Chapter 42: The Calm Before the Great War

Zhou Yukun coughed violently for a while, and it took a long time to recover. [Ran^Text^Library] Seeing Ma Chuling, who was standing next to him, pitiful and with tears in his eyes, even Zhou Yukun almost thought that he had made a mistake. He couldn't help but admire from the bottom of his heart, this girl is simply a movie queen. No, the actress or something is weaker than her!

However, Zhou Yukun is a man after all, and he doesn't want to worry more about her, and he really accidentally saw her safety pants, which is his own fault. "Brother Liu Bei, Senior Brother Ma Chao, I'm fine, I was playing with my little sister just now! Let's get down to business. ”

So, under Zhou Yukun's initiative to show softness, this matter was over. Of course, Ma Chuling would definitely not appreciate it, and secretly glared at Zhou Yukun in private, eager to cramp and peel him.

When he walked to the room, Zhou Yukun still coughed from time to time. Suddenly, a warm palm gently patted on his back. Zhou Yukun turned his head to look and found that Yuan Xinwen came to his back at some point, and because she had been obsessed with learning martial arts in the past few days, she had almost forgotten her.

Yuan Xinwen smiled faintly: "What's the matter with you and that little girl?" Seeing that she looks like she wants to eat people, you won't insult others, right? ”

Although Yuan Xinwen's smile was similar to before, for some reason, Zhou Yukun felt a cold air coming, and he couldn't help but shiver. Moreover, although her guess is a bit exaggerated, it is not too much worse, is a woman's intuition so terrifying?

"Uh, hehe, how is it possible, it's just that I have some misunderstanding with her." Zhou Yukun said with a dry smile.

Yuan Xinwen smiled meaningfully, almost making Zhou Yukun think that she knew everything. "Really? It's good that you didn't do anything excessive.,I almost thought you were Lolicon.,Don't even let go of such a little girl.。 ”

Zhou Yukun smirked and scratched his head, not knowing how to answer at all, so he could only pretend to be stupid.

This scene made Ma Chuling's hateful teeth itch on the other side: Okay, if you are fierce and like a demon in front of me, you will quarrel with me; Now, when I see your good looks, I treat them like sheep, too differently. Compared to that soft-spoken, personalityless woman, where am I inferior! Hmph, next time let me catch him, I must not let this hateful guy go!

Zhou Yukun didn't know at all that he had inadvertently offended this tigress again, if he knew Ma Chuling's thoughts, he could only say that a woman's heart, a needle under the sea, was completely incomprehensible.

In the time that followed, Liu Bei and Ma Chao talked for a long time, roughly analyzing the current situation and the plan proposed by Xu Shu before. After hearing this, Ma Chao had no opinion, and handed over all the five thousand elite horses he brought to Liu Bei.

After some statistics, Liu Bei's subordinates now have a total of 3,000 infantry troops and 5,000 cavalry, including generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Zhou Cang, Guan Ping, and Liu Feng; The strategists include Xu Shu, Jian Yong, and Sun Qian. Under Xu Shu's arrangement, the people began to evacuate slowly from today, and Liu Biao's side had already been communicated by Jian Yong. The 2,000 infantry troops allocated did not need to stay in the city, and all of them were guarded around the people, led by Guan Ping and Liu Feng.

The remaining 5,000 cavalry was the main force of this battle, with Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Zhou Cang each leading 1,000 people, and Zhou Yukun stayed in the city with a thousand infantry because he had no experience in leading troops, and as for the two girls, they were also left in the city and garrisoned with Zhou Yukun.

As for the military advisor Xu Shu and the two strategists, they must be in the big camp in the city and be responsible for commanding all the battles. In this way, everything was ready, just waiting for Cao Cao's army to arrive. Of course, if Cao Cao doesn't come, it will be even better.

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In the city of Xuchang, Cao Cao returned victorious, and his reputation shocked the world.

In the glorious and atmospheric main hall, the ministers knelt down and shouted in unison: "Congratulations to the King of Wei on his victory, congratulations to the King of Wei on unifying the north!" ”

Cao Cao raised his head and took a deep breath, this feeling, this feeling of being admired by thousands of people, is really refreshing! It is no wonder that in ancient times, countless people wanted to compete for the throne to obtain this supreme glory. "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up."

The ministers bowed and slowly got up: "King Xie Wei!" ”

Cao Cao looked at this scene, and countless thoughts surged in his heart: At this time, I am still just a king, I just unified the north, and I still have the whole world to get. If, when I get the whole world, what a majestic scene it will be. All the people of this dream world will bow down to me and call me emperor!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart. "Everyone, Aiqing, in recent days, I have defeated Yuan Shao and harvested Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places, and I already own one-third of the entire country. Therefore, I want to take this opportunity to take Jingzhou in one fell swoop and eliminate Liu Bei. What do you have to do? ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, I don't understand why the lord is so anxious, only Guo Jia sighed secretly in his heart: This lord, he is really resolute. But I really don't know if his target is Liu Bei, or the beauty who attracted him?

A minister stood up and said with a serious face: "Lord, we have been fighting with Yuan Shao for several months, the soldiers are exhausted, and the grain and grass are almost consumed, how can we march to the south again?" I think we should take advantage of this time to recuperate and recuperate! Please think twice. ”

Cao Cao heard that someone disagreed with his opinion, and was a little unhappy: "Xun Yu, your idea is very good. But you must know that I have just recently included many of Yuan Shao's soldiers, which are 400,000, plus my previous army of more than 100,000, it is very easy to level Jingzhou. When we take Jingzhou, it's not too late to recuperate. ”

"However, although Yuan Shao's soldiers are numerous, most of them are weak, although our army is sharp, it has been fighting for a long time, and it is already tired, how to fight the enemy?" Xun Yu continued to persuade unwillingly.

Cao Cao frowned and pondered, and said no more. Seeing this, Guo Jia reluctantly stood up in the queue. "Lord, what Wen Ruo said is very reasonable, I also hope you can think twice!" Other ministers also expressed their support for Xun Yu's proposal.

"Alas", Cao Cao couldn't help but hesitate, could it really be that he was too anxious? However, if you let yourself wait like this, you really want to realize your eldest brother's wish as soon as possible, and I really want to end this troubled world soon.

Just as Cao Cao wanted to accept Xun Yu's suggestion, there was a sudden sound of an announcement outside. "Report ......" a guard dragged a long voice to the hall and knelt on the ground.

"Say it quickly." Cao Cao said with some solemnity. This kind of information that can directly enter the temple usually only has more important information, otherwise, it will be blocked from the outside and cannot be presented until the end of the early dynasty.

"Report to the King of Wei, there is a signal for help from Runan City, Liu Bei led a large army to attack, the offensive is very fierce, and the city will be broken in less than two days, I hope that the lord will send reinforcements as soon as possible."

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned. This Liu Bei is so bold, he was not ready to go to him for trouble, but he took the initiative to come to me, I really don't know how thick the sky is. Thinking so, he smiled angrily: "Hmph, is there anyone who opposes the southward attack now?" They've all come to the door, aren't we going to make a move? ”

Xun Yu was also a little at a loss, and the news came at such a timely time that he couldn't react. The other ministers also looked at each other, not knowing how to speak. If you continue to say that you don't attack, won't it seem that you are easy to bully, and you won't fight back when you are beaten; If you want to change your words and say that it is an attack, it is another slap in the face, and the opposition that was justified just now is now immediately reversed.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of these ministers, Cao Cao became angry, and finally shouted: "Since there is no objection, then prepare for me to attack south." Retreat! After speaking, he didn't look at everyone's expressions, and walked away directly from the side.