Cao Cao had been blinded by hatred, and he couldn't listen to anyone's advice at the moment. Guo Jia and Cheng Yu of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Cao Cao's trust, but they are reluctant to persuade at the moment, because they all know Cao Cao's character, and persuasion is in vain.

And Xun Yu has a righteous personality, but it is not an exaggeration to say that he is pedantic, seeing that no one came out to touch this mildew, he stood up and said loudly: "Since ancient times, there is no unrighteous teacher who can win and triumph, Tao Qian killed the father of the lord, but the lord avenged his father, it is justified, although it is righteous, but the people of Xuzhou are innocent, why did the lord kill him, and I hope that the lord will think twice." What's more, Lu Bu occupies Guanzhong, and his power is gradually growing, if the lord leads his troops to conquer Xuzhou, how can Lu Bu sit idly by and do nothing? If the lord leads the army to leave, he will inevitably lead troops to attack, and at present, our army is newly set in Yan and Henan, and there is a lot of grain and grass, and the training of soldiers and horses has not been completed, and I hope that the lord will think twice. ”

Cao Cao knew Xun Yu's character, but he had made up his mind, Xun Yu may have considered the pros and cons of his own army, but he ignored the pain of losing his father. Since the beginning of this month, he has worked hard to reorganize his soldiers, in order to conquer Xuzhou, kill Tao Qian, and avenge his father.

If this revenge is not avenged, Cao Cao will not be able to let go of it in this life, every time he wakes up in a dream, Cao Cao can't help crying, this pain in his heart makes Cao Cao lose his reason. When he was determined to crusade against Xuzhou, Cao Cao even ordered that every time he captured a city, he would slaughter the people of the city to vent his hatred.

Although Cao Cao is open-minded and meritocracy, it does not mean that Cao Cao is a person who obeys the words of his subordinates, but sometimes he is also a paranoid and stubborn person, so when his subordinates persuade him, he is either scolded or reprimanded, but Xun Yu in front of him, Cao Cao naturally can't scold Xun Yu with a cane, and he can't reprimand loudly, so he has to say with a gloomy face: "Tao Qian killed my father, how can he not report it?" Wen Ruoxiu wants to say more, I have made up my mind on this matter. ”

Cao Cao saw that Xun Yu was going to say more, so he ordered: "Order Cao Ren to lead 20,000 troops to guard Xuchang, and Xiahou Dun to lead 20,000 troops to guard Yanzhou." ”

Cao Ren and Xiahoudun hurriedly came out and said, "No." ”

"The rest of the people will set off with me tomorrow, and they will definitely wash Xuzhou, Fang Xue and I hate it, but whoever persuades me will not be forgiven." Cao Cao Senran glanced at the civil and military forces in the hall, and the gloomy and terrifying eyes in those eyes.

Everyone was swept by Cao Cao's eyes, and their hearts were tight, how dare they say anything.

Xun Yu sighed and retreated helplessly.

The news that Cao Cao wanted to raise troops to flee Xuzhou did not deliberately block it, and Wang Yun and the others also got the news and gathered together in the secret room in Wang Yun's mansion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Cao's conquest of Xuzhou is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us and others."

or Yang Biao, Shi Sun Rui, Chong Ji, Huang Wan.

Shi Sun Rui shook his head and said, "Zishi, I think it's better to wait." Cao Cao is different from Lu Bu, Lu Bu was from a humble background, he used to be Dong Zhuo's minion, helping to make a strategy, and he was not tolerated by the family, so naturally there were many people who opposed him. But Cao Cao, who was born in a family of eunuchs, now has the support of many families under his rule, and he is his henchmen inside and outside the court, and it is difficult to kill Cao thief and rescue the Son of Heaven. ”

Speaking of this, I was a little interested. It's not that they don't want to rescue the Son of Heaven, but they fled from Cao Cao, where to go? It's the same everywhere. The world has been in turmoil, and the princes everywhere have long had a heart of disobedience, who will really assist the Son of Heaven?

