Chapter 294 The Return of the Shadow(1/2)
"Brother, do we really want to go south and join forces with the Yuzhou coalition to attack Nancheng?"
Xiahou Dun followed Cao Cao while cleaning up the camp, and asked Cao Cao about his true intention of dividing his troops and heading south, his dark eyes flashing with anticipation.
"It was Zixiao and Miaocai who led his troops southward and returned to Huai and Si."
Cao Cao didn't even raise his head, and replied to Xiahou Dun calmly, with a hint of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.
"You and I will return to Luoyang immediately."
As the most trusted brother, Cao Cao never concealed his decision from Xiahou Dun.
"Brother, do we really want to retreat?"
Xiahou Dun was stunned for a moment, and then a look of disappointment filled his face.
"It turns out that eldest brother was deceiving Yuan Yi, Xu Qiu and others. The division of troops was a lie, but the escape was true!"
Xiahou Dun also wanted to behead Tao Ying and recapture the Ding and Bian families so that he could go back and ridicule Cao Chun. Not only did his ideas fail, he might even be ridiculed by Cao Chun.
"The two coalition forces of Yuan Rang, Xuzhou and Yanzhou have been defeated, and the Nanpingyang coalition will also collapse. There is only one Yuzhou coalition left, which is no match for Tao Ying's son. The opportunity to kill Tao Ying has been lost. We have to find another one.
Timing!"
Cao Cao, who felt something, stopped what he was doing, glanced up at Xiahou Dun, who looked dejected, and then turned to look at the starry night sky outside the tent, his face full of bitterness and unwillingness.
Not only did the army fail to take revenge, but Tao Ying repeatedly teased him and took away his beloved war horse Jueying. Cao Cao was unwilling to retreat. However, all the coalition forces failed one after another. He Jin might have made peace with Tao Ying, and Cao Cao had to consider
A way out.
"Tao Ying, Cao swears that I will kill you in this life!"
Cao Cao, whose eyes had shrunk to a slit, repeated his oath, his cold face filled with endless killing intent.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a burst of thunder came faintly, and the earth trembled slightly, waking up Cao Cao who was immersed in anger.
"Huh?"
Cao Cao turned around in astonishment and looked at Xiahou Dun, whose mouth was slightly open and confused. Then his eyes widened, his heart skipped a beat, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Not good!"
"Brother, Tao Ying is here to kill you, with thousands of cavalry!"
Cao Cao's first premonition was confirmed by Cao Ren who stumbled into the tent.
"Let's go!"
Before the panic-stricken Cao Ren could catch his breath, Cao Cao decisively gave up everything in the tent, turned around and ran out of the tent.
"Kill..."
As soon as Cao Cao left the tent, the deafening sound of horse hooves and the shouts of killing could be heard all around the coalition camp shrouded in dusk.
"Hiss!"
Through the billowing smoke and dust, Cao Cao looked around. In the haze, it became increasingly clear that the Xuanjia Army cavalry was all over the mountains and fields. For a moment, he couldn't tell how many cavalry there were. He could only feel that the surroundings of the camp were filled with darkness and congestion.
Between heaven and earth.
"The thieves are coming, run away..."
"So many cavalry, God..."
"I don't want to die, I want to go home..."
……
"The coalition forces are at rest!"
Looking at the Xuanjia Army who had broken through the guardrail of the camp and rushed in, and the unprepared and panicked coalition soldiers, Cao Cao's face turned gloomy.
"Little Tao Ying, you are really insidious and cunning!"
At this moment, Cao Cao was even more sure that Tao Ying exchanged Cao Ren for Jueying, not because he liked a horse, but because he used his desire to save people to paralyze him, in order to defeat the coalition forces and relieve Nanwu with this blow tonight.
Yang's worry.
"Tao Ying is a hero!"
Cao Cao had a vague feeling that Tao Ying's "occupation" of the Ding family and the Bian family was definitely not for their beauty. Otherwise, Tao Qian's marriage would not have been so hasty and willful.
"Brother, get on your horse quickly, Taishan soldiers are coming to kill you!"
