Fortunately, the steep and smooth cliffs were not formed by earthquakes. The mountains in the north are mostly stone mountains, and the mountains are so hard that it is impossible to climb up the cliffs several feet high. The mountains in the south are mostly earth mountains. Although the surface of the stone is only so thick
With just a little bit of soil, there is a place for vegetation to grow. Long Fei carried Tiger Claws on his back, grabbed a small tree on the cliff with one hand, and pulled it hard. He felt that there was no problem, so he went up again.
Climb a step.
I climbed this cliff several feet high for half an hour, and I was so exhausted that I was covered in stinky sweat. Standing on the top of the cliff, looking at the scenery below, it really had a different flavor. The Xiahou brothers’ camp was just right there.
In the middle of the official road, there is a dense forest on the left and a small river on the right. The sun is just getting angry, and the cooks who get up early to cook are fetching water from the Panlong River.
Long Fei hurriedly dodged into the grass. Chen Dao and a dozen personal guards who came earlier than him immediately surrounded him. Chen Dao carefully identified the direction and pointed forward with his hand: "According to the scout's report, from here
As you walk, you can bypass Cao Jun's spies on the top of the cliff."
Long Fei nodded: "Very good, I won't talk about the mission. According to yesterday's estimate, a dozen scouts should be sent out today. Remember to come back and report to Xiahou Dun at noon, otherwise he will become suspicious! Let's go.
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Xia Houyuan is still a little worried. It has been two days, and there is no movement from Long Fei outside the valley. His troops and horses and the people add up to tens of thousands, and the daily food and drink is a huge number. I don't know what this dragon is.
Where did Fei get so much food and feed so many people for nearly two months? If Long Fei was not in a hurry, he wouldn't believe it, but why was there no movement for two days?
"Report...!" The guard came to Xia Houyuan with a roll of silk handkerchief: "General, Long Fei sent someone here to discuss important matters. This is the letter they sent!"
"Huh?" Xia Houyuan felt strange, but he was expecting something in his heart. He hoped it would be Long Fei's letter of challenge. He frowned when he unfolded it. Xia Houdun happened to get up, yawned widely, and stretched out
, seeing that Xia Houyuan didn't know what he was looking at, he came over and said, "What's wrong, second brother, what is this?"
"It's Long Fei's delaying strategy!" Xia Houyuan had already guessed what Long Fei wanted to do: "Have the spies sent to Lushan and Anle left?"
Xiahou Dun looked confused: "Cao Hong is responsible for this, you should ask him!" Xiahou Dun unfolded the silk, looked at it carefully, with a smile on his face, and said to Xia Houyuan: "Isn't this a letter from my second niece? Why?
This is a delaying tactic to see if she is married to Long Fei, but she is still the daughter of our Xiahou family, and she has not forgotten his uncle!"
Xiahou Yuan ignored him. Xiahou Dun was good at everything, but he was a little protective of family ties. He proposed marriage to Cao Cao many times, hoping that Cao Cao would marry a daughter to his second son Xiahou Mao. According to Xiahou Dun, this was a marriage plus a marriage.
Cao Cao was also very happy with what he did, so he married his eldest daughter Cao Zheng to Xiahou Mao. As long as the children of the Xiahou family and the Cao family asked for something, Xiahou Dun would be happy to do it. There would often be more than a dozen families gathered in Xiahou Dun's home.
Children and nephews should drink and chat with each other.
In the letter, Cao Jie invited the Xiahou brothers and Cao Hong to a banquet, saying that she had not seen her three uncles for a long time and missed them a little. It was God's arrangement to meet them here, and she would not be able to meet them until they arrived in Wancheng.
Moreover, some past events were specifically mentioned, which were all related to Xiahou Dun, which made Xiahou Dun feel strange.
Cao Hong was still sleeping, and Xia Houyuan lifted up the quilt and threw it away. The cold wind blew into the tent, and Cao Hong, who was only wearing his middle coat, shivered. He huddled up, turned over, hugged his body tightly and fell silent
Xia Houyuan fell asleep. Xia Houyuan lost his temper. When he saw the wine bottle on the small table next to him, he already guessed that Cao Hong must have been drinking in the camp again last night.
He picked up the wine bottle and poured it on Cao Hong's face. The cold sake had been frozen all night, and it was biting to the bone. Cao Hong jumped up to a height of more than ten feet, opened his mouth and cursed: "Who! You bastard, you watered the wine, don't you want to live anymore?"
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Xiahou Yuan smashed the jug on Cao Hong's body: "Put your clothes on and come to me. Drink in the camp and beat thirty army sticks hard!" When he had already reached the door, Xiahou Yuan remembered that he was here to ask about the scouts, and stopped.
He stepped down and turned around, giving Cao Hong a fierce look: "Send the people who are going to Lushan and Anle to me immediately, otherwise the two crimes will be punished at the same time!"
Cao Hong yawned and appeared in the Chinese army's tent. After entering, he sat down in his seat. Xiahou Dun had a smile on his face: "A certain niece wrote to invite me to a banquet. I have to go no matter what."
As soon as we go there, we will leave matters in the camp to my second brother. If anything happens, we will immediately send troops to attack Long Fei!"
"Going to the banquet! Then take me with you?" Cao Hong has two major hobbies in his life, one is money and the other is wine, and he is not interested in women.
