[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Riding on the night wind, Xu You rode his horse all the way south, and didn't wake up suddenly until he was only one mile away from Cao Ying.

Is he too impulsive?

Because of the turmoil, Xu's family lost most of their wealth, but because Xu You was an old friend of Yuan Shao's confidant, after they settled down in Yecheng, they soon became a prominent family name and had a lot of wealth.This is impossible based on Xu You's salary alone, most of them are secretly corrupted by Xu's family using Xu You's status and reputation.Yecheng has been run by the Yuan family for many years, and it has already been bustling with traffic, rich and wealthy, who use various excuses to covertly greedy ink, and it is not only the Xu family. Therefore, Xu You has not only ignored the behavior of his family members, but also quietly is fueling the flames.Anyway, in truth, no one is really clean.

So when the news came that his family members had been arrested during the interrogation, his first reaction was not nervousness, but anger, an uncontrollable anger.His Xu family was not the only one who was greedy for military expenses, why did the interrogator arrest his family.Relying on his old personal friendship with Yuan Shao, Xu You immediately went to Yuan Shao's place to appeal for grievances and filed a lawsuit against him.Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao was angry at Cao Cao's indignation against the generals. Not only did he not let Xu You's family be punished for interrogation according to Xu You's words, but he also scolded Xu You back.

Xu You had never suffered this anger for most of his life, but he was probably still afraid of Yuan Shao, and in the end he could only endure the anger, Nuonuo retreated, then turned and went to Xun Chen's camp.Among the counselors in Yuan Ying, Du Xunchen has the best temper, neither greedy for merit, but also easy-going and understanding. Xu You had always cared that Xun Chen was a child of everyone and had a repulsive heart towards him, but since a few days ago After Xun Chen took the initiative to visit Xu You one day, Xu Youdun felt that he was too one-sided before. He and Xun Youruo not only had similar temperaments, but also became close friends after chatting a few times.This angered Yuan Shao, and he immediately ran to Xun Chen and complained a lot.Of course, he also kept his eyes open, he didn't say much about his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shao, he only criticized the judge, so even if Xun Chen told Yuan Shao what he said today, it wouldn't matter.Xu You knew Yuan Shao well, and he wouldn't really get angry if he didn't scold him.

Just as Xu You expected, Xun Chen not only listened to his complaints gently, but also comforted him from time to time. A few words made Xu You feel much more comfortable.But in the end, Xu Shi really sympathized with Xu You's experience, and Xun Chen also sighed and complained: "Brother Ziyuan, let's be more open. Yuan Gong is no longer the general Luocao who had no place to stand in back then."

He does not mean that.After Xu You heard this, he immediately thought of Tian Feng who was imprisoned for his outspoken admonition since he went south to attack Cao, Ju Shou whose strategy was never adopted, and Xin Ping and Xin Pi who were marginalized. When listed among them.Among the counselors, Yuan Shao listened to Guo Tu's words the most, even though Guo Tu's schemes failed repeatedly, Yuan Shao did not see any punishment.He vaguely felt that it was because among the two young masters, Guo Tu, like that hateful judge, was more supportive of the young master Yuan Shang...

After chatting with Xun Chen, Xu You's heart became heavier in the end.He had a hunch that with Yuan Shao here, he might not be able to get any reuse.And as if to confirm his idea, after learning that Cao Ying killed horses and ate them, he immediately offered Yuan Shao a plan to attack Xudu, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Guo Tuna to refute, Yuan Shao also directly refused on the spot This plan.The resentment that he was not taken seriously, and the anger that his family was still in prison, in a fit of anger, Xu You directly found a horse and ran to Cao Ying.

But when it came to Cao Ying, he began to regret his impulsiveness.It was easy for him to fall to Cao Cao, but his family and money were all in Yecheng. If Yuan Shao turned his anger on them after this battle, he would have nothing to do.Just as he was holding the rein of the horse and hesitating, Cao Jun's scouts spotted him.Seeing Xu You on a single horse, he regarded it as another spy sent by Yuan Jun, subdued Xu You three times and twice, turned a deaf ear to what Xu You shouted, and forced Xu You into the camp unceremoniously.

