I am an anchor in the Three Kingdoms

The three armies stopped, and the flags in the army rustled in the wind, just like the tranquility before the war.

"Dianman, lead the army to the other three city gates." Cao Xiong ordered Dianman next to him.

Dianman took several thousand soldiers and went around the city.

Cao Xiong looked at Zhuge Liang sitting alone on the tower, with a calm demeanor and an elegant face, exactly as described in the history books.

However, the feeling of being in the field is different from reading a book.Cao Xiong had already experienced actual combat, big and small, and seeing Zhuge Liang's empty city plan outside Jiangyang City at this moment was a great challenge to his inner courage.

Chapter 1481 Cao Xiong Withdraws His Army

Cao Xiong listened to the sound of the piano and watched Zhuge Liang playing the piano, as if there were tens of thousands of soldiers ambushing in the city, which made him afraid.

After a while, Dianman came back.

"My lord, the gates of Jiangyang City are all wide open, and no one is guarding them. There are only a few ordinary people sweeping the gates, nothing unusual." Dianman said with certainty.

Cao Xiong: What do you think of the current situation?

Xiang Yu: If I were to take three thousand soldiers, I would rush in and tie Zhuge Liang down.

Liu Bang: Impulse is the devil!It is obvious that there is an ambush in the city!

Genghis Khan: Just besiege and not attack. When they run out of food and grass, let Zhuge Liang drink the northwest wind every day on the tower.

Zhu Youxiao: Zhuge Liang played the piano well, but those sweepers at the gate of the city didn't sweep very well.

Yang Guang: Please stop your sweeping action.

Li Shimin: Tsk, I could tell at a glance that this Zhuge monster must be playing an empty game.

Cao Xiong: It makes sense, and I also think this is obviously an empty city strategy.

At this time, Dianman behind him came forward again, "My lord, you just received an urgent order from Prime Minister Cao, would you like to take a look?"

"You have to see it." Cao Xiong took the military newspaper in Dianman's hand, and the expression on his face was first startled, then angry, and then he suddenly laughed.

"My lord, what did Prime Minister Cao say?" The generals around were at a loss seeing Cao Xiong's smile.

"Look for yourselves." Cao Xiong passed the military order in his hand to everyone to read, and everyone looked at the instructions on the letter, and their hearts became mixed.

It turned out that Cao Cao sent a military order from Xuchang thousands of miles away, saying that Cao Xiong's expedition was fruitful, he captured the city and made great achievements, but at the same time, Cao's army has been fighting for a long time, and the army is exhausted. It is inevitable that the army will be tired of fighting. It is possible to consider returning to the court up.

Although this military order said that Cao Xiong would consider returning to the court, in fact, what Cao Cao said in his heart should be to tell Cao Xiong not to continue fighting, and he can withdraw his troops now.

Cao Jun's current offensive can be described as smooth. Once Hanzhong is broken, Cao Jun has a great springboard for Xishu and a place to rectify its armaments.Now that Cao Jun is going south to Padang, Brazil, it can be said that the momentum is like a broken bamboo. Although Zhuge Liang stole Jiangyang, this setback is still within the acceptable range of Cao Xiong.

At this moment, the class teacher must have reasons other than exhaustion.

Cao Xiong is so smart, Cao Xiong just thought about it briefly, and guessed that Cao Pi must be in the way. I don't know what kind of trick he used.Cao Pi was afraid of making too much credit for himself, so he made a stumbling block for himself with Cao Cao, especially now that Cao Pi has a counselor called Xun Yu by his side, I'm afraid it's hard for Cao Cao to believe it or not.

Xun Yu can be regarded as Cao Cao's most trusted adviser. Whether in terms of strategy or mind reading, although Xun Yu and Cao Cao have a master-slave relationship, they also have a teacher-friend relationship.

Facing Jiangyang County this time, I am afraid that he can only be the same as Sima Yi back then. The three armies stood upright, and Hengdao immediately stood outside the city to take a look.

Cao Xiong got off his horse and swaggered towards the gate of Jiangyang City.

"My son!" Dianman and Huang Zhong are about to come to protect Cao Xiong Zhouquan.

Cao Xiong turned around and said to several loyal generals, "You don't have to worry, there is no one in Zhuge Liang's city, this is deceiving me. I'll go up and say hello to Zhuge Liang, and then come down."

"Go back! This is an order!" Cao Xiong said to the people behind him, and strode towards Jiangyang City without looking back.

Chapter 1482

Cao Xiong really wanted to see what Zhuge Liang looked like up close, and today was a godsend opportunity.

Zhuge Liang has been sung for thousands of years and admired by countless people. Some people say that Zhuge Liang is a demon.

Whether it is a human, a god or a ghost, you can tell by seeing it with your own eyes.

After Cao Xiong entered Jiangyang City, he climbed up the city tower and came straight to the head of Jiangyang City, beside Zhuge Liang.

Hearing Cao Xiong come up, Zhuge Liang frowned first, and then talked about the piano to himself.After Cao Xiong came to the side of the two children, Zhuge Liang's face had returned to the graceful and composed demeanor just now.

