The vague consciousness is waking up intermittently, the pain is also coming, the whole body is no longer like its own, it feels uncontrollable ups and downs, the sound outside the mind is all the sound of beeping water, occasionally there are birds chirping past, a lot of broken pictures are played back and reorganized in the consciousness, and someone's voice sounds.

"Eldest Prince, you exchange the armor and iron helmet with me......"

"There is a river ahead, the eldest prince is hiding in the water and grass, I'll go and lure them away-" In the dark skylight, a personal soldier wearing his armor wore an iron helmet and looked at him with a face full of blood, "When the prince returns, he will definitely avenge us!" With a smile, he ran upstream with more than a dozen soldiers along the riverbank, and in the light of the torches, the iron hooves roared after him, and there was a fight.

The water was very cold, and the pair of eyes exposed behind the aquatic plants looked at the light of the torches that passed by, and the enemies like a tide rushed over there, and a voice shouted: "Cao Cao's son is over there!" ”

Among the running figures, someone looked over with a torch, waved his blade and shouted: "There is also a Cao soldier here!" ”

The vision shook, he felt himself running towards the middle of the river, splashing one after another, behind him there was the sound of arrows breaking through the air, there was a violent stinging pain on his body, he was planted in the turbulent river, and in his wide field of vision, he saw one arrow after another pierce the water, straight from the field of vision, straight past, and soon, everything was dark.

"There seems to be a person floating in the water...... Shake the pulp. ”

"I don't know if I'm dead or not!"

There seemed to be a dreamlike voice coming from my ears, and my body felt as if it was being turned by something, and a woman's voice shouted: "He's still alive, brother, come and take the boat by the hand." ”

The sound of the water exploded in his ears, and in the dimness he felt the dazzling light, his body was rising, flipping, and falling on the hard erection, and when he opened his eyes slightly, the bright sunlight pierced into his eyes, it was a blue sky, there were shadows coming, and a bearded strong man covered the light and retreated, "Your life is really hard enough." Then a good-looking face approached.

"Can you speak, where are you from?"

The vision blurred and closed again.

.......

On the banks of the Shuishui River, the conjuring spirit floated in the wind, and a large amount of yellow paper money was thrown along the river bank and swept into the sky with the wind, some were ignited, and black smoke drifted along the river with the burning confetti.

Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan wiped their tears and waved their arms along the way, the yellow paper flew to the feet of a figure, and Cao Cao, who was looking at Wancheng on the river bank not far away, leaned over and picked up the yellow paper, his lips trembled slightly, and he let go of his fingers, and the yellow paper drifted away with the wind.

"Zi Xuan...... Soul Returns...... An Xi ...... Regret not being the beginning...... I should listen to you...... I was so tired that my son lost his hand...... Zi Xuan ...... Zi Xuan ......"

Since that night Zhang Xiu suddenly repeated, Cao Cao with Xu Chu broke through and returned to the Shuishui military camp, after dawn, led the three armies to the rescue, only to see Cao Ang's armor hanging on the city tower, after inquiry, learned that Cao Ang and Cao Anmin were cut into flesh with knives that night, and had to be stripped of their armor.

"Big brother's day mourning." Xiahoudun stood next to him and sighed solemnly, stepped forward to support his brother who was crying bitterly, stared at the direction of Wancheng, and there were tears in the tiger's eyes: "Ziyu's revenge, I will take Zhang Xiu'er's head and place it in front of Zixuling." ”

Cao Cao is nearly forty years old, just in the prime of life, in the end, he has also experienced the pain of losing his father, and he can hold it at this time, he took a breath, looked at the river where the waves went east, and waved his hand: "The revenge of the son is naturally revenged, but at present, the momentum of the three armies has plummeted, and the forced attack will only affect the soldiers to die in vain. ”

"Command the whole army to pull out the camp." He turned around and grabbed Xiahoudun's arm and pinched it stiffly, Xiahoudun looked at the back of a little dejected, "Brother......"

Xu Chu, who was wrapped in bandages, greeted Cao Cao who was walking back, "Lord, let Chu go back and kill Zhang Xiu to avenge the eldest prince!" ”

The big fat man, who has always been obedient to Cao Cao's words and has no extra words, his tone is also trembling slightly at this moment, he clearly remembers that that day, the eldest prince Cao Ang guarded the city gate and waited for him to come back, otherwise it would be difficult to avoid being besieged and killed by the swarming Xiliang soldiers.

"I don't feel sad that my son has passed away, but I have affected Zhongkang."

The words did not respond directly, but Qi Sheng said a word, bowed to Xu Chu in front of the generals and strategists, and the fat figure hurriedly went to help Cao Cao, "This is what I deserve, the lord must not be bothered." ”

"Retire the troops, and go back to Xudu for the time being." Straightening up, Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, Xun You and others around him, and after whispering a word, he closed his eyes and pursed his lips and walked to the direction of the barracks.

