Xu Chu witnessed Zhang Liao's defeat throughout the whole process, and when he saw the other party's "escape" in embarrassment, he couldn't help but clasped his fists and complimented Long Xiang:

"General, have you learned from Mi Heng? Your mouth is so powerful."

"Ahem, thanks to Zhongkang's reminder, if Cao Cao sends people to Xincheng to persuade him to surrender, you can deal with him Zhengping."

After saying this, Long Xiang took out several silk books from his arms, which recorded various commonly used flags and flags with the names of major officials, and planned to ask Xu Chu to use the telescope to send messages.

"Forget it, I'll do it myself."

After Long Xiang finished speaking, he put the silk book into his arms again. Those flag words were negotiated with Lu Su. He was worried that Xu Chu would not be able to convey them accurately and it would be self-defeating.

Seeing that Long Xiang was about to rush to the west city tower, Xu Chu clasped his fists and reminded: "General, go back quickly. Zhang Liao was angered by you just now. Maybe he will lead an army to attack soon."

Long Xiang patted Xu Chu's arm to comfort him: "Uncle Wei, Yuan Duan hasn't come back yet, Hefei's defense depends entirely on you. Use Qin Yilu and Liu Fu."

"The general will definitely go all out, but I am more accustomed to the general's dispatch." Xu Chu nodded in agreement.

Long Xiang smiled leisurely: "I'm just going to deliver a message, and I'm not leaving forever. I should be able to return before Cao Jun arrives. If Cao Jun arrives first, you can hold on."

Xu Chu asked naively: "How to be stable?"

Long Xiang replied: "The colder your expression is and the more serious you pretend to be, the less Cao Cao will dare to move."

"But you didn't seem to be like this just now. Your attitude was very low." Xu Chu scratched his cheek and thought to himself, aren't we the same?

Long Xiang explained patiently: "I was deliberately modest to make Zhang Liao confused. As a general, you must be indifferent. Do you understand?"

"I seem to understand." Xu Chu nodded slightly.

Long Xiang didn't expect Xu Chuzhen to understand. He said that he could just keep his normal style. Your flying stone skills are very powerful, so long as you stand on the top of the city and don't be angry.

I hurried to the West Tower and saw the new city messenger arriving outside the city.

Why didn't Zijing send a message with flags?

With suspicion, Long Xiang asked someone to open the door and release the suspension bridge. Since they could communicate face to face, there was no need to use complicated flags to convey messages.

It wasn't until the messenger came to the city to report that Long Xiang knew why Lu Su sent someone to deliver the message. In fact, because the amount of information was relatively large, the flag language might not be able to be translated clearly.

The detectives with mirrors sent by Xincheng discovered a large number of people in the northern part of Zipeng Mountain.

They supported the old and young and were driven north. Lu Su guessed that Cao Cao was going to abandon the south of the Lujiang River. He believed that the burning of grain in Xianshui had been successful. It was estimated that Cao Cao's army had exhausted all the food and grass and might evacuate to Shouchun in the near future. Lu Su reminded Long

The old city of Xiang has a small garrison and must be cautious to deal with the coming threats.

The news from Lu Su was like timely rain, which gave Long Xiang some confidence. He also understood why Zhang Liao came to ask for labor. Why did he dare to come to Hefei to beg for food?

Long Xiang exchanged news about Zhang Liao and Cao's army with the messenger, ordered Lu Su to immediately conduct wartime management of the new city, and suggested that Ni Heng be used to deal with Cao Cao's envoy.

With the help of telescopes, Hefei has an advantage in intelligence and also creates a time difference.

Zhang Liao returned to Cao Cao and relayed Long Xiang's words intact.

After hearing this, Cao Cao became furious: "One Dendrobium and two Dendrobiums? Who do Long Xiang think we are? Are we refugees and beggars? If you look down on us like this, I will break through Hefei and kill them!"

"Ming Gong calms down his anger. I heard that the city of Hefei is strong and our army is about to run out of food. We must not act rashly. If we attack Hefei rashly, Zhou Yu will lead his troops to join forces."

Jia Xu is usually taciturn, but when it comes to his own safety, he is very active. Although his words stopped abruptly at the end, Cao Cao already understood the meaning.

