Hu hurriedly jumped up from the ground, picked up the big knife and ran to Lao Zhang's side, and asked.

"It's not the enemy army, it's a traitor in the city, and they are attacking the city gate below!" Lao Zhang and he just leaned together, extremely nervous.

"Mole?" Wang Hu was greatly surprised, and just wanted to say something, but suddenly heard a loud roar, which was the movement of the gate of the city tower when it was opened.

"The gates are opened?" Wang Hu looked down in amazement, and was surprised to find that the huge city gate had been pushed open, and on the edge of the city gate, there were a large number of men in sackcloth who were fighting with the defenders under the city with the upper hand.

"Let's go down to the rescue!" Seeing this, Wang Hu took his broadsword and prepared to go down from the city gate to support the defenders.

"Don't go, if you go, you'll die!" Lao Zhang hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded.

"Just kidding, if you don't go, you really die, and when this matter is over, the Governor Judge finds out that the two of us stayed above and didn't go to the city to support, can you spare us?" Wang Hu roared.

"Look below!" Lao Zhang didn't say much, just stretched out his hand and pointed out the city.

Wang Hu looked in the direction pointed by Lao Zhang, and found that there were countless fires on that side, and quickly attacked in the direction of the open city gate here.

"Well, you're right, let's throw down our weapons and squat in the corner."

When the city gate was fighting, Wei Jiang was still dreaming, he dreamed that he was appreciated by Cao Gong for repelling the enemy's attack, and finally Cao Gong promoted him to a general and gave him two beautiful concubines.

There is no doubt that this is a good dream, but it is a pity that this dream is only half done, and Wei Jiang was woken up, to be exact, he was woken up.

"What's the flustered about?" Wei Jiang opened his hazy eyes and found that it was a captain under him who woke him up, and he scolded immediately.

"General, it's not good, there are traitors in the city, who attacked the gate of our army, and now the gate has been opened!" Wu Chang said anxiously.

"What? Quick, let all the resting soldiers go to the city gate to support, don't let the enemy seize this hole! Wei Jiang was stunned for a moment, and then immediately like a fire burned his eyebrows, he quickly dressed and armored, and prepared to march in the direction of the city wall.

However, his idea was quickly dashed, and just as he had finished his weapon, the sound of a fight had reached his mansion, and then a large number of soldiers in battle armor burst in, each with their bows and arrows aimed at him.

"Smack!" Weijiang's weapon fell to the ground.

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The chaos of the fighting lasted for more than an hour, and then ended with the complete collapse of the defenders, the five thousand defenders of Xiapi were killed two thousand, and the rest were all captured, and the defenders were also captured and surrendered, which was a pretty good result, and Jia Xu also rode into Xiapi City after the situation in the city was completely stabilized.

At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the sun also showed a trace of red light in the east, showing a beautiful sunrise scene.

"Xuzhou Mizhu, meet Jia Junshi!" Mi Zhu was waiting for Jia Xu at the entrance of the city at this time, and when he saw his arrival, he bowed and saluted.

"Don't, Mr. Mi Zhu must not be like this, it is too embarrassing for Jia!" Jia Xu hurriedly helped him up, very polite. The other party is the eldest brother of the lord, according to his always low-key character, how dare he accept this gift.

"You are an important minister in Jiangdong, shouldn't Mi meet you!" Mi Zhu smiled.

"Mr. Mi has helped my lord a lot in terms of money and food over the years, and he is in-law with the lord, and he has made great contributions this time, if you want to say goodbye, it is also Jia who meets you!" Jia Xu said, and bowed to Mi Zhu very solemnly.

"Mr. Jia Xu is so humble and easy-going!" Mi Zhu sighed in his mouth, but there was an indescribable excitement in his heart, Xuzhou finally fell into the hands of Lu An, and their Mi family is finally about to undergo a qualitative change, as long as the big ship in Jiangdong does not fall, the prosperity of the Mi family is just around the corner.

"Mr. Mi actually went into battle to attack the city last night?" The two talked for a while, and the attentive Jia Xu found that there were still traces of blood on Mi Zhu's robe, so he was a little shocked. As far as he knows, Mi Zhu should be a literati, how can he be so desperate?

"Such a big event, if you don't personally suppress the formation, I'm afraid that these families will make trouble!" Mi Zhu looked down at the blood of the enemy stained on his robe, and smiled indifferently.

