Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Downstream of the Wei River, a fleet is sailing upstream.

On the bow deck, Guo Jia and Xiahou Dun were standing side by side, both with frowns on their faces.

Guo Jia stared at the south bank, searching continuously, while Xiahou Dun looked at the outline of Chang'an City gradually disappearing in the east.

"We spent so much manpower and resources to build Chang'an City, but we didn't expect that it would be easily conquered by the big-eared thieves because of a few traitors."

"God is blind and does not bless our Great Qin..."

Xiahou Dun sighed with emotion, secretly clenched his fists, and a deep resentment and unwillingness burned between his brows.

"Quick, General, quickly order the fleet to the south bank. The emperor must be in danger!"

Guo Jia's voice suddenly sounded beside him.

Xiahou Dun was shocked and looked in the direction he pointed. As expected, he saw tens of thousands of soldiers crowded on the south bank. Their flags and armor were all those of the Qin army.

Cao Cao’s imperial flag was also among them.

Xiahou Dun's face suddenly changed, and he looked at Guo Jia in shock:
"Fengxiao, just as you expected, the emperor was intercepted by the big-eared thief west of Chang'an!"

When the east gate was lost and Chang'an was captured, Xu Huang originally intended to retreat from the west gate and chase after Cao Cao's main force.

However, Guo Jia insisted on leaving the city from the north gate, joining Xiahou Dun's North Camp Army, and retreating westward along the Wei River.

After the two armies joined together, there were nearly 40,000 people, but there were not enough boats and rafts at the ferry to transport so many people to retreat westward by water.

At Guo Jia's suggestion, Xiahou Dun and Xu Huang transported most of their troops to the north bank of the Wei River by boat and retreated westward along the north bank.

Guo Jia insisted that Xiahou Dun take all the boats and rafts, go west by water, and search for Cao Cao near the south bank.

He firmly believed that Xiao Fang must have expected Cao Cao to abandon the city and retreat westward, and would certainly offer advice to Liu Bei, so he sent a large force, mainly cavalry, to intercept him west of Chang'an in advance.

If Cao Cao is intercepted, all hope for the Qin State will be over!
It was with this in mind that Guo Jia urged Xiahou Dun to lead a fleet to search along the south bank so that at the critical moment, they could pick up Cao Cao and cross to the north bank.

At present, on the south bank, there were indeed Cao Cao and tens of thousands of soldiers crowded on the shore. They were obviously surrounded and blocked by the Han army. They had no way to go and were driven to the bank of the Wei River to seek help.

"General Yuan Rang, quickly order the ship to dock and pick up His Majesty!"

Guo Jia didn't care about much and urged urgently.

Previously, because of Pang De's incident, a great disaster had occurred, resulting in the fall of Chang'an, and he felt extremely guilty.

If anything happens to Cao Cao because of this, how can he still live in this world with dignity?
At this time, Guo Jia had only one thought:
He had to rescue Cao Cao at all costs. If Cao Cao was unfortunately killed by the Han army, he would have no face to live in the world and would have no choice but to commit suicide and apologize to Cao Cao on the way to Huangshanquan.

"Order all ships to dock immediately to meet His Majesty, quickly—"

Xiahou Dun was reminded and shouted loudly in excitement.

Upon receiving the order, each ship hurriedly turned around and headed towards the Qin army on the south bank.

South Bank line.

Cao Cao was still crying out to the sky, Qin's advisers and generals were sad and panic-stricken, and the soldiers were even more terrified and at a loss.

Only Zhang Song frowned, and glared at Cao Cao with a cold gaze.

Take Cao Cao hostage and surrender to Han!
The thought that had just been suppressed started to grow wildly in my mind again.

After all, this is not the first time he has betrayed his master for personal gain.

Since I can sell out Liu Zhang once, why can't I sell out you, Cao Cao, once?
It's not shameful to make a living.

"Your Majesty, the ship is the general's ship!"

Amidst the chaos, Dian Wei's loud shout was heard.

While riding his horse towards Cao Cao, he pointed his halberd in the direction of the lower reaches of the Wei River and shouted with excitement and surprise.

