After that, Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Cao Xiu and others returned to the camp together, leaving Cao Chun to command the other soldiers to clean up the ghost cavalry that was still suffering in the fire.

In a camp where Cao Cao was secretly stationed, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban and other generals were all waiting at the gate of the village, and they saw the fire and smoke not far away, which was particularly clear in this wilderness, and they knew that Cao Cao's strategy had succeeded.

In the confrontation with Ma Chao for a few days, Cao Cao has been hiding his strength, and the elite soldiers will hide behind, but he has taken more than 10,000 soldiers who are old, weak, sick and disabled to compete with Ma Chao in Guandu, and if necessary, he will ambush and intercept the enemy with elite soldiers in the middle of the road, so as to achieve the purpose of attacking the enemy.

It is precisely for this reason that when Ma Chao pursued Cao Cao twice, he suffered Cao Cao's losses. This time, none of the elite soldiers and generals participated in the battle, and Cao Cao still took the remnants of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people, and set up a plan to burn Ma Chao in that forest.

Just after noon, Cao Cao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Cao Xiu arrived at the camp, and Xiahou and others received them and welcomed them into the camp, but everyone was quite surprised when they saw Dian Wei return and his white hair.

As soon as he entered the camp, Cao Cao said to Dian Wei: "You go and wash your body first, rest for a while, and this king will have something to ask you in a while." ”

Dian Wei hugged his fists and said: "No! ”

Xu Chu said: "Wang, I'll go with Brother Wei." ”

Cao Cao nodded and walked straight into the big tent, not caring about the surprise of Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others at Dian Wei.

Not long after, Dian Wei had already changed into a suit of clothes, and accompanied by Xu Chu, he entered the big tent of the Chinese army where Cao Cao was.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, leading generals such as Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, and Cao Xiu all sat in the left column, and Xu Shu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Dong Zhao, Man Chong, Ren Jun, Mao Jue and other strategists sat in the right column. Cao Cao sat in the center of the big tent, and beside Cao Cao, there was a seat on the left and right.

"Dian Wei, Xu Chu, the two of you take a seat!" Cao Cao pointed to the two empty seats beside him and said.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu were stunned at first, and then they were moved. Sitting next to Cao Cao, who is the king of Wei, and judging from the position of the seat alone, it is significantly higher than that of other civil and military forces at all levels, how glorious it is.

Cao Cao saw that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were still hesitating in public, so he said: "If this king didn't have the two of you by his side to protect him, I'm afraid I don't know how many times he would have died." What's more, in the past few days, Xu Chu has been working with Ma Chao to make the king's plan come true, and Dian Wei has completed an extremely important task and returned. You deserve this seat. ”

Xu Shu glanced at Cao Cao and saw that Cao Cao's eyes were full of wisdom, and couldn't help but secretly admire: "The king has extraordinary wisdom, and this time with more than 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers to deal with Ma Chao's superior force, the ghost army, but still have the upper hand, it is really admirable." The former Dian Wei disappeared, and I felt that something was wrong. Returning today really proves my guess. It seems that he went on a secret mission. ”

Dian Wei and Xu Chu no longer shirked, and went straight to their seats.

Cao Cao looked around and said, "The former Dian Wei is missing, in fact, he was sent by this king to carry out a very special mission, Dian Wei, tell the news you brought back to the generals and adults." ”

"No!"

Dian Wei stood up. First, he bowed his hand slightly to the people present, and then said: "Generals, lords, the lower officials have just rushed back from the Tiger Prison Pass......

"Tiger Prison?" After hearing this, Xiahoudun immediately asked, "You went to the Tiger Prison Pass?" What's going on over there? I heard that another 70,000 troops came to support Ma Teng and his son. Is it true? ”

Dian Wei nodded slightly and said, "It's true, but it's not something I think is important. Because, before the 70,000 troops arrived, something had already happened in the Tiger Prison Pass. Today, under the protection of Zhang Xiu, Wang Shuang and thousands of Xiliang soldiers, he was assassinated by assassins, and at present, he has died......"

"陛xià...... Is Your Majesty dead? As soon as they heard Dian Wei's words, everyone was surprised.

