Qu Yi led his troops across the Yellow River and asked Cao's army to surrender to the south bank of the Yellow River. The guard general Shi Huan was confused and did not understand why Qu Yi suddenly surrendered, and did not dare to take action. He was just a small general, and he was not qualified to make a decision on such a major matter, so he asked Qu Yi to temporarily station under the city and sent envoys to report to Cao Ren's fast horse stationed in Chenliu.

"Qu Yi is a general under Yuan Shao. Did he be beaten by a military stick and surrender? No wonder he rebelled and surrendered to Yuan Shao. It seems that this person and Lu Bu are all the same! But, what should we do?"

After receiving Shi Huan's quick horse report, Cao Ren was still unsure of his mind, so he sent an envoy Eighth Li fast horse to Cao Cao's base camp in Pengcheng and asked him to make a decision.

"Qu Yi suddenly led his troops to surrender. What are your opinions?"

Cao Cao held Cao Ren's letter and sat in the big tent thinking for a long time. He was unsure of his mind, so he summoned all the staff to discuss countermeasures. After saying that, he glanced at him. His eyes were sharp and bright, and he looked down on his face. Although he was not tall and even a little short, he still showed a trace of decisive and decisive kingly aura.

Standing on both sides were Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai and others, as well as Jia Xu who had just returned from Wancheng and were regarded as confidant staff. In addition, generals such as Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Li Dian, and Xiahou Shang also came to participate in the military convention.

Cheng Yu is close to sixty this year, and his head is mostly white. After hearing Cao Cao's words, he first spoke: "Qu Yi has followed Yuan Shao for many years, and suddenly came to surrender here, there must be a deception. In Yu's opinion, it is unacceptable. He should be expelled from abroad!"

Yu Jin came out and said, "What Mr. Zhongde said may not be accurate. According to the spy, this spring, on Yuan Shao's birthday, Qu Yi disobeyed Yuan Shao and mocked Yuan Shang, and almost caused a murder. This time, there was another news from the scout that Qu Yi was punished by Yuan Shao's fourth son Yuan Shao for tarnishing his daughter. Many military and civilians had witnessed it with their own eyes. It is expected that this incident must have happened. Qu Yi was humiliated, so he came to surrender in anger. It is natural that he came to surrender if he was deceiving his daughter. Whether there is any fraud, you should not draw a conclusion!"

Xu Huang also nodded and said, "Qu Yi is a good man who can use troops. How elite is Gongsun Zan's white horse Yi? In the battle of Jieqiao, he was almost wiped out by Qu Yi and collapsed from then on. Attacking Xia Pi, our army needs such a warlike army. If we refuse to surrender because we suspect that it is a fraud, it may not be the best strategy. This matter needs to be weighed again and again..."

Cao Cao closed his eyes slightly, stroked his beard and listened quietly to the debate under his command. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at Guo Jia and said, "What do you think Fengxiao thinks?"

"Cough cough..." Guo Jia was about to speak, but he felt uncomfortable in his throat. He couldn't help coughing a few times. In recent years, his condition often broke out, so he looked for a good doctor, but he couldn't completely eradicate it. This made Cao Cao very worried, for fear of losing this number one think tank, but he was powerless. He could only give him some precious medicinal herbs to nourish his body, so that he could take good care of his body.

"Shu Jia said boldly, I have not seen through this matter! For a moment, I couldn't tell whether Qu Yi came to surrender, whether it was true or false. It could be true or false. If it was false, why did Qu Yi come to surrender? I wish he had only seven thousand men and horses, and what could he do after entering the Central Plains?"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, everyone in the tent fell into deep thought. Yes, what purpose did Qu Yi have if he had come to surrender? How big can he do with the seven thousand men in his hands? He could not capture cities or plunder food and grass. What did he do in the Central Plains?

"In Jiayu's opinion, he should temporarily accept Qu Yi's surrender and order him to be his flanks and encircle Yecheng together. If the army attacks the city, countless casualties will inevitably be killed or injured. Qu Yi is here to surrender, and he can use the front drive for my use, cough cough..."

Guo Jia coughed again and told his opinion. No matter how he surrendered, he would first push his troops to the front line as cannon fodder, so that he could see a real sign on the top of the city, and he would know whether it was a real surrender or a fake surrender.

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly opened wide and he was domineering. This was his reaction before he made a decision: "Okay, then that's it. Quick horses passed on a letter to Yu Zixiao, and asked Qu Yi to lead his troops through Chenliu to come to Xuzhou to assist in the war and attack Yecheng. If he made a contribution, he would have a great reward!"

Cao Cao's documents were sent to Chenliu at a rapid pace. Cao Ren compiled books and Shi Huan again, and then he let Qu Yi go to pass. After a while, half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

Qu Yi led his subordinates to travel through Cao Cao's territory, and never encountered any obstacles again, but the marching speed was very slow. He only walked fifty miles a day, and it took half a month to reach the junction of Xuzhou and Chenliu. Cao Cao was so angry that he came to the proclamation and urged him five or six times. Qu Yi directly marched at his own speed and reported that the road was muddy and the marching was difficult.

On that day and night, Qu Yi's men entered Pengcheng and set up camps in the wilderness.

