The door of the cell where Xiahou Ba was located creaked open, and General Hu came in carrying a food box.
"General Xiahou, it's time to eat."
As he spoke, he carefully placed the food.
Xiahou Ba, who was sitting cross-legged on the couch with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and nodded slightly to General Hu to express his gratitude.
Then he picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of food, and suddenly asked again:
"What's the current situation at the top of the city?"
General Hu quickly smiled and said: "General Xiahou, please don't embarrass me. I'm not serving in the army now. How can I know the battle situation outside?"
After he lost Jingyang City, he also lost his official position.
Now he is just here to take care of Xiahou Ba as a member of the Hu Zun tribe.
Of course, it can also be said to be care.
It's just that he is not good at leading troops in battle, but he is good at reading people's faces and figuring out their thoughts.
At that moment, he comforted Xiahou and said: "General Xiahou, no matter what the fighting is like outside, who wins or loses, the general is not worried about his life. The general can just wait with peace of mind."
When he said this, he also sighed in his heart: Although the Hu family is a stable and powerful family, it is not good enough compared to the Xiahou family.
General Xiahou was obviously captured, but Feng Junhou still had to call him uncle. This relationship was really strong.
When Xiahou Ba heard what General Hu said, he knew that he had been given a gag order to prevent him from knowing what was going on outside.
At the moment, I don’t force myself, I just continue to pick up the food and eat silently.
Right here, they heard a rush of footsteps outside the cell. The two of them looked up and saw Hu Zunzheng in armor striding in.
"It seems that I came at the right time, just in time for General Xiahou's meal time."
Although the armor on Hu Zun's body seemed to have been wiped, there were still faint traces of blood. He walked to Xiahou Ba and sat down. He looked at the food on the table and smiled again:
"This food looks really good."
Xiahou Ba shook his head when he heard this: "You are the host here, and I am the guest. How can a host envy his guests for eating well?"
After hearing this, Hu Zun smiled bitterly: "These days, I have been unable to eat or sleep well. I, the master, really don't eat as well as you, the guest."
Xiahou Ba looked at him carefully, then shook his head: "I really can't tell. Judging from your expression, although you look tired, your face is relaxed."
Speaking of this, Xia Houba suddenly felt something moved: "Could it be that Feng Yong has already achieved results?"
Hu Zunben still suppressed his inner emotions. When he heard Xiahou Ba mention this, he finally couldn't help laughing and raised his thumbs at Xiahou Ba:
"General Xiahou is right!"
Xiahou Ba was surprised: "If General Hu just feels relaxed, then he has some understanding."
After all, this is a situation where death is inevitable, but to find myself waiting to die is not a kind of torture.
After the story was solved, I felt relieved and felt relieved, which is understandable.
"But General Guan looked like he had won the battle with Feng Yong..."
Before Xiahou Ba finished speaking, Hu Zun laughed even harder and extended his thumb again:
"General Xiahou is right again!"
Xiahou Ba only said that Hu Zun had been too nervous these days, his mind was obsessed, he was suffering from hysteria, and he sighed:
"General Hu, you and I have finally gotten to know each other. I still say what I said, as long as you are willing to surrender with your whole city, I will still be willing to stay in Da Sima..."
Hu Zun laughed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe. He waved his hand and interrupted Xiahou Ba's words. He paused for a while and then said:
"General Xiahou, I'm not lying to you. In this battle, Feng Junhou defeated the many with less, and defeated Da Sima's 100,000 troops."
With that said, he took out an urgent letter and handed it to Xiahou Ba.
Xiahou Ba took it and after reading it, he lost his voice and said: "Impossible! How can Feng Yong be so good at fighting so far?!"
Having said this, he looked at Hu Zun who was overjoyed, his expression changed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, he looked at Hu Zun seriously and suddenly asked:
"General Hu, have you ever confirmed this?"
After Hu Zun received Feng Yong's letter, he was smiling from ear to ear. When he heard Xiahou Ba's question, he was startled on the spot:
"Confirmation? What more confirmation is needed?"
When Xiahou Ba heard this, a strange smile appeared on his face, he threw the letter on the table, smiled at Hu Zun, and said nothing.
