"Yes." Deng Ai looked at Sun Shao, who was smiling but majestic, and secretly envied. The two seem to be about the same age, but the other party has such an elite guard battalion, and he is still a lowest-level official, so there is a thousand miles apart.

"What's your name?" Sun Shao looked at the young man with a little frustration in his eyes: "What is your position?" ”

"Shinno...... Deng Ai. Deng Ai swallowed and puffed out his chest.

"Stonebud." Shi Bud also clenched his fists and replied in response. Although he was afraid, he couldn't let Deng Ai face the pressure alone, so he mustered up the courage and stood by Deng Ai's side.

"Little erector, what is the chief, what kind of township do you report? Could it be that you are from the Xinye Deng family? Sun Wolf was dismissive.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the family has begun to rise, some of the family flowers a few branches, divided in different states and counties, these families when they introduce themselves, will indicate the state and county they belong to, in order to show the difference from other surnames. In Sun Wolf's view, Deng Ai is just a small chief, it is impossible to be a member of the Xinye Deng family, although the Deng family is now defeated, it is impossible for the children of the Deng family to be a chief. Deng Ai reported the hope of Xinye County, which was to pull the tiger skin as a banner and put gold on his face.

"I'm not a long." Deng Ai blushed and retorted loudly: "I am the Ji Cao Peng of the general of Diannong. ”

Sun Wolf laughed: "What's the difference?" It's just a small official, and you still think you're an official? ”

Deng Ai was so angry with him that he couldn't care about the danger in front of him, and retorted loudly: "You don't want to look at people in the crack of the door, how do you know that I, Deng Ai, can't get ahead?" Are you more proficient in human ethics than Yang Zhai Guo Xuanxin? ”

Sun Shao looked at Deng Ai, who was red-faced, and it took a lot of effort to finally let himself laugh out loud. This year, luck can't be stopped, and I was worried that I had nowhere to find him, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to send it to the door.

"Who is Yang Zhai Guo Xuanxin?" Sun Shao smiled and looked at Deng Ai and Shi Bao. Shi Bud was a little nervous, and her lips bit tightly without saying a word. Deng Ai found that his current situation was not fatal, he looked Sun Shao up and down, although he was also a little nervous, but in general he was quite calm.

"The general is ......"

"Fuchun Sun Shao." Sun Shao politely arched his hand.

Although the Fuchun Sun clan has no longer a history than the Xinye Deng clan, the current name is not comparable to the Xinye Deng clan. Deng Ai was stunned for a moment, and then thought of who it was. His face changed suddenly, originally he thought it was just a small group of people, but Sun Shao appeared here, this is not a problem of a small group of people. Could it be that Sun Shao arrived with a large army? There's no news at all.

Sun Shao saw that Deng Ai was surprised, but he didn't care too much, and waved his hand: "If you surrender their weapons, those who surrender will not die, and those who disobey will be killed." Then he pointed to Deng Ai and Shi Bao: "You two come with me." ”

Deng Ai and Shi Bao glanced at each other, and involuntarily followed Sun Shao forward. Sun Shao turned his back to them, he was not wearing iron armor, he was only wearing a thin Yue cloth single coat on his upper body, and he could see the strong back muscles rolling with his steps. Shi Bud touched the long knife on his waist, Deng Ai seemed to know what he wanted to do, and hurriedly touched him, shaking his head quietly.

Sun Shao entered a thatched hut, sat down in it, pointed to the two straw mats in front of him, and motioned for Deng Ai and Shi Bao to sit down. Deng Ai was a little surprised, he had never enjoyed such treatment in front of Yan Kuang, not to mention that he was still a prisoner. He hesitated for a moment and sat down opposite Sun Shao in an orderly manner. From beginning to end, Sun Shao was looking at him, and he saw that Deng Ai was a little cramped, and then smiled: "If my guess is right, it was your idea for your team to come here, right?" ”

Deng Ai nodded dejectedly. Yan Kuang didn't believe him, and only sent him ten people, if there were more people, at least two could run out, and now the whole army was wiped out, and Xiangcheng was very dangerous.

"Deng Shizai, you are a pearl, but unfortunately, it is misplaced." Sun Shao asked people to send two glasses of water, and said seductively: "Let me guess again, Yan Kuang only cares about drinking, and doesn't take your words seriously, right?" ”

Deng Ai raised his head in surprise and looked at Sun Shao with wide eyes, how could he even know this?

