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Volume 2: Unpredictable Chapter 438: Cao Cao¡¯s Trick

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    Before Zhang Kai could react, he saw a huge black shadow rushing in. Two cold iron halberds were faintly seen, and they struck him on the head.

    Zhang Kai quickly raised his sword to block it, but he didn't know that the huge black shadow was so terrifying. A pair of iron halberds fell, and the sword in his hand was chopped violently. It fell suddenly, and Zhang Kai's head was like a big watermelon, which suddenly exploded.  Open, blood and brain matter fly everywhere.  Several soldiers beside Zhang Kai saw Zhang Kai dying in such a horrific manner and immediately fled in panic.  The huge black shadow smiled coldly, as if killing ants, inserted a pair of iron halberds into his waist, then took out several short halberds, and let out a scream every time he threw one.

    At the same time, in a row of houses, from almost every house, there were bursts of miserable screams.

    "It's haunted! It's haunted!! Where did these people come from!!!"

    A small leader under Zhang Kai ordered the soldiers to resist while hastily lighting the candles in the house.  They clearly killed these guards just now, so who are those people outside!  What a ghost!  !

    When the candlelight was lit, the little boss saw the bloody corpse on the bed, and his entire face turned livid.  Although he couldn't see clearly what the corpse looked like, the bare head was so recognizable.  The person they just killed turned out to be a monk in this temple!  !

    "Could it be! They also have the intention to kill us!!!"

    The little leader understood immediately and shouted at the top of his lungs that we were being plotted!

    After hearing this, Zhang Kai's soldiers in the nearby building were in chaos. Several small leaders led several pairs of soldiers to fight their way out and fled outside the temple in the heavy rain.

    But when these little leaders either led their troops to escape to the front door or the back door of the temple, they all retreated with despair.  Because, at some point, the entire ancient temple was surrounded by a troop of soldiers and horses.

    Dian Wei was killing more and more crazily in the dark night, just like the Fudo Ming King came back to the world to kill all living creatures. He wielded his iron halberd and killed wildly from the temple.  Countless people died at his hands.  Later, soldiers and horses from outside the temple swarmed in and surrounded and killed Zhang Kai's remaining soldiers at the same time as the guards inside the temple. They continued to fight until dawn. In this one-sided massacre, none of Zhang Kai's 500 soldiers survived.

    The corridors, monks¡¯ rooms in the ancient temple, and the Buddha statues standing around are all covered with bloodstains and minced meat.  Cao Song walked into the ancient temple with a cold face, supported by a team of soldiers and horses. He walked to the bodies of the monks who were killed by Zhang Kai last night, made a deep Buddha salute, and then pointed to Zhang Kai on the other side.  Soldier Kai's corpse piled up and he shouted to the soldier next to him.

    "Take off their armor and put on your armor and my little clothes."

    After Cao Song finished his instructions, he left the ancient temple, walked into a carriage, and sat quietly without saying a word.  Two hours later, after the crime scene in the ancient temple was completed, Dian Wei led the escort out of the ancient temple, came to Cao Song's carriage, and said a few words of respect.

    "Okay. With that, let's set off."

    Cao Song slowly opened his eyes, and after speaking calmly, the convoy began to move.  Dian Wei led the escort and the soldiers and horses who had been ambushed last night, and rushed to Yanzhou in a concealed manner.

    Half a month later, Tao Qian saw that Zhang Kai had not returned for a long time and had been in a bad mood for several days. He seemed to have an ominous premonition of an impending disaster, so he was about to send troops to look for him.  Unexpectedly, before the soldiers were summoned, Tao Qian's general Cao Bao suddenly rushed over with a hurried expression, knelt down and said.

    "Lord!!! Something bad is going to happen!! Cao Mengde sent a letter in blood, intending to mobilize 100,000 elite troops to invade Xuzhou!!"

    "What!! I treated his father well and even let Zhang Kai escort him back. Why did Cao Mengde bully me like this!!"

