When he rushed to Yimu, he was afraid that he would not be able to rescue Xiuxian. Just in case, He Bai urgently ordered Pingyuan Prime Minister to transport 50,000 stones of grain to Yimu to prepare for use. Fortunately, Pingyuan was not far from Yimu, and it was enough to arrive in seven or eight days, so there would be no worries about shortage of food. However, as soon as Yimu came out, spring rain fell immediately. He Bai was anxious to repair the county's food and grass, and had to move forward in the rain.

In a wealthy manor near Longcui, the plants and trees in the manor had already removed their fluffy green and replaced them with a faint green. There were a few blood beads that had not yet fallen, which were very bright on the tender green plants. The dense raindrops kept hitting the tender branches and leaves, splashing crystal clear rain flowers, rising with the wind and turning into blood mist.

Cao Cao raised his head and let the rain and mist float on his face, bringing a coolness. His mind couldn't help but wake up, and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The fresh earth was fragrant and refreshing, and the depression in his heart seemed to be relieved a lot in an instant.

"What do Meng De thinks about this operation?" The deep voice of the military Sima Xiahou Dun sounded behind him.

Cao Cao opened his eyes and the gray twilight sky was pressing on his head, as if it would fall down at any time, which was indescribable.

"What does Yuan Rang mean?" Cao Cao turned around slowly.

Xiahou Dun said firmly: "Xuxian County cannot be attacked!"

Cao Cao Yi'e: "Didn't Yuan Rang agree with the attack before?"

Xiahou Dun nodded and said, "I had agreed to attack but did not agree to attack Xiuxian. Gongsun Fan fought on horseback for more than ten years, how could he not understand the importance of food? Gongsun Zan gave him 50,000 newly summoned soldiers to practice and protect the food and grass. How could he not be prepared? Our army had few troops, how could it be able to break the city in a short time? Now He Bai is rushing in, and our army will still attack for forcibly. At that time, we were attacked from front and back, and our army would suffer heavy losses, and maybe it would be wiped out..."

Cao Cao closed his eyes and saw the soldiers of Cao's army in Dongjun who were raided. Everyone was in a hurry and ran around, but were caught up by the Qingyou cavalrymen who were followed and were chopped to the ground one by one. The bright red blood was washed away by the rain, and the scene was slowly diluted. He was immediately shocked and sweated.

"Yuan Rang you are right. If it weren't for this spring rain, our army would have attacked Xiu County at this time, and He Bai's cavalry rescue should have arrived. The strength of the cavalry is to rush to the ground. Our army has no danger to defend at all times, and will definitely be defeated." Cao Cao lowered his head and took two steps back and forth, and suddenly raised his head: "Around the site and fight for help, wait for the effort!"

Xiahou Dun was stunned, and his surprised expression flew in an instant. He nodded and said, "Around the site and attack the aid, wait for the effort? Well, although our army did not besiege Xiu County, the situation was similar. He Bai was anxious to Xiu County's grain and would chase him urgently. Our army was ambushed and surrounded by powerful crossbows, and could defeat He Bai's army in one fell swoop."

Cao Cao nodded, rushed back to the corridor and said, "Miaocai, how far is He Bai's cavalry from our army?"

Sima Xiahou Yuan from another army came to worship and said, "Well, the vanguard of He Bai's army is only more than twenty miles away from Longmai, and only ten miles away from our army."

Cao Cao closed his eyes and walked back and forth in the corridor for two times, and suddenly stopped: "Well, go to the study room and take a look."

The three of them rushed to the study room. Cao Cao took two steps at a time. After walking quickly to the desk, he put down the map and stared at it without blinking. Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan stood on the left and right respectively. Xiahou Yuan touched the whiskers under his chin with his right hand and looked at the map. Xiahou Hou hugged his chest with his hands, thinking about something.

After a long time, Cao Cao let out a long sigh, turned around and said, "If you want to attack He Bai, it is difficult to do with our five thousand soldiers. I think we can only borrow troops."

