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Chapter 411 Qin Xu sells Cheng Yu, Guo Yuan confuses Xiahou

Under Pingyuan City, Xia Houyuan looked at Xun You, who was chatting and laughing with Qin Xu, very confused, not understanding what the mastermind of his own army was doing.

Qin Xu had not had a very friendly relationship with Xia Houyuan, or with the entire Cao Clan, since he had not "prospered".It can even be said that the reason why this Zhuzi was able to go from being a small head of the inner palace step by step to becoming the governor of a state, one of the few great men, until he was named a marquis and worshiped general and ranked among the nine ministers, is completely stepping on the Cao family step by step. All the generals, and even the head of Cao Cao, the lord of power, made it.Someone from Qin has almost become the public enemy of Cao Jun's forces.

Moreover, although Qin Xu did order the Flying Cavalry just now, and went to the Second Battalion first to attack the Black Mountain Bandit Cavalry who had become unstable because of their inability to attack for a long time under the banner of "assisting" allies, but Xia Houyuan knew Qin Xu's intentions well. "Naturally", this guy is a master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles. At first, he only heard some sneering words from Cheng Lian, and finally resisted the urge to refute, just as a pig snorting and dog barking Ignore it, but then, after discovering that the black mountain bandits retreated, Xun You, who was originally guarded by the elite soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, was robbed by Qin Xu's soldiers and captured in Pingyuan City, Xia Houyuan thought he had finally seen through Qin Xu's vicious plan.

Is this tactic called dredging from the bottom of the pot or is it a fake way?Under Xiahou Yuan's rage, his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't remember clearly.But he knew clearly about Qin Xu's treachery.Well, didn't I just shoot you with a bow and arrow for half an hour!Didn't it claim that there were no casualties?As for that?They kidnapped Cheng Yu, detained Bai Rao, and imprisoned nearly a thousand of Puyang Cao's grain and auxiliary soldiers. He still played such a trick, assuming that he "helped" his allies to retreat from the enemy, but even Mr. Gongda was captured. Go, cooperating with you Qin, the title of a human trafficker, is that how you came here?And one after another, still addicted?Intuit also doesn't pay attention to the more than five thousand Puyang elite cavalry and tiger and leopard elite soldiers under the city, right?
But just as Xia Houyuan saw Zhang Liao leading the elite troops of the Xiao cavalry battalion to chase the black mountain bandit cavalry away, he gathered his own soldiers, so he wanted to rush in all at once while the gate of Pingyuan was not closed, so as to get what he wished and save them. When Xun You came out and achieved the best of both worlds, he came to the low city wall of Pingyuan City and found that Xun You, who was supposed to be tied up and whipped by several big men with whips, happened to be standing there. Not to mention the arm-to-arm conversation with Qin Xu on the top of the wall, the ease and smile on his face almost blinded Xia Houyuan's eyes.

"Could it be that Mr. Gongda voted for Qin Xu so soon?" Xia Houyuan quickly shook his head and put this unrealistic thought out of his mind.joke.Xun You was treated as a teacher by Cao Cao, relying on him like a confidant, and he was recognized as Cao Jun's number one strategist.If someone said that when they met Qin Xu who had the title of "Human Trafficker", they would be betrayed by this Zhuzi's poisonous tongue after a few words, Xia Houyuan would believe it.After all, there are too many unbelievable things about this kid. Even though Xia Houyuan was once used as a stepping stone by Qin Xu and is still a little bit overwhelmed, but to be fair, Cao Cao has seen how Qin Xu scolded him. Xia Houyuan, who couldn't eat for a few days, was still a bit afraid of Qin Xu's "ability".

But if the "other" was replaced by Xun You, Xia Houyuan would not believe it.Although the name of Xun Gongda has been exhausted, it has become a signboard of Cao Jun, and there is quite a market in the circle of Cao's generals.From Xia Houyuan's point of view, Xun You used tricks to be old and hot, while Qin Xu, a rookie of the Han Dynasty who took advantage of Lv Bu's east wind and Cao's generals bursting into tears suddenly, was no worse than 01:30 points.That's why when he decided to come to Pingyuan this time, he had always been favored by Cao Cao among Cao Jun's forces. idea.

But now, when the facts are in front of us.However, Xia Houyuan felt that his brain, which was full of muscles, was not enough.

"General Xiahou, how about we simply destroy this small town in the plain, capture that surnamed Qin, and rescue Mr. Gongda in one fell swoop?" Because he was provoked by Cheng Lian's words just now, he also felt that Xun You was deep behind the enemy, and he felt that he had no worries. And the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, who left the ox cart to fight the enemy, leaned next to Xia Houyuan and said.

