Hunting in the wind, the battle flag fluttering, Cao Cao lightly raised his horsewhip, and under the escort of a large group of men and horses, he walked through the Yecheng market with high spirits. However, along the way, there were no people to greet them, no one looked curiously, and not even a dog shadow. The entire city seemed to have become a dead city overnight. The Cao army, which continued to pour into the city, became the only "living thing" in the city. Cao Cao didn't mind this, in his opinion it was a sign of submission. What's more, he is really in a good mood at this time.

In other words, last night's battle Cao Cao fought very smoothly, and Cao's army took the entire city almost bloodlessly. This is something that Cao Ying's people did not expect before. In the impression of many people, a giant city like Yecheng is extremely difficult to win without fighting for a year or two. Even Cao Cao himself was ready to besiege Yecheng for a long time and starve the soldiers and civilians in the city to death. But who would have thought that Su You, who was in charge of guarding the west gate, would suddenly open the city gate and let Cao Jun enter the city, while the other defenders in the city fell into inexplicable chaos overnight. Such a strange victory is all due to a wonderful thing - that is, "the National Teacher's Mansion was thundered by the sky".

"Sikong, this place is the National Teacher's Mansion that was thundered by the sky. This is where the rebellion in the city began last night. Su You, who had already become Cao Cao's pawn, pointed to a charred ruin and introduced it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao narrowed a pair of Danfeng eyes that couldn't see the cloudy weather, looked around at the scorched earth in front of him, and immediately waved his hand and ordered, "Zhongkang go and search." ”

With Cao Cao's order, Xu Zhu led dozens of Cao soldiers to rush into the ruins and rummage through them. There is nothing to be gained by raising a cadre of people. But just when Cao Cao was a little impatient, a commotion suddenly sounded not far away. I saw a few Cao soldiers carrying a corpse in front of Cao Cao. Su You, who was standing beside Cao Cao, immediately jumped up and said when he saw this corpse covered in blood. "Sikong, this person. This person is none other than Yu Ji! ”

As soon as Cao Cao heard that the deceased was Yu Ji's, he immediately turned over and dismounted and carefully looked at the corpse in front of him. But seeing that Yu Ji, who was already dead, was dressed quite neatly, and the wounds on his body were only the fatal knife in his chest. It can be seen that the person who started is not only skilled, but also extremely decisive. But seeing Cao Cao raise his head and glance at the National Teacher's Mansion, which was almost in ruins, he snorted coldly and said, "Killing people and destroying mouths, destroying corpses and destroying traces, what a simple means!" ”

"Isn't Yu Ji cursed?" Su You muttered in a low voice, but in exchange for Cao Cao's disdainful sweep.

However, Xun You, who was standing behind Cao Cao, knew very well that the person his lord had just alluded to was Cai Anzhen. In fact, since Xu You defected to Cao Cao at the beginning, people of insight in Cao's camp have analyzed that Cai Anzhen and Yu Ji have a lot of relationship based on the information brought by Xu You. Cao Cao himself also confessed to Xun You and other strategists in private. He suspected that the reason why Yuan Shao suddenly became emperor was also Cai Anzhen's ghost. But skepticism is doubt after all, in the absence of conclusive evidence. Cai Ji was able to easily pass the buck on all the accusations. What's more, Cao Cao and Cai Ji are still in the name of marriage this time. Therefore, before Cao Cao took Yecheng, he asked his subordinates to capture Yu Ji by name. This is to find out what role Cai Ji played in the incident of Yuan Shao's proclamation of emperor; Second, the magic mastered by Yu Ji was also what Cao Cao urgently needed. It's just that I never thought that the other party would wipe away the clues about Ji in such a neat way. From this, it has to be suspected that Yu Ji may know more secrets than everyone thinks.

Thinking of this, Xun You couldn't help but step forward and say to Cao Cao, "Lord, like this corpse, there may still be something unburned in the National Teacher's Mansion. ”

When Cao Cao heard Xun Yu say this, he couldn't help but twist his head and said, "Gongda's words are reasonable." Zhong Kang, you and the people continue to search here. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you are not allowed to let go of a trace of clues. ”

"Whoa." Just when Xu Zhu gave up his hand to receive his life. Xu Huang led a group of Cao Jun from the other end of the long street. In the middle of the procession came to escort several men who looked like scribes. Of course, there are many acquaintances that Su You knows. At least he recognized at a glance the military advisor Yang Hong and the literary Peng Chen Lin, who were at the forefront.

"I've seen the lord." After Xu Huang saluted Cao Cao with a fist, he took out a human head from the quiver and offered it to him, "Yuan Shu has been ambushed." Please take a look. ”

Cao Cao only glanced at the bloody head in a hurry, and waved his hand to signal Xu Huang to take it away. Obviously, Cao Cao didn't regard Yuan Shu as an opponent, and he didn't even deserve attention as Yu Ji at his feet. However, Cao Cao seems to be more interested in the living than the dead. But seeing that he walked around the captives brought by Xu Huang, he first stopped his gaze on Yang Hong's body for a moment. Indeed, Cao Cao had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Yang Hong. For example, how did Yuan Shu come to Jizhou? Where is the heirloom jade seal?

