Zhao Lei came back and rushed back from Jiangling with the ten soldiers.

The first thing was not to go to Guan Yu to report the situation in Jiangling, but to disband directly on the spot, and disperse the soldiers back to the previous ministry, with the return of the soldiers, the matter of Jiangling slowly spread in the camp of the Jingzhou army.

When they knew that Jiangling had fallen, their mood could be called despair, but Jiangdong in the back treated the people well and did not touch the people in vain, which made them all breathe a sigh of relief, at least it showed that their families were still safe.

And Zhao Lei directly found Guan Yu and told Guan Yu what he saw and heard in Jiangling this time, and at the same time presented a reply from Lu Meng to him.

Lu Meng made it clear in the letter that he had no intention of making enemies with Guan Yu, let alone offending Liu Bei, but Jingzhou was empty, and in order to prevent the Cao army from raiding, he had to go to Nanjun as a last resort to prevent Cao from thieves, but the people of Nanjun were too excited to see Wu Jun, and spontaneously opened the city gate and invited Wu Jun to enter the city.

What Lu Meng said, of course, couldn't make Guan Yu believe a word, but after Guan Yu read Lu Meng's letter, instead of feeling any rage, he wrote a reply to him with a pen, asking Zhao Lei to find more than a dozen soldiers again later and bring him back as a messenger.

At the same time, they also asked them to bring back some of the letters from the soldiers who lived in Jiangling and send them to their respective homes, this order suddenly made the soldiers feel more emotional, and they were also very grateful to Guan Yu, that is, the morale that had been depressed was raised here.

Early the next morning, Zhao Lei, who had just rested, rushed to Jiangling again with a reply from the soldiers and Guan Yu, but this time they were not as anxious as the first time, but they were a little unhurried, if it weren't for the soldiers under his command who were worried about their families, I am afraid that now Zhao Lei wants to stop and enjoy the scenery of Jingxiang.

Although he has been in Jingzhou for so many years, in order to make a living in the first half of his life, he was later appreciated by Guan Yu, and he put all his body and mind on things in the army, for so many years, he has not been able to take a good look at his hometown and these beautiful scenery at his fingertips, whenever he thinks of this, Zhao Lei feels a little ashamed of himself.

If it weren't for the fact that he had already made a decision in his heart, I'm afraid he still wouldn't have the heart to look at the scenery on the side of the road.

This time under the city of Jiangling, it was still the same group of guards, or the same set of procedures, and even those who came out to greet them, it was still Lu Meng, the governor of the capital, who personally led the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army to the city to appease them, and even sent people to take them on a tour of the city, so that they could see their hometown, and the people of Jiangling had never been bullied by anyone.

"General Zhao, I was rescued so soon, I don't know what happened?" Lu Meng looked at Zhao Lei with a smile on his face, he didn't know what he was going to do this time, but the soldiers he brought were of great use to Lu Meng, just so that he could use them to break the military heart of the Jingzhou army!

"This is Jun Hou's reply, addressed to Governor Lüdu!" Zhao Lei directly handed over Guan Yu's reply, and when Lu Meng took it, before he could speak, Zhao Lei left again, but this time he didn't go to Mi Fang's mansion or see Guan Yinping, but just swaggered around Jiangling City.

It can be seen that the people in Jiangling City have now regained a lot of confidence, and the faces of the people walking on the street are a little more natural, even when they see Zhao Lei, they still have doubts, as if they want to ask what kind of identity this person is when he appears here.

This time, Lu Meng still sent a long letter back to Guan Yu, and then asked Zhao Lei to bring it back, and at the same time brought back a lot of family letters, which were written by the families of those soldiers, specially asked someone to write for their children who were fighting abroad, hoping to wait until he came back safely.

This return, the Jingzhou army's morale is even more chaotic.

On the one hand, the coach who loves himself, not only does he hide the changes in his rear, but also gives himself the opportunity to go to his hometown and visit his family, which makes them unmoved.

On the other side are the family members who are thinking about their hearts, although they didn't say anything more in the letter, but between the lines, the words and words revealed their thoughts made them unable to extricate themselves.