"That's ......" After hearing this, Xu Shu frowned and couldn't help but be speechless.

Although his voice was very small, he was still listened to by Cao Cao, he squinted at Xu Shu, and saw Xu Shu's face sad, frowning, and between the flow of his eyes, there was an indescribable look, neither shocked, nor as surprised as others.

"Who assassinated His Majesty? Is it ......" Cao Ren was thoughtful, and after listening to Dian Wei's words, he asked, but he didn't say it explicitly, because if Dian Wei did it, then Cao Cao must have asked Dian Wei to do it.

He glanced at Cao Cao, and saw Cao Cao staring at Xu Shu expressionlessly, with a trace of doubt in his eyes, he secretly thought, "Could it be Xu Shu's strategy?" ”

"Dian Wei, Your Majesty has died, have you seen it with your own eyes?" Xiahoudun closed his mouth wide and asked.

Dian Wei nodded and said, "Yanhou Linnan sent a special team of two hundred people, with Zhao Yun as the captain and the Feiyu Army as the main body, to attack the Tiger Prison Pass at night, assassinate the current Son of Heaven, and was killed on the spot. ”

"Lin Nan dared to do this? It's really a big rebellion! "Liu Ye is a descendant of the Han family, although he has no hope for the Han family, but the assassination of His Majesty made him indignant, how to say, that is also the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he is the orthodox emperor.

"Lin Nan has always ignored the Han Dynasty, he first established himself as the king two years ago, and now he probably wants to be the emperor, so he assassinated the Son of Heaven first, and he still has the jade seal of the country in his hand, and it is completely logical to be the emperor. Such a kingless and fatherless person should be crusaded by the people of the world! Although Cheng Yu was not indignant, he also felt that something was wrong, since it was assassinated by Yan Jun, then why did Dian Wei witness it with his own eyes, and he glanced at Cao Cao, although his eyes were not sharp, but they were full of murderous aura, as if he was examining everyone in the big tent.

"Dian Wei, I have a question, Yan Jun assassinated the Son of Heaven, why are you here?" Cao Hong has always been unscrupulous in speaking, and he can ask whatever he wants. Since he felt doubtful, he wanted to ask Dian Wei for an answer, and immediately asked.

Dian Wei turned his head to look at Cao Cao, and when he saw Cao Cao nodding his head slightly, he replied: "Because, kill today's son." It's me! ”

As soon as these words came out, the people present were even more shocked, and they all moved their eyes to Cao Cao's body, but they didn't say anything, and they didn't know how to say it.

"The truth of the matter is revealed, and this king will no longer hide it from you, as early as a month ago, when the Yan army crossed the Yellow River, this king knew what Lin Nan was going to do. This king specially sent Dian Wei to the Yan army camp, according to this king's understanding of Lin Nan, he will definitely leave Dian Wei and take the opportunity to use Dian Wei to do something unfavorable to this king. Therefore, this king will plan and let Dian Wei lurk in the Yan army camp, and if necessary, he can do extraordinary things......"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao stood up. asked: "Dian Wei, have the Xiliang soldiers regarded Lin Nan as the murderer of the Son of Heaven?" ”

"The king is relieved. The subordinates appeared appropriately, and where the Son of Heaven was at that time, only Pang De, Lu Heng and others from the Feiyu Army were there, and after the subordinates assassinated the Son of Heaven, they fled immediately, and at the same time they had already shouted the words of the Yan Army to assassinate His Majesty. Xi Liangbing must be convinced. Dian Wei replied.

"Good."

After listening to this conversation, everyone present had ghosts in their hearts, but most of them had no objection to Cao Cao's approach, and the Son of Heaven was just an ornament for them.

But. For Xu Shu and Liu Ye, it is of great significance.

Xu Shu followed Cao Cao, and it was precisely because of Cao Cao's quality, coupled with Xi Zhicai's strong recommendation, that he became Cao Cao's chief military advisor after Xi Zhicai's death, giving advice to Cao Cao.

