PS: A new week is coming, this book is coming to an end, please let your friends sprinkle the last flowers to the old wolf. ）

By the way, there's a problem with the old wolf network, well, I'll send it on my behalf...... As a result, I made a mistake and repeated the last paragraph, I can't help it, if you want to kill someone, look for the wolf who claims to be pure. I flashed ......

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The army of 630,000 marched in four directions, dividing the four cities of Chenliu, Dongjun, Runan and Hefei, everywhere they went, the heads of people were pressed, the horses' hooves shook the sky, the mountains and fields were scattered, the wind and clouds changed color, the towns and cities along the way all opened the city and surrendered, and the large and small bandits that were rampant in the war disappeared without a trace. In order to buy the hearts of the people in the Central Plains, Kang Peng strengthened the management of military discipline as never before, and issued a royal decree - those who take a chicken and a dog from the people in vain are equivalent to murder! In the face of the death order of the world's first murderous demon king, Dong Zhuojun's three armies were shocked, and the people cheered and ate pot pulp to welcome the king.

Behind the 630,000 troops led by Kang Peng were more than 2 million logistics men, transporting food and ordnance, paving roads, erecting telegraph lines and building transit stations, so that Kang Peng, who was on the front line, could still keep abreast of the situation in the whole country at any time. The powerful power of high-yield grain was once again demonstrated, with nearly three million young people, plus the newly occupied people, Dong Zhuojun consumed an astronomical amount of grain every day, and only with potatoes and corn, which were high-yield grains that were ahead of the times, could Kang Peng use so many troops without going bankrupt.

On September 30 of the ninth year of the first peace, the Yongzhou army led by Kang Peng drank the Mayi River and entered Luoyang, Luoyang at this moment is already the largest logistics material hoarding base of Dong Zhuojun, and can directly supply Dong Zhuojun's Yongzhou Corps to the east, Jingzhou Corps to the south, and Jizhou Corps to the northeast. It can be seen that Luoyang is important in Dong Zhuojun's strategy.

After leaving Zhang Ji and Xu Rong's eldest son Xu Xian to guard the Luoyang granary in the rear, Kang Peng led an army of 200,000 to the east, like a group of hungry wolves with green eyes, pounced on the poor lamb Yanzhou, unifying the whole country is the pursuit of Kang Peng, the number one hungry wolf of Dong Zhuojun, and the fertile land and rich products of Yanzhou, which is now sparsely populated, are the most coveted targets of Dong Zhuojun's other hungry wolves.

When Dong Zhuojun passed through Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass, Kang Peng suddenly howled and cried under the Tiger Prison Pass, and the generals asked him why, Kang Peng cried: "Ten years ago, the Lone army fought here against the Eighteenth Route Princes' Alliance, the situation was in danger, and in the end, although Lone won, the old brothers who followed Lone to fight in Xiliang for more than ten years suffered heavy casualties, and Lone cried that they could not see the Central Plains of Lone Prancing Horse with their own eyes, and they could no longer see Lone unify the world. ”

In the face of Kang Peng's true feelings, Dong Zhuojun and everyone sighed, especially Li Dao and Guo Yan and other old people in the Xiliang Army cried loudly, missing the old comrades-in-arms who died in battle, but if these veterans knew what Kang Peng was really crying for, they would definitely peel Kang Peng and cramp and throw him into the oil pot to boil oil - Kang Peng was sad that he thought that back then, he was here to possess Dong Boss, and since then he has lost his virgin body, lost the innocence of a young man, and has become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats, and an old fox who is old and treacherous.

Since he is already an old fox, of course Kang Peng refuses to let go of the opportunity to buy the hearts of the army, set up an altar under the Tiger Prison, personally prays incense and worships, and solemnly pays tribute to the old army who died here.

