"Your Excellency! The old master died in Xuzhou, and the little old man is already certain to die after going back this time, so why coax you to this kind of thing again? All the people behind Xiao Lao'er knew that the thief left us behind to let us send a brocade box to the little master, if not, we would also be the ghost of Huangquan with the more than 100 people in Mengyin County, and those thieves have walked with us along the way, even if they turn into ashes, they will never recognize the wrong person!! The old servant shouted with some excitement.

"Nishiki box? Take it and take a look at it! Ying Shao shouted with a gloomy face.

The old servant took the reddish-brown brocade box tremblingly from the hand of a servant behind him, and carefully handed it to Ying Shao's hand.

"What's in there?" Ying Shao shook the brocade box in his hand under the frightened eyes of the servants, but felt that there were two things rolling inside.

"Yes, yes, it's Gollum." The old servant swallowed heavily, but he could not give an answer.

Ying Shao glanced at the old servant suspiciously, and suddenly noticed something from the old servant's face, and suddenly his face turned pale!

"Could it be that it is the old lady Cao and the old lady inside" Ying Shao guessed what was in the brocade box in his hand from the weight of the brocade box in his hand and the eyes of the servants.

"What should I do now, if the lord knows the death of the old lady Cao, Tao Qian of Xuzhou will not say it for the time being, won't I, the Taishan county guard who was sent to greet the old lady, also be affected by the fire at the gate of the city?" Ying Shao held the brocade box stupidly, and whispered to himself on horseback alone.

"My lord? My lord? My lord!! Captain Cao behind Ying Shao shouted loudly.

"Huh? Yes! What's up? Ying Shao responded with some misdemeanor.

"Old lady Cao was killed, what should we do now?" Then the lieutenant asked with some concern.

Ying Shao quickly handed the brocade box in his hand to a sergeant beside him, turned his horse's head and said: "The whole army will return to the city, and I will report this matter to the lord tomorrow!" ”

"Obey!" The sergeants said yes loudly.

The second day is early in the morning.

"The warden has fled!"

"Come on! The county keeper has fled!! ”

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Yanzhou Chen Liucheng.

"Daddy! Mother! You died so miserably!! It really hurts me!! A terrible cry came from Cao Ying's house.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem! Fengxiao, Zhongde, should we go in and persuade the lord? Xi Zhicai, who was pale, asked Guo Jia and Cheng Yu beside him very weakly.

Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Now the Lord Justice is the saddest time, if I don't let him vent, I'm afraid it will hurt my body." It's better to let the lord cry, but it can make the heart feel better. ”

Guo Jia pointed to Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan and several other Cao Ying's relatives who were lying on the ground in the distance, and whispered to Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu: "Do you see those people?" Even if their faces were gloomy, they dared to come forward and speak. But now, even the most reckless General Cao Hong didn't dare to enter the house to persuade him, which shows that the lord has never been so out of shape before. At this time, they were worried that once they entered the house, it would be easy, but they were afraid of arousing the anger of the lord, but it was not so easy to come out. After all, a few of us are not as good as their identities, even their kinship generals, so why should we be burned? ”

Guo Jia still has a few words to say, he has been wondering what the reason for Cao Song's murder this time is, and who is the real murderer behind the scenes? Why is it so coincidental that Cao Song happened when Cao Ying's troops were about to find an excuse to attack Xuzhou? But no matter what the idea is, Guo Jia will not say this doubt in his heart no matter what.

It continued until the sun went down, and Cao Ying's crying gradually decreased, and just when Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan and others secretly breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to enter the house, Cao Ying's roar reached the ears of everyone outside the house through the closed door.

"Tao Qian!! If I don't kill you, I'll be a son of man in vain!! Order, rectify the three armies, Ming said that the whole army will show filial piety, and the troops will be sent to Xuzhou! The county government along the way in Xuzhou dares to resist those who do not surrender, and the city is broken and said that the whole city will be killed without mercy!! ”

"No!" Hearing Cao Ying's military order, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and the others roared and turned around and walked in the direction of the barracks.

"If you resist the slightest, you will be killed? This, how can this be? Doesn't the lord want a complete Xuzhou? If you really want to do this, even if Xuzhou is defeated, can the lord in Xuzhou get the support of the people? Ahem, ahem! No way! I must go and dissuade the lord!! Xi Zhicai dragged his extremely weak body and walked towards Cao Ying's house step by step.

Over there, Guo Jia hesitated slightly in his heart for a moment, and finally spoke: "Zhicai wait for me, I'll go with you." ”

Cheng Yu in the back sighed, originally with his surname, the words Cao Ying said were exactly what he wanted, but since Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai both stood up and wanted to persuade Cao Ying, as a member of Yingchuan Academy, he had to advance and retreat together.

"Fengxiao, Zhicai, wait for me to go with me." A few simple words, but they show Cheng Yu's firmness.