Zhuge Liang was calm on the surface, and he was still playing the piano freely, but he was terrified in his heart, "Hasn't Cao Pi gone in to persuade Cao Cao to let Cao Xiong withdraw?"

Even so, there was still no change in Zhuge Liang's gentle piano sound.

Cao Xiong was standing behind Zhuge Liang, and he looked like an ordinary scribe.The shoulders are broad and thick, but they can't cover the protruding bone marks on the shoulders. The profile is not thin but the skin is rough, the eye sockets are a little sunken, and the long hair flutters under the blowing of the north wind, scattered with silver threads .

Looking at Zhuge Liang's back, it seemed that there was something firmly believed in supporting Zhuge Liang's body.Zhuge Liang's arms were raised from time to time, playing the qin silk, accompanied by the autumn wind, more like an old Taoist priest with a sense of immortality, an old fairy.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was not moving, Cao Xiong leaned over to Zhuge Liang's ear and whispered a word.

"There is not a single soldier in your city." After saying that, Cao Xiong turned around and strode away.

It feels so cool to leave after pretending to be forced!Cao Xiong thought this way when he turned around, especially since his opponent was Zhuge Kongming.

At the moment when Cao Xiong went down the tower, the melodious qin sound suddenly jumped out with a wrong note, and the qin sound stopped abruptly.

A string of Zhuge Liang's piano broke!

Cao Xiong didn't expect that Zhuge Liang's strings would break, so he quickly got off the tower and walked out of the city.In case Zhuge Liang went back on his word, something unexpected happened to him.

At this time, Zhuge Liang's hands trembling slightly while playing the piano, and a layer of sweat was seeping from his back.

Cao Xiong's performance was indeed beyond his expectation.Whether this person is scheming or courageous, he is too terrifying!

Cao Xiong had already returned to the formation. At this time, Chen Dao and Liu Feng who were hiding in the tower came out.

"Military division, why didn't you signal just now to let us kill him?" Chen Dao asked anxiously and puzzled.

It turned out that Zhuge Liang had arranged five hundred knives and axes on the tower. As long as Zhuge Liang ordered just now, Cao Xiong could be chopped into pieces without so many people.

Zhuge Liang said helplessly in a low voice, "I was seen through by him." Zhuge Liang's expression was like the rest of his life after a war, "Cao Xiong saw through my empty city strategy, and I failed. His performance is to tell me , he could kill me, but he chose not to. According to Cao Xiong's temperament, he could have disobeyed Cao Cao's orders and killed me quickly. But for some reason, he chose not to."

Chen Dao and Liu Feng looked at each other in blank dismay, Zhuge Liang and Cao Xiong's level of resourcefulness was beyond their comprehension.

Cao Xiong returned to the army, immediately summoned the generals, and issued an order to prepare the troops to return to the court, and the army retreated to Hanzhong.

"Retreat?" The generals looked at Cao Xiong in puzzlement. Jiangyang City was like a piece of fish on a chopping board. It was almost ready to go. At this time, retreat...

Chapter 1483 The two of them have a tacit understanding

"Father's order cannot be disobeyed. Since father said to order to retreat, we can only carry out, understand!?" Cao Xiong rarely used Cao Cao's prestige to overwhelm the generals.

In this way, Cao Xiong not only found a reason to withdraw from the army, but also pushed the displeasure of the generals onto Cao Cao. Moreover, Cao Xiong really didn't want to kill Zhuge Liang right now.

This can be regarded as killing three birds with one stone.

"Yes!" The generals did not dare to disobey Cao Xiong's words after hearing Cao Xiong's strong words. Even if they felt a little unwilling, they could only obey the order.

"However, we can't just retreat like this." Seeing that the generals lost their faces, it would definitely affect morale if they retreated so hastily.

Cao Xiong suddenly thought about it, and thought of a song, which happened to be sung by the three armies to Zhuge Liang on the tower.After Cao Xiong whispered a few words into the generals' ears, all the generals shouted, "No!" and then went back to their respective camps.

After a while, Cao Jun outside Jiangyang City suddenly sang loudly. Chen Dao and Liu Feng immediately went to the city wall to check, only to hear Cao Jun singing like this:

"We are different

Everyone has a different situation

we are here waiting for you

we are different

Although different things

We all hope to meet again in this life.”

At this time, Zhuge Liang also walked slowly to the front of the city wall with a feather fan in his hand, watching Cao Jun retreat and singing loudly.Although he was not familiar with the tone of the song, he could still hear something from the lyrics of the song.

Cao Xiong is the same as him, Cao Xiong will not kill him easily, and he will not kill Cao Xiong easily.

"The one who really knows me, Cao Xiong also~~~" Zhuge Liang said leisurely, fanning his feather fan.

When Cao Xiong returned to the formation, he notified the three armies, and the squadron withdrew.

Cao Xiong was very angry at the moment, he led the three armies to fight bloody battles in Bashu, and fought back and forth with the Shu army, as long as he was given a period of time, the counties of Badong would surely fall into his hands.Now Yiran has taken Hanzhong as a backup, and with Padang in hand, breaking Brazil in the west is even easier.It is only a matter of time before leading the army westward and breaking through Chengdu.