"Jun Hou, this is Lu Meng's reply." After Zhao Lei handed over the reply letter from Lu Meng to Guan Yu, he kept his mouth shut, his habit was to wait for Guan Yu's order.

However, this time, Guan Yu did not give him more orders as before.

"Let's go down and rest, in a short time, don't toss anymore, take advantage of the fact that it's not winter, let's rest more."

At this time, it is already the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and after a while, it will be the first snow, and after the snow, this well-prepared war will dare to officially enter the end.

With Zhao Lei's departure, Zhou Cang also consciously left the Chinese army tent, and at the same time lowered the curtain of the tent and guarded the outside, leaving the huge Chinese army tent to Guan Yu alone.

And at this time, the gate of Fancheng opened again, ushering in a very important person, Cao Cao, King of Wei!

Although many strategists and ministers persuaded Cao Cao that he only needed to go to Modi, but after Xu Huang stopped Guan Yu, Sun Wolf's army was completely cut off from food and had no way back, and dispersed in a hurry, Cao Cao still led the army to Fancheng, and at the same time let Cheng Yu, Cao Pi and others in the rear vigorously clean up the remnants of Sun Wolf.

"Zixiao is hard!" Cao Cao saw Cao Ren who was out of the way far away, dragged away from the team directly, and galloped with Xu Chu to beat the horse, rushing at Cao Ren is a bear hug, "Zixiao has suffered many grievances Gu Wang already knows, rest assured, Gu will give you an explanation!" ”

Then without waiting for Cao Ren to speak, he came to Manzhong's side, "Bo Ning is loyal and brave, if it weren't for Bo Ning's insistence, Zixiao almost made a big mistake, all kinds of twists and turns are already known, you are relieved, Lonely will not let you be injured in vain." After finishing speaking, he patted Manpet's shoulder vigorously to show relief.

The last one to walk to Xu Huang's side, "Lonely Gongming, drive straight in!" Let Guan Yunchang fold Fan Cheng, don't dare to take a step forward, really, the general! ”

Three people, three sentences, made Cao Ren and others suddenly feel delicious in their hearts, and they couldn't help themselves, especially Cao Ren, as a veteran of the Cao family, who has been criticized over the years, and is said to be saying that he is making a rebellion while quelling the rebellion, and people are called incompetent generals.

This center is sour, not enough for outsiders, but today's words from Cao Cao made him feel that his grievances were not in vain, he was still the trusted general of Zhengnan, and he was also his most reliable eldest brother, Cao Mengde.

"Thank you, King Wei!" The three of them bowed together and bowed to the King of Wei, and at the same time, the officials and generals behind them couldn't help but kneel to the ground.

"Get up!" Cao Cao's voice was not loud, but it could reach the ears of each of them, this was the momentum of King Wei, and then waved at the army that had just arrived, "The army enters the city and repairs!" ”

Cao Jun was stationed in Fancheng in an orderly manner, while Cao Cao was walking with Cao Ren Manzhong, and as for Xu Huang, he still had to guard against Guan Yu, although Guan Yu had not moved for a long time.

"What about Yang Dezu? Where is he? Cao Cao didn't hesitate, and directly asked about what he wrote in his secret letter, "Can this matter be done?" ”

"King Wei rest assured, Yang Dezu has passed Guan Yu privately, and he has been taken down by General Xu Huang, and he is being imprisoned in Fancheng Prison at this time."

"Good!" Cao Cao nodded, "Bring him here, I have something to talk to him about." ”

"No." After the full favor promised, he personally went to the prison to raise people, and at the same time followed Cao Cao's guards, except for the Tiger Marquis Xu Chu, they all silently retreated, as the guard of the King of Wei, this bit of eyesight is still there.

However, Cao Ren looked at Xu Chu, who was following King Wei closely, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "General Zhongkang, this is Fancheng, can there still be assassins to assassinate King Wei?" ”

Cao Ren couldn't say it too clearly, so he could only pretend to be angry and let this King of Wei's personal general stay away, but whether his anger was true or false, it was all done to the blind man, Xu Chu didn't look at Cao Ren, and replied bluntly, "I am the personal guard of the King of Wei, and I can't leave an inch!" ”

"Hahaha" Cao Cao laughed and stretched out his hand to stop Cao Ren who wanted to argue with Xu Chu, "Okay, Zixiao, Zhongkang's temper, you didn't know it for the first day!" ”

King Wei had spoken, and Cao Ren naturally couldn't say more, but just glared at Xu Chu hatefully, and then gave up.

