"Miss, General Zhang is here!" Jin'er quickly shouted softly when she saw me coming to the door.

"You are here!...ah... don't come in first..." Xiahou Rong was busy with something in the room. When she saw me, she was about to step into the room. Her sweet voice suddenly became panicked.

Well...what do? I was puzzled for a while, but my steps could not stop moving into the room. Because of the burning of several exquisite copper stoves, the temperature in the room was incomparable to the outside, just like the warm spring. Xiahou Rong sat upright in front of the dressing table in the room, wearing a plain silk chaise, paired with the slightly red jade-like face, and her elegant and charming temperament, just like a fairy falling dust.

"What are you doing?" I temporarily threw the worries in my heart aside and asked with a smile.

"What...has you done?" Seeing that I had entered the room and walked towards her, Xiahou Rong's pretty face became more rosy and charming.

On the dressing table in front of her, there were needles, threads and an unfinished brocade robe. I walked over slowly, lifted the brocade robe, gestured to my body, and said with a smile: "Do you do it for me? Why didn't you see me a few times..."

At this time, Xiahou Rong had blushed and got up gently, walked to the screen window, stood with her back facing me, her jade head drooped slightly, and she gently tapped a few times.

I couldn't help but feel excited, and came to her tightly, poked out my arms and hugged her from behind, and said in a harmonious voice: "Thank you, Rong'er (Don't sweat Zhiyu - the relationship between them is so close, it's normal for them to call for intimacy)..."

Xiahou Rong's delicate body trembled slightly. After a moment, her lowered head slowly raised and slowly leaned her body in my arms, as if she was in tune with me and said quietly: "You... seem to have something to do!"

"Yeah...is it a little trouble!... accompany me outside for a walk?"

"……kindness……"

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Without caring about Xiahou Rong's delicate face, I insisted on walking in the garden behind the inner courtyard with her jade hand.

"...Rong'er..." I whispered.

"...Well..." Xiahou Rong suppressed the shyness in her heart and bravely looked up at me.

"I'm going to go to war soon, I'm here to say goodbye to you, and - I can't come to visit you in the next few days... You have to take good care of yourself!"

"Going to the battle??" Xiahou Rong was slightly ecstatic, and suddenly aroused an extremely complex emotion in her heart - worry, fear, sadness... all kinds of emotions were intertwined! From childhood to adulthood, after her father went to the battle, the scene of her mother burning incense and worshiping gods three times a day, begging for peace continued to appear in Xiahou Rong's mind. Moreover, since she arrived in Shouchun, something that always worried her seemed to be particularly clear in her mind at this moment. "Who are you going to fight with this battle?"

"…!" I sighed softly, "Cao Cao, and your father..."

"Ah..." In an instant, Xiahou Rong's originally flushed jade face was as pale as snow, and her slender body trembled violently. The thing that was most worried about was about to happen - the two closest people inevitably had to fight for life and death, how could it be!

I couldn't bear to see her crying face again, let go of her soft face, and turned slowly, and said sadly: "This battle will last for me for a lifetime... It would be best if I could return safely; if I have a length and a shortcoming, I have already explained that I can send you back to Xuchang, and with your family taking care of you, I can feel at ease..."

After a long time, I didn't hear anything behind me.

"...I'll leave first!" I sighed sadly, and I resisted the idea of ​​turning back and walked towards the gate of the garden.

"Wait!" Suddenly, her voice came from behind. I stopped hearing the sound, but still didn't look back.

With a slight footsteps, I knew she had come behind me.

"You... turn around... come!" As if he mustered up all the courage, Xiahou Rong said these words.

I hesitated for a moment and turned my body over. When I entered my eyes, a beautiful face with pear blossoms and rain made people feel extremely palpitations. The cherry lips with a few rows of tooth marks were slightly marked with trembling and said a few words.

"You must... come back safely... I'll wait for you." Then, as if desperately, Xiahou Rong took the initiative to step forward and bury it in my arms, "...you give birth to me; if you really have something... I won't live alone!"

"Silly girl!" I couldn't help but feel churning again, stretched out my hands to hug her tightly, wishing to melt her into my body, "Take good care of myself! For you, I will definitely come back safely!"

"kindness!……!"

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An hour later, after saying goodbye to Jian Yong, Xu Shu and others, I led my army out of Shouchun West Gate and headed straight west to Runan.

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At the second morning of the 26th day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Jian'an, the stars in the dark night sky were bright and flickering, as if within reach.

130 miles east of Runan, in a larger forest. More than 10 soldiers were hiding their bodies and alertly letting the guards out. In the forest behind them, nearly three thousand tired soldiers were resting.