When Cao Cao saw Dian Wei coming to meet him, he was pleasantly surprised. He followed his direction and saw more than a hundred boats and rafts coming from downstream and approaching the south bank. He was overjoyed.

"It's Yuan Rang, it's Yuan Rang who came to save us!"

"There is always a way out. Heaven will not destroy our Great Qin. Heaven will not destroy Cao Cao. Hahahaha——"

Cao Cao pointed his whip at the fleet downstream and laughed like a madman.

Seeing that there was a way out, Zhang Song immediately gave up the idea of ​​betraying Cao Cao, and the coldness in his eyes turned into hope. Along the river, the Qin soldiers cheered as if they had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Soon, the fleet docked and the Qin army rushed to board the ships.

The Qin soldiers were like frightened birds. Without waiting for the boat to reach the shore, they waded into the water and crowded onto the raft.

The scene was in chaos and Cao Cao was blocked on the shore, unable to board the ship.

"General Dian, what are you waiting for? Open a way for His Majesty to board the ship!"

In desperation, Zhang Song shouted at Dian Wei.

Dian Wei was stunned at first, but then he understood. He took the bloody halberd in his hand and started slashing at the soldiers blocking his way.

"Puff puff!"

Large numbers of Qin soldiers were chopped down by his double halberds and fell into a pool of blood.

Cao Cao had no time to be surprised. Surrounded by Zhang Song and others, he followed Dian Wei, stepped on the corpses of his soldiers, and rushed towards the flagship where Xiahou Dun was.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Xiahou Dun reached out his hand, pulled hard, and finally pulled Cao Cao onto the warship.

"Yuan Rang, I almost can't see you!"

Cao Cao hugged Xiahou Dun tightly, feeling grateful, with tears rolling down his eyes.

"Your Majesty, it was Feng Xiao who reminded me that Your Majesty might be intercepted by Liu Bei west of Chang'an, and urged me to lead the fleet to rescue you."

Xiahou Dun did not forget to mention Guo Jia's contributions.

Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia, but his eyes were extremely complicated, and he did not praise Guo Jia as usual.

It was Guo Jia's miscalculation that caused him to lose Chang'an, and now it was Guo Jia's decisiveness that allowed him to luckily save his life.

All we can say is that the merits and demerits offset each other.

"Your Majesty, the loss of Chang'an is entirely due to my lack of insight. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

However, Guo Jia did not dare to take credit for the achievement. Instead, he knelt on the ground with a look of shame and pleaded guilty.

Cao Cao did not blame him, but waved his hand helplessly:

"Forget it, get up. It has come to this. What's the point of me punishing you?"

Although Cao Cao did not punish him for what he said, Guo Jia could not help but hear the disappointment in his tone, and he felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Just as he was about to blame himself again, the Qin soldiers who were landing screamed loudly and fell into chaos again.

Cao Cao looked up and saw that the Han army on the shore was chasing him from three sides.

The Han cavalry led by Ma Chao had already charged into the Qin army from the rear, driving tens of thousands of Qin soldiers to rush towards the fleet regardless of everything.

"Set sail, set sail immediately!"

Zhang Song reacted quickly and was the first to shout loudly.

Cao Cao was shocked.

There are still at least 10,000 soldiers on the shore who have not boarded the ship. If we set sail now, wouldn't we be abandoning all these soldiers?

As the Son of Heaven, abandoning his own soldiers at the critical moment of life and death, wouldn't that chill the people's hearts?

But if I don't sail, and Ma Chao comes to kill me on board, won't I still be dead?
Cao Cao was conflicted and did not express his opinion.

Not expressing an opinion means tacit approval.

Xiahou Dun immediately issued an order, and the boats and rafts hurriedly left the shore without waiting for the remaining Qin troops to board.

The Qin soldiers on the shore, seeing that their emperor was about to abandon them, were all terrified and desperate, and clung to the edge of the boat tightly.

Cao Cao's flagship was being held firmly to the shore by hundreds of Qin soldiers, unable to sail away! (End of this chapter)