After all, Yao Xing was young and full of energy. Although he was afraid of the sword in Cao Cao's hand, he was unwilling to retreat. He couldn't help but wonder, could he use the changes in his moves to cleverly defeat him and fight him?
Just as he was about to make a move, he heard Cao Cao laugh and say: "Little Yao! It wasn't me who urged me to do it. Deng Yuanjue had already killed you for a long time. How could he still embarrass me if he didn't say that he was willing to give his life for the grace of his life?"
Yao Xingjun blushed and didn't know how to answer, but he thought to himself: What he said was reasonable but not rough. If it weren't for his persuasion, I wouldn't have survived. If I didn't repay this kindness, how could I deal with him personally?
At this time, Shi Jin and Suo Chao both rushed out, and Yao Xing took the opportunity to retreat into the army.
Wang Zhen and Yao Xing refused to step forward. How could Yang Weizhong stand up to this group of wolves and tigers? A gun was on the left and right, and Shi Jin and Suo Chao were fighting alone. They were panicking, and suddenly a group of men and horses shot out from the path. Shi Jin and others did not know whether they were friends or foes, and their men were a little slow. Yang Weizhong retreated as if he were being amnesty. .
Who are the people who came out? It was Zheng Biao, the "Zheng Demon Lord", and Wei Heng, the only remaining member of the "Tianmu Three Xiaoxiao". They led two to three hundred remaining soldiers. They were trying to fight their way out of the cave to escape, but they didn't want to meet Lao Cao coming to attack.
Ancestor Shiyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted: "Brother Zheng, we are all members of our own family, and we are killing the officers and soldiers together!"
Zheng Biao nodded, took off the Xuantian Hunyuan Sword from his back, and shouted: "Zheng Biao is here, who wants to fight!"
When it comes to martial arts, none of the three kings put him in their eyes. However, when they saw the sword that seriously injured Wang Shunchen coming out, they were frightened and secretly thought: This sword is released, just like a thunderbolt. We are mortal mortals. Fetus, who can be used as a flying sword to strike?
Therefore, he became more and more afraid to fight, and simply led his troops to the depths and was defeated.
Zu Shiyuan called Zheng Biao to see Lao Cao and introduced the two of them. Cao Cao smiled and clasped his fists and said: "I have long admired the name Zheng Fawang. He is a figure like a pillar in the Yongle Dynasty. Now I see you are fine. I am very happy!"
Zheng Biao hurriedly returned the favor - he was originally a rebellious person and the most difficult person to deal with, but he had suffered a series of setbacks in recent days, and his arrogance was gone, and he even became very humble in his words.
At that moment, he waved his hands repeatedly and said: "The defeated general is not brave enough. My martial arts skills are mediocre. I used to be quite proud of my skills in surgery. But now I know that among thousands of troops, my skills are nothing more than a joke. How can I dare to take this as a joke?" 'Wu Mengde' is ridiculously praised..."
Seeing his sigh, Cao Cao frowned and interrupted him: "King Zheng's statement is unreasonable and belittles himself. The way of fighting is just a matter of routine! For example, crossbowmen are so sharp, but if they are in the mountains and forests, wouldn't their power be the same? Greatly reduced? Another example is the cavalry, which invades like fire, but it is difficult to show its ferocious power in this densely woven land. The same is true for magic - Brother Fan Rui!"
Lao Cao summoned Fan Rui and boasted: "I saved the Seven Buddhas before, and now I have defeated the Song army, all thanks to my brother Fan's magic! Brother Fan, you and King Zheng are both righteous people, so you can get close to each other."
Fan Rui was a roundworm in Lao Cao's belly. As soon as he heard this, he knew that Lao Cao intended to marry Demon Lord Zheng. He immediately took on the bold attitude of the master of Mangdang Mountain and laughed and handed over his hand: "Brother Zheng, I heard about you when I first set foot in Jiangnan." In the name of the Demon King, I just regret not being able to meet him earlier."
Demon Lord Zheng saw that he was full of Taoism and felt close to him. He quickly returned the courtesy and said, "I've heard of the good name 'Devil King' for a long time... Judging from my dear friend's face, could he be injured?"
