Jia Xu was angry and resentful because of the slaughter of the city, but Cao Cao understood that Jia Xu's slaughter of the city was also to protect his foundation and had to do it, so Cao Cao would not give up Jia Xu because of a few threatening words from Pang Shanmin.

Just as Guo Jia, Jia Xu and the two previously analyzed, Jingxiang is strong, the Central Plains is weak, this time Cao Cao did his best to Hebei soldiers and horses, if he is defeated again, even if he returns to Hebei, Cao Cao's foundation will be as before, gradually eroded by Jingxiang, rather than being controlled by others, it is better to fight to the death, if you can stay with Jingxiang's military horses, when the two families strike in the harsh winter, Jingxiang's loss is far greater than that of the Central Plains, so it is worth it.

Moreover, Jingxiang has a bad relationship with Jiangdong, Pang Shanmin and Sun Quan still have a battle, even if Jiangdong is weak, relying on the Yangtze River, it is not difficult to block Jingxiang for several years, and even if Jingxiang calms Jiangdong in the future, he will have to recuperate and develop new land, this period of time is a great opportunity for Cao Cao to accumulate strength and fight a decisive battle with Jingxiang.

It's just that for the moment, Cao Cao didn't consider a decisive battle with Jing Xiang, even if he fought, it was difficult to win, so Cao Cao simply decided to retreat to the city and hold on to Jing Xiang.

Pang Shanmin was not surprised to see Cao Cao supporting Jia Xu.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia are equally important to Cao Cao, this person acts ruthlessly, but his resourcefulness cannot be underestimated, Pang Shanmin originally never thought that Cao Cao would easily agree to his request, handing over Jia Xu is equivalent to cutting off Cao Cao's arm, such an unwise thing, Cao Cao naturally will not do it.

After only a moment of hesitation, Pang Shanmin looked behind Cao Cao, and Jia Xu, who was tightly wrapped by Cao's soldiers, sneered. He opened his mouth and shouted: "Jia Xu! Why don't you dare to step forward and answer with Pang? ”

When Cao Cao and Guo Jia heard this, they all frowned.

Pang Shanmin's attitude like this obviously did not take others in his eyes, Guo Jia rushed to say: "Since the mountain people know our intentions, they should also return to their own positions, and the two armies will look at their own abilities, if you can break the city, it is not only Wenhe." Even the prime minister and Guo. At your disposal! ”

"For a wolf-hearted person, you have to take the lives of these countless soldiers, and you are more vicious than before!"

Pang Shanmin glanced at Guo Jia deeply. Nodding. Said: "Then it depends on the means." It's just that when hope is broken, the two of you should not regret the choice you made today. Pang Shanmin said and patted his horse back. Cao Cao and Guo Jia also led a number of generals to return, but after a while, Chen stayed outside the city, and it was difficult to find the traces of Cao's soldiers.

Jingxiang's military horses were not in a hurry to attack the city, but set up camp outside the city, cut down the numbers, and built siege equipment.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the Jingxiang camp, all the generals and colonels of all departments were present, and Pang Shanmin sat on the high seat and was thoughtful.

Seeing this, Pang Tong said to Pang Shanmin: "What is my brother thinking about? Today's dialogue with Cao Cao, although it was fruitless, is also reasonable. If the elder brother is thinking about this, he doesn't have to. ”

Pang Shanmin shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "Shiyuan, although Cao Cao wants to take on the responsibility of slaughtering the city on behalf of Jia Xu, but in your opinion, what kind of mentality should his subordinates have?" Pang was thinking about whether to let the soldiers of Cao know what Jia Xu had done, and before tonight, Pang wanted to print a batch of Jia Xu's crimes, and ordered the soldiers to shoot into the city......"

When Pang Tong heard this, his eyes lit up and said, "Brother wants to disturb Cao Junjun's heart? ”

"We should always let the enemy soldiers understand that this time our army is coming, it is a righteous army, and there is much help for the righteous and little help for the unjust." Pang Shanmin said, Zhou Yu also smiled, and said to Pang Shanmin: "You might as well give it a try, even if Cao Junjun is not disturbed, at least it can make Cao Cao anxious, now Jia Xu knows that this time I am waiting for the army to come, so what is the matter, his heart is frightened, and it is difficult to play fifty percent of his skills. ”

Pang Shanmin nodded slightly when he heard this, and muttered in his mouth: "The principal will be returned sooner or later!" ”

At night, Chen Liu's vigilance on the city was still tight, and Xiahou was patrolling the city at the head of the city, and he was worried when he saw the lights in the Jingxiang army outside the city.

