"I-" He E's eyes were slightly red, and she was about to burst into tears, she didn't expect that things had just begun, and in an instant, they would become ten or a hundred times worse than she thought.

"Mother!" With tears already dripping, He E could only ask her mother for help again.

But this time, Mother He didn't dare to speak up for her daughter, she helplessly patted He E's fragrant shoulder, and comforted her and said:

"I still have to listen to your father in this matter. He won't hurt you. ”

"But child—" He E wanted to speak, but He Mu had already put her finger in front of her mouth, signaling her not to make a sound.

Father He, who was angry here, saw He E crying because of the decision he made, and the anger in his heart became even greater, he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and said:

"That's fine. The woman is not staying, you are crying for an outsider today, and the father has made it clear to you. Du Ling Yan's Yan is like a strict gentleman, the family has a long reputation, outstanding talents, a year ago his wife died of illness and died early, need to remarry the main room, it happens that the Du family and the He family have an old relationship, he asked someone to come to propose, for his father to him quite like, and your mother has intended to marry you to Yan Junzi. ”

"I don't !!" As soon as He E heard this, she immediately objected, and she resisted Yan Junzi, who had never been masked, and hurriedly asked for help and grabbed her mother's sleeve and refused to let go.

After a few words of relief, Mother He turned to Father He and said:

"That Yan Junzi is over thirty years old, and I'm afraid that he doesn't match E'er very well, right?"

"Well, that's just a woman's short-sightedness. Duling Yan's generation of hairpins, that Yan Wen is only thirty five, family reputation, talent and fame, it is not confused to forge ahead, today's Jingzhao Taishou, the general's mansion is Yan Gongyu, the future of the Yan family can be described as unlimited. What's wrong with Da'e Er's age! ”

"If it is according to the will of you and other women, it will be a big mistake to marry E'er to the son of the Ma family. Gao Zu once said: 'Those who chase and kill beasts and rabbits are also meritorious dogs, and those who send and indicate the direction of beasts are also meritorious people.' 'Yan Gongyu is in charge of Guanzhong political affairs, and his merits are better than Xiao He, and Yan Wen is from his own family, so how can his career be bad in the future. ”

"On the contrary, it is the vulgar martial artists of the Ma family's father and son, who fight on the battlefield and are extremely dangerous. Good at fighting like his ancestor Ma Wenyuan, fighting in the south and in the north, there are few opponents, and he will inevitably end up with a horse leather shroud and framed by people. Do you really want E'er to be widowed in the Ma family at a young age? ”

Mother He was reprimanded by Father He, and she didn't dare to say more, but He E still couldn't hide her sadness and buried her head in her mother's arms and sobbed.

"From today onwards, you are not allowed to leave the house again, and if the son of the Ma family comes again, he will send someone for his father. You cry and cry again, for the father,,, for the father, alas!! For the Father, you will understand in the future... ”

Father He was tired of hearing He E's crying, waved his sleeves, and after throwing down a few words, he turned around and walked out of the back hall.

When Father He walked away, Mother He patted He E's back and comforted:

"Okay, okay, your father is gone, don't cry anymore, although the gentleman of the Yan family is older, he has also seen his mother and daughter, his talent and appearance are the best among people, and his father and mother will never let you be wronged."

"But mother, the daughter of the Yan family has never met, how can she like him in her heart, and how can she marry her daughter to him?"

"Don't mess around, since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents, matchmakers, and high-ranking marriages are even more common. This matter concerns the entire He family, how can you allow a little girl to choose at will. ”

Mother He also made a straight face when she heard this, although she comforted He E, but she did not allow her daughter to hold her own opinion about marriage.

It's as if things are already in place.

Burdened with famous religions and family reputations, He E couldn't fight, she remembered Ma Chao who had just left, touched the Qiang flute he gifted, and couldn't help but feel sad from it, but cried more desolate than before, she had tears in her eyes, looked at her loving and kind mother in the past and asked:

"Mother, is there really no room for things to turn around, didn't you have your own sweetheart back then?"

