"Cao Zixiao, today's situation is a foregone conclusion, Xuchang City will be obtained by me! Thou art the best of the world, so why don't you descend on me as soon as possible? Looking at Cao Ren, who was still fighting to the death on the battlefield, Sun Jian still couldn't give up his love for talent after all, and opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender.

It is true that Cao Ren is the younger brother of Cao Cao, but in this troubled world, brothers can still deviate, let alone just brothers in the same clan?

Sun Jian's goal is not only Xuchang, but also Hebei, Liangzhou, and Yizhou, and he will bring these places into his control one by one in the future. Sun Jian's ambition is to unify the world, so he urgently needs talents who can conquer the world and govern the local area for him. Although there are many talents in Jiangdong, they are far from enough, not to mention that the more talents the better. Sun Jian needs more good ministers to work for him, so if Cao Ren can be submissive, Sun Jian will definitely be very happy.

"I am the brother of the court, and I can surrender to the thief!" Cao Ren was indifferent to Sun Jian's persuasion. There has always been only one monarch in his mind, and that is Cao Cao. Cao Cao is unique and irreplaceable to him, if Cao Cao is defeated, then he will die with him, and he will never vote for another master.

After Cao Ren died of illness in history, his nickname was a "loyalty" character, and he was called a loyal marquis. His loyalty to Cao Wei can be seen.

Hearing that Cao Ren scolded himself as a thief, Sun Jian's eyebrows twitched, and there was a hint of displeasure in his expression, so he no longer mentioned the matter of persuasion.

Of course, Sun Jian's abandonment of persuading Cao Ren was not because the other party insulted him. As the lord of one party, Sun Jian's strength is not so small, if there is a possibility of persuading Cao Ren, Sun Jian will not care about being scolded by the other party before that. But although Cao Ren's previous sentence was short, Sun Jian felt a kind of determination from it, that is, a determination to die without regret. Therefore, Sun Jian knew that it was impossible to persuade Cao Ren to surrender.

It's a pity, sometimes it's not necessarily a very pleasant thing to see a good general die in front of him.

"The lord doesn't have to bother, after conquering Xuchang, the lord's prestige will inevitably rise, and then the Central Plains capable people will come to vote one after another, and the lord is afraid that no one will care about him?" Zhou Yu saw that Sun Jian was upset by Cao Ren's reluctance to surrender, so he explained.

Sun Jian nodded, no longer dwelling on this matter.

At this time, in the battlefield, although Cao Ren killed several people, he was also stabbed twice.

Cao Ren had a great ability to command the army, but his own martial arts were not outstanding, and he was already inadequately displayed in this kind of hand-to-hand combat.

In the end, the few remaining soldiers had been killed, but despite this, Cao Ren did not take a step back.

I will never retreat, if I want to enter Xuchang, then I can only step on my corpse!

"It's a pity, if he wasn't Cao Cao's brother, it would be great, maybe he would be able to use it for me." Sun Jian only said that Cao Ren's reluctance to surrender to him was due to his being Cao Cao's brother, but he didn't know that Cao Ren was loyal by nature, even if he had nothing to do with Cao Cao, as long as he truly believed that Cao Cao was the master, he would never surrender to Sun Jian.

"Enemy general, a certain person has come to take your life!" Zhou Tai shouted loudly, and at the same time rode out of the horse to take Cao Ren.

Perhaps moved by Cao Ren's integrity, Zhou Tai felt that such a general should not be killed by the soldiers, so he personally went out to take his life to show his respect for himself.

Cao Ren is not as perverted as Guan Yu, and he will feel exhausted after fighting hard for a long time. By this time in the battle, Cao Ren already felt that he was about to run out.

Seeing Zhou Tai raise his sword and kill on his horse, Cao Ren reluctantly raised his last strength and faced the other party.

With a "bang", Zhou Tai was powerful, and with the help of the galloping horse, he actually snorted the spear in Cao Ren's hand with one blow.

