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Cutting off Yuan Jun's retreat was the most crucial part of realizing the "Ambush from Ten Sides." Wei Yan was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate under his command, and he could only hope that Wei Yan wouldn't mess things up.

After Wei Yan accepted the order and temporarily withdrew, Li Ji picked up another command flag and focused his gaze on Huang Zhong.

"Huang Zhong, listen to the order…"

…

Just as Li Ji began to lay out the "Ambush from Ten Sides" against Ji Ling, preparing to re-enact the "Battle of Gaixia" and leave these 100,000 Yuan troops on the Xu Province battlefield.

Cao Cao, who had been marching rapidly, also arrived outside Dongguan County, where Cao Song had been ambushed and killed.

The righteous cause for Cao Cao's dispatch of troops to Xu Province was to avenge his father. Now, passing through Dongguan County again, Cao Cao did not forget to lead his army to the place where Cao Song was killed to hold a grand memorial ceremony.

"Alas, alas, how sad, how painful, once there was a virtuous father…"

Just as Cao Cao recited a eulogy, his words were filled with sorrow, and the sound of grief moved all who heard it to tears, the weeping was endless.

At this moment, even though most of the civil and military officials under Cao Cao had never even met Cao Song, each of them cried as if their own father was being buried.

Or rather, no one dared not to cry.

In the grand memorial ceremony, even Xun Yu turned over the sad events of the first half of his life, constantly recalling Liu Bian's appearance and smile, in order to maintain a state of grief.

Except for Xiahou Dun, who was absent due to his injury (acting) skills (too) poor (bad).

All the civil and military officials whom Cao Cao led into Xu Province were present, and even Zhu Ling, as an external general, stepped forward to pay his respects with a sorrowful expression.

Moreover, the memorial written by Zhu Ling was even more tearful, not only summarizing Cao Song's life achievements for the Han Dynasty.

But also implicitly stated that Zhu Ling had grown up listening to Cao Song's deeds since he was a child, and was determined to become a good official like Cao Song, who devoted himself to the country and the people.

These words also added a bit of humor to the originally sad memorial ceremony, causing some people whose acting skills needed to be improved to turn around and wipe their tears, their shoulders twitching slightly.

Anyone familiar with Cao Song's official career knew that Cao Song was undoubtedly a generation of giant corrupt officials spawned under the system of selling official positions and titles, who greedily accumulated hundreds of millions of assets and then retired bravely to enjoy his old age.

The only thing that made people feel regret was probably that Cao Song had been greedy for money all his life, but in the end, he seemed to have died because of money, which was really sighing.

However, Cao Cao seemed to be moved by Zhu Ling's words and personally helped Zhu Ling up, saying.

"If my late father's spirit in heaven can hear the memorial written by General Zhu, it will be enough to comfort him. Cao will thank General Zhu on behalf of my late father."

After saying that, Cao Cao bowed deeply to Zhu Ling, showing the image of a filial son and grandson.

Seeing this, Zhu Ling hurriedly stepped forward to stop Cao Cao in front of countless Cao army soldiers, covering his face and crying bitterly.

"Zhu Ling is ashamed to receive it, ashamed to receive it, Duke Cao must not do this."

Cao Cao was stunned at first, and then asked.

"Why does General Zhu say he is ashamed to receive it?"

After hearing this, Zhu Ling showed a tangled expression, and then abandoned Cao Cao and paced back and forth, as if he was struggling with something important.

This change also attracted the attention of a large number of Cao army soldiers, who looked towards Cao Cao and Zhu Ling.

After a few breaths, Zhu Ling seemed to have made a major decision, stopped his pace, and said.

"Alas! Duke Cao treats me with great courtesy, and Grand Commandant Cao has also made contributions to the country. Zhu Ling is a Han official, and what he eats is not the salary of one family or one surname. How can he do something that violates morality and hide it without telling?"

Cao Cao quickly asked loudly.

