Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 131
Originally unable to see anything clearly in the prison, Zhang Fei ordered his men to light the oil lamps on the wall.
What I saw was a dark mass of soldiers.

Wearing armor and holding a crossbow, when they saw Zhang Fei and others in the bright light, they immediately fired the crossbow.

"Uh-huh~" The elites beside Zhang Fei screamed several times, and three or four people had already been shot down.

Among them, the soldier who rushed to block Zhang Fei was the worst. His body was shot into a hedgehog.

Obviously the soldiers ambush inside also knew that Zhang Fei was the commander, and most of the crossbow arrows were fired at Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei luckily escaped with his life and saw the soldiers below reloading crossbows.

In desperation, he reached out and pulled out a crossbow arrow from the soldier in front of him, and threw it towards the oil lamp on the wall.

With a pop, the arrow hit the wick of the oil lamp accurately, extinguishing the lamp.

"There is an ambush, withdraw!"

Zhang Fei shouted low, ducked, avoided an incoming crossbow arrow, and retreated toward the door with the few surviving soldiers.

However, I heard a sharp shout from outside,
"Where did the thief come from? Let me catch him."

Immediately, a group of men and horses were seen rushing over from outside the prison, trying to block Zhang Fei and the others inside the prison.

With interceptors in front and crossbowmen behind, Zhang Fei was in a deadlock.

There was a clicking sound from the sky prison below, which was the sound of the crossbow being reloaded.

At this time, if Zhang Fei turned around to defend himself against the crossbow arrows behind him, he would surely be blocked by Cao soldiers outside the door.

But if they rush out of the door directly, the crossbow arrows behind them can kill them.

At the critical moment, a subordinate suddenly said,

"General, you lead the brothers and rush out. I am already injured and I will definitely not be able to rush out. I will block the crossbow arrows from behind."

"General, I'll stay here to block the arrows, you go quickly."

"I'm staying too!"

Those who spoke were three of the surviving soldiers, all of whom had been injured by arrows in the previous wave of sneak attacks.

At this critical moment, he resolutely chose to block the arrows behind him for everyone.

The three of them supported each other, pressed their bodies tightly together, and used their bodies to build a human wall behind Zhang Fei and others.

At this time, there were only five uninjured elites around Zhang Fei, and the shield formed by the three of them was enough to protect the backs of Zhang Fei and others.

Zhang Fei's eyes were about to burst, but he also knew the current situation. This arrangement might be the only hope of escape.
"Roar!!!" Zhang Fei roared, his whole body erupting with amazing momentum,

He jumped up and rushed to the door of the prison.
At this time, the sound of crossbow arrows was also heard from behind.

"Puff puff!" That was the sound of a crossbow arrow entering the body.

Zhang Fei didn't hear the groans of pain from his men, because the killing sounds that burst out of his mouth were like thunder and deafening.

"Kill!!!"

Zhang Fei came out of the prison, just like a tiger coming out of its cage, and turned towards the surrounding Cao soldiers to kill him.

The general of Cao's army who came to block the door had never seen such a fierce person before, and he was so frightened that he was stunned.
And it was this meal that slowed down his body's reaction speed.

The spear in Zhang Fei's hand was like a snake spitting out a message, and it stabbed General Cao in the chest.

"Uh-huh~" the guard general groaned, feeling as if his chest was hit by a heavy hammer. The sharp spear tip pierced his chest, and the horizontal spear blade at the back hit the bones, directly smashing General Cao's sternum. break.

In order to hide his identity, Zhang Fei covered his face with a black scarf, and his weapon was not his signature weapon Zhangba Snake Spear.

However, an ordinary spear is still a murderous weapon in the hands of the furious Zhang Fei.

After killing General Cao with one move, Zhang Fei was still angry. He whirled the spear in his hand and took several more lives, killing all the soldiers so that they did not dare to advance an inch.

Zhang Fei held a spear in one hand and pointed at the hundreds of Cao soldiers in front, and the sound of rustling footsteps could be heard behind him.

He knew that this was the crossbowman in the sky prison coming, and if he didn't leave now, he would have no chance.

"Grandpa is leaving now, let me see who dares to stop me."

With that said, he walked straight towards Cao Bing in front.

There happened to be an unbelieving Cao Bing who saw Zhang Fei was about to leave. He took a step forward and stabbed Zhang Fei with a spear.

Zhang Fei shouted at the Cao soldiers,
"Get out!" Debris from the roof of the Tianlao fell down.

"Rolling, rolling, rolling~~" The sound was so loud that it reverberated throughout the entire block in front of the Tianlao, causing waves of echoes.

But the Cao soldiers were stunned by the roar, watching Zhang Fei's spear sweep across.

Cao Bing was helpless and was hit in the waist by Zhang Fei's spear. He twisted his body and his whole body seemed to be folded up. He flew out in a strange shape and died.

"Who else!"

Zhang Fei's eyes on the black scarf glared, murderous intent overflowing, and the remaining Cao soldiers were so frightened that no one dared to move.

Putting the spear on his shoulder in an elegant manner, Zhang Fei led the remaining five elites and swaggered through the crowd and disappeared into the night.