"Lord, the old lady died in Xuzhou, and it is a matter of course for the lord to raise a large army to attack Xuzhou to avenge his father. But although Tao Qian and others are guilty of heinous crimes, what are the sins of the hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou?

If the lord raises an army to attack Xu, the defenders of the various counties and counties of Xuzhou will naturally not easily open the city and surrender, if the lord is really as he said before, 'a little block, the whole city will be killed', if the lord finally gets the whole territory of Xuzhou, it is just a dead domain, even if there can be remnants of the people, they will definitely regard the lord as a mortal enemy! The corporal and the people of the world will also regard the lord as a tyrant, and the fame of the lord will be, cough, cough! ”

At the end, Xi Zhicai suddenly coughed violently, and Guo Jia, who had been supporting Xi Zhicai, saw a faint trace of blood from the gap in Xi Zhicai's right hand covering his mouth.

Cao Ying's eyes were slightly red and swollen, but his face no longer showed the slightest hint of sadness. He sat quietly beside the brocade box containing the heads of his parents, and listened silently to Xi Zhicai's slightly painful cough.

Guo Jia saw Cao Ying sitting there for a long time, but he never took out a quasi-letter, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious and uneasy in his heart: "Lord, Zhicai just said it"

But Guo Jia had just spoken, and Cao Ying raised his left hand to signal Guo Jia not to continue. Cao Ying closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, and in the hopeful eyes of Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu, he replied coldly: "There is no joke in the army, and once my Cao Ying's military order comes out, it will not be changed no matter what." There are many strange circumstances surrounding the murder of my father, and I suspect that even all of this was deliberately set up by some people to provoke a war between Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

However, this year, our army is short of food and grass, and Xuzhou has long been the next target of our army. Now the tiger prison is in the hands of our army, where there are 50,000 troops of Yu Ban and Lejin to guard, and Xiahou Yuan will go to supervise the army in a few days. Although Lu Bu's army is numerous, but in the face of the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, they are afraid that they will be unable to do anything in a short period of time, and they will not risk losing both sides and our army in the Tiger Prison Pass for the time being. Therefore, the quick acquisition of the counties of Xuzhou has become the top priority!

However, although Xuzhou has no dangerous place to defend against foreign enemies, Xuzhou has indeed been quite wealthy by Tao Qian's old thieves over the years. According to the detailed report, the walls of many cities in various counties of Xuzhou have been strengthened and renovated. If they held the city in every place, how much time would it take for our army to take them one by one? If we encounter a fortified city like Pengcheng in Xuzhou and Xiapi, the casualties required by our army to attack the city will not be counted for the time being, but how much time will it take?

So I have to take an extraordinary strategy to deal with Xuzhou, and now that my father has died in Xuzhou, it is only right to avenge my father, and in this case it is to do something out of the ordinary, which is also excusable in the eyes of others. And if we do something to make an example of the first few cities, the cities behind will inevitably be worried, afraid that if they are captured after holding the city, they will be burned.

Our army just took advantage of the unstable morale of their army to take the opportunity to take the whole of Xuzhou. At that time, Xuzhou will only be really implicated in a few counties on the border at most, and most of the remaining prefectures and counties can be retained to the greatest extent, and our army can also complete the policy of 'quickly taking Xuzhou'. ”

Xi Zhicai was unwilling, and still wanted to persuade Cao Ying to give up this plan: "Ahem, cough, cough! Cough! But after all, tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 innocent people will be implicated! Lord, can we think of other ways, with conspiracy and conspiracy, can a few cities piled up with earth and stones really withstand the advance of our army? We"

"Enough!! How is it possible to fight a war without dying? If you have the kindness of a woman, when will the world be at peace? When will the many princes be exterminated? Rather teach me to bear the world, stop teaching the world to bear me!! Cao Ying's eyes revealed a burst of murderous intent, which made Cheng Yu and Guo Jia below feel palpitations.

"Ahem, hahaha, hahahaha! A woman's kindness? Would you rather teach me to bear the world, and stop teaching the world to bear me? All right! Wonderful!! Ahem, ahem! It seems that the lord doesn't need a subordinate like me who has the kindness of a woman, so Xi Zhicai is going to take the first step and waiting for the lord on Huangquan Road!! Xi Zhicai suddenly raised his arms with a lot of strength, pushed away Guo Jia and Cheng Yu who were supporting him, pulled out the sword on his waist with his backhand, and pulled it to his neck without hesitation, and a stream of blood suddenly gushed out!

"Zhicai!!"

"Don't!"

Guo Jia and Cheng Yu stabilized their staggered figures, and quickly pounced on Xi Zhicai, who was slumped on the ground and bleeding.

