Chapter 924 Hero
Cao Cao is dead.
The cause of death was that he fell off his horse, broke his ribs, and directly injured his internal organs.
Cao Cao was a light sleeper, so he heard Xiao Fan when he was pacing in the courtyard.
Seeing Xiao Fan's unusual behavior, Cao Cao immediately realized that his identity might have been leaked.
For him at this time, the top priority is to escape.
Of course, he also has a better way, which is to kill Xiao Fan first and escape while taking advantage of the chaos.
But in the end, Cao Cao chose not to do this, not because his morality did not allow it, but because he was worried that it would cause complications.
So, when Xiao Fan finally returned to his bedroom, Cao Cao took it out alone.
The moon was sparse, and the moonlight shone in the courtyard, giving Cao Cao enough light to see the way ahead.
After going around for a while, Cao Cao walked straight to the stables inside the dock wall.
During the day, Cao Cao had already been here and knew that there were two horses in the stables, one old and one young, and three mules.
These are all the mules and horses on this dock wall.
After touching this place, Cao Cao saw a riding slave sleeping in a stable, so he took out his knife and stabbed the man to death.
But precisely because of the sight of blood, the nearby domestic dog suddenly started barking in the direction of the stable.
Cao Cao cursed loudly and took out two horses in the dark from the stable.
At this time, due to the barking of the domestic dogs, some of the disciples inside the dock wall became alert, and someone was running towards the stable.
Cao Cao couldn't care anymore now. He had to rush out before the people inside the dock wall reacted.
The defense of this dock wall is very weak. There is only one wooden door blocking it, which can be broken through with a rush.
Cao Cao first got on a pony himself, and then shouted to drive the old horse forward. Because he was worried that the old horse would not dare to hit the door, Cao Cao even tore off a piece of cloth to cover its eyes.
In this way, Cao Cao drove two horses and ran towards the gate directly in front of him in the moonlight.
The moon is very bright, but why is it so dark in the first part?
Cao Cao rode on his horse and looked at the wheat field in front of him. This idea just came to his mind, and then he heard a neighing sound, and the old horse running in front fell directly into the pit.
But Cao Cao didn't even have time to react, and he fell into the pit with his men and horses.
But this time, Cao Cao was in a state of darkness, and then he couldn't hold his breath and fainted.
……
Cao Cao woke up, and the people in the dock finally heard the noise and pulled him out of the cave.
The two horses were very miserable, their necks were broken immediately, and Cao Cao was not much better. After being rescued, he knew that he would not live long.
Looking at Xiao Fan approaching, Cao Cao felt that his fate was a joke.
Because when Xiao Fan came closer, he whispered in his ear:
"Cao Jun, I will let you go."
But is it still useful now? Cao Cao knew his situation. His leg had been broken just after the fall, and what was more fatal was the ribs, because after breaking from the inside, his internal organs were obviously injured.
At this moment, the countdown to his life has come.
Still having some strength, Cao Cao shook his head helplessly at Xiao Fan:
"Xiao Jun, you are a gentleman. Mr. Cao is very ashamed. I can't repay you. I can only give you a fortune. If you send me to the nearby Taishan Army, I will be rewarded heavily."
Xiao Fan did not refuse this time because he also knew that everything was too late.
After Cao Cao made such a fuss, it can be said that everyone at Wubi knew that something was wrong with the so-called Ding Sheng. What could possibly cause him to escape in the middle of the night?
So even if Xiao Fan protected Cao Cao again, some people would feel something was wrong and report it to the county.
So Xiao Fan ordered his servants not to insult or neglect him, then put Cao Cao into a set of clean clothes, and then asked several disciples to prepare the cart.
He wanted to take Cao Cao to the county overnight. It was not that Xiao Fan was greedy for the reward and was afraid of long nights and dreams, but that he wanted to send Cao Cao to the county for treatment as soon as possible. If Wuli couldn't cure it, the county might be able to keep Cao Cao alone. life.
Such a hero cannot die in such contempt.
Seeing the angry hero fall into this situation, the sentimental Xiao Fan shed tears again.
He sympathized with Cao Cao and respected Cao Cao.
At this time, Cao Cao could only lie flat on the car, his chest rising and falling violently. Xiao Fan encouraged:
"Cao Jun, don't be depressed. Even though you were defeated in Qingzhou, you are proud of yourself. Your feats in Qi have long been spread throughout the world. You fought a strong army with a weak division, and you were even close to being annihilated. The Taishan Army, which dominates the world, is truly defeated. The final defeat was just due to bad luck, not Cao Jun.”
But Cao Cao did not reply to Xiao Fan. This is the difference between him and Xiao Fan, who is sad in spring and autumn.
What does Cao Cao want? Even if he loses, he will be honored. What he wants is victory.
Victory is justice, victory is everything.
If you lose, you have nothing.
But in the end, Cao Cao still wanted to talk about his ambition:
"I raised the army to help the Han Dynasty and restore the rebellious order, but in the end, God did not favor the Han Dynasty, and we suffered a huge defeat. After my death, this big man will never have a chance. This is what makes me feel sad. ”
Cao Cao was indeed sad. The value and lifestyle of the Han Dynasty he lived in were about to become garbage and be abandoned.
