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    Even if Cao Ang jumped into the Yellow River, it was not clear that Jiang Gan disappeared on the way, because the team of Cao Ren's soldiers who escorted Jiang Gan not only clearly reported that Cao Ang sent someone to pick up Jiang Gan, but also presented a request from Cao Ang.  The handwritten warrant handed over to Jiang Gan was used as evidence. Although Cao Ang denied that he had signed the warrant, he could not provide any evidence to prove that the almost perfectly imitated warrant was not his own handwriting.

    In this way, Cao Jun Wenwu, who was well aware of Cao Ang's pro-Tao position, could not help but become suspicious. He suspected that Cao Ang had temporarily changed his mind and decided to hand over Jiang Gan to Liu Huangshu for execution. Then he changed his mind and secretly released or protected Jiang Gan.  Cao Zhi, who was extremely dissatisfied with his brother's attitude towards Tao, also took the opportunity to attack. He directly questioned Cao Ang in public at Cao's mourning hall: "Brother, what is going on? Where did your people take the Tao thief envoy? Yes.  Did you let him go quietly, or let him hide there?!"

    If in the past, anyone would have dared to speak to Cao Cao, the boss of the Cao army, in such a tone, then Cao Cao's important officials such as Xun Yu, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu would have been furious, and generals such as Dian Wei and Cao Hong would have been furious.  They were even more furious and drew their knives to kill people, but this time it was different. Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others looked calm, and generals such as Dian Wei and Cao Hong also had their faces as dark as water. They even focused their eyes on Cao Ang's face.  Waiting for Cao Ang's reaction.  Cao Ang, who was not very good at acting, looked a little panicked and said bravely: "Fourth brother, what are you talking about? Tao Ying's envoy ordered the arrest for brother Wei. How could brother Wei let him go? How could it be possible?  Protect him?"

    "Then where did Jiang Gan go?" Cao Zhi yelled, "You sent someone to pick him up. Where is Jiang Gan now?"

    "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" Cao Ang almost didn't cry, and said quickly: "Fourth brother, don't worry, I have sent Jingzhao Lord Bo Wei Kang and Wei Yuan to investigate the matter full-time, and we will be there soon.  You got news."

    "What if we can't find out? Is this how big things are reduced to trivial matters?" Cao Zhi continued to be aggressive.

    "Shut up!" Cao Ang finally couldn't bear it anymore and roared in anger: "Don't forget, I am your brother and the heir appointed by your father, and I am still your lord! Can you ever talk to your lord like this?"

    "I am not speaking to you as a subject, but as a younger brother." Cao Zhi roared even louder, shouting: "Brother, don't forget, it was Tao Thief who killed our father.  Our Cao family has been forced to this point today. He also took our sisters and bullied our Cao family to the extreme! You are the eldest son of your father. You must make up your mind to avenge your father and our Cao family. Don¡¯t just think about fighting with the enemy.  They are flirting and colluding secretly! If you can¡¯t do this, you are not worthy to be a descendant of the Cao family!¡±

    "Shut up!" Cao Ang finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Come on, get Cao Zhi!"

    Dian Wei, Cao Hong and others continued to remain silent. Only a few soldiers loyal to Cao Ang stood up to take orders. They held down Cao Zhi, who was yelling and arrogant, and looked at Cao Ang to ask for instructions on how to deal with it.  However, Cao Ang hesitated again. After much thought, he still couldn't bring himself to kill his younger brother while his father's body was still cold. He lowered his head in the face of Cao Zhi's roaring questioning and said feebly: "Send him to the backyard and leave him to my mother to deal with."

    "There is no need for you to be hypocritical!" Cao Zhi refused to accept the favor of his kind brother, and yelled: "If you have the ability, kill me now, and you want to lead me to surrender to the Tao thief, you are dreaming!"

    "Take him away." Cao Ang turned his head away, feeling extremely angry.

