Yuan Shang's army attacked Guandu Tucheng very urgently, and after several days of attrition, the strength of Cao's army had been almost worn out by Yuan's army. In terms of overall strength, it is no longer able to match Yuan Jun at all.

In the north of Tucheng in Guandu, the Yuan army carried out a bombardment with a trebuchet and a bed crossbow improved by Ma Jun, only to suppress the Cao army and barely lift its head.

The main commander in the north is Xu Huang, the general of the Cao army, and now among the generals with the surname Cao, Xu Huang is the only one who can be called a good general.

After waiting for the attack of the slings and crossbows to stop, countless cloud ladders began to rush towards Guandu, and countless Yuan troops began to climb towards it, like a coiled long dragon, sweeping towards Guandu City.

Xu Huang raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, and strode up to the city, the head of Guandu Tucheng was not high, and the people on the ladder quickly climbed to the city wall, and the first general, climbed the city on foot, made a mistake with a sharp sword, killed from the crowd, and rushed straight to Xu Huang.

The speed of the other party was extremely fast, and when Xu Huang came back to his senses, the general had already rushed in front of him, raised his hand and stabbed straight out with a sword, aiming at Xu Huang's throat, Xu Huang was shocked, and hurriedly raised the big axe in his hand to block the parry.

"Boom!"

As the iron objects intersected, and then accompanied by a piercing loud sound, Xu Huang couldn't help but be shocked and felt pain, and retreated three steps backwards in a row.

Xu Huang was already tired at the moment, so he finally stabilized his body, looked up, and saw that the other party was a handsome person with sword eyebrows. The white and pure young man is indescribable with heroic force alone, and it can be said to be beautiful.

Xu Huang's heart trembled, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The handsome general snorted, shook his head and said, "You don't even know me?" Are you embarrassed to be a general in the army? ”

With that, the long sword in his hand was raised, and he went straight to the big axe in Xu Huang's hand.

Xu Huang's big axe is a sharp weapon immediately, taking advantage of the situation to swing and smash, it is full of power, but if it is about foot combat. But it is extremely disadvantageous. On the contrary, the handsome general's long sword was dexterous and sharp, tricky and weird, and between a dozen or so back and forth, Xu Huang was already covered in mouths. made Xu Huang, who was already extremely tired, miserable.

Seeing that your lord will be wounded. The six personal guards behind Xu Huang rushed out. Went straight to the heroic generals to kill.

The man sneered, not afraid, and his figure shook. Facing the wolf-like Cao Jun's guards, instead of retreating, they rushed into the crowd, their swords were like frost and snow, they were as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye, Xu Huang's five guards all fell in a pool of blood.

Xu Huang saw clearly, he was shocked and angry, his eyes also turned blood-red, he screamed strangely, and went straight to the handsome general.

Even if there is a disadvantage in weapons, if Xu Huang is in good condition, he may still be able to fight the other party for a long time, but now, his body is too strict, and he is still the enemy's opponent.

After only more than a dozen rounds, Xu Huang made a careless move, and was slashed on the breastplate by the opponent's sword, and suddenly blood sprayed out, he staggered sideways and withdrew a long way, and before he could come over, the general flew forward, and the long sword in his hand was like a spirit snake, ready to pierce Xu Huang's throat with a blow.

Seeing that he was about to take Xu Huang's life, he heard someone behind him yell: "Son, stop!" Don't kill him! ”

The handsome general was stunned when he heard this, put away his sword and retreated, and when he looked back, he saw that the old general Ma Teng had also climbed up to the top of the city and squeezed out of the crowd of Yuan's army. With a smile on his face, the old man Ma Teng raised his voice and said, "Son, don't hurt his life!" Catch it alive! ”

This heroic general is none other than Ma Chao, the number one fierce general of the Yuan army.

Others asked him to stop, Ma Chao might not listen, but Ma Chao didn't dare to disobey his father Ma Teng's orders.

Ma Chao slowly put down the sword in his hand and asked suspiciously, "Why did you catch it alive?" ”

Ma Teng touched the white beard on his chin and said with a smile: "This person is Xu Huang, a rare good general among the generals with the surname of the Cao family, the lord once said that among the generals with the surname of the Cao family, the most courageous ones are Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and the most talented ones are Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. ”

When Ma Chao heard this, he turned his eyes to look at Xu Huang, who was already on the ground, and said: "Cao Cao has the grace to support him, who can guarantee that the lord will be able to subdue him?" ”

Ma Teng nodded with a smile and said, "Having said that, it still has to be decided by the lord." ”

Hearing this, Ma Chao rolled his eyes, snorted, turned around and walked away.

With the capture of Xu Huang, the Cao army in the north of Guandu was defeated faster, and when Cao Zhi came to the north under the protection of Xiahou Dun, almost the entire northern city wall had fallen, and the scene was already one-sided.

Cao Zhi turned over and dismounted, looked up at the battle situation in the field, couldn't help but sigh, and then ordered people to beat drums to stop the battle! And erected the flag high, shook the flag, and asked Yuan Shang to come out to answer.

The movements of Cao's army were soon transmitted back to the Yuan army, and when he was young, he saw Yuan Shang leading a group of generals of the Yuan army, separated from the soldiers and horses to the field, and Cao Zhi also came to the front of the battle.

