Chapter 87
Wang Fuzhi's "Comprehensive Reading and Interpretation" in the late Ming Dynasty once lamented: The country is always lost because of its weakness, but only the Han Dynasty is destroyed because of its strength!
In Xia Pi City, the soldiers of the two armies who fought perfectly interpreted the Han Dynasty's defeat in the strong. Gao Shun, who was holding a sword and holding a spear at the ruins, was fighting fiercely. On the street, Zhang Liao, wearing iron cavalry, was wearing iron armor, and he really went in and out in seven, killing the iron armor and bloody gun blades.
There were also Danyang soldiers who came out from time to time in the burning and scorched buildings. They were holding the simplest weapons, wearing the thinnest armor and even cloth clothes, but shouting and shouting, fighting with Cao's heavy armored soldiers without fear of death. Some even rushed forward regardless of the situation, and were stabbed by Cao's spear, and they wanted to hold the other party and roll in the snow pile.
But similarly, the Cao army also bravely moved forward. Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin and Cao Chun all led the way, wearing strong and holding sharp edges, and rushed to the front line of the entire army with shields. Facing the open and hidden arrows that could kill people at any time, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward.
There is no enemy in this era, there is a mace, I have the sorrow of the sky spirit! There is only the great revengeism of you who cut me and I will return you with one sword! There is only the pride that runs through the sky!
As Wang Hou expected, even at this level, Xia Pi City was still difficult to fight! It was almost the price of bloodshed at one step, and Cao's army advanced eastward with difficulty.
However, despite the difficulties, Cao's army was still moving forward!
In the evening, when Wang Hou was preparing supper, most of the Xicheng, Nancheng and North City were already under the control of Cao's army. Only Dongcheng, relying on Lu Bu's tall and solid city city Xuzhou Muslim Mansion, the remaining Lu army was still holding on, as if they were still looking forward to a miracle.
However, Mr. Cao slapped the face at the speed of light. When he launched an attack in the morning, he once shouted that he would never stop Xia Pi. However, seeing it was getting late, Cao Cao still continued to attack without impulse, but instead gathered his troops to several streets near the East City of Xia Pi, stationed on the spot for dinner and overnight. This was definitely a wise choice. After all, now he is already sure to win and he cannot fight against Lu Bu, who is still fighting with the trapped beast. If something goes wrong, the big situation will be gone. It is better to let the soldiers repair their troops all night, accumulate energy and eat and fill their stomachs, and make another contribution tomorrow.
Moreover, compared with the Battle of Cao Lu and Xuzhou in history, Cao's army, who helped Wang Hou, attacked Xia Pi City one and a half months earlier than in history. The "international pressure" Cao Cao faced was far less than that of another time and space!
However, this gave Zhao Yun an opportunity, because Ming Ge, Wang Hou's troops would also be escorted back to Huipao into the city, so he would have the chance to fight with Lu Bu to avenge his previous shame!
However, the plan is far from changing quickly! That night, Zhao Yun didn't even sleep, and kept reviewing the shooting skills passed down from the master of gun Taoism in the late Han Dynasty, looking for the feel. But early the next morning, just as Zhao Yun adjusted to the best state and followed Wang Hou into the city with full fighting spirit, the last fortress in Xia Pi City surrendered without fighting!
It was Chen Dengli's contribution! Hou Cheng, Song Xian and Wei Xu, three rebellious boys, finally took action under the agitation of the spy sent in before Chen Deng.
At this moment, he was completely withdrawn. Lu Bu, who was originally domineering, was tied up like a rice dumpling, and was still full of dissatisfaction, and was panting and struggling stubbornly. Mrs. Ren, who was famous behind her, was also tied up with a rope. However, compared to her husband's irritability, with her hanging hands on her back, Mrs. Ren walked indifferently, and even had no expression on her face with a light makeup, as leisurely as if she was walking around the small garden in the past.
Lu Bu is also lustful. His concubines have more than twenty, but I don’t know if he has done too many impermanent things in his life. Except for the captured Lu Ji, he has no children. Compared with Mrs. Ren, these women are far behind. They are crying one by one. If they weren’t tied up, they would probably have to hug each other and cry together.
The other ones were escorted out, including Gao Shun, Chen Gong and other families. The former's camp was almost completely destroyed in the fierce battle yesterday and refused to surrender, while the latter was a civil servant who had no power to fight back and was captured directly. Zhao Yun watched Lu Bu leave as if he watched his goddess holding hands with other men into the hotel. When the other side passed by Wang Hou, Chen Gong also stopped, shook his head with emotion, and then continued to walk out with heavy steps.
But there is an accident among them, that is Zhang Liao!
Although he did not participate in the mutiny, he came out with his subordinates after the mutiny captured Lu Bu!