    Cao Zhi, who was leading the trouble, was escorted away. The mourning hall finally became quiet again, but the atmosphere became extremely weird again. Everyone was preoccupied and silent. Cao Ang, who was almost alone, noticed this and  Gritting his teeth, he said: "Please rest assured, gentlemen, I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter, and I will also give an explanation to our soldiers. Please believe me, that team of our soldiers who rescued Jiang Gan is really  Not sent by me.¡±

    "Brother, I believe you." Cao Pi, the eldest among Cao Ang's brothers, stood up and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother, I believe you will never do this. My father's bones are still cold, so you can't do such a thing.  . If the elder brother can trust the younger brother, the younger brother is willing to investigate the matter with Wei Yuan, Lord Wei, find out for the elder brother the culprit who rescued Jiang Gan, and give an explanation to our army officers and soldiers for the older brother."

    "In that case, it's my second brother's fault." Cao Ang also wiped away his tears and choked up and said, "I also ask my second brother to assist General Wei Yuan in finding the real culprit as soon as possible and clearing away this unjust injustice for my brother."

    Cao Pi choked up and agreed. At this time, Guo Jia, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly came out of the queue and asked: "My lord, I have a little friend."If you have any questions, please give me some advice.  The minister dared to ask his lord, since the lord ordered the arrest of Jiang Gan in order to convince Liu Bei of our army's determination to join forces with him to fight against Taoism, then why did the lord insist on taking Jiang Gan to Chencang and handing him over to Liu Bei, and using Liu Bei's hand to kill Jiang?  Dry?  Wouldn't it be better if our army beheaded Jiang Qian himself at Tongguan, or beheaded Jiang Qian in front of the old lord's soul, and then sent Jiang Qian's head to Chencang after paying homage?  "

    Cao Ang, who had a guilty conscience as a thief, was speechless. Sima Yi's face next to Cao Ang also turned gloomy. Knowing that because of this unexpected incident, Guo Jia had begun to doubt Cao Ang's true purpose of insisting on taking Jiang Qian to Chencang.  After a long time, Cao Ang forced himself to explain: "Uncle Guo, my nephew wanted Liu Bei to see Jiang Qian himself, so as to prevent Liu Xuande from following Tao Ying's example and deceiving him with a fake head, so he insisted on escorting Jiang Qian to  Give Chen Cang to Duke Xuande."

    Guo Jia stared at Cao Ang. Cao Ang did not dare to meet Guo Jia's eyes and lowered his head slightly with guilt. Seeing this scene, not to mention Xun Yu and Cheng Yu knew Cao Ang's true intentions, even generals such as Dian Wei and Cao Hong also understood the situation.  No, an angry look began to appear on his face.  Fortunately, for the sake of Boss Cao, Guo Jia did not press hard on Cao Ang. He just sighed and then said: "My lord, the past can be let go as it is. I still have an unsympathetic person."  Please, I hope my lord will grant you."

    "Uncle, please tell me if you have anything to say. My nephew will do his best." Cao Ang replied quickly.

    "Please, my lord, swear an oath in front of my old lord's soul now." Guo Jia knelt down to Cao Ang, clasped his fists and said, "I vowed to avenge my old lord, and swore that I would rather die than surrender. Tao Ying annihilated the thieves. This is against this oath, my lord.  You are ashamed to be a descendant of the Cao family, and you are despised by everyone in our army. You have no face to stand between heaven and earth. Your soul cannot ascend to heaven after death, and you will never be forgiven by the heroic spirit of my old master!"

    If it were Deputy Director Tao, this kind of oath without any binding force would definitely be uttered hundreds and eighty times in the blink of an eye, but Cao Ang, an honest boy who was brainwashed by the toxins of feudal superstition, could not do it. He immediately lowered his head and hesitated again.  Undecided.  Seeing Cao Ang's expression, Dian Wei and Cao Hong immediately knelt down together, clasped their hands together, and shouted in unison: "Please make your oath clear, my lord!"

    "Please make your oath clear, my lord." Xun Yu and Cheng Yu also knelt down and begged Cao Ang. Although their voices were not loud, their tone was firm and firm.

    "Please make your oath clear, my lord!" Cao Pi and other military officers and soldiers from Cao's army also knelt down to Cao Ang.

