At sunset, the beach where Zhang Xiu and the Karasuma cavalry fought fiercely.

The battle was not tragic, but it was fierce enough, and naturally many corpses were left on the narrow beach, both human and horse. It's just that on occasions like before, no one cares about cleaning the battlefield, and now at sunset, the battlefield that has not yet been cleaned under the residual sun also looks particularly bleak.

Cao Cao was slowly riding his horse in this battlefield at this moment. To tell the truth, there are not many people who died in this battle, and the total of the two sides is probably about 3,000 at most, and Cao Cao has been fighting since the Yellow Turban Uprising for more than 20 years, and I don't know how many battles have been fought more tragic and more casualties than this, but the battle that happened here today really made Cao Cao's heart feel indescribable.

Glancing silently, seeing that Zhang Xiu's subordinates were looking for the corpses of Zhang Xiu and Zhang Quan among the many corpses, Cao Cao locked his eyebrows and asked Zhao Yu who was accompanying him: "Yu girl, what was the battle situation at that time?" ”

Zhao Yu lowered his head and responded faintly: "Gong Cao forgives the sin, when Xiaoyu heard the news and led the fleet to arrive, General Zhang had already fought with the 20,000 carasuma reinforcements. Cao Gong should also know that although there are many ships led by Xiaoyu, they are only some shipwrights and sailors on board, and they have no combat power at all, so they can only use hair stones to give some frightening to Karasuma's reinforcements in the near sea, so as to cover General Zhang and his men to board the ship, and then stop the fleet somewhere as suspicious soldiers, so that the successor Karasuma does not dare to venture in......"

Cao Cao waved his hand to Zhao Yu: "Lone didn't blame you. Your fleet was going to transport a large army to the pass, but after the Lone Army landed, your fleet was empty, where else can you stop the Karasuma reinforcements? You can think of using a fleet of ships to bluff and set up suspicious troops offshore, so that the successor Karasuma does not dare to enter, which is already a great achievement. And you have done your best to get these soldiers on board...... Yu girl, although you are only a woman, but after this lonely victory, you still have to play the Son of Heaven, and make an exception to add a title to you. ”

"This ...... That Xiaoyu thanked Cao Gong first. ”

Cao Cao shook his head and asked, "Didn't anyone notice General Zhang at that time?" ”

Zhao Yu said: "Cao Gong Mingjian, Xiaoyu has a ship but no army, and he didn't dare to let the ship get too close to the shore when he was fighting, so he could only let General Zhang and his subordinates wade into the water to board the ship, and the scene at that time was also very chaotic. In the chaos, Xiaoyu couldn't know the whereabouts of General Zhang and Brother Quan. ”

Cao Cao raised his head and imagined the scene of more than 2,000 cavalry rushing into the sea water and then competing to board the ship first, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Yes, where can I blame you for this kind of thing?" When there is chaos, the soldiers and generals do not repeat each other, and no one can take care of anyone, this kind of thing has been experienced several times, and even a few times the generals thought that they were alone in the chaos of the army. It's just that Lone's luck is quite good, and he can always escape with his life, but General Zhang doesn't have such good luck as Lone......"

At this moment, Cao Cao's heart is actually very conflicted. Does Cao Cao hate Zhang Xiu? Needless to say, this is not said at all. But on the other hand, since Zhang Xiu officially surrendered to Cao Cao, he has indeed worked hard for Cao Cao on various battlefields, and Cao Cao is still very pleased and appreciative of this. But I really want Cao Cao to completely let go of the revenge of killing his son because of this, but it is obviously unrealistic. You must know that Cao Cao is actually a very resentful person, but Cao Cao knows when he can take revenge and when he can't care about that.

So now that he heard that Zhang Xiu died in battle, Cao Cao was relieved, but he felt a pity. Come to think of it, Zhang Xiuke led 2,000 cavalry to fight against the Karasuma army, which was ten times his size, in order to buy Cao Cao enough time, not to mention that he had already repelled a force of 5,000 cavalry before, which was obviously playing with his life. And whoever is the boss, how can he not like this kind of subordinate who is willing to play for himself?

After being silent for a while, Cao Cao suddenly called the young cavalryman who reported the news over, and asked Zhang Xiu very carefully what kind of words and deeds he had at the end. The young cavalry said Zhang Xiu's last gesture, Cao Cao asked the young cavalry to retreat, and then looked at the sea and sighed in his heart: "Zhang Xiu, you actually know that Gu still has a grudge against you, so you will act like this today, right?" You are fighting so hard for your own life, it is nothing more than wanting to repay the hatred of the old days with your own body, and then exchange these merits for the peace and wealth of the children of the clan you left in the Xu Capital, right? Anyway, since you are dead, the old enmity between us is offset, and you will naturally remember these exploits in isolation. The children of your clan will take good care of you on your behalf. ”

At a glance again, he saw that Zhao Yu untied the small gourd on his waist, and after unscrewing the lid, he spilled the wine in the gourd on the ground, and said softly with a gloomy expression: "Brother Zhang, it's Xiaoyu who is sorry for you." If I had arrived earlier, maybe you wouldn't have ......."

