After Xiang Ao made a promise, but in a moment, Lu Bu's army retreated in the direction of Luoyang, and neither Xiang Ao nor Yulinjun ignored it.

"My lord, as long as Xiang Ao can withdraw from the army, we can return to the Taishi and the imperial court." Zhang Liao explained to Lu Bu during the retreat: "Although the Taishi is powerful at this time, the foundation is unstable, if he offends Xiang Ao too much, it will make the Taishi fall into a bitter battle with Xiang Ao's Northern Domain Army, presumably the military division will definitely agree with the lord's decision!" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, his face was a little abrupt, and he seemed to feel that what Zhang Liao said was very reasonable. However, Lu Bu didn't notice that Zhang Liao's eyes flickered with his head down: Lord, Dong Zhuo will definitely not be able to last long, and it is not a wise move to offend Xiang Ao at this time!

Lü Bu led the remaining 30,000 troops to withdraw to Yangling County, not far from Chang'an, and at the same time reported the military situation to Dong Zhuoyu, who was still stationed in Xiting. At this time, Cao Cao, who was outside Deng County, once again went into battle with Xu Rong.

"Puppet Cao Cao, you only have 5,000 soldiers and horses now, and you don't retreat, if you really can't kill Xu Rong?"

Xu Rong led the remaining more than 10,000 soldiers and horses after the fierce battle, and confronted Cao Cao's remaining 5,000 Danyang elite soldiers, feeling deeply tired. Originally, when he knew that he was fighting against Cao Cao, Xu Rong was a little disdainful, and his subordinates were defeated! The battle with Cao Cao for several days made Xu Rong have to re-examine Cao Cao. Xu Rong led 30,000 Xiliang elites, and the more than 10,000 troops led by Cao Cao frequently planned outside Deng County.

or feints to lure each other in the east and west, or fight to the death in a local decisive battle. Xu Rong and Cao Cao revealed what they had learned in their lives, which made Xu Rong addicted and tired at the same time. He never thought that Cao Cao would use less than 8,000 casualties to defeat most of his Xiliang elite. If it weren't for Cao Cao's lack of grain and grass, it would be difficult to predict who would win and who would lose.

At this time, Xu Rong had no intention of capturing and killing Cao Cao, but just wanted to complete the military advisor's instructions as soon as possible and repel Cao Cao.

"Humph! Megalomaniacal child! Failing to really defeat Xu Rong, Cao Cao was also aggrieved, and even said angrily: "We are the teachers of King Qin, even if we die?" If we don't get rid of Dong Zhuo and return the world to peace, how can we withdraw from the army? ”

Cao Cao's unforgiving power made Xu Rong angry and shouted loudly at Cao Cao's army: "Cao Apu, don't deceive people too much!" ”

"Huh! Too much deception? Are you afraid of being deceived? Cao Cao snorted loudly and said disdainfully: "Kuang Fu Sheji, only Zhan'er!" What is the use of using only the benefit of the tongue? ”

"Humph! In this case, you will wait, you will reward the soldiers, and tomorrow you will be beheaded outside the city of Deng County! After that, Xu Rong no longer paid attention to Cao Cao, who was calling for battle outside the city, and left alone. Cao Cao was helpless, sighed, and led Chen Gong, Xiahou brothers and others back to the military tent to discuss countermeasures. After several days of fierce fighting, the soldiers under his command were already exhausted. If it weren't for the tenacity of Danyang's elite soldiers, I'm afraid that this time the army would have been defeated.

"Lord, Han Fu didn't send anyone to send grain and grass!"

"Bastard!" Cao Cao slammed the information letter submitted by his guards to the ground, and scolded angrily: "What's the use of being such a state pastor? We are fighting to the death on the front line, and Han Fu refuses to supply some baggage! So, what did the alliance mean in the first place? ”

Chen Gong waved towards Cao Gong and said, "Meng De, Han Fu refuses to supply grain and grass, I'm afraid Yuan Shao is in the way!" Seeing Cao Cao's puzzled look, Chen Gong bowed again and explained: "The scouts who went to ask for food came with news that Han Fu was expanding his recruitment and deploying defenses in Anping State, Jizhou. It seems that Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition forces, is extremely wary! ”

"Meng De thinks about it, since Han Fu and Yuan Shao are already at odds, will Han Fu guard against his jurisdiction over the princes around Jizhou? In this way, will Han Fu still support Meng De's grain and grass? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly kicked over the table in front of him again, and said with a black face: "Why is the alliance?" It's to crusade against Dong Zhuo, Qingjun's side! And what are the coalition forces doing now? Not only did they not send troops to fight against Dong, but they even took this opportunity to blatantly recruit private soldiers, what is the difference between it and rebellion? ”

"What does Meng De think most people from the family will put in the first place?" Chen Gong pondered for a moment, as if it was extremely difficult to make a decision, gritted his teeth and asked: "We are also members of the family, if someone touches the interests of our family, how will Meng De choose?" ”

Cao Cao stared at Chen Gong with wide eyes in disbelief, and looked at Chen Gong with a slightly trembling voice and said, "Could it be that Gongtai is also thinking about it?" ”

"Why not?" Chen Gong said with a little disdain: "Although the Han Dynasty is the world of the Liu family of the Han Dynasty, since the founding of Gaozu, which generation of the Son of Heaven does not look at the actions of the corporal of the world?" If Gaozu didn't have the support of the children of the family, he would have been able to win the world? ”

"Meng De is loyal to the Han family, and he is really a model for my generation. But has Meng De ever thought about it, if the family has given up on the Han family, how can the Han family control the world? ”

At this time, the Chen Palace in front of Cao Cao made Cao Cao see the demon in a trance, and his face was frightened and asked, "What about the people in the world?" ”

"The people? Scold! Chen Gong chuckled indifferently: "If the world's powerful families don't give away fertile land to the so-called people, how long can the people live?" The world is so big, even if the Han Court does not exist, there are still hundreds of millions of nomads around the Han Court who want to live in the fertile Central Plains. We are the most noble Yan Huang, we only need to give the good land to it, why worry about the world and not return! ”

"That's a foreign ?!!" Cao Cao roared suddenly, angry and boundless!

