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After a while, Cao Hong choked and comforted, "I'm sorry for my lord, because I'm incompetent and implicated Zixiu in losing my life. But now my life and death are uncertain. I beg you to not be too sad, the overall situation is the most important thing!"

Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to Cao Hong's persuasion. At this moment, he hugged his son who had gradually become cold and hard, and wanted to cry without tears.

After a while, he murmured to himself with a sad expression: "Zi Xiu was sixteen years old, but he was actually fifteen years old. I will take him by my side for this Hanoi Alliance and give him the name "Zi Xiu" in the hope that he can be familiar with the battlefield as soon as possible, become a young man, and achieve great fame and fortune in the future. Unexpectedly, in the end, it will harm you. How great it would be if you were left in Dong'a City! Ang'er, you are all incompetent for your father, and you will lose your life when you first go to the battlefield!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's eyes were filled with tears, and he was choked and unable to speak.

This is the countless true feelings expressed in Cao Cao's life, and it is the first time in his life that Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Cao Anmin and others have seen Cao Cao cry.

In the past, Cao Song was killed by Zhang Kai. Cao Cao cried bitterly for most of the day, and did not eat or drink for two days and two nights, and was vigilant day and night. After the funeral, he immediately ordered his troops to run away from Xuzhou. However, when Cao Cao cried bitterly, no one was present, and only the sad howlings were heard, and no one saw him crying.

But now, Cao Cao was really crying, not crying, only tears flashed in his eyes, but no tears slid out of his eyes.

There are two major misfortunes in life: one is unsatisfied in career, and the other is unsatisfied in life. Among them, there are three major misfortunes: losing your father in early years, losing your wife in middle age, and losing your son in old age.

Nowadays, these two major unfortunate things have fallen on Cao Cao, and the taste is not told by outsiders, just like people knowing the warmth and coldness of water.

A few months ago, Cao Cao led a large army to conquer Xuzhou twice, each time winning the flag. But in the end, they had to retreat due to poor food and grass, which failed and was futile. In June this year, the foundation of Yanzhou was taken away by Lu Bu, forcing Cao Cao to lead the army to retreat to the three small towns in Dong'a. The food and supplies were short of people and horses, and it was like a dog with a family struggling to support it, and was in panic all day long.

This is Cao Cao's career that was not going well. The counties in Yanzhou that had been working hard for several years were all lost. More than 100,000 troops were crowded among three small cities. Every day, they were trying their best to raise food and supplies, just like a mountain pressing on him. He was so overwhelmed, he was exhausted and worked hard, and he would not relax for a moment.

Whether the 40,000 Cao troops who stayed in Dong'a City could survive this winter depends entirely on the outcome of the Hanoi Alliance. If the allies win, Cao Cao will breathe a sigh of relief. With the food and grass seized by the Sili states, he will be able to survive the most difficult period of time. When the flowers bloom next spring, he will be able to lead the army to counterattack Lu Bu and regain the lost territory of Yanzhou in one fell swoop.

The plan was very good, almost impeccable, and the victory was sure to win. Therefore, Cao Cao had high hopes for this Hanoi Alliance. It can be said that he placed all his life and death on the allies, and only success is not allowed to fail. Because he could not afford to lose, if he lost again, it means that Cao Cao completely lost the opportunity to make a comeback. The result was that he would either die or become a vassal of other princes.

Therefore, Cao Cao was very enthusiastic about this alliance, put himself in his shoes and planned for Yuan Shao, and put himself in his shoes and his life to turn over again, and he put all his chips and wealth and life on the Allies and Yuan Shao. Success or failure was achieved in one fell swoop.

For this reason, he took almost all the generals of the Cao clan with him when he went out to fight. After all, it was related to the life and death of the Cao clan. He could not give up his confidant clan members and entrusted his great responsibilities to his subordinates and outsiders without using it. So he brought Cao Ang, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Cao Anmin, who had not yet reached the crown, with him, so that he could teach him carefully while fighting. He strived to train them as soon as possible to become a rising star of the Cao clan as possible, which could be of great use.

But now Cao Cao was extremely sad and regretted it very much, regretting that he shouldn't have taken Cao Ang, Cao Zhen and others alone to go deep into the army, taking risks in person, and then losing his life for this.

Cao Cao is now nearly forty years old and will enter his twilight years in more than ten years. Although he has many children, the person who satisfies him the most and looks the most like him is his eldest son Cao Ang.

But now Cao Ang is dead, at the hands of Xiliang general Hu Cheer, died under a short halberd, and was killed with one blow, and immediately fell off the horse and died.

This was Cao Cao's greatest misfortune in his life. He was sent to a black-haired man. While his career was not going well, he encountered such a tragic disaster. The foundation of Yanzhou was gone and his most proud son died.

The miserable life fell on Cao Cao’s head, and the fate was no more difficult than this.

"I would like to thank my lord for mourning. It is all because of my incompetence and that I have to lose my life. But now my life and death are uncertain. I beg you not to be too sad, the overall situation is the most important thing!"

Just as Cao Cao was lost in his arms, Cao Hong couldn't help but persuade him again. He hoped that Cao Cao could cheer up from his grief, because it was not the time to be sad, and time was tight. Every time he was delayed, hundreds of soldiers would lose their lives and die under the arrows of the Xiliang Army on the cliffs on both sides.

