Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

The dozen or so men in black who came at them aggressively had no intention of wasting any more words. They swung the sharp blades in their hands and slashed at Cao Cao and Chen Gong without hesitation.

Cao Cao and Chen Gong were both shocked when they saw this, and quickly drew their swords to fight back.

Although Cao Cao's martial power may be far inferior to that of top generals such as Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, he is undoubtedly a good fighter. Ordinary second-rate generals may not be able to defeat Cao Cao.

In addition, Chen Gong was also good at fencing, and with mutual protection, the dozen or so men in black could not do anything to Cao Cao and Chen Gong for a while.

At this moment, a man who seemed to be the leader among the group of men in black spoke in a deep voice with a very young voice.

"Don't worry about the tall one, just focus on killing the short one."

As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Cao's already gloomy face seemed to lengthen a lot in an instant.

height!

It is undoubtedly Cao Cao’s pain!
There are even occasional rumors that Yuan Benchu, a member of one of the most prominent families in the Han Dynasty, liked to always be with Cao Cao in order to use Cao Cao's short stature to highlight his own heroic appearance.

These kinds of malicious rumors made Cao Cao always very sensitive about his height.

However, before Cao Cao could get angry, his expression suddenly changed.

After the leader spoke, the dozen or so men in black completely ignored Chen Gong's cover and attacked Cao Cao almost in exchange for his life.

Dead soldier? !
This thought suddenly popped up in Cao Cao's mind, and was replaced by full of doubts.

'Why would there be assassins ambushing me here in advance?'

'Who?! Who knew I would pass by here?'

Cao Cao's suspicious nature made him subconsciously doubt Chen Gong again, but the crazy attack of the dozen or so men in black left Cao Cao no time to think.

Even though Cao Cao's martial arts skills were far superior to those men in black, he could not afford to make the slightest mistake as he was unarmored. Once he was injured in a vital part or a part that hindered his movement, the only outcome would be death.

This fierce attack only lasted for more than ten breaths. Even with Chen Gong's desperate protection, Cao Cao suddenly felt exhausted and had several bleeding wounds on his body.

'My life is over!'

At this moment, Cao Cao's heart was filled with resentment and resentment.

"A man born into this world, without having accomplished anything great, is going to die here?"

At this moment, one of the two war horses that had stepped into the horse pit had its leg joints broken, but the other one stood up slowly as if it was unharmed.

Suddenly, Cao Cao's face showed ecstasy, realizing that his only way to survive was to escape from the encirclement of these men in black on a fast horse.

Chen Gong also realized that the situation was not good and understood that if Cao Cao continued like this, he would surely die at the hands of these assassins.

However, there was only one warhorse, and these men in black would not watch Cao Cao and Chen Gong ride away on the same horse. One of them had to stay behind to provide cover so that the other could escape using the horse.

Chen Gong felt ruthless in his heart, feeling that Cao Cao was a righteous man who was trying to kill Dong Zhuo. Even if it meant sacrificing his life, he would still protect Cao Cao and kill him.

The only thing that made Chen Gong feel regretful was that he often boasted of being a resourceful man, but he had wasted half his life as a county magistrate. Now he met Cao Cao, a patriotic hero who wanted to worship him as a wise leader to save the country, but he did not expect that he would die at the hands of one or two assassins.

However, just as Chen Gong was about to take the initiative to propose to cover Cao Cao's retreat and allow Cao Cao to escape quickly on a fast horse.

Suddenly, Chen Gong felt a heavy push on his back as he was protecting Cao Cao!
This unexpected change caught Chen Gong completely off guard, so that he staggered and ran straight into the sharp sword that the man in black was stabbing at him.

It was precisely by taking advantage of the gap created by Chen Gong's body that Cao Cao rushed out without hesitation, turned over neatly and rode on his horse, urging the horse to speed up and escape.

And just behind Cao Cao, Chen Gong's voice was heard, which was both sad, angry and puzzled.

"Why?! Cao Mengde!!!"

"I feel that you are a man of great loyalty and righteousness, and I am willing to give up my official position to save you. Why do you treat me like this?!"

Cao Cao, who was originally lying on his warhorse, shook slightly and stood up slightly. Then, without looking back, he spoke with full determination.

"I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me..."

However, almost at the moment when Cao Cao finished speaking, another feather arrow broke through the air and pierced Cao Cao's shoulder.

"what!"

Cao Cao instinctively let out a cry of pain, and while beating his warhorse harder, he once again lay completely on the horse's back to avoid being hit by any hidden arrows.

With the speed of the warhorse, it only took a few steps for the horse to disappear completely into the night carrying Cao Cao.

This made Liu Jing from the Jinyi Division, who was still holding the bow, look helpless.

If it was a few of his brothers from the same period in Taoyuan who were good at archery who replaced him, the arrow just now would have hit Cao Cao's vital point.

Unfortunately, Liu Jing is better at gathering intelligence, and his archery skills can only be described as average.

At this moment, a burst of urgent whistles suddenly sounded in the distance in the direction of Zhongmu County, causing the faces of the Jinyi Division members present to change. "Emergency, retreat quickly!"