Cao Cao was stunned, and then asked Zhao Yu, "Girl Yu, do you still have wine?" ”

Zhao Yu was also stunned, and his eyes fell on the servant behind him. From the riding understanding, he quickly untied his wine gourd and handed it over. After Cao Cao took it, he followed Zhao Yu's example and sprinkled it on the ground, but Cao Cao's voice was much louder than Zhao Yu's self-talk: "Zhang Xiu, let's go!" And after breaking Karasuma alone and avenging you, I will come here to sacrifice it for you with the gift of the ether prison! ”

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At night, Lu Ren and Zhang Xiu's father and son were drinking and chatting in the cabin, and the correspondent suddenly rushed to Lu Ren's side and handed over the telegram in his hand to Lu Ren: "Sect Master Lu, Miss Yu is calling." ”

Lu Ren nodded, took the telegram and looked at it, found the corresponding book from the bookshelf on the side, and after some searching, he smiled at Zhang Xiu's father and son, who were curious over there: "The rain girl has sent a message, saying that your father and son have hidden the death of Lao Cao, and Lao Cao also said in public that after he defeats Karasuma, he will set up a sacrifice for you in the ether prison on that beach." ”

Zhang Xiu was puzzled and looked at the two pieces of paper in Lu Ren's hand...... One is the code of the telegram sent by Zhao Yu, and the other is the text of the telegram that Lu Ren sorted out, and after hesitating for a while, he asked: "Lu Servant, we are now in this sea, even if there is a clipper to catch up with us, it is difficult to find us in this vast sea, so where can this news come through?" If you want to reassure our father and son, you don't have to do that. ”

Lu Ren shook the note in his hand and said with a smile: "I didn't lie to you. As for how I exchange news with the rain girl, hehe, I have a lot of things you can't imagine. It doesn't matter, you'll get used to it when you get to Yizhou. ”

Zhang Xiu's father and son glanced at each other, and they didn't know what to say. After a while, Zhang Quan opened his mouth and asked, "Uncle Lu, when we were fighting Karasuma today, what was the loud thing that was used to kill Karasuma on the ships?" ”

Lu Ren smiled again: "That's artillery, this is the treasure at the bottom of the box I have on hand." If it weren't for the critical situation today, I wouldn't have wanted to use it. But if you're interested, I'll let you fire a few shots now and see the power of the cannon I've made. ”

"Uh...... Change, talk about another day, talk about another day! The kid thanked Uncle Lu in advance. ”

At that time, Zhang Quan was in the rear of the army under the guidance of Zhang Xiu, and he looked back at that scene in the middle, and the loud noise and power of those shells were very terrible to Zhang Quan, and he felt a little afraid for no reason. Now let him touch those things, Zhang Quan's heart is a little drumming.

Lu Ren just laughed at this. Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden and didn't dare to touch this or that, and now let Zhang Quan contact these Dongdong who have been ahead of her for many years, it is indeed a little difficult for Zhang Quan. Take your time, these two father and son have arrived in Yizhou, but it will take some time to get used to it.

At this time, Zhang Xiu also came back to his senses. Speaking of which, Zhang Xiu himself is a person who has no opinions, otherwise he would not have obeyed Jia Xu so much. And since he officially surrendered to Cao Cao, Jia Xu has become Cao Cao's advisor, and no one around him has helped him with ideas. Now after experiencing such a thing, Zhang Xiu actually regards Lu Ren as another Jia Xu, and even feels that Lu Ren is much more unfathomable than Jia Xu, so Zhang Xiu has no doubt about the authenticity of the message in Lu Ren's hand, and is concerned about another issue at the moment:

"Lu Servant, do you think the Cao Guild really thinks I've died in battle?"

Lu Ren thought about it for a long time, shook his head and said, "To be honest, this is a difficult thing to say. Lao Cao is extremely smart, and if he didn't see the corpses of you and Quan'er with his own eyes, he might still be skeptical about this matter, not to mention that I personally got involved this time...... Oh yes, Lao Cao probably didn't know that I actually came to the north in person this time, but I sent someone to join in, so if Lao Cao thought of me, most of them would have guessed something. ”

These words immediately made Zhang Xiu nervous again: "That, that ......"

Lu Ren immediately waved his hand to Zhang Xiu and said with a smile: "Don't worry, in fact, even if Lao Cao guesses that your father and son are not dead, what does it matter?" We ran so far, since Lao Cao can't take me, he will take you the same way. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren pointed to the telegram that was put back on the table: "The most important thing is that here, didn't Lao Cao say in front of everyone that he wanted to set up a sacrifice for you?" Lao Cao is a smart person, compared to your life and death, Lao Cao is more concerned about how to serve the public and control. If he insists on chasing after you, it will be too easy to chill everyone. Lao Cao is a person who wants to achieve something great, and he will not do this kind of loss-making business. (To be continued.) )