The sky was getting slightly brighter, and Zhang Fei returned to the courtyard with a face full of reluctance.
"Damn it, Cao Cao actually set up an ambush in Tianlao, causing me to lose many brothers."

Xu Shu comforted him and said: "It's lucky that the three generals escaped from the prison smoothly. It seems that Cao Cao already knew that the emperor wanted to save Dong Cheng. The small prison actually arranged a triple defense. We underestimated him. ."

Liu Bei stepped forward and patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder.
"The soldiers have already told me how brave my third brother was yesterday. It seems that my martial arts skills have improved a lot. This is a happy event."

Zhang Fei was the most unworthy of Liu Bei's praise. After hearing this, most of his anger disappeared and he grinned and said,
"Hehe, that's right. Yesterday, the hundreds of Cao soldiers were so yelled by me, Lao Zhang, that they didn't dare to move. So I led my brothers out of the encirclement in a big way. Before I go to battle next time, I have to practice my voice. This One move is quite effective."

Liu Bei said quickly: "Okay, you and Yunchang must be tired last night, so go down and rest first."

After the two left, Liu Bei said to Xu Shu,

"After this battle, Cao Cao will definitely strengthen the defense of Tianlao. It is no longer advisable to forcefully break in. It seems that the only way is to follow Yuan Zhi's established strategy and let Cao Cao take the initiative to release people."

Xu Shu's expression changed, and he looked at Liu Bei and said, "My lord, are you willing to give away the imperial seal again?"

"If Yide and Yun Chang can successfully break into the heavenly prison, I am naturally unwilling to exchange it for the jade seal, but now there is no other way. Besides, the jade seal is in my hand and cannot generate any income at the moment, but if I can inherit it, The title of Prince Jing of Zhongshan is obviously more beneficial to me."

"If Cao Cao really wants to stand on his own behalf on behalf of the Han Dynasty after getting the imperial seal, then I will call on all the princes in the world to unite to fight against Cao Cao." A stern look flashed in Liu Bei's eyes, "If the emperor makes any mistakes, then the emperor's line will be destroyed There is no legitimate heir, and as the officially canonized Prince Jing of Zhongshan, I, Liu Bei, am capable of commanding all the heroes."

Liu Bei only dared to say these words to Xu Shu, because he knew that Xu Shu was not a stubborn royalist.

He knew it when Xu Shu helped him secretly get rid of the soldiers who found Yuxi.

Sure enough, Xu Shu narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded: "Xu Shu already knows what my lord wants. I will send someone to discuss this matter with Cao Cao in secret."

Moreover, Cao Cao knew that both Liu Bei and Liu Xuan had met the emperor, so he also stayed in Xudu to prevent any unexpected events.After the attack on Tianlao, Cao Cao became more convinced of his judgment.

The emperor summoned Liu Bei and Liu Xuan to the palace to confront Cao Cao.

"My lord, the people who attacked Tianlao yesterday have not yet been confirmed to be from which side. However, according to the soldiers who intercepted them, the people who came were extremely powerful and brave. I would like to see someone with such fighting power in Xuchang City. , I can count them on one hand." Cheng Yu reported to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao sneered, "Humph, who else could it be? Who else could there be? Apart from Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, there are only three people with such fighting power. Only Dian Wei and Xu Chu in our army can be Dian Wei and Xu Chu."

"No matter who they are, they are still from Liu Bei and Liu Xuan. Although I don't know why they want to save Dong Cheng, for me, Dong Cheng must not be lost, and I must not let Liu Bei and Liu Xuan have an easy time. Don't think that Two royal relatives can turn things around."

"I just want them to kill Dong Cheng in front of Liu Xie after all their mechanisms are exhausted and they are still unable to do anything. Let's see if he dares to be dishonest in the future."

Cheng Yu also smiled and said: "Fortunately, we planned ahead and deployed multiple layers of defense. Otherwise, with the eliteness of those people yesterday, it would have been possible to break through the prison and rescue Dong Cheng."

"Send the order, Tianlao will strengthen its defense."

Cao Cao ordered decisively.

At this time, a guard came in to deliver the message:

"My lord, there is a man coming from outside, claiming to be Liu Bei's secret envoy. He has important matters to discuss with my lord."

"Liu Bei?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, "It seems that yesterday's strong attack failed, and today he has changed his methods. Let's pass it in and see what methods he has."

The visitor was taken into the hall and said to Cao Cao: "See Mr. Cao."

"You said you were Liu Bei's secret envoy. Why?"

"My lord Liu Xuande met the emperor the day before yesterday. Seeing that the emperor looked worried, he asked about it. He found out that the emperor was imprisoned by Duke Cao because his uncle Dong Cheng was innocent and was imprisoned in the heavenly prison. My lord wanted to relieve the emperor's worries and specially ordered to come down to see Cao Cao. Sir, please ask Mr. Cao to release Uncle Dong Guo."

"Presumptuous!" Cao Cao shouted angrily, "Dong Cheng secretly passed on the imperial edict without the permission of the Three Lords. He should be executed according to the law. Why should Liu Bei let me let him go?"

"Come here, take this person out for me."

