The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 9 009 Cao Cao's Wrath

Le Jin was beaten and defeated in Peicheng. Not only was the food and grass burned, but even the eldest son Cao Ang who was protected by him was beheaded. He was so ashamed and angry that he wanted to apologize with death.

Fortunately, Le Jin's followers hurriedly dissuaded him, which made Le Jin dispel the idea of ​​committing suicide.

Therefore, Le Jin decided to take the remnant army to Pengcheng and apologize to Cao Cao in person.Passing through many villages along the way, Le Jin ordered people to burn them all to vent his anger.

With more than 200 remnants, Le Jin galloped non-stop along the way, and finally arrived at Cao Jun's camp in Pengcheng at dusk.

At this moment, Cao Cao, who was in the big tent, was also full of anger.

During the day, he launched three consecutive attacks on Pengcheng, and almost captured Pengcheng three times, but in the end he was counterattacked by Xuzhou soldiers, which made his three attacks in vain, and instead killed [-] soldiers.How can we not make him angry?
Cao Cao is wearing a battle helmet, a long robe over his shoulders, a fur collar around his neck, a chain mail inside, and trousers hanging down. He sits in the middle of the military tent. The two slit eyes reveal the ruthless nature of his heart, giving him a murderous aura that makes people dare not underestimate him.

"Since our army entered Xuzhou, we have played triumphant songs all the way, but we didn't want to be blocked by a small Pengcheng in the past two days. Today's three strong attacks ended in failure, which caused heavy losses to our army. I don't believe it. I even Even a small Pengcheng can't be captured!" Cao Cao raised his hand angrily, and slapped the table in front of him violently, shaking all the things on the table.

The two sides of the big tent were full of people. A group of counselors sat on Cao Cao's right, and a group of generals sat on his left. After hearing Cao Cao's words, their faces were all dull, and they all drooped their heads without saying a word. .

At this time, the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and a big man came in from the outside. He was nine feet tall, with a stern face, a burly figure, long arms and huge hands, a pair of iron halberds stuck behind his back, and his whole body was muscular. Zhang, full of explosive power, is Cao Cao's personal bodyguard Dian Wei.

Seeing Dian Wei walking in from the outside, Cao Cao asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

Dian Wei bowed and cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report to my lord, Le Jin is asking to see you outside the tent."

"Wen Qian? Why is he not guarding food and grass in Peicheng?" Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"My subordinates don't know." Dian Wei said.

"Let him in!" Cao Cao waved his hand.

"Here!" Dian Wei responded, turned around and left the big tent.

Not long after, Le Jin walked in from outside the tent. He was injured in many places all over his body, covered with blood, exuding a strong bloody smell. As soon as he entered the tent, he immediately knelt down on the ground.

Before Le Jin could speak, Cao Cao had already frowned. Seeing Le Jin like this, he felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He stood up suddenly and asked sharply, "Is something wrong in Peicheng?"

Le Jin nodded quickly, and cried out in tears: "The last general was negligent for a while, was attacked by Xuzhou soldiers, and all the food and grass hoarded in Peicheng were burned, and even the eldest son... also..."

With a "boom", Cao Cao's mind seemed to explode. Seeing Le Jin's faltering, he hurriedly asked, "Quickly tell me, what happened to Zixiu?"

"Eldest son...he was beheaded..."

"what--"

Cao Cao was furious immediately, and pulled out the Yitian sword he was wearing at his waist, and slashed down with one sword, splitting the cases in front of him in half.He strode up to Le Jin, put the Yitian sword on Le Jin's neck, and shouted hysterically: "The grain and grass have been burned, and Zixiu has been killed. Do you still have the face to come back?"

"The final general knew that death was inevitable, so he wanted to commit suicide, but he thought that the lord didn't know about Peicheng, so he came back to ask the lord to die!" Le Jin burst into tears, sobbing hard, but his face was fearless.

"You...you...I'll kill you!" Cao Cao became furious, swung his sword and slashed at Le Jin.

Seeing this, Le Jin closed his eyes, stretched his neck, and let Cao Cao chop.

Seeing that the Yitian sword was about to cut Zhong Lejin, a long sword suddenly came out from the stab, directly blocking Cao Cao's Yitian sword, and the two swords collided, making a buzzing sound.

Cao Cao was taken aback. He didn't expect anyone to dare to stop him. He looked along the long sword and saw that the person holding the long sword was Cao Ren. He hurriedly asked, "Zi Xiao! How dare you stop me?"

Cao Ren is tall and slender, with a straight nose, beard on his lips, thick hair and beard, and a well-proportioned figure.