"Don't be surprised." Sun Shao became more and more unfathomable, and he smiled calmly: "Xinye is already ours, you can go home at any time." Is there anyone else in the house? ”

"And ...... There is also my mother, who is in Xiangcheng with me, and there is no one in Xinye. Deng Ai's nose was sour, and he said a little sadly.

"That's right." Sun Shao touched his chin: "Tomorrow I will take Xiangcheng, you pick a little loot and take your mother back to Xinye." ”

Deng Ai responded gratefully, and lowered his head in frustration. Although this young General Sun was very kind, like Yan Kuang, he still didn't take him seriously. It's no wonder that he is now a prisoner of other people's ranks, so how can he be qualified to make irresponsible remarks. It seems that Guo Xuanxin is wrong, he Deng Ai was born a poor life.

"However, Xinye may be a battlefield in the next few years, if you want to live in peace, I'm afraid Xinye is not much better than Xiangcheng." Sun Shao changed his words and said: "Jiangnan is fine, if you want to, you might as well move to Jiangnan." ”

Deng Ai responded absentmindedly, he also knew that Nanyang was not peaceful, he had been fighting in the past few years, and the originally rich Nanyang was now uninhabited for thousands of miles. But is Jiangnan good? Do you want to live in Jiangnan for the rest of your life? He was thinking nonsense, Sun Shao stood up and walked to the door, as if he was going out, and when he was at the door, he turned to look at Deng Ai and said, "You know the accountant?" ”

Deng Ai nodded, but Shi Bao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Shizai not only knows accounting, but also knows the art of war. ”

The corners of Sun Shao's mouth twitched: "Really?" ”

Deng Ai came to his senses at this time, and quickly nodded and said, "I know a little bit about it." ”

Sun Shaoqiang couldn't help but laugh and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If that's the case, are you willing to come to my side to be a personal guard?" ”

"Dear...... Guards? Deng Ai was taken aback, he originally thought that Sun Shao would let him be a scholar, if he could do this, he would already be very satisfied. But the guards are much closer than Shuzuo, and there are more opportunities for promotion, this kind of good thing is generally for the children of the family, unless ordinary outsiders have very high martial arts skills and have been following for a long time, it is difficult to get such an opportunity, even if they do a part, it is impossible to follow the left and right. He didn't think much about it, and quickly nodded: "Ai is willing." ”

"What about you?" Sun Shao turned his head to look at Shi Bao. He didn't have much impression of Shi Bao, and he recruited Shi Bao purely because he didn't want Deng Ai to see the problem. Of course Shi Bao has no opinion, Xiangcheng is about to be broken, he will not descend at this time, only one death awaits him, even if he does not die, will he wait for Sun Shao to break the city and then surrender? For small officials like them who have no way out, following Sun Shao as a personal guard is much more promising.

Sun Shao was very satisfied, and brought Deng Ai and Shi Bao to Sun Huan, Sun Huan was a little puzzled, these two people had just been caught, and there was no time for the test at all, so it was a bit hasty to let them be guards now. Shi Bud looks like a beautiful man, but I haven't heard that Sun Shao is a good man, as for Deng Ai, he looks average and still stammers, so I really can't see where Sun Shao likes him.

Sun Shao didn't explain, he called Chen Hai, and Chen Hai said that the ten people had already descended and were willing to take them into the city. Sun Shao didn't say much, and immediately asked a few soldiers to change into clothes, preparing to take the chief hostage to Xiangcheng to cheat the city. In the early morning of the next day, Sun Shao, who had rested all night, got up early, finished eating dry food and set off. Ding Feng and others, under the leadership of Shi Chang, easily controlled the city gate, and Sun Shao led people to rush in and rushed to Yan Kuang's residence.

In just half an hour, Xiangcheng changed hands, and Yan Kuang, who was drunk, was beheaded by Chen Hai.

Sun Shao looked at the granaries that were full one after another, and smiled from ear to ear, he immediately sent someone to ride a fast horse to deliver a letter to Cui Qian and Guan Yu, asking them to send someone immediately. The official documents received from Yan Kuang's residence showed that Xiahoudun and Cao Pi were rushing to Xu County from different directions, and they would soon be able to arrive, and it was difficult for him to control the situation with his 1,000 men. He was to get as much food out as he could before he was besieged.

