Cao Ren and the others looked down, and sure enough, they found that the Huainan soldiers who were besieging the city were slowly retreating under the command of several captains, and at the enemy's central army, there was also the sound of the horn of Mingjin's command to collect the troops.

"Hey, Huang Zhong's thief seems to have tasted our strength, and he took the initiative to retreat!" Seeing this, Le Jin said with a little smile.

"This shows that Huang Zhong still has some brains, and he knows that he can't attack it, so he won't waste the lives of his sons!" Cao Ren paused as he spoke, and then said: "The strong attack took the initiative to retreat in less than two hours, I don't think Huang Zhong will have any plans to attack in the future, we have to guard against it, in case the other party plays tricks!" ”

"Is the general afraid that the other party will come up with another trick?" Li Dian frowned and asked.

"Hmm!" Cao Ren nodded and said: "Huang Zhong's raid this time has almost taken away the land of Xuzhou, and he is only short of this last Xiapi State to do his best, so he definitely doesn't want to give up lightly, and he will definitely try to use all kinds of methods to get down to the city." ”

"From the general's point of view, what will Huang Zhong'er think of to take my city?" Le Jin asked softly.

"I don't know!" Cao Ren shook his head: "It is possible to dig tunnels, attack at night, or use internal responses, but no matter what method the other party uses, as long as we are well guarded, we will not be afraid of him." ”

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"Damn, the defense of Picheng is so tight this time, our army has not even found the slightest chance to attack!" Leading the army slowly towards the camp and returning, Huang Zhong looked back at the Xiapi city wall that was still clearly visible, and said with some hatred.

This time, he climbed the city wall in person, but he didn't end well, but was forced to come down, such a result obviously made Huang Zhong a little unacceptable.

"This is also a helpless thing, Guan Cao Ren is dispatching troops today, but he is a good general, if we want to attack, I am afraid that the strength will be more than three times that of him or there are several super-first-class fierce generals to force the city wall to be possible, with our current strength, we can only go back to the camp first to find another strategy!" Jia Xu persuaded.

"That's it!" Huang Zhong sighed helplessly, a few days ago, he thought that he could take the entire Xuzhou for his lord effortlessly, but he didn't expect to be hindered in Xiapi, which was really annoying.

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"Nearly 3,000 people lost? It's been less than an hour and a half since we attacked the city, how could the casualties be so heavy? Looking at the number that had just been counted in his hand, Huang Zhong's eyes widened and he asked in surprise.

Most of the soldiers he brought were the elite of a hundred battles left to him by Lu An, and they had a lot of combat experience, according to common sense, it was just a siege battle for more than an hour, and there would not be so many casualties.

"The enemy has been prepared for a long time, as long as our soldiers go up the ladder, they will immediately be attacked by the defenders' gold juice, rolling stones, sasswood, and arrows, and most of the casualties of the soldiers are killed by boulders and random arrows!" Jia Xu replied.

"Damn, I hurt the brothers!" Huang Zhong angrily slammed the table and said sadly. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little remorseful, he had already known that he had listened to Jia Xu from the beginning, and if he didn't attack strongly, he would have a total of 50,000 horses, and he would lose 3,000 in one moment, and except for testing the enemy army, there was no result, this situation was really a heavy loss.

"Since it is a war, casualties are inevitable, the general does not have to blame himself for this, and this strong attack, although there are some casualties, but fortunately, the enemy's strength has been tested, and it is not worthless!" Jia Xu persuaded.

"The military advisor doesn't have to say those comforting words, but this time it's a certain fault, I despise that Cao Ren too much, I didn't expect this person's ability to defend the city is very superb." Huang Zhong waved his hand and quickly straightened his mentality: "The matter has come to this point, today's matter will be pleaded with the lord in the future, but now, I still have to find a way to win this Pi." ”

Jia Xu didn't reply again, but closed his eyes and thought about all possible countermeasures.

"Military advisor, isn't the Mi family the in-laws of the lord? Why don't we secretly send spies into the city tonight, and let the Mi family find a suitable night to help us open the city gate? Without waiting for Jia Xu to come up with a countermeasure, Huang Zhong had a turn in his mind at this time and took the initiative to propose.

"No!" Jia Xu opened his eyes, thought about it slightly, and shook his head gently, disagreeing with Huang Zhong's method.

"Why, before deciding on the strategy of attacking Xuzhou, didn't you also say that you could try to ask the Mi family for help under appropriate circumstances? If we can get the help of the Mi family this time, we may be able to enter the city in one fell swoop! Huang Zhong asked in surprise.

"It's okay to ask the Mi family for help, but definitely not now!" Jia Xu said.

"Why is that?" Huang Zhong was puzzled.

