Cao Xiu stationed the army outside Wancheng, and all the generals dispersed, only Cao Xiu sat alone in the tent, thinking about Jia Kui and Liao Hua's words. I don't know how many troops Fancheng can have, and whether he should continue to attack. If Guo Huai's main force is still in Fancheng, it will be difficult to succeed if he continues to attack for fear that the troops will be similar; If the army is withdrawn here, but Cao Xiu can't be reconciled, tens of thousands of troops come at the same time, and leave after a battle, how should this military newspaper be written to Emperor Cao Rui? It was Cao Xiu's heart that was depressed and difficult to sleep.

At the time of the nearly third watch, the soldiers entered the account and told Liao Hua to ask for a meeting outside. Seeing that there were still soldiers to fight in Wancheng, Cao Xiu's trust in Liao Hua was not as good as before, and at this moment he asked to see him late at night, Cao Xiu didn't know why, but still let him in and asked about the intention. After Liao Hua saluted, he replied: "Guo Huai uses troops to deceive love, and the new army of the Governor has arrived tonight, so he needs to prevent him from robbing the camp." ”

Cao Xiu has been a general for many years and is familiar with military strategy, although when he set up camp, he was on guard, but when he heard what Liao Hua said, he asked left and right: "Which general is patrolling the camp tonight?" Cao Xiu smiled and said: "With him here, why are you afraid of Guo Huai coming?" Because he said to Liao Hua: "Thank you for the general's reminder, I have been prepared, if Guo Huai comes, he will definitely be defeated." When Liao Hua heard him say this, he had to bow and leave.

After Liao Hua's remarks, Cao Xiu couldn't help but believe him a little more, as for the matter of Fancheng, there may be other feelings. can only wait for tomorrow's challenge under the city, and then look at its reality, Cao Xiu saw that the night was dark, so he wanted to change his clothes and rest. Before the outer armor was removed, he heard the sound of killing outside, and he made a big fuss, Cao Xiu hurriedly went out of the account, looked back left and right, and said, "Where is the killing?" The subordinates were ordered to go to investigate, and after a while, the voice of the Han army came to rob the camp, but fortunately, Wen Xiu had already prepared, so that the Han army would not enter the camp.

Cao Xiu was at ease, and he urgently ordered the generals to divide their troops to respond, but he retreated into the tent and waited for news. After about a shift, Wen Xiu sent someone to report that he had repelled the invading enemy, and asked if he would continue the pursuit. Cao Xiunai said: "The poor Kou Mo chases, and he is afraid of being ambushed at night." Then he ordered the generals not to go out of the camp to pursue the enemy.

When all the generals received the order, they all collected their troops and returned to the camp, and they all went to the commander's tent to ask for merit. Cao Xiu won this victory, his heart was overjoyed, he wrote down the sacrifices one by one, and said with a smile: "This big victory is enough to defeat the day." Everyone also said in unison: "It all depends on the power of the governor." Cao Xiu laughed, and the more he believed in Liaohua, so that people took wealth and rewarded them generously. Liao Hua hurriedly resigned and said, "Guo Huai's retreat is the work of the generals. If you have never participated in the war, how can you receive such a heavy reward? He also asked the governor to reward the generals for tomorrow's battle. Cao Xiu said deeply, and rewarded the generals who participated in the war.

Liao Hua saw that Cao Xiu was convinced that he was not suspicious, so he continued: "In the battle tonight, there are many captures, and the governor can invite inquiries, and lure them with heavy profits, and he will definitely be able to get the reality of Wancheng." Cao Xiu followed his plan and ordered people to bring prisoners to come, and immediately recruited more than ten people into the account. Cao Xiunai said: "You are coming from Wancheng, how many military horses are there in the city, and how many are the generals?" The captives looked at each other, and after a while, one of them came out of the ranks, and said: "Governor Mingjian, the villain can't wait for the pawn in front of the horse, but he knows that he is ordered to fight with the army, and he doesn't know the truth in the city." Cao Xiu expected that he was prevaricating, so he had the intention of killing people and making threats, so as to threaten others and force others to answer. Just as he was about to give an order, Liao Hua stepped forward and said to the group of prisoners: "Do you think of this general? ”

