Lu County is just a small city, but because it is the maiden home of Queen Lu, it is somewhat famous. Moreover, because of the geographical location, Lu County could not build a big city. The city wall is only two or three meters high, and the siege soldiers do not need siege ladders, and they can easily jump over the human wall.

Therefore, Cao Cao's army captured Lu County in less than an hour. In addition, it is also because the resistance of the defenders in Lu County is not strong, they think that they are the founding queen's maiden family, what does Cao Cao dare to do to them?

At this moment, in Cao Cao's military camp, an old man with a proud expression was standing in front of Cao Cao.

This person is Lu Gong, and this Lu Gong is not Lu Gong. In Lu County, the favored elder who is also the patriarch of the Lu family is called Lu Gong. The power of Duke Lü is equivalent to the Taishou of a city, and the appointment, dismissal, promotion, etc. of officials in Lü County must be approved by Duke Lü. Otherwise, no one wants to stay in this position for long.

"Lord Cao, your famous old man has also heard of it. Now that the city gate has been opened, Lord Cao can lead his army through. However, I still hope that Lord Cao will restrain his soldiers and not harass the people in the city. ”

Lu Gong had an arrogant posture, as if a superior was ordering his subordinates.

"Huh!"

Cao Cao laughed suddenly, and his smile was so light. It's just that Cao Cao's subordinates in the tent felt a hint of coldness, this feeling they hadn't felt for a long time, but today they felt it again. It's just that Lu Gong still doesn't know that his demeanor is still so arrogant, even looking at Cao Cao's eyes. I haven't faced it squarely.

There is a reason why Duke Lu is so arrogant, the maiden family of the founding queen Empress Lu has a transcendent status. Don't say too much, stabbing history and the like. Even every reigning Son of Heaven would send envoys to Lu County every year to offer condolences. Since he took over the title of Duke Lü, this Duke of Lü has received the envoys of the four sons of heaven, which is older than the elders of the three dynasties. Let me ask, under the condolences of the four sons of heaven before today's son, how could Duke Lu not have a complacent heart in his heart? Who is Cao Cao? After being a eunuch, he was lucky enough to become the assassin of Yanzhou. Lu Gongken came to see him in person, which had already given him a lot of face. Previously, Cao Cao did not greet him outside the barracks in person, and Lu Gong secretly said that he had a good temper and did not care about Cao Cao. But. Cao Cao didn't even send someone to greet him, and he wanted him to go into the barracks by himself, and the guards dared to scold him. Lu Gonghe had been treated like this, so that. After meeting Cao Cao. Lu Gong has never had a good face.

"Open the city gates and let Ben Thorn Shi pass? and restrain the soldiers under your command not to harass the people of your Tong County? Haha, old fellow, who do you think you are?"

Cao Cao laughed and looked at Lu Gong with disdain.

"You..."

Lu Gong pointed at Cao Cao, his face full of anger. Thinking of him, even the envoys sent by the Son of Heaven were very respectful to him. Don't dare to slack off. However, today in front of Cao Cao. Not only did he not receive courtesy from the other party, but he was scolded by the other party as an old guy, thinking that he had lived for such a long time, how could he have been so bullied?

"Cao Mengde, do you know who the old man is? The old man is Duke Lu, a member of the mother's family of the founding queen of this dynasty, even the messenger of the Son of Heaven has to perform the gift of the younger generations in front of the old man, and you dare to be so rampant with a little thorn history? Don't say it's you, even your father Cao Song, who died in death, doesn't dare to talk to the old man like this. ”

"Ahh

A terrible scream sounded in Cao Cao's tent, but the person who screamed was Lu Gong. I saw that Lu Gong's wrinkled face was tightly wrinkled at the moment, his left hand was covering the palm of his right hand, and if he looked carefully, Lu Gong's right index finger had disappeared, and blood was gushing out along the severed place. On the ground, a finger lay silently.

Looking at Cao Cao again, he was holding a sharp sword in his hand, and there was blood stains on the blade, obviously, it was Cao Cao who cut off the index finger of Lu Gong's right hand pointing at him just now.