"This is...Mr. Xu?" The candles in Cao Cao's main tent in that room had already been extinguished. According to the practice in the army, if the enemy's spy was caught, if Cao Cao was inconvenient, he would be escorted to Guo Jia's side first.However, when Guo Jia saw this "Yuan Jun's detailed work", he seemed to be very surprised, and quickly said to the soldiers, "What are you doing?! Mr. Xu and the lord have been friends for many years, so quickly untie the master."

The soldiers didn't expect that what the scribes shouted just now was true, so they quickly untied them.Xu You rubbed his wrists, thinking that this was after all in Cao Ying, suppressed his anger, and just frowned to show his dissatisfaction: "Who are you?"

"I'm Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, I've met Mr. Xu." Guo Jia took a step back, and made a very humble salute that surprised the soldiers, "Mr. is here to see the lord? It's a coincidence that the lord just took a rest. I don't know if you can stay in the camp for one night, until tomorrow..."

"Ziyuan! Guke is looking forward to you!" Before Guo Jia finished speaking, there was a voice of surprise and surprise at the door of the tent, and Cao Cao, who had already rested, rushed in quickly.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled and saluted: "Since my lord is here, Jia won't bother you to talk with my lord at night by candlelight. Guo Jia will leave." After speaking, he turned around and left the camp with the soldiers who brought Xu You.

"Jia would like to ask you, is it scarier to be a fox who is old and mature, or a fox disguised as a rabbit?"

"Mr. Guo, is this...?" Just as the curtain was put down, the soldiers were stunned when they heard Guo Jia's vague question, "Is it the latter?"

"It makes sense, Jia also thinks so." Guo Jia nodded seriously, then flung his sleeves and left, and ran into Jia Xu's tent in a blink of an eye.

"Wenhe, Jia's tent was forcibly commandeered by the lord, so Jia came to you for a while~"

"...Can the old man refuse?"

"I can't." Guo Jia smiled until his eyes almost narrowed, but he still couldn't block the slyness in his eyes, "Don't sleep, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night."

On the other end, Guo Jia was torturing Jia Wenhe, who was hurting others and benefiting himself, while Xu You and Cao Cao on the other end looked at each other with excited expressions, and they had the urge to spend the night together.

You know, Xu You wanted to go back to Yuan Ying at the beginning, especially when he was taken into Cao Ying, he found that Cao Ying was far less panicked than in the intelligence, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and even regretted his impulse .If Cao Ying hadn't been cornered, the value of the news he brought would have been greatly reduced.But thinking about it the other way around, he knew that even if he regretted it now, it was impossible for him to return to Yuanying.Many people saw him riding southward, but with Yuan Shao's suspicion level and the instigation of the treacherous villain, he could only die as a traitor when he went back.His only choice now is to stay in Cao Ying and do his best to help Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao.As for the beautiful wife and children, gold, silver and jewelry, when he is a high-ranking official here in Cao Cao, do you still worry that there will be no more?

Therefore, when he saw that Cao Cao was only wearing a middle coat, with a robe on the outside, and ran over before he even had time to put on his shoes, he was very pleasantly surprised.If it hadn't been for the impasse, why did Cao Cao rush over as soon as he heard him coming?Pulled by Cao Cao to sit down on the mat, Xu You coughed lightly, suppressed his secret joy, and pretended to be deep, "Meng De, I wonder how many days of rations are left in your army?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and a trace of guard flashed in his eyes.Although it disappeared quickly, Xu You still saw it in his eyes: "Brother Ziyuan, to tell you the truth, with the food and grass in the army, it can last for more than two months."

Xu You smiled when he heard the words: "Meng De's words are not true."

"Cough." Cao Cao gave a fake cough to hide the embarrassment of being exposed face to face, "Brother Ziyuan is right, Cao Cao... can only last half a month."

"Still untrue."

"Ten days."

"It's still untrue."

"Three days."