Things went unexpectedly smoothly, and after just going out for a day, he met Guan Yu, who was hurrying over. When Guan Yu heard that Sun Shao had taken Xiangcheng, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and personally rushed to Xiangcheng with his troops. As soon as they met, he looked at the warehouse full of grain and smiled, patted Sun Shao's shoulder, and was full of praise: "Fengxian, you have made a great contribution." With this grain, I will definitely be able to take Xu County and welcome back the Son of Heaven. ”

Sun Shao laughed and asked rhetorically, "Uncle Yue wants to beat Xu Du?" ”

"Of course." Guan Yu replied without thinking. "The Son of Heaven is covered with dust and has been held hostage by Cao Ying for more than 20 years, and now that I am in Xu County, how can I still sit idly by and watch the Son of Heaven care? General Zuo is a royal nobleman, and if he were here, he would definitely do the same. ”

Sun Shao secretly thought about it in his heart, and said in a suggestive tone: "Uncle Yue, it's a big matter, do you want to ask General Zuo for instructions?" ”

Guan Yu waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "There is no need to ask for instructions on this matter." will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. I'm sure General Zuo would have done the same if he had been here. Don't hesitate, I will immediately march into Yingyin and Xu County to rescue the Son of Heaven before Xiahoudun arrives. ”

Sun Shao had to smile bitterly, he could see that Guan Yu couldn't listen to anyone at this time, he couldn't recognize his situation and identity, and directly made a decision for Liu Bei. Guan Feng's clumsiness in power schemes may have something to do with his father.

"Fengxian, you have made such a great achievement, you should have let you take a break, but now there is an urgent matter that you have to deal with." Ci Yu didn't give Sun Shao any respite, and with a solemn face, he told the story of Xu Huang's conquered Fancheng and cut off their supply line. Sun Shao was taken aback when he heard this, although now that he has taken Xiangcheng and has solved the problem of food, the back road is blocked by Xu Huang, and they may fall into the encirclement of Cao's army at any time, this matter is indeed urgent. What's more, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City, and they can't be lost, once Xu Huang breaks through Xiangyang and gets those soldiers, I'm afraid no one will be able to cure him, and the results in front of him will be turned to ashes.

Sun Shao didn't dare to slack off, and immediately rushed back with the urging battalion night and night, in order to make him faster, Guan Yu transferred a thousand war horses to him, although the soldiers of the urging battalion were not good at riding, but it was no problem to use horses as a substitute, and if he couldn't sit still, he simply tied himself to the war horse and rushed back at night. Considering that most of the main forces were now in Wancheng and Xiangcheng, and that the troops in Xiangyang and Fancheng were seriously insufficient, Sun Shao asked him to write down the recent battle situation and send it to Sun Quan, asking him to immediately recruit reinforcements from the Lusu Department stationed in Chaisang, so as not to be captured by Xu Huang Xiangyang, cut off the back road, and destroy the good situation in one fell swoop.

Two days later, Sun Shao arrived in Xiangyang with the exhausted Destroying Battalion, and as soon as Elfang and Sun Jiao saw him, they put down their hearts hanging in mid-air.

"How's it going in town?" Sun Shao didn't bother to take a breath, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"It's okay in town." Sun Jiao happily hugged his hands, and there was finally a trace of blood on Lahuang's face: "My news is strictly blocked, and the people in the city don't know that Xu Huang has taken Fancheng, and the mood of the soldiers is quite stable, but it's just ......."

"Just what?" Sun Shao was in a bad mood and didn't have time to guess riddles with him: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly." ”

"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to hide it from Cao Ren and the others." Sun Jiao laughed embarrassedly: "Listening to the guards say that Cao Ren has recovered from his injuries in the past two days, although he can't move yet, he seems to have heard some rumors." I wanted to isolate him, but I was afraid of arousing suspicion. ”

"Oh." Sun Shao thought about it and knew what Sun Jiao meant. Cao Ren is the most valuable among the captives now, if he sees any flaws, as long as he raises his arms, he may lead the pawns to mutiny, and at that time, without Xu Huang's attack, Xiangyang will be finished. It's a shame that there is no mobile phone these years, Cao Ren and Xu Huang don't know the situation with each other, otherwise with a text message, Xiangyang City would not be Sun Shao's.