However, now is not the time to ask these questions, so Cao Cao quickly turned his gaze to Chen Lin on the side, and asked him in a playful tone, "Is Qing Chen Kongzhang?" ”

Chen Lin lowered his head and knelt down on his knees and replied, "It's down." ”

""For Yuan Shao's Yuzhou Wen" is Qing's work?" Cao Cao continued to ask.

When Chen Lin heard Cao Cao mention "Yuzhou Wen for Yuan Shao", he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. It turned out that when Chen Lin wrote the essay for Yuan Shao, he scolded the three generations of Cao Cao's ancestors, especially the sentence "Ugly and ugly". At this moment, hearing Cao Cao turn over the old accounts, Chen Lin had no choice but to reply, "It's what I did." ”

Sure enough, Cao Cao followed and asked Chen Lin with a little arrogance, "Qing Xi is the original book, but the crime is lonely, and the evil stops at his body, why is it the evil of the ancestors and the ancestors?" ”

There is a way, it is a blessing not a curse, and it is a disaster that cannot be avoided. Seeing that Cao Cao was pressing, Chen Lin instead raised his head and smiled bitterly at the other party, "The arrow is on the string, I have to make my ears." ”

Cao Cao didn't expect Chen Lin to answer like this, he was stunned for a moment, and then finally couldn't help laughing and said, "Come here to loosen the ties of Mr. Kong Zhang." The gentleman is quick and quick-witted, and he is very lonely. I wonder if Mr. would like to serve as the priest of the Air Force? ”

Chen Lin rubbed his sore wrist, bowed his hand without thinking, and said, "Lin is willing to do the work of dogs and horses." ”

Seeing that Chen Lin was so familiar with current affairs, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed to the rest of the prisoners and ordered. "It's all loose. The imperial court is at the time of employing people, and those who abandon the dark and turn to the light. Lonely must be reused. ”

With Chen Lin's example in front of him and being loosened again, Yang Hong and the others naturally bowed to Cao Cao with joy and sincerity, "Thank you Sikong for not killing you." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and turned on his horse, and asked Xu Huang, "Since Gongming has taken the head of Yuan Shuxiang, what about the battle situation in the Yecheng Palace?" ”

"Back to Sikong, the Yecheng Imperial Forest Army has surrendered to the eldest prince." Xu Huang replied with his hand.

"Oh? Zixiu took the palace? Very good, very good! Cao Cao pulled the reins. Tima announced, "Go! Go to the palace with you! ”

Yu Ji's National Teacher's Mansion is not too far from the Yecheng Palace. Seeing Cao Cao arrive with a large group of men. Cao Ang, who had been waiting in front of the palace gate for a long time, immediately rode his horse and whipped forward to meet him, "I've seen my father." ”

Cao Cao raised his hand to avoid his son's false courtesy, and then looked up at the tall palace wall of Yecheng, and couldn't help but sigh sincerely, "At the beginning, this palace was built magnificently, and I am afraid that there are three thousand beauties to say the least." Does Zixiu have a fancy person? ”

In the face of his father's slightly frivolous joke, Cao Ang replied respectfully. "Back to my father. The child has ordered someone to block the four gates, and the harem has not been touched at all. ”

Cao Cao heard Cao Ang's statement like this, and his face, which was originally full of spring breeze, couldn't help but show a strange expression. Xun Yu on the side saw this. hurriedly rushed to the front and praised Cao Angdao, "The eldest prince is really strict in governing the army. ”

When Cao Cao heard Xun Yu say this, his face softened. He immediately patted Cao Ang's shoulder and said, "Good job." Let's go, go to the harem with my father. ”

At the end of November of the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao conquered Yecheng. At the same time, Cai Ji also joined forces with Tai Shici under the city of Hejian and surrounded Yuan Xi's troops. However, Yuan Xi is not Yuan Shu after all, and there are no gods such as Yu Jina around him who pretend to be ghosts. Therefore, in the face of the menacing Qi army, Yuan Xi chose to hold the city in the most traditional way. As a result, the two sides have fallen into a stalemate.

Cao Pi was wearing leather armor and holding a wooden sword for practice, staring at the veterans who were approaching step by step on the opposite side. The other party is a head and a half taller than Cao Pi, and his body is also a circle bigger than him. But Cao Pi did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but struggled to raise his sword to block the opponent's attack after blow. In November, snowflakes were already falling in Hebei, but Cao Pi's inner sweat was like rain, and his breathing became more and more rapid. The next moment, he raised his sword, and the opponent swung straight at him with a faster speed and more fierce force. Cao Pi only felt that his calf was painful, and he almost fell down after stumbling. Just when he finally stabilized the next game, the opponent hit his helmet with another over-the-shoulder slash. In the end, Cao Pi could no longer stabilize his center of gravity, and fell hard into the mud of the school field, causing a burst of laughter from the surrounding Qi soldiers watching the battle.