"Meng De," Xu You patted Cao Cao's shoulder with a sincere tone, "You and you had a life-threatening friendship back then. Could it be that you wouldn't tell the truth to You?"

"Brother Ziyuan was joking, fuck it's just..." Cao Cao looked at Xu You, still showing a faint sense of guard, "Brother Ziyuan, forgive me, but Ziyuan and Benchu ​​have had a close relationship these years, fuck... I'm really worried."

"Haha, You knew Meng De that you were still so suspicious." Xu You laughed heartily, "You only saw that You and Benchu ​​had a great friendship, so you know that it was You who suggested that Yuan Benchu ​​support you to control Yanxu Erzhou? Back then you and I There is also Yuan Benchu ​​and the three of them, compared to Yuan Benchu, the dandy, you and I have a better relationship. Even today, it is the same."

"...Then according to what Brother Ziyuan saw, how many days of military rations are left?"

Xu Youwei knelt forward, looked down at Cao Cao, and said, "According to You, Meng De's army has no rations! They have already killed horses for food! Meng De, are I, Xu Ziyuan, right?!" As expected, Cao Cao's face changed. Xu You sat back and resumed his inscrutable smile, "Meng De, don't panic. To be honest, if Meng De hadn't been cornered at this time, You wouldn't have come either. You came today , I just want to tell Meng De that Goujian is not alone in worrying about the country."

"Oh?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up, "Ziyuan said"

"To be honest with Meng De, ever since Meng De intercepted and burned the grain and grass transported by Yuan Shang's children, within a few days, Yuan Jun had to start three meals and two meals." public.This important task of supervising the transportation of food and grass was recommended by Guo Tu in front of Yuan Shao on Yuan Shang's behalf. This made Yuan Shang replace Wen Tao and Yuan Tan who was even better in martial arts.Who knew that Guo Tu and Yuan Shang would not be able to lose money by stealing chickens, and Yuan Shangjing's matter was even more unpopular. It was all because of Yuan Shao's preference that he did not pursue it. We won the battle. So immediately let Yecheng distribute food, and in the past few days, let Chun Yuqiong lead more than [-] soldiers from the two schools of infantry and cavalry to meet the grain carts in the north. Now, where the food of these [-] people is located."

Xu You picked up a pen and marked a spot on the unfolded map:

"It's Wuchao."

I don't know if it's true for the elderly, but Jia Xu, whose dream was disturbed, looked at Guo Jia, who was bored playing with the candlelight on the desk, with a rare face sinking like water, and there was no smile to hide his thoughts.

"The old man thought it would be wiser for you to go to Xun Shangshu's place, or the lord's tent is also empty at this time."

"The relationship between Jia and Wenhe is closer." Guo Jia said solemnly, "As for the lord... As a subject, how can you not help the lord to allow unauthorized access to the master's tent? Jia still understands these rules."

"... Situ Yan will be extremely pleased to see Feng Xiao so well-behaved today."

"Wen He is talking about Changwen? He doesn't have time to entangle with Jia right now. He is wholeheartedly thinking about how to embrace the beauty." Speaking of this, Guo Jia seemed to think of something, and couldn't help chuckling, "If he really married Wen Ruo's daughter is Wen Ruo's son-in-law. Can Jia also benefit from Wen Ruo's glory and call him 'Jia son-in-law'?"

"What are you worried about when you talk about him so left and right?"

"...Wenhe, don't always expose your old fox nature in front of Jia, okay?"

Jia Xu took a deep look at Guo Jia and shook his head: "As a smart person, your weakness is too obvious, so you are not smart."

After finishing speaking, he completely gave up on continuing to communicate with Guo Jia, slowly closed his eyes, his breathing became steady after a while, and fell asleep while kneeling and sitting like this.

With his mouth pursed, Guo Jia could only continue to flicker the candle in front of him in boredom.I don't know how long it took, but finally the soldiers' report came.Cao Cao called Guo Jia to hurry over.

After Guo Jia left, Jia Xu suddenly opened his eyes, and the burning candle flames in front of him entered his slightly tired eyes.

