Ye City, Zhen Mansion.
Zhen Yi frowned and sighed.
The eldest son, Zhen Yao, was pacing in the hall, muttering,"How is this possible?"
"The Duke of Cao is so powerful this time. Not only did he kill Yuan Xi, he even dared to invade Ye City?”
"He really doesn't put Deacon Yuan in his eyes!”
The beautiful girl clicked her tongue in wonder, and her words were filled with praise.
Zhen Yao stopped in his tracks, turned around, and glared at him."Little sister, that Cao Shuo didn't kill anyone but your fiancé. Why does it sound like you're praising him?”
"That Second Young Master Yuan is nothing but an embroidered pillow. If you hadn't forced me, I wouldn't have agreed to this marriage ~"
Zhen Mi complained.
"Little sister, you-"
Zhen Yao choked on his words.
"Mi 'er, I know you don't like Second Young Master Yuan.”
"But no matter how mediocre and incompetent he is, he is still Deacon Yuan's son.”
"In the future, this world will definitely belong to the Yuan family. Only by marrying the Yuan family will our Zhen family's future be bright.”
Zhen Yi had a helpless expression as he voiced out his difficulties.
" Father, you're indeed far-sighted," Zhen Mi sneered." Unfortunately, Yuan Xi failed to live up to expectations and died in Cao Shuo's hands, ruining Father's plans."”
"That might not be the case."
After hesitating for a while, Zhen Yi answered truthfully,
"Shen Pei came just now. He said that the Third Young Master is interested in marrying you, Mi 'er. Therefore, we can still marry into the Yuan Family.”
As soon as he said that.
Zhen Mi's beautiful face suddenly changed.
"Father, you must not agree!”
"If you want to marry me off to Yuan Xi, I'll just accept it. I have nothing to say.”
"But now that Yuan Xi is dead, you want to marry me off to his younger brother.”
"What kind of person have I become? Am I an animal that you can give to anyone?”
"I will never marry that Yuan Shang!"
Zhen Mi was furious and refused.
Zhen Yi looked troubled and could only sigh.
"This concerns the future of our Zhen family. How can we let you do whatever you want!”
" Marriage is not child's play," Zhen Yao said sternly." It's up to your parents to decide. Father will marry you to whoever he wants!"”
Zhen Mi was reprimanded and could only look at Zhen Yi pleadingly.
At this moment, she could only hope that Zhen Yi would consider her feelings and not agree to this marriage.
"Ye City is now in the hands of the Third Young Master. The life and death of the people in the city are all in his hands.”
"Mi 'er, it's not that I've let you down, but I can't help it!”
Zhen Yao's face was filled with shame as he expressed his difficulties with a bitter face.
Zhen Mi shivered.
Yuan Shang held great power and could decide life and death.
Even if the Zhen Family had made great contributions, who could guarantee that Yuan Shang would not do something to the Zhen Family in this critical period of time?
"But now Cao Shuo's army is at the city gates. If he breaks through Ye City, he will massacre the Yuan Clan.”
"Isn't Father afraid of being implicated and getting revenge on us?”
Zhen Mi pointed outside the city.
Zhen Yi's body trembled as he suddenly remembered the promise he made to Cao Shuo when he was with Li Yang.
Mi 'er's reminder is that if Ye City falls, with Cao Shuo's brutality, he will definitely destroy my Zhen Clan if I break my promise to him…"
A layer of cold sweat appeared on Zhen Yi's forehead. He hesitated for a moment.
"The walls of Ye City are strong and thick, we have sufficient rations, and we still have ten thousand elite soldiers.”
"With Third Young Master's talent, coupled with Shen Pei's resourcefulness, could it be that he can't wait until Deacon Yuan returns?”
"Father, don't listen to my little sister's words.”
Zhen Yao said sarcastically with disdain in his eyes.
"Ever since Cao Shuo appeared out of nowhere, he killed Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao, and Yuan Xi.”
"Who in the world would have thought that he could actually break through Liyang and kill his way to Ye City?”