The second Xiahou was stunned and asked, "Borrow soldiers? Who should I borrow soldiers?"

Cao Cao smiled slightly: "Of course it's Gongsun Fan..." As he said that, his smile slowly spread on his face.

...

A horse neighed through the silence of the night, and a horse rushed over on the muddy path. The horseman was sitting on the horse and was covered with muddy bodies, with white cloth wrapped around his head. After the rain was washed away, only a faint blood was left.

The soldier on the arrow tower in the camp shouted: "Stop, or you will shoot the arrow." The man turned over and rolled off his horse, shouting with a neighing voice: "I came from Longcuicheng, and I have the most urgent military information to report to Gongsun Prefect."

Hearing that it was the most urgent military situation, the soldiers dared not be negligent. Someone immediately ran to report. After a while, more than a dozen soldiers rushed over and surrounded the people while searching their bodies.

The man's face was covered in blood and mud, the gauze wrapped around his head and half of his face, and he kept crying: "Brother, hurry up, hurry up, otherwise my general will suffer."

It seemed that the general of Tun was carrying the military talismans of Longcuicheng, so he did not dare to stop him and took him straight to Xiucheng. Then another inspection was made, and then he was taken to Xiucheng and led him to the county government.

As soon as the visitor entered, he immediately rushed to the ground and cried: "Premier Gongsun, Yuan's army raided Longcuicheng last night, and our army was caught off guard. Longcui, Longcuicheng has fallen!"

Gongsun Fan was appointed as the prefect of Hejian by Gongsun Zan and was in charge of Xiu County to supply food and grass. After working hard for a whole day, he was called up shortly after falling asleep. He was rubbing his sleepy eyes. When he heard the military information reported by the soldiers, his face suddenly changed: "What did you say?"

The man cried and rushed up and hugged Gongsun Fan's legs tightly, shouting: "Gongsun Prefect, my Longcou City was attacked by Yuan's army yesterday. The city was broken. My general led hundreds of soldiers to defend the city walls. I would like to ask Gongsun Prefect to send troops to rescue him, otherwise my general and head would be killed."

Gongsun Fan was dizzy and kicked the soldiers who reported the news away with one foot, trembling with anger: "What did you say?"

Since Gongsun Zan and He Bai joined forces to advance westward, Longcoucheng's role has been greatly reduced. As an important ferry crossing for Qingzhou to support Gongsun Army supplies, an important stronghold on the Qingyou Alliance's ration road was still valued by Gongsun Fan. He specially sent Gongsun Zan's brother Li Yizi to lead three thousand troops to guard the army, how could he lose it so quickly?

If Longcuicheng falls into the enemy's hands, the food route will be cut off. Perhaps a batch of food and grass before has been destroyed by the enemy's army, so the food and grass of the Qingyou Alliance will be somewhat difficult. No, Longcuicheng must not fall into the enemy's hands and must be recaptured.

The man was neighing and cried, and cried again, saying, "At the end of the You hour yesterday, a man suddenly entered Longcuicheng on the rainy night. Our army suddenly fought, but the enemy was a large number of troops, and our army was no match. Later, we learned that the commander of Yuan's army was Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun. The commander of my family said that he could only hold on until dawn, and the entire army would be wiped out after dawn."

Gongsun Fan was shocked. Cao Cao said that the troops led by him ranged from 5,000 to 10,000, and it was possible that Li Yizi would be defeated. At this time, it was just midnight. Now he led his troops to rescue him and would arrive at dawn. Cao's army had just broken the city and might not be able to stop the raid of his army.

...

On a rainy night, a few miles north of Longcui City was a slightly simple camp, with thousands of troops stationed here. The cold wind was blowing, and the dim fire was floating, and the light and darkness were helpless. Several guards under the arrow tower sat in a pile with long spears and dozed.

