C199

At the beginning of Yin hour, at the east gate of Henei County.

The streets near the city gate were crowded with people, flags, swords and spears stood in a line, and more than ten thousand Cao Army soldiers were silently waiting for their orders. They were well aware of their current situation. If they fought their way back to the Yanzhou, they would live. If they failed, they would die.

Xun Yu said softly: Master, even if there is a dragon lagoon and a tiger cave outside the city, I still have to try to break through!

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, and his restless mind immediately calmed down. That's right, he had already reached this step, there was no need to hesitate! Even if Gongsun Xu personally leads a large army to obstruct them from entering the battlefield, I, Cao Mengde, will bring my team back to Yanzhou and rise again!

"Master?" Seeing that Cao Cao was still silent, Xun Yu asked in a testing manner.

"Let's go!" Cao Cao confidently waved his hand and strode out of the city.

Xun Yu and the rest smiled at each other and followed along. Many of them originally had many places to go. The reason they chose the weak Cao Cao was because of Cao Cao's charisma and his tenacious character.

Cao Cao took a big step to the middle of the street, the soldiers quietly looked at him. Although the situation was very dangerous now, they still looked at Cao Cao without any dissatisfaction. Cao Cao had always cared for his subordinate, and had always treated his affairs fairly. When they marched to war, they shared hardships and hardships with their soldiers, and were highly loved and respected by their soldiers. Cao Cao was almost the same as Gongsun Xu. It was a pity that Cao Cao was not as rich as Gongsun Xu. Gongsun Xu could train a 'professional army' without caring about the cost of food and money. Cao Cao was very pleased and envious of Cao Cao's actions, but he was not able to follow suit.

Cao Cao Cao's eyes swept the area, just when Xun Yu and the rest thought that he would be generous and say something to boost their morale, he only said one sentence: "Brothers, I, Cao Mengde swear that I will bring you all back to Yanzhou even if I die!"

With just a simple sentence, it immediately raised the morale of the soldiers in Cao Army. Most of them were from Yanzhou, so their biggest wish right now was to return to Yanzhou! Cao Cao was aware of the general attitude of the soldiers, so he did not make a long speech. Due to Cao Cao Cao's strict order to keep quiet, the soldiers of Cao Army, despite being agitated, did not speak. They just held their weapons up on the ground to show their support.

's heart was filled with praise, but at the same time, it was filled with sorrow. Envoy Cao was still too weak, if she had the same level of strength as Yuan Shao, why would she need to fear Gongsun Zanfuzi? Even if they returned to the Yanzhou this time, it was unknown whether or not they would be able to help Yuan Shao with the help of the Liu Bei Alliance. Furthermore, they did not know whether Yuan Shao would be able to hold on until that day! But it was the only way out, and Xun Yu could only persuade Cao Cao to do so. Of course, Cao Cao Cao's other choice was to rely on Gongsun Zanfuzi, but to the proud and arrogant Cao Cao, he would never accept it. He would rather die than surrender to others, if not, when Lv Bu took advantage of the situation to sneak an attack on Yanzhou last year, Cao Cao Cao who had almost no other choice but to surrender to Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao saw that the morale of the troops was working so his worry was lightened. He was about to give the order to open the gate when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. He quickly turned around and saw three horses running towards him with torches in their hands. After walking a few steps, Cao Cao Cao recognized that it was Cao Ang's personal guard under the light of the torch. Moreover, the three of them had terrified expressions on their faces, his heart was thumping, could it be that something big happened in the west side of the city?

It was not only Cao Cao who was nervous, Xun Yu, Xun You and the rest also had serious expressions, afraid that they would hear some bad news. Xun Yu frowned, and suddenly made a hand gesture towards Xun You.

"My lord, I will go down and ask about the situation!" Xun You whispered to Cao Cao Cao as he quickly walked towards the three people.

The three of them jumped down from their horses not far from the crowd and rushed forward. Then, Xun You raised his hand to stop them, "Stop!"

"Greetings, Mister Xun!" The three of them recognized Xun You and quickly bowed in greeting.

"You …" Xun You pointed to the familiar face of the three and said softly: "Come over here and tell me quietly what happened."

The man was startled, he moved closer to Xun You and lowered his voice to say a few words.

Xun You's expression instantly changed drastically. He took a deep breath in and whispered some instructions to that person. That person cupped his fists in salute and led the other two to mount his horse and ride away.

Xun You stamped his feet and hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked towards Cao Cao Cao.

Cao Cao Cao had seen through Xun You's actions clearly, his heart was already ice-cold. Xun You had always been a decisive and serious person, and it was rare for him to be as hesitant as before. Adding to the fact that the person who came was Cao Ang's Personal Aide, it was clear what exactly happened.

