As for the fact that Liu was sent by Cao Cao and led the army back to Peicheng, we have no time to take care of him for the time being, so we can only let Zhang Liao contain him in the north first.

At this time, Liu Zhi wrote a letter to advise Liu Bei to be more enlightened and stop supporting those pedantic old systems. However, Liu Bei took the principle of betraying his ancestors and forgetting his ancestors, and scolded Liu Zhi instead.

In other words, if people's minds are not civilized, even sages cannot. We can't say anything about the stubbornness of some people, we can only say that each has its own trick to see who can win the final victory.

Previously, due to the return of the Son of Heaven with hundreds of officials, the remaining tens of thousands of people in the land of Sanfu, young and strong, fled to other places to make a living, and only some old, weak, sick and disabled killed each other.

Zhang Ji saw that he couldn't stay in Guanzhong anymore, so he planned to lead the crowd south into Jingzhou to loot. After that, he went south out of Wuguan and entered the boundary of Nanyang County, and then attacked the city and plundered the land. When Liu Biao learned of the situation, he immediately sent Zhonglang General Huang Zhong, Captain Gan Ning and others to lead the crowd to meet the battle.

Subsequently, the two armies fought in the area of Suixian, and Zhang Ji wanted to withdraw because of the unfavorable situation of the war, but was accidentally shot by a stray arrow. But looking at the person who shot the arrow, it was Nanyang Huang Hansheng is also. Then, Liu Biao sent people to appease Zhang Ji's troops, and Zhang Xiu led the people to join because of the difficult situation of the army. Liu Biao had them stationed in Yucheng, and sent Gan Ning to be stationed in Wanxian County as a supervisor.

Jia Xu was originally working in the Duan Xuan camp, and when he heard that Zhang Xiu had settled in Jingzhou, he went to defect alone. Zhang Xiu was very happy about Jia Xu's arrival, because Jia Xu's qualifications were equivalent to his uncle Zhang Ji, so he respected Jia Xu very much and regarded himself as a junior.

At that time, Kong Rong came to serve in Xu Du and recommended You Heng, a plain man, to Cao Cao. However, because You Heng likes to be outspoken, he directly said that Cao Cao's monopoly on power was not in line with the system, which made Cao Cao a little unhappy.

Later, Cao Cao felt very bored with the number of times he gradually said in other aspects, and said to Kong Rong: "You Heng is a vertical son, and you don't choose what to say; If you are lonely, you will slaughter rats and birds! ”

Kong Rong said: "As the saying goes, loyalty is against the ear; If Cao Gong killed the outspoken and honest people because of his momentary anger, it would probably make the people of the world chill. ”

Cao Cao groaned, and felt that what Kong Rong said was also reasonable. Since You Hengping was also quite influential among the scholars, Cao Cao did not kill him, but sent him to Liu Biao's account.

Liu Biaoqi is also a hedonist, and the cronies Cai Mao and Zhang Yun beside him are all like this. You Heng believes that greedy for pleasure is a rather bad atmosphere, which is easy to breed greed in human nature, leading to corruption, so he suggested that Liu Biao rectify the atmosphere.

Liu Biao thought that You Heng's suggestion was very good, and gladly adopted his suggestion. However, the cronies beside Liu Biao were dissatisfied with You Heng's actions, so Cai Mao and others slandered You Heng and said to Liu Biao: "You Heng praises the general for having a benevolent heart, comparable to King Wen of Zhou; However, he also believed that the general was not decisive enough to deal with things, and he would eventually be defeated because of this. ”

After hearing this, Liu Biao believed it, and although he was very angry in his heart, he was also concerned about Youheng's reputation and didn't do anything to him, but just sent him to the account of Jiangxia Taishou Huangzu. Huang Zu was hot-tempered, and eventually killed him because he was dissatisfied with You Heng's accusations.

Cao Cao saw that we still had a lot of affairs to deal with in Xuzhou, and Liu Bei was in Peicheng to contain him, so he set his sights on the rich Jingzhou. He planned to use the reason of conscripting Zhang Xiu to send troops to the south.

In the first month of the following year, Cao Cao led his army into Nanyang and stationed in Pheasant County on the east bank of the river to confront Gan Ning in Wancheng. Zhang Xiu learned that Cao Cao's army was coming, and planned to lead the army to help Gan Ning, but Jia Xu suggested: "Cao Gong is the Son of Heaven to please not be a minister, and the division is famous, and the general should not be an enemy of him; Now when you are married to him, you can be favored by him. ”

Zhang Xiu adopted Jia Xu's suggestion and responded to Cao Cao with slogans in Sui County. Since Sui County was one hundred and twenty miles southeast of Wancheng, which just echoed Cao Cao's front and back, and Liu Biao's reinforcements could not come in time to reinforce, Gan Ning led the people to retreat south along the waterway to Xinye County.

Regarding Zhang Xiu's defection, Cao Cao looked down on him in his heart. I think he had experienced life and death several times, and even if he almost lost his life, he never compromised with the enemy and begged for mercy, so he was able to build what he is today. But now, in order to covet his life, this man has turned his back on the benefactor who took him in in distress, which is really disloyal and spineless. Of course, this is just what he thinks, but this is not the case.

