"By the way, you remember for me that I am not allowed to do such foolish things in the future! I don't want my Lu Lingqi's man to ...... Walk ahead of me! ”

After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the military tent without looking back.

And Zhang Liao, who was standing in the tent, was stunned for a few seconds before his brain turned around, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise a little.

……

Although Zhang Liao had regained confidence, the losses of the Chinese army could never be compensated for by faith.

In particular, Hua Xing's absence has attracted the attention of many Cao soldiers during this time.

After only two or three days, Cao Ying spread rumors, and the news of Huaxing's death could be heard everywhere.

It's clear that there is an information blockade, why is it still known to everyone?

Faced with this doubt, Cao Cao immediately ordered someone to launch an investigation.

As a result, it was found that the sources of information were all outside the city, not from the Chinese army camp.

After learning of this, Cao Cao quickly guessed that this must be the news released by the enemy army, trying to shake the hearts of his own army.

If it was leaked from himself, Cao Cao might be able to make amends and try to remedy it.

But now that the source is not in the city, no matter how urgent he is, he can't eradicate it, so he can only deal with it passively.

Regarding Huaxing's death, in fact, most Cao Bing didn't believe it at first, and had been waiting for Huaxing to come forward to clarify.

What I didn't expect was that in the next three or four days, let alone clarifying, Huaxing didn't even show up once.

Always "hiding" in his own military tent, not allowing anyone to approach, full of strangeness.

There are shrewd people, and they quickly linked the previous incident of Zhang Liao sending troops to fight against Yuan with rumors.

It was speculated that Huaxing had been assassinated, so Zhang Liao would launch an angry blow against Yuan Jun desperately.

Seeing that the "rumors" are spreading more and more fiercely, they are getting closer and closer to the truth.

In order to curb this momentum, Cao Cao had to ask the military doctor Hua Tuo to come forward to "refute the rumors", telling everyone that Hua Xing was not killed, but he was ill and it was inconvenient to show up.

But unfortunately, the soldiers did not buy this statement!

At this stage, as long as you can't see General Hua, you won't believe who they are.

So the rumors spread more and more, and soon swept the whole of Xuchang.

No, even the commanders of the Hong and Luo coalition forces stationed outside the city, Gao Shun and Yang Biao, couldn't sit still for the past two days.

The two met together, and came to Cao Cao's study early in the morning to ask for clarification.

As soon as he heard the visit of Gao Shun and Yang Biao, Cao Cao frowned on the spot.

Although I didn't want to see it, I couldn't see it, so I had to bite the bullet and invite the two into the room with a smile.

"Yo? Is it General Gao and General Yang? Please, please. I just got some good tea from Yizhou last month, so I'll make it for the two of you to try......"

"The general doesn't have to be polite!"

Cao Cao was just about to greet his subordinates, but was stopped by Gao Shun:

"We are here today to ask each other about one thing, and I hope the general will tell us the truth."

"Oh! That's right......"

Seeing that the other party didn't even drink tea, Cao Cao had to sit back on the chair and asked knowingly:

"I wonder what you two want to ask?"

"General Cao, have you seen General Hua recently?"

"General Hua?"

After listening to Gao Shun's inquiry, Cao Cao immediately pretended:

"Isn't he sick and inconvenient to see guests? I hadn't seen him for about three or four days. ”

"I haven't seen you for many days, and rumors are spreading in the camp, isn't General Cao worried at all?" Gao Shun asked again.

"Hehe, what's there to worry about?"

Cao Cao smiled with a smirk on his face and replied:

"General Hua is just sick, and he will be cured in a few days, so why worry?"

After hearing Cao Cao's reply, Gao Shun did not rush to speak, but turned his head to look at Yang Biao on the side, and began to communicate with his eyes.

Compared with Gao Shun, Yang Biao's temperament is more impatient.

Seeing that Cao Cao arrived here, he was still pretending in front of him.

His face turned ugly, and he patted the armrest and shouted:

"General Cao, how long do you want to act? Do you really think we don't know anything? ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao's heart trembled, but his face was still indifferent:

"Why did General Yang say this? General Hua was just sick and inconvenient to see visitors. What do I have to play? If you don't believe me, I'll ask Dr. Hua to come, and you'll find out as soon as you ask. ”

"No need to bother!"

Cao Cao was just about to get up, but was stopped by Yang Biao:

"To tell you the truth, the two of us just came out of Huaying, and we have already met Dr. Hua."

Hearing that the two had just come from Huaying, Cao Cao's heart suddenly tightened, and he raised his eyebrows and asked:

"I've seen them all? Dr. Nahua...... How do you say that? ”

"Humph! What else can be said? As you said, it's inconvenient to see guests when you're sick! But General Gao and I didn't believe it, and took advantage of the unpreparedness...... I broke in! ”

"What?"

Cao Cao really didn't expect that these two guys would dare to break into the military tent.

The indifferent look on his face was immediately replaced by anxiety:

"So, did you see General Hua?"

"Humph! See fart! ”

After a cold snort, I heard Yang Biao say with anger in his eyes:

"There's not even a figure in it, Huaxing isn't there at all! Tell me, what the hell happened to him? If you dare to deceive again, the old man will take the troops back to the city now, and never stay for a moment! ”

At present, there are 70,000 troops in Xuchang City, of which 40,000 are from Hongnong and Luoyang.

If Gao Shun and Yang Biao were gone, then Cao Cao would have less than 30,000 soldiers left.

In the face of Er Yuan's 90,000 army, it is almost a fool's dream to hold on to Xuchang again.

Therefore, he never dared to tell the two of them about Huaxing's death, because he was afraid that they would leave Xuchang after they found out.

But now, listening to Yang Biao's words about this, if Cao Cao dares to deceive again, he is likely to anger the other party;

Coupled with the fact that both of them saw with their own eyes that there was no one in the tent, even if Cao Cao wanted to deceive, it would be difficult for him to come up with a perfect reason in such a short time.

So after thinking about it a few times, Cao Cao had to sigh and tell the truth......

Gao Shun and Huaxing are old friends, and after learning that the other party was assassinated, he immediately showed sadness, and there were a few tears in his eyes.

And Yang Biao, who was sitting on the other side, had no friendship with Huaxing.

After hearing the news of Hua Xing's death, he only sighed symbolically.

Then he got up from his chair and arched his hands at Cao Cao as if he was saying goodbye:

"Now that General Hua has passed away, there is no need for the old man to stay here. Thank you General for your recent hospitality, and the old man will say goodbye! ”

Seeing that Yang Biao said to leave, Cao Cao hurriedly stepped forward to stay:

"General Yang, although General Hua is gone, our covenant is still there! I implore the general to stay for some more time, and Cao will definitely repay him tenfold afterwards! ”

"The Covenant? Hehe, General Cao may have misunderstood! ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Yang Biao smiled coldly: .

"The old man is a courtier, only responsible for leading troops to fight, and I have no right to sign any covenants. On this trip, the old man obeyed the order of the saint and assisted General Hua to come here to rescue the Western nobles. The old man listened to him before, because the Holy Command wanted to honor him. But now that Huaxing is dead, the old man has no reason to stay. Therefore, I hope the general understands and Yang resigns! ”

After saying that, I saw Yang Biao flick his long sleeves and strode towards the door.