Chapter 6749 The caring little cotton-padded jacket

Chapter 6749 The caring little cotton-padded jacket

Ardashir brought more than 2,000 of his own people and joined more than 30,000 others from the side. He then ordered people to notify Gorgan, Sakara and Bakza to retreat as well.

It's not that they couldn't continue fighting. If Ardashir hadn't had his arm blown off by Zhang Xiu, at this time, Ardashir should have taken the initiative to remove the reinforcement of the celestial phenomena, and work with the Han Dynasty to change the weather and stop the rain, and then rely on his own command ability to encircle and suppress the Han army.

After all, the rear army had been basically defeated, and some of the backbone members of the central formation must have been transferred away. At this time, the main forces that had been arranged before and gathered behind Gorgan and Bakza would definitely be able to severely damage the backbone members of the Han Dynasty who now thought they understood the strength of Ardashir's ambush.

Unfortunately, after Ardashir was injured, the previously prepared plan was completely ruined. It was not because Ardashir was unable to command after his injury, but because this place was close to the Helmand River ferry. Although the terrain was relatively open compared to other places, it was still a mountainous terrain as a whole.

In addition, Ardashir could guarantee that, in the current situation, once he used the Change of Sky, a group of veteran soldiers of the Han Dynasty would lock on to him. If it were a large plain that could be spread out, Ardashir would not have to consider the problem of being locked on at all. But in this kind of terrain, Ardashir himself was still seriously injured. No one would think that Ardashir only broke an arm, because his meridians and internal organs were severely injured.

If it was just a broken arm, Ardashir would have rushed over and chopped off Zhang Xiu's head by now, even though he was half-lying on the ground and holding on.

In addition, there is a huge gap between the first aid level of Ardashir and that of the Han Dynasty. In other words, Ardashir has elite soldiers with linked talents, but these elite soldiers with this talent have never learned first aid. No one can really think that having linked talents makes them good first aid soldiers.

What a joke! Only elite soldiers with linkage talents who have a deep understanding of the human body structure, meridian and vascular network, and organ locations can use their linkage talents for emergency treatment. Otherwise, the linkage will be blind and people may die.

Ardashir's current situation is just to take some medicine, and then rely on his own boundary-breaking level hard power to hold on. In this case, if he is locked by the old soldiers of the Han Dynasty and takes the opportunity to sneak in from other routes, Ardashir may be killed if he does not retreat. If he retreats, the flag will be unstable and the whole army will be affected. So after a little thought, Ardashir gave up the idea of ​​continuing to fight.

Cao Ren's side was even simpler, because he could clearly feel that his veteran soldiers didn't seem to want to work, which made him very uncomfortable, so for the sake of the overall situation, Cao Ren thought for a while and then withdrew. He had no choice but to withdraw.

"Zi Lian..." Cao Ren looked at the wound on Cao Hong's left chest with a gloomy face. Although it was inevitable that a general would die in battle, Cao Hong's death still gave Cao Ren a great shock. If it were in the past, Cao Hong would not have died at all, because there was no need for him to lead the elite backbone to patrol the defense line, and without this, Cao Hong would never have been killed by Ardashir's attack.

In other words, to some extent, the overall state of Cao's army has fallen into a kind of dilemma of people's hearts. What's worse is that there is no hope of a normal solution to this dilemma, and relying on other solutions, it may be that the solution that Zhang Xiu had previously revealed is the best solution.

At the very least, Zhang Xiu's plan preserved the interests of the Cao and Xiahou families. No matter how much Cao Ang's ascension to the throne damaged the relationship between the Cao Ren and Xiahou brothers, it would not cause heavy losses to the two families. Things would remain the same in the future, and they just needed to further clarify their own identities.

"Retreat, return to Kandahar." Cao Ren sighed, had Cao Hong put into the coffin, and then ordered a retreat. On the other side, Cao Zhang and Xiahou Ba had already returned to Kandahar with Yan Xing.

