Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 245 Shocked Cao Ren, Bing Shouchun!
Shouchun City!
With Xia Houyuan being beheaded by Le Jin.

The only three thousand cavalry under his command, except for a few dozens of cavalry, managed to escape back to Shouchun.

The rest were either captured by Li Dian and Le Jinbu, or directly killed outside Shouchun City.

At this time, Cao Ren in Shouchun City was discussing with the generals in the city, waiting for Xia Houyuan to return.

How to allocate defense, so as to further resist Yuan Tan's possible onslaught.

For Xia Houyuan to return safely, and to block Yuan Tan's offensive one or two by the way, it doesn't matter whether it is Cao Ren or the generals under Cao Ren's command.

They are all convinced.

After all, Xia Houyuan's fame and martial arts are all here.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Xia Houyuan is the top three generals in Cao Ying.

Of course, the top three rankings are just Cao Ying's internal rankings.

It is really in the eyes of outsiders like Yuan Tan who have fought against all the generals in Cao Ying outside of Cao Ying.

Although Xia Houyuan's military strength cannot be said to be bad, it is barely able to rank among the top ten in Cao Ying.

Among other things, the martial arts of Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Le Jin, and Xia Houdun are enough to rank in front of Xia Houyuan.

But inside Cao Ying, because of Cao Cao's indescribable selfishness.

Even the soldiers at the lowest level felt that Xia Houyuan's martial arts were rare in the world.

Therefore, Cao Ren ordered the generals to be cautious and do their own defense in the next few days.

On the one hand, he still did not forget to order Xia Houyuan's two lieutenants who stayed in the city:
"I'll first tell you the key points of defense in the area of ​​the eastern city wall that General Xiahouyuan will defend. After General Xiahouyuan returns, you will tell him."

In the next few days, he will face off against Yuan Tan head-on.

As the main defender of Shouchun, Cao Ren will definitely be very busy then.

Therefore, it is necessary to arrange everything in advance, so as not to be in a hurry, which will lead to omissions and allow Yuan Tan to seize the loopholes.

The two generals also knew the importance of this matter, and immediately stood up in awe, waiting for Cao Ren's order.

A soldier, however, panicked and rushed into the prefect's mansion in a panic!
"General! General Cao Ren! Not good! General Xiahou died in battle!"

"what?!"

As for Cao Ren, many generals of the Cao camp who were still in the prefect's mansion couldn't help standing up and looking at the man who was soaked in blood, his robes and helmets were either bloodstained or dust.

As if they had just experienced a great battle, the soldiers who escaped back to the city by chance had unbelievable expressions in their eyes!
Cao Ren, in particular, couldn't help but stand up, pointing at the soldier and saying:

"Are you sure you read it right?! Miao Cai, how could Miao Cai die in battle?!"

Fortunately, Cao Ren was one of Cao Ying's top defensive generals, and he quickly regained his composure. Seeing the panic-stricken soldiers, he didn't know how to report the soldiers.

Calm down, take a deep breath, Cao Ren tried his best to calm down his tone, and asked in a deep voice:

"Don't worry. I was a little upset just now. Tell me slowly, how did General Xiahou die in battle? Could it be that he was accidentally intercepted by Yuan Tan?"

In Cao Ren's mind, there was no one other than Yuan Tan who could kill Xia Houyuan head-on.

However, after hearing Cao Ren's words, the soldier seemed to recall some terrible memory.

Both eyes trembled uncontrollably, and he stuttered a bit when speaking. After a long time, he finally said one sentence:
"Back... General General, it wasn't General Xiahou that Yuan Tan killed...it was...it was Le Jin! General Le Jin killed General Xiahou!"

"What? Le Jin?!"

At this moment, Cao Ren couldn't care less about correcting the problem of the reporter calling Le Jin.

His heart, which had finally calmed down, was once again shocked by the news and was in chaos!
Yue Jin beheaded Xia Houyuan?What are you kidding? !

That Le Jin... that Le Jin has been in Cao Ying for so many years, what achievements has he had?How much bravery did you show?
To be able to kill Xia Houyuan? !

How did Cao Ren know that Le Jin's many contributions were secretly distributed by Cao Cao to these generals of his family.

For Le Jin, most of the time, there are more rewards, and there are basically no promotions.

As a result, Le Jin has been following Cao Cao since Cao Cao's crusade against Dong Zhuo.

However, after so many years, he is still just a general.

Don't talk about Cao Ren, even the generals in the prefect's mansion are shocked and pale.

Several generals couldn't help whispering:
"Could it be that the two traitors, Le Jin and Li Dian, secretly led the way for Yuan Tan, told Yuan Tan the terrain around Shouchun, and sent a counter-ambush to General Xiahouyuan, so that he could sneak attack and kill General Xiahou ?”

Hearing everyone's discussion, Cao Ren's eyes lit up.

It wasn't that he was too obsessed with the cause of Xia Houyuan's death.

It was Xiahou's death in battle, which dealt a great blow to Cao Ren.

Moreover, the strength shown by Li Dian and Le Jin is completely different from Cao Ren's previous prediction!
So he had to figure out what was going on with all of this.

Immediately, Cao Ren couldn't help but hurried forward a few steps, walked to the messenger soldier, tried to calm down his tone, and asked:

"Is it like what the generals said, Miaocai was ambushed, so he died in battle?!"

The messenger soldier looked at Cao Ren's eyes that seemed to be calm, but in reality they were about to spit out real anger, shook his head desperately, and said in a low voice:
"Don't dare to hide it from the general...General Xiahou, he fought against General Le Jin head-on. After a big battle...about twenty rounds, he was defeated by General Le Jin...ah no, it was the traitor Le Jin who cut off the golden sword in his hand , this is the defeat!"

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Not to mention the shock in the hearts of Cao Ren and the other Shouchun guards in Shouchun City.

At this moment, Gao Lan, Huang Zhong and the others looked at Le Jin and Li Dian in disbelief.

Even Huang Zhong, who has always been kind, said in surprise at this moment:

"I really didn't expect that General Yue Jin's martial arts skills are so high. If there is a chance, I would like to ask the general for advice."

Gao Lan was also surprised and said:
"General Huang Zhong is right. General Le Jin has done a great job. Xia Houyuan is one of the most powerful generals in the Cao camp. I don't want to be killed by General Le Jin. It will be publicized in the future. General Le Jin and General Li Dian , will be famous all over the world!"

Hearing everyone's praise, Le Jin and Li Dian were a little surprised.

Listening to Gao Lan and Huang Zhong's tone, why should the credit for beheading Xia Houyuan be attributed to them both?

Immediately, Le Jin and Li Dian wanted to wave their hands to shirk:
"If it weren't for the bait strategy of several generals and the young general, Xia Houyuan would not have been fooled so smoothly. These generals would have praised him too much!"

"Exactly. General Gao Lan and General Huang Zhong really make me a little ashamed to say so."

Li Dian and Le Jin hurriedly bowed and explained that for a while they felt a little more nervous than when they were fighting Xia Houyuan.

(End of this chapter)