The Conquest of the Three Kingdoms

In the palace where Cao Jie lived in the General's Mansion in Luoyang City

Cao Zhang ran into the palace from outside the hall, and asked Cao Jie, "Sister, why hasn't my brother-in-law come here for a long time?" Cao Jie bent down and touched his teenage brother, comfortingly said: "Your brother-in-law No, Your Majesty, he is now formulating a new strategy for General Chen Dao's attack direction!"

Cao Zhang shook off his elder sister Cao Jie's hand with his hands, and said with a grin: "I heard from the master that Chen Dao was the only one who fought the best among several armies, and he had already fought in Guandu City. The master also said that among our Chu army, the first The first battle will be General Lu Bu, if General Lu Bu is called to go out, I think Yecheng would have been taken by now."

Cao Jie waited for a look at Cao Zhang, and taught, "Don't talk nonsense, who to send to fight is determined by the King of Chu! Who to send and who not to send, your brother-in-law has his own reasons!"

While the two were talking, a maid hurriedly walked in and said to Cao Jie: "Concubine, congratulations! Congratulations!"

Cao Jie pretended to be calm and asked: "What's the matter, speak slowly!"

Gong'e calmed herself down a little, and then slowly said: "The whole palace of Chu has been spread. General Chen Dao captured all the nobles of the Yuan family who were captured in the first battle. They are parading in the streets!" Luoyang City is full of empty streets! After Xiao Caozhang heard the news, he immediately shouted excitedly: "I want to see it too!" "

Cao Jie ignored him and asked Gong'e, "Is the battle over? Why are the prisoners already here?"

Gong'e answered one by one according to the servant's sentence and said: "The fight is not over yet, General Chen Dao is still fighting, because there is some bad news ahead, so Your Majesty ordered the prisoners from last time to be paraded through the streets to calm people's hearts."

Cao Jie asked worriedly: "Bad news? Is General Chen Dao 'bad' again?"

Gong E hurriedly explained: "It's not that General Chen is unfavorable, it's that other generals are unfavorable."

Only then did Cao Jie let out a long sigh.

At this time, Lu Bu had just finished discussing with Nie Zefeng, so he passed by the gate of Cao Jie's palace.

As the welcoming envoy of Cao Jie's wedding, Lu Bu has always maintained a good relationship with Cao Jie.

At this time, Lu Bu walked in silently without saying a word, and Gong'e hurriedly retreated.

Seeing Lu Bu approaching, Cao Jie hurriedly asked, "General, I heard that there is..."

Lu Bu interrupted her, with a kind of warning, more of a kind of consolation: "Princess, don't talk, especially at this time, you should abide by women's morals and keep your duty, and you shouldn't just act special. , because this time Cao's army also joined the battle with the king, once because of your arrogance and domineering, he will definitely double restrict the generals of the Cao family in the city, especially you, the princess, as a direct descendant of the Cao family, at this time, you should even more Put your tail up and be a man..."

After Cao Jie listened, he felt that the truth was right, so he nodded.

Cao Zhang next to him was a little puzzled and asked: "Uncle Lu Bu, what do you mean by 'tucking your tail'?"

When Lu Bu saw Cao Zhang's innocent and innocent face, his nervous heart was relieved suddenly.

In the middle of the busy city outside Luoyang City.

Citizens of Luoyang stood along a long street, looking at the captured nobles of the Yuan family.

First, a cavalry team cleared the way, followed by hundreds of Yuan family prisoners of war in noble attire appeared in the market, men and women, walked rumblingly under the escort of sergeants with halberds.

Looking at these captured people, Luoyang people began to feel a little more at ease, at least this shows that the war is unlikely to affect them in a short time.

All of them held their breath, and the only sound was the footsteps of the prisoners of war on the long street.

The young noble prisoner of the Yuan family stared numbly at the bustling surroundings among the army.

Citizens were amazed and curious that there were Xiongnu nobles and Liaodong nobles among the nobles of the Yuan family. Their noses were taller than others, their skin was darker, and their bodies were stronger...

The prisoners of war were walking in chaos on the bluestone-paved street, looking at the bustling Luoyang City with helpless and lonely eyes, while all the citizens nearby were watching quietly from the original crowd of people...

There seemed to be no other sounds in a street, only the sound of these bare feet walking on the stone slabs...

The war continued, but it also ended quietly with the victory of the Chu army in the Guandu battle.

The year 2201 was an unbelievable year for Nie Zefeng himself.

In the spring and summer of this year, he sent Chen Dao twice to lead his troops to attack Yuan's army.

This 20-year-old commander once crossed the Taihang Mountains for more than a thousand miles to the Yellow River port, and crossed the Yecheng River once. The striker even appeared in the south of Yecheng. Chasing the north, invincible, beheaded and captured 12 members of the Yuan family, including the Yuan family's cronies, generals, generals, commanders, captains, school captains and others.

In the same battle, other Chu armies Ma Chao and Gao Shun also occupied Linzi by means of outflanking and detours, and controlled the entire Qingzhou area. Zhang Xiu's Xiliang Army captured the northern and western areas of Xuchang, and kept the famous generals in history, Zhang He, Gao Lan's two departments rushed to the Bingzhou area, which is today's Shanxi area. The two people who were afraid of being punished by Yuan Shao did not return to Yecheng with Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, but stationed in Bingzhou.

