Ragnarok is born

For a master like Xu Chu who is in his prime, if he suffers serious injuries and has no progress in his skills since then, it will be the biggest loss for Cao Cao's army.

He slowly opened his eyelids, and saw that Cheng Yu, who was tall and more like a military general than a frail counselor, was calling out his name loudly with a look of concern on his usually serious and serious face.

He couldn't help grinning, expressing that he was out of danger, and thanking Cheng Yu for his care.

Cheng Yu, courtesy name Zhongde, was born in Dong'e, Dongjun County, Yanzhou (now Dong'e County, Shandong Province).

His real name was Cheng Li, but because he held the sun on Mount Tai in his dream, he changed his name to Cheng Yu.During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he led the Dong'an people to fight against the Yellow Turban.

In the third year of Chuping (192), he was enlisted by Cao Cao as Shou Zhangling, and since then he has offered advice and campaigned in all directions.

He is resourceful, good at military strategy, and also has the ability to command the army. When Chen Gong and Zhang Miao led Lv Bu into Yanzhou, it was because he and Xun Yu stayed behind that they kept Juancheng, Fan, and Dongyang. A Sandi.

As a result, Lu Bu failed to take the entire Yanzhou, which gave Cao Cao a chance to make money, and also made Lu Bu finally lose Yanzhou and seek refuge with Liu Bei in Xuzhou.

Cheng Yu was appointed Minister of Dongping for his meritorious service, and when Cao Cao welcomed the emperor and moved his capital to Xuchang, he appointed Cheng Yu as Minister.

He suddenly heard that someone broke into the palace at night, and when he arrived, he realized that Xu Chu had led his tiger guards to chase the enemy.

Who would have thought that it was only half a step too late, and when he caught up with the Tiger Guard left behind by Xu Chu again, he realized that Xu Chu was chasing and killing the enemy alone with three horses.

Xu Chu's abnormal behavior made Cheng Yu feel a little unbelievable, and at the same time, a very bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

Sure enough, Cheng Yu led the city guards and Tiger Guards, and in the process of chasing them, Xu Chu, covered in blood and weak in breath, arrived.

With Cheng Yu's mind, he was taken aback. Fortunately, Xu Chu's kung fu was so strong that he woke up and finally healed his wounds automatically.

Cheng Yu stared at Xu Chu, who had a pale face beside him, and Xu Chu with a resentful expression flashed in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Who did Zhongkang meet that could hurt you like this?"

Judging from Xu Chu's expression, he must have failed to kill the enemy, otherwise he would not be so depressed.

Xu Chu was depressed, smiled wryly, and reluctantly replied, "Who would have expected that I would meet Guan Yu, one of Liu Bei's subordinates."

Cheng Yu's expression froze when he heard the words, and then he showed such an expression, and his tone was full of disdain, "Liu Xuande is famous all over the world, with lofty aspirations, and he claims to be a member of the Han family, which is contrary to our lord's aspirations."

"Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are well-known masters in the world. With the help of these two people, Liu Xuande is even more powerful."

"Fortunately, he has not met a real counselor who can set a rough plan for him, and he is doomed to fail."

In the third year of Jian'an (198), Cao Cao adopted Xun Yu's suggestion and issued an edict in the name of the emperor, ordering Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu.

Taking advantage of the time when Liu Bei's army was out and Xuzhou's troops were empty, Lu Bu raised his troops to defeat Zhang Fei who was staying in Xuzhou, and seized Liu Bei's foundation.

Afterwards, the two sides attacked each other, and finally Liu Bei was completely defeated and had to bring the remaining troops to Xuchang to join the court.

Knowing Liu Bei's ambition, Cheng Yu was unwilling to be another's subordinate, so he urged Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei, but Cao Cao wanted to use Liu Bei as an example, buy a horse with a lot of money, and attract heroes from all over the world, so he did not listen to Cheng Yu's advice.

At that time, Xun Yu also suggested to Cao Cao, saying that Liu Bei is a hero in the world, if he fails to subdue him, he will definitely become a real confidant in the future.

But Cao Cao's self-proclaimed "serving the emperor to command the princes" was just the time when he was satisfied. In addition, Guo Jia said that he innocently killed Liu Bei as soon as they met, which would definitely arouse the suspicion of capable people in the world, and they dare not take refuge in him ever since. .

