Chapter 180: Losing Money Is Not Losing People

"Liu Qi'er, come to face me again, I swear to destroy this erection!"

In the wet beard village, Cao Cao had just eaten a five-stone powder, endured a headache and got up, scolding and scolding.

Since coming to Huainan, the two armies have won and lost, and they have confronted each other for more than a month.

For the grain and grass of 300,000 people and horses, at least 200,000 people must be used, plus livestock and vehicles, etc., and the consumption on the road alone is no less than in the army.

Originally, he heard that Xiahou Nan was raising grain, and Cao Cao was still waiting for this batch of grain and grass, and when Xiahou Nan arrived, he could wave his army south and break through Jiangdong.

Capture Sun Quan, kill Zhou Lang, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Wu Guotai, phew, where are you going?

Who knew that later this kid actually went to Xiangyang with money, and when the news of Cao Chong's serious illness arrived, Cao Cao was full of grief, had a splitting headache, and fainted with a scream.

Hearing that Cao Cao was recovering from his illness, Xiahoudun hurriedly came to report the military situation, and in the past few days, the Wu army has stepped up training, gathered warships, and the Jingzhou soldiers are also cutting wood to make rafts, and they must be preparing to fight again.

Cao Cao looked at the misty and rainy Jiangnan, and sighed after a long time: "Liu Qi came to help in the war, and Zhou Yu commanded the troops, and Jiangdong is solid." Most of our naval army has been lost, the rainy season is coming, I intend to withdraw the army, how about the Yuan concession? ”

Xiahou clasped his fists and said: "What the prime minister said is extremely true, the training of the navy is not overnight, it has been rainy for days recently, many soldiers are sick, and the army is discouraged, so it is not suitable to fight again." ”

"Jiangnan ......" Cao Cao sighed and was about to give the order to retreat, when suddenly Xiahou En came to report: "Prime Minister, Xiahou Nan went to the tent to ask for a meeting." ”

"Zilin?" Cao Cao was stunned, "What is he doing here?" ”

"This rebel, dare to come to the army?!" Xiahoudun was furious when he heard this, rolled up his sleeves and rushed out.

After a while, Xiahou Nan was brought in like a little chicken, dancing and begging for mercy again and again.

Xiahoudun saw him thrown on the ground and scolded: "Evil animal, look at the good things you have done, Lao Tzu's face has been lost by you." ”

Xiahou Nan knelt on the ground, not daring to look at Xiahou Xuan, but begged Cao Cao for mercy: "Prime Minister spare his life, my son-in-law has something to tell you." ”

Cao Cao's face was slightly gloomy: "Zilin, why did you bring money and grain to Jingzhou, aren't you still thinking of Xiangyang's concubine?" ”

"No, no, no!" Xiahou Nan waved his hand again and again, and untied the sword from behind: "The little son-in-law is going to redeem the sword, and he specially came to return the Qingyu sword, please take a look." ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and Xiahou took the sword and handed it over.

Xiahou Nan knelt on the ground and trembled, he planned to spend a few more days in Xiangyang, wait for Cao Cao's class, and then go to Xuchang to return the sword.

But Xia Houlan said that since he retrieved the Qingyu Sword, if he didn't return it, it would be like a brocade at night, and no one would know that he was ashamed of his shame and raised his eyebrows.

And persuaded him to go to Huainan earlier, return the Qingyu sword in the army, and make a big face in front of the three armies.

Xiahou Nan was thrilled when he heard this, returned to Xuchang overnight, and rushed to the army at the same time.

Cao Cao silently looked at the sword, took it to Xia Houen on the side, and asked: "I lost the martial pass because of the sword, this is Liu Qi's plan, why do you still spend money to redeem it?" Do you know that my army is out and is short of money and food? ”

Xiahou Nan hurriedly said: "Although the son-in-law was used by Liu Qi, this sword was borrowed by the prime minister, and there is a note in Xiangyang, even if the son-in-law fights for his life, he must redeem it." How can a husband be laughed at when he was born between heaven and earth? The son-in-law can't be untrustworthy, and he must be ashamed of ......"

"Bastard, dare to speak out here?" Xiahoudun was so angry that he kicked him in the ass.

