Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 238: Yecheng is boiling: Long live the Han Dynasty, long live our emperor
Even though Emperor Xian of Han's whip was almost smoking, how could a horse's running speed be as fast as the speed at which the city gate fell?
Before he could enter Xu County, the city gate fell heavily, and he was locked outside the city gate again. If he had not reined in the horse in time, the carriage would have almost crashed into it.

Seeing the tightly closed city gate in front of him, Emperor Xian of Han couldn't help it. He looked up at the city wall and shouted, "Sikong! Why don't you let me enter the city? Open the city gate quickly! I want to go back to the palace!"

"I finally managed to escape from the hostage-taking of the traitor Dong Cheng! You can't just ignore me!"

"Sikong, don't hide! I've already seen you!"

"Sikong, please say something!"

Emperor Xian of Han banged on the door and shouted, extremely anxious.

Everything he has is in Xu County!
As long as he returns to Xu County, he can restore the majesty of the emperor, no longer have to live this displaced life, and can also see Concubine Dong and Empress Fu whom he thinks about day and night!

On the city wall, Cao Cao was squatting under the parapet.

Seeing that the soldiers around him were all looking at him, his face turned black and he cursed Xu Chu and Emperor Xian of Han a hundred times in his heart.

One of them didn't stop him from coming to Xu County, and the other insisted on running back to Xu County. Both guys are idiots!
Taking a deep breath, Cao Cao said coldly: "This man is not the emperor. He just looks like the emperor. You don't have to pay attention to what he says."

"What happened today is not allowed to be spread outside. Anyone who disobeys this order will be executed!"

After saying this with a stern face, Cao Cao took Xu You away from the city wall and returned to Sikong Mansion.

After returning to the study, he could no longer hold back and flew into a rage, cursing, "Xu Chu is really useless! I asked him to escort the fake emperor out of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but he really just escorted him! Didn't he know how to secretly drive the fake emperor to Jingzhou!

Now the fake emperor has fled to Xu County! What on earth is in Xu Chu's head? Do I have to explain this to him clearly? "

At this time, Cao Cao was really annoyed, and he was even more upset that he should not have believed in Xu Chu's intelligence and should have explained everything to him.

It was not easy to get rid of this false emperor with the help of Dong Cheng's mutiny. If he is allowed to enter the city again, it will be extremely difficult to get rid of him.

And he will continue to bear the stigma of supporting a false emperor!
Xu You's eyes moved slightly, and he suggested: "In this case, Ah Man, you might as well go all out and kill him!"

"Absolutely not!"

Cao Cao did not even think about it and shook his head to refuse: "Killing this fake emperor will do me a hundred harms and no good, and so many people have seen it. If this matter gets out, what should I do if someone wants to make a fuss about it?"

"The false emperor cannot be killed, and he must not die on my territory!"

Didn't he want to kill Emperor Xian of Han to eliminate the trouble forever? But he didn't want to do something that would only bring harm but no benefit.

We can only think of other solutions.

……

East gate of Xu County.

Emperor Xian of Han stayed outside the city and knocked on the gate until his voice became hoarse and it got dark, but he still stubbornly refused to leave.

It is late autumn and the nights are very cold.

Emperor Xian of Han could not help shivering with cold even though he was hiding in the carriage. Although he was very sleepy, he still did not dare to sleep, for fear that the city gate would open as soon as he fell asleep.

He had made up his mind and had been waiting outside the city!
He just didn't believe that Cao Cao would watch him die here!
Just as Emperor Xian of Han was thinking this, he suddenly heard a heavy sound of a door opening. He was immediately delighted and hurried out of the carriage.

Then he saw a man walking out holding a torch.

It was Cao Cao!

Emperor Xian of Han was very surprised to see this. He quickly jumped off the carriage, rushed forward and said excitedly: "Sikong, you are finally willing to come out to see me! I knew you would not ignore me!"

"Are you here to welcome me into the city?"

After having experienced Dong Cheng, Lu Bu, and Cao Xing, he now feels extremely close to Cao Cao - this is the person who truly treats him well!

Looking at Emperor Xian of Han, who was emitting a sour smell and looked in a miserable state, Cao Cao's eyes turned cold and he shook off his hand expressionlessly.

