"What!? Are all the horses sick? Xiahoudun was shocked when he heard Xiahouba's report, he had been fighting for many years, and he had never encountered such a situation, and the horses were all sick, what was going on?

"Uncle, the last general doesn't know, it's just that since early in the morning, the horses have been weak in their limbs and refuse to eat grass, and the last general has no choice." Xiahou Ba was also helpless, and he couldn't figure out what was going on.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was no formal veterinarian, and the diseases of some horses in the army were only rectified by old soldiers based on experience, and there was no systematic practice or even theory. Zhuge Liang's move paralyzed Cao Jun's cavalry.

"A full 20,000 cavalry!" Xiahoudun frowned, as a vanguard officer, he had 20,000 cavalry in 30,000 soldiers, and he was also all the cavalry fighting in the 100,000 army, and the 20,000 cavalry was half of the cavalry that Cao Cao could mobilize in the southern expedition. The 20,000 cavalry are sick, but how can they explain to Cao Cao?

"How is Liu Jun in Bowangpo?" Xiahoudun suddenly remembered that now that his cavalry was paralyzed, would Liu Beijun in Bowangpo take the opportunity to break through?

"Back to my uncle, all of Bowangpo's Liu Beijun have disappeared." Xiahou Heng showed an unbelievable look and looked at Xiahou Heng.

"What, it's all gone?" When Xiahoudun heard this, he was taken aback and quickly stood up.

"Gone, all gone." Xiahou Heng replied to Xiahoudun, and he didn't know what was going on. When I sent out the rangers in the morning, I felt that something was wrong, and later sent spies to the mountain to investigate, and Liu Beijun on the mountain actually disappeared.

"Uncle, Ba thinks. Liu Beijun must have evacuated Bowangpo with the help of something. We'd better report this matter to the Vice Minister. ”

"Report! Checkmate. The Vice Minister sent a letter asking the General to open it himself. Just when Xiahoudun was at a loss, the soldier presented Cao Ang's handwritten letter.

"Bring it on!" Xiahoudun was sitting on the main seat, tidied up his battle robe, and took Cao Ang's handwritten letter.

"Sure enough! Zhongquan, look at it! Xiahoudun handed Cao Ang's personal letter to Xiahouba.

After Xiahou Ba saw it, he was convinced in his heart, this is the gap between himself and the resourcefulness that has been in a hundred battles. I actually forgot the purpose of this trip south. Xinye is the most important, he only takes a fancy to the immediate interests and wants to trap Liu Bei's new force. How could he have expected that Liu Bei's army was not trapped, but also made the war horse lose its combat effectiveness.

"Uncle, what Brother Rui and the Manchu military division said is reasonable, although we can't use the horses, but the people are still there, we march quickly and surround Xinye before nightfall!"

"No!"

Xiahoudun marched rapidly with a large army and arrived at Xinye in the evening. At the same time, a camp was established at Simen.

"General, the Cao army has surrounded us." On top of the Shinno Castle Tower. A personal soldier of Liao Hua reported the military situation to Liao Hua. The speed of Cao's army was indeed very fast, and it took less than half an hour from arriving outside Xinye City to establishing a good military camp.

"Cao Jun is really powerful, no wonder the Great Liang Sage will lose to Cao Cao." Liao incarnated as the Runan Yellow Turban, and he did not fight with Cao Cao in the Central Plains, but he had only heard of his prestige, but now it seems that Cao Cao is really extraordinary, and he has a set of rules for governing the army.

"Has the letter to Jingzhou been delivered?" Liao Hua looked at Cao Jun outside the city and shook his head, for Liu Bei's sake, he was afraid that this time he would be more than lucky.

"General Hui, it has been delivered, and Liu Jingzhou has agreed to send troops to rescue. Cai Mao's Metropolitan Governor has already returned with a large army to help. Xiahou sent troops out of Xinye, and Liu Biao was afraid that Jingzhou would lose, so he hurriedly recalled Cai Mao. Resist the army of Xiahoudun.

"Well, I'm clear, you go and arrange it, inform the brothers to get ready, once Liu Jingzhou's reinforcements arrive, we will rush out and retreat in the direction of Xiangyang."

"No!"

After Xiahoudun besieged Xinye, he ordered people to collect huge stones near Xinye, Xiahoudun knew that storming a city was not the best strategy, Cao's army had large siege equipment, catapults! As long as you prepare huge stones, it will save a lot of effort to break through Shinno when the time comes.

"Zhongquan, how is the boulder ready?" Xiahoudun was in the military tent, sitting on a tiger skin chair, listening to Xiahouba's report.

"Uncle, the boulders are almost ready, the south is mountainous, and there are a lot of rocks in the Xinye generation, which is much more convenient than our fighting in the Central Plains. Stone is inexhaustible. Xiahou Ba arched his hand, returned to Xiahoudun, fighting in the south, there are a lot more resources, but the weather is hot, and it is still difficult for the soldiers in the north to adapt.

"Uncle, the weather is hot, and many of our soldiers can't adapt to it, which affects the combat effectiveness, this?"

"Zhongquan, don't worry, Ben Jiang and Prime Minister naturally know that it is late autumn now, and it will be early winter in a few days, even if it is hot here, it will be winter, and our army will no longer feel unwell!" Xiahoudun laughed, Xiahouba was really young and lacked combat experience, Cao Cao chose to send troops at this time, just for the short-term cold in the south.