"It's ridiculous, when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, and said that after Gaozu, the two actually had nothing to do with each other. The Son of Heaven treats your Lu family well, but he just gives you some face, and you really regard yourself as a character. An old guy who is about to die, he dares to be arrogant in front of this assassin history, he simply doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. At the beginning, the history of this assassin ordered that when he entered Xuzhou, he must call Xuzhou chickens and dogs not to stay. Today, the history of this assassin will give you a ride. ”

Cao Cao smiled and said coldly, Originally, after these days of killing, Cao Cao's anger had almost been vented. After all, Cao Cao was a hero, and after venting his anger, he began to think about the future rule of Xuzhou. Therefore, Cao Cao also wanted to take the opportunity to stop killing, if Lu Gongken was kind to him, Cao Cao also took the opportunity to go downhill and stop killing. However, who knew that after Lu Gong entered the camp, he put on a posture of the eldest and his second child, and then talked about his dead Lao Tzu, Cao Cao immediately became angry again, and the heart to stop killing came up again.

Cao Cao is a hero, no matter how arrogant Lu Gong behaves in front of him, Cao Cao will not rise to the heart of killing for this reason. The reason why Cao Cao had the intention of killing was because of another reason.

Duke Lu is just a member of the founding queen's mother's family, and because of Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, although it is still the Han Dynasty, it is actually a generation. However, Lu Gong can still use the name of Empress Lu to do this, making Lu County a special existence. Cao Cao wanted to take Xuzhou and become his own territory, and with Cao Cao being such a heroic figure, it was naturally impossible for such a special existence as Lu County to stay under his rule. In addition to Lu County, Gaozu's hometown Pei County is also a special existence, as is Caiyang County, Nanyang County, the hometown of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and in addition to these three places, there are many similar places in the world. The existence of these places is a great obstacle to rule. Cao Cao is a hero, and he will never allow such a special thing to exist. Therefore, Cao Cao just took advantage of this attack on Xuzhou to take revenge and eradicate Lu County and Pei County. In the future, he will also eradicate Caiyang County and other places, and under his rule of Cao Cao, there is no need for these special existences.

"Ah, Cao Mengde, if you dare to touch the old man, you will definitely be blamed by the world. ”

Lu Gong endured the pain. But he still didn't let go of his arrogant posture. In the eyes of people like him, their status is higher than others, and they are hurt. It will definitely be valued by others.

"Haha, what if the people of the world accuse me? I will kill all the people of the world, but before that, this assassin history will first let you Lu County be removed from history, but unfortunately you can't see all this anymore. ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, the sword in his hand stabbed at Lu Gong.

"Don't. Don't, ah..."

As a miserable scream sounded, Lu Gong's voice stopped abruptly. Then, Lu Gong slowly fell to the ground, his eyes still showing an unwilling look. He couldn't figure out how Cao Cao dared to attack him. Pity. Lu Gong will never get an answer.

Cao Cao withdrew his sword. Sitting back in his place, he ordered in a cold voice: "Come on, kill everyone in Lu County, and leave no one behind." ”

Cao Cao's words had an unquestionable tone, and everyone who originally wanted to stand up and persuade them all retracted their steps. Ever since they listened to Xi Zhicai's words, they all knew that Cao Cao had already had the idea of quelling the killing, and they were all a little happy in their hearts. However, today it is because of Lu Gong's anger. made Cao Cao kill again, and everyone didn't think there was anything wrong with Cao Cao. If you want to blame, you can only blame Lu Gong for being too rampant.

The people who led the order went faithfully carried out Cao Cao's order, but after half a day's effort, everyone in Lu County had been slaughtered, even if it was livestock, none of them survived, and the chickens and dogs were truly not left.

When the people of Lu County were killed, Cao Cao ordered again to send troops to Pei County.

Pei County is the birthplace of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and it is also a special existence. Moreover, Pei County is even more special than Lu County, because of Lu Gong's reminder, Cao Cao, who originally planned to let go of Pei County, has already decided to remove Pei County in his heart.

After a day's work, the army set up camp on the plain ten miles northwest of Pei County, and after waiting for a rest, they would attack the city at dawn tomorrow.

Just as Cao Cao gathered his subordinates to discuss the military affairs, a soldier came to report the military situation.

