Chapter 56: Cao Cao's Temptation
A generation of poison Li Ru disappeared like this, and finally turned into a handful of loess. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, with Li Ru's resourcefulness, Jiang Feng will not be plotted by Jiang Feng, but those who have attained the Tao will have more help, and those who have lost the Tao will have little help, Jiang Feng has the support of Chen Gong, and he has won the hearts of the people of the world. Li Ru was not defeated by Jiang Feng, but by the will of heaven. In the underworld, there is a fixed number, and it is still against the evil of the sky, and it is impossible to live for the evil of oneself!
Defeating Li Ru is a risky move, and Jiang Feng may die if he makes a mistake, and the risk taken is not small. However, the benefits are often directly proportional to the risks, and the higher the risk, the greater the returns. Killing Li Ru is to cut off Dong Zhuo's think tank, which reduces a lot of resistance for Jiang Feng's actions in the future.
Although Dong Zhuo has not reduced his combat power, he has lowered his decision-making power by more than one notch.
Not only that, Jiang Feng also invisibly avenged many court officials, although it cannot be said that Lu Bu killed Li Ru on the surface, but the bystanders are clear, and the clear-eyed people are in their eyes.
The person who understands the most is Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was thirty-four years old this year, and Cao Cao at this time already had a high enough political vision and political acumen. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao used the seven-star sword on Situ Wang Yun's mansion to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao would never do such a thing. If he really did it, it would be impossible for him to escape alive, and there would be no three-point world in the future.
These days, Cao Cao has been watching from the sidelines, and every move, word and deed of the people in the court and China has been watched by him in his eyes and remembered in his heart.
Then, he found that no one in the government and the opposition had the ability to turn the tide and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, except for one person, that is, Lu Bu.
At the beginning, Cao Cao naturally regarded Lu Bu as a villain who was greedy for profit and forgot his righteousness and betrayed his lord for glory. But after this period of observation, he completely changed this idea.
Lu Bu is not simple! In particular, Lu Bu's method of killing Li Ru surprised Cao Cao, this means of death and afterlife, which cannot be done by people who are not wise and courageous. It can be seen that either Lu Bu has a master behind him; Either Lu Bu was clumsy and deceived everyone.
No matter what the situation is, it strengthened Cao Cao's idea of wanting to conspire with Lu Bu. Cao Cao thought that with the two of them joining forces, they would definitely be able to kill Dong Zhuo and achieve great fame. At this time, Cao Cao, although he had great ambitions, was only a very human minister, and he would never have imagined that he would one day be able to tear the soil and seal the king, or even change the dynasty.
"Yo, why did Brother Meng De have time to come to Lu's mansion today, and he was disappointed." This day was the tenth day, and the hundred officials also had time off, so Cao Cao came to Lu Bu's mansion.
"I got a roe deer these days, a few jars of good wine, I heard that Brother Fengxian cooked meat is a must, Xiangguo is full of praise, so I took the liberty to come and eat with my brother." Cao Cao said.
As soon as he heard that there was roe deer meat, Jiang Feng's saliva suddenly flowed out, the venison last time raised Jiang Feng's gluttony, these days I have been thinking about how to pick Dong Bai to go to the paddock to fight again, this time Cao Cao actually sent a roe deer, it can be said that it is in the middle of the heart.
"Very good, very good, Brother Meng De is still thinking about my brother, my brother is worried about nothing to fight tooth sacrifices these days. Come in, come in. Jiang Feng hurriedly let Cao Cao in.
The roe deer has been killed, and it only needs to be made to make it delicious. In this cold and bleak late autumn season, the meat is grilled with charcoal, the wine is cooked with plums, and the two sit on their knees and talk about the wine.
After three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao suddenly asked: "Fengxian, I had a dream yesterday and I don't understand what it means, can you help me solve it?" ”
Although Jiang Feng drank a lot of wine, he was not drunk at all, and he felt that Cao Cao had something to say, and said with a smile: "Brother Meng De, come on, the younger brother listens." ”
Cao Cao said: "I dreamed yesterday that I was wandering outside the world, and suddenly I saw a dragon and a tiger fighting in the mountains, it stands to reason that this dragon should be stronger than the tiger, but this time it was the tiger who pressed the dragon to the ground." The tiger had a colorful forehead, and it was very large and ferocious, and the dragon was too small to fight the tiger. Seeing that the dragon was about to be killed by the tiger, Cao drew his sword and wanted to go to the rescue. Suddenly, a person flew from the sky, and a sword stabbed the tiger in the eye, and Cao and the man worked together to capture and kill the tiger. I don't know, can Feng Xian know the meaning of this dream? ”
Jiang Feng understood that Cao Cao was not trying to interpret his own dreams, but to form an alliance with himself. It seems that Cao Cao intends to conspire with himself to kill Dong Zhuo.
Jiang Feng was actually unwilling to accept this ally in his heart, Jiang Feng was worried that he would not be able to control this ally, and he would eventually calculate it. After all, this is the most famous traitor in the Three Kingdoms, and Jiang Feng thinks he can't play him.
But in this way, Jiang Feng was faced with another problem, how should he deal with Cao Cao?
This situation reminded Jiang Feng of a plot in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when Liu Bei was living under Cao Cao's account. Cao Cao consulted his three major strategists, Liu Bei's question of whether to kill or stay. It seems that now this question has been thrown to himself, in the face of Cao Cao, who took the initiative to form an alliance, should he use it or not?
