Let’s talk about Xiahou Dun.

He was extremely busy in Xuchang, which was making huge profits.

What are you busy with? Oh, busy looking after the heroic Emperor Xian, busy stabilizing the situation in the Xuchang area, busy reclaiming wasteland and farming south of the Yellow River, busy understanding the military situation in Fancheng, Nanyang, Yuzhou, and many other miscellaneous things.

These things were all specially explained to Cao Cao before he left.

Cao Cao said to him: "Yuan Rang, to tell you the truth, this Emperor Xian is of no use to us. The only use is to let him live here and be our sign. Let the world know that we are

Working for the Liu family's court.

After we have dealt with all the disobedient bastards in the world, we will come back and burn Emperor Xian to death as well.

By then, the world will belong to our brothers.

However, we can't burn him to death yet, we can keep him useful.

I went to Hebei to take care of Yuan Shao's three sons. It would be inconvenient to take Emperor Xian with me. So I left him here. You have to take good care of him.

Well, the people around him are all my confidants, even the eunuchs are mine, so you don't have to be afraid that there will be trouble with Emperor Xian, you just need to send someone to monitor him closely.

Pay special attention to the ministers around him. None of these bastards are good. Be careful, they have ruined the Emperor Xian religion.

If it doesn't work, which one is going to cause trouble, you don't need to apply for my approval, just code it."

Xiahou Dun nodded in agreement.

After Cao Cao finished instructing this important matter, he arranged military tasks for him: "I said Yuan Rang, you have a great responsibility here. Brother, I will lead the troops to the north. I don't know what year or month I will be able to finish the affairs in Hebei, so

While eldest brother is away, I have no choice but to entrust you to manage everything south of Xuchang.

Let me tell you, brother, when I am not here, you should carefully observe the situation here and do not act rashly.

Sun Quan, don't touch him for the time being; Liu Biao, don't touch him for the time being.

After I clear out the Yuan family's influence, I will bring troops to deal with these two guys.

By then, we will have strong troops and horses, well, these two families are no match for us. Hahahaha."

Xiahou Dun knew that he had a heavy responsibility. After hearing Cao Cao's instructions, he asked: "Brother, I know that I have a heavy responsibility. According to your wishes, I know not to act rashly and wait for the opportunity. However, Sun Quan and Liu Biao may not necessarily listen to you.

What if they take the initiative to bring troops here? Should I still hold back?"

"Fuck!" Cao Cao scolded: "Are you stupid? I told you to stand still. I told you not to take the initiative to attack, but to stick to it. Of course, if Sun Quan and Liu Biao take the initiative to lead troops to come and cause trouble, you will completely

You can make your own decision - whether to defend or fight, it's all up to you. There is only one purpose, to keep Fancheng and Yuzhou Wancheng intact."

After saying this, Cao Cao bowed his head for a while and then said: "You have been on the battlefield with me for a long time and have rich combat experience. So I feel relieved to entrust you with such an important task."

Xia Houyuan was very moved by these words, and immediately clapped his hands on his chest to express his determination: "Don't worry, brother, I will go through fire and water to keep this ground for brother."

Cao Cao patted Xia Houyuan on the shoulder and said: "Okay, okay, no need to express your determination, I can rest assured that you will handle the matter. Well, now I will leave everything south of Xuchang to you. If there is anything, you can decide and handle it yourself. Okay.

That’s it. It’s settled.”

Cao Cao arranged to pat his butt when he got here, and went out with his elite soldiers to cross the Yellow River to bully Yuan Shao's three sons, leaving a lot of chaos here to Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun is a good fellow.

Absolutely loyal to Cao Cao.

But for a talent like this, he will be loyal to whoever uses him. What's more, he and Cao Cao are brothers. Cao Cao gave him such an important task, how could he do it without being anxious and deliberate?

Since you work wholeheartedly, you will definitely be busy.

So Xiahou Dun is really busy here.

No, while we were busy, something happened again. Cao Ren sent scouts to Fancheng to send urgent information four times a day. Each time, he described the situation in Fancheng as shaking as if Fancheng would be captured by Jingzhou soldiers tomorrow.