"Hahaha!" Who knew that instead of being angry, Cao Cao stroked his beard and laughed: "My Xiahou family also has such a faithful man, so ......"

After saying a few good words in a row, Xia Houdun glared at one eye: "This is okay?" ”

"Get up!" Cao Cao motioned for Xiahou Nan to get up, and said with a smile: "The man's husband, I am most afraid of being unambitious and inactive, what Zilin redeemed back is not only a sword, but also the dignity of a man, this is my Xiahou son." ”

Xiahou Xuan glared at Xiahou Nan, who was snickering, and snorted coldly: "Is the enemy still reasonable?" ”

Xiahou Nan was so frightened that he shrank his neck and begged for mercy: "I, Xiahou Nan, don't lose money by counting money!" If the money is gone, you can earn it again, but if you lose face, you can't get it back! ”

"Rebel!" Xiahoudun actually had pride in his eyes, and he grabbed and beat him when he heard this.

Xia Houen persuaded on the side: "Brother Yuanrang, it's rare for a virtuous nephew to be so ambitious, for the sake of the prime minister's face, just turn a blind eye to this matter!" ”

Xiahou shouted angrily, originally just wanted to make a gesture and beat a few times, but when he heard this, his hand was heavier, and Xiahou Yan couldn't stop howling.

Knock Knock Knock –

At this moment, suddenly the drums in the camp sounded, the trumpets rose one after another, and everywhere there was the sound of men and horses shouting, which was the signal of an enemy attack.

Xiahou released Xiahou Nan and followed Cao Cao out of the camp, and Cao Xiu, who was in charge of patrolling the camp, hurriedly came to report: "The Dongwu naval army broke through the defense line and killed in the village, and it seems that they intend to rush the camp." ”

Cao Cao looked up and saw that the fog on the water was filled, extending between the two mountain sides, and the drums were mixed with the dense sound of bells, and it was obvious that the Wu warships were approaching.

Everyone rushed to the edge of the water village, the defenders were busy forming formations, the archers were waiting, and in the mist, the shadows saw countless huge black shadows, which were slowly approaching.

"Catch the thief and destroy the traitorous party!" Drums also sounded above the water, and Wu Jun shouted loudly and rushed towards the shore.

"Zhou Lang Xiao'er, I finally can't bear it anymore and want to take advantage of the fog to attack my village?" Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled coldly, and ordered: "Shoot arrows indiscriminately, beware of the roads in each village." ”

Arrows rained down on the shore and disappeared into the thick fog, screams came one after another, and the enemy ships did not approach under the dense rain of arrows.

Xun Yu also rushed over when he heard the news, listened to the screams one after another, and reminded: "Zhou Yu knows that the water village is heavily deployed, and he dares to attack, he must have other plans, and he needs to prevent Liu Qisheng from attacking the west." ”

Cao Cao suddenly woke up, and immediately ordered: "Report to Xizhai immediately, tell Le Jin to press the troops and beware of robbing the camp." ”

The sentry went to give the order, and after a quarter of an hour, the Wu army really retreated, and Cao Cao sneered: "Such a small skill of carving insects, can An break my village?" ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to collect their troops and return to the camp, when suddenly they heard the sound of drums on the water, and countless fleets approached again.

Cao's army was a little flustered, and Xiahoudun and other generals personally pressed the formation, so as to stabilize the formation, and released arrows again to force the enemy ship back.

Cao Cao waited for a while, saw that there was no movement, and the dense fog on the water gradually dissipated, and said coldly: "Zhou Lang's use of troops is nothing more than that. ”

"Thank you Prime Minister Cao Cheng for borrowing the arrowβ€”β€”"

At this moment, I saw a neat shout from the water, echoing in the valley.

Cao Cao's hand holding his beard paused slightly, everyone was surprised inexplicably, a gust of mountain wind blew, the thick fog dispersed, and they saw that the water was full of grass clippings and arrows, and there was no bloodstain corpse.

Cao Cao's face sank like water, and he said coldly: "Such despicable methods must be Liu Qi'er, and he is plotting again!" ”

Xiahou Nan said on the side: "It's just a loss of some arrows, and next time you don't hit!" ”