"Lord Qiyu, according to the investigation of his subordinates, there is a group of people in the southeast of Pei County, about 5,000 people, under the banner of Liu Zi, and there is also a group of people in the northeast of Pei County, about 10,000 people, under the banner of Kongzi. ”

Waved away the scout to continue to investigate, but Cao Cao thought in his heart.

"Liu Kong?"

Just after a little thought, Cao Cao knew who it was. The Liu banner is Liu Bei, and the Kong banner is Kong Rong. When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou the previous time, it was these two people who came to the rescue, but I didn't expect that this time, they would appear again, which is really hateful.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of these two support forces?"

For Kong Rong's 10,000 soldiers and horses, Cao Cao directly ignored them. Relatively speaking, Liu Bei's 5,000 soldiers and horses gave Cao Cao a headache. Of course, Cao Cao's headache was not 5,000 soldiers and horses, but Liu Bei's two sworn brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei fought against Lu Bu when the Tiger Prison was closed, it was earth-shattering, and the ghosts and gods cried. Cao Cao is also very clear about the strength of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Although he had some headaches, Cao Cao was not afraid. Liu Bei is about Yu and Zhang Fei, and he Cao Cao also has two fierce generals, Xiahoudun and Xu Chu, but with Liu Bei on the side, it just makes Cao Cao a little unhappy, just a little unhappy.

As Cao Cao's military advisor, Xi Zhicai took the lead in standing up and said: "Lord, from the perspective of his subordinates, Liu Bei is extraordinary, and the lord should be cautious. ”

As Cao Cao's military advisor, if Cao Cao is in chaos today, he will think about the opponents he will face in the future for Cao Cao.

From the beginning of the Tiger Prison Alliance, until now, Xi Zhi has selected the forces with the greatest potential from all the forces in the world, and these forces may become the opponents of the lord.

Many people think that Cao Cao's opponent will be Yuan Shao, but in Xi Zhicai's heart, Yuan Shao is just an incompetent person who does nothing, and he is not to be afraid. As long as Xi Zhicai wants to, he can help the lord destroy Yuan Shao. It's just that I don't know if he will be able to wait until that day. Except for Yuan Shao, few of the major forces in the world can be looked at by Xi Zhicai, and there are only three forces that can make Xi Zhicai pay attention.

One of them was the original Wucheng Hou Sun Jian. It's just that Sun Jian died when he attacked Jingzhou, and this opponent no longer exists. And Sun Jian's son Sun Ce is still under Yuan Shu's command, his reputation is not obvious, and the person who can pay attention to Xi Zhi is naturally a person who has made a difference, Sun Ce has not done anything, and Xi Zhicai naturally cannot analyze that Sun Ce will become Cao Cao's opponent. After all, he is not a traverser.

Sun Jian was removed, and Liu Bei was next.

Although Liu Bei is not visible and does not dew. However, Xi Zhicai relied on his intuition. During the previous attack on Xuzhou, after Liu Bei appeared on the battlefield, Xi Zhicai had already begun to collect Liu Bei's past experiences. From the very beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, when Liu Bei came to prominence, Xi Zhicai was keenly aware that Liu Bei was not a simple person. Later, when the Eighteenth Route Coalition Army was crusading against Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei also appeared on the battlefield. And he showed his face once, showing his strength. Then, Liu Bei traveled thousands of miles. From Jizhou to support Xuzhou Tao Qian. Xi Zhi is from a poor background, and he knows very well that it is impossible for anyone to help others for no reason, as the so-called no profit is not early, Liu Bei is obviously not a saint. Even if it's a saint. I don't dare to say that I will do this. Therefore. After careful analysis, Xi Zhi immediately understood that if Liu Bei grew up, he would definitely be the rival of the lord.

As early as before, Xi Zhicai had already told Cao Cao that Liu Bei was not a simple person. However, Cao Cao didn't take it too seriously. Therefore, taking this opportunity, Xi Zhicai once again reminded Cao Cao.

And except after Sun Jian and Liu Bei. Cao Cao also has a possible rival is Yuan Chang.

