Except for the envoys of the imperial court, Wang Kuang, Zhang Lu and other forces who had left Chang'an, although the envoys of the other princes tried their best and tried every possible means, they still did not get a single corn seed or a potato seed in Chang'an City. It's not surprising that no matter who one person in their team is, there are special Dong Zhuojun soldiers to protect their safety, if the three of them get together to talk, they will always approach a few strange-looking people intentionally or unintentionally, or squatting or standing, even the blind can see what they want to do. Even when they go to the latrine, there are people guarding the door, so that they are not disturbed by irrelevant people when it is convenient for them.

The envoys of the princes did not think of using the method of bribing the local people of Chang'an to get seeds, but after Guo Jia took great pains to hand over the hundred gold to a local old farmer, that night, the old farmer mysteriously disappeared, as if he had never appeared in this world, and disappeared without a trace. The next day, there was a rumor in Chang'an City in time, the seed of the god rice god fruit was given by God to the Taishi to bless the people of Yong, and Liang Sanzhou, if the god seed fell into the hands of people other than the approval of God, then Yong, and Liang Sanzhou will be drought, floods, and locust plagues, and no one of the people of Sanzhou can have a good life, as if to confirm the authenticity of this rumor, the Han Dynasty Dong Taishi ordered to build a carrier platform in Chang'an City, in order to thank God for his blessing auspiciousness, and let out the words, the day the carrier platform was built, He will personally lead the whole city of soldiers and civilians to sacrifice, if anyone dares to leave the god rice god fruit outside, he will put that person's whole family to death in front of the carrier platform, in order to thank the soldiers and people of the three states. As simple as that, the attempts of the princes' envoys to obtain good seeds from the people were frustrated.

Of course, there are also those in the team of princes' envoys who are not afraid of death, at least there are two people in Liu Biao's envoy team who rely on their high martial arts, and they touched the cellar granary guarded by Dong Zhuojun at night, and wanted to steal the good seeds, but unfortunately they were sent back to Cai Mao and Yi's residence the next day, and the bones of the whole body have been broken one by one, the eyes have been gouged out, the hands and feet have been gone, and the tongue has been cut, according to Colonel Dong Zhuojun, who sent them, they became like this when they went out of the city in the middle of the night and met robbers, Dong Zhuojun said, Cai Mao and Yi had no choice but to believe it, and others with the same idea had to believe it.

On the fifth day of the first month of December, Kang Peng issued an expulsion order to the envoys of the princes without the grace of the master, on the grounds that the New Year was approaching, and you could not reunite with your families after living in Chang'an for a long time. The envoys had no choice but to leave Yongzhou with the gifts given back by Dong Taishi, and left Yongzhou under the support of a large number of Dong Zhuojun.

In order to express his gratitude, Kang Peng also personally took some of the civil and military forces to see them off and shed tears. After the figures of Guo Jia and the others disappeared from view, Lu Bu quietly asked Kang Peng: "Father-in-law, do you want to arrange people for the child, and ...... this Guo Jia halfway" Lu Bu made a gesture of killing his head.

Kang Peng shook his head and sneered: "There's no need for that, Hua Tuo once said that he wouldn't live to be forty years old, but now, he can live for three years at most, and in these three years, he still has a lot of use." ”

Lu Bu suddenly realized, and at the same time a cold sweat broke out on his body, and said in his heart that it was no wonder that Zao Yi fell ill as soon as he returned to Chenliu, and his condition improved when he returned to Chang'an, if Zao Yi didn't want to stay in Chang'an for treatment this time, I was afraid that after this year, the old man would really get more and more powerful. Lu Bu quietly glanced at Kang Peng, and saw that he still had a gentle smile on his ugly face, as if he was very kind, Lu Bu shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: "Fortunately, I am his righteous son, otherwise I would have died unexplained that day." ”

Kang Peng looked into the distance, and he was also talking to himself in his heart, "Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Liu Yan, and Liu Bei, I gave you hope, don't let me down......"