"King Wei..."

"Call Big Brother!" Cao Cao interrupted Cao Ren with a word, "Call the eldest brother, there are no outsiders here, what is it called King Wei, are you and I already so angry!" ”

"Big brother!" Cao Ren called out as a big brother, but his heart was a little sour again, after so many years, he thought that his eldest brother was separated from himself, and he didn't dare to return to Xu Du for many years, for fear that he didn't know how to get along with this big brother.

"Hey, that's right!" Cao Cao is half a head shorter than Cao Ren, but now he firmly holds the initiative, "The boy of the Lu family, I have already asked him to go to Jinan as a minister, in a short period of time, he will not want to return to the court again, even if someone in the world replaces the old man, he will not come back so easily, this is one of the explanations for you!" ”

"Thank you, big brother!" As the general of the Cao clan stationed on the border, he naturally knows what the true identity of this Lu family kid is, and kicked the absolute high-level of a school government out of the center, if it weren't for the fact that he is also a talent and has a very good relationship with the family, I am afraid that now it will be his head to dissipate Cao Ren's anger.

"You don't have to eat, in recent years, many outstanding young people have left, although the old man is afraid that his children and grandchildren will not be filial, but he is even more afraid that there is no one in the Central Plains, giving the wolf ambition of the alien opportunity, you also know, in recent years, those guys have not been very honest!"

"Big brother, I understand!" Cao Ren nodded, "After all, he is a famous general, and he is also quite talented, if his nephew controls it well, it is also very good for the future stability of the court, and you don't have to worry too much, although he has lost a lot of outstanding young people, but it is true that the Cao family also has a lot of talents!" ”

"Haha, yes, yes, your kid Cao Tai can be described as a good horse of my Cao family, and if he takes your place in the future, he can also make Jiangdong fearful!"

"Big brother, don't laugh at a certain family, you know I'm not talking about that stinky boy." Cao Ren chuckled, with a deep envy in his eyes, "That Cao Xiu was called the Cao family's Qianli Ju by you before, I have seen him before, and he is considered a good talent, and your two righteous sons, Cao Zhen and Qin Lang, that is the best choice, with them, my Cao family will be as stable as Mount Tai, and no one of the alien races dares to underestimate this Central Plains." ”

"Those are good boys, but... Alas! ”

Cao Cao didn't finish his words, so he let out a long sigh, but Cao Ren figured out the reason, and he couldn't wait to give himself two slaps!

Just hearing Cao Cao's words, it is obvious that he wants to find a successor who has the ability to govern the country and secure the country.

Therefore, Cao Zhicai, who is proficient in literature and is known as a talented person, was given up by him, and even killed Yang Xiu, the leader of the Guanzhong family and the world's most famous talents, for the sake of the future, because he was afraid of regenerating variables.

And now there are only two people who agree with Cao Cao's standards, Cao Pi, who is good at scheming, and Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, who is brave and good at fighting and intimidating the alien races in the north.

Originally, he listened to Cao Cao's meaning, but now he is even more inclined to Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling.

But the two people I just said, Cao Zhen and Qin Lang do have a very good relationship with Cao Pi, the eldest prince.

Especially Cao Zhen, who can be said to be a die-hard supporter of Cao Pi, the son of the world, and Cao Zhen, who has played with Cao Pi since he was a child, can be said to be the only one who obeys Cao Pi's life.

So as soon as Cao Ren finished saying that sentence just now, he regretted it a little, he had nothing to do with those two juniors, didn't he embarrass his eldest brother.

"Big brother, don't think about it, it's a blessing for us to be outstanding, it's a good thing!"

Cao Cao also chuckled, "Now you and Yuan Rang dare to say this kind of thing to me, and the others... Alas~"

Every time he mentioned this, Cao Cao sighed endlessly.

