"Liu Biao is spying on us?"

Zhang Xiu only felt creepy, and the relationship between him and Liu Biao belonged to an alliance relationship.

And according to the original agreement, the surrounding counties were assigned to him.

This gave Zhang Xiu a lot of autonomy.

At the same time, it also means that Zhang Xiu is not Liu Biao's subordinate.

According to Jia Xu, should Liu Biao's faction monitor allies?

What is this behavior?

It is clear that he does not trust Zhang Xiu.

Now when Zhang Xiu was already frightened and uneasy because of Cao Cao's rebellion, when he heard the news, he naturally became suspicious.

Jia Xu said: "Yes, Liu Biao must have installed Neiying, at least in the city." ”

"What's the credentials?"

Zhang Xiu was still a little incredulous, he didn't trust Liu Biao, but he had to find evidence that Liu Biao was indeed spying on him, and find out the other party's intentions.

I also know that it is definitely not possible to offend Cao Cao to death now, and it is impossible to go back to Guanzhong.

So in front of Zhang Xiu, all that was left was to fully fall to Liu Biao.

But if Liu Biao had another plan, planning to unload him and kill the donkey, cross the river and tear down the bridge, it would be a very dangerous situation for Zhang Xiu.

Therefore, he must know whether what Jia Xu said is true or false.

Even if it is true, what is Liu Biao's true intention, is he worried about him, or does he really plan to cross the river and demolish the bridge in the future?

Jia Xu analyzed: "General, think about it, we are secretly making a plan, and before the raid, the whole army knows that there are no more than five planners this time, so how did Gan Ning of Huyang know about it?" ”

"This ......"

Zhang Xiu hesitated, this matter was actually very strange to him at the beginning.

But at that time, he was at war with the Cao army, and he couldn't care so much, so he could only unite with the Gan Ning soldiers and eliminate the Cao army.

Now that I think about it now, there are indeed a lot of doubts.

For example, why the other party came at such an appropriate time.

And from Xinye to Wancheng, how did they come from such a long distance?

And most importantly, where did they get their news from?

These questions have actually lingered in Zhang Xiu's mind from yesterday to now.

It's just that I've been busy until now, and I can't calm down and dig deeper.

Thinking about it now, I just feel extremely scary to think about it.

Jia Xu said in a deep voice: "Does the general understand? There are their internal responses in this city, and there are their internal responses outside the city, and even our army ......"

Zhang Xiu's face suddenly darkened.

Deng Hong knew about the bonus to Hu Che'er; He also knows about Mrs. Zou's affairs; What's even more terrifying is that he also knows the plan to attack Cao Ying.

This shows that since Cao Cao entered the city, there have always been people secretly observing them, and even in their own army, there are spies.

Although since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it has been customary for various forces to send each other to inquire about the news.

But no one wants someone else's undercover agent to have within themselves.

Moreover, Liu Biao arranged an internal response here for him, making it clear that he didn't trust him.

In connection with his surrender to Cao Cao this time, Liu Biao has already known about it, and I am afraid that the future will .......

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu's mood was at the bottom.

Because something very terrible suddenly occurred to him.

If Liu Biao knew all this, then why did he tell him through Deng Hong's mouth?

Isn't he afraid that he will guess for himself?

Or rather.

He just wants to let himself guess to achieve the purpose of deterring himself?

Liu Biao was hinting at him-

I know all those things about you, and now I will give you a step down, and I will settle down in the future......

"Uncle, this ......"

Zhang Xiu was shocked and said, "Then didn't Liu Biao already know about my surrender to Cao Cao?" ”

Jia Xu said lightly: "Didn't Deng Hong say it? This is a swindle. ”

"He's not going to pursue it?" Zhang Xiu was surprised.

"Huh."

Jia Xu sneered: "Now we can still help him guard the Jingzhou Gate, if we don't need to be used in the future, this is an excuse to destroy us." ”

Zhang Xiu was silent for a moment and said, "This is just my uncle's speculation, is there any evidence?" ”

"I don't have the credentials."

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "But all kinds of signs indicate that Liu Biao is spying on us, can he still be out of good intentions?" So we can't just rely on him, we have to be defensive against him. ”

"Hmm...... That's just as well. ”

Zhang Xiushen nodded approvingly, and said, "Then Uncle thinks, how can we find another way?" ”

"Let me think, let me think."

Jia Xu closed his eyes and pressed his temples with both hands.

He's actually in a mess right now.

Intellectually speaking, he was naturally more inclined to continue to surrender to Cao Cao.

It's not that he thinks Cao Cao's ability is strong, but because he has the golden sign of Liu Xie in his hand.

At least for now, the Emperor of Han still has a lot of appeal, and countless powerful families flocked to Xudu, bringing a lot of talent and resources to Cao Cao.