However, what he never expected was that Cao Cao would openly do such a rebellious thing, although he did not have any hope for the royal family of the Han Dynasty, but it could not be said that he would kill at will, he did not dare to agree with this, and his heart was like a heavy hammer pressing, extremely uncomfortable.

It's just that he didn't dare to show his appearance, because just now, Cao Cao's discerning eyes had already examined everyone present.

Liu Ye is the descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, the king of Fuling, and is a dignified Han clansman, unlike Liu Bei, who said everywhere that he is a descendant of the Han family, because he was young, he was already very famous, and after Cao Cao occupied Xuzhou and Yuzhou, he listened to him in Yangzhou, and asked people to bring gold and silver to invite him to come out.

He did not hesitate at that time, so he followed Cao Cao, although he is currently only serving as a staff member by Cao Cao's side, but he often advises Cao Cao, and feels that Cao Cao has the resources to be a hero, and he will achieve something in the future, so he has not left.

It's just that although he doesn't have any hope for the Han family, he doesn't want to be like Liu Bei who keeps saying that he is responsible for reviving the Han family, and from the bottom of his heart, he still doesn't want anyone to do anything radical to the Han family. Cao Cao's move hit his weakness, he sat there silently, but his heart was already overturned.

"Yuan Zhi, Ziyang, what are you two thinking?" Cao Cao suddenly asked.

Xu Shu said: "I'm wondering if anything will happen to Guandu Xingshì once the Son of Heaven dies and the news of Lin Nan's murder spreads." ”

Cao Cao let out an "oh", moved his gaze to Liu Ye's body, and asked, "Mr. Ziyang, what about you?" ”

Liu Ye straightened his waist and replied: "King Wei, I'm thinking, His Majesty died without leaving an heir, and the heirs of the first emperor are only one of them, first there was Liu Xie, the king of Hongnong, who was killed by the general He Jin, and this time the Son of Heaven died again, who should be the emperor in the world of the Han Dynasty, and whether the country of the Han Dynasty will end here." After the sky collapses, will the Han Dynasty present a situation where the seven heroes stood side by side during the Warring States Period......"

After hearing this, Cao Cao smiled and said: "The two of them think more far-reaching than this king, this king is just thinking, how many people present are different from this king's heart......"

After a pause, Cao Cao looked around, the smile on his face disappeared, his eyes were like torches, and he looked at the civil and military forces present one by one.

After that, there was a long silence, and everyone had an indescribable pressure, and everyone sat there and didn't dare to move, but their eyes kept meeting.

When Cao Cao's gaze moved to Xiahoudun's body, Xiahoudun's single eye radiated a light, and he roared in a low voice: "King, you know me, Yuan Rang is loyal to the king. ”

Cao Cao nodded and moved his gaze to Cao Ren's body.

"King, you know me, Zixiao has always been the head of the king since he followed the king."

Cao Cao nodded again and took advantage of the situation to move his gaze to Cao Hong's body.

"The King. What do you see me doing? I, Cao Zilian, have peeked at a woman taking a bath with you since I was a child, and you asked me to keep it a secret at that time, and I haven't said it until today......" Cao Hong was halfway through his words, suddenly covered his mouth, looked around, and saw that everyone's faces were tense. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and he was uncomfortable looking at that expression. However, he also realized that he was speechless, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground at this time.

His face flushed for a while, and he squinted at Cao Cao, seeing Cao Cao's expressionless face, he didn't dare to look at Cao Cao even more, and finally his face was flushed. It's almost time to catch up with Guan Yu's face.

"The king, we are loyal to the king, there is no second heart, every day is clear, my heart can be learned." Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Cao Xiu and others, without waiting for Cao Cao to move his gaze to them, couldn't help but laugh, and even hugged their fists to show their loyalty to Cao Cao.

"The king knows the law. The reward is greater than that of the world. We will do our best, and dare not do the work of dogs and horses. Xu Shu, Cheng Yu, Liu Ye, Man Chong, Dong Zhao, Ren Jun, Mao Jue and others said loudly together.

"We are willing to go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for the king, although we have no regrets in death!" Seeing this, Dian Wei and Xu Chu glanced at each other and said in unison.

Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing, and then sat down. motioned for everyone to sit down, and said slowly: "I don't know what you mean to my Cao Cao. Of course, I am sure that there are very few of you who are saying things against your will. I don't care what you think of me. I, Cao Cao, have always been Cao Cao, and I am the most unique in the world. The person who kills the king, should kill his head, hang his head at the city gate, today the words go out of the mouth of this king, into your ears, I don't want anyone else to know about this, from now on, you please don't agree, assassinate the Son of Heaven who committed the great crime of killing the king, Lin Nanye! ”

"No!" The crowd replied in unison.

Xu Shu lowered his head, looked at the wine and food in front of him, didn't turn for a long time, and secretly thought, "Is this the so-called Xiaoxiong?" So what was the purpose of his murder, just to simply blame Lin Nan? Cao Cao...... You are indeed unique, and it is precisely because of this that I Xu Shu will follow you with all my heart, although my heart was shaken by you just now because you sent Dian Wei to kill the king, but if you become a big thing, your relatives can also be killed, not to mention a puppet emperor? ”

Liu Ye's state of mind is completely different from Xu Shu's, although he can't accept Cao Cao's faction to kill the king, but in such an era of the rise of heroes, it is obvious that the world of the Liu family has been divided up, and no one can prevent the collapse of the Han family. He secretly thought: "Your Majesty has no children, how should the emperor be established?" Perhaps, Cao Mengde took a fancy to this. Without an emperor to succeed to the throne, the world may present a different picture. It seems that the country of the Han family is finally going to collapse. So where will this war go? ”

There was a dullness in the big tent, I don't know if it was because everyone knew the news of the death of the Son of Heaven, although no one cried or cried, but all the people felt uncomfortable in their hearts, Cao Cao's temptation just now made them all feel that Cao Cao was a lot of doubts.

Just when the atmosphere inside the big tent was still lifeless, Cao Chun wore battle armor, a sword hanging from his waist, and an iron helmet on his head, and walked in from outside the big tent with a smile on his face. As soon as he entered the big tent, he hugged his fists and said: "King Qiqi, the battlefield has been cleared, our army has won a complete victory, and a fire burned to death 13,637 horsemen of Ma Chao's main ghost army, and at the same time, Qian Hu, one of Ma Chao's four major generals, also died in the fire." In this battle, our army suffered only 378 casualties. ”

"Hahaha...... Very good, this is a gratifying thing, plus the good news brought by Dian Wei, it can be regarded as double happiness. Cao Chun, take a seat. Cao Cao said happily.

"No!"

After Cao Chun took his seat, Cao Cao raised the wine glass in his hand and said: "Everyone, please drink this cup to your heart's content, and then enjoy it to your heart's content, after eating and drinking, the whole army retreated thirty miles, stationed in Niujiatun, and waited for Xiahou Yuan to lead reinforcements to arrive." ”

"No!"

……

On the city wall of the county seat of Juan County, Lin Nan had been standing under the sun for a full hour, and even the scorching sun could not stop him.

Zhao Yun has been away with the Einsatzgruppen for four days, and for four days, Lin Nan has been worried about them, these are all elites drawn from various departments of the army, and they have all become generals and captains after a hundred battles, if they are all wiped out, it means that the generals of the entire Yan army will be directly disconnected.

Sima Lang walked up briskly from the bottom of the stairs. As soon as he came to Lin Nan's side, he leaned over and said: "Lord, my subordinates have gone to see it again, Li Yulin said that General Zhao did not send back any information through the guò carrier pigeon. ”

"Except for the news of the battle of Shuangzhongling two days ago, Zhao Yun and they have not heard from them for two whole days. Could something happen? Lin Nan said worriedly, both as a question and as if he was talking to himself.