He fought desperately on the front line, but Cao Pi tried his best to trip him in Xuchang.The more Cao Xiong thought about it, the more angry he became. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and if he didn't settle the affairs in the rear, Cao Cao would give himself military orders every few days, so this battle would be impossible to fight.

At this time, Cao Xiong remembered that during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history, Li Yan racked his brains to trip Zhuge Liang in Chengdu, making the Northern Expedition fall short.

He now has a little understanding of Zhuge Liang in history.Since Cao Pi did not allow him to make contributions, he might as well deal with Cao Pi after returning to the court this time.

Zhuge Liang was at the head of Jiangyang City, and after watching Cao Jun retreat, he let go of his inner worries.

The west wind was cold, blowing on Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang coughed a few times with an itchy throat.

"Military division!" Chen Dao said, supporting Zhuge Liang with concern.

"No problem, this time, we are going to redeploy our plan to recapture Bashu and Hanzhong." Zhuge Liang's cold has not healed, and this time he was blown by the cold wind for so long.With Chen Deng's help, the two also went back to their room.

Cao Xiong put his hands into his arms in the marching carriage, and took out the map of Western Shu presented to him by Zhang Song.

Cao Xiong looked at this map showing the mountains and rivers of Western Shu, and said reluctantly, "Zhang Song, I'm afraid this map will be used next time."

Chapter 1484 Withdrawal from Hanzhong

Within a few days, Cao Jun in Jiangyang County, Ba County and other places all disappeared.

Cao Xiong returned to Hanzhong City with an army of [-], and Sima Yi led a group of people to wait at the gate of the city early to welcome Cao Xiong's return.

"Brother!" Ma Yunlu, who was dressed in green at the gate of the city, shouted from a distance. She had been waiting for Ma Chao for a long time as the army entered the city.

"Lu'er." Ma Chao got off his horse, opened his arms and ran over to embrace Ma Yunlu.

"I've heard that the Xiliang army is here, so I knew my brother must be here." Ma Yunlu smiled at Ma Chao and said, "How is Daddy?"

"He is in good health, and he always thinks of you every fifteenth month." Ma Chao said to Ma Yunlu, "Let's go, we will talk after we enter the city."

As the army returned to Hanzhong safely, Cao Xiong asked Huang Zhong to stay and guard Hanzhong with Sima Yi and Wei Yan, and he prepared to return to Yecheng to meet Cao Cao.After the Xiliang army rested in Hanzhong for a period of time, Ma Chao led them back to Xiliang.

After Cao Xiong returned to Yecheng for several days, he didn't go anywhere, first he quietly came to Cao Zhi's mansion in the city.

"Brother Xiong, please sit down!" Cao Zhi said with a smile while drinking, "The third brother came here this time to ask about Cao Pi, right?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from my third brother." Cao Xiong drank the shochu in his glass in one gulp, feeling happy in his heart.

"A few days ago, Cao Pi visited Mrs. Bian many times, and often went to Xun Yu's as a guest, so that the two of them would blow into his father's ears day and night. After a long time, with the setbacks of his brother in Jiangyang and Berkshire, my father felt that the war was anxious. It has been a long time, and the situation is unfavorable, so I will let you withdraw your troops."

"Sure enough, it was Cao Pi's trick!" Cao Xiong said angrily.

"Today, my father wanted to present himself to the emperor, and he had a lot of trouble with the counselors about giving you an official reward. It probably has something to do with Cao Pi. You can go and see it then." Cao Zhi said while drinking.

"Thank you, third brother, for telling me. Brother Xiong just returned to Yecheng, and time is in a hurry. I want to go to my father now to get back my life." Cao Xiong got up to worship, and Cao Zhi didn't stop him. After Cao Xiong came out of the mansion, he took Cao Zhang straight to The imperial city has gone.

Cao Xiong and Cao Xiong heard a group of people arguing in Cao Cao's room from a distance in front of the steps of the mansion. At this moment, Cao Cao must be about to lose his head.

"King Wei, the son is not very old yet, and it is really too hasty to increase the official rewards at this time. Please think twice, King Wei." Xun Yu said, clasping his hands neither humble nor overbearing.

Chen Qun, Jia Xu and others were also adding fuel and jealousy to the side, nothing more than objecting to rewarding the prince.

The door of the house was suddenly pushed open, and the debate in the room came to an abrupt end.

"Your Majesty?" All the counselors looked at the aggressive Cao Xiong.

"Cao Xiong! Why are you rushing in so recklessly!" Cao Cao was already annoyed by him, but now he became even more displeased.

"Father!" Cao Xiong said in front of Cao Cao, "I have something to say!"

Cao Cao waved his hands in acquiescence, and Cao Xiong turned to the crowd and said, "I went to Hanzhong to attack Bajun, and saw the soldiers approaching Jiangyang City, but you are admonishing and slandering me, making my withdrawal fall short of success, what is your intention?"