This woman is Cao Cao's wife, Lady Ding.
Lady Ding looks to be about thirty years old, with a beautiful appearance, but now he looks a little thin, with red eye circles, and he is wearing white plain clothes.
She ignored the greetings from Xun Yu and others, just looked at Study, and said expressionlessly, "Cao Mengde, come out!"
There is still no movement from Study.
Lady Ding smiled coldly, "Do you think that by locking yourself in a room without eating or drinking, you are atoneing for Zixiu?"
"I tell you, even if you starve to death you can't atone for your sins!"
"Zixiu and Anmin were killed by you!"
Lady Ding yelled at Study without showing any mercy.
After a while, Study's door opened with a "squeak" sound.
Cao Cao, who had not left the house for three days, walked out.
After staying in Study for three days without eating or drinking, he lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were sunken, and he looked very haggard, but his eyes were so sinister that people didn't dare to look at him.
Cao Cao looked at Lady Ding and said calmly, "Did you come to me just to scold me? If so, then just scold me."
"I want to scold you more than anything!"
Lady Ding gritted his teeth, with tears in his eyes, and his tone was full of resentment, "You selfish and shameless bastard! You let Zixiu die in vain for a woman! Why wasn't you the one who died!"
"How do you have the nerve to come back alive!"
Cao Cao lowered his head and remained silent, silent and silent.
This scene made Xun Yu and others standing around feel their scalps numb. It was neither possible to leave now nor to stay. They were standing on pins and needles.
After scolding for a long time, Lady Ding finally stopped, wiping tears and said bitterly, "If you still have any conscience, go and bring Zixiu's bones back. I don't want my son to be exposed in the wilderness!"
After saying this, Lady Ding's tears couldn't stop anymore, falling like beads with a broken string.
She directly covered her face, turned around and ran out of the yard.
Cao Cao looked at her leaving back and opened her mouth, but in the end she said nothing and closed her eyes tiredly.
"Lord..."
Xun Yu Seeing this, he wanted to say a few words of comfort.
But Cao Cao raised his hand to interrupt it, and then suddenly opened his eyes, with only cold murderous intent and overwhelming anger.
"Send me military orders!"
"Commander, go to war!"
"Tamp down Wan City!"
At this moment, Zhang Xiu who is far away from Wan City is also worried.
Although he wiped out Cao Cao's 30,000 troops in one battle and saved Wan City, he still couldn't be happy.
Because he knew in his heart that although the thirty thousand troops caused Cao Cao to suffer a lot, the opponent was dominating Yan Province Yu Province and had more than thirty thousand soldiers and horses under his command!
This time Wan City suffered a defeat and lost his son and nephew. He will definitely gather an army to attack again to avenge him!
What should he do to resist then?
The more Zhang Xiu thought about it, the more worried he became. He could only raise his head and ask Jia Xu, "Sir, what can I do?"
Compared to Zhang Xiu, who looked gloomy, Jia Xu was much calmer. At this time, he was sitting on Grand Tutor's Chair, drinking tea very leisurely.
"There is a way, and it's very simple."
Jia Xu took a sip of tea in a leisurely manner, and then said, "Leave Wan City alone and just run away with the others."
"Run?"
Zhang Xiu was stunned. He thought Jia Xu would come up with some clever plan, but unexpectedly, he actually suggested that he abandon the city and flee.
Jia Xu raised his eyes and said, "Is it possible that the general still wants to confront Cao Cao head-on? He will not give the general another chance to surrender."
"Because Cao Cao not only wants to avenge his son, but also kills chickens to scare monkeys, so that everyone in the world will know the consequences of resisting Son of Heaven's edict."
"If you continue to stay, you will be doomed."
Zhang Xiu was silent after hearing this. To be honest, he had already lived the life of a homeless dog. Now he was asked to give up Wan City and escape to another place. He really didn't want to.
But... I have to escape again.
After some thought, Zhang Xiu continued to ask, "Where do you think you can escape, sir? Is it possible to escape back to Liang Province?"
"No, no."
Jia Xu stretched out a finger and shook his head, then smiled and said, "Xu County has Son of Heaven, doesn't Ji Province not have Son of Heaven?"
"If the general escapes to Ji Province, Yuan Shao will definitely accept the general. No matter how powerful Cao Cao is, it cannot compare with Yuan Shao."
"This is the surest solution."
