Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 133 The Hostage Incident
Lv Bu, Zhang Miao, and Chen Gong merged into one place and quickly occupied Puyang, an important town in the north.Lv Bu was worried that Xiahoudun would defend Yanzhou and delay the battle, so he had a plan: he ordered more than ten soldiers to go to Xiahoudun's camp to feign surrender, and took the opportunity to kidnap Xiahoudun.

Chen Gong rebelled, and Lu Bu sent troops, which alarmed Xiahou Dun. He immediately ordered all counties to strengthen their vigilance, and called Han Hao to discuss countermeasures.

"Report, General. A dozen soldiers came from Puyang to surrender to our army."

Xiahou Dun was very happy when he received soldiers who had surrendered. He planned to meet these surrendered soldiers in his camp and inquire about Lu Bu's military situation.

"General, be careful of deceit." Han Hao carefully reminded, "Lv Bu is brave but not scheming, but Chen Gong is very wise, so we must guard against it."

"Well, you take people to search them carefully to see if there are any weapons, and then bring them to me. You take people to check around to see if there are soldiers and horses following them." Xiahou Dun took Han Hao's cautiousness very seriously. When Cao Cao entrusted him with the task of staying in Yanzhou, he had to be extremely careful.

Han Hao searched the body carefully, but found no flaws. He sent someone to take them to Xiahou Dun, and then went to arrange horse detection and mobile sentries.

These soldiers saluted Xiahoudun respectfully and obediently. Seeing that there were few people in Xiahoudun's tent, they suddenly jumped up, grabbed what was available around them, snatched the guards' weapons, hijacked Xiahoudun, and drove the other guards into the tent. Outside, the guard ran to report to Han Hao.

"You are surrounded in this camp, and you cannot fly with your wings. What is the picture?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"Shut up!" "What shall we do?" The robbers began to hesitate.

"Can we escort him all the way back to Puyang? Or kill him."

"Why do we go back to Puyang? It's a pity to kill him. This man is a high-ranking official, why don't we need some money, we are at ease, why do we need to fight and kill again, it is precarious?"

"It makes sense. Then let them prepare money, and we will escort him to leave in the dark after nightfall."

Unfortunately, when these soldiers saw that things were going so smoothly, they suddenly became greedy. They did not kill Xiahou Dun immediately, nor did they take Xiahou Dun hostage, but asked Xiahou Dun to pay a large ransom.

The general was held hostage, and Xiahoudun's camp was in chaos. His subordinates were divided into two factions: one faction believed that they wanted to protect Xiahoudun's safety and agreed to the robber's conditions; Xiahoudun.

Under Han Hao's insistence, he pretended to give money to the robbers at night, and led his men to storm Xiahou Dun's camp. When the robbers saw Han Hao regardless of Xiahou Dun's life, they immediately messed up their hands and feet, and Xiahou Dun broke free. There was nowhere to escape, but they were all beheaded by Han Hao's men. Xiahou Dun was shocked and unscathed.

Although Xiahou Dun was only frightened, his subordinates were not so lucky. During the day when they lost the command of the general, they were attacked fiercely by Lv Bu. Cao Cao met and asked Cao Cao to come back for help.

Lv Bu occupied Puyang and defeated Xiahou Dun. The situation was very good. Chen Gong and Zhang Miao went to lobby the counties and counties of Yanzhou to respond together.In the huge Yanzhou, only Juancheng, Dong'e and other places were still under the control of Cao Cao under the strict defense of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu. Xun Yu hurriedly wrote a letter to Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao to return to the army.

Chen Gong wanted to persuade Lu Bu to move his troops to Dongjun, but Lu Bu thought Puyang was closer to Sili and thought that one day he could return to Junguan, so he refused.

Cao Cao led troops to attack Xuzhou and sang triumphant songs along the way. Tao Qian followed Chen Deng's suggestion and asked Beihai prefect Kong Rong and Qingzhou governor Tian Kai to come to rescue.When Cao Cao heard that Kong Rong and Tian Kai had come to rescue him, he was furious. He declared that the one who rescued Tao Qian was Cao Cao's enemy.

However, Xiahou Dun's arrival poured cold water on his head. Xiahou Dun reported that Cao Cao Lu Bu had colluded with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong and had already raised troops in Yanzhou, but he did not defend it.Cao Cao wondered why Xiahoudun was defeated so quickly even if it happened suddenly. After asking the reason, his civil servants and generals launched a fierce argument around the hostage issue.Cao Cao made a final decision: In the future, if there are hostage-takers, they don't have to accept the threat, and they can abandon the hostages when necessary.

Cao Cao's original intention was not to give in to the hijackers, and he was worried that he would pay a higher price after being threatened, so he issued this inhuman order.However, although his order was obeyed, it had a very bad influence among the literati. Some people believed that Cao Cao was a person who used all means to achieve his goals.Cao Cao talked about a past event:
The youngest son of the late Taiwei Qiaoxuan was kidnapped by three people in the pavilion of Qiaoxuan's mansion when he was ten years old, and asked Qiaoxuan to redeem him with money, but Qiaoxuan refused.Soon, Sili Xiaowei Yangqiu led Henan Yin and Luoyang county magistrate to surround Qiaofu.Yang Qiu and the others were worried that the robbers would kill Qiao Xuan's son, so they did not give orders to chase the robbers.Qiao Xuan said: "Criminals have no humanity. How can I condone the country's criminals because of the life of a son!" He urged them to pursue.Yang Qiu then attacked the robbers, and Qiao Xuan's son died.Afterwards, Qiao Xuan met with Emperor Ling to apologize, and asked Emperor Ling to issue an order to the world: "Anyone who takes hostages will be killed, and no treasures can be used to redeem the hostages, so that criminals can profit."Emperor Ling issued this order.

Not to mention how effective Cao Cao's citations were, Han Hao was spared punishment and was promoted by Cao Cao to be the commander of his own army.After Zhou Cang learned of this, he sighed that he was not as courageous as Cao Cao, and Qiao Xuan's allusion could not be compared with Xiahou Dun's being hijacked: Xiahou Dun stayed in Yanzhou, and the loss of the general may cause a major collapse of the battle in Yanzhou.Since the gangsters didn't directly kill Xiahou Dun but asked for money, it is said that Cao Cao's order was to show his tough posture, and he would not be threatened or bowed to anyone.But then again, both my father and my brother are dead, let alone Xiahou Dun?
The hijacking has come to an end. Should we continue to attack Xuzhou or return to Yanzhou?Cao Cao believed that Yanzhou should be able to persist for a period of time, as long as he made a quick decision, he would have time to return to the army for rescue.

However, just when Cao Cao was planning how to march, he received a letter of distress from Xun Yu, saying that Yanzhou was captured by Lu Bu, and Cao Cao's seven orifices were smoked. So many people turned against him, is he so unpopular in Yanzhou?Drinking cold water feels stuffy.

Cao Cao hated Tao Qian, Lv Bu, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao even more, but Cao Cao was not overwhelmed by anger, and rationally gave up attacking Xuzhou, and called his troops back to take Yanzhou.

(End of this chapter)