Chapter 593: Withdrawal of troops from Runan

It is said that Cao Cao is alone and in danger, and when it comes to the relationship between father and son, it is touching to hear. Zhao Yun was originally a loyal and good general, but finally nodded in approval, and personally escorted Cao Ang out of the city to meet Cao Cao's father and son.

The mounts under the crotch of the three people are all first-class BMW horses in the world, one white, one red and one dark brown, at this moment they actually get together to drink water and eat grass, the sun shines on the three BMWs, all of them are sculptural, and the picture is extremely harmonious.

However, although the picture is beautiful, Cao Mengde and Zhao Zilong will never become partners. Because of the difference between ideals and ideas, Zhao Zilong recognized the benevolence and generosity in Chen Long's heart, and abandoned the cruelty and viciousness in Cao Mengde's nature.

Cao Mengde saw that Zhao Zilong had a Qingyu sword hanging from his waist, and couldn't help but pull out his Heavenly Sword from his waist for Zhao Yun to watch, but it caused the iron arrows of the Qinglong Army on the city tower to attack. Zhao Zilong listened to the wind and did not look back, waved his hand and pulled out the green arrow to knock the flying iron arrow, and the action was smooth and smooth in one go, Cao Cao was dumbfounded, and praised: "Zilong, I thought that all the famous generals in the world were collected by me, but now I look at it, and Zilong is like heaven and earth." If Zilong is willing to help me, why worry about the world? Even if I give up my position as prime minister, I'm willing. ”

Zilong saw that although the Heavenly Sword was an ancient divine sword, it was as sharp as a new life, and casually praised: "What a Heavenly Sword!" Although it is an ancient divine weapon, it is still as sharp as new. This new affair is always exciting, and if it can surpass the old one, the sun and the moon can also change to a new sky. ”

With Cao Cao's wisdom, he naturally heard Zhao Zilong's words with a pun, and asked: "Zilong, in the Central Plains today, my Qingzhou soldiers occupy half of it, and the soldiers are strong and strong, so they are naturally the strongest in the world." If the Qinglong Army is willing to cooperate, it will soon be able to unify the world. However, I also have great admiration for your lord Chen Long, and I have a reluctant request to receive Zilong's favor today. ”

Zhao Zilong was slightly surprised: "If you still say something that I will help you fight the world, don't talk about it!" ”

Cao Cao smiled and shook his head and said: "Please help me pass a message to him when Zilong sees Chen Long, just say that Cao Mengde hopes to form an alliance with the Qinglong Army, and after rapid unification, take the Luoyang Wancheng Jiangxia line as the boundary, divide the world equally, and stop the war." ”

Zhao Zilong was a little unbelievable, and muttered: "Divide the world equally? The Qinglong Army and the Qingzhou Soldiers share the world equally, which sounds ridiculous...... How is this possible? ”

Cao Cao's eyes sparkled and said, "How is it impossible?" With the strength of both you and me, if we join forces, defeating Yuan Shu and Sun Ce is just a gesture. Didn't Long Chen want to unify quickly? Starting from the overall situation and achieving the set goals, isn't that exactly what a husband should do? ”

Zhao Zilong recovered from the shock, handed the Yitian Sword back to Cao Cao, and said simply: "I just want to take the generals of my troops, your proposal is too big, I promise you that you will have a chance in the future, and the original words will be conveyed to the lord." ”

Cao Cao slowly put the Yitian Sword into the scabbard, remembered that he snubbed Cao Ang, and hurriedly patted Cao Ang's back to appease, then looked at Zhao Zilong and said, "Zilong, how are you willing to let go of my son?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled and said: "My lord has always taught us to govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, and to please others with virtue. It's nothing to let your son go, it's just to reunite a father and son. ”

Cao Cao raised a glimmer of hope, only to hear Zhao Zilong continue: "But this matter is related to the military and civilian people in the entire Heqi City, and it is too big, how dare I abolish the public with my own interests?" ”

Cao Cao groaned: "Zhao Zilong, do you think I will give up Heqi City for the sake of the personal relationship between father and son? ”

Zhao Zilong shook his head and smiled: "It's a pity, I don't know Meng De, if you don't hesitate to sacrifice Cao Ang's life to take Heqi, then I can only use my life to defend Heqi, until my life is terminated, I will ensure that Cao Ang is alive." But after the city was broken, I was already dead, and whether others would use Cao Ang to live was not something I could control. ”

The negotiations between the two entered a state of wonderful competition, and Cao Ang was a hostage, and his life was still used by Zhao Zilong to threaten Cao Cao. Cao Cao looked at his sturdy and handsome eldest son, and couldn't bear to let him end his young life, so he thought about it and finally said: "Zilong, if our Cao army retreats and promises not to march south within three years, can Cao Ang and Xiahou Ba be released?" ”

Zhao Zilong didn't expect Cao Cao to be so straightforward, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "Although I believe that you Cao Mengde can do what he says, but will you really give up such a vigorous southern expedition because of your son's life?" How much food did these hundreds of thousands of military horses spend on hundreds of days of going south, and if you return with this, how should you explain to your subordinates? I can't believe it. It is said that Cao Ah is treacherous, and I, Zhao Zilong, am not a fool! ”

