Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 639

Hearing Zhong Ji's scolding, Zhang Yan felt a trace of shame on his face that he didn't notice, and then he forced himself to shout: "Nonsense!"

"The Emperor was deceived by these traitors and sycophants, which led to chaos. Today, I am here to eliminate the rebellion and clear up the source of the rebellion for the Emperor!"

The general over there, Wang Zifu, could no longer hold back any longer. He waved his horse and rushed forward, shouting: "Zhang Yan, you have received favor from the emperor, but you repay kindness with enmity. It is really the most evil thing!"

"Death!"

Zhang Yan felt angry when she saw the horse on the opposite side was stiffening and stabbing her in the chest. She shouted loudly, shook the reins fiercely, and the horse shot out from behind.

He is known as a flying general, and naturally he has unique skills in horse riding. In just a few blinks, he was very close to the prince's suit. Seeing the menacing attack from the opposite side, the prince's suit subconsciously turned his horse and aimed at Zhang Yan. throat.

But he didn't expect that when Zhang Yan tilted his head, Ma Shan wiped his helmet and missed it. The prince was shocked, and when he reached back to hook Ma Shan, it was too late. The next moment, Zhang Yan's hand was slashed with a sword. came out and chopped directly into the abdomen of the prince's suit.

Although Zha Jia blocked him, the huge impact still knocked the prince's suit away, and he fell directly off the horse. He fell heavily to the ground, and Ma Shu had already escaped.

Wang Zifu reluctantly got up, and with a cry, he vomited out a large mouthful of blood. Zhang Yan had already galloped past, then turned the horse's head back. He stared at the back of Wang Zifu's neck as he knelt on the ground. The ring-headed knife in his hand had already been Lifted up.

The horse's hooves had reached it, and seeing that no one could stop him, Liu Xie opened the car door, jumped out, and shouted to Zhang Yan: "General, do you want to cut off my limbs?"

Zhang Yan was startled when she heard Liu Xie's voice. She quickly reined in her horse and hesitated with her knife in hand.

Dong Cheng shouted: "Zhang Yan, the emperor is in front of you, why don't you dismount!"

Zhang Yan felt even more hesitant after hearing this. Liu Xie said again: "Now that I want to leave Huaicheng, does the general want to stop me?"

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Zhang Yan felt his mouth was astringent and said reluctantly: "Your Majesty was held hostage by a traitor and was forced to do something stupid. Now Yan is blocking the way. I just want to ask your Majesty to kill the traitor!"

Liu Xie shook his head and said: "I was not intimidated by anyone. The general thought too much."

"I am leaving the city now. If the general follows me, I will treat him as before."

Zhang Yang was silent. At this moment, he heard a loud laugh coming from the other end of the long street, "Your Majesty Cao Cao is here to greet you!"

When Zhang Yan heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He sat upright on his horse and saw the army under the banner of Cao Jun coming in the distance.

The leader was none other than Cao Cao. He rode up to the front, took a few steps forward, bowed his head to Liu Xie and said, "I am late to welcome you, so please forgive me for my sins."

Liu Xie's hands in his sleeves trembled slightly, and then he calmly said, "Thank you for your hard work, Aiqing."

"The city gate was broken down and there was chaos in the city. What happened?"

Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged, "I heard rumors that some people with evil intentions in the court were trying to hold the emperor hostage to achieve their ulterior motives."

"After I learned about it, I was so anxious that I traveled day and night to rescue the emperor's chariot. Fortunately, I caught up."

After hearing this, everyone in the Han court cursed in their hearts for being shameless. It was you who broke this city gate, but now you are talking about someone else!

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "Please don't believe the rumors. Why haven't I heard of such a thing?"

Cao Cao laughed and said: "It's all because these treacherous ministers are hiding from Your Majesty and acting in His Majesty's name!"

He pointed at Dong Cheng and said: "Take him down!"

Immediately, more than a dozen guards from Cao camp rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and pushed Dong Cheng to the ground. Dong Guiren, who was in the car behind, saw him and quickly got out of the car and knelt in front of Liu Xie, crying: "Your Majesty, please save me." Father’s life!”

Liu Xie hurriedly said to Cao Cao: "Cao Shijun, Dong Hou is my confidant, there must be some misunderstanding between them!"

Cao Cao smiled softly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be busy, you will know after just one look."

He pointed at Dong Cheng and said to the guard: "Search him!"

After a while, the belt around Dong Cheng was turned out, and the soldier opened the lining, revealing a series of names written in blood.

The soldier presented the belt to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took it over and read out the names one by one. The faces of everyone present changed drastically when they heard Cao Cao read out their names. The one in the front was Dong Cheng, and the one behind was Zhong Ji. , Wu Shuo, Prince Service, Wu Lan...

Every time he thought of one, soldiers immediately came up and tied him up tightly.

When Cao Cao read Liu Bei's name, his fingers trembled slightly and he exerted force unconsciously, almost tearing off the belt edict.

Why, why did he value Liu Bei so much and have a close relationship with her, yet he betrayed her several times!
Few people know that Cao Ca and Liu Bei have known each other for a long time.

The Legend of Heroes says: In the last years of Emperor Ling's reign, Bei was in the capital. Later, he and Duke Cao returned to the country of Pei and recruited all the people. However, Emperor Ling died and the world was in chaos. Bei also raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo.

Also in "Taiping Yulan": I paid homage to Cao Cao, the captain of the Dian Army, and returned to Qiao Pei. The soldiers rebelled and attacked him. Cao Cao escaped and died, fleeing to the Changsha of the Pinghe Pavilion... Before reaching Qiao, dozens of miles away, a rider asked Cao Pei. When Cao Cao heard about it, he opened the curtain to show it. Everyone was overjoyed and started to understand Cao Cao.This happened in the fifth year of Zhongping (AD 188), and Liu Bei and Cao Cao were already familiar with each other before that.

