In the dark of night, the city gate was closed, and the torches lit on the city head illuminated the entire city wall.

In a mountain not far from Xia Cai City, a general of the Cao Army was looking at Xia Cai Cheng in the distance, frowning and contemplating something.

The place where the Cao army led by him was stationed, and between Xia Cai City, there was not only a wilderness, but also a long river.

Compared to the Yellow River, the river may be so small that it looks like a small ditch.

But he stretched for nearly a thousand miles, dividing the north and the south.

This long and narrow river is none other than the Huai River, which together with the Qinling Mountains serves as the dividing line between the north and the south.

The Huai River outside Xia Cai City, the water flow is very clear, and the Huai River here has a very strange looking fish.

This fish likes to lie dormant in the cold water, and even if it is foraging, it eats small fish, shrimp or small aquatic animals at the bottom.

This fish that grows outside the city of Xia Cai does not have a name at the moment, but in the future many years later, it will get a very loud name - King Hui!

On a moonless night, the water surface of the Huai River is dark, and even the sparkling reflection that should be in the night is gone.

The general of the Cao army who looked at Xia Caicheng was none other than Cao Hong, who captured the messenger of the Qin army.

Earlier, Cao Hong suffered a great defeat in Shouchun, and after capturing the messenger of the Qin army, Cao Cao ordered him to lead a large army to Xia Cai and seize the city of Xia Cai.

Li Dian and Le Jin, who also suffered defeat in Shouchun, also served as deputy generals and sent troops with Cao Hong.

When Cao Hong looked at the Xia Cai City Wall, Li Dian and Le Jin were also standing behind him.

Looking at the city wall of Xia Cai together, Li Dian asked Cao Hong, who was standing in front of him without saying a word for a long time, "General, when will the city be attacked?" ”

"In Xia Cai City, there are 20,000 Qin troops!" Looking at the Xiacai City Wall in the distance, Cao Hong frowned tightly, and said to Li Dian: "Our army is only 50,000 people, and it is impossible to break through the city by force!" ”

"yes!" Cao Hong's words fell, and Le Jin on the side took over the conversation and said: "A mere 50,000 Qingzhou troops, if you want to defeat 20,000 Qin troops, how different is it from going to the blue sky!" ”

If no one objects to Le Jin, whether it is Cao Hong or Li Dian, they are very clear about the gap in combat power between the Qin army and the Qingzhou army.

The 50,000 Qingzhou army, even if it is a field battle, encounters 20,000 Qin troops, I am afraid that it is only defeated, not to mention, at this time, the Qingzhou army is going to attack the city, and the Qin army is defending the city.

"What can I do?" Looking at the Xia Cai City Wall, Li Dian's face showed an entanglement, as if he was muttering to himself.

Cao Hong was also full of entanglement, and when he was ordered by Cao Cao to lead the army to Xia Cai, he was still happy in his heart.

Before the expedition, Guo Jia told him that as long as he waited until the Qin army withdrew to Xia Cai, he led the army to take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, defend the gate of Xia Cai, and wait for the main force to kill and capture Xia Cai, which was like taking something from a bag.

The leader quietly came to the outside of Xia Cai City, and Cao Hong waited left and right, but he never saw the Qin army retreating.

If the Qin army did not withdraw, the 50,000 Qingzhou troops under his command would not have a chance to occupy the city gate when the Qin army returned to the city.

When Cao Hong looked at Xia Cai City, on the Xia Cai City Wall, Tai Shi Ci and Jia Xu also stood side by side on the edge of the battlements, looking at the vast night outside the city.

Zhang Liao led the army out of the city, Jia Xu didn't think much at first, but when Zhang Liao went out of the city for half an hour, he suddenly figured out Guo Jia's intentions.

Thinking clearly about Guo Jia's intentions, Jia Xu was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat.

Cao Cao didn't just want Shouchun, Cao Jun came to Shouchun and Xia Cai, and the fundamental purpose was to expel the Qin army from here.

Shouchun and Xia Cai were far away from Luoyang, and once the Qin army lost two cities, it would inevitably fall into the pursuit of Cao's army.

Send a messenger to ask Zhang Liao to lead his army all the way to the east, and then find the best terrain to ambush and pursue Cao's army.

In this way, although it is impossible to recapture Shouchun, it can also get some benefits from Cao Jun in this battle.

"Zhonglang!" Looking out of the city, the two of them were silent for a long time, and Tai Shi Ci said to Jia Xu: "Wen Yuan went on an expedition, and it has been a day now, and now there is no news at all, if it is ......"

Although Tai Shi Ci did not say what it was, Jia Xu knew that what Tai Shi Ci was worried about was that Zhang Liao's army was besieged by Cao's army.

Jia Xu is not very sure whether Zhang Liao's army will fall into the siege of Cao's army.

Since Guo Jia is targeting the Qin army with the goal of annihilating here, he will definitely vigorously destroy the main force of the Qin army, and perhaps the Cao army in Shouchun City will also get the order to annihilate the main force of the Qin army.

Although he didn't have much confidence in his heart, Jia Xu also had some luck.

Perhaps Guo Jia did not expect the Qin army to suddenly move eastward, let alone that the Qin army would abandon Shouchun and choose to ambush the Cao army in the Xiangling near Shouchun.

Looking out of the city, Jia Xu was speechless for a long time, while Tai Shici kept staring at his face, waiting for his answer.

