A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 283
Just when the sergeants thought they were going to take the empty city lightly again, the army of zombies at the top of the city really surprised them.

The big word "horse" was imprinted on the military flag. This time Ma Teng's army did not run away, but chose to stick to it.

Cao Cao instinctively froze in place, thinking again.

Even Xiahou Dun felt something was wrong this time.

Hanzhong's military strength is roughly equivalent to more than ten weeks of accumulation, including more than 30 ghost dragons and more than 80 death knights.

Cao Cao's current main castle army is the result of more than ten weeks of accumulation in the four cities. It has hundreds of archangels, nearly 400 charge cavalry, etc.

Those who defend the city cannot escape, they must either surrender or die in battle.

It stands to reason that this kind of driving should be surrendering.

But the Ma family and Cao Cao are feuds, and surrender may be impossible.

Cao Cao thought of several possibilities, but they were all speculations, so he ordered Xiahou Dun to go up and shout, and explore the opposite side.

The one-eyed general took the order and rode to the gate of Hanzhong City alone.

On the city wall, the three fathers and sons of the Ma family stood upright, looking down at the enemy generals, full of arrogance.

Xiahou Dun instantly understood that they were planning to fight.

He was also a cheerful person, so he immediately rushed up and shouted: "Do you want to die?"

The Ma family father and son didn't answer, they just stared at Cao Cao in the distance.

Xiahou Dun cursed: "I'll ask you again, don't you want to kill me? I'll let you know if you die."

Ma Chao chuckled lightly, and shouted, "Blind man, if it wasn't for my lord's order, I would have gone down and taken your head right now."

Instead of being angry, Xiahou Dun laughed, and said frantically, "My boy, did you call your grandfather Xiahou before your hair had grown? Since you have no guts to go out of the city, let's see how grandpa breaks the city in the city."

After saying that, he stopped scolding, turned his horse's head and returned to the formation.

Running to Cao Cao's horse, Xiahou Dun said in a low voice, "My lord, there is a difference."

"Hmm..." Cao Cao stared at the Ma family father and son at the head of the city, "If they wanted to kill me, they would have killed me a long time ago. How could they stay in the city? There must be something wrong with the current situation."

Seeing this, Ma Chao, the head of the city, roared:

"Thief Cao no longer needs to act evil, Guo Jia is dead!! This is your graveyard!!"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, his body went limp, and he almost fell off his horse.

"My lord!" Xiahou quickly got off his horse to support the lord, and cursed at the opposite side, "Stop talking bullshit, Ma family!"

Ma Chao smiled and said: "It seems that the carrier pigeon is still slow."

At this time, Cao Cao's heart was already entangled.

The Ma family never expected this kind of self-disturbance, the confident appearance at this time is really not like acting, either it is a trick of the flower temples, or...

Thinking of this, thousands of doubts came out.

"Bypass Hanzhong and withdraw the troops." Cao Cao ordered.

"My lord!" Although Xiahou knew that there was a problem with the Ma family, he was unwilling to let go of the fat in front of him. "No matter what the opponent's plan is, our army will rush forward now, and it will not be too late to retreat after capturing Hanzhong and destroying this thief's family!"

"The main elite troops must not be wasted. This is the biggest reliance of our army." Cao Cao felt uncomfortable in his heart, "Don't start a war or withdraw before getting Fengxiao's information!"

Xiahou had no choice but to rectify his troops and retreat eastward to Shangyong.

Even if he made a big circle, Cao Cao still didn't lose money. After all, the main force didn't have any wear and tear, and he made a lot of money in Xishu.

Seeing Cao Cao's withdrawal in Hanzhong, under Ma Chao's order, the whole army burst into laughter.

Laughter from a bunch of zombies and ghosts is worse than crying. This is the real howling of ghosts and wolves.

"Ah, you rat! Run away!"

"Ah, you rat! Run away!"

……

A wave of cursing sounded from behind, Xiahou Dun was already so aggrieved, if it wasn't for the lord's personal conquest, he would have fought back regardless of life or death.

Cao Cao is old and hot, but this scolding calmed him down.

If the enemy goes out of the city to pursue them, Cao Cao will be afraid.

But if he scolded him, he would be aggressive, proving that the enemy dared not go out of the city, so he was not afraid.

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao laughed three times, "Yuan Rang, get back on your horse and attack the city! This is just Huayan's plan to lure me to withdraw my troops!"

As soon as Xiahou Dun heard the order, he immediately turned his troops around like a chicken blood.

"Damn..." He looked at the Ma family and his son and hated him to the bone. "When grandpa was fighting, this kid was feeding on the milk, and he challenged grandpa on the head, hehe..."

Just as it was about to go up, a white dot suddenly appeared in the dark sky.

"Wait a minute, Yuan Rang!" Seeing the carrier pigeon, Cao Cao immediately asked Xiahou Dun to stop his army.

The first carrier pigeon has not yet arrived, but there is another white spot in the distance.

Now, even Xiahou Dun panicked.

The homing pigeon fired two shots in succession, only a few minutes apart. It seemed like something big had happened.

At the same time as the first carrier pigeon landed, a white dot flashed in the sky again.

Xiahou Dun squinted his eyes, his heart was finally shaken.

Three bursts, how many things can happen in just 10 minutes...

Cao Cao didn't dare to think about it at this time, so he hurriedly took the first pigeon and opened it to have a look.

"Liu Bei destroyed the alliance, and it was the small army that took Yong'an. The army crossed the river and attacked me in Xinye. My lord, withdraw the army quickly!"

Cao Cao was so angry that he tore up the letter paper.

