Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

It was late autumn, between Chang'an and Hanzhong, the famous Ziwu Valley.

At this moment, taking advantage of the chaos at Yangping Pass, Cao Cao, Zhang Fang, Zhang Qiying, Zhang Yulan, Cheng Wu, Cheng Yan, and a small number of personal soldiers, less than a thousand Five Pecks of Rice Sect ghosts had secretly evacuated from here.

This place is closest to Chang'an City, and it is also the road that Cao Cao specially widened when he secretly advanced into Hanzhong in the past, avoiding the seven hundred miles of Qinling Mountains. It is undoubtedly... the best escape route.

For this reason, Cao Cao also deliberately arranged four "fake Cao Caos" to evacuate from the other four routes, and was specially discovered, just to confuse the Shu army, confuse Liu Bei and Fa Zheng.

However, in the autumn, many vegetation grew in the Ziwu Valley, forming a dense jungle. The unique humidity of Dongchuan also made it extremely difficult to walk here. Even though many Five Pecks of Rice Sect ghosts originally lived in Sichuan, they inevitably had skin ulcers and itching due to the humidity.

Compared to this, it is more difficult to walk in the forest and mountain stream.

Although this is the shortest way, the trails in the mountains are endless. Even in the map, the road that is more than ten miles long is actually like a natural moat.

Even Cao Cao, who passed through the Ziwu Valley again, couldn't help but feel exhausted at this moment. Thinking back to the Ziwu Valley when he came here, he led the army to the battlefield of Hanzhong with high morale and heroic and unruly. Now it has completely disappeared.

His mood inevitably fell into a dark cloud-

"I didn't expect the lush vegetation in autumn... It actually added so many difficulties to our army's evacuation!"

Zhang Fang used a sickle to separate the grass in front of him and complained. "If we march through the bushes like this, it will take at least a month to reach Chang'an..."

Behind him, a group of ghost soldiers were panting. The damp and hot weather made them want to throw their heavy clothes and armor on the ground, but the sudden snakes and insects in the forest forced them to cover themselves tightly.

And taking this road...

Cao Cao had thought it through carefully.

"Report--"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Dajiu--"

A ghost soldier behind the palace came hurriedly and reported to Cao Cao and Zhang Fang, "As Your Majesty expected, the Shu army was deceived into the cave. After discovering the deception, Liu Bei was furious... It was also as Your Majesty predicted, because only Baoxia Road had no one seen Your Majesty's trace... So Liu Bei was successfully deceived, and the pursuers he sent all went to Baoxia Road. So far... Everything is normal at the entrance of Ziwu Valley, and no pursuers have been found!"

Finally...

After a difficult journey, a bitter escape, and a bad mood, Cao Cao received the first good news in Ziwu Valley under all these unfavorable circumstances.

Zhang Fang quickly bowed to Cao Cao, "Your Majesty is so smart and foresighted... That big-eared thief was simply fooled by your Majesty!"

Cao Cao's dry face finally showed a little smile, "In terms of attacking the heart and hiding the heart, Liu Bei couldn't outsmart me 20 years ago, and he can't outsmart me now! And Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, hehe... I have known each other for more than 20 years, what kind of person is this old guy? How could I not know? Be prudent and protect yourself, and go with the flow... Well, I used him to pass on false information to Liu Bei, which can be regarded as my last parting gift to Jia Wenhe——"

Brilliant!

Not only did he cover up his whereabouts, but he also left a plan to frame Jia Xu... This is really a brilliant way to kill two birds with one stone!

As Cao Cao spoke, everyone was impressed by Cao Cao's exquisite plan.

It is hard to imagine that the King of Wei, who was in such a collapsed situation, could still use his own calculations to kill his "enemy" with one stone!

If we ignore the current situation, this plan is really admirable!

Unfortunately... this can only be admired... regardless of the situation.

The current situation can no longer be reversed. After all... such a subtle plan is too late.

"What a pity..." Cao Cao also sighed, "What a pity..." Cao Cao also sighed, "What a pity that I can only do this now... Humph, if I swap positions with that big-eared thief, he will definitely not escape from my palm-"

After Cao Cao's final sigh...

Everyone set out on the return journey again. The road to Ziwu Valley is still difficult to walk, but at least... there is hope!

Return to Guanzhong, return to Chang'an, and then regroup and turn the tide...

Such stories, Cao Cao has experienced many times in his life, and it is not the first time that he has nothing. Even at this age, he can still withstand it and he can still stand up.

But it often takes only a moment for hope to be shattered or faith to collapse...

"Report..."

