Chapter 483: Betrayal
What Xi Zhong advises is not unreasonable.
At least, Lu Bu would not send Cao Cao's family to Shouchun first.
Bullying orphans and widows can't be done by others, but Lu Bu believes that Yuan Shu may not do it. Sending Cao Cao's family to Shouchun may make Yuan Shu's scourge look like.
Not to mention anything else, seeing the appearance of Cao Cao's female dependents, can Yuan Shu be unmoved?
However, Lu Bu was not prepared to send Cao Cao's family to Yecheng immediately! At this time, Cao Cao's family was sent to Yecheng, and maybe Yuan Shao would really send troops to help Cao Cao recapture Yanzhou.
Xi Zhong's words before he died, there were not many, what he said and did was for Cao Cao.
The death of such a talent so early made Lu Bu really feel a little sorry, but that's all. Xi Zhong is determined to give advice to Cao Cao, and it is impossible for Lu Bu to surrender him. Even if Xi Zhong doesn't die, Lu Bu will not let him go back, even if he is reluctant to kill, he will always be under house arrest.
What can't be used by me, I'd rather destroy it!
And on the day after Xi Zhong's death, Lu Bu and Chen Gong set out to help Sun Ce.
Cao Cao had an army of 40,000, and even if Cao Hong's 10,000 pioneers suffered a lot of casualties, they were still strong. In order to resist Cao Cao, Zhang Miao handed over all the 5,000 parts to Lu Bu, as well as more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Chen Palace, as well as two or three thousand people from Li Dian and Li Jin, almost about 20,000 people.
I also want to mention here that Lu Bu originally just wanted a Li Jin, but who knew that Li Dian, a famous general of the Wei State in later generations, was also a disciple of the Li family. Later, Lu Bu forcibly asked Li Dian for it. The two or three thousand people of the Li family are also attributed to Commander Li Dian.
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However, it was said that after the news of the fall of Juancheng came, Cao Cao was still on the way to march quickly.
Many people still don't believe in the fact that Juancheng fell!
The importance of Juancheng is just like Lu Bu's Jinyang, Yuan Shao's Yecheng, and Yuan Shu's Shouchun! Not long ago, Yuan Shao's Yecheng was broken by the Black Mountain thief Yu Poison, and at that time, there were still many people in Cao's camp who were a little gloating.
Also, after the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao faintly had the general trend of becoming the first prince in the world. And then what? Actually let some unruly bandits steal their homes? It's a joke!
But these people would never have thought that feng shui would take turns, and in the blink of an eye, their rear would also be stolen. This is nothing short of terrible! How can one be convinced? How can you accept it.
It wasn't until the remnants of Xiahoudun fled back from Juancheng that everyone had to believe in the fact that Juancheng had fallen.
After Cao Cao learned that Juancheng had fallen and his family members were captured, he was furious and almost cut off Xiahoudun! It is very strange that when Cao Cao said that he cut Xiahoudun, no one went to intercede! Even Xiahou Yuan's brother, Xiahou Yuan, did not say anything.
This makes the scene extremely embarrassing!
Cao Cao didn't really want to cut Xiahoudun either! The fall of Juancheng is not Xiahoudun's sin. And he cut Xiahou Dun, so what will Xun Yu do? In the rear, he was handed over to Xun Yu! It's just that Juancheng fell, and his family members couldn't escape, so don't let him, the boss, vent his anger? He originally thought that someone would come to intercede for Xiahoudun, so he went down the steps, but unfortunately, no one gave him the steps.
Under the embarrassing scene, Cao Cao found himself a step down, and even if he pretended to have a splitting headache, he fainted! At this moment, it frightened everyone a lot.
After Cao Cao, who had fainted, woke up, he really had a headache when he thought of his family members who had fallen in Juancheng! But he still managed to appease everyone. However, the impact of the fall of Juancheng was too great, and even though Cao Cao tried his best to appease him, the army was still in turmoil, and many people abandoned him.
At first, it was just some low-level military officials, and if they fled, they fled, and they didn't have much impact, but later there were more and more people who fled, and the status was getting higher and higher.
Bi Chen's escape made Cao Cao very angry! He was not angry that Bi Chen said goodbye, he could understand this situation, many people abandoned him. But what did Bi Chen do to him? Bi Chen's mother, brother and wife were all kidnapped by Zhang Miao, and Cao Cao didn't give him a chance, he let Bi Chen go there. Bi Chen nodded to Cao Cao at that time, and expressed to Cao Cao with tears that he had no second thoughts. Bi Chen's approach made Cao Cao very pleased! He knew that many people were abandoning him now, but at such a critical moment, Bi Chen could do this, why didn't he feel gratified? He even praised Bi Chen, and also used Bi Chen as an example to call on everyone to learn from Bi Chen.
But where did he think that Bi Chen had no second heart with him, and secretly ran away at night! This face, crackling. At this time, Cao Cao realized that Bi Chen's previous words were all lies, Bi Chen was afraid of Cao Cao's words, just to test him, if he ran away at that time, maybe Cao Cao would be cut down.
Bi Chen's run had a great impact.
This time, Bi Chen is Cao Cao's other driver, and he is also one of the heroes who welcomed Cao Cao into Yanzhou, and his status is very high! Second, Bi Chen fled secretly, still not believing in Cao Cao's character! Bi Chen is a don't drive, he is by Cao Cao's side all day long, he doesn't believe in Cao Cao's personality, let alone others?
Of course, there are many examples of Bi Chen slapping Cao Cao in the face.
When Yanzhou rebelled, Cao Cao also swore that only Wei Chong would not turn his back on him! But the result? Wei Chong still defected! Cao Cao's face was swollen!
It can only be said that people's hearts are unpredictable!
Before Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, Bi Chen was just a county Gongcao, but now he is a different state! Wei Chong is also the filial piety he recommends! It can be said that Cao Cao is the benefactor of the two. If this is a time of peace, where can they do something that is a traitor? It is also because of this that Cao Cao felt so resentful because Bi Chen abandoned himself! After knowing that Wei Chong had defected, Cao Cao let out such cruel words, as long as Wei Chong did not flee to Nanyue or Beihu, he would definitely not let him go!
Since Zhang Miao betrayed him, Cao Cao has been betrayed too much these days.
What Cao Cao didn't understand was that now was not a peaceful period, but a real troubled time!
Moral decay, people's hearts are not ancient, how many so-called loyal people can there be?
It's more just for their own interests, for the sake of the family. Cao Cao's big ship is about to sink, don't you allow others to jump ship and escape? How many people can sink with Cao Cao!