"What important matter does General Zhu want to tell Cao?"

"The important matter I want to tell Duke Cao is nothing else, it is the truth about the ambush of Grand Commandant Cao." Zhu Ling replied loudly.

"What?!"

Cao Cao was shocked at first, and then angrily asked. "Please tell me, General Zhu, I am a son, and I will avenge my father, or die trying!"

"The person who harmed Grand Commandant Cao…"

Zhu Ling paused first, under the gaze of countless eyes, and then said with shame.

"It is Yuan Shao, the governor of Bing Province, Yuan Benchu!"

As soon as this statement came out, countless people were shocked.

Cao Cao seemed to take three steps back uncontrollably, his body swaying non-stop. After barely stabilizing his figure, he questioned incredulously.

"Nonsense, nonsense! Benchu and I are as close as brothers, my father is like his father, Benchu can't even be filial enough, how could he send someone to harm my father?"

Zhu Ling bowed his hands in shame, as if he dared not look directly at Cao Cao, and replied.

"Duke Cao, please mourn, but the fact is so. In order to contain Liu Huangshu's northern expedition to the Central Plains, Yuan Benchu wanted to provoke a war between Duke Cao and Xu Province, and then involve Liu Huangshu in it."

Cao Cao seemed to be stunned by this answer, and he couldn't recover for a long time. Then he shouted loudly and said.

"In this case, isn't Xu Province the murderer who killed my father? The killings I have committed to avenge my father are all harming the innocent?"

Zhu Ling, whose surface identity was a general under Yuan Shao, still maintained the action of bowing his hands, without answering.

But at this moment, Zhu Ling's silence was undoubtedly equivalent to default.

Even in this era, there was no shortage of people who loved conspiracy theories, and more people would only subconsciously believe everything they saw.

Cao Cao's identity and Zhu Ling's identity had already brought a conclusion to a certain answer invisibly.

"Ah!"

The next moment, Cao Cao drew his sword and shouted.

"I, Cao Mengde, was deceived by the brat Yuan Shao, I am sorry for my late father, and even more sorry for the innocent people of Xu Province!"

"Now I have no face to see the world again, I can only die!"

After saying that, Cao Cao pretended to be about to kill himself with his sword.

"Duke Cao, you must not!"

"My lord!!!"

In a flurry of voices, Zhu Ling, who was closest to Cao Cao, stopped Cao Cao in time and snatched the Yitian Sword from Cao Cao's hand, saying.

"Duke Cao, now that you have a great revenge to avenge, and you are burdened with the important task of Qing Province. Even if you are deceived by a treacherous person and make a big mistake, how can you take your life lightly because of your mistake? This is the act of a coward."

After hearing this, Cao Cao stopped his insistence on committing suicide, and his sorrowful and ashamed face turned into anger!

"The brat Yuan Shao murdered my father and deceived me into committing the mistake of slaughtering the city. I, Cao Mengde, will never coexist with him…"

After a pause, Cao Cao walked to the front of the generals and soldiers and said loudly.

"The enemy is in the north, not the south!"

"Send troops immediately to attack Yuan!!!"

At this moment, there were not a few people in the Cao army, from top to bottom, who believed that the real murderer who killed Cao Song was Yuan Shao.

Even some counselors and generals felt that the Cao army had been fighting in Xu Province for a long time, and the army had initially shown signs of fatigue, but they did not dare to stop Cao Cao for this reason.

Only Xi Zhicai braced himself and stepped forward to whisper.

"My lord, our army's food and grass are not enough for three months, and now the general trend of the world lies in Liu Yuan. My lord has already had a bad relationship with Liu Bei. If we advance to attack Yuan again, disaster is not far away!"

Cao Cao squinted his eyes, but raised his hand to stop Xi Zhicai from finishing his words, and said.

"What's the use of having thousands of miles of rivers and mountains if I can't avenge my father? I have made up my mind, don't say any more."

(End of this chapter)