"Let him go? What do you say?" Xuchang, East Gate. After Cao Peng left the South Gate, he went to find Xun Yu. Soon after, he came to Xu Ding with a gloomy face and told the story.
, Xu Ding was a little surprised when he heard this, frowned and looked at Cao Peng and asked.
"What else can I say? The overall situation is the most important thing. After all, Dong Cheng is the emperor's man. Now Xuchang is in danger and everyone needs their efforts. If there is internal discord at this time, it is likely to accelerate the fall of Xuchang." Cao Peng sighed and said: "I
Don’t you understand, taking the overall situation into account, you just want to wrong us and let Dong Cheng do it!?”
Xu Ding also looked irritated when he heard this. Sometimes he was confused about the exchanges between these literati. Just like the saying "Look at the overall situation," he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain it.
Just as they were about to say something, they suddenly heard a soldier coming to report that there were bandits outside the city. The two of them didn't care to talk about it anymore. They quickly got up and looked outside the city. They saw a small group of people galloping towards them.
There were only a few dozen people, so naturally they couldn't be here to attack the city.
Xu Ding and Cao Peng came to the female wall and watched as the troops went straight to the city gate.
"Is it him?" After seeing the appearance of the person clearly, Xu Ding and Cao Peng's expressions darkened. Naturally, they would never forget the experience that they had failed to suppress Wei Yan when they joined forces on the battlefield, but later Wei Yan killed Cao Cao.
At that time, the two of them had already retreated, but they did not see it with their own eyes. They saw that it was Lu Bu who was carrying Cao Cao's head. Otherwise, after seeing that it was Wei Yan, the two of them were already trying to kill him.
"Fire arrows!" Without any unnecessary nonsense, Xu Ding gave the order and directly ordered people to fire arrows at Wei Yan.
"Iron wall!" Wei Yan noticed the situation and quickly reined in his horse. He pushed the long knife forward and put an air shield in front of them. He deflected the sharp arrows and took out one without saying anything.
With a sharp arrow, he took out the edict from his arms and wrapped the edict around an arrow. Then he bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow towards the top of the city.
"Peng~" Xu Ding closed his hands and easily caught the arrow cluster that was weakened by the battle formation, but Wei Yan's voice came to his ears.
"Tell General Chariot and Cavalry that he promised my Marquis Wen to bring 8,000 people into the city, not 200. This edict must be clearly written!" After Wei Yan finished speaking, he ignored the two people in the city who were in a daze.
The men and horses turned around and walked away, quickly disappearing from sight.
The two of them could no longer attack him for a while and let him leave.
"What eight thousand?" Cao Peng frowned and looked at the arrow in Xu Ding's hand. Xu Ding was also a little confused. He quickly untied the edict wrapped on the arrow and looked carefully. He invited Lu Bu to enter the city, but he could only bring him with him.
Two hundred retinues instead of the eight thousand as mentioned.
From this point of view, it can be seen as an attempt to lure Lu Bu into the city and kill him, but what Wei Yan just said was eight thousand, and it seems that Dong Cheng agreed, but he didn't take the edict back.
Let Lu Bu lead 8,000 people into the city? What is the difference between this and leading a wolf into the house?
And if Lu Bu enters the city, will Cao Cao's old troops still have a way to survive?
"I'm going to find Xun Lingjun!" Xu Ding picked up the edict and went to find Xun You. He couldn't delay this matter any longer, but when he was about to leave, he was grabbed by Cao Peng.
"Don't go!" Cao Peng grabbed Xu Ding and said with a gloomy face: "What's the use of looking for him? Most of all, the overall situation is more important. I finally understand. For him, whether Lu Bu can get in or not
It doesn’t matter who the city is, and it doesn’t matter who is in charge of Xuchang City. No matter who comes, nothing will happen to them or Xun, only us!"
"What do you mean..." Xu Ding looked at Cao Peng uncertainly. Although this statement sounded extreme, it made sense after thinking about it carefully.