When he heard that he was going to vote for Yuan Shao, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but show hesitation and said, "But Ji Province is very far away from Wan City. It has to pass through Yu Province and Yan Province. How can I get there?"
"Besides, Yuan Shao has many soldiers and generals under his command. Even if I go, I won't be reused. In this case, it's better to join Yuan Shu."
Zhang Xiu is still somewhat wary of Yuan Shao.
But Yuan Shu is different. Not only has he proclaimed himself emperor now, but he is also being besieged by various princes. It is the time when he needs people.
If he leads his subordinate Soldiers there, he may not be able to succeed; and Yang Province is rich and very close to Wan City.
After thinking carefully, Zhang Xiu made up his mind, raised his head and said to Jia Xu, "Sir, I have decided to go to Yuan Shu!"
"You..."
Jia Xu was stunned, looked at Zhang Xiu as if he were a fool, and put down the tea cup in his hand.
"Since the general has made up his mind, I won't say more."
"Let's just say goodbye."
After Jia Xu finished speaking, he stood up and bowed to Zhang Xiu, then strode out the door without any hesitation.
He has given the advice, whether you listen to it or not is Zhang Xiu's business.
Good words can't persuade a damn ghost.
What he should consider now is finding a way out for himself.
"Son of Heaven of Ye City..."
Jia Xu walked on the way out of the house and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He actually doesn't like Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao has a small popularity and no room for people, so it's not the best place to go.
However, the Son of Heaven in the hands of Yuan Shao can be explored.
All in all, with his Jia Wenhe talent, the world is so big, but there are places he can't go to?
Jia Xu The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he strode out of Zhang's house.
Chapter 69 Lü Bu's Thoughts
While Cao Cao was gathering his army and preparing to attack Wan City again.
The situation over at Yang Province has also entered a heated stage.
Now the whole situation is very unfavorable for Yuan Shu. Although he has no shortage of troops under his command, he is too short of generals to lead the troops.
And there are no generals who are strong enough.
So what if there are more soldiers and horses?
But now it is too late to realize this. Facing the three armies attacking, Yuan Shu is unable to resist at all. The army is retreating steadily and can only keep retreating.
The three-way coalition army was advancing vigorously.
Among them, Lü Bu's army is the most radical in fighting. He is like the tip of a spear, powerful and unstoppable.
Within Central Army Camp.
Lü Bu looked at the marching map on the table and couldn't help but said happily, "Yuan Shu is really vulnerable. According to the current progress, we will be able to attack Shou County and capture Pretender Emperor within three months!"
He was originally a little wary of Yuan Shu. After all, he was the dominant Huainan and had several One Hundred Thousand armies under his command.
But when they actually fought, he discovered that the combat effectiveness of the army under Yuan Shu was really not that good.
To be precise, the general who led the army was too incompetent.
There isn't even one who can fight!
Chen Gong also smiled and said, "It's not that the enemy is too weak, but that the general is too brave; and this time Yuan Shu is facing a four-pronged army, attacking from two sides."
"His main forces are all on guard against Sun Ce and they don't dare to mobilize easily. That's why this battle can go so smoothly."
Sun Ce poses a greater threat to Yuan Shu than the three-way army.
Because the former is in the hinterland of the Huainan generation, it is like a knife stuck in Yuan Shu's heart, which can kill him at any time.
So Yuan Shu had to use a large number of troops to defend Sun Ce.
"Sun Ce? Sun Jian's son?"
Lü Bu Sword-shaped Eyebrows challenged him, his eyes burning with fighting spirit, "If there is a chance, I would like to meet him for a while, and see who is stronger and weaker than his father!"
He once fought against Sun Jian when he was under Dong Zhuo.
And also lost to the opponent twice.
Although there were various reasons for the two defeats, a defeat was a defeat. There was nothing to say. He just wanted to wait for the opportunity to fight Sun Jian again and defeat him head-on to avenge his previous humiliation.
But who would have known that he didn't wait for the opportunity to fight, but what he was waiting for was the news that Sun Jian had died, which he always regretted.
Since it is said that Sun Jian's son Sun Ce is as brave as his father, then he will have to compete for a while!
"General, there is no need to confront Sun Ce head-on."
Chen Gong spoke out to dissuade, and then patiently explained to Lü Bu, "Our crusade against Yuan Shu is firstly to kill Pretender Emperor for the sake of justice, and secondly to carve up Yang Province. In fact, the latter is the real purpose."