Xiahoudun led tens of thousands of Cao troops all the way to the north, and when he was only four or five miles away from Xia Cai, he suddenly ordered the army to turn to the northwest, rubbing the side of Xia Cai, and advancing all the way to Xudu.

Cao Jun left in a hurry, and the news that they were marching northwest along the Xiacai border soon reached the ears of Jia Xu and others in Xiacai City.

When he learned that Cao Jun had left, Jia Xu was looking at the map in the official mansion, thinking about how to deal with the Xia Cai war.

Suddenly hearing that the Cao army was really grazing the border of Xia Cai and marching all the way to the northwest, Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to the soldiers of the Qin army who reported the news: "Quickly go and inform General Taishi and General Zhang, and don't go out of the city to pursue!" ”

The soldiers of the Qin army, who had received Jia Xu's order, hurriedly left the official mansion and ran to find Tai Shici and Zhang Liao.

Although he didn't delay for a moment, he was a step too late after all.

Earlier, Jia Xu had already reminded Zhang Liao and Tai Shici that the Qingzhou Army had taken over Shouchun, and the main force of the Cao army was likely to take the opportunity to leave the Xia Cai area and return to Xudu, and the two had already paid a little more attention to the main force of the Cao army since then.

Xiahoudun led the army to bypass Xia Cai and go to Xudu, Zhang Liao and Tai Shi Ci, who got the news, did not have time to find Jia Xu, but they met and discussed briefly, and Tai Shi Ci led 25,000 soldiers and horses out of Xia Cai City and chased Cao Jun all the way.

After Tai Shici led the army away, Zhang Liao stood on the city wall, looking at the back of the Qin army that was gradually disappearing in the distance, and the soldiers who had been ordered by Jia Xu ran up from under the city wall.

When he arrived behind Zhang Liao, the soldier clenched his fists and bowed to Zhang Liao and said: "General Qiyu, Zhonglang just learned that Cao's army was going to Xudu, and specially ordered the villain to inform the general that you must not go out of the city to pursue!" ”

Listening to the words brought by the soldier, Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked the soldier: "Zhonglang has you said, why do you want to go out of the city?" ”

"The villain doesn't know!" Jia Xu just asked him to tell Zhang Liao and Tai Shici that they should not send troops to pursue Cao Jun, and did not tell the soldier why he should not go out of the city, so the soldier did not know the deep meaning, and after Zhang Liao asked, he bowed down and answered.

"Wenyuan!" As soon as the soldier's answer fell, Jia Xu had already hurriedly run up from the city, and when he saw Zhang Liao, he hurriedly shouted to him: "Where is Ziyi?" ”

"Ziyi is out of the city!" Seeing that Jia Xu ran up the city wall, and remembering that Tai Shici had already led the army to chase after Xiahoudun, Zhang Liao asked Jia Xu with some uneasiness: "The main force of Cao's army is already returning to Xudu, why didn't Zhonglang let me wait for the pursuit?" ”

"Cao Jun is just a suspicious formation!" Hearing that Tai Shici had led the army out of the city to pursue, Jia Xu was suddenly full of chagrin, and said to Zhang Liao: "Ziyi led the army out of the city, and the Cao army had two choices, one was to take advantage of the situation to capture Xia Cai, and the other was to ambush the soldiers to kill Ziyi behind the back, and then the two armies converged to attack Xia Cai together. In any case, this time Cai is difficult to keep! ”

Later, Jia Xu was already full of anxiety that could not be concealed.

After listening to Jia Xu's words, Zhang Liao's mouth was slightly open, and he was stunned for a while before he hurriedly shouted behind him: "Someone!" Hurry up and chase General Taishi and ask him to bring the army back! ”

A soldier stepped forward and just clasped his hands, but before he could respond, a burst of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city.

As the war drums outside the city sounded, many Cao troops suddenly killed outside the city on the side of the Huai River.

The black pressure of Cao Jun, like a tide pouring down, surged towards Xia Cai City.

Cao Jun suddenly appeared, Zhang Liao and Jia Xu both knew that it was not good, Zhang Liao hurriedly shouted to the Qin army on the city wall: "Defend the city and wait for General Taishi to come back!" ”

"General Zhang!" The Qin army on the city wall was preparing to defend the city, and Jia Xu had already grabbed Zhang Liao's sleeve, lowered his voice and said to him: "The defenders in the city are insufficient, and the general should lead the army to break through!" ”

Zhang Liao, who originally planned to defend Xia Cai, heard Jia Xu say that he would lead the army to break through, he was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and pointed to Cao Jun who was rushing outside the city, and asked Jia Xu: "Could it be that he doesn't even defend it?" ”

"Cao's army is strong, if we wait until the battle begins, our army wants to withdraw, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" As soon as Zhang Liao gave an order to the soldiers of the Qin army at the head of the city, Jia Xu hurriedly whispered to him: "Instead of the soldiers defending the city and fighting with the Cao army, the general should lead the soldiers out of the city quickly, chase General Ziyi, and the two armies will turn, and then go to Xudu and join forces with Wenhou!" ”

"What do you mean?" Looking at Jia Xu, Zhang Liao said with some uncertainty: "Join forces with Wenhou, and then go straight to Xu Du?" ”

"Definitely!" Jia Xu waved his hand and said to Zhang Liao: "Join forces with Wen Hou, and then take Luoyang!" ”

Jia Xu's words suddenly made Zhang Liao feel like he had been hit by five thunders.

