Chapter 662 Cao Cao's Threat
Shen Pei leaned on the car weakly, and even got out of the car was helped down. When he saluted Yuan Shao, he almost fell to the ground. Yuan Shao was shocked, turned over and dismounted, caught up with two steps, helped Shen Pei up, and looked at Shen Pei's face, which was so thin that he had no trace of flesh on his cheeks, and was very surprised.
"Zhengnan, why is it so sick?"
Shen Pei tried hard to open his eyes and looked at Yuan Shao's equally pale face. The skin on his face was tugged: "Master, why are you..."
Yuan Shao sighed: "I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore. Our king and his ministers are both sympathetic and sympathetic. They are all people who step into the underworld with one foot. Come, straight south, you get on the bus first, let's take the bus back together. If you have any words, let's talk about it after getting on the bus."
Shen Pei was panting and reached out to invite him. Yuan Shao's eyes flashed, but he insisted on helping Shen Pei get on the car first, and then he climbed up. The two sat down side by side. The carriage started and drove towards the camp. Shen Pei kept breathing, but he didn't say anything for a long time. Yuan Shao was also a little dazed and didn't care about Wen Pei. Guo Tu was about to follow him, but Xin Pi rushed up and pulled Guo Tu's sleeve, giving him a wink. Guo Tu was a little angry and wanted to refute him, but when he met Xin Pi's gaze, he felt guilty, so he had to take a step back and swallow the problem that was rushing to his mouth.
Yuan Shao arrived at the camp and did not go into the camp to rest immediately. Instead, he asked the driver to drive the car to the river. He looked at the position on the north bank and looked at the ten floating bridges lined up in the river, and finally opened his mouth. "First south, if we can return to Jizhou safely this time, you will be the first contribution. These floating bridges are our way of life."
Shen Pei said: "Lord, these life paths are not stable. Please cross the river as soon as possible and then destroy these floating bridges. If it is too late, Liu Xiu will catch up with us and our situation will be very dangerous."
"Zhengnan's words are reasonable." Yuan Shao called Guo Tu in front of him: "Immediately arrange for someone to cross the river and camp on the other side of the river to rest."
Guo Tu turned around and arranged. The soldiers saw the floating bridge in front of him, and there were comrades from the other side who had already arranged a cover formation, and each of them felt much more at ease. They passed the floating bridge in an orderly manner and concentrated on the other side. Wen Chou had arranged a place to camp for them, and they could enter one by one. However, there were too many people, even if there were ten floating bridges, it would not be completed in a short while to pass them all. Yuan Shao ordered those who could not cross the bridge for the time being to rest on the spot, drink some water, eat something, and replenish their energy.
Yuan Shao sat in the car with Shen Pei, watching everything in front of him. Both of them were very tired. Although the guards brought water and food, Shen Pei couldn't eat it at all. Yuan Shao was not in the mood, and he opened his mouth several times, but he still didn't say it.
In this embarrassing loneliness, the other side suddenly roared, and dust flew in the distance, indicating that an army was approaching. Soon, Cao Cao's battle flag appeared on the horizon, behind him. Hundreds of Xiliang war horses were carrying elite knights, surrounded by Cao Cao, with bright helmets and armors. They were full of energy, and under the sunlight, they were astonishing.
Shen Pei's eyes were dull and she closed her blood-colored lips tightly.
"This eunuch is now becoming more powerful. The guards are all Xiliang horses." Yuan Shao curled his lips with some envy. Before he captured Youzhou, the source of the war horses in his guard camp was tense, and most of them were bought from smuggling merchants for a large amount of money. Even if he got Youzhou, the situation improved. The supplement of war horses was still a big problem. Xiliang has always been controlled by Liu Xiu. It was impossible to get a large number of Xiliang war horses like Cao Cao. Yuan Shao's pure white Xiliang mount was bought from a horse dealer for three million. He also knew that the horse was expensive, but he liked this horse and spent no matter how much money he spent. He was willing.
After the army entered the position, Shi Huan led five thousand people to take over and took over Cheng Yu's position. After Cheng Yu withdrew from the position, he rushed over. He had a stern face and did not laugh harshly, and wiped the blood on his armor as clean as possible. Walking to Cao Cao, he bowed: "General, Cheng Yu is here to wait for punishment."
"Where is Yu Jin?"
"Person Yu and Yuan Jun fought fiercely for two days, and were extremely tired and injured. He fell asleep as soon as he retreated." Cheng Yu paused and said, "General, I am the chief general, and the main responsibility is mine. Captain Yu has done his best. Please be tolerant of the general."
Cao Cao laughed loudly and reached out and knocked Cheng Yu's shoulder armor with a horse whip: "Zhongde, don't worry so much. Wen Chou is a famous general in Hebei, and Shen Pei is a talented and silent Hebei celebrity. Their military strength is several times that of yours. It is difficult to fight like this. Even if you lose some, it is still possible to be in trouble. Yu Jin is tired, so you won't be relaxed, so go and have a good rest."
Cheng Yu raised his head, looked at Cao Cao, bowed and bowed again: "Thank you, General." As soon as he turned around and was about to leave, Cao Cao caught a step, grabbed him, put his shoulders on him, and asked softly: "Zhongde, ask you something, do you think we want to let Yuan Shao go back?"
Cheng Yu's eyes rolled and he replied softly: "General, Yuan Shao is already a turtle in the dry rut. Even if he returns to Jizhou, he is just giving Zhao Yun and the others a chance to make contributions. Moreover, Shen Pei has burned so many rice fields, and the people of Yanzhou have already hated him to the core. If the general does not give them some punishment, how can he explain to the people of Yanzhou in the future?"
Cao Cao pondered silently.
Cheng Yu said again: "General, Yuan Shao is about to cut off food. If he can turn this crisis into motivation, we can't stop it even if we want to. But if he does not have this ability, once the food is cut off, the army will collapse without fighting. General, these tens of thousands of elite Hebei soldiers are the general's captives."
Cao Cao pondered for a while and patted Cheng Yu on the shoulder hard: "Very good, very good. Zhongde, I understand. Go and have a good sleep. Next, we have a tough battle to fight. Whether we can win a wife and a son depends on this time. Yuan Shao gave the credit to us. We can't even bend our waists. Do you think so? Hahaha..."
Cheng Yu nodded with a smile and hurriedly left.
Cao Cao immediately ordered the entire army to fight with all their might, seek justice for those who were hungry for Shen Pei, and to eliminate Yuan Shao, a traitor for His Majesty. Those who fight hard will be rewarded, and those who are afraid of fighting will be punished. He personally led the guard camp to the front to boost morale. Under his inspiration, whether it was the general who wanted to make meritorious contributions or the ordinary soldiers who hated Shen Pei, they all held their breath and wanted to fight to the death with Yuan Shao.
Taking advantage of this aura, Cao Cao recruited more than 30 dead soldiers and prepared to attack the floating bridge. Please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!!!
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