It's just that Wang Yun is still not giving up, he is so fanatical, I'm afraid it's just for his own selfishness.

Wang Yun looked at this scholar Sun Rui with a little disappointment and said: "Jun Ce, the Son of Heaven is in prison and forced by Cao Cao, as a courtier, you have bathed in the emperor's grace for generations, do you still have a trace of loyalty in your heart?" ”

Shi Sun Rui sighed: "Prince, what you think is too simple. Even though Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Xuchang was empty inside, but the inside was Cao Cao's henchmen, and we have no real power now, how can we save the Son of Heaven? Xuchang is not as good as Chang'an, and we have no foundation, how can we act? ”

Yang Biao also persuaded at this time: "Zishi, what Jun Ce said makes sense. If there is any mistake, it is not a pity for us to die, but if it affects Your Majesty, it will be difficult for us to die and atone for our sins. ”

"You guys?" Wang Yun saw his former colleagues and comrades-in-arms, but now he wanted to give up, which made Wang Yun's heart angry. Chong Ji and Huang Wan said: "Zishi, now is not ripe, and the death of Bian Rang has made Cao Cao wary of us, and we should be careful." In fact, it is not difficult to rescue the Son of Heaven, unless you make a foreign alliance with the princes, you can save the Son of Heaven. ”

"Hmph, if you are afraid of death, the old man will not force you, as for rescuing the Son of Heaven, the old man will figure it out by himself." Wang Yun also said angrily, sincerely angry at these people's prevarications. Several of them once swore to assist His Majesty, but now they have lost their former loyalty because they are afraid of Cao Cao's might, which makes Wang Yun feel angry at the same time as disappointed in several people.

Huang Wan and the others glanced at each other, shook their heads and sighed in their hearts, but they didn't say anything.

Three days later, Cao Cao sent troops. The whole army is wearing armor, covered with vegetarian, and the head is wrapped in a white cloth, looking from afar, such as paving frost and snow, erecting a big flag, writing "revenge and hatred", four big characters, and marching to Xuzhou.

As soon as Cao Cao's side moved, clouds surged in all directions, and the Central Plains, which had been quiet for a month, would be in war again.

In Chang'an, Lu Bu received the news that Cao Cao had sent troops to conquer Xuzhou, and he knew it in his heart, and hurriedly convened the final general to discuss.

"Wenhe, as you expected, Cao Cao sent troops to avenge his father and raise troops to recruit Xu."

Li Ru sighed and said that if he stood in Cao Cao's perspective and considered the forces of the Quartet, he would not necessarily send troops. There is Lu Bu in the west, it is difficult to have Liu Biao, there is Yuan Shao in the north, and there is Yuan Shu in the south and Nan, Cao Cao chose to send troops at this time, which will inevitably attract the forces of the Quartet. It's not understood, but it's understandable.

Lu Bu actually expected that Cao Cao would send troops, which was the same as the scene in the dream, but did Lu Bu himself still send troops to Puyang? Lu Bu didn't know if he would end up like in his dream, and finally fled from Xuzhou in defeat. But right now, it seems that what makes me more excited is the two counties of Hedong and Hexi.

These two counties have large populations and many families, and although they are a piece of fat that is easy to gnaw, they are not necessarily easy to digest. Lu Bu still wanted to hear Jia Xu's opinion.

Jia Xu said lightly: "Lord, isn't this obvious? It is not wise to seek the near and far now. Although Yanzhou is rich, it is easy to attack and difficult to defend in the land of four wars, so it is better to seek Hedong. Hedong is rich, although there are many families, but it is suppressed by power, and then slowly encroached, not to mention, the goal of our army is not only one Hedong, and then the entire annex state. ”

Lü Bu once discussed with Jia Xu whether he could send troops to Yanzhou if Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, in order to recapture the Son of Heaven. But Jia Xu analyzed to Lu Bu that the consequences of occupying Yanzhou were to face Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's north-south attacks in the future, so it was not advisable for Yanzhou to be taken before it had strength.