    Of course Cao Ang knew Guo Jia's purpose in asking him to swear an oath before his death, but Cao Ang had no choice but to kneel down tremblingly in front of Cao Cao's spiritual tablet and said with tears: "My father's heroic spirit is on top, my son Cao Ang  Unfilial, I swear an oath in front of your soul today that I will avenge you. I would rather die than surrender to the Tao thief! If the child violates this oath, heaven and earth will despise him. The soldiers of the three armies and the people of the world will abandon him.  As a lonely ghost, I will never, never be forgiven by my father's heroic spirit" After saying the oath, Cao Ang was already bursting into tears, kowtowing repeatedly in front of Boss Cao's soul, deeply hating his own incompetence and being unable to avenge his father.  , nor can it change the fate of the remnants of Cao's army being completely destroyed.

    Seeing that Cao Ang was forced to make an oath, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, who knew that Cao Ang would not break the oath, softened their expressions slightly. After exchanging glances, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu stood up and quietly took the oath.  Wei and Cao Hong pulled out of the mourning hall and went to a secluded place to discuss.  As soon as he arrived in a deserted place, Dian Wei immediately asked Xun Yu and others impatiently: "How are you gentlemen? Did the eldest master do it?"

    "No." Guo Jia shook his head and replied: "I can see that the young master probably wants to take Jiang Qian to Chang'an first to create some momentum, and then quietly release Jiang Qian on the way to Chencang.  His sudden disappearance while being imprisoned in Chang'an must have been an accident for the eldest son, and he was completely caught off guard."

    "I think it should be one of the young masters who did something good." Xun Yu said in a low voice: "This young master wants us to know that the eldest son is not willing to avenge the old lord, and is very likely to surrender to the Tao thief.  Arouse our dissatisfaction, let us force the eldest son to abdicate, and then he will have the opportunity to take the throne."

    "Who is it?" Cao Hong said angrily: "Is it the Fourth Young Master? Our army has been forced into this by Tao Thief, and he actually wants to kill each other and create civil strife!"

    "Wrong, the one who screams the loudest doesn't necessarily mean he did it." Cheng Yu sneered and said: "The fourth young master is the least likely, because he takes the lead in jumping out to attack the eldest son, and he will definitely be closely monitored by the eldest son's people.  , if it was really him who did it, the news might leak out and he would suffer the consequences. Besides, the Fourth Young Master is only fifteen years old after all. No matter how talented he is, it would be difficult for him to come up with such a thorough and vicious plan to frame the Eldest Young Master."

    "Who is that?" Dian Wei asked again quickly.

    ¡°General Dian, what do you think?¡±We force the eldest son to step down, who is most likely to be helped by us to take the throne?  "

    "Second, second young master?" Dian Wei's voice trembled as he said, "How could it be him? Didn't he speak for the eldest young master, and also volunteered to help Wei Kang investigate the matter?"

    "By participating in the investigation, don't you have the opportunity to eliminate evidence that may have been missed?"  Keep an eye on the Second Young Master and his people, and if you find anything unusual, don¡¯t alert the enemy, just inform us secretly.¡±

    "Then do you want the eldest son to know about this?" Dian Wei asked again.

    "No need, we can do it for him secretly." Xun Yu shook his head and said expressionlessly: "Although Fengxiao forced the eldest son to make an oath in front of the old lord's soul, it is unlikely that the eldest son will break the oath, but  To take precautions, we'd better be careful. In any case, the second young master is far superior to the first young master in terms of scheming and forbearance, and he is resolutely hostile to Tao Ying to annihilate the thieves, maybe, maybe"

    Xun Yu did not finish what he said, but several old men in Cao Jun understood what he meant, and they all completed the sentence for him in their hearts, "Perhaps the second young master is a better choice than the eldest young master!"

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    Relying on the extraordinary insight and secret protection of Cao Jun veterans such as Xun Yu and Guo Jia, Cao Ang finally managed to pass the test of Jiang Qian's disappearance. He did not get a little breather as some people hoped that those who were dismissed by Cao Jun veterans would  opportunity to reorganize the interior.  However, the external situation became increasingly worse. Hedong and Hongnong counties were in emergency one after another. They reported that Zang Ba's troops from the Xuzhou Army's partial division had reached the gates of Anyi City and defeated Cao's defenders on the Salt Lake battlefield.  They captured the Salt Lake Salt Fields in Anyi and cut off Cao's army's largest source of military expenditure. Ren Jun and Pei Mao's troops guarding Hedong had no power to fight back and had to defend the city to contain Zang Ba's partial army.

