Cao Cao had just raised the wine bottle, ready to drink the wine, and when he heard that Yuan Wei had entered the northern border of the Lujiang River, his right hand immediately froze in the air, and the expression on his face was also a little stiff.

What does this say? Cao Cao was still glad that Yuan was driven into Xunyang County by Sun Ce and Zhou Yu just now, limited by the place and population, I am afraid it will be very difficult to make a difference in the future, at best, it is just a guard dog for Liu Biao, just like Wancheng Zhang Xiu, who was just exterminated by him last month.

But now, Cheng Yu immediately ran over and told him that Yuan Wei had left Xunyang.

Yuan Que not only left Xunyang, but also captured Sun Ce in Qiaojiawu, and used Sun Ce as a hostage to force Zhou Yu to give way, watching Yuan Que leave Lujiang, where is Yuan Que going? Will he make a detour back to Huainan and occupy Runan, or will he pass through Yanzhou and go north to Jizhou to meet Yuan Shao?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's heart has already begun to turn over the river and the sea.

Although Cao Cao despised Yuan Shao on the surface and did not take Yuan Shao in his eyes, Cao Cao must admit that Yuan Shao is the strongest prince today, and after he exterminates Gongsun Zhan, he is afraid that his strength will be further enhanced, and the strength gap between Yuan Cao will further widen at that time!

If Yuan Shao's thief is allowed to join Yuan Shao's command again, won't Yuan Shao be like a tiger?

At that time, the two families of Yuan Cao were at war, and he Cao Cao still had a chance of winning? Sure to lose!

Liu Bei, who was uncertain, was also taken aback when he heard this, during the battle of Shouchun, Liu Bei and Sun Ce had several faces, in Liu Bei's view, Sun Cecheng can be described as a young hero, with a lofty spirit, and courage, only led a mere 300 horsemen to dare to rob Cao Cao's camp, what a heroic, and what a courage?

But now, Sun Ce was actually captured alive by Yuan Wei?

If it weren't for Cheng Yu himself, Liu Bei would never have believed that this would be true.

Cao Cao's right hand holding the wine bottle was only slightly paused in the air, and then calmly brought it to his mouth, and then covered his face with his sleeves, drank all the wine in the bottle, and praised it at the end.

Although Cao Cao tried his best to cover it up, the careful Liu Bei still saw that Cao Cao was obviously a little out of shape.

Obviously, the news brought by Cheng Yu also had a great impact on Cao Cao, and in an instant, Liu Bei realized that this might be an opportunity to get out!

Xuchang is Cao Cao's lair, inside and outside the palace must be full of Cao Cao's eyes and ears, the Son of Heaven gave the edict of clothes, may be able to hide Cao Cao for a while, but it is absolutely impossible to hide Cao Cao I, Cao Cao will inevitably know about it sooner or later, at that time, how can Cao Cao spare his life? Therefore, it is necessary to leave Xudu as soon as possible.

The Son of Heaven gave him an edict and plotted to eradicate the Cao thief, but he did not say that he must stay in Xudu to act.

Because Liu Bei has no soldiers in his hands, he can't kill Cao Thief if he stays in Xudu, but leaves Xudu, maybe he has a chance to lay down a piece of territory, pull up an army, and wait for the general trend of the world to change, for example, when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao go to war, they can also raise troops to kill Xu Du to welcome back the Son of Heaven in one fell swoop!

All of this is a long story, but in fact, it is only a matter of thought.

At that moment, Liu Bei said to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, Yuan is a thief after **** Yuan Shu, stealing Jiuding, a big rebellion, please borrow 3,000 elite soldiers, and go to collect it for Cao Gong!" ”

Liu Bei asked himself to crusade against Yuan No, and Cao Cao was suddenly moved when he heard it.

Ordering Liu Bei to crusade against Yuan No, this is a good idea, there is a way that two tigers must be injured when they fight, whether Liu Bei dies or Yuan dies in this battle, for him Cao Cao, it is to eradicate a hidden danger in the future.

Moreover, after the two tigers competed, even the tiger that won in the end must be scarred, and he Cao Cao sent troops again, and hit it with the momentum of Mount Tai, and it will be wiped out without much effort.

It was not long before he was about to start a war with Lu Bu, but just before the army sent to Xuzhou, the winner between Liu Bei and Yuan Fu was destroyed by the way, but it was a drop in two birds with one stone.

However, Cao Cao is Cao Cao after all, and he deeply understands the truth that if he listens partially, he will be dark, and if he listens to him, he will be clear, so he did not agree to Liu Bei immediately, but waved his hand and said: "Xuande, today I am not strong enough to drink, drunk, such important matters will be discussed tomorrow, and tomorrow." ”

After speaking, Cao Cao fell asleep on the seat.

Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao was pretending to be drunk, but he had no choice but to go back.

