Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1084 Guo Jia's Legacy
After he finished speaking, Guan Yu frowned again and held his Qinglong sword horizontally: "Don't run, Cao thief, I am here."

Cheng Yu advised again: "My lord, please retreat quickly, otherwise after Guan Yu arrives, you and the other generals will be beheaded."

Cao Cao was very determined: "No, General Dian Wei and General Xu Chu must have successfully captured Luoyang and captured Liu He's family. We have turned defeat into victory. How can we withdraw our troops at this time?"

"Oh my Lord, you are so confused."

Cheng Yu was very anxious: "General Dian Wei clearly shouted just now that he wanted to kill General Xu Chu. Xu Chu died in the battle, and General Dian Wei's armor was torn and his body was covered with wounds. There was no one missing from the Pingshan Flying Army. How could we say that we were successful?"

Cao Cao seemed to be possessed: "Impossible... Impossible, they must have succeeded, they must have succeeded..."

Seeing his expression, Cheng Yu and others didn't know whether they should continue to persuade him.

At this time, groups of people suddenly appeared on the city gate ahead.

Originally, after Gao Shun led his troops into battle, there were basically no soldiers left inside the pass. However, these people now seemed to be fully equipped with armor and weapons, and were obviously soldiers.

As everyone was wondering, one of them stepped forward, came to the city wall, and raised his hand to hold up a human head.

"I am Qin Lie, a student from the fifth dormitory of the Imperial College in Luoyang, the Great Han Dynasty. I am following the Emperor's order and am joining my fellow disciples in fighting the rebels and killing the traitors. I am now hanging the head of the rebel leader Xu Chu at the city gate as a warning to others!"

After saying that, he used an iron hook rope to hook Xu Chu's head and hung it directly on the city wall. The iron hook rope was not someone else's, but Xu Chu's personal item. Before, he, Dian Wei and Pingshan Flying Army relied on this item to quickly climb the towering Luoyang city wall.

Dian Wei was furious and wanted to rush over immediately to untie his comrade's head and kill those enemies he hated so much. However, Da Meng was in a rage and his attack was so fierce that Dian Wei, who was already injured, had no time to take care of anything else.

The moment Cao Cao saw Xu Chu's head, he was stunned. After a moment, he suddenly burst into tears.

"Ah... it's over... everything is over... it's all over..."

Guan Yu was delighted: "Haha, big brother, your plan worked perfectly. Cao thief, what else do you have to say? Why don't you die quickly?"

The Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand flew up and down, and all the Cao army soldiers who stood in front of him, without exception, could not withstand a single blow and became their dead souls under the blade.

Seeing Guan Yu getting closer and closer to Cao Cao, Cao Hong and others became more and more anxious, but no matter how they tried to persuade him, Cao Cao seemed determined to die and had no intention of escaping.

At this time, Guo Jia came running frantically. He had always been weak, and after galloping for just two or three miles, he was already panting.

"Huh... My Lord... There is still hope... There is still hope..."

As soon as Cao Cao heard Guo Jia's voice, his cloudy and dim eyes immediately regained some luster.

"Feng Xiao has a plan to turn the tide?"

Cao Cao grabbed Guo Jia's shoulders, his face full of desire.

Guo Jia took a deep breath, allowing his complexion to recover a little, before speaking.

"Don't worry, my lord. Wenhe said he has thought of a way to deal with it, and he can ensure that the lord and the soldiers of the three armies are safe."

"Well, Wenhe really lived up to everyone's expectations."

Cao Cao was overjoyed, looked around, and asked, "Why didn't Wenhe come with you?"

Guo Jia said: "Mr. Jia said that his strategy cannot turn the defeat into victory. Therefore, the lord must retreat and break out first. After calming down, he can explain everything one by one on the way back."

Cao Cao's face darkened. "Retreat? Liu He and Liu Bei have made us suffer such a great humiliation. Yuan Rang, Miao Cai, and Zi He have all died in the battle. Now you want me to retreat?"

Guo Jia had anticipated Cao Cao's reaction, so he said calmly, "My lord, you should not take advantage of the bravery of a common man. Liu He was able to set up such a back-up plan with Liu Bei more than ten years ago, and arranged Tian Feng and Shen Pei to follow Liu Bei to Xuzhou to assist. This man is very scheming and has made far-sighted plans. Our army is doomed to fail. Even if Sun Wu is reborn, he will only be able to accept this defeat."

"You..." Cao Cao was a little angry and embarrassed.

Guo Jia, however, did not give Cao Cao a chance to refute and interrupted him directly: "However, victory and defeat are common in the military. My lord, you have great ambitions. How can you sink into depravity and fall into depravity because of a defeat?"

He changed the subject and continued, "The generals died in battle. With such a deep hatred, doesn't the lord want to take revenge?"

