"Emperor Qin's original wife? Bian's? Shangguan Wan'er was at a loss, obviously quite unfamiliar with the Bian family. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is no wonder that when the Central Plains was competing for hegemony, Cao Cao was driven away by the potters, not to mention, even his wife and daughter were captured by the potters, which can be described as extremely embarrassing and humiliating.

For the dignified Emperor Qin, his wife was captured by a pottery merchant, her life and death are unknown, and her chastity is still unknown, which is simply the biggest humiliation engraved in Cao Cao's heart.

Therefore, since he withdrew into Guanlong, Cao Cao tried his best to avoid this matter, and went around preaching that Bian had died in the war, not only deceiving himself and others, but also in order to deceive the people of Qin and maintain his dignity as emperor.

So for so many years, Shangguan Wan'er only thought that Emperor Qin's empress had died more than ten years ago, and for so many years, Cao Cao did not establish a queen just because he remembered the former empress.

"It turns out that Cao Cao's first empress is not dead, and has always lived in Great Wei?" Shangguan Wan'er suddenly came to her senses and asked in surprise.

The potter nodded, "She is not only alive, but also alive and well, not only her, but also Cao Cao's ** Cao Ying, who has been raised in Yejing for many years." ”

"I see, for more than ten years, Emperor Qin has lied that the queen has died in the chaos of His Majesty's army back then, and he has sacrificed far away every year, and has always refused to establish a new emperor, we all believe it is true, and secretly admire his deep affection for the queen, I didn't expect that this is all him acting, it turns out that he has always known that the queen is still alive and well!"

Shangguan Wan'er finally came to her senses, and suddenly there was a kind of injustice about being deceived, and she couldn't stop shaking her head and sighing.

"Cao Cao, he can't help it, who let him, the Emperor of Great Qin, lose face, I also understand." The pottery merchant also sighed, but said again: "This Bian is also a chaste martyr, I also respect her, I have raised her well for so many years, and I have not forced her to surrender." ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, secretly praised the potter's pity for the fragrance and jade, and suddenly thought of something, so she couldn't help asking: "Then why did Your Majesty invite her all the way at this time, and also persuade Wan'er to persuade her to surrender." ”

The potter's eyes looked at Beizai, and said meaningfully: "Although I am an enemy of Cao Cao, I am also a hero, looking at the world, the person I admire the most is Cao Cao, if it is not the same day, I really don't want to be an enemy of him, perhaps, I will make friends with him." ”

As he spoke, he turned his gaze back to Shangguan Wan'er, "Now that Cao Cao is desperate and only one step away from destruction, the reason why I want you to persuade the Bian clan to surrender is to try to persuade the Bian clan to persuade Cao Cao to surrender to me, as long as he is willing to surrender, I will spare him to die, let him be a rich man, and live the rest of his life with glory and wealth." ”

After listening to the potter's sincere knowledge, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly realized, and looked at the potter's gaze, not only adding a little admiration.

"I didn't expect that he and Cao Cao killed you to the death, and he could still have a heroic heart, this Great Wei Tianzi is really true temperament, and he has a heroic bearing......"

In addition to admiration in her heart, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly thought of something, so she sighed lightly: "Although Your Majesty has such a good intention, you want to save Cao Cao's life, but Cao Cao is also a generation of heroes, I am afraid that he will not be able to swallow this breath, and he will not listen to Bian's persuasion at all, let alone surrender to His Majesty, and His Majesty's kindness at that time can only be in vain." ”

The potter smiled disapprovingly, and said proudly: "Whether Cao Cao surrenders or not, that's his business, whether I give him a chance or not, that's my business, I act, I have always only asked for a clear thought, a clear conscience, as for the rest, I don't care at all." ”

The potter's frank and unrestrained, almost a bit overbearing, shocked Shangguan Wan'er deeply again, and for a while her heart was shocked, and she was lost in place, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Wei Chigong entered the account, saying that Xu Huang had arrived and was asking to see him outside.

Shangguan Wan'er sobered up from the shock, didn't dare to ask anything more, blessed with a bow, Ying Ying retired, and withdrew from the tent.

The Xu Feng in the evening was blowing in their faces, mixed with a bit of the cold air of the northwest near night, and the soldiers on the left and right couldn't help but shiver, and subconsciously tightened their clothes and armor.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't feel the slightest cold, on the contrary, her body and mind were hot at the moment, and her thoughts were still immersed in the potter's domineering but free words.

"This Great Wei Emperor is really extraordinary, is it really as the rumors say, it is the true dragon of Tiance, and the reincarnation of the saint cannot be achieved, if this is the case, my Shangguan Wan'er can meet him, and can still serve him, isn't it a blessing cultivated in the past few hundred years......

In the muttering sighs and sighs, Shangguan Wan'er's slender figure walked away slowly and disappeared between the heavy tents.

Behind him, Xu Huang took a deep breath, lifted the curtain, and stepped into the imperial tent with complicated emotions.

In the imperial tent, the emperor of Great Wei sat high on the ground, greeting his arrival with a smile of relief and appreciation.

Such a cordial attitude of the pottery merchant dispelled a lot of Xu Huang's guilt due to surrender, and he hurriedly took a few steps forward, knelt on one knee, and arched his hand: "The sin will Xu Huang is willing to return to the Great Wei and serve the Great Wei country, and please accept it from Your Majesty." ”

Xu Huang really surrendered, it's not easy......

As if he had received a treasure, the potter got up with laughter, helped Xu Huang up, stroked his shoulder and said with a smile: "To be able to get Gongming, this general, is enough to reach 100,000 male soldiers." ”

"Tao Xia ......" Xu Huang was so praised by the potter, he was excited and surprised, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

The potter smiled generously: "Don't say anything, everything is in the wine, come, let's drink him today." ”

The potter's generosity and generosity and arrogance deeply infected Xu Huang, making him lose all his doubts, so he laughed loudly, opened his mind, and drank with the potter.

