Chapter 3446: The Devil in the World

Chapter 3445 The Devil in the World

Cheng Yun was careless.

As long as the war never stops, then you must not relax for a moment.

Everyone understands this principle.

Cheng Yun also understands it.

But he didn't do it.

He underestimated Cao Xiu's ability.

Cheng Yun thought that Cao Xiu only had a few hundred people. After the sneak attack, it was already precious to set a few fires and kill a few people. As long as he made a slight attack, Cao Xiu should flee in embarrassment, or even chase him all the way and kill him.

But Cheng Yun didn't expect that the reason Cao Xiu didn't move was to wait for him to come!

Seeing that Cheng Yun fell into the trap, Cao Xiu shouted and rushed forward with his sword raised!

Cheng Yun fell dizzy and finally got up, and saw Cao Xiu rushing over.

Cheng Yun was shocked, and quickly grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and threw it at Cao Xiu's face. While Cao Xiu turned his head to avoid it, he drew his sword to block it.

'Dang! '

There was a loud bang.

Cheng Yun was unstable and took two steps back.

Cao Xiu succeeded in one strike, and he was even more relentless. He chased Cheng Yun and chopped him continuously.

Cao Xiu's martial arts were not top-notch, but Cheng Yun was not either.

Cheng Yun had been thrown badly, and before he could adjust himself, he was attacked by Cao Xiu fiercely. After continuous parrying, he finally couldn't resist it, and his sword was chopped away by Cao Xiu!

Seeing Cao Xiu chopped again, Cheng Yun was shocked, and immediately rolled over to avoid it, and threw the sand on the ground towards Cao Xiu with both hands as much as possible.

Cao Xiu narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and after missing the first strike with his knife, he kicked Cheng Yun in the waist, kicking Cheng Yun like a cooked shrimp.

'Come and die!'

Cao Xiu shouted, swinging his knife and slashing again.

Cheng Yun's men were horrified and rushed forward to rescue him.

One of them hit Cao Xiu, and the other dragged Cheng Yun back.

Cao Xiu twisted away the attack of Cheng Yun's men, but he also failed to cut off Cheng Yun's head. He just chopped Cheng Yun's shoulder with his knife, and immediately cut off one of Cheng Yun's arms!

Amid the splattering blood, Cheng Yun screamed and fainted.

Some of Cheng Yun's men hurried to block Cao Xiu, while the others raised their hands and feet to drag Cheng Yun out.

'Kill!'

Cao Xiu roared.

The people who followed Cao Xiu were also inspired by Cao Xiu's bravery, and they couldn't help but roared loudly, and their momentum was extraordinary for a while.

On the other hand, Cheng Yun's men were suppressed by Cao Xiu's momentum. In addition, Cheng Yun was seriously injured and his life or death was unknown, so they didn't want to continue fighting. They carried the unconscious Cheng Yun and fled.

『Oh oh oh! 』

Cao Xiu's men cheered.

But Cao Xiu's face still looked worried, and he didn't have much joy because of defeating his opponent.

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On the top of Anyi City, Xun Chen's face was as gloomy as water.

The situation was originally good, but because of Cheng Yun's mistake, it suddenly became turbulent.

Xun Chen specially summoned Li Er Cheng Yun and others before, repeatedly reminded them, and even told them the Spring and Autumn allusions, in order to enable these people to understand the overall strategy and how to do it, but there was still a problem.

There is a very important point in the victory of Duke Zheng over Duan, which is timing.

If the timing is wrong, all efforts will be in vain.

Obviously, Xun Chen needs to use his main combat power to maintain stability in Anyi City and ensure the safety of granaries, while Cheng Yun is a mobile force outside the city to contain and threaten Cao Xiu, rather than asking Cheng Yun to fight Cao Xiu directly.

There are too many uncertainties in the dark night.

Anyone can participate in the zero-yuan purchase activity as long as they cover their faces.

But after dawn, some people who cover their faces must make a choice and there is no room for confusion.

So when it is dawn, it is the best time to attack, which can directly strangle Cao Xiu in one fell swoop, and also give those guys around Anyi who are still thinking about it a good look!

But Cheng Yun's actions caused problems in Xun Chen's plan.

Now Xun Chen has to make changes to make up for Cheng Yun's mistakes.