Therefore, in terms of potential, Jia Xu recognizes Cao Cao more, and thinks that he is the one who can achieve great things in the future.

didn't expect Cao Cao to be a womanizer, and he couldn't control his lower body, which caused today's disaster.

For this kind of thing, Jia Xu doesn't think it's a big deal.

First, it was not his relatives who were bullied.

Second, men are lustful by nature, which is human nature, and in such troubled times, many women want to be attached to a strong man like Cao Cao.

It's just that this woman is Zhang Xiu's aunt, but Zhang Xiu is an army that only relies on his uncle.

If Zhang Xiu sits idly by, his prestige in the army will plummet.

Therefore, whether it is the incident of Mrs. Zou, or the incident of Cao Cao giving Hu Che'er gold, or Cao Cao's conspiracy to get rid of Zhang Xiu, it can be said that Zhang Xiu's bottom line has been moved.

Generally, people who are more suspicious, like Li Dao, have to lift the table when they encounter one thing alone, let alone three things colliding together.

Therefore, if the matter has reached such a field, it can only be said that Cao Cao is to blame, and no one is to blame.

But Jia Xu still has a headache.

Because the most terrible thing is that he is still in Zhang Xiu's army, and he is tied to Zhang Xiu.

In other words, Zhang Xiu has offended Cao Cao to death now, and he will not be able to join Cao Cao's camp, and it will be difficult to find a chance to take refuge in the past in the future.

It's a lot of pressure to go against such forces.

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Just when Jia Xu had a headache, at this moment in Xinye County, Xinye County ordered King Deng Mao to return and return to the county office.

After the Battle of Huangmenting, Cao Ren's entire army was annihilated, and Deng Mao immediately returned to Xinye to take charge of the situation, and at the same time constantly sent people to Wancheng to inquire about the news, find out the information, and wait and see what happened.

Soon, Wang Yi of Nanyang County informed the Huangmen Pavilion secret agent who went to investigate the news of an important piece of information, and Cao Cao gave Hu Che'er a large plate of gold.

At that time, when Zhang Xiu surrendered, Wang Yi, as one of the big and small officials in the county, naturally followed by the side and could see it clearly.

As a descendant of the party, Wang Yi's father had a good relationship with Liu Biao, of course, helping Liu Biao and not Cao Cao.

So after getting this important information, Shen Chen immediately judged that Zhang Xiu would soon rebel against Cao Cao, so after Deng Mao returned to Xinye to control the situation, a few days later, the army of Huangmenting also moved over.

Moreover, compared to Cao Cao's arrival in Wancheng, the people were not forbidden to enter and leave the city, and a strict curfew system was not implemented, while Shen Chen ordered the whole city to be closed under martial law and no one was allowed to go out.

Under such a system, the result was that even if there were spies left by Cao Ren in the city, because the city was sealed, no news was revealed.

Immediately after the latest information came, Cao Cao forced Mrs. Zou and Zhang Xiu to make a big fuss outside the courtyard, and said that they would not give up when they left, and since then Shen Chen knew that the time had come.

So he stepped up and sent a large number of meticulous works, lurking in the township pavilions around Cao Ying and Zhang Xiu's military camp outside Wancheng, to find out information and want to know the movements of the two armies.

At the same time, he boldly ordered the army to go out of the city and go north to the area of Yuyang, hiding the army in the countryside.

Because Deng Qi is the patriarch of the Xinye Deng clan, and the Xinye Deng clan has many marriages and in-laws with a large number of wealthy families around it.

So Shen Chen asked Deng Mao to find Deng Qi, and Deng Qi came forward, and finally contacted a local wealthy clan in Yuyang, and the army hid in his manor from outsiders.

You must know that although Cao Cao enjoys himself every day, his military ability is there. Although he occupied Wancheng, the surrounding counties would send scout cavalry every day to reconnoiter the situation.

Therefore, it is very difficult to get close to the hinterland of Wancheng under Cao Jun's nose, that is, it can only be done by relying on the strength of the local heroes.

This is also the reason why it has been impossible to eradicate local powerful forces for thousands of years.

Even in the 21st century, many southern clan forces still exist, because the cohesion of the clans is relatively large, and foreign forces develop locally, and it is impossible to accomplish many things without the help of clan strength.

And after hiding the army with the help of the strong power in the Yuyang region, Shen Chen patiently hiberned for two more days.

Two days later, the opportunity finally came.

Zhang Xiu officially launched an attack, Yuyang is very close to Wancheng, more than 20 kilometers, it only takes half an hour to ride a horse, and at the first moment of the battle, the scouts sent by Shen Chen will go back to report.

Next is the scene that Zhang Xiu saw last night, the Ganning army from Huyang rushed to the battlefield to help him chase and kill Cao Jun in just two hours.