Liao Hua has been in Jingzhou for many years, and naturally many sergeants know him, so the sergeant who just returned to Cao Xiu couldn't help but ask: "Why is General Liao here?" Liao Hua Nai Zhengse said: "A certain person was ordered by General Guan to come to help Cao Du Governor break Guo Huai. When everyone heard this, they were all shocked and immediately whispered secretly. The sergeant asked after a moment, "General Guan has always been loyal, how can he do such a thing?" Liao Hua replied: "General Guan is loyal and righteous, and the world knows it, but Zhao Shu bullied the master, and Guo Huai was in cahoots with him." General Guan has the heart to restore the Han dynasty and stabilize the court, so it is so. If you have a heart of loyalty and righteousness, how can you work for Guo Huai when you are with General Guan? ”

Everyone looked at each other a few more times, and it was still the sergeant who replied: "Since General Liao said so, the villain and the others should have obeyed the order, but when they set out on the expedition, General Guo had already settled the villain's family in Nanjun. Although the villains have the heart to follow the general to live, they are afraid of causing disaster to their families. ”

Liao Huasui laughed and said: "Don't worry, General Guan has raised troops from Wuling, and he has captured Jiangling at this moment, if your family is really in the city, it should be returned to General Guan, so that the whole family can be reunited." "There has been no news of the battle in Jiangling, but Liao Hua is so open-mouthed to lure these soldiers to surrender, Cao Xiu can't help but nod again and again when he listens.

Sure enough, when the news came out, the tent suddenly exploded, and the sergeant who answered couldn't help but say: "No wonder ......" came out, but he suddenly realized that he was speechless, so he hurriedly stopped. Liao Hua stepped forward, held the other party's wrist, and said, "What's the wonder?" The sergeant didn't say anything, and Liao Huafu said again: "If you don't say it, not only will you die today, but the Japanese general will behead your whole family when he returns to Nanjun." If you say so, General Ben will be able to release you from the camp now and go back to your family. The sergeant had to look at them again and asked, "Can the general release our brothers?" ”

"Naturally." Liao Hua said it quickly, but he remembered that this was Cao Xiu's big tent, so he turned his head and said, "What does the governor think?" For Cao Xiu, there is no difference between killing and not killing, since Liao Hua has agreed, it is inconvenient for him to change his words, so he said: "If you can refuse to tell the truth, the governor of Bendu can not only let you live, but also send Sichuan capital to make you return home." ”

The sergeant hesitated for a moment before he said, "The villain believes General Liao's words, and hopes that General Guan has really conquered Jiangling and will not harm my family members." To tell the general, Guo Huai returned to Jingzhou with his troops as early as two days ago, leaving only the young general and 5,000 military horses to guard Fancheng. We don't know the reason, but today I learned from the general's words that it turned out to be Jiangling's emergency. As he spoke, he bowed to the ground and said, "The villain has refused to tell the truth, and I hope that the governor and the general can spare the villain's life." ”

Liao Hua was overjoyed when he heard this, and ignored the sergeant, and turned to Cao Xiu and said: "Listen to the governor, sure enough, Guo Huai is not there, it is a good opportunity to capture Fancheng, and please ask the governor to raise troops quickly." Cao Xiu refused to believe it, and asked the sergeant again: "Since there are only 5,000 men and horses in Fancheng, why does Guo Tong dare to go out of the city to meet the battle and come to rob my camp again?" The sergeant replied: "It is precisely because of the lack of troops that Guo Tongkong is besieging the army of the governor, and Fancheng will be broken sooner or later." That's why the soldiers were displayed outside, to show that the troops in the city were sufficient. The night raid camp wanted to win with one blow, boost the morale of the city, and hold on to waiting for reinforcements. ”

This explanation is reasonable, Cao Xiu couldn't help nodding, and said: "It's really 'newborn calves are not afraid of tigers', at a young age, they have such courage." Guo Huai is so lucky. After speaking, it was inconvenient to lose his words, so he ordered the people to be released from the camp. And all the captives were able to live, and they all bowed down and thanked the great mercy. When he was about to get up and leave, Jia Kui came out again and said, "How can the governor believe the words of these pawns? He only listened to Liao Hua with itchy teeth, and said secretly: Why does this bastard always love bad things?

