The Road to Death.

The 800-mile journey from Liucheng to Youzhou is an out-and-out road to death.

For more than two months, hundreds of Cao soldiers fell every day, and the rest of the people, still without food and fresh water, only relied on strong willpower, under the scorching sun, step by step to continue to walk heavy and numb legs, and even crawled, making the last struggle against the cruel nature.

The number of Cao's army has plummeted from tens of thousands at the beginning to 20,000, 10,000, and thousands...... Finally, one day, the city appeared in the eyes of these thousands of people, and green appeared, and God finally opened his eyes, and then it was drizzling.

The cold rain slaps indiscriminately on the face!

Happiness comes so suddenly!

"We survived!" Thousands of ragged and unarmed, more embarrassed than beggars, Cao Jun cheered and leaped in the rain.

"Youzhou ahead, when you get there, immediately reward the three armies!" Cao Cao instructed his subordinates.

This battle was so thrilling that even I, Cao Cao, almost didn't go back, but fortunately, the results of this expedition were gratifying, not only completely eliminating the last remnants of Yuan's strength, but also greatly weakening Wu Huan, a potential opponent who might become a great enemy in the future. It's worth the trip.

Although more than half of the tens of thousands of elites have been lost, the backbone of the Cao army has survived, as long as they return to Hebei, let them heal their wounds, put on their armor again, and take up arms, they are still a division that wins a hundred battles.

"My lord, something doesn't seem right ahead." Just as Cao Cao was deep in thought, a general of the Cao army suddenly pointed forward and reminded him.

"What's wrong?" Cao Cao woke up suddenly.

"There are flags there, but not our army!"

"How is it possible, now that the entire Hebei has been controlled by our army, how can there be the banners of other armies in Youzhou?"

Just as the two of them were answering, the army also saw Cao Cao and the others from a distance, and quickly approached Cao's army, and after a quarter of an hour, the two sides were less than a hundred feet apart. Cao Cao carefully looked at the appearance of the other general, as if he had seen a ghost during the day, and let out a terrible scream: "You are Yuan Xi, you are Yuan Xi!" ”

"Yes, I am Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi. Master Mengde, don't come unharmed! ”

"Bring those two brocade boxes!" Cao Cao waved his hand and ordered his subordinates.

"Cao Gong, don't look at it, the head in that box is just my stand-in. In the past two years, I have never left Youzhou, and I have been waiting for you to defeat and return! ”

Cao Cao finally understood what a serious mistake he had made, and he loudly reprimanded Yan Rou and the others: "It's you, it's you who have repeatedly determined that Yuan Xi has already fled to the outside of the Saiwai, and he and so many cavalrymen have actually been hiding under your noses for two years, two years!" None of you have found out, rubbish, all of you are rubbish! ”

Yuan Xi smiled indifferently and defended Yan Rou and the others: "Gong Cao, you really can't blame them. Don't forget, the southern part of Youzhou is my territory, and Yan Rou and the others spend most of their time in the northern part of Youzhou. Eight years ago, I was the master of the southern part of Youzhou, a place with mountains and rivers within hundreds of miles, and no one is more familiar with it than me. ”

"Kill me and avenge your father!" Cao Cao knew that if he fought with Yuan Xi at this time, he would definitely die, and as soon as his head was raised, he was ready to be killed.

Yuan Xi put away his smile, his eyes were as cold as frost, and he slowly pulled out the sword from his waist. Seeing this, Cao Chun and the others hurriedly rushed forward and used their bodies to block Cao Cao tightly. There were also two generals who clenched their fists and limped towards Yuan Xi, wanting to die with him. With an angry reprimand, Yuan Xi's left and right guards stabbed out the spears in their hands, and the two generals had no defense, their chests were pierced by spears, and they fell to the ground.

Cao Cao waved his hand, signaling the generals not to resist uselessly, and he smiled bitterly: "Everyone, what is there to fear of death. It's just that I'm really unwilling to lose, with my Cao Cao's current power, if it weren't for Yuan Xi's Li Dai Taozhuang's plan, and unfortunately encountered a once-in-a-century natural disaster on the way back to the teacher, getting rid of him would be like stepping on an ant. Yuan Xi, kill me, I can tell you that this is your only chance to avenge your father! ”

Yuan Xi stepped forward with his sword and looked at Cao Cao, both of them close enough to hear each other's heartbeats. Yuan Xi guarded the health left and right for fear of Cao Cao's deception, so he followed carefully every step of the way. Seeing that Cao Cao was not afraid, Yuan Xi put his sword back into its sheath, returned to the horse, and said loudly: "Lord Cao, I know that you like to kill in your life, and you are by no means a kind person. But it can be seen from your interpretation of Guan Yu that you are also a man who stresses righteousness and re-promises. Today I will not kill you, nor will I kill anyone under your tent, but I will let you go back to Yecheng and reunite you with your wife. But can you promise me one thing? ”

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Xi in disbelief and asked eagerly, "There is such a good thing?" Say, no matter what the conditions, I promise you! ”

"Within half a month, I sent someone to send my wife Zhen back to Youzhou. And from now on, within one year, our two sides will temporarily cease fighting, my soldiers and horses will not leave Youzhou, and Cao's soldiers and horses will not be allowed to step into Youzhou for half a step! ”

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao's anxious look was swept away after hearing this, and he laughed presumptuously: "It seems that I think I think I think I think you will bully people and take the opportunity to ask me for Hebei Sizhou. I can't imagine that you don't want to let go of the good country, but you just ask for a woman, haha, haha......"

Yuan Xi was not annoyed when he heard this, and said calmly: "Do you know why I only stopped fighting with you for a year? ”

"Why?"

"A year later, I will personally lead the Youzhou Iron Cavalry to the south, and take back all the remaining three states of Hebei that my father conquered. At that point, I'll convince you to lose! ”

Cao Cao's smile froze, and he looked at the other party carefully, and as far as his eyes could see, there was confidence and perseverance that he had never seen before. After a while, Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, in a year, I'll wait for you in Yecheng." If the next time I am captured by you, there will be no complaints! ”

"It's a deal!"

"It's a deal!"

A few days later, all the Cao troops in Youzhou received Cao Cao's order and retreated to the south like a tide. Xian Yufu, Tian Yu, and Yan Rou, with their 20,000 troops, all knelt down outside Jicheng City, and swore loudly to Yuan Xi on the city tower:

"Congratulations on the return of the Lord Assassin King, from now on, the three of us will be the retainers of the Yuan family forever, if there is a trace of betrayal, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!"