After Xiahou Nan left, Xiahou called Cao Zhen and Cao Tai from the left and right battalions, and the two generals were also full of sadness because of the loss of the east and west roads.

Cao Pi completely lost the hearts of the people, and the allies invited were also too big to lose, Hebei had become a mess of porridge, not to mention the grain and grass in the army, and the money and grain promised to Kebineng could not be paid, and the Xianbei army was burning and looting everywhere.

Xiahoudun said: "Now the situation is unfavorable, the food and grass are not good, the morale is getting sluggish, the army is disheartened for a long time, the people and horses will be scattered, and it is not a long-term solution to hold on, can the two virtuous nephews have a countermeasure?" ”

Cao Tai faced Guan Yu's army in the right camp, thinking that Xiahoudun was going to send troops, and said with a weak heart: "Now that the army is unstable, the governor of the capital must not divide the troops at this time, and he will be in chaos." ”

Cao Zhen shook his head and sighed, there was no food in the army, and he had to face the strong Han army, I was afraid that Cao Cao would be helpless when he was resurrected.

"It seems that the only way to fight to the death is to fight!" Xiahoudun stood up and said in a deep voice: "I have sent someone to issue a war letter to Liu Qi, and I will fight him in three days. ”

Cao Tai was shocked: "Isn't this a tiger at the door? ”

Xiahoudun sneered: "In the name of the war, he actually tricked him to cross the river and get rid of him in one fell swoop." If Liu Qi dies, the Han army has no leader, Jiangdong, Yizhou, Guanzhong, and Xiliang are not convinced, and they will be in chaos with each other, so they can take advantage of the situation to go south. ”

Cao Zhen frowned and said: "Although the governor's plan is good, I am afraid that Liu Qi will be treacherous and refuse to cross the river." ”

Xiahoudun said coldly: "Liu Qi deceived Zilin to be honest and responsible, clever words and demagoguery, and wanted to respond internally, he thought that he had a plan and would definitely come." ”

Cao Tai was surprised: "Zilin was used by Liu Qi again? ”

"Alas!" Xiahou shook his head and sighed, he didn't know what method Liu Qi used, but he made Xiahou Nan willing to die, as if he had become his son, he was upset when he thought of this, and waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about him, this matter still needs the help of two virtuous nephews, success or failure in one fell swoop." ”

Cao Zhen had long been anxious for revenge, and hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry, as long as Liu Qi dares to cross Hebei, he will be told that there will be no return." ”

Cao Tai arched his hand and said nothing, since he learned that Cao Ren became a monk, said that he wanted to atone for the past killings, and wrote to him to save more people to make merits, so that Cao Tai's mood changed greatly, although the current situation is unfavorable, but the world will be peaceful, it may not be a good thing.

Once the Central Plains is in turmoil, the Xianbei Army and the Liaodong Army have no one to govern, based on what he has seen and heard in the past six months, these people have raped and plundered, done all kinds of evil, and often take pleasure in killing the Han people, once they go south, they are only afraid that the Central Plains will suffer a bloody bath.

Xiahoudun secretly instructed the two of them, just wait for Liu Qi's men and horses to cross the river and go ashore, and the two immediately sent troops from the left and right, cut off Liu Qi's back road, and blocked the water support along the coast, and he led the Chinese army to besiege Liu Qi and eliminate him at all costs.

The second general went to prepare, and Xiahoudun immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, and ordered that the granaries be released on the same day, and that each battalion should strictly train the soldiers, and that the winner would be decided after three days, and there should be no mistakes.

The generals were ordered to go, and Xiahoudun only paid attention to his henchmen Zhong Jin and Zhong Shen, and secretly ordered the transfer of 5,000 elite soldiers and dead soldiers, and prepared hardcover sharp weapons, waiting for the call.

In one day, the men and horses in the Wei camp were mobilized, the sound of killing on the shore shook the sky, the flags fluttered, the smoke and dust flew, and it seemed that the morale was greatly rising.

Half of the excitement of the Wei army was not pretended, most of them had been rebelled, knowing that the Han army would cross the river three days later, and they would be able to end this fearful day.