At that time, Gan Ning also gave the order to march quickly, running almost seven or eight kilometers per hour before barely reaching the end of the battlefield.

Therefore, ancient warfare was still very inconvenient, information transmission was slow, and transportation was not developed, which made it very difficult for the army to complete the strategic transfer or support in a short time.

That is, Shen Chen knew that Zhang Xiu would rebel before he prepared in advance, otherwise it would be impossible to catch up.

But even so, Shen Chen didn't know exactly when he rebelled, what the situation and arrangement of the two sides were, whether he changed history, and whether it would cause Zhang Xiu to feel very uneasy that he did not rebel.

Fortunately, everything went well, and the response made in advance was not in vain, and it was all worth it.

Waiting for the army to rest for a day, on the third day of the defeat of Cao's army, Gan Ning led the army to continue the expedition, this time attacking Nieyang.

Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to attack Huyang, and sent Le to attack Anzhong.

When Cao Cao was attacked by Zhang Xiu, Le Jin had already arrived in Yucheng, and he only learned the news of Cao Cao's attack the next day, so he was shocked and hurriedly led the army to rush back.

But in these years, there was no high-speed rail, Gan Ning was able to reach Wancheng in three hours because it was close, and Wancheng was about the same as Xinye to Wancheng, more than 60 kilometers, and Sima Yi could not do a 60-kilometer march speed every day when he blitzed Mengda.

Therefore, Lejin temporarily withdrew his troops and retreated to Nieyang, he wanted to gather and cross the bridge from the south north of Yuyang to cross the water, so that he could go to Jianyang County, and then go east to Wuyin County, where Cao Cao was stationed at this time.

Although Zhang Xiu successfully raided Cao Cao in history, Cao Cao did not run far, and was stationed in Wuyin in the east of Wancheng, Zhang Xiu could only stick to Wancheng and did not dare to go out of the city.

Therefore, Lejin, who attacked Anzhong at that time, and Cao Hong, who attacked Huyang, both successfully withdrew to Wuyin County.

And when Zhang Xiu came to attack later, he defeated him and forced Zhang Xiu to finally retreat to the city.

If Liu Biao hadn't sent troops to rescue him at that time, I'm afraid Cao Cao would have eliminated Zhang Xiu that time.

But this time is different.

Cao Ren's entire army was annihilated, Cao Cao's main force was heavily damaged, and now only Yu Ban and Cao Hong were left around, plus the fleeing rout, the total strength was only 16,700 people.

In terms of troops, if Gan Ning's troops are counted, then Zhang Xiu has 8,000 people, Gan Ning has 5,000 people, plus 1,500 people in Huangmen Pavilion, the total strength of the army is more than 14,000, which is not much different from Cao Cao's strength at this time.

When encountering in the wild, it is not certain who will win or lose when it is really done.

However, Gan Ning still rejected Zhang Xiu's plan to attack Wuyin together, and turned his head to Nieyang.

This is what Shen Chen meant.

Although the total number of troops is only a few thousand less than Cao Cao, the problem is that this time it is not a field war, it is replaced by Cao Cao to defend the city, and there are still more troops than you.

And Le Jin is still in the rear, what if Le Jin attacks from behind when Zhang Xiu Gan Ning attacks Wuyin?

There were few soldiers, and they were besieging the city and being attacked by people, but they were still facing a commander with outstanding military ability like Cao Cao, and it was strange that he could win.

Therefore, Shen Chen thought that at this time, he must not think about chasing after the victory, and he could not think that he could defeat Cao Cao head-on by winning Cao Cao once by sneak attack.

People should be pragmatic, first eliminate Cao Cao's living force, weaken his strength, and then attack Wuyin.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiu stubbornly thought that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, and after the army rested on the third day, he went to kill Wuyin non-stop.

And Shen Chen could see the problem, and Jia Xu naturally couldn't see it.

But he didn't open his mouth to remind Zhang Xiu, and even looked forward to Zhang Xiu's attack on Wuyin and return defeated.

Because only in this way can he clearly realize the gap between himself and Cao Cao, so that he can be afraid of the imperial court.

In this way, if he talks to Zhang Xiu about surrendering Cao Cao again in the future, Zhang Xiu will not arrogantly refuse to surrender because he has defeated Cao Cao.

In fact, Jia Xu calculated everything, and he waited for an important opportunity to surrender to Cao Cao, which came three years later.

If all goes well, in future history, Zhang Xiu will surrender to Cao Cao on the eve of the Battle of Guandu. and finally died early and barely got a good death.

Except for the family being exterminated by Cao Pi under the excuse of Cao Pi, at least Jia Xu is doing well.

Unfortunately, history has changed, and things never go as smoothly as he expected.