Thunder resounded over the city, and rain fell in this direction.

In a certain courtyard, in front of an open window, there was a figure standing, and the rain came in, and he didn't know it, Jia Xu sighed, and behind his hand he held a ball of letters that came not long ago, the content of which made him see a ray of sunshine in the clouds on the horizon.

He was born in Xiliang, first Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and then planned a counterattack on Chang'an, it is difficult to have a place to settle down in this life, he returned to his hometown last year and went to his friend Duan Xuan, but the other party seems to be enthusiastic, but he is secretly evil, and after taking the opportunity to leave, he received an invitation from Zhang Xiu in Wancheng.

“.…… What I have learned in my life, I just continue to live in this life, and I will benefit from the world, fight for power and profit, Zhang Xiu...... I can't help you. ”

Back to the desk, Jia Xu sat down and lit the plain silk in his hand in the lamp, threw it on the ground, watched a little bit burn out, a moment later, someone came in to clean, when he left, the main family in the line of sight still knelt there motionless, and after a long time when the door was closed, Jia Xu opened his eyes, slowly got up and walked out, and went out to take a carriage in the rain to the mansion behind the mansion.

"The general's disaster has come, do you know?" After he entered the door, he saw Zhang Xiu, who was thinking hard about how to retreat from the enemy, and he opened his mouth like this.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was still young, the war was imminent, and he was wearing armor at home, but he was not angry when he heard the words of the scribe, he got up and invited the other party to sit down, quite polite, "Sir, don't laugh, before the war, how do you know that Zhang Xiu will be defeated?" ”

"Cao Sikong has a lot of brave generals, and there are more troops than generals, Cao Cao can be civil and martial, bloody Xuzhou, and repelled Lu Bu, it can be seen that his strategy is also there......" Jia Xu said at the same time, he also worked out the details of the words and told Zhang Xiu in the first place, "....... On the other hand, when the general first did Nanyang, he did not get the entire territory of Nanyang, but in the two places of Yuxian and Wancheng, there will be no more than Hu Che'er alone, can it be said that the general can rely on two cities to fight against a state? ”

"Wouldn't the gentleman be too serious......

Zhang Xiu, who was sitting behind a few cases, pinched the wine buds, and said half a sentence, the thunder in the sky sounded, and the figure immediately fell silent, the faint firelight shook on his face, and for a moment, he raised his gaze: "Is Mr. teaching Xiuxiu to surrender?" ”

"The general can only do this." The scribe who was sitting upright just nodded, "Cao Cao is ambitious, and has the name of the imperial court, makes good use of talents, does not smell the source, and the general's surrender is not a disgrace, and he can still protect the family and aunt." ”

The sound of the rain sounded outside, the house was quiet for a while, Zhang Xiu drank all the wine in the house, put it down heavily, got up and waved, and beckoned his henchmen: "With my letter, go to Cao Ying to inform Cao Sikong that Zhang Xiu is willing to surrender the city——"

Jia Xu also stood up, expressionless towards the figure that had made a decision, and bowed wordlessly.

There was a bang in the sky, and then thunder exploded.

Cao Ang looked up at the sky, the rain fell into his eyes, a few days had passed after receiving the letter of Zhang Xiu's surrender, the army was stationed thirty miles away, his father took him and a cousin Cao Anmin and Xu Chu led more than a thousand soldiers and horses to Wancheng, descended back to the sight, looked at the city wall in front of him, took a deep breath, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

"What am I worried about?"

The figure riding slowly in front of him turned his head, under the golden helmet, a smile appeared in his thick beard, and he raised his whip and pointed at the city in front: "Worry about ambushes in the city...... In fact, my father is also worried, since Zhang Xiu is willing to surrender, we naturally have to be sincere, and the other party is not easy to backtrack. ”

Immediately, he turned his head to look at the other side: "Are An Min and Zhong Kang afraid?" ”

"Don't be afraid, even if there is danger, An Min will protect his uncle with death." The first to speak, bronze helmet and light armor, his face was plain, but his tone was sonorous and powerful, next to him, Xu Chu, who was holding a golden-backed tiger-headed sword, showed a sincere smile in the rain: "I'm afraid....... I'm afraid that no one will kill me. ”

"Hahaha-"

"Good!" Cao Cao clamped the horse's belly and laughed: "You will follow me into the city to see if Zhang Xiu surrenders with peace of mind!" ”

Everyone quickened, only Cao Ang frowned in the ranks, looking vigilantly at the approaching city wall, however, the ambush did not appear, and soon after, they all entered the city. At the gate of the mansion, Zhang Xiu led the generals of the Xiliang Army to greet the people who came on horseback.

