The waning moon is like a hook, the hazy moonlight has long been completely obscured by the dark clouds, and a shroud-like gloomy mist shrouds the wetland, like a tulle door tent in the netherworld, Xiahou Yuan stretched out his arm and waved it slowly in front of him, moving softly, as if he wanted to open this curtain to see what the Netherworld Mansion looked like.

They galloped all the way back to the black nest from Chen Liu, it took less than a day, Xiahou Yuan's arm stopped in mid-air, his eyes widened, desperately trying to see everything around him, but as far as his eyes could see, there was only a deep night as ink, around Xiahou Yuan, there were many shadows and shadows, I don't know how many people and horses, occasionally I could hear the sound of the clangling armor and the sound of horses' hooves, as well as a low sigh, he looked at it in vain for a while, turned around and asked anxiously: "Mr. Gongda, have you done it?" ”

Xun You, who was beside him, raised the fire fold in his hand: "It's done"

On the ground next to Xiahou Yuan and Xun You, the two Cao soldiers had just lit up a bunch of guys, covering them with wooden shields on all sides, so as to ensure that they would not be discovered from a distance, Xiahou Yuan quickly squatted down, took out a map from his arms in the light of the fire, pursed his lips and examined it carefully, and compared it with his fingers from time to time, Xun You said a few words from time to time, pointing at the map, and the faint firelight The expressions of the two people flickered brightly and darkly.

For an army that sneaks and attacks, marching in the middle of the night on a moonless night is the most dangerous experience, in the darkness of not knowing the direction and unable to raise fire, they are facing getting lost at any time, Xiahou Yuan's position at this time is a small road between Guandu and Wuchao, it is said to be a small road, in fact, it is just a vague gap between the wetland swamp of Zhou Luobu and the dense forest mountain col, long before Cao Jun has not withdrawn from Wuchao, Cao Jun's fine work has begun to mark this path, but this work has not yet been completed. Xiahou Yuan received the order to surprise attack the black nest, marking the extension from the original position of Cao Ying to here, that is, it was interrupted, and the next road could only rely on his own intuition, experience and luck.

Xiahou Yuan finally had a rough judgment, and he put away the map. Stepping on the fire with his feet, he gave the order to march: "All the armies assemble and prepare to move!" ”

With Xiahou Yuan's order, there were chaotic footsteps in the forest, and there were even a few neighs of mounts, which made Xiahou Yuan a little nervous, if there were enemy scout rangers nearby, I am afraid that they would have been exposed by now, and they were obviously asked to hold grass titles. But there are always people who can't implement it well, Xiahou Yuan is good at thousands of miles of running tactics, this kind of tactics will often catch the enemy off guard, the battle of Xuzhou was because of Xiahou Yuan's tactics, Liu Bei and Tao Qian were defeated into an army, the so-called rush attack, is to the enemy without the knowledge of the divine soldiers descending from the sky, raiding the enemy camp. Kill the enemy generals and reap the fruits of victory. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan has always been very concerned about the prohibition of the trilogy.

"It's still a little far from the Black Nest, and Yuan Jun shouldn't have scouts." Xun Yu comforted Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan sighed, this is also a matter of no choice, now it is not the old department of Qingzhou that follows him, half of his old department has already pulled down the battlefield on the front line of Yangwu, and now the army he commands is the Danyang soldiers. It was Cao Cao who selected the strong men from Danyang County after taking Xuzhou, although they were strong men, they were still recruits, so their orders to him were a little sluggish, which was far from the style of Qingzhou's military orders.

Regarding his sudden transfer from the front line and the stationing of Chen Liu. Xiahou Yuan didn't understand too much at first, he didn't know what Cao Cao's purpose was for letting him retreat to Chenliu, and Xun You didn't clearly explain it, this matter had always annoyed him, but when he received a secret order from Cao Cao, he was completely relieved, this order from Cao Cao's own handwriting was very simple, he asked Xiahou Yuan to lead this army, leave the Guandu front line along a designated path, attack Wuchao, and completely burn the heavy grain and grass of the Yuan army.

This is a very bold move, Yuan Cao has been confronted for so long, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Cao Cao has been exhausted, this sneak attack on the black nest strategy, will be Cao Cao's big gamble, it is necessary to the most reliable people to carry out this task, in the Cao camp, the most reassuring people for Cao Cao is nothing more than the Xiahou brothers and some of the generals of the Cao family, and among these generals, only Xiahou Yuan has the ability to surprise attack, so Cao Cao did not choose others, directly selected Xiahou Yuan, this is a deep trust, you know, the attack on the black nest is an extremely difficult task, but it also represents the miracle of the world.

So Xiahou Yuan made a decision and threw himself into the whole army with great enthusiasm, but before he finished the whole process, the order to attack came down, and Xiahou Yuan had to take this Danyang soldier who had not been fully trained, changed into the banner and clothes of the Yuan army and quietly pulled out, day and night along the way, and arrived at Wuchaoze in less than a day.

