Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Cutting off Yuan's army's retreat is the most critical link in realizing the "ambush from all sides". Wei Yan is undoubtedly the most appropriate candidate under his command, and we can only hope that Wei Yan will not get into any trouble.

After Wei Yan received the order and withdrew temporarily, Li Ji picked up another order and his eyes fell on Huang Zhong.

"Huang Zhong, listen to the order..."

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At the same time, Li Ji began to set up "ambush from all sides" for Ji Ling and prepared to talk about the "Battle of Gaixia" again, leaving these 100,000 Yuan troops in the battlefield of Xuzhou.

Cao Cao, who was marching quickly all the way, also arrived outside Dongguan County where Cao Song was attacked and killed.

The reason Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou was to avenge his father. Now passing through Dongguan County again, Cao Cao did not forget to lead his army to the place where Cao Song was killed and held a grand memorial ceremony.

"Alas, how sad, how painful, there was a good father in the past..."

And when Cao Cao read out a eulogy, his words were so sad and sorrowful that everyone who heard it burst into tears, and the crying was endless.

At this moment, even though most of Cao Cao's civil and military officials had never even seen Cao Song, they all cried as if it was their own father being buried.

Or in other words, no one dares not to cry.

It was a grand memorial ceremony. Even Xun Yu kept thinking about the sad things in the first half of his life over and over again, constantly recalling Liu Bian's voice, appearance and smile to maintain his sad state.

Except for Xiahou Dun, who did not appear on the court due to injury (acting skills not too bad).

All the civil and military officials led by Cao Cao into Xuzhou were among them. Even Zhu Ling, an external general, stepped forward to pay his respects with a sad face.

Moreover, the eulogy written by Zhu Ling is even more tear-jerking. It not only summarizes Cao Song's life-long contributions to the Han Dynasty.

It also implicitly shows that Zhu Ling grew up listening to Cao Song's deeds, and was determined to become a good official like Cao Song who worked hard for the country and the people.

These words also added a bit of humor to the originally sad memorial ceremony, causing some people whose acting skills needed to be honed to turn around and wipe their tears, their shoulders twitching slightly.

Anyone who is familiar with Cao Song's deeds as an official knows that Cao Song was undoubtedly a corrupt official born out of the system of selling official positions and titles. He embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars and then retired from the government to enjoy his old age.

The only thing that makes people feel regretful is that Cao Song was greedy for money for half his life, but ended up dying because of money. It is really sad.

However, Cao Cao seemed to be moved by Zhu Ling. He personally helped Zhu Ling up and said.

"If my father's spirit in heaven could hear the eulogy written by General Zhu, it would be enough to comfort him. Cao would like to thank General Zhu on behalf of my father."

After saying this, Cao Cao bowed deeply to Zhu Ling, showing the image of a filial son and a virtuous grandson.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Ling hurried forward to stop Cao Cao in front of countless Cao's soldiers, covering his face and crying.

"Zhu Ling is unworthy of this. You are unworthy of this. Lord Cao must not do this."

Cao Cao was stunned at first, then asked.

"Why do you feel ashamed to receive this, General Zhu?"

After hearing this, Zhu Ling looked conflicted. He then left Cao Cao and paced back and forth, as if he was struggling with something important.

This sudden change also attracted the attention of a large number of Cao's soldiers, and they all looked in the direction of Cao Cao and Zhu Ling.

After a few breaths, Zhu Ling seemed to have made some important decision. He stopped and said.

"Alas! Lord Cao has treated me with great courtesy, and General Cao has made contributions to the country. Zhu Ling is a Han official, and his salary is not from one family or one surname. How can you do something that goes against morality and keep it secret?"

Cao Cao hurriedly asked loudly.

"General Zhu, what important matter do you want to tell Cao?"

"The important thing I want to tell Lord Cao is nothing more than the truth about the attack on General Cao." Zhu Ling responded loudly.

"what?!"

Cao Cao was startled at first, then asked angrily. "Please tell General Zhu that as a son, I will avenge my father until he dies!" "The one who harmed General Cao..."

Zhu Ling paused at first, under the gazes of countless people, and then spoke shamefully.

"It is Yuan Shao, the governor of Bingzhou, Yuan Benchu!"

When these words were spoken, countless people changed color in shock.

Cao Cao seemed to take three steps back uncontrollably, his body swaying constantly. After he managed to steady himself, he asked in disbelief.

"Nonsense, nonsense! Benchu ​​and I are as close as brothers, and my father is like his own father. Benchu ​​is too filial to show his respect to me, so how could he send someone to harm my father?"

Zhu Ling bowed in shame, as if he didn't dare to look Cao Cao in the eye again, and answered.

"Please accept my condolences, Lord Cao, but this is exactly the truth. In order to stop Uncle Liu from heading north to the Central Plains, Yuan Benchu ​​wanted to start a war between Lord Cao and Xuzhou, and then drag Uncle Liu into it."

Cao Cao seemed to be so shocked by the answer that he stood there for a long time without being able to come back to his senses. Then he suddenly shouted and said.

"So, isn't Xuzhou the murderer who killed my father? And the murders I committed to avenge my father have harmed innocent people?"

Zhu Ling, whose apparent identity was a general under Yuan Shao, still maintained the posture of bowing and did not answer.

But Zhu Ling's silence at this moment was undoubtedly equivalent to consent.

Even in this era, there is never a shortage of people who love conspiracy theories, and more people will subconsciously believe everything they see.

Cao Cao's identity and Zhu Ling's identity have already implicitly provided a conclusion to a certain answer.

"what!"

The next moment, Cao Cao drew his sword and shouted.

"I, Cao Mengde, was deceived by the scoundrel Yuan Shao. I feel so sorry for my father and even more sorry for the innocent people of Xuzhou!"

"I have no face to face the world again. Death is the only thing left for me!"

After saying this, Cao Cao made a gesture as if he was about to commit suicide by slashing his sword.

"You can't do that, Lord Cao!"

"Lord!!!"

Amid the panic, Zhu Ling, who was closest to Cao Cao, stopped Cao Cao in time, snatched the sword from Cao Cao's hand, and said.

"Cao Gong now has a great vengeance to take and a heavy responsibility for Qingzhou. Even if he was deceived by a villain and made a big mistake, how can he commit suicide because of the mistake? This is a cowardly act."

After hearing this, Cao Cao stopped insisting on committing suicide, and his sad and ashamed face turned into anger!
"The scoundrel Yuan Shao plotted to murder my father and tricked me into committing the crime of massacring the city. I, Cao Mengde, cannot coexist with him..."

After a pause, Cao Cao walked in front of the soldiers and spoke loudly.

"The enemy is in the north, not the south!"

"Send troops today to fight against Yuan!"

At this moment, many people in Cao's army believed that Yuan Shao was the real murderer of Cao Song.

Even though some counselors and generals felt that Cao's army had been fighting in Xuzhou for a long time and was beginning to show signs of fatigue, they did not dare to use this as an excuse to stop Cao Cao.

Only Xizhicai stepped forward and spoke in a low voice.

"My lord, our army's food and grass are insufficient for three months, and now the world's situation depends on Liu Bei and Yuan Shikai. My lord is already at odds with Liu Bei, and if we march again to fight Yuan Shikai, disaster will not be far away!"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, but raised his hand to stop Xi Zhicai from finishing his words, and spoke.

"If I can't avenge my father, what's the use of owning a vast territory? I have made up my mind, so don't say any more." (End of this chapter)