Xu County Sili Lieutenant Fuzhong,

In the study of the back house,

Two sticks of butter wax illuminate the room as bright as day,

Cao Cao reclined on the collapse,

Holding a book of war in his hand, he studied it carefully.

Cao Cao has the habit of not letting go of the scroll,

No matter how busy you are,

I will definitely find time to flip through the books,

Today I have dealt with the official business of one,

was already a little tired,

But there's one more important thing,

Waiting for the news,

Just take advantage of this time to flip through the military book for a while.

In recent times,

Cao Cao is really busy,

Welcome the dedication of the emperor back to Xu County,

There are a lot of things that need to be arranged in person.

Besides

Due to the rapid expansion this year,

Although in the fall,

There is a bumper harvest everywhere under his rule,

But they can't make ends meet,

Because of this, Cao Cao had to form a secret army,

is called the captain of the touch gold,

In fact, it is to dig up the tombs of the past,

Take out the funerary goods and sell them for money,

In exchange for a large amount of baggage supplies,

Fortunately, Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains,

There are many large tombs,

Finally temporarily solved the urgent need,

In addition, after Xun Yu put into effect,

His outstanding domestic talents,

It really solved most of Cao Cao's troubles.

Finally, I can get through this year in peace,

Unexpectedly, Yuan Shu suddenly usurped the emperor,

Yanzhou and Yuzhou border,

Cao Cao didn't want to tear his face with Yuan Shu at this time,

After all, Yanzhou has just stabilized,

Located in the land of the four wars,

It's not easy to develop.

And Yuan Shu of Yuzhou is the son of the Yuan family,

Its huge power and even Yuan Shao, who captured Jizhou, may not be able to compare.

Such a behemoth is so close at hand,

Cao Cao's original plan was to befriend him as much as possible,

After the rest of those yellow turbans are completely digested, I will make plans,

However, I didn't expect the plan to keep up with the changes.

Yuan Shu didn't give him this opportunity at all,

If the other princes are all right,

Move your mouth and mouth to criticize the pen,

can also pass,

But Cao Cao is now holding his son hostage to order the princes,

In other words, anyone can make a show,

Only he must make a statement at this time,

And it's to do something in a down-to-earth way.

Otherwise, I finally won a little fame,

It's going to fall short in no time.

The mind is complicated, and I can't read it.

At this time,

Suddenly, a majestic voice came from outside the door,

"Lord, Mr. Cheng Yu has arrived."

Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this,

The short body jumped on the surface of the rain at once,

I don't care if the ground is cold,

Barefoot ran to the door to meet him,

The door was slammed open by Cao Cao,

I saw a strong man like an iron tower standing outside the door,

But it was a tiger general recruited by Cao Cao,

Named Xu Chu Xu Zhongkang,

Originally, it was a wealthy gentleman in the county of the country,

There is a Wu Fort named Xujiabao in the local area.

It is full of people from the Xu family.

When Cao Cao passed by Qiaoxian,

Love his bravery, along with hundreds of family members,

Recruit to your command,

Xu Chu is more than eight feet long, with a waist of ten girths, a majestic appearance, and great bravery.

And he is very loyal and brave,

Very much favored by Cao Cao,

Later, he served as Cao Cao's guard.

At the moment by his side,

There are still strong men who think they are about forty,

More than eight feet long, tall and burly,

is also one more than Xu Chu,

The countenance is quite majestic,

The three-foot hair under the jaw swayed gently in the wind,

This person is looking forward to being a military general,

But he was dressed in a scribe's robe,

Outer Crane Feather Large,

It looks a little weird,

But the person was calm.

This person's name is Cheng Yu, and his name is Zhongde.

A native of Dong'e, Dongjun County, Yanzhou (now Dong'e, Shandong),

From the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei was a strategist, a famous minister, and a general.

His real name is Cheng Li,

Just because in the dream of holding the sun in Mount Tai,

Then he changed his name to Cheng Yu.

When he was young, he led the people in Dong'e to fight against the Yellow Turban.

In the third year of Chuping (192), he was conquered by Cao Cao,

Since then, he has made suggestions, fought in all directions, and won the championship.

In the midst of this era,

Due to the appearance of Lu Bu's butterfly,

Cheng Yu also joined Cao Cao much earlier,

The two hit it off at first sight,

Treat each other as confidants,

When Cheng Yu was recently put into effect,

Cao Cao ordered it to be Shou Zhang Ling,

He was one of Cao Cao's important advisers,

Especially after the death of Xi Zhicai,

Cheng Yu and Xun Yu,

It has become Cao Cao's most relied on right-hand man.

As for Sima Yi,

Although the ability is outstanding,

But Cao Cao was always wary of it,

Therefore, although Sima's is reused,

But it never gets to the core.