"Hmph! You are the only ones who will be confused by Qin Xu's low-level plan. You must not hide it from me!" To be honest, Xia Houyuan was very moved by the suggestion of the leader of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion, but was about to nod When he agreed to come down, he happened to see the plain soil rammed into the wall, which was no more than three feet high. Qin Xu seemed to be feeling something and looked at this side with a smile, but it suddenly made Xia Houyuan change his mind. The leader of the Tiger and Leopard Battalion snorted in a low voice: "You don't know, this Qin guy is the best at taking risks. Why did he dare to use [-] new soldiers and [-] new recruits, and dare to lead [-] with the lord?" The army resisted? Wasn’t it because of this guy’s ever-changing mind and strange methods? In the end, he was able to win. And at that time, he was just like this, pretending to be joking with others, God knows behind the city gate , Will you ambush thousands of elite soldiers, just waiting for me to move?"

"But at the end of the day, Mr. Gongda had a very happy conversation with that Qin. It seems that he was not forced by Qin Xu to deceive the general. If the general attacked the city at this time, he would definitely receive miraculous results. Does the general think so?" The leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry was noncommittal to Xia Houyuan's words, still respectful, and said to Xia Houyuan with his hands clasped.

"Huh? Who are you? How do you know that?" Xia Houyuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the leader of the tiger and leopard cavalry who had been coaxed away from Xun You by Cheng Lian's inferior scheme before, and did not answer this person directly. Asking a slightly rude question, he said lightly.

"The last general is Guo Yuan of the Pei Kingdom, uh, the nephew of Zhongcheng Zhongyou, the censor under the lord's command. He fled and sought refuge in his uncle's house. He was selected into the Tiger and Leopard Camp because he knew how to bow and horse, and was known by the lord. , take up the position of chief!" The man who claimed to be the chief of the tiger and leopard rider Guo Yuan still looked respectful, but he couldn't hide the arrogance in his eyes, pointing to Pingyuan City in front of him and said: "General, machine Don't lose it and never come back again, the thickest part of the city wall in this plain is no more than two arms, and it is all piled up with rammed earth, and the city gate has been in disrepair for a long time, it is actually decayed, just..."

"It turned out to be Zhong Yuanchang's family!" Xia Houyuan looked at Guo Yuan's rather majestic body, but his mind was very "flexible". Before Guo Yuan could finish speaking, he interrupted what he said, noncommittal Nodding his head, he said lightly: "Since that's the case, go and gather the people in the headquarters, and remember the great humiliation of being robbed of the person you protect from under your nose today. In the future, you need to work hard for the lord, and remember not to be too flamboyant. You Remember?"

"This...promise!" Guo Yuan was taken aback after hearing Xia Houyuan's implicitly instructive order, but soon recovered, as if he had thought of something, his expression suddenly froze, and he said in a low voice.Thinking about Guo Yuan's uncle, Zhong Yao, who was on good terms with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others. After the incident in Chang'an, he was recommended by Cao Cao as Yushi Zhongcheng. Guo Yuan didn't answer Xia Houyuan's question but explained his origin in detail, but only told his "source". He thought Xia Houyuan would at least be more polite to himself after hearing Zhong Yao's name, but Unexpectedly, although Xia Houyuan didn't explain what he said, he already understood the meaning very clearly, so he ignored Zhong Yao at all.There was even a faint feeling that if it wasn't for Zhong Yao's face, the crime of making his military mastermind fall into the hands of "thieves" would have been enough for Xia Houyuan to execute several military laws.Such ruthless rhetoric made Guo Yuan immediately hate Xia Houyuan.

"Send the order! The whole army retreats five miles!" Looking at Guo Yuan's angrily walking back, Xia Houyuan thoughtfully, and suddenly ordered.As soon as this order came out, Xia Houyuan clearly saw that Guo Yuan, who was striding away, paused, shook his neck, and seemed to be quite dissatisfied with speeding up his steps to return to the team, which made Xia Houyuan's mouth reveal a little Sneered, and winked at the private soldier beside him.The other party got orders and quietly followed Guo Yuan.

In fact, it's not that Xia Houyuan didn't accept the faithful advice, and was so petty that he gave up this great opportunity to attack Pingyuan in vain in order to fight against the soldiers under his command.It was the look in Guo Yuan's eyes just now that made Xia Houyuan feel a little wary.

