The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 136 Chapter 136

Cao Cao withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, and hurriedly found a doctor to treat Xiahou Dun.

After a long time, Cao Cao saw the doctor coming out of Xiahoudun's tent, and hurriedly asked, "How is Yuan Rang's injury?"

The doctor replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Lord Xiahou was seriously injured, but his life was saved, but his left eye cannot be saved... However, Lord Xiahou was seriously injured and needs to be recuperated. In the army, I'm afraid It's not suitable for recuperating, I hope the lord will make a decision."

"Dian Wei!" Cao Cao immediately turned his head and shouted to Dian Wei beside him.

"The last general is here!" Dian Wei clasped his fists and replied.

Cao Cao said: "Go and select a hundred elite soldiers and escort Yuan Rang back to Puyang to recuperate!"

"Here!"

Dian Wei responded, turned around and left.

Cao Cao lifted the curtain of the camp tent and walked straight in. He saw Xiahou Dun lying on the couch in a coma. Although his left eye had been bandaged, it was soaked in blood.

He walked to the side of the bed and looked at the dying Xiahou Dun, with tears in his eyes, and even more pity for Xiahou Dun in his heart.

Xiahoudun can be said to be Cao Cao's earliest team member, and he was a good friend with him when he was young. It is precisely because of his old friends and cousins, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong, that he can go all the way to today.

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong are like Cao Cao's hands and feet. Cao Ren is dead, and Cao Cao feels like he has lost an arm. He doesn't want anything to happen to Xiahoudun.

Over the years, although Cao Cao and Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong have a master-servant relationship, they are called brothers in private. Especially after Cao Ren died, Cao Cao paid more attention to Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, and Cao Hong.

It is said that men don't flick their tears lightly, but in Cao Cao's view, they have not reached the sad place. Once the sad place is reached, the man's tears are like a spring.

In the whole big tent, Cao Cao was the only one. He stood quietly beside Xiahou Dun, watching Xiahou Dun silently. Tears welled up in his eyes, tears like soybeans, dripping down his cheeks.

After a while, Cao Cao wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, squirmed his lips, and said softly to Xiahou Dun, "Yuan Rang, I will definitely make Lu Bu repay you twice for this revenge!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiahouyuan and Cao Hong rushed in. They saw Cao Cao standing next to Xiahoudun. They didn't speak, but walked over quietly. Xiahou Dun.

Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun are cousins. Seeing Xiahoudun like this, he lost another eye. He was in a terrible mood. His eye sockets were already wet, but he held back his tears, and immediately said to Cao Cao: "My lord, please allow I will lead my troops to attack the city, and I will make Lu Bu pay for it with blood!"

"My lord, I am willing to go with Miaocai, but I must shoot Lu Bu's eyes blind!" Cao Hong also clasped his fists.

Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun quietly, without saying a word.

Seeing that Cao Cao hadn't spoken, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong said in unison, "My lord, as long as you give me an order, I'll go and avenge Yuan Rang!"

After a long time, Cao Cao squirmed his lips, and there was still a tremor in his voice, and he said softly: "Do you think I don't want to avenge Yuan Rang? Yuan Rang and I, and you two, are as close as brothers. The former is filial piety." First I was captured by Zhang Yan, and then passed into the hands of Yuan Shu, and was brutally killed by Yuan Shu. Do you know how I felt when I got the news? Since Zixiao’s death, I seem to have lost an arm. Now Yuan Shu Jean was almost shot to death by Lu Bu again, I don't want to let you have any more mistakes..."

"But lord, since we have followed lord, we are always ready to die for lord, as long as lord can live well, I will not regret waiting for death!" Xia Houyuan said sharply.

"You are all my right-hand men. If you leave one after another, I will be like a disabled person. I will be swallowed up by others sooner or later. Yuan Rang's revenge, I will avenge him, but not now, you all calm down , within three days, I will destroy Lu Bu, and I will teach him to pay with blood!" When Cao Cao said this, the voice behind him became more and more serious, and it was mixed with strong hatred.

At this time, Dian Wei came in from outside the tent, clasped his fists at Cao Cao and said, "My lord, everyone has been arranged, and we can leave at any time!"

"It's urgent, let them escort Yuan Rang to Puyang tonight, so as not to have long nights and dreams!" Cao Cao said.

"Here!"

Afterwards, Dian Wei had someone carry Xiahou Dun out of his coma and put him on a carriage. Cao Cao ordered the hundred soldiers to send Xiahou Dun to Puyang to recuperate on a starry night.

After sending Xiahou Dun away, Cao Cao returned to his tent and ordered Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu to be called over to discuss countermeasures overnight.

Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu arrived at Cao Cao's camp one after another. Seeing Cao Cao's gloomy face, with tears still on his face, the three of them looked at each other, but no one said a word.

"The three of you are here just in time, please take a seat!" Cao Cao said loudly.

Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu took their seats respectively and said in unison, "I don't know why my lord called me here?"

