Han Xiang

Chapter 454

Xu Huang's words caused Xia Houyuan to nod his head straight, and Cao Ren also stroked his beard with appreciative eyes.

As the last surrendered general, Zhang Yun knew the truth and didn't say a word.

After a while, Cao Ren looked at Xu Huang and waved his hand.

"Gongming is right. Since you have guessed what the lord is thinking, you must have a good opinion?"

"No"

Xu Huang was very rude in front of Cao Ren's remonstrance. Seeing the other party asking for advice in a pleasant manner, he quickly waved his hands and said humbly: "The last general only thinks so much, and the two generals have to make up their minds."

Cao Ren nodded slightly, then turned to ask Xia Houyuan.

"Miaocai, what do you mean?"

"Um"

Xia Houyuan pondered for a while, and said tentatively, "I'll explore in detail soon? If I can catch one or two tongues, won't everything come to light?"

Cao Ren stroked his beard and agreed: "In Wancheng, only Zhao Yun is a strong enemy. If there is any change in our army, this person will definitely go out of the city and follow him. Tomorrow, we should divide our troops into two places. Junyi and I will go to Wancheng to contain Zhao Yun, and Miaocai and Gongming will lead the army. Going to attack Xi'e, maybe we can get news or capture two prisoners of war?"

Xia Houyuan asked: "Who is the defender of Xi'e?"

"It seems to be Liu Bei's brother-in-law Mi Fang. I heard that this person's martial arts skills are ordinary, and he is definitely not a match for Miaocai." Cao Ren said with a look of disdain.

Xia Houyuan nodded slightly: "Gongming and I only have two battalions of soldiers and horses. It is really unwise to attack the city by force. It seems that we must find a way to motivate him to fight."

Cao Ren kindly reminded: "There are not many small guards in Xi'e City. Although you only have two battalions of soldiers and horses, Mi Fang may not dare to leave the city. I suggest you either use tricks to lure you, or use words to provoke each other."

"Ok."

Xia Houyuan looked at Xu Huang, and thought that Xu Gongming was quite intelligent, and he could discuss with him at night.

In the early morning of the next day, the four generals divided the troops into two groups according to Cao Ren's plan.

Cao Ren and Zhang He had nearly ten thousand infantry and cavalry, trampling the ground and flying dust during the march, and were spotted by scouts from Wancheng halfway through the march.

Xu Shu responded quickly after receiving the information, and immediately ordered Zhao Yun to go to the upper reaches of the Feishui River.

Zhao Yun was ordered to monitor Cao Ren's actions on the west bank of the Feishui River. If he found that the opponent was crossing the river in a shallow area, he could attack him halfway.

The reason why Cao Ren took Zhang He's three thousand pieces away and did not leave them to Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang to attack Xi'e was because, on the one hand, there were more troops in Wancheng than in Xi'e, and secondly, Cao Ren wanted to strengthen his momentum to contain Zhao Yun, so that Wancheng would be able to There was not enough troops to support it.

If Xu Shu sent a small number of defenders to rescue Xi'e, Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang just took advantage of the situation to swallow them, and it would be easy to capture a few prisoners of war at that time.

Cao Ren traveled twenty li to the northeast of Wancheng, and when he learned that Zhao Yun was waiting in formation on the west bank of the Feishui River, he led his horses to approach the bank of the Feishui River without haste.

Across the wide river, Cao Ren shouted to the opposite bank: "Mr. Zhao Yun, are you a tail? Wherever I am going, you will follow wherever I go? Do I dare to follow?"

Holding a silver gun in his hand, Zhao Yun proudly said to him, "Hmph, going to Xudu to save the emperor, isn't it a matter of time?"

"It's a good mouthful."

After Cao Ren spoke, he looked up at the sky and saw that the sun had set from the mid-heaven to the west, and it was estimated that it would be dark in two or three hours. Then he sneered: "Keep your eyes open and watch. I will find a place to cross the river at night. The river is so long. I don't believe you can completely block the river course, but let's see what Xu Shu can do."

"I do not understand you."

According to Xu Shu's confession, Zhao Yun deliberately ambiguously spoke to Cao Ren, which made Cao Ren feel uneasy.