Regarding Yuan Chang's past, Xi Zhicai felt that it couldn't be simpler. It can be said that it is a waste and dregs. In other words, anyone who sees Yuan Chang's past doesn't think that Yuan Chang will become a character. Under normal circumstances, Xi Zhicai will also look at it this way. However, it is such a simple and extreme character who has been effectively effected by Guo Jia. As Guo Jia's friend, Xi Zhi is very aware of Guo Jia's arrogance and ambition, if Yuan Chang is really a simple and ordinary character, will Guo Jia serve the other party? This is obviously impossible, so Xi Zhi knows that Yuan Chang will definitely not be a simple character. Therefore, the collection of Yuan Chang's information has never stopped. However, what made Xi Zhicai puzzled was that from the beginning of paying attention to Yuan Chang to the present, he had sent a total of no less than 100 fine works, but until now, none of them had come back to report the situation to him, which was a bit abnormal. If a fine work does not come back, it can be said that there was an accident. However, when a hundred people are like this, it is absolutely impossible to be an accident. The only thing that can be explained is that the other party found out about his own fine work, and then killed his own fine work. Thinking of this, Xi Zhicai's evaluation of Yuan Chang was even higher in his heart. The other party is definitely a figure that cannot be underestimated, if he despises Yuan Chang, he is doomed to failure.

However, fortunately, after Xi Zhicai reminded Cao Cao of the existence of Yuan Chang, Cao Cao also attached great importance to it and increased the details sent to Bohai County. Relatively speaking, in Xi Zhicai's heart, Yuan Chang is an even more formidable enemy than Liu Bei. However, if Yuan Chang is a figure who is unwilling to be mediocre, it is Yuan Shao who will have the first headache instead of Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao is on the battlefield in Xuzhou, he can't take care of Yuan Chang's side, so he let Yuan Shao have a headache first. What we have to do now is to take Xuzhou and take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Bei. If there is one less rival, it will be more beneficial to the great cause of the lord.

"What the military advisor said is very true, but this time our army invaded Xuzhou, Tao Qian is the main master. After taking Xuzhou, there is no need to rush to deal with Liu Bei's affairs. ”

Regarding Xi Zhicai's reminder, Cao Cao nodded as if he was very obedient.

However, Xi Zhicai understood that Cao Cao still didn't value Liu Bei so much. Otherwise, even if Tao Qian is the assassin of Xuzhou, it is just a force to get rid of it, and it is not much difficult at all, Cao Cao does not need to solve Tao Qian first, but should solve Liu Bei first. Xi Zhicai was a little puzzled, why didn't Cao Cao take Liu Bei in his eyes like this?

Cao Cao didn't take Liu Bei in his eyes, and there was a reason.

I think that Cao Cao served as a lieutenant in Luoyang and managed the security of the capital. At that time, Cao Cao dealt with countless children of the powerful, and every time these children of the powerful committed a crime, they had to say "my father is so-and-so", "my grandfather is so-and-so" and so on. But Liu Bei has a similar statement to these powerful children, that is, every time Liu Bei has to say who he is and whose descendant he is, and put the title of a Han clan on his head. It is precisely for this reason that Cao Cao doesn't attach much importance to Liu Bei, but he is just a guy who wants to borrow the name of his ancestors, does he need to pay attention to it?

Perhaps, even Liu Bei himself didn't know, just because a sentence he often put on his lips made Cao Cao despise him, thus giving him the opportunity to rise.

"Strategist, what the lord said is very true. The top priority should be to take Xuzhou. Liu Bei is just a clown who jumps into Liang, and after taking Xuzhou, he can be destroyed. ”

Cao Cao's voice fell. Xiahoudun immediately stood up and agreed.

After all, Xiahoudun is a military general, and he doesn't think as much as Xi Zhicai. In Xiahoudun's opinion, only the territory in his hand is the right reason, and there is no need to keep entangled in those irrelevant things. Besides, Liu Bei only has 5,000 soldiers and horses, as long as he is given 5,000 soldiers and horses. You can easily eliminate Liu Bei. Therefore, Xiahoudun felt that Cao Cao was right.

In the same way, all the people in the tent. Everyone also agreed with Cao Cao's opinion.

This time when he attacked Xuzhou, although Cao Cao's troops did not suffer any losses, Cao Cao's reputation suffered great losses. If this is the case, Xuzhou has not been taken. That's really a loss for the lady and a soldier.

