Xuzhou, the governor's office.

Chen Qun quickly arrived at the hall of the governor's mansion and prepared to report the situation to Cao Zhi, who was left behind in Xuzhou.

Unexpectedly, when he came to the hall, he could not see Cao Zhi. He immediately asked a guard who was guarding the door of the hall: "Where is Mr. Cao Zhi?"

The guard clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Cao Zhi and several friends are drinking and having fun in the backyard."

Chen Qun was furious and said angrily: "The situation is so tense now, why is Mr. Cao Zhi still so leisurely!" Then he ran towards the backyard.

When he arrived in the backyard, Chen Qun heard the sound of singing and chanting from afar. Following the sound, he saw that the water pavilions beside the lotus pond were crowded and lively.

Chen Qun frowned, walked over quickly, and walked into the water pavilion.

At this time, Cao Zhi, who was half drunk and half awake, was holding half a glass of wine and chanting the newly written poems loudly, looking like he was immersed in it.

Chen Qun frowned, stepped forward and clasped his fists and shouted: "Young Master, there is an emergency military situation!"

The scene immediately became quiet. Cao Zhi looked at Chen Qun drunk and said unhappily: "What urgent military information is that it is worth trespassing into my poetry meeting?"

Chen Qun couldn't help but say, "The army led by Zhao Yanran is coming to Xuzhou. How can the young master still have the leisure to do such useless things?"

Cao Zhi was very displeased and scolded: "Reciting poems is a matter of elegance, what is a useless thing? Besides, the pseudo-Han imperial concubine just landed on the coast not long ago, and it was still very far from Xuzhou. You were so panicked, and you really had a loss of the destiny of a minister!"

The talented men present also laughed at Chen Qun.

Chen Qun held back his anger and clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Qi, I just received an urgent report. Zhao Yanran is less than two hundred miles away from Xuzhou. With Liu Xianjun's marching speed, I'm afraid he will arrive tomorrow night."

Everyone was shocked and couldn't laugh, and Cao Zhi's drunkenness disappeared. He stared at Chen Qun for a long time before he said in disbelief: "How is this possible? How could they march so fast!"

Chen Qun lamented secretly and clasped his fists and said, "Liu Xianjun is a tiger and wolf army! I also asked the young master to immediately summon all the civil and military officials in the city to assign tasks!"

Cao Zhi asked at a loss: "There are only 20,000 people in the city. What should we do?"

He immediately thought of his father and asked, "Father must have learned about Zhao Yanran's threat of Xuzhou. Reinforcements should be on the way to come, right?"

Chen Qun frowned and said, "It's hard to say how the King of Wei will make a decision. His subordinates thought they should send someone to ask the King of Wei immediately, and immediately gather the army in the city and young and middle-aged people to fight for the battle to prevent accidents."

Cao Zhi, a fool who can only recite poems and writes the right way, could not think of any solution. When he heard Chen Qun's suggestion, he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, okay, just do as the teacher wants!"

At this time, an officer rushed in and bowed to Cao Zhi: "Young Master, many defeated soldiers came outside the North City Gate, saying that they had escaped from Xiaopei's defeat!"

When everyone heard this, Qi Qi was shocked. Cao Zhi said pale and said, "What's going on? Could it be that his father was defeated in the battle?"

The officer said: "According to the defeated soldiers, the army of the King of Wei launched a full-scale attack on Liu Xian not long ago, but not only failed, but was defeated by the opponent. Now the 400,000 army has collapsed, and the life and death of the King of Wei is unknown!..."

Cao Zhi looked flustered and looked at him at a loss.

The officer glanced at Cao Zhi, clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, Xuzhou is currently in a state of martial law. Please tell me if you can open the city gate and let the defeated soldiers come in?"

Cao Zhi was so depressed that he nodded when he heard the officer's inquiry, he nodded without thinking, "Open the city gate quickly and let them in."

Chen Qun quickly clasped his fists and said, "Young master, wait!"

Cao Zhi looked at Chen Qun and asked, "What do you mean by sir?"

Chen Qun said: "It is now during the war, how can we open the city gate rashly? Are the defeated soldiers outside the city really the defeated soldiers? It is better to figure out the situation first and then make a decision. Let's go to the city gate tower to see what the defeated soldiers outside the city are."

Cao Zhi felt that what Chen Qun said made sense and nodded.

Not long after, Cao Zhi and Chen Qun came down to the north city gate tower surrounded by everyone.

Looking outside the city, I saw that there was a dark area near the city gate, and thousands of officers and soldiers gathered. They were in a mess. Many of them had no helmets and weapons, and many of them had obvious blood stains on them, and everyone looked very tired.

Cao Zhi looked at the defeated soldiers and was in a panic. He looked at Chen Qun and said, "Sir, these defeated soldiers were obviously born just now, so there should be no problem?"

Chen Qun couldn't help but nodded and thought, "If Zhao Yanran sent troops to pretend to be a defeated soldier, the one who came should be cavalry. It's two hundred miles away. No matter how much the infantry rushes, it's impossible to arrive in Xuzhou at this time."

He clasped his fists at Cao Zhi and said, "Young Master, just in case, you should call his team leader into the city to inquire first. It will not be too late to let others enter the city after confirming that it is correct."

Cao Zhi nodded and said, "As far as the teacher said." Then he called an officer and ordered him to pass on the message.

The officer responded and immediately rushed to the railing and shouted outside the city: "Brothers outside the city are now in the midst of a great battle. In order to prevent spies from entering the city, they also asked the responsible generals outside the city to come to the city first to report to the young master, and then the city gate will be opened."

An officer with a very powerful figure immediately clasped his fists and said, "We are obeying the order of the young master! The last general can represent the brothers outside the city!"

The officer glanced at him and immediately said, "Please come up and let me open the city gate."

The officer outside the city came to the moat as he said. At this time, the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate opened, and the officer entered the city gate alone.

The city gate was closed immediately, and the officer followed a soldier up to the city gate tower and came to Cao Pi and Chen Qun, and said, "Greetings to the young master!"

Cao Zhi looked at him, but did not recognize him, and asked, "Who is your surname, what position is it, and who is under his command?"

The officer said: "The low-ranking position of Xu Chong, currently the Ya General of the Right Camp of Yanzhou, is under the command of General Xiahou Dun."

Cao Zhi nodded and asked again: "Has our army really been defeated? The 400,000 army will be defeated by the opponent's 200,000 troops?!"

Xu Chong sighed and then said indignantly: "It was because Liu Bei's 50,000 troops failed to resist the opponent's impact and collapsed, and as a result, the entire army's team was disrupted, which led to our army's defeat!"

Cao Zhi was panicked and thought of his father's safety, and hurriedly asked, "Where is my father now?"

Xu Chong clasped his fists and said, "The army was defeated and fled in scattered ways. The last general did not know where the King of Wei is now!"

Chen Qun suddenly asked, "What's going on with General Xiahou Dun at this moment?"
Chapter completed!