"The embroidery generals will meet Sikong."

Cao Cao dismounted cleanly, threw the horsewhip to Xu Chu, and stepped forward to help the half-kneeling figure up: "The general is willing to abandon the dark and surrender to the court, which is a great merit. ”

In the drizzle, Zhang Xiu was quite happy, and stretched out his hand to the government to make a gesture of invitation: "Sikong, please enter the government, it is slightly cold on a rainy day outside, go in and drink to warm your body." ”

"That's the reason." Cao Cao nodded, and unceremoniously took Xu Chu, Cao Ang and others to walk in front first, and when he walked into the palace, the twilight also fell, and a dinner party was set up in the main hall, the maids came and went, the wine was lit up, and the figure who strode in took off the soaked cloak and handed it to the next person, and naturally sat in the first place, which made Zhang Xiu, who subconsciously went to sit in the first place, feel a little empty in his heart, thinking that he had surrendered, sighed in his heart, and went to the side seat to sit down.

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Xiu's performance with satisfaction, and the other party's surrender was really an unexpected surprise for himself.

The sky outside soon darkened, and in the main hall of the brightly lit mansion, the seats were staggered, and the courtesans recruited danced in the middle, so that the high-spirited Cao Cao drank heartily, and occasionally saw that in the seats, a strong and tall Xiliang general asked people to give wine to the past, and only after the name did he know that the other party's name was Hu Che'er, who was a brave general, which made him more important.

The rain gradually decreased, and the banquet then slowly dispersed, Zhang Xiu was also slightly drunk, inconvenient to accompany more, let the next person lead the drunk Cao Cao to the backyard to rest, when the servant who led the way in front went out, he met with a scribe, and then passed by by mistake, Cao Ang did not drink much during the banquet, at this time remained sober, after walking out, he always felt that someone was staring behind him, and when he looked back at the scribe, the other party had disappeared.

"General Xu." He held his sword and whispered to the fat figure walking in front of him, "I have to guard my father at all times, I'm afraid of fraud." ”

Xu Chu, who was walking in front, stared left and right with wide eyes, nodded without a trace, and said in an urn voice: "Chu also thinks there is a problem, this servant has taken us far away." ”

In the whispered conversation between the two, the vigilant picture did not appear, on the contrary, in the deep backyard house, there was a woman's complaining piano and singing, which was quite moving, Cao Cao stood still, pushed away Cao Anmin, who was supporting him, and called the servant who led the way in front: "Whose song is it?" ”

"Hui Sikong is the widow of General Zhang Ji."

Cao Cao's drunken eyes lit up, and he reached out and grabbed the servant: "Widow? This voice is gloomy and desolate, it must be lonely, come, you take me over to see. ”

"Oh no......" Cao Ang's heart jumped suddenly, and he stepped forward to stop Cao Cao, who was about to walk over: "Father, at this time, late at night, the other party is widowed, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the new people." ”

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, pulled his son to the front, and whispered, "Does Zi Yu also want to visit this woman with his father?" ”

"The child doesn't dare." Cao Ang was immediately startled and shrank back, Cao Cao let go of his hand and waved: "If you don't dare, go back to rest, this city has fallen, where is not my Cao Mengde's?" ”

Said loudly, staggering under the guidance of the servant, Xu Chu arched his hand to Cao Ang: "Don't worry, the eldest prince, Chu will never leave." After speaking, he followed closely with a large knife that sank back.

"What to do?!"

Cao Ang stomped his feet, glanced at Cao Anmin, who was also drunk next to him, and asked the other party to rest first, and then ordered several guards beside him: "Now that the city gate is closed, you can't get out of the city, you immediately let the rest of the soldiers stay on their bodies and their knives in their hands, in case anything changes." ”

"Yes." The guards gave orders and left.

However, what he expected did not happen, after the night passed, Cao Cao got up from the woman's bed, and after leaving the house, he met Cao Ang, saw the dark circles on the other party's face, and said with a smile: "My son is very vigilant, but this is not on the grassland, there is no need to be careful in everything, if you can't sleep well, what can you do?" ”

Here, Cao Ang humbly said yes, but his heart was full of doubts: Could it be that the leader of Gongsun said something wrong? But all the way through, everything has worked.

