Chapter 325
After the initial excitement, Xiahou Ba carefully looked at his sister who had been away for seven years. The beautiful face in his memory did not fade with the passage of time.
Seven years ago, Xiahou Rong was a beautiful and graceful girl. Seven years later, her face still had a superb appearance. She was like the bright moon in the night sky, which made people unable to avoid being attracted.
More importantly, the only way to see between the eyebrows and eyes that inadvertently show infinite charm is happiness.
After being stared at by my younger brother like this, Xiahou Rongxia Feifei's jade face said with a little shy expression: "Brother, dad, how are you in good health?"
"Sister, will he treat you well?" Xiahou Ba replied with an inexplicable sentence.
"Ah..." After a little stunned, Xiahou Ronghui realized it, and nodded with a gentle smile.
"Hu..." I don't know if it was disappointment or relief, Xiahou Ba breathed a sigh of complexity, and after a moment, he said, "Dad, I haven't seen him for more than half a year. My mother's health is fine, but I just miss my sister very much..."
Xiahou Rong's smile gradually disappeared, and a hazy look appeared in her eyes. No matter how happy life she was after marriage, it was always a great regret in her heart that she could not meet her family.
Other women always have the opportunity to return to Ningbo to visit their relatives after getting married, but she cannot enjoy this right...
"Sister, I got married in April last year!" Seeing that my sister was feeling a little depressed, Xiahou Ba quickly changed a topic, "The eldest sister also went out (married) in October..."
Xiahou Rong was indeed interested in this topic and covered her mouth and said in surprise: "The eldest sister was only 16 last year, why did she go out? Who is it?"
"It's Ziwen (Cao Zhang. Note: In history, Cao Zhang was a political marriage and married the daughter of the Sun family in Jiangdong. In this book, the Sun regime has been destroyed)!" Xiahou Ba replied with a smile, "Ziwen has been thinking about it since he met his eldest sister six years ago.
Last year, as soon as my eldest sister got to the book, he begged the prime minister to propose marriage to her father. My father also liked Ziwen very much, and the eldest sister had no objection, so she agreed.
Sister. Don’t worry about the eldest sister, Ziwen treats her very well!”
"Oh~!" Xiahou Rong nodded slightly with relief, and then asked, "Brother, which lady did you marry?"
"Yeah..." Xiahou Ba scratched his head and said shyly, "It's from the Xun family..."
"Mom, Mom. Mom..." Accompanied by a crisp and tender call, the two little guys ran into the hall like a wind, and then climbed beside Xiahou Rong like a bear.
"Don't run so fast in the future, be careful of falling!" After gently stroked the two children's heads a few times, Xiahou Rong said half concerned and half responsibly.
"I understand. Mom!" The little girl nodded obediently like a jade porcelain doll, and then stared at Xiahou Ba opposite with bright eyes as bright as the morning star.
"Brother, this is Bao'er, this is Xingcai. He is over seven years old..." He first introduced his children to Xiahou Ba, and then said to the two children, "Bao'er, Xiaocai, call him uncle!"
"Uncle..." A crisp, tender and pleasant voice sounded at the same time, and even Xiahou Ba couldn't help but be amused, and he completely forgot his situation.
"Uncle, have you brought gifts to Xiaocai?" Xingcai, the seemingly well-behaved little girl, stared at her newly met with disdain. She asked sweetly, "Every time my dad comes back, he brings a lot of gifts..."
Xiahou Ba's smile suddenly stopped, and even his sitting posture became a little uneasy, and an embarrassing look appeared on his face. As a prisoner, he had just arrived in Lujiang, so how could he have any gifts?
Facing the little niece's expectant expression, it was not only embarrassment but also embarrassment.
"Xiao Cai. I'm messing around again!" Xiahou Rong gently pulled her daughter to her side. There was a sense of majesty as a mother in the sound of nature.
The little girl smiled sweetly at her uncle and ran back and hid in Xiahou Rong's arms.
Xiahou Ba looked at the little niece who had met for the first time in shock. He was 100% sure———The little girl's sweet smile just now was very cunning.
The little girl who is only seven years old knows how to tease people. In comparison, the little nephew, who is obviously much taller, looks much more honest.
"Brother, where did you arrange for you to live?" Xiahou Rong asked with concern.
"It seems like a house not far from here!" Xiahou Ba vaguely guessed what his sister was thinking and said with a wry smile, "Sister... my brother-in-law and Liu Bei agreed to wait until the war is over and send me back.
I will come to see you all the time in the past few months..."
As if he had thought of something, Xiahou Rong was slightly annoyed, gently stroked the hair of a pair of children, and whispered: "Brother, don't blame your brother-in-law, he is too..."
"Sister, don't worry..." Xiahou Ba shook his head slightly and said in a complicated tone, "I have thought about a lot of things these days and understood a lot of things.
I don't blame Zhang...uh...brother-in-law, he is better than me, and he is defeated by him, and I have nothing to say."
Seeing Xiahou Rong's expression still depressed, Xiahou Ba suddenly smiled and said, "Sister, you don't know. Although Dad doesn't like his brother-in-law, he admires his brother-in-law's ability to use military force very much.