This time, Cao Cao heard Cao Hong's words sincerely, and his sad eyes quickly returned to their original spirit. He slowly raised his head and looked at Cao Hong with a sharp look, and then squinted his eyes and looked at the situation on the cliffs and the plank roads on both sides.

After a while, Cao Cao gently put down Cao Ang, tidied up the broken armor on the body with pity, and put a red tassel eagle helmet on his son again.

After doing this, he slowly stood up, looked at his eldest son Cao Ang with his eyes closed, took a deep breath of the air conditioner mixed with thick smoke, and forced himself to calm down.

"An'er died in battle here. My Cao Cao's son is not a coward. He died heroically and to the point. Cao Zhen obeyed the order and carried your elder brother and let him bury him in the sea of ​​fire. Let him rest here."

"Ah! This???" Cao Zhen was shocked and hurriedly dissuaded: "Father, the child is willing to take his elder brother's body with him and break out of the siege, let his elder brother return to his roots and be buried in the Cao family's tomb. I beg my father to think twice!"

Cao Cao shook his head slightly indifferently, turned his head to look at the terrain around Hulu Valley, and said in a deep voice: "I also want to take Ang'er's body out, but can't you see the situation in front of you? Ang'er just took one step first. If we can't rush out of the valley, we will definitely follow in Ang'er's footsteps and be buried here. Therefore, I don't have to say much, execute the order immediately!"

"Okay, my son obeyed the order!" Seeing that Cao Cao's expression was absolutely clear, Cao Zhen was unable to bear it, but he had to follow the order.

Watching Cao Zhen and four personal soldiers carrying Cao Ang's body towards the weed fire on the east side of the stream, Cao Cao wiped away the wet corners of his eyes without a trace, turned around and looked at the plank road at the entrance of the valley, his eyes filled with strong and fierce murderous aura as solid as the substance.

He said in a low voice: "I was blinded by the bluff of Li Zhe's bluffing attack. I thought that the Xiliang army in Hangu Pass had dispatched to surround us and others. All the ways we were waiting for were cut off. Until Ang'er was attacked by the thief's general behind the back, I suddenly realized that my previous judgment was wrong, and we were all deceived by Li Zhe who was as treacherous as a wolf!"

"Hmph??? At this moment, the Xiliang army surrounding the valley entrance is far less powerful than we thought! On the contrary, the Li thief had limited troops and horses, far less than our army's many troops, and even several times that of the enemy. If I was not wrong, the reason why Li thief was able to discover our whereabouts was not that we had leaked the traces, but that Li thief was withdrawing from Hedong to cross the river today, and met our army in the same mountain stream. However, this place was the territory of the Xiliang army after all. The scout under the Li thief took the lead in discovering our whereabouts, but we were unaware of this, so Li thief took the lead and led the army to besiege us in the mountain stream, and was in a dilemma."

"This???" Cao Hong was stunned when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the surrounding situation with a look of surprise: "Why did the lord say this? Why are you so sure that the troops under the thief Li are not as good as our army?"

"Why? Hum!" Cao Cao smiled coldly and disdainfully: "Since the fight, Li Zhe has clearly gained an absolute advantage, while we are in desperate situations and cannot escape. If Li Zhe has sufficient troops, he can block the exits of both ends of Feiyundu. Then, from the cliff, arrows are fired at the same time, rocks, woods, and tincture oil are all coming, and we can kill all of us in less than an hour. If this is true, how can we have such a melee situation in front of us? Can you tell me what this situation means now?"

"This is the last general, please let me tell you clearly!" Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Anmin and other generals lowered their heads in shame and responded in unison.

After hearing the sound, Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged, still as cold as frost, his eyes were fierce. He was full of murderous aura, his voice was gloomy, as cold and ruthless as the sound of a hell.

"The soldiers under Li's thief defended but did not attack, which means he had no confidence in winning. Or he did not have the confidence to wipe out our army. And he sent the cavalry to the Gukou plank road to block the plank road and fought with our army in blood. This was a very stupid decision, which exposed the huge flaws of Li's thief's being strong outside and doing it at the same time. As we all know, cavalry can only exert the maximum lethality on an empty plain, galloping across and out, and be invincible; but on such a narrow plank road, the cavalry's advantage is lost, and ten percent of the combat power can be used up to 50%. The war horses under their crotch will not only not help the cavalry kill the enemy, but will become a drag. The speed of their turn and fighting is far less flexible than that of the infantry, and their combat power is almost the same as that of our soldiers."

"???Li Zhe has experienced a long battle formation and has a very rich experience in fighting on the battlefield. He is not aware of such a huge and obvious command error? Absolutely not! He must have known that using cavalry to fight our army on the plank road was a huge mistake, but his hands were limited, and he would have no soldiers to use without cavalry to intercept our army's breakthrough, or he knew that his infantry was useless and could not resist the impact of our army.

Therefore, he knew that it was impossible to do it. He used cavalry to intercept our army, and then sent infantry with limited combat power to the cliffs on both sides to kill and injure our army with arrows, stones and a few tincture oil, trying to make us lose our will and trample on each other, and eventually disintegrate our army's fighting spirit and lose the courage to fight to the death.

Only in this way can it meet Li's great reputation for being invincible in the battle, and it is also his usual trick to defeat the enemy in battles; if you show it to be strong, you will actually be strong on the outside but do it at the middle, and you will bluff it out!"

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Chapter completed!