Guan Yu's body was enshrined in a coffin and placed in the main hall where Cao Cao convened ministers for discussion.
Cao Cao heard the news of Guan Yu's death and rushed over early. Looking at Guan Yu's body in front of him, Cao Cao felt a touch of sadness in his heart.
When he heard that Xiahou Dun was leading his troops out of the city, Cao Cao knew that his purpose was to intercept Guan Yu.
Cao Cao was very surprised by Xiahou Dun's move. In his impression, Xiahou Dun would never disobey his orders. If he said one thing, he would never say another. It was even less likely that he would act on his own initiative like he did today.
However, while he was surprised, Cao Cao was more worried about Xiahou Dun's safety.
Cao Cao knew very well how powerful Guan Yu was. He was a peerless warrior known as the "enemy of ten thousand people." Although Xiahou Dun and himself were brothers, Cao Cao knew that Xiahou Dun was definitely no match for Guan Yu.
Even if Xiahou Dun took away a hundred tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Cao still could not feel at ease. You must know that Guan Yu killed hundreds of enemies in Guandu and Saibei. Can these one hundred tiger and leopard cavalry really be able to deal with Guan Yu? Cao Cao?
No confidence at all.
What would happen if Xiahou Dun was injured by Guan Yu or even died at Guan Yu's hands? Once pessimistic thoughts arise, they cannot be suppressed. If this situation really happened, Cao Cao would not know how to face it.
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So Cao Cao immediately sent Zhang Liao to chase him. He wanted nothing more than to recover Xiahou Dun before something unexpected happened to him.
However, when Zhang Liao was ordered to leave the city, Xiahou Dun had already left for quite some time. Although Zhang Liao was hurrying up, it was impossible to predict whether he could catch up.
Therefore, Cao Cao's uneasy mood could never calm down.
He was really afraid that when Zhang Liao returned, he would bring news of Xiahou Dun's death.
But the ending was really beyond his expectation. Xiahou Dun followed Zhang Liao back safely, but what Cao Cao couldn't believe was that what Zhang Liao brought back with Xiahou Dun was actually Guan Yu's body!
Xiahou Dun was not injured or died in Guan Yu's hands. Cao Cao was naturally relieved, but the news of Guan Yu's conferment still made him shocked and sad.
Needless to say, I was shocked. After Lu Bu's death, Guan Yu was regarded as one of the best generals in the world. Although Xiahou Dun brought men and horses out, he only had a hundred horses in total. It was still extremely difficult to intercept Guan Yu and was almost impossible. However, Xiahou Dun
He happened to do it, no matter how he did it, Guan Yu's body was already there.
The death of Guan Yu really made Cao Cao sad.
Guan Yu has never really wanted to serve him. He helped him fight against Yuan Shao just so that he could leave Cao Ying after performing meritorious service, and to help him conquer the foreign tribes in the north, it was for the sake of national justice. Once all these things happened, Guan Yu would
Unable to stay for a moment longer, he was anxious to leave Cao Ying and return to Liu Bei's side.
But despite this, Cao Cao was still sad in the face of Guan Yu's death. Even he himself didn't know why he felt sad for a general who wanted to abandon him. If it were anyone else, he would have wanted to do this so blatantly.
If he betrayed himself, he might have ordered his death long ago. Yes, he and Guan Yu had an agreement at the beginning, but as a hero who aspires to the world, would he still be bound by such an agreement? The threat of letting go of Guan Yu
He could also see it, and he had at least a hundred ways to deal with the criticism he might receive after killing Guan Yu. Logically speaking, if Guan Yu was determined to abandon him, he must kill him quickly.
But it was this Guan Yu who made him unable to make the determination to kill the opponent, and finally agreed to his request for release. It was this Guan Yu who made him feel sad for the death of a general who was hostile to him.
Why? Why is this happening? Although Guan Yu is brave and loyal, he does not lack strong generals and loyal generals under his command. What is so special about Guan Yu that he cannot forget him to this point?
With Cao Cao's peerless hero's mind, he actually couldn't figure it out. He only knew that at this time, there was always a trace of sadness in his heart.
The generals and counselors of Cao's army lined up on both sides to watch Guan Yu's body.
Gao Shun was also standing among them, but his eyes were not on Guan Yu's body, but on Cao Cao not far away.
He could feel that what Cao Cao showed at this time was real sadness and was definitely not hypocritical. What's more, in the face of Guan Yu's death, Cao Cao had no need to deliberately be hypocritical.
Gao Shun couldn't help feeling a little sad. Guan Yu's death made Cao Cao so sad. It seemed that his status in Cao Cao's heart was really not low. Cao Cao once said, "I would rather betray others than others betray me." In history, people with more hard work and achievements than Xun Yu,
Because he might have hindered Cao Cao's hegemony, he was sentenced to death by Cao Cao without hesitation. But for a person like Guan Yu who never thought about serving Cao Ying sincerely, Cao Cao was so tolerant and generous.
This really made Gao Shun sigh with emotion.
Of course, Xun Yu's death was done by Cao Cao in his later years. People's mentality will always change when they get older. Perhaps Cao Cao still maintains a "good-natured person" mentality now, but he has become a little more taboo as he gets older.
.Cao Cao could tolerate Guan Yu's farewell, but could not tolerate Xun Yu's "betrayal". Is this perhaps one of the reasons?
Looking at Cao Cao, Gao Shun was thinking wildly in his heart.
After killing Guan Yu, Gao ran back alone first.
Of course, this was Xiahou Dun's idea, and he had to bear the responsibility of killing Guan Yu alone.
At first, Gao Shun firmly opposed Xiahou Dun's proposal. Gao Shun was not someone who liked to shirk responsibility. Although he was half-pulled by Xiahou Dun to join the pursuit of Guan Yu, the trip was ultimately of his own volition. More
What's more, Guan Yu died under his own gun. This is an unchanging fact.