"Keeping Dong Cheng alive will be a disaster after all. It's better to kill him first before talking about anything else!" A flash of fierceness flashed in Cao Peng's eyes: "Since your Majesty has issued such an edict, I'm afraid he has abandoned us and welcomed Lu Bu into the court.
But Bokang, think about it, if Lu Bu is really allowed to enter the court, what position can he take to accommodate him? At least it is the position of the three princes. In Xuchang City, is there still a position for the lord's old subordinates like me and others? I'm afraid the next step
, just to get rid of us!"
Xu Ding fell into silence after hearing this. Thinking about it carefully, this is not impossible. If Lu Bu is really allowed to take charge of Xuchang, will Cao Cao's old men really have a way to survive?
"Should we do it?" Seeing Xu Ding's silence, Cao Peng couldn't wait that long and looked at him and asked in a deep voice.
"Just follow the general's plan!" Xu Ding nodded, then frowned and said: "But from what Wei Yan said, he should be chasing Dong Cheng. Why don't you see Dong Cheng coming in from here?"
"Who knows, let's go first to find out Dong Cheng's whereabouts. It's not appropriate for too many people to know about this matter. Just you and me can do it. If there are too many people, it will be easy to leak secrets and do bad things. Kill the Dong thief first, and then tell others.
Yes." Cao Peng didn't pay much attention to this. He was only thinking about how to get rid of Dong Cheng. Everything else was trivial and required Wei Yan to blind him.
"Okay!" Xu Ding agreed immediately.
The two reckless men did not think too carefully about the issue, nor did they have a detailed plan. After finding out that Dong Cheng came out soon after he went to the palace and went straight to the south gate, they immediately set off for the south gate. The two discussed it for a while.
The troops were divided into two groups. One group went over the city wall and went directly to Wang Zhong to seize power. The other group led troops to ambush outside the Wengcheng, preparing to block Dong Cheng in the Wengcheng.
Wang Zhongzheng was guarding the south gate, thinking about how to plan his future. Dong Cheng always felt that it was not reliable here, and he had to find a big backer. Just looking at the court, it seemed calm, but in fact, things were getting worse.
After Cao Cao's death, there was chaos and dissatisfaction with each other. No one who could really do anything could suppress the situation. For a while, Wang Zhong couldn't tell who could be his backer.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Cao Peng coming with men and horses in a menacing manner.
Wang Zhong had been a pavilion commander in his early years, and he was considered a general who had climbed up from the bottom. His best skill was not to lead troops in battle, but to observe people's actions. When he saw Cao Peng coming with murderous intent, he knew that the person who came was not good, so he quickly stood up and rallied.
The soldiers and horses were on alert, watching Cao Peng coming, and shouted loudly: "What does General Cao mean?"
"Wang Zhong!" Cao Peng held the handle of the shovel and looked at Wang Zhong with murderous intent: "You are also my lord's old subordinate. Now the traitor Dong Cheng wants to offer Xuchang to Lu Bu as a means of promotion. Today I want to
To eradicate thieves for the country, I remember the old friendship between you and me. As long as you don’t hinder me from eradicating thieves for the country, I will let you go, otherwise I won’t blame you for not remembering our old friendship!”
Wang Zhong looked at Cao Peng's murderous eyes and knew that the other party was serious. As long as he refused, the other party would most likely take action directly.
In a real fight, Wang Zhong didn't think he could defeat Cao Peng. Although Cao Peng was not good at leading troops, a place like the city wall was not suitable for setting up a battle formation. Personal bravery was the most advantageous here, so he started to fight.
You may suffer a loss or even be killed!
In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhong had made a decision. He stood up straight and said in a deep voice, "Is this true?"
"This is the edict that the traitor Dong asked Lu Bu for. He wants Lu Bu to bring eight thousand people into the city!" Cao Peng threw the edict directly to Wang Zhong.