"Lieutenant Li. 'Xun Chen pointed to the fire outside the city and said, 'Immediately lead the troops to go out of the west gate, cruise along the city, and intimidate the bandits. Do not fight with them to avoid being ambushed again. After dawn, the bandits will see that the city is not taken and will cause chaos! Then it will not be too late to attack them! '

Li Er asked: 'Subordinates will leave the city, and the defense of the city...'

Xun Chen waved to Pei Hui on the side, 'Wen Ji, if there are bandits causing chaos in the streets of the city, what should we do? '

Pei Hui put on a two-dangle armor. Although his face was still a little pale, his eyes had revealed some fierceness. 'Hui is not good at fighting, so he is with the soldiers all the time, with his sword unsheathed and his arrows on the string. If he sees a bandit, he will kill him immediately! '

Honest people can also be forced into a corner.

Pei Hui originally wanted to communicate and compromise, and wanted to bring a bag of salt for the Hedong gentry, but now he found that the Hedong gentry he represented had brutally stabbed him in the back!

Even if Pei Hui had a good temper, after seeing his house being broken into by the thugs, raping, killing and looting his unarmed family members and servants, he no longer had the idea of ​​talking things out.

Li Er looked at Pei Hui and thought for a while, "I will leave a few good men to protect Pei.

Xun Chen nodded, "That's very good.

Pei Hui knew that these "good hands" would indeed protect him, but they were also spying on him. However, he did not feel disgusted and instead thanked Li Er.

Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.

The fact that the Pei family inherited this catastrophe may be a turning point in the future of peace and prosperity.

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There were not many cards that Cao Xiu could play, so Cao Xiu relied more on his opponent's mistakes to win in chaos.

But the problem is that Xun Chen doesn't make chaos when he sees it, and he takes advantage of it when he sees it, and Cao Xiu gradually shows his embarrassment.

Short staffed.

Xun Chen more or less still had a few civil servants from the military school under his command, but there was no one around Cao Xiu. Only a few guards were still obeying orders, and the others were improvised. No one knew anyone, and they were covered. Some of them even deliberately disguised their speaking voices.

Defeating Cheng Yun was undoubtedly the highlight of Cao Xiu's night. Some people thought that Cao Xiu could make a comeback, but they soon discovered that there was no chaos in Anyi City as Cao Xiu said. There is not even a trace of the so-called "Cao Jun reinforcements" that are coming soon.

As time goes by, when the sky gradually becomes brighter, the demons and monsters in the dark night naturally gradually reveal their weak prototypes.

Light gradually dominates the world again.

The defeat of Cao Xiu and other rebel armies took shape in an instant.

In this case, Cao Xiu's defeat could not be contained.

Because the people Cao Xiu originally gathered together were all a mob!

And from the beginning, these people knew that they were rebelling, which determined that if Cao Xiu could not gain an absolute advantage in a short period of time, then these people would betray Cao Xiu very quickly!

I don't know since when, these people who formed a temporary group have started shouting and running away. The louder the sound of the defeat, the more anxious the other people are.

When the sun shone down, the team that Cao Xiu had gathered in the dark night broke up, scattered, and fled in an instant.

It was like a ghost that could not be killed in the dark night, but under the sunlight, it turned into black smoke without any resistance.

"General!" what to do? ! 』

Cao Xiu's guard asked eagerly.

"..."

Cao Xiu leaned on his knife and looked indifferently in the direction of Anyi City.

He succeeded partly, but also partly miscalculated.

Xun Chen's miscalculation was for Cheng Yun, while Cao Xiu's miscalculation was for Xun Chen.

Some of Cao Xiu's judgments about Xun Chen were correct. For example, Xun Chen's military power was not high, he had been in charge of people's livelihood and government affairs in Pingyang for a long time, and he was not very familiar with the military academy in the Hussars...

But another part of Cao Xiu's judgment was wrong.

Xun Chen is from Yingchuan, but Xun Chen already has the mark of a hussar. He is not like those civil servants in Shandong. When seeing chaos, the first thought is to run away!

Or is it called "A gentleman does not stand behind dangerous walls"?

After all, this kind of thing has a tradition in Shandong.

When Yuan Shao made trouble, Han Fu wanted to escape instead of fighting, and then committed suicide with a knife in the toilet.

