"Cao Cao is dead!"

Cao Zhi collapsed to the ground when he heard this. He should have thought of it a long time ago. Xun Yu has been with Cao Cao for so long, how can he say that he rebelled and rebelled. And the most unusual thing is that Xu Chu, who is close to Cao Cao, will be wanted.

Three days later, the people were not allowed to enter or leave the south gate, and in the afternoon suddenly an army entered, and the banner was Cao Ren's. Pang Tongfang knew that Cao Ren had secretly returned to Xudu during the war, apparently because he had received the news of Cao Cao's death. As the great Sima, he seems to have absolute majesty when Taiwei Xun Yu was arrested and the general Xiahou was outside.

"He is standing on the side of the eldest brother...... "Cao Zhi is no longer able to resist, his father's death, coupled with the longing for Zhen Mi, the whole person is a lot haggard. He spent the whole day drinking in the courtyard to dispel his sorrows. Pang Tong leaned against the pillar and was silent, thinking about the problem all the time, while Xueyue was outside to collect information.

At this moment, the figure on the west wall caught Pang Tong's attention. But when he turned to look, there was nothing, apparently someone had just crawled by the wall and poked his head out.

Pang Tong looked around.

"Poof!" With a bang, something fell into the creek on the west side of the courtyard. Cao Zhi was drunk and unaware.

Pang Tong strode away, walked to a small bridge, and saw a bamboo tube floating in the river. He then went down to the river to fetch it, and walked back to the pavilion with a wet answer. Cao Zhi, who was looking at the wine in the cup, looked up and said, "What?" ”

Pang Tong ignored him, took off the lid of the bamboo tube, took out the leather inside, and opened it to take a look.

"Do you want to know anything about your virtue?"

Cao Zhi's face twitched and smiled.

"Someone told you to run for your life early." Pang Tong said and threw the parchment to Cao Zhi.

Cao Zhi hurriedly took a look, and it said "Flee quickly".

"How do you escape?" Cao Zhi frowned.

"You ask me?"

Cao Zhi shook his head and said, "You better go, my affairs don't matter anymore." Wouldn't it hurt you to ask you to take me away? ”

"I'll definitely take you away, but not now." Pang Tong stared at him earnestly. "It's just a little trick...... It's not like the work of some kind of well-wisher. It's not a secret report from a minister. It must be Cao Pi's means to make you escape, and then give you a charge of absconding in fear of crime! ”

Cao Zhi angrily swept all the cups and flasks on the stone table to the ground, and the sound of breaking and metal bouncing crossed over.

Pang Tong continued: "I don't want to think about it. We're under close surveillance here, and in broad daylight, who can climb the wall to deliver a message to us? ”

"You think there's something more drastic going on, so you're going to take a peek at it, or see if there's something to be used to?" Cao Zhi smiled sadly.

Pang Tong raised his eyebrows and remained silent. In his eyes, Cao Zhi was already decadent and crumbling. Aside from taking him away from the place that had left him in limp, there seemed to be nothing that could awaken the man's desire to survive and make a big difference.

When Xueyue returned, she brought back the latest news. Cao Ren carried a holy decree saying that Emperor Wu of Wei would execute Xun Yu and Cao Zhang on the same day.

Yecheng, the air is humid, and it seems that there has just been a heavy rain here. The people of the city have fled into a gloomy world, not to mention the weather, but where the flames of war have burned, and the invisible smoke of gunpowder has shrouded this place beforehand. The army of the Ren Dynasty, which was originally extremely strong in the minds of the people, was defeated in the northern battlefield, and the generals Ma Chao and Zhang Liao were defeated many times, losing several big cities in a row, and the situation was extremely sinister.

But no one knew that the general of the Wei Dynasty who led the troops was no longer in the formation, and it was Guo Jia who captured Puyang. The man thought that as long as he could take this place, he would also make the final effort for the Wei Dynasty.

Standing on the wall of the East City Gate, Ma Chao looked at the land outside the city and the mountains in the distance, with a trace of sadness in his heart. After being defeated by Pang Tong on the battlefield of Xiliang, as a general of the Ren Dynasty, he has always made great achievements, and it is not a problem to kill the enemy. But it is difficult to look directly at it in this vast land.

His strategist, Chen Gong, who did not belong to Jia Xu and other talents, was still thinking about the next strategy on the city tower. Although he failed again and again, he was never discouraged, and he never complained about whether the enemy was too strong.

"Are you sighing here again?" The interrogator was Zhang Liao, a veteran of the Ren Dynasty, who was loyal and courageous, and his martial arts were not bad. He has seen countless killing formations, participated in hundreds of large and small wars, some were commanded by others, and some were deployed on their own. But here I also tasted a complete and irresistible fiasco. But he still had plenty of a smile on his face.

