In Wancheng, Zhang Xiuzheng was discussing matters related to Cao Cao with his advisor Jia Xu. The news of Du Chen's rash attack had already reached the ears of the two, but for this news, Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu's reactions were completely different.

For Zhang Xiu, this was an excellent way to eliminate Du Chen, and he intended to immediately send troops to eliminate the vanguard of Cao's army. However, Jia Xu did not agree with Zhang Xiu's views.

You must know that Du Chen's prestige has already spread all over the country. For Wancheng, which is not far from Yanzhou, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu naturally know Du Chen's prestige. Although Jia Xu had never seen Du Chen, through Du Chen's prestige, he also ended up with Du Chen. Since Du Chen's debut, Du Chen has won every battle, and every battle is extremely difficult, but Du Chen can always turn the danger into a disaster.

Especially in the battle of Xuchang, Du Chen defeated Lu Bu's tens of thousands of troops with 10,000 soldiers. Although Du Chen relied on the benefits of the city, it can also be seen that Du Chen has real talent and learning.

Since it was certain that Du Chen had real talent and learning, when he learned that Du Chen only led a few thousand soldiers and dared to enter to complete the governance of the land, Jia Xu had a trace of doubt in his heart. said that Du Chen would make the mistake of underestimating the enemy, Jia Xu would not believe it if he was killed, but it was indeed difficult for him to understand Du Chen's actions.

"Lord, how could Du Chen make the mistake of underestimating the enemy's rash advance, so there is definitely something else going on in this matter." Jia Xu stepped forward and admonished.

"Strategist, you have told me many times about this matter, but you also know that Wancheng Zhidi Embroidery has already laid down scouts to measure, but the news from all sides of Tongguò, except for Du Chen leading thousands of soldiers to Xiuwancheng. Cao Cao's other armies still did not enter the Xiuwan City Territory. Regarding Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu agreed. But he believed more in the facts, and he was more interested in eliminating the vanguard of the Cao army. Zhang Xiu's confidence is bursting.

Seeing Zhang Xiu say this, Jia Xu didn't continue to speak.

Seeing that Jia Xu was silent, Zhang Xiu no longer paid attention to Jia Xu, and immediately ordered someone to find Hu Che'er, the general under his command, and ordered him to lead 20,000 troops to prepare to annihilate Cao Cao's forward, and planned to capture Du Chen alive and use him as a hostage in exchange for the stability of Wancheng.

Regarding Zhang Xiu's decision, Jia Xu did not express any opinion. But for the raw capture of Du Chen. Jia Xu scoffed a little. If Du Chen really had been so easy to capture alive, he would have known how many times he had died and how he had created such a great reputation.

However, these were all thoughts in Jia Xu's heart, and he did not inform Zhang Xiu about this. So Zhang Xiu didn't know it, and his confidence was still high.

But there is a good saying, the ideal is very beautiful, and the reality is very skinny. Just when Zhang Xiu was sitting in Wancheng and capturing Du Chen alive, Hu Che'er withdrew to Wancheng in a panic with thousands of defeated troops.

Hearing the news, both Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu were shocked. Although Jia Xu expected in his heart that Hu Che'er would lose. But he didn't expect him to lose so quickly and so miserably. The entire 20,000 troops were beaten by Du Chen's thousands of soldiers and lost their armor, and less than 5,000 remained. Moreover, the main general Hu Che'er was seriously injured and is still unconscious. Although his life was fine, he could not continue to participate in the war.

For this result, Zhang Xiu was completely shocked and afraid. In his opinion. The thousands of soldiers who went to crusade against Du Chen with 20,000 elite soldiers were definitely nine out of ten, but they were nine out of ten. not only lost the lives of more than 10,000 of his soldiers, but also matched the generals he relied on the most. This failure. It is definitely the most painful experience of Zhang Xiu's life.

Although Hu Che'er fell into a coma, and Zhang Xiu couldn't learn about the battle through him, through the words of the soldiers who came back, Zhang Xiu still had a rough conclusion. But it was precisely because of this probability that Zhang Xiu suddenly felt very powerless.

Through the words of the soldiers, Zhang Xiu could roughly hear the thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of Du Chen, who had defeated his 20,000-strong army. There were no reinforcements, just a few thousand elite soldiers, and they wiped out tens of thousands of their own soldiers, which made Zhang Xiu's brain a little unable to react. In the end, Zhang Xiu could only count on Jia Xu.

Sent someone to invite Jia Xu to his house, Zhang Xiu first gave a salute to Jia Xu, apologized to Zhang Xiu, and then asked Jia Xu what to do next.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu's attitude was good, Jia Xu nodded with satisfaction. Then he said: "According to my conclusion, Du Chen is the founder of the Golden Viper Army, and the Golden Viper Army is divided into four battalions, these four battalions are called Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Xuanwu. And this time Du Chen went out to take the White Tiger Battalion and the Xuanwu Battalion, the White Tiger Battalion is the cavalry, led by Cao Cao's general Cao Chun, and the Xuanwu Battalion is the infantry, led by Gao Shun! Du Chen used these two armies to eliminate the lord and more than 10,000 soldiers. ”

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu immediately admired Jia Xu, although he knew that Du Chen had defeated his army with his own people, but he didn't know so much about Jia Xu.

