"What?! The Hu people took Pengcheng? Zu Ti looked shocked and couldn't believe that the news was true.

On the fourth watch, Zu Ti, who was stationed in Xiaopei, received the bad news of the fall of Pengcheng. At the same time, the news of the assassin Shi Pei Dun's abandonment of the city and his escape also reached Zu Ti's ears.

"Brother, what did the younger brother say at the beginning?! Pei Dun is a waste at all, didn't Pei Tingshi swear that Peng Cheng was worry-free? As a result, only a few days after my brother left, Pengcheng fell! After learning the bad news of the fall of Pengcheng, Zu Yue sneered at Pei Dun in front of Zu Yi.

"Okay, don't talk about it! Do you want to think about what we should do next? Zuna couldn't help but remind his brother: "Brother, now that Pengcheng has fallen and Assassin Shi has fled, the situation is extremely critical!" If the little brother is not mistaken, the Hu people will definitely take Xiao Pei as an attack target in the next step! ”

Zu Cai reacted at this time, but saw that he didn't care about refuting Zu Na, but hurriedly persuaded Zu Li: "Brother, why don't you leave Xiao Pei quickly before Hu Ren reacts?" ”

Zu Yue and Zu Na persuaded Zu Ti to leave Xiaopei with his troops and go south, and the province was surrounded and wiped out by the Hu people. But he didn't expect Zu Ti to insist on refusing, looking at the two worried brothers, he couldn't help but comfort: "Don't worry about the two brothers, you have your own plans for your brother." ”

"Xiao Pei definitely can't stay any longer, but we can't do nothing after leaving, that would be too cheap Hu Ren. First of all, the first step is to go south and try to meet with Lord Thorn. ”

"What? Brother, at this time, what do you care about that surnamed Pei? If it weren't for his brother, he ended up where he is today? As soon as he heard that his brother was going to save Pei Dun, Zu Yue suddenly became angry, since Pei Dun returned to Pengcheng to seize the power of Zu Di, he was full of dissatisfaction with Pei Dun.

"I can't say that, Pei Dun is also the Xuzhou assassin of my Great Jin Dynasty anyway, since he can pay the power to his brother, he can take it back again! Moreover, if Pei Dun falls into the hands of the Hu people, in case he is used by the Hu people and spreads to all parts of Xuzhou, coupled with Sima Ao's influence, it is very likely that the entire Xuzhou will choose to surrender without a fight. Zuna disagreed, believing that rescuing Pei Dun would do more good than harm.

Zu Ti bowed slightly when he heard this, obviously he also thought that saving Pei Dun was better than not saving him, and besides, he had already formed an alliance with Wei Shuo, and saving Pei Dun was also a step in the future plan of the two of them, so he had to come forward to save Pei Dun no matter what.

Zuyo pouted and complained: "Okay, since the eldest brother has decided, the younger brother will obey." It's just that now after Pei Tingshi leaves the city, no one knows where to run, and we don't know where to go even if we want to save it! ”

Zuna thought for a while and suggested: "Pei Dun has always been afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and it is estimated that he will not dare to stop in Lu County halfway, I am afraid that he will only run south and flee to Xiapi City." Xiapi is about sixty kilometers from Pengcheng, and if it goes well, Pei Dun should be able to reach Xiapi at dawn. Brother, we might as well go straight to Xiapi, maybe we can meet Pei Tingshi there. ”

"Brother is reasonable, the two of you hurry down to inform the others, and we will leave for Xiapi immediately after half a burnt incense."

It's a pity that Xiao Pei, who is far away in the northwest of Pengcheng, not only lags far behind the cavalry pursuing Pei Dunhu in terms of distance, but also because of the lack of horses, he and his troops can only walk, so from the beginning Zu Ti did not report much hope, and could only pray that Pei Dunfu could escape this catastrophe.

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While the ancestral brothers were busy saving Lord Thorn Shi, our soldier Lord Cao Wei Shuo was not idle. At first, he fell out with Pei Dun and left the city, but it was actually something he had discussed with Zu Ti before. As soon as Pei Dun returned to Pengcheng that day, Wei Shuo and Zu Ti knew that something was wrong.

But at that time, they hadn't found the main force of the Hu people, and Zu Wei and the others really didn't have the energy to deal with the Hu people while fooling Pei Dun. In desperation, Zu Wei and the others had no choice but to cleverly arrange, deliberately creating a false impression to the outside world that Xuzhou had fallen out, in order to lure the main force of the Hu people to appear.

