The night was dark, and the battle in the tomb was finally coming to an end.

Under the sudden attack launched by the Qin army, the 30,000 Cao army was still beaten by the Qin army and retreated.

Xiahoudun and Zhang Liao fought for thousands of rounds, from noon until late at night, and the two still did not distinguish between the two of them.

Under the fierce attack of the Qin army, the Cao army finally gave up its position and retreated backwards.

However, the Cao army did not have the rout that the Qin army expected, and the soldiers of the main force of the Cao army, after all, did not lose their courage as easily as the Qingzhou army when they fought on the battlefield.

Cao's army was defeated and retreated, although Xiahoudun and Zhang Liao had not yet decided the winner, but they refused to delay any longer, shook a halberd, turned the horse's head, and led Cao's army to retreat to the mountains of Xiangling by night.

If the Cao army withdraws during the day, the Qin army follows behind to cover up, and it can still cause great casualties to the Cao army.

But Cao Jun insisted until night before entering the Xiangling Mountain.

The mountains and forests at night were dark, the Cao army retreated, Zhang Liao led the Qin army to follow behind to cover up for a while, because it was too dark, the road ahead was unknown, and the march had to be stopped.

After the Cao army retreated, Zhang Liao did not delay, gathered the Qin army and quickly headed north.

The direction of Zhang Liao's march was to Xiacaicheng.

The distance between Xia Cai and Shouchun was not very far, and the Qin army led by Zhang Liao only took more than two hours, and before the sky was still bright, they arrived outside Xia Cai City.

"General, there is a Qin army from outside Xia Cai City!" It was already approaching dawn, and Cao Hong, who was leading the army stationed on the hill outside Xia Cai City, was sleeping sweetly, and a soldier ran to him, clasped his fists and bowed down to report to him who was sleeping.

In his sleep, he vaguely heard someone say that there was a group of Qin troops from outside Caicheng, Cao Hong sat up violently, and asked the soldier who reported the news: "Where is the Qin army!" ”

Cao Hong's actions startled the soldiers who reported the news, and they were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously took a step back, and the soldiers said to Cao Hong with some trepidation: "The Qin army has arrived outside the gate of Xia Cai City, and is entering the city at this time!" ”

Hearing that a Qin army had entered the city, Cao Hong knew that it must have been the Qin army that had gone to Shouchun and turned back, got up with a bone, and as soon as he stood up, he jumped towards the edge of the hill.

Standing on the edge of the hill and looking out of Xia Cai City, Cao Hong really saw that outside the gate of Xia Cai City, a Qin army was entering the city with torches.

Looking at the Qin army that was entering the city, Cao Hong was about to give an order to the personal soldiers behind him to take the mountain with a large army, but Xun You had already walked towards him quickly.

"Someone!" Looking at the Qin army outside the city, Cao Hong shouted behind him.

"The general is going to take the opportunity to attack the Qin army?" As soon as one of Cao Hong's personal soldiers answered, Xun You, who had already come to him, asked him.

Xun You interrupted Cao Hong's order, Cao Hong turned his head to see that it was him, raised his hand and pointed at the Qin army outside Xia Cai City, and said to Xun You: "Military Division, the Qin army is entering the city from the beginning, and our army is out of the ...... at this time."

"At this time, our army will be defeated!" Before Cao Hong finished speaking, Xun You interrupted him and said: "If the general kills at this time, the Qin army in Xia Cai City will definitely fight back with all his might, and there is no strong reinforcement behind our army, so how long does the general think?" ”

Being asked by Xun You like this, Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes twice, and failed to answer Xun You's question.

Although there are as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command, these soldiers and horses are all Qingzhou troops with poor combat strength.

The 50,000 Qingzhou army forcibly attacked Xia Cai, once the Xia Cai Qin army launched a comprehensive counterattack, I am afraid that it will be the army under his command that will be defeated in the end.

Xun Yu said a word, and Cao Hong was stunned for a long time without words.

A look of confusion appeared on his face, and he hesitated for a while before turning his head to look at the Qin army who was entering the city outside Xia Cai City, and asked Xun You, "Military advisor, what can I do?" ”

"Wait and see!" Xun You nodded to Cao Hong very indifferently, and said to him: "Since the Qin army has returned to the city, General Xiahou should also return to Shouchun, and the general can send a messenger to ask General Xiahou to lead the army to pretend to go to Xudu." ”

"Someone!" Xun Yu had already mentioned this strategy to Cao Hong earlier, but now that he mentioned it again, Cao Hong hurriedly said to the soldiers behind him: "Send someone to Shouchun, ask General Xiahou to lead the army to pretend to rush to Xudu, this general will send 10,000 soldiers and horses to Shouchun to take over the defense early this morning!" ”

"No!" The soldiers responded with their fists clenched, turned around and ran towards the soldiers of the Cao Army behind them.

After a while, a war horse had already galloped down the hillside opposite Xia Cai, and rushed straight to Shouchun.

After fighting with the Qin army in the tomb for most of the day, when Xiahoudun returned to Xia Cai, the soldiers of the Cao army who followed him to chase the Qin army were all wilted and drooping, like eggplants that had been beaten by frost.

It is no wonder that the soldiers of the Cao army have no spirit, their number is three times that of the Qin army, but they were ambushed by the Qin army in the tomb, and they were still defeated by the Qin army.