Emperor Xian of Han was stunned and said awkwardly: "What does Sikong mean..."

Cao Cao's reaction made him feel something was wrong.

Why... so cold?
Hearing what Emperor Xian of Han said, Cao Cao said expressionlessly: "You and Dong Cheng teamed up to mutiny and kill me. I am being merciful by letting you go."

"I don't care whether you are a fake emperor or a real emperor, Xu County cannot tolerate you, and neither can Yanzhou or Yuzhou!"

"If you are willing to leave, I will give you enough food and money, and secretly send someone to escort you away; if you don't want to... then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Cao Cao put his hand on the sword at his waist.

There was murderous intent in his eyes.

After much thought, he felt that the most appropriate way was to come out and meet this fake emperor in person to stop him from entering the city. Otherwise, there was no telling how long this guy would stay outside the city.

If time goes on for a long time, he will not be able to hide it anymore, and the officials in the city will definitely know about it, which will then be troublesome.

"you you……"

Emperor Xian of Han was shocked by Cao Cao's words. He didn't expect that Cao Cao was not coming to welcome him into the city, but to force him to leave.

After realizing what was happening, Emperor Xian of Han cried and said, "Sikong, please listen to my explanation. It was really the traitor Dong Cheng who held me hostage and started the mutiny. It had nothing to do with me!"

"Sikong, please let me enter the city! From now on, I will obey you in everything. I will issue any imperial decree you want me to issue, and I will appoint anyone you want to be promoted to an official position!"

"Oh, right, General! How about I appoint Sikong as the General? The General will also be the Grand Marshal, and his title will be raised to the level of Duke!"

"In addition, the Nine Gifts, the Fake Yellow Axe, the Unnamed Praise, and the Three Officials of the Government!"

"If you want to be Yi Yin, I will let you be Yi Yin. If you want to be Huo Guang, I will let you be Huo Guang."

Emperor Xian of Han grabbed Cao Cao's sleeve and begged bitterly.

At this time, he offered all the rewards he could imagine, and even promised Cao Cao that he would be willing to make him a powerful official, hoping to impress Cao Cao and let him enter the city.

But every time he spoke, Cao Cao's expression became uglier.

If it were in the past, such a reward from the emperor would definitely make him so happy that he would not be able to sleep. Yi Yin, how touching it is.

But now he just found it harsh!
He has been rewarded so much by the false emperor, so he doesn't want to live anymore?

Not to mention how the emperor in Yecheng would react, this extremely presumptuous reward alone is enough to make the princes of the world boil!

"shut up!"

Cao Cao interrupted Emperor Xian of Han's pleas with a loud shout, angrily saying, "You dog-footed emperor! I have warned you again and again, do you really think I dare not kill you?"

As he said this, he pulled out a section of the sword.

Show off your edge!

Emperor Xian of Han was so frightened that he retreated again and again. Looking at Cao Cao in front of him with murderous intent, he knew that it was impossible for him to enter the city, so he could only turn around dejectedly and stagger towards the carriage.

But before he had taken two steps, he fell to the ground and cried loudly, "If you ask me to leave, where can I go?"

"Lü Bu wanted to kill me, the false emperor wanted to kill me, Yuan Shao wanted to kill me, and now you want to kill me too!"

"What on earth did I do wrong?"

Emperor Xian of Han cried very sadly. The imperial palace was in the city, and his ministers and concubines were all in the city, but he could not enter the city. This despair and helplessness made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Although he did not do anything wrong, he could never understand that as an emperor, especially an emperor in troubled times, incompetence is the biggest fault!

Cao Cao sighed, sheathed his sword, stepped forward and said patiently to Emperor Xian of Han: "Listen to me, Xu County is not a place for you to stay for long."

"You go west along the official road to Jingzhou to find Liu Biao. He is a relative of the Han Dynasty. Would he kill you? He will definitely respect you."

"When we get to Jingzhou, if you miss the concubines in Xu County, just send me an imperial decree and I promise to send them to you."

After Liu Biao became the fake emperor, he would use his reputation to do something, but Cao Cao could no longer control it. In any case, the one who would have the biggest reaction would definitely be the emperor of Yecheng.

His current main target is Yangzhou.

In the future, he could attack Jingzhou in the name of serving the king or Liu Biao pretending to be the emperor.

