The summer wind came slightly. It had rained here a few days ago, and the ground was still a little muddy. Cao Cao's body was stained with yellow mud and dust. His whole body looked like he had been fished out of the ground, with a gray face.
The slope was covered with green grass, and Zhang Miao's body lay among the weeds. The blood dyed the basil red and turned dark red when it mixed with the yellow mud on the ground.
Cao Cao loosened the hand that was strangling his neck and let Zhang Miao's head rest on his thigh. He also lay on his back, feeling the stinging sensation of the contact between his skin and the grass, and looked at the sky blankly.
, there is a look in the eyes recalling loneliness, loneliness and sadness.
The best friends from back then have drifted away one by one, and the former partners have fallen apart. Even Zhang Mengzhuo has died in his own hands.
Brother Meng Zhuo, Brother Meng Zhuo, if you hadn't betrayed me once, if you hadn't still been reluctant to hand over Chenliu County and the 30,000 troops under your command, how could you have died to "save me"?
Cao Cao's eyes gradually blurred, and his hands were stained with the blood of his friends. In a daze, he thought of Lu Boxe again. He failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo and was wanted by the government. On the way to escape, he met his father's old friend Lu Boxe, who was suspicious of Lu Boxe.
Boshe betrayed himself and killed all eight members of his family...
Don’t people live in this world just for themselves?
In the forest not far away, Cao Ren, who was supposed to stay in Puyang, led dozens of cavalry out. He saw it from a distance, so he asked the soldiers to wait at the foot of the slope, and he came to the hillside alone.
"Brother."
"Um."
Cao Cao lazily got up from the ground, wiped the blood on his hand on his brocade robe, let Zhang Miao's head hang down, deliberately did not pat the dust on his body, and said lightly: "We are all wearing enemy uniforms.
Is it done?”
Cao Ren came up and took a look at Zhang Miao's body on the ground, and nodded: "They are all dressed as scouts in Wu Zi's army. They are the most trusted members of our Cao family and will never leak the news."
"good."
Cao Cao stood up straight, patted his left arm, and said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, give me a knife."
"ah?"
Cao Ren was dumbfounded and said: "Really...really chopped?"
Cao Cao glanced at himself. He was already dirty, but at most he had rolled in the mud, but it didn't look like he had just experienced a battle, so he said: "You see, I look like I'm fighting with someone."
Have you passed?"
"picture."
Cao Ren answered firmly.
"Really?"
"It really looks like."
"That just doesn't look like it."
Cao Cao pulled out the knife from Cao Ren's waist: "At least there's no blood on him."
The corner of Cao Ren's mouth twitched slightly. Seeing Zhang Miao's blood everywhere on Cao Cao, he whispered: "Brother, there is blood on his body."
"not mine."
Cao Cao handed over the knife, braced his horse, and stretched out his left arm: "Here, chop."
"Do you really want to cut it?"
"Gotta cut it."
"But brother, I can't do it."
"Then I'll do it myself."
Cao Cao didn't waste any time. He took the knife and made a large gash about three inches long on his left arm. Blood immediately flowed out, dyeing the robe of his left arm red.
Even a ruthless man like Cao Cao frowned and took a breath of cold air. He opened his brocade robe and took a look. The skin on his left arm shoulder was turned out, so deep that he could see the bones. Fortunately, he had a measured hand.
No muscles or bones were injured.
"Brother!"
Cao Ren was shocked and quickly wanted to take off his clothes and bandage them.
Cao Cao endured the severe pain, waved his hand and said: "No, this will make it look real. You go over and prepare yourself first, and you must not let anyone see it."
"only......"
Cao Ren had no choice but to go down the hillside and get on his horse.
After a while, Cao Cao rode down. He had just made several more wounds on Zhang Miao's body. Such a low-level forgery would not be able to hide it from a mystery novel lover until later generations.
But in ancient times when the illiteracy rate was as high as over 95%, it was still very easy to fool Zhang Miao's soldiers who didn't even know a few words.
Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ren, who nodded to him. After receiving Cao Ren's response, he clapped his horse and ran away.
Three miles away, Zhang Miao's army and Cao Cao's army were resting on the spot. This time Zhang Miao brought his generals Dong Fang and Liu Yi. They were ordering the soldiers to rest in the shade of the trees when they suddenly saw dust and smoke in the distance, and there seemed to be something.
Dozens of cavalrymen galloped in the wilderness.
Since the two armies combined had nearly 30,000 people, they were not united together and were divided into three armies: front, middle and rear. The combined number of the front and rear armies was only four to five thousand. When they noticed this scene, they immediately became vigilant.
The soldiers and horses at the front stood up and looked around. From a distance, they vaguely saw the man at the front with a gray head and a face covered in dust, mud and blood. He looked somewhat similar to Cao Cao.
Cao Hong, Xia Houdun and others immediately led their attendants and summoned Dong Fang, Liu Yi and his bodyguards, about several hundred people, mounted their horses and galloped towards this direction.
When they got closer, everyone saw Cao Cao fleeing in a panic in the distance, covered in blood, and riding his horse in an extremely embarrassed manner.
Behind him, dozens of scout soldiers wearing Wu Zijun's black uniforms were chasing after him.
"Don't panic, Meng De, I'm coming!"
Xiahou Dun was shocked when he saw this scene, and galloped his horse. After Cao Cao ran past him, the sword in his hand drew an arc in the air and slashed towards Cao Ren.
