In Cao Cao's view, Gao Yun's sending the annexation state to him was just a small profit. smiled at everyone: ""Lao Tzu" has a cloud: 'If you want to be defeated, you will be assisted.'" If you want to take it, you will take it. 'Gao Yun gave up the land of Merge Prefecture to me, but the strategy of delaying the army was to delay the army so that he could take time and take down Jizhou and Youyan. If the Huwei army straddles the north and south, when the soldiers are full of food, Gao Yun will inevitably take Yanzhou first, and I will be the first to bear it. Don't miss this opportunity today. Xiahoudun listens to the order! ”

Xiahoudun got up and stepped forward, "The last general!" ”

"Order you to go first for the army, lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, march east out of Shanyang, and contain the first army of Dian Wei."

"Order!"

"Yu Ban Hearing Order!"

"The last general!"

In addition to Dian Wei's order to guard Xiaopei, the Huwei Army also had 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Liuxian County, and Xiaopei became a corner. I order you to lead 20,000 troops, and the troops will go out of Xiayi, and knock on Liuxian."

"Order!"

"Xu Huang listens to the order!"

"The last general!"

"Order you to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses, go out of Fei County, and capture Langya. Defend it according to it to block Gao Yun's return to the army to rescue! ”

"Order!"

"The rest of the generals, each go back to the camp, point out the troops and horses, and follow me to smash Pi!"

All the generals got up together, answered the order in unison, and each of them put down his tent to prepare the soldiers, horses, and food.

On the fifth day, the grain and grass were all ready, and Cao Cao personally commanded the army of 300,000, so that Lu Bu was the first and Le Jin was the rear, and the troops went out of Xuchang and went straight to Xiapi.

Only Zhang Tong led a brigade of soldiers and horses to guard Xiapi, and when he heard the scout's urgent report, he panicked. At present, Guo Jia and Jia Xu are fighting north of the Yellow River with Gao Yun. Zhang Tong didn't know who to ask for advice at all, so in a hurry, he rushed back to Gaofu to see the eldest mother Yu'er.

When Yu'er heard the situation, she was also shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to call the female relatives of the family to discuss countermeasures together.

But except for Zhang Tong and Han Shuang, who knew a little about the art of war, the rest of the ladies of the Gao Mansion didn't know anything about the military. Although Yu'er, Susu, Diao Chan and other women are extremely smart, they are only good at managing internal affairs and the economy, and they don't know anything about marching and fighting.

The ladies and relatives discussed for a long time, and they had no clue. Yu'er suddenly had an idea and said to Yin Qian: "Qian'er, you go and call Xiao Ming's nephew quickly."

Yin Qian nodded and quickly ran out. After a short time, Xiao Zhuge Liang ran into the front hall. Seeing Yu'er, he hurriedly said, "Auntie, I heard that Cao Cao sent troops to attack, didn't you?" ”

Yu'er nodded, "Exactly, my aunt has no idea now, your uncle has always been more important than you, I don't know if you have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy at this time?" ”

Xiao Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "At present, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and if you want to retreat from the enemy, I am afraid it is impossible." ”

When Yu'er heard this, she became even more anxious, "What can be done?" ”

Xiao Zhuge Liang showed a calmness that was different from ordinary people at this time, "Auntie, don't worry, with my uncle's resourcefulness, it is not difficult to expect Cao Cao to make such a come." I reckon that reinforcements were already on the way by this time. Although the troops of Xuzhou cannot repel Cao's troops at the moment, it is still possible to wait for reinforcements."

As soon as Yu'er heard that things had taken a turn for the better, she hurriedly asked Xiao Kong Mingdao, "Then how is it arranged?" ”

Xiao Kongming walked to the table, took out the map from his arms, spread it on the table, and said to Yu'er and the daughters of the Gao family: "Auntie, you see, at the moment, General Dian Wei's soldiers and horses are in Xiaopei, and the supervisor Hu Che'er leads 20,000 soldiers and horses in Liuxian, and the rest is the first army of the Xuzhou City Tiger Fighting Brigade. Cao Cao can guess about this strength, he relies on his many soldiers and horses, and he will definitely not come step by step. It is inevitable to send troops and horses to contain Xiaopei and Liuxian's soldiers and horses first, and then send troops to occupy Langya to prevent his uncle from returning to help. Then he will lead the army to drive the radical and go straight to Xiapi."