Let's not talk about Kang Peng's fake bribery of the army's heart and morale under the Tiger Prison Pass, but when it comes to the situation in Yanzhou, Dong Zhuo's army sent troops to the Central Plains, and the first to bear the brunt is Chen Liujun, Chen Liutaishou Zao is only Cao Cao's old subordinate, but Kang Peng personally promoted and appointed Chen Liutaishou, and now Kang Peng is going to eliminate Cao Cao, and the person with the most difficult position is Zaoyi. At the same time that the army led by Kang Peng arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass, Zao, who was in Chenliu, received two letters at the same time, one was written by Kang Peng, asking him to see the general trend of the world and not stand in the wrong position again; The other is Cao Cao's handwritten letter, in the letter, Cao Cao did not ask Zaoyi for anything, but just asked Hou Zaoyi about his diet and daily life like an old friend, and asked Zaoyi about his recent physical condition, and finally Cao Cao reminded Zaoyi of one thing, Chen Liutaishou he served was a Han official, not an official of Kangpeng.

After the flood of the Yellow River, Chen Liu, who had a large reduction in population, did not have many troops, and less than 3,000 soldiers were in the Yongzhou Army of Dong Zhuo's army and the Jizhou Army, which was just a drop in the ocean, but after Zao Yi took over Chen Liu's Taishou, he vigorously developed agriculture, and Chen Liu's grain was quite sufficient, and Dong Zhuo's army obtained Chen Liu, which could slightly reduce the logistical pressure; If Cao Cao's army obtains Chen Liu, it can temporarily alleviate the urgent need for military food shortage, and it can be said that Zaoyi's position is directly related to whether Cao Cao can have a chance to resist Dong Zhuo's army.

At the third watch of the night, in the dead of night, Chen Liucheng was quiet, only Zao You's study still had a lonely lamp flickering with a faint light, and Zao You, whose hair had been half gray, sat alone under the dry lamp, on the table in front of him, there were two letters from Cao Cao and Kang Peng, Zao You sometimes picked up Kang Peng's letter, sometimes picked up Cao Cao's letter, constantly changing, the sweat on his hands had soaked the two letters, but Zao Yi still couldn't decide.

The door of the study was quietly pushed open, and an old family member of Zaoyi came in with hot water, and said softly to Zaoyi: "Master, it's the third watch, you can rest quickly, and you still have to deal with official business on the fourth watch." Zao Yi didn't answer, as if unconsciously, the old family said: "Master, don't worry about it, the messenger sent by King Kang today made it very clear, as long as you welcome King Kang in Kaicheng, you will still be Chen Liutaishou in the future, and you will also be given the title of Marquis Xu Tian, who personally promoted you, and let Marquis Wenhua cure your illness, and have the grace of reinvention for you, you fall to King Kang, and no one in the world will say anything about you." ”

After a long time, Zao Yu said in a low voice: "But what about the kindness of King Wei to me? Without King Wei promoting me as a cronie from the farmland and taking the first step in my career, where would I be today? Ten years ago, the King of Wei pushed me to eat and undress, and all kinds of scenes seemed to be in my eyes, and I couldn't forget it. The old family stopped talking, he has followed Zao Yi for many years, and he knows Zao You's character very well.

The oil lamp flickered until dawn, when the rooster crowed three times, Zao Yi walked out of the study door heavily, and Zao You's subordinates were surprised to find that Zao You's gray hair had become full of silver and white overnight, and half of the black hair could not be seen. Zao Yu didn't pay attention to the concerned inquiries of his subordinates, but ordered lightly: "Pass the order, gather all the grain in Chen Liucheng, load it and send it to Dongjun." ”

"My lord, are you crazy?" A small official exclaimed: "You defected to the King of Wei, and you also sent Chen Liucheng's grain to the King of Wei, King Kang's army is coming, and your whole family will not survive!" ”

"I am an official of the Han Dynasty, the King of Wei has a blood edict in his hand, and he supervises the world for Long Life, and I send food to the King of Wei, not to defect, but to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." Zao Yi replied calmly: "Do what you order, King Kang's army is here, and I will take care of anything." ”

At noon, Chen Liucheng's grain of about 30,000 stone was loaded, Zao only left hundreds of troops in the city, and let his younger brother Zao Yan lead Chen Liu's last 3,000 soldiers to Dongjun, Zao Yi personally sent ten miles before returning to the city, Chen Liucheng was already in a panic, and the people of Chen Liu, who fled for their lives, could be seen everywhere, and they all said that Zao Yi rebelled at this time to betray Dong Zhuo, the world's first murderous demon king, when Dong Zhuo's army came, Chen Liucheng would definitely be killed, and some people threw stones at Zao, Although Zao Yi was smashed to the point that his head was bleeding, he still didn't say a word.