When Cao Ren saw the sharp knife coming towards his head, he felt his scalp numb. He hurriedly held it with the knife and whispered: "Brother, you really cut it."
"Meng De said to be realistic and bow your head."
Xiahou Dun was held back with a knife and immediately swept across. The big knife in his hand shone like a half-moon with crystal silver light, and struck with the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling through the air.
Cao Ren was obedient, and immediately ducked with his head lowered. Then he fired a feint, pretending to be invincible, deflected another incoming knife, and shouted loudly in Jiyin dialect: "The enemy's reinforcements are coming, withdraw!"
After saying that, he turned around, reined in his horse, and ran away. The pursuers behind him fled in a hurry. Dozens of horsemen came and went as fast as they came, quickly kicked up dust and disappeared in the smoke.
Since these cavalrymen had deliberately smeared ashes on their faces, their skin was dark and yellow, and their specific appearance could not be clearly seen, so Dong Fang, Liu Yi and others took it for granted that they were Wu Zi's scouts, and immediately rushed up to check the situation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Cao Cao was helped off the horse by Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and others. Seeing his bloody appearance, even Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and others were shocked.
, and quickly shouted to the military doctor to come over and treat him.
There was a chaos here. Some people went to help Cao Cao, some called for military doctors, and some were on guard everywhere. Dong Fang and Liu Yi wanted to interrupt several times to ask about Zhang Miao's situation, but they were busy with the anxious Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan and many Cao Cao's personal attendants.
I was so busy that I couldn't find any opportunities.
After Cao Cao's wound was simply bandaged by the military doctor to stop the bleeding, Liu Yi carefully squeezed into the crowd and came up to ask: "Ming Gong, I wonder where Mr. Zhang is?"
When Cao Cao heard this, he opened his eyes wide with a frightened and flustered look, and shouted hurriedly: "Hurry, go find Meng Zhuo. In order to cover my escape, he left Duan Hou alone. I
As I was leaving, I saw him fighting to the death with the enemy."
"I go."
Xia Houyuan immediately rushed out of the crowd, got on his horse, raised his sword and ran towards that direction with dozens of guards.
Also going with him was Zhang Miao's general Dong Fang.
The two of them led the Pegasus of their guards to gallop. About a quarter of an hour later, they heard the sound of Dong Fan crying from the corner of the road ahead.
Everyone realized something was wrong and quickly walked over to take a look. They saw Dong Fang leading a horse out from around the corner. There was another person on the horse, his body covered in blood and his flesh and blood were blurred.
Xia Houyuan arrived on horseback, dismounted, knelt on one knee and said to Cao Cao: "Mengde, when we went there, Duke Zhang was already lying in a pool of blood. The group of Wu Zijun scouts saw us coming and fled on horseback, but we did not catch up.
"
"ah!"
When Cao Cao heard the news, he was so sad that he almost fainted: "Brother Meng Zhuo, my brother Meng Zhuo."
"Mr. Zhang!"
When everyone saw this situation, they were all sad.
Liu Yi was still at a loss when Dong Fang came to Cao Cao and cried: "Mr. Cao, I saw with my own eyes the Wu thieves' soldiers and horses slashed Gong Zhang into this state, and Gong Zhang suffered such a cruel hand.
You must avenge him."
Cao Cao was about to fall, but was helped up by others. He gritted his teeth and said, "This thief Wu Zi is so hateful. He actually attacked and killed my friend. If I don't avenge this, I, Cao Cao, will never be a human being!"
Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and others immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "We must avenge Mr. Zhang."
"Revenge, revenge."
The surrounding guards knelt down and shouted loudly. Even Dong Fang and his guards also knelt down.
Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and before he had time to think about it, he could only kneel down on one knee, shout along with everyone, and soon put his doubts behind him.
People have a herd mentality, which is half coercion and half following. In addition, Dong Fang has already confirmed that even if there are doubts, it is not something he can figure out. He only thinks that it is Wu Zi's murder and he wants to avenge Zhang Miao.
Zhang Miao, as the prefect of Chenliu, was originally under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Mu. Now that Zhang Miao died, his subordinates had no support. Liu Yi Dong Fang expressed his submission to Cao Cao on the spot and joined Cao Cao's army.
Soon, the army gathered into a river and marched toward Juyang in a mighty manner. The morale of the army was high, and the soldiers were sure to win. After a few days, they broke through the city and killed Wu Zi.
"Continuation of the Book of Han: Biography of Cao Cao": Cao Cao was arrogant because of his large number of troops, and wanted to set up a surprise attack on Dongming Pavilion. He first went to the battlefield with Miao, but before the infantry arrived, his soldiers encountered thieves, so they engaged in battle. Miao fought desperately to save Cao, but Cao was defeated and surrounded, and Miao perished at the age of fifty-three. The soldiers were all angry, so Cao then raised his troops to attack the capital, and the city was broken, so he killed him.
Wu Zi not only occupied Jiyin County, but also Shanyang County. Because Shanyang County was located behind Jiyin County, it was difficult for Cao Cao to touch. After Wu Zi was defeated, the four largest counties in Yanzhou, Chenliu and Dongjun, As well as Shanyang and Jiyin, they all fell into Cao Cao's hands.
In addition to the three kingdoms of Jibei, Rencheng and Dongping that had surrendered to him when Tao Qian was defeated, now in addition to Taishan County, seven of the eight counties in Yanzhou are controlled by Cao Cao.
Since then, Cao Cao's strength has greatly increased, and he immediately arranged for his close associates to serve as governors in various places, and lost no time in restoring people's livelihood.