Seeing that Cao Cao and Xu You had no words after talking for a long time, Zhang He advised him: "Your Majesty, Feng Yu is obviously not fooled. I suggest that we withdraw our troops immediately and divide our troops to save Huyang. We want to capture Wancheng, hoping to increase our strength to confront the Liang army here. However, if Huyang loses, the food route from Pingshi County will be threatened by the Liang army, and even if we occupy Wancheng, it will be meaningless."

In fact, Cao Cao and Xu You were hesitant about whether to divide the troops. Although Feng Yu could not have been fooled, the Wei army could still take down Wancheng in one go and completely destroy the Liang army of five or six thousand people in the city. But if he did not rescue Huyang, what would it be better for the Liang army to capture Huyang?

Cao Cao did not respond immediately to Zhang He's words, but asked Xu You: "Ziyuan, can you see if the Liang army can conquer Huyang?"

Xu You twisted his two rat whispers and said, "Since this Liang army went to attack Huyang, they must have been not prepared to attack Huyang. The siege equipment and supplies must not be fully prepared, so they only have to fail to attack Huyang, and it is unlikely that they will break through Huyang in a short time. Your Majesty only needs to allocate a small group of troops to help Huyang, so that Huyang can be safe. Moreover, this division of troops will affect our capture of Wancheng."

After hearing Xu You's words, Cao Cao nodded frequently. But he immediately found that there was another flaw in Xu You's words and asked: "Ziyuan just assumed that the Liang army who attacked Huyang did not succeed in one attack, but what if they had succeeded now. Of course, this possibility is very low. After all, they were discovered by our guards when they attacked Huyang. But what if?"

Xu You didn't expect Cao Cao to have this question. After thinking for a moment, he hurriedly responded: "If this is the case, let our soldiers who went to reinforce Huyang monitor Huyang. After we captured Wancheng, we left some of the troops to guard Wancheng. The main force turned around and went east to seize Huyang."

Cao Cao was not satisfied with Xu You's unthinking answer and said silently. Zhang He said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Doctor Xu, this strategy is inappropriate! In this way, our army will run around, run around, and be scattered, and easily be occupied by the enemy! For example, can some of our troops be defended without restoring the defense of Wancheng? Will our main force be intercepted and attacked by Liang's cavalry chariots when moving towards Huyang? Even if our main force arrives in Huyang safely, can we conquer Huyang? And food and supplies can only be transported from Fangcheng two hundred miles away. This is all a problem!"

Seeing Zhang He refuting his face, Xu You looked unhappy, but could not argue with Zhang He's questioning, so he had to frown and respond: "On Wancheng, although it is meaningless to capture Wancheng, we can still destroy five or six thousand Liang's troops. If it really doesn't work, we can give up this city after capturing Wancheng. Besides, this is just the priest's assumption that if Huyang has been occupied by Liang's army, it is still an assumption."

Zhang He immediately retorted: "Did our tens of thousands of troops hoard here just to eliminate five or six thousand Liang troops, let alone..."

Cao Cao, who was standing aside, saw the two of them arguing endlessly, and the other generals were muttering in a low voice, finally ending their argument, saying, "Okay, the two dear ministers don't need to fight. I have decided to send Xu Zhu to lead two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and three thousand war cavalry to rescue Huyang City. If Huyang City is lost, return to the main army immediately. All the remaining troops and horses are fighting with all their strength to attack Wancheng, and must conquer Wancheng within one day. After conquering Wancheng, Ruohuyang City has not been lost, and the entire army will continue to confront the main force of the Liang army with Wancheng as the center and find an opportunity to fight to the decisive battle. Ruohuyang City has been lost..."

When Cao Cao said this, he paused for several seconds, and then said as if he was determined: "If Huyang City has been lost, the entire army will retreat to Fangcheng and make plans!"

Xu Zhu interrupted casually at this time, "Your Majesty means that after I, Lao Xu, arrives in Huyang, if I find that Huyang City has been captured by the Liang army, I will report the letter to the emperor and then return directly to Fangcheng?"

"Yes, as long as you find that Huyang has been occupied by the Liang army, you will directly send troops and horses to report to me, and then return to Fangcheng by yourself!"

"promise!"

When Cao Cao was about to disperse and prepare for each other, Zhang He seemed to stop talking. In fact, he wanted to persuade Cao Cao again - to get the exact news from Xu Zhu before making plans. If the Liang army had already conquered Huyang, it would be better if Wancheng didn't fight, and he should have retreated back to Fangcheng with pleasure. But in the end he still refused to say it.

...

In about two quarters of an hour, two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and three thousand battle cavalry had gathered together. Xu Zhu led them out of the gate and headed towards the southeast. At this time, the sky in the east had turned pale.

The cavalry of the Wei army was different from the infantry who performed a big show all night. They rested all night and were now full of energy. They were fully rushing. In less than two hours, they rushed to the vicinity of Huyang City.

Xu Zhuxu stopped his horse and put his hand on a shed to look at Huyang City. However, he saw that the four gates were closed, and the city was silent, without even the shadow of a soldier, and there was no flag to be inserted in any direction, and there was no corpse outside the city. Not to mention that this place was completely different from a fight, even if this city was originally a dead city, Xu Zhu would believe it if he didn't know it.

Xu Zhu ordered several general Wei soldiers to go to the city gate to call the city and inquire about the situation. The two soldiers shouted for a long time but no one responded. Xu Zhu had to instruct some soldiers to find ways to climb to the top of the city and open the city gate. The generals and school leaders found some soldiers who were good at climbing rocks and walls, and took ropes to cross the wide moat, and climbed up with the uneven wall facade.

Xu Zhu looked at the climbing soldiers nervously, and he was ready to be attacked. As expected, these soldiers had just exposed their heads from the battlements at the top of the city when swords and guns attacked with lightning speed. They didn't even have time to shout, and they fell to the city.

At the same time, a Wei army soldier exclaimed: "Liang Jun's liftoff light has risen!"

Xu Zhu looked closely and found that it was indeed several Liang Jun's hot air balloon airships that had risen from the city. He slapped his thighs and said, "Okay, let me save my affairs. According to the emperor's military order, I will take you back to Fangcheng." After that, he pulled his horse and turned toward Fangcheng. Unfortunately, he wanted to leave, but Liang Jun would not let him go so easily.

A hundred battles away from Xu Zhu's cavalry, Xu Zhu vaguely saw a large number of people standing up from the bushes and grass. Then countless arrows rushed towards Xu Zhu's cavalry. Xu Zhu didn't care at first, even if the opponent was a long bowman, he would have to be at the end of his strength. However, he underestimated the power of the long bow. Hundreds of heavy arrows still made Xu Zhu's iron cavalry fall down in pieces as the man shouted and neighed, even if the iron armor on the tiger and leopard cavalry was pierced by the heavy arrow.
Chapter completed!