What the hell is going on......

Time passed.

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In Zhang Fuzhong, on the other side of the house, someone roared "ah-" and smashed the weapon on the ground, and with a bang, it shattered and splashed everywhere.

When Jia Xu walked into the room, a fragment bullet was at his feet, and he raised his hand: "Why is the general angry?" ”

The panting figure glanced at the scribe with his shoulders heaving, kicked the debris off the ground again, turned back to the long case and sat down, slamming his fist on the table.

“.…… Who else is there besides Cao Mengde? He stood up again and waved his fist: "What did you want to do that day by wooing Hu Che'er in front of me...... I haven't left yet, and you want to take away my authority to embroider Zhang? Stepping down, he walked in front of Jia Xu, and almost wanted to widen his eyes: "There is still ...... He insulted my widow...... Let me Zhang Xiu can't raise my head in front of everyone, how can I swallow this breath. ”

The fist hung in the air, and then fell again, Zhang Xiu took half a step back in despair, and his voice was weak: "It's a pity, since I have surrendered, what else can I do." ”

"But what if Cao Cao wants to kill the general?" Jia Xu leaned forward and whispered abruptly.

Zhang Xiu raised her face and frowned: "Why did Cao Mengde kill me?" ”

"Because I have done too many insults to the general." Jia Xu stepped forward, staring straight at the other party, and his words gradually became cold: "If you change to a general to do these things, will you keep the general?" Xu also miscalculated Cao Cao's character, which caused the general to be humiliated. ”

How could he do that...... So ......"

The figure seemed to be forced back by the invisible huge wall, and staggered, Zhang Xiu looked at the saber hanging on the wooden pillar, walked over quickly, pulled it out violently, and held it in his hand: "Since Cao Cao was given me a way to live, my general can only survive." ”

His gaze became fierce.

A few days later, in the inner courtyard.

The night was surprisingly quiet, Cao Ang tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep, his hands pillowed the back of his head, looking at the dome of the house, for several days, his father was happy in the Zou family's room, and the changes he thought would happen did not happen, and his heart was also a little shaken by what the head of Gongsun said.

“.…… But what's wrong? He muttered thoughtfully.

……

At the same time, the general named Hu Che'er had been talking to Xu Chu, who was guarding under the eaves, for a long time, "The lord is now in the gentle township, General Xu might as well go to drink with me." ”

"No, no." The fat figure shook his head.

"The lord is happy, General Xu is standing here and hearing the sound of the boudoir, isn't it okay? Just go and drink, and come back after a while, the lord doesn't know. ”

Xu Chu was holding a big knife, still shaking his head, raising his hand and pointing outward: "Don't go, get away, bother me again, be careful to chop you with a knife." ”

"You ......" Hu Che'er grinded for half an hour, and finally turned around angrily and walked away. Soon, more than a thousand Cao Jun who were guarding outside the mansion through the darkness, and the soldiers who had been ordered to keep their knives in their hands found out that something was wrong at the moment of the change.

The attacking figure threw out of the darkness, and in the station, Cao Bing shouted loudly and slashed over with his sword-

……

"What ...... wrong?"

Cao Ang frowned and thought hard, cleaning up the thoughts from the beginning of Wancheng to today, suddenly, he figured out a direction, sat up from the bed abruptly, got out of bed and took the saber on the wall, opened the door and ran out, the shouting and killing suddenly broke out, and a fire burned red from the front yard of the mansion.

"General Xu! Zhang Xiu really deceits-"

He ran wildly in the direction of his father's room, met the people on Zhang's mansion head-on, raised his hand and slashed to death, when the sound passed, the two figures over there also heard the movement, and rushed over to meet him, Cao Cao didn't have time to wear armor, just simply put on a robe, his hair was scattered, and when he saw his son, his lips moved: "It's still my son who has foresight, but it's not easy to stay here longer, while the soldiers and horses are still in control of the gate, kill out first and grab the city gate." ”

"The lord and the son are behind, Chu will open the way!"

Xu Chu said angrily, with dozens of guards to protect Cao Cao and Cao Ang in the middle, along the direction of the mansion to kill, head-on, Hu Che'er, who had asked him to drink, crashed over with hundreds of people, Xu Chu saw him, glared angrily and yelled: "I know that you thief is uneasy and kind." ”

The footsteps slammed on the ground, the huge body crushed like a chariot, and the heavy tiger-headed sword slashed fiercely. On the other side, Hu Che'er scolded and shouted, and also rushed over, holding a copper stick horizontally: "You idiot, dare to humiliate me!" Kill you—"

But in the next second, the big knife wiped the air, making a whistling sound, a loud bang, and slashed directly on the copper stick, splitting Hu Che'er and the people with the stick and flying out.