The two armies faced each other across the river for an hour, the sun was 'falling' at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Cao Ren stood by the river enjoying the wind.

Suddenly Zhang Yun arrived on horseback and reported to Cao Ren with his fists folded: "General, just now the scouts from the other side of the river reported that a team of soldiers and horses went to Xi'e in half an hour. It should be the reinforcements sent by Wancheng."

"It seems that Xi'e is in a hurry, Xu Shu reacted quite quickly."

Cao Ren nodded slightly, and asked, "How many reinforcements have Wancheng sent? It stands to reason that the terrain near Wancheng is flat, and we should see if there are heavy troops in action."

Zhang He cupped his fists and said, "It seems that there is only one battalion of soldiers and horses."

"What? First Battalion? Hahaha."

Cao Ren couldn't help laughing. Seeing the strange eyes from the enemy on the other side, he hastily lowered his voice and whispered, "I thought Xu Shu was some kind of expert, but he sent only a battalion of soldiers to rescue him. Now he's going to Xi'e Isn’t it like a sheep coming into the tiger’s mouth? I didn’t expect my plan to divide the troops to succeed so easily, it seems that I still think highly of Xu Shu, breaking the eight-door golden lock array may be just a coincidence.”

"yes."

Although Zhang He agreed verbally, he did not agree with what Cao Ren said in his heart.

He also fought against Xu Shu twice. The other party used ingenious tricks to seize Bowang and block Yang. Zhang He thought he couldn't break it. At that time, it was very easy to break the eight-door golden lock formation, and it was impossible to rely on luck.

Zhang Yun had a vague feeling that the battalion was not simple, but he couldn't tell where it was so difficult, so he could only smile and respond to the general.

Cao Ren was in a good mood when he heard the news, and immediately decided not to pretend to be along the river at night, but to return to Bowang early tomorrow morning. He believed that Xia Houyuan and Xu Huang would be able to destroy the support army.

As long as a few prisoners of war can be captured, Du Yang can be brought back to report to Cao Cao.

When Cao Ren was in a good mood, Xia Houyuan outside Xi'e City had mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.

Fortunately, although Mi Fang did not fall into the strategy of sending troops to fight, she obtained useful information in the verbal confrontation, confirming the fact that Xu Shu was Liu Bei's military advisor.

The worry is that Xia Houyuan and Mi Fang ridiculed each other, instead of gaining the upper hand and taking the initiative, they made themselves depressed.

Xia Houyuan ridiculed the lack of vision of the Mi family, ridiculed that the Mi family brothers spent all their wealth and songs, and married their younger sister Mi Zhen to Liu Bei as a concubine, but ended up running around with the big-eared thief. If Mi Zhen's appearance was not ordinary, I am afraid At the beginning, I couldn't get out of Xudu.

Mi Fang replied lightly: "Have you lost your daughter?"She was acquired by Zhang Yide back then, don't you want to visit Wancheng?Forgot to remind you that she is pregnant.
After Xia Houyuan heard this sentence, he almost fell off the horse.

Thinking of giving up a son, he managed to raise Xia Houjuan until he was 13 years old, and inexplicably lost the time to go out to collect firewood. In recent years, Xia Houyuan has been blaming himself for not caring enough for his family.

Now that I know that my daughter is alive, although I am a little relieved, but after all, it is in Zhang Fei's hands, so I can't be happy.

In Xia Houyuan's impression, Xia Houjuan was petite and weak, while Zhang Fei was born big and thick, so his daughter must be crushed?
Zhang Fei, you are not as good as a beast!
In the simple camp outside the city, Xia Houyuan frowned and became more and more angry as he thought about it. He wanted to kick away the small mound in front of him, but he didn't want to wrap a stone in the soil.

With a bang, mud splashed.

Xia Houyuan hit the stone with his toe, and immediately jumped up independently, sweating profusely in pain and almost screaming.

Xu Huang didn't bother to expose it when he saw it, and only stepped forward to meet him after a while, and asked cautiously: "Since Xu Shu's situation has been found out, should he send someone to inform General Zixiao, so that he can return to Duyang early for his order?"

(End of this chapter)