Sima Lang said: "General Zhao's martial arts are outstanding, Pang De, Guan Hai, Lu Heng, Li Tie and others are also all extraordinary, plus two hundred generals who have experienced a hundred battles, such a strong special force is rare in the world, and the battle of Shuangzhongling is the best example." Please be relieved, Lord. ”

Lin Nan nodded, and was just about to turn around, when he saw a group of cavalry galloping from a distance, about more than a hundred cavalry, he glanced at the leader, and said happily: "It's back, Zhao Yun, they're back...... Quick, let the soldiers line up. Welcome the triumph of heroes! ”

Outside the city gate of the county seat of Juan County, Lin Nan attracted Zhang Liao, Wen Ping, Wu Li Deng, Bang Dun and others nearby. Lined up at the gate of the city, a welcoming formation was set up, ready to welcome Zhao Yun and others who returned triumphantly.

However, when Zhao Yun and the others came from far to near, he saw that they all had sad faces on their faces, and they all looked lonely. was depressed, like a defeated rooster, and he didn't see the person he should see, and he didn't see Guan Hai and Li Tie.

"My lord. It may be that the two generals Guan Hai and Li Tie are protecting His Majesty in the back, and General Zhao will return first to report the good news. Sima Lang saw that Lin Nan frowned, he had been by Lin Nan's side for so long, and he still had the ability to observe words and feelings, so he comforted.

Lin Nan didn't answer, he saw a trace of unusualness on the faces of Zhao Yun, Pang De, Lu Heng and others, so the smile that originally appeared on his face gradually disappeared, and finally became gloomy.

"Perhaps, it was General Zhao who wanted to make a joke for the lord, now they must have deliberately come out, and when they get to the lord's side in a while, they will surprise the lord......" Sima Lang tried his best to say good things, but as he spoke, he found that his kind words could not have the effect of comforting Lin Nan, so he didn't say anything anymore, just stood there quietly, but his heart was already churning.

For a long time, Lin Nan didn't speak, just stood there quietly.

"Boda."

"Genus...... The subordinates are ......" Sima Lang suddenly heard Lin Nan's cry and was a little panicked.

"You go and give an order, let the army be engaged in Xu Yu to prepare a altar." When Lin Nan said this, his tone was very flat, and his gloomy face gradually regained his calmness, and he stood there expressionlessly, and even when he spoke, he only squirmed his lips.

"Ready...... Preparing the altar? Sima Lang asked in surprise.

"You should know what I mean." Lin Nan's words were still very light, but they gave people an irresistible power.

"Yes, my subordinates understand." Sima Lang really understood, turned to leave, and ran towards the city.

"Wenyuan, Zhongye, Uliden, and Badun, you have withdrawn all the propaganda used for celebration, and let the soldiers return to the city."

"The lord ......" Zhang Liao wanted to speak and stopped.

"What does Wen Yuan want to say?"

"Nothing."

Actually, Zhang Liao wanted to say, please Lin Nanjie mourn the change, but it seems that this time is not very appropriate, although he saw that there was something wrong with the expressions of Zhao Yun and others, but he didn't dare to guarantee his guess, so he didn't say anything.

After the order was issued, after a while, the soldiers who had originally gathered at the gate of the city to celebrate returned to the city, and Lin Nan left only Zhang Liao and Wen Ping, leaving Wu Li Deng and Bao Dun behind. So much so that the city gate, which was still crowded just now, suddenly became so depressed that only the three riders remained.

After a while, Zhao Yun, Pang De, Lu Heng and others all came to the gate of the city, got off their horses, walked to Lin Nan's side together, hugged their fists and said, "See the lord!" ”

"You have worked hard, Wenyuan and Zhongye, take all the generals and captains down to rest."

Zhang Liao and Wen Pingdao: "No! ”

It's just that this time, Zhao Yun, Pang De, Lu Heng and the others didn't move, and they still stood there quietly. Zhao Yun took a step forward, clenched his fists and said, "Lord, I ......"

"Zilong has been with the members of the Einsatzgruppen for four days, and in these four days, you have all worked hard, let's go down and rest with Zhang Liao and Wen Ping first, if there is anything, I will talk about it after you have enough to eat and drink." Lin Nan knew what Zhao Yun wanted to say. It's just that he's not ready yet.

After speaking, Lin Nan turned the horse's head and entered the city, although there was no expression on his face, but his heart was extremely painful, and he had already guessed the result.

