"Guan Yu is a man!" Cao Hong was furious and said with his teeth, "In the battle of Sishui Pass, this guy drowned General Yuan Rang's account and had not yet settled with him. Now he dares to kidnap the emperor. All officials and the prime minister's family are simply dead. If this guy doesn't fall into the hands of this general, he will definitely be told that he will not be able to survive, but he will not be able to die!"

Cao Zhen said: "General Yu Jin, Guan Yu kidnapped the emperor, all officials and the prime minister's family, so the marching speed must not be too fast. I wonder where it is now?"

Yu Jin said: "Come, map."

A personal soldier had already presented the map and spread it on the table. Yu Jin pointed to Cao Hong and said to Cao Zhen: "Major General, please see, this is the ancient city, located at the junction of Nanyang County, Yingchuan County and Runan County. According to the horse-studying report, Guan Yu's rebels had passed Pingyu and Rushui, and should have fled to Ancheng now."

"Ancheng?" Cao Zhen pondered, "Two hundred miles southeast from Ancheng, you will enter Lujiang County. It is Sun Jian's territory. Walking two hundred miles southwest from Ancheng, you will enter Jiangxia County. It is Liu Biao's territory. Uncle Hong and General Yu Jin. In your opinion, Guan Yu kidnapped the emperor. Where are the officials and prime minister's family going to escape, Jiangdong or Jingzhou?"

Cao Hong said: "This is difficult to judge."

Yu Jin said: "It's really hard to judge."

Cao Zhen said: "If Guan Yu wants to defect to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, our army can still intercept him, but if this traitor is ready to defect to Sun Jian in Jiangdong, it will be troublesome. Our army is far away in the ancient city, and no matter how anxious we are, we cannot intercept Guan Yu before he escapes into Lujiang. Once Guan Yu enters Lujiang, it will be Sun Jian's territory."

"Hey." Cao Hong said in annoyance, "It's a pity that our army is all infantry. It would be great if there was a cavalry!"

Yu Jin said: "Although there are no cavalry, our army should still pursue it with all its might. At this point, we can only take one step at a time and leave our destiny to do our best."

Mangdang Mountain.

Although the hut was dilapidated, the charcoal fire in the house was burning strongly. Ma Chao and Fa Zheng, who were sitting next to the brazier, were roasting warmly. It was an afternoon in the late winter, and the weather was still so cold, but the warm sunshine was already indicating that the cold was about to pass, and spring... was not far away.

Fa Zheng suddenly sniffed and said to Ma Chao: "Major General, the situation is wrong."

"Hmm?" Ma Chao asked, owing his body from the haystack, "What did Xiaozhi find?"

Fa Zheng said: "The sprinkled fine works and horse exploration have not been discovered for several days. This only shows that one thing is that Xuzhou and Huainan have stopped transporting food to Xuchang! If Cao's army wants to continue transporting food, it is impossible to hide the fine works and eyeliners set up by our army."

"Yeah." Ma Chao said, "Xiaozhi thought there was something hidden in the middle?"

Fa Zhengdao: "There are only two possibilities. One is that Xuzhou and Huainan have no food to transport, and the other is that Xuzhou and Huainan also decided to stop the supply of military rations to Cao Cao's army. I think the first possibility is very small. Therefore, it can be basically determined that Xuzhou and Huainan's attitude towards Cao Cao has undergone a subtle change."

Ma Chao said: "What prompted Xuzhou and Huainan's attitude towards Cao Cao to change?"

Fa Zheng said: "It is definitely not a trivial matter, it is definitely a earth-shaking matter! Only when Cao Cao was defeated or rebelled in Xuchang and the emperor was killed could it lead to a change in Xuzhou and Huainan's attitude towards Cao Cao! However, under Cao Cao's rule, the government is stable, and there is little possibility of rebellion in Xuchang City. Could it be that the army of Gao Shun, Fang Yue, Xu Huang and Gan Ning had already reached Guandu, and Cao Cao was defeated by the enemy from both sides?"

[Although Fa Zheng is powerful, he still lacks some experience, so he cannot analyze it from the most detailed appearance to discover the truth of the matter. However, it is already commendable that Fa Zheng can stop supplying military rations from Xuzhou and Huainan to analyze the supply of military rations from Cao's army. Guandu or Xuchang has happened.]

