Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

"Hurry up and protect the lord!"

Seeing this, the knights at the back panicked and pulled out their weapons one after another, making a guard posture. But after a while, there was no abnormal movement in front, but everyone was still in shock and did not dare to relax.

"It's okay, I'll go take a look."

A soldier in front was nervously guarding, when suddenly his shoulder was patted, he looked back, and hurriedly saluted: "My lord!"

Cao Cao nodded and was about to go forward, but the soldier hurriedly shouted: "The situation ahead is unknown, my lord, don't take any risks!"

Cao Cao was silent for a while, then spread his hand, pointed at himself, and said, "If that's the case, why not?"

Although the sky was dark, it was easy to see in the faint moonlight. At this time, Cao Cao's hair was disheveled, his face was covered with blood, even most of his beard had been shaved off, and there were even two deep tear marks on both sides of the bridge of his nose. , nor when Cao Cao shed tears.

As for Cao Cao, it was even more embarrassing. His lower body was a pair of coarse trousers, with only an ordinary soldier's coat on it, and nothing else.

Cao Cao's current appearance, not to mention people who are not familiar with him, even some personal guards can hardly recognize him at first sight.

The sergeant who had just spoken out to dissuade him saw Cao Cao like this, his heart was sour, and tears fell. Cao Cao wanted to comfort him when he saw this, saying that Li Yi's soldiers were several times stronger than him, and it was not enough to catch him.

However, Cao Cao opened his mouth, but he couldn't open it.

He has experienced many setbacks in his life, even when Lu Bu took him to his hometown in Yanzhou, he never felt despair, but this time, he lost so badly that Cao Cao felt as if something in his heart was broken. What lofty ambitions and pride, what name left in history, all became a fantasy in a day.

In the end, Cao Cao couldn't say any comforting words, and he strode forward directly. The guards behind him saw this and hurriedly followed, for fear that something might happen to Cao Cao.

There were less than ten people left in their group, and all of them were loyal to Cao Cao.

Soon, Cao Cao came to the horse and saw that the horse's front hooves were not wounded, but foam was coming out of the mouth and nose, and the body was convulsing constantly, obviously too tired.

Cao Cao sighed, and hurried to look for the soldier who was thrown out, but when he got close to him, he found that the man was silent.

Cao Cao is used to seeing people who live and die, so it's not an exaggeration to say that he has a hard heart, but at this moment, Cao Cao felt extremely uncomfortable. He took the man's hand, closed his eyes for him, and said in a trembling voice: "Wan Jun Among them, you can protect me well, and I have not had time to repay in the future, but why did you break here?"

Hearing Cao Cao's words, the guards following him all shed tears.

Cao Cao wiped his eyes, got up and said, "Everyone, let the horses rest, the road is difficult to walk in the dark, Li Yi should not be able to catch up here."

After all, Cao Cao himself did not rest, but took the dagger and began to dig a hole on the ground, preparing to bury the bodyguard. After all, the barren mountains and mountains, the corpse is outside, and it will not take long for it to become the belly of the beast. Cao Cao really couldn't bear it.

When the other guards saw this, they also took action one after another. After a while, they buried the guard, and then everyone sat in a circle, ate some dry food with cold water, and huddled together, preparing to take a rest, and waited for dawn to continue. Hurry up.

Soon, some of the soldiers snored. However, although Cao Cao ran all the way and was very sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep. As soon as he closed his eyes, all the bloody scenes on the battlefield appeared in his mind, which made Cao Cao have a headache. crack.

I don't know how long it took, just when Cao Cao was about to close his eyes, suddenly, his ears moved, and he sensed something was wrong, and after a while, Cao Cao's mind was completely clear, he grabbed his sword, turned over, and called out Said: "No, there are pursuers!"

The guards were startled by Cao Cao's voice, they hurriedly stood up, and were about to look for the enemy, but they heard someone shouting from the darkness in the direction they came from: "Is the lord ahead?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, the voice sounded familiar to him, but it was too hoarse, and he couldn't tell who it was for a while.

The man shouted again: "But the lord?"

This time Cao Cao finally made a clear distinction, and said pleasantly, "Yuan Si? But Yuan Si?"

"It really is the lord!"

The man in the darkness yelled happily, and soon after, a group of dozens of people rushed over. When the leader saw Cao Cao, he fell off his horse from a long distance, ran all the way to Cao Cao, and saw that Cao Cao was fine, He was happy at first, but the joy soon turned to sorrow, and finally threw himself in front of Cao Cao, crying loudly: "My lord, my lord!"

The others behind Han Hao also bowed down and saluted. Although they didn't cry like Han Hao, they all choked up.

