Xu Huang's words caused Xiahou Yuan to nod his head, and Cao Ren also stroked his beard with appreciative eyes.

Zhang He, as the latest subordinate general, knew and did not say a word.

After a while, Cao Ren looked at Xu Huang and waved.

"Gongming's words are reasonable, since you have guessed the mind of the lord, you must have a high opinion?"

"Nope"

Xu Huang was already very rude in front of Cao Ren's advice, and seeing the other party's kind and pleasant advice, he hurriedly waved his hand and said modestly: "The last general only thinks of so much, and the two generals have to make up their minds." ”

Cao Ren bowed slightly, turned around and asked Xiahou Yuan.

"Miaocai, what do you mean?"

"Hmm"

Xiahou Yuan groaned slightly, and said tentatively: "Don't you explore in detail in the future?" If you can catch a tongue or two, won't everything fall into place? ”

Cao Ren must respond to the peace: "Wancheng only Zhao Yun is a strong enemy, as long as our army has any changes, this person will definitely go out of the city to follow and monitor, everyone might as well divide the troops in two places tomorrow, I and Jun Yi went to Wancheng to contain Zhao Yun, Miaocai and Gongming led troops to attack Xi'e, maybe they can find out the news or capture two prisoners of war?" ”

Xiahou Yuan asked: "Who will be the West Eshou General?" ”

"It seems to be Liu Bei's brother-in-law Mi Fang, I heard that this person's martial arts are commonplace, and he is definitely not Miaocai's opponent." Cao Ren said with a look of disdain.

Xiahou Yuan nodded slightly: "Gongming and I only have two battalions of soldiers and horses, and it is really unwise to storm the city, it seems that we have to find a way to provoke him to fight." ”

Cao Ren kindly reminded: "There are not many small defenders in Xi'e City, although you only have two battalions of soldiers and horses, but Mi Fang may not dare to go out of the city, I suggest either using tricks to show weakness and lure, or using words to provoke and talk." ”

"Okay."

Xiahou Yuan looked at Xu Huang and said in his heart that Xu Gongming was quite brainy, and he could discuss it with him at night.

In the early morning of the next day, the four generals divided their troops into two routes according to Cao Ren's calculations.

Cao Ren and Zhang He had nearly 10,000 cavalry, trampled on the ground and dusty during the march, and were discovered by the scouts of Wancheng halfway through.

Xu Shu received the information and reacted quickly, and immediately ordered Zhao Yunkai to go to the upper reaches of the river.

Zhao Yun was ordered to monitor Cao Ren's movements on the west bank of the river, and once he found that the other party was crossing the river in a shallow area, he could attack him halfway.

The reason why Cao Ren took Zhang He's 3,000 parts away and did not leave it to Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang to attack Western Hubei was because Wancheng had more troops and fewer Western Hubei soldiers, and secondly, Cao Ren wanted to strengthen his momentum to contain Zhao Yun, so that Wancheng would not be able to draw enough troops to support.

If Xu Shu sent a small number of defenders to rescue Xi'e, Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang would just take advantage of the situation to swallow it, and it would be easy to catch a few prisoners of war at that time.

Cao Ren traveled twenty miles northeast of Wancheng and learned that Zhao Yun was waiting on the west bank of the river, so he unhurriedly led his horse closer to the bank of the river.

Across the wide river, Cao Ren shouted at the other side: "Zhao Yun Pifu, is it a tail?" Wherever Ben goes, you follow? Do I dare to go with you? ”

Zhao Yun held a silver gun in his hand and said proudly: "Hmph, go to Xu Du to save the Son of Heaven, isn't it a matter of time or time?" ”

"What a sharp mouth."

Cao Renyan looked up at the sky, and saw that the sun had set from the middle sky to the west, and it was estimated that it would be dark in two or three hours, so he immediately sneered: "You open your eyes and watch, I will find a place to cross the river at night, such a long river in the water, I don't believe you can stop it completely, but I want to see what Xu Shu is capable of." ”

"I don't know what you're talking about."

