Qin Feng waved his hand: "If Mr. Yan has something to say, he will be direct, don't scruple!" ”

"No!" Yan Xiang agreed, and immediately offered his own strategy: "Lord, Nanyang County actually has grain, after all, Nanyang is the largest county of my Han Dynasty, although it is now declining, but the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, This Nanyang is the founding emperor's Longxing land, the county is full of imperial relatives and families, they have grain in their hands, and it is a lot of grain!" ”

When Qin Feng heard Yan Xiang say this, he understood that he wanted him to borrow food from these imperial relatives, but this guy himself was from a family, and some things were difficult to say.

Qin Feng didn't want him to say it, as long as he expressed his meaning clearly, he immediately shouted: "Come on, call Juniper!" ”

Juniper soon came to Qin Feng, "Subordinates meet the lord!" ”

It is definitely not easy to find those families to borrow grain, these families and the imperial relatives are above the top, and they don't look down on Qin Feng very much, and these imperial relatives and families have their own dock forts, and there are certain armed forces, if they refuse to borrow grain and shrink in the dock forts, then they can only be solved by force.

However, as a last resort, Qin Feng didn't want to use force against these royal relatives and family members, so he still saluted first and then soldiers.

"Juniper, give you a task, you take 3,000 people to borrow some food from some imperial relatives and family members in Nanyang to resist Cao Cao, the more you borrow, the better!"

Juniper was the one who had followed Qin Feng the longest, and he planned to give this kind of task to Juniper.

"My lord, what if those royal relatives and family members don't borrow it?" Juniper asked.

Qin Feng said: "Our army is not enough food, if these imperial relatives and family members do not lend us food, we will starve to death, what do you say?" ”

"That's not all, just grab it!" Juniper said directly.

Qin Feng waved his hand: "Go ahead!" ”

"Obey!"

Juniper immediately ordered 3,000 men and horses to borrow grain, and brought many mules to pull the carts.

After only three days, he borrowed 3,000 stone of grain, but if he wanted to continue to borrow, it was too late, and Cao Cao's army had already entered the territory of Nanyang.

Qin Feng sent someone to find Chen Dao again, "Uncle Zhi, I will give you a very important and arduous task!" ”

Chen Zhi hugged his fists: "Please publicize it!" ”

Qin Feng took out a token and handed it to Chen Dao, "You are so ······"

After listening to this, Chen Zhi took the token and immediately said: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will definitely complete the task!" ”

On the way to Wuyang, Xiahoudun gathered 2,000 stragglers, who had been beaten to the point of losing their fighting spirit and demoralizing, and they encountered Cao Cao's army on the way.

"The last general has the high hopes of the prime minister, is stubborn and self-serving, and is ambushed by the enemy's military plan and leads to a fiasco, and the prime minister is also asked to punish the crime!"

Cao Cao asked, "Yuan Rang, where is Mancheng?" ”

Xiahoudun knelt on the ground and said ashamedly: "Man Cheng······ I'm afraid it's already more auspicious! ”

Cao Cao raised his hand: "You get up first, tell me in detail about the before and after of Zhongfu!" ”

"No!" Xiahoudun agreed, and immediately told him what happened after he led the army to Yexian City.

After hearing this, Cao Cao was furious, pointed at Xiahou and said angrily: "How can you advance so lightly, do not listen to Mancheng's persuasion, 10,000 people go, but only bring back less than 2,000 defeated remnants of the defeated army!" Come on, drag it out, cut it! ”

"Wait!"

Cheng Yu stood up and pleaded for Xiahoudun and said: "Prime Minister, in the opinion of his subordinates, even if the vanguard is not General Yuan Rang, if he is replaced by someone else to lead the troops, I am afraid that he will also be attacked by the enemy. ”

Several other accompanying strategists and generals also stood up to intercede for Xiahoudun.

Although he had the heart to pardon Xiahoudun, Cao Cao's rewards and punishments were clear, even if so many people pleaded for Xiahoudun, he still said: "For the sake of everyone pleading for you, I will spare your life, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped!" Come on, drag it out and hit forty canes! ”

A few soldiers came in quickly from outside and dragged Xiahoudun out of the execution, and after a while, the generals and strategists in the tent heard the sound of Xiahoudun being beaten with a cane outside.

Cao Cao said to the generals and strategists: "It seems that this Qin Feng is not easy to deal with, with Qin Feng as a martial artist, can he come up with such a plan?" ”

Man Chong, who was in charge of the punishment, stood up and said: "Prime Minister, I heard that Yang Hong and Yan Xiang, who gave advice to Yuan Shu back then, are under Qin Feng's tent, could this strategy be made by one of them?" ”

But some people objected: "Yang Hong and Yan Xiang are not good at this, in my opinion, there must be others who give them advice!" ”

Cao Cao immediately said to Cheng Yu: "Send someone to investigate the people around Qin Feng, if there is any news, report it quickly!" ”

"No!"

After that, Cao Cao led his army to march cautiously all the way, and sent a large number of sentinels to probe the situation on the road ahead in advance to prevent further ambushes.

When Cao Cao's army arrived at the city of Yexian, because there was a precedent of Li Dian's hidden flame army in the middle of the night sneak attack, he did not dare to enter the city rashly, and successively sent several groups of people into the city to search, and also arrested some people to inquire, only to learn that the garrison had all withdrawn yesterday.

When he arrived in the city, there was indeed no report of hiding the enemy, so Cao Cao entered the city to rest, and continued to drive on the road the next day.

For several days after that, the cities that Cao's army arrived at along the way were all empty cities, and there was not a single shadow of a Flame Army sergeant in the city except for the people.

On this day, Cao's army entered Bowang County, and Xiahoudun immediately said to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, this is Bowangpo, and the last general was ambushed by the enemy here and was defeated!" ”

Cao Cao observed and saw that there were mountains on both sides of the north and south, and it was really a dangerous place, and he couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder the other party wants to burn the sentry tower, stone fort and military fortress, if such a dangerous place is not paralyzed, how can you believe that there will be no ambush and pursue with confidence?" The people who do this are extraordinary! Pass the order down and speed through here! ”

Xiahoudun and the others were quite surprised, "Prime Minister, if there is an enemy ambush here, wouldn't the officers and men of our army be in danger?" ”

"Hahaha······" Cao Cao, "Qin Feng has already withdrawn the garrisons of various cities, presumably he wants to compete with me in Wancheng, there will be no more ambushes, let's go!" ”

The generals were suspicious, cautious along the way, and did not believe that there was really no ambush until they completely passed through Bowangpo, and they admired Cao Cao's judgment one by one.

After two days, Cao Jun came to Wancheng unhurriedly, but Cao Cao and others found that there was a military village on the hill not far from Wancheng, which was built in a strange shape, and there were five corners sticking out of the wall, and the whole military village looked like a five-pointed star.

There are many arrow towers, enemy towers, and watchtowers on this military wall, and there are sergeants patrolling back and forth from time to time.

After observing, the strategist Xun You suggested to Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, this camp is built on the mountain, and Wancheng is a horn for each other, if our army attacks Wancheng, the defenders of this army will rush down to attack the rear of our army, it is better to contain the defenders of Wancheng with a part of the force, and break through this camp first!" ”