Seeing that Cao Cao was angry, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground, dropped the long sword in his hand, and clasped his fists together and said: "My lord, calm down, now our army is employing people. Captain Le Xiao is brave and good at fighting, has extraordinary courage, and knows the art of war." However, it would be a pity if he were to be killed just like that. It would be better to save his life and let him make meritorious deeds. Besides, the matter of Peicheng cannot be blamed on Le Xiaowei. Hundreds of miles away, how could he think of going to Xuzhou soldiers to come and attack? The death of the eldest son was indeed caused by Le Xiaowei's poor protection. Le Xiaowei also had an unshirkable responsibility, but beheading The son is the enemy army, not Le Xiaowei, if the lord kills Le Xiaowei, wouldn't it be in the hands of the enemy? I implore the lord to calm down and save Le Xiaowei's life!"

As soon as Cao Ren finished speaking, everyone in the big tent pleaded with Cao Cao in unison: "Please calm down, my lord, Captain Liu Le will die!"

Cao Cao frowned, looking at Le Jin's body covered with scars, like a bloody man, and after hearing Cao Ren's comfort, he also felt that it made sense, and Le Jin was indeed a general in his army. It's a pity to kill.

Holding the Yitian sword, he cut off the cherry blossoms on Le Jin's helmet with one sword, endured the pain of losing his son, and said to Le Jin: "For the sake of dissuading the generals, today I will spare your life for the time being. It can be avoided, but the crime of living is hard to forgive, and you will be stripped of your post as a captain, demoted to a soldier, and you will make meritorious deeds."

"Thank you, my lord, for not killing me, Jin is very grateful!" Le Jin immediately thanked him.

"Get out!" Cao Cao said coldly.

"Here!" Le Jin was lucky enough to survive, and with gratitude in his heart, he slowly withdrew from the tent.

"Feng Xiao, how much food and grass are there in the army?" Cao Cao turned around and glanced at the young scribe sitting on the first seat on the right, and asked.

The young scribe was about 23 or [-] years old, with a refined appearance, a slightly thin body, and looked a little fragile, but under the thick and clear eyebrows, there was a pair of shining gem-like eyes, full of energy, The broad forehead shows wisdom beyond ordinary people, and there is a faint melancholy expression in the silence that can impress anyone, but it makes people feel that the emotion is deep and elusive.

This person is Cao Cao's marching master, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

Guo Jia hesitated a little when he heard Cao Cao's question about food and grass, and then replied: "My lord, there is not much food and grass left in the army, and it can last for five days at most."

After Cao Cao heard this, he frowned and stopped talking.

There was a sudden silence in the big tent. After a long time, Cao Cao said, "Feng Xiao, what should our army do in this situation?"

Guo Jia thought for a moment before replying: "My lord, the city of Pengcheng is strong, and our army has been attacking for two days without being able to conquer it. Now the food and grass have been burned. If we continue to stay in Xuzhou, it will be very harmful to our army." It is better to retreat back to Yanzhou for the time being, reorganize the troops, and then conquer Xuzhou after the spring of next year."

Cao Cao paced around in the big tent, and after thinking for a while, he said: "At tomorrow's hour, we will launch a fierce attack on Pengcheng. If Pengcheng can be captured, we will plunder the food of the people in the city, and stay and continue to attack Xuzhou until we capture Tao. Modesty, sweep the whole of Xuzhou for it. If we can’t take it yet, it won’t be too late for our army to withdraw and return to Yanzhou.”

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A thick layer of cloud was shrouded in the hazy sky, and the north wind rolled snowflakes, flying wantonly between the sky and the earth.

Zhang Yan led more than 2000 Danyang soldiers back the same way, and when they walked near Liu County, they encountered wind and snow, and the sky was getting dark. Everyone was exhausted and had to stop advancing and rest in Liu County.

As soon as everyone entered Liu County, what they saw was a miserable state. The county was in a mess, and corpses were scattered in every corner of the county.

Men, women, old and young in the city were lying in pools of blood, and what was even more frightening was that the bodies lying on the ground were all headless corpses, whose heads had all been chopped off.

There are also many women whose corpses are even more horrible. It is conceivable how cruel the people who killed them were.

This was an atrocity committed by Cao Jun in Liu County four days ago. Due to the cold weather, the corpses in the city were covered with a thick layer of frost, and the corpses showed no signs of decay.

Zhang Yan hated Cao Jun's behavior of controlling the killing without burying it very much. If it was a scorching summer day and so many corpses were exposed to the sun without burying them, they would definitely rot, and what's more frightening is that there might also be a scene of death. become a disease.

He ordered the soldiers to dig a big hole in the open space on the northeast side of Liuxian County, and carried out all the corpses in the city, and threw them into the hole for burial. .

After finishing the burial work, Zhang Yan and the others were exhausted enough. They simply ate some dry food they carried with them, and found some ruins in Liuxian County, spending the night temporarily.

There is no human habitation within a radius of several tens of miles. In this lifeless and blood-soaked land, the only remaining creatures are a few dogs that escaped and came back. They guarded by the side of their dead masters. screaming, showing their loyalty and grief.

Tonight, they can rest here without worrying about someone sneaking up on them.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Yan and others mounted their horses one after another and continued to rush towards Pengcheng.

(End of this chapter)