Chapter five hundred and seventy fourth Xun Chen who had no choice
** thought he had heard it wrong, and when he suddenly turned around to confirm it, something strange suddenly happened. The red-faced man let out a loud roar, unsheathed his long sword, unfolded it with all his strength, and the blade made a sound of chissing and breaking the wind, and flashed to the door in front of **
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** After being stunned for a moment, he quickly reacted instinctively, dodged and took several steps back, "Qiang!" he drew his sword, and countered the trend with a sword strike towards Guan Yu. ** At this time, his whole body was full of strength.
When Guan Yu's sword hit Guan Yu's sharp edge, he suddenly felt that the opponent's strength was reduced by several percent, but the blow was still like a heavy hammer hitting the sword's edge. There was a "swish" sound and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Guan Yu's body, which was so high in martial arts, couldn't reach it and flew backwards. His back hit the pillar and he slid to the ground with blood boiling. He almost couldn't hold the broad sword that never left his hand.
When ** was staring at stars and could not make any reaction, he saw a tall, burly, handsome young warrior, suddenly rushing in front of ** who was sitting down. ** knew that something bad was going to happen, and was in a difficult situation.
He stood up from the ground, his face was as pale as paper, and the corners of his lips were stained with blood.
The moment he stepped out with his right foot, he felt his left shoulder was hit by a heavy hand, blood spurted from his chest, and the sword fell out of his hand.
At this time, **'s mind went blank, and this blankness came from despair. Everything was over, and all the careful and ingenious plans in his life were in vain, let alone the grand ideal of following Yuan Shao to unify the north and the south.
** could only think of this, and his thinking stopped in the next second because he fainted.
It only took a few breaths from ** Cao Zhi's confused answer to Zhao Yun knocking ** out with the handle of his gun. Their actions could not be said to be silent, but several guards outside the door heard the sound and wanted to push the door open.
Suddenly, a dozen men in black with hideous ghost masks on their faces suddenly rushed to the guards. They rushed forward and killed these men with heavy blows. Then they quickly replaced these men.
Meibei's clothes were standing in front of the door of this living room, and he continued to act as a guard as if nothing had happened.
In the hall, Cao Zhi got the seal from the woman's waist and was about to stamp it on the battle report. Li Hei opened the door and poked his head in, taking a look at the situation in the hall. Seeing that everything was normal, Li Hei was about to withdraw.
When he raised his head, Cao Zhi said in a deep voice: "Let Xia Houyuan do it!"
"Yes!" Li Hei hurried away after listening to Cao Zhi's instructions.
Half an hour later, shouts of murder were heard in the wilderness more than ten miles away from Lunu City. All the Yuan Army soldiers who had just finished eating in Lunu City immediately became nervous again. They didn’t know what the Black Mountain gang was doing.
Will the army come back to fight?
At this moment, the door of the living room where the emperor was entertaining Cao Zhi was opened again, and the soldiers on duty outside were ordered to immediately hand a letter to the king's chief clerk, asking him to send it out overnight.
Chief Wang was woken up with sleepy eyes. He was stunned for a long time while holding the battle report drafted by him, and muttered: "Didn't you say it was made tomorrow? Why did you change your mind again?" But Chief Wang looked at the last page*
He didn't dare to doubt anything, he could only sigh at the fickleness of his wife.
When the royal secretary sorted out the letters, called for the messengers, and after sending out the letters, the messengers carrying the letters passed by Xia Houyuan who was galloping into the west city gate.
Xia Houyuan has been in and out of Lunu City in the past few days, and has long been familiar to the soldiers of the Yuan Army who guard the city. At this time, Xia Houyuan, covered in blood, rode his horse all the way, shouting in panic: "Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi!"
Cao Zhi rushed out, leaned on the fence on the second floor, and said, "What's wrong?"
"The Montenegrin army has increased its troops, and the Montenegrin bandits have increased their troops. Hurry, hurry, brothers can't hold it anymore."
After Xia Houyuan finished speaking angrily, countless heads sticking out from above and below the city suddenly began to buzz with discussion.
"Oh, why are these Black Mountain bandits so powerful? I can't even finish beating them!"
"Alas, the Black Mountain bandits have increased their troops again. I wonder if Cao Jun's brothers can withstand it. If not, we will suffer again..."
Amid the discussion, Cao Zhi loudly ordered his 3,000 bodyguards to assemble. Not long after, Cao Zhi and a group of bodyguards in full armor went downstairs to meet Cao Zhi's bodyguards and fled.
Go out of the south city gate and go straight to the place where the shouts of killing Zhentian are ten miles away.
It's just that the lady never said a word and kept the brim of her hat very low. She was surrounded by dozens of guards all the way, so that the guards above and below the city couldn't really see her face clearly.
.But who else is paying attention to this at this time? The Yuan Army guards are all busy worrying about the comeback of the Black Mountain Army.
