At present, the latest intelligence in Cao De's hands shows that Cao Cao raised 50,000 troops and prepared to continue the war that had not been completed five years ago.

Cao De's first reaction when he saw this information, what did Cao Cao do? The plague has just receded, and you are going to prepare for war with Liu Bei again, is the rear safe? Do the people support it? Will the plague return?

Cao De has such worries, this is the lack of intelligence.

You must know that there is a vacuum period in Cao De's hands for a period of information. A vacuum period that lasted for five years.

During these five years, Cao De closed all the gates to Han China. In the past few years, Cao De doesn't know what and how many things have happened to the place.

And in the past five years, Cao Cao wanted to continue the war more than once, but he was busy in vain. It's not that Cao Cao was defeated by Liu Bei before he could assemble his army, but every time Cao Cao's army just set off, the plague returned.

This plague began in the ninth year of Jian'an, which can be called the first wave of the plague. And this wave of offensive lasted for more than a year.

At the end of the autumn of the tenth year of Jian'an, as the weather gradually became colder. The tentacles of the plague began to retreat from the north of the Han Dynasty, gradually retracted back to Yangzhou, and also retreated to Jiaozhou.

And in the autumn of the eleventh year of Jian'an, after a year's rest, when the princes from all walks of life were vigorously encouraging the people to return to their hometowns, the plague began again! It's just that this time, probably due to climatic reasons, the second wave of the plague offensive did not cross the Yellow River.

This year's winter weather was exceptionally cold, but fortunately, the people still had a one-year buffer period before they were not crushed by the double blow of plague and cold.

Perhaps, it's because of the weather. The plague seemed to disappear overnight. And here, Cao Cao's main territory, Jizhou, is on the north bank of the Yellow River, so Cao Cao has almost no losses in this attack of the plague.

The 12th year of Jian'an is a year that makes people nervous and excited.

Because, in this year, there were many places where plagues broke out in the entire Han Dynasty one after another. It's just that these plagues didn't form a scale together. So, in the course of the year. The people of the Han Dynasty were much more frightened than the real losses.

What's more coincidental is that during this period, Cao Cao repeatedly mentioned the idea of marching into Yanzhou, but each time he had to give up because of the intermittent plague.

And Cao De sent Black Pearl to contact the Black Pearl scattered in Dahan to reorganize Black Pearl's intelligence network, which just combined with this intermittent plague gap. In fact, Cao De was also a little curious, why he sent out twenty black pearls, but in the end, only about ten copies of the news came back. Didn't the rest of the people find out at all? Not really. Because their luck was so frustrated.

There were only a few places where the plague appeared, and they just got into it. And among them, the luckiest one was the Black Pearl who went to Luoyang, because only his intelligence lasted until the thirteenth year of Jian'an, and he insisted until Cao Cao sent troops again.

The last piece of information Cao De received from the outside world in Chang'an was that the plague had come again. Coming from the north, Cao Cao's army had not yet reached Kaifeng City.

Since then, Cao De's contact with the outside world has been cut off again.

Originally, Cao De sent these twenty Black Pearls to restore Black Pearl's former intelligence network again. Now, it seems that the network has died in name only.

Black Pearl! Cao De originally established the Black Pearl for two purposes, the first was to collect intelligence, which was the most important; The second, lurking on the side of the enemy's main personnel, can be used as a surprise if there is a need. And now, Black Pearl has one more task, which is to protect its important personnel.

Now, Cao De himself does not know how many black pearls are lurking in the entire Han China and the Han Dynasty. Perhaps only Spice, who arranged the Black Pearl mission, could be clearer. But what Cao De knew was that the current power of Black Pearl had reached a very terrifying extreme.

Cao De is very sure that before the plague comes, even if he has nothing, as long as he still has Spice. That Cao De dared to drag Liu Bei, Liu Biao, and even Cao Cao to hell before he died. And now after only five years of torture from the plague, how many black pearls are left? However, the black pearls outside can no longer form a network, but we must not forget the black pearls lurking around the various dignitaries of Han China. They are a powerful boost if they are used well, and if they are not used well, they are also the root cause of the collapse of Han China.

On the other hand, if Spice escapes Cao De's control, that is the real danger. No one knows how dark and crazy Spice has become after so many years of living in the dark. And after this plague, although he destroyed his intelligence network all over the world, it also cut off Spine's power. After all, Cao De still has hundreds of thousands of troops without the Black Pearl, and if Spire does not have the Black Pearl, there will only be Cao De as the master.

Still, Cao De was aware of Spello's danger. Therefore, for the remediation of black pearls, it is also time to consider.

How to rectify the black pearl, the best way Cao De thought of was to replace people. Swap out Spicer and replace it with someone who reassures you. And Cao Desi thought about it for a while, and he couldn't come up with a more suitable candidate with Ben.

Just when Cao De was worried about this matter, from the distant border pass, Yumen Pass, there was news again. A caravan came to the Yumen Pass, and only a dozen of them were Han Chinese, and they also claimed to be the old subordinates of the loyal Marquis Ding Chong.

Not long after the matter of the loyal Marquis Ding Chong passed, the soldiers of Yumen Pass naturally did not dare to slack off in front of Ding Chong's tombstone. After confirming their identities and going through a strict plague check, they are leading a huge convoy towards Chang'an.

Regarding this matter, there was no mention of it in Ding Chong's last letter before, so Cao De was also very puzzled about what the precise purpose of this group of people was. Could it be that when Ding Chong was dying, he also looted the Western Regions and sent him back to the Han Dynasty?

Pei Yuanshao set off on behalf of Cao De and met this Ding Chong's old department. Cao De at least had to figure out what they were sent by Ding Chong to do. Also, be prepared if you want to welcome it. However, the news that Pei Yuanshao brought back really surprised Cao De. Unexpectedly, Ding Chong really did this, and not only did it, but also succeeded!

"Someone, inform Gu Yong, and greet the guests from Rome for me!"

Rome? When Gu Yong heard these two words, he wondered a little, what kind of country is Rome. Looking at the name, it seems to be from the west, but it could be that a state in the Western Regions is coming.

But when Gu Yong greeted the blue-eyed and high-nosed Romans at the gate of Chang'an, he was startled by their warriors and accompanying items.

Back then, when Ding Chong took up the post of protector of the Western Regions, Cao De gave Ding Chong a secret task, that is, to get in touch with the westernmost Roman Empire. And now it seems that Ding Chong has succeeded, and Cao De has also succeeded!

But when Cao De happily said to the Roman guests, "We will form a caravan again", a merciless blow came.

The cruel plague has once again cut off the road to Rome!