Cao Pi was not a person who gave up easily, but at this moment he couldn't help feeling discouraged in his heart.

At this moment, a personal soldier officer suddenly ran in and said with a fist, "Grand Prince, someone came from outside, saying that there were some secret matters to see the eldest prince!" Cao Pi was very surprised, "Who is he? What are the secret matters to do?" The officer said, "He would only say when he saw the eldest prince, but he said he was sent by Cao Xing."

When Cao Pi and Xu You heard this, they both looked at each other and looked at each other. Xu You hurriedly asked, "Is Cao Xing the one he mentioned Cao Xing, the general under Lu Bu?" "That's right!"

Xu You said to Cao Pi happily: "Young Master, it seems that our opportunity has come!" Cao Pi understood what Xu You meant, but frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's the enemy's trick!" Xu You smiled and shook his head, "I've been to Xuzhou before when I was under Yuan Shao's command. I met this Cao Xing at that time. This man was greedy and unkind and narrow-minded. He was punished by Lu Bu but he always held a grudge. He had complained about Lu Bu in front of me at that time. If he were this person, it would never be a trick." Cao Pi showed joy on his face and said to the officer: "Bring the person to come immediately!" The officer held his fists and agreed and ran down.

After a moment, the officer led a middle-aged man who was a fisherman in. The officer pointed at Cao Pi and said to the man: "This is our eldest son!"

The man immediately bowed: "Good son, please pay homage to the eldest son!"

"No need to be polite, get up and talk."

The man thanked him, stood up, clasped his fists and said, "The villain is a personal soldier under General Cao Xing. I will tell the eldest son about the secret matters on my general's order!"

Cao Pi nodded and waited for the following text. The man took out a cloth bag from his arms and presented it with his hands. Xu You immediately went down, took over the cloth bag, and submitted it to Cao Pi. Cao Pi took the cloth bag, opened the bag, took out two wooden slips, and looked at it. It turned out that it was a letter written by Cao Xing to him. Cao Pi immediately looked at the two wooden slips in turn, and couldn't help but show joy on his face. He looked up and asked the man, "Is General Cao Xing really willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light?" The man clasped his fists and said, "My general was born and die for Lu Bu, but Lu Bu was not kind enough. Not only did he not reward the general who had made meritorious people, he also punished him randomly. My general was extremely disappointed with Lu Bu and knew that he would sooner or later he would perish, so he planned to abandon the dark and turn to the light to serve the prime minister and eliminate Lu Bu! This matter is true, so the eldest son must not doubt it!"

Cao Pi did not comment and looked at Xu You, who clasped his fists and said, "I think General Cao should be sincere!"

Cao Pi looked at the man and said, "Okay. General Cao abandoned the secret and turned to the light. My father and I would never treat him badly." The man hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, my eldest son!" Cao Pi thought for a while and said, "You go back and tell General Cao immediately. I will divide my troops and steal Jishui to Qingzhou as he said in his letter, and rush to Qingzhou to join forces with him to seize Qingzhou!" The man was overjoyed and said, "The eldest son is wise! The villain will repay my general immediately! If the eldest son has no other instructions, the villain will take the jade pendant on his waist and hand it to the other party, "This is my token, which represents my promise to General Cao." The man was overjoyed, and quickly took the jade pendant with both hands, bowed to Cao Pi, and hurriedly went. Xu You stood beside Cao Pi, looking at him with admiration, with a smile on his face.

Cao Pi looked at the man leaving, then turned around and said to Xu You: "Sir, how many troops do you think we should send, and who will lead us to Qingzhou?"

Xu You twisted the goat and thought, "The troops should not be too much, so as not to be noticed by the enemy troops along the Linji line. But not too little, otherwise you will be afraid that you will not be able to quickly control Qingzhou. I think 30,000 elite troops are the most suitable."

Cao Pi nodded, "What about the leader?"

Xu You smiled and said, "I'm afraid General Yu Jin must be!"

Cao Pi smiled and said, "I have this intention, okay, so I sent Yu Jin to lead 30,000 elite troops to steal Jishui and drive straight to Qingzhou!"

After Cao Xing sent a secret envoy, he had been waiting anxiously. In the evening of that day, the secret envoy sent by Cao Xing finally came back. When Cao Xing saw him, he was happy and asked hurriedly: "Have you seen the eldest son? What's the situation?" The secret envoy said with joy: "The eldest son is very happy and appreciated the general's behavior of abandoning the dark and turning to the bright! He had agreed to the general's suggestion and was ready to send 30,000 elite troops to steal the Jishui River to Linzi (the location of the Qingzhou Dizhu District)! The eldest son also said that the general's contribution was made, and he and the Prime Minister would never treat the general unfairly!" Then he took out the jade pendant that Cao Pi gave him and presented it to Cao Xing with both hands, "This is the jade pendant that the eldest son asked the villain to hand it over to the general. It said that this shows his promise to the general." Cao Xing was overjoyed, and hurriedly took the jade pendant, and looked over and over and over again several times.

