On the same day, the Han army celebrated its achievements and drank until late at night, Zhuge Liang was also a little drunk, and ordered Xiahou Ba and Wang Ling to be detained in the back camp and disposed of tomorrow.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang intended to persuade the two to surrender, the defenders did not bind the two, but just locked them in the gatehouse and served them with wine and food.

In the dead of night, hearing the faint sound of snoring outside the door, Xiahou Ba got up suddenly, listened for a long time, called Wang Ling, and discussed that they would work together to kill the defenders and escape.

Wang Ling said: "Such a pawn is useless to kill!" The slightest carelessness alarmed the other defenders, but it was self-defeating. ”

Xiahou Ba frowned and said, "If you don't kill them, how can you escape?" ”

Wang Ling looked around, although this prison was narrow, it was very tall, like a wooden barrel, there was only a small door, and the moonlight shone in through a skylight on the back wall, which was enough to be a foot high, and it was impossible to reach it at all.

Suddenly remembered that when he was a teenager, he went to Beijing with Wang Yun, and when he was in the court, he mixed into the palace, bribed a few little eunuchs, stood on them, and watched the palace maids bathing in the palace wall window.

At that moment, he pulled Xiahouba to the window, squatted down and set up a ladder, let Xiahouba stand on his shoulder, let him climb up to the window first, and then dragged it up with his belt, and the two escaped from the back window.

At this time, the Mid-Autumn Festival had just passed, the moon was like water, and I saw that the camp was silent, and the soldiers had already rested, and there were only three or five patrols walking around in the center of the camp.

Xiahou Ba sighed: "It's a pity that Zidan is still not bold enough, if you come to rob the camp tonight, you will win a complete victory." ”

Wang Ling said in a low voice: "Today's defeat, I expect the whole army to be frustrated, even if General Cao has this intention, there is nothing he can do. ”

Xiahou Ba shook his head and sighed, not daring to stay for a long time, looking at the dim light, avoiding the patrol soldiers, sneaking outside the camp, just halfway through, but saw a light in a tent.

Seeing that the camp tent was not far away, Xiahou Ba became curious, regardless of Wang Ling's dissuasion, quietly knelt forward, used his hands and feet like a beast, and quickly came to the back of the big tent, only to hear that one person inside was discussing with Zhuge Liang, it was Chen Zhen:

"The military advisor belittled Wei Yan, this person is rebellious in nature, dissatisfied in his heart, and relies on the king's belief in passivity and slackness. Grain and grass are the lifeblood of the three armies, if the lord will not be able to fulfill his duties, for fear of missing major events, please make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Don't I know the weight of grain and grass? However, Wei Yan was the king's confidant, and he was previously a military lawyer, so he had to do it. I transferred him to guard the grain and grass in the wrongful sentence, in order to repent and rehabilitate, and then use it more heavily, who knew that he was so narrow-minded. ”

Chen Zhenyan said: "Wei Yannai is a reckless man, and An Zhi is a hard worker? It is better to transfer it back to Chen Liu, so as not to miss a major event because of the anger of one person. ”

Zhuge Liang sighed lightly, lowered his voice and said: "I don't know what I do, I see that Wei Yan has a backbone in the back of his head, and he will rebel after a long time." This person is unruly and unruly, and he must not be beaten too much, otherwise it will backfire, and if he is repeatedly transferred, he may cause great trouble. I am now defeating Cao Zhen, and I am about to take advantage of the victory to march into the army, and I will take the Tao in one go, and I can't mess up my position. ”

Chen Zhen said worriedly: "However, Wei Yan is wronged, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in the battalion, and the hearts of the army are shaken, which is also a big trouble!" ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and said: "I wrote a letter to report to the king overnight, and sent it to Hanoi as soon as possible, so that Wei Yan could be transferred to another place to temporarily relieve the urgent need." ”

"That's it!" Chen Zhen was helpless, so he hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang to write a letter and sent someone to send it overnight.

Xiahou Ba's heart beat wildly when he heard this, he didn't want to be captured this time, so he found out such a big secret, hid behind a rag, took a few deep breaths, stabilized his mind, and then quietly returned to the distance.