After more than 20 hours of rapid marching for one day and two nights, the third battalion of "Tiger Spear", "Bear Spear" and "Wind Cavalry" rushed for more than 250 miles, and during this period, they rested for less than 6 hours (this marching speed may be a bit exaggerated, haha! But according to historical records, Roman heavy infantry can march 31 to 39 kilometers in 5 hours with a standard load of 23 kilograms. Of course, such speed cannot last too long.) But behind such a continuous and rapid marching,

The fatigue of soldiers is also conceivable, especially the soldiers of the Second Battalion of "Tiger Spear" and "Bear Spear" that can only be used to travel with their feet. Although the "Tiger" and "Bear" battalions conduct 30-mile marching exercises every three days during their daily practice, which makes their foot endurance far exceed that of ordinary people. However, in less than 15 hours, they have never tried 250 miles. But what is commendable is that the soldiers are tired and their morale has not shaken at all, which makes me feel relieved.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the soldiers to rest, I gathered Zhao Yun, Lin Bao, Lin Xue and Jin Cho for a simple military discussion.

"General! It has been nearly two days and two nights since Yun broke into the siege and asked for help. The lord's army has no food and may not be able to last for a long time. I am worried..." Zhao Yunyu said with concern.

"But such a marching speed is already the limit. No matter how fast the speed is, even if you can arrive in Runan earlier, the brothers will not be able to fight. This will not save the lord!" Lin Xue said in a deep voice.

"Hastyness means not reaching, and hasteness means not reaching..." Xu Shu's words kept echoing in my mind, and I was extremely conflicted. In my current situation, I must have led my army as soon as possible, the better; but if I speed up the marching speed desperately, the result will definitely be as Lin Xue said, even if the soldiers arrive, they will lose their combat power. It is really a dilemma, what should I do?

I felt a mess in my heart. I couldn't help but pat my forehead and force myself to calm down. After concentrating for a moment, I spoke out and said, "The speed of the march remains the same! The purpose of our expedition this time is not just to reach Runan, but more importantly, we must be able to rescue my elder brother and the trapped soldiers after arriving in Runan. Therefore, we can only marching quickly while preserving considerable combat power. At the current speed, we can arrive in Runan one day and one night. Next, we may encounter Cao's army at any time, so we must be more cautious in marching. Zilong's scout must be sent out for a moment." After a pause, I continued, "Let's discuss the rescue plan and get the map!"

I asked Zhao Yun and others to gather next to me, pointing to the map with a swaying bonfire fire, and said, "The current situation has its disadvantages and advantages for our army: there are three disadvantages - the enemy is numerous and we are few, the enemy is leisure and we are hard, the enemy is dark and we are clear! In this case, if we cannot have a comprehensive plan, not only will the purpose of rescue be unable to achieve the goal of rescue, Runan will most likely become our burial place; but at the same time, there are three advantages - first, when it comes to familiarity with the geographical advantage of Runan, we must be better than Cao's army. Second, the people's support of the people is still beneficial to me, and we can get some help from the people. Third, we traveled hundreds of miles this time, and the purpose of returning to Runan is only to rescue, not to defeat Cao's army, defeat Cao and rescue.

The difficulty is incomparable. So as long as the plan is right, it is absolutely possible to complete the rescue. There are two difficulties that we need to consider in this rescue plan - one is how to break through the encirclement of Cao's army at the fastest and lowest cost and join my elder brother; the other is how to retreat to Shouchun safely after the reunion. Cao Cao was scheming and had many talented people in his army, so he would never be unprepared for the rescue of our army. If we cover it up directly, we might hit them. Look, there are at least two excellent ambush places where my elder brother was besieged. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao would set up ambush troops in one of them, or even both, waiting for our army to enter the ambush."

Zhao Yun and others looked at the place I pointed on the map, recalled the terrain there for a moment, and nodded together.

"General, then what do you mean..." Zhao Yun also calmed down and asked along my thoughts.

"The march route must be slightly adjusted! What I mean is - next we march to the southwest, arrive at Pingyu, then turn to the northwest, and bypass these possible ambush locations. Then..."

"Ah..." Zhao Yun, Lin Bao and others were completely shocked after hearing my plan, and they were stunned and could not speak for a long time.

"... The general's plan is very bold and risky, but everything seems to have taken into account. Yun thought it was feasible..." Zhao Yun was the first to come to his senses. Then the other three people also expressed their support.

"Okay, since everyone has no objection, let's follow this plan. Let's discuss some details that need to be paid attention to..."
Chapter completed!