Sending troops to Yanzhou is also an idea that Lu Bu had very early. If Yanzhou is in Cao Cao's hands, then Yuan Shao and Cao Cao can attack him and merge with Cao Cao at any time. Just as last year, Yuan Shao marched into Jinyang, Cao Cao marched into Hanoi, and the two armies marched together, making Bingzhou stormy.

Even if Lü Bu still possessed Hanoi, if Hanoi was lost, Cao Cao of Yanzhou could lead his army north and besiege Jinyang with Yuan Shao. And others don't know how powerful Cao Cao is, doesn't Lu Bu know yet? Don't look at Yanzhou as a place of four wars, but with Cao Cao's ability and Yuan Shao's help, Cao Cao can become bigger and bigger. So in history, Cao Cao really took this Yanzhou as the foundation, fought in the south and the north, swept away the princes, and unified the entire north.

Such a strong enemy is in Yanzhou, and he is also a loyal ally of Yuan Shao, Lu Bu is not at ease. Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou this time was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The reason why these days, Lu Bu did not plan to transfer troops to Yanzhou, but made everyone think that he was going to attack Hedong - this was just Lu Bu's plan to repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang.

No one knows better than Lu Bu what serious consequences Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou and bloody massacres along the way will be! No one likes brutes who only know about slaughter. Cao Cao killed the famous scholar Bian Rang in Yanzhou, and then massacred and plundered in Xuzhou. Isn't this approach very similar to that of the Xiliang soldiers? The scholars in Yanzhou will be afraid that Cao Cao will become the next Dong Zhuo.

Moreover, Cao Cao's practice of governing Yanzhou is also governed by law, and the laws and regulations are strict, which is a concept he had when he was a teenager. When he was still the captain of the northern capital of Luoyang, he set up a five-color stick, and he was not afraid of the powerful scepter to kill the uncle of Jian Shuo, the most favored eunuch around Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling at that time. Such a person who has legal ideas and advocates the rule of law will certainly not be favored by those big families.

Just as Lu Bu can't be loved by those big families in Bingzhou, it's just that there is a little difference between Bingzhou and Yanzhou, and Bingzhou is a border county, and the power of those big families can't be compared with Yanzhou.

In other words, since he is going to Yanzhou, Lu Bu naturally has to secretly contact some characters in Yanzhou. In history, when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he let Lu Bu stab him. This is not to say how much ability Lu Bu can have, it is really the Yanzhou captured by Lu Bu in history, it really didn't take much effort, it was not so much that he took it, but that it was given to him by others.

The loss of Yanzhou is absolutely inseparable from the two characters. One is Chen Gong, and the other is Zhang Miao. Chen Gong is a native of Yanzhou Dongjun and a famous person in the sea, and he has a pivotal position among Yanzhou scholars. And what about Zhang Miao? It is one of the "Eight Kitchens", with a high reputation, and it has a very close relationship with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Especially Cao Cao, when Cao Cao returned to his hometown to raise volunteers to fight against Dong Zhuo, Zhang Miao at that time was Chen Liutaishou, without Zhang Miao's support and permission, how could Cao Cao pull up a team of soldiers and horses in his hometown?

Zhang Miao not only supported Cao Cao to scatter all his family wealth and raise the righteous army to rebel, but also asked Wei Zi to help Cao Cao go to attack Dong Zhuo. It is also these kindnesses that make Cao Cao very grateful to Zhang Miao. Later, Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao turned against each other, as Cao Cao's boss Yuan League, he asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao many times, Cao Cao not only did not listen, but advised Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao is his good brother, how can you let me kill him!

No matter what kind of idea Yuan Shao had, Cao Cao had great trust in Zhang Miao anyway. During the expedition to Xuzhou, he also told his family that if he couldn't come back, he would let his family attach himself to Zhang Miao. It is conceivable that the friendship between these two people is so deep that it can be entrusted to the family.

It's just that since this is the case, why would Zhang Miao rebel against Cao Cao? In the final analysis, it's because of interests. Even though Cao Cao and Zhang Miao have a great friendship and treat Zhang Miao extremely well, the military power must not be allowed to Zhang Miao. Zhang Miao is also walking on thin ice under Cao Cao's account.

Cao Cao didn't listen to Yuan Shao's words and killed him, which made him very grateful, but he was still uneasy in his heart. In the final analysis, Yuan Shao is still his boss Cao Cao, and he doesn't know when Cao Cao will change his mind. At that time, if you wanted to kill him Zhang Miao, it wasn't a matter of words?

And Cao Cao's massacre in Xuzhou this time also made Zhang Miao faintly uneasy, such a person who likes to slaughter, can he really tolerate him Zhang Miao? is still the current Cao Cao, who is just using him, after all, if Cao Cao kills him at this time, the impact will be extremely significant. Once one day he Zhang Miao has no use value, he Cao Cao may abandon him at any time. Such a tangled psychology made Zhang Miao restless under Cao Cao's tent.

At this time, the Yanzhou scholars represented by Chen Gong were also extremely dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and in this case, Chen Gong went to persuade Zhang Miao, which made Zhang Miao make up his mind.

However, what needs to be said here is that in history, the reason why Chen Gong chose to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou was precisely because Lu Bu and Zhang Miao had a deep friendship, which was also a reason why Chen Gong succeeded in persuading Zhang Miao.

I don't know how Lu Bu, a native of Yanzhou, got involved with Zhang Miao, a native of Yanzhou. Anyway, there are only a few records in history, but when Lu Bu left Yuan Shao and went to Zhang Yang, he passed by Zhang Miao's residence and chatted with him, and he actually became a friend of life and death? He also made a vow hand in hand.

It is very likely that Yuan Shao wanted to kill Lu Bu, and Zhang Miao also had a deep understanding of his situation, in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Zhang Miao and Lu Bu hit it off at first sight, and then made an oath to kill Yuan Shao? Anyway, after Yuan Shao heard about this in history, he was very angry! Cao Cao didn't listen to Yuan Shao's words, and chopped Zhang Miao with a knife, but he still withstood a lot of pressure.

Not to mention the relationship between Zhang Miao and Lu Bu in this history, Lu Bu at this time did not have any contact with Zhang Miao. After Lu Bu left Chang'an, his whole life has changed dramatically, and he will not be like Lu Bu in history, wandering among the princes. And naturally, Lu Bu would not flee from Yuan Shao to Zhang Yang as in history, and on the way, he had a good conversation with Zhang Miao, holding hands and vowing to kill Yuan Shao.

Although he didn't have that oath to sing and cry about, Lu Bu still understood that he and Zhang Miao still had an idea in their hearts, that is, they were looking forward to killing Yuan Shao.

For this reason, Lu Bu also understands the current situation in the entire Yanzhou. Since Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou with reckless force last year and slaughtered them on a large scale, the whole of Yanzhou has been deeply disappointed in Cao Cao, the Yanzhou pastor, especially those Yanzhou scholars.

I think that at the beginning, Yuan Shao appointed Cao Cao as the Taishou of Dongjun, and after parachuting into this Yanzhou, it was these Yanzhou scholars who helped him vigorously, so that Cao Cao did not have to make any effort, and he became the pastor of Yanzhou. But now, if they want to expel Cao Cao from Yanzhou, they are still these Yanzhou scholars.