Xun You walked in front of Cao Cao, cupped his hands and smiled: "Congratulations, First Young Master, along with General Xiahou and General Dian, have covered up the enemy forces that have entered the city, and have now achieved complete victory. The enemy forces have all been annihilated right in front of us! "Please give the order to leave the city as soon as possible. The young master and the rest will be here soon!"

Cao Cao's heart ached with anger. His hands clenched into fists. His nails dug into his palms. At this moment, he was sure that his most treasured eldest son was no longer in this world! He quickly raised his head and pretended to look at the sky so that no one would see the wetness in his eyes.

Xun Yu opened his mouth, but he did not know how to persuade her.

A look of grief and anger flashed across Xiahou Yuan's face, and he softly urged: "Meng De, the greater picture, ah!"

Cao Cao Cao said as he turned his head to look in the direction of the west side of the city and laughed: "Zi Xiu is indeed my son, the first time you lead a group of people, you have already accomplished a great deed, when we return, I will let Zi Huan (Cao Pi's word) and Zi Wen (Cao Zhang's word) follow Zi Xiu's example."

Xiahou Yuan quickly raised his arms and shouted, "Master has ordered us to open the gates, we shall return to the Yanzhou!"

The Cao Army's guards at the back of the city gate started to move, and slowly pulled the heavy city gate open.

"Meng De, let's go!" Xiahou Yuan pulled Cao Cao Cao who was reluctant to part, and said softly: "Don't disappoint Zi Xiu! The only way is for us to take revenge for Zi Xiu! "

Cao Cao slightly sighed. He carefully adjusted his helmet and strode towards the war horse.

Xun Yu and the rest all heaved a sigh of relief. They were all worried that Cao Cao Cao would attack their hearts with anger and fight Gongsun Xu to the death. If they did that, no one present would be able to return to Yanzhou alive.

Cao Cao was the first to ride his horse out of the city gate. He turned around and looked at the city wall, gritting his teeth as he said softly, "Gongsun Xu, this old man vows to avenge the death of his son!"

At the same time, Gongsun Xu who had just rushed to the west side of the city raised his spear and shouted, "Surrender and save yourself!

Half an incense worth of time ago, a large number of cloud ladders had been transported to the bottom of the city walls by the auxiliary force. As there were no people defending at the top of the city walls, the elite team sent by Gongsun Xu successfully passed through the city walls, easily dispersing the small amount of enemies near the city gates, and opened the gates to welcome the large group of people into the city.

Gongsun Xu was extremely worried about Shan Meng's situation, after entering the city, he brought more than a thousand people with him to rush to the street in front. Just as they walked far, they discovered that a group of enemy troops was surrounding and carrying Shan Meng's house generals and personal guards. Gongsun Xu took the lead and killed seven or eight people in a row, causing most of the enemy troops to scatter, and the others all heard Gongsun Xu's shout and knelt down and surrendered.

Gongsun Xu dismounted from his horse and quickly walked in front of Shan Meng. Looking at the latter's paper pale face, his expression immediately darkened. He casually asked about the situation and found out that when these people were carrying Shan Meng to the city gate, they just happened to encounter an enemy army (the county soldier led by Gao Gang). Luckily, they discovered it early, they hid in their houses in time and only continued their journey after the enemy army passed by.

Gongsun Xu took a closer look at Shan Meng's breath, and discovered that the other party was breathing faintly, he touched his heart, feeling that his heartbeat was very weak, his heart immediately went cold. Such a heavy injury, under the condition of treatment, could it be cured? But no matter what, he had to do his best to treat her. Gongsun Xu got his men to quickly bring Shan Meng back to the army camp and look for chaperone to treat him first. At the same time, he sent people to Ji County to invite Hua Tuo over.

Watching Shan Meng being carried out of the city gate, Gongsun Xu jumped on his horse and continued to ride forward.

Mo Bingmei had already fallen into a great crisis, and after taking a breather, he no longer cared about his reputation. He brazenly went forward to fight Mo Bingmei together with him, attempting to take revenge for Cao Ang before retreating. Mo Bingmei was proficient in assassination, concealment, poking, and was an outstanding assassin, but when fighting face to face, it was not enough. Just now, he was able to defeat Dian Wei completely because of the unarmed Dian Wei's restlessness and also because her swordsmanship perfectly counter Dian Wei. No matter how exquisite Mo Bingmei's techniques were, the two opponents still did not dodge or evade. Instead, they continued to force Mo Bingmei to withdraw his attack, as otherwise, the weapon in his hand would have very likely been cut off or sent flying.

The more Mo Bingmei fought, the angrier he became. It was the first time since he started cultivating that he had encountered such a crisis, and now she had deliberately made a mistake, tempting him into retreating quickly after chopping an empty space with her blade. She prepared to leave these two madmen far behind.