If Lu Bu hadn't sent troops earlier, the 20,000 soldiers and horses would still be in Xia Cai, and now even if the main force of the Cao army is all in Xia Cai, the Qin army is still superior to the Cao army in terms of overall combat strength.

Lu Bu went on the expedition, and this hand was really too bad!

Staring at Jia Xu, Zhang Liao tightly locked his brows, the shouts of Cao Jun outside the city were very close, and finally, Zhang Liao shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Pass the order to go down and abandon the city!" ”

In Xiacai City, the defenders only had 5,000 left, and after receiving Zhang Liao's order, it didn't take long for the defenders to be completely ready to evacuate.

Before leaving the city wall, Zhang Liao glanced at Cao Jun, who was about to line up outside the city, his cheeks twitched violently a few times, and he snorted hatefully, and then he ran into the city with Jia Xu very unwillingly.

In just a few moments, the five thousand Qin troops left the city through the north gate of Xia Cai, and at this time, the Cao army, which had launched an attack on Xia Cai from the south side, had already carried the ladder and rushed to the side of the Xia Cai city wall.

There was no resistance, and the walls of Xia Cai City were empty, except for the Qin army battle flags that were hunting and flying, indicating that this city once belonged to Great Qin, and other than that, there was no trace of other Qin troops.

The soldiers of the Cao army who climbed the city wall were already ready for a tragic battle, but after they got on the city wall, they found that not only did not the battle they expected happen, but even a hair of the enemy army was difficult to find.

The south gate of Xia Cai City slowly opened, and Cao Hong and Xun Yu rode into Xia Cai side by side.

The city was empty, the streets were full of people with their doors closed, and in a corner of the city, a raging fire was burning.

Looking at the raging fire in the distance, Cao Hong twisted his brows and said to Xun Yu on the side: "Strategist, before the Qin army left, he also lit a fire, what do you mean?" ”

Xun You, who had already seen the raging fire burning in the city, narrowed his eyes slightly, and the corners of his mouth provoked a sneer, and said to Cao Hong: "That Jia Xu is called a poisoner, and he really deserves his reputation. Our army has come from the capital, and there must not be much grain and grass to carry. Before the Qin army evacuated, the grain and grass in the city were burned, and our army had to share the grain with the people in the city in the future. ”

Xun You's words tightened Cao Hong's heart.

When the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command set off from Xudu, they did not carry much grain and grass.

Originally, it could only support more than a month and a half, but now it occupies Xia Cai, and the grain in Xia Cai City was burned by the Qin army, and they can't watch Xia Cai City **** up due to lack of food, so it is really necessary to allocate grain and grass from Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places.

Before Jia Xu left, he also put Cao Jun with a knife, which really made Cao Hong and Xun You a little crying and laughing.

Zhang Liao and Jia Xu abandoned the city and left, chasing Tai Shi Ci all the way, Tai Shi Ci, who had led his army out of the city to chase Xiahou Dun earlier, was caught up by a messenger sent by Jia Xu before he had time to fight with Cao's army.

Knowing that Xia Cai was lost, Tai Shici was also taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the army to be stationed on the spot, waiting for Zhang Liao and Jia Xu to arrive, join forces, and then advance to the northwest.

Chased by Tai Shi Ci all the way, Xiahou Dun originally planned to go a little further, so he led the army to turn back and fight with Tai Shi Ci, but he didn't expect that Tai Shi Ci suddenly stopped the pursuit at this time.

I was wondering in my heart that the messenger sent by Xun You also caught up with Xiahoudun.

According to the messenger, Xiahoudun knew that Cao's army had occupied the city of Xiacai, and Xun Yu also asked him to lead his army back to Xudu and drive away the Qin army around Xudu.

got Xun You's request from the messenger, thinking that this expedition to Xia Cai turned out to be a bloodless soldier to seize the city from the Qin army, Xiahoudun also had a little more admiration for Xun You, and he would not disobey his intentions.

Originally, Xiahoudun, who was just pretending to return to Xudu, after meeting Xun You's messenger, really led the army all the way to Xudu and intercepted Lu Bu from behind.

occupied Xia Cai, Cao Hong led Li Dian and Le Jin, and climbed the Xia Cai city wall with Xun You.

Looking at the battlements that had been replaced with Cao Jun's battle flag, Cao Hong took a deep breath, and after this breath was exhaled, he turned around and hugged his fists and said to Xun You: "Earlier, the last general was defeated in Xia Cai, and it is still a shame. If it weren't for the military division coming from afar, the last general would definitely have to suffer another defeat! The military advisor and stand well, and thank the military advisor at the end! ”

As he spoke, Cao Hong was already clenching his fists and bowing deeply, and bowed deeply to Xun You.

Cao Hong is like this, Li Dian and Le Jin, who also suffered big losses in Shouchun earlier, also hugged their fists and saluted Xun You.

The servants saluted, Xun You hurriedly picked them up one by one, and said to them: "The three generals are like this, how can a certain situation be embarrassed!" We are all doing things for Cao Gong, we are all for the Han Society, and there is no need to be polite between colleagues! ”

"That Jia Xu is guarding Cai, the last general thought it was amazing, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that!" was helped up by Xun You, Le Jin pursed his lips and said with some disdain: "Compared with the military division, he is really much worse!" ”

"This time, Jia Xu is just too eager for quick success, making mistakes, making mistakes!" Xun You smiled and waved his hand, and said to Cao Hong and the others: "Jia Xu will be ashamed of this defeat, if the generals meet him in the future, they must be careful!" ”