Chapter 458: Hire Your Soldiers First, Then Your Country—13
Cao Cao was not prepared to let the records in those secret archives appear on the land of the Han Dynasty. Especially after he learned from Xun Yu that Xun Yu and Xun Gongda had seen some tragic records about the Ming Dynasty in Suning's study, he was more and more unwilling to let a similar tragedy happen.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't let Yuan Shao's plan succeed, so the two of them took the lead in arguing about the emperor. Perhaps in the eyes of some people, Cao Cao's move is very unwise, he should agree to Xu Weiyi's request on the source of the Xiangjiang River, and after getting enough military assistance, he will snatch the emperor from Lu Bu, and then he will regret it, so that Yuan Shao is qualified to fight, and he has not obtained any actual benefits now, and he has fallen out with his biggest ally, which is a very unfavorable thing for him.
But Cao Cao's nerves seem to be different from ordinary people, and they are all worn by people, and some unexpected effects have been achieved.
Because in the eyes of the emperor and those courtiers loyal to the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's decision is tantamount to avoiding Emperor Han Xian falling into the hands of Yuan Shao, the largest warlord in the north, which has a high degree of credibility for maintaining the Han family, and before that, Cao Cao appeared as the emperor's protector, because the emperor did not have too many competitions, so the friction between Phoenix Power and Cao Cao was not as serious as in history, so Cao Cao's image at this time was still very tall, therefore, He was also rewarded by the emperor and his followers because he supported the emperor as always after being controlled by the emperor in the community, and even the emperor was ready to mediate between Lu Bu and Cao Cao, but the current little emperor Liu Xie is no longer the supreme person in the world in the traditional sense, at least Lu Bu, the person who once followed Dong Zhuo to control the emperor, will not buy his account at all. So the tragic situation appeared, and the relationship between Cao Cao and the emperor not only did not deteriorate sharply because of Cao Cao's strength, but caused the enmity between Huang Quan and Lu Bu.
Because Lu Bu's reputation for courage has already spread all over the world, and during the period when he followed Dong Zhuo, he caused huge psychological pressure on the civil and military officials in Luoyang City, so those who were originally ready to come over to join the emperor stopped after arriving near Yanzhou, they were not ready to let themselves fall into the hands of the butcher again, after the little emperor knew all this, he couldn't help but be even more dissatisfied with Lu Bu, but they had the support of these civil and military officials, and they couldn't build up their own power in the court. So he had to write letters to those civil and military officials in private, asking them to save themselves as much as possible in order to restore the Han Dynasty.
Even in these letters, the little emperor also hinted that they might as well support Cao Cao, so there were really so many ministers who joined Cao Cao's command to help him recruit soldiers, and repeatedly did not fight, many of these soldiers recruited by Cao Cao were former Yellow Turban Army, and their combat experience was no less than that of the Bingzhou soldiers led by Lu Bu After all, this group of Bingzhou people in the interior did not adapt to the local climate, and even did not get the love and support of the local people, so their logistics themselves also had big problems, coupled with the fact that they have been away from their hometown for a long time, their thoughts and emotions are very serious, resulting in the overall thinking being scattered and the combat effectiveness declining sharply, so in front of Cao Cao, this merger army does not have much combat effectiveness.
Once he had the support of his courtiers, Cao Cao was more certain that he could easily defeat them.
So a serious internal decisive battle broke out like this, the ghost is that after Yuan Shao fell out with Cao Cao, he did not take the initiative to send troops to help Lu Bu, in order to recruit the world's number one general, so he came in and quietly watched Lu Bu's subordinates, being eaten away by Cao Cao step by step, although in this process, Lu Bu did not appear in the original history of being defeated by Li Jin, after all, Li Jin has already followed Suning in the development of the Liangzhou District system, and a few years ago, A lot of credit had been accumulated in the battle against the Kushan Empire, but even without this defeat, Lü Bu still suffered heavy losses, and had to lose most of the Yanzhou city and prepare to take refuge in Xuzhou, which was controlled by Tao Qian.