Seeing Cao Cao's uncertain expression, he was confused again. Xia Houyuan, who came up with the horse, immediately urged him to leave quickly.
"Wonderful talent, lead the men and horses to break out immediately to the south!"
Taking the reins from Xia Houyuan, Cao Cao jumped onto the horse.
"Cao Mengde, your death has come!"
The moment Cao Cao mounted his horse and took the Qingzhi Sword from Cao Ren, Tao Ying's roar came from not far away.
"Yuan Rang, Zi Xiao, leave quickly!"
Xun Sheng glanced at Tao Ying, who was running towards him in full armor, and then took a quick glance at Tao Ying's side, the "ferocious beast" Dian Wei, who was wielding a pair of large iron halberds to kill everyone. Cao Cao turned around and left.
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"Zicheng, shoot the traitor Cao to death!"
Seeing Cao Cao running farther and farther into the chaos, Tao Ying struggled to kill the officers and soldiers in front of him, while ordering Deng Zhan, who was fighting beside him, to fire arrows.
"Boom!"
Deng Zhan heard the sound and put away his gun, picked up his bow and arrow, and aimed an arrow at Cao Cao's back.
"Xi Lv Lv..."
Disturbed by the rebels, Deng Zhan shot an arrow into the rear of Cao Cao's horse. The suddenly injured horse let out a scream, shook Cao Cao off his horse, and flew away.
"Brother!"
Xiahou Dun, who was following Cao Cao, saw Cao Cao falling from his horse. He screamed in surprise, jumped off his horse in a hurry, and helped Cao Cao, who was pale and had stars in his eyes after falling.
"Brother, get on my horse quickly!"
Without a war horse, Cao Cao would die, so Xiahou Dun gave up his war horse to Cao Cao without hesitation.
"Ang'er!"
Waving his sword to protect Cao Cao, Cao Ren in front of Xiahou Dun let out an exclamation.
"Let's go!"
Cao Ang, with complicated eyes, glanced at Cao Ren hurriedly, reined in his horse, jumped out of Jueying, glanced at Cao Cao who heard the voice and turned towards him, turned around and blended into the chaos.
"Ang'er, be careful!"
After coming back to his senses, Cao Cao looked at the figure of his eldest son Cao Ang who was drowned in the rebel army, screamed, and his eyes turned red.
"Xi Lv Lv..."
Seeing his master, Jueying neighed happily, as if to remind Cao Cao to mount his horse quickly.
"Let's go!"
Although he was worried about Cao Ang who was in the chaos, Cao Cao had no time to hesitate. He immediately jumped on the lost Jueying and rode away with gloom.
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"Lord..."
Deng Zhan slowly retracted the arrow and looked at the expressionless Tao Ying in puzzlement.
If Tao Ying hadn't stopped him, Deng Zhan's arrow would have killed not only Cao Cao, but also the "traitor" Cao Ang.
"Give him a chance!"
Tao Ying, who was full of complicated thoughts, looked at the place where Cao Cao and Cao Ang were missing, and gave Deng Zhan a faint explanation.
After all, Tao Ying failed to be hard-hearted. He couldn't bear to let Cao Ang witness Cao Cao's tragic death, nor could he bear to kill Cao Ang.
"This is bloodline!"
Tao Ying sighed secretly in his heart.
Cao Ang secretly came to send Jueying back to Cao Cao. Tao Ying was not angry in his heart, but gave Cao Ang a high look.
"Evil, stop killing these little minions, let's go find the thief Yuan Shu!"
Taking a glance at Dian Wei, who had turned himself into a bloody man, Tao Ying couldn't stand it any longer and spoke out to stop Dian Wei from attacking the deserter who had no courage to resist.
"If you run away from Cao Cao, you will never let Yuan Shu go!"
Tao Ying looked in the right direction, drew his gun and shot towards Yuan Yi Dazhai, which was in chaos.
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"Give him a chance?"
Staring at Tao Ying's back, Deng Zhan was confused for a moment whether to give Cao Cao a chance to survive or give Cao Ang a chance to correct his mistakes.
To be continued...