When Cao Cao's army passed through Qian County, Cao Cao also specially went into the city to visit Guo Jia, who was recuperating.

"Bonghyo, how do you feel?" Seeing Guo Jia, Cao Cao asked with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, after two days of raising, I feel much better." Guo Jia said embarrassedly, "Lord, it's all to blame for this sick body, causing you trouble, but the lord can rest assured, from Qiaoxian to Xuchang are all plains, no matter how cunning Yuan is, there is nothing to be done, and General Zixiao has experienced a hundred battles, so there will be no danger." ”

"Report ......" Guo Jia's voice had just fallen, and a poignant voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, a dusty messenger rushed in, knelt down on one knee and reported to Cao Cao: "My lord, General Zixiao led a large army to chase to Changping County, and suddenly lost the trace of Yuan's army. ”

"What?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, "Lost it?" ”

"How is this possible?" Cao Xiu said, "An army of more than 2,000 people, if you don't see it, you will disappear?" Could it be that Yuan Jun grew wings and flew away from the sky? ”

Cao Hong said: "Lord, Yuan Jun should have arrived in Xuchang, right?" ”

Xun You, Jia Xu, and Guo Jia next to them also frowned, but they didn't say anything.

Cao Cao's slightly narrowed eyes opened and asked the messenger, "Have you ever sent a sentry to investigate the surrounding counties?" ”

"My lord, General Zixiao sent dozens of sentry cavalry to investigate the surrounding counties, and even the forests that can be used to hide have been investigated, but no trace of Yuan's army has been found." "Moreover, the defenders of the surrounding counties have reported that no large army has been found crossing the border in recent days," said the messenger. ”

"That's weird." Cao Hong shouted loudly, "Yuan Jun really disappeared? ”

Guo Jia coughed lightly twice. Ask the messenger: "Dare to ask, before discovering that the main force of the Yuan army disappeared, did you ever find that the Yuan army had turned back?" ”

The messenger hurriedly said, "Yes." Before the main force of Yuan's army disappeared, there was indeed a cavalry that turned around and returned to Peijun, but they did not come the way they came, but the city father. ”

Guo Jia hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Lord, it's broken, we have been tricked!" ”

"Tricked?" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "What does Feng Xiao mean by this." ”

Guo Jia said: "Now it seems. We miscalculated one thing. ”

Xun You said: "Feng Xiao is saying that Yuan is not in collusion with Xuchang's anti-Cao group? ”

"Maybe there is, maybe not. But it doesn't matter anymore. Guo Jia said, "The important thing is that Yuan No has already sold Xuchang's anti-Cao Group, so Yuan No." He was using the anti-Cao clique in Xuchang as bait. lure the lord's army back to help Xuchang, and then he can take advantage of the void to cross Suishui to the east and go north to Qingzhou. ”

Cao Hong said: "But the military advisor, what does this have to do with Yuan Jun disappearing out of thin air? ”

"There's a stake, it's a big stake!" Guo Jia's face became a little flushed because of excitement, and then said, "Because Yuan Wei didn't think about it from the beginning. If you want to cooperate with Xuchang's anti-Cao clique to rob the Son of Heaven, then. The one who marched to Xuchang along the official road before must not have been the main force of Yuan's army, but just a bluffing partial division! ”

Cao Hong lost his voice and shouted: "The military advisor is saying that the so-called main force of the Yuan army is actually the one in disguise, but the real main force of the Yuan army has never entered Chen County, let alone go to Xuchang?" ”

"Chen Jun must have been here, but he must have turned back halfway." Guo Jia gasped and said, "As for the specific point from which the main force of the Yuan army returned, it is difficult to judge, but one thing is certain, most of the main force of the Yuan army has already turned back at this time, maybe this will have reached Zhuyi and is fighting fiercely with Xu Huang." ”

Cao Xiu said: "Doesn't this mean that Xu Du is actually not in danger? ”

Cao Hong shouted: "Then what are we waiting for, hurry back to save Zhuyi, Yuan Wei Xiao'er is cunning and wise, and his command Gan Ning Tai Shi Ci is brave and good at fighting, relying on Xu Huang alone is afraid that he can't stop him, lord, we should hurry back to Zhuyi, if it's too late, maybe let Yuan Wei Xiao'er run away." ”

Because of the death of Xiahoudun and the disappearance of Cao Zhen and Li Dian, the hatred of Cao Hong, Cao Xiu and other clan generals for Yuan Quan can really be said to be overturned, but whenever there is a slightest possibility, they are unwilling to let Yuan Nor let go of Yuan Nuo.

And from the overall situation, Cao Jun mobilized 150,000 troops, which took more than a month, and the money and food were consumed, in order to punish Yuan Nuoming canonically, if Yuan Nuo'er was finally allowed to escape, it would be a great blow to Cao Cao personally, and even to the entire Cao Group.

Cao Xiu also said: "Yes, lord, you must not let Yuan Fu run away!" ”

"Don't worry, let me think about it." Cao Cao waved his hand to stop Cao Hong's clamor and Cao Xiu, turned back to Guo Jia and said, "Fengxiao, do you mean that it was only a partial division of the Yuan army that had been marching to Xuchang with great fanfare, and the real main force of the Yuan army had secretly returned to Zhuyi?" ”

Guo Jia said: "It must be so. ”

Seeing that Cao Cao was still a little suspicious, Guo Jia said again: "If the lord doesn't believe it, you can summon the defenders of the counties along the way to interrogate, if I am not mistaken, from Lai Township, the main force of Yuan's army only marches at night, this is because night marching can bluff, and can more effectively deceive the eyes of our army."

