Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 174 Cao Ang Did Not Escape His Fate
"Back to Sikong, this is my sworn brothers Guan Yu Guan Yunchang and Zhang Fei Zhang Yide." Liu Bei called the two of them to salute Cao Cao.

"What a tiger general." Cao Cao nodded.

Cao Cao chatted with Liu Bei again and got up to leave. Before leaving, he gave Liu Bei a lot of rewards.

"My lord, I made a mistake." Jian Yong said.

"Why did Xianhe say that?"

"My lord, didn't you realize that Cao Cao was trying to test my lord? Xuzhou was captured, and it's human nature for my lord to want to go back to Xuzhou. If you tell me, Cao Cao won't make it difficult for me, but my lord said that I want to conquer Yuan Shu. How can Cao Cao not think too much?"

Liu Bei was in a daze, it was broken, he was really clever but was mistaken by cleverness, and murmured: "Then what should I do?"

"The current strategy, the lord has no choice but to hide his strength and bide his time, and look for opportunities to escape from the prison."

"There are so many talking. Big brother is afraid of what Cao Cao will do. If he dares to murder big brother, see if I don't turn his head off." Zhang Fei said angrily.

"Yide, don't talk nonsense." Liu Bei stopped Zhang Fei and fell into deep thought again.Decades later, a similar scene happened again. Adou, who was known as being unable to support him, faced the even more vicious Sima Zhao, and died well because of the sentence "I am happy here, and I don't think about leaving".

Cheng Yu followed closely behind Cao Cao and whispered, "My lord, Liu Bei cannot stay."

Cao Cao nodded, but did not speak.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and the news spread to Xudu, causing an uproar. Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Yuan Shu, you can't hold your breath at last, but it's the best excuse for me."

Cao Cao immediately convened a civil and military discussion, and sent out letters to various state capitals, inviting Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Lu Bu, and Zhou Cang to crusade against Yuan Shu.

Xun Yu said: "My lord has repeatedly used troops, and our army is short of food and grass. Now we can only guarantee three months' supply."

"Supplying food and grass for the army is not easy, and Wen Ruo suffers. It is enough to defeat Yuan Shu in three months." Cao Cao said.

Xun Yu said again: "There is one more thing. Grand Tutor Yang Biao submitted his resignation in the court today, applying to return to his hometown, but the emperor has not spoken. Please let me know."

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized: Yang Biao is Yuan Shu's son-in-law.Cao Cao didn't answer directly, but looked at the subordinates and asked their opinions.

Xun Yu, Xun You, and Dong Zhao all nodded slightly, but Cheng Yu raised his hand in the shape of a knife, only Guo Jia shook his head slightly and covered his mouth with his hands.Cao Cao immediately understood Guo Jia's meaning: keep Yang Biao, so that Yang Biao will feel ashamed and grateful to Cao Cao, and Yang Biao's party will not speak ill of Cao Cao again, only Cao Cao will follow his lead.

Cao Cao coughed lightly: "The loyal ministers of the Yang family served the court. Yang Biao made great contributions in escorting the emperor to the east. Yuan Shu's treachery has nothing to do with him. Wen Ruokuan explained that he can serve the court with peace of mind. Don't think too much about it." Cao Cao paused , and said: "I heard that Yang Biao has a son named Yang Xiu, who is intelligent and knowledgeable, and has outstanding literary talent. He can come to any civil servant in my mansion first, and he will use it after a few years of experience."

"My lord is wise." Guo Jia said immediately.Everyone immediately realized that they were going to use Yang Xiu as a proton?Go along with it.

In the spring of the third year of Jian'an, Cao Cao left Xiahou Dun to guard Xuchang, Xun Yu was in charge of the court, and Guo Jia was in charge of the affairs of the government.I personally commanded an army of [-], with Yu Jin as the general, Cheng Yu, Xun You, and Jia Xu as staff officers, Liu Bei as the vanguard to attack Shouchun, Ren Jun as the food supervisor, and the eldest son Cao Ang accompanying the army.

