Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 290
In the morning, Xuchang.

Since last night, the defeated troops have been returning one after another. Those like Cao Chun who formed an army with tiger and leopard cavalry returned in the middle of the night. In the early morning, the defeated troops returned to Xuchang one after another, standing Looking around on the city wall, Cao Jun's defeated army is everywhere in the south direction. It really feels like the end is approaching.

In Sikong Mansion, Cao Pi, who was only 13 years old, knelt down at the foot of his father's seat with a dignified expression. Since his elder brother Cao Ang died in battle in Nanyang, Cao Cao had no successor, but the teaching and supervision of Cao Pi were obviously better than before. In addition, Cao Pi can be regarded as the best among his peers regardless of his background or ability, and he is also favored by everyone. Now that the Cao family has undergone major changes, Cao Pi, who is the oldest and most capable, has naturally become Cao Cao. The backbone of the home.

However, as the person involved, Cao Pi was full of panic under the solemn expression at the moment. No one thought that the bad news would come so suddenly, and his father would die in battle?When I woke up, the sky seemed to have changed.

"Brother." The young Cao Zhi came in from the door, first saluted Xun Yu, Xun You and Cao Chun who were sitting beside him, and then looked at Cao Pi, calling out in a childish voice.

"How is mother?" Cao Pi reluctantly nodded, looking at his young brother, Cao Zhi, who probably didn't even understand what death was, was still a little confused at this time, Cao Pi pulled him to his side and asked softly.

Hearing the news of Cao Cao's death in battle, the Bian family fainted on the spot, and the other women of Cao Cao were also distraught. Whether it was true or not, the entire Sikong Mansion was immersed in an atmosphere of grief, but Cao Pi did not He only worried about his own mother when he cared about these women.

"The imperial doctor said that mother is fine, but she was frightened and will wake up later." Cao Zhi knelt down, looked at Cao Pi suspiciously and said, "Brother, why did mother suddenly fall asleep?"

How do you explain this to Cao Pi, a 13-year-old boy?His mind is also in a mess now, but the matter suddenly weighed on his head and he had to face it.

Cao Pi didn't answer, but turned to look at Cao Chun: "Son and uncle? What should we do now? Do we want to stick to Xuchang?"

In his opinion, it seems that it is safest to stick to Xuchang. No matter how strong the enemy is, they can't get past the high walls of Xuchang, right?

Now Cao Ren and the others are still defending against the Xuzhou army's invasion in Xuzhou. Among the Cao family staying here, it seems that only Cao Chun can make Cao Pi feel safe. When encountering problems, they naturally want to ask Cao Chun for advice.

Cao Chun looked at Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, his somewhat numb face finally showed some expression, the corners of his mouth twitched, showing an ugly smile, and said softly: "Our army was defeated by Lu Bu in this battle. It's not far away, if we set off at this moment, Lu Bu will surely arrive at the city of Xuchang today... Zihuan, we may not be able to hold on!"

Although he wished to kill Lu Bu with his own hands to avenge Cao Cao, even if he couldn't kill him, he would bleed him like a river, which would not be in vain, but looking at the dependent eyes of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Cao Cao's flesh and blood, Cao Chun My heart couldn't help but soften.

This is my brother's flesh and blood, if I don't care about it, what kind of humiliation might I suffer in the future?
Cao Pi was a little distracted, could Xu Chang not be able to hold it?

Thinking about it, it seems to make sense, even his father was killed in battle, now Xuchang is in panic, the morale of the army is low, how can he defend?
"Zihuan, I'm going to take you to Peijun to look for your uncle Zixiao, how about discussing the future then?" Seeing that Cao Pi was silent, Cao Chun said with an ugly smile on his face. Now the power of the Cao family is outside. , he also wanted to discuss this matter with Cao Ren.

future?

Cao Pi was a little confused. After this battle, how much future does the Cao family have?Or... is there a future?

Nodding silently, his gaze immediately turned to Xun Yu and Xun You who were beside him. Cao Pi said, "You two gentlemen, I don't know..."

It would be best if Xun Yu and the others were willing to go together.

Xun Yu thought for a while, then looked at Cao Chun and said, "The bandit army will arrive at any time, the general will take the lord's family out of the city first."

"What about the two gentlemen?" Cao Chun nodded, looked at Xun Yu and asked.

"Your Majesty needs to go to the palace and ask His Majesty if he is willing to go with you!" Xun Yu got up and said with a smile, "Your Majesty died for His Majesty. Now that Your Majesty has gone, His Majesty needs an explanation anyway."

Cao Chun stared at Xun Yu for a while, then nodded silently, and said to Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, "Let's go, bring as few people as possible."

This trip is an escape, so the fewer people there are, the better.

The Bian family naturally wanted to take it with them. That was the mother of Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang. Regardless of her background, she can now be regarded as Cao Cao's official wife, but there is no need for others. They took a lot of women on the road. I'm afraid Lu Bu caught up to him before he went far.

"Yeah." Cao Pi nodded, took Cao Zhi's hand and hurried to wake up his mother and pack some soft things.