Such a wolf appearance is no surprise to Cao Pi. Back in the day, when he was in Cao Ying, Cao Pi was also a well-known prodigy, and he was a victorious general on the school field. Who doesn't praise Cao Ergongzi's swordsmanship. Even after arriving at Qi Ying, he had a good time. Because at first, in order to focus on currying favor with Cai Ji, Cao Pi always practiced swords alone every day. Occasionally, when he finds someone to compare, he also finds some Qi soldiers who are four or five years older than him to practice casually. Qi soldiers at this age are all recruits who have not experienced much battle, and may have been a cowherd playing in the fields a month ago, or an apprentice wandering between the markets. Naturally, it can't be the opponent of Cao Pi, who has practiced swords since he was a child and has been taught by a famous teacher.

However, since Cao Pi made up his mind to become stronger, he no longer went to those fish belly to practice his sword, but spent more time with veterans to learn from him. As a result, his record has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and he has changed from a victorious general to a current fish belly. Cao Pi also understood a truth from repeated failures and humiliation. That is the victory he has achieved in the past, not because of how good his swordsmanship is, but because of his status as the son of Cao Cao. Now in the Qi camp, this identity will not only not protect him, but will make his opponent even more ruthless.

Let that toad want to eat swan meat make a good fool of himself - this is the true idea of many Qi soldiers who practiced swords with Cao Pi. Although no one said this, Cao Pi could still feel deep hostility from the other party's moves. But he didn't care. As long as you can get stronger. With this thought, Cao Pi endured humiliation after humiliation, and at the same time honed his skills in failure after failure.

Cai Ji saw Cao Pi standing up from the mud with a wooden sword from a distance, and couldn't help frowning slightly to Zhao Yun beside him and asked, "Zihuan has been looking for someone here to practice swords these days?" ”

"That kid works hard every day." Zhao Yun, the koji actor on the side, replied.

"He practices here every day?" Cai Jiqi said. Since she was busy directing the siege of Hejian City these days, she really didn't have time to care about what Cao Pi had done.

"It's been more than half a month." Zhao Yun nodded, and then added, "As far as a thirteen-year-old son is concerned, it can be regarded as a rapid progress. ”

"By the time I was thirteen, I was able to kill the bandits. What is this little carving insect skill! Koji Yan was not convinced.

Cai Ji doesn't care who is stronger, Koji Yan or Cao Pi. She was interested in Cao Pi's transformation. Because Cui Lin also inadvertently mentioned a few days ago that Cao Pi has been more diligent in studying recently than before. Judging from the scene in front of him, Cao Pi seems to want to hone himself in both civil and military aspects. Could it be that I was stimulated by the last time?

Just when Cai Ji was surprised by Cao Pi's changes, Cui Lin personally sent her a secret letter. Cai Ji looked at the seal on the seal and knew that the letter was written by Duan Emei. So she immediately opened the secret letter quietly and read it at a glance. As Cai Ji guessed, Duan Emei reported in detail in the letter the whole process of assassinating Yu Ji and burning the National Teacher's Mansion. At the same time, he also reported the situation of Cao's army in Yecheng City. However, Duan Emei wrote a rather personal content, which made Cai Ji look at the corners of his mouth and couldn't help but bend a helpless wry smile.

"Lord, what's going on?" Zhao Yun, who saw that Cai Ji was a little strange, asked with a little worry.

Cai Ji accepted the letter and said half-teasingly, "Cao Cao not only won Yecheng, but also won the first beauty in Hebei." ”

As soon as I heard the first beauty koji performance, I immediately became interested, "The first beauty in Hebei? Isn't it Yuan Xi's Mrs. Zhen? ”

"It's Mrs. Zhen." When Cai Ji said this, he thought of the allusions in history, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Zixiu is really a filial son." ”

"I also heard that Cao Zixiu is a martial artist and upright." Koji spoke, pointing at Cao Pi, who was covered in mud on the opposite side, "It's also Cao Cao's son, that kid is far behind." ”

Cai Ji shook his head with a light smile and said, "Zixiu is a filial son, and Zihuan is Cao Cao's son." ”

This is the end of the third "Dingzhi Spring and Autumn Period", with a total of 120 chapters that are much longer than the first two volumes. Next is a new volume of "Jian'an Heroes", as the name suggests, it is the previous soy sauce drop~ The princes will perform on stage in the next volume.

Small Theatre Hours:

Historical Facts――

Cao Bingjia: Report ~~~ Yu Sikong, the second son has accepted Mrs. Zhen!

CC: I'm going to go! This bear child dares to rob a woman with a lonely!

Turf: Father, the beautiful sister is beautiful~~~

CC teary eyes ~~~: Shingo daughter-in-law ~~~

Feng wears to——

Cao Bingyi: Report ~~~ Yu Sikong, the eldest prince has not entered the harem!

CC: Swollen wood! Swollen wood office! Lonely children don't want beauties~~~ Swollen wood office~~~

Zhen Ji: See Sikong~~~

CC: (⊙o⊙) Oh~~~ Cat! Zixiu's question will be talked about later~~~ (to be continued)