Chapter 66: RUN!
It was said above that Cao Cao had aimed the tip of the knife at Dong Zhuo, paced to the side of the bed, and saw Cao Cao holding the handle of the knife with both hands, raising his arms as high as possible, trying to break the armor and insert the knife into it under a blow, but unfortunately, in the process of lifting the knife up, there happened to be a beam of sunlight shining on the knife surface through the window, and it accurately shot at Dong Zhuo's eyes under its reflection, and the violent stinging pain made Dong Zhuo wake up, and Dong Zhuo slowly opened his eyes in a daze.
"Who is it?"
Suddenly saw a person standing next to the bed, Dong Zhuo hurriedly moved his body back, Cao Cao saw the opportunity and slipped away, although he was unwilling, but the matter had been revealed, and he could only sacrifice a knife to confuse Dong Zhuo according to the predetermined plan.
"Xiangguo, it's me Cao Cao, I'm here to offer a knife."
Cao Cao knelt on his knees and shouted to offer a knife, this deafening shout interrupted Dong Zhuo's thoughts that he was about to sort out, and the voice that wanted to call someone to catch the assassin was also left in his throat by this shout, and seeing that the person kneeling on the ground was Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo swallowed this sentence completely.
"Mengde, what are you doing here?"
"I happened to get a treasure knife called the Seven Star Knife yesterday, this one in my hand, don't look at its appearance is not outstanding, but it can sharpen iron like clay."
Then Cao Cao demonstrated the power of this seven-star knife to Dong Zhuo, and the amazing sharpness attracted Dong Zhuo's attention at once, and even made him temporarily forget what happened just now, the treasure knife is attractive to Cao Cao, and it is even more attractive to Dong Zhuo, the more high-status people want to put all the good things in their arms, not to mention a villain like Dong Zhuo, who happily accepted the treasure knife.
"Look, what our family is talking about, that is, whatever good things you Cao Cao has will be sent to our house, I really didn't misunderstand you, okay!"
Dong Zhuo lifted Cao Cao up from the ground and praised Cao Cao's loyalty, Cao Cao was in turmoil at this time, and he had lost his ability to speak eloquently. After giving the treasure knife away, he hurriedly said goodbye and left, Dong Zhuo gladly allowed it, at this time, nothing could attract Dong Zhuo's attention more than the seven-star knife in front of him.
Cao Cao slowly left the inner courtyard and hurriedly left the house, rode a war horse and ran towards the city gate quickly, striving to get out of the city in the shortest possible time, as long as Dong Zhuo did not come back to Luoyang, then he still had a chance, and at the same time, he could also distance himself from the pursuers behind, and the farther he ran, the safer he was.
"Stop quickly, I want to see who has the courage to ride a horse and trespass on the city gates!"
"I'm Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiao Cavalry, I have something important to do on the orders of Dong Xiangguo, you open the city gate quickly, if you delay the military plane of Xiangguo, be careful of your heads, didn't you hear what I said? Don't open the gates yet! β
The guards of the guard recognized Cao Cao's face, and when he saw him before, he saw his lord's attitude towards him should be able to be said to be his henchman, although he was not allowed to go out of the city without permission, once he violated the rules, he would be beaten with a military stick, but he didn't look like Cao Cao's appearance was fake, if he delayed Dong Zhuo's military plane, it would not be a simple military stick but a head, in contrast, the guards guarding the gate quickly opened the city gate and let Cao Cao out, but although he let Cao Cao out, he still kept an eye, After some entanglement, he still hurried forward to report to Dong Zhuo about Cao Cao's horseback breaking through the door.
Dong Zhuo was pacing back and forth in the room with the Seven Star Knife at this time, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became.
"Why didn't this Cao Cao give this treasure knife to himself when he first saw me, and only took it out when he was asleep, this is obviously to assassinate me, will he Cao Cao do this? We've always been nice to him, and we'll have to call him back later. β
At this time, the captain guarding the door entered the palace to report and asked if Cao Cao was given urgent military affairs, and this report directly made Dong Zhuo completely figure out the whole process, which was clearly a premeditated assassination, and Cao Cao's thoughts immediately escalated from suspicion to confirmation of rebellion.
"Cao Cao, this brute! This is to assassinate our family, where is Feng Xian, bring someone to chase Cao Cao for me quickly, you must arrest me and bring this bastard back to me, I want to pull his skin off, it's really annoying to me! β
"No!"
Lu Bu hurriedly rode a horse to chase after the order, the pursuit at this time can be said to be much late, the hesitation of the guards won a long escape time for Cao Cao, Cao Cao's horse is not slow, when Lu Bu went out of the city to pursue, Cao Cao has run to 40 miles away, even so, but Cao Cao has one of the biggest difficulties at this time, that is, Cao Cao only has this one horse, the war horse is very tired at this time, and it is already a little unable to run, in order to continue to ride and escape tomorrow, Cao Cao has to stop and let the war horse rest, At this time, there happened to be a river nearby, so Cao Cao led the horse and let it eat grass and drink on its own.
Cao Cao held the river water in his hand and washed his face, everything he had just experienced was too thrilling, Cao Cao's whole body was soaked with cold sweat, and the muscles of his body were about to spasm, but at this time it was not the time to stop, looking at the war horse panting a little, Cao Cao started his own escape again.
Fortunately, the escape route Cao Cao had already planned, if it didn't work out, he ran out of the city gate and took the path to his uncle's house in the depths of the Chenggao jungle to rest temporarily, and finally returned to Chenliu to seek his father's funding, Cao Cao's father Cao Song had accumulated a lifetime of money in Chenliu, Cao Cao's idea was that if he could get his father's support, then directly in Chenliu to recruit soldiers, recruit villagers, and search for talents; If you don't get your father's permission to ride a detour to Zhang Ze, Cao Cao, who offended Dong Zhuo, has no choice, at this time he is panicked like a Shiba Inu, and he can only find a high door to seek refuge under this storm, in Cao Cao's heart, Zhang Ze is already the closest candidate to his father, not to mention that Zhang Ze really did not live up to Cao Cao's trust, if Cao Cao chooses to defect to Zhang Ze, Zhang Ze will definitely give Cao Cao a position as a military advisor, and even give a county territory to Cao Cao to manage, Cao Cao's ability is there, and high-ranking officials are not a problem.
Although this idea is very beautiful, but this is the premise that the escape is very smooth, the current Cao Cao's speed has slowed down significantly, at this time Lu Bu led the Xiliang Iron Cavalry has not far from Cao Cao, and the war horses of Lu Bu's troops after a while of pursuit have also begun to get tired, Lu Bu, who did not find Cao Cao, planned to let the soldiers chase, paste the sea fishing documents everywhere, and then beat the horse back after resting for a while, whether it is to escape or pursue is a tiring errand, it is better to see the singing and dancing and drinking wine to be refreshing, after seeing the red rabbit alive again, LΓΌ Bu separated from the army and ordered his soldiers to continue the pursuit along the route, while he rode back to Luoyang.
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