Sure enough, as expected by Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao was defeated, if it weren't for Cao Hong's desperate rescue, I am afraid that he would have become a tablet enshrined in the Cao family ancestral hall at this time.

When he led the remnants of the defeated army back to the coalition camp, he saw the upper and lower factions singing and dancing, and the soldiers were drinking and talking, and laughter filled the entire camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, the Kwantung princes were overwhelmed by the expansion of alcohol, Kong Ling was half drunk, and said with red cheeks: "It is said that the Liangzhou soldiers are good at fighting, I think it's just like that, our army is in the direction of the banner, and the soldiers are pointing out, such as destroying the withering and decaying trend, invincible, and the Xiliang army has fled from the wind, hahaha~"

He is good at talking about high theories, and the more people are wide, the more he talks like a gathering, and the world says that he can boast of being withered and boasting, and has a pair of tongues that can say that the dead are alive.

Qiao Mao nodded and echoed: "Who said no, Dong Lao Thief is just a child of a good family, with my Kanto righteous people, there are ten Dong Zhuo, what can I wait for!" ”

The princes nodded one after another, aroused by their interest, and boasted about their exploits in courting Dong.

Speaking of excitement, I can't wait to trample Dong Zhuo under my feet, spit on two mouthfuls of spit, and then slash Ling Chi to vent the high-spirited show-off in my heart.

Yuan Shao looked at the ugliness of everyone's drunken nonsense, quite disapproving, he looked down on these rough and reckless men in his heart, and hindered the great cause of Dong on the table, he sat on the leader of the alliance again, and had to bite and endure patiently.

Someone below suddenly sneered, his voice was not high, but it was particularly harsh in the noisy drunken words.

Everyone was still abusing Dong Zhuo, only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu heard it, and they followed the sound, it was Cao Cao.

But suddenly, Cao Cao suddenly laughed, and Langlang's laughter shook everyone's heated discussion as if it had been split by a steel knife, and it was broken into seven or eight pieces, and they looked at each other in an instant.

Yuan Shao frowned: "Why is Meng De laughing? ”

Cao Cao said coldly: "Since Dong Zhuo is so unbearable, why don't you organize your troops, grind your spears, and immediately lead the army west to Guguan to fight to the death with Dong thieves. ”

Everyone was disturbed by Cao Cao's sudden cold words, and Yuan Shao covered up and said: "Meng De, you are drunk, today is to celebrate, don't talk about other things, come, you and my brothers drink together." ”

Cao Cao slammed the wine lord in his hand: "Celebration? The Son of Heaven was held hostage by Dong thieves and went west, and the important weapons of the country were damaged, but you and I sat back and watched the overthrow of Sheji, talking about merit, foolishness, and I don't know where the merit is! ”

At this moment, not only Yuan Shao, but also the princes at the table changed their faces, and some people wanted to refute Cao Cao, but in the end, they were at a loss, and they drank the wine in embarrassment.

Cao Cao's face sank like the sea: "Today, all the princes are loyal and righteous, and they support hundreds of thousands of soldiers, but they hesitate to enter, let Dong thieves go west, endure the loss of the Son of Heaven, lose the hope of the world, and steal for the shame of the kings!" ”

Yuan Shao was extremely embarrassed, and he had no choice but to make the final maintenance: "Meng De, you and I are both raising troops for the country, and we are all bare hearts, how can we endure the loss of the Son of Heaven?" Although the Dong thief is fleeing westward, but its momentum is still large, and the poor can not be chased, forced to die, he will fight to the death, you led the army to the west last time, but was ambushed in Xingyang, isn't it proof? ”

Speaking of that failure, Cao Cao's resentment was even greater, he knocked his fist on the food table, and said loudly: "When Dong Thief fled westward, he could have combined the power of all the monarchs to settle the society in one fell swoop, but except for me, Cao Mengde, who marched westward alone, where are the kings, where are the kings!" ”

These two doubts were like two heavy hammers, knocking straight down and throwing them on everyone's faces, and some people were stabbed and hidden, and they suddenly had a heavy hatred for Cao Cao.

