Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 335 Absolute Righteousness
"Zi Ke? Wasn't he captured?" Cao Hong frowned.

The news here is not very well-informed. I also learned about Lu Qian from deserters. At that time, I only knew that Lu Qian was captured, but what happened later, Cao Jun’s intelligence system has not been restored, so it is naturally difficult to obtain corresponding information. .

"Invite him to come in!" Cao Pi nodded. In any case, if there is one more general here, they will have more hope of winning. Now, in the Cao army, except for generals like Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren, only the non-Cao generals Only Yu Jin, Le Jin, Niu Jin, Niu Gai, Gao Qian and other generals, Lu Qian was Cao Cao's favorite general at the beginning, if Lu Qian came back, he would also be a great help to Cao Jun.

"Here!" Niu Jin agreed, turned and left.

After a while, Lu Qian came in under the leadership of Niu Jin, bowed to Cao Pi and said, "I have seen you, my son, and all the generals!"

"The lord is dead, and now Zihuan is the new lord of our army, Zike should be called the lord!" Cao Hong said a little displeased.

Lu Qian hesitated, and after a moment of silence, he clasped his fists and said, "I have already surrendered to the imperial court, please forgive me for not being able to follow orders!"

"What!?" Cao Hong suddenly stood up, his fierce eyes fell on Lu Qian, and he said solemnly, "Say it again!?"

Lu Qian didn't answer, just bowed his head in silence, the silence was already a silent explanation.

"Zi Lianxiu is going to be angry!" Cao Ren gave Cao Hong a hand, looked at Lu Qian and said, "Zi Ke must have no choice but to agree with him. Since he came back now, he has already expressed his intentions. Why blame him too much?"

After finishing speaking, Cao Ren looked at Lu Qian and said, "Since Zike is back, no one will pursue what happened before..."

"Forgive me, General. I'm here to report a message. After sending the message, I have to go back!" Lu Qian clasped his fists.

There was another unspeakable silence from the crowd, Cao Hong finally couldn't help but smashed the table with his foot, pointed at Lu Qian with his halberd and said, "The old lord treated you well before he was alive, but now the old lord's heroic soul has never left, so you are like this." Can't wait to surrender to the enemy!?"

Lu Qian bowed his head and did not speak.

"General Lu, let's talk about why you're here!" Xun You broke the silence, looking at Lu Qian and said.

"Yuan Tan has formed an alliance with the envoy of Southern Chu, and is planning to conquer Dongping, Jiyin and other places from Taishan County. I hope you will make preparations early!" Lu Qian briefly explained the alliance between Chu Nan and Yuan Tan.

"How could Yuan Tan form an alliance with Chu Nan?" Cao Pi was puzzled.

Lu Qian was about to tell what happened in Taishan County during this period, from Chu Nan's entry into Taishan, the implementation of the New Deal, and then the gentry's resistance and defeat, dormant contact with Yuan Tan, and finally Chu Nan designed to attract scholars to attack, and took the opportunity to send Feng The Gao clan wiped out all of them, forced them to betray Yuan Tan with the lives of their families, and then Chu Nan and himself set up an ambush overnight, captured Yuan Tan alive, and then told the story of forming an alliance with Yuan Tan.

"Could it be that you lied to us!" Cao Hong was clearly worried about Lu Qian's betrayal, and he didn't want to believe it.

"There is absolutely no falsehood in what I have said. In addition, I am not here privately, but by the order of the envoy to inform you of this matter." Lu Qian clasped his fists and said: "Now that the matter is over, please Let me take my leave!"

"Hmph, since you have surrendered to the enemy, you are the enemy. You think I will let you go later!?" Cao Hong said disdainfully.

No matter what Lu Qian said was true or not, since he came, he was not going to let Lu Qian go back.

"I have already made an appointment with the envoy, and I will never be an enemy of the old robes, and the envoy also agreed!" Lu Qian said in a deep voice.

