Chapter 22: The Cause of Heartache

More than 10,000 Cao troops besieged millions of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans in the area of Suixiang and Snake Hill, just like a small group of wolves surrounding tens of thousands of sheep. Cao's army only controlled a few main passages, and the brigade of yellow turbans would be attacked as soon as they stood out, but two or three people fled over the mountains and forests, and they couldn't be blocked after all.

Guan Si and Bai Lao Wu were just lucky to get out of the encirclement.

According to Bai Lao Wu, the Yellow Turban Army has run out of food, and in winter, there is nothing to plunder, and the big guys can only chew grass roots and gnaw tree bark to survive, and nearly 1,000 people starved to death one after another. After writing a letter to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops to no avail, they planned to surrender, but Cao Cao made a condition that he must first kill Guan Hai and other more than a dozen leaders and sacrifice their heads, so that he could ensure the survival of the remnants.

Guan Hai was about to kill himself on the spot, but he was hugged by Guan Si and his cronies. Guan Hai had no choice but to send someone to Cao Ying to negotiate, and at the same time asked Bai Lao Wu to protect Guan Si and sneak out of the encirclement by drilling into the dense forest first. Guan Hai said to his daughter: "You go to explore the road first, if the road is safe, I will also escape, and then Cao Cao will have to surrender unconditionally." ”

When Bai Lao Wu described this paragraph, he deliberately turned his head to look at Shi Xun, and even made a look. Shi Xun understood what he meant, Guan Hai had already sprouted his will to die, and he refused to escape alone, but only took his daughter out of the siege first, because he knew very well that it was difficult for Cao Cao to easily let go of those Yellow Turban remnants on the premise of not getting his head.

Shi Xun asked: "I taught you to sneak into Mount Tai, build a village in the mountains, and make a living from farming, why don't you listen and attack Yanzhou again?" Guan Si lay on the mat, pouted weakly and said, "You have a good idea, there is no arable land in the mountains, how to cultivate?" Millions of villagers, how can they live without farming? ”

Shi Xun was stunned for a moment, and then reacted - he really looked down on the agricultural skills of this era, even if this yellow scarf is an old farmer who has accumulated years, how many people have the experience and skills to reclaim barren land in the mountains? At that time, they had a bad idea to go up the mountain to fight guerrillas, which was really a decadent aristocratic FEEL of "why not eat minced meat...... Originally, I thought that the farming skills in Guangqianggou were backward, but if I hadn't followed Chen Deng to persuade farmers to help farming near Tancheng a while ago, I'm afraid I wouldn't have woken up at this time!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hang his head and increase his forehead with his hand: "It's my fault......"

"Of course it's your fault!" Don't look at it, I just woke up, my whole body is soft, but my mouth is still unforgiving, "Now my father is going to die...... Woo woo, it's all your fault! ”

"This ......" was Xun wanted to say that it was really none of my business, but when the words came to his lips, he finally swallowed them. Bai Lao Wu looked at him and whispered: "Si'er said that you are the smartest, or you can save the life of the handsome, so we took the risk to save you......" Guan Siyi pouted: "Who said he was smart?" I mean, he was responsible, and he had to be responsible for saving my father's life! ”

"The handsome man has the grace to spare my life......" Shi Xun wanted to say, "But I have already repaid it under Duchang City", but finally swallowed the second half of the words together with saliva. He took care of the guard: "You have a good rest, save the affairs of the handsome, and let me think about it again......" As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and got out of the tent.

There was a candle flame inside the tent, but it was already pitch black outside the tent, and when I looked up, I saw countless stars shining in the clear winter sky, as if it was the mouth of the million yellow turbans that had fallen into the dead place. Shi Xun called a soldier to fetch water, wiped the blood on his face, and pondered while wiping: "Cao Cao really wants to manage Hai's head, and I can't let him go if I change it...... How can Cao Cao change his mind? That's a big problem......"

A voice deep inside sneered, "Who do you think you are?" Can Cao Cao change his mind? Are you planning to run to Cao Ying to pout your ass and unleash the spirit of the king?! ”

Guan Si's face appeared in front of him again, so thin and sallow, his eyes had long lost his former look, and he was so weak that even his voice seemed so slight - except for the sharp mouth that remained unchanged, it was almost completely changed...... Moreover, nearly a year has passed, and it seems that her stature has not grown taller at all.

Thinking of this, Shixun couldn't help but feel a faint pain in his heart.

If you don't meet Guan Si, it's just that, it's really like meeting and fighting. If we don't meet again after that, maybe the shadow of this little Luo Li in my heart will gradually fade away; If you wait until Guan Hai dies and sees Guan Si again, there is no need to have a headache in order to lobby Cao Cao - after all, "he is all responsible, he has to be responsible for saving my father's life" Yunyun is just an unforgiving angry talk in Xiao Luoli's mouth, she will not really plant Guan Hai's death on her head. However, now that she has met Guan Si and since she has made a request, if she can't complete it, then she really won't be able to face it in the future.

Otherwise, it is better to find a way to infiltrate the encirclement and persuade Guan Hai to escape, after all, he has a successful precedent for persuading Guan Hai, and no matter how he calculates, this big boss is 10,000 times easier to persuade than Cao Cao's troubled heroes. However, can he really sneak into the encirclement? If you run into Cao Bing, it must be a "death" word, rather than being divided by a nobody, it is better to commit Cao Cao's tiger power......

