Cao Cao was already deeply intoxicated, and even the dishes in front of him had become blurred.

Yuan Shao lowered his head, put his hands on his lap, and seemed to be asleep.

"Hehe...Brother Benchu... You were very unkind when you peeked at the little lady taking a bath... You were caught, and next time... you actually said that I ordered it... You don't even think about it, can I order you?"

"Brother Benchu...in the future, when I have pacified the world, let's go to the north to see. If we see any barbarians who don't like it, we'll beat him until it's pleasing to the eye..."

Cao Cao babbled a lot, but Yuan Shao didn't respond.

"Geer! Brother Benchu..."

"Brother Benchu?"

"At the beginning?"

Cao Cao yelled several times in a row, but Yuan Shao didn't respond anymore.

Feeling ominous in his heart, Cao Cao put his finger under Yuan Shao's nose.

After a long time, Cao Cao let out a long sigh, "Alas...in this world, another old friend who allowed me to speak freely..."

"Brother Benchu, watch carefully from the sky. I, Cao Mengde, will definitely show you a truly prosperous and powerful Han world!"

Chapter 284 Hold on, don't float

"Meng De, I advise you to stop thinking about it. It is impossible for Master Cai's daughter to like you."

"Meng De, that Dong Zhuo is really a national traitor... The sky is about to be chaotic, it's time for you and me to show our abilities."

"Meng De, I knew you would come to help me. If there is my meat to eat in the future, I will definitely have your soup..."

Listening to Cao Cao's eloquent speech, Yuan Shao couldn't help but think of many past conversations.

"What a pity! Everything ended like this..."

"It hurts! I, Yuan Benchu, should have had a more brilliant ending...but I ended up with a dismal ending..."

"Lu Yan, Lu Yan... Could it be that you are really a banished immortal sent by heaven to help Cao Mengde?"

"If so..."

"I, Yuan Shao, am convinced to lose..."

Cao Cao's voice gradually faded away, and Yuan Shao felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and even breathing became a little difficult.

"Forget it... After working so hard all my life, it's time to take a good rest..."

"Farewell, Mengde..."

"No, my family..."

"No, my great cause!"

"..."

"At the beginning?"

"Original!"

Cao Cao called several times, but Yuan Shao did not respond.

After checking Yuan Shao's breathing, Cao Cao stood by Yuan Shao's side, feeling a little downcast for a while.

"Another old friend is gone..."

After feeling sad, Cao Cao picked up Yuan Shao's body, which looked strong but was actually as thin as a stick, and gently placed him on the bed.

At the beginning, you watch carefully from the sky, and I, Cao Mengde, will surely show you a truly prosperous and powerful Han world!

......

The sky was getting brighter, and Cao Cao came out of Yuan Shao's bedroom alone, reeking of alcohol.

Xia Houyuan and Xu Chu stayed outside the house for a whole night. When they saw Cao Cao staggering out of the house, they immediately stepped forward to support Cao Cao and asked, "Brother, Yuan Shao..."

"He has already gone...Let the body stay here. It is Yuan Benchu's best destination to have his son die for him."

When Xu Chu heard that Yuan Shao was dead, he couldn't help stretching his neck and looking inside.

"Snapped!"

Cao Cao slapped Xu Chu's arm, and asked, "You idiot, what are you looking at, don't you believe me?"

"Uh... no. I'm just curious, is this Yuan Shao really dead?" Xu Chu scratched his head and smirked.

In the past, this almost invincible opponent, who had always been on Cao Cao's head, really died like this?

The news came so suddenly that Xu Chu felt an unreal feeling in his heart.

"If he is really dead, then who else in this big man world will be our opponent!" After getting Cao Cao's exact answer, Xu Chu suddenly said with some complacency.

Cao Cao said with a chuckle: "Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. You can tell me this sentence again when the rest of the princes are wiped out in the future."

"Oh... what the prime minister taught me... is that I'm a little lost..."

"Brother..." Looking at Yuan Shao's bedroom again, he said softly, "Brother, what are we going to do next?"

Cao Cao turned around and glanced at Yuan Shao's bedroom, then said in a deep voice, "Send the order to withdraw the troops and return to the camp."