He tried hard, but in the end he still lost to fate.
Perhaps the two fortunes of the Han Dynasty have exhausted the blessings of destiny, so they, the Han ministers, can't save it no matter how hard they try.
At this moment, Cao Cao only felt that he had lost to Tianming, which gave him some comfort.
At this time, four disciples were dragging the cart away, and Xiao Fan was also walking beside the cart on foot, asking the disciples in front to pay more attention to the road under their feet and not to let Cao Cao bump into it.
Seeing that Xiao Fan was still taking care of him at this time, Cao Cao finally felt a trace of guilt in his heart.
Suddenly, he said to Xiao Fan beside the car:
"Xiao Xiao, I will give you the sword I carry with me."
Xiao Fan was stunned for a moment, then looked at the sword beside Cao Cao.
It was he who placed this sword next to Cao Cao.
Xiao Fan understood that this was Cao Cao's beloved thing, otherwise he would not have left it when he fled, so he refused.
But I heard Cao Cao gasping:
"Xiao Xiao, take it, it's my wish."
It was only then that Xiao Fan nodded and took over the sword.
He pulled out the sword, and immediately a stream of autumn water flashed before his eyes, and then Xiao Fan saw the inscription on the hilt:
"Yitian"
Xiao Fan silently recited these two words in his heart, and was once again captivated by Cao Cao's courage and ambition.
This is really a strange man who can swallow up mountains and rivers.
In this way, Xiao Fan bowed deeply to Cao Cao, and then urged his disciples to go faster.
Such a good man couldn't die like this, at least not in such a wilderness.
The disciples walked faster and faster, in the moonlight, on the dirt road, the night was cold, their footsteps rustled, and the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves made them feel even more desolate.
I don’t know how long he walked, but Cao Cao suddenly shouted:
"Stop, stop, put me down."
Xiao Fan looked at the outline of counties and cities appearing in the night and said anxiously:
"Cao Jun, we will be there in a while. There will be a good doctor in the county who can save you."
At this time, Cao Cao was in high spirits, and he scolded Xiao Fan:
"As a Han official, I should die here. How can I die in the city as a prisoner of Chu? Come here and listen."
At this moment, Xiao Fan didn't understand that Cao Cao had returned to his former glory, and felt sad in his heart. Why was he like this? It's obviously almost there, why is it too late?
Xiao Fan wiped his tears there, and Cao Cao said:
"I've given you a fortune, so please do one thing for me."
Xiao Fan refused and said:
"Cao Jun, don't say one thing, even if it's ten or a hundred things, I will go through fire and water at all costs." Cao Cao smiled:
"My life has come to an end, but I don't want people in the world to forget me, and I don't want future generations to misunderstand my ambition as Cao Cao, so you must pass on my death poem. If you have a chance, give it to me. Sons, let them understand their father’s aspirations!”
Xiao Fan was solemn.
He was afraid that he would forget, so he wanted to find a pen, but he didn't bring it with him, so he bit his finger and wrote down Cao Cao's death poem on his robe.
Cao Cao was helped to sit up and sang powerfully:
"Although the divine tortoise has a long life, it still has its time; the soaring snake rides on the mist, but eventually becomes ashes."
"The old man is still ambitious, but his ambition is to reach a thousand miles; the martyr is still ambitious in his old age."
"The period of profit and contraction is not only in heaven; the blessing of nourishing happiness can lead to eternal life."
At the end, Cao Cao shouted:
"Fortunately, I sing to express my ambition."
After speaking, Cao Cao looked at Pengcheng in the southwest and sighed:
"It's a pity that God is jealous of me and prevents me from participating in this last battle. Otherwise, we still don't know who will win!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a bright meteor streaked across the night sky. Cao Cao mumbled a few words and then died.
In the fourth year of Taiwu, on March 18, Cao Mengde died in Lanlingyuan.
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Afterwards, Xiao Fan took Cao Cao's body into Lanling City. Because Cao Cao was already dead at this time, Xiao Fan only got an eighth-grade official status in the end.
But this was the starting point for his line of eunuchs. Since then, there have been many descendants who have been eunuchs, and they have even served as eunuchs several times.
Later generations also called their lineage "Lanling Xiao Clan".
It can be said that Cao Cao's death did bring great wealth to Xiao Fan's family.
Xiao Fan was also loyal and handed Cao Cao's death poem to his son. Although the Cao family was imprisoned for a time, this death poem was still passed down.
It also allowed more latecomers to know Cao Cao as a person, and also became familiar with the hardships and hardships of Da Taijun Lu Lanlu in those years.
Although Cao Cao in this life does not have the influence of his previous life, he still left a mark in this era.
……
After verifying Cao Cao's identity, the Taishan Army in Lanling used the army's reporting system to quickly send news of Cao Cao's death to the camp in Sheqiu.
Zhang Chong received the message on a cart pulled by sixteen bulls.
At this time, sitting upright and kneeling next to him was Zhang Cheng, who had been established as the crown prince.
