I received my adopted son in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 149 I Laugh at Dong Thief as Unscheming, Xun You Less Wisdom

It was getting dark.

After crossing the Bian River, Cao Cao looked back to look for Cao Hong, his heart beating wildly. After searching everywhere, he became even more grief-stricken and felt all hope was lost.

Suddenly, the water splashed in front of his eyes, and a big head emerged from the water—it turned out that Cao Hong feared that the heavy armor would not be able to sink, so he took off the helmet and armor with his big knife, and plunged into the river.

Cao Cao immediately jumped off his horse, overjoyed, with one hand he swung his green sword to call the flying arrows, and with the other he pulled Cao Hong up ashore: "Zi Lian!..."

Cao Hong didn't have time to impress Cao Cao, and said, "Brother, don't talk too much, it's important to escape!"

Cao Cao felt at the time... this brother of the family is too ugly, and he doesn't understand the poet's feelings at all.But what he said was... really good words!

Now hiding from the arrows and throwing away the helmet and armor, he and Cao Hong fled in despair.

After going straight for three or four miles, it was already dark, and the sound of chasing and killing gradually disappeared.The two panicked and went southeast to flee for their lives, and gradually felt that the road was unfamiliar.

"What place is this?" Cao Hong stroked his wet hair, feeling cold already.

"I don't know either, we seem to... lost our way."

Cao Cao didn't dare to stop, and stretched his neck to identify the road while urging his horse: "I don't care where I am when I run for my life, just remember to flee east, and look for the road of Suanzao in the morning."

While he was talking, a dozen or so figures suddenly appeared in the forest ahead, all holding swords, guns, bows and arrows.Cao Cao was shocked immediately - there was an ambush!
He hurriedly waved his whip, intending to gallop his horse to break through, but he heard the person on the other side shout in surprise: "It's Meng De, Meng De is still alive!..."

Taking a closer look, it turned out that Wei Zi and his group had already escaped in front of them. They were pleasantly surprised: "Zi Xu!... You are all alive, that's great!"

After exchanging pleasantries with the rest of the people, Cao Cao calmed down a bit and asked, "Where is this?"

"It should be east of Xingyang and south of Zhongmou." Wei Zi couldn't be sure, so he replied vaguely.

Seeing that the soldiers were cold and hungry, depressed and depressed, Cao Cao couldn't help but want to boost their morale, and suddenly looked up and laughed: "Hahahaha!..."

Seeing this, Wei Zi immediately asked in puzzlement, "Why is Meng De laughing?"

Cao Cao pointed at the surrounding terrain with his horsewhip, and said, "I don't laugh at others. I only laugh at Dong Thief for his lack of strategy, and Xun Gongda for his lack of wisdom. There are many trees here, and the mountains and rivers are steep. If I use soldiers, I will lay down an army here in advance. Why?"

Wei Zi understood a little bit, but he didn't seem to be able to fully say: "Meng De said that although we were defeated, it was not considered a complete defeat?"

Cao Cao comforted him and said, "What I mean is that we must see hope out of desperation, although this time we..."

Before he could finish speaking, the drums on both sides suddenly rang out, and the flames shot up into the sky. Cao Cao was so shocked that his tailbone felt a chill, and he almost fell off his horse.

A Biao army rushed out from the forest, and shouted: "I, Zhang Youwei, have been ordered by the Taiwei, and I have been waiting here for a long time!"

Seeing this, Wei Zi suddenly came to his senses: Yun Cheng and Bo Da had already been captured, and he met Meng De here, maybe... just to block the enemy for him.

"Meng De hurry, I'll stop them!"

"Zi Xu!..." Cao Cao was furious, and wanted to fight Zhang Xiu.

However, Cao Hong immediately made a decisive decision and slammed the horse's belly, and the horse galloped forward immediately.

There was only a short battle sound behind him, followed by Cao Cao's already familiar order: "Squat down, hold your head, disarm and don't kill, our army treats the prisoners preferentially this time!"

Fortunately, Zhang Xiu's army seemed to only focus on gathering the prisoners, and did not send troops to chase after him, so Cao Cao was able to escape.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and it rained again the day after we fled for a while. Cao Cao and the dozen or so soldiers who followed him walked through the rain, feeling that life was miserable to the extreme.

When he was feeling disheartened, he suddenly saw flames emanating from several low houses in front of him.

They sent soldiers to investigate, and came back in surprise to report: "General, it's Xiahou Sima. It's Xiahou Sima who hid from the rain in the house and found some food!"

"Brother, brother is still alive!"

Xia Houyuan ran out first, his face was a little pale, but he was still inexplicably surprised: "Brother, foolish brother is useless, then Lu Bu's force is too powerful, he must not be his opponent..."

"There is no need to blame yourself for being a wonderful talent. Lu Fengxian has been famous for a long time, and his military power is the best in the world. It is not shameful to lose to him."

Cao Cao said a few words of consolation, and Xiahou Dun also came out, and he was still very respectful: "Meng De escaped from death, let's come in first to have some food and toast the clothes."