The confidant Zhang Wu came to him to drink at night. After drinking for three rounds, he asked: "General, do we really want to surrender to Cao Cao and fight for him to attack Xia Pi?"

While drinking, Qu Yi stroked Qiuyan and said, "Bah, I won't surrender to Cao Mengde. This time I went deep into the Central Plains, it was Yuan Xianyong who begged me to come. We came to surrender to deceiving us!"

"Fake surrender?" Zhang Wu was surprised, wondering what the hell was sold in Qu Yi and Yuan Buy Gourds?

Qu Yi drank a big mouthful of wine, looking indifferent: "I don't know what evil this kid was caught in. In order to recruit Zhang Liao, the cavalry commander under Lu Bu, I asked me to come and surrender with my men. He had long expected that Cao Cao would let us attack the city as the front driver, so that he could contact Zhang Wenyuan. As expected, Cao Cao really ordered us to attack the city!"

Zhang Wu was confused and asked in confusion: "Assieging the city, we will kill people. We are surrendering troops. Cao Cao asked us to die. This is a normal thing. If I had thought it would be possible! What I would not understand is that if we attack the city, can Zhang Liao be recruited? Besides, even if Zhang Liao joined our army, how could our army retreat safely from Xuzhou? There are 70,000 to 80,000 Cao troops in Xuzhou! Can Cao Mengde let us go?"

"Yuan Mai has sent Zhang Liao's brothers into the city to persuade Zhang Liao. If Zhang Liao really wants to surrender, we will fight to the bottom of Yecheng. If Zhang Liao is as heartless as steel and insists on accompanying Lu Bu to hell, we will turn around and head north to Qingzhou and go to Qingzhou. From Xia Pi to Qingzhou Langya Kingdom, we will travel day and night, and we can enter Langya in about two days. If we retreat to Qingzhou, we will be safe." Qu Yi ate the meat in big mouthfuls, looking like he was indifferent.

"Qingzhou is Yuan Tan's territory, will we let us enter? Don't let Cao Cao's pursuers be behind us, and the Langya defenders in front will not let us enter. Then we will have a disaster?" Zhang Wu no longer had the mood to drink and sighed with a sigh.

Qu Yi smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. Yuan Mai has already made arrangements. Ju Hu, the prime minister of Langya, is the son of Ju Shu. He once took Tian Feng as his teacher and was very respectful to Tian Feng. Yuan Mai had already asked Tian Feng to write a letter to him and inform Ju Hu, and when our team came to the city, we would let us enter the city. Moreover, there has not yet been a war between our Hebei army and Cao army. It is also an unknown thing whether Cao Cao dares to rush his army to pursue us in Qingzhou."

Zhang Wu was still worried and advised: "General, you only have these 7,000 troops left in your hand. Don't get them all surrounded and annihilated by Cao Cao in the end, so you will have no possessions. In my opinion, if the general does not sincerely surrender to Cao Cao, we should take advantage of the fact that the defenses in Cao Cao are still far away from Cao Cao's army, Taishan and Dongjun are weak, and quietly retreat to Hanoi?"

"Hmph, what's this? There is a saying that you have no turning back when you open the bow. Have you never heard of it?"

Qu Yi snorted coldly, scolded him, and continued: "There are three thousand new recruits among these seven thousand horses, and the other four thousand are the ones that Hao Zhao has left. They don't have much combat power, so it's not a pity to lose them. I made a gentleman agreement with Yuan Mai. If I could bring Zhang Liao back to Hanoi, he would have to allocate another seven thousand horses. In addition, I would also return my 'Go to the camp first' and give me half of the cavalry in Wang Shuang's hands. Otherwise, do you think that if the general's mind is in vain, he will be beaten with a military stick in vain and have to go deep into the Cao army to take risks?"

Zhang Wu finally understood that Qu Yi's fraudulent surrender turned out to be a deal, and nodded and said, "If this is the case, you can exchange for the general and then enter the camp first, and then change to another cavalry. The strength is much more fulfilling than these 7,000 troops!"

"That's right, so this mission is only allowed to succeed, not fail. If the situation is not good, we will give up the team and lead the Qingqi to rush to Langya, and turn around and ask Yuan Mai for the troops he promised." Qu Yi took the last sip of wine, and at the same time relieved Zhang Wu's doubts.

Before Zhang Wu left, Qu Yi repeatedly reminded him to keep the secrets strictly to prevent the news from leaking. The next day, the team still marched at a speed of 40 or 50 miles a day, waiting for news from Zhang Kuang and then making a response at any time, that is, the people sent by Yuan Mai to contact Zhang Liao.

Zhang Kuang was Zhang Liao's clan brother. Yuan Mai was attracted by Yuan Mai from Mayi to serve as the military waiter, in order to take Zhang Liao as a contact person. Yuan Mai promised him this time that if he could successfully persuade Zhang Liao to surrender, he would grant him the position of lieutenant. After hearing this, Zhang Kuang was so moved that he brought several tribe members, dressed up as civilians, and rushed to Yecheng in advance to inform Zhang Liao of the incident of Qu Yi's false surrender.

September was approaching in a blink of an eye, and Cao Cao's army gradually formed a surround around Xia Pi City, and the day of breaking the city seemed to be not far away.
Chapter completed!