Thorn Yang, government office.

"General, this battle not only lost General Zhou Zhao, but also more than half of the soldiers who went out, and less than 200 people came back!" The general came in from outside the door and bowed to Cao Ren.

"Humph!" When Cao Ren heard this, he snorted, he didn't ask about the casualties of the bandits, for him, even if the thousands of bandits were wiped out, they were not as expensive as one of his soldiers.

"Back then, when the remnants of Lu Bu took advantage of the decisive battle against Yuan Shao, they rebelled out of Xuchang, and they didn't want to occupy the mountain as the king here! Immediately send out a scout horse to find out what is true and false. Cao Ren thought for a while and said, "It's best to recruit a group of bandits and let them lead the way." ”

"General, I have a plan!" Beside Cao Ren, the order of Jianyang County suddenly stepped forward and smiled.

"Oh?" Cao Ren glanced at him and said, "Speak." ”

"According to the general's words, those bandits today should be brought over by the people the general said, if our army goes to suppress the bandits, these bandits are hidden in the mountains and wilderness, not only difficult to find, but also quite expensive to eat and grass."

"So what?" Cao Ren frowned.

"These mountain people only seek profits, and have no faith at all, why not take advantage of the fact that they have not left, send people to lobby, promise benefits, let them attack, we just need to sit and reap the profits, no matter who loses or who wins, for the general, it is harmless, but can save a lot of trouble."

"Brilliant plan!" Cao Ren thought for a moment, nodded, looked at the county order and said, "You can do it, but Wei Yue and the white-robed young general have to live." ”

"These two are the remnants of Lu Bu, but why is this?" The county commander frowned.

"You don't need to ask about it." Cao Ren glanced at him lightly and said.

"Whoa!" The county magistrate knew that this matter might be related to the upper echelons, so it was not good to ask more, so he immediately agreed and turned to leave.

In fact, Lu Bu's remnants, Cao Ren didn't pay much attention to them, Lu Bu didn't win much popularity back then, and now he has been dead for almost ten years, and naturally no one still remembers him, just with his remnants, he can't make any waves, but among them, it is related to a Xuchang murder case, which is also the reason why Cao Ren immediately chased and killed after seeing Wei Yue today.

When Cao Cao broke through Xiapi, there were two people who asked Cao Cao for women, one was Guan Yu, who asked Cao Cao for Du Shi, the wife of Qin Yilu, the general of Lu Bu's department...... Cao Cao laughed at himself, and the other one was Xiahou Yuan, who asked Cao Cao for Lu Bu's wife Yan and daughter Lu Lingqi.

Guan Yu was Liu Bei's general at the time, although Cao Cao wanted to win over Guan Yu, but Liu Bei was still Cao Cao's subordinate at that time, and this thought was naturally not as eager as later, but Xiahou Yuan was different, not only Cao Cao's brother, but also Cao Cao's general, so Cao Cao didn't even look at it, and directly rewarded Lu Bu's wife and daughter to Xiahou Yuan.

However, Xiahou Yuan's wife is jealous, so she is naturally dissatisfied with Xiahou Yuan bringing a woman back, and her family is also from the Yingchuan Wang clan, even if Xiahou Yuan's wife humiliated the Yan family several times, Xiahou Yuan could only turn a blind eye and pass, but this incident aroused the dissatisfaction of Lu Bu's old department.

Wei Yue surrendered with Zhang Liao, which was originally considered safe, but then somehow he knew what happened to the Yan family, especially after the Yan family committed suicide by throwing himself into a well due to humiliation, he was even more angry, and took advantage of Cao Cao's full strength to fight against Yuan Shao, and summoned some generals to take advantage of the night to kill Xiahou's house and rescue Lu Lingqi, and worse, slaughtered Xiahou Yuanmanmen.

At that time, it was a critical time for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to confront each other, and Cao Cao did not tell Xiahou Yuan about this matter, so that when Xiahou Yuan learned about it, Wei Yue had already taken Lu Lingqi and hundreds of Lu Bu's old troops to Runan.

