Zhao Yun heard Young Master Zhuge say this, and felt that it made sense, war is not good, and it is difficult to protect without fighting, and he is in a dilemma. Seeing that Zhao Yun and the others looked embarrassed, Young Master Zhuge said with a smile: "Actually, we can do this......

After leaving the Shu army camp, Li Dan galloped all the way north, and arrived at the south bank of the river in the evening of the second day, borrowed the ferry of the local people, and crossed the river. At this time, Cao Xiu's army was stationed on the north bank of the river.

"Who?" Li Dan was stopped by the guards in front of Cao Xiu's military camp, Li Dan took out the identity document from his arms and handed it to the soldiers to report to his home: "Li Dan, the captain of the guard under the command of Captain Li Huai of the Xuzhou Army, was ordered to ask to see General Cao Xiu!" There is an urgent military situation to report! ”

The soldier checked Li Dan's identity document, there was no problem, nodded, turned around and went into the barracks to report. The soldier went in for a while before coming out, and when he came to the gate, he waved his hand, signaled the guards who were blocking in front of Li Dan to step back, stepped forward, handed Li Dan's identity document back to Li Dan, stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, and said with a smile: "Brother, the general is invited!" ”

When Li Dan heard this, he thanked him, and under the guidance of the soldiers, he entered the barracks. Li Huai's rank is just a captain, and Li Dan's rank is even lower, and he can't enter the main camp in Xuzhou when he is in Xuzhou. This time, he was ordered to report the news, and it was the first time to enter the main camp of the Xuzhou Army.

"Captain Li, please, the general is waiting for you inside!" The soldiers guided Li Dan to Cao Xiu's military tent and stopped.

When Li Dan heard this, he was overjoyed, thanked him, and was about to go in when he spoke, when the soldier saw this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to block Li Dan's way, and Li Dan glanced at the soldier in puzzlement. The soldier smiled, pointed to the short knife on Li Dan's waist, and said, "You can't bring this in!" ”

Li Dan was also so excited, he actually forgot to meet the general who was not allowed to carry weapons, patted his head, and said with a smile: "Look at my brain, I am also so excited, I even forgot the rules." After speaking, he reached out and untied the short knife on his waist and handed it to the soldier, who accepted Li Dan's waist knife and said with a smile: "I'll wait for you outside, and I'll come to me to get it when you come out!" ”

Li Dan nodded and thanked him: "Thank you, brother!" After saying that, he turned around and entered the military tent.

Lifting the curtain into the account, I saw a middle-aged man sitting in a handsome position, and the first two columns of military generals who had made seven or eight generals' costumes, all with thick eyebrows and big eyes, broad shoulders and round waists, dark skin, and a few scars on their faces were vaguely visible, exuding a murderous aura all over their bodies. It is Cao Xiu on the main seat, with delicate eyebrows, fair skin, handsome beard, and regular clothes, to the point of having a bit of Confucian demeanor.

Cao Xiu saw Li Dan looking around, his face showed displeasure, he coughed deliberately, and asked loudly, "You were sent by Li Huai?" ”

Li Dan reacted at this time, hurriedly knelt down and saluted, and replied: "The humble post is the captain of the guard of Captain Li Huai, and there is an urgent military intelligence report on the orders of General Zhang Han and Captain Li Huai!" ”

"Since there is an emergency military situation, let's talk about it!" Cao Xiu closed his eyes and waited to listen to Li Dan's report.

