On the same day that Lu Meng arrived in Chang'an with fifty soldiers, Wang Can led the army camp to leave Chang'an and headed east.
This time, Po Junying was taken to chase Cao Cao. The generals in the army were Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and Wang Yue. Po Junying and Langya Camp jointly attacked to escort the little emperor.
More than three thousand soldiers rushed on their way without any delay.
When Wang Can led his troops on their way, the army led by Cao Cao was stationed and did not leave.
In the past, Liu Xie summoned Cao Cao. Although he did not get an answer from Cao Cao, he still did not give up.
Liu Xie could not get news from Cao Cao, but he kept asking courtiers loyal to him to inquire about the situation in the camp. However, Cao Cao wanted to hand over the young emperor to Wang Can. In addition to playing with Zhicai, he also ordered Xu Chu to do something.
In addition, Cao Cao did not even tell Xiahou Dun, Cao Hong, Le Jin and other generals under his command.
Therefore, even if Liu Xie sent people to inquire, he could not get the answer he wanted.
After the army stayed, Liu Xie became more and more anxious, and his whole spirit became a little unsteady.
Especially as the time went on, Liu Xie seemed to know that something bad was going to happen, but he was powerless, so he lost his temper at every turn.
During this period, Liu Xie summoned Yang Feng and wanted to win over Yang Feng for his own use.
Yang Feng had already surrendered to Cao Cao and became a general under Cao Cao. How could he dare to defect to Liu Xie again? Therefore, Yang Feng directly rejected Liu Xie's good intentions, which made Liu Xie's plan to control a small army in vain. Even so, Liu Xie still did not give up.
, and sent someone to notify Xu Huang, but Xu Huang directly refused Liu Xie's summons and used other reasons to excuse him.
Cao Cao learned that Liu Xie was restless, so he directly sent people to control Liu Xie and restricted Liu Xie's freedom.
When encountering such a situation, Liu Xie felt even worse.
At this time, Liu Xie felt that it was better to go to Luoyang and live a hard life than to live under someone else's roof. But now that the matter had come to this, there was no use regretting it, Liu Xie could only accept the reality.
Liu Xie was in deep trouble. After the ambush, Dong Cheng and others did not have military power, so Liu Xie could not resist and could only stay in the camp obediently and let Cao Cao manipulate him.
As for Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and others, they could only watch helplessly and had no way to intervene.
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The main tent of the Chinese army, in Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao was sitting upright, with Xu Chu and Xi Zhicai sitting below him.
Both Xu Chu and Xi Zhicai knew the situation, among them Xi Zhi was the one who made the plans, and Xu Chu was the one who executed it. Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu and asked: "Zhongkang, it has been several days. Count the time, Wang Can is quick
The troops are about to arrive, how are you doing? Whether this thing can be completed depends on you. If there is a problem in this part of your life, everything will collapse."
Xu Chu clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the matter is almost completed now. Just wait for Wang Can to arrive with his troops."
Cao Cao said: "Okay, let's wait for Wang Can to fall into the trap."
Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "My lord, this time Wang Can took the initiative to jump into the trap. After Wang Can achieves his goal, he returns to Chang'an proudly. I'm afraid Wang Can won't be able to laugh anymore."
Cao Cao laughed when he heard this and said, "That makes sense. I feel happy just thinking about Wang Can's painful expression!"
In the big tent, the three of them were chatting and laughing happily, and hearty laughter could be heard from time to time.
"Tap! Tread! Tread!"
Outside the camp, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded. When Cao Cao heard it, his body was shaken, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he secretly thought in his heart that Wang Can's army must be coming.
The tent door curtain opened and a soldier walked in.
The soldier looked in a hurry and ran in and said: "Reporting to your lord, a large number of cavalry were found behind the army stationed. According to the scout's report, it should be the broken military camp under Wang Can's command."
"finally come!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Explore again!"
After the soldiers left, Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu and ordered: "Zhongkang, this is an extraordinary period. You personally lead the troops to guard the little emperor's camp. The little emperor is not allowed to leave. You must ensure that nothing happens."
"promise!"
After Xu Chu received the order, he left immediately.
Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai sat in the camp and continued to wait for news. Cao Cao was still not sure of Wang Can's intention, because if Wang Can continued to lead his troops to kill, Cao Cao would have to make a countermeasure; if Wang Can led his troops and stopped midway,
Coming down showed his sincerity. Only in this case would Cao Cao and Wang Can agree on a time.
The thing now is to determine whether Wang Can has the idea of attacking.
About half an hour later, another soldier ran in.
The soldier reported back: "Sir, the army camp led by Wang Can has stopped and is setting up camp!"
"Hoo! Hoo!..."
After hearing this, Cao Cao breathed a long sigh of relief and showed a smile on his face. At this time, Cao Cao was already sure that Wang Can had no intention of attacking.
Cao Cao stood up with a smile and said, "Zhicai, get ready!"
"promise!"
Xi Zhicai also stood up and followed Cao Cao outside the camp.
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Wang Can led the army camp and stopped ten miles away from Cao Cao's camp, indicating that he had no intention of attacking.
The army stopped and chose an open area to set up camp.
In the camp, Wang Can summoned Lu Meng and ordered: "Amen, please immediately lead people to choose an open place in the middle of the two camps that is difficult to be ambushed as a place for negotiation between the two parties."
"promise!"
Lu Meng answered with cupped fists and immediately went to investigate the situation.
After Lu Meng confirmed the location of the negotiation between the two parties, Wang Can sent a soldier to inform Cao Cao.
After doing these things, Wang Can walked towards the place where Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren were imprisoned. At this point, Wang Can was not afraid that the two of them would cause trouble, so he directly put them together.
After entering the tent, Wang Can sat down directly regardless of their expressions.
Xia Houyuan didn't like to see Wang Can very much and shouted: "Wang Can, what is your purpose in bringing us here?"
Wang Can smiled and said: "After driving for a few days, you can guess that this is heading towards Yanzhou. I will tell you the truth, tomorrow at the latest, you will be able to return to Cao Cao's camp, and you will not need to continue to be harassed by me.
Imprisoned. Are you very excited and very happy to hear such good news?"
Cao Ren said disdainfully: "Are you so kind?"
Wang Can smiled and said: "I am not a good person, so of course I will not be kind enough to let you return to Cao Cao's camp. But isn't it worth being happy that you can go back?"
Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren fell silent immediately after hearing this.
As Wang Can said, it is indeed a happy thing for the two of them to return to Cao Cao's camp. No matter what, it is a happy news to be able to return to their own place. However, the two of them are considering Cao Cao's decision.
What price did Wang Can pay to make Wang Can willing to let the two of them go back?
Xia Houyuan asked directly: "Wang Yizhou, can you tell us what price my lord paid to exchange the two of us back?" Cao Ren also looked at Wang Can expectantly, waiting for Wang Can's answer.
Wang Can smiled and said: "Cao Cao is willing to hand over the little emperor to me!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Can turned and left.
Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan looked at each other with astonished expressions in their eyes, and they were dumbfounded. Immediately, they were extremely moved and felt tears filling their eyes. In order to exchange the two of them back, Cao Cao voluntarily gave up the little emperor, which was enough to move them.
.There is a huge difference between Cao Cao having a little emperor and Wang Can having a little emperor.
While the two of them were moved, they also felt pity.
It was a pity that a great situation was ruined because the two of them were captured by Wang Can.