When I led the brothers to rush back, I happened to meet Liu Bei leading the people to retreat, and when Liu Bei saw that I had blocked his way, he suddenly looked like he was dead.

I looked at him and asked, "You are Liu Bei?" ”

He nodded and said, "Yes." ”

I asked again: "After King Jing of Zhongshan?" ”

He nodded again and said, "Yes." ”

I asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

He still nodded and said: "I know, Your Excellency is a young and honest general of the Imperial Guard, a talented and martial artist, the best in the world, and known as a god general." ”

I then asked, "Since you know who I am, are you afraid of me?" ”

He looked at me in some surprise, but nodded his head and said, "I don't want to be afraid, but I have to be afraid." ”

I chuckled, looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei beside him, and immediately asked, "I think the three of you seem to be a little injured, are they serious?" ”

He replied: "The general's soldiers are too brave, and the three of us are a little invincible, so I suffered a little injury, which is not too serious. ”

I said, "What are you going to do now, whether you will continue to resist and be my enemy, or whether you will surrender and be my prisoner?" ”

He hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Can you tell the truth?" ”

I nodded, "Say." ”

He said, "I don't want to be your enemy, let alone your prisoner, can you let the three of me go?" ”

"Haha." I immediately shook my head in amusement, and the brothers around me laughed as if it were a funny joke.

Immediately, I smiled at him and said, "Okay, give me a reason, and if I think you sound good, I'll let you three go." ”

He groaned and said, "I lost my father when I was a child, and my family was in the middle of the road. depends on his mother for his life, and makes a living by weaving mats and selling shoes; I thought that the world was in chaos, and I could establish a career with my enthusiasm and glorify the lintel; As the saying goes, "Heroes come out of troubled times", but only now do I realize that this is really a lie; I have not yet married and had children, and I have an old mother at home who has no one to take care of me. If I can't go back, and there is no rice to cook at home, I don't even know if my old mother can live safely; Your Excellency is a hero in the world, can you bear to look at an old woman? Day after day at home, looking forward to his son, who will never return? ”

He burst into tears and was so emotional that I couldn't help but be silent immediately.

Immediately, I groaned and said, "Well, for your old mother's sake, I'll let you go this time; However, the next time I catch you, I will have to support your old mother. ”

He couldn't help but be stunned. But he asked, "Why?" ”

I said, "Because I'm going to kill you." ”

When he heard this, he was immediately silent, and then bowed down and said, "Thank you General Wei's men for their mercy, and I will keep this in mind." ”

Immediately, I said to those around me, "Brothers. Let's start cleaning up the battlefield. ”

"No!" Immediately all the brothers answered in unison.

Then, Liu Bei planned to leave with the remnants of his defeated army. Before leaving, the rest of them didn't even dare to turn their heads back, as if they were afraid that I would suddenly regret it.

However. They had only been a few steps away when I seemed to think of something and shouted, "Wait a minute." ”

Liu Bei was suddenly shocked. The cold sweat on his face immediately burst out. Then he swallowed his saliva, then turned his mount and bowed to him, "I don't know what General Wei commands?" ”

"And then." I took out a piece of gold and threw it to him, saying, "Go back and buy some delicious food for Lingtang to replenish your body, and greet me by the way." ”

He looked at me, then bowed down and said, "Thank you, General Wei, if you have no other orders, you will take your leave." ”

I nodded and said, "Well, let's go." ”

Liu Bei bowed down, then turned around and planned to leave.

However, when he had barely walked a few steps, something suddenly occurred to me and I shouted again, "Wait a minute." ”

Liu Bei was suddenly startled again, but this time he began to feel a little unstable. Immediately, he turned his mount again, bowed and said, "I don't know what else General Wei commands?" ”

I said, "I remember, Lu Zigan seems to be your teacher, right?" ”

He replied, "Yes." ”

I nodded and said, "Well, I'm an old friend of him, so visit him for me if I have time." ”

He said, "I have written it down; I wonder if General Wei has any other orders? ”

I thought for a moment, shook my head and said, "No, you can go." ”

He bowed down, turned his mount and departed.

