(I actually had a one-day power outage in my hometown yesterday! The power grid in rural northern Jiangsu is really a problem. I went back to my hometown for a week and had three power outages, and each time was not short. Yesterday was even more out of power. I had a power outage at 5 a.m. and arrived at 9 p.m. I originally thought of typing in the Internet cafe in the town, so I could only make up for yesterday’s chapter today. I had to go home after the "first seventh" and I had to spend 4 days to go to the Internet cafe. I delayed the update, and Zhiyu really felt sorry, but I have to ask everyone to understand!)

After Cao Bing under the city called the city, he could only vaguely hear a noise on the top of the city, but no one responded, and there was no movement in the direction of the city gate. Several soldiers were anxiously waiting, but because it was only the fourth hour, the sky was dark and the snow was dancing all over the sky, so they could not see the situation on the city tower at all. In desperation, the leader had to shout loudly to the city again:

"...We are soldiers under General Xiahou Yuan, Xu Du. If you have any important matters, please see Li Taishou of Shouchun. Brothers in the city please open the city and let us in!"

A moment later, a loud voice came from the city tower, "The prefect has an order, and the city gate must not be opened at night. If you want to enter the city, wait for dawn!"

The soldiers in the lead estimated the time. It would take at least one hour to dawn. By that time, let alone entering the city, I am afraid that they would have been frozen. The few of them braved the wind and snow and rushed all night, and now they were cold, tired and hungry. The leader of the soldiers turned around and discussed with other companions for a while, and then shouted loudly to the city: "We have been rushing dozens of miles overnight, and now they are cold and hungry. We are all brothers in the army, so let Tongrong and Tongrong let us in first. Besides, we have important matters to come to the city to meet the prefect Li. If you don't believe it, there are documents here to prove it!" After saying that, regardless of whether you can see it on the city tower, he raised the documents in his hand high.

After a while, a circle of ropes was dropped from the city tower, and the voice just now shouted loudly: "You tie the documents to the ropes and let us pull them up to check them. If it is true, let you in!"

The leader of the soldier picked up the rope and tied the bamboo slips hard, raised his head and shouted, "Okay, you guys can pull it up! After the inspection, open the door and let us in quickly. The outside is almost frozen to death!"

The document was pulled up. After a moment, another voice came from the city wall: "How many people do you have? Are there any horses?"

"Four people, four horses! Can we get into the city?"

"Okay! Open the door and let you in now. But there is an order from above. You must first get off your war horse before you can enter the city!"

"knew!"

With a "click", the suspension bridge was lowered. Then the city gate was slowly pushed open. Cao soldiers outside the city immediately led their horses into the city. They really didn't want to stay in the north wind for a long time. However, as soon as they entered the city through the city gate, the Cao soldiers heard a "crunch" in shock - it was the sound of the bowstring being pulled open. They hurriedly looked around, but found that at least a hundred arrows had aimed at them. What was going on? Several Cao soldiers were at a loss, and suddenly two loud shouts came from their ears.

"Collapse the suspension bridge!"

"Catch them!"

Before several Cao soldiers could come to their senses, more than ten people rushed over and held them tightly. Several Cao soldiers were both panicked and inexplicable. They struggled hard for a few times, but they couldn't move at all. The leading sergeant hurriedly shouted: "Are you mistaken? They are all their brothers, we are General Xiahou's tent..."

"Ha...hehe...Cao Jun dog thief, let your dog eyes shine and see clearly whether we are your brothers?" A powerful man with a strong body from the city tower walked down from the city wall and said with a sneer.

It was not until this time that under the torches in the city, several Cao soldiers could see clearly the different clothes and armor of the other party from him, and the silent green military flag "Liu" on the inside of the city tower facing the strong north wind - "Liu"! The soldiers led by the army immediately exclaimed: "Liu......Liu...Liu Bei's army??!!!?"

Shouchun, County Governor's Office Conference Hall

A Cao soldier knelt in the hall and trembled with all the information he knew. Seeing that he could not ask anything again, I took back the terrifying momentum that was permeating the hall and waved his hand to signal the soldiers guarding the side to escort the almost exhausted Cao soldier. He had already tortured three other Cao soldiers before. There was no difference in the content confessed by these four Cao soldiers captured by Chen Dao, and it seemed that there should be no fake.

I picked up the previous document in the previous case and looked at it again. I have read it twice. The content of the document is actually quite simple. The above is just an explanation that the daughter of Cao Cao's relatives, Xiahou Yuan, was betrothed to Sun Quan in Jiangdong by the son of his family, and asked all counties along the way to ensure the safety of the bride-sending team and provide various conveniences. The seal of Cao Cao's prime minister was covered at the bottom. What puzzled me very much was that Cao Cao and Sun Quan would actually marry? If I remember well, in the original historical trajectory, Sun Quan seemed to have never married a woman from the Cao Cao clan as his wife. Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Lang once married Cao Ren's daughter! But this document clearly stated that it was indeed given to Sun Quan!

However! What is certain is that no matter whether the partner who gave the marriage was Sun Quan or Sun Lang, as long as Cao and Sun successfully married each other, it would definitely not be a good thing for our army. I stood up, held my hands behind my back, closed my eyes slightly and began to ponder.

In the conference hall, Xu Shu, Lin Bao, Lin Xue, Jin Chou, Chen Dao and other captains sat on both sides. Seeing that I was not asking questions, they were silent and just staring at me quietly.

After a while, I opened my eyes, glanced around the hall, and said in a deep voice: "From the confession of this document and the confession of several Cao soldiers just now, Cao Cao's traitor seemed to want to marry Sun Quan from Jiangdong. I wonder what you think about this?"