As soon as ** and Cao Zhi left, Li Hei had the highest official position in Lunu City, and he was obliged to exercise his power.
Li Hei's order was very humane. He asked Yuan Jun's soldiers who had been fighting for a day to go down to the city to rest first, and let his soldiers replace Yuan Jun's duties on the city defense.
Cao Zhi and Zhao Yun pretended to be policemen and walked quickly to the camp where Li Dian was stationed. The soldiers who were shouting and playing in the camp temporarily stopped talking.
When Cao Zhi led several generals into his tent, Xu Chu, Li Dian, and Cao Xiu were already in the tent. As soon as Xu Chu saw Guan Yu, Zhao Yun asked, "What's going on?"
"Sleeping under his own bed!" was the childlike Zhao Yun who answered. He had only followed Cao Zhi for a few days, but his days were full of excitement and excitement. Cao Zhi could always stand out in any difficult situation.
Weird moves, and everything goes against common sense. Zhao Yun is at an age where his rebellious period has not yet ended, and Cao Zhi’s weird moves are just right for his spleen and stomach.
Guan Yu was older than Zhao Yun, and he was much calmer. He ignored Xu Chu's concern that the world would not be in chaos. He walked to his seat silently, sat down, slowly drank the herbal tea in front of him, then closed his eyes and collected himself.
Come. He also marveled at Cao Zhi's whimsical idea, but he was entrusted by his elder brother Liu Bei to make a deal with Cao Zhi. Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to just cooperate with Cao Zhi and wait until he gets what he wants.
, he returned to the place agreed upon with Liu Bei.
"How much mabo soup did you drink for that pretty boy?" Xu Chu pestered Zhao Yun and continued to ask.
Zhao Yun was very cold to Xu Chu calling him a pretty boy, because he was also very handsome, and he had just pretended to be gay. But for Xu Chu and Li Dian's curiosity, Zhao Yun was still happy to tell him: "Two bowls,
Enough for him to sleep for two days, hehe...haha..."
While Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Li Dian and others were having fun, Cao Zhi looked around and asked, "Where is Wenyou?"
"In his carriage, playing chess with Xun Chen."
After hearing Xu Chu's reply, Cao Zhi stood up and walked out of the camp alone, and came to a large car parked near the camp.
This car is very large, and it is a sealed compartment. At this moment, only the windows on both sides of the car are open. A few voices can be heard from inside, and more are the sounds of writing brushes hitting paper.
There were more than a dozen of Cao Zhi's personal guards guarding the carriage day and night, and no one except senior generals were allowed to approach.
"Lord!"
When the guards on duty saw Cao Zhi arriving, they all bowed and saluted.
When the bodyguard called out to the lord, the closed car door curtain was lifted. Li Ru poked his head and saw Cao Zhi, smiled naturally, and quickly jumped out of the car to salute Cao Zhi and say hello.
"No gift!"
While Cao Zhi supported Li Ru, he glanced into the car. Although the car was big, Xun Chen sitting in it could still be seen at a glance. The injury on Xun Chen's forehead had healed, but a little bit remained.
scar.
When Xun Chen saw Cao Zhi looking at him, he snorted, turned away, and ignored Cao Zhi with an indifferent expression.
Cao Zhi and Li Ru looked at each other and said with a smile: "How good is Military Advisor Xun?"
"Very good. Xun didn't fall to his death. Isn't that better than Grand Administrator Cao?"
Xun Chen's taunting made Cao Zhi laugh, and Li Ru shook his head and smiled bitterly. Xun Chen and Li Ru were relatively close friends, but Li Ru used a trick to hurt Xun Chen and gain his
After the private seal, Xun Chen realized that Li Ru was approaching him for another purpose.
Xun Chen was so sad that he had been ignoring Li Ru's visits for some time. Even two days before he woke up, he cursed Li Ru when he saw him, and once went on a hunger strike to protest against Li Ru and Cao Zhi's despicable behavior.
But for a powerless scholar, all these resistances were in vain. In order to ensure that Xun Chen survived, Li Ru used Cao Zhi's method of "forced irrigation!", taking a funnel-shaped object and inserting it into it.
In his mouth, he pressed Xun Chen's shoulders and poured "hemp soup, goat milk, milk" and other liquid medicines and food into him. Cao Zhi's goal was simple, as long as he ensured that Xun Chen could survive.
. During the few days in Yixian County, Xun Chen was made to fall asleep after being stuffed with food.
Later, Xun Chen also felt that this kind of resistance was in vain, so he had to accept Li Ru's kindness and eat by himself. However, in response to Cao Zhi, Li Ru and other bad premeditations, Xun Chen had to use his sharp tongue to fight
Following the job of a counselor - lobbying. Xun Chen hoped that with his good words, he could change and stop Cao Zhi's irrational actions.
Because Cao Zhi was traveling around and was not often among the army, Li Ru helped Xun Chen convey countless of his guarantees and good advice.