A ghost soldier hurried over, his expression was a little horrified and panicked, and his tone was even more stumbling, "Long... long... long... long..."

He opened his mouth, but he hesitated for a long time and only chanted the word "long".

Cao Cao directly threw his water bag to the ghost soldier, and then said. "Drink a sip of water first, I'm still alive, the sky won't fall--"

How dare the ghost soldier drink water...

Zhang Fang saw this and shouted loudly: "Drink if the king asks you to! How can you do this job? You stumble over a sentence to this extent, making a fuss, what's wrong with you?"

With a "gulp", the ghost soldier could only open his mouth and swallow a small sip of water.

As the saliva passed through his throat, the shock and tension subsided a little, but his tone was still stumbling. He said: "Chang...Chang...Chang'an City has been lost. A carrier pigeon brought a message that Guan...Guan Yu has captured Chang'an City, and General Xiahou...General Xiahou has been forced to retreat to Tongguan!"

It was this sound that came out.

Including Cao Cao, including Zhang Fang, including Zhang Qiying, Zhang Yulan, Cheng Wu, Cheng Yan... all of them's eyes widened at this moment.

Then... the strange thing is that under this piece of bad news, there was no sound from any of them, as if time had stopped.

In fact…

Everyone's mood was already throbbing and turbulent... but their expressions seemed to be stunned, dumbfounded... or at a loss!

This... is despair in the true sense!

Finally, twenty breaths of time passed...

It was Zhang Fang's exclamation that broke the tranquility here.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Following this sound, Cao Cao covered his forehead with both hands and fainted.

"Chang'an? Chang'an... lost? Lost?"

Even before he fainted, he was still murmuring such small words in his mouth... The ruler of the Wei Dynasty, the founder of Wei Wu's hegemony, at this moment he wished... to faint forever and never wake up again——

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Although Yangping Pass is very close to Hanzhong, Liu Bei has no plans to leave Hanzhong yet.

In other words, in his opinion, there are more important things than leaving for Hanzhong.

Just like... now...

Jia Xu was sitting on a bench, his hands were tied behind his back, surrounded by soldiers and armor. Liu Bei was sitting on the main seat, interrogating Jia Xu together with Fazheng and others.

"Let Cao Cao mobilize an army secretly and sneak into Hanzhong to fight me. Is this plan planned by Mr. Jia for Cao Cao?"

Faced with Liu Bei's questioning.

Jia Xu was very calm and replied truthfully: "Yes!"

But he then added, "If I didn't have this strategy, how could Uncle Liu have 300,000 soldiers? How could he have the unification he has now? I'm saving Uncle Liu time!"

Following Jia Xu's answer.

Liu Bei then asked, "Then, the strategy of sending Cheng Yu to the barbarians and uniting the barbarians to invade Chengdu must be Mr. Jia's masterpiece?"

"Yes!" Jia Xu still replied calmly, but at the same time, he added confidently: "But Uncle Liu only knew one and not the other. The barbarian princess arrived in Chengdu to investigate the truth and offered a plan to send Five Dou Rice Cultists to secretly assassinate her. It’s me who cares about her. Without this plan, how could the barbarians work together with the emperor to fight against the enemy? I’m afraid there wouldn’t be such a grand event today!”

Not to mention...Jia Xu responded to Liu Bei's two questions with perfect answers.

This made Liu Bei feel as if he had punched cotton, and it also made his anger at falling into Cao Cao's scheme suddenly soften a lot.

"So? What about this time? The escape route on the map you handed over is a dead end. I didn't find Cao Cao on this road. How do you explain this?"

Following Liu Bei's question...

Jia Xu, who was originally sitting, stood up slowly. He motioned to his son Jia Mu to support him, and then slowly walked forward and said softly, "I have good intentions to help the emperor capture Cao Cao, but also This is a letter of surrender for myself, but I never thought that it was Cao Cao after all. He was much more cunning than I thought. This time... I was tricked by him. But think about it, if it was so easy! If we capture Cao Cao, why would Uncle Liu spend half his life wandering around? Cao Cao is a respectable and formidable opponent after all..."

Speaking of this, Jia Xu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

It was these words that made Liu Bei feel relieved...

Jia Xu is right!

How many times had Liu Bei been defeated by Cao Cao in his entire life? Jia Xu is not a god either... In a game with Cao Cao, it is understandable that his cleverness will be misled by his cleverness.

Judging from Jia Xu's current expression, behavior, behavior, and even his response just now, Liu Bei can still trust Jia Xu's intention to return to the Han Dynasty.

Immediately, Liu Bei no longer blamed Jia Xu, but gave the order directly.