Cao Chun asked the deputy general to call up the manpower. This time to escort the Cao family members out of the city, there should not be too many people. Tiger and leopard riders are enough. As for the others, I can't control them!
The whole Cao family couldn't care less about mourning Cao Cao's death. Cao Pi asked his family to pack up and wake up his mother to accompany him. Except for a few of his mother's personal maids, Cao Cao didn't bring any of Cao Cao's women with him, and let these women cry. .

"Where is Ziwen?" Cao Pi searched for a long time, and found that his third brother Cao Zhang had disappeared, so he grabbed a servant and asked.

"I didn't see anyone just now." Jia Ding shook his head and said.

"Go and find it!" Cao Pi was anxious, why are you still running around at this time?
"Zi Huan, you are ready, come with me!" Just as Cao Pi was in a hurry to find his brother, Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard riders to the door and shouted to Cao Pi.

"Uncle, Ziwen..." Cao Pi wanted Cao Chun to wait, but Cao Zhang hadn't found him yet, but before he finished speaking, he was surprised to find that Cao Zhang was following Cao Chun, with his helmet on and a long lance in his hand. He is obviously only ten years old, but at a glance, he has the qualifications of a general.

"Brother, get on the horse!" Cao Zhang looked at Cao Pi with a serious face and said, "I'll protect brother out of the city!"

Cao Pi wanted to beat him, but he didn't say a word when he left, but in the end he endured it and nodded speechlessly. Then someone helped his mother onto the carriage, and asked Cao Zhi and a few maidservants to take care of her in the carriage. Everything was properly arranged. Afterwards, he got on a horse and followed the team.

Many women in the mansion wanted to go with them. A concubine of Cao Cao came to pull Cao Pi's trouser legs, but was kicked away by Cao Pi. At this time, if there were too many people, there would be no hope of escape, let alone these women. Even if there is a sense of compassion, this is definitely not the time to overflow with compassion, Cao Pi knows this very well.

A group of people rushed to the north gate, but along the road, they saw a large number of common people and nobles rushing out of the city with their families, crowding the streets and alleys.

"Uncle, why are there so many people?" Cao Pi was pulled to his side by Cao Chun, and tiger and leopard riders around him violently separated the crowd. Opening a passage for them to advance, Cao Pi was somewhat uncomfortable with this, but he didn't stop. At this moment, escaping for his own life is obviously the most important thing, but he asked Cao Chun with a puzzled frown, why there are so many people all of a sudden.

"The news is not locked. Someone deliberately spread rumors in the city, causing everyone to know that something happened, and the soldiers who came back couldn't control it immediately. The rumors became more and more outrageous. It was said that Xuchang City would be broken. We are about to enter the city." Cao Chun explained as he walked.

He did not expect this scene.

"That's not the case!" Cao Pi looked at the bustling crowd all around him, and he wouldn't have run out all at once. Now it feels like everyone in Xuchang City has run to the street.

"The main reason is that the gentry in the city want to leave." Cao Chun had a look of disdain on his face: "Lu Bu has always been ruthless when he attacked the gentry. If he really entered Xuchang, many gentry would have no way out. Now the lord died in battle. These gentry also felt that there was no hope for Xuchang, so they naturally wanted to leave to avoid Lv Bu's edge, but it didn't matter if they left, it's just that such a large number of gentry usually left the city at the same time as agreed, and ordinary people didn't know what happened, those rumors spread in these Under the background of the scholars, it naturally became the truth, even the prominent families in the city began to flee, and the ordinary people naturally did not want to be left behind, so they could only follow along!"

After all, after the city is broken in this era, it is likely to be followed by the massacre of the city. At the beginning, Cao Cao massacred tens of thousands in Xuzhou, and the butcher's knives were not all cut on the people. When they heard that the city was about to be broken, those ordinary people But they are more panicked than those big clans, which caused the current situation.

"In this way, how can Xuchang hold on?" Cao Pi frowned when he heard the words. After speaking, he seemed to think that he is also going out now, and he has no right to criticize others. He smiled bitterly, feeling disappointed in his heart. Yesterday was fine. How did it become like this today?What about the future?

Although Cao Pi is sad about his father's death now, he is more confused and uncertain about the future.

Under the protection of Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the group of people left the city quickly. Looking at the sky, it was already high in the sun. Cao Chun looked at Cao Pi and said, "Zi Huan, Lu Bu may come at any time, and I will go on my way in a battle formation." , just stay by my side, don't move around!"

Cao Pi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Uncle."

As Cao Cao's key training object, Cao Pi is naturally no stranger to the art of war, but he has never had the opportunity to lead the army to comprehend the nine secrets of the imperial army.

"Let's go!" Cao Chun waved his hand, and the tiger and leopard riders spontaneously formed a battle formation, surrounded Bian's carriage in the center, and then started to move forward, at an increasing speed, and soon disappeared as far as Xuchang City could see. .

At the same time, in the south of Xuchang City, a puff of smoke rose, which represented the arrival of the enemy. The already chaotic command system of Xuchang City has no one to take charge of the overall situation, and it has become even more chaotic...

(End of this chapter)