Dong Zhuo's strength was extremely strong, and when the slap went down, he almost knocked Jia Xu apart, and he held on to the battlements before he could barely stand firm.

Although he was praised by Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu could not see smugness on his face, but a trace of helplessness that was not easy to detect.

Dong Zhuo summoned Niu Fu over and whispered in his ear.

Niu Fu's eyes lit up, and he was busy explaining Dong Zhuo's secret order and arranging for his subordinates to carry it out.

Li Ru's eyes flashed with curiosity, guessing what kind of trick Jia Xu could have, but he couldn't guess if he wanted to break his scalp.

Dong Zhuo smiled with satisfaction: "Su Zhe, Su Zhe, what if you are Wolong, the old man has a poisonous scorpion, just stinging you!" I said Jia Wenhe, from today on, you will follow the old man and give advice to the old man. ”

Of course, Jia Xu didn't dare to refuse, so he could only give up.

"Okay, now let's just wait for Cao Cao's kid to retreat, the old man is happy today, come on, send the concubines of the first emperor to the old man's big tent, the old man will kill them today, hahaha-"

Dong Zhuo laughed wildly, stood up with a fat belly, and went down to the city.

A group of civil and military generals followed one after another.

When Niu Fu passed by Jia Xu, he lowered his voice and said happily: "Jia Wenhe, you can be regarded as giving the general a long face today, help the general to press Li Ru down, don't go anywhere tonight, the general will go back and invite you to have a drink." ”

After that, Niu Fu also happily chased Dong Zhuo down to the city.

Jia Xu stood still, looked at the direction of Yanzhou in the east, and sighed helplessly: "Cao Mengde, you and I have no grudges and no hatred, I shouldn't have targeted you, I can't help myself, in order to protect myself, I can only come up with this poisonous plan, no way, if you want to blame, you can blame this troubled world." ”

……

East of Tiger Prison Pass, Sour Jujube City.

The city gate was wide open, and thousands of Cao soldiers and soldiers were marching out of the west gate in a neat procession and marching in the direction of Tiger Prison Pass.

Cao Cao stood at the head of the city, looking down at the soldiers under the city, his eyes extended far to the west, and suddenly, many past events came to mind.

"Zixiao, don't you remember that back then, we allied with the princes of the Eighteenth Road to fight against Dong Zhuo?" Cao Cao raised his horsewhip lightly and asked lightly.

Cao Ren beside him arched his hand: "Of course I remember, back then, the sour jujube alliance, the soldiers and horses of the Kwantung princes were several times that of Dong thieves, but they held wine all day long, and no one wanted to really please Dong, only Meng De, you are stupid......"

Cao Ren paused for a moment, forcibly swallowed back the words behind, and said with a smile: "Only Meng De, you are bent on crusading against Dong Thief and supporting the Han family, but because our strength is too weak, we are still defeated by Dong Thief after all." ”

Cao Cao glanced at him and laughed at himself: "I know, you want to call me stupid, I know that the building is going to collapse, and it is difficult to support it alone, but I want to use my own strength to save the sky, that's not stupid." ”

"This ...... I don't want to say it. Cao Ren smiled a little reluctantly.

Cao Cao sighed: "No way, who asked me Cao Ah to hide my childhood dream, that is, to be the general of the Han Dynasty to conquer the west, to open up territory for the Han Dynasty, and I also have a good name in history, if this Han Dynasty is gone, won't my dream be shattered." ”

Cao Ren also followed: "It's a pity, the dream is very beautiful, but the reality is often very cruel, such as today's children have fallen to the point where they need a poor disciple like Su Zhe to shelter, I think Meng De, your dream of supporting the Han family, I'm afraid it is getting more and more slim." ”

Cao Cao's heart shook slightly, and suddenly he seemed to have an understanding.

At this moment, a righteous and awe-inspiring voice sounded behind him: "Slim hope does not mean that there is no hope, as long as we work together, why not help the Han family." ”

Everyone looked back, but saw Xun Yu coming up to the city.

As soon as Cao Cao saw Xun Yu, it was like seeing the sun, and the haze on his face was immediately dispelled.

He smiled and said happily: "If Wen Ruo is right, how can there be no hope for people to live, everyone thinks that the Han family cannot be restored, and I Cao Cao wants to show them." ”

The atmosphere in the city suddenly became positive again.

Cao Ren said: "Mr. Xun, if we want to revive the Han Dynasty, we must first have our own strength, but now you strongly recommend Meng De to lead the army to fight against Dong Thief, isn't this just a waste of our soldiers and horses, but we helped Su Zhe, what good can this do us." ”

Xun Yu Zhengse said: "General Zixiao, you can't say that, right now the Son of Heaven is under the protection of Su Zhe, and we helped him repel the Dong thief, which is equivalent to protecting Your Majesty, which in itself is contributing to the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, how can you use the small profits in front of you to weigh the pros and cons." ”

Cao Ren was speechless, so he had to be silent.