Whether Wei Shuo left on his own initiative or Zu Ti was driven out of Pengcheng, it was part of this plan. Now that the main force of the Hu people has finally appeared, although Wei Shuo breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect Peng Cheng to be lost to the Hu people so easily by Pei Dun.

Originally, according to Wei Shuo's idea, relying on the army in the city and the tall city of Pengcheng, even if Pei Dun could not fight back against the Hu people, he could still defend the city. As long as Pei Dun can drag the Hu people under Pengcheng for a few days, he and Zu Ti can try to teach the Hu people another lesson.

Unexpectedly, Pei Dun was so incompetent, he lost the entire city very cleanly, and he didn't lose any of the Hu people, completely disrupting Wei Shuo's previous deployment.

Wei Shuo was so angry that he looked at the direction of Pengcheng in the camp and scolded: "Damn! Pei Dun is really a mouth cannon, and he can't be relied on at all! He himself ran quite fast, but he gave Peng Cheng directly to Hu Ren! Messed up our plans! ”

"Your Excellency! Now that the matter has come to this, let's hurry up and think of other ways! Pei Dun's performance also made Cao Hong, who was also a child of the family, feel deeply ashamed, but he couldn't speak foul language like Wei Shuo, so he had to change the topic head-on.

"Alas! What a headache! Wei Shuo rubbed his head and sighed, as long as he thought of Peng Cheng falling into the hands of Hu Ren without a fight, he couldn't help but want to curse Pei Dun.

At this time, Zhang Erlang pouted and said: "Brother Wei, you promised Pei Xiaoniang to protect Pei's safety, but now Pei Da has no one to die or die in his life, see how you will explain when you see Pei Xiaoniang in the future?" ”

"Huh?" Wei Shuo stared at Zhang Erlang with a pair of big eyes and said, "Erlang, why didn't I find your mouth so neat before?" Alright, stop talking nonsense! Let's hurry up and think about how to find Lord Thorn! ”

"Isn't it? Brother Wei, I just said it casually just now, but I really didn't want to save that Rausch Pei Dun. If it weren't for him, Brother Wei would not have left Pengcheng, and Pengcheng would not have fallen into the hands of the Hu people. Now when I think of the people of Pengcheng being slaughtered by the Hu people, I can't help but smoke Pei Dun a few big mouths. Zhang Erlang said hatefully.

Cao Hong was immediately anxious when he heard this, but he didn't dare to speak for Pei Dun anymore, for fear of causing any misunderstanding, so he had to look at Wei Shuo with a pleading gaze.

Wei Shuo glanced at Cao Hong gently, and then said conclusively: "This Pei Dun still has to be saved, no matter what, he is also the Xuzhou assassin of my Great Jin, once it falls into the hands of the Han State, it will inevitably add some variables to the future situation in Xuzhou." ”

"In addition, although Pei Dun fell out with us, Pei Xiaoniang didn't help us less. We are all hot-blooded men with clear grievances, how can we be ungrateful? ”

Hearing Wei Shuo say this, Cao Hong can be regarded as relieved, with the friendship between the Cao and Pei families, it is unlikely that he will really let him watch Pei Dun die without saving him, and now he is relieved to see Wei Shuo personally promise to save Pei Dun. Similarly, as long as Wei Shuo decides something, Zhang Erlang generally has no objections.

Seeing that the two of them were no longer talking, Wei Shuo walked to the map and pointed to Lu County on the bank of the Surabaya River: "Now our army is resting here, and from Lu County to the downstream along Surabaya, about thirty kilometers away is Xiapi. Xiapi south is close to Surabaya, Yishui and Wushui come north to surround the city and meet Surabaya, it not only occupies the convenience of water conservancy, but also has tens of thousands of young and strong people to help, it is more dangerous and difficult to attack than Pengcheng. ”

"If I were Pei Dun, under the critical situation, I would definitely go straight to Xiapi. Therefore, as long as we inquire all the way along Surabaya, there will be news of Pei Dun. The only thing I'm worried about now is that the Hu cavalry will find Pei Dun before us. ”

"My lord is reasonable, although we took advantage of the first entry into Lu County, but we received the news a few hours late, with Pei Dun's hasty escape, presumably our Lu County has passed by this time. If we only walk on two legs, we may not be able to match the Hu people on horseback. ”

"Forget it, it's useless to say anything now, let's act early, I'm afraid it's really too late if it's too late!"

Wei Shuo gave an order, and the army immediately set off from Lu County, went down along Surabaya, and rushed straight to Xiapi.