    On the frontal battlefield of Hongnong, the Cao brothers were able to fight for power despite the current situation of the enemy. In fact, they relied on Hongnong Prefect Zhong Yao to buy time for them on the frontal battlefield. In order to slow down the attack speed of the main force of the Xuzhou Army,  Tongguan deployed its defenses to buy time. Zhong Yao used only 4,000 troops to trap the isolated city of Hongnong to counter the main force of Xuzhou, which contained dozens of troops. Although the city of Hongnong, located on the ancient Xiaohan Road, was considered easy to defend and difficult to attack, it could not withstand it.  Xuzhou's main army attacked in turns, and the conspiracies and tricks were endless. They suffered heavy casualties in the face of the Xuzhou army's strong attacks and clever attacks, and it was difficult to resist.  Forced into desperation, Zhong Yao had no choice but to send an envoy back to Chang'an to report the specific situation of the Hongnong garrison and ask Cao Ang to allow him to withdraw to Tongguan as soon as possible.

    In the tear-stained emergency letter, Zhong Yao told Cao Ang that if Cao Ang insisted on breaking through and returning to Tongguan until the beginning of September, then the only fate for the Hongnong garrison would be annihilation!  Although Zhong Yao himself has been psychologically prepared for this, Zhong Yao cannot guarantee that his troops will fight to the end with him, because the Xuzhou army's mind-attack tactics are so powerful that even with an absolute advantage in military strength, they still can't.  Resolutely adopted the psychological attack tactic of surrounding three and missing one, and constantly arranged for Cao Jun to drop troops to the gates of Hongnong City to preach and promote the Xuzhou Army's policy of treating prisoners well. The cohesion of Cao Jun's team was considered strong enough in this era, but the morale of the army was still affected.  The impact was small. On the night before Zhong Yao wrote to Cao Ang, the Hongnong garrison had already seen soldiers sneaking down the city wall and surrendering to the Xuzhou army.

    When Zhong Yao's urgent letter was sent to Chang'an City, it was already August 19th in the 11th year of Jian'an, four days past the time Liu Huangshu had promised to reinforce Chang'an. However, not only did the emperor's army not arrive at Chang'an City, the latest scouts sent  The detective report also clearly showed that as of the evening of August 16, the emperor's uncle's army was still stationary in the Chencang area, with no sign of moving eastward to reinforce Chang'an.

    Hongnong was already on the verge of collapse, but Uncle Liu Huang was still traveling around Chencang to remember his ancestors. Cao Ang, who originally planned to drive away wolves and fight tigers, had no choice but to quickly summon Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others to discuss countermeasures.  But facing this situation, Wang Zuo's ghost conspirators such as Xun Yu and Guo Jia were at their wits' end, so after a brief discussion, the chief adviser Xun Yu could only say to Cao Ang: "My lord, there is no choice. No matter what the big-eared thief is,  Why do we stand still? Our plan to drive away wolves and fight tigers has no chance of success. We can only ask Zhong Yuanchang to withdraw to Tongguan immediately."

    "Lord, what Mr. Wen Ruo said makes sense." Guo Jia also said helplessly: "There is no way to induce the big-eared thieves to come out to meet the enemy, and it is impossible for our army to come out to fight decisively. Let Zhong Yuanchang hold on in Hongnong.  There is no point in going down, let him break through and return to the pass, otherwise, Zhong Yao may not even have a chance to return to the pass."

    "Okay, I'll pass on the order immediately." Cao Ang nodded helplessly. After thinking about it for a while, Cao Ang ordered: "Let Zhang He send troops from Huayin and lead the army around."After leaving the customs, Zhong Yuanchang returned to the customs.  "

    "Lord, you can't take risks." Cheng Yu reminded: "To the east of Tongguan is Taolinsai. The terrain is complex and there are many paths. The Tao thieves have many soldiers and generals. We must guard against him dividing his troops to ambush our army. Our main force is fighting  There are not many soldiers left.¡±

    Cao Ang was silent for a moment, and then insisted: "Zhang He must be sent out. Zhong Yuanchang's team has sacrificed too much to buy us time for the main force to deploy defenses and rest. If we can save one more person, we must try our best to save one more person.  Come back. That's all, Zhongda, prepare an order for me immediately."