"Heh~" Cao Hong seemed to have heard some joke, looked at Lu Qian and said, "As you said, Chu Nan just formed an alliance with Yuan Tan on the front foot, and sent you to report the news on the back foot. , you actually believed it?"

"I believe it!" Lu Qian said indifferently, at least Chu Nan would not force him to do what he didn't want to do, and coming back this time also gave him a chance to settle Cao Cao's kindness.

Cao Hong was swallowed, and couldn't speak for a while, but just stared at Lu Qian angrily.

"It seems that General Lu has accepted the new master, and he is here to say goodbye to us!" Cao Ren held down Cao Hong who was about to run away, got up and walked in front of Lu Qian, with a pair of fierce eyes. Staring at him, said solemnly.

"Please forgive me, General!" Lu Qian bowed to Cao Ren, "Mr. Cao has treated me kindly. When I come back today, I will inform you of the situation. Firstly, I don't want to suffer the loss of my robes in the past, and secondly, I want to repay Mr. Cao's kindness."

At this moment, he somewhat understood why Chu Nan entrusted him with this matter. It wasn't that he couldn't find someone else, but let Lu Qian and Cao Ying make a break. Cao Ying what happened.

"Okay!" Cao Ren stretched out his hand and said, "Here comes the wine!"

His personal guards brought a jar of good wine and two wine cups. Cao Ren filled the two wine cups and said, "Zi Ke has already surrendered to others, and he is willing to come here in times of crisis. Those who are wrong and turn to others have more backbone. Since the general has made up his mind to go, I will not stop the general. Please drink this cup to the full. After drinking, you will break your friendship with my Cao family, and the next time will be on the battlefield If we meet each other, even if we die at the hands of the general, this general will never complain!"

"Brother (Zi Xiao)!" Xia Houyuan and the others frowned and stood up, looking at Cao Ren.

"Please!" Cao Ren ignored the crowd, raised his glass and looked at Lu Qian.

"General Xie, I made an oath that I will never meet you on the battlefield. If you break this oath, heaven and earth will perish!" Lu Qian took the wine glass, bowed to Cao Ren, then raised his head and drank all the wine in the glass.

"Okay!" Cao Ren raised his head, similarly drank his own cup of fine wine, looked at Lu Qian and said, "General, do as you please!"

"Farewell!" Lu Qian took a deep breath, saluted everyone, and turned to leave.

"Why let him go!?" Cao Hong looked at Cao Ren puzzled.

"The general situation is over, Zike is willing to come back to help our army at least, but do you think how many people have turned against him in the past month? It is easy to kill Zike, but if the hearts of the people are scattered, they will not be taken back. Now we are waiting, the most lacking thing is It's people's hearts." Cao Ren put down his wine cup, sighed, turned around and bowed to Cao Pi and said, "The last general will act on behalf of the lord, please forgive me!"

"Uncle, what are you talking about?" Cao Pi hurriedly stood up, helped Cao Ren up, and said to Cao Ren, "General Lu has done his best to my Cao family. Now that he chooses to leave, there must be a reason. Uncle didn't say anything. Pi will also let people go!"

Although the rest of the generals were unwilling, but people like Yu Jin and Le Jin looked much better.

They are willing to stay and tide over the difficulties with the Cao family, but it is two different things from the Cao family holding people.

"Perhaps this is also Chu Nan's strategy!" Xun You sighed and said, "If I wait to detain or kill Zike, people's hearts will be scattered easily. If I wait, Zike will completely end his previous life and help him sincerely." With him, when I first met this son, I thought it was ordinary, but now it seems that this son has deep scheming, which is rare in the world, but we have underestimated this son."

"This Chu Nan is so vicious with his heart!" Xia Houyuan had a lingering fear on his face.

Cao Pi remembered something, looked at Xun Yu and said, "Sir, since Chu Nan formed an alliance with Yuan Tan, why did you tell me about it?"