Wang Ling had already waited for his palms to sweat, and when he saw Xiahouba's face full of joy, he guessed that he must have overheard important military information, and the two left in a hurry.

Soon after leaving, I heard the sound of drums and torches in the Han camp, and several groups of cavalry galloped out of the camp, chasing along the river with torches.

Ignoring the cold water of the river, the two jumped into the water, hid behind a reef, and waited until the fire was far away, then they went ashore in embarrassment and rushed to Dingtao.

Kou Feng led his troops back to the camp to hand over the order, and said: "Xiahou Ba ran faster than a rabbit, and I don't know where he went." ”

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan: "Looking for someone at night is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is just pretending." ”

Kou Feng said worriedly: "Xiahou is brave and brave, and Wang Ling knows a lot of strategies, letting these two go back is tantamount to returning to the mountain, why not let go of some captives to spread the news?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Cao Zhen has been defeated repeatedly, if you let the pawn report the news, you will be suspicious." I have a strategy to catch the tiger, this time not only digging a trap to wait for the tiger, but also hunting a wolf, taking Tao Yi as if in the palm of his hand! ”

Xiahou Ba and Wang Ling walked along the river, and met patrol soldiers on the way, so they asked for their horses to return to Dingtao, and they didn't care about going back to wash, so they came straight to see Cao Zhen.

Cao Zhen was so angry that he stayed awake all night, and just fell asleep in a daze, when he heard that the two had fled back, he hurriedly got up in his clothes and stared at the two dark circles under his eyes.

I saw that the two of them were soaked and covered with mud, and a small fish fell out of Xiahouba's trouser leg, and he was shocked: "Why are you so embarrassed? ”

"It's a blessing to be able to escape!" Xiahou Ba stepped on Xiaoyu to death, hugged his fists and said: "I found out the important military situation last night, let's talk about this matter first." ”

"The two of you panicked and said slowly." Cao Zhen listened and ordered someone to bring wine and food.

Xiahou Ba told the story of last night, and said hurriedly: "Zhuge Liang tun grain in the wrong sentence, now Wei Yan was degraded and derelict in his duties, and the soldiers have grievances, if you can take the opportunity to rob the grain, you can turn defeat into victory." ”

Cao Zhen didn't like it when he heard it, and frowned and said, "Isn't this another Kong Ming's plan?" ”

Xiahou Ba was suddenly displeased, and slammed his fist on the table: "A certain risked his life to inquire about the news, but Zidan didn't believe me?" ”

Cao Zhen shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't believe in Zhongquan, but I'm afraid that Zhuge Villager will deliberately do it and set up tricks." ”

Xiahou Ba was dissatisfied: "Then are you willing to imprison the enemy camp with the two of us and never turn back, so that you can feel at ease?" ”

Cao Zhen hurriedly said: "I don't have this intention, it's just that Zhuge Liang is cautious by nature and governs the army very strictly, how can there be such an omission?" ”

Wang Lingyan said: "The Han army won a great victory, and the whole army celebrated, so the garrison was lax, and the two of us were able to escape. When the first king decided to win the official crossing, it was the grain that burned the black nest, if Xu Yu hesitated because he was Yuan Shao's confidant, and missed the opportunity, how could there be today's Great Wei? ”

"This ......" Cao Zhen saw that Wang Ling also concluded so, and hesitated for a while.

Xiahou Ba clenched his fists and said: "When the interruption continues, it will be chaotic!" That Wei Yan was born a backbone, if he can successfully rob the grain and arrest Wei Yan this time, he can rebel. Not only can he be a general, but he can also humiliate Liu Qi, so that he can also taste the taste of losing his humerus, so why should Zidan be suspicious? ”

Cao Zhen asked in detail how the two escaped, but he still felt that he had no bottom in his heart, and he rubbed his dark circles and groaned.

Xiahou Ba hurriedly said: "I will go to Hanoi and return in only three or five days, if Wei Yan is transferred, there is no regret!" ”

Wang Lingyan said: "You can first send someone to investigate the situation of the injustice, find out the place where the grain is stored, and then make a decision." ”

"Wang joins the army, this is extremely true!" Cao Zhen suddenly woke up and immediately sent someone to inquire about the news.