Emperor Xian of Han gradually stopped crying, his expression complicated, and he sighed and said, "I understand, Sikong, please take care of yourself. I... will miss you."

Cao Cao's eyes twitched when he heard that.

After returning to the city, he handed over the clothes and food that he had prepared in advance to Emperor Xian of Han, and then put him on the carriage.

Seeing Emperor Xian of Han driving his carriage alone towards Jingzhou, he heaved a sigh of relief. …

Youzhou, Yicheng.

Yuan Shao had already led his troops to withdraw from Ji County to this important border town. It was not that he did not want to continue retreating to Jizhou to support Yuan Tan, but that the casualties were too heavy.

On the way back from Yuyang County, the Black Mountain Army launched all kinds of ambushes and attacks on them like crazy, causing them heavy casualties and serious injuries.

Night attacks, fire attacks, flooding, fire horse charges... and so on. The Black Mountain Army used all kinds of offensive tactics and always launched attacks when they least expected it.

Now, out of the 30,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 have been lost.

The casualties on the Montenegrin army side reached tens of thousands!

But this still could not stop the frenzied attack of the Black Mountain Army. Just before they retreated to Yicheng with difficulty, they encountered a desperate attack from the Black Mountain Army, resulting in thousands of casualties.

At the moment, Yuan Shao is somewhat afraid to leave the city.

"This bunch of damned bandits! Are they all crazy? Or are the Yellow Turbans showing signs of revival? Do they all believe they are invulnerable? None of them are actually afraid of death!"

Yuan Shao was so angry that he kept cursing in the prefect's mansion.

He was really driven crazy by these Black Mountain bandits. His army did not suffer many casualties in the attack on Ji County, but instead suffered losses on the way of retreat!
And the loss was tens of thousands!

Facing Yuan Shao's anger, generals such as Yan Liang and Ju Yi all looked bitter. They had also suffered a lot from the Black Mountain Army during this period.

These thieves are really too crazy.

Tian Feng said with a heavy face: "The purpose of the Black Mountain Army is to delay us from rushing to Qingzhou to help! It must be that Lu Bu has colluded with the Black Mountain Army and promised them benefits, otherwise how could these bandits be willing to risk their lives like this."

The Montenegrin army had only harassed them before, but when they began to retreat, they launched a crazy attack. Their intention was too obvious.

Obviously, he didn't want them to evacuate from Youzhou easily.

Its purpose is self-evident.

Yuan Shao looked grim, slammed the table and stood up, shouting angrily: "Never mind! We will march again tomorrow! As long as we leave Youzhou, I don't believe these bandits will dare to chase us to Hejian!"

"If they dare to chase, it will be their death!"

The reason why they were defeated in Youzhou was, firstly, because the Black Mountain Army was good at sneak attacks and fighting with all their might, and secondly, because when the Black Mountain Army was unable to win, they would hide in the Taihang Mountains. Even if he had a large army, he could do nothing about that group of guys.

But now they have arrived in Yicheng and will soon enter Jizhou, which is his territory. He wants to see how rampant these bandits can continue to be!
If they dare to continue the attack, he will make sure that the Montenegrin Army will never return!
"Report——!"

At this moment, Lu Xiang hurried into the meeting hall of the prefectural governor's mansion and said to Yuan Shao: "General! General Jiang Qi is here!"

"Jiang Qi?"

Yuan Shao's expression changed slightly. Wasn't Jiang Qi sent by him to guard Qingzhou with Yuan Tan? Could something have happened?

"Bring it here quickly!"

"promise!"

Lu Xiang stepped back, and after a moment he entered the meeting hall with Jiang Qi. Everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Qi, and then they couldn't help but be shocked.

Because Jiang Qi's armor was covered with knife marks and his arms were wrapped in gauze, it was obvious that he had been through a brutal battle and was seriously injured.

Yuan Shao became increasingly uneasy and immediately asked, "Why did you come here alone? How is the battle in Qingzhou? Where is Xiansi?"

Jiang Qi looked heavy-hearted, and he knelt heavily before Yuan Shao, crying, "General, the eldest son led his troops to intercept the emperor, but unfortunately he was shot and killed!"