"Prime Minister Cao, let's meet again!"

Seeing Yuan Shang appear, the guards and generals around Cao Zhi ran to his side, protecting Cao Zhi's left and right, one by one, as if they were facing a great enemy, their expressions were nervous, and their eyes swept around Yuan Shang and the generals around him vigilantly.

Cao Zhi looked at Yuan Shang fixedly, suddenly showed a smile, and said, "General Yuan, I haven't seen you for a few days, your complexion seems to be good." ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "Reluctantly, Brother Cao, you have been stubbornly resisting, making me unable to sleep all night, I can't sleep every day, I think about you, you know?" It's hard to be a person and miss the old love like me. ”

When Cao Jun and everyone heard this, they all rolled their eyes and almost fainted.

Cao Zhi smiled silently when he heard this.

Yuan Shang was silent for a moment, and suddenly spoke: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng came to see me before he came to the battle today, isn't there something important?" ”

Cao Zhi shook his head and said, "I can't say anything important, it's just a little thing that I want to trouble the general, I don't know if the general is willing to give a thin face?" ”

Yuan Shang's heart suddenly moved when he heard this. His Adam's apple grunted lightly, and he whispered, "What's the matter with Prime Minister Cao?" ”

Cao Zhi took a deep breath, was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "I, Cao Zhi, am willing to surrender today. ”

When a sentence came out, it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and it exploded in the place of Guandu Beicheng with a 'boom', not only did everyone in Yuan Jun be surprised, but even everyone in Cao Jun was a little stupid, they opened their mouths and couldn't react for a long time.

Yuan Shang's face was expressionless. But I still felt a big stone fall heavily in my heart. He looked at Cao Zhi fixedly, and said, "Brother Cao's generation is a masterpiece, dominating one side, so simple and willing to admit defeat?" ”

"Yes." Cao Zhi nodded. "I'm willing to admit defeat." The Yuan Cao controversy is enough. ”

"Oh?" Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows slightly.

Cao Zhi looked at him with a resolute expression. Said: "The dispute between Yuan and Cao, since the beginning of the fourth year of Jian'an, has been more than ten years now. Not only did it involve the two generations of Yuan Cao, including you and me, but also thousands of generals, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and millions of Li people, there were too many people who died because of the Yuan Cao dispute, and it was time to end it, and now that the Cao clan is gone, resistance is useless......"

Speaking of this, Cao Zhi paused and said, "And I don't have the responsibility to continue to fight with you." ”

Yuan Shang was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and said: "Although the Cao clan's forces in Zhongzhou have been defeated, with the Cao clan's family background, it is not impossible to make a comeback, or use other forces to compete with me, and take revenge and resist stubbornly." ”

Yuan Shang's words are right, Liu Bei is an obvious example, and now Cao Pi is doing it in this way.

Cao Zhi nodded and smiled, and said: "I know, but I have enough, winning is winning, losing is losing, and the struggle with a dead skin and a tangled face is meaningless, it will only hurt the peace of the heavens and increase the number of deaths and injuries." Defeat is defeat, I am convinced of defeat, and I don't want to use the lives of my relatives and subordinates to compete with you for the so-called hegemony. ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, it seems that Cao Zhi really understands where his position is, to be honest, Cao Zhi is a benevolent and righteous person, in Yuan Shang's heart, in this world, he can find many qualified positions, if it is a writer, or a poet, or even a businessman, a famous official...... There are many, many things, Yuan Shang thinks that Cao Zhi can do it and can do it very well, but this tyrant is not suitable for him.

"Prime Minister, think twice before you act!" Beside Cao Zhi, Xiahoudun and other generals knelt on the ground one after another, but were interrupted by Cao Zhi raising his hand.

"I've made up my mind, so you don't have to say more!"

Yuan Shang glanced at Cao Zhi deeply and said, "After surrendering, I can fulfill one of your wishes, what do you want?" ”

Cao Zhi lightly arched his hand and said: "Your enemy, from beginning to end, I am the only one, what you want to kill is me, not the soldiers under the Cao family, my life, if you want to kill or chop, listen to the respect, I only ask you to let go of the Cao family, let go of the Xiahou family, and let go of the ministers of Xuchang." ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "What kind of request are you mentioning?" How do you know I'm going to kill you? ”

Cao Zhi was amused when he heard this: "How do I know that you will let me go?" ”

Yuan Shangchang sighed and said: "I remember that I once promised you that I would not kill you, I said that I would do it, this is not a requirement, I will definitely do it, you can change it." ”

Cao Zhi's heart was relieved when he heard this, although Jia Xu had promised that Yuan Shang would not kill him, but Cao Zhi had no score in his heart, but after seeing Yuan Shang's current look, his heart finally and slowly fell.

After being silent for a while, Cao Zhi suddenly raised his head and said, "If it is a wish, then I really have such a one at the moment." ”

Yuan Shang was shocked when he heard this, and said, "What wish?" ”

"In the battle of Cangting back then, you and my father decided the battle alone, and finally ended up miserable, and today I will be obedient, and after a big decision, I also want to do a heads-up with you, although we are opponents, it seems that there has never been a one-on-one competition."

Hearing this, Yuan Shang couldn't help but be stunned.

Cao Zhi, do you want to talk to him and go head-to-head once?

"............" (To be continued......)