According to Xu Shu's confession, Zhao Yun deliberately vaguely remarked Cao Ren, making Cao Ren's heart go up and down.

The two armies faced each other across the river for an hour, the sun was 'falling' at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Cao Ren stood by the river and enjoyed the river breeze.

Suddenly, Zhang He rushed to the horse, hugged his fists and reported to Cao Ren: "General, just now the scouts on the other side of the river came to report, there is a team of soldiers and horses going to Xi'e for half an hour, it should be the reinforcements sent by Wancheng." ”

"It seems that Xi'e is in a hurry, and Xu Shu reacted quite quickly."

Cao Ren bowed his head slightly and asked, "How many reinforcements has Wancheng sent?" It stands to reason that the terrain near Wancheng is flat, and we should also see heavy military action."

Zhang He clenched his fists and said, "It seems that there is only one battalion of soldiers and horses."

"What? A battalion? Hahaha."

Cao Ren couldn't help laughing, and when he saw the strange eyes of the enemy troops on the other side, he hurriedly lowered his voice and whispered: "I thought Xu Shu was a master, and he only sent a battalion of soldiers and horses to save him. I didn't expect my plan to divide the troops to succeed so easily, it seems that I still think highly of Xu Shu, and it may be just a coincidence that I broke the Eight Golden Lock Array. ”

"yes."

Although Zhang He verbally agreed, he did not agree with what Cao Ren said in his heart.

He and Xu Shu also fought twice, the other party used clever tricks to win Bowang and block the sun, Zhang He asked himself if there was no way to crack it, it was very easy to break the eight golden lock formations at that time, and it was impossible to rely on luck.

Zhang He faintly felt that the battalion was not simple, but he couldn't say where it was not simple, so he could only smile and respond to the main general.

Cao Ren was in a good mood when he heard the news, and immediately decided not to make a feint along the river at night, but to return to Bowang early tomorrow morning, believing that Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang would be able to destroy the support army.

As long as you can catch a few prisoners of war, you can bring them back to Duyang to restore Cao Cao's life.

When Cao Ren was in a good mood, Xiahou Yuan outside the city of Western Hubei was mixed.

Happily, although Mi Fang did not plan to send troops to fight, he got useful information in the verbal confrontation and confirmed the fact that Xu Shu was Liu Bei's military division.

The worry is that Xiahou Yuan and Mi Fang ridiculed each other, but instead of gaining the upper hand and taking the initiative, they let themselves fall into depression.

Xiahou Yuan ridiculed the Mi family for having no vision, and ridiculed the Mi family brothers for pouring out their family wealth and tribes, and married his sister Mi Zhen to Liu Bei as a concubine, but he fled with the big-eared thief.

Mi Fang replied lightly: Your daughter was lost, right? She was obtained by Zhang Yide back then, didn't she want to go to Wancheng to see? I forgot to remind you that she was pregnant.

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan almost didn't fall off the horse.

Thinking that he gave up a son, he finally raised Xiahou Juan to the age of thirteen, and the effort of going out to collect firewood was inexplicably lost, Xiahou Yuan has been falling into self-blame in the past few years, and he really doesn't care enough about his family.

Now that I know that my daughter is alive, although I am a little relieved, after all, it is in Zhang Fei's hands, so I can't be happy.

In Xiahou Yuan's impression, Xiahou Juan is petite and weak, and Zhang Fei is five big and three thick, so his daughter must not be crushed?

Zhang Fei, you are really a beast!

In the improvised camp outside the city, Xiahou Yuan frowned angrily, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he wanted to kick away the small mound of dirt in front of him, but he didn't want to wrap a stone in the soil.

There was a thud, and the dirt splattered.

Xiahou Yuan's toes hit the stone, and the golden rooster immediately jumped up independently, sweating profusely in pain and almost screaming.

Xu Huang didn't debunk it when he saw it, and after a while, he stepped forward to meet him, and asked carefully: "Since Xu Shu's situation has been ascertained, should you send someone to inform General Zixiao, so that you can return to Duyang as soon as possible to resume your life?" ”

(End of chapter)