Xi Zhicai saw this. Only sigh in my heart.

Everyone in the tent is both civil and military, all of them are momentary talents, and they are all outstanding figures in their respective fields, and they are all loyal to Cao Cao. However, after all, they still lack some of the overall situation and some of the foresight to look at the world. Even Xun Yu and Xun Yu are the same. To be a qualified military advisor. It must be exhaustive, and everything can be taken into account for the lord. Xun Yu excelled in internal affairs. Leave it at that. Xun You has the title of mastermind, can analyze the general trend of the world for Cao Cao, and can consider the matter of dominating the world for Cao Cao. However, it is only in the aspect of looking at people that some acumen is lacking. It is no wonder that Xun Yu has the title of mastermind, but his fame is not as good as Xun Yu, and in history, he is not as good as Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others. Xi Zhicai knew that time was running out, and he had been looking for a candidate for Cao Cao to take over as a military advisor, but after looking for so long, he didn't find one, and Xun You was barely qualified. Originally, the most favored person was Guo Jia. However, Guo Jia has already joined Yuan Chang, and he has nothing to do.

Cao Cao nodded, and it seemed that most of the people were in the same mood as him. Since this is the case, then solve Xuzhou first, and then deal with Liu Bei. Liu Bei was insignificant in Cao Cao's heart, but Xi Zhicai always insisted on getting rid of Liu Bei, and Cao Cao didn't want to fall into the hearts of his subordinates, so he decided to take Xuzhou and deal with Liu Bei. Otherwise, in Cao Cao's opinion, a character like Liu Bei will reluctantly shoot when he has time, if he is not free, let him jump, why waste energy.

"Since everyone agrees with me, I will send troops to Pei County tomorrow, don't make our army famous!"

"Whoa!"

At the same time, in Picheng, the seat of governance in Xuzhou, Tao Qian also convened his officials to discuss countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Cao invaded my Xuzhou, and his troops were divided into two routes. Cao Cao personally led the way to capture Lu County, and Cao Ren all the way to Teng County, and he will soon have troops under the city, I wonder what good plan you have?"

Tao Qian's face was gloomy, and he looked at the officials under his command expectantly.

Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou this time under the slogan of revenge, and everywhere he passed was a massacre of the city, and hundreds of thousands of people have died so far. Of course, Tao Qian did not care about the lives of these people. Cao Cao wants to avenge Cao Song, he, the main master, will definitely not be able to escape, once Xuzhou falls, his Tao Qian's life will definitely not be guaranteed. Thinking of this, Tao Qian also regretted a little in his heart, he knew that he shouldn't have killed Cao Song in order to vent his anger, but now it is useless to regret it, Cao Song is dead, and it is impossible for him to resurrect Cao Song.

"My lord, although Cao Cao is aggressive, he doesn't need to care too much. ”

The person who spoke was naturally Cao Bao, the captain of Xuzhou, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, Cao Bao straightened his chest and continued to say loudly: "Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time is brutal and unreasonable, and it will definitely cause the anger of the heavens and the resentment, and the imperial court will also send soldiers and horses to stop Cao Cao's actions. Moreover, there are still 200,000 troops in Xuzhou, how can I be afraid of Cao Cao's 100,000 soldiers and horses. As long as our army sticks to the city and waits for the arrival of the imperial court soldiers and horses, and the righteous people of the Quartet respond, Cao Cao will definitely retreat without a fight. ”

Hearing Cao Bao's words, Tao Qian frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Now that the imperial court is under the control of Li Dao and Guo Yan, it is still too busy to take care of itself, so how can it have the energy to take care of Xuzhou? As for the accusations of the people of the world, Tao Qian secretly sneered in his heart. It's not about hanging high, Tao Qian sees this very thoroughly. Just like this kind of thing happened in other places, he Tao Qian would also make loud accusations, but would he have any other actions besides accusations? This is naturally impossible. Therefore, Tao Qian directly ignored Cao Bao's words.

Tao Qian looked at one of the people present and asked, "Don't drive, I don't know what your plan is?"

The person Tao Qian questioned was naturally a wealthy businessman in Xuzhou, Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family. (To be continued......)