Chapter 137: Lao Cao Wants to Surrender (I)
"Smack!" The best jade was supposed to be a thing for nobles to play with, but at this moment, it was slammed to the ground with a crisp sound.
"The Lord is angry!" The chamberlain knelt on the ground tremblingly and lowered his head, letting the small and sharp jade shards cut his cheeks, and he didn't dare to cry out in pain, and the beads of sweat the size of beans fell on the bluestone bricks drop by drop with blood, and he didn't dare to look at the angry middle-aged man in front of him.
"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish! took more than 100 elite soldiers to catch a doll that was powerless, and all of them were captured? Could it be that the sky is going to kill me Cao Cao? Cao Cao, who was holding a piece of bamboo slip in his hand and looking at the content on it, his face was already distorted, and his long and narrow eyes were shining, and he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, "Qin Xu!" Qin Xu! Shaft! Hate only hate how he didn't cut you with a knife in Chen Liu! ”
"Lord...... The Lord is angry! The head of the chamberlain was lowered, and he was too cowardly to say more.
"Rest your anger! Calm your anger! What do you know as an attendant? Then Qin Xu can do such a thing at only seventeen years old, and twenty years later, who can control it? Cao Cao's cold eyes were full of murderous aura, staring viciously at the waiter in front of him who had been with him for five or six years, he took a sharp breath and said coldly: "Hurry up and pass on the drama to Cheng Yu...... Hmm, it's still Zhang Miao who came to see me! ”
"No!" The chamberlain retreated in panic.
"Lu Bu! Qin Xu! Qingzhou! Cao Cao's hideous face revealed a thick unyielding and a trace of helplessness.
Cao Ren and Cao Hong's plan to attack Linzi failed, and they were captured in Jinan and could not return for a long time, which has made the children of the clan look at Cao Cao with a different kind of eyes; Wei contacted the Yellow Turban of Zichuan to be captured, and there was no one after 50,000 stones, grains and grass, and there were occasional complaints; It's good now, as one of the few generals in the forces of Cao Jun in Yanzhou, he was also arrested, this time without saying anything to others, Cao Cao himself couldn't wait to strangle Qin Xu with his own hands.
It's too much of a bully! Our old Cao has been fighting for nearly ten years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, although he is invincible in all battles, but in the end, he has won more and lost less, and has laid a great reputation. How could he meet Qin Xu, a kid who was just a milk doll when he became famous in Cao Cao, as if he had met a nemesis, he couldn't fight, he couldn't beat, he couldn't calculate, he couldn't calculate. Could it really be that there were too many ridiculous things done in Luoyang when I was young, and God sent someone to rectify our Lao Cao?
"Lord!"
"Lord!"
"Father!"
"Mr. Xi, Zhong De, Meng Zhuo, you are here! You all know the news brought back by Qingzhou's internal line, right? Cao Cao, who had just washed his face with cold water, seemed to be always the same as if he was always in the chest when facing his subordinates.
"Yes, my lord, Yu and the others already know. However, as far as Cheng knows, General Yuan Rang was captured by mistake this time, and I heard that it was caused by a grain sergeant under Zhang Taishou, so please talk about it Zhang Taishou! Cheng Yu said with a purple-red face, a thick beard, and a murderous voice.
"My lord! I ...... "Zhang Miao is really wronged, Dian Wei has bravery, he knows it, he always thinks it's just a little stronger, but he didn't expect it to be so ruthless, I heard that the foot battle can hold more than 1,000 moves with Lu Bu without distinguishing between victory and defeat, and he captured Xiahoudun with one move. Zhang Miao was suddenly sent by Cao Cao, and when he was worried about how to explain to Cao Cao, he heard Cheng Yu's words, and immediately fell to his knees in shock, as if he wanted to defend something, but found that he couldn't open his mouth.
"Meng Zhuo doesn't need to say much! You know Yanzhou and Cao's heart! Meng Zhuo is a close friend of Cao, although Zhongde is out of public heart, but don't say this in the future! Cao Cao squinted his eyes and stared at Zhang Miao for a long time before he said slowly.