Everyone was puzzled. If Yuan Tan joined forces with Chu Nan to send troops from behind them at this time, they might really be defeated directly, and Chu Nan told them this important news, which was equivalent to preparing them in advance. It is not an exaggeration to say that Chu Nan Nan asked Lu Qian to come over and saved their lives, but for him, it was a lost opportunity to completely defeat them.

Isn't this embarrassing yourself?
Xun You sat down again and sighed, "He's cutting off our retreat!"

"What do you mean?" Everyone looked at Xun You suspiciously.

"Now that we know Yuan Tan's movements, it's not difficult to break it, but how to deal with it, have you generals thought about it?" Xun You looked at the crowd and said.

How to deal with it?

Do you need to ask?
Cao Hong frowned and said, "Since he dares to commit an offense, on the battlefield, life and death are naturally at stake!"

"But in this way, if Yuan Tan dies on the battlefield, have you ever thought about how Yuan Guild will treat me?" Xun You asked again.

Everyone's complexion changed slightly. Yuan Shao was planning for the worst. After all, two counties now occupy the entire Central Plains against Lu Bu.

If they lose this battle, their only retreat is to go to Yuan Shao and take revenge with Yuan Shao's power.

And if Yuan Tan died here, other people Yuan Shao might accept him, but would Yuan Shao still be willing to accept the Cao family?
In other words, even if Yuan Shao is willing to accept regardless of past suspicions, would they dare to go?
The war hasn't started yet, and Chu Nan is already thinking of blocking their way out!

At this moment, many people feel chills in their hearts. Isn't Chu Nan's scheme too deep?

Cao Pi was a little unwilling and said: "Sir, is it true that we are already defeated?"

"No matter how the lord thinks of Chu Nan, he has a good saying. Everything is not counted as a victory, but a defeat is counted first. With the current strength of our army, if we fight against the opponent, we will win a battle, and our army can only win a battle." Barely survived, but in this battle, regardless of the manpower, or the morale of the army, it is difficult to compete with it, so I think that we should think of a way out! The best ending is that our army can hold the current position and wait for Yuan Gong to return. Commander, send troops south to force Lu Bu to retreat, so that our army can have a breathing space." Xun You bowed to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi smiled wryly and sighed, "What you said is very true."

"So you mean, sir, I want to repel Yuan Tan, and I have to be careful not to let him die in the rebellion?" Cao Hong frowned. This kind of fighting with hands tied is really uncomfortable.

"There is no need to worry. Although Yuan Tan supervised the army in Qingzhou, his own ability is only average." Xun You shook his head, looked at the generals in the tent and said, "I think General Miaocai can set up ambushes along the way to defeat the enemy, and then Capture him alive, remember, don't wait too long after you capture him alive, and give him a message for me!"

"What do you say?" Xia Houyuan looked at Xun You and said.

"Don't turn back, our army can let go of the road and let them retreat from Jibei to Qingzhou." Xun You laughed.

"Why?" Xia Houyuan was puzzled.

"We were allies when we came, but when we returned, do you think that Chu Nan would give way? If it's so difficult, you're not afraid of him pretending to attack Guo?" Xun You said with a smile, "I guess Chu Nan must have prepared to let the Qingzhou army go out." Mount Tai is easy, but regardless of whether the Qingzhou Army intends to attack Guo in a false way, Chu Nan will not allow them to go back to Qingzhou all the way to Mount Tai!"

"So that's how it is!" Xia Houyuan understood, clasped his fists at Xun You and said, "The military master is brilliant, the general will understand!"

"Let's go prepare, remember, don't hurt him!" Xun You instructed again, this Yuan Tan is related to their escape route, if Yuan Tan is gone, most people here can only choose to flee across the sea.

"Farewell, the last general!" Xia Houyuan bowed to Cao Pi, turned around and walked away...

(End of this chapter)