Ma Chao said: "It's a pity that our army is behind enemy lines and has lost contact with our brother's army. Otherwise, we can know whether the four generals Gao Shun had already reached Guandu and whether Cao Cao was defeated."

"Major General!" As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Han De's voice suddenly sounded outside the hut, "Catch a spy from Runan Road!"

"Spy?" Ma Chao said loudly, "bring it in."

"Get in!"

Han De yelled outside the hut, and the closed wooden door opened immediately. A slender middle-aged scholar was kicked in by Han De, saying that this man was a scholar because he was wearing a blue-haired Confucian shirt and a jacket on his face. In this era, ordinary people were not qualified to wear Confucian shirts.

After seeing the situation in the hut, the middle-aged scholar raised his head and said with great disdain: "Hmph, it turns out that it is a thief who cuts the path!"

Fa Zheng stood up, circled the middle-aged scholar twice, and suddenly asked, "Sir, how can you be a wise man?"

The middle-aged scribe replied without hesitation: "Why should I tell you?"

"Hmph." A smile appeared on the corner of Fa Zheng's mouth, "I am indeed a senior official in the court."

When the middle-aged scholar saw that he was pointed out by Fa Zheng, he simply made his identity clear and said loudly: "Yes, my official Min Gong is the Minister of the current dynasty."

"Haha, Shangshu?" Fa Zheng suddenly had a plan and wanted to defraud the Shangshu in front of him to judge what major changes had happened to Cao's army? The plan was decided, and Fa Zheng then said coldly, "There has such a big change under the rule of the Prime Minister. I'm afraid you, Shangshu, have you been unable to be yours for a long time?"

Min Gong disagreed and said, "Although my son is covered with dust, he has no worries about his life. Although Guan Yu is ambition, he will not dare to harm the life of the current emperor! I followed the emperor's secret edict and went to Xuzhou to ask Lord Chen Gui to lead his army to serve the king. If the two leaders knew about the emperor, they would release him. Otherwise, they would be afraid of the disaster to the nine clans."

"Disaster to the Nine Clans?" Fa Zheng smiled at the sky and said, "Hahaha...disaster to the Nine Clans!"

After laughing, Fa Zheng said to Ma Chao: "Major General, the matter has been cleared. It turned out that Guan Yu raised an army to rebel. He took advantage of Cao Cao's army to go out to fight and took the opportunity to hijack the emperor, Xuzhou and Huainan, and then decided to watch the wall and temporarily interrupted the supply of military rations to Cao's army."

"Oh, it was Guan Yu who kidnapped the emperor?" Ma Chao stood up and said in a deep voice, "But I don't know where Guan Yu has already kidnapped the emperor?"

Fa Zheng glanced at Min Gong in the fog and replied, "This lord escaped from the emperor and came up from the Runan Road. Guan Yu must have robbed the emperor to Runan. Guan Yu had no choice but to rob the emperor to Runan. One was to rob the emperor to establish himself, and to use the emperor to order the princes. The other was to take the emperor as a gift to Liu Biao, and the third was to offer the emperor to Sun Jian, Jiangdong."

Min Gong was shocked and said, "How did you... know?"

Fa Zheng was too lazy to pay attention to Min Gong and said to Ma Chao: "There is little possibility that Guan Yu will be independent or defect to Liu Biao. Only by seeking the tiger Sun Jian of Jiangdong can Guan Yu have a way out!"

"Travel to Sun Jian?" A cold light suddenly flashed through Ma Chao's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Xiaozhi, you must not let Guan Yu rob the emperor to Jiangdong. You must find a way to stop him!"

Fa Zheng rushed to the table, flattened the map on the table, and said to Ma Chao who followed him: "Major General, please see, this is Runan, this is Lujiang, there is only one shortcut to go from Ru to Lujiang. The Major General can lead 800 iron cavalry to go south at night and rush here before Guan Yu!"

Ma Chao said: "Ge Po?"

"Yes, it's Ge Po!" Fa Zheng said in a deep voice, "Stop the emperor here!"

Ancheng, Guanyu Camp.

A trace of anxiety flashed through Guan Yu's narrow phoenix eyes and said to Guan Ping: "Ping'er, have the fast horses who are heading to Lujiang sent out?"

Guan Ping said: "Father, I was sent out three days ago. In order to ensure that everything is safe, the child sent two more fast horses yesterday and today."