That's why Cao Cao made up his mind and accepted Liu Bei. He also cooked green plum wine with him, discussed the heroes of the world, and said the famous saying that "the only heroes in the world are those who act and envoy the ears of the king".

Who knew that it would finally lead to a backlash now.

Cheng Yu looked at Xu Chu, who was seriously injured and weak, and asked doubtfully, "With Zhongkang's skill, can't even stop Guan Yu?"

You must know that Xu Chu not only has profound skill, but also amazing supernatural power. Without any internal strength, he can walk more than a hundred steps by pulling the tail of an ox. The yellow scarf army who besieged Xujiawu Fort was frightened and scattered, and did not dare to continue attacking.

Since he took refuge in Cao Cao, his combat prowess has been astonishing, enough to rank among the top three among Cao Cao's many generals.

If even Xu Chu was easily injured by Guan Yu, wouldn't Guan Yu's strength be enough to surpass the entire Cao army?

Xu Chu covered his chest with his hands, coughed lightly, and replied helplessly, "It's because of my luck that I got seriously injured because of my carelessness."

He recalled the situation before the injury, and finally found that the defeat was really wronged.

In order to be able to catch up with the enemy as soon as possible, even though Xu Chu had three horses alone, he even spared no effort to import the horses under his seat. This was the real reason why he could quickly leave the Tiger Guards behind and catch up with Guan Yu, who was even one step ahead.

As soon as the two sides met, they immediately fought. Although Xu Chu had tried his best, he also used his own weight advantage to launch a fierce attack on Guan Yu.

But I still didn't expect that Guan Yu was more courageous than him, even at the expense of his own potential and lifespan, displaying the most domineering similar mentality that ordinary people have to use only when they are in desperate situation.

Under one blow, the unprepared Xu Chu almost lost his life. Relying on his remaining skills, he returned to the horse and escaped.

If not, how could Guan Yu almost kill Xu Chu in one move even though his skills were superb?

And Xu Chu also knew that although Guan Yu's injury seemed smaller than his own, it was more difficult to heal.

How can the domineering mentality that damages potential and longevity be unrestricted and unscrupulous?

But no matter what, Guan Yu took the most correct way to deal with it.

Knowing that Xu Chu came alone, he immediately used the strongest means to injure Xu Chu and solved the most difficult enemy.

Only in this way can the journey back to Xuzhou become unimpeded.

Otherwise, let a master like Xu Chu hang behind him, and there will be a large number of tiger guards with extraordinary skills. Even with Guan Yu's skill, there is no guarantee that he will be able to escape unscathed and return to Xuzhou successfully.

Xu Chu Yungong suppressed his injuries, and told Cheng Yu intermittently how he chased Guan Yu alone and fought against him.

Hearing that Cheng Yu frowned, he was secretly startled.

The two knew that even if they continued to chase, they would not be able to catch up with Guan Yu, so they had to take the soldiers back to Xuchang.

On the north wall of the imperial palace, in the view of Jiancheng, Guo Jia stretched out two fingers, and gently pinched the closed eyes and eyebrows.

Beside him stood Wang Yue with an indifferent expression, looking at the winding torches approaching the city wall, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.

Because Xu Chu was seriously injured, not only his body fell into weakness, but even the sensing power of his five sense organs was greatly reduced.

But Wang Yue's gaze was undisguised, and the naked projection came, which still aroused his heart throbbing and uneasiness.

Although he knew clearly that Wang Yue would not do it, Xu Chu still felt extremely uncomfortable due to the sense of energy between the masters.

Guo Jia's thin body cast a long shadow in the firelight, and after exchanging glances with Cheng Yu, he finally let out a long laugh, breaking the awkward situation between the two parties when they got along with Wang Yue.

Cheng Yu and Xu Chu also nodded to Wang Yue at the same time.

Wang Yue hummed lightly, and after watching the three of them lead the soldiers away, he turned and returned to the palace to explain the situation to the emperor.

Guo Jia was equally astonished at the fact that Guan Yu injured Xu Chu with one move, and almost killed Xu Chu.