"Mr. Cao, calm down," the secret envoy said hurriedly, "My lord knows that he asked Gong Cao to release the man for nothing, and Gong Cao will definitely not allow it. Therefore, I ordered you to send a message. If you give me treasures as a gift, can you exchange for Uncle Dong Guo's release from prison?"

"Haha, it depends on what treasure Liu Bei can come up with."

The secret envoy took two steps forward and whispered to Cao Cao: "Pass the jade seal of the country."

"How about it? Is this treasure enough to exchange for Uncle Dong Guo?"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed when he heard this, "You mean, Liu Bei has the imperial seal in his hand?"

The secret envoy shook his head and said, "The jade seal is not in my lord's hands, but he knows where it is. If Duke Cao agrees, my lord will try to get it and present it to Duke Cao."

Cao Cao's mind turned. Although the secret envoy did not admit that the imperial seal was in Liu Bei's hands, Cao Cao could conclude that Liu Bei must have hidden this treasure, otherwise there would be no need to bring it out to complain.

You know, privately concealing a national jade seal is a definite death penalty.

Although that is only for ordinary people, princes like Yuan Shu are not afraid, and even want to establish a dynasty and proclaim themselves emperor just by passing on the jade seal.

Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu next to him, and saw that Cheng Yu was also inexplicably excited and nodded towards Cao Cao, hinting,

However, Cao Cao did not agree immediately.

After thinking for a long time, he still said decisively: "What use is this jade seal to me? Although the emperor is in my hands, I, Cao Cao, only want to support the Han Dynasty, and I am not Yuan Shu. I want to stand on my own behalf for the Han Dynasty."

"Liu Bei, on the other hand, keeps the imperial seal secretly but does not turn it over to the emperor. I don't know what he wants?"

The secret envoy did not expect that Cao Cao not only did not agree to the exchange, but instead pointed the finger at Liu Bei. He concealed it in a panic and said: "Mr. Cao is serious. I have said that my lord only knows where the jade seal is and has not hidden it secretly. Since Mr. Cao doesn't If you are willing to exchange, then I will take my leave."

After that, he hurriedly bowed and left.

After the emissary left, Cheng Yu asked in a low voice: "What does my lord mean by this action?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to take the Jade Seal of the State. Many of my advisers and generals are loyal to the Han Dynasty, such as Xun Wenruo, Liu Ziyang and others. If I take the Jade Seal of the State now, it will mean that I can stand on my own behalf for the Han Dynasty." , they will definitely leave me, or even directly turn against me."

"A common man is not guilty of carrying a jade. Liu Bei wants to use a jade seal to seduce me into becoming that common man. How can I let him do so?"

"Send an order to secretly monitor Liu Bei's movements. If possible, send troops to search his house and steal the imperial seal secretly."

Liu Bei failed to break into the prison, and Liu Xuan naturally got the news.

"Only Liu Bei could think of breaking into the Heavenly Prison on Cao Cao's territory."

Liu Xuan sat on the couch, letting Zhao Liniang rub his shoulders while listening to the report from the bodyguard.

Zhao Liniang smiled softly, "It may as well be that Liu Bei tested it for us. Didn't General Lu also say yesterday that he would just force his way into the prison?"

"It's obvious that the Tianlao is a trap. We don't take that risk."

"Then what are your plans, my lord?" Zhao Liniang gently squeezed Liu Xuan's shoulders and asked curiously.

Liu Xuan smiled mysteriously and did not answer, but said to the bodyguard behind him: "Have you found the information I asked you to check?"

The guard replied: "Back to my lord, the information has been found. Most of Cao Cao's relatives stayed in Pei State. Xuchang only brought his favorite concubine and his youngest son who was less than six years old. It is said that it was because Cao Cao loved his youngest son very much and wanted to keep him with him. teach."

"Haha, as expected," Liu Xuan secretly rejoiced, "Cao Cao really dotes on this young son, Cao Chong."

"Cao Cao doesn't respect martial ethics, so we can only take the wrong approach."

. . .

Xuchang City, the residence of Cao Cao.

In a building next to the mansion, Liu Xuan leaned in front of the window and observed Cao Cao's mansion for a long time.

This building is across a street from Cao Cao's mansion, which is two miles away. No matter how tightly Cao Cao protects his mansion, he never thought that anyone could clearly see the situation in the mansion from a thousand meters away.

Liu Xuan has been observing with his keen eagle eyes for three days.

Cao Cao's youngest son, Cao Chong, accompanied by his master, would go to the back garden to read articles every morning.

The back garden wall of Cao Cao's residence was five meters high, and the courtyard was deep and guarded by only two guards. At this time, Liu Xuan, in disguise, had already climbed over the wall with the Ruyi Dragon Spear and hid behind a big tree.

According to the usual practice, the two guards will leave the back garden after a quarter of an hour to attend the noon, and will return immediately after the noon to guard the back garden, with only a few minutes in between.

But for Liu Xuan, it was enough.

After the guards left, there was only one master in the garden looking at Cao Chong.

Liu Xuan calculated the time, took out the invisibility potion from the space, and sprayed it on his body.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Xuan behind the tree had disappeared.

(End of this chapter)