"Hefei will have to fight sooner or later, but not now." Cao Cao shook his head and responded to Jia Xu: "Although it's not a real fight, I still want to teach Long Xiang some lessons. Does Wen He have any good suggestions?"

Jia Xu thought for a while and replied: "According to General Zhang, Longxiang's lack of food is due to the large-scale construction of a new city, and the outer city walls have been built. Why doesn't Ming Gong send someone to inquire in detail? Maybe there are still some imperfections.

If we find the weak point and capture this new city, we can move the Shouchun defense line south to Hefei, thereby limiting Longxiang's future development."

"Wonderful, wonderful, it must be Wenhe." Cao Cao smiled while stroking his hands.

Cao Cao then sent several teams of sentinels straight to the new city. At night, they camped to the south between the old and new cities. The camp was about three miles away from the two cities. He had no idea that Long Xiang and Lu Su were taking control in real time.

Since the camp was very close to the two cities, Cao Cao personally inspected it after setting up camp to ensure that there were no omissions in the defense at night. He did not want to make a fool of himself before leaving Huainan and go back with a bad reputation.

After Cao Cao personally arranged the defense, he returned to the main tent to have dinner with several generals and counselors.

Since the army was almost out of food, all the generals in the main camp had to drink gruel, not to mention the ordinary soldiers who knew only a few grains of rice, so they could only drink a glass of water to satisfy their hunger.

Although porridge is good for cooling off in the summer, it is too watery to make you hungry, so there is no condition to go to Hefei at this time.

After drinking a bowl of porridge, Cao Cao wiped his mouth with his hand and began to share information.

"I kind of believe what Long Xiang said. The new city of Hefei is several times larger than the old city, and the city walls are all made of bricks and stones. Our scouts ran around for several times and found no flaws. To build a new city with such specifications,

How can Longxiang not be short of food?

But now the problem arises. The new city seems to be stronger than the old city. It is impossible to attack in a short time. Long Xiang's think tank Lu Su is guarding there. The two cities are only five miles apart. It seems that they are competing against each other.

Don’t have any clever ideas to outwit you?”

It was quiet inside the tent, but insects were chirping wildly outside the tent, making the scene very embarrassing for a time.

Guo Jia then raised his hand and said: "Lu Su and Long Xiang are guarding two cities. This person should be quite ambitious, unlike Long Xiang who is of low origin and acts rogue. It may be possible to send some eloquent people to speak out."

Cao Cao nodded and asked, "Fengxiao is outstanding in eloquence. Can you go out for me?"

"I have no acquaintance with Lu Su. I am afraid that I will disappoint the Ming Dynasty. It is best to find someone from Jianghuai." When Guo Jia was talking, he couldn't help but look at the young man in the corner at the bottom.

Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's gaze and saw that it was Jiang Gan, the prefectural official who Liu Fu had conquered. He seemed to be from Shouchun, Jiujiang, and was serving as the guide for the army during this expedition.

"Ziyi? Do you know Lu Zijing?"

Jiang Gan stood up in a hurry and answered with cupped hands: "Lu Zijing is about the same age as me. We once had a relationship in Shouchun. If Ming Gong trusts me, I would like to go there, but I can't guarantee that it will happen."

"It doesn't matter."

Cao Cao waved his hand: "I asked Feng Xiao to go with you, and you will cooperate with each other tomorrow so that we can take care of you."

"only."

"only."

Jiang Qian and Guo Jia responded one after another.

After the accounts were settled, Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to give Jiang Gan face-to-face advice, but he did not know that Jiang Gan was known for his eloquence.

The next day, the two of them took advantage of the excitement and returned disappointed.

Heng Heng sprayed Guo Jia on the new city city, and he sprayed Guo Jia, and Jiang Qian had no complexion.

Cao Cao heard that it was You Heng. I remembered that this was naked and drummed. He comforted Guo. Jiang: "You Zhengping is really difficult to deal with. I did not expect that this person was annoying idiot.

Cao Chun saw the stitches and persuaded: "Lord, since Lu Su, Long Yan couldn't persuade the surrender, our soldiers' food has also bottomed out, it is better to retreat?"

"Now?" Cao Cao shook his head gently: "The soldiers worked hard to camp, how could they go overnight? Wait until tomorrow will be too late."

In the head of the old city of Hefei, Long Yan looked at Qianli Mirror for a while, and then instructed Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, ask someone to kill a pig."
Chapter completed!