Wang Zhong just glanced at it and returned the edict. He waved his hand sideways and motioned for the soldiers under the tent to get out of the way. He solemnly said: "In this case, the last general should sever ties with him. If the general wants to kill him, the last general will be responsible for it!"
"Okay!" Cao Peng was overjoyed when he heard this. He nodded and said, "I think Dong Cheng is coming soon. General, just watch here and don't open the city gate for him. I want to go down to the city and kill this thief myself."
Yesterday, when Dong Cheng and his men wanted to raid Cao's mansion, Cao Peng wanted to kill him. However, no actual consequences were caused at that time. Xun or came forward again, so he finally gave up. Today, however, new and old grudges broke out. Dong Cheng
As long as he steps into the South Gate Urn City today, he will be dead!
On the other side, Dong Cheng received the emperor's new edict, and Lu Bu was confident about entering the city this time. Although he still took some risks, as long as he could succeed, after today, he would be the most powerful person in the Han Dynasty.
As for whether Lu Bu would threaten, after killing Dong Zhuo, didn't Lu Bu also listen to Wang Yun?
As long as you don't be as stupid as Wang Yun, that's all.
Seeing the gate of Wengcheng open wide, an unspeakable feeling of discomfort arose in my heart for no reason, but this discomfort was soon dissipated by the excitement of success.
He urged everyone to rush into the barbican city and shouted to the tower: "General Wang Zhong, I have been ordered to send the envoy to Lu Bu's camp. Open the city quickly!"
On the tower, Wang Zhong took out his ears and felt a little want to laugh.
What on earth is Dong Cheng thinking? He obviously doesn't have much military power, but he still dares to be so arrogant with Cao Cao's old men, and Cao Peng, the Cao clan, directly provokes him. Is it true that after Cao Cao is dead, Xuchang will change his surname to Liu?
After seeing no movement for a long time, Dong Cheng frowned slightly, knowing that something was wrong, and immediately turned around and wanted to withdraw from the urn city.
But immediately afterwards, at the gate of Wengcheng, Cao Peng and Xu Ding rushed in with their troops.
When Dong Cheng saw this, his expression changed and he shouted to the city tower: "Wang Zhong, where is Wang Zhong!? Open the city gate quickly!"
"General, forgive me!" Wang Zhong lay lazily on the female wall and looked at Dong Cheng: "General, I really didn't expect that you wanted to sacrifice Xuchang to Lu Bu. The heroic spirit of Cao Gong has not yet left, but you are so eager to do so.
To dedicate Duke Cao's life's efforts to the enemy, the general is really ashamed to be in the general's company, so the general should die to apologize!"
Dong Cheng's expression changed greatly when he heard this. There was only one gate in the urn city, and the only other exit was the main gate at the city wall. Wang Zhong refused to open the door. At this moment, he had no way to escape and could only turn back to face Cao Peng.
, Looking at the murderous Cao Peng, Dong Cheng trembled in his heart, and quickly mobilized the power of the army to spread his voice, hoping that Xun or others in the city could hear it and stop it in time!
"I am the cavalry general, Cao Peng, what do you want!?" He raised his voice to the loudest with the help of the military formation formed by several people, hoping to attract the attention of the city and save his life.
"Thief, you first ransacked the lord's mansion and wanted to collude with Lu Bu. If I don't kill you today, how will you be worthy of my lord's spirit in heaven!" Cao Peng didn't give him this chance. As he spoke, he rushed past with a shovel.
Dong Cheng was also a general who followed Dong Zhuo in battles in his early years, but after entering Xuchang, he mostly played tricks and tactics, and most of his martial arts skills were wasted. Now when he saw Cao Peng slashing at him, he just instinctively raised his sword to defend.
"Bang~" Jin Bian shoveled the sword away with a shovel, and then in Dong Cheng's frightened and angry eyes, he backhand shoveled his head off...