Not long after, Xiahoudun saw that in the Jingxiang army array, nearly a thousand soldiers, holding torches to the city, Xiahoudun was shocked when he saw this, and he was busy cheering up, and said to the left and right: "Jingxiang army and horses don't want to attack at night?" ”

Thinking of this, Xiahoudun hurriedly ordered the soldiers to be on guard, but after the team of soldiers arrived under the city, Xiahoudun immediately shook his head and smiled, and the Cao soldiers and soldiers also looked at the various Jingxiang military horses under the city in amazement.

Hundreds of shields, hundreds of archers...... This kind of lineup, even if it is harassing the city defense, is difficult to do.

It was rare to find a chance to ridicule Jingxiang, Xiahoudun naturally would not let it go, laughed loudly, and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "I am waiting for the enemy, only such goods, why don't you worry about not being able to defend the city?" ”

As soon as Xiahoudun's voice fell, the Jingxiang soldiers under the head of the city took care of their shield soldiers in front, and the archers were behind, bending their bows and arrows, shooting arrows to the city, the feather arrows were light, and there was a chaotic sound, and many arrows had actually been shot into the city, and there were also many arrows that fell on the city......

Jing Xiang's soldiers didn't stay for long, and they left after shooting, Xiahoudun was confused and watched Jing Xiang's soldiers leave calmly, and said secretly in his heart: What is Jing Xiang's move going to do?

Just when Xiahoudun was puzzled, the side of the general found that the arrows were strange, these arrows were tied to paper, and the general removed the letterhead, after reading it, he was drenched in cold sweat, and hurriedly handed the letterhead to Xiahoudun.

The letter is full of Jia Xu's evil deeds of slaughtering the city of Xudu, and there are many people in Jingxiang's army who seem to have good literary talents, and the matter of Jia Xu's slaughter of the city is vividly written, even after Xiahoudun read it, he also despised what Jia Xu had done before.

The two armies fought each other, and they had nothing to do with the people in the first place......

Jing Xiang's words also have some truth. Xiahoudun nodded slightly, and in an instant, he was drenched in cold sweat, and hurriedly said to the general: "And order someone to take back all these arrows, I was going to report Jing Xiang's actions to the prime minister at night!" ”

Xiahoudun said that, hurriedly went to the city, and secretly said in his heart: Even after reading this letter, he, the general of the army, felt that Jia Xu's crime was unforgivable, if ordinary soldiers learned how Jia Xu did evil in Xu Du, presumably his pre-war mentality would also be greatly affected, but Jia Xu was also a military advisor of the army, if he was not respected by the soldiers. How to gain a foothold in the military in the future?

Xiahoudun rushed to Cao Cao's mansion non-stop, and after the left and right reports, Xiahoudun hurriedly entered the house, and saw Cao Cao and Guo Jia, Jia Xu and the two were still discussing in the hall.

After Cao Cao read the letter, he only understood Jing Xiang's purpose in a moment. Throw the letterhead on the desk now. said to Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang did a good job, but this letterhead, Jing Xiang shot geometry?" ”

"It was dark and hard to see. However, it is a guess to look at the number of shooters. Such a letter in the city. When there are thousands! Xiahoudun said, wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead, and said to Cao Cao: "I have ordered the general to collect these letterheads in the pawn. It's just hard to keep everything missing. ”

"Jing Xiang is so calculating, but he is also very powerful." Guo Jia said, glanced at Jia Xu sideways, saw Jia Xu's expression changed several times, I don't know what he was thinking, he knew that his mood had been greatly affected, and he frowned at the moment, and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, you and I see the move, why bother with those things that can't be changed?" ”

Hearing this, Jia Xu nodded, but between his eyebrows, he was still in a trance.

Guo Jia sighed secretly, and secretly scolded Pang Shanmin in his heart for this move, he was really cunning, and the words on the letter were heart-wrenching, Pang Shanmin seemed to have made up his mind to make it difficult for Jia Xu to gain a foothold in Cao Ying, and not only that, what Pang Shanmin said in this letter was simply to make Jia Xu shameless and gain a foothold between heaven and earth.