If so, will Cao Cao be willing to be his pawn? The answer is no, Jiang Feng knows that Cao Cao is a hero, and he will not be subservient to others after all, and will definitely find an opportunity to stand on his own.
But if not, what should I do with him? Is it to kill, or to release?
If you kill Cao Cao now, it is equivalent to disposing of your strongest opponent who will unify the Three Kingdoms in the future, which is undoubtedly a great temptation. But with killing him comes more unpredictability.
For example, in the upcoming battle of the princes against Dong, without Cao Cao's help, it is unknown whether Sun Jian can defeat Dong Zhuo. In historical records, the main forces in this battle were Sun Jian and Cao Cao. If Dong Zhuo is not defeated, then does he have a chance to capture Luoyang, or will he be forced to join the alliance of princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo together?
Jiang Feng's biggest advantage now is that he can predict the development trend of history, so as to make the most appropriate strategic choice at the right time. And killing Cao Cao now has neither a proper excuse nor an excellent effect, which is really not a wise move.
If you don't kill it, what if you don't use it?
After thinking about it, it's better to maintain the status quo. Let Cao Cao go back to his hometown to raise troops against Dong Zhuo, so that he can take advantage of the weakness. At least he can help himself contain Yuan Shao, in the early stage of the dispute between the princes, Yuan Shao's power is much greater than Cao Cao. What is the essence of being a "mole"? It's control. Let them compete with each other, so that they can make a profit.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Feng pretended to be a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Haha, Brother Meng De, your dream is interesting." Isn't this tiger like Xiangguo? When you say that, I almost thought you had the intention of murdering Xiangguo. In my opinion, dreams are all reversed, and now the Xiangguo is like a tiger catching a dragon, the trend of the times. ”
Seeing that Lu Bu was getting more and more drunk, and after a while, he actually started snoring, Cao Cao wondered very much, what does this Lu Bu mean?
Out of Lu Bu's Mansion, the more Cao Cao thought about it, the more wrong he became, could it be that he had seen the wrong person? Could this guy really killed Li Ru by mistake, impossible, impossible. If Li Ru would be killed by a fool, then the world would be completely ridiculous.
Then there's another explanation, he's playing dumb. Why is he pretending to be stupid?
Don't you want to work with yourself? Quite possibly. With his thoughts, maybe he wants to kill Dong Zhuo by stealing the beam for the pillar, then he can take this credit alone, or even replace Dong Zhuo.
But that's too far-fetched, isn't it? Lu Bu's strength, power, and status are not enough to match Dong Zhuo.
Or was he prepared something else? Maybe he is not simple than he imagined, and what he sees may not be all his strength.
Then, my current situation is very embarrassing. Cao Cao couldn't help but secretly blame himself for being too reckless, so he exposed his intentions to Lu Bu.
What will Lu Bu do to himself? To be sure, an alliance is no longer realistic, and the best outcome can only be to ignore it and look out of place.
In this way, Luoyang is no longer his foothold, under this turbulent surge, he will become a ghost under the knife if he is not careful, it is better to get out as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao didn't delay for a moment, and immediately went back to the house to pack his bags and go out of the city and go back to his hometown.
Just after Cao Cao walked out of the city, Jiang Feng had already caught up.
"Brother Meng De, are you in such a hurry?" Jiang Feng came with a red rabbit horse under his crotch and a Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand.
At this time, Cao Cao was indeed dressed in rags, carrying a burden, and his figure was a little embarrassed, and he was even more surprised when he saw Lu Bu, and said: "Brother Fengxian, you are really not drunk, are you deliberately scaring me away, so that you can kill me from outside the city?" It was my mistake that I could die under Feng Xian's Fang Tian painting halberd, Cao was convinced. ”
Cao Cao knew that he couldn't run, but he was free and easy, and he didn't hide at all, looking like he was being killed.
In a flash of cold light, the spearhead of Fang Tian's halberd pointed at Cao Cao's chest, but he did not score another half a point, and there was an extra piece of Huang Juan on the halberd.
"This is ......" Cao Cao picked up Huang Juan on the halberd and looked at it, he was also shocked, he finally knew why Lu Bu was fighting with Dong Zhuo.
"Since Brother Meng De is leaving, you might as well pass the news to the princes of all parties for Lu and call them to gather to fight the thief." Jiang Feng waited for Cao Cao to finish reading it, and then took back Huang Juan.
Cao Cao hugged his fists and said: "Brother Fengxian, take care, I will definitely bring the news." ”
Jiang Feng's action was completely out of whim, he sent someone to secretly observe Cao Cao's actions, and knew that Cao Cao was leaving, so he specially came to give him a ride. Jiang Feng's political vision is actually not far-sighted, and his previous actions have taken advantage of the enemy's open and dark interests, coupled with his own historical foresight, to have such an effect.
However, showing the blood edict to Cao Cao could not be said to be a wise move. Jiang Feng's mind was afraid that it would be difficult for the alliance of princes to gather, and he wanted to give them a reason. But he didn't expect that exposing his hole cards too early might also be used by the other party.
As the saying goes, it's better to hide than to be clumsy, Jiang Feng's move is still a bit reckless.