Since he decided to do it, then he naturally had to do his best, this is Mi Zhu's code of conduct, even if it is not an exception, although he is a literati, his martial arts are not very good, but as long as he is present, then he can prevent all accidents, and this kind of thing, only he himself will be relieved.

"Mr. Mi is high-minded, and a certain person will send a secret letter to report Mr. Mi's great achievements to the lord." Jia Xu arched his hand, a little admiring. As a literati, but with such courage, he is really a talent, at least he Jia Xu can't do it.

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Yuzhou, Runan County

After many days of rapid marching, Cao Ren's army finally arrived at the administrative post of Yuzhou, and according to the spies, Huang Zhong was about to return to Huainan County at this time.

This made Cao Ren feel a little proud in his heart, feeling that Huang Zhong's puppet was useless except for some bravery, and even the march was so slow, it was really difficult to call him a famous general.

However, Cao Ren's pride only lasted for one day, that is, the second day after he had just settled in Huainan, and a shocking news directly stunned him.

In the majestic hall, Cao Ren looked at the urgent secret letter that had just come from his hand, his face was blue and purple, and finally gritted his teeth and spit out: "Huang Zhong thief, if you dare to bully someone like this, you will be killed in the future!" ”

"General, but something is happening?" In the audience, Xu Huang and Li Dianle entered Yu Ban and several people were sitting on the side, and when they saw Cao Ren's strange appearance, they couldn't help but ask.

"Xiapi is lost!" Cao Ren clenched his fists and said word by word.

"What?"

"How is this possible?"

"Didn't Huang Zhong withdraw from the army?"

"Could it be that Lu Xuantong sent another secret force to help him, but he didn't receive any news!"

Xu Huang and the others in the audience were a little stunned, and they all said incredulously.

"We fell for Huang Zhong's scheme, he only took 40,000 soldiers and horses with him before leaving, and hid 8,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, just waiting for our army to leave!" Cao Ren sat down on the chair and said sullenly.

"Eight thousand soldiers and horses?" Yu Ban couldn't help but speak: "Even if they hide 8,000 soldiers and horses, we have 5,000 defenders in Xiapi, and in terms of the height and thickness of Xia Picheng, it shouldn't be lost so quickly, it's only been a few days?" ”

"Of course, the siege was not so fast, but the Mi family was the internal response to the Jiangdong army, and on the first day of the siege of the other party's 8,000 people, the Mi family suddenly rebelled, and the guards did not take this into account, and as a result, under the internal and external troubles, the whole army was directly annihilated!" Saying that, Cao Ren hatefully punched the table in front of him: "I knew that this was the case, when a certain family was in Xiapi, he should have found a reason to cut off all the Mi family, and he would not let Xiapi be taken away by Lu Xuantong so easily!" ”

"Huh!" A few people in the audience, you look at me, I look at you, all speechless. They knew that Cao Ren was talking angrily at this time, the Mi family had a deep influence in Xuzhou, and they would exterminate the other party without any crime, this kind of thing could never be done, and the Mi family and Huang Zhong were hidden too deeply, and there was no movement at all when their army was stationed, but as soon as the army left here, the other side immediately hooked up.

"General, what should we do now? It's better to fight back now and get Xiapi back! Half-loud, the always radical Le Jin asked.

"I can't go back, and I can't get it back if I go, after all, Huang Zhong's 40,000 army is still waiting for us!" Although Cao Ren was angry and angry in his heart, he did not lose his mind after all, and after a little pondering in his mind, he denied Le Jin's proposal.

Their soldiers and horses are not as many as Huang Zhong's, if they turn their heads and go back to recapture Pi, Huang Zhong will definitely bring back 40,000 soldiers and horses, and when the time comes, whether the two sides are just facing or the other party's imperial city is defending, they will not take any advantage, but will suffer a big loss.

"So, what then?" Le Jin scratched his head and asked.

"Just stationed in Runan and don't move, just lose Xuzhou completely, and you must not lose other states and counties, otherwise I will have no shame to face the lord again!" Cao Ren said resolutely, when he thought of Cao Cao's entrustment to him before leaving, he was ashamed and ashamed, he finally lived up to Cao Cao's expectations of him and lost Xuzhou.