He rode his horse to the county office. At the door of the county office, Xu You had already arranged an altar to wait for Lin Nan's arrival.

At this time, when Xu You saw Lin Nan coming, he took the initiative to greet him and said, "Lord, all the qiē are ready, just wait for the lord." ”

Lin Nan turned over and dismounted, and walked directly to the edge of the altar. First, he burned three sandalwood sticks, inserted them in the incense burner, folded his hands, closed his eyes, and said silently: "Soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, you have a good time over there, I will definitely avenge you, and defeat the Xiliang soldiers incompletely." I, Lin Nan, will be the lord of a country in vain! Buddha, God. Allah, although I have never met you, I hope that the three of you will bless me together, whether you are dead or unborn, please take care of my brother on your side. Let them live happily ever after. ”

In order to be sincere, Lin Nan also knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, one was to make up his mind, and the other was to pay tribute to the dead souls.

Xu You and Sima Lang were watching from the side, and saw that Lin Nan's words and deeds were strange. But they don't know what he's talking about, what is like Buddha, God, Allah, they don't understand.

After Lin Nan stood up, he turned around, and two stunning lights shot out of his eyes, which was a murderous aura, very fierce.

"After noon, let Zhao Yun come here to find me, and the rest of the people will all belong to their respective armies, report the list of all missing personnel, and draft a document for military compensation, and all those killed in the war will be treated as martyrs." After saying this, Lin Nan strode into the county office.

When Xu You saw Lin Nan like this, he turned his head and asked, "Boda, what's wrong?" ”

"It seems that General Zhao has not been able to complete the entrustment of the lord, and the two generals Guan Hai and Li Tie may also be killed." Sima Lang told his experience from Lin Nan.

Xu You said "oh", didn't say anything more, and hurriedly asked people to remove the altar, and Sima Lang, as a military advisor, went to convey Lin Nan's order.

Just after noon, Zhao Yun stepped into the county office, and his steps along the way seemed very heavy. He came back, with the defeated army, and there was a very bad news that he didn't have time to tell Lin Nan, so he felt very guilty.

From the gate of the county government to the hall of the county office, a short distance of a few dozen meters, he felt as if he had walked for nearly a day.

The hall was empty, Zhao Yun stepped into the hall with one foot, and when one foot was still outside, he suddenly froze there, hesitated for a long time, and finally put back the foot that stepped into the hall, turned around and left.

"If you're here, why go?" In the hall, Lin Nan's words suddenly came out, "Come in, tell me what's going on." ”

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent, they have not been able to bring the Son of Heaven back, and they ...... also lost Guan Hai, Li Tie and other eighty-seven good brothers, and ...... "Zhao Yun didn't know how to say the last thing, so he kept wanting to say it."

"Speak!"

"The Son of Heaven has died......" Zhao Yun said bluntly.

Lin Nan's face flashed with a hint of surprise, and then he was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Is it Dian Wei who killed the king?" ”

"Well, Dian Wei pretended to be crazy and stupid, and deceived his subordinates, it's all his subordinates' fault! Please punish the Lord. ”

"It's none of your business, Dian Wei lied to all of us." Lin Nandao, "Okay, you go down and rest, after tomorrow, there will be a big battle, and it will also be a time for our army to be ashamed." ”

"However, the Son of Heaven has died, and due to Dian Wei's misfortune, the charge of killing the monarch has fallen on the lord, plus Ma Chao's ghost army is amazingly strong, and the method of fighting is also very strange...... "Zhao Yundao.

Lin Nandao: "Bian Xi has sent back the latest news, when Ma Chao's ghost army was fighting with Cao Cao on the battlefield east of Guandu today, Cao Cao used the lure of the enemy to go deeper, almost completely annihilating Ma Chao's army, and only more than 1,000 horsemen were left in the burned Ma Chao and fled. So, Ma Chao has lost its advantage, and it's time for us to attack. Besides, I was originally a person who killed the king, Liu Hong died under my sword, even if the crime of killing the king fell on me, what is there to worry about, this time, the clean will clear himself. ”

"No, my subordinates understand."