Fan Rui waved his hand, and then explained the strategy of how to cast the spell before, and said with a smile: "But my little brother's cultivation is limited, and his energy is somewhat overdrawn. After this battle is over, it will be fine if I support him for a while."
Zheng Biao was surprised when he heard that he asked a divine general to defeat Yao Xing. He knew how to do something similar, so how could he defeat Yao Xing with just one blow?
I couldn't help but wonder: "My little brother's magic to invite gods is the Dharma Protector Wei Tuo Bodhisattva. I wonder which immortal family I invited?"
Fan Rui smiled and said: "The one I invited is a certain general among the thirty-six divine generals under Emperor Baosheng."
The two got the basics right, and Zheng Biao was even more surprised——
It turns out that this so-called Baosheng Emperor had only been enlightened for a hundred years. During his lifetime, he was a medical doctor in Baijiao Village, Jishanli, Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Road under the rule of the Song Emperor. His surname was Wu Mingkui. The Queen Mother of the West enlightened and spread the Dharma, resigned from office and practiced Taoism, with the Taoist name Wu Zhen.
This Wu Wuzhen never ate meat or married a wife. He served the world by hanging a pot and did not care about his status. He lived with countless people in his life. In the third year of Jingyou's reign, he emerged from the family.
Later, someone was seriously ill and could not be cured. He erected a statue of him and paid homage to him. His illness healed immediately. The court heard about the supernatural phenomenon and canonized him as a god. He built the Ciji Palace as a dojo and became the Baosheng Emperor.
However, General Bi was only one of the thirty-six divine generals under Emperor Baosheng. With this background, he was far inferior to the famous Wei Tuo Bodhisattva.
Seeing that he was puzzled, Fan Rui told him that General Bi had swallowed the three Fusang shikigami and his power had greatly increased since then.
Zheng Biao was dumbfounded after hearing this, but he never knew that this technique had such an advanced way. Apart from being surprised, he couldn't help but be deeply moved, and secretly said: If you put this kind of trick in my hand, it will definitely be passed on to you. Brother Fan actually told me his son's big secret, which shows that the words "a hero of Liangshan and a man of great righteousness" are indeed true! If you make friends with these people and become brothers, your life will be worthwhile.
Cao Cao glanced at Zheng Biao and saw a heartbroken look on his face. He smiled secretly and ignored the two of them, leading his troops to fight deeper.
However, it was said that the three of Wang Zhen were defeated and came to Tong Guan. They told the story of the battle. Tong Guan frowned and said, "There is no large army in this cave. Wouldn't it be a disadvantage to fight like this? And take the captured things and kill all these rebels." , lead the army out of the cave, and then slowly argue with him."
With an order, hundreds of heads fell to the ground. Fang La's civil and military officials who were captured by him were all killed on the spot, their heads were cut off and packed in boxes to be taken back to Bianjing to report their merits. The rest of the treasures were also boxed up, and the order was sent to his subordinates. The men and horses all went to meet outside the cave.
Not long after, groups of officers and soldiers rushed out of the cave with the captured items. Suo Chao and others tried to stop him, but Cao Cao quickly said: "Don't stop us when we return! His troops are twenty times more than mine. If they start fighting, we will kill them all." There is no way to escape, so let him go on his own. After removing 90% of it, destroying the last 10% of it will be considered a great victory."
Immediately, the road was opened and Tong Guan's army was allowed to charge out one after another. He secretly counted eighty or ninety thousand troops and then lined up in the cave without blocking the entrance of the cave, leaving a smooth path in the middle.
As expected, the lagging soldiers and horses couldn't help but panic when they saw enemy soldiers blocking their way. Since there was still a way to go, no one was willing to risk their lives. They all rushed out to escape for their lives, and were killed and wounded many times by the Confederate troops on both sides.
In fact, if Lao Cao's original intention was to let him go, it would be fine. It was only because of the thoughts of the people in the Ming Cult that he set up such a formation.
This army was actually Ji Jing's subordinates. Ji Jing saw that the soldiers were in a state of confusion and no one paid attention to their repeated shouts and scolds, so he had no choice but to charge out with a big axe.