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Kang Peng was not disappointed, Guo Jia returned to Chenliu at the end of December, Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's report, did not even blink an eyelid, and decisively ordered: "Immediately light up the army, send troops to Hanoi, and snatch Wang Kuang's auspicious rui." ”

Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Lord, this is Dong Thief's plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, he divided the divine seed with Wang Kuangjun, who was sandwiched between our army and Yuan Shaojun, the purpose is to use our army or Yuan Shaojun's hand to eliminate Wang Kuang's army, and even provoke a big war between our army and Yuan Shaojun, so that Dong Thief can profit from it." ”

Cao Cao was expressionless, and said lightly: "Of course I understand that this is Dong Thief's poisonous plan, but we have no choice, we can't get the god seed planting before the spring of this year, and in another year or two, Dong Thief's soldiers have enough food, and they go east out of Tongguan in the name of the Mandate of Heaven, what can our army resist?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head, "Lord, according to the words of filial piety, the Dong thief only gave Wang Kuang a liter of divine rice, one or twenty seeds of divine fruit and divine melon, even if our army successfully obtained it, it still can't harvest much after a year, and if you want to plant a large number of seeds, it will take at least three years, why risk fighting with Yuan Shao for this little divine seed?" ”

Cao Cao sighed and sneered: "If Yuan Shao doesn't start a war with our army, once the war starts, I plan to give Hanoi to Yuan Shao, so that he can block Dong Thief's eastward advance, and our army will go east, control Qingzhou, and develop in the rear." ”

Guo Jia agreed: "The lord clearly sees that Yuan Shao forgets his righteousness for the sake of profit, and once he occupies Hanoi, he will definitely refuse to spit out. What's more......" Saying this, Guo Jia smiled mysteriously, "According to Guo Jia's judgment, when Dong Thief makes a move, the primary target is definitely not the east. ”

"Where is that?" Cao Cao and Cheng Yu asked at the same time, but they reacted at the same time, "Hanzhong! ”

"Yes, Hanzhong." Guo Jia nodded and said: "The only weakness of Dong Thief now is the lack of salt in Yongzhou and other places, only by taking Hanzhong and Xichuan and controlling the well salt can he be invincible." ”

Cao Cao slammed his fist on the table, smashing the wooden table top from Chang'an, "Just let him go to take Xichuan, so I have time to prepare!" "Cao Cao now fully understands why Dong Zhuo took the initiative to withdraw from Luoyang in the first place, he really took a step back and opened the sky, the current Dong Zhuojun is like a clever swordsman, you can't attack him at all, there is a Luoyang court in the middle, as soon as Luoyang moves, the whole world will attack it, and once he counterattacks, no one in the world can stop him.

On the third day of the first month of the third year of the Han Dynasty, the cold wind is like a knife, and the goose feathers and snow are flying all over the sky, dyeing the north and south of the Yellow River into a silver-white world, in this dripping weather of ice, Dong Zhuojun except for the soldiers who take turns on duty, everyone else is chatting in the room, and the hard-working 50,000 Cao Cao soldiers did not have the opportunity to avoid the cold in the house, but hurriedly crossed the Yellow River that had been frozen, and drove to Hanoi day and night in the ice and snow.

"Pass the order down, let the team go faster." Cao Cao ordered the herald, the herald went as he said, Cao Cao patted off the snowflakes sticking to his body, hehe cold hands, looked up at the dead gray sky, and showed a wry smile on his thin face, Cao Cao said in his heart, the military rations are only enough for ten days, I hope the weather will be colder to cover the surprise attack of our army? Or do you hope that the weather will be warmer, so that my soldiers will die less of starvation and less of freezing?

Cao Cao was extremely envious when he thought of the high-yield grain in Dong Zhuo's hands, and Cao Cao secretly asked himself, if I had these grains in my hands, how much could I accomplish? At least the post of general of the Han Zhengxi in his life is as easy as a breeze, and it is not difficult to save the country and the people, that is, ...... The world is not impossible!

Cao Cao shook his head, threw away those unrealistic fantasies, waved his horsewhip fiercely, and shouted: "All soldiers, go forward bravely!" In the city of Hanoi in front, there are delicacies from the mountains and seas, warm quilts, beautiful women, and countless gold and silver treasures waiting for you! Defeat the city of Hanoi and dismiss the military discipline for three days! ”

"No!" The 50,000-strong army roared in unison, the slippery road seemed to not bother their footsteps, and the march quickened considerably.

