Xingyang, the city guard.

The Son of Heaven was on the top, and the rest of the people, headed by Cao Cao, sat on the left and right.

"Report, General Ma Mengqi (Ma Chao) returned from defeat."

"Report, General Xu Gongming (Xu Huang) returned from defeat."

.......

Cao Cao thought that the fragile alliance would make Lu Bu give up the first attack, so as not to damage his own forces, but who knew that Lu Bu was in a state of collapse, and suddenly launched a fierce attack, completely ignoring the loss of his own forces.

Unable to move forward, Cao Cao could only ask the Son of Heaven to retreat to Xingyang and fight against Lu Bu.

However, even if Cao Cao had the advantage of the city, it was somewhat difficult to stop the army led by Lu Bu from attacking the city.

Ma Chao, Xu Huang, Li Dian and Xiahoudun went out of the city one after another to fight against Lu Bu, but they were defeated one after another and retreated with injuries.

"I beg Your Majesty's permission to order the four of them to fight against Lu Bu at the same time and temporarily retreat." Cao Cao bowed.

"Exactly."

Hearing that Liu Xie, the son of heaven who had lost in a row, his face was already a little pale, and he was very afraid of Lu Bu in his heart, so he didn't mean to be allowed.

With permission, Cao Cao got up and said aloud outside the hall: "Pass my order, the four generals will leave the city immediately and work together to retreat Lu Bu." ”

"No."

The herald outside the hall received the order, and hurriedly trotted to deliver the order.

Inside the hall, the ministers began to whisper, and the atmosphere here began to be a little subtle.

Although he couldn't hear the conversation between them clearly, Cao Cao could roughly guess what they were thinking, and his face suddenly became a little unhappy.

"If you have any opinions, just speak up, why bother to speak." Cao Cao snorted coldly.

As soon as these words came out, the hall was suddenly quiet, and the needles could be heard, and those ministers lowered their heads one by one, not daring to put forward any more opinions, for fear of causing Cao Cao to be unhappy.

"What? I'm dumb, I can speak well just now. ”

Cao Cao sneered and looked at the ministers, and wherever his eyes went, the heads of those ministers were a little lower.

"The general is so intimidating, who dares to admonish again?"

In the crowd, a rather mocking voice suddenly sounded, Cao Cao raised his eyes and looked, it turned out to be a servant surnamed Yang who was close to Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, and Cao Cao's eyes were suddenly filled with coldness.

"Since Mrs. Yang said so, he must have a high opinion, and Meng De is willing to hear about it." Cao Cao said in a cold tone.

"That's how it should be."

Mrs. Yang has already stood up, there is no possibility of turning back, it is better to go all the way to the dark, I heard that Cao Cao is thirsty for talent, and he will not easily kill talented people, and the confidence of this Mrs. Yang also comes from this.

"We have been besieged by two armies, and we should have built fortifications, using Luoyang as a stronghold to meet the enemy, but the general forcibly took the Son of Heaven away from Luoyang on the grounds of moving the capital and escaping, resulting in the current situation. Mrs. Yang blushed, and reprimanded herself as wonderful.

Mrs. Yang thought that Cao Cao would be touched, but unexpectedly, he only saw Cao Cao's expressionless face, looking at him as if he was looking at a clown jumping beam, and said to him in a cold tone: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Nope."

Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Mrs. Yang's heart suddenly became bottomless, and her tone weakened a lot.

Without looking at Mrs. Yang more, Cao Cao directly turned to look at Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, and asked softly, "What does Your Majesty think of this?" ”

Liu Xie, who didn't come out of the panic at all, looked at the cold color that loomed in Cao Cao's eyes, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and it was not easy to say anything more, so he could only turn to a weak momentum and said: "It's all up to the general to decide." ”

"Your Majesty's trust."

Cao Cao bowed his hand and thanked him, and then asked: "Although this person is a servant, but in times of crisis, he disturbs the hearts of our army, provokes the relationship between monarchs and ministers, and at the moment of crisis, he can't waste more time on interrogation, it is better to behead him on the spot outside the hall, with the heart of the army, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

"No, no."

Taifu Yang panicked instantly, knelt on the ground towards Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and pleaded with a panicked face: "Your Majesty, the minister is loyal, but the sun and the moon can be revealed, and you must not listen to what the general says." ”

Hearing this, Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, couldn't bear it, but Cao Cao was not easy to offend, and between hesitations, Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, asked Cao Cao softly: "Can the general be merciful?" ”

"In normal times, it is naturally feasible, but now that the soldiers are coming to the city, if they don't kill this guy, it will be difficult to calm the hearts of the army, and how can they continue to protect Your Majesty?" Cao Cao replied coldly.

In Cao Cao's words, there was no lack of threatening elements, but Liu Xie, the son of heaven, could only ignore it, waved his hand and said: "Let the general dispose of it to calm the army's heart." ”

"Come on, drag it down, and kill it on the spot."

With Cao Cao's order, two armor soldiers walked in, one on the left and the other on the right, and set up the Yang servant with a dead face, and the ministers couldn't wait to shrink their heads.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this, if you do this, you will definitely deviate from morality, and there will be no real name at that time!"

Mrs. Yang struggled to shout at the Son of Heaven Liu Xie, but the Son of Heaven Liu Xie tilted his head to the side and no longer looked at Mrs. Yang, for the sake of a mere servant, offending Cao Cao was not worth it at all, and at this time, Ma Teng and Han Sui, who were sitting under Cao Cao, did not say anything to stop them, these useless ministers did not let the two of them take it to heart, Cao Cao wanted to use it to establish power, and they didn't bother to care.

Perhaps because he understood that he was going to die, Mrs. Yang was already desperate and scolded Cao Cao.

"Cao thief, you are vainly trying to set up Your Majesty and plot against the Han Dynasty, and you will definitely die a bad death! Ignorant Son of Heaven, foolish, he actually listened to traitorous ministers, killed loyal ministers, and the day of the death of the country was not far away, not far away....."

Without waiting for Mrs. Yang to continue, another soldier stepped forward, forcibly plugged Mrs. Yang's mouth with a cloth, and forcibly dragged him away.

After Mrs. Yang shouted, the hall suddenly fell silent again, Cao Cao's face was bland, as if he was not talking about him, but Liu Xie, the son of heaven, his face was a little pale, and the guilt in his heart for the execution of Mrs. Yang dissipated in an instant.

"Report, the four generals have retreated from Lu Bu, and the offensive has stopped."

As the heralds brought good news from the front, the atmosphere in the hall became lively again.

"Finally, there is good news, and now we have time to discuss how to leave Xingyang and continue to move the capital." Cao Cao smiled and said to everyone, but the ministers looked at Cao Cao's smile, and they felt a little chill in their hearts.

With the fate of Mrs. Yang in front of them, these ministers will be much more honest in the future, and if they are not honest, they will die.