Cao Cao hurriedly smiled: "Zilong said he was laughing!" However, how to explain to my subordinates is my business, and you don't have to worry. You don't know, Cao Ang's mother died young, and my current wife is his adoptive mother, who cares for him very much, and is also the most nervous about his safety, even more than all my other heirs. In any case, I don't want to disappoint her. ”

Cao Cao is naturally talking about the current Mrs. Ding, and Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Bian love Cao Ang as their own, even more than Mrs. Bian's own three sons. Logically speaking, Cao Ang is also the legal heir of Cao Cao, and he will be the successor of the Cao family in the future, so it is indeed of great significance to the Cao family.

Cao Cao continued: "Now, Zilong should believe the sincerity in my words, right? ”

Zhao Zilong groaned for a long time, then suddenly stood up and grabbed the reins of the white dragon horse. The white dragon horse was talking to Zi Xiaoqing and me, and was suddenly pulled by the master, and kicked a few times unwillingly, Zhao Zilong turned over and got on the horse, and said loudly: "Cao Mengde, you wait, I went to fetch Xiahou Ba, you and your son, take it away together!" If you regret attacking the city, I, Zhao Zilong, have made all preparations to defend the city, and I will prove my innocence with death! After saying that, he no longer looked at Cao Mengde's surprised gaze, and a beautiful person in Bailongma turned around, spread his hooves and ran towards the city gate.

It turned out that Zhao Zilong was a fair and upright person, although he captured Cao Ang and Xiahou Ba, he was quite unimpressed with using Cao Ang as a hostage to blackmail Cao Cao, or he was quite a little demonic, thinking that some villains behaved. This time, he simply decided to return Cao Ang to Cao Cao, which can be regarded as relieving the demons in his heart, and finally seeing the truth on the battlefield with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao led Cao Ang and Xiahou Ba, and slowly disappeared from Zhao Yun's sight, Zhao Yun was above the city, and his eyes returned to a clear one. Although the Blue Dragon Army behind him believed in his boss, he inevitably had some doubts, and Zhao Yun's voice came: "Everyone, be ready to defend Heqi City to the death!" ”

Cao Cao was in danger alone, but he took Cao Ang and Xiahou Ba back to the barracks, and all the generals around him were stunned, and they congratulated Cao Ang and Xiahou Ba on being rescued. Cheng Yu watched this scene with a smile, until Cao Cao called Cheng Yu to the military tent and retreated: "Zhongde! Any idea what I want to ask you? ”

Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Zixuan and Xiahou Zhongquan returned at the same time, which is really gratifying." But when they returned, the lord naturally agreed to some conditions. ”

Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu with a smile and said, "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the mastermind of my Qingzhou soldiers." Although I agreed to some conditions, for the sake of the world's major affairs, even if I broke my oath and was scolded by thousands of people, I was not afraid. ”

Cheng Yu immediately remembered Cao Mengde's famous saying: "Rather teach the world to bear me, stop teaching me to bear the world!" Cheng Yu couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and said unfazed on the surface: "What the lord cares about now is, of course, whether he should take Heqi down in one fell swoop." ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "How do you know that I care about whether I should take it or not, not how to take it?" ”

Cheng Yu said: "At present, the Sun Long Alliance is still unbreakable, just because the lord has given them enough pressure. If the lord is pressing forward step by step, they can naturally only fight in unity. Cao Cao nodded slightly, because Cheng Yu was following his train of thought, saying some reasonable guesses, and he was also approaching the final answer step by step.

"With the current strength and grain and grass situation of the lord, if you decide to fight them to the death, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory, and it will be very miserable. For example, if the city is broken, the grain and grass in the city will be burned immediately, and all we will get is an empty city. And the alliance between the Qinglong Army and the Jiangdong Army is not so easy to break, and I am afraid that our army needs to further accumulate strength. ”

"Now there is also bad news, Huang Zu's son Huang Jie has surrendered to Gan Ning, and Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai's troops have entered Jiangxia Qiyue City. Now is probably the time to withdraw. ”

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he stood up and waited for Cao Cao to make his final decision. Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally said: "The two families of Sun Long have ambitions for Heqi City and Qiyue City, and I am also very curious, once we leave, will the two families of Sun Long fight with Hefei for Jiangxia?" ”

"However, the return of our army to the Central Plains can be regarded as a loss of face. The most hateful thing is that Yang Feng, Yuan Shu's subordinate in Runan, actually let Zhao Zilong's troops cross Runan like this, causing you and I to miss Zhao Zilong's troops will attack Hefei for a long time. ”

Cheng Yu was slightly shocked in his heart, and sure enough, Cao Cao said an unexpected answer: "Zhongde, order the whole army to retreat, but not to Xuzhou, but to give me an assault on Runan!" After Yang Feng is destroyed, everyone will have food in Runan City! ”

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.