"I see, the Prime Minister is really wise!"

Time passed day by day, and Xiahoudun only besieged Xinye without attacking, and waited for Cao Ang's army. It was not until the seventh day that Cao Ang arrived at the military camp of Xiahoudun in the new field with his army. As soon as he arrived at the barracks, Cao Ang sat on the main seat, ready to listen to Xiahoudun's report.

"The last general will see the vice minister!" Xiahoudun took the juniors of the Xiahou family to meet Cao Ang.

"Uncle Xiahou, please get up, brothers, please get up. It's all a family, why be so polite? Cao Ang hurriedly stood up, and was about to step down from the main seat and help Xiahoudun up.

Cao Ang's performance made Lu Rui and Man Chong frown, this is not the majesty of a sect at all, Cao Ang is too much about friendship. Cao Ang is Cao Cao's eldest son, inherited Cao Cao's true temperament, and usually doesn't care much about some rules, but now it's a military and political matter, how can he not distinguish between dignity and inferiority?

"Vice-Chancellor! Your Excellency is the commander of our army, and General Xiahou is the vanguard of our army. "Man Chong is a famous criminal officer in Cao's army, and he is very particular about the rules, which is also the reason why Cao Cao appointed Man Chong as an entourage to join the army, and to control Cao Ang's casual personality.

"This?" Cao Ang was stunned for a moment, retracted his hand, and sat back on the main seat. Man Zhong is a well-known criminal officer in Cao's army, and if he participates in a copy to Cao Cao, I'm afraid he will not feel good.

"Generals, please get up!"

"Thank you, sir!" Xiahoudun led the juniors of the Xiahou family to stand up and sit aside. Xiahoudun also glanced at Man Pet indignantly, Man Boning has too many things! Man Chong also ignored Xiahoudun, he was Cao Cao's person, not Xiahoudun's!

Man Zhong sat in his place and glared at Xiahoudun.

"My lord, the Xiahou pioneer has made a contribution to besieging Xinye, please sit down!" Lu Rui saw that the atmosphere was not right, and hurriedly stood up, if Xiahoudun and Man Pet got together, Cao Ang would not be able to do it.

"What you say is reasonable, come on, sit down!" Cao Ang also felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly gave Xiahou a seat. Calm Xiahoudun.

"Thank you, sir!" Xiahou glanced at Manzhong, shook off his robe, and sat down, while the rest of the young generals stood on both sides.

Man Chong sat opposite Xiahoudun, and didn't pay attention to Xiahoudun, just looked at Cao Ang. Lu Rui smiled bitterly in his heart and sat back in his place. In this way, the liturgical business is basically over. Cao Ang is sitting on the main seat, Xiahou is full of favors, Lu Rui and the three of them are sitting in the second place, and the rest of the civil and military are standing on both sides.

The sitting and standing in the military tent are very particular, Cao Ang is the commander, and the deputy minister is naturally sitting in the main seat. But the people who can sit below Cao Ang are very particular, and only people with status can sit down and talk back.

Xiahoudun and Lu Rui are one of the four major generals, and they are comparable to Cao Ang in terms of rank, so they can naturally sit down. Man Chong is the accompanying military division appointed by Cao Cao, and at the same time the new Jingzhou pastor, he should sit by Cao Ang's side and give advice at any time.

"General Xiahou, how is the military situation now?" Although Xiahoudun had information transmitted to Cao Ang every day, it was just some simple reports, and when Cao Ang came to Xinye, the first step was naturally to understand the military situation.

"Lord Qiyu, our army." Xiahoudun glanced at Xiahouba, and Xiahouba hurriedly stood up and replied to Cao Ang. To report this kind of thing, naturally you can't let the vanguard general, the general of Zhengdong, Xiahou Dun, report it, Xiahou Ba is the vanguard to join the army, so naturally he should not let it go.

Xiahou Ba told Cao Ang how Xiahoudun's vanguard army besieged Chen Zhi and Chen Zhi fled, as well as Xiahoudun's siege of Xinye, and at the same time told Cao Ang that all the horses of the vanguard army were infected and could no longer fight.

"What, can't fight anymore?" Cao Ang listened to Xiahouba's report, and was also taken aback, the importance of war horses, needless to say, idiots know that especially in the Jiangbei Plain, war horses are an important resource, but now 20,000 war horses can't fight!

"Lord Hui, all the war horses are no longer able to fight, we are looking for capable people to try to heal the war horses." Xiahou Ba arched his hand and returned to Cao Ang, he didn't know what was going on, how could the war horse suddenly get sick, it was really unheard of.

"General Xiahou, why are our army's war horses sick? And how did Liu Beijun, who was trapped in Bowangpo, escape? Cao Ang looked at Xiahou Ba suspiciously.

"This?" Xiahou Ba was stunned for a moment, he and Xiahoudun didn't understand what was going on, how to report it? In the end, Xiahou Ba could only helplessly tell Cao Ang three words, I don't know!

"Guys, what do you think?" Cao Ang couldn't think of why, so he had to ask Lu Rui and Manzhong.

"Back to my lord, Rui thinks this matter is strange, Rui asks for an investigation." After listening to Xiahouba's description, Lu Rui felt very weird, what kind of medicine was sold in Liu Beijun's gourd, he must figure it out!

"Okay, since that's the case, this matter will be handed over to the extraordinary!" Cao Ang nodded and agreed with Lu Rui to investigate the matter. (To be continued......)

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