This way of marching, Jia Kui did not say much, Cao Xiu had already heard impatiently, but Fancheng really had soldiers, so he only listened to him once yesterday, but fortunately he did not listen to all his words, and blamed Liao Hua heavily, otherwise how could there be the current situation? At this moment, Jia Kui did not repent, and jumped out to admonish again, and Cao Xiu said angrily: "What is the general's opinion?" ”

Jia Kui listened to Cao Xiu's tone was not friendly, but he couldn't help but admonish him, and still continued: "The governor only relies on the words of these soldiers, and he is gullible that there is no army in the city, if this is Guo Huai's envoys, wouldn't he fall for his tricks......

"Shut up." Without waiting for Jia Kui to finish speaking, Cao Xiu was furious and shouted: "The governor of Pontus raised the army to break the thieves, originally to serve the country, but he repeatedly made such unfavorable remarks, disturbing the hearts of our army, what is his intention?" Jia Kui continued to speak day after day, but he was not taken by Cao Xiu, and still insisted on going his own way, and at this moment he couldn't help but change color, and said loudly: "The governor is in an important position, holding tens of thousands of male soldiers, and he is the pillar of the imperial court, but he listens to the words of outsiders. ”

"You ......" Cao Xiu didn't expect Jia Kui to dare to contradict him, and he was even more angry, and said sharply: "Come on, take Jia Kui down, push out the tent and behead him." The generals had the heart to advise, but when they saw Jia Kui doing this, and even Sunrise's ominous words, they all felt that he didn't know what to do, and when they saw that Cao Xiu was really angry, they all endured it. Seeing that Cao Xiu was so angry, the left and right sergeants did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly stepped forward to take Jia Kui out of the account.

Jia Kui broke away from the sergeant and said in a loud voice: "If the governor doesn't listen to the advice, why don't you listen to a certain plan?" First of all, don't use the banner of the governor, go to attack Fancheng with great fanfare, if Guo Huai has no plan, the governor can also respond in the back, so as not to make a fiasco. ”

"Well, Pontus will convince you to die." Cao Xiu then turned his head and took an arrow, and said: "General Wenxiu, Pontus supervised you to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses in front to attack Fancheng, and you must attack with all your heart to observe the reality in the city. Wen Xiu received the order to go out of the account and set off from the troops. Cao Xiu sent Jia Kui back to the tent first, and he was not allowed to move around without an order. Liao Hua saw that he didn't need Jia Kui's words, and he was overjoyed, because he saw that the captives were still in the tent, so he stepped forward and asked, "Governor, what should these sergeants do?" ”

Cao Xiu was upset at the moment, waved his hand casually, and said, "Hold it down for the time being, and wait for the definite news from the front, and then release it out of the camp." He ordered Zhang Pu to bring the captives back to the camp for resettlement, and Liao Hua saw that he was like this, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to give up, and waited for Wenxiu's news with Cao Xiu and the generals in the tent.

When Wen Xiu sent out the army, the sky was not yet bright, but before noon, people reported back. Seeing such a speed, Cao Xiu couldn't help but worry about the mistake, and hurriedly summoned him to inquire. I didn't want the sergeant to reply: "General Wen's army and horses came to the city, and before he could set up a formation to attack the city, he had already been greeted by the officials and people in the city. General Wen was afraid of the plan, so he sent people into the city first, but sure enough, he didn't see the Han army, so he entered. and make the villain come and report to the general. Cao Xiu was immediately overjoyed, rewarded the comer, laughed at Liao Hua, and said: "I hate Jia Kui and I don't know what to do, but now the governor of Bendu will get Fancheng without much effort, and he will be ashamed to death." He laughed out loud. Liao Hua was also busy laughing, but secretly said in his heart: See how long you can laugh?