Without waiting for Cao Cao to speak, Cao Hong immediately arranged for people to gather the defenders from the counties along the way.

At noon on the same day, the county magistrates of Wuping County, Ku County, Lai Township, nearby Laixiang, came to Qian County one after another, and as Guo Jia expected, several county magistrates or county magistrates reported to Cao Cao that the Yuan army had indeed crossed the border at night, because the Yuan army had sent a sentry patrol, so they could only reconnoiter from a distance, and it was estimated that the strength of the Yuan army should be more than 2,000 people from the marching army column alone.

After listening to the reports of several county magistrates, Guo Jia became more and more sure of his judgment, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, the situation is already obvious, Yuan's army is a division of troops in Laixiang, starting from Laixiang, it is only the cavalry that continues to advance westward, but the main force of Yuan's infantry army turned southeast from Laixiang and made a detour to the city father. ”

Xun You said: "If it is really as Feng Xiao said, then judging from the speed of the march, Yuan Fu's main force of the infantry army is only afraid that it has really arrived in Zhuyi, and the lord should return to Zhuyi as soon as possible." ”

"No, no, no, no, it's not that simple." Cao Cao shook his head again and again, his small eyes revealed a terrifying essence, and he said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid things are not as simple as you imagined, you say that Yuan only ordered the partial division to bluff to take Xuchang, but the main force of his infantry army has already secretly returned to Zhuyi, but I think otherwise." ”

Xun You said: "Then according to the will of the lord, where is the main force of Yuan Di?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Don't you know that the main force of Yuan's infantry army has found a hidden place to hide? After our army hurriedly returned to Zhuyi, he attacked Xuchang with surprise troops, so it was too late for our army to come back and save it. ”

is worthy of Cao Cao, but he is suspicious by nature, and he obviously has to take one more turn than others when considering problems.

However, Guo Jia said very firmly: "The lord doesn't need to be suspicious, Yuan is going back to Zhuyi." ”

Seeing that Guo Jia was so sure, Cao Cao asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Guo Jiali said: "Because Yuan Wei is a hero in the world, he is by no means a person who has lived under the people for a long time, even if he goes north to Jizhou to defect to Yuan Shao, he will still try to stand on his own feet in the future, so at this time, attacking Xuchang and robbing the Son of Heaven will not do him any good, but will only cheapen Yuan Shao in vain, so that Yuan Shao will sit big." ”

Guo Jia's implication is that now Yuan Shao is already the strongest prince in the world, if Yuan Shao robs the Son of Heaven to Jizhou again, then Yuan Shao will be even more powerful, with the edict of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao may really have a chance to dominate the world, but this is not in line with Yuan Shao's interests, in the final analysis, Yuan Shao is also specialized in the world.

Cao Cao woke up like a dream and immediately ordered to return to Zhuyi.

(Dividing Line)

When Cao Cao ordered to return to Zhuyi, Yuan's army had just arrived in Zhuyi.

Those who went to Zhuyi with Yuan Wei also had more than 2,000 people from Ji Ling's department.

It turned out that after Xu Huang left, the besieged Danxian was replaced by Lu Qian, although Lu Qian was also a good general, but compared with Xu Huang, it was a big difference, and the result was Ji Ling's department broke through successfully, and what was even worse was that when Ji Ling broke through, it was just in time for Yuan Wei to lead the army to arrive, and as a result, Yuan's army was attacked inside and out, and Lu Qian was defeated and fled.

After defeating Lu Qian, Yuan Fu and Ji Ling joined forces and went straight to Zhuyi.

However, when Yuan Wei saw the well-guarded water village with neat armor, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

Nimei, what do you say? Xuchang's nest is in danger, why don't Cao Cao'er hurry up and send troops back to help? Why did Zhuyi Water Village still leave such a large army to garrison?

Ji Ling saw the Xu character fluttering on the water village, and said: "Son, the main defender will be Xu Huang, this person is a general, before in Dan County, the old minister accidentally fell into his way, and almost missed a big thing!" ”

"Xu Huang?" Yuan Wei put his hand on the awning, looking at the Xu Zi banner waving in the wind in the distance, a pair of beautiful sword eyebrows unconsciously frowned, and his heart was covered with a layer of clouds, as a traverser, no one knows Xu Huang's ability better than Yuan No, Xu Huang can be one of the five good generals, how can it be easy to match?

In particular, Xu Huang is good at defensive warfare, compared to Hao Zhao.

Because Hao Zhao is only good at city defense, while Xu Huang is good at more difficult field defense.

Historically, Xu Huang once crossed the Yellow River with a lone army of 5,000 people, and just relied on the hastily built simple fortifications to withstand the onslaught of hundreds of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry, and finally forced Ma Chao to go in defeat.

Xu Huang sticks to Zhuyi, not to mention that it is as solid as a rock, but I am afraid that it is similar.

This time, Yuan Jun was in trouble, because the trick of feintting to attack Xuchang had already been used once, but it was impossible to use it a second time, which means that Yuan Jun had no other choice but to storm Zhuyi! But I don't know, will I be able to break through Xu Huang's wall this time?