Nanyang.

A rebellion arose with the increasingly anxious battle between the Cao army and the Jingzhou army, but this rebellion was somewhat special, this time the Cao army abandoned Yuyang, which seemed to make many people see hope and overthrow Cao Cao.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, at the beginning of April, Hou Yin and Wei Kai, the guards of Wancheng, blatantly launched a riot when Cao Cao returned to the army, shooting Nanyang County Gong Cao Yingyu and Taishou Dongligon, and the county Gong Cao Zongziqing took advantage of the chaos to escape from Wancheng and found the main force of Cao Jun to report the matter.

"Hou Yin!?" Cao Cao felt a headache that had finally stabilized, and began to rebel again.

Hou Yin is one of the generals in Nanyang, Cao Cao is more optimistic, this time he went to Nanyang, to Hou Yin, Cao Cao asked himself to treat him well, and now even Hou Yin has betrayed himself, which makes Cao Cao a little difficult to accept.

"Bang~" Cao Cao slapped the table case, looked at Cao Ren beside him and said, "Zixiao!" ”

"The last general!" Cao Ren took a step forward and bowed.

"You raised troops overnight, and before the thieves were stable, they rushed back to Wancheng and captured Hou Yin alive! I want to see him! In the huge military tent, an indescribable depressing atmosphere was silently permeating, and Cao Cao's gaze was rare and cold: "Ordered someone to inform Xu Huang, I ordered him to guard the rear, how could he even lose Wancheng!?" ”

"Whoa!" Cao Ren bowed and strode away with a murderous face.

This is a dispute within the Cao army, although Hou Yin handed Liu Bei the news, but three days have passed when Liu Bei received it, three days, for the Cao army, it is enough to exterminate a group of county soldiers and rebellious people who rarely even go to the battlefield on weekdays.

Three days later, the blood stained the moat of Wancheng, and the heads were cut off here, Cao Ren's first thing after breaking through Wancheng and capturing Hou Yin alive was to order the slaughter of Wancheng, in his opinion, the people of Wancheng have been complicit with these rebels, and sooner or later they will rebel, and now they can kill it, and they can also get rid of the troubles.

At dusk, the remnant sun stained the wings of the weeping clouds red like blood, and Gu Hong hovered in the sky, as if he also felt the dead air emitted by this bloody city, and looked at this bloodstained city sadly.

The famous city was killed, and the world was silent.

At the south gate of Wancheng, when Cao Cao led the army back, the whole city was already silent, Hou Yin was escorted by two Cao soldiers, looking at the front with blank eyes, and let the Cao soldiers press him to kneel on the ground.

"King Wei spares his life, King Wei spares his life!" Wei Kai wriggled his body frantically, squirmed to Cao Cao's feet, and wailed: "The last general will never be subordinate. ”

"Lone knows!" Cao Cao looked at the dead and silent city in front of him, his expression was a little dazed, and he silently pulled out his sword and stabbed it into his chest in Wei Kai's stunned gaze: "It's just that you're too noisy!" ”

"Drag it off!" Xu Chu waved his hand and motioned for the guards to drag the body away.

"Why rebel against orphans?" Cao Cao supported Hou Yin's chin with his sword, making him look up at him, with an unconcealable disappointment in his voice.

"The people of Nanyang are suffering from forced labor, and they can't bear to be persecuted anymore!" Hou Yin looked at Cao Cao, and in his originally dead eyes, there gradually seemed to be a flame burning.

"What? Liu Bei is here and does not collect taxes? Cao Cao laughed angrily.

"At least everyone still has a way to live." Hou Yin looked at Cao Cao, his voice a little hoarse.

"So......" Cao Cao moved his sword away and pointed to Wancheng in front of him: "This is the result you want?" ”

"Hou Yin betrayed the King of Wei, since the army was defeated, there is no regret in death......" Hou Yin's voice, there seemed to be a breath of qi brewing, the knees that were originally kneeling on the ground, broke away from the two guards, and rushed towards Cao Cao, but Xu Chu held down his head, no matter how hard his feet worked, he couldn't move forward a bit, Hou Yin's neck jumped out one by one, his bloodshot eyes stared at Cao Cao, and roared bitterly: "You are punishing my nine clans, Hou Yin has no complaints, but how innocent are the people in this city?" ”

"This ...... That's the price! Cao Cao patted Hou Yin's head and said indifferently: "Remember, there are some things, no matter how good your reasons are, you can't do them, so according to his words, punish him for the nine clans!" ”

"Hahahaha~" Hou Yin laughed wildly when he heard this: "A certain nine clans have been executed today, the King of Wei is not sympathetic to the people's livelihood, Nanyang will not last long, and the sound is under Jiuquan...... Waiting for King Wei! ”

"Poof~" Before the words fell, Xu Chu had already cut off his head with a knife.

Cao Cao's body paused, he didn't look back, he just took Cao Ren straight to the city, the huge city, except for the soldiers who carried the corpses back and forth, there was no living person, the pungent bloody breath, even Cao Cao, who was used to fighting on the battlefield, was a little dizzy.

"King Wei, this ......" Back at the government office, Cao Ren was about to report to Cao Cao about what he had gained this time, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Cao Cao's slap.

"Smack~"

"I ......"

"Smack~"

With two slaps in succession, Cao Ren was a little stunned, looked at Cao Cao in confusion, and wanted to say something, but Cao Cao had already slapped him again, and hit him very hard, hitting him on the helmet.