"Then... what about Yuan Shao's family?" Xia Houyuan knew Cao Cao's hobbies, so he reminded him a little.

"Let them go..." Cao Cao waved his hands, and with Xu Chu's support, he hunched and left the General's Mansion.

"Could it be that brother has changed his sex?" Xia Houyuan looked at Cao Cao's back suspiciously, and after a while, he smiled and said, "But this is also very good."

Yecheng was destroyed in an instant, and Yuan Shao died in the mansion.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was shocked!

Not only Liu Biao and Sun Quan, who have always been secretly connected with Yuan Shao,

Even Liu Zhang, Ma Teng, Han Sui, who had always pursued neutrality, and Cao Cao's ally Lu Bu were shocked by Yuan Shao's sudden death.

Yuan Benchu, a hero of a generation, died so easily?

Unlike Yuan Shu who established himself as emperor, his self-destruction was foreseeable by everyone.

Although Yuan Shao would sometimes get dizzy, his strength was the best in the world.

With such a good hand of cards, he ended up going through the city and dying...Then the question arises, "How strong is the current Cao Cao???"

Many people thought the news was a smoke bomb released by Cao Cao at first.

But when the accurate news of the spies in Yecheng came back one after another, they had to believe it if they didn't believe it.

Cao Jun's big camp, inside the big tent of the Chinese Army.

Guo Jia led several shadow guards, carried a large box, and placed it not far in front of Cao Cao.

Lao Cao originally wanted to go back to his camp to rest. After all, he is getting old, and it is really uncomfortable to stay up all night...

But when he returned to the camp, a personal guard reported that Guo Jia wanted to see him, so Lao Cao had to come to the Chinese army camp again to wait to see what kind of trouble Guo Jia was going to do.

When the box was put away, Guo Jia suddenly showed a teasing expression, and asked with a smile: "My lord, our people found many letters from Yuan Shao's mansion, would you like to take a look?"

Seemingly aware of Guo Jia's vile thoughts, Cao Cao rubbed his swollen temples and said, "At the beginning, Yuan Benchu ​​led an army of 50 troops to the south, and his power was overwhelming. Even I, Cao Mengde, was frightened, let alone Those family officials?"

"Hehe...My lord, these people don't think how to resist when they are in danger, but secretly collude with Yuan Shao to show their loyalty. Don't you want to settle accounts with them after Qiuhou?"

Cao Cao looked up and saw that Guo Jia was smiling sinisterly, so he said angrily, "Don't test me, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Hahaha! That fellow Changsheng really hit the mark, my lord, you will never hold those people accountable for these letters!" Guo Jia asked after clasping his hands, "But my lord, what do you plan to do with these letters?" letter?"

"How to deal with it?" Cao Cao looked at the big box on the ground, suddenly shook his head and said, "Burn it... It's not an eyesore, it's useless to put it on the ground..."

"Yes! But I still think it's better to take them back and burn them in front of everyone..."

Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, who had the word "scheming" engraved on his forehead, and said weakly, "You can go to Wenhe to discuss this kind of thing...I'm tired, and I want to go back and rest for a while."

"Here, then I will take my leave first, my lord, you can rest at ease." After Guo Jiagong saluted respectfully, he ordered the shadow guards to carry the letter out.

After Guo Jia left, Cao Cao sighed and said:

"After defeating the primordial, I thought I would be ecstatic... But why do I feel empty and lonely now?"

Shaking his head, Cao Cao stretched his hand into his bosom, holding the Ningshen jade pendant.

A cold and peaceful breath penetrated Cao Cao's body from the pendant, dispelling his negative emotions and exhaustion a lot.

After a while, Cao Cao adjusted his mentality, and said to himself: "Several thunderbolts have broken Yecheng, and his ability is getting stronger and stronger... Lu Xianren's warning is vivid in my mind, the great cause is not yet accomplished, so don't be arrogant and arrogant." Take it easy..."

Chapter 285 Damn, Lao Cao used a trick first

After Guo Jia left, Cao Cao returned to his camp to rest.

This sleep is one day and one night.

If the military doctor hadn't been on guard and assured that Cao Cao was not in danger, Xia Houyuan might have gone to pinch Cao Cao...

After waking up, Cao Cao finally regained his spirit.