Of course, Qin Xu is a confidant.But Xia Houyuan is not a fool either.As I said before, Qin brought a total of [-] cavalry to the plains this time, and many of them were the veteran flying cavalry battalion of Lu Bu's army and the Xiandeng battalion that was once famous in Hebei. Before the Flying Cavalry Battalion came to rescue Qin Xu's cavalry and the auxiliary soldiers used to defend the city. In this way, even if Zhang Liao had led his headquarters to leave the plain and go north to chase the defeated Heishan bandit cavalry, there would still be at least some soldiers in the plain city. There are more than [-] soldiers and horses, compared to the [-] Puyang elite cavalry and hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry under his command, but due to the rush of the battle and the fact that he underestimated the enemy, a full third of it has been lost One, the soldiers and horses available at hand are less than half of the soldiers and horses in other cities.No matter how broken Pingyuan City is, it still has walls and gates, right?It's not paper!It is true that Pingyuan City's small walls are low and the city gates are extremely easy to breach, but no matter how fast it is, it will always take some time, right?Not to mention waiting for the soldiers under his command to break through the city gate, these two elite soldiers of Lu Bu's army would attract attention even if there was a slight movement.At that time, it is still uncertain who will win the game.Not to mention asking Qin Xu's revenge soldiers to "rescue" Xun You!So the strategy that Guo Yuan said sounds very reasonable at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, you can see the narrowness and short thinking of this kid.Could it be that he thought that Qin Xu's two elite soldiers of Lu Bu's army could be flustered if they were caught by surprise?Too whimsical!Just as he, Xiahou Miaocai, the general whom Cao Cao relied heavily on, was a fool who only knew how to kill and was dazzled by hatred for Qin Xu?

What's more, although Guo Yuan's tone was respectful and his courtesy was very respectful, his eyes were not right!In addition, he was quite vague about where he came from, and when asked closely, he only said that he was Zhong Yao's nephew.He even wanted to use Zhong Yao's appointment by Cao Cao to be in charge of punishment in the army to show off in front of Xia Houyuan.It was already suspicious.Who doesn't know that the Xiahou family and the Cao family are several generations of in-laws, more than ten generations of friendship, and the members of the Xiahou family headed by Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, who have been with Cao Cao since childhood, are even more familiar with the family. The Cao family is much more trustworthy, just looking at Cao Ren, Cao Chun and other Cao family members who were still kept by Cao Cao's side for training, but the Xiahou brothers have already led an army and governed each other early, which is enough to see.This is not a secret at the upper echelon of Cao Jun's power, but since Guo Yuan is supposed to be Zhong Yao's nephew, and as he said, he was ordered to enter the Tiger and Leopard Camp by Cao Cao himself, he should definitely know, so why not? Will you make an appearance of wanting to be aggressive?Xia Houyuan was originally a person with a good mind, even if he was dazzled by the hatred for Qin Xu, he was by no means a master who would take his own life lightly.Moreover, Guo Yuan, who was born in Pei Country, seemed to be too familiar with this Pingyuan City.

It is not unusual to know that the wall is made of rammed earth, just take a closer look and you will know.But if you also know that the thickest part of the city wall is only two arms wide, the eyes are too poisonous, right?If you still know the age of Pingyuan City Gate, then it is beyond common sense.Who doesn't know that Pingyuan City has been owned by Lu Bu for more than a year, whether the city walls have been repaired, whether the city gates have been repaired or not, spies from other idle forces may not know so clearly, but Zhong Yao, the nephew Guo Yuan, said it easily come out.This has already forced Xia Houyuan to link it to the "looting" of Xun You just now. Dozens of tiger and leopard cavalry, which Cao Cao called the elite, would be able to do so just because of a few words. Sneering words easily get angry, and then ignore their own military affairs, but go stupid and fight with the black mountain bandit who has shown signs of decline and wants to escape. In front of such a "rough guy" as Lian?And after knowing that doing so would be charged with dereliction of duty and severely punished by military law, he still did not forget to provoke a war against the Lu Bu army in the plain.Xia Houyuan's temperament is relatively irritable and impulsive, but after all, he is not so stupid.

At the foot of Pingyuan City, which is close at hand, such an accident occurred in Xiahouyuan's army, but it is unknown to someone from Qin who was having a "cordial and friendly conversation" with Xun You in the city.Instead, they are weighing the conditions offered by Xun You.

Although Qin Xu came to Pingyuan in the name of inspecting the long-distance enclave of Honshu and handling the two previous corruption cases in Pingyuan, but Xun You couldn't hide this anyway.Even when he got the news of Qin Xu's departure, Xun You didn't need to guess at all, but he knew Qin Xu's intention of Xiang Zhuang's sword dance in Pei Gong.Only then did he use the information that Liu Bei, who had already emptied the Gongsun family, also wanted to go to this muddy water to inform someone in Qin, in exchange for Cao Cao's time to gather troops.Unexpectedly, Xun You was absolutely passive because of Cheng Yu and Bai Rao's incident, and because of the inexplicable sudden attack of the Black Mountain bandit cavalry who should have appeared as allies, but it happened that several Montenegrin bandits known to the world None of the bosses appeared, and the target didn't seem to be aimed at the plain, but more like aimed at himself.Even Xun You's inhuman brain felt that it was not enough for such weird and bizarre things to happen.