Although Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao in the Battle of Xuzhou in history, from the last time he went to Xuzhou to this Battle of Xia Pi, Wang Hou always had an illusion that according to the character of Zhang Liao that he had seen and understood with his own eyes, this person would definitely fight for Lu Bu loyally and obey the order until the last moment. Seeing him walking out with his hands behind him with his hands behind him, Wang Hou was really surprised.
He seemed to feel Wang Hou's surprise, and a strong look of shame appeared on his face. The first general Wang Hou saw in Xuzhou, lowered his head deeply.
This battle was completely ruined. At this time, only more than 8,000 troops left by Lu Bu, and he had already done his part. Most of the Lu Army surrendered with his generals, put down their weapons, and were driven out of the city with dejected expression. There were only some Gao Shun Lu Bu's personal military commands and other troops tied up and suppressed them. They were still cursing all the way through Cao's thrust.
But just when Wang Hou was watching the excitement here, a hurried sound of horse hooves came from the gate of the city.
"The King's Transshipment Envoy, the Prime Minister ordered you to go to the East City Gate quickly!"
"Oh? I understand!"
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When Xia Pi City was constructed, a layer of paint that should be white gray was applied to the wall, which made the wall white to distinguish other cities. However, at this time, the West City Gate no longer exists, and the South City North City was also smoked black under the attack of burning coals, and only the East City Gate still retains a rare snow-white color.
At this time, Cao Cao also looked at Xia Pi City, which had been ruined with his hands behind his back, and looked at the ruined Xia Pi City with no effort around him. Liu Bei, who was infinitely close to the state of fighting, stood aside with the two brothers Guan and Zhang. Liu Huangshu lowered his eyebrows as usual, and Zhang Fei was wearing bandages on his legs, but now Guan Yu, the second master of Guan Yu, was obviously absent-minded and didn't know what he was thinking about.
On the other side, the two civil servants such as Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Yang Xiu, Mao Jian, and Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Li Dian, and Le Jin were filled with the joy of victory on their faces.
The arduous war in the cold winter was finally over. Now is the time to deal with prisoners of war and divide the spoils. The Han Dynasty people are far less hypocritical than the later Song and Ming literati. If they have profits to share the spoils, why are they unhappy?
Cao Cao really valued Wang Hou now. He hurriedly climbed to the city gate with his only mascot Zhao Yun. He just showed his face and pointed at him. Cao Cao smiled and stroked his palm, and said to Liu Bei beside him like a show-off.
"Tuqiu, my Xiao He is here!"
"Tuqiu, come here! Sit beside me!"
"Thank you Prime Minister!"
This emphasis was beyond the entire army, but Wang Hou couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He barely maintained a respectful look, bowed heavily to thank him, and then led Zhao Yun to Cao Cao and sat down.
The same thing is said, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. He wandered to Cao Cao, even Guo Jia's face showed a slightly sour look, and his eyes signaled that Wang Hou would have to treat him. As for Yang Xiu and Wang Lang and other officials of the aristocratic family, they were originally Wang Hou's political enemies, and their eyes were even more jealous.
And sitting next to Cao Cao, another thing that was like Wang Hou urinating but could not escape no matter how it came again soon!
It's so important! It was not until he came that Cao Cao officially started the spoils sharing conference, waving his sleeves and shouting.
"Come on! Bring the thief!"
Yesterday, Gao Shun trapped 800 heroes in the camp, blocked Cao Hong's army, Xiahou Dun's army, and Li Dian's army for an hour. It was not until the southern gate guard Qin Yilu surrendered in a daze and let Cao Chunhu and leopard cavalry into the city, and defeated Gao Shun from behind. Only then did he open the road. His subordinates killed at least 1,120 people in Cao's army, so Cao Cao was particularly impressed by him and was the first to carry him up.
The beautiful little girl was tied up by a bunch of flowers and had to hold her head up and her chest was raised. The pear blossoms were covered with rain. A big man was tied into a ball, but it was a bit eye-catching. In Wang Hou's opinion, it was even a bit eye-catching, but Mr. Cao's taste was so strange.
Seeing Gao Shun, a man with a national face, being tied up in a ball and knelt on the ground, Cao Cao immediately became extremely excited. His face looked serious and mighty, but his arms were trembling with excitement. His index finger and ring finger were put together, and his halberd fingers reached in front of Gao Shun's head, and his voice was shouting in a hurry and excited manner.
"Gao Shun! I asked you! The thief Lu acted in a rebellious manner and imposed a heavy tax on his own. Not only did the people in the country live in trouble, but he also colluded with the rebel thieves who proclaimed himself emperor, and accepted Zang Ba and other thieves in Taishan. It was a very unforgivable thing. I was ordered to fight the thief and lead the righteous men of the three armies to slander the people and punish the crimes! It is a righteous army. How can you help King Zhou to commit crimes, resist the heavenly army, and kill our heavenly army soldiers!"
"What do you say?"
Although these words were so aggressive, Cao Cao had actually left his life to Gao Shun.