"Zilian and Ziheng have a bad relationship, last time because of some trivial matters on money and food, I specially asked Berning to find trouble with Zilian, and a group of people in the province are always chattering in the ears of the old man!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao stared at Cao Ren viciously, causing Cao Ren to hit a fierce spirit!

"King Wei forgives his sins! At the beginning, it was a last resort, and it was also for... In order to..."

Cao Cao chuckled and patted Cao Ren's shoulder, "It's called big brother, didn't you say it just now!"

Whatever the reason, there must never be a second time like this, you know? ”

"The last general understands!"

"Let's go back to the mansion!" Cao Cao didn't say anything more, "I think now Boning should also bring Yang Dezu!" ”

"No!"

As Cao Cao said, when they returned to the Zhengnan General's Mansion, Yang Xiu, who was tied up with five flowers, was also pressed over.

"Let's all go down, and have a good chat with Dezu." Cao Cao waved his hand and let everyone out, leaving only Xu Chu to guard the door, leaving him and Yang Xiu behind.

"Dezu, you have been smart since you were a child, you are smart and martial, you are all proficient in the art of war, you know everything, everyone thinks that you are the hope of the Guanzhong family, did you ever think that you would have today?"

"Hahaha" Yang Xiu didn't answer, but laughed a few times first, "A certain family is just born at the wrong time, if it is a troubled time, a certain can assist the princes all the way to the Quartet, and achieve a hegemony, if a certain family was born in the prosperous era, then it can also be in the annals of history!"

It's a pity that at this time, I can only use my skills to compete for power and profit, and to compete for the throne! Hahaha, this sin is the sin of heaven, not mine! ”

Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu, who was still rampant and laughing loudly when he was dying, but he also sighed, this young man was very similar to when he was young, rampant, intelligent, fearless, and even a little dissolute.

So at that time, there were a lot of people with the same character as him gathered around him, although they suffered a lot of sins and suffered a lot, but they lived very happily, he remembered that he had a best friend, named Yuan Benchu, who fought with his younger brother all day long, and finally almost became the overlord of the north.

"Do you know you're going to die?"

Yang Xiu stopped laughing, looked at Cao Cao, the king of Wei, not far away, and sneered, "My life has long been tied to the life of Cao Zhi's son, it seems that King Wei has already made a decision, but I don't know if it's Zhang Shizi or Cao Pi Shizi?" ”

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu's face, but he couldn't see any fear, which made him very puzzled, "You're about to die, aren't you afraid?" ”

"Although Yang is not as wise and martial as King Wei, he is not greedy for life and afraid of death!" Yang Xiu sneered and said, "Can King Wei tell a certain family, who can be the candidate in King Wei's heart?" ”

"Anyway, it won't be Zhi'er, who it doesn't matter, why do you bother with this, at the last moment, drink wine, read books, and calm down, isn't it?" Cao Cao really felt a pity, he had a lot of talents, and even more young talents, but now he was cut off one by one.

After the death of his favorite Chong'er, Cao Chong's best friend, Zhou Budo, who had the support of Jingzhou's first prodigy, was ordered to be killed by him, because he was afraid that after his death, his sons would not be able to control him, and whether there was kindness and righteousness that could lead to a catastrophe.

Later, Han Hao in Hanzhong was the same, too young, too much like Guo Fengxiao, but he was not close to any of the princes, this may be his way to save his life, but in Cao Cao's eyes, this kind of person who does not rely on any prince is also unstable, because no one can control him!

Now there is another Yang Dezu, over the years, there have been many young talents who have killed him with his own hands or died because of him, he knows that it is not good to do this, but his sons have enough manpower no matter who can take the throne, and there are also enough young people in the Cao clan to help them and stabilize the power of the court.

"That's it, you have a good rest, it doesn't matter who it is!" Cao Cao still didn't tell Yang Xiu in the end, who he liked, maybe Jia Xu was right, the eldest son was a good choice, but he hadn't decided yet.

However, just as he was about to go out, Yang Xiu suddenly said a sentence that made his face change greatly.

"If it is Yan Linghou, the court will be unstable, and if it is the son of Cao Pi, then the brother will not exist, so this is very important!"