When Lu Ren returned to Xuchang with Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao was a little bit unconcerned about Lu Ren because he wanted to show his closeness to Zhang Xiu, but Lu Ren didn't care about it, and he could also hide aside and carefully compare the differences between the original historical process and the current actual situation.

In contrast, Cao Cao still marched into Liyang and Qingzhou around August after the autumn grain was put into storage, and Yuan Shao was said to have made no response for the time being due to internal political reasons, so Cao Cao calmly completed the strategic deployment in the early stage of the Guandu War, and then returned to Xuchang in mid-September. At that time, Lu Ren was still in Wancheng.

The incident of the bloody edict was about three months in advance, and it should have happened in the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, but the current situation was that when Lu Ren returned to Xuchang in October of the fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao had just cut off the heads of Dong Cheng and the others a few days later. And for Lu Ren, it is said that it has an impact, but it has no impact, and it cannot be inappropriate to say that it has no impact.

After all, Lu Ren was an insider, and he also used this matter to bluff Liu Bei. Of course, Lu Ren believes that with Liu Bei's head, he will not be stupid enough to say himself. In fact, even if Liu Bei said it, Lu Ren could completely deny it, because Lu Ren and Dong Cheng had no contact at all, and Dong Cheng had always looked down on Lu Ren. Although it is said that Lu Ren is the playmate of Emperor Liu Xie, Dong Cheng has always thought that Lu Ren is making Emperor Liu Xie's plaything demoralized, maybe it is a bastard sent by Cao Cao to bring down Emperor Liu Xie.

But on the other hand, Lu Ren knew that he had to pay more attention to the playmate relationship with Emperor Liu Xie at this time, not to mention that because of the ice cellar before, Emperor Liu Xie had sold a lot of face to himself. If you don't pay attention to this, you will be mistaken by Cao Cao, and it will be really troublesome here.

So after thinking about it a few times, Lu Ren decided to avoid the limelight for the time being. simply said that he was quite tired during this time, and he didn't pay attention to it when the weather was in winter, and he got a little sick with wind and cold, and wanted to rest at home for a short time.

And Lu Ren was almost crazy at work during the previous time, Cao Cao also saw it, and then Lu Ren hurried to Wancheng to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender. I haven't rested much, but now I'm tired and sick, and everyone thinks it's time to take a good rest, so Cao Cao granted Lu Ren's leave and let Lu Ren recuperate at home. Anyway, it's also the farming season after winter, and there's nothing you have to use Lu Ren.

In this way, Lu Ren hid in Meng Village for a month, and did not return to Xuchang to work until December of the fourth year of Jian'an. As soon as he came back, he was called to a meeting by Cao Cao, because Yuan Shao's text reached Xuchang. Then when Lu Ren arrived at the venue. Kong Rong was there gushing about Yuan Shao's invincible remarks. Next, it was naturally refuted by Er Xun, Guo Jia and others.

After some debate, Cao Cao's eyes drifted to Lu Ren, who had just arrived at the venue, and asked aloud: "Yihao, what do you think of this battle between Lone and Brother Benchu?" ”

Lu Renxin said, why did you ask my head? Although I can be regarded as a first-class capable official in your team, I am by no means a good adviser, okay? But when it really came to his head, he still had to say a few words. After thinking about it again, Lu Ren responded: "You all know that I don't know about military affairs. But I personally think that no matter what, there may be hope for a fight. If you don't fight, you'll just have nothing. ”

At this point, Lu Ren stopped talking. It's not that Lu Ren doesn't want to say it, but Lu Ren knows that he hasn't made any preparations, and this kind of thing is really not good. However, after Cao Cao glanced at Lu Ren several times, he suddenly smiled and said: "Yi Hao is right, Lone and Ben are now two males standing side by side in the world and are bound to become fire and water, and in the end, only one of them can stay." This article was originally published. It has also been shown that he came for the head of Lone. If you fight alone, you may die, and if you don't fight, there is only one way to die, so why not fight? What's more, it's not that it's not without a fight. ”

After a pause, Cao Cao continued: "But in Gu's opinion, the first thing to deal with is now. It's not the original brother of Lone, but Liu Bei of Xuzhou......"

Of course, Cao Cao's words caused an uproar among everyone, and most of the people thought that since Cao Cao wanted to play with Yuan Shao, why did he go to Xuzhou to fight Liu Bei at this time? If Yuan Shao takes advantage of the situation, won't Cao Cao be finished? And Cao Cao, of course, at this time, will put that "husband Liu Bei, a masterpiece." If you don't strike now, you will be troubled in the future. Although Yuan Shao has great ambitions, but when he sees things late, he will not move", Guo Jia will naturally support Cao Cao's choice.

But for no reason, Cao Cao asked Lu Ren again at this time, which really caught Lu Ren off guard. Fortunately, Lu Ren did not analyze the trend of the situation during this time, and after the initial shock passed, he responded after thinking carefully for a while: "Fight, you should fight and you must fight." I don't know what else to say, and I don't have the ability to say it, I only know that Liu Bei's new occupation of Xuzhou has not been long until now, and many of the troops he has now were deceived from Cao Gong at the beginning. And most of the homes of these soldiers are in various tuns around Xudu, and as soon as they heard that they were going to fight with Cao Gong, wouldn't it be a home to return to? I believe that as long as Cao Gongjie summons the banner, there are not a few soldiers who will return to Cao Gong's banner.