After a long time, I didn't hear Li Dan's report, I looked up, and saw Li Dan with his head down, his face was embarrassed, and he asked puzzledly, "Why don't you speak?" ”

When Li Dan heard this, he looked up at the people sitting down in embarrassment, Cao Xiu understood when he saw this, waved his hand expressionlessly, and said, "Everyone here is your own person, you don't have to have any scruples!" ”

Li Dan saw that Cao Xiu said this, and he naturally had nothing to say, so he handed over his hand and reported: "General Qiyu, half a month ago, the Shu army attacked Pengcheng, Pengcheng fell, General Xiahou died, the Shu army was strong, although General Zhang Han and Captain Li Huai led their troops to fight fiercely with the enemy in the middle of the night, more than half of the dead and wounded, and finally could not keep Pengcheng, after the fall of Pengcheng, General Zhang Han and Captain Li Huai led their troops to the south to ask for help from General Zhang Liao stationed in Shouchun, General Zhang Liao ordered us to assist General Cao Zhen to pursue the Shu army north. A few days ago, Xi Zuo came to report that he found that the Shu army was stationed on the south bank of the river, and General Cao Zhen thought that the Shu army had the possibility of crossing the river, and ordered us to stop the pursuit and wanted to attack it halfway, so ......"

"Hahaha, half-crossing? I didn't expect Cao Zidan, who was very smart, to make such a stupid mistake, the Shu army was alone in the depths, and it had been flowing in my hinterland for more than a month, with more than half of the casualties, and the grain and grass were exhausted. Cao Xiu heard that Cao Zhen thought that the Shu army was going to cross the river north, and laughed.

When Li Dan heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, as long as Cao Xiu and Zhang Han's ideas matched, then Gongzi's move would be half successful, thinking of this, Li Dan hurriedly agreed and said: "General Zhang Han also thinks so, in view of this, General Zhang Han formulated this strategic plan, and ordered the humble post to cross the river overnight and be sure to hand over this letter to the general." Li Dan said, took out a letter from his arms, and held the letter high above his head with both hands.

When Cao Xiu heard this, he ordered the guard to take it, and the guard took the letter from Li Dan's hand, stepped forward and handed it to Cao Xiu obediently, Cao Xiu took the letter, opened it, read it carefully, nodded, and said, "Zhang Han still has a brain!" After speaking, he ordered the guards to take the oil lamp and burn Zhang Han's letter, the flames gathered quickly, and after a while, the letter turned into a handful of black ash, Cao Xiu blew away the ashes on the table, clapped his hands, and asked, "Zhang Han has anything else you want to bring to me?" ”

When Li Dan heard this, he said verbally: "Zhang Han told the general that Pengcheng had fallen, and his crime was unforgivable. For this goal, he is a horse leather shroud, and it is not a pity to shed blood on the battlefield! ”

Zhang Han is Cao Xiu's confidant, upright, has followed Cao Xiu for many years, and has deep feelings, Cao Xiu does not know anything about Pengcheng, he understands that the fall of Pengcheng is not Zhang Han's fault, and now seeing Zhang Han like this, he can't help but be moved, get up, sigh, and say: "Hey, Zhang Han's words are serious, the defeat of Pengcheng is not a crime of war, a person who is not unreasonable, you go back and tell Zhang Han, so that he does not have to be angry about the defeat of Pengcheng, I will act according to the agreement, I hope he will make persistent efforts to make new contributions to my Xuzhou army!" ”

After listening to Cao Xiu's words, Li Dan burst into tears, and fell to the ground crying: "Thank you, General!" With that, he turned and left.

Li Dan walked out of the military tent and saw that the soldiers were still there, and when the soldiers saw Li Dan walk out, they greeted him with a smile, returned Li Dan's short knife to Li Dan, and said with a smile: "It's back to Zhao!" ”

Li Dan nodded with a smile and arched his hand: "Thank you!" After saying that, he turned over and got on his horse and galloped away.

After Li Dan left, in the military tent, Cao Xiu told Zhang Han's strategy to all the generals, and all the generals praised him, Cao Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, you should go back and prepare for action!" ”

At this time, the first general got up, arched his hand, and said, "General, do you want to say hello to General Xu Huang?" ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he waved his hand and said: "No need, four or five thousand Shu Kou, we and Zhang Han and Li Huai's three route armies together have more than 30,000 people, it is enough, no matter how much we are, we will be laughed at by others!" ”

When the general heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't dare to refute it, saying that he had promised to retreat!