"It's fine." Sun Shao pondered for a moment: "You go and prepare a table of wine and food, and after I wash up, I will go to the prisoner camp to talk to him." ”

Although Sun Jiao was a little puzzled, when he saw Sun Shao's calm appearance, he did not doubt whether Sun Shao could do it, and immediately arranged for someone to prepare. After Sun Shao washed up, he took a few guards and Pang De to the prisoner camp together. When the prisoners in the camp saw Pound, they all showed disdain. Some people scolded softly, nothing more than saying that Pound was bragging, and his words didn't count, and he used to say that he was going to repay him with death, but now he still surrendered and so on. Pang De was very embarrassed, but he could only endure it and followed Sun Shao silently. After he became Sun Shao's guest, Sun Shao never asked him to do anything except occasionally play chess and talk to him, and today he invited him to see Cao Ren, which was the first time Sun Shao spoke, although he felt embarrassed, he couldn't attack on the spot.

Cao Ren was lying in the fresh and dry straw, and when he heard the footsteps at the door, he opened his eyes and raised his hand to signal Niu Jin and his son Cao Tai not to act rashly. Sun Shao's legs were slightly crossed, and he stood there looking at him condescendingly, and after a while, he laughed: "Cao Zhengnan is really the first brave general under Cao Gong's account, although he has become a prisoner under the ranks, he is still majestic, and he has the courage to collapse in front of Mount Tai and his face will not change." ”

Cao Ren crooked his mouth and didn't say anything, just looked at Sun Shao quietly.

"Is the general's wound better? Can you drink wine and eat meat? Sun Shao asked people to bring in the wine and put it away, sat down at one table by himself, stretched out his hand and pointed to the other seat and said with a smile: "If you can eat, you might as well come over and drink." ”

Cao Ren glanced at him and slowly raised his body. Niu Jin hurriedly dissuaded: "General, no." ”

"It's okay." Cao Ren smiled faintly and said in a commanding tone, "Help me over." ”

Niu Jin was used to listening to his orders, although he was reluctant, he did not hesitate, helped Cao Ren to sit down in front of the desk, Niu Jin clenched his fists, stood behind Cao Ren, and looked vigilantly at Ding Feng and Sun Huan behind Sun Shao.

"Please." Sun Shao raised his glass, signaled, drank it all, and then said with a smile: "The general's injury is not healed yet, don't drink too quickly." ”

Cao Ren tilted his neck, drank it all in one gulp, lit up the bottom of the cup, and replied: "The general is dusty, and his body is tired, so don't be too anxious." ”

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and then took a bite of food and said: "General Mingjian, I rushed back to Xiangyang from Xiangcheng in two days, and I am indeed a little tired. ”

Cao Ren's eyebrows twitched: "You took Xiangcheng?" ”

"Not bad." Sun Shao drank another cup and said regretfully: "It's a pity that Yan Kuang doesn't have such a fighting spirit as a general, and the battle of Xiangcheng is lackluster." ”

Cao Ren's face suddenly became ugly. He didn't believe it just now, but now he does. What kind of mentality Yan Kuang is now, and why is it such a mentality, he knows it clearly. Yan Kuang is meritorious, last year the imperial physician Ling Yoshimoto and others rebelled, stabbed Prime Minister Changshi Wang Bi, burned his camp, and it was Yan Kuang who cooperated with Wang Bi to quell the rebellion. But later, because Cao Ying was angry with Wang Bi's death, he actually forgot Yan Kuang's merits, and only gave a verbal reward, without a real surname. Yan Kuang has been in a bad mood for this, when he attacked Wancheng at the beginning of the year, he heard from the people who went to Xiangcheng to transport grain that Yan Kuang was now drunk. Cao Ren originally planned to take the opportunity to remind Cao Ying, but he didn't expect to be surrounded by Guan Yu as soon as he came back from Wancheng, and the battle was dangerous, so he forgot about it. This negligence has now directly led to the loss of Xiangcheng.

