Chapter 1290 Three cups to see off, the hero ends (2 in 1)
Seeing Zhang He's confused look, Qiao Rui explained: "This Cao Xiong should have used some kind of Taoist spell to escape from the battlefield."
This is the best explanation that Qiao Rui can think of. Because he has seen the Taoism of the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang He can barely accept it, and it does not exceed the scope of his knowledge.
Richard's escape means that the awakened people of the Shenting series will lose the time to stay in the Three Kingdoms plane world.
Zhang He said: "Cao Xiong escaped. Should we disperse our troops and conduct a search? If we just let him go like this, my lord will inevitably blame him."
Qiao Rui said: "My lord's intention is to deal with Cao Cao's soldiers in Wei County. Cao Xiong's life or death is not the focus. Next, we need to join forces and cross the Yellow River south to assist the lord in pursuing Cao Cao. As long as Cao Cao dies, Henan will be defeated."
put down."
Qiao Rui has Bai Xiaowen's military talisman in her hand, and generals Zhang He, Tian Yu, and Murong Ping will obey.
The army marched south.
Qiao Rui, Han Xu and Li Shuyi were riding horses side by side, chatting happily and lively in the team channel.
"Cao Cao's plan of killing two birds with one stone was broken by Xiaowen, and it was beautifully broken! Now that Cao Cao is defeated, the awakened people of Shenting have also packed up and run away. We have a great advantage." Li Shuyi was very excited.
Qiao Rui said: "We still can't take it lightly. After all, Cao Cao has not been killed yet. In addition, the heroes of the Three Kingdoms planes are divided, and other camps are not easy to deal with... By the way, the person who calls himself Alberta Golightly, in
Before leaving, he sent me a transaction application and gave me an item."
"Time bomb?" Li Shuyi joked.
Qiao Rui also smiled, and then showed the item to Li Shuyi and Han Xu in the team channel.
[Raven Messenger Scroll: Special item. After use, you can summon a magical raven, designate an ally (the awakened one), and deliver intelligence information. The magical raven has 50 health points, and its armor and magic resistance are zero by default;
The flight speed is constant at 300 kilometers per hour, and the flight range is 1,000 kilometers (currently 687.4 kilometers remaining); it can be summoned multiple times, and can be charged using power points. The remaining validity period of the scroll: 82 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes, and 7 seconds.]
"Is this... a free gift?" Li Shuyi blinked, "Is it so generous? We should be on the opposite side of them, right?"
Qiao Rui shook her head and said: "I think that the fact that Alberta is willing to give this raven messenger for free must have seen that we are not from the Star Alliance. After all, Shuyi was recognized by Guiqie... Standing in Alberta
From this perspective, it is very likely that we will complete the unification of the Three Kingdoms plane and enter the Star Alliance as an emerging force. So it is not surprising that he would like to be a favor, after all, there is no use for him to keep this raven messenger."
Li Shuyi admired him very much: "This person is a bit grand. If it were me, I wouldn't necessarily be willing to do this smooth favor."
Qiao Rui also nodded, and all three of them had a good impression of Alberta Golightly.
Li Shuyi smiled and said: "I just had a fight with that Onikiri, and my Invincible Slash actually advanced."
Qiao Rui and Han Xu were both surprised. Li Shuyi then shared the effect of the advanced "Invincible Slash".
The first is that the execution speed is faster and the load on the body is reduced. This is not a literal special effect, but Li Shuyi's self-perception. Now, the interval between her two Invincible Slashes should have been compressed to within 20 seconds.
Then there is the literal special effect description, which adds a "transformation" effect. At the moment of casting Invincible Slash, two phantoms will appear at the same time to attack the target. The phantoms will not cause damage and can only exist for 0.5 seconds; Li Shuyi can
Transposition between phantom and body.
"Didn't you extract the advanced special effects yourself?" Qiao Rui asked.
Li Shuyi said: "I think it's more like a kind of 'comprehension'. I first understood the transformation, and then I got the advanced prompt of Invincible Slash. Unfortunately, this special effect looks very cool, but it is actually useless.
.”
Qiao Rui said thoughtfully: "It seems that this is the special feature of the Awakening Skill. It is a good thing that Shuyi has advanced to the Invincible Slash. Even without additional special effects, the casting speed is faster and the physical load is reduced, which is already very worthwhile.
As long as you can master it, you can free up a skill slot and learn new skills."
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After Bai Xiaowen killed Xu Chu, he quickly crossed Baimajin and caught up with Cecilia, biting the tail of Cao Cao's remaining soldiers and pursuing her.
Cao Cao's defeated troops fled all the way to Yanzhou and arrived at Changyuan.
Cao Cao could no longer escape, so he could only rush into Changyuan City to take a breather. To be honest, this was not a good idea, because although Changyuan was a large city, it was not a strategic location, and there was not enough food, grass, and soldiers.