"Come here, untie Mr. Jia!"

As the binding ropes were loosened, Liu Bei stepped forward, took Jia Xu's hand, and explained: "Mr. Jia, let Cao Cao go, what do you want to explain to the soldiers? Mr. Jia, please don't be offended. …”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter..." Jia Xu behaved generously and freely.

At this time, Fazheng beside Liu Bei asked: "Soldiers spied on Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Tuangxie Road, and Ziwu Valley and escaped. My lord thought that this was also the plot of the Cao thief, so he sent troops specially and never What did Mr. Jia think when he spied on Baoxie Road?"

this…

Jia Xu's eyes rolled slightly, and then he shook his head, "I can't say for sure!"

"It's okay, Mr. Jia..." Liu Bei asked seriously: "Mr. Jia has been with Cao Cao for a long time. Even if he was tricked by him once, we might as well continue to guess which route he will choose to escape?"

"I'm still saying the same thing... I can't say for sure!" Jia Xu's answer was the same as before, but he added a special sentence, "However, I do think that Cao Cao's escape would definitely not be Bao Xiedao..."

this…

When Jia Xu said this, Liu Bei's eyes suddenly condensed... He subconsciously chanted: "Virtual, real..."

"That's right!" Jia Xu tried to analyze: "How treacherous is Cao Cao? Since I can't even trust him, naturally... it will create a bigger fog and suspicion, so... the escape route must not be the emperor's uncle. The road I am sure of is one of Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Tuangxie Road, and Ziwu Valley..."

Hear this...

Liu Bei understood immediately, and he immediately showed his swift and decisive side, and directly ordered, "Xiaozhi, you immediately send a pigeon to Yunchang... Let him pay attention to these exits in Chang'an City! Don't let Cao Cao go!"

"Chang'an?" Jia Xu didn't know who Chang'an City belonged to now...

Zhao Yun in the hall explained to him directly: "Mr. Jia doesn't know yet, Chang'an City has been captured by General Yunchang, and it was captured at the same time as Hanzhong. Now... the entire Guanzhong has completely returned to Han!"

Oh...

Jia Xu sighed lightly, as if he had experienced a brief surprise, and then he was completely relieved. He remembered the emptiness of Chang'an and the emptiness of Guanzhong. If combined with the fact that it was Guan Yu Guan Yunchang who captured Chang'an, it seemed that the entire battlefield... All the plots, the overall layout, he understood them all at once, and even, he saw more deeply and thoroughly... saw the invisible hand behind all these plots, the young man who manipulated the entire chessboard.

It was also here that he thought of.

"Haha..." Jia Xu laughed, and continued to say to Liu Bei, "Chang'an... General Guan Yu, I see, I see... It seems that the fourth son of the Guan family has already planned until now... If so, what is the emperor's uncle worried about?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Bei was confused by Jia Xu's words... What does he mean?

Jia Xu smiled lightly, "Uncle Liu, just sit in Hanzhong City and wait for good news from Chang'an City. That young master Guan Yu has already calculated this step, how could he let Cao Cao go easily? What the emperor's uncle should consider now is how to prepare the best green plum wine! Waiting for another green plum wine with Cao Cao and continue the old relationship, ah... hahaha..."

Jia Xu laughed while speaking...

It was also with these words that Liu Bei and Fa Zheng looked at each other, and it seemed that they understood and noticed something in an instant.

It might sound a bit harsh, but Yunqi has planned so much, Liu Bei and Fazheng are just worrying about something that is not worth worrying about... Cao Cao escaped? Why are they so worried?

Even if Yunqi has come to this point, how could he let Cao Cao go?

When they thought of this, "Haha..." Liu Bei and Fazheng laughed knowingly.

All of a sudden, the haze of letting Cao Cao go disappeared, replaced by a sense of confidence -

Because of Guan Lin!

Because of him, the fourth son of the Guan family! This kid can always make people feel at ease and at ease!

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In Ziwu Valley, beside a lake.

"My king, drink some water -" When Cao Cao, who was originally unconscious, finally woke up, Cheng Wu immediately handed him a water bag.

But Cao Cao didn't care to drink, and his life was hanging by a thread, so he didn't have the mood to drink at all.

He pushed aside the water bag, and asked despite the pain on his forehead: "Is there any way to contact Xiahou Yuanrang now?"

This... is very important!

Because Chang'an may be lost, but Xiahou Dun will definitely not abandon Cao Cao. Cao Cao trusts Xiahou Dun the most in his life, and this trust is even greater than that of his good brother and brother-in-law Xiahou Yuan.

