Cao Cao and his party returned to Xuchang City and saw that the order was in order and was very calm. Although the city gate was checked very closely, the city gate was not closed, which gave Cao Cao some comfort. It seemed that the news of Guandu’s defeat and Puyang’s fall had not spread. This should be the result of Xun Yu’s strict control!

After hearing that Lao Cao returned to Xuchang, his civil and military officials rushed to Cao Cao's official residence to ask for a meeting at the first time; no one expected that Lao Cao would return like this. After all, the news of the failure of Guandu has not been passed back to Xuchang, and even hard-core fans like Xun Yu and Xiahou Yuan were not aware of it.

After Xun Yufeng arrived at Cao Cao, he immediately said: "Lord, with the news I just received, Zhang Xiu in Wancheng led his army across the Biao River to capture Mount Lu, the ancient city, and headed straight to Runan. Man Chong, the governor of Runan, sent someone to send letters, saying that wherever Zhang Xiu's army went, he was surrendering; and Runan was facing an extremely difficult situation and hoped to send troops to reinforce."

Cao Cao was stunned after hearing this! Zhang Xiu dared to join in the fun? It was really because the wall fell and everyone pushed him, and he was hurt by the insult!

Cao Cao said: "Wen Ruo, Zhang Xiuhuacai has only 30,000 or 50,000 troops in his hands. How dare he attack our jurisdiction? He has problems with self-protection. Now he dares to send troops to attack us. What does this mean?"

Xun Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord, the flag has been replaced above Zhang Xiu's Wancheng, and the flag of the Lu Ning Army has already floated. At this time, Zhang Xiu was also sending troops to Runan under the banner of the Lu Ning Army."

Cao Cao was really unexpected after hearing this. At this critical moment, Zhang Xiuhuashe would surrender to Lu Ning, which undoubtedly made the situation even worse, making the current situation more passive and even a little dangerous.

In fact, don’t say that Lao Cao was unaware of it, even the civil and military officials under Lu Ning didn’t know that Zhang Xiu surrendered; Ju Su went to Wancheng to persuade him to surrender a few years ago, but Zhang Xiu did not agree at the time; Ju Su just left a sentence and said that the door would always be open to Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu; if you encounter difficulties, you can hit Lu Ning’s flag at any time, so that no one dared to attack Wancheng easily.

In fact, when Cao Cao led the army to send troops to Guandu, the battle situation was always intertwined; Jia Xu in Wancheng obtained the Tian Chou and the army to reinforce Baima from various channels, Li Jia led the army to reinforce Guandu, and the Taishi Ci army in Xingyang City was also ready to move; Jia Xu sent additional horses to inquire about the situation.

After receiving all kinds of information, Jia Xu immediately found Zhang Xiu and advised him: "General Zhang, Cao Cao sent 200,000 troops to attack Guandu. Now Cao and Lu are fighting, and I don't know what the general's plan is?"

Zhang Xiu was originally a famous brave man, so he thought so deeply. What is the relationship between Cao Cao and Lu Ning’s battle and Wancheng? It can only make Wancheng more stable. There is no need to consider Cao Cao or Lu Ning sending troops to attack Wancheng. This should be a great thing.

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, Cao Lu's battle, what does this have to do with us? Let them fight."

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Zhang, the world has come to a decisive time, and the situation will be more obvious in no time. Xu Huang's army is capturing Hanzhong and preparing to send troops to Yizhou, which is probably not a big problem; Zhao Yun's army is in the decisive battle of Xiliang, and it is only a matter of time to win. Although Cao Cao raised 200,000 troops to attack Guandu, it is said that Guandu is a urn city, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but not easy to take it! Even if the two sides are difficult to distinguish between the two sides, the white horse Tianchou army will definitely send troops to Puyang, otherwise why not increase troops? General Zhang thinks that Cao's army can defend Puyang City?"

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, Tian Chou has been on the battlefield for a long time and has been fighting with Lu Ning for more than ten years. He has rich combat experience. In addition, the strength of Lu Ning's army, if Tian Chou sends troops to Puyang, there should be no problem to take it down."

Jia Xu said: "General Zhang. If Puyang is in a mistake, what will happen to Cao's army? And Taishi Ci in Xingyang City is not a good meal, and he will definitely send troops to threaten Xuchang."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu laughed and said, "Wenhe, it seems that you are optimistic about Lu Ning! But don't be too happy too early. I heard that Lu Ning is not in the country. At the same time, the generals under Lu Ning have sent troops to fight overseas. Without Lu Ning's formation, the outcome of the decisive battle is hard to say."