Cao Cao saw Jia Xu's gaffe, and sighed softly: "Wenhe, what Feng Xiao said is reasonable, don't put what you say in the letter on the letter." ”

"Xu didn't pay attention to the words on the letter, but he was worried that the sergeant of the army would be ......greatly affected after reading this letter," Jia Xu said, Cao Cao suddenly woke up, and hurriedly said to Xiahou: "Strictly investigate the sergeant of the city, don't let him hide this letter, and Yuan Rang can inform the soldier, this is a demagogic plan by the people of Pangshan!" ”

"But many soldiers have heard what the Pang Shanmin in front of the city said today, if the letterhead is confiscated, wouldn't it be a move to cover up their ears and steal the bell?" After Xiahoudun said, Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said to Xiahoudun with a solemn face: "Even if you cover your ears and steal the bell, it is better than half-heartedness by the generals and soldiers in the army!" ”

Xiahoudun saw that Cao Cao's mind had been decided, and hurriedly left the house, Cao Cao sighed and said to Jia Xu: "For Cao's foundation, even the Wenhe has been so far, Cao's heart is very guilty. ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he didn't dare to say anything.

Guo Jia was quite pleased to see that Cao Cao still trusted Jia Xu, and said to the two: "The prime minister and Wenhe don't need to worry too much, that Pang Shanmin is good at figuring out people's hearts, and we can't prevent it from a strategy like this, but the two armies are fighting, and it depends on the strength of each family, and this kind of small path has nothing to do with the overall situation." ”

Although Cao Cao knew that Guo Jia was only comforting, he also nodded again and again, in Cao Cao's view, now is the time to employ people, when the same enemy is the same, and Jia Xu's resourcefulness is indispensable for this defense of the city, and he can't let Pang Shanmin use a little trick to succeed in the conspiracy.

Cao Cao said, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, what the right talent Yuan Rang said is not bad, the sergeants of the army are uneven, there are always many people who publicize this matter, the content of the letter wants to be completely hidden, and it can't be hidden. ”

When Guo Jia heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he only thought for a moment, and then said calmly: "The first hand has been lost, and I should not wait for the matter on the letter to be entangled with it again, if the prime minister is worried about the rumors in the army, he will let the officers and soldiers of the army divert their attention. ”

"It's not bad to deal with it like this, just let Pang Shanmin urge Cao to train his troops!" Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, and looked sideways at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He thinks, how about the plan of filial piety?" ”

"It's a coping solution."

Jia Xu did not say anything to praise Guo Jia's strategy, as Guo Jia said before, since the moment Jing Xiang's military horse shot out of the letterhead, Cao Jun lost the first hand, Pang Shanmin is best at taking advantage of it little by little, and being calculated by him, Jia Xu can still bear it, but Jia Xu has kept this matter in his heart, and secretly said that if Chen Liuke can successfully resist the offensive of Yueyu Jingxiang, today's hatred will be answered sooner or later!

Sure enough, as Guo Jia expected, early the next morning, there were many soldiers in Cao Ying's army, discussing the contents of last night's letter.

Previously, when Jia Xu returned to the army, Cao Cao only said that Jia Xu went to Xu Du and made a meritorious contribution to breaking the city, but the massacre of the defenseless people was brushed aside, and the soldiers who returned with Jia Xu were all sealed by Cao Cao's edict and did not dare to speak out.

Now that the matter has been poked out, naturally many soldiers have asked the Cao Ying soldiers who attacked Xudu before. Whether what is said in this letter is true?

The soldiers of Cao Ying who were asked were difficult to answer.

Yu Xudu slaughtered, killed a lot of people, and when it was Jia Xu but the heads of the people, also recorded as a meritorious service, although returned to Chen Liu did not get Cao Cao's reward, but its triumphant return, the surviving battalion soldiers became heroes in the city.

Now that the matter has been revealed, it has made many soldiers ashamed. The words of the people of Pang Mountain are already demagogic. And what he said in his letter is reasonable, even if he argues with it, it has no meaning.

Many smart soldiers and soldiers of Cao can be seen at a glance from the demeanor of these soldiers. The word of the letter. I'm afraid it's true.

And so it goes. What was reverence turned into anger.

Xu Du was originally the land under Cao Cao, and there were many veterans in Cao's army, and even Xu Du was born. After migrating to Yecheng, I now learned that my hometown was slaughtered, all because of Jia Xu's actions, how can these old soldiers endure.

At that moment, many veterans went to the commanders of various armies to ask Jia Xu for an explanation, but the commanders of all departments had a very tacit understanding and rejected all the requests of the veterans.

Not only that, but at the behest of Cao Cao, the generals of all departments ordered the old soldiers to train strictly to prevent the army from attacking the city, so that the old soldiers were tired, and they had been in the army for a long time, how could these old soldiers not know, and they were afraid that Jia Xu wanted to hide his previous evil deeds by practicing day after day.

Although they didn't say it on the face, the hearts of these veterans were even more sad and angry.

In the past few days, many veterans from all backgrounds have been connected in series, but they have been discovered by the commanders of various departments who have been prepared for a long time, and hundreds of veterans who want to find justice have been thrown into the cells.

