On the hill outside Xiacai City, a Qingzhou army of less than 10,000 people, taking advantage of the dimness before dawn when the sun had not completely jumped out of the horizon, walked down the hillside, and under the leadership of a partial general, drove in the direction of Shouchun.

When this Cao army went down the mountain, their movements were very gentle, and when they went down to the bottom of the mountain, they no longer hid their tracks, and marched all the way towards Shouchun, which was very flamboyant.

This Qingzhou army, which was less than 10,000 people, descended the mountain, and not long after marching, their movements were discovered by the Qin army in Xia Cai City.

At the head of the city, Jia Xu, Tai Shici and Zhang Liao, who had just returned to Xia Cai, stood side by side, and the servants looked at the direction of Shouchun together.

"Zhonglang, when did the Qingzhou Army suddenly appear,? Why hadn't you heard of it earlier? Looking out of the city, Zhang Liao's brows were tightly locked, and he asked Jia Xu.

Neither Jia Xu nor Tai Shici had left Shouchun, and the Qingzhou Army suddenly appeared near Shouchun, and Zhang Liao could only ask the two who stayed in the city.

When Cao Hong led the army here, he had been hiding his tracks in advance, avoiding the eyes of the Qin army, so Jia Xu and Tai Shici also didn't know when the Qingzhou army would appear in the Xia Cai area.

No one answered Zhang Liao, everyone was silent for a moment, and Tai Shici asked Jia Xu: "Zhonglang, if the Qingzhou Army takes over Shouchun, once the main force of the Cao Army is idle, I am afraid it will ......."

"Thirty thousand of our troops in Xia Cai City!" Although Tai Shici didn't finish speaking, Jia Xu already knew what he wanted to say, and said to him and Zhang Liao: "The main force of Cao's army is only 70,000 people, even if Cai is stormed, our army does not need to worry too much. What I'm worried about is that the Qingzhou army is stationed in Shouchun, but the main force of the Cao army is taking the opportunity to go to Xudu, so that Yuan's initial southern expedition will no longer be beneficial to my Great Qin! ”

Zhang Liao and Tai Shici did not answer Jia Xu's words, but from Jia Xu's words, they had already heard that once the main force of Cao's army withdrew to Xudu and Yuan Shao's army went south, the possibility of victory was very small.

In Xia Cai City, Jia Xu and others were worried that the main force of the Cao army would return to Xudu after the Qingzhou army took over the city, and the Qingzhou army that went to take over Shouchun had already arrived outside Shouchun City.

The gate of Shouchun City was closed, and he led a team of less than 10,000 people to the foot of Shouchun City.

Standing under the city gate, the general raised his face to look at the city, and shouted to the defenders at the city: "Please tell General Xiahou that we are under the command of General Cao Hong, and we are here to take over the defense of Shouchun!" ”

The defenders at the head of the city had already seen an army coming to the city, and when the officer shouted, a general of the Cao army stood at the head of the city, holding the battlements with both hands and looking at the city, and shouted at the general under the city: "You wait and wait, someone from this side will go to invite General Xiahou!" ”

"It's hard work!" He clenched his fists and arched at the head of the city, and the general of the Qingzhou army, who led the army to the outside of Shouchun City, thanked the general at the head of the city.

"Go and invite General Xiahou!" He nodded to the general of the Qingzhou army outside the city, and the general at the head of the city gave an order to a soldier behind him.

The soldier answered, turned and descended the wall.

The leader of the army fought a battle with the Qin army at Xiangling, and since he had seen the messenger sent by Cao Ren earlier, Xiahoudun had been asleep.

The sun was already three poles up, and Xiahoudun woke up.

After waking up, he still didn't want to leave the bunk, lying on the bunk, looking at the beams of the roof, Xiahoudun thought about the pros and cons of his leading the army to pretend to leave the Xia Cai battlefield.

The Qingzhou army that reported the news had already informed Xiahoudun of Xun You's plan in detail, but Xiahoudun still couldn't understand why he led the army to feign leaving the Xia Cai battlefield, and the Qin army would follow and pursue.

Just looking at Fang Liang and thinking about the key to this, the door was knocked gently, and then Xiahoudun heard the voice of a soldier: "General Qiqi, there is a group of people from outside the city, saying that General Cao Hong has sent to take over the city!" ”

Hearing that the soldiers and horses sent by Cao Hong had arrived, Xiahoudun got up from the bunk and shouted to the soldiers who reported outside the house: "Wait, this general will wear a cloak!" ”

The soldier who reported the news outside the door answered, and there was no movement, and Xiahoudun also stood up, took off the armor from the armor rack in the house, and hurriedly put it on his body.

Dressed in a cloak, Xiahoudun strode towards the door.

Pulling open the door, he first glanced at the soldiers who reported outside the door, and then beckoned to the soldiers on the side: "Follow General Ben to the city!" ”

A group of personal soldiers responded, followed Xiahou out of the official mansion, and went straight to the city.

When Xiahoudun arrived at the head of the city, the general of the Qingzhou Army, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, was also a little anxious.

If it was a general like him who was guarding this city, he would have been angry and would have been noisy.