He is very aware of his own aging, so before the scene starts, he seizes every opportunity to catch up on sleep for a while.

Standing up slowly holding the candlestick, he replaced it with a new red wax, the tiredness in his eyes dissipated little by little with the rolling wax oil, and finally disappeared without a trace.

That's right, for anyone in Guandu, tonight will only be a sleepless night.

"Duke Ming." When Guo Jia arrived at the main tent, Cao Cao had just put on his military armor, and he was very heroic. "Is the food and grass really in Wuchao?"

"The octopus's information said that Chunyu Qiong was in Wuchao, and Xu You said that the grain and grass were escorted by Chunyuqiong in Wuchao, so it must be true." Cao Cao nodded, "Chunyuqiong was the eighth captain of Xiyuan, like Gu and Yuan Shao. It is indeed reasonable for Yuan Shao to send him to supervise the transportation of grain and grass."

Guo Jia nodded, and asked again: "Then Xu You can say, who are the Wuchao guards?"

"There are about ten thousand people."

"In this way, this move is much more dangerous than originally expected." Their original plan, Xu You's strategy for Cao Cao, was that Cao Cao led his troops to Wuchao immediately, burned all the general's rations, and forced Yuan Shao Quick battle.Since it was a light army marching at night, Cao Cao couldn't take more people there. One can imagine the danger.However, this is their only chance to win this battle, so they have already realized that even if it is a dragon's lake and a tiger's den, they can only move forward calmly, "This trip, Ming Gong must be careful."

Sensing the worry in Guo Jia's eyes, Cao Cao smiled easily, and patted Guo Jia's shoulder: "Feng Xiao still remembers the beard that Gu was burned by that Lu Bu kid in Puyang? In the end, isn't Lu Fengxian still the soul of Gu? However, a Chunyuqiong, Gu is not to be taken seriously. Once he knows that Gu is not in the camp, and according to Yuan Benchu's understanding of Yuan Benchu, he may not send troops to rescue Wuchao, but will lead an army to attack the camp. One enemy ten, Such a heavy responsibility falls on Feng Xiao."

"Duke Ming had ten victories, but Yuan Benchu ​​didn't have a single victory. With zero against ten, one can imagine the final result. Jia thanked Yuan Benchu ​​for his contribution to Jialai."

What Guo Jia said made Cao Cao laugh out loud, and the atmosphere in the tent became much more relaxed.But soon, Cao Cao corrected his expression again, and said seriously to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I called you here before I told the generals about my decision to go to Wuchao, because I have other important matters to entrust to you. If this is the trip, I will never return..."

"Minggong, don't joke, this trip..."

"Gu is just in case." Cao Cao interrupted Guo Jia, and continued, "If Gu goes away and never returns, there must be someone in charge in the army. Although Pi'er is in the army, he is still young after all, and the son of Gu Not just one person... If anything happens, the responsibility of assisting Pi'er is entrusted to you alone.

Gongda, Wenhe, I don't doubt how they are.It's just that you and I are aware of the nature of the two of them. When it comes time to kill and attack, Fengxiao, you can take on this heavy responsibility.This matter, only if I leave it to you, can I rest assured, do you understand? "

At the end of the conversation, both Cao Cao and Guo Jia lost their smiles.Guo Jia took a step back, bowed deeply, and said very solemnly: "Duke Ming, don't worry, if there is...in case, Jia will definitely live up to Duke Ming's great trust."

Cao Cao nodded with a faint smile, trying to help Guo Jia up, but failed.

Guo Jia still bowed deeply: "Jia will assist the second son to win this battle, and will lay a stable north for the second son, but after that... I still look forward to Ming Gong, and wait for Jia."

"Fengxiao..." Cao Cao was startled, and wanted to say something, but Guo Jia straightened up, with the same smile on his face, not half serious, "So, Minggong must return safely."

Cao Cao paused and paused, and finally said nothing, but lightly patted Guo Jia's shoulder twice again:

"Okay, wait for Gu's triumphant return."