After hastily resolving the issue of the Wu Zang Temple, Cao Cao immediately summoned everyone to discuss, "According to the established plan, our army should return to Henan. However, we still have to perform a full set of plays... We'd better act more realistically, and don't let Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, Yuan Tan and others became suspicious."

Xun You cupped his hands and said with a smile: "My lord, although Yuan Shao is dead, his sons still have 20 soldiers and horses; and we have recently received news that Liu Biao in Jingzhou in the south and Sun Quan in Jiangdong have been changing frequently recently, and there are too many exchanges. Frequent, it seems to be a conspiracy. In addition, it is late autumn, and the abnormally cold weather after winter will have a major impact on our army's campaign...

So withdrawing troops is a perfectly normal choice. "

Xi Zhicai also echoed at this time: "Gongda's words are reasonable, and the army has been out fighting for more than half a year, and the soldiers are also tired of fighting, so it is imperative to retreat..."

Cao Cao nodded slightly, looked at the others and said, "If you have no objections, we can publicize this and then withdraw our troops and return to Yanzhou."

"If I wait to retreat, what will Marquis Wen do?" At this time, someone asked his doubts.

"Send someone to go and just say a word. With Chen Gongtai here, we don't have to worry about it." Cao Cao replied.

The man bowed his hands and retreated to his position. Cao Cao inspected the crowd again and asked, "Is there any question?"

Seeing that no one answered, Cao Cao finally ordered: "Send me the general order, and the army will turn back to Yanzhou!"

......

People are still very puzzled about the destruction of Yecheng.

How did Lu Yan destroy a large section of the solid city wall in an instant?The civil servants and military generals in Cao Ying have always tacitly agreed that no one will ask questions or even discuss them.

However, the high-level officials were silent on the matter, but the soldiers in the army had some guesses, and turned their guesses into exaggerated rumors and spread them out.

For example, what uses the body as a guide, the Nine Heavens Profound Brake, turns into a divine thunder...

In short, except for those craftsmen, no one knows the real truth here.

Faced with rumors that became more and more evil, the protagonist of the incident did not stand up to refute the rumors, which made people who spread these strange incidents more convinced of their own views.

As a result, when Lu Yan appeared in front of his own army, as long as they saw Lu Yan's soldiers, they all bent down respectfully and bowed their heads, and some even wanted to kneel... It was like meeting a legendary fairy .

Lu Yan didn't pay attention to it, and he was happy for these people to guess wildly.

After all, gunpowder is a big killer, and it is also the basis for using thermal weapons in the future. Naturally, the later it is exposed, the better.

As for those rumors, after closing the door, no matter how they spread...

In the fifth year of Jian'an, in October, Cao Jun gave up a great opportunity to withdraw to Yanzhou, which once again attracted the attention of the world.

Cao Cao appointed Zhang Yan as General Anyuan, and led his troops to assist Wei Zhong in guarding Hanoi.

Yujin, Lejin and 5 troops were left to assist Chen Deng in defending Dongjun, while the rest of the army disbanded on the spot and returned to their territories.

On the way back to Chenliu, Lu Lingqi looked unhappy.

In this trip, apart from just starting, he was able to fight sporadically with the enemy.

Later, Cao Cao's 20 troops besieged Yecheng, and their wolf cavalry battalion had no chance to play...

Naturally, Lu Yan had a clear understanding of his wife's thoughts, so he slowed down his horse and kept pace with Lu Lingqi, saying, "Madam, there will be more opportunities to go to the battlefield in the future, so don't worry about it."

"I know..." Lu Lingqi replied softly, but she still said unwillingly: "But this time we tried our best to show our talents, but in the end we didn't even have a decent battle... Whether it's me or the brothers, I'm very depressed."

Lu Yan did not continue to explain, but suddenly changed his angle and asked, "I heard that Gan Ning is in your army?"

"What do you want to do?" Sure enough, when Lu Lingqi heard this, she was immediately distracted and became vigilant.

She looked a bit like a cat who heard that her master was coming to snatch her dried fish. She wanted to blow up her hair, but she felt that she couldn't be rude to her master...

"You already have fierce generals like Zilong and Ziyi by your side, so you can't take away my only vanguard."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like