"I also hope that the military division will help embroidery." Zhang Xiu bowed deeply to Jia Xu again, with a sincere look on his face.

Seeing Zhang Xiu like this, Jia Xu felt a little unbearable. Picking up Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu opened his mouth and said: "Cao's army is powerful, and the only way to do this is to take refuge in Cao Cao, but before that, Xu wants to meet with Na Duchen for a while." As he spoke, Jia Xu's eyes flashed with a hint of elite light. After a while, he turned around and talked about Du Chen. Due to a battle with Zhang Xiu's general Hu Che'er, Du Chen's overall plan had to be put on hold. Originally, he wanted to surprise the soldiers to the city, but according to the situation, Zhang Xiu knew his whereabouts well, otherwise how could he send troops to encircle and suppress him.

mentioned Zhang Xiu's encirclement and suppression, Du Chen couldn't help but shed a cold sweat. If it weren't for the alertness of the soldiers of the White Tiger Battalion, I am afraid that my thousands of soldiers would be dumplings by Zhang Xiu's 20,000 army.

However, all disadvantages must be beneficial, although his whereabouts were known by Zhang Xiu, and there were not many soldiers and horses under his command, so Zhang Xiu's department would despise him very much. In addition, Jia Xu, who made Du Chen the most fearful, was gone, so Du Chen made a plan, pretended to show weakness, lured Zhang Xiu's soldiers to the ambush location chosen by Du Chen, and then attacked Zhang Xiu's 20,000 troops for a while.

Because Du Chen's command was all the elite of the Cao army, although there were few people, they relied on the geographical advantage and successfully eliminated Zhang Xiu's 20,000 troops. In this regard, Du Chen was quite satisfied, but because his strategic intentions had been demonstrated, and Du Chen had collected countless prisoners, Du Chen did not dare to act rashly. With so many captives, it will be helpless enough just to carry them, not to mention that he has to fight with so many captives, how can Du Chen fight with peace of mind.

Therefore, Du Chen could only set up camp and wait for the arrival of Cao's army. However, although Du Chen was lucky to win, he didn't dare to be careless at all, because he knew that it wouldn't be long before Jia Xu arrived, and when Jia Xu really led his troops to come, he had to deal with it carefully.

When he came to the Three Kingdoms era, he had indeed experienced a lot of wars, large and small, but Du Chen had never fought against the famous strategists in the Three Kingdoms. Although the top strategist Du Chen knows a lot, he has never fought with him. Although Du Chen, Guo Jia and others often deduce on the sand table, the sand table is a sand table after all, and the real battlefield is often more dangerous than the sand table.

In the sand table, he can not care about gains and losses, but in reality, it is absolutely impossible for Du Chen not to care about gains and losses. You must know that the soldiers of the Golden Viper Force are all elite soldiers, and the loss of one of them will make Du Chen's heart ache. Not only the soldiers of the Golden Viper Army, but even ordinary soldiers, if the loss is too large, Du Chen will also be heartbroken. Moreover, this time Du Chen needs to face a poisoner who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, how can Du Chen not be frightened.

For the poisoner, Du Chen has no confidence at all. After setting up camp, Du Chen secretly prayed in his heart, praying that this time Zhang Xiu could surrender under Jia Xu's construction according to the direction of history. And the heavens seemed to have really heard Du Chen's prayers, and since Du Chen set up camp, the sky began to rain drippingly. At first, it was only a light rain, but as time went on, the rain did not stop, but intensified.

Faced with this result, Du Chen was somewhat happy in his heart. Although the promise would affect the speed of the march, the effect was mutual, and the heavy rain not only hindered Cao's army, but also affected Zhang Xiu. Therefore, the rain also made Du Chen very happy.

However, it rained for several days in a row, so that Du Chen's good mood was low to the trough, from the most open light rain to the current heavy rain, this rain has been falling for half a month, but there is no sign of stopping. And, as time went on, the rain seemed to get more intense.

Affected by the heavy rain, Cao's army had to stop and set up camp to stop the torrential rain.

"Presumably, Zhang Xiu's army was also affected by the torrential rain." Inside the tent, Du Chen listened to the sound of the dripping rain outside the tent and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Du Chen doesn't like rainy days, because it can make people's mood worse, and Du Chen is in this mood at this time. The continuous rain made Du Chen irritable, in addition to being irritable, Du Chen also faintly felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he didn't know where this uneasiness came from, but Du Chen's heart was difficult to stabilize, and an ominous feeling had been haunting his heart. In this regard, Du Chen couldn't help but be a little worried. (To be continued......)

PS: Book friends, tell me, who under Cao Cao has the best archery skills?