Chapter 403: Quarrel

Of course, a person with a certain status like Dong Wan is the object of the Shu army, Zhang Bao invited Cao Hong out and personally accompanied him to persuade Dong Wan to surrender, which can be said to have given Dong Wan enough face.

Dong Wan is not a hard bone, not to mention, he also sees the trend of the general trend of the world, and he also has the heart to take refuge in Shu, but he is worried that his apostasy will bring trouble to his father, who held an important position in the Wei court.

After Zhang Bao learned about his worries, he made a guarantee without saying a word, asking him to secretly defect to the Han Dynasty first, and externally, he declared that he would rather die than die on the battlefield and was loyal to the Wei State. In this way, he will not be involved with his father and family, Dong Wan has all his worries, and he is full of joy to become a glorious Hanchen.

Now that he has become a Hanchen, of course, he has to do things for the Han Dynasty, and soon, he received the first task since he joined the company: to recruit Xiahou Chong. In order to increase the success rate of this surrender, Zhang Bao also invited another heavyweight surrenderer, that is, Cao Hong.

Cao Hong had been jumping up and down some time ago to pick up Zhang Bao to seize the time to attack Chang'an, but Zhang Bao was unmoved, and while perfunctory him, he calmly dispatched troops to eat the men and horses and tiger and leopard horses reinforced by Wei State. At this time, even a fool~ can see that Zhang Bao's strategic intention is to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

What's more, Cao Hong is not a stupid ~ son at all, but an old fox, he finally understands that Zhang Bao never thought of storming Chang'an from beginning to end, but wandered around Chang'an, eating the reinforcements coming from all fronts one by one, thus constantly weakening the living force of Wei.

Now that he knows Zhang Bao's strategic intentions, he knows that no matter how much he begs Zhang Bao to save his family, it is useless, after all, in this kind of matter related to the overall situation, his family is simply not worth mentioning in the eyes of others. As the commander of the first group army, how could he change the existing combat policy because of the family of a general?

So, during this period of time, Cao Hong never came to stalk Zhang Bao again, but figured out his own way. It's better to ask for others than for yourself, since the Shu army is unreliable, he has to find a way to rescue his family.

These days, he sent some of his subordinates to infiltrate Chang'an to find out the news, and the results were not bad, although Cao Pi was searching for his family on a large scale, but because of the civil war in Chang'an City, most of the forces in the city were used to prepare for war, and he could not do his best to search for him, and because of the impact of the war, the city was in chaos, so his family had not been found by Cao Pi for the time being.

This news really made Cao Hong happy for a few days, and he was about to send someone to secretly take his family out of the city, but before he could take further action, he received an order from Zhang Bao to come over and go with Dong Wan to persuade Xiahou Chong to surrender.

Although he was reluctant to leave the matter of saving his family and help the Shu army officers, he also knew the truth that people had to bow their heads under the eaves, so he had to order his subordinates to continue to find and contact the family hidden in the city, and then hurried to the foot of this nameless hill and went up the mountain with Dong Wan to be a lobbyist.

"What are you two doing here?" On the nameless hill, in the tent of the reinforcements on the southern line of Wei, Xiahou Chong coldly visited Cao Hong and Dong. Xiahou Chong neither invited the two of them to sit down, nor did he let people bring tea, and his expression was indifferent, which was very rude to the two of them.

"Hehe, why does General Xiahou refuse to be thousands of miles away, everyone knows each other, why don't you invite Lechenghou and Dong to sit down and have a cup of tea and have a good chat?" Dong Wan said with a smile.

The Marquis of Lecheng was originally Cao Hong's title in the Wei State, and Cao Pi once stripped him of his title, and later returned it to him under the intervention of the Empress Dowager Bian. After he surrendered, Liu Hou gave him the title back as a gesture of favor. Therefore, whether it is in Wei or Shu, you can call him Lechenghou.

Cao Hong is not as cheeky as Dong Wan, and his status is much higher than that of Xiahou Chong, the key is that he is not in a good mood, so he is also cold-faced to Xiahou Chong, he didn't speak, just shook his sleeves and "hummed" to show his dissatisfaction.

"Humph! The temple here is small, and it can't accommodate two big gods, so please do it. Xiahou Chong was not polite, and sent the guests directly to drive people away.

"Hehe, this temple in Chang'an is indeed very small, and it will get smaller and smaller, and it will soon cease to exist. Didn't General Xiahou think about changing the courtyard and changing to a bigger temple? Dong said.

"Humph! No matter how eloquently you speak, it can't change the fact that you are a traitor. Knowing your intentions, he just came to be a lobbyist and persuade him to be a shameless traitor like you. ”

Cao Hong and Dong Wan glanced at each other, and their expressions became complicated. Cao Hong was forced to submit to Shu Han, although he committed treason, but it does not mean that he is willing to make irresponsible remarks.

Everyone has a sense of shame, the reputation of treason is indeed very bad, especially since he is still a member of the Cao clan, this matter can be said to be a stain on his life, and it is the pain he is most reluctant to mention in his heart.

In addition to guilt, his expression also has anger, not to mention guilt, betraying the motherland, betraying his family, if he doesn't feel guilty, then he doesn't even have the least moral bottom line.

The anger is because of the scars and contempt of Xiahou Chong, a junior. In terms of seniority, he is Xiahou Chong's uncle, and now he is being scolded by such a junior, can he not be angry?

"Humph! Shaft, what do you know! What is the sin? Cao Pi'er has repeatedly wanted to put his book to death, how can he ever miss the love of his uncle and nephew? Ben Hou asked himself that he had no credit for the Cao family and had hard work, but in the end he ended up hiding all his talents. Since he Cao Pi has no room for people, why can't he vote for another master?

You are just a yellow-mouthed child, the old man eats more salt than you eat, crosses the bridge more than you walk, what do you know? The old man and General Dong kindly went up the mountain to save your life, but I didn't expect that you kid didn't know what to do, and the old man didn't bother to tell you more. ”

Cao Hong didn't want to speak, but after listening to Xiahou Chong's words, he felt very wronged, and couldn't help but teach Xiahou Chong a few words.

With the relationship between the Cao family and the Xiahou family, it was nothing for Cao Hong to teach Xiahou Chong this nephew as an uncle, if in normal times, whether Cao Hong was right or not, Xiahou Chong, as a junior, had to stand beside him respectfully and listen to the teachings of the elders. However, now the relationship between the two sides is hostile, and the armies of the two sides are still fighting, and it is difficult to say Cao Hong's words if Xiahou Chong listens to them.

"The monarch wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, since Your Majesty thinks you deserve to die, you must have a reason to die." Xiahou said.

"Fart! What is the reason for the old man to be damned? Did the old man break the law of Wei? He wanted to kill the old man, just because the old man didn't lend him money back then, and he always held a grudge.

Cao Pi erected a son, with a small belly and chicken intestines, once he got his will, he acted recklessly, and he tossed the good country left by his brother in less than two years after ascending the throne, which is the proof of his nonsense, and he deserves to become the king of the dead country. The angry Cao Hong was also a little incoherent.