The game starts with Cao Cao as the main character, and the beauty sheds countless tears.

Chapter 98 Zhang Miao's Last Moments! Is Chen Gong dead or alive?

"Report!"

"The west gate has been breached!"

"Those guys on the city wall... have all surrendered."

City Lord's Mansion

Zhang Miao listened quietly to the report from his personal guards, a calm expression flashing across his face.

"That's fine too."

"Zhang will die so that Cao Mengde will forever bear this infamy!"

Zhang Miao thought to himself.

Then he gave instructions to his personal guards:

“Go and tell Cao Cao that I am willing to surrender to him, only asking that he spare the lives of my family in consideration of our past camaraderie.”

The guards covered their faces and wept.

As Zhang Miao's confidants, they knew exactly what Zhang Miao was going to do next.

Knowing this, these guards were eager to die alongside Zhang Miao.

But clearly, they were still carrying the task assigned to them by Zhang Miao.

wanna die?

We must at least help Zhang Miao complete this final plan!

Who says Zhang Miao lacked backbone?

The only difference is that his path was different from Cao Cao's.

With firm steps, Zhang Miao entered the study and poured kerosene all over his body.

"Gongtai, I hope you won't blame me when you wake up..."

……

Chenliu East Gate

After the west gate was breached first, the south and north gates were also breached in succession.

Only the East Gate held out the longest.

However, it was Cao Cao himself who was in charge of attacking the east gate.

Looking at the captured East Gate guard in front of him, Cao Cao swung his Yitian Sword and cut the ropes binding him.

"Geng Wu, right?"

"With your abilities, it would be such a pity if you died here."

"From now on, you can serve me without worry, shall you?"

Geng Wu gave a bleak smile and said to Cao Cao:

"Prefect Cao, your abilities are indeed superior to those of Prefect Zhang."

"The generals under your command are far superior to an unknown like me."

"But I must tell Governor Cao."

"I, Geng Wu, am only willing to follow Prefect Zhang!"

"Feel sorry……"

After saying this, Geng Wu's face turned red, and streaks of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

He couldn't defeat Cao Cao, but at least he could control his own life and death.

He bit off his tongue and committed suicide, giving him a final shred of dignity.

Behind Cao Cao, all the generals in his camp remained silent.

Cao Cao personally took off his cloak and covered Geng Wu's body with it.

"Issue the order to give Geng Wu a proper burial."

Cao Cao gave the order.

Followed by.

With heavy hearts, Cao Cao's generals followed him into the city gate.

Not far away, several of Zhang Miao's personal guards ran quickly toward them.

"Governor Cao, spare my life!"

"My lord is willing to surrender to you."

"He only hopes that you will spare the lives of his entire family and not harm them."

Cao Cao was quite pleased to hear that Zhang Miao was willing to surrender.

after all.

This would not only avert a bloodshed but also help Cao Cao avoid infamy.

But just as Cao Cao was leading his generals to the city lord's mansion to meet Zhang Miao...

Suddenly, plumes of black smoke rose from the direction of the city lord's mansion!

"This...could it be a fire?"

Cao Cao quickened his pace and led his generals to the city lord's mansion to put out the fire.

The fire was small, and with Cao Cao's army being numerous, it was quickly extinguished.

But Cao Cao not only found Zhang Miao, who had been burned to death, in the fire, but also the bodies of his entire family!

All of a sudden.

Cao Cao's expression changed drastically!

Several of Zhang Miao's personal guards, as if in a chain reaction, immediately began to cry out loudly:

"Prefect Cao, Prefect Cao! Why are you so ruthless?"

"My lord has clearly surrendered, yet you still refuse to let him go!"

"Not only do we want to kill him, but we also want the lives of his entire family!"

"A person like you is a tyrant, a butcher!"

Xiahou Yuan, Yue Jin, and other generals of Cao Cao's camp wanted to silence these personal guards.

But before they could even make a move, black blood began to flow from the corners of the mouths of these guards, and they died from poisoning!

Cao Cao clenched his fists in anger.

With his intelligence, he naturally saw through the situation at that moment.

This fire was orchestrated by Zhang Miao himself.

The goal was to use the lives of the entire family to tarnish Cao Cao's reputation!

If Cao Cao's guess is correct.

Zhang Miao must have also sent other personal guards to spread the news.

Even if Cao Cao wanted to suppress the news at this moment, it was already too late.

"Zhang Miao, you've really taught me a good lesson!"

Cao Cao was so angry that his head was splitting with pain.

My headache, which hadn't flared up for a long time, started hurting again because of the anger.

"What's wrong with my lord?"

Fortunately, Su Yu and Xu Chu arrived from the direction of the East Gate.

Su Yu had already sensed something was wrong when he saw the black smoke rising from the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.

Looking at it now, something seems off.

It's absolutely terrible!

Zhang Miao, known as one of the "Eight Chefs of Yanzhou," is considered one of the eight most famous figures in the literary world of Yanzhou.

If only he had died, Cao Cao would not have borne much infamy.

However, the Han Dynasty's style of doing things was often to "avoid harming family members."

Zhang Miao and his entire family perished, and Cao Cao had no choice but to take the blame for this tragedy, whether he wanted to or not!

unless……

A more suitable scapegoat can be found!

"Sir, what should we do?"

Seeing Cao Cao's splitting headache, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Le Jin were extremely anxious.

Su Yu smiled calmly, walked to Cao Cao's side, and whispered in Cao Cao's ear:

"My lord, Xu Chu was chatting with me just now and mentioned that there are several nice widows in his Xu Family Village."

"But my lord, you know I've never been a fan of this kind of food."

"Those widows in Xujia Village are all virtuous women who know how to manage their lives."

"Doesn't our lord want to help them?"

Somehow.

Cao Cao, who was in so much pain that he was almost crying out in agony, suddenly felt no pain in his head.

In fact, a faint sense of anticipation even arose in my heart.

Although no one could clearly hear what Su Yu and Cao Cao said.

But when they saw that Cao Cao's headache had suddenly disappeared, everyone was amazed.

Su Yu's gaze swept over the generals in Cao Cao's camp.

Seeing that all the generals were safe and sound and none of them were injured, he nodded slightly.

"wrong!"

"Gentlemen, have you forgotten someone?"

Where did Chen Gong go?

"Could it be that none of you encountered Chen Gong?"

Su Yu exclaimed in surprise.

Only then did everyone realize where that sense of incongruity came from!

Chenliu was captured, Zhang Miao died, and he even led his entire family to commit suicide by fire.

What about Chen Gong?

As the number two figure in Zhang Miao's faction, Chen Gong couldn't just disappear without a trace, could he?

……