In the middle of the night, Micang Mountain, Cao Jun's grain road, the neighing of war horses, and the five Venerables of the Five Dou Mi Sect stood in front of the Eastern Emperor in unison, only to hear the Eastern Emperor say: "This matter will be handed over to you! If the grain and grass arrive at Cao Cao's camp safe and sound, you don't have to come to see me, you know?"

"Yes, please rest assured. It's hard to say anywhere else, in this Hanzhong, there is nothing I can't do. Xu Qingmu patted his chest and said.

"Let's go, let's go!" Xu Chu rode on a horse, urging the soldiers who escorted the grain and grass back and forth, and as soon as the words fell, he only heard a "boom", and the first few cars fell into the pit.

When the entire convoy of grain and grass stopped, Xu Chu dismounted to investigate, only to see a war horse in front of the convoy, trapped in the mud pit, the soldiers all gathered in front, wanting to pull the war horse out, Xu Chu dismounted, scolded: "His grandmother's, this way has fallen into the pit more than a dozen times." ”

Xu Chu grabbed the grain truck, transported his divine power, shouted, and when he boarded, the wheel reversed, pulling the horse out of the pit.

"Grandma's, what a fucking evil door, keep on your way. Xu Chu knew that Cao Cao was in a hurry to urge this batch of grain and grass, and there was only this one way to lead to the Hanshui camp, so Xu Chu could only lead the soldiers and horses to the dark, and Xu Chu personally led the way, traveled for several miles, and marched into a mountain cliff.

Just listen to a sound, the sound of the cannon on the cliff appeared countless people and horses, countless rockets, instantly poured down, Xu Chu escorted the grain and grassland is a dry thing, in case of fire that burns, on both sides of the cliff, the stones thrown down, Xu Chu escorted the grain and grass of the soldiers and horses smashed the flesh and blood.

Xu Chu dodged left and right, knowing in his heart that he had been calculated, looking at the terrain on the left and right, it was really unfavorable, he didn't dare to fight, he left the grain and grass and rushed towards the end of the sand cliff.

On the cliffs on both sides, arrows rained down, Xu Chu took off the cloak on his body, waved the cloak into a shield, protected his body, and rushed out of the valley.

At the top of the cliff, seeing that Xu Chu was out of trouble, Yang Chen and others wanted to catch up, Xu Qingmu persuaded: "Our tasks have been completed, why bother, not to mention that Xu Chu is a fierce general under Cao Cao's account, even if it is the strength of the five of us, I am afraid that I am not sure to kill him, I am afraid that in the end, I will have to suffer from it." Just let him go. ”

Everyone also felt that Xu Qingmu was reasonable, and burning the grain and grass escorted by Xu Chu could be regarded as a successful completion of the task assigned by the Eastern Emperor. As for anything else, the Eastern Emperor did not explain.

In the camp of the Cao army in Hanshui, Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu, Sima Yi, and Xu Chu who were kneeling in front of him with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "Only the three of you knew about my arrangements that day, but the thieves ambushed us right under my nose and burned 5,000 stone of grain and grass, which of you can give me a reasonable explanation?"

Xu Chu said: "Prime Minister, the last general is just a martial artist, and he doesn't betray the prime minister at all!"

Cao Cao nodded, Xu Chu got along with him day and night, inseparable, Xu Chu's temperament, Cao Cao naturally knew, and said to Xu Chu: "You go down, rest well, you don't have to take the grain and grass of five thousand stones to heart." ”

"Prime Minister Xie. Cao Cao's tone was 100% trust in Xu Chu, Xu Chu bowed to Cao Cao and slowly withdrew from the tent.

"You two, who can give me a reasonable explanation?" Cao Cao couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.

Sima Yi said: "Back to the prime minister, since that day to say goodbye to the prime minister, for several days, his subordinates have been in the camp, and they have not been in contact with unknown people, let alone out of the camp. ”

"Are there witnesses, exhibits?" Cao Cao asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the prime minister, the soldiers stationed near the tents of his subordinates can testify. As for the evidence, the readings annotated by the subordinates in the camp tent in the past few days can be used as evidence. ”

Cao Cao nodded, instructed his subordinates, moved all the books in Sima Yi's camp tent, Cao Cao checked them all, only to see that there were some famous works in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the bamboo slips were full of dense small characters annotated by Sima Yi with a red pen, the handwriting was still fresh, not like a forgery, and called the soldiers near Sima Yi's camp tent to inquire one by one, all of whom had witnessed that Sima Yi had been in the camp tent in recent days and had never been far away.

Cao Cao nodded, as if he was very satisfied with this result, and was about to ask Yang Xiu, only to hear Xiahoudun walk in and report: "Prime Minister, something is wrong? Many of the soldiers packed up their bags, and they all said that the Prime Minister was about to withdraw his troops in the near future, so he packed his luggage in advance to prevent it from happening in a hurry." It's too late to prepare. ”

"I was about to fight Duan Dahu to the death, when did you say that you would withdraw from the army?" Cao Cao was shocked, he knew that during the battle, the slightest fluctuation in the army's heart would be unimaginable, and he hurriedly ordered Xiahoudun to summon the soldiers who packed their backpacks and saluted into the account.

Cao Cao couldn't help asking, "Who ever said that I was going to retire?"

One of the soldiers at the head said: "The prime minister set the slogan of the patrol last night as "chicken ribs", chicken ribs, no meat to eat, discarded taste, the tiger is strong in the section, the prime minister may not be able to win here, it is better to retreat as soon as possible, so as not to cause disaster......"

As soon as the soldier said a word, Cao Cao stood up with a "bang", word by word, and asked in a deep voice: "Who taught you these words?"

When the soldiers saw Cao Cao's face with anger, they trembled and said, "We have also heard rumors, and I ask the prime minister not to be surprised." ”

Cao Cao remained silent, his voice softened a lot, and asked, "You say it well, I won't blame you, whose mouth did these words come from?"

The soldier said: "The words of the battalion are from the mouth of Lord Yang. ”

Yang Xiu stayed there and reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense, the prime minister is already preparing to reorganize the army and fight Duan Dahu to the death, when will I say such a thing?"

As soon as a word was spoken, the big tent fell silent, so quiet that you could hear the sound of a needle falling to the ground.

Cao Cao walked behind Yang Xiu and Sima Yi, stroked their shoulders with his hand, raised his eyebrows, and faintly heard the sound of footsteps outside the tent.

The expressions of the soldiers standing in the tent suddenly became restless, although it was a very slight change, it was still difficult to escape Cao Cao's eyes.

Cao Cao's hand, which was originally placed on Sima Yi's back, took it down, patted Yang Xiu's shoulder again, and said with a smile: "Master Yang, tell me the truth, did you reveal the matter of grain and grass?"

Yang Xiu couldn't help but say: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, your subordinates are wronged, and your subordinates have no reason to do this?"

Cao Cao smiled: "I know, you have a good relationship with Zijian, right?"

Yang Xiu nodded, shook his head, and didn't know how to answer.