"I--" He E's eyes were slightly red, and she was almost crying. She didn't expect that as soon as the matter started, it instantly became ten times worse than what she thought.

"My mother!" He E, whose tears had already dripped, could only ask her mother for help again.

But this time, He's mother didn't dare to help her daughter anymore. She patted He E's shoulder helplessly and comforted her mouth:

"I still have to listen to your father's affairs. He will not harm you."

"But the child-" He E wanted to speak, but He's mother had already stretched out her finger to her mouth and signaled her not to speak.

He's father, who was angry here, saw He E crying because of the decision he made, and his anger became even louder. He snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and said:

"Well. If a woman is old but not at the end, you are crying for an outsider today. Then, I will make it clear to you. Yan Yan of Duling Yan's family is very famous and has outstanding talent. A year ago, his wife died prematurely and needs to marry her husband. It just so happened that the Du family and the He family had an old age. He asked someone to come to propose marriage. The father is quite interested in him, and his mother has already intended to betrothed you to Yan Junzi."

"I don't!!!" He E immediately objected when she heard this. She resisted Yan Junzi, who had never been masked before, and hurriedly asked for help, holding her mother's sleeve and refused to let go.

He's mother had to comfort her for a few words, then turned to He's father and said:

"Then Yan Junzi is over thirty years old, so I'm afraid he doesn't match E'er very well?"

"Hmph, this is just a woman's shortcoming. Duling Yan's family has been with her generation, but Yan Wen is only thirty-five years old. His family's reputation is good, and he is at the time of forcing for progress. Now the prefect of Jingzhao, the general's mansion is the chief minister, and Yan Gongyu, the future of the Yan family is unlimited. What's wrong with how old the big-e-year-old!"

"If you marry E'er to the Ma family according to your wishes, it would be a big mistake. Emperor Gaozu once said: 'Those who chase beasts and rabbits are good dogs, and those who send a guide to the beasts are good people.' Yan Gongyu is responsible for political affairs in Guanzhong, and his merits are better than Xiao He, and Yan Wen was born in his family, so how could he have a bad career in his future?"

"On the contrary, the vulgar martial artists of the Ma family and his son fought on the battlefield, which was extremely dangerous. They were as good as their ancestor Ma Wenyuan, who fought south and north, and had few opponents, and they could not help but end up in a trapped situation. Do you really want E'er to be young and be widowed in the Ma family?"

He's mother was scolded by He's father, so she didn't dare to say more, but He E still couldn't hide her sadness and sobbed in her mother's arms.

"From today, you are not allowed to leave the mansion. If the Ma family comes again, they will send someone to send him away for your father. You will cry again, be a father, alas!! You will have worked hard for your father, you will naturally understand in the future..."

He's father probably got annoyed when he heard He E's cry. He waved his sleeves, threw down a few words, and turned around and walked out of the back hall.

When He's father walked away, He's mother patted He E's back and comforted her:

"Okay, okay, your father has left, don't cry anymore. Although the gentleman of the Yan family is older, his mother has seen him at least. He is talented, virtuous, and looks the best among people. My father, my mother will never let you suffer grievances."

"But mother, the Yan family's young master's daughter has never met before, how could she like him in her heart? How could she be able to betrothed to him?"

"Don't mess around. Since ancient times, marriages have been the orders of parents. The words of matchmakers and marriages between high families are common. This matter is related to the entire He family, so how can you, a little girl, choose at will?"

He's mother also looked stern when she heard this. Although she comforted He E, she did not allow her daughter to take her own opinions about the marriage.

Things have already appeared as if the tree had already been completed.

Carrying a famous religion, the family voices are full of shackles, He E cannot resist. She remembered Ma Chao who had just left, touched the Qiang flute he gave to, and couldn't help but feel sad. Instead, she cried even more desolately than before. She was tearful and looked at her former kind mother and asked:

"Mother, is there really no room for a turnaround? Did you not have your sweetheart back then?"

"Silly kids, life is fast, and most of them passers-by. You, me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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The snow is still falling, the road is covered with ice and snow, and it is vast and cold, but there are still people carrying heavy responsibilities walking on the snow, and they never give up thousands of miles to Chang'an City.

The envoy who came to Chang'an was not a stranger, but an old acquaintance of Yan Xing's side, Wang Bi, the chief of Cao Cao's Sikong Mansion.

He braved the snow all over the sky and brought shocking news that Xia Pi City, which was supposedly still standing firmly, had been captured by Cao's army.

Because of this news, General Cavalry personally met with the envoy sent by Wang Bi, Cao's army.

The lobby of General Cavalry Mansion.

When Wang Bi raised his legs and stepped into the warm lobby like spring, he saw Yan Xing, who was more powerful than the past, as well as Yan Su, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, Zhou Liang, Pei Hui, Yang Jun and other subordinates who had known him or had never been masked.

Although Yan Xing's voice is no longer comparable to when he was trapped in Sanhe, Wang, as an envoy of Cao's army, was still neither humble nor arrogant. After meeting Yan Xing, he confidently walked to the seat set up for him in the hall, took a seat openly and greeted other people he knew.

"Wang Changshi, I have been in Guanxi for a long time, and it is difficult to learn about Guandong in time. I have heard that Cao Sikong sent troops to attack Xuzhou in October last year, and his troops stopped at Xia Pi. Unexpectedly, before the spring of this year, he had already broken the city and captured the enemy. He sent the Changshi to Chang'an to report the victory. He was really quick to use his troops. Although Gu was in Guanzhong, he was amazed. He was here to congratulate Cao Sikong!"

