With a respectful face, Xu Shu handed Cao Cao's flying pigeon handbook to Zhang Ling and said, "This is Your Majesty's order, the general should take a look." ”

Zhang He responded, hurriedly opened it, and then frowned slightly, carefully folded Cao Cao's order, glanced at the generals with curious faces, Zhang He said: "Your Majesty's order is to cooperate with General Xiahou to annihilate Huo Jun's army on the shore of Chaohu Lake!" ”

"Is General Xiahou coming too?" King Youxian couldn't help but ask.

Zhang He nodded: "General Xiahou has already led 30,000 elites to leave Qu Ah and rush here!" By foot, they should arrive around tomorrow! ”

King Youxian said with some excitement: "The Fourth Legion is an elite division, and it will definitely be able to break through the outer defenses of the Liu Army!" As long as the outer defense is broken through, the Xianbei Iron Cavalry under the command of the last general will be able to sweep through the Liu army camp! "King Youxian looked like he was gritting his teeth, it seems that he really wants to avenge the revenge that he almost lost his life under the long knife not long ago!

Zhang He turned his head to Xu Shu and said, "I'm only worried that Huang Gai's army will attack Dazhai while our army is entangled with Huo Jun!" ”

Xu Shu nodded and said, "That's for sure!" However, the advantage of our army and General Xiahou in relation to Huo Jun is significantly higher than that of Huang Gai's superiority over General Gan Ning's department! So our army can completely defeat Huo Jun before Huang Pu attacks! As long as Huo Jun is defeated, the initiative here in Chaohu will be completely in the hands of our army! ”

Zhang He couldn't help but be cheerful, thought for a while, and asked Xu Shu: "It's better to send 10,000 Xianbei cavalry back to Dazhai just in case!" ”

Xu Shu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Zhang He immediately ordered King Youxian to send 10,000 Xianbei cavalry.

It was soon noon the next day, and the scouts came to report. Xiahoudun's 30,000 elites were only more than ten miles away from here, but a moment later. The scout who was in charge of scouting the river hurriedly came to inspect and report: "General, we have found traces of Huang Gai's main force. They have entered the Yangtze River at this moment, and they are heading towards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River without hanging their sails. ”

Zhang He couldn't help but be stunned: "What did you say?" Huang Gai's main force did not enter Chaohu Lake? ”

"Nope."

"When did you get into this situation?" Xu Shu on the side asked.

"Before the wee hours of the morning."

"And you have a similar track before this?" Xu Shu asked again.

The scout showed a blank expression, Xu Shu smiled, and said, "Let me put it another way, what suspicious traces did you have during the day yesterday?" ”

The scout shook his head, "No, there was no sign of the Yellow Cover throughout the day. ”

Xu Shu nodded and said to Zhang He: "General Zhang, Huang Gai's department must be hidden in the reeds during the day, and only active at night!" ”

Zhang He nodded. frowned and said: "Huang Gai did not enter Dazhai as expected!" We must immediately reinforce Qu Ah City! There are only 10,000 defenders there! ”

Xu Shu frowned and pondered for a moment: "I'm afraid that this situation may not be true!" ”

The scout standing below hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "General, your subordinates have indeed seen it with their own eyes!" ”

Xu Shu explained: "Don't worry, this official didn't mean this, I mean that the enemy is likely to use a trick against us!" Xu Shu turned his head to Zhang Hedao.

Zhang He nodded and said, "It's possible, military advisor, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Xu Shu thought for a moment: "This situation should be immediately notified to General Zhang, who stayed behind in Qu, no matter whether this situation is true or not, Qu Ah must be vigilant!" At the same time, he continued to investigate Huang Gai's movements, not only to monitor the so-called main force of the Wu army that was currently exposed to march towards Qu'a. It is also necessary to expand the scope of investigation to the entire section from the entrance of Chaohu Lake to the exit of the Yangtze River, and we must not let go of any clues! ”

Zhang He nodded: "What the military advisor said is extremely true!" Come! ”

A herald immediately entered: "General, what do you expect?" ”

Immediately, Zhang Ling passed down the order according to Xu Shu's suggestion, and about half an hour later, the 30,000 army led by Xiahoudun finally arrived. Zhang He and Xu Shu led more than a dozen generals out of the camp to greet them.

After a simple greeting, everyone entered the big tent, and the 30,000 elites under Xiahou Eagle were led into the station that had already been prepared.

Xiahoudun sat on the throne without giving up. The others were lined up on the left and right, with Zhang He standing on the right. Xu Shu is standing on the left.

Xiahoudun glanced at the generals under his tent and asked Zhang He: "I heard that the army of 50,000 people under your command was defeated by the opponent's 3,000 light cavalry!" ”

Xiahoudun's face did not look very good. Since the Wei army raised its troops, such a thing has always happened to the other party, and this is the first time that it has happened to the Wei army itself!

Zhang He hurriedly came out of the queue and knelt down on one knee to plead guilty: "The last general is incompetent!" Please, general! ”

And the commander of the local army standing at the end of the left side was nervous.

Seeing Zhang He coming out to ask for guilt, he hurriedly came out and knelt down and pleaded: "Please punish the general!" ”

Xiahoudun's gaze fell on him and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The man hurriedly replied: "The last general Li Wen! The current commander of the Xuzhou local army! ”

Xiahoudun was stunned, slapped the case suddenly, and asked angrily: "How did you train the army?" 50,000 people were crushed by 3,000 horsemen, how is it different from waste? ”

Seeing that Xiahoudun was angry, Li Wen was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, not knowing what to say, Xu Shu said softly to Xiahoudun: "General Xiahou, now is not the time to discuss this matter. ”

Xiahoudun nodded, and said in a deep voice to Li Wen: "Get up, Ben will not dispose of you for the time being!" ”

Li Wen hurriedly thanked him, stood up, and retreated to the end of the queue.

Xiahoudun immediately put Li Wen's matter behind him, asked Zhang He and Xu Shu about the current situation, and finally Zhang He hugged his fists and asked: "General, the goal of Huang Gai's department is likely to be Qu, what should we do?" ”

Xiahoudun didn't think much about it, so he said loudly: "Ignore him for the time being!" Attack Huo Junbu with all your strength first! ”

Zhang He and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of melancholy flashing in each other's eyes, Zhang He hugged his fists and asked: "If the main force of the Huang Gai Army really attacks General Zhang, then"

Xiahoudun waved his hand and said with a confident smile: "Although the defenders are only 10,000, they are all divisions of a hundred battles, and if they want to capture Qu quickly, unless they are the first, second, and third legions of my Great Wei, the others, if they want to capture Qu, it can't be completed in just ten days and half a month!" ”

Zhang He and Xu Shu couldn't help but feel that what Xiahoudun said was reasonable, and Xu Shu pondered: "This matter must be reported to Your Majesty!" ”

At the mention of Cao Cao, Xiahoudun also became serious and nodded: "That's nature!" ”

Glancing at the generals under his tent, Xiahoudun raised his voice and said: "The generals will go back and prepare immediately, and attack the Liu army camp early tomorrow morning!" Yang I am a great Wei Junwei! ”

"No!!" The generals clasped their fists together and promised. (To be continued.) )