In less than three days, the news that the Qingxu coalition army had recovered Pengcheng with a thunderous momentum and that the entire army of Lu Bu had been annihilated spread thousands of miles away, causing a shock among the princes from all walks of life.

The most direct effect is that Yuan Shu's 30,000 army, which has been waiting for a plot against Xuzhou, quietly retreated more than 50 miles south, and dozens of bandits or local armed forces around Pengcheng disappeared, only Liu Cun's newspapers and magazines are still repeatedly reporting the process and significance of the battle of Pengcheng with great interest.

Yanzhou, Shouzhangcheng, Cao Jun camp.

Cao Cao, with a dignified face, holding the "Qingzhou Times" with the fragrance of ink, read carefully, more than ten civil and military officers sat on both sides, talking about the shocking battle of Pengcheng and the impending chain reaction.

Half a moment later, Cao Cao put down the newspaper in his hand, closed his eyes and thought for a while, stroked his chin with his hand and deliberated repeatedly, and when he opened his eyes, he casually tightened the ribbon of the brocade robe around his waist, and looked around at his henchmen who were talking endlessly:

"I guess you're all talking about the Battle of Pengcheng, and I guess you all know that there is a powerful weapon called gunpowder, and I dare say that you're all shocked in your hearts, and you can't believe that the Qingxu coalition army captured Pengcheng so quickly......"

Cao Hong arched his hand and expressed his opinion loudly: "Report to the lord, my subordinates are not surprised that the Qingxu coalition army captured Pengcheng in a blink of an eye, after all, there was a lesson from Yecheng before, no matter how strong Pengcheng is, it cannot compare to the Yecheng built by Yuan Benchu with huge manpower and material resources!" ”

To the shock of his subordinates, Lu Bu was killed, almost all of the 40,000 horses under Lu Bu's command were wiped out, and there were less than 500 survivors. Subordinates and others had made predictions about the battle of Pengcheng before. It also came to the conclusion that Pengcheng would eventually be taken by the Qingxu coalition army. It's just that no one expected it to be so fast, and what they didn't expect was that General Liu Zijian, who has always been discerning and loving people, actually asked for the life of Lu Fengxian, the first brave man in the world, which is really unimaginable! ”

Yu Ban, Cao Ren and other generals echoed one after another, and nearly half of the civil officials also sighed.

Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, thinking about the essentials, so he smiled at Xun Yu, the strategist who was sitting quietly at the head of the east side: "What does Wen Ruo seem to think?" ”

Xun Yu nodded with a smile and raised his hand to salute: "Exactly." As our spies lurking in Pengcheng continued to send battle reports, it completely confirmed the prediction of his subordinates and Feng Xiao, Zhongde and others before the war, that is, General Liu Zijian did not plan to surrender or force Lu Bu to surrender from the beginning, but had already made up his mind to take Lu Bu's life......"

"Because Lu Bu is capricious, it is too dangerous, once he indulges and goes, he will definitely leave endless harm, and if he is replaced by subordinates and others to command the battle of Pengcheng, he will also be a killer like General Liu Zijian, and he will never tolerate the traitor!"

"Moreover, killing Lu Bu can also be exchanged for greater benefits. It can not only increase the confidence of the soldiers of the Qingxu Alliance, but also have a huge deterrent to the princes from all walks of life, especially the generations of Guo Yan and Li Dao who are entrenched in Chang'an. That's a lot! ”

Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao, who nodded frequently, looking at him, and said his opinion without waiting for Cao Cao to ask: "Indeed, as Wen Ruo said, for General Liu Zijian, killing Lu Bu is far more beneficial than leaving Lu Bu, in addition, the battle of Pengcheng also brought a lot of shocks to our army, in addition to deducing the various siege weapons that led to the rapid fall of Yecheng, it finally confirmed the great power of gunpowder." ”

"As long as you have such a sharp weapon, there is no city in the world that cannot be conquered! Please also pay attention to this thing, our army must have it as soon as possible! ”

The full hall of civil and military people echoed, amazed at the emergence of such a new thing as gunpowder, and Cao Ren directly shouted the cruel words of "you must get it by any means".

Only Guo Jia, who was sitting at the bottom of Cheng Yu, smiled silently, but his bright eyes were filled with a touch of helplessness and worry.

"Let's talk about it." Cao Cao was really discerning, and in the blink of an eye, he saw the different reactions of his subordinates.

Guo Jia slowly raised his hand and saluted: "Regarding gunpowder, in fact, my subordinates and others have paid attention to it a year ago, that is, after New Year's Day last year, at that time, the festive firecrackers and fireworks made of gunpowder have been popular in all parts of Qingzhou. ”

"My subordinates thought that if we only needed to find skilled craftsmen and carefully study this object, it would not take long to make a powerful gunpowder."

After a slight pause, Guo Jia raised his voice: "But what his subordinates are most concerned about is not gunpowder, but the chain reaction brought about by the entire Xuzhou falling into the hands of Liu Zijian, and the far-reaching impact on the overall situation of the world......"

"Don't talk about it from afar, just say that I'm Yanzhou, and now I'm surrounded by Liu Zijian on three sides. Jizhou in the north, Qing and Xu Erzhou in the east, Luoyang in the west, and even most of the Sili area that has been included in Liu Zijian's bag, tightly surround our Yanzhou, leaving only more than 200 miles of passage connecting Yuzhou to the south of Yanzhou. ”

"If Liu Zijian can make up his mind, he can mobilize more than 200,000 troops from three directions in just a few days to besiege my Yanzhou."

The crowd changed color when they heard this, there was silence in the hall, and the smile on Cao Cao's face, who had long been deeply worried about this, was gone, but Guo Jia stopped talking, calmly picked up the teacup on the low table in front of him, and tasted it silently, and everyone's eyes quickly turned to the face of the lord Cao Cao.

After a long time, Cao Cao, who had weighed it repeatedly, finally spoke: "Although Liu Zijian has taken Jizhou and Xuzhou, it has not yet reached the point of being consumed by profit, and it will take at least half a year or more to stabilize and consolidate the newly occupied territory, establish a three-level regime like Qingzhou, and restore the land before the beginning of spring to cultivate it with all its might, otherwise not only will the people be uneasy, but it will also be impossible to solve the grain and grass needed by hundreds of thousands of troops." ”

"But...... Feng Xian's reminder is very timely, we must immediately prepare for everything that may happen, the top priority is to get in touch with Liu Zijian as soon as possible, find out his attitude and the movements of the Qingzhou Army in the Qingxu Coalition Army, Jizhou and Sili Region, everyone, who wants to go to Pengcheng on my behalf? ”

After a short silence, Cheng Yu and Xun You both stood up: "My subordinates are willing to go!" ”

Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction: "Good, good!" Then go back and get ready to go as soon as possible, Gongda......"

"In!"

Xun You replied loudly.

Cao Cao Yin advised: "Mr. Gongsun Botao is also in Pengcheng, I'm afraid he will have to rush back to Jinan if he goes late." ”

Xun You still didn't understand Cao Cao's ardent hopes and strategies: "My subordinates understand, when they arrive in Pengcheng, they will definitely meet Mr. Botao and humbly ask Mr. Botao for advice." ”

Cao Cao smiled with satisfaction, stood up and tightened the front of his brocade robe, and waved his hand to many subordinates who still didn't understand what was going on: "It's not too early, let's all go back and rest!" Zixiao (Cao Ren) You walk with me, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, I don't know if the soldiers in the battalion can sleep......"

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