When Xu Chu and Cheng Yu praised Guan Yu not only for his superb combat power but also for his extraordinary combat awareness at the same time, he couldn't help but whispered his doubts, "Judging from Zhongkang's experience, Guan Yu is indeed very powerful. .”

"But such a powerful Guan Yu, why was he found by the guards in the palace shortly after sneaking into the palace?"

Xu Chu's heart shuddered, and he turned his head to look at Cheng Yu, and found that his face was solemn and puzzled.

Cheng Yu shook his head and cut straight to the point, "If Feng Xiao's words are true, then the guarding power of the palace is far beyond our imagination and prediction."

In the battle between Xu Chu and Guan Yu, although Xu Chu was too careless, but if it was a lesser master, even if he had an overall advantage, he might not be able to injure Xu Chu so easily.

It could not be said that after Xu Chu got used to the opponent's attack, he relied on his own skill and strength to kill the opponent instead.

This is enough to show Guan Yu's strength.

However, such a powerful Guan Yu was found shortly after sneaking into the palace, which on the contrary explained a terrible thing.

In the imperial palace, there must be a hidden peerless master who can rival Guan Yu, or even be stronger than Guan Yu.

But everyone on Cao Cao's side, even Guo Jia, who was in charge of intelligence, was completely ignorant of the real situation of that peerless master.

Volume 9 Dynasty Warriors Chapter [-]: Jia Xu

Ever since Dong Zhuo abolished Liu Bian, the young emperor, and replaced Liu Xie, who was still the king of Chenliu, as the emperor, the majesty of the Han Dynasty as the emperor has slipped into an irretrievable abyss.

For Dong Zhuo, who believes in the supremacy of strength, the young emperor Liu Xie is just a puppet in his hands.

The same is true of Li Jue and Guo Si later. They controlled the court and caused chaos in Guanzhong. The emperor is also just a seal that can speak.

Until later, Jia Xu secretly designed to assist the emperor to escape, and returned to the old capital Luoyang all the way, and then Cao Cao went west to meet the emperor and moved the capital to Xuchang.

At that time, the Son of Heaven in Luoyang City and the civil and military officials of the court all looked lonely, and they could not see any noble demeanor at all.

On the contrary, Cao Cao carried the power to defeat Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu, Yuan Shu and a series of separatist warlords.

After the two sides met each other, it further reflected the desolation of the emperor and the civil and military officials.

All in all, Liu Xie seems to have only one title of emperor, and his strength is far from being able to compete with Cao Cao. Therefore, as soon as Cao Cao revealed that he wanted to move the capital to Xuchang, Liu Xie immediately agreed to Cao Cao's request.

For the next three years, Liu Xie, who was trapped in Xuchang, was at the mercy of Cao Cao just like his early experience.

Because of this very obvious fact, the advisers and generals under Cao Cao's command did not have much respect for Liu Xie.

Although Guo Jia is always paying attention to Liu Xie's information, at the same time, he has the clearest investigation of the guarding forces around him.

But even he, the person in charge of Cao Jun's intelligence, didn't know that Liu Xie, who had just entered the new palace, had a peerless master who could match Guan Yu's strength, or even surpass Guan Yu's strength?

The occurrence of such an obvious mistake is obviously the reason why Guo Jia's work judgment is still not rigorous enough.

He suddenly thought of the news he saw before the accident happened in the palace.

"During the thirty days, there were several Taoist priests who entered the palace."

I wondered to myself, could it be that the peerless master who saw through Guan Yu's signs came from a certain Taoist sect?

Maybe it's possible.

Guo Jia also knew that the Yellow Turban Army swept across the world during the Taiping Dao uprising, perhaps because of the connivance of the late Emperor Xiaoling, who had long since passed away.

There were even rumors that the relationship between Taipingdao and Emperor Xiaoling was very close, and that the three Zhang Jiao brothers also had deep connections with the imperial palace.

Reminiscent of the reason why the Taiping Dao hastily raised the incident back then, it was because Tang Zhou, Zhang Jiao's disciple, turned apostate for no reason and suddenly reported to the court.

The exposure of the eunuch Feng Xuan and Xu Feng's connection with Taiping Dao led to the arrest of Ma Yuanyi in Luoyang City, and the news that Taiping Dao was about to revolt was also exposed.