Already.

From the content of the intelligence, we can see how anxious Cao Ren and Man Chong were. In the letter, Cao Ren and Man Chong repeatedly begged Xiahou Dun to send troops to support him quickly.

Xiahou Dun was very decisive in dealing with things!

As soon as he saw this situation, he asked the Fancheng envoy about the distribution of Jingzhou soldiers, and the envoy told him: "Twenty miles east of Fancheng, Liu Feng led five thousand elite troops to cut off our army's way out of Fancheng; to the west, two

Ten miles away, Guan Ping led five thousand elite troops to camp and block the key points, cutting off the passage between our army and Shangyong County in Fangling; eighty miles north of Fancheng, the official road from Partridge Ridge led to Deng County.

, was intercepted by Wei Yan's 10,000-strong camp.

Now Liu Cong personally led 20,000 elite troops to station in Wei Yan's barracks.

On the water of the Xiangjiang River south of Fancheng, Jingzhou Navy ships patrolled day and night. Even if our army was a fish, it could not sneak across the Xiangjiang River.

Alas, General, Fancheng has been heavily surrounded and is in danger.

You can also see from the intelligence how anxious General Cao Ren and Military Advisor Man Chong are?"

Xiahou Dun was a good-tempered man. Although the history books said that he had a fiery temperament, he was calm in the face of danger. He raised his hand and wiped it on his face a few times, and after doing a clear-headed action,

Asked the envoy from Fancheng: "Who is the leader of this military operation of the Jingzhou soldiers? Did Liu Biao come out to lead the army in the battle?"

"Haha, general, you didn't expect this. Guess who can lead Jingzhou's 40,000 elite troops across the Han River to challenge you? It's not Liu Biao, Liu Biao is too sick to go out."

"There's no way to guess! Who is it? Cai Mao? Huang Zu?" The messenger shook his head.

"Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei? Or Zhao Yun?" The messenger shook his head again.

Xiahou Dun was a little angry because the envoy was here to show off.

Now that he was angry, the anger immediately filled his chest. Xiahou Dun suddenly stood up, slapped the case with his hands and shouted: "The enemy is approaching, you don't report the military situation truthfully, and you still play with me here. What crime should you do?"

When the envoy saw it, he knelt down and kowtowed with a "hoo!" and said: "I deserve to die! General, spare your life. The leader of the Jingzhou soldiers in this operation is Liu Biao's second son, named Liu Cong."

"Liu Cong?"

,Why did Liu Biao let a child lead the army? What do you mean? Did you mean to ridicule us?"

The envoy didn't know much about Liu Cong, so he summarized it and said: "General, I heard that Liu Cong is very powerful! He is both civil and military, good at martial arts, and he can predict, make all plans, and make perfect plans. People in Fancheng said,

He is even more powerful than Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. He also said, "When the envoy said this, he looked at Xiahou Dun. When Xiahou Dun saw that the envoy stopped talking, he urged: "What else can you say?"

"People in Fancheng say that the people who can compete with our army in the future are Sun Quan and Liu Cong!"

"Fuck!" Xiahou Dun cursed in his heart: "A child who is still young has been blown up to the sky by everyone. I want to see if this kid has grown all his hair."

After Xiahou Dun scolded him here, he ordered: "Go back. Go back and tell Cao Zixiao, asking him to defend the city well. I will order two groups of people to ask for help. One group is Xu Huang, and he is ordered to lead troops to march through Deng County. The other group is Xiahou Yuan of Yuzhou.

,bring

The troops marched south. The two lines of reinforcements acted together. The siege of Fancheng could not be solved immediately, but it was enough to distract the Jingzhou soldiers' offensive and delay their attack on the city. At the same time, I sent a letter to Wei Gong to report, asking Wei Gong to reply and guide this.

A battle.”

When Xiahou Dun said this, he watched the waiter take his leave and left. He stood there, lowered his head and thought for a while, then muttered with a sinister smile: "In fact, you don't have to worry about it, my lord, I will take care of this kid Liu Cong.
Chapter completed!