Chen Yan finally resisted Xiahoudun's siege, and in this battle, needless to say, Jia Xu's contribution was the greatest. If he hadn't deduced that the time for Xiahoudun to bury the pot and cook rice had been advanced, I am afraid that Chen Yan would still be unconscious until Dian Wei came to detain the city.

What's more, Jia Xu's bluffing strategy at the West City Gate successfully lured Xiahoudun into being fooled, and it was really not easy to confuse this battle-experienced general, Jia Xu's methods were indeed ruthless.

In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and after Xiahoudun had gone through this loss, he was temporarily silent, although Chen Yan won the battle, but the bows and arrows in Wancheng were about to run out.

Wounding the enemy 1,000 and injuring yourself 800 is not a joke.

On this day, Chen Yan was still visiting the wounded in the army, when suddenly a person outside the door quickly reported and said loudly: "Lord! The envoy sent to Jingzhou is back! ”

Chen Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and he walked towards the city gate. As soon as he took two steps, he saw Jia Xu standing aside, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Jia Xu, hurry up, the Jingzhou envoy is back!" ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he was not as happy as Chen Yan, but had a sad face, as if he was thinking about something.

Chen Yan and Jia Xu should go out one after the other, just in time to see a young man walking in quickly, it was the envoy.

This envoy is a small general in Wancheng, who has followed Zhang Xiu for a lot of time, and has always been reliable, so Chen Yan felt that he should ask Liu Biao for help.

As soon as the little general saw Chen Yan, he immediately knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "The little one is not dishonoring his mission, Liu Jingzhou's reinforcements are already on the way!" ”

Chen Yan was even more overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly helped the young general up and said, "Not bad, not bad!" Great work! Great work! ”

Jia Xu looked at the general, only to see that there were a few bruises on his face, and there were also scars on his arms and hands.

"Was this beaten?" Jia Xu did not shy away from it, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring closely at the young general.

When the little soldier heard this, he was shocked, and then quickly shook his head and said, "No, it's not, it's just that he ran too fast and fell." ”

Jia Xu let out an "oh", not seeming to be satisfied with the little soldier's answer, and immediately continued to ask: "When will Liu Jingzhou's reinforcements arrive?" ”

Jia Xu's question this time was actually elongated, and it sounded very harsh. Chen Yan has been with Jia Xu for a long time, and he has always felt that Jia Xu is a gentle and humble elder, but he didn't expect Jia Xu to be like a thorn in his head at this time, and his speech is even more angular, which makes people not very comfortable.

But Chen Yan has always trusted Jia Xu, and knew that Jia Xu must have his reasons for doing this, so he didn't say much.

The little soldier didn't seem to hear the question in Jia Xu's voice, and replied respectfully: "Liu Jingzhou should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow." ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said: "I'm tired from the journey, but it's a pity that there is a scarcity of war horses in our army, so we can only give you a horse. ”

Xiao Bing hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, Liu Jingzhou insisted on giving it, but the little one was too embarrassed to ask for it." ”

After Jia Xu heard this, he didn't continue to talk, but turned to Chen Yan, smiled slightly, and said, "Lord, I'm afraid I know where Xiahou Yuan went." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Chen Yan, but even the little soldier opened his mouth wide in fright and shouted out!

Chen Yan saw that the little soldier actually showed such a panicked expression, and he seemed to sense that something was wrong.

The little soldier knew that he was exposed, and regardless of whether Jia Xu really knew where Xiahou Yuan was, he immediately knelt on the ground and cried: "The lord spares his life!" Mr. Jia Xu spares his life! ”

This little soldier is the envoy who was bought by Xiahou Yuan's enwei and Shi, and he came here this time to inform Chen Yan and Liu Biao to send people to support, so as to open Chen Yan's gate and lead Chen Yan into the city.

The little soldier was crying on the ground, but Chen Yan didn't care, but asked Jia Xu, "How does Mr. know where Xiahou Yuan is?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "Pity this Xiahou Yuan, it was originally a wonderful move, but he was ruined by him. I guess Cao Cao must have guessed that we would ask Liu Biao for help, so he first let Xiahou Yuan, who is good at running thousands of miles, lead his army to Wancheng and Jingzhou, make an ambush, and wait for the envoys to intercept our army. ”

Chen Yan nodded, and said in his heart: "This Cao Cao really knows the abyss. ”

Jia Xu continued: "The original plan must have been that after Xiahou Yuan intercepted the envoy, he coerced and enticed the envoy to rebel, and then let the envoy come back and tell us that Liu Biao agreed to support. After that, Xiahou Yuan could pretend to be Jingzhou's army and swagger into Wancheng in the name of support. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yan's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this plan is really poisonous, very poisonous! In this way, Xiahou Yuan's tens of thousands of troops earned the city gate without spending a single soldier, wouldn't Chen Yan just sit back and wait for death?

Thinking of this, Chen Yan was even more puzzled and asked, "In that case, how can Mr. Jia Xu judge that this envoy has been rebelled by Xiahou Yuan?" How did the gentleman guess the whole scheme? ”

Jia Xu smiled again, seemed to be effortless, and said: "The key is that Xiahou Yuan is too anxious. The advantage of his impatience is that he is extremely fast in marching, which is unmatched in the world, but he also has the disadvantage of being impatient, that is, he is easy to show his feet. ”

Chen Yan still didn't understand, and continued to ask: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Jia Xu said: "From Wancheng to Jingzhou, it will take at least five days, and a round trip will take at least ten days, and we only gave the envoy a horse, he is riding a chasing horse, in just six days, how can he run a round trip?" He said that he went to Jingzhou, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yan and the soldiers on the ground couldn't smile bitterly, such a simple question was so ignored.

Poor Xiahou Yuan heard that his brother had repeatedly hit a wall here in Chen Yan, and he couldn't attack for a long time, so he was in a hurry to break the enemy, but he made a fatal mistake, that is, time!

There are some things that are really in a hurry.

Jia Xu still seemed to have other evidence, so he continued: "And this little brother is scarred, it can be seen that he was tortured, not bruises, and he has a lot of baggage on his body, so if you guess it well, it should be the stolen goods that Xiahou Yuan rewarded you." ”

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers on both sides came over to lift the baggage, and sure enough, there were some jewels inside, and it seemed that there were not a few.

Chen Yan sneered and said angrily: "Okay, you are greedy for cheapness, and you are even willing to betray your own brother!" ”

The little soldier fell to his knees, trembling all over, and he had long since dared not speak.

Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "That's it, this kind of person who is greedy for money and afraid of death, kill the righteous military law."

The little soldier cried loudly: "I'm just worried that my mother will die and there will be no one to take care of my mother, but I'm greedy for life and afraid of death!! ”