Suo Chao stepped forward and fought for a while. Ji Jing saw that his ax skills were extraordinary and was afraid of being entangled. He fought hard and attacked with a few axes. He took the opportunity to ride his horse and escape. In his haste, he left an important person at the end——
It was a prison car, and inside it was a woman in royal attire, about forty years old. Although the description was quite embarrassing, her natural beauty and dignity could not be concealed.
Lao Cao caught a glimpse, and his heart moved. He suddenly drew his sword and rushed out. His horse galloped like a tiger, and his sharp sword turned into a dragon. In an instant, he cut down all the seven or eight Song soldiers pushing the prison cart. He dragged the prison cart into the formation with one hand and with just one knife, the prison cart turned into a dragon. After smashing it to pieces, he took off his mask and bowed deeply with a sincere look on his face: "My mother-in-law is here, my son-in-law Wu Zhi is here to see you! My son-in-law came late to save me, and my mother-in-law was frightened. This is all my fault."
The woman escaped from the hands of the officers and soldiers. After recovering from the shock, she adjusted her sitting posture and tidied up her appearance. She looked at Cao Cao carefully for a few times and then said, "Do you know who I am?"
Cao Cao said respectfully: "My mother-in-law is making fun of me. Apart from Mrs. Shao, Shengzheng's wife and Jinzhi's mother, how can there be any other woman with such grace and grace?"
The woman nodded and said with a serious face: "So, you who rashly call yourself my son-in-law are the frivolous and incompetent Wu family boy?"
Cao Cao looked slightly embarrassed. In terms of age, he was now in his mid-thirties. He was younger than this woman, but he became the "Wu family boy" in the other party's words.
But if you think about it carefully, if you start from Jin Zhi, it seems logical for people to call him a boy.
Rolling his eyes, he caught a glimpse of several brothers suppressing laughter. Lao Cao sighed secretly, simply showed off his face, nodded, and said with a bitter face: "Yes, I am the one who doesn't know how to be generous and offends your wife, but yet... The Wu boy who arrived late again! If you fail in every way, please ask your mother-in-law to punish you."
Mrs. Shao got out of the car herself and walked around Cao Cao. When she saw him with his head lowered and looking respectful and honest, she smiled slightly, nodded and said: "That's all, the war is fierce and dangerous now, it's not the time to follow the rules. I know you are also a great hero, but now you are willing to humble me, a woman, in front of so many people for the sake of Jin Zhi. This can be imagined. As a mother, I There’s nothing more to say.”
Cao Cao was stunned. It turned out that the other party was pretending to be rude and was trying to test his feelings for her daughter. He couldn't help but secretly admire her. She was truly worthy of being the eldest brother's woman. She was able to play such tricks just after she was freed from her cage.
Mrs. Shao looked at the Liangshan brothers, nodded secretly, looked at Cao Cao, and said seriously: "However, since you said you are willing to be punished, you will also rely on your old age for once..."
She is not tall, but she has a curvy and exquisite figure. She is as gentle and pretty as the green mountains and clear waters of the south of the Yangtze River. At this moment, she deliberately speaks with a straight face and calls herself old, but she looks doubly cool.
When Lao Cao saw this, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and a hint of regret flashed through his mind: Ah! If he had known that his mother was so charming, why would Cao provoke the younger one? Otherwise, wouldn't Zhengke say to her at this time, Madam, you don't want anything to happen to the Holy Duke...
A trace of charming thoughts disappeared almost in a flash.
After all, Lao Cao had also received the teachings of Confucianism. Although it was regrettable that things had come to this, he had no choice but to accept his fate. He lowered his head and did not look at the other person's face. He whispered: "If a family does not talk about two things, what does my mother-in-law have to do? She only cares about sending tasks." That’s good.”
When Mrs. Shao saw how alert Lao Cao was, she couldn't help but sigh: "My daughter has a heart as solid as a stone. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse to find someone like you with such a delicate heart..."
He shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's get down to business. Your two brothers took Sheng Gong and us to escape into the mountains for their lives, but it was the two Song generals who were captured the previous time who were released after eating people. The soldiers and horses chased them to the death and fought fiercely. I panicked for a moment, went astray with them, and fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers. Since you called me mother-in-law now, then Fang Shisan is your father-in-law. Son-in-law went to save his father-in-law. , is it considered a matter of duty?”