Cheng Yu looks like a dusty man at the moment,

Seeing Cao Cao personally go out to greet him,

Some were caught off guard,

When he looked down, he suddenly found that Cao Cao was barefoot,

My heart is very moved,

But he is not good at words,

opened his mouth, but in the end there was only one sentence:

"Lord, Zhongde is not late."

Cao Cao grabbed Cheng Yu's big hand,

dragged him into the house,

While patting the snow on Cheng Yu's body,

While instructing Xu Chu to bring ginger soup to Cheng Yu to ward off the cold.

Cao Cao is already short,

dragged Cheng Yu, who was much taller than him, to walk,

It's ridiculous.

But Cheng Yu not only couldn't laugh,

I almost burst into tears because I was moved.

He is a famous celebrity in Yanzhou,

On weekdays, I receive countless courtesies,

But like Cao Cao, treat him with sincerity,

And the two of them are quite close to each other,

There's really nothing else,

So Cheng Yu was very moved.

Cheng Yu is a practical person,

As soon as I sat down, I got straight to the point:

"Lord, Yuan Shaojun has already started to act."

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed and he didn't speak,

Cheng Yu continued:

"Yuan Benchu sent 150,000 troops, divided into three routes, to attack and annex the state. At the same time, 100,000 heavy troops led by Yan Liangwen Chou also marched in the direction of Wuguan. ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows,

couldn't help but be slightly surprised:

"Yuan Benchu is completely going to be the enemy of Lu Bu."

Cheng Yu stroked the hair under his chin and said:

"Yuan Shao swallowed Youzhou, and now he has three prefectures of Qingdao, Hebei, and Youzhou, as well as the four counties of Sili, and other places, with strategists like clouds, fierce generals like tigers, thousands of acres of fertile land, and hundreds of thousands of people with armor, and now with the momentum of victory, it is the time when the soldiers are in their prime."

Cao Cao had no words when he heard this,

Cheng Yu must still have something to say,

Sure enough, there was a pause,

Cheng Yu continued:

However, although Yuan Shao looks strong on the surface, Youzhou and Qingzhou have been wars for many years, and now they are wasteland, and things like eating are happening from time to time. It is very difficult to supply a large army to fight. Although Jizhou is rich, Yuan Shao has also been reckless in the past two years, which has caused extremely serious harm to the people's livelihood. After several years of recuperation, the nearby state has become a well-known and wealthy place. If Yuan Shao wants to expand, he will go south to fight with our army, but our army will only meet the emperor, and Yuan Shu will trespass, Yuan Shao will not want to be the enemy of our army at this time, and he will be defeated. Expansion to the west has become the best principle. ”

Cao Cao listened carefully to Cheng Yu's analysis,

Tap lightly on the tabletop:

"Now that we are in the winter season, and after the spring of the next year, spring ploughing must be carried out, and it is certainly not suitable for war at that time. And Lu Bu is also expanding on multiple lines now, and it is also the busiest time, Yuan Benchu is calculating. ”

Cheng Yu nodded and continued:

"Besides, I don't know what kind of agreement Yuan Benchu reached with Jingzhou Liu Yan. That Liu Jingsheng actually suppressed Wuguan, and at this time, Yuan Shao sent troops, which made Lu Bu fall into a difficult situation. ”

Cao Cao closed his eyes and was silent for a long time,

After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked:

"How is Sima's side?"

Cheng Yu's face was pale,

Lowered his voice:

"There hasn't been any movement yet."

Cao Cao's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this,

After Emperor Xian came to Xu County,

Sima Fang led the entire Sima clan to move to Chenliu County,

This move is also a helpless move,

Originally deeply rooted in Wen County,

already has a very solid and large network of relationships,

However, because of the dedication to the emperor,

The design offended Lu Bu,

At that time, Wen County, where the Sima clan was located, was under the rule of Lu Bu.

Afraid of being retaliated against by Lu Bu,

As a last resort, the whole clan had to be relocated.

After coming to Chenliu County,

With huge financial resources and prosperous talents, the Sima family

It also quickly gained a firm foothold in Chen Liujun.

However, Cao Cao was suspicious by nature,

Always a little wary of Sima's,

Cheng Yu served as the Taishou of Chen Liujun,

At the same time, it also shoulders the responsibility of supervising Sima's family.

Cao Cao nodded,

Some hesitantly asked:

"Zhongde, do you have a feeling?"

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao suspiciously,

The latter groaned for a long time,

It seems to be organizing the language in general,

This situation made Cheng Yu's face solemn,

Cao Cao is eloquent and decisive,

He had such a hesitant expression,

Although I don't know what Cao Cao is doing,

But I also felt the seriousness of the matter.

"Zhongde, have you ever studied Lu Bu's experience in the past few years?"