"What can Bong Hyo see?" Xun You, who was thin and had a long beard and a white face, looked at the young man next to him.

Guo Jia took his hand, drew the word "heir" on the palm of his hand, shook his head and said: "If the eldest prince is not dead, this matter should be said, but unfortunately the eldest prince is not there, say it, and the two of us will not die well in the future." ”

"Understood." Xun You, a person who can be appreciated by Cao Cao, has a naturally smart mind, and after reacting to the intrigues in it, he didn't say much about this matter, just looked in the direction of Wancheng and squinted: "Feng Xiao thinks Zhang Xiu can come up with such a serial plan?" ”

Next to him, Guo Jia untied the wine gourd on his waist and quietly poured a sip, "If this person had this strategy, Zhang Ji would not have died, and he would not have entrenched himself in the two cities. ”

He covered the gourd mouth and shook his hand: "Let's go, let's go, this person has harmed the eldest prince, although he can't move Xu Du, but he can still move him, if you want to hide your head, I don't want him to do it." ”

"Feng Xiao, but you want to invite the white wolf again?" Xun You followed behind him, and then nodded: "That's right, if the lord has no allies, this matter will probably be done like this, if the white wolf comes, with his rogue tactics, he can indeed force the guy hiding in the shadows to come out, but how to invite Feng Xiao?" ”

Slowly walked to the gate and stopped, the wine gourd gently bumped a few times on the wooden pillar of the gate, Guo Jia looked up at the skylight, and laughed: "Naturally, bluntly speaking, this person is used to being happy and hateful, and the eldest prince has been under his command for a long time, in the end, there is still friendship, there is nothing to do in the north at the moment, Ruojia guessed that it was right, after this year, he should make a move on Liaodong, and then there will really be no time to go south." ”

"So it's better to invite him back to the Central Plains for the New Year." His tone softened, looking at the blue sky, and with a smile, his mouth opened: "...... I also paid for the last time. ”

"I'm afraid it won't be like this."

“.…… By the way, I also want to meet this white wolf that crisscrosses the north and subdues Xianbei and the Huns. ”

The two talked under the gate, and it didn't take long for the army to start camping and returning north.

……

When night falls, the sky is full of stars, the cold moon is reflected on the river, the night wind whines and blows the boats on the riverbank, swaying, near the riverbank is a fishing village, occasionally people walk around and make noise, the whole village roosters and dogs bark.

Walking through the village, the sturdy figure pinched a few handfuls of freshly picked herbs and returned to the wooden house near the riverbank, the young man covered with the quilt had already woken up, looking at the stars and moon outside the window, the man handed the herbs to the girl in the burlap patch dress next to him, "Look, take it to boil, and don't feel sorry for your brother in the middle of the night." ”

"Is this saving people...... the girl withdrew her gaze that stayed on the injured young man, lowered her head a little embarrassed, took the grassland and ran outside.

"The little brother has a knife wound on his body...... This kind of knife edge is not something that ordinary knives can cut. The stout man sat down next to the young man, and a wristless arm moved, and he gathered away a few arrowheads on the ground that were still bloody: "Your wound, plus you have been soaked in water for too long, some of the meat is rotten, dig it and wait for new meat to grow, you must not think of this door for these months." ”

The young man lay flat, his eyes staring straight out of the window, and there was a strong smell of herbs outside.

"Where are you sitting, I'll ask someone to send a message and let them pick you up."

On the pillow, the young man, who had been silent for a long time, blinked his eyelids, turned his face slightly, and his chapped lips trembled: "....... If possible, help me deliver a message to Northland Valley County......"

The man who got up and was about to go out smiled: "Then you have to wait." With that, he turned and stepped forward.

"Eun Gong!" Under the difficulty of the young man's movement, he struggled to get up: "I haven't consulted the daimyo yet." ”

"People in the mountains and wilderness, how can there be any great names, call me Wu'an." The man raised his severed wrist and laughed quite boldly: "When this hand was broken, I was also depressed, until I saved my sister, in my heart, there is hope to continue or recuperate, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and when the passing caravan comes to the village, I will give a letter." ”

Standing at the door, he walked out and came in, and looked at the other party: "By the way, what is your name." ”

"Cao Ang."

The young man leaned against the wooden pillow, and his chapped lips were smiling.

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Cao Cao's army defeated Wancheng, the news of the death of his eldest son, has not yet spread, there have been war horses galloping through Hanoi, galloping all the way north on the Taihang Mountain, surpassing the caravans and pedestrians rushing to the goods, passing through the pass shortcuts, and extending quickly.

When the first news was presented to Dongfang Sheng's desk, it was the end of September, but this news was like a stone sinking into the sea, and it did not set off a storm, and when the information came through the normal transmission channels, it was in mid-October, Pan Feng, who first heard the news of Cao Ang's death in battle, put on a hemp belt and wrapped Su Mian to the south and cried.

Soon he ran towards the barracks outside the city.