Apart from the crackling sounds of torches and the drizzling rain, there is silence around. The yellow flames only illuminate the boundless darkness. In the thick and indelible night, there seems to be unknown beasts hiding among them, looking for opportunities to choose people. The darkness before dawn is always so dark that it makes people inexplicably shocking.

A hand reached out from the darkness and gently patted the shoulder of the sleeping guard Shi Chang. Guard Shi Chang murmured, "What are you doing? Go play while playing." He fell asleep again.

A man walked out of the darkness, holding an umbrella in his left hand, and the rain flowed down from the umbrella bones like a stream. The dim flames shone on his face, his face full of steel beards, his eyes wide open, shining with might, but at this moment he was full of anger.

"The thief is here!"

The sleeping soldier immediately got up, raised the gun in his hand half-awake, and shouted in a mess: "Where are the thiefs?" One of the soldiers suddenly woke up and said tremblingly: "Zhang Sima..."

The guard Shi immediately smiled: "Sima Zhang, you came to check the camp before dawn. You are really..."

Zhang Sima glared at him, and was so scared that the guard Shi was so scared that he immediately swallowed what he was about to say.

"Hmph, if you just replaced the enemy, ten thousand people like you would not be enough to kill. What are you, you are the first-class non-commissioned officers in Qingzhou, and all the non-commissioned officers are so careless. Then the lord will also divide the non-commissioned officers, combat soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers? What are you going to give you such high food and salary?"

"But it's more than 170 miles, and there are horses riding on horseback. But it's only a small battle, and that's it. If you want to walk for 150 miles and start fighting immediately, aren't you all sleeping to death at this time? If I follow my former nature, I must whip you all to death."

Guard Shi nodded and bowed: "Yes, the enemy was just defeated by our army, and we thought there was nothing to do tonight. It was our negligence. Zhang Sima, I will definitely make a mistake in the future. Wang Ershui, didn't you let you watch the night at this time? You dare to neglect your duties. Do you want everyone to die?" He took a few steps forward and slapped a young soldier in his twenties in the head, and blood immediately flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

The beaten soldier protected his head with both hands, and Ren Qiang said in his mouth: "It was me last time, and it was Song Gou'er..." However, several other soldiers shouted in unison: "It was Song Gou'er last time, and it was you this time. So many of us can hear it clearly, but you have to make a quibble and must be sent to the Military Law Instructor to severely punish him."

Zhang Sima snorted coldly: "Stop, the order of the night watch is unknown, you are all guilty. Now you are all going to the Military Law Instructor to take the crime, and I will send someone to guard here." After that, he disappeared in a rainy night in an instant.

Nashi Chang cried with a sad face and stared at Wang Ershui with a fierce look. Yingchuan soldiers are cunning and are not honest in making mistakes. Why doesn’t the lord take the village party as his subordinates, but he just randomly breaks up the reorganization? Such a military force is not as good as the village party army. Since Zhang Sima asked us to take the crime, then take the crime. But Zhao Jiayu is also from Yingchuan. Will he be biased towards Wang Ershui?

The soldiers who were watching here all left cursingly, but Zhang Sima suddenly flashed out, but there were no other soldiers who exchanged their duties around him, but they were alone. Zhang Sima looked at the night sky in the north and thought about the words his elder brother said before, "Brothers are like brothers and feet, and wife is like clothes. If the clothes are torn, they can still be repaired, but if the hands and feet are broken, they cannot be continued..."

Zhang Sima couldn't help but gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "What kind of righteousness is the most important thing? I can't tell what life and death of all the people in the world have to do with me. I only know that my elder brother met me very early, and I have been sleeping and eating with the same food since the cold, and even though I have never abandoned my wealth and poverty. I have only known each other for half a year. Although my wife is good, she is the elder brother, and it doesn't matter if she kills me..."

The dim fire light became more and more hazy, and it shone on Zhang Sima's face.

The rain keeps falling...
Chapter completed!