As soon as the hatred was mentioned, Cao Cao's face immediately showed hatred: "This hatred is irreconcilable, how can I forget it?"

"That's it." Guo Jia's tone was a little high, with a hint of disappointment in his work.

"Given the current situation of our army, if we continue to fight, I am afraid that before noon, all the soldiers, including you, will be killed. We will either die in front of Hulao Pass or become prisoners of Liu He. How can we avenge our grievances and revive our army?"

After a scolding, he saw that Cao Cao's expression had calmed down a little, and he was delighted and hurried to strike while the iron was hot.

"My lord is a hero of the time. How can you be defeated and lose your temper? Our army still has capital. If we can break through, we may have a chance to make a comeback in the future. After this battle, although the northern land will all belong to Liu He, the southern states can still make some progress. After our army withdraws to Jingzhou, we can appease the nobles and recuperate. With the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, we can resist the northern army for several years. During this period, we can recruit soldiers and make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones. There is always a day to avenge our humiliation."

After hearing what Guo Jia said, Cao Cao suddenly became energetic and full of fighting spirit.

"Well, the word 'filial piety' is like a revelation. Where is filial piety?"

"I am here!" Cao Ren cried for joy.

"I order you to quickly gather the army and break out to the south immediately."

"The last general takes command!"

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Guo Jia's hand, and praised: "I have Feng Xiao, so I don't have to worry about the affairs of the world."

Guo Jia said modestly: "My lord, you flatter me. I am just an insignificant person. After I break through the siege, I still need Mr. Jia Xu's advice. Otherwise, I will still be a useless person..."

Before he uttered the word "lao", Guo Jia's face suddenly changed. He stared behind Cao Cao as if he saw something horrible.

When Cao Cao saw his expression change drastically and was about to ask a question, Guo Jia suddenly grabbed him with both hands and pushed him hard to the side.

"My lord, get out of the way..."

Guo Jia, who had always been weak, somehow got such great strength that he pushed Cao Cao, who had been engaged in military campaigns for many years, far away.

"Fengxiao, you..." Cao Cao had just called out his name when he heard a sound of breaking through the air and his face immediately turned pale.

"Whoosh..."

A sharp arrow flew over and pierced Guo Jia's chest, causing a streak of blood to splatter.

Cao Cao's mind went blank, and then he suddenly jumped up, rushed forward and hugged the fallen Guo Jia, tears streaming down his face.

Cao Hong hurriedly brought 5,000 personal guards and surrounded Cao Cao and others, making it impossible for them to get in or out.

More than a hundred steps away, Ye Xiang twisted his mouth and put down the longbow in his hand, full of reluctance.

"What a pity, the opportunity to win the first victory in this battle was missed. It seems that my family is not so blessed."

He was quite open-minded. After a sigh, he picked up the Fire Dragon Spear and joined the battle.

Cao Cao cried bitterly and was extremely sad.

"Fengxiao, my Fengxiao...it hurts so much..."

Ye Xiang's arrow was extremely powerful, especially at such a close distance. The arrow penetrated his body and shot out from his back. Blood kept flowing from the two wounds in front and back. Guo Jia's face turned pale at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

"Feng Xiao...if you leave me, who will I, Cao Cao, turn to for advice in the future?"

Guo Jia's face was full of pain at first, but soon a hint of clarity flashed in his eyes. He used up his last bit of strength to tightly hold Cao Cao's hands.

"My Lord... I've thought of it, I've thought of it..."

Cao Cao was a little confused: "Don't say too much about filial piety, it is more important to rest well."

Guo Jia shook his head: "No... Ye Xiang's name as the Archery God is definitely not a rumor. I... ahem... I knew I was going to die, and just now I had a moment of clarity and thought through what Mr. Jia Xu said."

Cao Cao was startled: "Why?"

Guo Jia could not wait to say: "The current situation in the world, Liu Bei's Qingxu two states have also been occupied by Liu He, only Yizhou Liu Yan, Jiangdong Sun family, Jiaozhou Shi Xie, and our army Jingzhou, ahem..."

He spoke so fast that he couldn't catch his breath, so Cao Cao gently stroked his back to smooth his breathing.

"In this defeat, more than half of our troops were injured, most of our generals were killed, and the soldiers of Jingzhou were alienated. It was a dead end. If we want to change this situation by ourselves, there is really no good plan. When Mr. Wenhe talked to me about this before, he was quite hesitant. Now that I think about it, he must have no good idea. The so-called clever plan is just a strategy of enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens."

When Cao Cao heard this, he was a little depressed at first, but then he became determined.

"As long as I can avenge today's vengeance, no matter how humiliating it is, I will be happy with it."