When Kong Rong was the governor, not only did he see the rebels, but he also had no means. After his pretended composure was exposed, he would just run away...

There are also people who have no military skills but are reckless and self-righteous, such as Liu Dai and others.

There are too many examples among civil servants in Shandong.

Coupled with Xun Chen's original experience, Cao Xiu believed that Xun Chen was a person who had different ideas and was greedy for life and afraid of death. After all, Xun Chen was under Han Fu at the beginning, and then turned around and worshiped Yuan Shao. As a result, he fled again not long after. Coming from the North, from a certain perspective, he is also a domestic slave with three surnames!

What kind of determination would such a person have?

As a result, Cao Xiu did not expect that when the people from Yingchuan arrived in the Northland, they would become more like the Northland!

A miscalculation is a miscalculation.

Once the cards are played out, it is impossible to shout "card" and then have everyone do it again.

If there is no chaos and no mistakes in the city, Cao Xiu will have no chance.

If Cao Xiu still had real elites on hand, he might be able to command and try to attack the city and seize the gate, and attack by force. But there are only seven or eight guards around him, and he is barely a good player. What else...

The commotion at night was like a group of ghosts and ghosts all bragging to each other when the stock market rose in later generations. It seemed that everyone was a master of the tide, but only when the stock market turned down did you know who was swimming naked.

Cao Xiu is almost like swimming naked now.

The guys who were following him sneaked away at first, but later they started running away in groups. There were even stampedes on some narrow roadbeds, and some people were squeezed into the water and ditches. , fields.

Li Er, with his troops, also began to expel and kill on the outside.

Number of people is no longer the most important indicator of victory or defeat.

Even if Li Er now dispersed the cavalry into a team of more than a dozen people, no one dared to turn around and fight. It was like chopping melons and vegetables.

Cao Xiu looked at it indifferently, and then let out a long sigh, "You... you should go too." 』

"General!" ” The remaining guards looked at each other, “General, why don’t you go together? 』

Cao Xiu looked up at the sky.

The bright sky began to become brilliant.

Blue sky, white clouds.

The distant mountains are like daisy.

Cao Xiu suddenly laughed and turned around, "I've made you suffer!" Today's matter has come to an end. I am so lucky to have all of you accompanying me all the way! Fortunately! 』

‘But all good things must come to an end, and now is the time to say goodbye! ’

Cao Xiu smiled and bowed deeply to his remaining guards, ‘I am sorry for you! I promised you a prosperous future, and now... please accept my greeting! ’

The guards hurriedly avoided him.

Cao Xiu bowed three times meticulously, bowing for loyalty, friendship, and his unfulfilled promise.

‘General! Let’s go together! ’

The guard persuaded.

Cao Xiu shook his head, ‘If we go together, no one can get away! Let’s leave quickly! ’

After that, Cao Xiu turned around and stopped looking at the guards behind him.

The guards hesitated and looked at each other. After a pause, some people secretly moved back, but some people still stood still.

The cavalrymen in the distance also gradually approached, but they were worried that there were traps around Cao Xiu, so they did not attack immediately but began to detect and surround him.

Seeing this situation, two or three of the guards who had been standing still walked away. When Cao Xiu looked back again, the people behind him had basically run away, leaving only the last three guards.

"You..."

Cao Xiu looked at them one by one, and then tears suddenly flowed from his eyes, and his voice choked.

He did not cry when he carried the coffin for thousands of miles and encountered high mountains and dangerous waters.

When he was young, he did not cry when he was bullied because he lost his father.

He did not cry when he fought on the battlefield all these years and was wounded and bleeding...

But when Cao Xiu looked at the guards around him now, he shed tears.

An older guard smiled and said: "General, I am old and can't walk far. Why don't I accompany you here... The scenery here is very beautiful... Haha, even if I go to the underworld, I will have a companion! '

Cao Xiu also laughed, tears rolling down his cheeks, 'Good! Now there is no such thing as a master or not. We are brothers in this life and we will be brothers again in the next life! Today, I have three brothers to accompany me. Why should I envy Tian Heng's five hundred soldiers? ! '

At this moment, Li Er has already surrounded him with his men.

