Chapter 44, Stand Up

On this day, after nightfall, Cao Cao's camp tent, angry and weirdly serious, the day has been nearly two watches, in order not to attract the attention of others, Cao Cao dinner, also participated as usual again, but, just put on a show, tasted it, did not drink much, and after Yuan Shao and others had a hangover, Cao Cao returned to his camp, and then gathered his subordinates together. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the past few days, Cao Cao has been with a sad face, and the princes are quite dissatisfied with the practice of drinking and talking all day long, and even a few times, Cao Cao almost vented at the banquet, but was stopped by Xi Zhicai with his eyes.

"Zhicai, come to the sour date, today is the twentieth day, the 400,000 army has nothing to do, everyone in the world is looking at us with anticipation, my heart, like putting it on the stove, it is really difficult, you say, this time to raise troops to fight Dong, is it just a joke in the world?" Looking at Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao said bitterly and resentfully.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while, looked up at Cao Cao, and nodded secretly in his heart.

Among these people, there are great Confucians, full of poetry and books, full of economy, and have a convincing prestige in their own jurisdictions, such as Tao Qian and Kong Rong; There are also famous battlefield generals who defend one side, such as Gongsun Zhan and Xiliang Ma Teng; There are also Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who are from famous families, and of course, there is also Liu Bei, a grassroots Liu Bei who has no background and is unknown.

However, from the first day of gathering sour dates, until now, everyone has been following the crowd, no one has mentioned that the soldiers should march into the army and kill the thieves quickly, the ugly faces of the princes, and the drama is in full view, originally, he is ready to throw off his sleeves and leave, but in the past few days, Cao Cao's behavior has finally made Xi Zhi see a glimmer of light, at least, Cao Cao and those people are not the same kind of people.

"Lord, of course it is not a way to go on like this, at this time, someone should indeed stand up!"

Xi Zhicai just nodded, and then looked at Cao Cao with interest, Cao Cao's heart perked up when he heard this, "Zhicai, but you also know that around me, there are only a few thousand remnants of soldiers, and the princes of Kwantung are gathered this time, more than tens of thousands, and as few as more than 10,000 people, but I, really..." Cao Cao's face gradually became a little embarrassed.

Cao Cao is self-aware, among these Kwantung princes, except for him, without exception, they are all feudal officials, these people have soldiers, food, and territory, but Cao Cao, if it were not for his father Cao Song and Wei Hong to provide money, he would have nothing, although he barely scraped together a few thousand people, it was just a drop in the bucket, and it didn't play much role, not to mention, the most important thing is that Cao Cao is Dong Zhuo's wanted criminal, not to mention the territory, if it weren't for this time to raise troops against Dong, the world is so big, he doesn't even have a place to hide, it's just miserable, Of course, among these princes, there is another person who is even worse than Cao Cao - Liu Bei!

Of course, the current Liu Bei, no one looks at him in his eyes, Cao Cao said that he also brought thousands of people, Liu Bei, just three brothers, not a single soldier or a pawn, not to mention, these princes, which one, have a not simple background behind them.

No matter how bad Cao Cao is, he is also the son of the former Taiwei Cao Song, and his ancestor is also the famous Cao Shen, even if he is the Xiahou family of his own family, the ancestor is also the famous Xiahou Ying, and Liu Bei is just a small official who has fled in all directions.

It's not that Cao Cao looks down on Liu Bei, because he can't even see Liu Bei, so how can he look down on him?

Xi Zhicai shook his head, "This time, there are not many soldiers, nor are they fine, but in the determination of the lord, the lord in the past, dared to be the first to stand up and assassinate Dong thief alone, and after that, he was the first to stand up and raise the flag to beg the thief, is it that at that time, the lord's side was full of soldiers and horses?" ”

Cao Cao nodded, and Xi Zhicai said again: "The people of the world, are waiting and seeing, all eyes are focused on the sour dates, the lord, your actions before, have won a piece of praise, this time, the princes from all walks of life are drunk and dreaming all day long, and do not want to forge ahead, if you stand up again, the lord, it is not Zhicai to boast, no matter what the outcome of the Dong is, you will win the unanimous approval of the people of the world, the people can rely on it, why worry about the hegemony in the future?" ”

After a long talk, Xi Zhicai's words made Cao Cao mouth suddenly, and finally, after retiring from the civil and military forces around him, Cao Cao took Xi Zhicai's hand, and the two held their hands for a long time, and talked all night, this conversation, Cao Cao benefited a lot, and turned the day, although he didn't sleep all night, he was still full of energy and full of energy, Cao Cao freshened up, and directly took people to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army of the allies, that is, the camp where Yuan Shao was.

"Huh? That's..."

Cao Cao was suddenly stunned for a moment, only to see that a small table was placed on the ground outside the gate, and a few small dishes were simply placed on the table.

Glancing at the three of them, Cao Cao shook his head and sighed softly, since Liu Bei came, except for the day when Yuan Shao was elected by everyone to be the allied army sworn to sacrifice to the sky, Cao Cao has never seen this third brother again. ’

Because, no one invited them, they all regarded Liu Bei as a nobody, and those feudal officials naturally would not talk to someone who had never even heard of his name.

"I don't know."

Cao Hong snorted coldly, until now, he didn't even know Liu Bei's name, Cao Cao shook his head, now, he didn't have the leisure to meet Liu Bei, but faintly felt that although these three people were dressed in general, but the momentum on their bodies had a dragon appearance, Liu Bei was calm, his face was like water, since he came, although he has been treated coldly, he is not even qualified to participate in the banquet with the princes, but he, it seems, his expression is detached, free and easy, as if, these are just trivial things that are not worth mentioning.

Seeing Cao Cao, Liu Bei even smiled at Cao Cao kindly, but it was the big black man beside him, shaking his sturdy body, glaring angrily, and snorting coldly, this sound, just like thunder on a rainy day, full of energy, the eardrums of the shocked people buzzed, Cao Cao couldn't help but look at that person more, and said in his heart, just a snort, like thunder, if this person speaks, the mountains must shake, the sound is shocking, at a glance, it is not a general.

Cao Cao just wanted to withdraw his gaze, but suddenly, he stopped, and involuntarily moved his gaze to another person again, that person, taller, stronger than the black man, with a red face, five locks of long hair floating on his chest, squinting his eyes, and a look of arrogance, and the arrogance was amazing, even Cao Cao, looking at this person, saw a trace of disdain in his eyes.

Cao Cao has seen a lot of arrogant people, but like this person, arrogant and arrogant, it seems that the heroes of the world are all worthless in his eyes.