Half an hour later, Zao Yi gave his subordinates the final order - when Kang Peng's army arrived under Chen Liucheng, immediately open the city and surrender, and there was no resistance. Then Zao Yi returned to the back hall alone, first killed two of his own children, and then killed his wife, and finally Zao Yi left a suicide note to Kang Peng to confess his guilt and hanged himself. The next day, Zaoyi's brother Zao Yan was south of Wuchao and handed over the grain to Cao Cao's army, who came to meet him, and then Zao Yi also killed himself.

Kang Peng, who underestimated Cao Cao's cohesion, was angry, but also had to admire Zaoyi's loyalty, fortunately, Zaoyi did not send much food to Cao Cao, 30,000 stone of grain, not enough for Cao Cao's army to use for half a month, not to mention that the people of Qingzhou under Cao Cao's rule were more short of food than in the army, these 30,000 stone of grain, at most, could only allow Cao Cao's army to hold on for more than ten days, and could not solve the key problem at all.

As Kang Peng estimated, Cao Cao did not have a fundamental reversal after receiving the 30,000 stone of grain that Zao Yi sacrificed his life to help, the Jizhou War, the two fierce tigers Zhang Liao and Xu Huang who had been suppressed by Kang Peng for many years, less than half of the 80,000 Cao Cao troops escaped the Yellow River alive, plus the 20,000 troops that originally stayed in the rear, Cao Cao only had more than 50,000 troops left, but Cao Cao had to face the two-sided attack of more than 300,000 troops of Dong Zhuo's Yongzhou Army and Jizhou Army, Cao Cao's situation was difficult and the pressure was huge. It's unimaginable to ordinary people.

When Kang Peng's soldiers came out of the tiger prison and Dong Chong's troops were on the Yellow River, Cao Cao held the last military meeting of Cao Cao's army in Dongjun, all the civil and military cadres of Cao Cao's army were absent, and the official hall of Dongjun was bustling, but the atmosphere was depressed, and there was no longer the usual ease of laughing at Cao Cao's military meeting, and the word anxious was clearly written on everyone's face, anxiety and despair, which was a true portrayal of the hearts of all Cao Cao's army.

"The king has arrived." With the ceremonial officer's long chant, Cao Cao in royal clothes walked out of the back hall, behind him, was Cao Cao's military advisor Guo Jia, different from the rest of Cao Cao's army, Cao Cao and Guo Jia did not have the slightest look of frustration and disappointment on their faces, but with a smile, a smile from the heart, not the kind of forced smile in disappointment.

"Gentlemen, I summoned you today to tell you one thing, Dong Zhuo with the banner of the Han Dynasty is here, and he wants to unify the world, so he is here." After Cao Cao sat down, he suddenly said a clueless word, everyone in Cao Cao's army looked at each other, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers pressed the border, even the deaf and blind people in Qingzhou knew it, not to mention the high-level of Cao Cao's army.

"You must be wondering, why would Lone say such a thing?" Cao Cao saw everyone's doubts, and explained with a smile: "Actually, what Gu wants to tell you is, why did Dong Zhuo come to attack Yu Gu? In the past ten years, Dong Zhuo directly controlled the Son of Heaven for four years, and indirectly controlled the imperial court for six years, although Dong Zhuo coerced Long Live to crown him as King Kang, but he never called the emperor and stood on his own, and repeatedly wrote to persuade Gu not to be called emperor, not to split my Chinese nation, the war between Gu and Dong Zhuo is just a civil war of my Chinese nation, a civil war on the premise of unifying the Han world. To be honest, Dong Zhuo still insisted on not being the emperor and did not split my Huaxia when he had the advantage, and he admired him very much. ”

The more Cao Cao's army listened, the more confused they became, Cao Cao admired the enemy? There were even generals of Cao Cao's army who doubted whether their lord had considered surrendering to Dong Zhuo, so he said good things about Dong Zhuo. But Cao Cao said: "Dong Zhuo regards himself as the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, he has a long live blood edict in his lonely hand, acting on behalf of the Son of Heaven, he is also the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and there are no two masters in the sky, and the battle between Dong Zhuo and Lone will never be avoided." Speaking of this, Cao Cao's expression was extremely solemn, "This morning, Gu received two letters, the first one was written by Dong Zhuo to Gu, he persuaded Gu to surrender, and promised to let Gu hereditarily replace the throne of King Wei, forever be the king of prison, and the future generations will supervise his descendants instead of him. ”