Then. A soldier handed a few flying pigeon hand-me-downs to Lin Nan, and after Lin Nan took them, he read them silently and said slowly: "Han Meng has arrived in Yecheng with the men and horses of Bingzhou, and it will not take long to meet the army from Jicheng in Yecheng. They will come. ”

……

When Dongfang revealed the white belly of the fish, Wang Shuang single-handedly broke into the camp where Ma Chao was. As soon as he heard about Ma Chao's defeat, he felt very unbelievable and walked in quickly.

"King, how is this possible, King, our ......" Wang Shuang shouted as soon as he entered the big tent, he still didn't believe that the ghost army would die so miserably.

But. When he entered the tent, he realized that he was wrong, because there was an extra face in the tent, and the appearance of that person seemed to be seen somewhere.

"What are you doing here?" Wang Shuang finally knew who he was, it was Sun Qian, the envoy sent by Liu Bei last time.

Sun Qian said politely: "It was the king of my family who asked me to come, and I have an urgent matter to discuss with the king of Qin......

"Wang Shuang, stand aside!" Ma Chao said sharply.

Sun Gan said: "King Qin, then the king of my family can rely on His Royal Highness King Qin." ”

"That's it. I hope that this time the King of Chu will not break his promise again, what happened last time ......" Ma Chao said.

"What happened last time was a complete misunderstanding. It's not that our army doesn't send troops, but because His Royal Highness the King of Qin is brave and invincible, and he feels that there is no need to cause trouble for His Royal Highness the King of Qin......" Sun Qian began to use that mouth to argue for Liu Bei.

"There is no need to explain, this king knows it in his heart. After you go back, please tell the king of Chu, and the matter is settled. I hope that this time the King of Chu will not break his promise again, otherwise don't blame this king for being unkind......"

"Definitely, definitely."

Ma Chao said: "Don't send it!" ”

Sun Qian walked out of the big tent, and Wang Shuang, who was outside the tent, glared at Sun Gan, walked into the big tent again, and hurriedly said, "King." Majesty Xià died ......"

"Dead?" Ma Chao's face did not show a trace of sadness, but a trace of excitement, and he hurriedly asked.

Wang Shuang nodded solemnly, and told Ma Chao everything that happened in the Tiger Prison Pass.

Ma Chao listened with relish, his face was angry, he was nervous, he was embarrassed, and after listening to Wang Shuang's speech, he felt a lot of emotion.

"I didn't expect that under Lin Nan's account, there was such strength, and only 200 people turned the Tiger Prison upside down. It's just that why is Dian Wei under Lin Nan's hands? Also, why did Lin Nan assassinate the current Son of Heaven? ”

Wang Shuangdao: "King, my subordinates don't know exactly what happened here. ”

"Where's Zhang Xiu?"

"He is on his way to Guandu with an army of 70,000." Wang Shuang replied.

"On the issue of Wang Yun, Ma Riyan and Yang Biao, Zhang Xiu handled it very well, and you also made a lot of contributions, killing Guan Hai, who is known as one of the eighteen hussars, which can be regarded as weakening the strength of the Yan army. You go with me to my father's place, Your Majesty has died, such a big thing, I can't help but inform my father. Ma Chao said, and walked out of the big tent.

Out of the big tent, Ma Chao rode a horse, and without waiting for Wang Shuang to come out, he galloped out of the camp with a loud shout and headed west.

The army of more than 100,000 soldiers in the West Liang, although they are all stationed together, but they are divided into several camps, in addition to Ma Chao himself in the front of the camp, there are still nine camps behind, which are the camps set up by Ma Teng, the king of Liang, and his subordinates.

Ma Teng's camp is in the middle, according to Ma Chao's camp is about five miles away, so he has to ride a horse to go over.

After a while, Ma Chao arrived outside his father Ma Teng's camp, and the soldiers guarding the gate of the camp saw Ma Chao coming, all of them were in good spirits, and shouted in unison: "King Qin is mighty!" ”

Ma Chao was arrogant, he was already accustomed to the submission of others to him, and he didn't even look at it, so he rode his horse into the camp and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Turning over and dismounting, Ma Chao threw the reins of the horse to a soldier at will, strode in, and shouted, "Father...... Father......