After ten glasses of wine, the knot between the monarch and the minister has been untied, and the atmosphere is extremely pleasant.

Xu Huang saw that the potter was happy and wanted to say something, but he hesitated several times and did not speak.

The potter saw that he had a thought, so he brushed his hands and smiled: "I have always liked to listen to the truth, and Gongming has something on his mind, even if he says it directly, there is no need to hide it in front of me. ”

Seeing this, Xu Huang took a light breath and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the minister has a difficult matter, and I want to ask Your Majesty to agree." ”

"Say it."

Xu Huang stood up, knelt down in front of the tent again, and said with a generous face: "The ministers are obedient to Your Majesty, because Miss Shangguan enlightened and suddenly realized that Your Majesty is the lord of the Mandate of Heaven, so the ministers obeyed the Mandate of Heaven and submitted to Your Majesty." It's just that Emperor Qin has the grace of knowing the minister, and the minister really can't bear to see him die and die, so he dares to ask His Majesty to let him live. ”

Xu Huang was actually interceding for Cao Cao!

Seeing this, Chi Gong's faces changed slightly, and they all looked at the potter, thinking that he would be angry because of this.

The potter was not annoyed, on the contrary, there was a look of approval on his face, and he secretly thought in his heart: "This Xu Huang is really a loyal and righteous man, although he surrendered to me, he did not forget to repay Cao Cao's old kindness, but he is also a ......person in love."

Sighing to sighing, the potter said coldly: "Gongming, you are not ungrateful, naturally it is very good, but you must also know that since ancient times, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords in the people, since Cao Cao dares to establish himself as the emperor, then there is only a life-and-death relationship between him and me." Let me ask, if the situation is reversed today, will Cao Cao let me go? ”

A word, a rhetorical question, asked Xu Huang to be speechless.

"Alas-" Xu Huang knew that the Tao Shang was reasonable, and he really had nothing to complain about, so he could only shake his head helplessly.

Seeing Xu Huang's sad look, the pottery merchant couldn't bear it, his words eased a little, and said: "However, I also admire Cao Mengde a lot, and it's not that I don't want to give him a way to live, unless he can go to the emperor and submit to me, I have a reason to spare him and give him a wealth for the rest of his life." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Huang's spirit suddenly perked up, as if he saw hope, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is so generous, you really deserve to be the Lord of Destiny, since this is the case, please give Your Majesty a chance to persuade Emperor Qin to surrender, and it is also the minister's last repayment of Emperor Qin's kindness to his ministers." ”

The potter knew that this Xu Huang was a person who valued love and righteousness, and even if he had a little chance, he would repay Cao Cao for his kindness.

The potter thought that if he didn't agree, Xu Huang would always feel indebted to Cao Cao in his heart, and he couldn't serve himself wholeheartedly, so he might as well be generous and give him this opportunity to untie this knot.

As soon as his thoughts turned, the potter smiled generously: "It's rare for Gongming to be so grateful to repay the favor, okay, I will grant you what you invite, and once the opportunity is ripe, I will allow you to persuade Cao Cao to surrender." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Huang was so grateful that he was about to cry, so he immediately fell to the ground and bowed three times to thank him.

The potter helped him up again, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, if you continue like this, you will have to kneel for a long time tonight, and I will finish supporting him, let's not say anything, and then just drink." ”

At present, the potters no longer discuss the matter of military disputes, but just drink with Xu Huang.

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The next day, the Wei army moved again, bypassing the burned city of Zhangye and continuing to advance into the hinterland of Liangzhou.

After the battle of Zhangye, Cao Cao lost more than half of his troops, and his soldiers and horses were less than 7,000 paces.

In less than ten days, Cao Cao abandoned Wuwei and Zhangye counties, and the 7,000 remnants retreated all the way to Lufu City, the seat of Jiuquan County.

On the way back, Cao Cao swept away the grain and grass of the treasury of the counties along the way, and the cattle and sheep in the countryside, and took away everything that could be taken away, and burned everything that could not be taken away.

Cao Cao's strategic intention was also very simple, retreating all the way, lengthening the supply lines of the potters as much as possible, and at the same time implementing the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, so that the Wei army could not get grain on the spot, in order to force the potters to withdraw their troops due to the lack of food and grass.

When Cao Cao retreated, he was also collecting as much grain and grass as possible from the Liangzhou counties, and at the same time trumpeting the hatred of the Wei State for destroying their 50,000 Qiang Hu iron cavalry to the surrounding Qiang tribes, and called on the Qiang people to unite around him to do the final bloody battle to resist the invasion of the Wei army.

Cao Cao's tactics finally played a little role.

By recruiting local county soldiers, Cao Cao barely managed to raise two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and the Qiang tribes, who were greatly injured, also scraped together thousands of soldiers and horses to go to Lufu City to rendezvous.

In half a month, Cao Cao managed to piece together nearly 13,000 soldiers and horses, although the combat effectiveness was far less than before, but it had grown in momentum.

As for Cao Cao's tactics of clearing the wilderness, it did bring a lot of trouble to the supply of grain and grass to the potters, in order not to make the supply line too long and the grain and grass transportation could not keep up, the potters had to slow down the march and wait for the grain team to keep up many times.

In this state of stopping and stopping, the pottery merchant army Liankegu Zang, Fanhe, Wulan, Biaoshi and other Xiliang cities, at dusk, finally led more than 20,000 cavalry vanguard troops to arrive at the city of Lufu.

After the camp of the army was completed, the potters fulfilled their promise and sent Xu Huang to the east gate of Lufu to persuade Cao Cao to surrender.