Chapter 174, fierce soldiers and horses are frequent, and the frenzy of frenzy is against the hardship

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As soon as the New Year passed, Xu Du was calm on the surface, but in fact, there were waves and undercurrents in various places, and there was no moment of peace.

Cao Cao was very strong, and he did not dare to slack off for a day. He knew that he held the Son of Heaven in his hands, the soldiers and horses were tired, and he was in the land of four battles. In the north, Yuan Shao is eyeing the tiger, the generals in Guanzhong are still waiting, Liu Biao in the south is unwilling to surrender, and in the southeast, there is the little overlord Sun Ce who is ready to move. As for Liu Bei, who had just escaped, he made his anti-Cao attitude clear because of the edict. Liu Bei wore linen and filial piety in Xuzhou, and issued four texts, saying that Cao Cao "has not been eliminated for a long time, encroached on national power, and is extremely chaotic", and even "is extremely rebellious, and after killing the lord, he harms the prince", and called on the righteous people in the world to punish him.

When the general trend is today, Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hanoi a few years ago, wanted to send troops to help Lu Bu, but was killed by his subordinate Yang Chou. Later, Lü Bu was destroyed, and Zhang Yang's old troops were solidified, so under the leadership of Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin army, Yang Chou was killed. Cao Cao sent Shi Jian and Cao Ren to defeat Zhenggu, take a county in Hanoi, and expand his sphere of influence to the north of the Yellow River. And Yuan Shu died of illness on the way to Yuan Tan, Nanyang Zhang Xiu had already surrendered to Cao, Jingxiang Liu Biao sat and watched the success or failure, and Sun Ce temporarily guarded Jiangdong - the development of the situation became more and more invented, and gradually evolved into a situation of competition between the two major forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

All the strategists under Cao Cao, whether Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, or Yang Fu in Liangzhou, all agreed that Cao Cao was far superior to Yuan Shao. At this time, Yuan Shao, although his power was strong, he had many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and he was greatly better than Cao Cao, but he was wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, and he was indecisive, and he was too far away from Cao Cao, and the situation would eventually tilt to Cao Cao's side. At the same time, Guo Jia put forward the theory of ten victories and ten defeats with illness, and Cao Cao was overjoyed, and passed this theory to the three armies for reference, motivating the soldiers and preparing for the attack on Yuan Shao in the coming days.

So unconsciously, another two months passed.

Liu Bei's progress in Xuzhou was very smooth. After Lü Bu's defeat, Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Wu Dun, among the four generals of Mount Tai, had surrendered to Cao Cao along with Zhang Liao and others, and only Chang Feng escaped and regrouped his forces in Donghai County, and soon there were thousands of people.

After Liu Bei killed Che Zhou and occupied Xiapi, he sent people to Donghai County to lobby Changfeng, and finally succeeded in collecting it for his own use. He was afraid that Cao Cao would attack, so he sent Sun Qian to the north to negotiate peace with Yuan Shao, hoping to form an alliance with Yuan Shao and jointly resist Cao Cao.

As for Xu Du, Cao Cao already hated Liu Bei to the point that his teeth were itching, and when he heard that he had been making frequent moves recently, where could he hold it? Who knew that Liu Bei used Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals to defeat Liu Dai and Wang Zhong, and became famous for a while, gathering the army in Xuzhou again, increasing to tens of thousands.

The second general of Liu Wang was defeated, Cao's army was defeated, and Cao Cao was originally reluctant to put most of his forces in Xuzhou - after all, he was facing off against Yuan Shao and was about to start a big battle. But he didn't expect Liu Bei's troops to increase suddenly, and he formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and it seemed that he was planning to attack him together. Cao Cao had no choice but to go to Xuzhou first to attack Liu Bei - this Xuzhou was at the turn of the imperial capital Xuchang and Qing and Yan Prefectures, once Yuan Shao came to attack, Xuzhou was likely to become the biggest hidden danger, causing Cao's army to fight on both sides.

Cao Cao's plot was very fruitful, and under the superposition of new and old hatreds, he immediately ordered to personally lead the army to conquer Liu Bei.

And because Yuan Shao made some moves, Cao Cao stationed most of the soldiers in Guandu, and led the elite soldiers to the battle.

Liu Bei was most afraid of Cao Cao in his life. Hearing the scout's report, Cao Cao led his troops to attack, but Liu Bei refused to believe it at first - after all, he had just defeated Liu Dai and Wang Zhong, and he had not yet recovered his senses. And his ally Yuan Shao was in Guandu to contain Cao Cao, he couldn't believe that Cao Cao was so bold and reckless, leaving behind the huge Xuchang Heavy Land, and personally came to attack his Xuzhou...... However, those who take risks and take them by surprise are also heroes. This is also what makes Cao Cao frightening.

