Chapter 30: Cao Cao's Metamorphosis
"Eh, Mengde's words are not right. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Liu Dai, who heard Cao Cao's words, was the first to express his dissatisfaction, no matter what, now that he has taken Luoyang, it can be regarded as a big victory for the coalition army, how can it be regarded as a failure? "We are waiting to capture Luoyang now, Dong thief retreated west in a panic, this is a big victory, why did Meng De say this!"
Cao Cao didn't even glance at Liu Dai, but just said to himself: "I am waiting for the princes of the Nineteenth Road to be here, and the volunteers are raised together, for the sake of the country and the safety of the country." Now that he has only won a Luoyang, Dong Thief is not dead, and His Majesty has not returned, how can it be regarded as a big victory? As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, Liu Dai was not easy to answer. After all, Cao Cao was right, for the ultimate goal of the coalition army to "capture and kill Dong Zhuo and welcome back His Majesty", he and the others are indeed not a big victory now, at most it is just a small victory.
However, Liu Dai didn't speak, which doesn't mean that Cao Cao won't continue. Even Yuan Shao's face began to darken, but Gao Ye, who was sitting on the side, was watching Cao Cao's performance with relish. Guo Jia and Zhao Yun behind him also looked intriguing. Zhao Yun's mind is easier to guess, although he is no longer a staunch Han faction, but the feeling for the Han in his heart has never been severed. Cao Cao's current actions naturally looked radiant in his eyes.
It's just that Guo Jia is thinking, Gao Ye doesn't know, after all, this kid has too many ghost ideas, and he doesn't know how his brain grows, anyway, he never guesses his thoughts. However, seeing him smiling, I don't know if he was satisfied with Cao Cao's performance at this time, or if he was thinking about some conspiracy in his heart.
Slanted his eyes and glanced at the Liu Bei brothers behind Gongsun Zhan, but Liu Bei changed his calm posture in the past, and was quite excited, wanting to echo Cao Cao's posture. It's just that he probably knows that he is not qualified to point fingers here, so he can only sit down alone and be excited. As for Guan Yu, he was closing his eyes and recuperating, and his indifferent face couldn't see joy and sorrow at all. Zhang Fei simply sat there and fell asleep.
"If it is according to my original plan, the original people and horses will gather in sour dates and Mengjin. The others captured Chenggao and defended Aocang. Ming Xi led his Yingchuan men and horses to seize the three passes of Xuanyuan, Taigu and Yique, blocking Dong Zhuo's way south. The soldiers and horses of the highway are stationed in Dan, analysis, and Wuguan, with the earthquake of Sanfu, when everyone only needs to wait and see, then the Dong thief will be defeated without a fight, how can he escape! ”
Gao Ye obviously saw Guo Jia's lips, and Cao Cao's idea was really a bit taken for granted, everyone had been fighting together for so long in a tiger prison, let alone dividing troops to seize other passes around Luoyang? Although there are a lot of coalition troops, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army plus the Luoyang defenders will only be more numerous! While this is a good idea, it doesn't really make much practical sense. But fortunately, Cao Cao is also normal, and he also knows that in the coalition army, except for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gao Ye, Sun Jian, and Gongsun Zhan, the other princes are all useless, so he just used the sentence "each guards the danger" to bring it, which can be regarded as adding a trace of possibility to his unreliable strategic plan.
Gao Ye silently listened to Cao Cao talking about his strategic plan here, criticizing everyone's passive slackness, especially watching Yuan Shao's face turn black little by little, it was so interesting! Now it doesn't matter what Cao Cao says, what Yuan Shao will do next is more interesting. Gao Ye thought with a wicked taste.
"Now that the Dong thief has fled, the princes have stopped, and they have lost the hope of the world!" Cao Cao's last sentence was almost shouted, and the most terrible thing was that after he Cao Cao finished shouting, he didn't look at the faces of everyone in the tent anymore, turned around and left. Yuan Shao was already choked by Cao Cao and couldn't speak, but now Cao Cao turned around and left, Yuan Shao originally wanted to keep him, but now it seems that there is no need at all. After all, Cao Cao's scolding scolded all the princes present, as if he was the only one in the world Cao Cao was a loyal minister. In this way, Yuan Shao was angry, and secondly, he had to take care of other people's face, so he let Cao Cao leave the tent.
Seeing this, Gao Ye also got up and bowed his hand, ready to leave. Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked when he saw that even Gao Ye was leaving, and hurriedly said: "Why did Ming Xi leave, do you also think that what Meng De said is true?" ”
There is a lot of speculation about what Meng De said. Now we are waiting to capture Luoyang, but it is a victory. Mengde's law has not been implemented, and success or failure is also between the two, which is not enough to rely on. It's just that Meng De is right about one thing, we are waiting for the army to fight against Dong Thief, but now we are hesitating here, which is really out of sight of the world! Now everyone has no enterprising intentions, it is difficult for me to attack Chang'an alone, and the troops are exhausted, so it is better to go back. Gao Ye's words were very peaceful, and compared with Cao Cao, Gao Ye's words expressed more of his subjective wishes. It's not that I don't want to fight, but I can't do anything about it in my current state.
When Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, he knew that Gao Ye's current military strength could be said to be the most powerful existence in the coalition army, although compared with Yuan Shu's 30,000 army, the number was only one-third, but most of Gao Ye's subordinates were cavalry, plus there were fierce generals like Gao Ye and Zhao Yun, even if it was a head-to-head duel with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was by no means Gao Ye's opponent. Although he has experienced a battle, Gao Ye's subordinates have not lost many troops, and their combat strength is still strong, so such people have to leave the coalition army, I'm afraid they are really disappointed in the coalition army. Also, Gao Ye's uncle Ding Yuan died tragically under Dong Zhuo's calculations, how could such a big feud be able to give up? Now that I am being dragged here by myself and others, it is impossible not to hate it in my heart. If you want to leave, it's a matter of course.
It's just that the Nineteen Route Alliance, now that Sun Jian has gone, Cao Cao is also ready to leave. Now even the high night has to leave, presumably it won't be long before this coalition army will disperse! Anyway, I'm ready to prepare and go back to Jizhou.
Gao Ye led Guo Jia and Zhao Yun out, but instead of returning directly to his barracks, he went to find Cao Cao. As soon as I entered Cao Cao's camp, I saw that everyone was busy, and the meaning of leaving was already obvious. According to Gao Ye's estimate, if it weren't for the fact that it was getting late now, Cao Cao was afraid that he would have to pull out immediately.
Two people, two jugs of wine.
Gao Ye and Cao Cao sat face to face like this, and as for Guo Jia and Zhao Yun, they had already been greeted by Xiahoudun and others. After all, Cao Cao signaled that he had something to say to Gao Ye alone, how could Gao Ye not be interested in letting Zhao Yun and them communicate more with Xiahoudun and the others?
"Mingxi, do you think my big man is really hopeless?" After Cao Cao took a big sip of wine, he said dejectedly.
"The princes are now stopped in Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo's departure has made everyone's thoughts return to their own one-third of an acre. Look, it won't be long before the coalition forces will fight each other, and the world will be in chaos. Gao Ye smiled indifferently. It's just that even he didn't realize that the words of the afterlife came out of his mouth. Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't care very much, as long as he could understand it, he wouldn't ask more.
"Alas! My Han country is already in turmoil, if there is a mess today, ...... again" Cao Cao said, drank another glass of wine, and Gao Ye accompanied a glass and said: "The world is in chaos, but it is just the right time for you, a traitor in troubled times." Mengde, why are you so sad? ”
"Hey, I want to be a capable minister who governs the world, but it's a pity that I wasn't born to be the ruler of Wenjing!"
"Come on, Mengde, complaining crookedly here, but it really doesn't look like your temperament, where is Cao Mengde, who 'would rather be responsible for me'!" Gao Ye's voice was a little more serious. In fact, the meaning of Cao Cao's sentence is very different from the meaning of "Rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me" written by Luo Guanzhong in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In order to describe Cao Cao's treachery, Luo Guanzhong deliberately changed this sentence to look like this. Chinese is such a magical language, and the sentences that seem to be the same have very different meanings. Luo Guanzhong's sentence describes Cao Cao as a sinister villain who does not want to admit even if he makes a mistake and is arrogant. But what people say is more like the self-consolation of a person who has made a mistake.
However, Gao Ye was here, but he didn't take the original intention of Cao Cao's words, because Cao Cao didn't feel sorry for anyone now. Cao Cao is so smart, how can he not hear the meaning of the word "negative" in Gao Ye's sentence, from his original disappointment to the meaning of burden? This sentence was said by himself after killing Lu Bohao's son, and it was originally just a self-blame. Now in the mouth of the high night, it has become his own ambition! Yes, since the troubled times are inevitable, what if I, Cao Mengde, will bear it?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but become more determined, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "Haha, what Mingxi said is reasonable!" The Han Dynasty will be in chaos, then I will help it, and return the people of the world to a bright and prosperous world, so as to be worthy of Xu Zijiang's evaluation of the traitor in the troubled times. Cao Cao's heroic words, he took a big sip of wine, swallowed it, and then smiled again: "It's just that I didn't expect that Mingxi even knew my words." ”
"No way, I sent someone to Zhongmu to rescue you, but I didn't expect you to get away by yourself. You are shouting in the wilderness, how can I not know. Gao Ye shrugged his shoulders, looking like he didn't want to know, but he made Cao Cao laugh again, and said: "I also said that when I came out of Zhongmu, I always felt that someone was following me, it turned out to be Mingxi's subordinates." Earlier, I said earlier, Cao Mengde invited them to dinner. ”
"You, you have to take advantage of this little advantage." Gao Ye shook his head and smiled bitterly, "But Mengde, what are your plans now?" Why don't you come to my Yingchuan? Gao Ye officially invited Cao Cao, although he has not yet unified his internal thoughts, but it is not impossible to get Cao Cao in first, anyway, most of his subordinates are the children of the Yingchuan family, thinking that Cao Cao has today's move and is famous, and it is not difficult to get their support.
"No, I still decided to go to my hometown Pei County or near Yangzhou, after all, my father is still there, and he has some roots that can still be developed. As for Mingxi, your Yingchuan, forget it. Since I, Cao Mengde, am a traitor in troubled times, how can I be subservient to others? ”