"Well, Ping'er's business is very good." Guan Yu nodded and turned to Hu Ban and said, "Hu Ban, has the detective sent out returned? Have you ever found Cao's pursuers?"

Hu Ban said: "General, more than a dozen cavalry and provocations have returned, but no pursuit of Cao's army was found."

Guan Yu pondered for a moment and said to Guan Ping: "To prevent accidents, Ping'er can lead 200 cavalry to hold the people of Ancheng, take advantage of the emperor's ceremonial guards, wear all officials' clothes, and move towards Jiangxia with great fanfare, to confuse all parties' fine works and eyeliners, creating the illusion of father hijacking the emperor and fleeing to Jiangxia."

Guan Ping said: "Father, this is a plan to escape from the cicada, right?"

"Yeah." Guan Yu nodded happily and said to Guan Ping, "When Ping'er has free time, in addition to practicing martial arts, she also needs to read more military books."

"Children follows his father's teachings." Guan Ping clasped his fists and said, "It's not too late, the child will lead his troops to set off."

"Well, Ping'er, go quickly." Guan Yu said to Hu Ban again, "Hu Ban, you go down too, keep an eye on the emperor and all officials. Min Gong's escape must not happen again."

Hu Ban's face was ashamed and whispered: "The villain will never make the same mistake again."

Watching Guan Ping and Hu Ban left the tent, Guan Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, the cold and stern expression on his face disappeared, but instead he was a kind-hearted look. He gently lifted the curtain in the middle of the tent, and Guan Yu stepped into the back tent. Although the furnishings of the back tent were simple, they were placed with an extremely luxurious dressing table.

The fire in the big tent was burning vigorously, baking the entire tent warmly as spring.

Diao Chan (fake Diao Chan) was wearing only a thin gauze, sitting upright in front of the dressing table to combed her black hair. Although this woman was about thirty years old, the erosion of time did not leave any traces on her face. She still looked as beautiful as a girl in the 28th, and her skin was still so sporty and shady.

Compared with the young girl in the 28th century, Diao Chan has a particularly mature woman charm, but her pair of breasts that almost ragged in feathers and her extremely plump buttocks are enough to make any man in the world confused and his blood rushing. Guan Yu stood behind Diao Chan and took her alluring curves into her eyes, and his breathing quickly began to become rapid.

Diao Chan saw the changes in Guan Yu's body from the reflection of the bronze mirror. A trace of helplessness and confusion flashed through her beautiful black eyes. The success or failure of wars, the handover of spoils, and serving different men again and again. Is this the fate of women in troubled times?

Lujiang, Shu County.

Lu Meng, a city gate captain who was just 2008, rushed into Sun Jian's official residence, held a letter in his hand and knelt down on the ground, and said quickly: "Lord, there will be an urgent matter!"

"Lu Meng?" Sun Jian said, "What's the matter?"

Lu Meng said: "Cao Cao's general Guan Yu from Runan condemns the fast horse and sends an urgent letter!"

"Guan Yu's urgent letter?" Sun Jian turned around and exchanged glances with Xu Shu, and said in a deep voice, "Come on!"

A small official had already stepped forward to take the book from Lu Meng and ran back to Sun Jian. Sun Jian snatched it, and removed the hot lacquer outside the book, and spread it out in a hurry. After reading it in a hurry, Sun Jian's face had already changed drastically. He said to Xu Shu beside him: "Military advisor, something big happened in Xuchang!"

Xu Shu said: "Lord, what happened?"

Sun Jian handed the letter to Xu Shu and said in a deep voice: "When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted Guandu, Guan Yu suddenly launched a rebellion and returned to Xuchang to kidnap the emperor. All officials and Cao Cao's family were small, and they are now fleeing to Runan! Guan Yu wrote to him that he intended to recommend himself to the orphan tent with the emperor as a gift."

"Guan Yu is a small matter, and the emperor is a big matter. Today, since I am in Runan, the lord should personally bring in elite troops to welcome him!" Xu Shu said this, and thought about it and said, "The emperor is robbed, and Cao Cao will not give up. The butcher may turn his spearhead to intercept the emperor. The battlefield in the Central Plains is changing, and the battle for the emperor may very well turn into an unprecedented melee."
Chapter completed!