"Mengde, don't lose your manners!" Yuan Shao shouted, and he said to his entourage on the left and right, "General Cao is drunk, help him go back to rest!" ”

Cao Cao didn't wait for his entourage to fight each other, he simply stood up: "The leader of the non-labor alliance is worried, and my Cao Cao can still move!" ”

He arched his hand, "Alliance leader, princes, Cao Cao is a layman, retire first!" ”

Yuan Shao's anger burned in his chest, even if he and Cao Cao were close friends, he should not be mercilessly criticized in front of everyone, he said angrily: "Meng De, what are you going to do here? ”

Cao Cao glanced at him coldly: "Cao Zijing Xingyang was defeated, his vitality was greatly damaged, and he was unable to follow the monarchs to make meritorious deeds, so he resigned to the alliance leader." ”

Yuan Shao heard that Cao Cao was going to withdraw from the alliance, and he couldn't help but panic: "Meng De is leaving?" ”

Cao Cao did not hesitate at all: "The soldiers are weak and weak, not as good as the monarchs, if you stay any longer, you will be like a waste of idle food, and you have to go first." ”

Yuan Shaoli straightened up, and couldn't understand whether he was angry or sad.

He looked at Cao Cao in a daze, wanting to keep but couldn't pull it off, wanting to reprimand but couldn't find an excuse, wanting to get angry but not having a place to vent.

Cao Cao was also silent, in the end, he and Yuan Shao have been friends for many years, and today they withdrew from the alliance in public, which was like tearing their faces.

He didn't want to hesitate anymore, and said loudly: "Farewell!" ”

After speaking, he waved his clothes and left the Chinese army's tent with arrows.

Tao Qian saw Cao Cao leaving, and hurriedly got up and said: "Yesterday's letter from home, the words were clumsy and Jing occasionally felt a bad disease, and Qian should not stay for a long time. ”

The princes of the Kwantung region were stunned, they were still drunk just now, how could it be that after half a while, you said that someone in the family was seriously ill.

is so impatient, what kind of clumsy Jing accidental disease, isn't it that Dong Zhuo added Cao Cao as the pastor of Xuzhou, are you afraid that Cao Cao will take you Xuzhou?

Also clumsy Jing is seriously ill, hum, shameless villain.

Tao Qian didn't care what the princes thought, he hurriedly bowed to everyone, and then returned to the barracks and returned to Xuzhou with Danyang soldiers.

The tiger prison was closed, a gust of cold wind blew in his face, and Cao Cao saw Tao Qian leading the troops to leave, and the corners of his lips slanted a sneer: "Old horseman!" ”

It is the night of the clear moon, and there are hundreds of resonances between the four fields, there are warriors' boots walking by, there are insects humming among the grass, there is the breeze rubbing the moonlight, and there is the sound of the unknown world.

The ruins of Luoyang were constantly replaying in Cao Cao's mind, he held on to the battlements, looked at the bleak moonlight and sang: "There are righteous people in the eastern part of the country, and the army is raised to fight against the murderers. The forces of the army were uneven, and they hesitated and walked wildly. Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs fight each other. The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines. ”

"One of the people is left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines." Cao Cao sang and sang, and two lines of tears flowed from his eyes.

"That's it, it's better to get out of this filthy place as soon as possible." After a while, he wiped away his tears and walked down the tower in a daze.

The next day, Cao Cao led his army south to Yangzhou, and soon after, the alliance against Dong existed in name only, and the princes of all parties invariably withdrew from the alliance, and the courtiers became an absurd farce, and the loyalty of the courtiers seemed so pale and cheap in the last days of the dynasty.

Since then, few people have really served the dynasty, and the emperor is nothing more than a tool in the hands of careerists, and the revival of the Han dynasty has become the most tragic slogan of that era.