However, it was said that Zhong Shen returned to the camp and discussed with Shen Yang about the selection of dead soldiers, and this battle was a matter of success or failure, and it was necessary to carefully select it to avoid mistakes.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yang's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he exclaimed: "The Metropolitan Governor actually cheats? ”

Zhong Shen smiled: "Since ancient times, soldiers have not tired of cheating, why is this surprising? ”

"Alas, this and this ......" Shen Yang rubbed his hands in a hurry, and wandered around in the tent, sighing incessantly.

Zhong Shen was puzzled: "It's just to choose people to prepare for war, and it's not to ask you to kill the enemy, why is my brother so anxious?" ”

It turned out that this Shen Yang was greedy for money and cunning, and in order to please Zhong Shen, he married his sister to Zhong Shen as a concubine, so that he could gain a foothold in the army.

Shen Yang looked around, drove all the guards out, pulled Zhong Shen to the front of the case, and said in a low voice: "So far, I have to tell you a secret, the glory and wealth are all here......

Zhong Shen was surprised, lowered his head and listened to Shen Yang's details, shocked, and gasped for a while: "There is such a thing?" ”

"That's a lot of money!" Shen Yang approached and said in a low voice: "The defeat of the Wei army is imminent, you and I are worried every day, why not take this opportunity to receive the reward?" If it's your brother-in-law...... If you are willing to surrender, you will have a reward of 30,000 yuan, not to mention more, and if you pull another 1,000 followers, it will be 1 million, and I can divide 300,000 ......."

Shen Yang's voice trembled with excitement, and he grabbed Zhong Shen's sleeve tightly: "Glory and wealth are right in front of you!" ”

"So many?" Zhong Shen's eyes widened, and he immediately said coldly: "Hmph, you dare to hide this kind of thing from me, do you have to let Ling Mei be widowed?" ”

"Not really!" Shen Yang smiled dryly: "After all, you are the confidant of the Metropolitan Governor, who dares to reveal the news easily?" I was going to take you with me to escape after the fact. ”

Zhong Shen took a deep breath, thought for a while with his hands behind his back, and sighed: "But after all, the Metropolitan Governor has the grace to promote me, how can I betray him because of greed for money?" ”

"You're not bad for money, I'm bad for money...... No, no," Shen Yang persuaded: "You don't want to die, I still want to die!" Liu Qi has Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other fierce generals under his command, once he crosses the river, these remnants of the army will be defeated, don't say kill Liu Qi, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect himself! Liu Qi won't kill Xiahoudun, but we little minions can't save our lives! ”

Zhong Shen's face changed slightly, hesitated for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "People die for money, and birds die for food!" Even Xiahou Mao betrayed his Lao Tzu, I'm an outsider, why not? ”

"That's right!" Shen Yang was overjoyed and offered advice: "The Metropolitan Governor asked you to choose soldiers, this is a godsend, if you choose two thousand of your own people to pull over, then ......"

"It's five thousand!" Zhong Shen was stunned, stretched out his hand and slowly clenched it into a fist: "I want it all!" ”

Shen Yang hurriedly said: "With all due respect, although Zhong Jin is your brother, his heart is separated from his belly, so you must not tell him." If it weren't for the urgency of the situation, I would never have disclosed it to you. ”

Zhong Shen smiled: "My brother, how can I not understand the truth of settling accounts?" You don't have to tell my brother about this, I have my own way to take over the task, and then I will share the benefits with him after the matter is completed, you just have to go and pull people. ”

"More than five million, make a fortune!" Shen Yang was overjoyed and jumped out of the tent.

Zhong Shen took a deep breath and calculated that with these five million, it would be better to go back to the Central Plains to buy land and buy real estate, and take a few more concubines to strengthen the clan than to follow Xiahou to the precarious dynasty, the big tree of the Cao family has decayed, and it is time to make another plan.

Silently sighed for a while, took out Du Kang, who had been hidden for a long time, and sent someone to invite his brother Zhong Jin to discuss the selection of soldiers.