The drums were tight for a while, three days of preparation, the siege equipment had been memorized, Pang Shanmin was thinking about the rumors, and now it was difficult to make much progress, so he simply ordered the army and horses, and wanted to weigh the Chen Liu's garrison, how the combat strength was.

By the transformation of the students of the academy several times, Jingxiang's rushing and throwing stones are now very different from the past.

The Jingxiang Chong car is huge and clumsy, it has been used when Pang Tong attacked Luoyang in the past, and now in front of the Jingxiang Array, such a huge rushing car is fully prepared.

Seeing this rushing car, the Xiahou brothers in the city all changed color, Zhong Xuan's death has a lot to do with the sharpness of this rushing car, and now they see Jing Xiang's sharp weapon, and the two of them naturally recall the past in their hearts.

"Prime Minister, this thing is sharp, you must guard against it!" After Xiahoudun said, Cao Cao also set his eyes on the huge rushing car, only to see more than ten Jingxiang soldiers, lying under the cover, pushing the huge rushing car slowly.

Cao Cao only looked at it for a moment, and then he knew that this thing was the culprit who broke through Luoyang, and his expression became cold, and he said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, is there a way to break this strange thing?" ”

"Liu Ye is good at weapons, he can break this thing!" Guo Jia said that, Cao Cao ordered Liu Ye to step forward, Liu Ye looked at the city and rushed to the car, but his eyes were bright.

After only watching for a moment, Liu Ye said: "Although this car is bulky, but the power cannot be underestimated, if it can make people out of the city, its wooden wheel is damaged, this car only relies on manpower, it is difficult to get close to the city!" ”

Liu Ye said, Cao Cao and Guo Jia both suddenly realized, and Xiahoudun even muttered in his mouth: "If you had known about the defect of this thing, Luoyang would have been insured, and Mr. Yuan Chang would have ......survived."

Seeing the four rushing cars, slowly coming to the city, Cao Cao didn't care about mourning Zhong Xuan at the moment, and was busy ordering Cao Hong to lead more than 1,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, and make the tiger and leopard ride along the way to protect, seeing the gate of Chen Liu slowly open, Pang Shanmin nodded approvingly, and said to Pang Tong with a sideways look: "Shiyuan, I'll just say, how could Cao Jun fall twice in the same pit?" ”

When Pang Tong heard this, he sneered and said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, today, is the time to make a name for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry!" Cao Jun's tiger and leopard ride is in front of him, if he can annihilate them all, the world will ride well, only Xiliang also! ”

When Ma Chao heard this, his expression was excited, and he laughed and said: "Ma will let him follow in the footsteps of the state!" ”

After that, Ma Chao took the lead, and roared out with the Xiliang Iron Horse, and the tiger and leopard rode out of the city gate, and also rushed in the direction of the Xiliang Iron Horse with great tacit understanding.

The tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers are all dressed in black armor, while the Xiliang iron cavalry is bronze armor, and the two armies collide in one place without any tricks, and a black and yellow instantly intersperse with each other, trying to chisel through the opponent's formation.

Ma Chao was brave, as soon as the two armies met, a silver spear picked three tiger and leopard cavalry generals, but the tiger and leopard cavalry did not entangle with Ma Chao, but avoided Ma Chao, and competed with the Xiliang Iron Knights.

The tiger and leopard cavalry is an ordinary soldier, can also be a hundred, its martial arts are more powerful than many generals of the Cao camp, Xiliang iron cavalry only resists for a few moments, and the cone-shaped front formation has a rout.

Pang Shanmin could see clearly in front of the military array, and seeing that the tiger and leopard were so strong, Pang Shanmin couldn't help but blurt out and secretly praised: "The Cao army used to be able to crisscross the Central Plains, and it really makes sense, it is these thousands of brave iron horses, and I Jingxiang can't take them out until now......"

"Brother, don't raise the morale of others, although Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride is sharp, but after all, there are not many such strong soldiers." When Pang Tong heard this, he shook his head again and again and said: "Pang Mou will also take a look, whether these five thousand tigers and leopards have the ability to face the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, with one enemy and two!" ”

When Pang Shanmin heard this, he came back to his senses, smiled slightly, and looked at the formation again.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is still fighting with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the war has not started, only the first confrontation between the two armies, it makes people's eyes difficult to move, Cao Cao in the city has not seen the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry fight for so long, not only did not defeat the opponent, but the number of tigers and leopards has decreased sharply, and he was frightened in his heart, and he scolded in his mouth: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is powerful, but it will only rely on the advantages of the soldiers?" (To be continued......)