Xiahoudun thought of this, so he sat down to write a letter, and wrote three letters in a while, and after writing the letter, he sealed the credit mud and sealed his mouth, and then urged the messenger to go on the road.

One of these three letters was addressed to Xu Huang, the guard general of Wancheng, one was addressed to Xiahou Yuan, the guard general of Yuzhou, and the other was addressed to Cao Cao.

The first and second letters were delivered early, because the distance from Xuchang to Wancheng and Yuzhou was closer than to Hebei, so it was delivered on the third day.

As soon as Xiahou Yuan received the letter, he immediately opened it and looked at it, and at a glance, he knew that the 40,000 elite soldiers of Jingzhou had crossed the Han River, and at this time Fancheng had been surrounded like an iron bucket, and Cao Ren, the defender of Fancheng, was in danger.

Xiahoudun urged him angrily in the letter; "Send troops to rescue immediately, and Fancheng must not be lost."

Xiahou Yuan thought about the whole situation, and said to the military Xu Ce: "Fancheng is besieged, and Yuan Rang sent a letter urging us to send troops to rescue immediately, but everything can't be done according to nature, and it's useless to be anxious. ”

Xu Ce nodded and said, "The Lord General is right. From the point of view below, don't send troops first, soldiers, deceitful ways, don't act rashly. I should raise grain and grass here, mobilize soldiers and horses, and send scouts from near and far to find out the movements of Jingzhou soldiers, and then decide on my own military action. ”

Although Xiahou Yuan is very conceited, he has a good temper, and when the matter is not too urgent, he still likes to listen to the opinions of his advisers in everything.

No, as soon as the military advisor Xu Ce said this, Xiahou Yuan nodded and said, "Yes!" That's it. ”

So while instructing the deputy general to mobilize grain and grass and mobilize soldiers and horses, he sent more than 20 scouts to move in the direction of Xinye to reconnoiter the movements of Jingzhou soldiers.

In fact, when the scouts were sent out, as the chief general of the army, Xiahou Yuan didn't know these scouts, but the deputy general knew.

There were two scouts behind who revealed Xiahou Yuan's military deployment to Wei Yan, and he was beheaded by Wei Yan, and Xiahou Yuan would not know about it.

Let's put aside the matter of Xiahou Yuan in Yuzhou for the time being, and then talk about the situation of Wancheng Xu Huang.

In fact, when Xu Huang received Xiahou Yuan's letter, the news that Zhao Yun led his troops to conquer Deng County had already spread.

As soon as Xu Huang heard that Deng County was conquered by Zhao Yun, his scalp was numb for a while, and he shouted: "My mother." How could it be conquered by Zhao Yun? Why didn't you know any news beforehand? ”

At this moment, Xiahoudun's letter arrived, ordering Xu Huang to immediately lead troops to reinforce Fancheng: "You lead the troops out of Deng County, and at the same time mobilize the people and horses of Yongnan Township in Fangling to echo each other, which is enough to delay the offensive of Jingzhou soldiers." ”

Xu Huang scolded with the letter in his hand: "Echo each other from afar!" I have 8,000 men and horses here, hey, leave 4,000 to defend the city, and I will take 4,000 to reinforce the city, more than 600 miles apart, and Deng County has been captured by Zhao Yun, how can I get there? Fly over with wings? ”

Xu Huang thought of this and tried to calm down and think, he knew that Deng County was a county under the jurisdiction of Wancheng, because of the important strategic position, so Cao Cao Xiahoudun attached great importance to the defense of this Deng County, Xiahoudun once said: "Although Fancheng is on the north bank of the Xiangjiang River, facing the Jingzhou elite soldiers on the south bank, as long as Deng County is in our hands, Fancheng will not be lost." ”

"However, I didn't expect this Deng County to be lost like this. Alas, in the past few years, the Jingzhou soldiers have not moved at all, so we are careless. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun suddenly came out, and conquered Deng County in this way. Don't get on fire, try to recover Deng County. Only after recovering Deng County can it be possible to reinforce Fancheng! ”

So, Xu Huang began to mobilize people and horses to prepare to recover Deng County.