However, Cao Cao had no choice. After entering Changyuan City, he tried to send additional messengers to various counties and cities to ask the troops defending the cities from various places to come and escort him.
Compared to Bai Xiaowen's 30,000 elite troops, the troops defending the city in various places were all delivering food.
Cao Cao knew this, but had no other choice. He could only hope that Xun You and other counselors in Xudu could receive emergency documents earlier and mobilize troops from other states and counties to assist.
However, one of these messengers counts as one, and two counts as a pair, and Bai Xiaowen and his winged cavalry successfully killed them all.
Bai Xiaowen's 30,000-strong army surrounded Changyuan City with a clang.
Oh, now Cao Cao is really at his wits end.
The subsequent city-breaking battle is actually not difficult.
Thirty thousand troops were divided into groups and attacked day and night!
With his charisma, Cao Cao mobilized all the people and soldiers in the city to demolish houses and hold on hard; Cao Cao himself even risked his own life and climbed to the top of the city, leading a handful of Tiger Guards to repel waves of enemies.
An offensive.
However, Bai Xiaowen had too many troops.
Taking turns to attack, Cao's troops in the city did not have any time to rest, and their spirits tended to collapse.
Bai Xiaowen took the opportunity to use the mind-confusing charm to secretly control a Tiger Guard and open the city gate at night.
Thirty thousand troops poured into the city, shouting to capture Cao Cao alive.
Bai Xiaowen took the lead and arrived at the county magistrate's office on the north side of Changyuan City, where he finally met Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was sitting on a temporary wooden platform, his face was blackened, and he was holding an unsheathed Heavenly Sword; the armor on his body was in dilapidated condition.
To be on the safe side, Bai Xiaowen first gained some insight and made sure that this was the real Cao Cao and not a substitute, and then he felt relieved.
The surrounding officers and soldiers of Yuan's army dispatched one after another to surround the high platform where Cao Cao was standing.
Someone tried to climb to the high platform and capture Cao Cao alive.
Cao Cao looked at Bai Xiaowen and laughed twice: "You and I are both heroes in the world. Now that the hero has come to an end, you are already sure of victory. Are you so anxious?"
Bai Xiaowen waved his hand to stop the sergeants, and then he said: "You must be hasty in chasing the tiger."
Cao Cao laughed.
After laughing for a while, Cao Cao took out a wine flask and patted the wooden platform: "Can you drink with me?"
Generals such as Gao Lan, Han Meng and others stopped him one after another: "My lord, the thief Cao is at the end of his rope. I don't know what tricks he is hiding. Don't take the risk lightly."
Bai Xiaowen stood up and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Cao Mengde once cooked wine to discuss heroes. Now it is my honor to invite me to drink together. There is no excuse."
He immediately restrained the soldiers around him: "Stand back fifty steps."
Although Gao Lan and other generals were a little worried, they still believed in Bai Xiaowen's ability and judgment and retreated one after another.
Bai Xiaowen slowly climbed onto the high platform, straightened his clothes, and knelt down opposite Cao Cao.
Cao Cao took out two bronze wine bottles. After filling them, he looked at the slightly turbid wine and said, "The person who killed Yuan Shao was my fourth son Cao Xiong. This person is suspected to be from outside the country and cannot be considered my biological son."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. Could it be that Cao Cao hadn't seen through his identity as a "foreigner"? Or maybe he had seen through it but not exposed it.
Cao Cao continued: "Your father Yuan Benzhu and I were close friends at first, but it is a pity that we ended up meeting each other on the battlefield."
Bai Xiaowen said: "When the world changes, the Han Dynasty loses its deer, and heroes chase it away. There is no right or wrong in the first place."
Cao Cao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Well said, the heroes really have the same views. Let's drink a full glass!" He raised the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
Bai Xiaowen also drank without hesitation.
Cao Cao personally held the pot, filled the wine bottle, and said: "Look at the world from this high platform. What do you see?"
Bai Xiaowen said: "It is dilapidated and desolate, and there are hungry people on the road."
This is not what Bai Xiaowen said because he speculated on Cao Cao's thoughts, but his true feelings. The turmoil in the late Han Dynasty led to a sharp decrease in the population. Let alone one or two out of ten, it was good to have one or two alive out of a hundred people.
You must know that when the Han Dynasty was prosperous, the country's registered population was between 50 and 60 million. But by the time when the three families returned to the Jin Dynasty, the total population was only a few million.
When the Three Kingdoms were in power, the population actually increased. After all, wars were not as frequent as when the heroes were divided, and the three countries were all good at managing internal affairs.
The present moment when the heroes are divided is the most miserable time.
Cao Cao sighed: "Heroes and heroes can only see beautiful rivers and mountains; people in later generations will only see heroes rising together; only benevolent and righteous people can see the tragic scene of bloodshed in the country and the death of all people. The benevolence of the king,
You should have a full drink.”
After saying that, Cao Cao raised his wine bottle again to greet Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen also raised his bottle to each other, and the two drank another drink.