"Haha, that must be here, so I took the liberty to thank General Sikong for his sake."

When Wang Bi smiled slightly when he heard Yan Xing's praise, he certainly did not believe that Yan Xing, who was the leader, was truly happy for Cao's army to capture and kill Lu Bu, but there was no need to pay attention to these superficial diplomatic rhetoric in the hall.

If we really want to talk about the battle against Lu Bu in Xuzhou, it would be much more complicated than these praises that use troops like gods.

This time, Cao Cao used the strategy of diverting water to irrigate the city of Xia Pi and transformed the city into a terrain, which made Lu Bu shake his will and almost surrender, but his subordinates still advocated defending and waiting for change, and refused to surrender, and placed hopes to retreat Cao's army. So Lu Bu had no choice but to order the entire city's military and civilians to grit their teeth and endure the cold winter outside the city to waste time.

Outside the city, seeing that Xia Pi City had been besieged for nearly three months, Xia Pi City had not yet collapsed, and was as firm as Cao Cao, he couldn't help but feel the intention of withdrawing troops.

In the cold winter, in the snow, fighting in the battle, both generals and conquerors are really hard.

The number of military officers, soldiers, civilians and animals in the army is increasing day by day, and various military materials are also being consumed rapidly.

In addition, the army was far away from Xu Du for a long time, Cao Cao was really worried that some accidents would occur in the rear, and he didn't want to see the rear being sneak attacked by other forces again.

Fortunately, Xun Yu, who was in Xudu, and Guo Jia and other advisers who were with the army all unanimously exerted confidence in Cao Cao, and successively asserted that Lu Bu's army was about to endure, which made Cao Cao gradually dispel the idea of ​​retreating and continued to strengthen his determination to eliminate Lu Bu in the Battle of Xia Pi.

From all aspects, the Cao army outside the city was not feeling well, and the Lu Bu soldiers in the city were only more difficult.

Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others did not believe that Lu Bu's troops, who had no strong support outside and no savings inside, could still use the shaky city wall to waste Cao's army, which had all the advantages.

In the end, as expected, Xia Pi City inevitably fell after struggling for three months.

The reason for the fall was not that Xia Pi City was soaked and collapsed by the river, nor that the food and grass in the city were cut off, but that Lu Bu's confidant general Wei Xu brutalized, killed Lu Bu's guards, captured his lord Lu Bu alive, and opened the city gate to surrender to Cao's army.

The Cao army, who were in full swing, quickly ended the battle in the city. Chen Gong, Gao Shun and other stubborn resisters were either captured alive or killed, while the remaining troops followed Wei Xu to surrender to Cao army.

At this point, the battle in Xuzhou was completed. As the winner, Cao Cao later ordered the execution of Lu Bu, Chen Gong and other thieves on the Baimen Tower.

Another force in troubled times was erased from this world by the victors.

As for the destruction of Lu Bu's power, Yan Xing had no time to sigh, and then turned to Wang Bi and asked:

"Mr. Cao's ambition is great. In the past, I knew about it. Although Lu Bu has been destroyed, I am afraid that my ambition will not be gone. Now the King of the King has not been resigned for thousands of miles and has arrived. Could it be that Cao's intention to use troops?"

Wang Bi seemed to have expected Yan Xing's straightforward inquiry, and was not surprised. He got up and took out a secret letter, and said respectfully:

"The general clearly sees that it is not to hide it from it. In the chaotic times, the treacherous men are rampant. Sikong really wants to conquer the heavens. The general is the humble man in the court, and the general is strong and he is dominant in the west. If there is an imperial edict in the court, he must rely on the general."

"As for military use, it is a major military and national event and cannot be announced to the population. Sikong has prepared a secret letter in advance, and he also asked the general to read it in person."

When Yan Xing heard this, he waved his hand and asked Fu Gan, the other side, to take the secret letter from Wang Bi, to his seat. He peeled off the sealing mud, opened the box, opened it, and looked at it, his face immediately became solemn. After reading the secret letter without saying a word, he still did not express his opinion.

After a long time, Yan Xing, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke the silence in the hall.

He asked in a deep voice:

"Wang Changshi didn't know the secret of military use in the court, so who did Sikong want to make Gu fight?"

Wang Bi's face remained unchanged, shaking his sleeves, and said with a righteous voice:

"Traitor Yuan Shao!"

Suddenly, he heard that Cao Cao's side wanted to conquer the leader of Kanto's League in the name of the emperor of the court. The former ally Yuan Shao, who had not seen the secret letter in the hall, suddenly changed color and looked at Wang Bi in a flash.

Yan Xing, who had read the secret letter, was still calm and asked again:

"Yuan Benchu ​​has four generations and three kings, and he is dominated by Hebei. His disciples and former officials are everywhere. He calls himself the pillars of the country and the leader of Kanto League. Why did Sikong send troops to conquer?"

"The Yuan family in Runan received the favor of the emperor in the past, but they were all soldiered, but they did not want to be loyal to the country, steal the throne and power, and persecuted loyal soldiers. First, Yuan Shu was soaked in a monkey and rebelled against the Han Dynasty and proclaimed the emperor. Later, Yuan Shao conspired to attack Xu and Yin Tu the emperor. Everyone was able to kill such traitors. Before, the court endured it, but because the ugliness were on their side, he could not send troops to conquer the battle."
Chapter completed!