"Silly boy, life is in a hurry, most of them are passers-by, you, I ,,, alas, I can't ask for it, this is fate!"

···

The snow is still falling, the ice and snow are closed, and the sky is bleak and cold, but there are still people with heavy responsibilities who walk in the snow, and they have traveled thousands of miles to come to Chang'an City.

The envoy who came to Chang'an was not a stranger, but an old acquaintance of Yan Xing's side, Wang Bi, the chief historian of Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion.

Braving the snow, he brought the shocking news that Xiapi City, which was still supposedly holding on, had been captured by Cao's army.

Because of this news, the hussar general personally met with Wang Bi, the envoy sent by Cao's army.

Hussar General's Mansion Lobby.

When Wang Bi raised his legs and stepped into the warm hall, he saw Yan Xing, who was even more powerful than before, as well as his subordinates such as Yan Zhi, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Zhou Liang, Pei Hui, Yang Jun, and other ministers who knew him or had never been masked.

Although the momentum of Yan Xing's side is no longer comparable to that of the past when he was trapped in Sanhe, Wang Bi, as the envoy of Cao's army, is still neither humble nor arrogant, and after seeing Yan Xing, he confidently walked to the side of the seat set up for him in the hall, and generously took his seat and greeted other acquaintances.

"Wang Changshi, lonely in Guanxi for a long time, it is difficult to know the affairs of Guandong in time, I heard that Cao Sikong sent troops to conquer Xuzhou in October last year, and the troops stopped under Picheng. Unexpectedly, this year has not yet opened the spring, that is, the city has been broken and captured, and sent Changshi to Chang'an to report the victory, it is really a fast use of soldiers, although the lonely is in the pass, but also amazed, here for Cao Sikong congratulations! ”

"Haha, that must be here, so I took the liberty to thank the general for Sikong."

Hearing Yan Xing's praise, Wang Bi smiled slightly, of course he didn't believe that Yan Xing, who was the leader, was really happy that Cao Jun had captured and killed Lu Bu, but he didn't need to care about these superficial diplomatic words in the hall.

If you really want to talk about the conquest of Xuzhou Lu Bu, it is much more complicated than these beautiful words of using soldiers like gods.

This time to conquer Xiapi, although Cao Cao used the strategy of diversion water to irrigate the city, the city of Xiapi turned into a country, which made Lu Bu's will waver, and he was almost about to surrender, but Gao Shun, Chen Gong and others under his command still advocated waiting for change, refused to surrender, and pinned their hopes on the retreat of the Cao army, so Lu Bu had no choice but to order the soldiers and civilians of the city to do whatever it takes, gritted their teeth and consumed the Cao army who endured the cold winter outside the city.

Outside the city, seeing that the siege of Xiapi City had been close to three months, Xiapi City had not yet collapsed, and his heart was as resolute as Cao Cao, and he couldn't help but have the idea of retreating.

In the cold winter and the moon, the snow is fighting, whether it is a general or a husband, it is too bitter.

The number of officers, soldiers, people's husbands, and cattle suffering from frostbite, frostbite, and even freezing to death in the army is increasing day by day, and all kinds of materials in the army are also being consumed rapidly.

Coupled with the fact that the army had been away from Xu Capital for a long time, Cao Cao was really worried that there would be some accidents in the rear, and he didn't want to see the rear being attacked by other forces again.

Fortunately, Xun Yu, who was in Xudu, Guo Jia, and other strategists who were in the army unanimously gave Cao Cao confidence, and successively asserted that Lu Bu's army was about to be unable to survive, which made Cao Cao gradually dispel the idea of retreating, and continued to strengthen his determination to eliminate Lu Bu in the first battle of Xiapi.

From all aspects, the Cao army outside the city is uncomfortable, and the soldiers and horses of Lu Bu in the city will only be more difficult.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others did not believe that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses, who had no strong reinforcements and no savings inside, could still use a crumbling city wall to consume Cao's army, which had all kinds of advantages.