But in this process, Lu Bu has been stubbornly holding the emperor in his hands, no matter where he goes to fight, he has always carried the little emperor, and does not allow her to leave him half a step, so Cao Cao has not been able to recapture the chess pieces that are vital to him.
In this way, Cao Cao had to slow down his military attack on Lü Bu, but the future planning and arrangement needed the species called the emperor, and if he did not keep it in his hands as much as possible, it would be a huge disaster for Cao Cao, who only occupied most of Yanzhou.
But at this time, Lu Bu, who also had a relatively clear brain circuit, actually came up with a way that made people laugh and cry, he actually threatened the emperor's life, and was ready to let Taotao give up all the Yanzhou cities of the occupier.
Of course, it was impossible for Cao Cao to agree to his request, but among some of the Han ministers around him, there were a few people who advocated letting Cao Cao compromise and save the little emperor's life first.
Of course, this view was resolutely opposed by Cao Cao, who believed that the reason why the Han Dynasty was chaotic until now was because of the so-called loyalty of these emperors, and the rise of Suning caused by the overindulgence of those border warlords was the direct result of the inaction of this group of people, of course, the courtiers of the Han Dynasty were certainly unwilling to accept such accusations, they thought that Cao Cao was just unwilling to give up his rights, and ignored the personal safety of the emperor himself, such behavior was obviously disloyal, so the two sides began to quarrel, This made the situation in Yanzhou, which had just stabilized, suddenly fall into chaos again.
Seeing this, Lü Bu thought that the situation was promising, so he immediately sent troops to attack the states and counties controlled by Cao Cao, due to the lack of unity of internal thinking, some Han Dynasty villages took the initiative to give up the city they were responsible for, which made Cao Cao very angry, and started a more fierce quarrel with them, and even simply killed two of them to set an example, but it caused a general backlash from the Han Dynasty oranges, thinking that Cao Cao's approach was no different from Lü Bu's year, which made Lü Bu very happy, So he intensified the conquest of the various cities around him, but his soldiers were not used to siege battles, not only paid huge casualties during this period, but also gave the local soldiers who were familiar with the terrain an excellent opportunity to sneak attack many times, although he was led by the first general in the world, but now, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for him to shoot directly, not to mention that Cao Cao's subordinates are not all wine bags and rice bags. There are one or two tough characters, which are enough to make him feel tricky.
Turquoise, those big men who were loyal to the emperor, and the courtiers finally realized that the problem was wrong, and they came here to prepare to join the little emperor and build a skeleton of the court for her, but now it seems that Lu Bu's advantage in Yanzhou has once again kept them away from the little emperor's side.
Some old sayings were still very valid at this time, and if they really wanted to throw themselves into Lu Bu's hands, it would be considered unwise to do so immediately when they first came here.
After a brief internal discussion, they immediately revised the original charter, preparing to fully support Cao Cao again, even if this time at the risk of killing the king, they were also ready to fight with the opposite surnamed Lu, this change of attitude, obviously Cao Cao was very satisfied. After agreeing internally, they negotiated a strategic plan that would change the existing landscape.
The first was to effectively cover up the fact that they had reached an agreement within themselves, and not only continued in several newspapers, but also allowed his protégés to proclaim their dissatisfaction with Cao Cao in the woods, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to cause his soldiers to clash with his soldiers several times. You are dying to brush up on the basic facts that have not yet been agreed.
On this basis, they carried out the second step of action, that is, to secretly send envoys, agreed to Lu Bu's request, and invited Lu Bu to send troops into the various cities they defended and take over the houses of the cities, so that they were equivalent to sending all the rest of the cities in the Yanzhou region to Lu Bu's hands, and Li Bo was obviously very happy after hearing the news, not only sent many of his own generals, as well as most of the elites to take over the defense, is also ready to taunt the group of officials of the Han Dynasty at the upcoming ceremonies and ceremonies, and even he is ready to let the little emperor come out and show his face, or let everyone in the world know that this puppet-like thing is just a chess piece in his Lu Bu's hands, just like Suning of the Liangzhou system did.