Cao Cao nodded his head and said: "I came here to save the Holy Duke from trouble! Brother Fan Rui, take good care of my mother-in-law for me. Qin Ming Suochao, cooperate with King Zheng to guard this gate. Ma Ling, Liu Tang, Tieniu, ignite our own men and horses and follow me to save the Holy Duke. Our ancestors are alive and we still need you to lead the way!"
Ma Ling had followed him all the way here, and because he had appeared in Suzhou, he had not been allowed to fight. Now that he was rescuing people, he had no intention of letting any of the officers and soldiers he encountered go, so he didn't care much about it.
Zu Shiyuan nodded repeatedly, and immediately asked Mrs. Shao about the place where everyone was separated, and led Cao Cao and others away.
But Wang De and Yao Pingzhong were captured and brought back to the cave. Fang La ordered Pu Wenying to surrender. They knew that Fang La was at the end of their rope, so how could they listen? After a fierce battle, there was no time to deal with the two of them. When Tong Guan's army rushed in, they searched everywhere and captured Pu Wenying, but they also rescued the two.
Yao Pingzhong had always been at odds with Tong Guan, and now he was captured. He was afraid that Tong Guan would make fun of him, so he refused to go to see him. He only begged Ji Jing to save the two of them, saying that he would fight with the army and perform meritorious deeds before he could be seen by others. , Wang De saw what he said, so he had no choice but to follow Ji Jing and fight all the way, but he met Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, protecting Fang La and a group of wounded people.
Lu Zhishen and his group, after listening to Shi Bao's suggestion, wanted to go to the tiankeng where Yaolu was located. They came out of the cave and wandered into the mountains and forests. Unexpectedly, not far away, they met Mrs. Shao and other hundreds of female relatives. This was Fang La. Naturally, the principal wife, Shi Bao and others, the mistress, could not ignore it, so they took them on the road together. This group of Yingying Yanyan was in a panic. You fell down, I sprained my foot, and caused a lot of troubles, which further slowed everyone down. .
Yang Zhi then quietly suggested that only the concubines Shao and Fang La should be taken with them and asked to carry them while walking. The rest of the palace ladies should be abandoned. However, Lu Zhishen was a soft-hearted and sentimental person. With a shake of his big bald ladle, He repeatedly said: "It's inevitable. What good can these weak women do if they fall into the hands of those officers and soldiers? How can we ignore the chivalrous people of the Sa family?"
After another journey, the officers and soldiers caught up behind him. If there was only Ji Jing, all the fierce generals here would work together and he would be able to take care of it. However, there were two tiger soldiers on the other side, Wang De and Yao Pingzhong. , against the three generals, Shi Bao, Li Tianrun, Deng Yuanjue and others, regardless of their injuries, each found a weapon to fight. After all, the officers and soldiers were not as strong as they were, so they could only fight and leave. After all, most of the palace maidens fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers. hand.
Lu Zhishen was so angry that his heart burst. He wanted to fight him several times, but Yang Zhi, Shi Bao and others persuaded him to stop him. He walked like this in a warlike manner until he arrived at Yaolu. However, the stone staircase was narrow and there was no room for him to climb up slowly. He had no choice but to abandon this plan and run deeper into the city. Finally, in a battle, even Mrs. Shao was captured.
I thought I was desperate, but unexpectedly Tong Guan sent a messenger, asking Ji Jing to retreat outside the cave. Ji Jing immediately obeyed, but Yao Pingzhong refused to die, saying that Fang La was ahead, and we missed it. How could we live up to the officials?
The two had a dispute, and Ji Jing left two thousand troops under Yao Pingzhong's command. He led a large force, escorted Mrs. Shao, and evacuated as ordered.
Wang De wanted to withdraw, but Yao Pingzhong knew that he could not stop Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi, so he begged each other hard. Wang De saw that the two of them were in trouble, so he gritted his teeth and stayed, and continued to pursue Fang La alive.
This is: capture enemy chieftains in the world, and be granted the title of Marquis of Wu after death and birth. Before Lao Cao arrived, all his ambitions were gone.
(End of chapter)
