The fire has been extinguished...

I don’t know if God really couldn’t stand the burnt smell after being burned, and it rained at dawn.

It was already noon when Cao Cao's men arrived in Aocang.

At this time, Ao Cang was emitting blue smoke, and there were corpses burned like black charcoal everywhere.

Walking in the ruins with all the generals, Cao Cao would occasionally trip over the corpse under his feet. On several occasions, he almost sat on the ground.

Her cheeks twitched slightly, and she murmured softly: "So cruel..."

With Cao Cao set out together, there were several princes including Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou.

Kong Rong whispered: "Sun Wentai, this time is probably over!"

In fact, without saying it, everyone could see the clues. But even everyone knew that when they said it from Kong Rong, they still couldn't help but fight a chill. If we count it, if the Northern Army was added, how long would it take to defeat the three princes. In addition, there were all the princes who had lost the ability to continue fighting.

It’s all right for the Hanoi Army and the Shanyang Army.

But the white horse is Yicheng, but the Changsha army is one of the most powerful troops among the twenty-two princes.

Not long ago, I had a drink and chat with these princes. But in the blink of an eye, people and ghosts were different, so why don’t people feel desolate in my heart?

Nowadays, the morale of the Central Army is not very high.

After coming all the way from Huai River, countless ambushes were encountered. Although they did not cause much casualties, they were a huge blow to the morale of the army.

Fortunately, a heavy rain forced the coalition forces to stop halfway through.

It was also this heavy rain that forced the subsequent ambush along the way to be withdrawn. Cao Cao had seen the ambush, which was really extremely vicious.

Don’t forget that Dong Qi was a forest ranger in his previous life.

Setting traps and playing tricks in the mountains and forests was his strength. Just saying a few of the traps he knew was enough to be unpredictable. When Dong Qi told Jia Xu how to make these traps, Jia Xu couldn't help but suck in the air.

Fortunately, this heavy rain!

Kong Rong's words had a significant impact on the princes who were already feeling a little depressed.

Cao Cao glared at Kong Rong fiercely: Why do you speak regardless of the occasion? Even if you know that Sun Jian is over, you can't say it in this situation. This is great. Before Xingyang has arrived, the princes' fighting spirit has been depressed.

Others can be depressed, but Cao Cao cannot be depressed.

After trying hard to calm down, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Don't worry, Wentai is brave and fierce, and is a tiger in Jiangdong. Although he has suffered a defeat, he must not have any worries about his life. Now, we should think about how to avenge Wentai. If you are so depressed, you will definitely be ridiculed. Now, for the plan, you should march quickly and capture Xingyang as soon as possible."

If you can be a prince in a country, your mind and ambition will naturally be much better than that of ordinary people.

Although I was lost for a moment just now, after Cao Cao finished speaking, he immediately stabilized and returned to normal.

Cao Cao led the princes away, but Xi Zhicai and Yi Ji remained in the ruins.

It has to be said that Cao Cao was very concerned about Xi Zhicai and the others. Although he left with the princes, he left a guard Hu Cheer to protect the two. Ao Cang was surrounded by Cao Cao's men, so naturally it would not be dangerous. But this affection moved the two.

Xi Zhicai squatted down, grabbed a handful of scorched ash from the ruins, rubbed his fingers twice, and suddenly laughed.

Yiji said: "What did you see?"

"What a clever series of plans..."

Xi Zhicai stood up and said to Yiji: "Bo Ji, look at the ashes carefully, is there any difference?"

Yiji frowned and looked at it for a while, "I can't see anything."

"This is not the same ashes. If you look closely, although there are grains of wheat ears that have not yet been burned, the others..."

Xi Zhicai stood up and looked at the sky.

Then he said: "It's going to be cold. If hundreds of thousands of troops cannot make any progress before the heavy snow, they will face the dilemma of shortage of food and grass. Yecheng has a lot of grain, but the journey through Hanoi is long. If there is another snow, the road will be difficult to travel... Although Yanjin has food and grass, it still has to rely on collecting more than 100,000 troops from other places, which is probably difficult."

Yi Ji suddenly realized, "You mean that Dong Zhe deliberately created an illusion, making us think that Luoyang had shortage of food and grass?"

"That's true. If this person has the intention of taking advantage of the situation, he will not give up easily. The princes thought that Luoyang was short of food and would attack the pass. At that time, he would be trapped in various places. Once there was a problem with the food and grass, hundreds of thousands of troops... I had a vague premonition that Dong Zhe was afraid that there would be a later move, and we might really lose our plan this time."