"Take off your helmet!" Cao Cao pointed to Cao Ren's helmet.

"Why is that?" Cao Ren was not reconciled.

"Lone let you pick it!" Cao Cao didn't answer, just looked at Cao Ren.

"Whoa!" Cao Ren held back the resentment in his heart and silently took off his helmet.

Cao Cao didn't say a word, and slapped down again.

The crisp slap echoed in the empty office, this time, Cao Ren didn't ask again, nor did he resist, just let Cao Cao slap down one slap after another, half of his cheek was already high and swollen, and no one dared to stop Cheng Yu and the others who came after.

Even if Cao Cao was furious, the generals would come forward to persuade him at this time, but now it is different, such an indifferent Cao Cao, he is really angry.

After dozens of slaps in a row, Cao Ren's left cheek had begun to bleed out, perhaps because he was tired of beating, so Cao Cao stopped and said to Xu Chu behind him: "Zhongkang, keep fighting." ”

"Lord, this ......" Although Xu Chu was reckless, he had never frowned once when he killed Xu You, but let him beat Cao Ren, which made Xu Chu hesitate.

"How?" Cao Cao turned around, looked at Xu Chu and said, "If you are lonely, it's useless?" ”

"Whoa!" Xu Chu sighed, said forgive to Cao Ren, waved the dustpan-like palm, and covered Cao Ren's face, the sound was very loud, but those who know know that in fact, the strength is far inferior to the dozens of slaps before Cao Cao.

"Who told you to slaughter the city?" Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu and looked at Cao Ren in a very calm tone.

"Nanyang...... Rioters...... These...... Over the years...... Repeatedly rebelled...... Now...... Precisely...... Our...... ...... with Liu Bei On the occasion of the decisive battle...... Unstable in the rear...... This kind of thing will happen again ......" Cao Ren said two words, and was slapped by Xu Chu, intermittently.

"With such a stable rear, what do I want?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and said flatly: "That Manchu Dynasty civil and military, how many people want to betray me?" If you don't take the troops back and slaughter Xuchang City, and by the way, you will also slaughter Yecheng, and someone there will betray me sooner or later. ”

"Wait for the slaughter of Yecheng, and then slaughter the entire Jizhou by the way, wait for you to slaughter Yecheng, I'm afraid that the Jizhou rebellion is also a matter of time, by the way, how about preparing a few graves for my Cao family? It is estimated that the death period of my Cao family is almost at that time, and I am afraid that a grave will not be able to contain the nine clans of my Cao family. ”

"We ...... In Xuzhou...... "Cao Ren was not convinced, and Cao Cao had never been soft when he was in Xuzhou."

"Xuzhou was ours at that time?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and said, "Then the people of Xuzhou have something to do with me?" Are they my people? I am avenging my father, they are enemies, even if I slaughter Xuzhou, they can only say that I am cruel and unkind, you ...... now Slaughtering my people! Do you think you slaughter the city so much, there are still people in Nanyang who are willing to recognize me as the King of Wei? What do you want the people of the rest of my rule to think? ”

"Hou Yin betrayed me, and he only killed Nanyang Taishou and Gong Cao, and captured a city." Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren and suddenly smiled: "Zixiao, you didn't betray me, but you gave Nanyang to Liu Bei!" ”

Cao Ren's whole face was blurred by the beating, but he didn't snort, but when he heard the words at this moment, he knelt down with a puff and said astringently: "Lord, Cao Ren's crime deserves death!" ”

"Mistaken?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Rendao.

Cao Ren touched his head to the ground and nodded silently.

"It's good to know your mistake, drag it out and cut it!" Cao Cao sighed and waved his hand.

Xu Chu's slap froze in the air, and he looked at Cao Cao in amazement: "Lord, really cut?" ”

"Cut? Pay for the lives of more than 100,000 people! Cao Cao waved his hand impatiently.

"King Wei can't!" Sima Yi hurriedly knelt down and said: "King Wei, the big mistake has been made, and the hearts of the people in Nanyang are irreparable, even if you kill General Zixiao at this time, it will not help, not to mention that now that our army is employing people, how can we cut off an arm?" ”

Over the years, Cao Jun has lost a lot of generals, Le Jin, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Hong have now captured another Zang Ba plus a Yu Ban who doesn't know if it is really surrendered, and there are fewer and fewer generals who can be used, Cao Ren Anyway, the ability is indeed a general under Cao Cao who can take charge alone, and killing at this time can only make Cao Jun's losses heavier.

"What Zhong Da said is good!" Cheng Yu also stepped forward, looked at Cao Cao and said, "King Wei, now that you are beheading your own general, I am afraid of losing the heart of the army!" ”

Cao Cao sighed, patted Cheng Yu's shoulder, signaling that he didn't have to be excited, but his eyes swept over Sima Yi, turned his head to look at Xu Chu who was frozen in place, waved his hand, and Xu Chu retreated knowingly.

"Just look at Zhongde's face, make a note of this time first, and let you make meritorious contributions!" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ren, naturally he didn't really want to kill him, not to mention Cao Ren's ability, how to say that he was also an old man who had followed him since he had not yet made his career, so many years of affection, Cao Cao was willing to really kill.

"Thank you, lord!" Cao Ren silently kowtowed to Cao Cao, and made a big salute to Cheng Yu, who hurriedly turned sideways and gave up half.

"Let's go down!"

"Whoa!"