Yu'er and the other women listened to it, nodded their heads, and asked Xiao Zhuge Liang how to prevent it.

Xiao Kongming said again: "With the strength of Xuzhou, it is impossible to divide troops to intercept it. Then you have to hold on to the important ground and wait for reinforcements. If what I expected is not bad, then what we must defend is Langya and Xiapi. So, we should draw back our forces. Xiapi City is an imperial city, the city is high and the pool is wide, the first in the world, and it is solid. We can transfer the soldiers and horses from Liuxian County back, join forces with the Tiger Fight Brigade, and defend Xiapi to the death. Even if Cao Cao has more soldiers and horses, it will not be easy to conquer Xiapi. Then let General Dian Wei order the tiger to order the soldiers and horses to move to Langya, stick to the city, and wait for his uncle to send troops back to help. As long as Xiapi and Langya are still in our hands, as soon as my uncle's soldiers and horses come back, Cao Cao will have no choice but to return in vain."

Yu'er, Su Su, Han Shuang, Zhang Tong, Diao Chan, Cai Yan and other female dependents, after listening to Xiao Kongming's arrangement, they were all amazed.

Yu'er smiled: "No wonder your uncle values you so much, and you really deserve to join the army at the headquarters of the Huwei Army."

Speaking of this, Yu'er took out a tiger talisman gold medal from her body, lit it up in her hand, and said to Xiao Kongming: "Xiao Ming, before your uncle leaves, give me this talisman." If there is an urgent matter in Xuzhou, I will be given full authority to deal with it with this order. But my aunt knew very little about military affairs, let alone how to deploy troops. Now the only one who can rely on Xuzhou is you. My aunt wants to give you this warrant, and your governor will defend against Cao's soldiers and horses all over Xuzhou. Do you dare to respond? ”

As soon as Xiao Kong Ming heard this, he stood straight, clenched his fists at Yu'er, and said: "Zhuge Liang is willing to take this position, dare to protect the two cities of Pi and Langya, and not fall into the hands of the enemy within three months." If not, I am willing to be a military lawyer! ”

"Good!" , Yu'er stood up, held the order talisman in both hands, and handed it forward, "Zhuge Liang who joined the army received the order!" ”

Xiao Kong Ming took the order with both hands, said goodbye to Yu'er, turned around and left Gaofu, and went straight to the middle army of the Huwei army's base camp, and was promoted to a general.

The time is not large, Zhang Tong, Han Shuang, Chu An, Yuan Wei, Jiao Shi, Zhou Damu, Liu Quan, Liu An, Zang Kui and so on are all going to the Chinese army.

Xiao Kongming hung the tiger Fu to give orders, first sent two fast horses to Xiaopei and Liuxian County, and transferred the county guard Xu Chengcheng to lead all the soldiers and horses back to Xiapi quickly to defend the imperial city; The second order of the tiger led the tiger to move the soldiers and horses to Langya, repaired the fortifications, put more rolling wood and stones, and defended the city to the death, and did not engage the enemy.

After sending these two fast horses, Zhuge Liang nodded again: "Liu An listens to the order!" ”

Liu An hurriedly got up and clasped his fists, "The end will be!" ”

Xiao Kong Ming held the arrow in his hand and said to Liu An: "The soul of the Huwei army is to put the people first, and now that Cao Bing is coming, Xuzhou is a battlefield everywhere. Order you to lead a guard and fast horses, and quickly inform the people outside Picheng to stay away quickly and avoid the war for the time being! ”

"Order!" , Liu An stepped forward, answered the order with both hands, turned around and left the tent.

Zhuge Liang said again: "Zhou Damu, Liu Quan, Zang Kui, and Jiao Shi listen to orders!" ”

The four generals got up together and gave the order.

"Order the four of you to lead the three engineer soldiers to strengthen the city wall fortifications separately, be cautious, keep improving, and make no mistakes!"

"Order!"