Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 373 New 3 Kingdoms 13

Cao Cao stood up from the stopped car calmly, and everyone rushed over. Xun Yu and several soldiers were so excited that they even stepped into the wheat field.

"Send it to the army, the chief clerk."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he stood with his hands behind his back and looked into the distance, looking calm.

"Lord."

The chief clerk also trampled a path through the wheat field to the carriage and bowed in response.

"Before the army set out, I issued a strict order. Do you still remember?" Cao Cao asked with narrowed eyes.

"I remember."

"Say!"

"My lord, I have issued a strict order. My lord, I have issued a strict order to all the soldiers. We are going to fight against Yuan Shu for revenge. Now is the time when the wheat is ripe. When you pass through the wheat fields, you are not allowed to trample on them. Anyone who tramples on them will be executed."

The chief clerk trembled and said the military order that Cao Cao had issued at some unknown time (mainly because the TV series didn't film it, so no one knows when he said it.)

"Now, my carriage has trampled on this wheat field. What crime should I be punished for?" Cao Cao was careless and had no intention of taking responsibility at all.

"This...this...I dare not accuse my lord of a crime!" The chief clerk was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

"I established the military rules myself, and I violated them. How can I convince the people? Bring the sword!" Cao Cao shouted with his hands behind his back.

Xun Yu was very considerate. He took the sword, which might be the Yitian Sword, from the personal soldier who carried the sword for Cao Cao and prepared to present it to him.

"Now, I order you to hold this sword and cut off my head. This is in accordance with military law!" Cao Cao pretended to order the chief clerk to chop himself off.

"My lord..." The chief clerk simply knelt in the wheat field and begged to show that he still wanted to live.

"My lord, the Spring and Autumn Annals has great righteousness, and the law cannot be imposed on the supreme. My lord, please do not commit suicide." Xun Yu knelt down with his sword in his arms and explained.

"The Spring and Autumn Annals is full of nonsense. If the law is not followed, what is the point of making laws?" Cao Cao's words seemed to come out of his nose.

"You thief, since you have read little, you are naturally familiar with the classics. Now that a group of Confucian scholars are here, you despise the classics of governing a family and a country. You deserve to be killed!"

The originally timid chief clerk suddenly became bold after Cao Cao said this. He snatched the sword from Xun Yu, pulled it out quickly and threw the scabbard aside, jumped onto the carriage, raised the sword and slashed at Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's face changed drastically. This was just a crisis PR trick he came up with to win over the army's hearts. He was taking advantage of the situation to get out of trouble. He just said that the classic "Spring and Autumn Annals" was worthless. Why are you so angry? The "Spring and Autumn Annals" is your father!

Seeing that he was really going to be beheaded, Cao Cao didn't care about anything and jumped off the carriage and rushed towards Xun Yu who was closest to him.

"Xun Yu, save me!"

After all, it was still a little too late. His crown was cut off and he looked so embarrassed in public.

Xun Yu was also chivalrous and pulled Cao Cao over to protect him behind him.

"You bold chief clerk, are you trying to commit a crime?"

"You are committing an insubordination, Xun Wenruo. You are well-versed in classics, but you tolerate people like Cao Cao slandering the Spring and Autumn Annals. Which classics did you read? Cao Cao, don't you want us to play along with you to win the hearts of the army? Trampling the wheat fields to behead, Cao Cao's carriage was trampled, I trampled it too, Xun Wenruo, and several of you generals and soldiers also trampled it. I will repay the wheat with my life, you, please don't be too proud!"

After the chief clerk finished scolding, he slashed his throat, spraying blood all over Cao Cao's luxurious carriage.

"Yeah! I'm the protagonist, can't I show off a little? Come on, go and kill all three of his clans, and leave their corpses exposed for three days, so that everyone will know the consequences of not cooperating with me in showing off!"

When Cao Cao saw that the chief clerk had committed suicide, he pulled Xun Yu aside, pointed at the hair covering his eyes, and gave a murderous order.

