"Chief, Zhuge Zhan and their subordinates have been living in Xu Shu's mansion for the past few days, and there has been no movement. However, Xu Shu's henchmen have been moving around the city in the past few days, very frequently! A tall man stood beside Cao Zhen and bowed his body and whispered. This guy is the guy who threatened to be Young Master Zhuge in the council hall that day. This person's name is Ma Yan, and he was originally Cao Zhen's subordinate under the Black Panther Ride. His martial arts are exquisite, brave and abnormal, and thick and fine, and he is very cautious in doing things, which is quite trusted by Cao Zhen. After Cao Zhen was transferred by Cao Cao to the commander of the Black Panther Battalion, Cao Zhen also transferred this person to the Black Panther Battalion and became Cao Zhen's right-hand man, and is now the general of the Black Panther Battalion Flying Eagle Army.

The "Flying Eagle Army" is an armed force directly subordinate to the Black Panther Battalion, numbering about 2,000 people. Its main function is to defend the Commander and receive special assignments from the Commander, and it is not normally easily deployed. Its members, like many members of the Black Panther Battalion, are usually hidden from the people, and once they receive an order, they will immediately break up and assemble to deliver a thunderous blow to the enemy. Its organizational form is quite similar to that of the Twist Army at the end of the Qing Dynasty. However, it is more organized and disciplined. It is the most elite armed force in Cao Zhen's hands. So far, Cao Zhen has not enabled it.

"Xu Yuanzhi was originally Liu Bei's chief staff, and he had a close relationship with Zhuge and his son, and he surrendered to the prime minister only because of his mother. Although the prime minister has shown grace many times since his surrender, he wants to influence him, and he thought that he would change. Now it seems that the prime minister's hard work has been in vain. This guy is the same as Guan Yunchang, he is a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised! Cao Zhen said hatefully.

"General, what should we do now?" Ma Yan asked.

Cao Zhen stood on the city wall and looked at Xu Narrow's direction, smiled slightly, and said, "Put down the Immortal Array, just wait for him to take the bait!" Pass the order, all departments are on standby, no rash action, violators of the order, beheaded! ”

"No!" Ma Yan took the order and left.

Cao Zhen stood on the city wall, his face was grim, and he muttered to himself: "Zhuge Zhuge , Zhuge , look at how you escape this time!" ”

Young Master Zhuge was really a little unlucky this time, he never dreamed that his innocent and lovely face would actually bring him a lot of trouble. At this time, Young Master Zhuge and his entourage were still planning in accordance with this established plan, and proceeded in an orderly manner.

"Childe, Childe!" The guard Ma Yue brought by Zhuge Zhan trotted all the way.

"What's wrong, panicked? Didn't you see Lord Xu like this? Still not saluting? I don't understand the rules at all. "Young Master Zhuge is pretending to be playing backgammon with Xu Yuanzhi. Young Master Zhuge was playing chess and talking without even raising his head.

"Hahaha, Zhan'er, you kid didn't learn anything else, but you learned your father's pretending demeanor!" Xu Shu joked with a smile.

"Hey, hey, Uncle Xu is laughing at Zhan'er again! Isn't this the one who is close to Zhu red, and the one who is close to ink is black! Young Master Zhuge smiled stupidly. Saying that, he put down the chess pieces, "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Yes......" The guard glanced at Xu Shu, a little hesitant.

What a shrewd person Xu Shu was, he naturally saw the guard's thoughts, and got up to leave.

"Uncle Xu, where are you going?" Young Master Zhuge hurriedly stopped Xu Shu, then turned his head and reprimanded the guard: "Uncle Xu is his own person, don't worry!" ”

"No!" Seeing that Young Master Zhuge said this, Ma Yue naturally had no scruples, "Childe, the Jiangxia Intelligence Department has reported that since yesterday, a large number of suspicious people have appeared on various official roads leading to Jiangxia, and in addition, the 3,000 cavalry of the Cao Army Zhang Yan Department stationed in the north of Jiangxia suddenly pulled out of the camp this morning and came towards Jiangxia. Director Chen knew that Gongzi Dao was in the city, and suspected that these abnormal deployments were aimed at us, so he sent someone to deliver news overnight to tell Gongzi to be careful. After speaking, he handed the letter in his arms to Young Master Zhuge .

Young Master Zhuge took the letter, glanced at it, and handed it to Xu Shu. Waved his hand: "Zhilu Dao, you go down first!" ”

"No!" Ma Yue turned and walked away.