Although Xiahou Yuan hasn't said anything over the years, as a brother, Cao Ren knows that this matter has always been a thorn in Xiahou Yuan's heart, and at the same time, Mrs. Xiahou's family has always been entangled in this matter, so this time, Cao Ren naturally didn't want to let go of Wei Yue and Na Lu Bu's daughter, who knew that in a hurry, he was actually put on a piece by the other party, plus the donkey cart......

Thinking of the donkey cart, Cao Ren's heart was full of fire, and he still limped when he walked, all thanks to the donkey cart.

"Do you remember the master of the donkey cart today?" Cao Ren snorted coldly in his heart and looked at the general.

"Naturally remember!" The general nodded, and said that if the donkey cart hadn't appeared, they might have crashed headlong into the ambush of the bandits, but again, many soldiers had died in the chaos of the donkey cart today.

"Order someone to paint the portrait of him and Wei Yue and post it in each county!" Cao Ren said coldly.

Although he swore that he would not kill Liu Yi, he did not say that he would not embarrass him, and at most he would not kill him.

"Whoa!" When the general heard this, he agreed.

For Cao Jun, Liu Yi is an inconspicuous little person, a big man like Cao Ren wants to embarrass him, and no one will make Cao Ren unhappy for such a small person.

"Also, have the spies from Shinno ever returned?" Cao Ren asked.

"Come back, Liu Bei has recently been preparing soldiers and horses and recruiting troops." The general nodded.

"In the land of Xinye Projectile, how many soldiers and horses can he recruit?" Cao Ren said disdainfully when he heard this: "After the spring is warm, I will go to Xinye first!" ”

Today's Liu Bei really has nothing worthy of Cao Jun's attention, and he doesn't understand why Cao Cao attaches so much importance to Liu Bei.

"The subordinates will retire first!" Seeing that Cao Ren had no other orders, General Pi bowed to Cao Ren and said.

Cao Ren nodded, and the general turned around and left, and went to clean up the affairs of this gang of bandits, and it was also today that they learned that there were so many bandits in the area from Funiu Mountain to Zhongyang Mountain, and they didn't look at many on weekdays, and there must be only three or five hundred people in a cottage, but when they were put together, there were thousands of soldiers and horses.

Even if it is a rabble, it can't be on the stage, but if it makes trouble in the rear, it is also a big problem, if Cao Ren chased and killed Wei Yue for personal grudges before, then now, he has begun to pay attention to this gang of bandits, and can no longer let this gang of bandits entrench here, if the Cao army goes south to Jingzhou, there are these bandits, the grain road will not be safe, in any case, before the Cao army attacks, these bandits will be surrendered!

"Hiss~" Standing up, the wound on his leg that was made by the damn donkey cart hurt again, Cao Ren waved his hand to the guard next to him with some depression in his heart: "Help me go back!" ”

In short, take care of the injury first, otherwise it will be inconvenient to do anything.

……

On the other side, Liu Yi is in the cottage.

"Uncle Wei, are you going to leave again?" Under the bronze mask, in the cold eyes of the day, there is a little tiredness at the moment.

"Hmm." Wei Yue came to Lu Lingqi and nodded: "Although we defeated Cao Ren this time, we have also exposed our whereabouts, and it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time." ”

One shot to change places, which is also the reason why they have been able to survive under Cao Cao's eyelids over the years.

"It's a pity that I couldn't kill that Cao Ren!" Lu Lingqi shook her head and sighed.

"If we kill that Cao Ren, Cao Jun will not give up, and we may not be able to leave at that time." Wei Yue shook his head and said, he didn't think this was a good idea, their purpose was survival, not revenge.

"I heard you brought someone back today?" Seeing that Lu Lingqi stopped talking, Wei Yue frowned and asked.

"Well, if it weren't for this person trapping that Cao Ren, today's battle might not have been so smooth." Lu Lingqi nodded and said, "It's a craftsman." ”

"Now, it's an eventful time, it's better for the young master to be careful, after all, ......"

"The human heart is sinister, I know it." Lu Lingqi interrupted Wei Yue.

Wei Yue nodded and said, "The hour is not early, and the last general will retire first." ”

Lu Lingqi said helplessly: "I have said many times that Uncle Wei doesn't have to be so polite." ”

When Wei Yue heard this, he just smiled, said goodbye and left, Lu Lingqi groped for the bronze mask on her face, sighed leisurely, and lay down in her clothes......