Liu Bei was suspicious, and it was not until he saw Cao Cao's army that he was frightened and hurriedly ordered to fight. But it was too late. Cao Cao was as sharp as a sharp sword, striking east and west, quickly captured Xiaopei, where Liu Bei was stationed, and quickly attacked Guan Yu's Xiapi, forcing Liu Bei's entire army to rout, so he had to flee to Hebei alone and defect to Yuan Shao.

It is said that Cao Cao abandoned Xuxian and went to attack Xuzhou, which was the best time for Yuan Shao to attack, but Yuan Shao was indecisive and had no clear strategy, so he was so anxious because of his child's illness that he refused to send troops, so that he missed the biggest fighter.

Cao Cao finished beating Liu Bei at this time, leaving Dong Zhao to lead Xuzhou Mu, and then leisurely returned to the army and went to Guandu.

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There were many soldiers outside, and there were many accidents, and Qi Han was trapped and locked in a small house, but he didn't know it at all.

He sat in front of the window every day, hoping that someone would free him from the claustrophobic and dim space, but he waited for no one to come.

The cold water in the jar was changed, and he could wash and wipe himself with cold water, but no one gave him a change of clothes, so he had to wear the dark clothes and mink furs, and dress them from the appearance of brocade clothes to a gray color.

It's still the same guard from before, and occasionally a word or two will be said to him. Tell him that the prime minister went out to fight and couldn't take care of him. Maybe I forgot him here. However, no one dared to disobey the prime minister's order, so those who guarded him were vigilant and guarded, and did not allow him to escape, let alone anyone to come to see him.

Qi Han listened, did not express great anger and resistance, just listened quietly and did not speak.

Qi Han used to think that he was very smart, and his head was spinning quickly, but the more time passed—so long that he had already drawn almost two hundred Dao Dao on the wall...... He gradually felt that he seemed to be less intelligent. He often sat on the wall with his knees crossed, staring straight at the window, reaching out to catch the sunset spots in the gap, feeling his limbs and head slowly become numb and stiff.

His nerves became more and more sluggish, but his heart seemed to be burning on a blazing fire, and he did not stop for a day, not for a moment, and did not feel the heat of rage. At night, it becomes as cold as an abyss. The wound on his cheek had been left unattended, and had long since deteriorated, leaving an ugly scar that was hidden in the shadow of his bones by his chin, and he could not see it even if he looked closely.

And the hidden scar seemed to be burned on his heart, and no matter what, it couldn't be erased.

Spring was almost over, and the kang on the wall had long since run out of heat, but he still felt that the house was stuffy and hot. Poor breathing. The symptoms of suffocation and discomfort are getting worse and worse.

His beautiful phoenix eyes had long since lost their brilliance, and they were very dim, as if someone had covered them with a layer of fine gray mist.

Day after day, he began to fall asleep and dream.

Sometimes I can't even tell whether I am Qi Han or Cao Ang. It's inexplicably a little crazy.

In the middle of the night, he would suddenly jump up, and the emotions that belonged to Cao Ang suddenly jumped out and exploded suddenly. He screamed and screamed, "Father, let me out!", until he cried out blood in his throat, and was so hoarse that he could not make a sound, until the light of day, when a group of guards yawned and looked at him indifferently through the window...... He still forgot that he was Qi Han, not the real Cao Ang, and fell into the coldness that seemed to be imprisoned by his biological father, and gave up on himself.

After this outburst, he may have difficulty swallowing for several days on end. When food and drink pass through the throat, it becomes a form of torture. But the pain on ** made him feel that he seemed to be still a living person.

He was still alive.

In the middle of the day, he could not see the scenery outside, but only looked out the window with his eyes wide open in the dark night.

It was dark, but there was no light at all. He held the jade jue in his chest and clenched it fiercely, as if he wanted to melt into his palm, bone and blood. He kept calling Zhao Yun's name, then got off the bed, took his fingers, and stroked the notches on the wall one by one......

After counting many times, his stiff head began to calculate, it turned out that he had been here for almost half a year.