This time, I didn't stop him again, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately, Zhang Fei on the side couldn't help but say: "Xuande Gong, this time we will return from defeat and suffer heavy losses, and I am afraid that I will be questioned by Jiao Shi when I go back." ”

At this time, Guan Yu said: "Now that I have lost a big defeat, I have lost face, and I will only be laughed at when I go back, so I would rather not go back." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but groan, and then shook his head and said, "No, if we don't dare to go back for fear of being ridiculed, then we will be laughed at; The big deal is that he was dismissed from his official position, and he will have no place to return at that time, so he will go back to his hometown and use the money in his hand to buy some family business; No matter how bad it is, you can also go to my senior brother Gongsun Boju. ”

Guan Yu nodded and said, "Well, as Gong Liu said, it's okay." ”

Speaking of Gongsun Zhanlai, due to his meritorious work in quelling the rebellion in the previous time, when the imperial court moved Liu Yu to the Great Sima, he was also promoted to the general of Fenwu by the way, and he was crowned the Marquis of Jixian County.

By the time the brothers had finished cleaning up the battlefield and returned to the original martial city, it was already getting dark. At this time, Zhang Xiao also led the 3,000 steps to ride back.

Subsequently, Zhang Xiao came to report the situation to me, and said: "General Qiyuwei, the last general led the brothers to burn down the Tongjiao Pavilion, and the grain and grass of the rebels have all been wiped out. ”

I nodded and said, "Well, very good, all the soldiers of this battle have made a lot of contributions; Spread our military order to take out all the spoils captured in this battle and distribute them to the soldiers; In addition, everyone celebrates for three days, and they can drink as much wine and eat as much meat as they want! ”

When the generals heard this, they were immediately happy, and hurriedly said in unison: "The last general and so on, thank you General Wei for the reward!" ”

But he said that Cao Cao, who was defeated by me a few days ago, was defeated and fled. Later, in the process of being chased and intercepted by Xu Rongwei, even the mount was seriously injured, which can be described as extremely embarrassing. Fortunately, his subordinate generals such as Sima Xiahoudun, Xiahou Yuan, and Cao Ren took a few remnants of the army and led Xu Rong's pursuers away in time. Cao Hong then gave up his mount to Cao Cao, and the two were able to flee eastward in the dark.

Afterwards, the two walked to the shore of Bianshui, and for a long time they could not find a boat to cross the river. So, the two had to find a place where the water was shallow, and they dragged their mounts directly into the water. Then he turned south and fled back to his hometown of Qian County.

Originally, Cao Cao's arrow wound was quite serious, and the wound was accidentally wet by the river water when the water was dripping, which caused an infection. But fortunately, at a critical juncture, they met Hua Tuo, who had returned from medical treatment abroad. After Hua Tuo's treatment, Cao Cao finally picked up an old life.

Just before that, Cao Xiu, who was far away in Wu County, heard that Cao Cao had raised a rebellion, so he ran back thousands of miles to join Cao Cao.

In this regard, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are really a thousand-mile horse in my clan!" ”

Cao Xiu is Cao Hong's nephew, and he has to be called Cao Cao's father according to his generation. But he saw him say, "The father of the clan has won the prize; The nephew heard that his father had raised an army to fight the thief, so he came to serve; He also asked his father to bring his nephew with him when he went out to the army. ”

Cao Cao smiled and said: "You can have this courage, the clan father is very pleased; But now that you are still young, you should study more at home, and only come to the army when you are older; In addition, you teach Pi'er more for your clan father at home, so that he will not be naughty all day long, and no one can control it. ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, although he was a little disappointed, he still responded: "My nephew obeys." ”

However, he said that Cao Hong's family was relatively wealthy, and he used his own money to recruit more than 1,000 private soldiers. Because he had some friendship with Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, he went to Chen Wen to borrow troops, and then borrowed 2,000 soldiers. Then he went to Danyang to recruit troops and raised 2,000 people.

At this time, Cao Cao's injuries were almost healed, and generals such as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, and Cao Ren also returned. Cao Hong agreed with a few people to meet in Longkang Town, and then go north together to return to sour dates. (To be continued......)