Cao Cao saw through the purpose of the senior officials' attempt to intervene in the Youzhou war through support, so his plan failed.

However, the high-ranking official who received the reply was not angry at all, but was in a good mood and was in a good mood to go hunting in the suburbs.

He only brought Xun Chen and a few followers, and along the way he discussed things about Youzhou and Yecheng:

"Everything was exactly the same as the teacher expected. Cao Cao thought that my attention was on Youzhou, and he planned to take advantage of the situation and then connect with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, so Cao Cao was afraid of not allowing it."

Xun Chen held the reins in one hand and reached on his chin with the other hand, touching the small beard gently and pondered:

"Fortunately, Yuan Xi is very popular in Youzhou on weekdays, so Zhao Du and Huo Nu are easily incited to instigate a rebellion by me. With the support of the county magistrate of Shanggu County, even if Tian Yu is capable, it will take some time to completely eliminate them, not to mention that Tian Yu may have a waste of time this time."

The high-ranking official looked at Xun Chen and asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"

Xun Chen smiled and said, "You will know after a while..."

When Tian Yu, who was ordered to attack Dai County, just arrived in Dai County, he found that Zhao Du and Huo Nu were no longer there. In annoyed, Tian Yu began to reflect on what they wanted to do. Soon he felt ashamed of his resurgence. For this reason, he quickly transferred the army to advance in the direction of Guangping. At the same time, Fei Ge also sent a letter to Zhang Xiu and Cao Pi in Jicheng, asking them to rush to help Guangping.

As soon as the flying pigeon flew out of Dai County, it was shot by a sharp arrow that suddenly flew. After the pigeon landed on the ground, Li Meng rode his horse slowly to the next side of the pigeon, reached out and held the handle of the arrow to pick it up, took off the bamboo tube on the pigeon's legs, and threw it back to the ground, and then sneered and put the bamboo tube into his arms.

As early as when Tian Yu arrived in Dai County, Zhao Du and Huo An followed the instructions given to them along Pan County. Juyong secretly marched straight to Guangping. Yuan Shang, who was in a desperate situation, also received a letter from Xun Chen's flying pigeon, asking him to persuade Tadun to send the Wuhuan of the three counties to attack Guangping, and to destroy Xian Yufu's nest in one fell swoop, and at the same time, he opened a gap in Yuyang to retake Youzhou again.

In order not to be interfered by Yuan Xi and Sima Yi, Yuan Shang met with Tadun privately and persuaded him to send troops to Zhao Du. Huo'anli should cooperate with others, and most of the defenders were taken away by Tian Yu. The rampage that most of the defenders would not last long.

Tadun agreed with Yuan Shang's suggestion and quickly sent troops from the Wuhuan in the three counties to launch a sudden attack on Guanping. Zhao Du and Huo An suddenly came from the west of Guanping just like they had been arranged in advance. Guanping was in a serious crisis for a moment.

This sudden military operation not only did Zhang Xiu and Cao Pi, who were in Jicheng, not be prepared, but even Yuan Xi, who was an ally, was unaware of it. When he told Sima Yi about this, Sima Yi's expression was very serious:

"Since the secret order Xianyufu attacked Zhang Xiu, I always felt that someone seemed to be manipulating him behind him. This time, the matter strengthened me with this idea. If everything was as I guessed, it would be a big deal."

Yuan Xi did not understand what Sima Yi said: "No matter what happened at this time, it would be more or less beneficial to us. There were less than 5,000 defenders in Ganping, and they would not be able to defend for long under the siege of about 50,000 people in front and behind. Once Xian Yufu was killed, Yuyang would definitely fall into chaos. Isn't that the opportunity for us to regain Youzhou?"

Sima Yi shook his head: "General, do you think, if Cao Cao finally took Youzhou, would he let go so easily? Although the siege of Guangping is very critical, Cao Cao is in Nanpi at this time. With the current strength of Cao's army in Youzhou, it is not enough to compete with Wuhuan. So if my idea is correct, the real purpose of the person behind Yuan Shang is to attract Cao Cao to go north in person..."

"In that case, even if we finally win the victory of the rugged, we will only be fighting a rabbit and attracting a tiger..."

Yuan Xi's metaphor is very vivid. Sima Yi stood up and looked at the direction of the camp where Zhang Chunhua lived. He was very worried that he and she had finally escaped from the riots, and they might not be at peace from now on.