As soon as Liu Jing's voice was uttered, a fiery red warhorse appeared in the dark night and rushed towards this direction from a distance as if it had appeared out of nowhere.

Liu Jing identified the identity of the visitor almost instantly with the corner of his eye.

"Lü Bu?!"

Lu Bu among men, Red Rabbit among horses!
This frightened Liu Jing so much that he broke out in cold sweats all over his body, and he desperately fled towards the woods on both sides of the official road.

As a captain of the Jinyi Division responsible for gathering intelligence around Luoyang, Liu Jing knew very well how terrifying Lu Bu was.

Lu Bu, sitting astride the Red Hare, looked down at the situation in front of him, looking around for Cao Cao.

As for the group of black-clad men who were fleeing in all directions, Lu Bu killed a few of the shorter ones on the spot, and he had no intention of chasing after and crushing the rest of the ants.

Afterwards, Lu Bu lifted the veils covering the faces of the black-clad men he had killed one by one, and found that the faces beneath the veils were not Cao Cao.

This made Lu Bu, who was chasing Cao Cao along the way under the order of the furious Dong Zhuo, frown.

Soon, just when Lu Bu thought that this was just an ordinary robbery and murder and turned over to ride Red Hare to chase Cao Cao again, he noticed that Chen Gong, who was dressed as a scholar and lying on the official road, seemed to still be breathing.

Immediately, Lu Bu rode his Red Hare to the side of Chen Gong, looked down at Chen Gong condescendingly, and asked.

"Do you know where the wanted criminal Cao Cao is?"

Chen Gong, who was stabbed in the chest and whose consciousness began to become blurry and uncontrollable, barely opened his eyes, but his blurry vision could not see Lu Bu's appearance clearly.

However, Chen Gong, whose hatred for Cao Cao had reached its peak at this moment, forced himself to take a breath and spoke.

"I have an irreconcilable feud with Cao thief. Save me, I..."

Seeing that Chen Gong fainted before he could finish his words, Lu Bu's sword-like eyebrows slightly frowned, and after thinking for a while, he directly lifted Chen Gong, who was lying on the ground, from the horse's back.

Afterwards, Lu Bu turned his horse and headed towards Zhongmou County not far behind him.

……

When the result of the failed ambush on Cao Cao reached Li Ji, he could not help but feel quite regretful.

However, this was just an attempt by Li Ji.

Don't think it is easy to assassinate a prince. In fact, under normal circumstances, it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to even contact the other party, let alone get close with a weapon.

In addition, it is difficult to determine the whereabouts of those in high positions, which is also a major problem.

After Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo, he experienced the most miserable and embarrassing period in his life. He was forced to flee alone from Luoyang and return to his hometown in Qiao County.

Perhaps it is difficult to find the specific location of the escaped Cao Cao in this process, but it is not difficult to find Chen Gong, the magistrate of Zhongmu County.

Therefore, Li Ji's order was to let Liu Jing lead his men to wait near Zhongmou County. If Cao Cao met Chen Gong in Zhongmou County as recorded in the original trajectory, then this would be the best opportunity to ambush and kill Cao Cao.

However, the forces that Li Ji could mobilize around Luoyang were very limited, and he had no bows, crossbows, armor, or the like.

Even if Li Ji suddenly remembered this and mobilized all his men, in such a hurry, Liu Jing, a captain of the Jinyi Division who was in charge of the weak forces around Luoyang, could only mobilize more than ten trusted men to act.

"Would you rather let me betray the world than let the world betray you?"

"Is it possible that Lu Bu took the seriously injured Chen Gong away?"

Li Ji looked at the other details mentioned in the intelligence, frowned slightly and began to think.

Li Ji's only evaluation of Cao Cao is "a hero". Although he has great talent and strategy, he is suspicious and cruel by nature. He may become a big enemy of Liu Bei in the future.

It’s a pity that we couldn’t take the opportunity to get rid of it earlier.

Even though... this method cannot be called glorious.

However, Li Ji was indeed a little confused, because before Cao Cao fled, he was still a righteous man who dared to carry a sword, wait for the enemy, and wait for an opportunity to assassinate Dong.

Why, after his failure and escape, did his character undergo such a drastic change in such a short period of time?
Could it be that some secret details happened that the Jinyisi was not aware of?

Or perhaps, some unknown twists and turns occurred when Dong was assassinated, which caused Cao Cao's character to undergo such a subversive distortion and transformation.

It’s a pity that the Jinyisi is by no means omnipotent. Even though Li Ji was quite curious and made some random guesses, he had no way to confirm it.

On the contrary, it was the information that Lu Bu took away from Chen Gong that made Li Ji a little concerned, and he instructed the Jinyisi intelligence network in Luoyang to pay more attention to subsequent changes.

Even though Lu Bu is unrivaled in bravery, his intelligence will always be his shortcoming and flaw.

So in Li Ji's opinion, Lü Bu's existence may be a problem, but it is not a problem that is difficult to solve. However, if Lü Bu is equipped with an external brain that he uses all the time, there will be many more variables. (End of this chapter)