When Zhang Jiao had no choice, he immediately decided to start a hasty uprising. Due to insufficient preparation, it also led to the failure of the Yellow Turban.

But it can be seen that Zhang Jiao and the palace do have a close connection.

Moreover, Guo Jia also knew that even Zhang Rang, one of the "Ten Permanent Attendants", who was called "Father" by Emperor Xiaoling, and others actually communicated with Zhang Jiao a lot.

In this way, after moving into the new palace, it was only a matter of course for the emperor to reappear beside him, a master of Taoism.

Guo Jia's mind flashed through the past decades, the information about Taoist masters who have been famous all over the world, and secretly thought about who is it, who secretly took refuge in the emperor?

With a calm expression on his face, he exchanged information with Xu Chu and Cheng Yu, and rushed to Sikong Mansion with a group of tiger guards and city guards.

In Xuchang City, such an astonishing change happened suddenly. As Sikong, Cao Cao was naturally awakened and was waiting for the news in the meeting hall.

When Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, and Xu Chu paid their respects to Cao Cao, the power minister, who was gradually showing his ferocious power, was talking with a man who looked a little fat and was about fifty years old.

After seeing Guo Jia and others coming, he didn't see him either, pointed at the man and introduced to the three of them, "This is Jia Wenhe!"

Cao Cao's tone was full of embarrassment, because Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe in front of him represented the sad past that made him most heartbroken.

In the battle of Wancheng, Zhang Xiu had led his subordinates to surrender, but because of the absurd things Cao Cao did, he turned to rebel in anger.

Under the attack of Zhang Xiu's army, Dian Wei, who was not only loyal, fought alone to cover Cao Cao's retreat and died of exhaustion.

Even his nephew Cao Anmin and his eldest son Cao Ang died at the same time.

Because Cao Ang's biological mother, Mrs. Liu, died early, she was brought up by Cao Cao's wife, Mrs. Ding. When Mrs. Ding learned of Cao Ang's death, she angrily scolded Cao Cao, then returned to her hometown, and severed ties with Cao Cao ever since.

But Jia Xu had a heavy responsibility and brought the good news that Zhang Xiu had rejected Yuan Shao's solicitation and was going to join Cao Cao again.

So Cao Cao had to restrain his emotions and meet Jia Xu in person.

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu turned their gazes to Jia Xu at the same time, sizing up each other, and there was a look of eagerness in their eyes.

As important counselors under Cao Cao's account, the two of them naturally knew Jia Xu's reputation, and they had also focused on Jia Xu's deeds.

The "Wenhe" in Cao Cao's mouth is Jia Xu's character. He is from Guzang County, Wuwei County, Liangzhou (now Wuwei City, Gansu).

When Li Jue, Guo Si and other Dong Zhuo's subordinates didn't know what happened after Wang Yun planned to kill Dong Zhuo, it was precisely because of Jia Xu's voice that they incited Xiliang's army and horses to counterattack Chang'an City.

After defeating Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others one after another, he captured Chang'an, killed Wang Yun, took charge of the government, and regarded the emperor and the court as nothing.

Jia Xu became famous because of this, but he was called a "poison man" and described him as "one word can mess up the world".

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu are also counselors with outstanding intelligence. After meeting Jia Xu, they will naturally develop a competitive mentality.

On the contrary, Xu Chu didn't react too much.

He was the leader of the guards who protected Cao Cao's safety. Not only did he have no communication with Cao Cao's advisers, he didn't even have much contact with the generals in the army.

After Jia Xu saw the three of them, he said his resignation, but Cao Cao tried to persuade them to stay, so he had to stay.

When Guo Jia finished talking about what happened tonight, Cao Cao turned to Jia Xu with a thoughtful expression, "I have heard that Wenhe is not only resourceful, but also knowledgeable. He is familiar with strange people and strange people in the world. Can you clear up my doubts?"

Jia Xu was taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hands and said, "It's okay for Minggong to say, but Xu doesn't know much, so he may not be able to solve Minggong's doubts."

Guo Jia's eyes flashed, and he knew that this was Cao Cao's little consideration for Jia Xu.

Sure enough, I heard Cao Cao laugh out loud, and then said, "It's Feng Xiao's doubt just now, Wen He knows, the palace and Taoism?"