Cao Cao filled the bowl for the third time and said: "Now in the world, there are Ma Teng, Han Sui from Xiliang, Zhang Lu from Hanzhong, Liu Zhang from Yizhou, Liu Biao from Jingzhou, Sun Ce from Jiangdong, etc., who claim to be heroes and separatist forces. I want to ask you how to pacify them.
The world?"
Bai Xiaowen said: "First determine the north, then figure out the south."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "I have nothing more to say. Take one last drink and see me off."
Bai Xiaowen stood up and bowed, raised his wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
Cao Cao also drank the third glass of wine, and then handed a yellow cloth bundle next to him to Bai Xiaowen: "Thank you for sending me this. It's a small gift, but I hope you can accept it."
Bai Xiaowen didn't understand what it meant, but he still took the yellow cloth bundle.
Seeing that Cao Cao wanted to "see off" the guests, Bai Xiaowen stopped staying, held the yellow cloth bundle, and walked slowly down the platform.
Behind him, Cao Cao's voice sounded:
"There are righteous men in Guandong who raise troops to fight against the evil forces.
In the early days of Huimengjin, his heart was in Xianyang.
The army's combined strength was uneven, hesitating and flying geese.
Snobbishness makes people fight, and people fight against each other.
The title of Huainan brother is engraved in the north.
The armor is infested with lice, and thousands of people die from it.
White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles.
One of the hundreds of things left behind by the people is so heart-breaking...
"If you give one thing to the people, you will be heartbroken if you think about it! If you give one thing to the people, if you think of it, it will break the heart of a person!"
Cao Cao recited the last sentence three times, then stood up suddenly, choked, and unsheathed the Heavenly Sword.
Bai Xiaowen turned around suddenly.
Cao Cao pointed at Bai Xiaowen and said sternly: "You must unify the world and end the war!"
Bai Xiaowen nodded.
Cao Cao slashed his neck with his horizontal sword.
The hero of a generation returns to the underworld!
In fact, Bai Xiaowen also guessed that Cao Cao committed suicide. The final words of farewell were already conclusive.
Even if Bai Xiaowen kills Cao Cao himself, he won't be able to get any valuable treasure chest. It's better to help him and gain a wave of image points.
Unification-level teams don't actually care much about a golden treasure chest. For example, Bai Xiaowen values more the "power" of unification in the Three Kingdoms plane.
Bai Xiaowen opened the yellow cloth bundle that Cao Cao gave him before he died.
There is a jade seal inside, as well as a written letter, with the words on the cover: "The last words of my will are entrusted to my son Pi, Zhi, Zhang, Chong. Everyone in the world can read them."
This letter was not sealed with paint. Obviously, Cao Cao was quite magnanimous, and if he did not seal it, he would allow others to read it.
Since it was written for everyone in the world to read, Bai Xiaowen naturally had a sneak peek. He took out the letter, opened it, read it, and couldn't help but sigh.
Cao Cao left this testament originally to ask his sons to surrender, with strict words. Anyone who disobeys is not his son.
Such a will still held great weight in the late Han Dynasty.
Bai Xiaowen sighed, Cao Cao proved with his life that he is a hero who can afford to take things and let them go.
It is actually not surprising to leave such a legacy.
In fact, Cao Cao didn't have many civil servants and generals left. With Cao Cao's ability, he led many civil servants and fierce generals and sent out a large army, but he couldn't defeat Bai Xiaowen, and the few sons he left behind were even less capable.
Relying on the city to hold on means delaying for a period of time, and eventually the city will be destroyed and people will die.
On the one hand, by asking several sons to surrender, they can win the tolerance of Bai Xiaowen, that is, Yuan Xi. At least it will not be a problem to become a rich man. If you are lucky, you can also get rewards; more importantly, you can preserve the vitality of the northern Central Plains.
Some people may think that Cao Cao's stubborn resistance to the end is inconsistent with this decree. If he had known this, he would have surrendered.
In fact, this is not a contradiction, this is Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was very smart and knew that Bai Xiaowen would not let him live. So from beginning to end, he did not even say a word of surrender. He was also very sensible and knew that his death would maximize the lives of his four sons.
Cao Cao was very selfish. He persisted until the last moment and mobilized all the people's militia to help him defend the city, causing thousands of casualties. He did not give up until there was no hope at all.
Cao Cao was very proud and could afford to lose, so he left this testament and entrusted his ambition to unify the world to Bai Xiaowen.
Selfishness and grandeur are not contradictory. This is the complexity of Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao, Cao Cao, you have a good idea. If your four sons surrender, I will definitely not harm their lives. However, will your sons be willing to obey your orders and choose to surrender?"
Bai Xiaowen put away the yellow cloth bundle and shook his head slightly. If the four sons wanted to resist, they could say that the will was fake.
Therefore, Bai Xiaowen still had to mobilize a large army, take advantage of the victory and march into Henan to put enough pressure on Cao Pi and others.