Pang Tong has been preparing for the expedition. He was bent on thinking that the Wei Dynasty was newly established, and he didn't know that he Pang Tong still had so much food, and he planned to deal a heavy blow to the Wei Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao immediately gave him a good look, and when Cao Zhi was still in the Ren Dynasty, he sent 300,000 troops from Chen Liu's army to the north to attack Wuchao, and the defenders did not expect that Chen Liuxian, which had been calm, had hoarded an army of this size, and was caught off guard that the city would be breached after six days of siege. 10,000 people in the city were wiped out. Ma Chao led 400,000 troops south to recapture Wuchao.

Pang Tong's knowledge of the news had been delayed due to the long distance, and he believed that Ma Chao had already engaged the enemy soldiers. According to the spies' report, the commander of the enemy army was the Wei Dynasty general Xiahou Dun, and the military commander was Guo Jia, with this powerful combination, Pang Tong was worried that Ma Chao and Chen Gong were not their opponents. Even if it has an army of 400,000, in strategy, a difference of 100,000 troops cannot be the basis for an imbalance.

Pang Tong summoned the ministers to the palace, lined up left and right.

"This Cao Mengde is simply a wolf ambition, as soon as he got Cao Ren back, he sent Xiahoudun and Guo Jia to the north. What did this man think of his son? He was very angry, on the one hand, precisely because of Cao Zhi's relationship. He thinks that this young man is so talented that he was thrown here as an outcast, so what should he do?

"Damn, behead his son and let him bear this infamy!" Lu Bu said angrily.

Pang Tong's heart sank, and when he looked around, no one seemed to object.

"Kill Cao Zhi or not, put it aside, since he has already come to attack, we have to make a good decision to attack."

Xu Shu came out and said: "It is absolutely impossible to go north from here, it is better to attack the east and the west, send people all the way to the north to help, hit Xuchang halfway, let his imperial capital be shaken, and at the same time go all the way to Xiyang County in the east, and come to encircle Wei to save Zhao." ”

"It's the two Wei Wei who saved Zhao." Zhou Yu said with a smile. "This time, the enemy soldiers went north to fight Yanzhou, and they had a plan for a long time. I have to hope that Ma Chao and Chen Gong can hold on for more time. What Xu Junshi said is true, but what does the emperor plan to be the emperor of a dynasty? ”

"Is it directly related to global deployment?" Pang Tong smiled lightly: "Me...... I'm going to go this time, yes, I've got to take the white thunder with me. Let them see the military might of my Ren Dynasty. If the emperor does not personally enlist, how can he serve the people, and the soldiers will be born with me as if they were dead. ”

Everyone was moved when they heard this.

"In this case, I am willing to lead an army to attack Xiyang County in the east, and the plan to go north can only be completed by the emperor himself." Zhou Yu arched his hand.

"What if Meng Qi can't stand it?" Pang Tong suddenly asked.

It's a topic that makes everyone nervous.

"Not to be defeated." Zhou Yu replied calmly: "Zhang Liao, the general of Lucun who guards Sizhou, should have commanded 200,000 soldiers and horses to rescue him. Isn't this the back road left by the emperor for General Ma? ”

As he said, Zhang Liaotun's soldiers and horses in Sizhou Tiger Prison Pass were eyeing Xuchang, the capital of the Wei Dynasty, on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were attacking Chen Liu at any time with Ma Chao. And when Ma Chao's enemy soldiers attack, these two forces can join forces to attack and repel the enemy soldiers.

"Hehe, so, it's better for you to go to the north, if none of your three forces can defeat him, Xiahoudun will disappoint me too much."

Pang Tong arrived at Cao Zhi's mansion before sending troops, and after striding in, Cao Zhi was watering the flowers and plants in the hall.

"It's good to be at ease, everyone can do it, but you have to face death." Pang Tong wore silver armor and a sword to support his waist and entered the hall. Cao Zhi's face tightened when he saw this.

He originally wanted to bow down, but suddenly thought that Pang Tong had abolished the kneeling salute, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I don't know that Emperor Ren is coming, and he has missed the welcome, so please ......."

"Forgiveness?" Pang Tong interrupted him and said: "Cao Cao has gone north to attack my Yanzhou, and Wuchao City has been breached, is this the agreement between Cao Mengde and me?" This old puppet really has no face at all, he deceived Kong Ling in the past, and even broke the covenant to swallow Yuzhou. Now that I just sent my son to replace Cao Ren and went back, I went north directly to fight my Yanzhou, you kid is really worthless! ”

After speaking, he took out the king's sword, and the sword flashed. Cao Zhi took half a step back, shocked in his heart.

