Guan Yu led his troops to rescue Zhang Fei and others. Tao Shang hurriedly ordered Huang Zhong and his soldiers to chase them for a while. After Guan, Zhang and other generals disappeared from sight, they returned to Tao Shang's side.
At this moment, the war in Nanzheng City was gradually coming to an end.
The Jinling Army has begun to regain the initiative. The Jinling Army, led by Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang He and other famous generals, finally regained the initiative after some passive defense.
, the Jinling army marched forward bravely, defeated Cao and Liu's coalition forces, and pushed the enemy's troops back to Jiange Road.
But the Jinling Army did not pursue the victory. After all, in the current situation, the Jinling Army who was attacked at night would suffer relatively heavy losses. Although the Cao and Liu coalition forces were driven away, if they pursued forcefully at the moment, the losses to their own side would be extremely high.
No less.
Especially for the pottery merchant who had already installed an informant in Jiange, he did not want to do something that wasted his strength.
In this way, the chaotic fighting that lasted all night came to an end when both sides stopped fighting.
The pottery merchant returned to Nanzheng and ordered the soldiers of the three armies to start cleaning the battlefield.
And he himself summoned the generals headed by Xu Rong to understand the battle and situation last night.
After listening to the overall report of the generals, the pottery merchant's heart dropped.
In general, our side has suffered losses, but the losses are definitely not that big.
"Humph!" Ji Ling snorted heavily and said, "These cunning thieves hide in the ravine and don't come out. Once they come out, they use some despicable tricks. They are really hateful!"
Xu Huang sighed: "However, the opponent's strategy is also amazing. When our three armies were united in preparing to attack Jiange, no one expected that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would actually launch an active attack. These two people are really powerful."
Tao Shang said calmly: "Although Cao Cao and Liu Bei are powerful, they may not have the brains. They must still have expert guidance under their command."
Guo Jia said from the side: "If there is no accident, maybe it is Jia Xu... If our army is not powerful, several times stronger than Cao Liu, this move will be enough to kill our army!"
Tao Shang smiled lightly and said: "Poison is poison, it's true, but this time I also set up a plan, and they succeeded me in this move, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to send Cao Pi in smoothly."
Guo Jia seemed a little worried, and he said: "The problem is, even if we send Cao Pi in, we may not be able to achieve our ideas. I'm not worried about anything else. With Jia Xu's eyesight, he may not be able to see the difference in this."
doorway."
Guo Jia's words are very reasonable, but the pottery merchant also knows that there is no way to explain it, and the rest is up to fate.
…
At this moment, in Jiange Pass, everyone was judging Cao Pi's fate.
"Young man, kneel down!"
Cao Cao yelled at Cao Pi coldly.
Cao Pi lowered his head and slowly knelt on the ground without saying a word.
Cao Cao's hand was clenched into a full fist, the bones and joints turned white, and the entire fist was almost shattered by his grip.
Not long after, Cao Cao stood up, pulled out the sword from his waist, walked up to Cao Pi, and raised his hand to strike.
Cao Zhang gritted his teeth and suddenly stepped forward to block Cao Pi.
"Father, calm down. Although Cao Pi was guilty, he still sacrificed his life to save the child in the enemy camp. No matter what, he felt repentant and asked his father to spare him for the sake of the child."
Take a life."
Cao Pi's expression changed and he said: "Third brother, don't plead for me. I have done something wrong and I deserve to be punished for it. Just let my father kill me. It doesn't matter if I die, at least I can go down to Jiuquan and go to Si."
I apologize."
Cao Cao nodded quietly and said: "You look like a man and can say something that only a man should say. Okay, then I will help you!"
Just when Cao Cao was about to fight off Cao Zhang and kill Cao Pi, Zhang Fei stepped forward.
"Cao Sikong, I am an outsider. I was captured in Cao's camp this time. I, Lao Zhang, have a rough idea of your son's behavior in the enemy camp. In any case, your son was guilty originally, but this time I don't care
For whatever purpose he could secretly release the Third Young Master, it shows that he has repented. A tiger is poisonous and will not eat its own children. I would like to ask Mr. Cao not to do this and give Second Young Master Cao a chance."
Zhang Fei's plea for mercy was naturally much stronger than that of Cao Zhang and others, and Cao Cao began to hesitate.
In fact, to be honest, although Cao Pi did something treasonous, he was Cao Cao's son after all. To a certain extent, Cao Cao was a kind and righteous person, so from a personal perspective, he did not want to kill him.
Cao Pi's.
But as the commander-in-chief of an army, in order to appease the three armies and to silence others, Cao Cao sometimes had to do this. Sometimes there were things he had to do to show the world.
But if there is a step down, Cao Cao is naturally willing to go down this step.
After all, that is his son.
Cao Cao stared at the traitor quietly, his heart filled with confusion.
Seeing Zhang Fei speak, Liu Bei also stood up to plead for Cao Pi.
"Brother Meng De, no one can make mistakes without being a sage. Although the second young master made a big mistake, through the words of the third young master and my third brother, it can be seen that he has repented. After all, he is his own son, and the family law and
Military law cannot be confused, and Brother Meng De should think twice."
Liu Bei's words finally gave Cao Cao enough face, and he slowly put down the sword in his hand.
At this time, Cao Ang also stood up and said: "Father, since the second brother has a heart of repentance, let him accept his crime and make meritorious service."
Cao Cao looked back and forth at the crowd, and saw that they had no objections. Then he sighed and said, "Since Duke Xuande is interceding, for Xuande's sake, Cao Cao will spare this traitor just once."
When Cao Pi heard this, a stone suddenly fell to the ground in his heart. To be honest, his heart had jumped to his throat just now, for fear that it would pop out of his mouth accidentally.
He bowed his head towards Cao Cao and said tremblingly: "Thank you very much, father."
Cao Cao turned to look at Cao Ang and said: "This traitor will be left to you. Until the war is over, you will be responsible for taking care of him and not to make any mistakes. Do you understand?"
Cao Ang cupped his hands and said, "No."
…
Cao Pi saved his life in front of Cao Cao, then lowered his head and carefully followed Cao Ang out.
Arriving outside the commander's tent, Cao Ang reached out and patted Cao Pi on the shoulder, sighing: "Second brother, tell me, how could you do what you did? At least this time you saved the third brother and escaped from the mud road.
Otherwise, if your father really kills you today, how can I protect you as a brother?"
Cao Pi bowed to Cao Ang in shame: "Thank you for keeping me safe, brother. I'm ashamed of my younger brother."
At this time, an old man walked up behind Cao Pi. He looked at Cao Pi quietly, and the corners of his mouth twitched faintly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it.