"Yes..." Zhang Fang's answer was like a beam of light in Cao Cao's dark world...

He quickly unfolded the map and pointed to the direction of Tongguan, "Our pigeons can reach Tongguan, and General Xiahou is there!"

"Okay..." Cao Cao groaned deeply, and then ordered: "Send a pigeon to Yuanrang and tell him to find a way to meet us..."

Speaking of this... Zhang Fang subconsciously went to get a pen and paper.

"Wait..." Cao Cao seemed to have thought of something, or rather, due to the situation, he became more cautious and suspicious, "In order to prevent this message from being intercepted, do not mention that I am in this Ziwu Road in the letter, just say that I will ask Yuan Rang to arrange the location, and I will find a way to find him..."

This...

Zhang Fang pondered for a moment, then repeated Cao Cao's words in his mind, and then he quickly took out a pen and paper.

In order to ensure the authenticity of the letter, Zhang Fang took the initiative to face Cao Cao.

"May I borrow your seal..."

"No need for the seal!" Cao Cao still had the seal of the King of Wei on him, he said calmly and meticulously, "You can use the title of 'Hostage General', Yuan Rang will know that this is a letter I wrote to him--"

Hostage General was because when Lu Bu attacked Puyang in the past, Xiahou Dun, who was the first general of Cao Ying at the time, was kidnapped by the assassin arranged by Lu Bu and became a hostage.

Of course, not many people knew about this, and even if they did, no one dared to tease Xiahou Dun with it.

Only Cao Cao, because they had such a good relationship with each other, so... only when the two of them were drinking, Cao Cao would joke with Xiahou Dun with the title of "Horse Ticket General".

This is a tacit understanding between brothers...

You can recognize it at a glance--

Of course, this is just a small episode.

As Zhang Fang responded and left... Undoubtedly, at this moment, Xiahou Dun has become the only weight and hope for Cao Cao and this Wei army team to escape!

Ziwu Valley, this is another Huarong Road--

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"Leave Tongguan?"

"How is it possible?"

"In the current situation, if we leave Tongguan, who will support my eldest brother? How can my eldest brother escape from the encirclement of Guan Yu and these rebels?"

On the top of Tongguan City, Xiahou Dun's roaring tone could be heard from a long distance.

This voice startled a flock of birds in the forest.

Standing in front of Xiahou Dun was Li Miao. Just now, he mentioned that the current situation was that Tongguan could not be defended. Once Guan Yu captured the Yongliang armies and turned his attention to Tongguan, then...whether it was Xiahou Dun or the Wei army stationed here, It will be a devastating blow!

But how could Xiahou Dun be willing to leave...

He knows the crisis here!

But he knew better that his eldest brother Cao Cao was in even more danger now, especially when the news came that the Yangping Pass had been breached and that his eldest brother Cao Cao had escaped and was still alive, Xiahou Dun was already uncontrollably worried and frightened.

"Father..."

Li Miao shouted in his thickest voice, full of vicissitudes of life, "The king wants to save me, but my foster father cannot die in vain in Tongguan!"

After hearing Li Miao's words, Xiahou Dun straightened his chest, looking horrified and fearless, "If I can't see my eldest brother again, what's the use of living as a blind man? I don't regret dying, but my eldest brother... Da Wei needs He! The world cannot be without him——"

this…

Li Miao seemed to be thinking deeply, but actually he was secretly happy.

He secretly muttered in his heart: "Sure enough, the friendship between Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun... will not let them give up on each other, haha, that will be easier!" 』

Thinking of this, Li Miao's eyes suddenly widened. He felt as if he had suddenly thought of an idea, and then continued to persuade: "Father, I have a plan to protect my foster father and these Wei army guards." His life can allow the king to turn the corner and escape from danger——"

"What's the plan?" Xiahou Dun asked impatiently.

Li Miao blinked. He didn't answer immediately. Instead, he clapped his hands and groaned.

"come on…"

At this time, from among the soldiers behind him, a burly young captain with a resolute face walked out. It was Guan Xing...

At this moment, the purpose of Li Miao talking so much was to introduce him to Xiahou Dun.

"Father, let me introduce this captain to you!"

"He is the last surviving one of our flying ball soldiers in the Great Wei Dynasty. His name is 'Li Qiu', and he also keeps... the last one of the batch of flying balls made in Beiman Mountain."

Speaking of this, Li Miao's voice became more meticulous, "Send him to meet the king, and then take the flying ball, and leave here quietly, turning the king's safety and the Wei Dynasty from danger to safety——"

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…(End of chapter)