'Come and fight! '

Cao Xiu is still heroic, holding a bloody sword and challenging Li Er to fight.

Li Er shook his head and signaled his men to raise their crossbows, 'Surrender! Otherwise, you will be killed on the spot! '

Cao Xiu laughed and rushed forward with a sword.

The last three guards behind Cao Xiu also rushed forward.

One master, three followers.

It seems to bring out endless murderous aura on the battlefield.

Li Er waved his hand, 'Shoot! '

The arrows whistled in.

Cao Xiu and his men were not wearing complete armor, and the distance was too close, so they could not resist the arrows at all. They were shot continuously, as if they had hit an invisible wall of air, and their running momentum suddenly stopped.

'Hmph...' Cao Xiu looked down at the arrows stuck in his chest and abdomen, and sneered at Li Er, 'Coward... don't deserve my... head! '

After saying that, Cao Xiu actually turned the blade upside down and committed suicide.

Cao Xiu's guards also followed Cao Xiu and committed suicide, and fell to the ground one after another.

Li Er watched, silent for a long time, and then ordered: 'Be restrained... you are also a good man...'

Then a cavalry soldier responded, stepped forward, lifted the bodies of Cao Xiu and others, put them on the back of the horse, and then took them to the city of Anyi.

They did not go up to chop off the heads directly, nor did they drag them with ropes like dragging dead dogs.

Blood stained the back of the horse, dripping all the way.

Li Er looked at Cao Xiu's body and frowned slightly.

Cao Xiu was dead, but this matter...

was somewhat weird.

Last night, the momentum was so great that it seemed to turn Anyi City upside down, but after dawn, it was scattered!

This Hedong area is far from being as stable and peaceful as he originally thought!

He didn't know how many people with ulterior motives there were. They seemed to be submissive on the surface, but they turned into murderers as soon as they had the chance!

Hedong was captured by Cao Cao and many people were still so restless overnight. If Cao's army didn't take those people away...

No, maybe Cao's army took away ordinary people, but left some spies behind?

Now the Youwen Division should be busy!

No, not only the Youwen Division, but also the Inspection Office can't think of any peaceful days!

If this is the case, when will it end?

After all, you can prevent it for a while, but it is difficult to prevent it for a lifetime!

Li Er sighed, as if he foresaw the scene of being busy and bumping into each other next.

Arriving at Anyi City, Li Er saw Xun Chen who had been guarding on the top of the city wall, and unexpectedly saw Cao Xiu's son Cao Zhao!

When Cao Zhao saw Cao Xiu's body, he screamed, then jumped and cried, but he didn't have the courage to hug his father's body.

Everyone looked at Cao Zhao, but after watching for a while, they didn't want to look anymore.

It's not hard to tell whether he was really sad or crying for others to see.

It's like in later generations, when the elderly die, they will have a big ceremony with big drums and blasts, invite some mourning team and brass band, monks and Taoist priests to come together, but they are unwilling to cook two more soft meals for the elderly to eat while they are still alive, and accompany the elderly to sit in the sun and chat more...

The father is a hero, but the child may not necessarily be a hero.

Li Er suddenly realized that this is the way to solve the problem!

Yes, just like the Southern Xiongnu!

Wasn't the previous generation of the Southern Xiongnu like this?

With a knife in hand, he could brutally go south to rob the Han people, and when he jumped off his horse, he became an honest shepherd.

Didn't the Han Dynasty have no way out at one time?

But what about now?

They are all shepherds!

They are all honestly taking care of livestock for the General of the Cavalry!

So what is the problem in Hedong now?

Just herd one side, but it's just that he has changed from herding the Southern Xiongnu to herding these nobles and powerful people!

Li Er was no longer worried, so he raised his head and looked at Xun Chen, but saw that Xun Chen was also looking at him.

The two people's eyes crossed in the air, and they seemed to see confidence and determination in each other's eyes, and then nodded to each other.

The sun rose, and golden light was everywhere.

The originally bright blood gradually solidified and turned purple-brown.

The flames that rose last night now only had some black smoke left, which was gradually dissipating.

Everything seemed to have returned to normal, everything was like returning to the human world from the ghost cave.

In this world, in this world, there will always be those who want to turn the world into a place for humans to live, and there will also be ghosts who want to turn the world into a den of ghosts again.