But Xun Chen also knew from Li Ru's perfunctory attitude that they would not listen to his words. These people had been planning for a long time and would not give up their goal.
"Wen You, what do you have in your hand?" Cao Zhi pointed at the stack of paper in Li Ru's hand and asked, changing the subject.
"Ah!" Li Ru always felt a little guilty about Xun Chen. Cao Zhi changed the subject and he suddenly realized. He held up the stack of documents in both hands and handed it to Cao Zhidao: "This is the battle report of our army and Xun Chen that I wrote...
The military advisor's... secret guard, please help me, my lord, and I will leave for Yu Du's military camp."
When Li Ru talked about Xun Chen's secret report, he turned around and glanced at Xun Chen in the carriage with an embarrassed expression.
"Yes!" Cao Zhi stretched out his hand to take it, glanced at Li Ruhe and then turned to Xun Chen, who looked arrogant and said: "I'm sorry to bother Wenyou, the Black Mountain Army must be careful when going here, everything is up to you!"
Li Ru said to Cao Zhi: "Yu Du is an old friend of mine. Since the lord wants to surrender, I am willing to go to his camp to lobby."
Cao Zhi was overjoyed and said: "If Wen You is willing to go, that would be great. As long as the Black Mountain Army can be persuaded to join, there is no need to worry about Yecheng?"
Li Ru was not as optimistic as Cao Zhi. He said truthfully: "Master, don't be too happy too early. I know a little about Yu Du. It's not easy to deal with..."
"Hahaha..." Cao Zhi suddenly looked at Li Ru and laughed.
When Xun Chen, who was sitting in the car, heard the name of Yecheng, he finally understood Cao Zhi's overall plan. "These people are so bold!" When a feeling of dizziness hit Xun Chen's forehead, he also wondered why Cao Zhi was laughing.
Suddenly, Li Ru looked at Cao Zhi and started laughing.
The two of them smiled strangely, and Cao Zhi urged Li Ru, "Go quickly, go quickly!"
Xun Chen didn't know what was going on and could only secretly slander: "A pair of lunatics!"
"Cao Zhi, do you think it is possible to persuade Yu Du to surrender?" Xun Chen held back his anger for a while, but after Li Ru left, he couldn't help but asked curiously.
Cao Zhi looked back at Xun Chen in the car, smiled slightly and said: "Maybe not even a cent!"
"Oh?" Xun Chen was surprised, "If that's the case, why do you still need Wenyou to lobby?"
"What I want is for everyone in the Black Mountain Army to know my purpose. The key is for Zhang Yan to understand. In the end, it is the entire Black Mountain Army that will cooperate with me, not the Yu Du Department." Cao Zhi got on the chariot and walked slowly.
said.
Xun Chen snorted loudly and said: "Cao Zhi, my lord treats you well. You repay kindness with hatred. You are so bold that you want to plot Yecheng. I advise you to rein in the situation as soon as possible!"
"Hmph!" Cao Zhi smiled and glanced back with his knife hidden in his eyes: "Yuan Shao treated me well and asked me to block the guns of the Black Mountain Army. He was using me from the beginning to the end. I went to Yecheng just to
To get the reward I deserve."
Under Cao Zhi's malicious gaze, Xun Chen trembled, climbed a few steps, and came to Cao Zhi's chariot. He said anxiously: "Cao Zhi, what do you want to do? You are not afraid of Lord Yuan's hundreds of thousands."
Will the army surround you in Jizhou? Then you will be completely wiped out and you will not be able to return home!"
Cao Zhi smiled "hey", jumped out of the car, turned his back to the anxious Xun Chen, and said calmly: "I don't have to worry about military advisor Xun, Zhi has already arranged a way out!" After speaking, Cao Zhi started to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Xun Chen felt that there was no hope of final persuasion and sat back in the car door dejectedly. With a shiny face, he reached out and called out to Cao Zhi: "What will Prefect Cao do to us afterwards?"
Cao Zhi suddenly turned around, raised the letter in his hand, and said with a half-smile: "I am willing to let Military Advisor Xun and General Zhang go back after getting what they need, but there is a dead Army Sima and a Military Advisor who has been lying about their safety."
, do you think Yuan Shao will still want you? Hahaha...quot;
As soon as Cao Zhi's words came out, Xun Chen was in despair. If he had any feeling on his face at this time, he must have turned pale and looked depressed.
"You..." His face turned red with anger at Cao Zhi's words. He poked his trembling fingers and pointed away from Cao Zhi's back. A blood vessel in his neck swelled due to excessive congestion due to excitement.
. He wanted to say something to refute and counter Cao Zhi's nonsense. But until Cao Zhi was proud of Yang Zhu and the secret report written by Xun Chen disappeared, Xun Chen only stayed on the word "you". He knew that Cao Zhi
What he was talking about was the facts, facts he would soon face.
Xun Chen didn't know how to re-plan and choose his own destiny. He might have no choice. Xun Chen thought and fell into the carriage again, sighing until dawn.