"As for Liu Bei's newly recruited soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, it only took about half a year to practice, and everyone here who is familiar with military affairs should understand that it is unlikely, in other words, Liu Bei's subordinates are still just a rabble, and if Cao Gong gathers an elite army, he will be defeated in a battle. But if you don't care about Liu Bei now, time will drag on again......

"Liu Bei is good at selling people's hearts, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both brave generals of the three armies, they trained their soldiers, and the military spirit was bought by Liu Bei, so this battle is not easy to fight. The most important thing is that Liu Bei is not Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao will make mistakes and miss the fighter, but Liu Bei will not. Once Cao Gong and Yuan Shao are at a stalemate, Liu Bei's personality will definitely seize the opportunity to stab Cao Gong in the back, and it will really be over. ”

Lu Ren's words made many people nod secretly, and Cao Cao slapped the table and said loudly: "Did you hear it?" Yi Hao has never been very knowledgeable about military affairs, so he can say it so reasonably, it can be seen that this Liu Bei must be solved before the battle between Lone and Benchu! And now it is the middle of winter, the land of Hebei is under the heavy snow, and it is not easy to mobilize its money, food, soldiers and horses, in Lone's view, it will not be around February of the next year, even if Lone's original brother wants to go south to compete with Lone, there are many inconveniences, Lone does not hurry up at this time to solve Liu Bei, do you have to wait until the Spring Festival Gala flowers bloom, and the original soldiers and horses can flock in for a long time to attack Liu Bei? ”

When Lu Ren heard this, he said in his heart, why do you still say this? But after thinking about it again, Lu Ren was also relieved. After so many years, no matter how Lu Ren is, he has also understood to a certain extent how much the war of that era values "time, place, and people", and Cao Cao dared to give Liu Bei a stick at this time, and now it seems that it is not so much that Cao Cao ate Yuan Shao's personality, but that Cao Cao ate these hard conditions, knowing that Yuan Shao was a little more than willing to send troops.

Shaking his head secretly, Lu Ren stopped making a noise at the meeting.

Cao Cao had always been quick to act, rarely dragging mud and water, so he was only a few days later ready to go east to conquer Liu Bei, and the brigade began to march eastward.

When Cao Cao was leaving, the ministers and staff came to see him off, and Lu Ren was naturally among them. Seeing Cao Cao turn over and get on his horse, Lu Ren hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped forward, wanting to say something to Cao Cao. Cao Cao saw this, so he immediately bowed down and asked Lu Ren in a low voice, "What else does Yihao want to say to Gu?" ”

Lu Ren hesitated again, and responded in the same low voice: "It's not a big deal, it can only be regarded as a little selfishness...... Cao Gong, if there is something to do, can you help me bring Mi Zhen back to Xudu? ”

Cao Cao was a flute at the time, but a burst of laughter followed. After laughing, Cao Cao still lowered his voice and said to Lu Ren: "Yihao, don't worry, as long as she doesn't die, even if she is married, Gu will help you snatch her back." ”

“…… That's not what it means. ”

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Cao Cao sent troops to Xuzhou to fight Liu Bei in December of the fourth year of Jian'an, which was at most one month earlier than the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an in the original historical process. Don't underestimate this less than a month, for Cao Cao, who is good at blitzkrieg, he can do quite a lot in this month.

At least for Lu Ren, it didn't take long to receive the good news from the other side of Xuzhou, and the situation was not much different from the original historical process, that is, Liu Bei was caught off guard, and this time in Xuzhou, he was driven out of Xuzhou before his ass was hot, and then his whereabouts are unknown...... I guessed that I went to Yuan Shao. In the end, poor Guan Yu still guarded Xiapi like the original history, and as a result, Cao Cao was arrested.

However, these have little to do with Lu Ren's current situation, because it is about to be the beginning of spring, and Lu Ren has to prepare for the five-year farming work in Jian'an. Not to mention the words "the season of the year lies in spring" and that spring is the busy season for farming, for Lu Ren alone, this year's farming work is still very important, because this year is the year of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to fight Guandu. And in order to compete with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao will definitely transfer all the young men and women who can serve as soldiers to fight in various places, so how troublesome will Lu Ren's farming work be?

Because of this, when Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, Lu Ren was patrolling outside the city, and no one was in Xuchang City. It wasn't until Lu Ren came back a few days later that he just went to report to Cao Cao and say hello, and then went home to continue the business at hand. Of course, Cao Cao wouldn't say anything about this, and he was willing to see Lu Ren so busy. Then again, if Lu Ren wasn't busy, then Cao Cao's heart would be busy.

But he said that Lu Ren was busy in the study that day, and the doorman suddenly came to report:

"The head of the family, General Guan is asking to see you outside the mansion!" (To be continued......)