The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 269 Volume Harming the Three Sages

Zou covered her mouth tightly and looked at the scene in disbelief.

Zhang Xiu drew out his gun and bowed to Zou: "I hope Auntie won't panic."

"My nephew was pretending to surrender before! Now that Cao's army has all rested, it is my chance to raise an army and avenge my uncle!"

Zou Shi then realized that Zhang Xiu was pretending to surrender, but she quickly warned him, "Be careful!"

"Don't worry, auntie!"

Zhang Xiu personally placed Zou in a safe place and then began the operation in secret.

late at night.

While Cao Cao was sleeping soundly, he heard a noise outside the door.

He thought Cao Anmin had just brought Zou here, so he couldn't help but scold him, "Why are you so slow? Come quickly!"

But a violent shaking woke Cao Cao up, and when he looked carefully, he found that it was Xiahou Dun who was calling him anxiously.

"Meng De, hurry up! Zhang Xiu suddenly rebelled and has surrounded us!"

Zhang Xiu rebelled!

Cao Cao suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and sobered up a lot.

Only then did he finally realize what a stupid thing he had sent Cao Anmin to do!
Xiahou Dun hurriedly carried Cao Cao to the front of the Jueying horse, allowing Cao Cao to escape as quickly as possible.

The shouting and killing were getting closer and closer, which inevitably made Cao Cao panic: "Where is Dian Wei? Where is Dian Wei?"

In fact, Dian Wei woke up earlier than Cao Cao.

When he just woke up, Dian Wei saw a big man secretly taking away his pair of iron spears, and he couldn't help but scold him.

This big man was none other than Hu Che'er, Zhang Xiu's number one general.

Hu Che'er "could carry 500 kilograms and travel 700 miles a day". When he saw Dian Wei waking up, he was not panicked but quickly went to meet him.

Seeing this, Dian Wei also let out a loud roar and stepped forward to fight with Hu Che'er.

If he had an iron halberd in his hand and a small halberd as a hidden weapon, Dian Wei was confident that he could defeat Hu Che'er in less than a dozen rounds.

But now, since he had no weapons, he could only rely on his fists and feet, and for a moment Dian Wei was evenly matched with Hu Che'er.

"Hu Che'er! Stop playing! Cao Cao is trying to escape!"

Hearing Zhang Xiu's call from outside the yard, Hu Che'er finally stopped entangled with Dian Wei and retreated away.

Dian Wei felt something was wrong when he saw Hu Che'er distancing himself from him.

But it was already too late.

Countless arrows poured down and instantly turned Dian Wei into a hedgehog.

Even though he had the courage to fight evil, Dian Wei was just a flesh and blood body after all. After being pierced by an arrow, he only had one breath left.

But it was this breath of energy that supported Dian Wei to rush forward for a distance, and finally he fell to the ground unwillingly!

Zhang Xiu rode over at this moment, and when he saw that Dian Wei was dead, he suddenly felt happy.

"Dian Wei is dead, next is Cao Cao!"

The shouts of killing were heard everywhere. Cao Cao lay on Jueying's back and quickly fled out of the city.

But Zhang Xiu's cavalry still pursued relentlessly, shooting arrows from time to time, making the number of people around Cao Cao dwindle.

"Pfft!"

Cao Cao was unlucky after all. An arrow accurately penetrated into the base of Jueying's leg. Jueying rolled over in pain and knocked Cao Cao off his horse.

"Mengde!"

"Father!"

At this moment, Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, who was beside him, exclaimed and dismounted from their horses.

Seeing that the pursuers were getting closer, the two men gave their horses to Cao Cao, allowing Cao Cao to escape first.

"Zi Xiu! You go up too!"

When Xiahou Dun saw Cao Ang dismount from his horse, he suddenly became anxious.

"You protect your father and continue to go east!"

"What about you, uncle?"

Xiahou Dun looked at the pursuers behind him and quickly shook his head.

"Just run away first! I'll catch up soon!"

Of course Cao Ang knew that Xiahou Dun was just trying to please him, so he pulled Xiahou Dun away and refused to let him stay.

"You should leave now! How can you leave the younger generation behind to cover the retreat and let the elders escape alone?"

Xiahou Dun made up his mind and put Cao Ang directly on the warhorse, then patted the horse's buttocks heavily and said: "Go!"

Cao Ang also knew that this was not the time to delay, so he could only leave with tears in his eyes and chase after Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun stayed behind alone, gathered some of Cao's soldiers, and started fighting with infantry.

Xiahou Dun fought bravely, and actually used his infantry to hold back some of Zhang Xiu's cavalry!
Zhang Xiu also chased from behind at this moment. Seeing Xiahou Dun was so fierce, he immediately took out his bow and arrow and shot directly at Xiahou Dun.

"Go!"

The arrow was like a rainbow piercing the sun, and it shot right into Xiahou Dun's eye socket!

"what!!!"

Xiahou Dun felt a sharp pain in his eyes and could not help but bend down.

When the cavalrymen around him saw Xiahou Dun like this, they were about to take advantage of the situation and capture him, but unexpectedly Xiahou Dun suddenly raised his head, grabbed the arrow that had pierced his eye socket with one hand, and roared -

"Father's sperm and mother's blood cannot be discarded!"

After shouting, he actually pulled out the arrow along with his eyeball and chewed it in his mouth!
This bloody and fierce scene frightened the surrounding soldiers, and even Zhang Xiu felt respect for Xiahou Dun when he saw him like this.

"He's a man!"

But it should be limited to this.

Xiahou Dun was exhausted and could not hold out for long, so he was soon captured by Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu wanted to kill Xiahou Dun to avenge Zhang Ji, but when he thought of his attitude, he felt pity for him.