Pang Tong pointed the sword in his hand and said, "You don't believe what I said back then, what is the situation today?" ”

Cao Zhihu frowned suspiciously, and whispered, "No...... It's impossible, please don't play tricks on Emperor Ren. How could Emperor Wu of Wei abandon his own son? ”

"Dead boy still doesn't believe it?" Pang Tong's eyebrows furrowed. "I'm going to lead the troops to rescue me now, and you still say that I lied to you? I didn't stab you with a sword, so it was cheap. "He also sheathed his sword." If you give me a good body here, I won't kill hostages. Asking me to kill a helpless man is really dirty my hands. ”

Pang Tong wanted to turn around, but Cao Zhi ran forward and knelt down and said, "If you are benevolent and righteous, can you swear to the sky!" ”

"What are you, let me swear?" Pang Tong said coldly.

"Otherwise, I won't believe it!"

"Good!" Pang Tong said fiercely: "I, Pang Tong, swear to the sky, if I tell half a lie today, I will not die well!" You yellow-haired boy has been abandoned by Cao Cao! ”

Leave when you're done. Cao Zhi sat down in the hall, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Oh my God? If you gave birth to a brother, why did you give birth to me! ”

He was extremely depressed in his heart, and his heart was already like ashes. Having not eaten dinner, he sat alone on the threshold of the lobby. It was as if waiting for someone to come to him. Tonight's moonlight is sly and clear, dark clouds seem to be condensing in the sky, and the summer evening breeze is pleasant.

"As an outcast," he said to himself, "what is my worth?" ”

suddenly recalled the words that day with Pang Tong, and suddenly realized that Pang Tong had already defined his fate at that time, and this incident made him shudder when he thought about it at the moment.

"Such a man turned out to be the opponent of his father. They all have something terrible about them. He looked at the flowers near the wall not far to his right, where the fireflies emitted points of light like ghostly fire. Yes, if he is in a good mood, he thinks it is very beautiful, maybe as beautiful as a nebula. But now, it's like a ghostly fire of death and loneliness beckoning to him.

"Maybe when Pang Tong returns from the expedition, he will kill me. It's not as good as going with Brother Ang. At this, he laughed. How sad and sad his expression was. The brother Ang he was talking about was Cao Cao's son Cao Ang, who was born to Ding's original partner, and should be the eldest son in the actual sense, but the young Cao Ang was killed by the rebels in the battle of Guandu and died early. Ding was grieved by the death of her son, and Cao Cao was not by her side all the year round, so she hanged herself in depression. Then Cao Cao's side room Bian was straightened, and she gave birth to three sons for Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang, Cao Pi was the eldest, Cao Zhang was the second, and Cao Zhi was the youngest.

After a brief memory of his past life, Cao Zhi, who sighed faintly, seemed to smell something else, the smell of corpse decay like death beckoning to him. Maybe it was the smell of corruption from somewhere the night brew, he thought.

However, his suffering was already doomed to stop there. The slight sound of footsteps approached, and when he jerked his head, the nightmen leaped up on the high wall, obscuring the moon, and pounced on him.

His eyes widened, and he could clearly see that the short blade in his enemy's hand was stabbing at him. This attacker is here to kill himself.

A deep sigh came out of his heart: "Is it over! ”

"Ahh

A groan caught the attention of the surrounding guards, and just as the guards of Pang Tongjun were crowding in, another figure stood on the wall, and the sneak attacker just now had already fallen at Cao Zhi's feet. Cao Zhi's legs were weak, and his body trembled.

"What people!"

It was only when the guards arrived that he suddenly realized that there was no one on the wall. Under the firelight, at Cao Zhi's feet was the body of a masked man in black, but the fatal wound could not be directly seen, because there was no sign of blood stains on the body. In the end, after examining the body, the military doctor came to a conclusion: "It's the poison needle of the Dark Moon Battalion!" ”

It turned out that Pang Tong expected that those assassins of the Red Lotus Sect or Cao Cao's own secret troops should come and snatch Cao Zhi. But he still miscalculated. I don't know if it's the Red Lotus Sect or the people sent by Cao Cao, who actually came to kill them.

Subsequently, ten guards guarded Cao Zhi every day. Cao Zhi could guess from this situation that the person who assassinated him came from Cao Wei. This incident made him feel cold, but on the contrary, it emptied his original heart as if it were dead ashes, and the flame of new hope burned.

He said in his heart, "Whether it is my father's man or my brother's man, you have made me an enemy. So, my life started anew. I'm no longer an outcast. ”

The black-clad killer did have murderous intent against him, but that was only the will of the person behind the killer. In the court of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao, who temporarily appropriated the court used by the previous Han Emperor, summoned the guard Cheng Yu in the Qiankun Palace. In the wide hall, the maids and servants stood quietly on both sides, the huge fan was constantly swaying behind Cao Cao, and Cao Cao, the Emperor of Wei Wu on the dragon chair, overlooked Cheng Yu.