At this moment of tension, a sergeant ran outside and said, "Report to the general, General Shangdang Zhou asks to see you." Bayi Chinese ???.? ８?１ ｚ??．? ｃ?ｏ?ｍ”

Cao Zhang's heart chuckled, Zhou Yi came here, could it be that the party was wrong? "Quick, please come in." Cao Zhang waved his hand and signaled to retreat left and right, but he couldn't stop beating the drum in his heart, if he lost the party again, he would have no place to live.

A moment later, Zhou Yi choked on blood. Cao Zhang didn't wait for him to see the salute and stepped forward first, and asked, "Bo Hong is here, could it be that the party has been lost?" Where is General Hao? ”

Zhou Yi said: "This general led the army to take Huguan, and the armies and horses of the Hanoi roads came out together, and the great Sima Cao Ren personally supervised the commander, surrounded the upper party and regiments, and attacked day and night. Our army is too small to stop, and there is not much food in the city. General Hao consulted with the last general and asked Junhou Huo to come back for help, and in a few days, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold it. ”

When Cao Zhang heard this, his heart was a little calm, but now that he is returning to the army, Cao Xiu will disturb him, and he can't return to Jinyang, and he will starve to death here after all. Cao Zhang has been fighting for many years, only this time, in such a dilemma, 100,000 sons really can't return to their hometown? "Get out." Cao Zhang shouted loudly to retreat from everyone, and even Chen Sheng and Jia Xu also retreated outside the tent.

Cao Zhang swung his sword and stabbed indiscriminately, slashing the bamboo slips on the case into four splashes. The Shangdang was trapped and in danger, but the Huguan could not be broken for a long time, and there was no food in the army to hold it for a long time, and there was no day of defeat. Do you really want to be like Jia Xu said, wagging his tail and begging for mercy from Cao Pi? He is the bloodline of the first emperor, he is a dignified general, and can he bend his knees to survive? Even if you die, you will die in battle. However, as Jia Xu said, it is okay to die in battle, but what should the tens of thousands of soldiers who are still under his subordinates be? All of them will be charged with rebellion by Cao Pi, either to death or extermination, all of them are brothers who have been fighting with them for many years, so how can they bear it? That's it, that's it, Cao Zhang put his sword horizontally under his neck, and let all the charges go with his death.

"Princes can't." Jia Xu's old voice sounded behind him. Then Cao Zhang's wrist was hit hard, and the sword couldn't hold it and fell to the ground. Cao Zhang looked at it in a blink of an eye, but it was Chen Sheng who saved him, and said to Jia Xu with a wry smile: "Does the boss really want me to die in the hands of Ziheng before I am willing?" ”

"It's not a dead end yet, why should the prince be like this?" Jia Xu sighed and said: "The queen mother is still alive, the old minister can plead on his behalf, as long as the prince can hand over the military power, the old minister will try his best to save the life of the prince and the prince." ”

"Are you going to let me live for the rest of my life?" Cao Zhang smiled lightly: "Even if Ziheng can spare my life, he will definitely ban me in Beijing, and my food, clothing, housing and transportation will be monitored. It's better to die clean now. ”

"The princes are clean, so where should they go?" Jia Xu pointed to Zhou Yi on the side and said: "Your Majesty's temperament, the prince should also understand, if the prince insists on refusing to bow his head, he is only afraid that General Zhou and General Hao of the party will be inconvenient." ”

Zhou Yi said loudly: "What's the inconvenience? The last general's life is given by the prince, no matter who wants to humiliate the prince, the last general will fight to the death. ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "The general is so righteous, the old man admires it very much, but there are many corpses and bones in the Huguan, which one is not the son of the Junhou Yan Dynasty?" The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers, the prince also wants them to be buried in a foreign land like this? Guilty of treason after death? Prince, isn't it worth exchanging your honor and disgrace for the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers? ”

When Cao Zhang heard this, he sat on the ground and said dejectedly: "What the old man said is true. Cao Zhang recalled the mountains of bones piled up under the gate, and muttered: "For my selfishness, so many good brothers have died, I am sorry for them." As he spoke, he kept beating his chest with his hands.