"Alas, why didn't you listen to my advice and turn around and attack? Maybe you could have hit Ardashir in the waist. In the end, you just came back like this without getting anything." Cao Zhang said to Yan Xing and Xiahou Ba with a sigh. This was Han Xin's Art of War that he remembered after he retreated a few miles. At that time, Cao Zhang was ready to turn around and chase them back.

Unfortunately, he was stopped by Xiahou Ba and Yan Xing. Relatively speaking, both of them spoke mature and prudent words, while Cao Zhang was obviously more radical. In the two-to-one voting, Cao Zhang was undoubtedly defeated and could only retreat to Kandahar with a depressed look on his face.

To be honest, Cao Zhang's sudden idea at that time was correct. If it had been really carried out, it would have most likely stabbed Ardashir in the waist.

Unfortunately, the rain blocked their vision, and considering the situation of their soldiers, Yan Xing and Xiahou Ba did not dare to take the risk, which led to the loss of a good opportunity.

"General Yan, I'll go and report first." Xiahou Ba said as he bowed to Yan Xing.

"I have to report as well." Yan Xing said with a smile, then looked at Cao Zhang, who was angry and had the mentality of a complete teenager. He was obviously in his early twenties, but looked like he had not grown up. He felt that although Cao was a beast, his sons were indeed okay.

Xiahou Ba dragged Cao Zhang to report to Cao Ang, while Yan Xing restrained his expression and went to report to Cao Cao, or to be more direct, to get back the pensions and rewards in full.

"Brother!" Cao Zhang shouted loudly outside before entering Cao Ang's house, but he didn't hear the familiar answer, and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

"Hey, sister-in-law, where is our eldest brother?" When Cao Zhang came in, he saw the Wei girl wiping her tears. He felt a little embarrassed and couldn't help but ask.

Upon seeing this, the Wei girl burst into tears and explained, "Uncle!"

Xiahou Ba, who was following Cao Zhang, realized that something was wrong when he heard the crying of the Wei girl. After all, he knew what Cao Ang had done, but he just didn't tell Cao Zhang. But when the Wei girl cried like that, he couldn't stop her, and then Cao Zhang knew the whole story.

"What?" Cao Zhang was furious. I went out for a while and came back, and my brother was in the Kandahar dungeon. What was going on? Was my father crazy or insane to have captured my eldest brother?

"Fuck, I'm going to save my brother!" Cao Zhang didn't say a word, he just stood up and rushed outside. Xiahou Ba reached out to pull Cao Zhang but didn't even succeed, so he immediately followed him.

"What are you doing?" Cao Zhang, who was dragged by Xiahou Ba in the rain, looked at Xiahou Ba angrily.

"Do you know what will happen if you go to rescue your elder brother now?" Xiahou Ba asked Cao Zhang seriously.

"Is it necessary to know?" Cao Zhang said coldly, "I now know that my elder brother is in the dungeon. Is the rest important?"

"Then how are you going to face your father later?" Xiahou Ba looked at Cao Zhang with a gloomy face.

"What can happen? Can he kill me?" Cao Zhang said coldly. If he can't kill me, there's nothing to be afraid of. Save my brother first, and then consider other things after that.

"That's not the case." Xiahou Ba pulled Cao Zhang and said coldly.

"If it's not this, then what is it?" Cao Zhang said angrily, "Do I need to think so much to save my brother?"

Xiahou Ba let out a breath and described the true situation in full. Cao Zhang was not good at politics, but Xiahou Ba, with a big beard and looking like a reckless man, actually understood this kind of thing very well and had a very good overall view.

"What the hell are you talking about? Move the troops to Kandahar!" Cao Zhang didn't understand most of Xiahou Ba's logic, but he realized that there might be something wrong with Cao Cao. In addition, his brother had been captured and normally could not be saved. This was a conflict at the political level.

Xiahou Ba learned from Cao Ang that there was something wrong with Cao Cao. This was the last killer move left by Cao Ang. That is, once Cao Cao fell into chaos, Cao Ang would have to use this method to counter Cao Cao and ensure the stability of Cao Cao's power. Otherwise, if Cao Cao really continued to act blindly and people's hearts were completely broken, then even if Cao Ang came out, Cao Cao's power would be finished.