Jia Xu said: "General Zhang and Lu Ning have not led his troops to fight in person for many years, but every time they are a big victory, and they are fighting against the northern grasslands, which makes it even more difficult."

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, even if Lu Ning wins, what does it have to do with us?"

Jia Xu said: "General Zhang, do you think that Lu Ning's army will not make any big moves after defeating Cao Cao? Can you defend Wancheng after Cao Cao's demise?"

Zhang Xiu was shocked after hearing this and immediately said, "Wenhe, what do you mean?"

Jia Xu said: "General Zhang, Lu Ning sent several large armies to fight against the outside world. There is no need to think about this. The army under Lu Ning has been fighting against the outside world for so many years. But Lu Ning is not at home at this time, so there is a problem. Maybe Lu Ning has a trap for Cao Cao and let Cao Cao get in!"

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, you mean that Lu Ning intended to lure Cao Cao to send troops, with the purpose of solving Cao Cao."

Jia Xu said: "It should be like this."

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, should we help Cao Cao resist Lu Ning, so that Lu Ning will not defeat Cao Cao easily. It is best to let the two families lose their troops and consume more strength, which will be beneficial to us!"

After hearing this, Jia Xu laughed and said, "General Zhang, are you capable of restraining Lu Ning's army? Don't do the mantis arm to get rid of a chariot. If you don't do it well, you will die without a burial place. Have you forgotten how powerful Lu Ning's army is?"

Zhang Xiu was beaten by Taishi Ci's army and finally attacked Wancheng to a foothold. Otherwise, Zhang Xiu's army would not know where to survive at this time!

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, what do you mean? You can't watch Cao Cao perish! After Cao Cao perished, Wancheng will definitely meet with Lu Ning's army's first target of attack."

Jia Xu glanced at Zhang Xiu and looked at him very despised. In Jia Xu's dictionary, he always believed in the strong and would only surrender to the strong; he would never do anything without a future. The same was true for Jia Xu in history. After seeing Cao Cao's great momentum, although he assisted Zhang Xiu to defeat Cao Cao's army, he still persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao after winning.

Of course, Zhang Xiu's rebellion was because Cao Cao forced Zhang Xiu's aunt, which forced Zhang Xiu to rebel. In the end, Cao Cao lost Dian Wei and his son Cao Ang, and lost a lot of troops; but in the end, Jia Xu still persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao again.

Jia Xu asked Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao, of course, mainly for himself and to give him a meeting gift to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao respect Jia Xu. Jia Xu would not care about what would happen after Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao? The facts also prove that Zhang Xiu, who had surrendered to Cao Cao, was never valued by Cao Cao again, and could only describe it with an unknown life; while Jia Xu was promoted to the Taiwei.

The current situation is that Lu Ning is strong and Cao Cao is weak. Of course, Jia Xu would not consider surrendering to Cao Cao. Last time Ju Su said that he would surrender, if Zhang Xiu had not been stubborn in his own opinion, Jia Xu would have surrendered to Lu Ning long ago; Jia Xu would always be a strong man and would not take risks with his future.

Jia Xu said: "General Zhang, if you do not have the ability to restrain Lu Ning's army, your restraint will not have any major effect. At most, it will increase the difficulty of Lu Ning's army. However, Cao Cao will still be eliminated by Lu Ning. You must consider this clearly; once you restrain Lu Ning at this time, you will lose everything and even lose your life. Do you think Lu Ning will let you go after Cao Cao's demise?"

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, since that's the case, then we will do nothing and just watch the show."

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "General Zhang, don't you want to give some gifts to Lu Ning? If you have a gift to Lu Ning, you will be valued under Lu Ning in the future. Look at Lu Ning's generals, they are all famous all over the world. You don't want to be unknown for the rest of your life!"

Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe, what should I do? Tell me, I am just a famous brave man, and I will think so far."

Jia Xu said: "Immediately change the flag, let Wancheng hang Lu Ning's banner, and then raise troops to step forward towards Runan. If you can really take Runan, then your achievements will be pretty good. This is the meeting gift for Lu Ning."

Zhang Xiuxiu said: "Wenhe, you are not good! If Lu Ning doesn't agree, he will beat him. It would be strange if Lu Ning knows that he doesn't deal with him!"

Jia Xu said: "Don't worry! While changing the flag, you sent someone to Xingyang to report to Ju Su and tell me the situation. Besides, Ju Su also promised when he came that year that General, you can beat the Lu Ning Army's flag at any time, and the door of Lu Ning Army will always be open to the general."

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu was truly happy. He immediately changed his flag and sent people to Xingyang. A few days later, he sent troops to kill Cao Cao's Dangnan, which led to the information that Zhang Xiu besieged Runan.
Chapter completed!