"What about the foreigners?" Chen Gong ignored Cao Cao's anger and said indifferently: "Although the palace doesn't like Xiang Ao in the Northern Regions, Xiang Ao's decree is deep in the heart of the palace. As long as it can create benefits for the land we say to govern, why divide races? Besides, aren't there still many subservient foreigners in today's Han Dynasty? ”

Not only Cao Cao, but even the Xiahou brothers under Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and others all looked at Chen Gong angrily. From Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to the present, although it is divided into east and west, the Han court has stood in the world for hundreds of years, so that the vast majority of the Han people are proud of being Han people, especially those who are martial artists like the Xiahou brothers, and they all always put the honor of the Han people in the first place.

Now that Chen Gong's remarks are heard, everyone present is in disbelief and angry. It turns out that in the eyes of today's famous families, we are nothing more than ants! The people are like this, the heroes are like this, even if the royal family is like this in the eyes of the family!

After Cao Cao was born as a eunuch, he never understood why his father and grandfather spared no effort to improve their fame, accumulate wealth, and become a family. Today's Chen Gong's remarks made Cao Cao suddenly realize. In the past, Cao Cao, while inheriting his father's will and being loyal to the royal family of the Han Court, was always thinking about how to make the world's families recognize his slightly clumsy background.

If everyone in the family is like this, what is the use of me becoming an admirable family? Even if King Qin succeeds, what is the use? Let the people of such a family continue to control the world and harm the people? The extreme of things must be reversed, and the angry Cao Cao suddenly calmed down, his eyes were a little trance-like and smiling, bitter, helpless, and confused.

"Let's go!" Cao Cao calmed his head and said in a depressed mood: "The Tao is not the same!" ”

Chen Gong was shocked, what was Cao Cao's intention?

"Cao Ping's ambition is to assist Your Majesty, to secure the people inside, and to kill the people outside! The interests of the family, in the eyes of Cao, are insignificant! The sage has clouds: water can carry a boat, or it can capsize a boat! What is the use of such a wonderful country if there are no people? Cao Cao raised his head and looked at Chen Gong, and said lightly: "Cao will be the king of Qin to the end, even if he dies on the battlefield, he will have no regrets!" ”

Chen Gong was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: It seems that the timing is not good! Chen Gong thinks that he has a good eye, and only Cao Cao can sweep away the princes of the world. Even if Yuan Shao and Yuan's clan are extraordinary, and Xiang Ao's soldiers in the Northern Regions are strong and strong, Chen Gong has never looked at them. Originally, Chen Gong planned to guide Cao Cao step by step and ascend to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, so as to display his talents; Second, change the dynasty and make the Chen family famous all over the world with the work of the dragon.

Today, seeing that Cao Cao is weak and King Qin is hopeless, it should be the best time to persuade Cao Cao to oppose Han and stand on his own, but he doesn't want to say what he thinks before he says what he thinks, but he is self-defeating.

After Cao Cao gave the order to expel the guests, all the generals under his command looked at Chen Gong with the same disgust, and the meaning of expulsion in their eyes was undoubtedly revealed. Chen Gong smiled helplessly again: "Maybe what Gong said is too radical, but that's the case!" If Mengde communicates, you can write to the palace at any time, and the palace will come day and night! ”

After that, Chen Gong did not procrastinate, turned around and strode out of the military tent. Cao Cao looked at the back of Chen Gong leaving, disappointed at the same time, his heart hesitated!

The next day, a grief-stricken Cao Cao launched a strong attack on Xu Rong in the county seat of Deng County. Compared with the invincible Xiliang soldiers in cavalry, the elite given by Tao Qian under Cao Cao is better at attacking and defending the city tower. Under the leadership of Cao Cao's Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong and other fierce generals, Xu Rong was beaten so much that he couldn't raise his head. Even in the street battles in the city, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of Megatron could not play much of a role.

In desperation, Xu Rong had to admit Cao Cao's extraordinary military talent, gave up Deng County, and led the few remaining thousands of soldiers and horses to evacuate, and Cao Cao led more than 1,000 remnants of the army to occupy Deng County, which was more important in the third line of the crusade against Dong Zhuo. However, such a siege battle with fewer victories made Cao Cao and his generals not happy at all.

Chen Gong's remarks in public made the public suddenly see the confidence in the Han Dynasty and the faith that they had insisted on for many years in their hearts. It was also the sad and indignant mentality of worshipping the generals that the generals captured Deng County. But what will happen if you take Deng County in general? Where should Cao Cao lead the soldiers?

The atmosphere in the Deng County Mansion was depressing, making everyone breathless. Especially Cao Cao's black and purple face, people felt that the sky was about to collapse in a trance. The soldiers didn't know how to persuade Cao Cao, or maybe they didn't know how to persuade themselves.

Just when Cao Cao didn't know how to continue, what happened next in Deng County made Cao Cao finally see the stupidity and numbness of today's world, and at the same time made Cao Cao have ambitions in his heart.