This time he stayed in Sheqiu for so long, not only to wait for the war in Qingzhou to settle, but also because he waited here for his sons to come over.
This decisive battle will be the last. My sons have grown up, and it’s time to see what war is like, so that they can also experience it.
So he took all his six sons with him. The oldest of them was eight years old, and the youngest was only two years old and could not see the wind yet.
The younger son was born to Concubine Li Zhen Mi. Zhang Chong originally didn't want them to come over, but Zhen Mi insisted and Zhang Chong agreed.
In fact, Zhang Chong also understood Li Fei's intentions. After all, being able to participate in the final decisive battle must be a qualification.
Li Fei never admits defeat.
But what's the use? He has long been determined to make Zhang Cheng his heir, so what's the use of others trying harder?
But if Zhen Mi is like this, he can let him do it.
At this moment, Zhang Cheng was already eight years old, and his head was as tall as his own chest in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Chong has been away fighting for too long, and there was a bit of a gap between father and son at first, but after chatting for a few times, the two got on a harmonious relationship.
At this time, Zhang Cheng saw his father finishing reading the newspaper and was speechless for a long time, worriedly saying:
"Father, what happened?"
Zhang Chong restrained himself from feeling hurt, sighed, and said:
"It was a dear friend of mine who died."
Zhang Cheng stopped talking. His mother always warned him to look more and talk less when around his father.
He has been smart since he was young and knows that this is the time for him to talk less.
Zhang Chong did not continue talking to his son. He was sad about Cao Cao's death.
For Cao Cao, Zhang Chong was complicated and even regretful.
That is, he has not yet met Cao Cao. The only time in his life that he met Cao Cao on the battlefield was during the encounter at Changshe.
At that time, he was leading the Taishan Army to support the Yingyin battlefield, and Cao Cao at that time was just a cavalry captain.
That time, Cao Cao was also just starting out and was quickly defeated by himself.
Even Zhang Chong didn't realize until long afterward that it was Cao Cao who blocked him.
After that, Cao Cao fought against Guan Yu and Ding Sheng, but never fought against him again.
Maybe Zhang Chong's own subconscious didn't want to meet Cao Cao so soon. Maybe the enemy in Zhang Chong's mind who wanted to fight him to the top should be Cao Cao.
At that time, Cao Cao was the lord of the Central Plains, and Zhang Chong was the lord of the North. Then they would have a decisive battle to decide the ownership of the world.
That is the ultimate romance for men.
Fight to the death with an enemy you admire.
But Zhang Chong didn't expect that he would develop so fast, and the changes in the situation were really uncontrollable.
Even though Zhang Chong is the chess player, he is just following the trend in this changing situation.
It has been ten years since he came to this world, and Zhang Chong's memories of his previous life have become increasingly blurry.
In fact, this is not surprising. He was only thirty-six when he came. Putting aside the ignorance and study time of the previous twenty-six years, his real profound experience was only ten years.
But how can the ten years of peace be compared to the grandeur of these ten years.
In the past ten years, Zhang Chong has undoubtedly changed this era. It is not even an exaggeration to say that he has single-handedly reversed the trajectory of the era.
But these ten years also created a new Zhang Chong, who has long been fully integrated into this era.
Sometimes Zhang Chong also laments that it may not be age that determines a person, but memory.
Only those profound memories shape the difference in life.
Among the many profound memories, one of them is the admiration for Cao Cao that he has had since childhood.
Even in his time, due to the widespread circulation of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao was already a traitor. Xu Shao's evaluation of him as "a traitor in troubled times" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
But after this era, Zhang Chong realized that what Xu Shao evaluated back then was a "hero in troubled times", and he didn't know how he became a traitor in later generations.
In fact, even in this era, Cao Cao's reputation is still very good.
Among the heroes Zhang Chong has met, they generally have perseverance, but Cao Cao is the only one who is not worldly. That is, even in adversity or good times, he is the one who rises to the challenge.
He is not the one with the best family background, nor is he the first choice for heroes to join him, but it is precisely because he keeps doing things and showing subjectivity in his work that when the world is in chaos, knowledgeable people know that he can control the world. , that is Cao Cao.
It can be said that Cao Cao is not a natural hero, but a hero who emerges from the sea and the waves.
Zhang Chong had seen such qualities and charisma in his later great ancestors.
But how could such a generation of heroes be so unrecognizable?
Thinking about it now, Zhang Chong couldn't help but be touched in his mind.
A hundred years later, will the cause I have worked for be so casually smeared by future generations?
Thinking of this, Zhang Chong couldn't help but glance at his son Zhang Cheng, feeling mixed emotions in his heart.
Suddenly, another blast of horns came from outside the car, but another good news came from the front:
"General Ma Chao, the mighty general, broke through three walls again and captured six Xuzhou generals to offer their sacrifice!"
The cheers interrupted Zhang Chong's thinking. He opened the curtain and looked into the distance.
Along the official road in Surabaya, countless apricot-yellow flags were flying. The armored knights walking along the road reflected the brilliant light against the dust in the sky.
This is an unrivaled army. They will completely end this troubled world and open up this world:
"Huangtian's great cause"