"Prince." Zhou Yi grabbed Cao Zhang and said, "A certain person follows the prince, there is only death, and there is no complaint." ”

"Ugh." Cao Zhang let out a long sigh and said to Zhou Yi: "Bohong, go to the gold carved wooden box on the bed of the back tent and get it." Zhou Yi obeyed the order, retrieved it in a moment, and handed it to Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang waved his hand and said, "Give it to Master Jia." Jia Xu knew in his heart that the wooden box contained the jade seal, so he hurriedly asked Chen Sheng to accept it, and said: "Tomorrow, the old man will rush to Luoyang to show the meaning of the prince's return." Please wait a few days. ”

Cao Zhang nodded and said weakly, "You guys stand down." Bo Hong, tomorrow you will escort Master Jia south, and go to the party to inform Hao Zhao of this matter. ”

"Yes." Zhou Yi clenched his fists and took the order, turned around and said, "Your Excellency, please." Jia Xu glanced at Cao Zhang again, and when he stumbled, he hated for eternity, and silently retreated with Chen Sheng.

On the second day, Cao Zhang personally prepared to drive Jia Xu back to the south, and selected 300 elite cavalry in the army to escort him. Jia Xu was afraid that he would have many dreams at night, so he didn't dare to delay at all along the way, and he would arrive in Luoyang in a few days. When Cao Pi learned of Jia Xu's return, he ordered the crown prince Cao Rui to accompany hundreds of officials to greet him, and he was extremely favored.

Jia Xu did not stop until the palace, and then got out of the car to meet Cao Pi. Cao Pi first said a lot of words of relief, nothing more than "the boss has worked hard all the way", "the boss is loyal to the country, not afraid of arrows and stones, and is on the front line, he is really a minister of the country" and so on. Jia Xu waited until he had exhausted his decent words before conveying Cao Zhang's intention to return to obedience, and euphemistically accepted his intention to intercede for Cao Zhang.

In fact, Cao Pi had already received a report from Cao Renjun on the front line, and he also had the intention of pleading. It's just that such a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh is so easy to seize the opportunity, how can you let it go? But if he doesn't forgive, Cao Zhang still has tens of thousands of male soldiers under him, and the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, which can always cause a lot of incidents. What's more, the queen mother also washes her face with tears all day long in the harem, although Cao Pi doesn't care much, but it is always bad to carry the name of unfilial piety.

Next to him, Liu Ye had already seen Cao Pi's thoughts, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty is under the authority of the four seas, Germany is from all directions, and the general of the Yue cavalry surrenders, if you can't accept it, I am afraid that you will lose the weather of the Son of Heaven, so you might as well accept it." ”

Liu Ye has always figured out Cao Pi's intentions, and he is very favored, and he sees him saying the same. Cao Pi no longer hesitated, nodded and said: "Just according to Qing's performance, this trick surrender is also annoying for Lord Taiwei to go." ”

"Dare not work?" When Jia Xu saw that Cao Pi agreed, he was very happy in his heart, and hurriedly saluted and received his order.

Liu Ye said again: "Weichen remembers that Your Majesty once said that if the Yuecai General comes to surrender, he will not hesitate to be crowned the king. As the saying goes: You have no jokes. Since Your Majesty has said this, you should reward the Yue Cai general. ”

This old boy has changed sex? Cao Pi looked at Liu Ye in surprise, but saw the cold light flashing in the latter's eyes, his heart suddenly brightened, and he said loudly: "Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, is the king of Rencheng, and on the day of the reward, he will go to Beijing with Lord Taiwei to worship and salute, and he must not refuse." Retreat. Then he turned and walked away. Only Jia Xu was left standing on the temple in a daze.