NOVEL FROG Chapter 25
Let's talk about both sides.
While Cao Jian was seizing cities and beauties along the way, enjoying the blessing of having many wives!
Liu, Guan, and Zhang were in a much more miserable situation!
First, Jian Yong, who was originally entrusted by Liu Bei to get reinforcements.
Finally, he escaped before Xiaopei was surrounded. As a result, when he left Xiaopei County? He was dumbfounded!
Cao's army did not come from the official road in a mighty manner as they expected; instead, they arrived in advance and hid on the hills outside Xiaopei City, waiting to join the battle in the chaos!
And in this era, with extremely primitive communication methods and incomplete map navigation, wanting to find someone in the vast land?
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack!
In desperation, Jian Yong could only bite the bullet: heading back to the main road between Xuchang and Xiaopei...
In the end, he didn't see any figures of the so-called Cao's vanguard troops!
Instead, he was stubborn and went to the outside of Xuchang City to ask for help: he found the camp of the follow-up troops led by Boss Cao himself...
This incident made
Jian Yong very depressed!
At this moment, although he knew that the opportunity to fight might have been delayed, Jian Yong was still stubborn and took the attitude of"trying everything possible". After quickly explaining the whole story, he begged for help, hoping that Cao's army could provide support as soon as possible:
"Lord Sikong! Now Xiaopei is surrounded by Lu Bu's army, it is a matter of life and death!
If the city is breached, Lord Sikong will not only lose a great helper of my master, but also lose an excellent front-line station. It will be very difficult to quickly annihilate Lu Bu!
Therefore, please, Cao Sikong, for the sake of the overall situation of destroying Lu and my master Xuande, lead the army to support as soon as possible to solve the urgent problem.……"
Everyone was full of questions: ???
Obviously, the Cao army present at this time had already known Cao Jian's secret plan!
They all had some predictions about the actions of Xiahou Dun and other vanguard troops, so facing Jian Yong's belated request for help, their complicated feelings can be imagined!
Boss Cao, as well as Xun You, Cao Hong, Yu Jin and other confidants, looked at each other!
After a long silence...
Boss Cao said with a strange look:
"Mr. Xianhe, is it too late for you to come and ask for help now?
According to what you just said, the battle of Xiaopei had already started a few days ago!
With the defense of Xiaopei and the strength of both sides, it can't hold out for long!
Moreover, if my guess is correct, my vanguard troops have probably already gone to support!
The siege of Xiaopei has probably been lifted long ago.……"
After hearing this, Jian Yong was in a state of panic. He thought to himself:
Where is the vanguard? God knows where they went!
If I saw the vanguard, would I go to the base camp of your follow-up troops instead of the nearby ones?
Seeing that he wanted to cry but had no tears, Boss Cao shook his head helplessly and thought to himself:
"According to the previous military intelligence reports, the vanguard troops should have arrived long ago.
Normally, they would have been able to provide support as soon as Xiaopei was surrounded. There was no need for Liu Bei to send Jian Yong to ask for help!
I'm afraid all of this was Zixiong's idea!
Let's see what results he will achieve.……"
After a quick calculation in his mind,
Boss Cao did not point it out, but smiled and said:
"Mr. Xianhe, don't be anxious!"
"No matter what the battle situation is like in the front, our follow-up troops are now out of reach!"
"In this case, you might as well relax and follow our army to Xiaopei as usual.
I believe that the latest battle reports from the front line will be delivered to us as soon as possible during the march.
Then we will naturally know everything.……"
After hearing this, Jian Yong sighed helplessly:
"Alas! I hope that as Cao Sikong said, the vanguard troops have already provided support!"
"With the abilities of the Lord and Generals Guan and Zhang, they should be able to hold out until Cao's army comes to their aid!
If so, Xiaopei might still be able to survive.……"
After secretly complaining, he had no other choice but to pray silently in his heart.
Afterwards, Jian Yong followed the follow-up army of the Cao family and continued to march towards Xiaopei...
The mighty army had just walked out for less than half a day!
They ran into them from a distance:
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and his party, who were covered in dust and dirt, leading the remaining hundreds of soldiers, repeating Jian Yong's tragic trajectory of asking for help, running straight over, and finally appeared in front of Boss Cao in a very miserable state...
Jian Yong met them in the Cao army camp and was dumbfounded on the spot: after a brief recognition, the two sides told their stories and almost cried.
Boss Cao was also a little confused at this time, and couldn't help but frowned and said:
""Xuan De! Why are you so embarrassed?
Has Xiaopei been breached by the enemy?!"
Liu Bei burst into tears and his eyes turned red.
Before he could respond, Zhang Fei followed behind him, staring at him and said unhappily:
"Humph! You!
Isn't this obvious? Why bother asking!
Are you deliberately making fun of us brothers?" As soon as he finished speaking,
Xu Chu, the bodyguard behind Boss Cao, glared at him:
"Bastard! How dare you be so rude to my master, you thief with round eyes?
Believe it or not, I will teach you a lesson on the spot!!"
After hearing this, Zhang Fei's eyes widened even more, and he shouted:
"Hey——! Come on, I'm not afraid of you!"
After saying that, the guy rolled up his sleeves and was about to fight.
Seeing this, Boss Cao hurriedly smiled and stopped him.
Liu Bei's face instantly turned black:
At this moment, they need help from Cao, even if they dare to let Zhang Fei do whatever he wants?
In his anxiety, he quickly pulled Zhang Fei back:
"Third brother, don't be rude!"
After a barrage of criticism,
Liu Bei cried and begged Boss Cao:
"Cao Sikong, my third brother has always been reckless and ignorant!
Please be magnanimous and don't blame me.……"
Boss Cao laughed when he saw this:
"Xuande, what are you talking about?"
"Yide is a true character!
I have always known this, so how could I blame him for this?"
After a few simple words of comfort, Boss Cao said"sincerely":
"What is the situation in Xiaopei now?
Please tell me quickly, Xuande. I will listen carefully.……"
When Liu Bei heard this, he sighed again.
After quickly explaining the matter of Xiaopei, this ruthless man who could even cry for the country said with tears in his eyes again:
"Alas! I was so grateful to Cao Sikong for his high regard for me, and I wanted to work together to kill Lu Bu!
However, I never thought that before we could wait for the heavenly soldiers, the truth had already been revealed!
Since then, we have fought desperately to defend the city, waiting and waiting, but unfortunately, no reinforcements have arrived...
Now that Xiaopei has been broken, we have nowhere to stay!
I hope Cao Sikong will not abandon us and take us in for the time being.……"
As soon as these words came out, Boss Cao couldn't help but feel happy!
To be honest, he has always valued Liu Bei and his gang: firstly, he valued Liu Bei's well-known name of"benevolence and righteousness"; secondly, he was very jealous of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, two"enemies of ten thousand men"!
Especially after seeing Guan Yu"killing Hua Xiong with warm wine" in front of Hulao Pass, Boss Cao liked Guan Yu, a super warrior, from the bottom of his heart, and he became the"white moonlight" in his heart!
Now that Liu Bei is homeless and willing to take the initiative to surrender, how can he not be happy?
In full view of the crowd, Boss Cao was seen rubbing his hands excitedly.
Then he held Liu Bei's hand tightly, looking like a good brother!
However, under that unconcealed smile!
A huge question also rang in Boss Cao's mind almost at the same time:
"That brat Zixiong! What on earth is he doing in Xiaopei?"
"Even Liu, Guan, Zhang, these heroes of the time, were made into this miserable state.……"
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