The army led by Zhao Du and Huo Nu successfully led the 50,000 army led by Tian Yu to Dai County, a hundred miles away. They took advantage of the period when Tian Yu returned to the army and launched a sudden siege with the Wuhuan troops in the three counties to attack Ganping.

The victory that was originally within reach far exceeded their optimistic estimates. Before leaving, Tian Yu specially strengthened the flat city defense just in case, and arranged a lot of rolling wood, stones and strong bows and hard crossbows to prepare for emergencies.

It is precisely because of Tian Yu's plan to prevent the siege of the enemy, which greatly obstructed Xian Yufu from being isolated and desperate in a short period of time. However, the defenders in the city are limited after all, and the lack of food and water caused by long-term siege is also very fatal. If there are no effective reinforcements for a long time, the situation is still not optimistic.

The army closest to Gangping was Cao Pi and Zhang Xiu's troops who had just entered Jicheng and had not yet been repaired. Their total troops were only 10,000, and they had just settled down and had not been effectively cultivated. Even if they sent troops, they were not as good as before.

Fortunately, Cao Cao had decided to lead his army to lift the siege of Jianping. At Guo Jia's suggestion, he ordered Cao Pi and Zhang Xiu not to act rashly, and led the army with Cao Chun and Cao Hong as the main force to quickly north.

Cao Cao's move immediately caused a burst of ecstasy for the senior officials who were in charge of Shangdang, because Xun Chen went through a lot of trouble and sent such a big situation to attract Cao Cao to the north, thus creating a void in the rear to give him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Xian Yufu's persistence won precious time for Cao Cao to arrive in time for rescue. When Cao Cao arrived at Guangping, he first launched an offensive against the weaker Zhao Du and Huo Nu, and used the Guangping City to block the three-sided encirclement to block the two of them. Zhao Du and Huo'an's army was scattered and divided by the iron cavalry led by Cao Hong and defeated one by one.

In the end, Zhao Du and Huo Nu were killed by the cavalry under Cao Hong's army. Seeing that there was no possibility of further siege, Wuhuan of the three counties withdrew their troops and returned, and the siege of Guangping was finally lifted.

However, when Cao Cao's right foot had just stepped into the gate of Ganping City, an urgent report came from the direction of Yecheng: the two defenders in Dangyin and Handan rebelled, and the two generals Zhang Liao and Zhang He went to suppress the rebellion, and the senior officials took advantage of the empty defense to send troops to attack Yecheng!

After learning the news, all the generals were at a loss, but Cao Cao was not panicked at all. Instead, he smiled:

"I was really caught up in the news by Mr. Fengxiao and Mr. Xun Yan. Don't worry, Mr. Xun Yan already has a plan to defeat the enemy, and Yecheng has no worries."

Xun Chen's plan did succeed in leading Zhang Liao and Zhang He away, which made the high-ranking officials think that the time was ripe and he led the light cavalry straight to Yecheng without restraint. Everything seemed to be walking according to Xun Chen's plan.

Shortly after the senior officials personally led the army to attack, Xun Chen rode on his horse and left Shangdang and headed south to Tunliu. When he was walking, he saw someone in a pavilion outside the suburbs. He was worried and slowly moved forward.

It was not until he arrived next to the pavilion that he could see the person's face clearly. The appearance of this person at the beginning shocked him, but soon Xun Chen understood what was going on.

He smiled calmly, stepped off his horse and walked to the pavilion with his horse behind him, and said to the person sitting there:

"I really didn't expect that you, who have never liked to be involved in political disputes, would actually tread this muddy water. We haven't seen each other for a long time, brother..."

The person sitting in front of him was nothing else, and the brother of Xun Chen and Xun Yu was officially: Xun Yan.

Xun Yan pressed his right hand on the long sword on the round stone table, and responded in a plain tone: "That's because you rolled in too."

After saying that, Xun Yan stood up and turned his back to Xun Chen and took two steps: "Do you think no one can see your plan? Guo Fengxiao and Zhong Yu have already set up a plan and waited for you to get in, but you just can't notice it."

When Xun Yan said this, Xun Chen realized something. He thought in his heart that no wonder the development of things was unexpectedly acting according to his own expectations. It turned out that the person who was really trapped was not Cao Cao and Guo Jia, but himself.