After listening to Jia Xu's words, although Lu Bu was unwilling in his heart, what Jia Xu said made sense, so he had to temporarily put aside the matter of Yanzhou, so he discussed the matter of attacking Hedong.

Now in Chang'an, the Praetorian Guard, the Tiger Guard, the Tiger Guard, the Yulin Army, and the Tuntian Army are well established.

In addition to the soldiers and horses in Chang'an, in order to avoid accidents, Lu Bu only reformed the soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of the rest of the generals still did not move.

Lu Bu thought about it again and said: "As for the medical craftsman battalion and the equipment battalion, they have had little effect since January, Wen You, whether you make a list or send people, give me a large number of searches for such people." These people may play a small role at the moment, but they will certainly play a greater role in our army in the future. ”

"Yes!" Li Ru responded.

Lu Bu said to Zhong Xuan again: "Yuan Chang, there are still two or three months, and this year's autumn harvest is coming, so there must be no mistakes in this matter." ”

"No." Zhong Miao bowed in response.

"Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping. The grain and grass that you and you continue to buy. This is also a matter that Lu Bu is more concerned about, the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Now that he is in short supply of grain and grass, he still needs grain and grass to attack Xuzhou. In the past, Lu Bu was not at home, and he didn't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt were expensive, but now he deeply understands how the days without food are constrained.

The two bowed in agreement.

In the end, Lu Bu decided to move Gao Shun to the Baibo Valley in the east of the river, in order to attack from the east and west and trap the Baibo thieves in the Baibo Valley.

Gao Shun is the number one general that Lu Bu relies on, and if he is only allowed to sit on one side, it will be too tyrannical. In addition, Lu Bu also intended to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Hedong to rectify his troops and horses.

Xuzhou.

When the news of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou came, the entire Xuzhou was panicked. When Cao Cao attacked the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thief, he once broke the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Thief Guan Hai. You must know that Guan Hai has three or four hundred thousand people, although most of them are weak, sick and disabled, but there are also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who can fight, Cao Cao broke Guan Hai with 3,000 and surrendered 300,000 yellow turban thieves, so Cao Cao became more and more famous.

As for why these Xuzhou officials were so afraid of Cao Cao, at that time, because Guan Hai led hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves to plunder Xuzhou, although Tao Qian sent troops to encircle and suppress, he suffered several defeats, but lost some grain and grass in the city, but still let Guan Hai escape. Then Guan Hai was defeated by Cao Cao, and only led thousands of people to escape, which shows the strength of Cao's army.

Now I heard that Cao Cao avenged his father, and there were even rumors that before Cao Cao sent out his troops, he ordered that if he got the city, he would slaughter all the people in the city to avenge his father.

"Report!"

Just when the Xuzhou officials were whispering to each other, a herald quickly rushed into the hall and said: "My lord, Tan Ma Lai reported, Cao Cao's vanguard army Li Dian, Xiahou Yuan, and Le Jin soldiers and horses have arrived in Pengcheng Kingdom, Guangqi County and Liuxian County have been breached, and the people of the two counties have been slaughtered. ”

"What?"

The old man sitting on the throne, his hair was white, and when he heard this, he looked up to the sky and cried: "I have been guilty of the heavens, causing the people of Xuzhou to suffer this great disaster, I should kill myself and send the head to Cao Cao, so that Xuzhou can avoid this catastrophe." ”

Tao Qian was about to kill himself and was rescued left and right. One person came out of the column and arched his hand: "Lord, Cao Cao is far away, the sergeants are tired, and the last general is willing to lead the army to defeat Cao Cao." ”

Everyone sees it as Cao Bao, the head of the Cao family in Xuzhou, and now he is a general under Tao Qian.

Tao Qian sighed: "In this way, there will be General Lao Cao." ”