Guo Jia was pleased when he heard this: "Good... My Lord... If my Lord has such aspirations, I will die without leaving any trace. I have calculated that Mr. Wenhe must be willing to give Jingzhou, which has long been alienated from his loyalty, to Sun Ce as a favor, in order to seek temporary shelter and save his life.

"Sun Jian of Jiangdong has just died, and Sun Ce and Liu He have an irreconcilable feud. Moreover, Sun Ce is young and full of vigor. He has obtained Jingzhou without any effort, so he must be complacent. Within two or three years, he will lead his army to the north. If you can... cough cough... if you can temporarily stay under his command and gain his trust, and then lead an army in the future to fight Liu He again, rebuild your prestige, and then wait for an opportunity to regain power, it is also... cough cough... it is unknown... cough cough cough..."

This strategy sounds simple, but it is horrifying, and it caused a huge uproar in the minds of Cao Cao and others.

But Cao Cao was a great hero after all, and he quickly calmed down.

"I just hate that Sun Ce is so stubborn and self-righteous that he may not trust me. What can I do?"

Guo Jia laughed bitterly, "Liu Yan of Yizhou is about to die. This time he ordered Zhang Ren to lead the army to the north and has entered Hanzhong. Now Yizhou is empty. After the lord retreats to Jingzhou, Sun Ce will surely come to the city soon. After the lord offers the city to him, he will take the initiative to volunteer to conquer Yizhou for the Sun family. Sun Ce will definitely send a general to lead the army, with the lord as his deputy, to lead our army's existing troops and attack Xichuan."

Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Well, this way, we can let the Sun family get the land of Yizhou, test the sincerity of the lord, and consume the troops of Yan and Yu under the lord. If we kill the lord rashly, we will only be branded as intolerant, and it will be difficult to win over the hearts of tens of thousands of our old soldiers. With Feng Xiao's method of achieving three goals in one go, Sun Ce will definitely act this way, with Cheng Pu and other veterans around him, as well as Zhou Yu and Lu Su as his think tanks."

Guo Jia continued, "After conquering Yizhou, my lord, immediately hand over your military power and return to Jiangdong alone. In this way, even if Sun Ce does not completely trust my lord, he will trust you 70% to 80%. My lord has been planning for the world for many years, and his strategies and insights are definitely not what Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others can match. However, if he can lie dormant for several years and act according to the situation, it is not impossible for him to regain power."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Great, great! When I hold Yi, Jing, and Yang, and then seize Jiaozhou, I may be able to compete with Liu He for the world with these four states."

Seeing that his lord had regained his fighting spirit, Guo Jia looked pleased. The anger he had been holding on to instantly dissipated, and he grabbed Cao Cao's hand and fell down with a bang.

"Feng Xiao wow..."

"System prompt: Before Guo Jia died, he activated his new skill 'Legacy Plan' - a plan left behind before his death. After using it, it increases the lord's intelligence by 5 points and reduces the intelligence of all enemies by 2 points."

"Guo Jia triggers the special skill 'Legacy Plan', which increases Cao Cao's intelligence by 5 points and reduces the intelligence of the host and all his civil and military officials by 2 points."

"Cao Cao's basic force is 94 points, and his special skill 'Villain' is triggered, which increases all attributes by 2 points. His current comprehensive intelligence is 101 points."

Cao Ren commanded the remaining 40,000 to 50,000 troops of Cao's army, and under the joint attack of the Han army and the Jingzhou troops who turned against them at the last minute of the battle, he fought and retreated, and broke through with difficulty.

When Ye Xiang shot an arrow at Cao Cao just now, it attracted Dian Wei's attention. While he was distracted, he was hit in the lower abdomen by Da Meng's knife.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Ye, who had just learned of Cheng Liang's death and was furious, rode over and smashed Dian Wei's head to pieces with a hammer.

Da Meng looked at Cheng Liang's beast king mount which had been dead for a long time, and then at the body of his childhood friend. His head began to swell. He threw away his machete, sat on the ground, and burst into tears.

Cui Jun felt a little bit sorry and wanted to step forward to comfort them, but Liu He stopped him.

"Ah..." Liu He shook his head: "Let him go. Da Meng has always been innocent and naive. He has encountered a sudden change today. If he doesn't cry hard, I'm afraid he will really become insane in the future."

As they were talking, Liu He suddenly fell down. Fortunately, he was an excellent martial artist. Before landing, he jumped two steps away and stood safely.

Looking closely, it was the Black King who finally couldn't hold on any longer, and his huge body fell to the ground with a loud bang.

Liu He held back the tears in his eyes: "Third brother... Black King... You are all gone... You have all left me..."

He turned his head and looked at Cao Cao blankly, muttering to himself: "Meng De, Meng De, although I won today and you lost, at this moment, I feel so much sympathy for you..."

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