"I just received a report from the spies, the defenders of Wuchao City are only 2,000 people, and the guards will be Chun Yuqiong." Xun You and Xiahou Yuan went hand in hand and whispered.

"Chun Yuqiong...... That Chun Yuqiong of the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden" Xiahou Yuan was stunned.

"That's right, that's an unscrupulous old guy, even Yuan Shao is helpless against him, and he was sent to guard the black nest, I'm afraid he is afraid that he is causing chaos on the front line!" Xun You and Chun Yuqiong are old acquaintances, when he was an official in Jizhou, he had a lot of dealings with Chun Yuqiong, and knew Chun Yuqiong's personality.

"Is that good news for us?"

"Let's attack the black nest at night, instead of encountering a timid and fearful general, who will close the door as soon as there is a storm, it is better to fight this kind of unruly general," Xun You said here, and chuckled: "The prime minister's gamble is probably no less than eighty!" ”

"Come, General Lu, let's have a drink!" Chun Yuqiong raised the wine jue and said to a general opposite him, Lu Kuang also raised the wine jue on the table and touched Chun Yuqiong, and then raised his head and drank it all.

These two people were kneeling in the palace of Wuchao City at this time, and the front of the hall was full of delicious wine, and the milk// white pulled it to illuminate it as if it were day.

"When the old man was a captain in the West Garden, he wanted the wind to be windy and rainy, but he was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, but now he is arranged in this bird's nest and does not let me go to the front line, which is really annoying to me!" Chun Yuqiong swallowed a cup of Wenhou, and suddenly his face was flushed, and he smashed the wine lord on the table with dissatisfaction, and roared loudly.

Lu Kuang smiled reluctantly, and didn't say anything, Chun Yuqiong's personality is well known, if Yuan Shao hadn't transferred him over, who would want to work with this arrogant old guy, it would be uncomfortable.

Chun Yuqiong didn't notice Lu Kuang's mood, and said to herself: "This eighth captain of the West Garden, don't you know, in order to check and balance He Jin's unauthorized power, His Majesty the Emperor Ling helped Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo to the military captain, and took Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and a few others to secretly train in the West Garden. The things in this world are really wonderful, and that Yuan Shu actually dares to be the emperor, I think about it; Blush! ”

"General, you are drunk, no matter who sits on this country, we as soldiers only need to kill the enemy, and the general should not be dissatisfied!" Lu Kuang shook his head helplessly, this Chun Yuqiong is not too difficult to get along with, just a bit of an arranger, always talking about the things of the year, once it's okay, it's good to listen to it a lot, so it's not irritable.

"Dissatisfied? Hahahaha, General, you are wrong, I am very happy! Chun Yuqiong laughed: "I'm a person, I don't have any other hobbies, but I like chaos, the more chaotic the world, the more it suits my appetite, do you know why?" ”

He saw that Lu Kuang didn't guess, so he scratched his nose, which was a little red from the cold, and said to himself: "Because the way of heaven is constant, everything can be predicted, it's really too boring, only when the world is chaotic and no one knows where to go, infinite possibilities will be born, just thinking about it makes people's blood boil!" ”

Lu Kuang was speechless, there was such a perverted existence, he began to understand that Yuan Shao sent Chun Yuqiong to guard the Wuchao, just because he was afraid that Chun Yuqiong would make trouble on the battlefield and put such an unpredictable guy on the battlefield, that would really be a big variable, and in the Wuchao, as long as he stayed in the city, it was enough.

As if to annotate Lu Kuang's thoughts, Chun Yuqiong continued: "It won't be long before the Wuchao will once again become a place where the two armies are fighting, and I took the initiative to ask Ying to guard the Wuchao, just to be in the central vortex of this big war and witness with my own eyes, what a happy thing this is!" With that, he swallowed another glass of wine, and the feeling of alcohol began to appear on his face.

Lu Kuang couldn't help frowning: "General, let's not drink it, now that the enemy army is attacking, what can we do?" ”

Chun Yuqiong burped, and her eyes began to be a little hazy: "Don't worry, the Cao army has withdrawn from the black nest, and at this moment, Yangwu and Yuan Shao are fighting hundreds of miles away, how can they attack?" And the scouts have already been dispersed, if there is an enemy army marching from Yangwu......" Chun Yuqiong burped again, and compared his middle and index fingers to his eyes: "You can't escape my eyes!" ”

Chun Yuqiong leaned back and poured another glass of wine, this time he didn't respect Lu Kuang either, and drank it all by himself.

"General, then the general will go to check the defense and say goodbye" After Lu Kuang finished speaking, he got up and left the mansion, and Chun Yuqiong drank himself with great interest, not even bothering to raise his head.

Lu Kuang walked in Wuchao City, there were grains and grasses and baggage piled up everywhere on both sides of the road, Wuchao was not so much a city, but a large earthen enclosure, in addition to the rammed earth walls on all sides, there were basically no fortifications on all sides, and a large number of supplies transferred from Hebei were piled up here, and there were no fire trenches dug between each other, in case someone sneaked into the city and threw torches into a piece of fire. (To be continued.) )