Cao Ying clenched his fists, but he never got up. After a while, he just said coldly: "Xi Zhicai said that he committed a crime, but he was diligent and meritorious in his ordinary words, so Cao Mou will not chase after him, and the two of you will carry his body out for a good burial." ”

Guo Jia didn't seem to hear what Cao Ying said, but he just looked at Xi Zhicai's face a little stupidly. Only Cheng Yu on the side was still conscious, and after giving a salute to Cao Ying, he pulled Guo Jia and lifted Xi Zhicai's thin body out of Cao Ying's bedroom.

After Cheng Yu and Guo Jia left, Cao Yingcai sighed heavily: "Zhicai, do you know that the limit is coming, so you are desperate to come to admonish each other with death?" Why are you so sad? This time, Yanzhou is short of food, not only hundreds of thousands of people in the army, but also millions of hungry people and countless displaced people under Yanzhou's rule.

Although Xuzhou is rich, even if it gets all the grain in stock, I am afraid that it will not be able to completely help so many people in Yanzhou. If you don't take advantage of this time to consume a group of local people in Xuzhou, where will you get the grain and grass, and where will you get the farmland? And how can we resettle those people in Yanzhou?

The only way is Li Daitao's stiff plan! After all, Xuzhou became rich under Tao Qian's governance, and the people of Xuzhou were loyal to Tao Qian after all. Sacrificing a few people to fulfill more people is what I have to do.

Alas, it is better to teach me to bear the world, and to teach the world to bear me. It's not as superficial as you think, but who in this world can really understand my heart? Cao Ying sat there on his knees alone, and said with a wry smile

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"Report! Xuzhou made a secret report. A man in a brocade suit reported loudly outside Lu Bu's house.

Lu Bu, who was admiring Diao Chan's wonderful dancing, stroked his palms and laughed: "Hahaha, finally the news is here!" Come on in!! ”

The brocade-clothed man outside the house lowered his head and walked into the house, put the secret letter in his hand on Lu Bu's table without squinting, and quickly left Lu Bu's house.

Lu Bu took a look at the intact fire paint seal, and then opened the secret letter and took out the silk containing the news of Xuzhou from it, spread it out on the table and carefully browsed it.

Cao Song was dead, and Cao Ying sent 150,000 troops to attack Xuzhou. Now Cao's army has captured three county towns on the border of Xuzhou, with a loss of about 10,000 soldiers. Cao Ying was angry that the guards would not surrender, and they slaughtered tens of thousands of people in the three cities. There are even rumors that some fat people were simply killed by Cao Ying and made Chengren preserved meat, and all those human preserved meat were used by Cao Ying as military food for the more than 100,000 troops attacking Xuzhou! Now the people of Xuzhou are panicking, and the subordinates have begun to carry out the second plan of the main bus generation, and it is expected to complete the plan of the lord before October, and please do a good job of greeting the lord.

The leader of the 'brocade camp', Fang Qiong worshipped. ’

After reading it, Lu Bu applauded: "Okay! That's great! This dome has indeed lived up to my trust. Hahahaha, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed! As long as it works well this time, not only can Cao Ying be annihilated in one fell swoop, but also Yanzhou and Xuzhou can be taken by taking advantage of the situation, and even Yuzhou can be taken!! Hahahaha, unification of the Central Plains is just around the corner of the road! ”

Lu Bu had smiled so happily for the first time since Yuan Shu refused to unite with him. Diao Chan and Cai Yan and Zhang Ling'er on the side glanced at each other, and the big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground. Just now they were still worried that if the letter was bad news, Lu Bu would be even more worried, but now it seems that the news from Xuzhou this time can relieve Lu Bu's troubles and sorrows, but it makes them also happy.

But after a short period of joy, the delicate-minded Diao Chan was the first to remember what Lu Bu had just said: "Just now, the husband seems to say that he wants to exterminate Cao Ying and attack Yanzhou and Xuzhou to unify the Central Plains?" ”

Cai Yan tilted his head and thought for a while: "It seems that Brother Lu really said this, doesn't that mean that Brother Lu is leaving Luoyang again?" ”

Zhang Ling'er glanced at Lu Bu, who was sitting on the desk and writing hard, and said helplessly: "Although Husband treats me very well, after all, he has the world in mind, and it is impossible to accompany us here to spend all day drinking and wasting the war." ”

Diao Chan took Zhang Ling'er and Cai Yan's respective little hands, and comforted softly: "Compared to the safety of countless people in the world, the three of us should sacrifice a little." The husband has been smiling with us for fear that we will be worried, but now that we are so refreshed after getting the military information, we are a little less worried. I believe that when the world is peaceful, we and our husbands will naturally have the love of the world. ”

Cai Yan glanced at Lu Bu, who was engrossed in writing military orders, and said with some reluctance but some worry: "I don't know when Brother Lu will come back this time, I hope he can return safely."

(To be continued)