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, everyone in Cao Cao's army present except Guo Jia was extremely stunned, surprised by the generosity of Kang Peng's shot, the power of the king of prison is so great, it is already under one person, above ten thousand people, and even at some point, the right of the king can even replace the son of heaven, such as Zhou Gongdan, which is a living example. Cao Cao coughed and pulled everyone back from the shock, Cao Cao smiled and said: "There is also a letter sent by Liu Bei, who proclaimed himself king, because Wan Sui was bullied by Dong thieves and cut off his heirs, Liu Bei has decided to call the emperor to succeed to the throne in the near future, and he advised Gu to serve him as the emperor, and our two families communicate with each other to resist Dong Zhuo's aggression." ”

"Liu Bei saw Gu's weakness, Qingzhou is sparsely populated and has insufficient soldiers." In the official hall, Cao Cao's army was so quiet that even an embroidery needle could be heard falling on the ground, only Cao Cao's loud voice echoed in the hall, "So Liu Bei promised that as long as Gu assisted him in becoming emperor, he would transfer 100,000 men from Xuzhou to Gu to alleviate the difficulty of Lone's lack of troops." Liu Bei's move is ruthless, he became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the long live in Chang'an became the first emperor, Dong Zhuo became a rebel of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo had to be called the emperor in a hurry, and the internal instability was bound to be unstable in a hurry, Dong Zhuo could only retreat to rectify the interior, and Lone and Liu Bei could win a period of respite. ”

"You say, should Lone choose Dong Zhuo? Or choose Liu Bei? Cao Cao smiled and asked the generals.

After a long time, no one in Cao Cao's army spoke, and after a while, Xu Yang suddenly cried loudly, knelt down on his knees in front of Cao Cao, and cried: "King, don't surrender to Dong thief, don't surrender to Liu Bei, Xu Yang doesn't want you to surrender, and the stinky bald head won't let you surrender, Xu Yang is willing to sacrifice himself for you to block Dong Thief's army, king, you can't surrender." ”

"Zhong Kang is right, King, you can't surrender." Xiahou Dun rushed out and knelt beside Xu Zhen, tears rolling down his eyes, "King, we are men, we don't surrender, we'd rather die in battle than surrender to anyone." ”

"Don't fall! Fight to the death! No drop! Fight to the death! No drop! Fight to the death! All Cao Cao's civil and military forces knelt down in front of Cao Cao and shouted in unison.

"You're right." Cao Cao's eyes were full of tears, and he said with tears: "Lone has made up his mind with Fengxiao, neither surrendering to Dong Zhuo, nor helping Liu Beijin to become the puppet emperor, Lone will continue to resist the banner of the Han family, and fight to the death with Dong Zhuo for the unification of China. Although this road is almost certainly a dead end for Lone, Lone is going to go down this dead end. ”

"If any of you wants to go, he will not stop you." Cao Cao burst into tears and said softly: "You choose, do you want to accompany Lone on this desperate road?" Or do you want to leave now? ”

"I'm willing to sacrifice my life for the king!" Cao Cao's army shouted.

When Cao Cao made up his mind to fight Kang Peng to the end, Liu Beijun, although Cao Cao made it clear that he would not support Liu Bei, Liu Bei still decided to take the throne as emperor in Xuzhou on the fifth day of November in the ninth year of Chuping, and ordered his subordinates to make a big noise for this, even if he could only be the emperor for a few months, Liu Bei also wanted to taste what it was like to be an emperor. But Kang Peng already knew his character, when Dong Zhuojun's Yongzhou Corps was still advancing to Dongjun, Kang Peng issued an order to the Jingzhou Legion and the Jiangnan Legion, ordering the Jingzhou Legion and the Jiangnan Legion to take Runan and Hefei within a month, even if Liu Bei is still cheeky and continues to be the emperor, it is necessary to make Liu Bei's farce of being the emperor become a nightmare, a nightmare that makes Liu Bei frightened!

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