Cao Cao actually has the same preference as many people, that is, he likes beautiful women. Of course, everyone has a love for beauty, and it has remained the same from ancient times to the present. However, the love of beauty does not mean that it is not possible, which is extremely undesirable.

Zhang Ji's wife is very beautiful, and her smile is very attractive. Some people are born with beauty and temperament, and they are born with a charm that suffocates men. Zhang Ji's wife has such a charm, so Zhang Ji has only this one woman by his side from beginning to end, unlike other men who fool around outside when they have a little money.

Speaking of which, in fact, it is also due to this woman's good character, virtuous and virtuous, and quite good at thinking about others. And for such a good-hearted and beautiful woman, it is exactly what Zhang Xiu likes. Although Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu are uncles and nephews, they are not directly related by blood, and the two are just uncles and nephews in the same clan. In an age where ritual music is beginning to crumble, many things are unthinkable.

After Cao Cao came, he learned that there was such a peerless beauty, and he couldn't hold it back, so he put it by his side. On the day of this incident, Zhang Ji was also present, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. In this regard, Jia Xu privately admonished him: "Now the general should focus on the overall situation, and must not spoil a big thing because of a woman; When you become famous in the future, why don't you worry about not being as beautiful as a cloud? ”

Although Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's admonition, she was still a little depressed in her heart. Allowing a person to force himself to give up what his heart desires will inevitably give rise to a sense of depression, and people actually grow up under such depression.

Not long after that, Cao Cao heard that there was a strong general under Zhang Xiu's tent, named Hu Che'er, who had fought with us, and although he was defeated, he escaped death. This made Cao Cao feel that he was unusual, so he sent some gold and silver to Hu Che'er, and greatly comforted and wooed him.

At this time, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be very depressed, it was clear that he was the commander of these people, and Cao Cao actually left himself aside and ignored it, what does this mean? Zhang Xiu was very unconvinced, so he asked Jia Xu if this Cao Cao was worth following.

Jia Xu saw that Cao Cao's current personality was a little rigid and conceited, and he didn't seem to know how to treat people and things, and for such a person, at least he felt that it was not worth following. So he said to Zhang Xiu: "I heard that General Lu is now implementing a new system in Xuzhou, which is quite popular with the people; Although Cao Cao nominally respects the Son of Heaven, in fact he only wants to blackmail the Son of Heaven to please him; According to the opinion of the following, the general might as well rely on Liu Biao again and persuade him to form an alliance with General Lu, and at that time, Cao Cao will inevitably be difficult to take care of. ”

So, Zhang Xiu secretly sent people to Xinye to contact Gan Ning, and it happened that Liu Biao sent Huang Zhong to lead the crowd to help, so the two sides jointly set up an ambush to attack Cao Cao's camp. That night, Cao Cao was lingering in the tent, Zhang Xiu led the army into Cao's camp in one fell swoop, the cavalry killed in front, and the infantry set fire to the rear, and the army in the camp was in chaos for a while.

Cao Cao, who was moving on the bed, couldn't help but stop immediately, and then hurriedly put on his clothes and armor and came out to meet the battle. At that time, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin organized men and horses to fight Zhang Xiu in a hurry, but they were both killed by Zhang Xiu. Cao Cao saw that the situation in the camp was already in chaos and it was difficult to organize an effective defense, so he planned to withdraw immediately with the soldiers beside him. Although the situation was very critical at this time, Cao Cao still did not leave the woman who had slept with him, which may be his only precious point.

The war horse that Cao Cao rode was called Jueying, and it was also a rare horse. However, just as he was about to withdraw, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning rushed to the crowd at the right time, only to see the two of them take the lead and shoot an arrow at Cao Cao at the same time, Huang Zhong shot an arrow into the leg of the Absolute Shadow, and Gan Ning shot through the cheek of the Absolute Shadow and hit Cao Cao's right arm.

At that time, Gan Ning couldn't help but praise: "Hansheng is good at archery, it can really be said that Hou Yi is alive!" ”

Huang Zhong also said: "Jun is even better, and he hits people with one stone." ”

Gan Ning grinned: "Half a catty is worth eight taels." ”

After Cao Cao and the war horse were shot by the two, they immediately fell to the ground, and the shadow died on the spot. Immediately, Dian Wei led the crowd to stay behind and fought with Zhang Xiu and others. Then when he scolded Zhang Xiu, he was shot by Gan Ning with an arrow.

At this time, Zhang Xiu saw that Cao Cao had taken the woman away, and couldn't help but hurriedly lead the crowd to chase her, but on the way, she was raided by the forbidden department. Due to the hasty pursuit and defenselessness for a while, Zhang Xiu was caught off guard, and then retreated in defeat.

After that, Yu Ban escorted Cao Cao and the woman to retreat east to Wuyin. This time he had meritorious service in the forbidden rescue, and Cao Cao accumulated his military exploits before and after, and was named the Marquis of Yishou Pavilion. (To be continued.) )