"Boshe was not around, so his son and the guests robbed Taizu and took the horses and other things. Taizu killed several people with his sword." [Book of Wei]
Zhang Miao closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate, and opened them again after a moment. The rebel soldier who was close at hand did not slash his neck with the knife, but was suddenly stabbed by the halberd flying from behind.
Falling to the ground slumped.
"Fu Jun!" Dian Wei ignored Cheng Ang and the others and turned back to fight. The anxious look on his face moved Zhang Miao for no reason.
What surprised Zhang Miao even more was that before he could speak, he could hear the noise coming from the other side of the river. A vanguard force of several hundred people saw the situation here, looked hesitantly at the bank, and opened his mouth to say
: "Is it Mr. Zhang Fu!"
"Yes, yes!" After hearing this, Zhang Chao jumped on the spot and shouted: "I am Zhang Chao, the former governor of Guangling, and these are reinforcements?"
The short and sharp man on the opposite side did not say where he came from. He pulled out his long knife and shouted to his followers: "Take them all!" Then everyone stepped into the knee-deep river water, neatly and orderly, looking like
Quite impressive.
When Cheng Ang saw this situation, he felt fear in his heart. He thought that he would take advantage of the chaos to kill Zhang Miao and use his head to claim credit from the court. He had missed the opportunity. Regretfully, he made a prompt decision and covered the wound on his right arm.
After taking a few steps back, a person suddenly came from the side and stopped him. Cheng Ang took a closer look and saw that it was Zhao Chong who was friends with him: "You want to stop me too?"
Zhao Chong, who had just been watching, stepped forward, causing Cheng Ang to mistakenly think that the other party was taking advantage of the situation. Zhao Chong looked at Cheng Ang, with a look of reluctance on his face, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "You go first,
I'll stop it for you!"
After saying this, Cheng Ang's expression changed, but he kept walking. He did not stay to say anything personal to Zhao Chong. Instead, he kept backing up and was about to escape.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Ang turned around and ran away for a few steps, when a sharp blade pierced his chest. Cheng Ang looked down at the sword blade stuck in his chest in disbelief. Severe pain gradually spread from the wound to his whole body, and his lips turned white.
The pain was so painful that he could not speak, but Cheng Ang still turned his head with difficulty, trying to see clearly who gave him the sword.
Tears came to the corners of his eyes for no apparent reason, and Cheng Ang felt that although the figure was blurry, he was extremely familiar: "After all this, please help me too."
After Le Jin hastily cleaned the battlefield and collected the corpses, he gave Zhang Miao and others a cold look and led them back across the river.
He was the vanguard sent by Cao Cao to explore the way forward. Not far behind him, Cao Cao was personally coming with a large army.
Zhang Miao consciously tied his hands and followed the army into the camp like a prisoner. Under the camp gate, Cao Cao, who had already received a message from Yue Jin, was stationed with a group of civil and military personnel to wait.
Seeing Zhang Miao, Cao Cao's face flashed with anger, and then it subsided a little. He half-stretched his hand and said loudly: "Meng Zhuo!"
"Mengde, Mengde!" Zhang Miao didn't dare to raise his head. He staggered to his knees before finishing a few steps, his voice was mournful and full of tears.
Cao Cao came towards me. He was angry and resentful. He hated Zhang Miao for not respecting himself and letting him down. He hated Zhang Miao for not being self-reliant and acting like a weak and incompetent waste. Looking at Zhang Miao's mournful face, Cao Cao
Thinking of the many hardships he had endured in Yanzhou over the past six months, he couldn't help but press the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand. At this time, Le Jin suddenly stepped forward and whispered a few words into Cao Cao's ear.
Cheng Yu, who followed closely, also listened and couldn't help but look at Zhang Miao in surprise.
"...Seriously?" Cao Cao's expression changed, and he couldn't help but look behind Zhang Miao.
Among the kneeling crowd, a burly figure nodded imperceptibly.
"Mengde, Mengde..." Zhang Miao walked forward on his knees and burst into tears: "It was me who ignored my kindness and righteousness, which led to...now..."