"My lord, what are you talking about?" Xun Yu reminded softly.

"My words?" Cao Cao hadn't recovered yet: "What does it have to do with exterminating the three clans of this ignorant fellow?"

"Hey, my lord, this chief clerk is the brother of Cao Hong's wife!" Xun Yu hurriedly reminded in a low voice.

"Pull the carriage out and clean it. It's bad luck."

When Cao Cao heard that he could not exterminate the three clans, he just wanted to end this farce and set off quickly. Everyone tacitly agreed not to mention the matter of trampling on wheat fields and beheading people.

But there was one problem that could not be solved. Before the carriage was washed and dried, Cao Cao walked, dragging a lot of people with him. This secret was only known by Cao Ren. Cao Cao could not ride a horse. At that time, he pretended to be strong and rode out of the city in Luoyang to escape. After leaving the city, he abandoned the horse and ran away...

After walking for several miles, the carriage was finally dry. Cao Cao frowned and got on the carriage. Then he reacted and said, "I can talk properly now!"

On the way to attack Xuzhou, he could not speak properly after his head hit the carriage, and he could only speak two words at a time. In order to maintain his image, he claimed that the soldiers who died in Xuzhou were so sad that they could not even speak like this, and no doctor could cure them.

Now I am actually scared by the chief clerk. The chief clerk is a good man!

This time, Cao Cao put all his resources into destroying Yuan Shu. The first step was to kill Lu Bu, the obstacle in his way. The next step was to rush through the empty hinterland and head straight for Shouchun.

Lü Bu was not only a warrior, but also a fool. He happened to have Chen Gong by his side. After the two were driven out of Guanzhong by Li Cui and Guo Si, Lü Bu gathered some of the old soldiers who were dissatisfied with Li and Guo and moved to the Central Plains. He was helpless all the time. Later, he and Yuan Shu almost destroyed Cao Cao, but Cao Cao turned the tables. Lü Bu lost most of his troops and had to surrender to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was very kind. He sent soldiers and food to Lu Bu and let him continue to fight Cao Cao here. Now Cao Cao obviously did not want to fight a small fight but wanted to overturn the table.

On the one hand, Lu Bu led his army to fight against Cao's army which was several times larger than his own, and on the other hand, he sent people to Shouchun for help.

Cao Cao did choose the right time to launch a large-scale attack. At this time, most of Yuan Shu's troops were either in Yangzhou to consolidate their achievements or attacking Jingzhou in the name of pursuing Liu Bei. They had no surplus food to support Lu Bu, the landlord.

However, Yuan Shu still ordered a part of the overstretched garrisons in various places to be transferred to the northern front for support, but this would take time.

When Cao Cao and Lu Bu were fighting fiercely, Chen Deng completely adapted to the position of governor of Xuzhou, but this man had a fatal weakness, he was not suitable to be a prince. He did not even have the slightest intention of sending troops to Qingzhou or Yanzhou, but lived a quiet life behind closed doors. He was even more cowardly than the gentry in Jiangdong, but was quite weak and indecisive in defending the interests of his native land.

Back to the battlefield, Cao Cao had been besieging Lu Bu for almost a month. Relying on the geographical advantage of the city and Lu Bu's bravery, the defenders held out for more than twenty days. Their supplies were exhausted and the reinforcements promised by Yuan Shu had not arrived yet, and pessimism spread.

To this end, Lü Bu and Chen Gong could only strictly control the supply and strengthen the management of the army. The idea was good, but Lü Bu's military management methods were simple and rough, and some generals became dissatisfied and began to look for a way out, including Wei Xu and Song Xian who were beaten for violating military orders.

The attack of Cao's army was very fierce that day. From dawn to noon, Lu Bu supervised the battle on the city wall without eating or drinking. After Cao's army retreated, he ordered them to rest on the spot.

In addition to the generals and soldiers who were observing the enemy situation, there were a large number of people sleeping on the city wall. Lu Bu himself also chose a place with few people, leaned against a pillar, held a halberd in his hand, closed his eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.