Although it was not finally defeated, for the soldiers of the Cao army, this battle really made them lose face.

Entering the city, Xiahoudun felt a little tired.

After fighting with Zhang Liao for most of the day, he used a lot of strength, returned to Shouchun City, and just entered the back house of the official mansion, he fell on the cover and fell asleep.

Not long after falling asleep, a personal soldier guarding outside Xiahoudun's door knocked on the door and shouted to the house: "General Qiqi, General Cao Hong ordered someone to come and deliver the letter!" ”

After knocking on the door, the soldiers waited for a while, and when they saw that no one in the house responded, they put their ears to the door.

Through the door, the soldiers heard a burst of snoring from inside the house, obviously Xiahoudun was sleeping sweetly.

It has been many days since he followed Xiahoudun, and his own soldiers also knew that the snoring he made when he slept was not very loud, but now he could hear him snoring just by putting his ear to the door, which was obviously very tired.

Standing at the door, his expression hesitated, and the soldiers finally felt that the war was important, and maybe they would wait until Xiahoudun woke up to do it, but they would be charged with delaying the fighter.

The knock on the door increased a little harder, and the voices of the pro-soldiers were raised a lot, and they shouted into the house: "General Qiyu, General Cao Hong has sent a letter!" ”

When the soldiers knocked on the door, the knocking sound was very small, and even the speech was not very loud, so he couldn't wake up Xiahoudun.

This made him knock on the door more forcefully, and shouted much louder, and Xiahoudun in the house vaguely heard that the general had sent someone to deliver a letter, so he quickly turned over and sat up, and shouted outside the house: "The messenger is here to see you!" ”

Before Xiahoudun's shout fell, the door was gently pushed open, and a Cao soldier stepped into the room.

Sitting on the cover, just glanced at the Cao army soldiers, Xiahoudun confirmed that it was the Qingzhou army that entered the house.

"Who's under whom?" Glancing at the Qingzhou soldiers, Xiahoudun frowned slightly and asked.

"General Qiyu, the villain is under General Cao Hong!" Clenched his fists and bowed, and the soldiers who came to deliver the letter to Xiahoudun answered.

"What letter?" Now that he was sleepy, Xiahoudun just wanted to send the Qingzhou army away earlier, stretched out his hand to him, and made a begging gesture.

Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, the soldier who reported the news said to Xiahoudun: "There is no letter, General Cao Hong and Xun Jun ordered the villain to come, but they just brought a message to the general!" ”

The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army said that they only brought a message to Xiahoudun, and a trace of doubt flashed in Xiahoudun's eyes, and he asked, "What message do General Cao and Xun Junshi want you to bring to so-and-so?" ”

"The two of you ask the general to prepare the troops and horses, today at noon, General Cao will be sent to take over the defense army, the general will lead the army to feign to return to Xudu, and wait until the Qin army of Xia Cai chases the general, General Cao will lead the army to capture Xia Cai, and then attack with the general before and after, and annihilate the Qin army!" has always been clenching his fists and bowing, and the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army who passed the message hurriedly told Xun You's plan to Xiahoudun.

Listening to the words of the Qingzhou soldiers, Xiahou was stunned for a moment, but he believed this message in his heart for seven or eight points.

This time, Cao Jun conquered Cai and Shouchun, Guo Jia just made a deployment for the overall situation, and the specific details of the battle were not explained to Xiahoudun.

If Xun You hadn't really come to Xia Cai and Shouchun in person, there would be no one else who could come up with such a strategy.

"What do the military advisors and General Cao want to do?" After believing the messenger soldier for seven or eight points, Xiahoudun looked up at the soldier and asked again.

"The general only needs to prepare his troops and horses, and when General Cao sends a large army to take over Shouchun, he can pretend to go to Xudu!" After explaining the details to Xiahoudun again, the Qingzhou soldiers who sent the message lowered their heads.

Xiahoudun, who had just suffered a big loss in Xiangling, groaned slightly, and then shouted outside the house: "Someone! ”

As Xiahoudun shouted, the two soldiers guarding the door stepped into the house, clenched their fists and bowed towards him.

"Pass the order, the army is ready, and when General Cao sends troops and horses to take over Shouchun, we will return to Xudu!" Looking at the two pro-soldiers who entered the house, Xiahoudun gave an order to the two of them.

One of the soldiers answered, and the two of them bowed with their fists, took two steps back, and turned to leave Xiahoudun's room.

"Go ahead!" waved his hand at the Qingzhou Army, who was still in the house, and Xiahoudun said to him: "Inform General Cao and Xun Junshi, and say that you know!" When General Cao sent his troops and horses, ask the leading general to bring a voucher, otherwise how can he deliver Shouchun with peace of mind? ”

"No!" Clenched his fists and bowed, he saluted Xiahoudun, and the Qingzhou army who came to deliver the message took two steps back, and then turned around and left the room.

After the Qingzhou soldiers who reported the news left, Xiahoudun sat on the bed cover for a while, thinking about the possibility that if he really led the army to feign returning to Xudu, it would lead to the possibility of the Qin army.

After thinking about it for a while, he really felt that his brain was not enough, so Xiahou lay down with his back face, and after a while, he snored again.