"Take him away and give him proper medical treatment. He is a relative of Cao Cao. If Cao Cao attacks again, it would be nice to use him as a hostage!"

Zhang Xiu led his troops to chase for a while, but he could no longer catch up with Cao Cao's pace, so he had to return in disappointment.

Cao Cao fled all the way and did not dare to stop until he crossed the Yu River.

Looking at his own miserable state and learning the news that Dian Wei was killed in battle and Xiahou Dun was captured, Cao Cao finally burst into tears.

"I, Cao Mengde, have roamed the world, but I never thought I would fall into the hands of a little Zhang Xiu!"

At this time, Cao Cao did not know that Zhang Xiu had pretended to surrender before. He only thought that it was he who asked Cao Anmin to find Zou to induce Zhang Xiu to surrender and then rebel again. He could not help but feel even more sad and blamed himself.

Fortunately, generals such as Yu Jin and Li Dian had gathered their troops and come over, which made Cao Cao feel safe and he started to think about counterattacking Wan County again.

But at this moment, news of the Battle of Anyi in the north had already arrived.

After Cao Cao learned that Yuan Shao had actually been defeated by the emperor, he became uneasy and finally decided to withdraw his troops from Xuchang.

Liu Xie, who had been in Hedong, also knew about the war in Nanyang at the moment.

When Liu Xie heard that Cao Cao had once again "killed three wise men with one shot", he was also shocked.

"Cao Mengde, you have a short memory..."

……

However, the current situation in Jingzhou is complicated. After some thought, Liu Xie decided to go to the south in person.

After Liu Xie summoned all the generals to discuss, he finally let Xu Rong and Xu Huang stay in Hedong to take charge of Bingzhou's military affairs and guard against Yuan Shao.

Afterwards, he ordered Lu Bu and Niu Fu to bring the Xiliang army in Hedong back to Guanzhong to stabilize the situation.

He led Guan Yu, Zhang Liao and others to cross the river from Fenglingdu, then passed through Hongnong, did not enter Guanzhong, but went directly along the mountain road, crossed the Funiu Mountains, and traveled light to Nanyang.

At this time, the result of the Battle of Anyi had spread across Kyushu like a storm.

There is no need to say much about the North.

There was an undercurrent in Hebei for a while. Gongsun Zan, who had been beaten by Yuan Shao before and had lost his temper, was ready to make a move again, intending to take his life while Yuan Shao was ill.

After withdrawing his troops, Cao Cao immediately sent people to Hebei to gather information and ask Yuan Shao about his next strategy.

Next came Yuan Shu.

In this all-out war, the one who benefited the most was Yuan Shu, the one who took advantage of the situation.

Not only did Sun Ce capture Jiangxia and Jingnan to the west, but he also made progress in the direction of Xuzhou.

Because of Tao Qian's death, Ji Ling, a general under Yuan Shu, easily occupied Xuzhou.

Even though Xiahou Yuan, a general under Cao Cao, personally led his troops to attack, it was not Cao Cao after all, and he was ultimately defeated by Yuan Shu who personally led his troops, allowing Yuan Shu to occupy the entire Xuzhou.

Compared with the tragedy in the north, Yuan Shu had gained two advantages for nothing, and this was the time for him to feel proud.

"I still have a destiny after all!"

Moreover, after learning that Yuan Shao and the eunuch had both fallen from grace after having given birth to a son from a maid, Yuan Shu became extremely inflated!

The chief clerk Yan Xiang took the opportunity to advise that Sun Ce should make peace with the imperial court, apologize to the court, and present precious treasures to the emperor, so that Sun Ce would forgive his previous rash attack on Jingzhou.

But Li Ru retorted in dissatisfaction: "Now that the general occupies half of the country, why should he report everything to the court?"

Yan Xiang angrily scolded Li Ru: "After all, the court still holds the righteous position! Moreover, this time the emperor was able to save the situation and defeat Yuan Shao even after Dong Zhuo's death! Don't you care about the court at all?"

Li Ru sneered, "Why? Could it be that Yan Zhubu is afraid of the power of the court and wants to be a loyal Han official?"

Yan Xiang: "I am originally a Han official!"

When Li Ru heard this, he remained silent and smiled without saying anything.

After hearing Yan Xiang's words, Yuan Shu's face unconsciously darkened.

"I have the mandate of heaven, so why should I worry about the emperor in Guanzhong?"

"And even if he was the emperor, wasn't he defeated by Sun Ce in Jingzhou?"

Yuan Shu’s understanding is very simple——

Sun Ce captured Jiangxia.

Jiangxia was already the territory of the imperial court at that time.

So it means that Sun Ce defeated the emperor.

And he is Sun Ce's lord.

Therefore, it means that I am stronger than the emperor~~~
And no matter what, there was always Cao Cao between the imperial court and Yuan Shu.

If this is the case, why should Yuan Shu serve the emperor as his master?
Now that I have the destiny, I have already seized half of the country...

Yuan Shu looked at Li Ru unconsciously, with impatience in his eyes almost bursting out!

Li Ru understood.

Why not just step out and give Yuan Shu some advice?

"Now the world is in constant war and the people are living in misery. It is time for someone like Yao and Shun to come forward and govern the world!"

"As the saying goes, 'The one who will replace the Han Dynasty must be a noble one.' The general is of noble birth, so he should follow the will of heaven and inherit the throne."

"If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live forever!"

"Even if the Ancestral Dragon Jade Seal is in the hands of the rear general, can the rear general really bear to watch the common people suffer and remain indifferent?"

Li Ru looked solemn, and finally shouted out those words -

"I hope the general will become emperor and establish a system to bring order to the world!"

……

Yan Xiang took a while to react, and then he wailed -

"Li Ru! I will fuck your ancestors!"

(End of this chapter)