After I asked, the hall was still silent. But it was no wonder that except Xu Shu, the army captains in the hall, such as Lin Bao and Lin Xue, were all from poor families and had not received any systematic education. They were their leaders in charge of the battlefield and commanding operations, but why Cao and Sun got married and what consequences would the marriage bring about such "strategic" matters are not theirs. Asking them is almost like asking the blind. Except for me, Xu Shu, the only one who is good at this matter, was just a newcomer to this matter, and he was still avoiding it. He was unwilling to show his own sharpness too much to avoid resentment from others, so he did not speak up.

I walked to Xu Shu and asked him with a smile: "Yuan Zhi, I wonder what you have to worry about?"

Xu Shu knew very well that this was an opportunity for me to show his talents. He smiled slightly, stood up slowly, and then stood up with a slight bow to me. With the confident smile on his face, Xu Shu said in a tone that was neither too slow but very convincing, "The reason why Cao Sun married this time was because of the foolish opinion of Shu, was nothing more than the reason for mutual use. Cao Cao was facing the threat of Yuan Shao from Hebei and the defeat in Guandu. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had become irreconcilable. With Hebei's strong manpower and material resources, Cao Cao would not be able to be at peace for a day. Therefore, Cao Cao's urgent task was to solve Yuan Shao. If he wanted to fight against Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would have to relieve his worries. As long as he could form a marriage with Sun Quan in Jiangdong for a period of time,

However, it can eliminate the possible threat from Jiangdong to Cao Cao, and Sun Quan can also use Sun Quan to restrain Liu Biao in Jingzhou. For Cao Cao, this marriage can eliminate two threats from the rear in one fell swoop... Jiangdong experienced the sudden death of Sun Ce in the previous series, and Sun Quan took the lead in his brotherhood at the age of twentieth. At this time, the internal turmoil was still in turmoil, and there was Jingzhou Liu Biao pressing step by step, so Sun Quan also needed to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong through this marriage. In this marriage, both sides only need it!" After a pause, Xu Shu took a breath and continued, "However, once the marriage between Cao and Sun was successful, it would be very unfavorable to our army! Shouchun, the north is connected to Cao Cao and Sun Quan in the south. At that time, our army is very likely to attack Cao and Sun from the north, and its momentum is very dangerous!"

After listening to Xu Shu's narration, Lin Bao and others suddenly realized it, and at the same time, a hint of worry arose in their hearts.

I smiled and nodded, waved my hand to signal Xu Shu to sit down, and said, "What Yuan Zhi said is the same as what I thought. In summary, this matter is very unfavorable to our army. Since this is the case, we must prevent the two parties from forming this engagement. According to the situation that Cao Bing admitted just now, this team of sending off their relatives was 50 miles away from Shouchun. If it weren't for the heavy snow in front of me, I'd probably have arrived in Shouchun yesterday."

Xu Shu replied with a smile: "It seems that they don't seem to know that Shouchun has changed hands yet, which gives us an excellent opportunity!"

"Yuanzhi means..."

"General, didn't they send people to Shouchun to ask Li Tong to send troops to receive them? Why don't we 'agree' with their request and send a team of troops to receive them!" After saying that, a hint of "crawling" light flashed in Xu Shu's eyes.

I immediately understood what Xu Shu meant - a army and horse disguised as Li Tong's surprise attack on this bride-sending team. This method is indeed feasible. According to the information confessed by Cao's army just now, the number of soldiers escorted was not more than 700, and there was no general leading the army. Moreover, they would inevitably be tired after rushing for several days. With this strength, they only need to dispatch the Fengqi battalion. If I was willing and unprepared, they could definitely fight easily and win. But what I can't understand is that with Cao Cao's strong military strength, they would only send this bride-stricken team to escort such an important bride-strike team. Will there be any conspiracy in this?

After hearing the concerns I said, Xu Shu smiled and said, "General, have you forgotten that Cao Cao didn't know that Shouchun had changed his lord. In his opinion, the territory of Cao and Sun from Xuchang to Shouchun to Jiangdong was the territory of Cao and Sun, and there would be no danger at all. Of course, there should be no need to send many military horses to escort it. What's more, Cao Cao had to deal with the threat from Yuan Shao from Hebei and could not distribute too many troops. According to Xu's opinion, there should be no conspiracy in this matter!"

"Yeah! Yuan's blunt words are reasonable." Xu Shu's words eliminated my doubts. I walked back to the main seat in the hall, sat down, and patrolled the hall with sharp eyes, and said loudly: "Since that's the case, without further ado, I will send troops to defeat this team of sending off my relatives immediately! Zi Chong!"

Lin Bao immediately stood up at the bottom of the hall, walked out and bowed and said loudly: "Lin Bao obeys the order!"

"You immediately recruit the Fengqi camp to fight with me. The entire army changed the armor of Cao's army, prepared the Li Tong banner, and gathered at the North Gate."

"Get orders!"

"Yuan Zhi, Zifeng, Wen'an, Shuzhi, please be careful to guard the city and do not slack off. During my war, all affairs in the city will be mainly Yuan Zhi'an!"

"Get orders!" Xu Shu, Lin Xue, Jin Chou, Chen Dao and others responded in unison.

"Okay! Everyone will do their own jobs and let it go!"

"yes!"

After a while, everyone in the hall stood up one after another. I was left alone in the empty conference hall. I stood up slowly, walked to the door of the hall, staring at the snowflakes dancing outside the hall, and felt an inexplicable emotion in my heart. From the time I decided to send troops, this emotion arose from the bottom of my heart. I couldn't explain it clearly, I didn't understand it, seemed joyful, and confused... Why is this happening? I have never had this emotion before. What happened this time...

Forget it! Don't think about it anymore! I shook my head, turned around and walked towards the back hall with big strides.

"Come, serve with armor!"

"Prepare the horse!"
Chapter completed!