    "My lord, the problem lies with Zhang Kai, an ungrateful and unrepentant thief! On the way to escort Cao Taigong, Zhang Kai saw a large sum of money in Cao Taigong's carriage, so he became evil and paid it back to his soldiers.  Cao Taigong was lost in the chaos and disappeared. The guards who fled back reported this to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard about it, he screamed and fell to the ground.  He was in a coma for several days before he woke up from the pain! When he woke up, he immediately wrote a blood letter and raised an army to ask for his father! Otherwise, he would send out troops to cleanse the land of Xuzhou!

    "Qian originally wanted to befriend Cao Cao, but he was blind and trusted the wrong thief, which led to great disaster. Zhang Kai is greedy for money by nature. I think he must have evil intentions, so he said that he would escort Grand Duke Cao! As a result of this,  It¡¯s all Qian¡¯s fault!¡±

    After hearing this, Tao Qian took three steps back in a row, his face full of sadness and regret, and a breath of hot breath rushed to his heart, almost vomiting blood.

    "My lord! It's too late to regret now. I hope my lord will immediately recruit all the soldiers in Xuzhou to fight against Cao Cao's 100,000 elite soldiers. Otherwise, with Cao Cao's current hatred, once the 100,000 elite soldiers are killed in Xuzhou, life will be ruined!"

      "No! If so, wouldn't it be true that I was accused of harming his old father? Cao Bao, you first send thousands of soldiers to search for the area where Cao Taigong was killed. Then recruit 30,000 soldiers, and I will lead them out to meet him.  Cao Mengde explained the reason and hoped to persuade him to give me one month to find traces of Taigong Cao."

    "But my lord, Grand Duke Cao has been in danger for half a month, and there is almost no chance of survival. If Cao Cao waits for a month with no results, he will definitely hate me even more, thinking that my lord is deliberately delaying time, recruiting troops and horses, and playing tricks on him!"

    Tao Qian¡¯s expression suddenly condensed, his body was trembling frequently, and he seemed to have made a big decision.

    "If we really can't find Taigong Cao after one month. For the sake of the safety of the people of Xuzhou, I voluntarily go to Cao's camp to plead guilty. If Cao Cao wants to kill or behead him, please do as you please!"

    "My lord!! You are the lord of Xuzhou, how can you do this!!"

    "That's enough!! I have made up my mind. It is precisely because I am the shepherd of Xuzhou that I cannot tolerate any Xuzhou people losing their lives innocently because of the mistakes I made! Cao Bao, please hurry up and carry out the order I just gave!"

    "Yes! Lord!!"

    Cao Bao gritted his teeth and accepted the order with a sad face, then walked out of the county government hall.

    But he said that Cao Cao led one hundred thousand elite soldiers to kill them all and rush to Xuzhou.  Among them, Xiahou Dun, Yu Jin, and Dian Wei were ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers each to lead the vanguard army to Pengcheng, Xuzhou. The vanguard army attacked wildly for days, and almost half of the cities and counties in Pengcheng were captured within a few days.

    Five days later, Tao Qian led 30,000 elite troops and rushed to Pengcheng, the county seat of Tan County.  Seeing that Tan County was heavily guarded, Xiahou Dun thought that Cao Cao had ordered him not to attack in a hurry, so he ordered the entire army to temporarily set up camp.  Under Tao Qian's strict orders, the defenders of Tan County only defended the city and did not take any action.  After Cao Cao's army arrived, one hundred thousand elite soldiers set up a large formation. Cao Cao stood in front of the formation, with an angry and sad look on his face, pointing to the city head and calling Tao Qian to come see him.

    Tao Qian heard Cao Cao's arrival and quickly led his troops out to meet him. Looking at Cao Cao's generals and soldiers from a distance, they all looked hateful, their eyes were horrifying, and they were gnashing their teeth as if they had a deep hatred for the entire Xuzhou army.  I also saw the troops in the formation raising two large flags with the words "Give me back my blood relatives" written in large letters.  Tao Qian's heart skipped a beat and his whole body felt cold.  When Cao Cao saw Tao Qian's figure, he immediately rode out of the battle, ran nearby, raised his whip and cursed.  Tao Qian also rode under the banner of the gate and bowed to salute.

