Chapter 74 Cao Cao's Defeat
Cao Cao said righteously: "Lu Bu is wronged, Xuande is wronged! Don't worry, I will never sit idly by and watch Lu Bu bully his colleagues, and I will definitely preside over justice for Xuande!"
Sun Gan was very grateful and hurriedly said, "Thank you, the Prime Minister, on behalf of the lord!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "You must be very tired all the way, so go and rest first."
Sun Gan asked with concern: "I wonder when the Prime Minister will march?"
Cao Cao said: "After the matter in Runan is arranged, I will immediately lead the army to move."
Sun Gan nodded, bowed to Cao Cao, and went down. An officer immediately came forward and took Sun Gan to a place to rest.
Cao Cao smiled and said to Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, you guessed it's really right!" Guo Jia smiled and said, "The development of things is just as the lord expected!" Cao Cao laughed, immediately returned to the back of the desk and sat down, spread out two wooden slips, picked up the pen and wrote a letter quickly. He put down the brush, picked up the letter and read it, and smiled and handed it to Guo Jia, saying, "Fengxiao, look."
Guo Jia took the letter with both hands, read it once, and smiled and said, "I'm afraid such a letter is not for Liu Bei, but for Lu Bu."
Cao Cao laughed, "What do you think will happen to Lu Bu when he got such a letter?"
Guo Jia smiled and said, "Of course, he attacked Liu Bei according to the lord's intention. The fisherman won the profits when fighting with the snipe and clam."
Later that day, Cao Cao, who was in a good mood, asked his nephew Cao Anmin next to him: "Is there a young and beautiful prostitute in Runan?"
Cao Anmin knew Cao Cao's intentions and whispered: "Uncle, my nephew saw a young woman living in the mansion next to her. She was beautiful and beautiful. She was Zou, the wife of Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji." Cao Cao was overjoyed and quickly asked Cao Anmin to take Zou. Seeing that Zou was indeed very beautiful and had a soft and bone-like charm, Cao Cao, a qi lover, immediately moved his index finger and said to Zou, "Madam, I The reason for raising an army to attack Runan was to get a wife! Do you know that Madam?" When Zou heard this, he felt flattered, and then he became happy, bowed to Cao Cao, and said softly: "The Prime Minister is so kind, I am so grateful to me!" Cao Cao quickly helped Zou up, looked at her with a smile, and pulled her slender hand into the curtain. Zou wanted to refuse and welcome him. Soon after, the two played the piano and flute together, and they were so happy.
Zhang Xiu received a report from his subordinates and learned that Cao Cao had actually brought Zou into the mansion to enjoy his life. He felt very ashamed and was furious. He immediately secretly mobilized his troops to besiege Cao Cao's mansion. Zhang Xiu, also known as Zhang Ji's nephew. As mentioned earlier, Zhang Ji protected the emperor from the melee Guanzhong. Later, the emperor and the court were taken away by Cao Cao. Zhang Ji was unwilling to rely on others, so he led his troops south to Runan, seized Runan and recruited troops. Soon after, it grew to a scale of 40,000 to 50,000 troops. Later, he attacked Nanyang County in Jingzhou, intending to develop westward and southward, but Zhang Ji was killed in a trap. Zhang Ji's army then took over by Zhang Ji's nephew Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu led his army back to Runan.
At this moment, Cao Cao seized the opportunity to go south to Runan and fought several battles with Zhang Xiu's army. Zhang Xiu lost consecutively and was in a critical situation. In the end, he had to accept the opponent's persuasion and surrender. Cao Cao won a great victory. However, at this time, Zhang Xiu still had tens of thousands of troops in his hands. In order to show his trust in Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao did not transfer his troops out of the city, and still ordered him to station him in the city.
Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, but now he learned that his uncle had been taken away by Cao Cao, and his anger erupted in full swing. He immediately mobilized his troops to attack.
The Cao army in the city was unprepared. When Zhang Xiu's army attacked fiercely, most of the Cao army were still dreaming. Zhang Xiu's army rushed into the Cao army camp like a torrent of breaking through the dike, and Cao's army was defeated like a mountain; the other was led by Zhang Xiu himself to raid the mansion where Cao Cao was temporarily living, and the killing sound was deafening.
Cao Cao woke up from his beautiful dream and heard the sound of killing getting closer and closer. He couldn't help but change his expression. Knowing that something was wrong, he quickly jumped out of bed and ran away from the back door without caring about clothes! But Zou, who was still loving and lingering just now, threw it in the room and ignored it!
Cao Cao escaped from the back door under the support of the guards and was immediately surrounded by Zhang Xiu's army. He saw swords and guns as if the soldiers were like forests. Zhang Xiu shouted loudly: "Cao Cao knelt down and surrender!"
Cao Cao remained calm in the face of danger and shouted sternly: "Zhang Xiu, I am as kind as a mountain to you, how dare you betray me!"
Zhang Xiu cursed: "You are like my uncle, and you dare to say that you are as kind as a mountain to me! Cao thief, who knew the truth, immediately knelt down and surrendered, otherwise the sword would be eyeless!"
At this moment, a thunderous roar suddenly came. Everyone was startled, but Cao Cao, who was in the siege, looked ecstatic and shouted loudly: "Come on evil, I'm here!!"
One man and one horse rushed in from the periphery. A pair of iron halberds flew up and down to kill Zhang Xiu's soldiers. They immediately rushed to Cao Cao's side, jumped off the horse, and carried Cao Cao on the back. The general was wearing a cloth robes, carrying a pair of large iron halberds, with hairless heads, majestic and extremely ferocious aura. It was Dian Wei, a powerful general under Cao Cao's command! It turned out that Dian Wei was resting in Cao Cao's temporary residence, and suddenly heard a loud sound of killing. He was eager to save Cao Cao, but he didn't have time to wear armor and rushed out of the room with a pair of large iron halberds. He searched all the way, but he didn't know how many enemies he had killed, and his body was covered with blood.
Zhang Xiu roared: "Shoot the arrow!"
The crossbowman immediately fired the arrows, and the rain of arrows flew towards Cao Cao and the others. Cao Cao was shocked and hurriedly lay on the horse's back. Dian Wei turned around and protected Cao Cao behind him, and he heard a loud noise. Countless arrows were swept away by him. However, many arrows passed through the blockade of the iron spear and shot on Dian Wei's body. The sound of puffing was endless, but Dian Wei was unaware of it.
Dian Wei led everyone on foot to the west and rushed into the crowd. A pair of large iron halberds flew up and down to kill Zhang Xiujun with flesh and blood. No one was his general. The screams sounded. In just a moment, Dian Wei killed a bloody road and ran westward. Zhang Xiu was shocked and angry, and led his army to chase him urgently.
Chapter completed!