"Okay, as long as everyone is safe and sound, get up, get up quickly."

Cao Cao stretched out his hands to help, and forced a smile, but his heart felt tight.

Han Hao's reputation may not be famous enough, but he is more determined than his heart, and he is definitely in the forefront under Cao Cao's command.

At the beginning, Lu Bu copied Cao Cao's hometown in Yanzhou, photographed the assassins to feign surrender, kidnapped Xiahou Dun, and threatened the defenders with Xiahou Dun's life to surrender. When it was about to happen, Han Hao stood up, ignored the threat of the assassins, and even ordered the soldiers to kill Xiahou Dun and the assassins. kill them all.

So those assassins were frightened by Han Hao's ruthlessness, let Xiahou Dun go directly, and chose to beg for surrender from Han Hao, but in the end Han Hao killed them all.

Afterwards, Xiahoudun didn't resent Han Hao for even killing him. On the contrary, Xiahoudun thought Han Hao was a talent and recommended him to Cao Cao. It is the law of all ages, and after that, Han Hao, together with Yuan Huan, became the trusted generals who controlled Cao Cao's personal guards.

But it is such a ruthless person who doesn't care about the life and death of the hostages. When he saw Cao Cao, he burst into tears, and the blow he suffered can be imagined.

Cao Cao patted Han Hao's back lightly to comfort him, and at the same time looked at the sergeants behind Han Hao. Among them, the highest rank was a military lord. Although the other soldiers were familiar with each other, the person Cao Cao was thinking about was None of them show up here.

At this time, Han Hao got up, choked with tears and said: "My lord, after the lord broke out, the last general stayed behind to meet the generals, so that he could join the lord. However, the last general waited for a long time, but he learned from the deserters one after another. Either died in battle, or captured, unexpectedly, none of them escaped!"

Cao Cao swayed for a while, he wanted to question Han Hao, how could that be possible, but he thought about the situation on the battlefield for a while, and he didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

Finally, Cao Cao asked with only hope left: "Yun Chang, what about the two of them?"

Han Hao wept and said, "General Guan died in battle, but General Yu doesn't know if he is alive or dead."

"me"

Cao Cao's lips were trembling, and he felt a whirlwind. He couldn't help closing his eyes, then his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Han Hao was afraid that something might happen to Cao Cao, so he hurried forward to support Cao Cao, and shouted: "My lord, my lord!"

A group of soldiers also hurriedly gathered around. They looked at Cao Cao who had burst into tears at some point. Apart from sadness, they were also full of confusion about the future.

Finally, a soldier couldn't help but said: "My lord, general, what will happen in the future?"

Han Hao immediately glared at the person who made the sound, but more people looked at Cao Cao expectantly, hoping that Cao Cao could point the way for everyone.

Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes, he pulled Han Hao, told him not to blame the sergeant, then looked up at the sky, and after a while, he murmured: "Yuan Si?"

Han Hao hurried forward and responded, "The end is here!"

Cao Cao was silent for a while, and then said softly: "After you arrive at Shouzhang, take your soldiers to Qingzhou and join Yuan Tan."

Han Hao was shocked immediately, and shouted: "A loyal minister does not matter to two masters"

However, Cao Cao ignored Han Hao's defense and continued, "Yuan Shao has limited stamina. He can tolerate a bereaved dog, but he can never accept a defeated general. So, let's go."

Chapter 681

One night later, Li Yi's soldiers and horses came out of the camp again, and then divided into two groups. One way continued to clear up the rebellious soldiers, stabilize the surrounding area, and prevent the rebellious soldiers from harming the people. The other group of troops wandered around Changyi City as before, although There is no direct blockade of the city, but the actual effect is not much different from the blockade.

At first, the officials in Changyi City were very uneasy, thinking that Li Yi had just beaten Cao Cao away, and he was going to use the momentum of his victory to attack them.

However, they thought too much. Is Li Yi such a worthless person? He and Lu Bu are old friends, and they will soon become in-laws. He was just worried that the rebels would sneak into the city and cause chaos, so he sent someone to protect him. impossible.

Therefore, Li Yi's protection protected Changyi for five whole days.

During this period, Li Yi issued an order that his victory over Cao Cao was the blessing of all the people in Yanzhou and the blessings of the officials. Therefore, he invited officials from all over Yanzhou to Changyi to celebrate together. Maybe I can't make it, that's okay, it's okay to be a little late, but I have to come.

On the third day, news came from He Qi that Cao Cao had indeed run away. After reuniting with Xiahou Dun and the others, Cao Cao took them all the way to Qingzhou. It seemed that he was going to find Yuan Tan.