"Brother, are you sure that such a person can't take Ye City?”
Zhen Mi asked seriously.
Zhen Yao was speechless.
"Mi 'er is right."
"I'll think of a way to delay this marriage as much as possible." Zhen Yi nodded slightly.”
Zhen Mi heaved a sigh of relief.
…
Two days later, 40,000 Wei troops arrived at Ye City.
Wei camp, in the middle army tent.
"According to the latest secret report from the Military Intelligence Division, Liu Bei has already defeated Yuan Shu's main force at Yutai and is taking advantage of the situation to surround Shouchun!”
Guo Jia's tone was solemn as he read out the secret report.
Cao Cao frowned." Although Yuan Shu is an idiot, the general of the big-eared thief is also mediocre. How could he defeat Yuan Shu so quickly?"”
"Degang, your evaluation of Liu Bei is very accurate.”
"These two noobs pecking at each other, they should have fought back and forth. Now that they have fought to the point that Liu Bei is one-sided, it is indeed unreasonable.”
Cao Shuo's eyes flashed with suspicion." Could it be that Big Ear Liu has the help of some mysterious person?"”
"Sikong guessed correctly."
Guo Jia nodded slightly." Zhuge Liang from Jingzhou came to seek refuge with Liu Bei from afar. It was this man's ingenious plan that helped Liu Bei injure Yuan Shu."”
Zhuge Liang!
It seemed that this Wolong had his fiancée stolen and his teacher and classmate killed by him. He bore a grudge and ran back to his hometown in Xu Prefecture to help Liu Bei rise to power and avenge him.
"Is this villager Zhuge really that amazing?”
Cao Cao asked curiously.
Cao Shuo smiled coldly." I told you that Zhuge Liang is not an easy person to deal with. With him assisting Liu Bei, I'm afraid he will be able to show off for a while."”
His smile disappeared.
"The big-eared bandits are about to take over Huainan, and they will definitely march westward. We must destroy Yuan Shao before that happens, and then return to fight the big-eared bandits in the Central Plains!”
Cao Shuo said resolutely.
"Sikong's words make sense. Now it seems that Liu Bei is our true enemy.”
Guo Jia thought so, but he said,"It's just that Ye City is strong and has enough food. It won't be easy to break through quickly."”
"Degang, tell me, how should we quickly break through Ye City?”
Cao Shuo took a sip of wine and smiled at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao gulped.
Well, his son was testing his father's resourcefulness again.
"Ji believes that we should first send out ten thousand soldiers to intercept Yuan Shao's reinforcements.”
"Secondly, the army will set up camp on all sides and completely surround Ye City.”
"After that, we can set up ladders or dig tunnels. In short, we will take down Ye City at all costs!”
Cao Cao pointed at the sand table and presented a strategy.
"To be able to think so thoroughly, Degang, you are indeed a strategist.”
Cao Shuo patted Cao Cao's shoulder to show his encouragement.
Cao Cao could only swallow his pride and let his son take advantage of him.
"But have you ever thought that according to your plan, even if we take Ye City, we will suffer heavy losses?”
"When Yuan Shao's 70,000 troops return to the south, how can we accept the battle when we have defeated the exhausted army?”
Cao Shuo suddenly changed the topic and asked.
"This…"
Cao Cao sighed helplessly,"
"Sikong's concerns are reasonable, but forgive me for being foolish. I really can't think of any other ideas that can quickly break through Ye City without sacrificing soldiers.”
Cao Shuo smiled mysteriously." I have millions of soldiers at my disposal. Why would I sacrifice my Cao family's soldiers for nothing?"”
A million soldiers?
Cao Cao and Guo Jia were shocked. They looked at each other in surprise.
"Our army is only forty thousand, how can we have a million soldiers?”
Cao Cao was puzzled.
Cao Shuo pointed to the west and said,"My millions of soldiers are the water of the Zhang River!"”
The water of the Zhang River?
Cao Cao was confused.
"Sikong, are you trying to dig up the Zhang River and flood Ye City?" Guo Jia was surprised.”
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