Cheng Yu wondered why Cao Cao suddenly mentioned Lu Bu,

But he replied in passing:

"Lu Bu first emerged in Guanghe six years, when he first went out to the grassland, his brave and good fighting is known to the next generation, and then in the next three years to conquer the grassland again, and finally subdued the Xianbei Budugen, and then the grassland was finally included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, creating an immortal achievement."

When you get here,

Cheng Yu, who has always been serious, also showed a look of admiration on his face.

Cao Cao also looked relieved,

When Lu Bu was awarded the title of "Flying General" in Luoyang,

Two melts and one contact,

and also experienced an assassination together,

Cao Cao admired Lu Bu very much,

And Lu Bu is also a disciple of his friend Cai Yong,

Now it's his son-in-law again,

Therefore, Cao Cao can be regarded as treating Lu Bu as his junior.

The younger generations can have this achievement,

Cao Cao was naturally pleased.

Everyone Cao Cao would rather bear people for me than teach people to bear my traitorous male,

But it is undeniable that

Cao Cao,

Although the enemy is ruthless,

But to his own people,

Or a talented junior talent,

Very caring.

Cheng Yu paused,

Then he spoke:

Then Ding Yuan died, Lu Bu called on the heroes to crusade against Dong Zhuo, and formed a princely army to fight against Dong. Then he pursued the remnants of Dong Zhuo with the lord and Sun Jian for thousands of miles and recovered Luoyang. Later, he recovered Zhang Yan of Montenegro, vigorously developed the annexation of the state, helped Ma Teng to recapture Xiliang, killed Dong Zhuo, pacified the rebellion of Li and Guo, and subdued Li Ru, Xu Rong and other old departments of Xiliang. Although it experienced the rebellion of Lou Wu, it recovered quickly and faintly strengthened its momentum. ”

"Hoo ——!"

Let out a long breath,

Cheng Yu finally concluded:

"In just eight years, this son has created this great foundation, and he is really a handsome man among people. No wonder people in the world sing a slang: 'Lu Bu among people, red rabbit among horses'. ”

"Indeed, as Zhongde said, it is not easy to gamble one by one. Feng Xian and I are also old acquaintances, and his father-in-law Cai Yong Cai Bojiao and I are also good friends, so I have studied this son by myself. I'm confused. ”

This time Cao Cao didn't sell Guanzi,

After a pause, he spoke:

"According to what Zhongde saw, what did Lu Bu do?"

Cheng Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this,

He hadn't really thought about it.

At this moment, I heard Cao Cao talk,

I didn't know how to answer for a while.

Cao Cao continued to himself:

"Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Han family has declined, and the princes everywhere have supported their own troops. Although they are all in the name of the Zhongxing Han family, they are all wolf ambitions, who doesn't look at the weakness of the court and the young son, and want to follow the Han family as they like, but they don't dare not have this idea in their hearts. ”

Cao Cao has always introduced Cheng Yu as a confidant,

Naturally, he had long known Cao Cao's thoughts,

Therefore, when I heard Cao Cao express his heart,

I didn't feel surprised by the words of mercy and rebellion,

On the contrary, if Cao Cao did not have such thoughts,

Then Cheng Yu will look down on Cao Cao,

I think he's duplicitous.

Cao Cao then spoke:

"However, I look at what Lu Bu has done in recent years, but it really seems to be like him, I want to follow the example of Wei and Huo Zhi, there was a pacification of the grassland before, and then I intend to conquer Xiliang's measures, and at the same time, this son is now preparing to fight at the same time to recover Hexi Hetao and other places, if these two are completed, its work of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, who can compare with my Han Dynasty for hundreds of years?"

After a deep groan, Cao Cao hesitated a little and said:

"If he rules the world, Lu Bu deserves to be the pillar of the imperial court. But now it is a troubled time, everyone wants to expand their power as much as possible, and do everything they can, just look at Liu Biao, Liu Yan and others, who are relatives of the Han family, and you can see that they do not want to serve the imperial court, but stick to their own one-third of an acre, like a country within a country. Although conquering foreign races can obtain supreme fame and greatly increase fame, it will greatly lose strength, and if the territory conquered is to completely digest it, it will not be an overnight effort, and it will cost a lot, why did Lu Bu do such an unwise act? ”

Cheng Yu's pair of sword eyebrows were almost twisted into a Sichuan character,

It's a bit hard to understand.

Cao Cao then spoke:

"If Lu Bu is dedicated to the Han, everything he does is to help the Han family, but it is not like it. Now Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is in Xu County, Lu Bu does not come to worship, and he does not call himself a minister, although he is nominally orthodox, but in fact he doesn't seem to care about Emperor Xian at all. I can't really guess it. ”

Both the master and the slave fell into silence,

Silent for a while,

The only thing in the room was the crackling sound of the brazier.