Hu Zun felt a sudden shock in his heart when he saw Xiahou Ba smiling and saying nothing.
"General Xiahou, what do you mean by what you just said? Can you teach me?"
Xiahou Ba did not answer directly, but asked leisurely:
"General Hu, let me ask you, since the Yellow Turbans brought chaos to the world, the sea has been boiling for decades, and there have been countless wars in the world. How many of them can defeat the many with the small, and defeat the strong with the weak?"
After hearing this, Hu Zun felt vaguely moved in his heart, but he didn't fully understand what Xiahou Ba meant. He thought for a moment before replying:
"When Emperor Wu defeated Yuan Shao in Guandu, does that count?"
Xiahou Ba nodded: "That's natural."
Hu Zun glanced at Xiahou Ba again and hesitated to speak.
Xiahou Ba knew what he meant: "There are only three of us here. We can talk freely about some things without any worries."
Hu Zun nodded, and then said: "Zhou Yu's defeat of Emperor Wu in Chibi was considered an event, right?"
"That's right," Xiahou Ba smiled calmly, "Is there anything else?"
Hu Zun hesitated and said: "Lu Xun..."
Xiahou Ba shook his head gently: "In the battle of Yiling, the difference in military strength between the two kingdoms of Shu and Wu was not too big, so Lu Xun could only be regarded as knowing the troops, not defeating the strong with the weak."
"Then there will be no more."
"That's right!" Xiahou Ba said decisively, "The world has been in chaos for decades, and there are only two people who are capable of this!"
"Emperor Wu had Xu You as his internal support, and he personally led his elite troops deep into dangerous areas and burned Yuan Shao's grain and grass. Only then did he achieve a great victory at Guandu."
"In the Battle of Chibi, Emperor Wu won the right people at the right time and the right place, but he didn't take advantage of them. Zhou Yu also used the bitter flesh trick and many other tricks, so that Emperor Wu had to regret his return to the north."
"Why should Feng Yong be compared with Emperor Wu and Zhou Yu? Just based on this letter?" Xiahouba sneered and pointed at the letter on the case, "I don't believe it!"
Hu Zun finally understood what Xiahou Ba wanted to say.
"General Xiahou...this..."
Inwardly speaking, Hu Zun was certainly more willing to believe that what Feng Junhou said in the letter was true.
After all, although the Hu clan has reserved its retreat, a clan is a clan and individuals are individuals.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, if one side gains power, it will inevitably cost the other side misfortune.
Hu Zun chose the side of the big man, naturally he did not want to be an unlucky individual.
But rationally, he knew that what Xiahou Ba said was more reasonable.
If it were so easy to defeat more with less, wouldn't the world be full of famous generals?
Where does it come from that it is difficult to find a general?
"General Hu, don't forget that Feng Yong is known as 'Xiao Wenhe' and he is extremely cunning."
"I also heard that he has another name, known as 'Qiaoyan Lingse'."
Having said this, Xiahou Ba emphasized his tone:
"According to what I have seen, Feng Yong is afraid that he has been severely defeated by Da Sima, so I am sending you this urgent message. In order to appease the officials in Linjing, this is a delaying strategy...
"
"A delaying tactic?"
"That's right. He wanted to enter Xiaoguan but couldn't get there, so he had to go east to Linjing and find another way. Therefore, most likely he was not leading an army to reinforce the general, but trying to escape from here.
"
Xiahou Ba stared at Hu Zun closely, leaned over and said quietly in a bewitching voice: "General Hu, if you don't make up for your mistakes now, how long will it take?"
Hu Zun raised his head suddenly.
Xiahou Ba felt happy when he saw Hu Zun's expression moved.
Anyway, no matter whether Feng Yong wins or loses, as long as Hu Zunneng can fight again, it will be equivalent to cutting off Feng Yong's escape route.
He didn't believe it. Then Feng Yong was intercepted on his way back, his escape route was cut off, and under attack from two sides, where else could he run?
The worst thing is, because he once called him uncle, after capturing this person, just spare his life!
With this thought in mind, Xiahou was about to continue persuading him when he suddenly heard applause outside and a sigh at the same time.