The lifeless in the Prime Minister's Mansion is all because of the absence of the master. There is no longer the joy of the hundreds of officials congratulating, and there is no more excitement of the strategists' arguments...... Although Qi Han couldn't see it and didn't go out, he felt it. That's because Cao Cao led his troops out to fight, so he lost his soul here. But even if there is no owner, the residual power left by the master is still there - no one dares to disobey Cao Cao's orders, even Cao Zhi and them, they will not be able to break in again.

He sometimes gets sick and has a fever. I have also been in a daze, thinking countless times: "Otherwise, I'd better die." Maybe I'll travel to some other time and space, and I won't encounter such a bad thing again. At least...... Probably not, that bad, right?"

But he was reluctant.

There is always a person who lingers in the depths of his dreams. That person loved him deeply, and was deeply loved and cherished by him. He was reluctant not to see him, and he was reluctant to give up.

The guards would spy on him, and when they saw that he was sick and unconscious, they would rush in and pour food and medicine into his mouth.

But even at this time, he had no chance to escape. There were always more than a dozen majestic black-armored guards guarding him, all of them tall and burly, and their martial arts skills were exquisite.

Sometimes, Qi Han wanted to catch Yu Ji, who passed on his "Essence of Taiping Techniques", to ask:

Why did you give me such an amazing book, but lost so many precious chapters?

In addition to the two articles of "Craftsman" and "Tibetan Yi", there are still many things to see in detail, and those "Fu Zheng Chapter" and "Yu Ben Chapter" and the like, there are only a few titles and introductions left, and there is no content at all.

He wanted to be like Zhang Jiao and others, draw a talisman casually, and he could scatter beans into soldiers, raze the prime minister's mansion to the ground, and the peach will die. Or learn from those monks in the late Han Dynasty, ride the wind, drift away, and suddenly teleport thousands of miles away.

However, this kind of delusional dream is not daring to do. After doing more, people will be more desperate and more on the verge of madness. - Such a hut, even a small formation, is unrealistic wishful thinking.

On this occasion, Guandu, which is 100 miles away from Xuchang.

Yuan Shao had 100,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 horses, waving his army south, shaking a war that shook the ancient and modern times, and it was slowly starting to begin.

The two figures stood side by side on the west bank of the chasm canal, the slanting sun stretched the figures, the cold wind swept the sleeves of the robes, and the silence became more and more sluggish.

Cao Cao's ochre-red robe was cloaked in the wind, he pressed his sword and held a whip, frowned, and was silent for a long time.

Guo Jiali stood beside him and suddenly said, "Prime Minister, let the prince go." Enough has been sharpened. ”

Cao Cao heard his faint cough, and there was still a trace of pity in his heart, but because of this sentence, he showed displeasure.

He sneered and said, "Not enough." His temperament has changed, and he is not what he used to be. ”

A light that seemed to be nostalgic and resentful flashed in his eyes, "You don't know Ziyu." He has been like this since he was a child, he has made mistakes, and if he truly repents, he will put down his face, constantly admit his mistakes to me, and beg me for forgiveness. But the son who is locked up in the house at the moment is so stubborn and untamed in his bones...... He didn't even ask anyone to bring me a message to admit his mistake......"

"Do you dare to say that he has been tempered enough?

- But you locked him up like this, I feel so sorry for him.

Guo Jia frowned and sighed heavily. Finally, I couldn't help but spy on the heavens. He pinched the fingertips under the sleeves of his robe, and secretly calculated, silent for a long time. Soon, he coughed violently, but finally did not say a word.

The time has not yet come......

But the time will come eventually.

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In May, the weather is already a little hot.

Qi Han felt that he was about to be suffocated. He had completely reversed day and night. I couldn't sleep in the night, and I was almost collapsed by the dark and quiet environment, and during the day, there was gradually the noise of cicadas. With a foot of light, he looked at the crampedness of the room, and became even more nervous, like sitting on pins and needles.

He felt that something was wrong with his whole body, from the tips of his toes to his hair, there was a hot feeling. From the skin to the internal organs, there is a burning pain.

He intuitively knew that it was mental pain, and he probably ...... It doesn't last long.

It's been half a year since he was claustrophobic here, and he couldn't stand it anymore, he just felt like he was going to suffocate.

The weather was very stuffy, so he kept applying cold water to his face, cheeks, cheeks, and chest with his hands. The scars on his cheeks began to ache, as if they were about to burn through his throat. His head was long, almost knee-high, still black and supple, but without its former luster. The moment he applied the cold water, he felt very comfortable, but the next second, he felt out of breath again. He had to breathe heavily, put his nose and lips on the edge of the small hole in the window, pull the bellows like a frantic 166 reading net