However, the one who seized Shouchun and occupied this city was Cao Cao's fierce general Xiahoudun, who had a kind of fear of Xiahoudun from the bottom of his bones.

"The one who came is under Zilian!" On the city wall, Xiahoudun stood by the battlements, holding the battlements with both hands, and shouted to the Qingzhou army general under the city.

Seeing that Xiahoudun was coming, the general hurriedly turned over and jumped off the horse, hugged his fists and bowed to Xiahoudun on the head of the city, and then took out a letter from his arms and said to Xiahoudun on the head of the city: "The last general brought a letter from General Cao and Xun Junshi!" ”

"Shoot up to the city!" Seeing that the general took out the letter, Xiahoudun beckoned to him.

The general replied and beckoned behind him, and an archer with a longbow ran to him, removed the longbow, and drew an arrow from the quiver.

He did not take the longbow, but first took the arrow, broke the cluster of arrows, and then fixed the letter with a string, and then took the longbow from the archer's hand, and put the arrow tied with the letter on the bowstring, and shot it towards the city.

The arrows flew towards the head of the city, a little away from Xiahoudun.

When the arrow was about to fly past Xiahoudun's ear, Xiahoudun suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the arrow.

Taking the letter from the arrow cluster without the cluster of arrows, Xiahoudun first glanced at the partial generals under the city, and then unfolded the letter.

There were no extra words on the letter, only the signatures of Cao Hong and Xun You.

In the past, in Xudu City, Xiahoudun, Cao Hong, and Xun You would often see each other, and they were quite familiar with their handwriting.

Just by glancing at the two names on the letter, Xiahoudun was already sure that the army outside the city was sent by Cao Hong.

"Open the gates!" Tearing up the letter and throwing it away while standing on the head of the city, Xiahoudun gave an order to the soldiers behind him.

One of his soldiers answered, then ran to the battlements on the other side and shouted to Cao Jun on the inside of the city gate: "Open the city gate!" ”

After getting Xiahoudun's order, the soldiers of the Cao army in the city hurriedly ran to the inside of the city gate and slowly opened the city gate.

A gap appeared in the thick city gate, and standing outside the city gate, the Qingzhou army general watched the city gate open wider and wider.

When the city gate was fully opened, he turned around and walked to the side of the war horse, turned over on the horse's back, and beckoned his hand to the Qingzhou army behind him and shouted: "Enter the city!" ”

Under the order of the general, the Qingzhou army, which was less than 10,000 people, slowly drove towards the city gate.

Standing at the head of the city, watching this team enter the city, half of the Qingzhou army outside the city entered Shouchun City, Xiahoudun shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Gather the whole army, we will return to Xudu!" ”

Since the expedition, first captured Xuzhou, and then moved to Shouchun, the Cao army under Xiahoudun has long been a little homesick.

Hearing Xiahoudun shouting to return to Xudu, the pro-soldiers who had been ordered did not delay for a moment, and hurriedly ran to convey the order to the whole army.

Led less than 10,000 Qingzhou troops into Shouchun City, after entering the city, the Qingzhou army turned over and got off the war horse, along the stairs behind the city wall, and ran up the city wall quickly.

On the city wall, he saw Xiahoudun who was still standing at the city gate at a glance, and hurriedly walked over.

"The last general has seen General Xiahou!" When he arrived only four or five steps away from Xiahoudun, the general stopped his steps, hugged his fists and bowed down to greet Xiahoudun.

Turning around and looking at the Qingzhou Army general standing in front of him, Xiahoudun nodded without any expression on his face.

Because he had been blinded by Cao Xing earlier, when he looked at the partial general of the Qingzhou army, he just stared at him with one eye, and he was uncomfortable looking at the partial general.

"I will hand over this city to you, and you must guard it!" looked at the general at ease, and Xiahou opened his mouth to give an order to the general.

"General rest assured!" was stared at by Xiahoudun, and the general didn't dare to look at him, kept his hands in fists, and bowed down to answer.

Xiahoudun didn't say anything more, beckoned behind him, and strode towards the steps of the city wall.

Many Qingzhou troops who entered the city were pouring up to the city and taking over the posts of Cao Jun under Xiahou Dun, and the Cao army at the head of the city followed Xiahou Tang and went down the city wall one after another.

Earlier, they had been ordered by Xiahoudun to prepare to leave Shouchun, and the soldiers of the Cao army under Xiahoudun soon lined up after the Qingzhou army entered the city, and they were about to return to Xudu after Xiahoudun gave an order.

I didn't know that the soldiers of the Cao army who left Shouchun this time, but just pretended to return to Xudu, thought that they were about to return to the division, and they were all excited in their hearts.

After getting off the city wall, Xiahou got on the war horse brought for him by his own soldiers, glanced at the soldiers of the Cao army who had already lined up the ranks, waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "Go!" ”

With Xiahoudun's order, tens of thousands of Cao troops drove out of Shouchun City, and after leaving the city, they went north, and the direction they went to was Xia Cai.

led the Cao army out of Shouchun City, and when he arrived outside the city gate, Xiahoudun still looked up at the city gate with some unease.

At the head of the city gate, General Cao Jun, who had taken over the city, saw him turn around, hurriedly clasped his hands into fists, stood on the city wall and bowed to him.