The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 623

"Ziwen." Seeing the tall and burly Cao Zhang in front of him, Cao Cao sighed and said, "You have more than enough courage but not enough wisdom. You are good enough as a general, but it is difficult to be a great leader of the country."

"Father..." Cao Zhang has always been proud of his father, Cao Cao, who practiced martial arts but not literature, and Cao Cao also let him go. Cao Zhang is deeply loved by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao waved his hands, and said in a deep voice, "If Zixiu is still here, you will have no worries, hey..."

Cao Cao, who plays with power and thinks deeply about people's hearts, can't see Cao Pi's character. The reason why Cao Cao made Cao Pi his successor is because he is good at power and power. In such troubled times, only such people can live better Long.

But Cao Cao was worried about his other sons, especially Cao Zhang, who held the military power. If Cao Cao himself were Cao Pi, he might kill Cao Zhang. What's more, Cao Zhang had never liked Cao Pi, and he was honest. Hang on your face.

"If you can break out of the siege, give up your military power immediately, and study at home obediently, if you can't escape..." This was Cao Cao's final arrangement for Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang said with tears all over his face: "The son should be by my father's side, father, I will stay in Luoyang!"

Cao Zhang is not an idiot, of course he understands what Cao Cao means, but it is so hard to let Cao Zhang no longer lead troops to fight.

"Forget it, follow you..."

Cao Zhang was still so stubborn, Cao Cao was overjoyed and had no choice but to stay in Luoyang. He might die in battle, but he didn't have to die.

That night, Cao Cao, a hero of a generation, died of illness in the Luoyang Palace. When he died, he was wearing a battle armor and holding a weapon in his hand, without any sense of despair.

"Father....."

"His Majesty....."

"My lord..."

Several confidantes knelt down and cried, but they all concealed the news of his death according to Cao Cao's wishes. The soldiers and horses in the entire palace were all Cao Cao's cronies, and now they all obeyed Cao Pi's orders, and the soldiers and horses in Luoyang were all in the hands of Cao's generals.

"Ziwen, leave with Gu, you and my brother should work together." Cao Pi persuaded Cao Zhang, who was going to stay in Luoyang, to leave together.

"You don't need to say too much, my father ordered me to stay in Luoyang." Cao Zhang didn't even look at Cao Pi. The bold and unrestrained Cao Zhang really didn't like the gloomy Cao Pi.

"That's all." Cao Pi smiled wryly and shook his head.

Afterwards, Cao Pi summoned everyone, and they had already discussed how to break through.

In the middle of the night, the gate of Luoyang City was suddenly opened, and a group of soldiers and horses quietly left the city, killing Liu Bei's camp and leaving.

The sound of shouting and killing was in the sky, and Liu Bei's camp was in flames. Liang, the leader of the army, had just entered the camp when he was surrounded by Liu Bei's army, which had been prepared for a long time.

At this time, shouts of killing also came from the north of Luoyang. General Le Jin led an army to attack Liu Bei's northern camp, and he was also caught in it. Liu Bei had expected that Cao Jun would come back to attack the camp.

Just when Liu Bei's camps in the east and north were attacked at night, another army quietly left the city. The leader was general Cao Chun, and he was leading Cao Cao's most elite troops, tiger and leopard cavalry.

After the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the [-] army led by Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren followed closely behind. Cao Zhang stood on the top of the wall, watched the army slowly go away and disappeared into the night, and turned and left expressionlessly.

Not long after, two soldiers and horses went out of the city to rescue the trapped Liang Gang and Le Jin, but unfortunately they were both ambushed halfway and suffered heavy casualties.

When the war ended, Liu Bei finally knew that just last night, when they were fighting, a Cao army took the opportunity to escape and rushed to Yongning City in the west, and then crossed Luoshui, where they disappeared.

"Damn!"

Liu Bei was furious. The first thing he thought of was that Cao Cao ran away, and he ran away right under his nose.

Chen Ziming and the others on the side were stunned when they heard the news. They shouldn't have. They also considered that Cao Cao would run away, but the possibility of this was very small. After all, with Cao Cao's personality, he would do this kind of escape.

"Send people quickly to investigate the whereabouts of the soldiers and horses on this road, and order General Huang Zhong to surround and kill them!"

"Order Zhang Liao to pursue with troops and horses!"

Liu Bei was dispatching troops and generals, at this moment, scouts came to report, making Liu Bei and everyone stunned.

"Cao Jun at the head of Luoyang City is all wearing white clothes. There are crying sounds in Luoyang City. Cao Cao, the emperor of the Wei Dynasty, died of illness in the palace last night!"

Chen Ziming said: "Take it as true, Cao Cao will not resort to fake death."

"Who is the one who escaped?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Ziming suspiciously.

Chen Ziming was speechless. Although Chen Ziming guessed that it might be Cao Pi and others, he couldn't be sure, and since Cao Pi had run away, why didn't Cao Zhang at the top of the city leave?

"Send someone into the city, and you'll know as soon as you find out..."

Cao Cao is dead, Liu Bei can't attack the city now, this is not in harmony with etiquette, after all, Cao Cao is also a figure who claims to be emperor, a generation of heroes should be respected, even if they are mortal enemies.

Soon, Chen Deng went to Wei Guo on behalf of Liu Bei to see Cao Cao off, and saw Cao Cao's body with his own eyes, confirming that Cao Cao was indeed dead.

At the same time, Chen Qun found that Cao Jun's confidants did not show up, or that Cao Pi, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun and other members of Cao Jun did not show up. The funeral was presided over by Cao Zhang, and the others were insignificant members of the Cao clan.

"Cao Pi escaped..."

It can finally be confirmed that it was Cao Pi who escaped, and the confidant general of the Cao family.

"Chase!"

Liu Bei knew the benevolence of a woman and left behind a big problem. Cao Pi's surrender was fine, maybe he wouldn't kill him, but if he escaped, it was absolutely impossible to let him go.

"The [-] Cao troops who escaped were overtaken by General Zhang Liao and surrounded Yingyang, and then General Huang Zhong led the army to rush to attack Yingyang City..."

"Yingyang City was destroyed, General Cao Ren was beheaded..."

"Cao Pi, Xiahou Dun and others are in the city, but they are missing..."

Cao Pi was still allowed to escape, and he had already lost track. Chen Ziming guessed that Cao Pi should have fled to Yizhou and hid in the west or southwest.

But at this time, because Huang Zhong's army went out, Yizhou was empty, even if Cao Pi and others were found, it would be difficult to stop them.

"Chase!"

Liu Bei gave the order to die. Cao Pi and others must not be let go. He sent out several groups of soldiers and horses to pursue them separately. Unfortunately, there was no gain.

"After three months, attack Luoyang!"

The furious Liu Bei still decided to give Cao Cao the time to bury him. Three months was already the limit, and three months was enough for several other armies to take over the entire territory of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao died of illness in Luoyang City, and the world was shocked. At the same time, they also knew that this world belonged to Liu Bei, Jiangdong was also dead, Cao Cao was also dead, and Liu Bei's two powerful enemies were killed by Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)