In the big tent, Ma Teng sat at the top of the position, his facial contours were like carvings, sharp and angular, his eye sockets were deep, the bridge of his nose was high, and he had a small yellow goatee on his chin.

He has a strong body, and in recent years he has become slightly bloated due to fat, and the contours of his face and his entire body shape have developed in a round direction, but his waist is still straight, and it can be seen that he was an excellent samurai when he was young. He wears a crown decorated with a golden sable, a robe embroidered with gold silk on a blue background, a large belt decorated with a pigg, and a cowhide boots, giving people the impression of luxury and might.

His biological mother is a Qiang beauty, so half of the blood on his body is Qiang, plus he has lived in the Xiqiang area for many years, so that his living habits and Qiang people are undoubted, although he has become the king of Liang, but his clothes often change back and forth between Hanfu and Qiang costumes, after all, most of his subordinates are Qiang.

Ma Teng saw Ma Chao breaking in from outside the tent, so he scolded: "Meng Qi, you are already the king of Qin, how to do things are still so reckless?" Don't you see a guest sitting in my tent? ”

"Guest?" Ma Chao squinted at the person sitting in the big tent, and saw a person with blond hair and blue eyes, who was very different from the Qiang people and the Central Plains people, sitting on Ma Teng's right hand, so he looked at it curiously.

The blond-haired man saw that Ma Chao was looking at him, so he stood up with a smile, bowed slightly to Ma Chao, and said slowly: "Dear Wang, hello, my name is Anita Patrick, and I am honored to know you." ”

It's the first time Ma Chao has seen a person with such a look, and it's very awkward to hear what he said, if you don't listen carefully, you really can't hear what he's saying. However, when he saw that the man who called himself Anita Patrick saw him not kneeling, a trace of displeasure appeared on his face, and he scolded: "Bold! When you see this king, why don't you kneel? ”

The smile on Anita Patrick's face never disappeared, and he bowed to Ma Chao again, and said in his impure Chinese: "I'm sorry, honorable king, I can only kneel to your emperor." ”

Ma Chao listened to this person named Anita Patrick speak very awkwardly, neither from the Central Plains, nor from Xiliang, not even from the Western Regions. He has always been arrogant and angry, and there was an extremely disgusted expression on his face, and he turned his head to Ma Teng and said, "Father, who is this surnamed An?" How can you be so rude? ”

Ma Teng said: "He said that he is from the Roman Empire, and he is a messenger sent by the Roman Empire, oh, the Roman Empire is what the Western Regions call Great Qin, and it is far away from our Han Dynasty, there are ...... Yes...... In short, far, far away. He said that he originally came with a long team, but he went through a lot of hardships along the way, and was repeatedly plundered by the Xiongnu, Dayue, Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions, and finally he was the only one left. It's a miracle that he's been here. ”

"The Roman Empire? Why is the surname Luo and the surname Ma? Was it a country founded by a man surnamed Luo and a man surnamed Ma, or was it a place where all the mules and horses were raised to pull carts? Ma Chao asked puzzled.

Ma Teng shook his head and said, "This...... The Father didn't know, he just said that. ”

Ma Chao glanced at Anita Patrick again, and said, "The surname is An, you sue me, you come all the way to our big man, what do you want to do?" ”

Anita Patrick can understand limited Chinese, but Ma Chao said this sentence, just as he could understand, he shook his head and said: "Dear Wang, you are wrong, I don't have the surname An, my name is Anita, and my surname is Patrick. I came to your Han because I was entrusted by our great emperor to send an envoy to the Han. So, I need to see your Emperor. ”

Anita Patrick didn't lie, he did come to envoy to the Great Han, since accepting this mission, he took a delegation of 6,000 people, starting from the Roman Empire, all the way to the east, a long journey, and went through a lot of hardships to reach the Great Han, but many people were killed and wounded along the way. When he arrived in the Han Dynasty, there were more than a dozen followers to follow, and when he entered Liangzhou from the Western Regions, he was attacked by the Xianbei people. (To be continued......)