Then he hid his jade pendant close to his body and said excitedly: "Okay! Since the eldest son has started to take action, it's time for me to take action too!" Then he thought: "The eldest son's soldiers must arrive tomorrow, and I must take action tonight." He turned his head and said to a subordinate: "Immediately invite all the commanders and above the commander to celebrate my birthday and ask them to come to the mansion for a banquet." The subordinate held his fists and ran down.

Speaking of which, Xu Shu people are thinking about the current situation in Jinan. Although the enemy's forces are far above their own, Xu Shu is full of confidence in defending Qingzhou. Xu Shu considered various attack methods from the perspective of Cao Pi and Xu You, and felt that it would be difficult for them to break the deadlock under the current situation. At present, Xu Shu mainly arranged the main force of the army in Linji and Jinan. Linji is on the north bank of the Ji River, while Jinan is on the southwest side of Linji. The two cities are one south and one north, and the Ji River is connected in the middle, which can be said to form a perfect defense system. In addition, the two cities excavated the authentic fortifications outside the city, which is simply solid!

An officer rushed in and when he saw Xu Shu, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Sir, General Zang Ba urgently summoned Mr.!" When Xu Shu heard this, he knew that something urgent had happened, so he hurriedly left the bedroom and came to the hall in front. When he saw Zang Ba in military uniform sitting on the upper head, he clasped his fists and said, "General!"

Zang Ba immediately stood up and walked to the huge sand table in front of him. Xu Shu also walked forward. Zang Ba pointed at Linji, "Just received an urgent report, Cao Pi mobilized a large army to attack Linji. Sir, should we send an elite force to cross the Ji River and stab them hard from behind the Cao army?"

Xu Shu felt a little surprised and frowned and said, "Cao Pi has suffered a lot these days, why didn't he remember to launch an attack again?" Zang Ba laughed and said, "I think he has no choice! What else can he do except attack Linji?" Xu Shu showed a thoughtful look on his face.

At this moment, a personal soldier rushed in and clasped his fists at Zang Ba and Xu Shu and said, "General, military advisor, a soldier came from Linzi and said that he had something to report to the general and military advisor." Zang Ba and Xu Shu felt a little surprised and looked at each other. Zang Badao said, "Take him in." The personal soldier replied and ran down.

A moment later, the personal soldiers led a dusty soldier in. When the soldier saw Zang Ba and Xu Shu, he immediately bowed: "The villain Zhao Laosi greeted the general and the military advisor!"

Zang Ba looked at Zhao Laosi and said, "Zhao Laosi, look at your outfit, you are neither scout nor a messenger, why are you here to do?"

Zhao Laosi hurriedly said, "It was sent by Vice Commander Li Tiehan to the villain." Zang Ba said strangely, "Li Tiehan? What did he send you to do?"

"Reporting to the general, the deputy commander found a situation that was a bit unusual, so he specially sent a villain to report to the general and the military advisor. Not long ago, the deputy commander found a confidant of General Cao Xing at the gate of the city and left the city. Two days later, he came back secretly. The deputy commander felt that the situation was different, so he asked the villain to come to Jinan to report the matter to the general and the military advisor."

Zang Ba frowned, "Cao Xing's confidant disguised himself from the city? What's going on? There is no need to disguise the order?" As he said that, he looked at Xu Shu, hoping that Xu Shu could give an answer.

Xu Shu asked Zhao Laosi: "When did Cao Xing's confidant return to the city?" "It was about two days ago."

Xu Shu hurriedly said to Zang Badao: "General, Cao Xing may have surrendered to the enemy! Now the enemy's elite troops may have arrived in Linzi City! The situation is extremely urgent. Please mobilize all the troops in Jinan to return to Linzi immediately!"

Zang Ba was a little unbelievable and frowned: "Cao Xing and I have followed the general for many years, how could he surrender to the enemy?"

Xu Shu shook his head, "People's hearts are unpredictable! And there is no other explanation for the various signs nowadays except Cao Xing surrenders to the enemy! General, I'm not waiting for time, take action immediately!" Zang Ba nodded, called the commander to immediately send the commander to gather in the city's troops! The commander shouted and ran down.

Xu Shu clasped his fists to Zang Ba and said, "Please immediately send the order of the fourth brother Zhao, and ask him to rush back to Linzi immediately, and send Li Tiehan to arrest Cao Xing immediately!" Zang Ba was shocked and said angrily: "If Cao Xing does not have the intention of rebellion, wouldn't this be a shame to the hearts of the soldiers!" Xu Shu said firmly: "I dare to use the head to guarantee it! If you really blame a good person, please take down Xu's head to atone for Cao Xing!" Zang Ba opened his eyes and looked at Xu Shu with a firm expression on his face. He couldn't help but nod and said, "Okay! I will do what you want! If Cao Xing is wrongly accused, I will apologize to the lord for you. Mr. Don't die!" Xu Shu was very moved.

Zang Ba turned around and walked to his commander's case, took out a command arrow, came back and handed it to Zhao Laosi, and ordered: "Tell me to give the order to Li Tiehan, arrest Cao Xing immediately, and close the city gate!" Zhao Laosi responded and stepped forward to receive the command arrow, bowed to Zang Ba again, and hurried away.

Xu Shu frowned and said, "I hope everything is still in time! Otherwise, we will not be able to convey to the Lord!"
Chapter completed!