"Huh~"

In the darkness of the night, a flaming arrow rose into the air, piercing the darkness of the night like a meteor.

The captain who was napping on the tower of Xuchang City suddenly had a fierce light in his eyes, looked at the fading arrow clusters, and said sharply: "Pass on my military order, and prepare for war!" ”

This is the signal of the secret outpost outside the city, as long as there is an army coming, regardless of whether it is friend or foe, it will immediately send a signal, and the signal will be transmitted by wolf smoke during the day, and the news will be transmitted by rocket at night.

"Whoa~"

In the sound of the collision of armor leaves, rows of Cao troops appeared on the city wall, and torches illuminated the city tower.

The guard held his hand on the female wall and looked towards the city, and saw a hundred or so torches slowly moving towards this side.

In the night, I couldn't see the other party's situation clearly, the captain of the city guard frowned, it seemed that there were not too many people, and by the light of the fire, I could vaguely see that the person who came was wearing the clothes and armor of his own soldiers, and the vigilance in his heart was relaxed, until the other party was close to the city, and the captain of the city guard said loudly: "Who is coming." ”

Under the city, a general came out of the ranks and said loudly to the city: "The last general, Hao Zhao, is a partial general under General Cao Ren!" Please open the city and let us and others enter the city. ”

Who Hao Zhao is, the guard general doesn't know, after all, there are too many partial generals under Cao Cao's command, and it is impossible to know them all, but Cao Ren is known to everyone in Cao's army, and that is Cao Cao's favorite general.

The guard frowned and said: "Shang Shuling has an order, no one comes at night, no one is allowed to open the city, if you want to enter the city, please wait until the dawn is verified." ”

Hao Zhao bowed and said, "We can stay outside the city, but please send someone to take General Cao Ren back to the city first, and find a doctor to treat his injuries." ”

The guard general was shocked when he heard this: "General Cao is also here." ”

"Right here!" Hao Zhao waved his hand, the restraints on Cao Ren's body had been removed, but at this moment, he had been knocked unconscious by Lu Bu, and there were still a few sharp arrows stuck in his body, Hao Zhao shone the torch on Cao Ren's face.

It's just that the distance is too far, how can the defenders of Chengtou see clearly, the guard frowned slightly, thought about it, recruited a lieutenant general who knew Cao Ren, and hung him from the city wall with a hanging basket.

The deputy general carried a wooden plank, built a pontoon bridge, crossed the moat, quickly came to the front of everyone, looked at the person lying on the stretcher, and saw a person lying on the stretcher with a pale face, the deputy general followed Cao Ren, naturally recognized, saw Cao Ren's appearance, his face changed greatly: "Why is this?" ”

"We were originally ordered by the lord to come back to assist Shang Shuling in defending the city, but I didn't want to encounter a cavalry attack in the area of Da Thorn Township, the general took us to fight to the death, but the enemy was outnumbered, and the other party had cavalry to help, and after a day of fighting, after all, we were more than 2,000 soldiers, but in the end only we were left, desperately protecting the general to break through." Hao Zhao's low and hoarse voice sounded extremely pathetic.

The deputy general sighed, only to find that most of the clothes and armor on these soldiers were torn, and their faces were also dusty, and they looked extremely haggard in the firelight.

"Wait a minute, I'll go talk to the general." The lieutenant nodded at Hao Zhao, then turned back and went up the city wall in a hanging basket.

"How?" The guard looked at the lieutenant general.

"It's indeed General Cao Ren, there are only about 100 people on the other side, and most of them are wounded, General Cao was ambushed, and now he is seriously injured, it is better to ......" The adjutant general looked at the guard.

"The military order is like a mountain!" The guard frowned, and at this moment, he noticed that those people were slowly approaching the moat, and immediately shouted angrily: "What are you waiting for? ”

"General!" Hao Zhao knelt on the ground with a puff of a group of soldiers, and said hoarsely: "I naturally know the military regulations, but my general's life is on the verge of death, I can wait outside the city until dawn before entering the city, but my general is seriously injured, and he has been running all the way, it is already his life, since the general has already verified his body, I beg the general to let my general enter the city first, if I don't treat it, I am afraid that my general will have to worry about his life!" ”

"This ......" the defender hesitated.

"General!" The adjutant general frowned and said: "General Cao Ren, he is the lord's favorite general, if he is blocked by us and loses the opportunity for treatment, I am afraid that the lord will blame him one day, and we can't afford to bear it!" ”

"That's fine." The guard general was a little moved, after all, there were only about 100 people on the other side, and Cao Ren's identity had been confirmed, these people should also be their own soldiers, and immediately said: "I will put down the drawbridge, and you will send four people to carry General Cao over." ”

"Whoa!" Hao Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and arched his hand to the city: "Thank you, general." ”

"They are all their own brothers, they don't need to say thank you, but they just wait, but they need to wait outside the city until dawn." The guard shook his head.

"It's nature." Hao Zhao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, suddenly seemed to be dizzy, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and said a little weakly: "General, we have been running for several days, and we have been fighting hard with the thief army, and we have been rushing all the way from Da Thorn Township, and the water has not entered, I don't know if I can bring some water by the way, so that I can quench our thirst." ”

"It's not difficult!" The guard nodded, and instructed the lieutenant general: "You go and ask someone to bring them some water, and besides, send some dough cakes, these brothers, I'm afraid they are blocking a knife for us, and they can help some within the right." ”

"Whoa!" The adjutant general bowed down to receive the order, and while ordering the people to lower the drawbridge, he led the people to prepare some food.

Hao Zhao smiled: "Thank you, General." ”

The guard waved his hand indifferently, and Hao Zhao turned his head and smiled at everyone: "Brothers, hold on for one more night, and you will be able to go home early tomorrow morning." ”

A group of soldiers followed suit, following Hao Zhao's example, and sat on the ground in a hurry, waving the torches in their hands at will.

Five miles east of Xuchang City, there is a forest, and two black finches seem to be alarmed by something, fluttering their wings and flying up from the forest.

On the outer edge of the woods, Lu Bu's eagle-like eyes stared at the outline of Xuchang City under the moonlight ahead, and the red rabbit horse seemed to feel the murderous aura of its master, constantly swaying its front hooves, and two white gases continued to erupt from its nostrils, turning into mist and dissipating.

A soldier quickly jumped down from the tree, rushed to Lu Bu's side, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, General Hao Zhao has sent a message. ”

"Get on the horse!" Lu Bu took off the Heavenly Painting Halberd from his horse, and slowly pointed in the direction of Xuchang City, and in his cold eyes, Sen Han's murderous intent flashed.

A group of soldiers who had been prepared for a long time followed Lu Bu out of the woods, like a ghost to launch a charge towards Xuchang City, at first the sound of hooves was not noticed, but with the sound of hooves of speed, the ground gradually trembled.

The city gate of Xuchang has been opened, several Cao soldiers have handed over Cao Ren, and at the same time a cart full of food and water has been launched, Hao Zhao, who was sitting on the other side of the suspension bridge, noticed the tremor on the ground for the first time, and the cold light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly took off the longbow from his back, and pointed an arrow at the guard on the city tower, and shouted at the same time: "Kill!" ”