"Then please withdraw your troops?"

Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and said, "How to withdraw troops at this time? Not to mention whether the princes are willing, I am afraid that the lord will be unable to get rid of the tiger. In this battle in Xingyang, we must fight. And to exert the lord's momentum, we have no other way out."

These sinister words made Yi Ji smell a strong smell of blood.

That's right, if this battle continues, I don't know how many people will die...

At noon, Sun Ce and Cheng Pu came to the camp, cried about their experience last night, and asked Cao Cao to find the traces of Sun Jian and others.

Cao Cao loved Sun Ce quite a bit. This young man looked handsome and deserved to be Sun Jian's son.

He said kindly and comforted: "Don't worry, although I have known Wentai for a long time, I have already had a great relationship with you. I have ordered people to search everywhere. I believe that Wentai is auspicious, human and heavenly, and it will definitely turn bad luck into good luck. Don't be too sad, just wait patiently."

As he was talking, a visitor came in to report.

"A few heads were hung at the head of Xingyang City... Among them were the heads of the brothers Sun Taishou, and the weapons of General Zu Mao and others."

When Sun Ce heard this, he fainted.

Cheng Pu hurriedly hugged him, pinched the man and stroked his chest, and finally let Sun Ce recover.

"I and Dong Zhe are swearing to be in harmony!"

After saying that, Sun Ce burst into tears.

Seeing this, Cao Cao and others couldn't help feeling sad.

After a lot of comfort, Cao Cao originally wanted to let Sun Ce serve under his command, but Sun Ce shook his head and refused.

His handsome face was filled with a layer of sinister spirit.

"My nephew is in a daze and should not stay here. I plan to go home to report to my mother. If the general can rob my father's body, please send it to Wujun."

"General Cheng..."

Cheng Pu said seriously: "I met Wentai in the short term, so I should take good care of his family. I accompanied my son to Wujun... Darong, the family members of Gongshu also need to be comforted. Please ask Cao Gong to protect himself with me along the way."

This request was not excessive, so Cao Cao naturally would not refuse.

He gave Sun Ce five hundred soldiers and reluctantly sent the two out of the gate.

"Don't worry, my nephew, Cao will do his best to ask for the body of the Lord. If my nephew is in danger in the future, I might as well come to me."

A glimmer of gratitude flashed in Sun Ce's eyes, and he bowed, "Uncle, my uncle, remember it in my heart."

The journey with Cheng Pu is gradually drifting away.

Cao Cao suddenly said to Xu Chu who was following him: "Zhongkang, this son will become a great man in the future."

Maybe...

But at least for now, Sun Ce is just a little unknown person.

*******

Dong Qi sat upright in the Xingyang Prefecture Office, holding a carved feathered arrow in his hand, and looked carefully.

There are two words engraved on the arrow shaft: Hao Zhao.

This is an arrow found on Sun Jing's body. Obviously, Sun Jing died under this sharp arrow.

Hao Zhao seems to be a very unfamiliar name, but at the same time he also feels familiar. Should it appear in the Romance?

If so, he should be a good person.

He habitually stretched out his hand, buried his hand in the long hair of the snow ghost beside him, gently stroked it, and felt the body temperature of the snow ghost.

This is also a problem that Dong Qi has developed over the past six months. He always likes to carry two snow ghosts around him.

The snow ghost made a very comfortable sound of a low sob, but it sounded in his ears, which made people feel very scary.

He raised his head and Dong Qi looked at Wang Rong.

"This Hao Zhao..."

"Lord, you have found it and are waiting for instructions outside the door."

"Let him in!"

Dong Qi gave an order. After a while, Wang Rong led a young man into the hall.

The boy looked not big, only thirteen or fourteen years old. He was about seven feet tall, and his bee-waisted and ape-armed arms described as Guoyi.

Although he is not old, his cheeks are clearly angular and he has a strong aura.

When he walked in, the boy looked a little scared of Dong Qi. After taking a deep breath, he stepped forward and knelt down: "Hao Zhao kowtows to the Marquis of Zhuang."

"Your name is Hao Zhao?"

“That’s right!”

"Where are people?"

"The villain is from Jiuyuan, Bingzhou..."

Dong Qi was stunned and thought to himself: I am a member of the righteous man in Huangzhong, how could there be a Bingzhou person?

"Jiuyuan, isn't that the hometown of Marquis Wen?" Dong Qi smiled and said, "Jiuyuan has indeed produced heroes. Marquis Wen first, and now there are little heroes."

Hao Zhao's face turned red all of a sudden.
To be continued...