In this era, it is quite common to surrender generals or surrender to his leader, just like the five good generals of Wei State. Yu Jin was a subordinate of Bao Xin in the early days. After surrendering to Wang Lang, he was recommended to Cao Cao by Wang Lang. Needless to say, Zhang He was one of the four pillars of Hebei. He surrendered to Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, and Xu Huang was also. If you remember correctly, you should have surrendered to Zhong Yao at this time and then recommended to Cao Cao.
The five tiger generals of Shu Han were similar, Huang Hansheng, Liu Zhang's general, Zhao Zilong, Gongsun Zan was surrounded by Wang Hou, and Liu Bei were surrounded by Liu Bei. Ma Chao first defected to Zhang Lu, and then turned against Liu Bei who defected to Guan Yu. As for Guan Yu, don't forget that Guan Erye, who was incarnated in Zhongyi, had also voted for Cao Cao. As for the reasons why he surrendered to Han or not, it was true that the three rules were artistic processing in the interpretation. That was, it was a matter of opinion!
Now Gao Shun is the same. As long as he is willing to admit his mistake, express his attitude, and express his determination to submit to Prime Minister Cao in good faith, Cao Cao will not only forgive him, but also at least be the position of a general.
However! Gao Shun was as straight and lonely as the camp he led. Even if he was tied up in a ball and knelt on the ground, he still raised his head coldly and remained silent for a few seconds. Then he hummed softly with a sense of arrogance and disdain.
"Just seek to die quickly!"
The Raider, who had thought he was ready to take action, was choked there. After a few seconds, Cao Cao waved his hand angrily: "I will fulfill your loyalty and righteousness, come here! Push it down and behead it for the public!"
Gao Shun is a general, but no matter how talented he is, it is a disaster if he is not used by himself. Moreover, his arrogant attitude greatly dampened Cao Zuo's face as the winner. So when he saw several Cao troops push him down the city tower, Wang Hou was helpless and could only sigh that there was no camp in the world!
Perhaps because he saw through the warlords like Lu Bu and Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty, Gao Shun chose to leave the world in the name of loyalty and righteousness, but the next time he came up, even Cao Cao couldn't help but tremble.
Chen Gong!
Unlike in the performance, Chen Gong was not a friend of the troubled times who accompanied Cao Cao to escape. He even took a step further. After the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo, Chen Gong planned to start a business for him, settled Yanzhou one after another, and then helped him defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which was known as one million. Under the same circumstances, Yuan Shao fought against the black bandits for several years, which shows that.
But this entrepreneurial partner betrayed Cao Cao when he went to Xuzhou to find Tao Qian to avenge his father. The pain he caused to Cao Cao was no less than Zhang Miao.
However, the complexity and nostalgic side of Cao Cao's personality were undoubtedly revealed at this time. When Wang Hou was sitting and eating melons, he watched Chen Gong being pushed up and his body trembled. Cao Cao shook a few times and stood up tremblingly.
"Public station!"
When the old boss saw Cao Cao welcome, even Chen Gong, who was used to being rigid in his face, couldn't help but sigh and bow slightly.
"Meet Mr. Cao!"
"In the past! Why were you..., where wasn't as good as Lu Bu? Why did you have trouble with the Gongtai?"
The trembling voice was quite similar to the scene where the second male lead in Qiong Yao's drama questioned the heroine, but this was probably the roar buried in Cao Cao's heart for many years. In his excited trembling, Cao Cao almost yelled out.
However, Chen Gong was like the heroine in Qiong Yao's drama, holding her head up and responding to the betrayal with confidence.
"Cao Gong is Rende, who led everyone to restore the Han Dynasty. Why did he calm down his anger, kill scholars indiscriminately, appoint others in nepotism, abuse power and tricks, and oppress Liangzheng? What is the difference between you, Cao Gong, and Dong Zhuo back then?"
These words really touched Cao Cao's pain point back then was that Qin lost his deer, but now Han lost his deer. Who in the world has no intention to replace him?
But even so, after a moment of silence, Cao Cao still gave the last chance dull.
"There are still old mothers and wives in the Gongtai. Don't you cherish your lives for them?"
"How can a truly benevolent person implicate women, young women and wives? Chen Gong made a decision and hoped that Cao would fulfill his promise!"
He had already said this, and he even took Cao Cao a car. Seeing Chen Gong bent down and bowed, Cao Cao finally waved helplessly.
"Mr. Cao said goodbye to the office! Someone came to send the office down and leave a whole body for the office!"
Standing straight, in Cao Cao's eyes, Chen Gong walked down Baimen Tower without looking back and watched him leave. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh deeply, but in his expression of regret, there was a sense of sincerity of ease. The next second, when the watermelon skin that Wang Hou was holding was almost white, Cao Cao suddenly had a dull voice again and shouted heavily...
"Take Lu Bu!"
Chapter completed!