"General Zhang seems to be optimistic about our current situation." Ma Chao said without looking back.

"Well, there's no way around it."

"You also had this attitude before the fall of Puyang."

Zhang Liao held his shoulder with one hand.

"You're still a young man to me, don't be old-fashioned. A lot of things are not what we want to do, it's just trying to move forward, dragging this body and trying to move forward, and that's what we're going to do. There's not much else to think about, is there? ”

"Effort? I have been working hard, whether it is on the battlefield of Xiliang or on the battlefield of the Ren Dynasty, I have always let myself enter the war with the best posture. But this time, I ate a stuffy stick, and the enemy was much stronger than I thought. Xiahou Yuan, the general of the Wei Dynasty, I didn't even see him in this place, but I only saw his deputy general Xiahou Yuan, which made us dizzy. ”

"That's why I said you're still a young man." Zhang Liao leaned against the wall, looking leisurely. Soldiers marched past in front of them. "How can Xiahoudun have such great ability, if he defeats you single-handedly on the battlefield, then you can say that you are completely lost. And I don't think that Xiahoudun's force will be so strong, at least it should not be able to defeat the Ma Mengqi brothers...... Hehe...... Getting back to the point, you, we, lost to Guo Jia, it's as simple as that. ”

"A strategist."

"Don't underestimate these guys!" Zhang Liao shouted. "Yo, I'm too loud, I won't be happy if I let Chen Gong hear it. Haha, these people are very cunning. They shouldered the entire battlefield with their heads. All the situations and changes are in the heads of these people. It is the strategy of these people that really guides the whole army, and if the strategy fails, the army will be defeated. Do you know why you haven't met Xiahoudun? ”

Ma Chao shuddered, turned his head, and said, "You say." ”

"He just wants his strategy to beat ours, not his martial arts. He was a clever general and avoided losses. Because if the general of one side is beheaded in a heads-up or chaotic battle, he will also be defeated. He doesn't have the confidence to defeat you, and your martial prowess is probably something he himself is very afraid of. ”

Ma Chao frowned and said, "If that's the case, it's better to let me attack his Dazhai at night!" ”

"Here you go again." Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "Use your brains, we are now leading the army to fight, and it is not a sneak attack that can determine the victory." If it is really possible to determine the outcome with a sneak attack, at least Feng Xian, Meng Qi, Zilong and other generals must be present, and there must be the strategy of the emperor and Zhou Yu to make a surprise attack successful. But now we have been counting on Lao Chen, but we are really tired of him. The other strategists are even worse......"

"I can't blame everyone, we are the generals." Ma Chao sighed: "This Guo Jia is so powerful? ”

Zhang Liao replied indifferently: "The role of being as famous as Zhou Yu certainly has this strength. ”

"That Jiangdong person, you just bow down like that?"

This is ugly, this person's strategy in the Battle of Chibi is famous all over the world, and Cao Mengde was dizzy, which was an outstanding battle. If you want to deny such a person, you are doing the right thing with the people of the world. But I haven't figured it out, what is such a person doing when he comes to our Ren Dynasty? The Wei Dynasty should be better. ”

Ma Chao's face tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "General Zhang has been with the emperor for so many years, but I don't feel comfortable listening to this. The enemy forces occupy half of the country as much as we do. Doesn't it mean that I, Ma Meng, have lost so much territory to the Ren Dynasty, so the two sides are out of balance? I am indeed responsible for the mistakes in Jizhou and Youzhou, but I do not think that the enemy is stronger than us. ”

"I don't mean to be contradictory, young man." Zhang Liao clasped his hands to his chest and said: "The Wei Dynasty has so many people he knows, if he wants to leave those people, leave those civil and military officials of the Wu State, there must be something hidden." Since the emperor used this person, he must also have his own considerations. ”

Gradually, the two turned to the analysis of the internal forces of the enemy country. At this moment, there was a thunderclap in the sky, shaking the earth.

"Let's go, it's going to rain again, let's see what Lao Chen thinks." Don't say it's not good for us to just talk and not do things. Zhang Liao said with a smile.

Ma Chao nodded happily.

Just as the two of them walked to the gate of the city tower, someone came up from the stairs on one side.

The soldier arched his hand and said, "Two adults, there is a person who calls himself Jiang Wei to come and ask for a meeting. ”

Ma Chao looked at Zhang Liao.

"You know?"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said to the soldiers, "What's the matter?" ”

"Let's just say that it can help us fight against the Xiahou army."

"Tsk!" Zhang Liao frowned when he heard this: "What is the origin, such a big breath?" ”

Ma Chao raised his hand.

"Call him into the tower."

After speaking, the two entered the building and walked to the top floor of the third floor, where they saw Chen Gong leaning forward and staring at the map on the table. Even the two of them didn't pay attention when they went upstairs.