Cao Cao said: "Wen Ruo, I followed your suggestion, and was ordered by the Son of Heaven to attack the Tiger Prison Pass with all the troops of Yanzhou, but Dong Zhuo has sent 10,000 heavy troops to guard it, you, one of the Nine Wonders, Renqi, do you have any clever plans to help me capture the Tiger Pass?" ”

"What Ren Qi, that's just the killing of those high-ranking hermits, the Qilin is an auspicious beast, and Ren is my Confucian doctrine, these two words together weigh as much as Mount Tai, Yu can not afford it." Xun Yu bowed his hands and was humble.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Then you don't have to be modest, if you Xun Wen is proficient in Confucianism, you are a famous person in the world, and you are worthy of the word 'benevolence'." ”

"Since I Cao Cao got your assistance, in just one year, I have pacified millions of yellow turbans, defeated the entire Yanzhou, and defeated Yuan Shu's invasion, which can be described as smooth sailing and excellent luck, and it is not the auspicious luck brought by your unicorn, I think the name of this Renqi belongs to you."

was praised by Cao Cao so much, Xun Yu couldn't be more modest, and it was inconvenient to accept it calmly, so he had to laugh.

"Since Mr. Wen Ruo is one of the Nine Wonders, then let's think of a clever plan for us, how to break through the Tiger Prison." Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and asked.

Xun Yu shook his head, "General Zixiao, this is difficult for me, Yu is only good at this point, and he is only good at analyzing the general situation, conquering cities, and making suggestions, which is not what I am good at." ”

Cao Cao also nodded and said: "Mr. Wenruo is my Cao Cao's Xiao He, Zixiao, what have you seen, Xiao He has made suggestions instead of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping." ”

Cao Ren was stunned, so he had to smile helplessly.

At this moment, Cheng Yu panted and climbed up to the top of the city, and said with a solemn face: "Lord, something has happened, something has happened!" ”

"Something is wrong, Zhongde is so flustered." Cao Cao asked disappreciatively.

"Lord...... See for yourself. Cheng Yu's expression was solemn, and he didn't dare to say it, so he only presented the urgent report in his hand.

Cao Cao had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he took the information suspiciously, and spread it out uneasily.

It was the handwriting of Xiahoudun, who stayed in Yanzhou, and the handwriting was quite sloppy, which shows how urgent he was when he wrote the letter.

Cao Cao only glanced at it a few times, and suddenly his face changed drastically, his body shook violently, he raised his head to the sky and shouted, and fell to the side.

"Mengde!" Cao Ren was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

At this time, Cao Cao's face was already distorted and deformed, and his face was sad and angry, as if his spirit had been hit by a huge blow.

"Mengde, what happened, what did Yuan Rang say in the letter?" Cao Ren asked in horror.

Cao Cao didn't answer, only gritted his teeth, and scolded angrily: "Tao Qian old thief, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to destroy you~~"

Xun Yu, who was also surprised, hurriedly leaned down and picked up the silk book that fell to the ground, and after reading it, his face suddenly changed.

"Mr. Wenruo, what happened?" Cao Ren asked urgently.

Xun Yu sighed and said silently: "General Yuan Rang said in his letter that Taigong Cao was ambushed by Tao Qian's subordinates on the way to Yanzhou from Taishan County...... He...... He was killed. ”

A bolt from the blue!

"Uncle...... Uncle, he was murdered by Tao Qian!? Cao Ren was stunned and looked incredulous.

The uncle in his mouth, the prince in Xun Yu's mouth, is Cao Cao's father, Cao Song.

At the beginning, Cao Song hid in Taishan County in order to avoid trouble, and now that Cao Cao has pacified Yanzhou, he sent someone to pick up Cao Song back.

He never expected that Cao Song would be killed by Tao Qian on the way back.

Cao Cao, who was extremely sad and indignant, staggered up straight, and scolded angrily: "The hatred of killing my father, I don't share the sky, Tao Qian, if I Cao Cao doesn't destroy you, I am not worthy of the surname Cao!" ”

Cao Ren also said sadly: "Meng De, that Tao Qian has always been friendly with Yuan Shu, he murdered his uncle this time, he must have been instructed by Yuan Shu, what are we waiting for, immediately return to Xuzhou to kill Xuzhou, and avenge my uncle." ”

Cao Cao nodded heavily, and said sharply: "Pass my general order, and the whole army will immediately pull out the camp and return to the east, follow me to Xuzhou, and take revenge!" ”

Cao Ren got the order, went angrily, and immediately went to convey the order.

Xun Yu frowned darkly, and persuaded: "Lord, that Tao Qian is a self-guarding thief, he knows that he murdered the prince and will summon the revenge of the lord, but why did he still do this?" Wouldn't it be to cause trouble, could it be that someone secretly used means to blame Tao Qian, so as to provoke us to go to war with Tao Qian. ”

"I can't control that much, anyway, my father died on the territory of the old thief Tao, and the old thief can't get rid of him anyway, as for whether someone provoked it, it's not too late to investigate after I kill him!" Cao Cao was resolute and did not listen to advice.

Xun Yu's eyebrows deepened, and he arched his hand and said: "If the lord goes away in anger, Dong Thief's wing will solve the threat, and he will be able to go south with all his strength. ”

Cao Cao's expression moved slightly, as if he was touched, and fell into a brief silence.

After a while, he waved his hand and said resolutely: "Defend the family and defend the country, protect the family and defend the country, if you can't even protect your family, how can I protect the country, I have made up my mind, first avenge the family, and then kill the national thief!" ”

After that, Cao Cao didn't give him another chance to persuade him, and strode down the city with his sword.

Looking at Cao Cao's distant figure, Xun Yu sighed secretly: "In your eyes, after all, the family is still greater than the country......