Seeing Xun Chen's appearance seemed to have completely understood, Xun Yan began to persuade him to turn around and try to find out the person behind him:

"Inciting Yuan Shang to take the initiative to carry out the Cao army, which caused the Youzhou war, and used high-ranking officials to blitz Yecheng to make Bingzhou uneasy. Guo Jia also noticed that some of you were trying to encourage Chang Xi to rebel in Xuzhou. I can't think of what the real purpose of you and the big man who refused to show up?"

What Xun Chen didn't expect was that even the matter in Xuzhou was noticed by Guo Jia. Now he had no trump card to get out, so he could only stand there and lower his head and smile bitterly:

"So it seems that Xuzhou has been prepared for a long time, including Guo Jia who walked south..."

Before he finished speaking, Xun Chen suddenly discovered something that he couldn't believe: "Is it..."

From Xun Yan's expression Xun Chen affirmed this fact that he was neither willing to believe:

"That's right, the location where your master has been hiding for this period has been discovered by Hu Zhao. This is the real purpose of us who have been pretending to fall into your trap step by step. At this moment, Hu Zhao has gone there. Not only that, Sima Fang has also gone there. I believe you know his sword technique very well..."

When Xun Chen heard Sima Fang and Hu Zhao acted together, he suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness:

"His location is very secretive. How did you find it?"

Just as Xun Chen questioned Xun Yan, a slowly landed on Xun Yan's arm suddenly flew out of the air. Xun Yan gently stroked the feathers of the carrier pigeon and said:

"There is no way. The pigeon raised by Guo Jia seems to like the pigeon you contact each other very much..."

Xun Chen fully understood the reason for his failure. He also noticed that the ambush hidden behind him was slowly surrounding him. Without any skills to defend against the enemy, he knew that he could not escape at all, so he took steps toward Xun Yan in the pavilion: "I didn't expect that not only me, but even the highness lost to Guo Fengxiao and Zhong Yu. So what should I do with me, a traitor?"

Xun Yan turned around and looked at Xun Chen: "It's very simple, go back with me and tell me everything you know..."

Soon more than ten Cao soldiers surrounded the pavilion and took Xun Chen down with an order.

As his eyes met, Xun Chen suddenly took the lead and pulled out the long sword on the table and pointed it at Xun Yan:

"What a pity, I can't continue to watch what will be like in the troubled times..."

When Xun Yan realized that it was too late when Xun Chen wanted to commit suicide. Xun Chen put the sword across his neck and died. He lost his balance and fell into Xun Yan's arms. Xun Yan looked at his brother's extreme approach and couldn't help but feel deeply sad: "You actually sacrificed yourself to protect that person. What kind of person is he..."

On his dying moment, Xun Chen saw that when he was just working under Yuan Shao, he listened to the so-called counselors talking all day long. Yuan Shao was a mediocre master, and his abilities were far above them and he had no interest in participating in it at all, so he was bored all day long and didn't know what the meaning of his life was.

At this moment, the man in the hat appeared. His existence aroused Xun Chen's great interest in this chaotic world. He finally found the meaning of his survival when he was deeply infected.

Your Highness, it’s a pity that you can’t stand with you and witness the arrival of the real troubled times...

In the thatched hut fifteen miles south of Gaodu, a man in a hat was sitting in front of the collapse and writing something. Guo Huai, who was standing beside him, noticed that there seemed to be an unusual and dangerous atmosphere outside the house.

When he looked down at the man in the hat, the man in the hat had gently put down his pen:

"It seems that some VIPs are coming uninvited..."

Standing closely watching outside the house, Guo Pei found the threat from outside the house. He turned his head and looked at Guo Huai. Guo Huai understood what Guo Pei meant: "They appeared here, which means that our plan has failed. I'm afraid Xun Chen has..."

The man on the couch curled the wooden box covered with black cloth in the curtain in the corner, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly...

At the same time, Hu Zhao and Sima Fang, holding a long sword, had quietly come to the door of the thatched hut hidden by the man in the hat.

Although the thatched hut seemed particularly quiet, Hu Zhao and Sima Fang both understood that it was not as simple as it seemed. Hu Zhao drew out a bamboo leaf sword, and Sima Fang drew out the long sword in the scabbard, concentrating and calming down and ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

At this moment, Guo Huai rushed out of the thatched hut with his fingers. Hu Zhao held the sword and went up to fight Guo Huai. Sima Fang took the opportunity to rush into the thatched hut to find the man in the hat.

