The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 291 Cao Cao returns to aid
After Liu Bei led his troops away, Chen Min King Liu Chong stepped up his attack on the palace. Cao Cao's first supporting army was about to arrive, leaving him little time.

The usually majestic and magnificent entrance of the palace can allow four carriages to enter together, but now there are several layers of corpses, and the blood pools into a muddy road.

Looking at the gate of the palace where the corpses were all over the place, Liu Chong had no choice but to let the thousand-man team keep attacking because the entrance was so big that no amount of people could get through.

As for all the means to boost morale, it is already relying on the last breath.

"My lord, it has been two days and Cao Cao's reinforcements will arrive at any time. Send out a large number of scouts, and at the same time send people to control the four gates to buy time!"

"Xiangguo is right!"

Liu Chong obeyed Luo Junyan, and immediately sent four generals and troops to guard the four gates, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to patrol around Xudu.

Luo Jun was also very anxious. Cao Cao's reinforcements were like butcher knives hanging around his neck. Once Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived, how would this exhausted army respond?

The siege was still going on, and the tenacity of the defenders was beyond anyone's expectations. After a few hours, Xun Yu's trump card, the Royal Forest Army, had lost more than half, but they were still tenacious and persevering on the palace wall.

The imperial palace seemed so crumbling that it could be broken through with a little more effort, but it was perseverance.

Liu Xie, who was sitting dryly in the palace, seemed to have lost his patience, and wanted to go out of the palace to have a look, but was stopped by a five-year-old old attendant and two young eunuchs.

"Your Majesty, traitors are attacking the inner city, and Xun Changshi is desperately defending it. For the sake of His Majesty's safety, it is better not to act rashly and wait for Sikong's army to return."

Liu Xie's young and handsome face looked at the old servant with complicated eyes.

This person is Cao Cao's confidant, placed beside him, monitoring every move, and all actions must be carried out under his nose. It can be said that this old servant controls everything inside and outside the palace. It is rumored that he served under Cao Teng back then. First Emperor.

Liu Xie is not afraid of this old thing, but is afraid of Cao Cao standing behind him. He represents the Cao family. If he does not act rashly, it will be Liu Chong and Dong Cheng who acted without authorization. Cao Cao will not kill the king either, because the cost is too high.

But if he openly cooperates with Dong Cheng and Liu Chong, then there is no room for turning around. No one needs a puppet who is disobedient and stabs a knife in the back. Back then, Dong Zhuo's emperor brother was poisoned for being just an inappropriate puppet, not to mention Own.

Under the senile eyes of the old attendant, Liu Xie chose to back down, retreated to the inner palace, hugged Queen Fu and Dong Guiren who were trembling all over, and continued to wait for the result in torment.

It was another sleepless night, and the two armies fought fiercely until dawn. The sky was slightly bright, and suddenly there was dust flying in Ximen, and there were bursts of killing. The dust in the sky could not see the specific soldiers and horses. Ahead, the big banner with the word Cao was flying, and the deputy general guarding the north gate was waiting in full force, and asked the messenger to inform Liu Chong.

"Report! Cao Cao's army has returned, less than ten miles away from the north gate!"

"What?", "How is it possible!", "Impossible", "See if it is Cao Cao's army!"

"I can't see the exact number of troops, and the dust is flying around. It is indeed a big flag with the word Cao!"

The news of the messenger made all the ministers explode. Now that the imperial palace has not been captured, Cao Cao's army has returned, so what should we do!

"Don't panic, don't panic! The four gates of Xudu are still in our hands, we still have time, as long as we hurry up and break through the inner city, we can retreat together with the army."

Luo Jun yelled loudly, trying to calm everyone down, but Cao Cao's prestige had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the ministers who had come spontaneously left one after another.

"Up to now, either the fish died or the net was broken. Since the moment you joined the attack on the palace, you have been chaotic courtiers and thieves in Cao Cao's eyes. Do you think you can survive alone?"

The staunch Liu Chong roared loudly when he saw many ministers wanting to flee!

Liu Chong's roar made all the ministers fall into fear. They were afraid of Man Chong's torture, Cao Cao's butcher knife, and even their family members.

Although the chaotic emotions of the crowd were temporarily suppressed by Liu Chong and Luo Jun, the panic spread to the siege troops, making the attacking troops of the palace, which were not sharp in the first place, slow down a bit.

At the north gate of Xudu, groups of Cao Cao soldiers appeared on the calm horizon. The leader was Cao Cao, with Cheng Yu and Xun You beside him, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Zhu Dian, Lei Heng, Le Jin, Li Dian, etc. Line up a line, and behind the [-] army there are thousands of troops.

General Liu Chong of the North Gate immediately passed the news of Cao Cao's presence at the North Gate to Liu Chong.

"Cao Cao is here! Cao Cao led the army to the north gate!"

Cao Cao really came. Only three days after the attack on Xudu, Cao Cao arrived in Xudu with his army. The accurate news of Cao Cao's appearance made the people who were already panicked feel afraid and began to flee one after another.

This time even Liu Chong could no longer suppress the panic!
"Order the four gate guards to guard the city gate to prevent Cao Cao from entering Xudu, and then send a thousand-man team to attack the palace."

Liu Chong no longer cared about these officials, and in the end they scattered and ran away. Originally, there were nearly a hundred people, and only Dong Cheng, Song Jiang's group, Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, Kong Rong, Jin Yi, and Zhi Xi were left behind. A few people prepared to fight with Liu Chong in the final desperate struggle.

"Brother, Cao Cao's army has returned to aid, and the possibility of rescuing His Majesty is very slim. We cannot stay here for long, and we must make plans early."

It was Wu Yong who whispered in Song Jiang's ear. This person brought Song Qing to Song Jiang's side on the second day of the siege, and now he really had to prepare for the retreat.

Song Jiang glanced at Mu Hong, who and Song Qing led some troops towards the south gate.

All the officials, even Song Jiang's petty actions, Liu Chong saw, but there was nothing he could do about it, just like Song Jiang and Dong Chengken's staying here was already a sign of loyalty, and he couldn't ask for anything more.

In Xudu City, Wang Zhong and Lu Zhao were originally the temporary gathering place of Xudu's defenders. Several teenagers also received the news that Cao Cao had returned to the source. Lu Zhao was seriously injured and was lying on the door panel beside him. people.

Wang Zhong and Han Hao waited for the middle-aged woman around him to make a decision. This woman is Cao Cao's current wife, the Bian family. Cao Zhi's biological mother, coupled with her gentle and humble personality, became Cao Cao's wife.

At this time, the Bian family was not alone. Xiahoushang, Xiahouba, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Dianman, Xu Yi and other important officials of the Cao family, Xiahou family and Cao Cao's second generation gathered around them.

(End of this chapter)