    Sima Yi, who hoped that the main force of Cao's army would be defeated earlier, agreed and immediately wrote a book. However, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others sighed quietly and said to themselves: "This eldest son must have been a benevolent king in the peaceful years when the world was stable."  Holy Lord, you are doing harm to people when the world is in chaos."

    Coincidentally, at this moment, Wei Kang and Cao Pi, who were ordered to investigate Jiang Qian's disappearance, also came to the lobby and presented the first phase of the investigation results to Cao Ang, and also deduced the two missing persons of Jiang Qian.  Possibly, firstly, the Xuzhou army made a careful operation and went deep to the west of Tongguan, pretending to be Cao Ang's subordinates and rescued Jiang Gan; secondly, it was the internal annihilation of Cao's army. Cao Jian arranged for his accomplices to pretend to be Cao Ang's subordinates, defrauding Jiang Gan and making him disappear.

    "What is the internal annihilation in our army?" Cao Ang was a little surprised and asked: "Why do we do this in internal annihilation in our army? If it was to please Tao Ying and he had the courage and ability to do this, then why didn't he join Tao's army?  At Lintong Pass, we launched an internal response again in exchange for greater merit? Why take such an extraordinary risk to save an insignificant mourner? Isn't this too unreasonable?"

    "If you understand this, you are not stupid." Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others murmured to themselves, but no one said anything, but quietly focused their eyes on Cao Pi.

    Wei Kang, who had been so suspicious for a long time, did not dare to say a word, but Cao Pi raised his hand and said: "Brother, forgive me, but I have something to say. I wonder if you noticed it? After Jiang Gan disappeared, at his father's funeral hall, someone immediately made a fuss about it.  , aiming the finger at you, brother"

    Cao Ang's expression changed, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said: "Fourth brother is not such a person. Although he relies on his talent to let loose, he can't do such a thing. If you continue the investigation, you will have conclusive evidence.  Pay me back later."

    Wei Kang and Cao Pi quickly agreed, while Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others looked at each other. Although they were a little dissatisfied with Cao Pi's repeated fratricide, they also secretly appreciated Cao Pi's method of framing the blame and confirmed it again.  After all, Cao Pi is far more suitable than Cao Ang to serve as the commander-in-chief of Cao's army, and to compete with the equally sinister, vicious, cunning and despicable Deputy Director Tao.  At the same time, Xun Yu also had the idea of ??having a private conversation with Cao Pi as soon as possible, asking him for his views on the decisive battle at Tongguan, and taking the opportunity to understand Cao Pi's military capabilities.

    If Cao Pi could have a God's perspective and knew that Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others already admired him very much, then Cao Pi would definitely not have made any next moves. But unfortunately, Cao Pi did not have this perspective - Cao Pi just saw Sima Yi presenting an official document  When he arrived in front of Cao Ang, Cao Ang carefully inspected it before signing and sealing it. He also took out the military talisman specially used for mobilizing the army, and handed it to Sima Yi together with the letter, asking Sima Yi to send someone to deliver the order. So Cao Pi immediately asked casually with a relaxed expression: "Brother  , what happened? Do you need to use military symbols? "

    "Hongnong can no longer defend Hongnong." Cao Ang replied casually: "I have asked Zhong Yao to abandon Hongnong and withdraw to Tongguan. I have arranged for Zhang He to lead his army out of the pass to rescue Zhong Yuanchang's team as much as possible."

    "Has the war in Hongnong become so serious?" Cao Pi's face turned pale with shock, but he was secretly happy in his heart, and said to himself: "Okay, this is the news that Duke Xuande is waiting for. We must let Duke Xuande know immediately! As long as Duke Xuande knows  The team arrived in Chang'an, hum." (To be continued.
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