When he stepped into the house, Sima Fang did not find the man in the hat, but heard someone in the corner. He slowly approached the source of the sound. Just when he was only one step away from the curtain of the sound, Guo Pei held a sword and lifted the curtain and stabbed Sima Fang. Sima Fang turned around and avoided Guo Pei's attack.

The two started fighting in the house. After more than ten rounds, Guo Pei was obviously unable to resist Sima Fang's swordsmanship. After being forced to retreat, he gasped and said, "It's really worthy of Sima Fang, who was once ranked six swords."

"Where is your master?" Sima Fang did not talk nonsense to him, but directly asked the whereabouts of the man in the hat.

Guo Pei looked at the box covered in black cloth in the corner behind her: "What do you think..."

After saying that, Guo Pei waved his sword again and rushed towards Sima Fang. Sima Fang subconsciously prepared to parry. Unexpectedly, Guo Pei suddenly stopped her steps and turned to stab at the box behind her. When he pulled out the sword, Sima Fang saw that his sword blade was stained with blood.

Before Sima Fang could react, Guo Pei jumped through the thatched hut and fled quickly.

Guo Huai, who was fighting with Hu Zhao outside the house, saw that Guo Pei had escaped safely, so he quickly took out the lime powder from the sleeve bag and sprinkled towards Hu Zhao. Hu Zhao quickly turned around to avoid it. After the smoke and dust disappeared, Guo Huai disappeared.

Hu Zhao, who walked into the house quickly, saw Sima Fang standing in front of the box in the corner, and went forward to ask:

"How is it? Have you found anything?"

When he stood beside Sima Fang, he looked at the unconscious person in the box, and he couldn't help but be surprised:

"This is..."

The black cloth in Sima Fang's hand also slid down to the ground, and he stared blankly at the person in the box who was stabbed in the chest with a long sword:

"Shuda..."

Sima Fu, lying in the wooden box, curled up in the narrow space with ropes. The clothes on his left chest were red with blood, and he still completely lost consciousness at this moment.

What's going on? Why is Sima Fu here?

The carefully planned game by Guo Jia and Zhong Yu ultimately failed, and the action of capturing the man in the hat was alive ended in failure.

After the matter came to an end, Sima Fang took Sima Fu to Tangyang County and handed it over to Sima Lang for healing and recuperation, while Hu Zhao went to Guangzong to explain the whole story to Guo Jia. After hearing this, Guo Jia also had some doubts about Sima Fu's appearance, but he was still cautious: "I think if you want to completely figure out this matter, you have to wait until Sima Shuda wakes up."

Hu Zhao turned to Guo Jia: "How is Sima Yi doing now?"

Guo Jia, who was sitting and lying on the bed, had a worse expression than before, and this did not escape Hu Zhao's eyes:

"How long can your body last?"

"Which question would you ask me to answer first?"

Seeing Hu Zhao asking himself two unrelated questions in a row, Guo Jia raised his mouth and showed a dry smile:

"It should be less than a year. The medicine I asked someone to bring me seems to be almost at its limit. As for Sima Yi's affairs, you don't have to worry about it. I will set off to Youzhou to find him in a while."

Hu Zhao felt very embarrassed when he heard Guo Jia say this:

"Even for her, do you have to protect Sima Yi? Even if you sacrifice your life, you will be willing to do so?"

Guo Jia did not answer Hu Zhao's question, but stood up with Hu Zhao's support and turned the topic to another side:

"In Xuzhou, I have arranged for Yu Jin, Xiahou Yuan, Li Meng, and Chang Xi's problems to be solved. Although I did not catch the mastermind behind the scenes, after this incident, I think the vitality of that 'Your Highness' will be hit to a certain extent and will not move rashly in a short period of time. In addition, I will go to see Sima Yi in person, so you don't have to worry about him."

The more he said, Guo Jia's improvement was worse, so that even though he was still difficult to stand with Hu Zhao's support, Hu Zhao saw that he had become like this, so he decided not to let Guo Jia go alone:

"I'd better go with you. I'm not relieved to leave that silly boy to you..."
Chapter completed!