Although the fierce tiger and leopard cavalry swept away the scouts of Wang Kuang's army along the road through the experience of the night attack at Bishui Pass, so that Cao Cao's army could smoothly and unconsciously approach Hanoi, the style of the Qingzhou army was also hard-working and tenacious, so that this arduous march did not have a mutiny of bombing the camp, but when Cao Cao's army marched to the outskirts of Hanoi, there were only 40,000 of the 50,000 troops left when they set out, and most of the other soldiers froze to death, and a few were starved to death, of course, their bodies were not wasted......

On the twelfth night of the first month of the third year of Chuping, outside Hedong City, Cao Cao held back the tears that almost burst out of his eyes, and pointed to Hanoi City at night, "Soldiers, ten days of hard work, ten days of patience, is it in vain?" It's up to tonight! Above! Take Hanoi City! ”

"Kill!" The 40,000-strong army roared neatly, and hundreds of tigers and leopards dismounted together, changed into white clothes and hats, and carried hooks and ropes all over the city, quietly approaching the walls of Hanoi under the cover of night and heavy snow.

In the city of Hanoi, Wang Kuang didn't expect that the enemy would be forced out of the city so soon, and he was still immersed in the joy of the destiny of heaven, he sent his cousin Wang Qi to Chang'an, although it was to try to get auspicious, but Wang Kuang never expected his stupid cousin to really bring him auspiciousness, his biggest purpose was to hope to make friends with Dong Zhuojun, and hoped that Dong Zhuo would not take him under the knife. Wang Kuang didn't expect that his stupid cousin Wang Ji actually brought Xiangrui back! And it was given to him by God Wang Kuang! Wang Kuang was overjoyed, changed his usual stingy style, rewarded the three armies in the New Year, and let the sergeants have a good year, and Wang Kuangjun's soldiers, who lacked strict training, also took the opportunity to fish, which objectively created an opportunity for Cao Cao's army.

In the Hanoi Taishou Mansion, Wang Kuang raised his glass, "Third brother, you have worked hard and made great achievements, and I will toast you another glass for my brother." ”

"Second Brother Xie." Wang Ji raised his glass and drank it all, and filled it with another glass of wine, "Second brother, brother also toasts you." "That being said, Wang Ji is scolding in his heart, the stingy old bastard let Lao Tzu go home, the charming little beauty that Mrs. Dong gave me is still waiting for me in the bed!

Wang Kuang didn't notice his cousin's dissatisfaction, laughed and took the wine handed by the maid, and was putting it to his lips, when suddenly there was an earth-shattering shouting and killing sound from afar outside the house, Wang Kuang's hands trembled, and a full glass of wine was spilled on his body.

A herald stumbled in, knelt in front of Wang Kuang, and shouted with a crying voice: "Lord Qi, Cao Cao's army has entered the city without knowing how to open the city gate!" Wang Kuang was furious, smashed the wine glass on him, and shouted: "Nonsense! Cao Cao's Chen Liu, who was thousands of miles away, how could he get here? ”

The herald cried out: "The villain doesn't know, he just saw the banner of Cao Cao's army at night, and he didn't know that it was the army from there......"

Wang Kuang was angry and anxious, and immediately ordered the organization of the whole army to meet the attack, but in the dark, the city of Hanoi was already in chaos, and his orders could not be conveyed to the generals at all, not long after, Cao Cao's army Xiahou Dun, Le Jin, Xu Zhen, Li Dian four generals led the troops to break through the four gates, and the soldiers and horses of the four roads poured in together to kill people and set fires, poor Wang Kuang just took Xiangrui into his hands, and was killed under Cao Cao's sword in a few days, and Xiangrui, who cherished his life, was also robbed by Cao Cao's army.

However, Wang Ji saw that the situation was not good, and remembered that Dong Taishi had told him when he parted with him that if he was not satisfied in Hanoi, he could go to Chang'an......