"Big-eared thief! The most untrustworthy person in the world!!"

Then open the second envelope.

"The Sima family broke the contract, and the whole army marched south from Tongguan to attack Xudu! My lord, withdraw the troops quickly!"

Cao Cao felt a tightness in his chest, blurred his eyes, missed his foot, and fell off his horse.

He no longer had the energy to curse anymore, so he just shouted: "Yuan Rang... retreat quickly... hurry..."

Xiahou Dun rushed to help the lord up, and persuaded with red eyes: "My lord, don't hurt your mind, our army is mighty, just take it back!"

The third letter arrived as promised.

"Zhu Rong's army marched south from Chang'an, and took a small road to break the retreat of Hanzhong. Jiazheng negotiated with the Nanman army division. The lord must take Hanzhong and defend it!"

Cao Cao fell silent this time.

Now that Sima's army is going south, Zhu Rongjun in Chang'an will definitely move. He thought of this step when he read the last letter.

Cao Cao sighed deeply, beat his chest and stamped his feet.

"Is it the other way around...is it the other way around...is the southern barbarian tribute going to buy the way for our army..."

The original plan was to disrupt the interior of the Nanmans and force them to cease fighting with Cao Cao, thereby extracting money and materials.

Now this matter seems to be reversed. If Cao Cao wants to go back alive, it seems that he will hand over to Nanman a batch of money to buy roads.

As a result, Cao Jun had to regroup and advance towards Hanzhong again.

After tossing a few times, the fourth carrier pigeon came.

The interval between this one was obviously later than the previous ones, and it came about 10 minutes after the third one appeared.

Cao Cao seemed to feel something, so he simply didn't mount his horse this time and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Xiahou Dun took the pigeon tremblingly, took down the letter, and handed it to the lord.

The back of the letter can be seen clearly bright red, presumably blood.

Cao Cao shook his head, closed his eyes and said, "Yuan Rang, read it."

"...Yes." Xiahou Dun also took a deep breath, opened the letter, and it turned out to be a blood book.

"My lord... Jia ruined Wei's future... nothing..." Xiahou Dun froze for a moment.

"Keep reading." Cao Cao closed his eyes and looked calm.

"Jia ruined Wei's future... shameless to live..." After Xiahou Dun finished speaking, he glanced at the lord, but there was no response this time, so he felt relieved and continued to read.

"Jia relies on his talents, and thinks that helping the lord to fix the Central Plains is the talent of heaven. I don't want to, compared with Kong Ming and Zhongda, Jia is far behind. The master has deep plans and knows whether he should go deep alone, but Jia is obsessed and thinks he can do it. After counting everything, I didn’t expect that it was our army who was counted in the end.”

"The Nanman showed weakness during the negotiations, and our army was in a state of invincibility all the way, which made Jia relax his vigilance. The three evil wolves were simply waiting for the moment when the lord's army went deep alone, so that the lord could not look after each other. Jia was still too naive, thinking that the world is important Integrity, covenant, I thought that the Nanban cake was big enough, but I didn't want to, it was me, Da Wei, who was divided up in the end."

"Thinking about it now, the Nanman is a tough nut to crack. On the other hand, the territory of our army that has been exhausted by the main force is within easy reach. Jiaben thought that the Nanman was the number one enemy for the present. If it is not destroyed at this time, there is no chance. Zhong Da Kong Ming should be well aware of this truth. But he never thought that the two rats were so short-sighted that they let go of the tiger..."

"Just now, the Nanman army division told Jia everything. Jia was too naive."

"In the future, Jia will no longer be able to serve the lord, nor will he have the face to serve him anymore. Even so, Jia still has to make a last resort."

"Subduing the barbarians, helping the southern barbarians to rule the world, and fighting for a chance to return to the world is the only hope for the lord. Everything else is a dead end."

Xiahou Dun paused for a long time, and when he saw that Cao Cao still had his eyes closed, he said softly: "My lord, it's over, just come here."

"Hmm...Yuan Rang, help me up..."

Cao Cao held himself up, but couldn't. His throat felt sweet, and he finally vomited out a mouthful of blood that he had been holding for a long time.

"My lord!!!" Xiahou Dun knelt on the ground with a plop, tears in his eyes, "Xiahou's voice is strong, but at this time he must persuade the lord."

"You said."

"Now... just as the military adviser said, the general situation is over, and surrendering to the Nanman is the best choice." Xiahou Dun trembled, and the courtier persuaded the lord to surrender. This is the most shameful thing. It is also logical to give a chance to return to the world."

Cao Cao shook his head: "There is no need to be like this. I have experienced everything in my life, and I have no regrets."

"My lord!" Xiahou Dun's eyes were full of tears, "Yuan Rang wants to see the day when the lord ascends to the throne and rules the world! Even if Yuan Rang has no chance now, it's fine for Yuan Rang to assist the lord at that time!!"

Cao Cao smiled very kindly at this time: "Yuan Rang, you know, I have no interest in the throne."

"My lord..."

Cao Cao finally gathered enough strength to stand up, looking at the chaotic world here, he laughed instead.

"Yuan Rang Mo Qi, I have made up my mind, we will not die in an unknown way."

Seeing that the lord had returned to his previous expression, Xiahou Dun regained his composure, feeling that his previous self was a little out of control.

He wiped his eyepatch, and said with a forced smile: "Mountains of swords and seas of fire, stay with the lord!"

"Okay." Cao Cao got on his horse and pointed his sword at the east, "Hua Jin, the counselor who forced Feng Xiao to death..."

(End of this chapter)