"This little ability is going to kill me? Act recklessly! In the shouts of fighting, hundreds of Zhang Xiu's soldiers pounced up, Xu Chu snorted at the upside-down figure, holding a big knife and swinging horizontally, and the blood rushed into the night sky, and several figures were pulled apart by this heavy knife in their stomachs and chests, and they fell down after half a step.

Breaking through a bloody road, Xu Chu was half bloodstained and turned around: "The lord and the eldest prince follow behind Chu!" After a sentence, he slashed left and right in the pile of people to make a bloody path, and after a while, he joined the soldiers who were fighting at the gate and began to move in the direction of the city gate.

On the long street, there are enemies surging everywhere, more than 1,000 people hug into a circle, and fight and walk, the sound of horses' hooves at the end of the street rumbles to kill this side, hundreds of horses in front, Zhang Xiu, who is dressed in silver armor and holding an iron gun, roars: "Cao thief, take your life-"

In the formation that was constantly killing and moving, Xu Chu turned around and shouted: "Don't worry about him, the lord, I'll stop him." As he spoke, he rode his horse and led hundreds of people forward, and slashed his sword head-on with the stabbing iron spear, and the soldiers on both sides also collided, and fought one after another. In the chaotic long street, Cao Ang also led hundreds of people to the east gate, and there were also soldiers from his own side left behind, just in case there was a change in the city.

"-The way out is ahead!"

At this time, there was also a killing over there, Cao Ang hissed and shouted to lead people to kill the past, the knife light fell piece by piece, and the clamp hit, killing the surging longing figures, shouting for the soldiers to open the city gate, he held the shield and held the knife, his palms were full of greasy blood, and he guarded the city gate, and saw his father rushing over from that side in a hurry, so that the formation opened a gap.

"Father, let's go!"

"What about you?" After rushing through the line, Cao Cao turned around in embarrassment and shouted: "You must not be reckless, go with me!" ”

"General Xu and hundreds of brothers are still inside, Ang can't leave the soldiers behind-" In the roar, Cao Ang kept urging the soldiers guarding his father to withdraw from the city, but fortunately, in the chaos of the city, Xu Chu was wounded several times, leading only one or two hundred soldiers to rush over.

Cao Ang answered them, and rode out on horseback: "Let's go!" ”

However, to greet them, the river lit by torches in the dark night, more Xiliang iron horsemen surged from all sides, Xu Chu cut off the arrows on his thighs with a knife, gritted his teeth and roared: "Lord, Chu should be an arrow!" ”

In his desperate screams, he beckoned to the soldiers around him: "Forward-"

Ahead, thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry advanced over, and hundreds of soldiers and horses running desperately came into contact with the front line, and in the hard impact sound, Xu Chu stuck arrows in his body and slashed through the oncoming figures, and the flesh and blood flew under the blade. In the chaos, someone stabbed a shot, the war horse fell with a scream, and Cao Cao fell off the horse.

"Father!"

Cao Ang shouted in the back, quickly dismounted, ran Cao Cao away, and helped him up: "Ride on Ang's horse, the child will come to the palace!" ”

"What are you going to do, I won't allow you to be strong!" Cao Cao was forced to be pulled onto the horse, and in the chaotic firelight around him, seeing the emotion in his son's eyes, he hurriedly shouted at him: "Follow Xu Chu, son, for the sake of your father, you are not allowed to mess around-"

In the dim vision, he saw Cao Ang raise the blade in his hand and slash it on the horse's buttocks, and the horse rushed towards Xu Chu in shock, "Zixuan!!! Cao Cao's heart was filled with pain, and in his sight, his son's figure gradually disappeared in the firelight and the chaotic running figure.

“…… Actually, their target was me. ”

Cao Ang carried the knife, listening to his father's heart-rending voice in the distance, tears slid down the corners of his eyes, "....... Father, farewell. ”

Then, with his sword in hand, he collided with the few remaining soldiers at the incoming horseman......

……

On the city wall, Jia Xu stood quietly under the city tower with his eyes closed, listening to the boiling fighting outside the city, and the soldiers beside him looked at this back, and could never guess what this person was thinking.