Xiahou Dun said coldly: "It is most dangerous for us to go deep into Yuzhou alone. You are the leader of the scouts and sentinels. Who will command them if you leave? Without them, we can't even escape from Yuzhou!"
"It's not that serious!" Cao Hong waved his hands repeatedly: "I have reported that Long Fei only has less than a thousand people this time, and there are still tens of thousands of people. Lushan and Anle are so far away from here, and there are ancient cities blocking them. If they want to
We must know when we come here that three thousand of us can't defeat Long Fei's one thousand troops?"
"Okay, okay!" Xiahou Dun was very concerned about Cao Jie's invitation to the banquet. Since Cao Hong said so, he was relieved and immediately decided to take Cao Hong with him. Originally, he wanted to take Xia Houyuan with him, but Xia Houyuan was more sober and felt that this
This incident is unusual. The two families are currently in a state of war, so there must be something fishy about Cao Jie's sudden letter.
Xiahou Dun was the commander-in-chief, and no one else could stop him. That afternoon, Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong set off with a few followers. Long Fei's military camp was at the mouth of the valley, and the time for half a stick of incense was up. Cao Jie took several of his maids.
Welcoming him at the gate of the camp, Xiahou Dun was smiling all over his face. He was chatting and laughing all the way into a tent next to the main tent. Long Fei was not there, which made Xiahou Dun feel a lot more comfortable. If he saw Long Fei, he really didn't know
say what.
The meal was very enjoyable. The family only talked about family ties and did not mention the war at all. From time to time, laughter and laughter could be heard in the tent. Xiahou Dun liked children, and Cao Jie tried his best to welcome them. Unknowingly,
He drank a little too much. Cao Hong burped and said with a smile: "Brother, I really shouldn't have married you to Long Fei. Who is Long Fei? A person with unknown origins and few soldiers under his command still has to learn.
He is holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, and this time he is in danger alone. I think he is a brave and foolhardy person. It is hard to say whether he can return to Wancheng!"
When Cao Jie heard this, tears flowed down his cheeks: "To be honest with you two uncles, I have been thinking about this matter these days. What should I do if my father and my husband fight? It's not good to help anyone.
, but I can’t stay out of it, I feel so uncomfortable.”
Xiahou Dun smiled and said: "Xiannie, don't take this matter to heart. Matters between men are settled by the men themselves. Whether it is eldest brother or this Long Fei, I think they both love you very much, so you just have to do your part."
The point is, there’s no need to be so sad!”
Cao Ye nodded: "Thank you Uncle Xiahou for your teaching, I'll take note of it!"
Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong both drank too much, so they rested in Long Fei's camp that night. At midnight, Cao Hong went out of the tent to relieve himself. Suddenly, he saw brightly lit lights in the tent and figures coming in and out. Out of curiosity, Cao Hong tiptoed.
They walked around the outside of the big tent. The cowhide tent was very thick, and it seemed that they could vaguely hear a fierce quarrel inside. Cao Hong hurriedly put his ear to the tent and was shocked when he heard it.
Ignoring the fact that he had not yet pulled up his pants, he ran back in a hurry. He nudged Xiahou Dun awake: "General, it's bad, we have fallen into a trap! My niece is hosting a Hongmen Banquet for us!"
"What's the Hongmen Banquet?" Xiahou Dun hadn't woken up yet.
"Oops!" Cao Hong told Xiahou Dun what he heard in detail.
After Long Fei left, all matters in the camp were handed over to Guo Jia. According to Guo Jia's wishes, no one was allowed to participate in the banquet, and no one was allowed to come into contact with Cao Jun's people. I don't know how Xu Chu knew that this time
Xiahou Dun was accompanied by his enemy Cao Hong. He immediately asked Guo Jia to detain Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong, and wanted to kill Cao Hong to avenge the hundreds of people in Xujiazhuang.
Guan Hai and Li Ru quickly tried to persuade him, but Xu Chu's eyes were red and he refused to agree. In addition, Dian Wei was fanning the flames, so Xu Chu took his own sword and walked out of the tent. Everyone who stayed in the camp was beaten.
However, Xu Chu only had Dian Wei, but Dian Wei stood by Xu Chu. Guo Jia threatened with military law, but Xu Chu ignored it. He pushed away Guan Hai, Meng Shuo, Mi Fang and others who were blocking him, and led Dian Wei straight to Xiahou Dun and
Cao Hong's tent.
When Cao Hong was talking about something frightening, Xu Chu and Dian Wei rushed in. The enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. Xu Chu slashed his sword across his hand and said: "Cao Hong, you are a common man, today I will kill you to avenge the people of Xujiazhuang.
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The knife went straight to Cao Hong's head. Cao Hong screamed in fright and hid behind Xiahou Dun's body. Xu Chu struck the air with one knife, flipped his wrist, and struck with the second knife horizontally. He didn't care whether you were Xiahou Dun or Cao Hong, as long as it was Cao Jun.
One killed another, two killed a pair. Xiahou Dun met each other with halberds, and the two fought together. Although Xiahou Dun was good at fighting, he was no match for a fierce general, and knocked Xiahou Dun's weapons away in a few blows.
Xu Chu shouted: "Common man, take your life!"
The third sword came again, Xiahou Dun had no weapons and could only watch Xu Chu waiting to die.
"Dang!" A wrong voice came. Xu Chu's sword was blocked by a red dagger. Xu Chu glared at Long Fei: "Get out of the way, or I will kill you too!"