Zhang Miao and Lu Bu have a good personal relationship, this Cao Cao knows, otherwise when he promised to lend Lu Bu, he would not have ordered Zhang Miao to serve as the master of ceremonies. But then again, the relationship between Zhang Miao and Cao Cao is also very close, when the princes met to defeat Dong Zhuo, they vigorously helped Cao Cao, and then they advocated welcoming Cao Cao as one of the initiators of Yanzhou Mu. It can be said that without Zhang Miao and others, if Cao Cao wants to win Yanzhou, I don't know how much effort it will take. Moreover, Zhang Miao was an official under Cao Cao's nose, sending soldiers to help Qin Xu escort grain and grass, and by the way, Cao Cao's brother and Wei Ke came back, which was also Cao Cao's approval, and Zhang Miao sent the most effective men, which was to faithfully fulfill Cao Cao's orders, and it could not be regarded as a sin. Cao Cao couldn't blame him even if he wanted to, and in the end, he could only attribute his resentment to Qin Xu's broken mouth!
"But the lord, Cheng got the news before, and now he is quite trusted and reused by Lu Bu, Qingzhou Sima Zanghong, who seems to have a lot of relationship with Zhang Taishou, according to legend, this person was in Lu Bu when he passed through Puyang that day, and as soon as he entered Lu Bu's army, both father and son were immediately reused. And according to General Miaocai, when Lu Butun was outside Puyang City that day, it seemed that Zhang Chao, the younger brother of Zhang Taishou, had been out of the city for several hours, and I don't know how Zhang Taishou explained this in front of the lord? Cheng Yu said with a gloomy face and in an equally gloomy voice.
"And that matter?" Cao Cao's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, but how he looked at it as if he was pretending to be strong, it was not natural.
"Cheng Yu! Cheng Zhongde! "Zhang Miao knows Cao Cao too well, where can he not know at this time, where will this be Cheng Yu deliberately finding fault after learning about it, it is clear that Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's mouth to test his old friend. At that moment, Zhang Miao's heart moved, his face changed drastically, his white face turned red, and he glared angrily at Cheng Yu, who was standing not far from Cao Cao's right hand, and said angrily: "Did you burn down your house or take away your wife, provoke you to spew blood like this, and frame my two brothers?" Indeed, I have a good personal relationship with Lu Bu, this matter is known to the world, when Lu Bu came to Chen Liu, the lord also ordered Zhang to mediate in the middle, so that Lu Bu deeply felt the lord's hospitality, and he did not commit any crimes in the counties and counties in my territory when he took advantage of Yanzhou! And it's you, Cheng Yu! Clever words, confusing the lord and flattering, making the lord bear the name of the alliance for no reason, at the beginning, you were unwise, tired of Yanzhou defeated, and now you are tired of Qingzhou, and the army's heart collapsed and Lu changed color! It's you again, who is good at starting a war, and the two generals Cao Ren and Cao Chun and Na Wei Jiazi are trapped in the enemy camp! Or you, vainly talking about the lord, broke the contract again, so that General Yuan Rang was captured! Now you blame everything on someone? Cheng Yu, where is your conscience? ”
"You! You! "How resourceful Cheng Yu is, in fact, there has been a public opinion, and he often thinks highly of himself on weekdays, how can he tolerate Zhang Miao, who has no scheming in his eyes, to scold so angrily, his angry beard is upside down, and he is speechless at Zhang Miao.
"Me? What am I me? Zhang and Meng De are old friends, since they have been entrusted to Chen Liu, they have been more careful in governing the government, and they dare not have a day to rest, but this time there is a sergeant who was confused by Qin Xu, so he said that I am waiting for Lu Bu to fornicate? What is your heart? I have my own public opinion on the merits of my two brothers in Yanzhou! And I can't tolerate you Cheng Yu's little Shou Zhang Ling to make wild words here! Although Zhang Miao is not good at strategy, he has been in charge for many years, but this eloquence is extremely outstanding, and he is angry and directs to the hearts of the people, which makes Cheng Yu a little overwhelmed, just caressing his chest and panting.