It's a pity that he is still too far from Suning's achievements, and after he sent a number of classmates to reach many cities in the Yanzhou area, they were all invited to the banquet by the local officials in charge of defense with the courtesy of flattering welcome. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the sound of broken porcelain shards spread throughout the paradise where they were, and then the sword and axe men hidden in the shadows swarmed up, pouring all the generals and their retinue of their peers into the process of chopping melons and vegetables, of course, there were a few fools who should have problems due to design mistakes. Not only did they not succeed in killing those Lu Bu's men, but they aroused their vigilance, so that when they moved, they were injured by them, not only died under the other party's knife, but also let those commanders escape and return to Lu Bu's side.
After learning of all this, Lü Bu immediately became furious, and personally led his subordinates who had no money to conquer the treacherous Cao Cao, but he seemed to have forgotten that since Cao Cao was able to set up an ambush in the promised city, the group of subordinates who collected him could expect that after learning these news, he would definitely come to the expedition in a rage, so he led his elite Yellow Turban Army to set up an ambush on the way to catch Lü Bu off guard.
The officials of the Han court also played a good role in this process, and they worked hard to help Cao Cao train his soldiers, raise food and grass, and lay a very good logistical foundation for his victory. When the behavior of these officials reached Lu Bu's ears, it finally made this generation of fierce generals feel teased, it turned out that these so-called Han courtiers had long been unable to care about the safety of their emperor, and colluded with Cao Cao. So, this generation of military generals, who were extremely easily annoyed and angry, finally picked up his butcher's knife and pointed at the little emperor and said some cruel words, which were soon spread to various cities in the Yanzhou region, and everyone was deeply aware of the emperor's danger, but unfortunately, none of them were ready to help.
Those who had blamed Cao Cao for this before, did not say a word more at this time, but quietly waited for Lu Bu to calm down, and sure enough, after the generation of fierce generals was pacified, they quickly realized that if he killed the little emperor at this time, he would inevitably be saddled with the Maoming of killing the king, and then Cao Cao and the courtiers around him who were loyal to the Han court, how could they make good use of this opportunity and rush over directly to solve him.
Aoteng's current strength can be said to be a big decline compared to before, especially after sending various elites to take over Cao Cao and promise to cede the city, because the other party's ambush was too fierce, so that he lost several generals who could fight well. So he became more and more afraid to start a war with Cao Cao on the other side.
But he still has the support of the local scholar class in Yanzhou, those who can't be sold, and they have long been unaccustomed to his behavior, so they colluded with Lu Bu, but unfortunately, these people are not enough to see in front of the civil and military officials of the imperial court, and those who have a great reputation in the whole world, even through their protégés and former officials, release some voices, which are enough to drown out some of their ideas, so in terms of public opinion, they have fallen into an extremely unfavorable situation, and some people will not even be able to rescue the emperor's responsibility, Blaming them on their heads makes them have to withstand tremendous pressure. And Lu Bu's guy is not much different from Tao Tao, he doesn't even know how to respect the door lord.
As a result, Lu Bu's strength became even weaker. He even had to consider his proposal and voluntarily hand over control of the emperor. But at this time, something happened, a change that Suning could not ignore, Tao Qian in Xuzhou in the south found Lu Bu who was fighting against his old enemy Cao Cao, and thought that he was also a big landowner in Xuzhou, so he took the initiative to recruit him into Xuzhou.
In my original history, the little emperor had never entered Xuzhou. This change in history is likely to have a huge impact on the Liaozu system, and Suning has to immediately gather its own armed forces to carry out long-range intervention.