However, Xun You has always been not seeking stability in everything like his younger uncle Xun Yu who also served under Cao Cao's command, but seeking stability and surprises, and is the most decisive at turning points.Now by coincidence, when I saw Qin Xu, I gathered more than 1 cavalry in the plain, and almost took out most of Lu Bu's army. , or the belonging of Jizhou, gave birth to a sense of urgency.

In order to deceive others, Cao Cao directly pretended to be wronged, saying that he would not be sick for more than a month, in order to stabilize the rear, so that he could deploy troops from various places. The two Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi submitted.But after all, Yuan Tan owned Bingzhou, even if Yuan Shao tried his best to tolerate Gongsun Zan's approaching in the war, he had to plan for Bingzhou first, because Bingzhou had the advantage of cavalry.Sure enough, after Yuan Shao succeeded, he formed a huge cavalry army not weaker than Gongsun's cavalry, and at that time Xiandengying, a powerful force known as the nemesis of light cavalry, was in hand. If the incident of Cao Cao welcoming the emperor in the past few years, I am afraid that he would have joined Hebei as in history, and he would be known as the overlord of Hebei.

But now that Yuan Shao has passed away, although the death is strange, there are many rumors.But after all, the old Yuan's family, who has the reputation of four generations and three princes, still has a "successor".Yuan Tan, who has mastered Yuan Shao's strongest military force, and Yuan Xi, who has received the help of Yuan's headquarters. Although these two brothers are quite careless, they are not easy to mess with. With all kinds of variables, Cao Cao Hebei's plan for Hebei is even more difficult for no reason.This is why Xun You, after seeing Qin Xu "for the second time" in Pingyuan, and after testing each other out, decided to use Qin, a huge force that cannot be ignored.

"Mr. Gongda, it seems that Qin is lucky this time, and he doesn't have to be a villain for nothing." Xia Houyuan's army was assembled in the city, but the sudden retreat in the end still caught Qin Xu who was considering Xun You's "conditions" , shook his head and smiled, and said to Xun You beside him: "Please reply to your lord, General Cao, to convey that Qin is looking forward to meeting him at any time."

"It's natural. I hope Qin Shijun will not forget what you and I said just now." Looking at Qin Xu's young face, Xun You sighed softly, not knowing for a moment whether it was right for him to do so. is wrong.

"This is natural! General Cao is so generous, ahem, and upholding the principle of fairness, justice and openness, mediating the dispute between the two sons of the Yuan family in Hebei on behalf of the emperor, so as to prevent the tragedy of human relations from happening and make Yuan Benchu ​​Jiuquan uneasy. How dare Qin not try his best? After reporting back to Lord Lu Wenhou, I can give General Cao an affirmative answer." Qin Xu said with a smile: "Since General Miaocai has retreated five miles, he must have seen that Qin did not harm Mr. The intention of breaking the friendship between the two families also won a lot of talk, sir, please do it yourself!"

"This... Qin Shijun, that Cheng Yu..." Unexpectedly, Qin Xu would not even hypocritically persuade him to stay, Xun You felt as if he was choked, and it took him a long time to look wryly at the person in front of him who was at least a round younger than himself The big man "senior official" said rather dumbfounded.

"Cheng Yu? Mr. Gongda, let's not know what we said before. Soldiers, regardless of rank, are all paid for friendship. One is ten guan, and 940 and seven are 470 guan. Bai Rao's guy is worth it." It's a few thousand, but after such a fuss, I guess General Cao doesn't like this guy very much, so he made a discount, five thousand guan is enough, as for Cheng Zhongde, he will not sell it for [-] guan less than five baht. Yes. As long as the ransom arrives, Qin will let him go without saying a word, so I still have this kind of heart." Qin Xu was not a good person at all, but his image of some young talents collapsed instantly in Xun You's eyes, and he was only angry. The lips of Cao Jun's mastermind were trembling: "You... you bastard..."

"Of course, who told us to hit it off!" Qin Xu didn't listen to Xun You's scolding at all, with a sincere smile on his face, as if he was talking about his interests with his friends, he leaned closer to Xun You and said, "How about Qin Xu How about giving you a big discount from the friendship price, Brother Gongda?"

"Wh... what?" Xun You, who was born in the Xun family of a well-known noble family in the Han Dynasty, looked at Qin, who was like a profiteer, and began to feel that his brain was not enough.

"The other prices remain the same. For Cheng Yu, your lord General Cao only needs to pay a penny! This is for your sake, Brother Gongda!" Qin Xu said to Xun You as if I supported you.

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(End of this chapter)