Cao Cao said: "The three are my brains. Now that Lv Bu shot Xiahou Dun, our army has a bad start. The coalition forces of Lv Bu and Zhang Yan are still in Dingtao City. I would like to ask, what can the three do to defeat the enemy?" strategy?"

Xun You immediately said: "My lord, I have a plan, maybe I might capture Dingtao, but..."

Seeing that Xun You was worried, Cao Cao asked sharply, "Just what? But it's okay, I forgive you!"

Xun You hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke out his plan.

After Cao Cao heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "Gongda, such a clever plan, let alone let Xiahou Yuan let him cheat his death, even let me cheat his death, I would be willing to do it a hundred times!"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu also admired Xun You's ingenious plan, and immediately clasped their fists together and said, "My lord, with Xun Gongda's ingenious plan, it must be easy to capture Dingtao!"

Cao Cao gradually stopped laughing, and said: "You can't talk too much, Gongda's strategy, in my opinion, is indeed a clever strategy, but whether it will work in the process of implementation depends on Have Lu Bu and Zhang Yan taken the bait? Moreover, this plan requires the cooperation of multiple parties, and it must be perfect. It must not leave any clues to the enemy, let alone make the enemy suspicious. Only in this way can our army win the battle. Tao, and avenge Yuan Rang!"

"My lord is wise, we will do our best to assist you!" Xun You, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu shouted in unison.

Therefore, Cao Cao gathered all the generals above Sima in the central army in the big tent that night. After some arrangements, everyone admired Xun You's strategy.

That night, Cao Jun’s camp was lifeless, but Dingtao City was filled with joyous songs and laughter. Lu Bu shot Xiahou Dun blind with an arrow, and under the attack of wolf cavalry, more than ten thousand soldiers of Cao’s army were defeated and fled. Lu Bu thought it was an accident After a big victory, a big banquet was held in the city.

In the hall, Zhang Yan and Lu Bu were sitting at the top. Chen Gong, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Hao Meng and others were lined up on the left, and Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, and others were sitting on the right. Xu Sheng four generals.

In front of everyone, there was a sumptuous amount of food and wine, everyone enjoyed themselves, and Lu Bu drank to his heart's content.

Zhang Yan had no meaning for Lu Bu's bravery, but Cao Cao's sudden withdrawal was not because he was afraid of Lu Bu, but because Xiahou Dun was shot blind by Lu Bu.

Everyone in the hall was in high spirits, only Zhang Yan was preoccupied. He was thinking about what happened in Cao Jun's camp at the moment.

Zhang Yan once read the story of Xiahou Dun's "drawing out the eyes of the arrow" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He clearly remembered that the person who shot Xiahou Dun blindly was a general named Cao Xing under Lu Bu's tent.

It's a pity that with his arrival, the trajectory of history has already changed. Even the protagonist in the story of "Drawing out the arrow and eating the eye" has changed from Cao Xing to Lu Bu.

However, in Zhang Yan's view, Lu Bu had the ability to shoot Xiahou Dun blind. At that time, he saw clearly from the top of the city tower, and he was closely watching Lu Bu's every move. Lu Bu's bravery also made him shudder.

Lu Bu skillfully switched back and forth between Fang Tian's halberd painting and the bow and arrow. The whole movement was done in one go, without any muddy feeling at all. Not only did one arrow blind Xiahou Dun, but the second arrow also followed him. If Cao Hong hadn't appeared in time to block the With that arrow, Xiahou Dun was already dead.

Now, in the Cao Jun camp, it is still unknown whether Xiahou Dun, who has been so seriously injured, is dead or alive.

Zhang Yan really hoped that Xiahou Dun would die. In this case, Cao Cao would lose another general. Xiahou Dun was Cao Cao's right-hand man. Once Xiahou Dun was lost, Cao Cao would be like losing an arm.

Last time, Cao Ren died indirectly at his hands. He had already cut off one of Cao Cao's arms. If Xiahou Dun died at this moment, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to Cao Jun.

At the banquet, Lu Bu and others were very happy, and Lu Bu's subordinates even praised Lu Bu soaring to the sky.But Zhang Yan always maintained a calm heart. If Xiahou Dun died, although it was a huge blow to Cao Jun, it did not affect Cao Jun's overall combat effectiveness.

On the contrary, the death of Xiahou Dun may stimulate the morale of Cao Jun.Those who use it well can turn grief into strength and increase morale, while those who don't use it well can only gradually lower the morale of soldiers.

The opponent's coach is Cao Cao, a very famous military strategist in history. In Zhang Yan's opinion, Cao Cao will never miss such a good opportunity, and will definitely make a big fuss about Xiahou Dun to boost morale and encourage soldiers , Turn grief into strength, so as to achieve the goal of victory for the mourning soldiers.

For this reason, Zhang Yan deliberately escaped by urinating, and called Xu Sheng together, and asked Xu Sheng to send scouts to Cao Jun's camp to monitor Cao Jun's every move and report to him at any time.

(End of this chapter)