"Meng Zhuo ......" Cao Cao is actually just suspicious, after all, although the Yanzhou Governance Office is in Puyang, but stationed in Chen Liu all the year round, and Zhang Miao met day and night, plus the old friendship with Zhang Miao, he had to recall Cheng Yu who was in Puyang to come back and try to speak, this time seeing Cheng Yu's words like a knife, but Zhang Miao said in a few words that Cheng Yu, a wise man, could not speak, Cao Cao was also very embarrassed, and said: "Meng Zhuo Mo has to be more careful, Zhongde and you are both for the sake of Yanzhou!" Zhongde, you don't have to say a word, Meng Zhuo's friendship with Cao, how can Cao not know? Let's not talk about it, let's talk about it! ”
"Lord!" Zhang Miao glanced at Cao Cao deeply, and suddenly fell to the ground and said: "This time, my Yanzhou and Qingzhou are at war, Miao should have avoided it, but if he doesn't say a word, he is unhappy, and I hope the lord will listen!" ”
"Why did Meng Zhuo say this? Meng Zhuo and Cao, known as the main ministers, are really close friends, and they can entrust their wives and children, so why not say it explicitly? Even though it is! The one just now made Cao Cao feel most suspicious of Zhang Miao in his heart, and he also felt that it was not quite authentic to make a plan for his old friend, so he stretched out his hand to help Zhang Miao and said warmly.
"Thank you, my lord!" Zhang Miao took advantage of the situation and said: "Because I estimated Zhang's friendship with Na Lu Bu before, coupled with the fact that General Yuan Rang missed this time, Miao is indeed responsible, so I dare not speak. But now that Cheng Yu has made it clear, then Miao will also say what is in his heart. If you don't want Meng De, please ask Meng Derong's brother to return to his hometown! ”
"Meng Zhuo is still blaming Cao for this, so Meng Zhuo, please do everything!" Cao Cao frowned slightly, sighed, glanced at Cheng Yu's face with a slight reproach in his eyes, and said in a deep voice.
"No!" Zhang Miao took a deep breath, groaned slightly, and said: "Originally, my Yanzhou and Qingzhou are both Dahanzhou counties, and Lu Buqi believes that the lord can also see it, but in fact, he has no great ambitions, so what if he gave him Qingzhou?" It is better to help each other and use it as a strong reinforcement than to be handed over by the lord Yuan Shao? ”
"Shhh Cao Cao thought that Zhang Miao looked unrelenting, and he had to force Cheng Yu to apologize on the spot before he finished, but he didn't expect Zhang Miao to say this. Although Yuan Shao is now Cao Cao's ally, both of them know in their hearts that if the Han can be repaid, if there is a change, there will definitely be a war between the two, which is why Cao Cao also promised to help Lu Bu go to Qingzhou through Yanzhou. It was only at this time that Zhang Miao brought up the old matter again, which made Cao Cao suddenly squint his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said lightly: "Go on!" ”
"No!" Zhang Miao settled his mind, saw that Cao Cao listened to it in his heart, glanced to the east, and continued: "Lu Bushi's tiger, it is needless to say that he is brave, but if you talk about ambition, in fact, there is none! Otherwise, why did you kill Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo that day, and be among the scholars on his own life? To put it bluntly, it's just that I just want to occupy one side and enjoy it. ”
"Nonsense!" Cheng Yu relieved himself, he was already a little aggrieved by Cao Cao's slightly reproachful eyes just now, but he didn't expect to do things according to Cao Cao's intentions, and he couldn't do it well, so he couldn't think about it anymore, and when he heard Zhang Miao's words, he actually wanted to persuade Cao Cao to reconcile with Lu Bu, which made Cheng Yu, who had suffered a big loss in Lu Bu's forces, still hold back, and suddenly said angrily: "Zhang Mengzhuo!" What is your heart? Don't you want to persuade the lord to reconcile with Lu Bu? Don't! Yan and Qing Erzhou have become an endless trend, where can you, a person with ill intentions, be allowed to make reckless remarks? ”
"Zhong Demo wants to say more, and listen to Meng Zhuo!" Cao Cao did not dislike Zhang Miao's words as Cheng Yu expected, but waved his hand thoughtfully, stopped Cheng Yu's words, and motioned for Zhang Miao to continue.
"No!" Zhang Miao glanced at Cheng Yu with a sneer, and continued: "Miao thinks that it is unwise to continue to entangle with Lu Bu in the current Yanzhou form!" ”