Knowing that if he didn't respond to Tai Shi Ci, he would definitely be stared at like this all the time, and after a while, Jia Xu pretended to smile calmly and said to Tai Shi Ci: "Ziyi doesn't need to worry too much, Wen Yuan is very brave, and his wisdom is beyond ordinary people, he knows how to grasp the battlefield situation!" ”

Nodding, although Tai Shici was not very satisfied with Jia Xu's answer, he could only comfort himself in his heart, and he would be as Jia Xu said.

"What now?" The mood calmed down a little, and Tai Shici then asked Jia Xu: "If the Cao army lets Wenyuan go and turns to attack Cai, what should our army do to defend this city?" ”

"Hebei Yuan Shao will send troops to attack Cao Cao in a few days, and the available troops under Cao Cao are only 70,000 main forces led by Xiahou Dun!" The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and Jia Xu said to Tai Shici: "I will wait to defend Cai, so that Cao's army can not withdraw, once Yuan Shao's army goes south, Cao Cao will definitely deploy the main force to meet the enemy, and then our army will follow behind, and it will be decided in a battle!" ”

"Zhonglang is actually waiting for Cao Cao here!" After listening to Jia Xu's words, Tai Shi Ci was stunned for a moment, and then said to Jia Xu with a smile on his face: "If Cao Cao is defeated, there will be one less person His Highness is worried about!" ”

Jia Xu took a deep breath, and the same smile as Tai Shici appeared on his face.

However, he is not as optimistic as Tai Shi Ci, under Cao Cao, there are Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, all of those people are human spirits, and with their existence, whether the Qin army can defeat the Cao army is still inconclusive!

The night passed quietly, and when the first touch of dawn spread on the earth, Cao Hong, who had been entangled all night and did not find a way to break through Xia Cai, got up, stood on the hillside, and looked at Xia Cai City in the distance.

"General!" Looking at Xia Cai City, entangled in his heart about how to capture Xia Cai, an officer of the Cao Army quickly ran to Cao Hong, clasped his fists and said to him: "The military division is here!" ”

Hearing that the military division was coming, Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked the officer, "Where is the military division?" ”

"Ascending the mountain!" Maintaining a posture of clenching his fists and bowing, the officer replied to Cao Hong.

"Quickly lead General Ben to meet the military division!" Cao Hong thought about it all night, almost didn't fall asleep, and when he learned that the military advisor had come to the battlefield, he was not happy in his heart, so he hurriedly gave an order to the officer.

The officer answered, stood sideways, and accompanied Cao Ren to the hillside where the military division had gone up the mountain.

When he reached the edge of the hillside, Cao Hong looked down the mountain and saw dozens of Cao soldiers climbing the mountain in one person's arms.

Seeing the person surrounded by dozens of Cao Jun, Cao Hong was stunned for a moment.

He thought that it would be Guo Jia who came here, but when he saw that person clearly, he realized that it was not Guo Jia who came, but Xun You.

Seeing Xun You, although Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, he still ran down the mountain against Xun You.

"There are many journeys from Xudu to Xia Cai, how did the military advisor come?" trotted and arrived in front of Xun You, Cao Hong hugged his fists, saluted Xun You, and asked with a smile on his face.

After several days of hurrying, Xun You was indeed very tired, and it could be seen that Cao Hong was coming down the mountain, his face was still full of smiles, and he gave Cao Hong a salute and said: "Cao Gong knows that the war in Xia Cai is complicated, so he specially ordered a certain person to assist the general!" ”

"Don't hide it from the military division, the last general is still entangled, the Qin army in Caicheng has a total of 20,000, if our army attacks strongly, I'm afraid we won't be able to take the city!" Walking side by side with Xun You towards the mountain, Cao Hong said to Xun You as he walked: "At this time, the military advisor is here, there must be a strategy to break the enemy, and I hope the military advisor will teach me!" ”

"The general is a fierce general who leads the army all the year round, how dare he teach the general lightly!" While walking side by side with Cao Hong up the mountain, Xun Yu said to Cao Hong with a smile on his face: "It's just that the general has ever thought about what the Qin army is waiting for when he is defending Cai?" ”

"The military advisor is ......" Xun You said this, Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and his forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat, and he asked Xun You: "Qin Jun is waiting for Yuan Shao to go south?" ”

"Exactly!" Smiling and nodding, Xun You said to Cao Hong: "It is not difficult to break this Cai City, but the general and General Xiahou need to cooperate!" ”

"How to cooperate, the military advisor taught me!" Xun You's two sentences had already made Cao Hong understand some of the keys, but he didn't know exactly how to do it, so he hurriedly took two steps, faced Xun You, and hugged his fists and saluted deeply.

Holding Cao Hong's wrist with both hands and helping him up, Xun You turned around and pointed at Xia Caicheng, and said to Cao Hong: "What the Qin army wants to hold back is not the general, but the main force under General Xiahou. Since the Qin army has a heart, our army will let them watch the main force leave, and in the general's opinion, ......"

As he spoke, Xun Yu stopped talking and just looked at Cao Hong with a smile.

His eyes widened, his brain spun rapidly, and after a while, Cao Hongcai slapped his head and said, "If General Xiahou leads the army north, the Qin army will definitely take advantage of the situation to pursue!" It will be easy for our army to seize Xia Cai at that time. General Ben can not only capture Xia Cai, but also send troops to raid from behind the Qin army, and together with General Xiahou, annihilate the Qin army! The military advisor has a clever plan, and the last general is convinced! ”