At that time, Liu Bei's status was not high, and his relationship with Cao Cao was like Cao Cao's relationship with Yuan Shao. Cao Cao also admired Liu Bei very much.

But the more this happened, the more uncomfortable Cao Cao felt when Liu Bei betrayed him.

Especially last year, news came from Yecheng that Liu Bei had informed Yuan Shao that Cao Cao had rebellion and intended to betray the Yuan family. When Cao Cao learned about it, he bit his tongue until it bled. He had indeed had a secret meeting with Liu Bei before to plan the future. The Communists rebelled against the imperial edict, but they did not expect that Liu Bei would turn around and report the matter to Yuan Shao!
Cao Cao was furious at that time because he was so confidant to Liu Bei. He didn't expect to meet such an ungrateful person!

Do you feel that you have betrayed the leader Yuan Shao and are ashamed that you can't be with him?
But he also had his own difficulties. Yuan Shao had long wanted to change dynasties, but he still wanted to maintain order in the Han Dynasty. In comparison, Yuan Shao was the rebellious official and traitor?

You, Liu Bei, are a member of the Liu clan, don’t you understand my painstaking efforts?
But in any case, Liu Bei's incident dealt a huge blow to Cao Cao. After that, although Yuan Shao did not break up with Cao Cao, he began to be wary of Cao Cao.

That's why Cao Cao pretended to attack Shouchun, but actually advanced to Yecheng. He knew that the matter could not be hidden anyway, and it would be the same whether the war would start sooner or later.

Moreover, in retaliation for Liu Bei, Cao Cao also attacked Xiapi in Xuzhou and almost completely wiped out Liu Bei, but in the end Liu Bei escaped.

Seeing the embarrassed Liu Xie in front of him, desperately trying to keep calm, Cao Cao took a deep breath. Anyway, he was now standing in front of the emperor.

Although his plan had numerous twists and turns, he eventually overcame it and returned to the original path.

Rely on the Son of Heaven to command the princes.

He held up the belt edict and walked towards Liu Xie step by step. He brought the name on the belt to Liu Xie's eyes. Liu Xie couldn't help but take a step back when he saw the dark red names in front of him.

Cao Cao said: "This is evidence that they colluded secretly and conspired to kidnap the emperor!"

"Your Majesty must have been deceived and didn't know anything about it, right?"

Liu Xie felt that his throat was dry and tight, and he could not speak for a while.

What should he say?
Everyone knows that this clothing edict was actually given by him!
Liu Xie's eyes were very sharp. He saw the emperor's edict in front of him, but it was blocked by Cao Cao's fingers.

The other party should deliberately save face for themselves and separate themselves from the ministers.

What Liu Xie now faces is a dilemma.

Do you deny that you wrote the Edict on Clothes and Belts, or do you admit it?
If you deny it, you will lose the loyalty of everyone present, because everyone will know that you are an emperor who dares to be but not to be!
But if you admit it, you can't change the facts. The other party will still not let go of the people on the list, and they can even kill them to destroy the few prestige you have and completely eliminate yourself!

Liu Xie found that no matter what choice he made, he seemed destined to fail!
Despair emerged in his mind. Is there really nothing he can do?

Dong Cheng's lips were trembling and his face was pale. He was the first name on the list. He couldn't escape this time!

The key is, the other party is obviously well prepared. Why does the other party, if they know so much about the clothing and belt edict, search you directly?
Is there a traitor among the people who were ordered to wear clothes?
As soon as this idea appeared in Dong Cheng's mind, the bound prince Fu reluctantly stood up and cursed: "Cao Thief!"

"Why should we tell the emperor about this kind of thing? It's all planned by our ministers in private!"

"You threaten the emperor and persecute the ministers. People and gods are angry. I can't wait to kill you and then be quick!"

After saying that, he struggled hard and was out of the hands of the soldiers. His hands were tied, but he lowered his head and rushed towards Cao Cao!

Seeing Wang Zifu running forward seven or eight steps, the next moment, Dian Wei stepped out and stabbed Wang Zifu's chest directly with the big iron halberd in his hand.

The momentum of the prince's suit came suddenly. He spat out a mouthful of blood, stretched out his hands, grasped the iron halberd on his chest, staggered, and tried his best to walk towards Cao Cao.

Dian Wei sneered, roared, and rushed forward with his arms strong, holding the king's uniform.

The prince's suit was staggered back by the huge momentum. The iron halberd was deeply embedded in his body, causing his legs to lose strength instantly, but his body did not fall.

Dian Wei actually raised one arm high in the air, holding the iron halberd and his body in the prince suit together!
The prince's body swayed a few times like a fish out of the water, and then his hands relaxed, and he lost his breath.

Dian Wei held up the corpse in the king's uniform and walked around the field as if to show off. Wherever he went, everyone, including Liu Xie, couldn't help but turn their eyes away and couldn't bear to look at it again.

Dian Wei walked up to Zhang Yan, shook his arm, and the body of the prince flew out from the iron halberd. After several laps on the ground, it stopped at Zhang Yan's feet.

Zhang Yan stared at Dian Wei and slowly lowered his head when he saw the warning look in his eyes and the soldiers from Cao's camp who were eyeing him eagerly.

Cao Cao walked slowly to Liu Xie, as if nothing happened, and said, "Your Majesty, please move."

Liu Xie subconsciously said: "Go back to the palace?"

Cao Cao replied: "Go back to Yingchuan."

(End of this chapter)