After entering the house, I saw that there was only one earthen pot hanging in the house, cooking very little millet and some wild vegetables.

The water inside has not yet boiled, and the firewood has just been ignited—it can be seen that Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun have just found this place, and picked some wild vegetables in the rain to satisfy their hunger.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little silent, and Cao Cao didn't know what to say.

After taking off his clothes to bake, he thought for a while before asking: "Where is this, have you sent someone to inquire?"

Xiahou Dun said: "It is close to the boundary of Guancheng. There are two roads to the northeast. One is the main road leading directly to Yuanwu, and the other is the North Slope Mountain Road."

"Which one is closer to the jujube?"

"It's at the end of the mountain road on the north slope." Xiahou Dun replied.

With the direction, Cao Cao's hanging heart finally relaxed a little, and he was glad that he escaped all the way without going astray.Immediately, seeing the soldiers in the room sighing one by one, they couldn't help but pretend to be free and easy, and laughed loudly on their backs: "Hahahaha!..."

Cao Hong didn't understand now, and said: "Brother, just now you laughed at Dong Thief and Xun Gongda, provoked Zhang Youwei, and forced Wei Zi to go in. Why are you laughing now?"

"I laugh at Dong Thief and Xun You, after all, they are not wise enough." Cao Cao looked around and said, "If I were to use soldiers, I would ambush a young army horse in this place, and wait for work at ease."

"In this way, even if we escape our lives, we will still be seriously injured. If he can't see this, I laugh at it."

Xiahou Dun is indeed Cao Cao's most valued right-hand man. Hearing the words, he said: "Those who have achieved great things since ancient times are persevering. In the past, the great ancestors were defeated by Xiang Yu several times, but they persevered and eventually became the great cause of the Han Dynasty."

"Meng De is in a desperate situation today, but he can still laugh boldly, which shows his courage!"

But his younger brother Xia Houyuan was a bit out of sorts.After being stunned for a while, what he said was: "Brother met Wei Zixu before, but was intercepted and killed by Dong Zou's soldiers?"

As he spoke, he couldn't help looking around, and muttered: "Then brother, it's better not to laugh, in case it attracts..."

Before the words fell, the soldiers around outside shouted in unison.

Cao Cao fled out of the house reflexively, got on his horse, and saw an army spread out outside. The leader was Donglai Taishi Ziyi, who immediately raised his halberd, and said, "Where is Cao Mengde! ... I made a bet with that Dong thief that you are not here , don't let me lose!"

Cao Cao's soldiers were in a hurry, and many of them didn't even have time to put away their horses and weapons. Seeing the majestic Tai Shici, they were even more frightened.

"Meng De go quickly!" Xiahou Dun rushed to kill him on his bareback horse, looked back at Cao Hong and said, "Zi Lian, quickly protect Meng De and go first!"

Seeing this, Xia Houyuan ignoring his internal injuries, also galloped fiercely on his horse: "Brother, I'm here to help you!...Brothers, today I will die or not, I will fight them!"

The soldiers and horses on both sides were in a scuffle, Cao Cao pulled his horse away, and looking back, he saw Tai Shici's soldiers and horses encircling him tighter and tighter. During this period, there were still fishing nets flying around, and in the middle were the roars of the Xiahou brothers.

"Dog thief, actually use this despicable trick, let me go!"

"Taishi Ziyi, you recognize the thief as your father!"

"A certain person is forbidden by the rules of writing, so dare to fight against a certain person!"

Immediately, Tai Shici responded in surprise: "Yu Jin?...Come here, I have been tied up for a certain net. I didn't expect that there would be fish that slipped through the net. This time I made money!"

After two midnight frights, Cao Cao was terrified.You Qi just met Wei Zi and Xiahou brothers and lost them again, the grief in his heart is really hard to resolve.

Just when he was discouraged, the silent Cao Hong suddenly said: "There are two roads ahead, brother, which road do I want to go?"

"Which road is the closest?" Cao Cao asked in a low voice.

The soldiers who explored the road reported: "The main road is slightly flat, but it is more than [-] miles away. The small road is close to Yuanyang Road, but it is more than [-] miles away; it's just that the road is narrow and dangerous, and the potholes are difficult to walk."

Cao Cao asked people to go up the mountain to wait and see, and reported: "There are smoke rising from several places on the side of the mountain on the small road; there is no movement on the main road."

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then said, "Take Yuanyang Road."

Cao Hong was shocked at that time, and said: "Where the beacon smoke rises, there must be soldiers and horses. Why do you go this way instead?"

Cao Cao sighed, and said, "Didn't you hear that there is a saying in military books: What is false is true, and what is true is false. Zi Lian has also seen it. That Dong thief is cunning, and Xun You is resourceful."

"That's why people burned smoke in the remote mountains, so that our army dared not walk on this mountain road, but he waited in ambush on the main road. I have already made up my mind, but I don't teach other tricks!"

Cao Hong originally thought that the matter was simple and clear, but after hearing such an explanation, he suddenly felt that it was very reasonable: "Brother has a clever plan, but a foolish brother can't reach it."

"Well, let's take the Yuanyang trail!"

(End of this chapter)