The loss of Xiangcheng is no less harmful than the loss of Fancheng or Wancheng, and now it is the autumn harvest season, and the loss of Xiangcheng means that Guan Yu has obtained a large granary, while Cao Jun has no food to supply near Xu County. This increase and decrease is tantamount to a stab in Cao Jun's heart, compared with this matter, the Son of Heaven is not so important in Xu County.

"I got the news on the road that Wancheng was also breached, and Tian Guorang (Tian Yu) was outnumbered and abandoned the city." Sun Shao took another drink and said slowly.

Cao Ren didn't say a word, he was skeptical, it was said that since Sun Shao had taken Xiangcheng, it was not an accident that he had taken Wancheng. It's just that his speed seems to be too fast, and he has only been away from Fancheng for a month, and he actually took Wancheng and Xiangcheng? There are still more than 1,000 miles between Xiangcheng and Wancheng, and even the march will take twenty days.

"Since the general is so powerful, why did he rush back in a hurry?" Cao Ren slowly sipped his wine and asked his own questions. In the past two days, he saw a nervous look on the faces of the guards and soldiers, and after analyzing and analyzing, it should be Cao Ying's reinforcements arriving. But who was sent, how many people and horses there were, and whether they could break Xiangyang, he didn't know the bottom. If the reinforcements can exert enough pressure on Sun Jiao who stayed behind, Sun Jiao may kill the prisoners, if this is the case, Cao Ren does not want to sit still, he will definitely fight hard, even if all the soldiers die in Xiangyang City, he must provide a little support to the reinforcements outside the city.

"Pingkou General Xu Huang recaptured Fancheng." Sun Shao smiled faintly: "My father-in-law said that Xu Gongming used his troops well, so let me come back to fight him." ”

Cao Ren held his breath all of a sudden, Cao Tai jumped up with a "poof", and was immediately held down by Ding Feng. Niu Jin opened his eyes, and with a roar of anger, he rushed up to fight Ding Feng, but Sun Shao raised his hand: "Chengyuan (Ding Feng), let him go." ”

"Humph!" Ding Feng snorted disdainfully and let go of Cao Tai. Cao Ren frowned, and looked at Sun Shao fixedly for a while: "You want to kill me?" ”

Sun Shao smiled, "Why should I kill you?" ”

"You're not afraid that I'll disturb your military morale?" Cao Ren was dismissive. If it were him, he would definitely do this, at the beginning of the year, in order to deter the rebels in Wancheng, he slaughtered Wancheng. If Sun Shao killed him now in order to prevent trouble, he also felt that it was very reasonable. By this time, he had no fear, but became more calm.

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed in the prisoner camp, and the laughter made Cao Ren a little confused. He waved his hand and said to Cao Ren with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't need to kill you, although Xu Gongming brought more than 10,000 people, but I have a lot of men and horses, not to mention that the more than 10,000 Jiangdong troops brought by Lu Su are almost here, I am not afraid of him at all." ”

Cao Ren's face darkened, if Lu Su came to help, Sun Shao really didn't need to kill the prisoners. Sun Shao had just told him the news that Xu Huang had seized Fancheng, and he had dispelled his suspicions about Sun Shao, but now he didn't expect Sun Shao to be blinding him.

"General, I have something I want to ask you for." Sun Shao looked at Cao Ren's face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The prisoner under the stairs, only one death, where can I help the general." Cao Ren let out a long sigh, threw down his glass, staggered back to the straw pile, and closed his eyes.

"Can the general bear to watch Cao Gong become a sinner of the Great Han?" Sun Shao asked lightly.

Cao Ren's body stiffened, hesitated for a while, opened his eyes and looked at Sun Shao: "What do you mean?" ”

"My father-in-law is only hundreds of miles away from Xu County now, and Xiahoudun has no time to rescue Xu County, and it is inevitable that the Son of Heaven will fall into the hands of my father-in-law." Sun Shao walked to Cao Ren's side and looked at Cao Ren quietly: "General, with your mind, can't you see the problem?" ”

Cao Ren thought for a moment, suddenly realized, and suddenly gasped.

Sun Shao pointed to Pang De behind him: "General Pang didn't surrender to me, I just took the surname of a hundred people in exchange for him to be a guest by my side for half a year, General, do you know why?" ”

Cao Ren nodded, "I understand. ”

(To be continued)