Liu Bei conscientiously did his job as a vanguard and continued to conquer Yuan Shu's army. Zhang Fei stabbed General Ji Ling to death in front of the battle. Yuan Shu's army retreated steadily. Yuan Shu's subordinate Yang Feng rebelled and surrendered to Cao Cao. The leader fled into Songshan Mountain as a thief.Under the cover of Cao Cao's army, Liu Bei directed his soldiers at Shouchun.Sun Ce and Liu Biao were busy fighting and did not send troops. Lu Bu plundered Huaibei, Zhou Cang took the opportunity to rob people and grain, and sent Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi to sneak into Shouchun to meet Zhang Jiong.

Yuan Shu's emperor was conquered by several armies within a few days, feeling a little betrayed and besieged on all sides, so he summoned Zhang Jiong to discuss countermeasures.Zhang Jiong said: "Cao Cao's army is coming fiercely, and another general has defected. Your Majesty can leave Shouchun for a while and cross the Huai River to avoid his sharp edge. Don't look too fast for Cao Cao. We must not wait for long. We will follow when he retreats." Cover up and kill, you can succeed."

Yuan Shu, who was already in a panic, followed Zhang Jiong's suggestion, leaving Li Feng and other four generals to guard Shouchun, and moved south by himself.In a panic, Zhang Jiong wanted to steal the jade seal. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu regarded the jade seal as his lifeblood.

Cao Cao's southern expedition went smoothly, passing through Qiao County, and suddenly he wanted to go home to have a look. Since he left his hometown to enter an official career, he has not returned for 18 years.He returned to his hometown with more than a hundred guards, his eldest son Cao Ang, and his nephew Cao Anmin, and hosted a banquet for old people and relatives in the village.However, he forgot that Yuan Shu's army had retreated, but the stragglers scattered all over the place were still wandering around.Eating and drinking, listening to the praises of the folks, Cao Ang, the eldest son, advances and retreats orderly, behaves generously, and is praised by the clan. Cao Cao can't help but feel a little happy.
"I, Cao Cao, can achieve today's achievements because of the help of members of the Cao family and Xiahou family, and fellow villagers..." Cao Cao was still talking, and his subordinates came to report: something bad happened. Thousands of people are coming, and it seems that they already know that Cao Cao is in the village.

"It's urgent. Please Mengde put on the armor for me. I'll attract the enemy." Qin Shao, Cao Cao's childhood friend, couldn't help saying, and came forward to take off Cao Cao's armor.

"Uncle Qin's words are very true. After I break up with Uncle Qin, my father will leave quickly." Cao Ang also said.

Cao Cao didn't care about anything else, so he quickly took off his armor, jumped on Huang Feidian and ran back.Qin Shao, Cao Ang, and Cao Anmin led Cao Cao's guards and strong men to resist desperately. Yuan Shujun thought that Cao Cao was here, and rushed forward desperately to fight for military merit.

"Look, Cao Cao is the one wearing the gold armor and the red robe. If you catch Cao Cao, you can get ten thousand gold!"

"That young man is Cao Cao's son, the two of them should be arrested together!"

"Catch whatever you want, life or death, kill!"

The difference in the number of the two sides was more than ten times. Qin Shao was finally outnumbered and killed on the spot. When Cao Ang and Cao Anmin tried to escape again, they were shot to death by random arrows. Cao Ang was only 20 years old.

Cao Cao escaped unharmed, and when he led the army back, Yuan Shujun had disappeared, only the bodies of the people were found.Cao Cao was distraught, and cried up to the sky, "First, the father and his family were killed, and now the eldest son died. Is this the heaven that wants to kill me, Cao Cao? What did I, Cao Cao, do wrong to ask God to punish me like this!"

Cao Ang, styled Zixiu, was born to Cao Cao's concubine, Liu, but his biological mother, Liu, died early, so he was brought up by his wife, Ding, as if he was his own.Clever and gentle, he was loved by Cao Cao. He had just been promoted as a filial piety, and Cao Cao focused on cultivating Cao Ang as his successor.For this expedition, Cao Cao believed that he was sure of everything, so he brought him out to practice and get along well with the generals in the army. Taking him back to his hometown was also to establish Cao Ang's prestige in the clan.Cao Ang lived up to Cao Cao's expectations, and soon established his prestige, and everyone admired him everywhere he went.

However, in a small village, under the siege of a group of stragglers, a star of hope fell. His death not only caused Cao Cao's pain of losing his son, but also triggered a struggle for the throne among Cao Cao's sons.

(End of this chapter)