Xu Shu took the letter and glanced at it, and smiled slightly: "Cao Zhen is worthy of being the Cao family's thousand-mile horse, and his talent is far above Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan!" ”

"Uncle Xu rarely praises people, what's wrong today?" Young Master Zhuge joked with a smile.

"Zhan'er, as soon as you entered Jiangxia City with your front foot, Cao Zhen opened up with your back foot, which is obviously coming at you. Looks like you've stumbled this time! I was discovered before I made a move! Jeopardy! It's dangerous! Xu Shu looked gloating.

Young Master Zhuge put down the tea bowl in his hand and said with an aggrieved expression, "Uncle Xu is really, people are in danger, and you are still talking cool there!" I'll go back and tell my daddy! ”

"Hahaha, come less! Are you really at stake? Isn't that what you're looking for? "Young Master Zhuge pretending to be stupid and naïve, this trick may be useful to others, but for Xu Shu, who grew up watching this guy, he is completely immune. I don't know how many times I have been deceived by your poor kid, can I be fooled again?

"Hehehe, Uncle Xu is Uncle Xu, I disguised myself so well or was seen through by you at a glance! is worthy of being the first strategist under Uncle Liu, and nothing can escape your eyes! Young Master Zhuge looked flattering.

"Hahaha, you kid is getting more and more flickering! It doesn't matter if I see through it or not, the important thing is whether Cao Zhen can peek into the mystery? Xu Shu stroked his beard and smiled.

"Planning is in the sky, and it is up to fate!" Young Master Zhuge shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

Three days have passed, Jiangxia City is surprisingly calm, and the night seems to have come very early. Jiangxia's city gates were closed very early. The soldiers guarding the city wall of Jiangxia sat in groups around the fire, and on the side of the fire were shochu and cooked mutton. The soldiers sat around the fire, drinking soju and eating roasted mutton, while chatting about some interesting things that have been circulating in the army recently. At this time, Jiangxia was far away from Chibi, the main battlefield where the coalition army and the Cao army were fighting, and the soldiers' sense of vigilance was naturally much lower. Such a loose scene was unimaginable in the previous Cao army, but it was not surprising in Jiangxia at this time. For what? Because the soldiers are tired! The long-term foreign expeditions have made the war-weariness of these long-term soldiers become more and more serious, especially after the confrontation between the Cao army and the coalition forces entered the phase of stalemate. Where would the high-ranking generals of the Cao army not know the way? Since he couldn't disobey the prime minister's order to withdraw the army, he had to try to be as good as possible to the soldiers within his ability. That's why there is a scene of drinking and eating meat in the city.

However, the generals may not know the way, but this love for the soldiers has inadvertently buried the precious lives of many soldiers.

"Smack~Slap~"

"What sound?" An old military academy who was eating meat around the fire suddenly heard a few very slight noises and stood up violently. Walk to the edge of the city wall and look around. But the night was so thick that it was pitch black below, and nothing could be seen.

"Did I hear it wrong?" The old military academy walked back to the fire and sat down again.

"Old Zhangtou, what's wrong?" A middle-aged soldier on the side wiped the grease stain on his mouth with his sleeve and asked.

"Oh, nothing! I heard a little sound just now, I'm afraid it's a sneak attack by the enemy! The old military school explained.

"Hahaha, old Zhangtou, you are really worrying, it is freezing this day, and even the birds don't want to go out of the nest, who still has the heart to attack the city! I heard that Jiangdong is full of beautiful women, if I am a thief in Jiangdong, I must be hiding in the quilt to make a little daughter-in-law at this time! Will you come to our place to be frozen? Ha Lu Ha "The middle-aged sergeant smiled with a lewd look on his face.

"You know what? Sun Tzu's Art of War said, surprise and attack unprepared. The more we think it's impossible, the more likely it is that the enemy will appear. If you're not careful, when the thieves are really standing behind you, it's too late for you to cry! How? How about this expression? ”

The old military colonel said this, but saw that the middle-aged man's face suddenly showed a very frightened expression, and his eyes stared straight behind him. The old military academy reacted suddenly, turned his head sharply, and there was a man in black standing behind him, holding a steel knife, looking at him with a sneer.

"Ah~~ poof!" Before the old military academy could shout, he only heard a gust of wind in his ears, and with a "poof", his head had already flown out a few meters away. Blood splattered out of his chest like a fountain. This terrifying scene stunned the soldiers of the Cao army on the city tower.