"The Mi family is the in-law of the lord, you know this, but Cao Ren also knows, you have also seen Cao Ren's ability general, even if he is a famous general, presumably he will also take this into account and be more wary of the Mi family, in this case, I am afraid that the success rate of finding the Mi family to steal the city is very low!" Jia Xu paused as he spoke, and his tone was a little more inexplicable: "In fact, if someone else is willing to be this internal response, we can try it, although the risk is high, but if it is done, you can directly get Xiapi, but the Mi family is not good, they are the in-laws of the lord, and they have secretly helped the lord a lot over the years, if the Mi family is copied by Cao Ren because of this matter, then let's not talk about meritorious service, I am afraid that the lord will immediately blame it." ”

"Well, what the military advisor said is very true!" Huang Zhong listened, there was some cold sweat left on his forehead, he really didn't think about it in this direction before, fortunately, Jia Xu reminded him in time, if he really harmed the Mi family in order to take Picheng, even if Lu An didn't blame them, but Mrs. Mi would definitely have a grudge, and in the future, feel free to blow the pillow wind on the side of the lord, then how can they have a good life in the future.

"Actually, listening to what the general said before, I reminded Xu that at this time, Xu already had an idea to take down Picheng." Jia Xu seemed to think of something at this time, and said with a slight smile.

"Speak quickly!" Huang Zhong came to the spirit and urged.

"The way is to 、、、 find the Mi family as an internal response!" Jia Xu said playfully.

"、、、、、、、、" Huang Zhong looked at Jia Xu with a strange expression, and his appearance was almost written on his face, "You are teasing me".

"Haha, don't worry, general, listen to the story!" Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said softly: "We can divert the tiger from the mountain, deceive Cao Ren and his army, and then discuss with the Mi family to let him be the internal response, so as to break the city in one fell swoop." ”

"Trick Cao Ren out? I'm afraid it's not that easy, he himself was sent by Cao Cao to stop us! Huang Zhong asked.

"That's right, the task assigned to Cao Ren by Cao Cao is not to defend Xuzhou, but to prevent us from continuing to attack." Jia Xu said with a hint of cunning in his words.

"Our army can completely evacuate most of the soldiers, leave a small number of soldiers in the East China Sea Kingdom to hide secretly, and then our army retreats to Huainan, and spread the news all the way, saying that we will not attack Xuzhou, but attack Yuzhou instead, in this way, Cao Ren will definitely transfer the army to Yuzhou, at most only leave a small part of the defenders in Xiapi, so that we can let the soldiers who stay in the East China Sea continue to move east to Xiapi, and then find an opportunity to let the Mi family respond internally, so as to go down the city in one fell swoop!"

"The military advisor 、、、 this strategy" Huang Zhong thought about it and felt that it was very feasible, but he still couldn't help but ask again: "What if Cao Ren is not fooled and still stationed the army in Xiapi?" ”

"Then let's really give up Xiapi and go north to Yuzhou, so that we won't suffer!" Jia Xu replied. Cao Cao sent to stop them only Cao Ren's army, if they go north into Yuzhou, Cao Ren does not resist, then it is obvious that Yuzhou will be the same as other states and counties in Xuzhou, effortlessly occupied by them, so, this is actually a cost-effective deal on both sides, no matter what Cao Ren chooses, he can only take care of one side.

"Okay, the military advisor deserves to be a wise man in the world, this plan is very clever, and he can completely play with that Cao Ren child in the palm of his hand!" The last trace of worry dissipated, and Huang Zhong couldn't help but praise. For Jia Xu, he really has a kind of sincere admiration, he can calculate to such a point, and he is very abnormal.

"This is not a clever strategy, but the lord has the foresight to take Huainan early!" Jia Xu shook his head and said modestly: "The reason why this strategy has a certain feasibility is because our army has such a strategic place as Huainan County, which can be interspersed with the states of the Central Plains, otherwise, we have no other choice, no matter how hard we think and meditate, I am afraid that we will not be able to avoid Cao Ren's army." ”

"Haha, the lord is naturally far-sighted, but the military advisor can come up with such a perfect strategy on this, but he is also a genius in the world!" Huang Zhong said with a smile.

Jia Xu smiled faintly, but did not deny it again, in fact, this strategy can not be considered perfect, if Cao Ren only sent half of the troops to Yuzhou to divide troops to hold on, then it is difficult for them to have a chance whether it is Yuzhou or Xiapi, however, unless Cao Ren can guess his intentions, otherwise he will definitely send a large army to Yuzhou when he hears that their 50,000 troops are going to Yuzhou, obviously, Jia Xu does not think that Cao Ren will guess his intentions.

Next, the two discussed the details of the retreat, and finally decided to let the army deliberately surround Cao Ren for a few days, and then they withdrew together, after marching for a distance, Huang Zhong retreated to Huainan with 40,000 people, and Jia Xu took the remaining 7,000 soldiers and horses to hide in the East China Sea Kingdom, and acted at the opportunity.

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