As soon as Liu Bei left, Cao Cao immediately turned over from the seat and sat up, and instructed Xu Chu: "Zhongkang, immediately recruit all the gentlemen to come to discuss the matter, you can go quickly!" ”

Xu Chu sighed and took the order.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xun You, dressed in cloth, was the first to arrive, saluted Cao Cao, and sat down under Cheng Yu.

Immediately behind Xun You came in a slightly fat middle-aged Confucian student, with a generous appearance and a harmless appearance to humans and animals.

Seeing this middle-aged Confucian student, Cao Cao immediately got up from the seat, went down the steps to greet him barefoot, took the other party's hands, and asked, "Wenhe, are you used to living in Xudu?" ”

It turned out that this middle-aged Confucian who looked harmless to humans and animals turned out to be the poisoner Jia Xu.

Although Jia Xu is vicious, he adheres to the golden mean, which is also the first reason why he can die well.

At that moment, Jia Xu shook his head to the ground and said respectfully: "Thank you Cao Gong for your concern, Xu is very good, and he is very used to it." ”

"That's good, that's good, huh." Cao Cao smiled and patted Jia Xu's hands, and then sat back on the seat.

Jia Xu glanced at the seats in the hall, walked straight to Xun You's head, and sat on the seat closest to the door.

After a while, Guo Jia, who was dressed in brocade clothes, entered the hall without Guo Jiaren, and a refreshing fragrance had already drifted into the hall first, Xun You frowned unconsciously, and recently there was a very bad atmosphere among the Confucian scholars in Xudu: the dignified man actually smeared grease and powder!

And Guo Jia is the leader of this grease and powder trend!

Because Guo Jia was suave and resourceful, and was deeply trusted by Cao Cao, many young Confucian scholars consciously or unconsciously began to imitate Guo Jia, followed Guo Jia to take Wushi San, apply grease and powder, this trend spread unconsciously, but it made a gentleman like Xun You like a stalk in the throat.

But Xun You didn't say anything after all, this is just a small section after all.

After Guo Jia came in, he found that Cheng Yu, Xun You and Jia Xu were already sitting on the left, but the two seats on the right were empty, so he went straight to the right and sat on the lower seat.

Half an hour had passed, but the man had not yet arrived.

Cao Cao was not annoyed, he just waited peacefully.

After another half an hour, there was finally a faint sound of footsteps outside the hall.

Cao Cao immediately stood up, greeted him with a smile, and said, "It's coming, but it's coming." ”

Cheng Yuxun and Jia Xu, who were seated at the table, also stood up one after another, only Guo Jia sat still, fiddling with the plan according to the case.

In a few moments, a dusty scribe entered the hall.

This scribe is none other than Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, who was called "my son's room" by Cao Cao, Xun Yu is seven feet tall and looks dignified, just in his early thirties, but he looks older than his actual age, and his face is full of dust at the moment, and he obviously rushed back overnight after a long journey.

"Wen Ruo, I'm waiting for you." Cao Cao laughed and came up to hold Xun Yu's right hand.

"It's rude, it's really rude, tired of the lord and the princes waiting for a long time." Xun Yu hurriedly bowed his voice.

Although Xun Yu is the head of the Wenchen under Cao Cao, such as Zhong Yu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Guo Jia and others were also recommended by Xun Yu to Cao Cao, if it was an ordinary person, he would have put up a shelf long ago, and he was so proud that he couldn't do it, but Xun Yu acted without arrogance, and was still humble and low-key.

After taking his seat, Xun Yu apologized to everyone again.

Cao Cao also took a seat, and first asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, how is the drought situation in Chen Guo?" ”

As soon as he got down to business, Xun Yu's expression immediately became serious, and he replied: "Lord, the drought in Chen Guo is much more serious than expected, and this year's autumn grain harvest is not optimistic. ”

"So?" Cao Cao's thick eyebrows suddenly frowned.

Cao Cao Xiongxiong based on the hinterland of the Central Plains, controlling the Son of Heaven, with Tianxian in his mouth, seems to be extremely majestic, in fact, only Cao Cao himself knows the suffering, the biggest difficulty is that the military food has never been sufficient, a few years ago when he fought for Yanzhou with Lu Bu, there was even a matter of the two sides having to stop fighting because of the lack of food.

Although Cao Cao has such a talent as Xun Yu, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Yanzhou counties because of the long-term war, resulting in a large reduction in population, acres of land is also a large number of abandonment, Xun Yu even has Wang Zuo's talent, but can not make the wasteland grow seedlings, let alone from the grass to cut grain.

Therefore, before each army, Cao Cao had to have a headache to raise military rations.

This time it is still the case, the conquest of Lu Bu will inevitably be a vicious battle, and the grain and grass needed will inevitably be huge, but at this critical juncture, there is a large-scale drought in Chen State.

Fortunately, Xun Yu immediately reported another good news to Cao Cao, and then said: "But don't worry, my lord, the two counties of Chenliu in Yingzhou are in good weather,

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