Chapter 370: Emperor Xian of Han Mounts the Carriage Again! Another Gamble Against Treacherous Ministers!
Outside the camp tent.
Pang Xi was stopped at the entrance by soldiers and cursed furiously, "Lawless! Utterly lawless!"
"Yan Yan, just you wait!"
With that, he stormed out of the Central Army Camp. After returning to his quarters, he spread out paper, ground ink, and began writing furiously!
"These twenty thousand troops have practically become his private army!"
"I shall see how our lord deals with you once he learns of this!"
Pang Xi thought bitterly, gritting his teeth as he used thick ink to denounce Yan Yan's insubordination and his disregard for military orders.
He soon finished the letter, then summoned a trusted soldier and ordered him to ride back to Chengdu with the report at full speed.
Xiangyang, Jing Province.
After forming an alliance with Liu Cong, Cao Cao remained in Xiangyang City to coordinate defenses against the Imperial Court and discuss battle strategies.
This further dispelled Liu Cong and Cai Mao's suspicions of him, and their dealings grew increasingly close.
During Cao Cao's stay in Xiangyang City, however, Emperor Xian of Han fell ill. He recuperated in his residence every day, attending to no affairs and seeing no one, not even Cao Cao.
Yet at that moment, inside the residence, Emperor Xian of Han, who should have been recuperating in bed, was sitting by his bedroom window, gazing blankly at a lone wild goose flying south across the sky.
Only when the lone goose disappeared into the horizon did he reluctantly withdraw his gaze and sigh wistfully. "Even a lone goose has somewhere to return to, yet I can only huddle here like a caged bird..."
He had been placed under house arrest ever since Cao Cao's arrival in Xiangyang