In the end, as expected, after three months of hard work, Xiapi City still inevitably fell.

The reason for the fall was not that the city of Xiapi was soaked and collapsed by the river, nor that the grain and grass in the city were cut off, but that Lu Bu's trusted general Wei Xu brazenly mutinied, killed Lu Bu's guards, captured the lord Lu Bu alive, and opened the city gate to surrender to Cao's army.

The exhilarating and swarmed Cao army soon ended the battle in the city, and Chen Gong, Gao Shun and other recalcitrant rebels were either captured alive or killed, and the rest of the men and horses surrendered to the Cao army with Wei Xu.

At this point, the first battle of Xuzhou was completed, and Cao Cao, as the victor, then personally ordered the execution of Lu Bu, Chen Gong and other thieves on the Baimen Tower.

There is another force in troubled times, which has been forcefully erased from this world by the victors.

As for the collapse of Lu Bu's forces, Yan Xing didn't have time to sigh a few words, so he turned to Wang Bi and asked:

"Cao Gong has great ambitions, and he was alone in Xingyang Yuting for a while. Although Lu Bu has been destroyed, the lonely fear of the public will is still not in place, and now Wang Changshi has traveled thousands of miles to come, is it not that Cao Gong has the intention of using soldiers? ”

For Yan Xing's straightforward inquiry, Wang Bi seemed to have expected it, and he was not surprised, he got up and took out a secret letter, and said respectfully:

"The general sees it, the truth is not hidden, the turbulent times are turbulent, treachery is rampant, Sikong does have the intention of conquering for the sky, and the general is the humerus of the court, the soldiers will be strong, and they will dominate the western part of the country.

"As for the use of troops, it is a major military matter, and it should not be announced to the population. Sikong had prepared a secret letter in advance, and asked the general to look at it for himself. ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he waved his hand and asked Fu Gan on the side to take the secret letter in Wang Bi's hand to his seat, he cut off the sealing mud, opened the box, unfolded it, and his face immediately became solemn, and after reading the secret letter completely without saying a word, he still did not say anything.

After a long while, Yan Xing, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke the silence in the hall.

He asked in a deep voice:

"Wang Changshi doesn't know the secrets of the court's use of troops, so who does Sikong want to ask Gu to beg?"

Wang Bi's face did not change, he shook his sleeves, and said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner:

"National thief Yuan Shao!"

Suddenly, when he heard that Cao Cao's side wanted to use the name of the emperor of the court to conquer Yuan Shao, the lord of Guan ASEAN and a former ally, the people who had not seen the secret letter in the hall suddenly changed color, and they all looked at Wang Bi intently.

Yan Xing, who had read the secret letter, still had a calm face, and he asked again:

"Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third dukes, is located in Hebei, and his protégés are all over the sea, and he is the pillar of the national dynasty and the lord of the Guan, why does Sikong want to send troops to conscript?"

"The Yuan family of Runan received the emperor's favor and was full of hairpins, but he did not think of serving the country loyally, stealing power and persecuting loyal soldiers. First, there was Yuan Shu Mu Monkey and crowned, rebelled against the Han Dynasty and called the emperor, and then Yuan Shao plotted to attack Xu, and plotted the Son of Heaven. Such chaotic ministers and thieves, everyone gets to be punished, and the imperial court did not tolerate it before, but because of the ugliness of the group, it failed to send troops to conscript. ”

"Now Sikong Feng edict to level the ugly, Yuan Shao must not be pleased, and Hebei must not be uneven! Although the general lives in Guanxi, when he knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth, Yuan Shao is in Hebei, looking at the world, and his heart of disobedience has been clearly revealed, and he has not taken the land of the three rivers, all because he is worried that Gongsun Chan will attack his back and ears. If you wait for Yuan Shao to destroy Gongsun Zhan, then I am afraid that the next time the Hebei army comes, it will be Luoyang and Anyi! ”