Let's not leave it here for the time being, let's see how Cao Cao reacted after Xiahou Yuan's letter was delivered to Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao had just conquered Yecheng and scared Yuan Shao's two sons Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang into defecting to Xianbei Wuhuan.

Cao Cao is happy from the bottom of his heart, can he not be happy? Only from the beginning of the battle of Guandu, he took 50,000 horses, succeeded in the first battle, forced Yuan Shao to death, killed his eldest son Yuan Tan, and now has recovered the old nest Yecheng that the Yuan family has operated for many years, and drove Yuan Shao's remaining two sons away, and he took the civil and military generals to eat and drink here, how could he be unhappy?

There are many more happy things.

Cao Cao knew from his early years that Yuan Xi's daughter-in-law Zhen Mi was beautiful and unparalleled in the world, and she had been drooling greedily, and she had planned before conquering Yecheng: "Once Yecheng is in hand, I will immediately get Zhen Mi over and sleep her in a tent outside the city." Well, there is one, don't suffer the loss last time in Wancheng. Damn, I shouldn't have transferred Zhang Xiu away first, if Zhang Xiu was transferred to a distance, his aunt and I would sleep and sleep like each other, and I would be fine. It's good now, I only slept for three nights, and before I slept enough, I was moved from behind by Zhang Xiu's kid. Not to mention the death of my son and beloved nephew, how can I not be heartbroken when I put my confidant Dian Wei to death! Besides, this is a mistake made by playing hooliganism. ”

Therefore, Cao Cao was never willing to mention this matter, but before attacking Ye City, he had the idea of occupying Zhen Mi, so he remembered the previous humiliation.

However, although Cao Cao himself is fast, he is still not as fast as his son Cao Pi: "This kid! Damn. Haha, I grabbed the front of my father and slept Zhen Mi. Grass! What is this called? ”

Cao Cao muttered and couldn't help laughing here, although he felt regretful, he also had to admit the reality: "Since ancient times, I haven't heard of my father and son competing for the wind." Well, it's better to sleep with your son than to be possessed by others. ”

So although Cao Cao didn't sleep with Zhen Mi in person, he was still happy in his heart.

At this time, Cao Cao was holding a bottle full of old wine and proposed: "In order to conquer Yecheng, and for my son, I got a daughter-in-law who is unparalleled in the world, do it!" ”

When the civil officials and generals had just raised their wine glasses to drink them all, the strategist Xun You walked in from outside, and after coming in, he came to Cao Cao's side, bowed his head and whispered: "Duke Wei, what happened to Fancheng?" ”

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard this, turned his face with a glare, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Liu Biao's second son, Liu Cong, led 40,000 elite soldiers, crossed the Han River, and surrounded Fancheng like an iron bucket, Fancheng was not protected!"

"What? Who is it? Liu Cong? I didn't see that Liu Biao had a son named Liu Cong! ”

Cao Cao put down the wine bottle in his hand when he said this, and continued: "I only know that Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi, a pig-like character, why did Liu Cong come out?" It can also bring 40,000 elite soldiers?????? Conquer Fancheng at the sight? Cao Ren, and they are all full of? Why are you surrounded by Liu Cong? ”

"Duke Wei, you suppress the anger first, this matter should not be taken lightly, Liu Cong not only led his troops to surround Fancheng, but also sent Zhao Yun to attack Deng County, and now Deng County has been occupied by Zhao Yun with his troops."

"What? Deng County was attacked and occupied by Zhao Yun? This Liu Cong is fucking, has he become a sperm? Knowing that he occupied Deng County first, it can be seen that this kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp! ”

Cao Cao immediately had a toothache when he said this, and as soon as this tooth hurts, he has a headache. Cao Cao felt his temples pouting and pouting, as if they were about to explode.

This wine can't be drunk, so Cao Cao waved his hand, retracted his hand and covered his temples and scolded: "Liu Cong'er, come here and disturb my Cao Cao's good deeds." What the hell are you, wait until I go over and ask them. ”

So the banquet dispersed, Cao Cao returned to the war room, opened Xiahoudun's letter, and looked at 037 carefully from the beginning.