When he was at home, my father came to teach me more than once, my third brother-in-law and my fourth brother and others a lesson, saying that if he could have 50% of his brother-in-law's ability, he could wake up laughing while asleep."
"Puchi~!" Finally, she was amused by Xiahou Ba's tone of grievance. Xiahou Rong smiled and said, "Brother, you are hungry, I'll go and have someone prepare wine and food..."
Looking at the backs of one big and two small, Xiahou Ba smiled first, then sighed sadly.
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Xuzhou, Xiapi County City
"...It was Gongming who personally led the troops to harass him?" Guan Yu sneered with a letter that had just been sent from Pengcheng, "Cao Ren is really willing to spend money!"
"Xu Huang's ability to command the cavalry is not inferior to General Zilong, and he is a very difficult opponent!" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said slowly.
"Kong Ming. What's the loss these days?" Guan Yu nodded slightly and asked in a deep voice.
"As of this letter, about 1,200 soldiers were lost, 2,300 stones of food and grass were lost, and thousands of people died in the harassment war between the Cao army's cavalry.
"After a pause, Zhuge Liang added, "It's thanks to General Wei's response in time and his prevention is effective. The losses in the past two days have been much less.
However, the progress of the people of Xuzhou's migration to the south has been greatly affected, and some people are even preparing to turn back. If the Cao army cannot stop the attack on the local war, the situation may be very bad."
"Cao Army is too shameless and hateful. If you have the ability, you can fight with our army with dignity. What kind of hero is it to engage in such conspiracies?" Chen Wu said angrily.
"Soldiers. It is originally a treacherous way. It's nothing that Cao's army has carried out harassment wars. But killing the people in such an indiscriminate manner is indeed too much!" Zhuge Liang said in a narrow voice, "In addition to Xu Huang's harassment of Pengcheng.
The Cao army of Xiahou Dun's army in Qingzhou also began to fight to the south, and it was quite stance to fight to the death with our army.
It can be seen that our army's large-scale migration of the people of Xuzhou to the south put a lot of pressure on Cao Fang. In addition, the general besieged Cao Cao in Wancheng. It is estimated that Cao's army's tolerance limit is almost here.
In this way, the real war is not far away. If the local affairs of the people of Xuzhou cannot be resolved as soon as possible, it will be difficult for our army to let go of this battle."
"Military advisor, is there a big battle?" After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, the generals in the tent were not surprised but happy. Chen Wu asked anxiously.
"Well..." Looking at the excited general in the tent, Zhuge Liang responded first, then shook his head slightly with amusement. "Xichuan has undergone a huge change, and it is estimated that a civil war will inevitably occur.
Cao Cao's plan to force the general to return to Jingzhou was missing the most important link. In addition to the adjustment arrangements of the lord and general in Jingzhou, even if Xiahou Yuan and the Nanzhongman attacked at the same time, Lu Boyan should be able to ensure that Jingzhou is not in hindrance.
In this way, Cao Cao, who was trapped in Wancheng, was in a difficult situation. In addition, news came from Lujiang. Gongsun Kang from Liaodong is likely to rebel against Cao Cao again in the near future.
Based on this situation, I think the Cao army is likely to change its current passive war avoidance strategy in the near future.
A slight noise sounded in the tent, and Chen Wu, Xu Sheng and others were ready to try.
Guan Yu was obviously satisfied with the thirsty behavior of the generals, nodded slightly, and then asked Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, Cao's army cannot let the harassment of Pengcheng, what are you doing?"
"The Cao army that harassed Pengcheng is all cavalry, and our army is indeed cavalry. I am afraid that ordinary methods will not do anything to them." Zhuge Liang said in a deep thought, "The more feasible method is to cover his eyes and ears."
"How to explain?" Guan Yu said, seemingly and not clearly.
"A few days ago, Xu Huang was able to avoid the main force of our army, accurately attack several relief points of our army, and retreat with one blow without any delay. He must have done some tricks to secretly inform him of the situation.
"Zhuge Liang analyzed carefully, "If our army could clear Cao's fine work, Xu Huang would become a headless fly and could only break and bump into. Even our army could set up some traps and deliberately lure Xu Huang to attack.
If he suffers a few more losses, he will naturally become honest!"
"Yeah..." Guan Yu nodded slightly
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As soon as the news of Liu Zhang's death reached Xuchang, it immediately caused a big stir. Shangshu Ling Xun Yu was extremely anxious to invite Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi brothers, Chen Qun, Dong Zhao, Zhong Yao and other important officials to the Shangshu Deliberate.
"Liu Yu was incompetent, and Wen He's clever plan was made like this by him." Xun Yu changed his past elegant and steady demeanor and scolded him angrily, "Now the civil war in Xichuan is almost a foregone conclusion."
"Duke Xun, then, will the Yizhou army be unable to attack Jingzhou?" Cao Pi said in disgrace.
With a long sigh, Xun Yu nodded angrily: "Xichuan was originally an important part of the entire plan, but now he can't count on it at all. It would be quite difficult to force Zhang Fei to return to the army by relying on Xiahou's campaign against the West and the Southern Central Barbarians alone."
"So, isn't it difficult for the Prime Minister to get out of trouble?" Chen Qun said in shock.
Chapter completed!