"Yuan Xi pretended to surrender, Wang Xiu rebelled, and the two of them teamed up to open the gates of Linzi, allowing Zhang Liao's army to enter the city!"

"Kong Rong quietly returned to Beihai and secretly recruited volunteers and local militiamen to start an army in Beihai."

"I was no match for Lu Bu's army and was forced to flee. Now Qingzhou has been completely destroyed!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Yuan Shao even took several steps back, shouting in grief: "Yuan Tan, my son——!"

He couldn't help but burst into tears.

Since the death of Yuan Shang, the rebellious Yuan Xi had been regarded as a dead man by him, and he placed all his hopes on Yuan Tan.

But now his most beloved eldest son is also dead!

Even Qingzhou was lost!
Yuan Shao's eyes were red as he roared, "Yuan Xi! You traitorous beast! I will chop you into pieces! I will use your head as a sacrifice to Xiansi and Xianfu!"

If we were to talk about who Yuan Shao hates the most and who he wants to kill the most, it would definitely be Yuan Xi. He wished he could eat this evil creature alive!
Yuan Xi killed Yuan Shang with his own hands, and now he is indirectly killing Yuan Tan.

Both of his sons died because of this evil beast!

Tian Feng sighed and said, "My lord, I told you not to rush to attack Ji County. If not, how could we be delayed in Youzhou by the Black Mountain Army, and how could we let Lu Bu and Zhang Liao attack Qingzhou without any support?"

"My lord, you shouldn't ignore my advice!"

Everything was caused by Ji County. If Yuan Shao had not been so eager for quick success and forcefully attacked Ji County, none of this would have happened.

"shut up!"

Yuan Shao was filled with grief and anger at this time. He drew his sword and placed it across Tian Feng's neck, saying sternly: "Attacking Ji County and occupying Youzhou is the general trend of the times! I am doing nothing wrong!"

"You have disrupted the morale of our army time and again. You deserve death!"

"Someone, come! Throw Tian Feng into jail!"

Yuan Shao could no longer tolerate Tian Feng. This guy spoke nonsense when he was in the most painful mood. He wished he could just kill Tian Feng!

Yan Liang, Ju Yi, and Lu Xiang were all shocked when they heard this, and they quickly pleaded for Tian Feng: "My lord, the military supervisor just spoke carelessly, please think twice!"

"Shut up, everyone!"

Yuan Shao was not willing to listen to any advice at this moment. He waved his hand and ordered the guards to drag Tian Feng away, with anger still on his face.

Tian Feng was dragged away by the guards, still shouting in despair: "My lord, the situation is hopeless, but you still refuse to listen to good advice. You will definitely regret it--!"

When Yuan Shao heard Tian Feng say "the game is over", his eyelids started twitching wildly.

Qingzhou fell, and the three counties of Jizhou fell.

He seemed to have really lost the advantage he had before against Yecheng, and the difficulty of returning to Yecheng had increased a lot.

……

at the same time.

Yecheng, Imperial Palace, Xuanshi.

After listening to the battle report from the front line, Liu Xie was filled with great ambition.

He looked at Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Yang Xiu, Sima Yi and others in the hall with a stern gaze: "My lords, it is time to recover Qingzhou and rebuild the Yanhan Kingdom. Our time has come!"

Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others were equally excited, with smiles on their faces.

By assisting the emperor in reviving the Han Dynasty, they will surely go down in history and leave a brilliant mark in the history books of China.

Yang Xiu was the first to kneel on the ground, shouting: "Your Majesty, may you live forever and enjoy eternal happiness. Long live the Han Dynasty, long live our emperor!"

Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Sima Yi and others also knelt on the ground excitedly, shouting: "Long live the Han Dynasty, long live our emperor!"

The sound even spread beyond the Xuanshi Hall.

Although the Yulin Guards who were responsible for guarding the imperial palace outside were unaware of the situation, they knelt on one knee and shouted towards the direction of Xuanshi under the leadership of Zhang He and Gao Lan.

For a moment, the entire palace was filled with shouts of "Long live the Han Dynasty, long live the Emperor!"

The noise was so loud that countless people in Yecheng became excited and shouted along.

Yecheng is boiling!

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(PS: Yuan Shao will be offline soon. How to squeeze out the last bit of his value? Do you have any suggestions?)
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