One blow fell, and the second knife quickly slashed at Cao Ren.

Can't avoid it.

Am I going to die here......

Meng De...... I'm sorry......

Inadvertently, my thoughts drifted back to my youth, when I and Cao Cao were still young, young and frivolous, freshly dressed and angry, laughing in the market, and hunting in the mountains and forests......

The good times are all gone......

The sword flashed, Cao Ren's head flew up, and the last thing that came into his pupils was the city wall of Xuchang City, and the Cao Zi banner on the city wall that Sun Jianjun had not had time to remove.

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"Ah——!h Cao Cao suddenly exclaimed.

Today's battle was not fierce, and only some skirmishes broke out between Yuan and Cao, so Cao Cao, who was tired from fighting, rested in his military tent.

Cao Cao just wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while at first, and he had no intention of falling asleep, after all, the current war did not allow for too much carelessness.

However, for some reason, as soon as Cao Cao closed his eyes, a wave of sleepiness hit him one after another, which made Cao Cao fall asleep quickly.

It's just that what Cao Cao entered was an unforgettable nightmare.

Cao Cao dreamed of an endless plain, on which the sky was as red as blood, and the earth had long been stained with blood.

And his own brother, the beloved general Cao Ren, was covered in blood armor, and his face was also covered with blood. However, although Cao Ren was covered in blood, his face did not have the slightest hideousness, and he stood in front of him like this, looking at himself calmly.

"Zixiao, you, why do you look like this? What's wrong? In the dream, Cao Cao, who was stunned to see Cao Ren in such a situation, was the first to ask.

However, Cao Ren still just looked at himself calmly, and smiled and said nothing in the face of Cao Cao's questioning.

"Zixiao? Zixiao? ”

Cao Ren still didn't answer, but after a long time, he slowly said, "Meng De, do you remember what happened when we were children? ”

Cao Cao felt a little puzzled, was this "blood man" standing in front of him really Cao Ren? Since he joined himself when he was fighting Dong, Cao Ren has always called himself the lord and has never called himself by his words anymore.

The two brothers, Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan, sometimes occasionally called themselves "Mengde" when no one was around, but Cao Ren never did, he always only called himself the lord.

What's going on today?

Cao Cao wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't, because Cao Ren continued to talk to himself.

"At that time, we children were playing together, you always had to be the one in the lead, someone wanted to fight with you, you would scuffle with him, if you couldn't beat, you would think of some crooked ideas to rectify the other party......" Cao Ren said in a leisurely tone, and Cao Cao's thoughts drifted back to that young era.

"It's all old things, so don't mention it." Cao Cao sighed lightly.

However, Cao Ren still did not stop talking, and continued: "Meng De, do you know, although we were both young at that time, the momentum of your competition for the child king has made me decide when I was young that you will be the only person I follow, and it will never change. ”

Hearing this kind of words, what could Cao Cao say at this time except for emotion?

"Over the years, I have followed you Meng De, and watching your power grow stronger and stronger, my heart has become more and more joyful. My only wish is to always be by your side and witness the moment of victory with you. ”

"Rest assured, our brothers will be able to witness the moment of winning the world together!"

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Ren's face first showed a look of relief, but then turned to regret and said, "Although I hope so much, it is still hopeless after all...... Mengde, farewell, no matter how many hardships and obstacles, you must obtain this world ......"

"Zixiao, what is goodbye? Where are you going! Cao Cao was shocked and asked loudly.

It's a pity that his question is destined to get no response, and he saw that Cao Ren's body was getting lighter and lighter, as if he was about to disappear into the air.

"Zixiao! Zixiao! Cao Cao was horrified, desperately muttering Cao Ren's words until he was hoarse.

But even if Cao Cao screamed and broke his throat, it was still useless, and Cao Ren's figure finally disappeared completely in front of him, leaving only a broken spear standing on the bleak plain.

"Zixiao ——!" Cao Cao let out a heart-rending scream, and then suddenly woke up.