"Don't say anything, I know what you mean." Cao Cao took two steps over and pressed Zhang Miao's shoulders with both hands. Tears finally fell from his eyes: "Don't worry, I will take care of your wife and children."
You raise it.”
Zhang Miao trembled all over, his face turned pale for a while, and he cried even harder.
Cao Cao sighed deeply, turned around and left, never looking back.
Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao and others were immediately imprisoned. In the next two days, they never saw Cao Cao again. Cao Cao did not leave immediately for them to go to Yongqiu, but stayed there, as if waiting.
What news?
Late at night on the fifth day of October, Xun Yu hurried to the camp and finally found Cao Cao feeding his horse in a stable.
"Ming Gong, fortunately you have lived up to your command." After Xun Yu finished speaking, he looked up and found that Cao Cao's face was gloomy and scary. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. However, he controlled it very well and quickly recovered, showing concern.
He asked: "Ming Gong?"
"Zhang Mengzhuo threw himself into a trap, and I caught him without much effort." Cao Cao patted Jueying's head, removed a weed from his ear, and said to himself: "That's right.
Strange, last year when I heard that all Yanzhou had rebelled against me, I wanted to skin and tear this man to pieces to relieve the hatred in my heart. But now that he has voluntarily come into my hands, I am at a loss what to do... I originally
I have been cruel, but he did this and made it difficult for me... This person has really done me a lot of harm."
Xun Yu refused to talk to Cao Cao about their old friendship, and said calmly: "If you break it off, you will suffer the chaos, and I hope you will be careful. Don't let a group of people wait for many days of hard work, and the great ambitions in your heart."
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As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and glared at Xun Yu fiercely. His eyes were full of murderous intent, and they were like flying stars, fleeting in his dark eyes. Cao Cao immediately lowered his head and didn't care about Xun Yu.
I didn't see it, so I said to myself: "Back when Dong Zhuo was in power and brought trouble to the government, I fled back to my hometown at night with the intention of raising an army. When I was passing through Chenggao, I stayed at the home of my old friend Lu Boshe."
This is a not-so-secret past event. Xun Yu had mentioned it from others a long time ago. Now that he heard Cao Cao's story being mentioned again, he didn't know what it had to do with Zhang Miao's incident. Out of the habit he had developed over the years
Out of habit, Xun Yu did not rush to interrupt Cao Cao's narration, and listened calmly.
"Boshe was not there at the time, but his son and the guests had different intentions. They wanted to rob and kill me and claim credit from Dong Zhuo. As I had predicted, I got angry that night, killed several people one after another, and rode away on horseback the next day."
Cao Cao touched Jueying's horse's mane intentionally or unintentionally. The horse's coat was pure black and shiny, just like Cao Cao's eyes at this moment, with two lights in the dark: "The friendship between Lu Boshe and me,
Not weaker than Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao, but even he turned his back on me. That was the first old friend I killed, and I said at the time..."
"I would rather betray others than others betray me?" Xun Yu subconsciously responded. He had heard another version of the story told by Cao Cao. It said that Cao Cao was too suspicious and only heard that Lu Boshe's family was attentive to him.
When he was prepared, he mistakenly thought that the other party had ulterior motives, and eventually killed all his old friends. But now after listening to the person's oral account, he found that this was not the case, but which sentence was true?
Xun Yu calmed down and wanted to hear how Cao Cao would continue.
"Yes." Cao Cao said with emotion: "Am I the only one who has sorry for others, but no one has sorry for me?" At this point, he finally raised his head and looked at Xun Yu with deep eyes, as if he was the one who felt sorry for him the most.
Not Lu Boxe, not Zhang Miao, but Xun Yu.
There was a period of arrogance when he was young. At that time, he dared to say these words arrogantly and felt that he had not failed others. But now, after so many years, he has not failed others, but he taught others to do so first.
he.
The two of them looked at each other in silence, but suddenly a streak of red air streaked across the night sky, separating the two ends of the sky.