Besides, Guan Hai is a rough man with a straight intestine, but he is also a tough guy with his own beliefs and persistence, he was able to persuade him last time under the pretext of preserving the old and weak women and children of the yellow scarf, and now he wants him to abandon those old and weak women and children, how can he say this? How could he listen?

It's hard, it's really hard...... What bargaining chips do you have now with Cao Cao? Xuzhou? No, after all, Xuzhou is not completely in his own hands, and Xu and Yanhezong are a debate topic, and it is impossible to use this debate to make arguments for another debate. So, what else can you get your hands on? While thinking bitterly, he unconsciously set his eyes on the gorgeous tent of the Cao family—could it be......

Shi Xun thought about it almost all night, and the next morning, with two black circles under his eyes, he got into his tent first and took care of Bai Lao Wu: "I'll go to see Cao Cao and ask him to leave the life of the handsome, you take good care of Guan Si here, and wait for me to come back." Bai Lao Wu nodded, saying that he was relieved.

Shixun turned around and was about to leave the account, but he heard Guan Si whisper: "You, you also have to be careful......" The voice choked up. Shihoon couldn't help but glance at her lightly, and then met the fearful gaze......

He fled as if out of the tent, turned to the Cao family's tent, and asked to see Cao De.

Shi Xun made up nonsense with Cao De, saying: "It's hard to go ahead, the news from my two friends that the Yanzhou soldiers are still fighting with the Yellow Turban, in case they bump into the Yellow Turban, the lives of the father and son will not be guaranteed." You should also stay here and restrain your subordinates, and you must also appease the soldiers, and I will first go to Cao Yanzhou and ask him to send troops to escort him. He asked Cao De to write a letter to Cao Cao, and there was no need to say any nonsense in the letter, just saying that Xun was worthy of trust.

Third, he found Zhang Min and took care of him, asking him to protect the lives of the Cao family's fathers, sons, ancestors and grandchildren no matter what, and wait for him to come back or wait for Cao Bing to pick him up. Zhang Min responded to the order and asked in a low voice: "It's the two friends that Mr. picked up last night, could it be ...... Yellow Turban ......"

Shi Xun was startled when he heard this, and then thought about it, Bai Lao Wu was bareheaded, and Guan Si Ke still wrapped a yellow scarf on his head, which couldn't be hidden from anyone at all. So he casually perfunctory: "One old and one young, they are all old and weak wrapped in yellow scarves, and they have just escaped." These two people were kind to me in the past, and you should take good care of them. Zhang Min arched his hand and said, "Huh." ”

It was Xun Zhilu who was in an urgent situation, and time waited for no one - he delayed for a moment, Guan Hai took one more step towards the ghost gate, and he was lucky enough to persuade Cao Cao to spare Guan Hai, but that guy starved to death in the first minute-so he refused to even use the morning food, let alone take the car, just took the two Tancheng soldiers, and galloped towards the direction of Snake Hill.

In an instant, he ran out of more than ten miles, and he could already vaguely see the city wall of Snake Hill County in front of him, and sure enough, he ran into a Cao army patrol team. It was Xun who identified himself—but not as Tao Qian's emissary—so the soldiers escorted him to Shangguan.

Their commander, who held the position of cavalry captain, was stationed in Sheqiu County, and it was estimated that his duty was to ensure the safety of the flanks and to monitor the Zang Ba soldiers and horses between Hua and Fei. Shi Xun saluted when he met him, saying that he had to see Cao Cao immediately if he had something important. The other party looked him up and down a few times: "Your Excellency is Hongfu who retreated from the yellow scarf under Duchang City?" ”

It was Xun Xin who said that he didn't expect his reputation to spread far away. He didn't know that Lu Dao was particularly concerned about the Yellow Turban's siege of Kong Rong and Tai Shi Ci's rescue of troops in the Plain, and that Yanzhou was particularly concerned about it—ah no, Cao Cao could only be regarded as Dongjun at that time, and he didn't know how many spies Lu Dao had sent out to lurk near Duchang. Therefore, other forces may not know about Duchang's liberation, and the main generals of Cao's army can all be clear.

At this moment, hearing the other party mention this past, Shixun couldn't help but feel a little secretly proud, and replied: "It's Xun." The general nodded slightly, and then scolded: "Tie it up and cut it off!" ”

Shi Xun was so shocked that he didn't have time to react, he was already held down by two soldiers on the shoulder, and a rope was already around his neck. He felt a hot air rushing from the dantian to the top door, and at the same time, a cool air descended from the back of the spine to the perineum, two points of shock, two points of panic, and two points of fear, and he almost peed his pants...... The remaining four points are completely unwilling—am I going to let his subordinates cut them down before I see Cao Cao? If this is not successful in lobbying Cao Cao and then executed, Lao Tzu will accept his fate, but he can hold back his words, let alone spray out, he hasn't even seen the main owner yet, it's really wronged! Who is this man? What kind of grudge does he have with me, he wants to kill Lao Tzu when he comes up?! I couldn't help but shout, "Wait! ”

The other party stroked his beard and smiled coldly: "With Qing's tongue like a spring, if I don't make Qing speak, how can I endure it?" ”