So in addition to Cao Ang, Xiahou Ba also knew this shocking news.

However, Cao Zhang did not understand the logic at all. His mind was full of saving his elder brother. After realizing that there was something wrong with Cao Cao, Cao Zhang chose to mobilize troops without even thinking about it. Xiahou Ba could not have lied to him, and the capture of Cao Ang was a real thing.

What else is there to say? Someone is trying to overthrow Cao Cao's power and has even gone to the extent of persecuting his heirs. What else is there to say? Just get started!
Cao Zhang's move was truly a classic one-step approach. After thinking of this, he started right away. There was no need to contact his own people or win over his comrades. Cao Zhang ran straight to the barracks outside. Today was the day to save his elder brother. Xiahou Ba was so exhausted that he couldn't stop Cao Zhang at all.

For the first time, Xiahou Ba discovered that Cao Zhang was actually stronger than him. When did you achieve the breakthrough of internal energy leaving your body?

"My dear brothers, I, Cao Zhang, will make a long story short. My father was replaced by someone, and my eldest brother was captured by someone. Now it is obvious that someone wants to use my father's hand to persecute my eldest brother. You all know my eldest brother. He is the only legitimate heir of our Cao family. If he is persecuted, we will all be doomed!" When Xiahou Ba chased to the military camp, Cao Zhang had already started a meeting with the middle-level officers who had just returned to the camp and had not yet been disbanded.

The whole audience was in an uproar and exploded.

The reason for the explosion was very simple. Lao Cao himself was unpopular. Compared with Lao Cao, Cao Ang was already an extremely good successor. In this situation, Cao Ang was taken down, Lao Cao started to mess around again, and the middle-level officers were about to explode.

What else can I say? Cao Zhang is leading the team personally to purge the court!
There was no need for Cao Zhang to say anything else. This group of middle-level officers encouraged Cao Zhang to lead the army into Kandahar to protect Cao Ang.

The whole place was noisy, and they might not be enthusiastic about doing other things, but when it came to attacking Cao Cao, to be honest, it would be strange if the middle and lower levels under Cao did not have this idea. After all, Cao's actions in recent years were really too crazy, and if there was a chance to retaliate, they would definitely do it.

Xiahou Ba was so confused, what the hell, it’s all over!

Cao Zhang did not make any preparations or plans, and directly mobilized the army to carry out his plan. However, the nature of the matter changed when Cao Zhang led his troops into Kandahar. This was a routine of supporting the king and enthroning him. Cao Zhang himself had no idea what he had done. As a purebred reckless man, he only thought that his behavior highly reflected the four words "deep brotherhood".

However, after the army rushed in, these middle-level officers quickly began to collude with each other, informing everyone that Cao was a manipulated bad guy, and now he wanted to persecute the foundation of the Cao Group, the crown prince Cao Ang. In order for everyone to live a better life in the future, let's work together to deal with Cao Cao!
The noble families living on the outskirts of Kandahar City turned pale when they heard the news and decisively closed the door. As long as this group of people didn't attack them, they would never stop them. They would attack Cao Cao to death!
As for the other officers who were still in the city, what should they say after receiving the news? According to the defense mission, they should now stop these officers who illegally broke into Kandahar, but who made Cao Zhang the leader? Moreover, the brothers who came to connect also said that Cao Zhang verbally proved that Cao Cao was crazy, and many people now knew that Cao Ang was captured, so the middle-level officers stationed in Kandahar are basically pretending to be dead.

The rain was too dense and I couldn't see the enemy. There was noise everywhere, so I could only defend my headquarters. The enemy's offensive was too fierce and I couldn't confront it head-on, so I led my headquarters to take a detour. My main force was attacking, so I followed the main force to launch the attack (joining Cao Zhang).

When the intelligence personnel gathered all this messy information and passed it on, they thought there were too many conflicts in the information and needed to send someone to verify its authenticity. By the time Cao Zhang was about to rush to the government office, no army had arrived to stop him.