But the news of this defeat was like a white piece of paper, flying through the jungle, the desert, all the way to Yecheng, and then to Yuan Shao's General's Mansion.

General Yuan Shao's meeting hall.

After several months of rest and recuperation, Yuan Shao's condition gradually recovered. Now he no longer needs to use crutches, and has returned to his usual health.

In the meeting hall of the General's Mansion, Yuan Shao with a gray face slowly looked at Ju Shou and said, "Isn't this a stupid pig? He was beaten twice by a 20-year-old general of the Chu army in the same place and in the same way? What's the use of keeping such a stupid pig? Hold me and kill them all..."

Ju Shou took a step forward and said, "I also think that if the Yuan family's army on the front line at Guandu is not rectified, the entire area south of the Yellow River will be lost soon!"

Yuan Shao yelled: "I also learned from Nie Zefeng, King of Chu, and I want strict rewards and punishments?"

Jushou replied: "Nie Zefeng, king of Chu, never appeases his beloved general!":

Yuan Shao nodded.

After Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately ordered: "Come on, send an envoy to the front line of Guandu immediately, and call Zhang He, Gao Lan and others to come to the General's Mansion to report on their duties! Go!"

Yuan Shao turned his back on everyone and issued this order. After issuing this order, the generals saw that Yuan Shao suddenly turned into a murderous face.

A few days later, Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and others returned to Jizhou in defeat. Of course, they blamed all the mistakes of failure on the two generals Zhang He and Gao Lan.

When Yuan Shao heard the big defeat, he naturally increased his murderous intentions again. Originally, he just wanted to punish them, but changed it to a must kill. Of course, the generals who usually have a good relationship with Zhang He and Gao Lan sent a fast horse to the front line of Bingzhou overnight. Inform Zhang He and Gao Lan.

After receiving the notice, Zhang Yun and Gao Lan finally had no choice but to surrender to the Chu army.

On the front line of Bingzhou, the garrison of Zhangxiu Army.

A civilian envoy sent by General Zhang He led a dozen Yuan family soldiers to hide on the side of the post road, driving slowly.

A resident who is now under the management of the Chu army drove an ox cart from a distance.

Zhang He's envoys and Yuan's soldiers jumped up, rushed to the middle of the road, and stopped the approaching ox cart.

The frightened residents who drove the carts dropped their ox carts and ran yelling, "Yuan Jun—Yuan Jun—"

The envoys of Zhang He and the soldiers of Yuan's family chased after him closely, shouting at the same time, "Stop! Stop! Don't be afraid!"

However, the residents who fled on two legs, of course, could not run past the Yuan family's war horses. The fleeing residents of the Chu army were finally caught and knocked down by the Yuan family sergeants.

Residents fell to the ground and shouted: "Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"

The envoy said kindly and cheerfully: "Get up, get up, who said they are going to kill you? I am the envoy of General Zhang He in Yuan Junzhong. I want to see you King Chu, but I don't know how to find him. Can you help me?" I found a Chu army official?"

The residents asked puzzledly: "King of Chu? Official?"

The envoy hurriedly took a step closer, and said, "Yes, help me, this is your reward..."

Without any explanation, the envoy took out a gold ingot and handed it to the resident.

The envoy urged: "Hurry up, lead me to the officials of the Chu army! The sooner the better!"

Under the persuasion of money and a pleasant messenger, the resident became bold just now and began to lead these people to find the nearest local Zhangxiu army.

At this time, the Zhangxiu Army, which had just gone through the war, was also at the forefront of the battlefield, commanding the soldiers to build fortifications.

The resident was recently discovered by the school lieutenant who was on patrol. After the school lieutenant understood the purpose of this person's visit, he felt the importance of the matter.

He didn't dare to neglect at all, and led these people straight to the front line to find Zhang Xiu's army.

This time, the school captain led the Yandi resident, Yuan family envoys, and guard soldiers over.

The school lieutenant saw Zhang Xiu commanding the army to build fortifications from a distance, and hurried over to report: "General Qi, there are envoys called General Zhang He from the Yuan family who have come to see you, and they said they must see you!"

Startled, Zhang Xiu hurriedly looked up at the dozen or so people behind the captain.

The envoy Zhang He, who was the leader among them, cupped his hands first and said, "I am ordered by General Zhang He to inform the King of Chu about something important!"

Zhang Xiu asked in amazement: "King of Chu?"

"Yes, we have a secret interview with the King of Chu."

As he spoke, the envoy just took out a piece of cloth with Zhang Xiu on his face, Zhang Xiu gently opened it, just looked at it, and led his troops back to the south. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu felt that the matter was important, and he could not decide it alone. He ordered the Xiliang cavalry with 300 people led by the chariot Sima to rush all the way to Luoyang.

At the same time, Zhang Xiu also equipped the envoy with two chariots, so that the envoy changed into a chariot and was escorted by cavalry all the way to Luoyang. Considering the importance of the matter, Zhang Xiu handed over the task of the front line to Hu Che Er temporarily took over from him to command the whole army, while he personally escorted him to Luoyang.

On top of the chariot, Zhang Xiu and the envoy of the Yuan family Zhang Yun sat side by side.

Zhang Xiu kept urging the driver outside: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

A group of bicycles drove away with dust and smoke at a fast speed.