    "Meng De, calm down! I wanted to befriend Ming Gong, so I promised Zhang Kai to escort him. Unexpectedly, he got up early and had evil intentions to murder Ming Gong's blood relatives. Now that the matter has come to this, I dare not stay out of it and get away with it. I hope Meng Den can get away with it.  Give me one month to search for Taigong Cao to eliminate Meng De¡¯s hatred!¡±

    "Hmph!! Old man! How dare you speak nonsense when your general plans to kill my father! It has been nearly half a month since my father was killed. If he survived, how could he not come to see me! I, Cao Mengde, am the son of a human being.  Before I could repay my father's kindness in giving birth, I was murdered by your generals. Now my life and death are uncertain. If I just wait and watch, how can I stand in the world? I will be ridiculed by everyone in the world!"

    "If there is no result in one month! I voluntarily go to Mengde's camp to plead guilty and let Mengde deal with it! This matter is all my fault for trusting the wrong traitor and has nothing to do with the people of Xuzhou. Mengde's hundred thousand elite soldiers came to Xuzhou, and the swords have no eyes, and the people will surely  Why would Meng De blame innocent people? I hope Meng De can temporarily withdraw his troops and wait for one month. I promise that no matter what the outcome is, Meng De will be given an explanation!"

    Tao Qian worshiped him again and again on the horse, showing a generous attitude of serving justice, as if he was mentally prepared to sacrifice his own life to make amends and extinguish Cao Cao's anger.

    Cao Cao squinted his eyes. Although he looked sad and angry on the surface, he was actually thinking rapidly in his mind.  After a moment of dead silence, Cao Cao deliberately suppressed his anger and hatred, and then showed a little bit of intolerance.

    "I also know that if my 100,000 elite troops wash out Xuzhou and the 600,000 people in Xuzhou are caught in the flames of war, most of them will be killed or injured. This will actually harm the peace of heaven and is not my intention. However, I, Cao Mengde, am the son of a man, if  Old man in the family, something is really going to happen. This hatred is irreconcilable! Old man, I swear to cut out my guts and kill my hatred!"

    Tao Qian's heart suddenly dropped when he heard Cao Cao's change of tone, but suddenly he saw Cao Cao gnashing his teeth and filled with hatred, and his face suddenly turned gloomy again.

    "But! My old father's life and death are unknown. If he can avoid the disaster, but I kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people because of your fault, then what is the difference between me and the Dong Zhongying of the past!

    but!  There is no basis for what you say. Old man, how could I know that you were deliberately stalling for time, or that you were inviting reinforcements from other sides, or that you were recruiting troops in the rear?  ?  "

    Cao Cao's successive changes of rhetoric made Tao Qian's heart tremble.  How could Tao Qian be Cao Cao's opponent who was very deep in the city and good at attacking and scheming? He was led by Cao Cao every step of the way.

      "Mengde, I know that I am carrying a serious crime, so how dare I pretend to be so mysterious!"

    "You don't know what people say but don't know what they think! If you really want to cease the war for one month, then withdraw your troops from Pengcheng and Xiapi counties!"

    Cao Cao finally threw out the fatal fishing net, and his words exploded in Tao Qian's ears like a heavy bomb. Xuzhou only had four counties: Pengcheng, Xiapi, Donghai, and Guangling. Giving up Pengcheng and Xiapi would have almost half of the country.  Xuzhou surrendered to Cao Cao.  And although Xuzhou only has four counties, the area of ??each county is very wide.  Xuzhou only has four counties, but there are a total of 80 counties!

    "This! This matter is serious. I wonder if Mengde can give me half a day to discuss with my advisors before making a decision!"

    "Old man!! You really have evil intentions!! Where is Xiahou Yuanrang! Prepare the vanguard immediately and prepare to attack the city!!"

    Cao Cao's slender and sharp eyes suddenly burst into bright light, and he screamed at the top of his voice.  In the large formation not far behind, Xiahou Dun immediately roared after hearing this. The 30,000 vanguard troops shouted in unison and raised their cold spears. Their violent fighting spirit and surging momentum hit Tao.  Qian's face changed with fright.
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