"Why is there so much noise outside?" Barak's residence was very close to the government office, and now that Cao Zhang's main force had rushed over, even with the heavy rain blocking the way, Barak could still hear the noise outside, and he couldn't help but ask the guards around him.

The guards quickly reported the intelligence they had discovered to Barak. In fact, if Barak did not come out, the guards would have notified Barak after a while, because it was an order from Barak's wife, Princess Qinghe, not to let Barak know the news. But when Cao Zhang advanced here, the guards had to inform Barak anyway.

"Barak." Cao Wan, who was in the outer hall, looked at Barak in military uniform. "Who are you going to help?"

"My lady, I will help whoever you tell me to help." Barak said calmly. He has no ambitions. He just wants a wife, children and a warm bed.

"Although I am somewhat surprised that my father's mind is being manipulated by Ziwen, it may not be wrong if I think about it carefully. My brother has a kind heart and is respected by the people. What do you think?" Cao Wan looked at Barak and said, "How can a prince who puts the head of the country in jail when there are no other heirs?"

"Okay, help Big Brother." Barak understood immediately, "Go, get my armor, let Kabechi and the others gather the elite troops, I will go to stop the Tiger Guards."

No matter how clearly AI Cao Cao calculated, he could not understand to what extent a strange creature like Beigui could go. A normal prince consort would never participate in such major events as the competition for the crown prince and the purge of the court. So Cao Cao's logic of putting Barak on hold was correct, but Cao Wan was illogical. Cao Ang and I are from the same mother, so we are relatives!

Barak's mind was clearer. He just wanted to make others fear him so that he could continue to live with his wife and children. Cao Cao's forces needed a large army commanded by him? Nonsense. Without him, as long as there was no unrest among Cao's men, they could still win.

For Barak, it was really uncomfortable to be in this situation where he had to be dragged out to maintain the situation, and Barak didn't believe that if he continued like this, others would not be afraid!

Before Cao Cao could react, Kandahar had already fallen into war. At this time, most families in Kandahar had their doors closed and people's hearts had been united to some extent. The power to settle accounts with Cao was naturally unified with the call to purge the emperor's side.

"It's too early." Cao Cao sighed. It came too quickly, so quickly that he hadn't even sent Dian Wei away yet. This was really going to cost him his life.

"Bang." The door opened, and Barak and Cao Wan walked in. All the unnecessary expressions on Cao Cao's face disappeared, leaving only a hint of indifference.

"Are you here to protect me, or are you here to kill me?" Cao Cao stared at Barak and said. In his opinion, these two people should not be here at this time, because as long as these two people do nothing, neither Cao Cao nor Cao Ang will take the initiative to deal with them.

"Father, please follow me to the mansion first." Cao Wanying said with a bow.

"I will stay here and see who it is!" Cao Cao said gritting his teeth. In fact, at this time, Cao Cao had already judged according to normal logic that Cao Wan was here to save him, but he did not need Cao Wan to save him. What he needed was her downfall. Although the current situation did not conform to his plan, as long as Cao Cao fell, it would be the greatest salvation for Cao Cao's forces.

"Father, let's go." Cao Wan walked towards Cao Cao crying, "Ziwen led the team in. You should leave here first. I think Ziwen was deceived by others."

Women are born actors when necessary, and Cao Wan has always acted like she has no presence. But as Cao Ang's sister, she knows very well when to take action, and now is the time.

"General Dian!" Cao Wan cried to Dian Wei. Dian Wei scratched his head, not knowing what to do. He could only look at Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao did not react and let Cao Wan come over. Then after Cao Wan approached Cao Cao, Barak activated his own balance mind image, which allowed Cao Wan to knock Cao Cao out with one blow.

Dian Wei was shocked and was about to attack, but was stopped by Barak. Cao Wan stopped crying and looked at Dian Wei and ordered, "General Dian, you stay here. I will take my father to seek refuge. It is still too dangerous here."

Dian Wei was almost numb, but he was not very smart. After thinking about it, he agreed with Cao Wan's order. After all, she was Cao Wan's daughter and a caring little girl.

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