He rode his horse slowly, and the soldiers behind him still bowed their heads and walked through the muddy road with difficult steps.

Although they didn't know why the enemy general with a big knife would let him go so easily, after all, as long as they got out of the quagmire under their feet, the way back to Xuchang was a flat river.

But when this group of soldiers was about to leave Huarong Road after a lot of hardships, the appearance of an enemy army in the middle of the road at the foot of the mountain ahead of them shattered the little hope they had just seen.

"Prime Minister Cao, can you still fight?" Liu He sat on the horse and looked at the traitor in the troubled world with a smile.

After the silent brushing shoulder with Guan Yu just now, for some reason, Cao Cao was much relieved, and in the face of the enemy army in front of him who was destined to take his life, he had a feeling that his heart was like water.

He shook his head with a smile, and said generously: "Today, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the net laid by Mr. ”

Liu He smiled but did not speak.

Cao Cao turned his head to look at the soldiers who were already full of fear, but still clenched the weapons in their hands, ready to fight to the death, and when he turned around, he was already lonely.

He urged him to step forward, clenched his fists, and said softly, "Sir, can you let them go back to Xuchang?" ”

Liu He did not hesitate at all, and waved his hand at Han Yi behind him, and Han Yi gave an order, and hundreds of heavily armored iron horsemen instantly made way of a way.

Cao Cao clasped his fists again and saluted: "Mr. Renyi, Cao has thanked me here." ”

He turned his head and said loudly: "The whole army listens to the order and returns to Xuchang quickly." ”

Cao Jun was all excited when he heard this, but seeing the resolute expression on Cao Cao's face, they immediately understood what the price of their survival was.

Seeing that no one in the whole army was willing to take a step, Cao Cao said angrily: "Those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Xu Chu strode forward, knelt on one knee, and persuaded bitterly: "Lord, if you fight to the death, you may not be able to escape!" ”

Cao Cao looked at the remnants of the defeated army behind him and sighed, at this time, what else to fight to the death?

"If General Xu Chu has a heart, he can stay with Prime Minister Cao." Liu He still said with a relaxed face.

Xu Chu stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "You don't need to say this, I should live and die with the lord!" Even if I fight to the death today, I will ......"

"Zhongkang!" Cao Cao scolded loudly, but looking at Xu Chu's extremely resolute expression, his tone was much softer, "Zhongkang, you can stay if you want to, but they ...... Let's let them go. ”

Xu Chu was silent for a long time, sighed, waved his hand at the soldiers behind him, and motioned for them to leave quickly.

Seeing that no one was moving, Xu Chu turned around and said angrily: "Are you deaf?" Dare to disobey military orders? ”

He raised his broadsword and slashed at one of the lieutenants standing at the front. Cao Jun has always rewarded and punished strictly, and Xu Chu, as Cao Cao's personal guard, has never been soft on those who violate military orders.

But the tiger idiot general who never tolerated his subordinates in order to maintain the authority of the lord, when he saw the resolute expression on the captain's face, the broadsword stopped in mid-air and never fell.

After another period of silence, Xu Chu finally put down the big knife and said softly: "You go first, I will keep the lord to catch up with you." ”

Although these soldiers had just experienced an extremely tragic battle of life and death not long ago, the people who could still stay by Cao Cao's side at this time were all extremely loyal people.

The captain standing at the front fell to his knees with a thud, "General, we are willing to follow the lord to the death, and never do that thing to steal my life." ”

Xu Chu stepped forward and helped the captain up, "If you want to repay the lord, take them away, so that you can be regarded as living up to the lord's hard work." ”

The captain fell into an ice cellar, he looked at Cao Cao, who had always turned his back to him, gritted his teeth, and was the first to lead the team forward.

The soldiers followed the team one by one, passing through the Han family's army in a tight array, they did not have the slightest fear of the ink knife in the opponent's hand, but they all had a loss on their faces that could not be concealed.

Turning the foot of the mountain in front of them, even if they left the boundary of Huarong Dao, in front of them would be an endless plain, and at the end of this plain was the imperial city, Xuchang.

The soldiers turned their heads to the man who had never looked at them more.

A group of seven-foot men, finally wiping their tears, turned the last foot of the mountain, and disappeared from sight.

Cao Cao was finally willing to withdraw his empty gaze looking up at the sky, glanced at the foot of the mountain that was no one, and then straightened his clothes, walked to Liu He with his head held high, and said loudly: "Sir, let's do it." ”

Liu He turned over and dismounted, came to Cao Cao, and said with a smile: "Let's talk a few words first?" ”

Xu Chu was furious when he heard this, and slashed at Liu He with a knife, "If you want to kill, you will kill, but you can't humiliate my father-in-law!" ”

Liu He looked at the big knife that was cut head-on, without a trace of panic, but smiled easily.

He didn't rush to dodge, and when the big knife fell only an inch from the top of his head, he turned slightly to the side, and easily dodged Xu Chu's powerful knife.

Under Xu Chu's full strength, the big knife was deeply embedded in the ground, and countless pieces of gravel flew up, shooting in all directions, Liu He raised his hand and flicked it lightly in front of him a few times, and then bounced a few pieces of gravel away.

And Cao Cao, who was in front of him, allowed the gravel to cut several blood marks on his face, but he never moved.

Xu Chu saw that Cao Cao was injured, and his heart was even more impatient, and he just wanted to pull out the big knife from the ground, but Liu He held the big knife down with one hand.

Xu Chu was taken aback, the weak scholar in front of him, who was just a weak scholar with no power in his impression, was unbelievable that he could dodge the knife he had just made, and what was even more unbelievable was that he couldn't pull out the big knife after several attempts.

"General Xu Chu, I said that I was just chatting, why bother with knives and guns?"

Liu He's left hand was still holding the big knife tightly, and at the same time, his right hand reached forward and put it on Xu Chu's shoulder.

Xu Chu only felt a strong force push on his shoulder, and then the whole person slid backwards for a few steps.

He didn't rush to make another move after he stood still, it wasn't that he was afraid of Liu He, but the palm on his shoulder just now, the other party was obviously reserved, as if he was not malicious.

This kind of subtle emotional fluctuations when a martial artist makes a move can only be perceived by a true master, but Xu Chu at this moment is in a dilemma.

As a person who practices martial arts, he obviously felt some kindness from Liu He.

But as a general who followed the lord to fight in the south and the north, how could he believe that the enemy would let go of this great opportunity to destroy the opponent in one fell swoop under such an absolute advantage?