Liu Bei originally said this sentence with great difficulty, after all, Pingyuan County, but the first piece of territory in his life, he just gave it up, and he really couldn't give it up.

But when he finished speaking, his heart was inexplicably relaxed, and he became more enlightened, for him, no one is important at present, as long as there are people, there will always be a place.

Whether his realization is right or wrong, no one can judge him, and now under his account, there are only two people who are related to Zhang, and the others, such as the subordinate officials of the Taishou Mansion, are mostly old people left by the previous Taishou Chen Ji, and they cannot be regarded as his team.

And the people he called are Guan Zhang's two people, as well as three hundred core soldiers and horses.

Guan Yu's face turned pale, his left hand on the long beard flicked, his head swung slightly to the right, his hands clenched into fists, and said loudly: "Big brother, please rest assured, if Cao Mengde comes with all his army, Guan will be able to keep the plain." ”

Zhang Fei has always been envious of the second brother Guan Yu's chic actions, but how he learns, he just can't learn the second brother's casualness, freedom, and confidence.

And his signature action is to stare angrily, the tiger's whiskers are angry, the sound is like thunder, a little louder, to the ears of others, it is no different from roaring.

"Don't worry, big brother, I'll lead the army to set off tomorrow, aren't they just some yellow turban thieves, I'm old Zhang with a spear, I can't see if I stab them thoroughly!"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other and smiled helplessly, since the army is about to set off tomorrow, the vanguard general, of course, is only the third brother Zhang Fei.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bei nodded and said, "Well, okay, that's it, but I'm going to send someone to Nanpi for help." Second brother, third brother, what do you think? ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had always had no objection to the decision of their eldest brother Liu Bei, but they could ask Yuan Shao for reinforcements, but the two of them were rarely unanimously opposed.

At this time, in the neighboring East County of Yanzhou, Cao Cao, the Taishou, also received a messenger sent by Liu Dai, the pastor of Yanzhou. Tell him to prepare his troops and horses and do what he is told.

Liu Dai's military order was not explicitly stated, so Cao Cao had a good guess.

However, there are only two possible directions for Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai's troops, one is to the east. Attacking the Qingzhou Plain, one is to the west. Follow the story of the Kwantung Coalition. Seek to attack Luoyang. As for crossing the northern kingdom of Jibei and attacking Taishan County in Xuzhou, Cao Cao thought it was very unlikely.

In the palace, there were only Cao Cao and Cheng Yu present, Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao's face was a little uneasy, and asked with a smile: "The lord is worried about the order of the king?" ”

Cao Cao took a long breath. sighed: "What is the intention of making you like this? ”

Cheng Yu was also a little uncertain, and replied: "According to Yu's opinion, the two directions that the lord agrees to be. It's all possible. Qingzhou, recently there is news that the Yellow Turban thieves are once again powerful, once Kong Beihai fails to successfully suppress the bomb, it is bound to urgently transfer troops and horses from various counties to help, so the plain is bound to be empty; In Guanzhong, at the beginning of the war, Ma Teng Han of the Xiliang Army and Zhang Ji left Luoyang to the west, and Luoyang's defense was not as good as before. So that there are good opportunities on both sides, it depends on which one you value more. ”

"Mr. means ......"

Cao Cao was puzzled and asked.

Cheng Yu explained: "To attack Luoyang to the west, there is a tiger prison in the way, I am afraid that the emphasis is more on the momentum than on the actual effect, so that if you do this, you should pay more attention to reputation; Attacking the plains to the east is against morality, but it has practical benefits, so if you do this, you should pay more attention to practical benefits. ”

With such an explanation, Cao Cao immediately came to his senses, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where does the gentleman think that the envoy is more inclined to?" ”

"West!"

Cheng Yu stretched out his finger and pointed to the west, and replied without thinking.

Cao Cao frowned and thought about it, Cheng Yu's voice had already sounded: "Don't forget, my lord, before the alliance leader led the army to evacuate the Tiger Prison Pass, he had spread the word about the world. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyebrows furrowed even tighter, his eyes suddenly opened, and he asked in surprise, "What does Mr. mean......

Cheng Yu nodded and said: "The alliance leader has this intention, Yu has discussed with the lord many times before, if there is really something that the lord is worried about, Luoyang will be in chaos, at that time, the envoy will not hesitate to lead the army westward." ”

The so-called Cao Cao's concern is actually a speculation mentioned by the two of them when they discussed Yuan Shao's intention to spread the word to the world, that is, Yuan Shao's text, on the surface, is to raise his arms and shout, calling on the states and counties of the world to jointly recruit Li Guo and the thieves, but the secret intention is to "force" Li Guo and others to get rid of King Hongnong and Empress Dowager He, so that they can bear the charge of killing the king, so that it can attract more condemnation and opposition from the world.

Such a secret intention, insidious and vicious, made Cao Cao shudder just thinking about it, but under Cheng Yu's analysis one by one, no matter how unwilling Cao Cao was to believe it, he still had to admit that this possibility did exist.

A key piece of evidence is that Cao Cao already knew something, and when Yuan Shao was first established in the Kwantung Coalition Army, he had the intention of appointing the great Sima Liu Yu as the emperor to compete with Li Guo and the thieves.

Cao Cao did not approve of this intention, although he was the key person who promoted the establishment of the Kwantung Alliance, but he still insisted on a bottom line, that is, there can be no two masters in the world, since now, the Son of Heaven is still in Luoyang, where the Han Dynasty is located, and the Kwantung Alliance Army is to conquer Li Guo and the thieves, not to rebel against the Han Dynasty!

If the Kwantung Coalition Army newly established the Great Sima Liu Yu as the emperor, Cao Cao thought that it would be an open rebellion against the Han Dynasty with open fire, and this was absolutely impossible.

Cheng Yu's assertion made Cao Cao unable to sit still any longer, and got up and paced around the hall, feeling a little irritable.

If this really happens in Luoyang, and there is chaos, then the big Han will really be finished.

At this time, Cao Cao was upset, and he didn't think of why Cheng Yu would be so sure, if Li Dao, Guo Yan and others really killed King Hongnong and Empress Dowager He, Luoyang would definitely be in chaos.

Pacing back and forth, Cao Cao suddenly stopped, turned to Cheng Yu, and asked, "According to what Mr. said, the envoy is actually waiting?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head and said, "This, Yu can't say for sure, maybe the envoy is waiting for this opportunity, maybe it's just because he is not ready." ”

"Ready?"

Cao Cao frowned again, pondered for a moment, suddenly realized, and said to himself: "The envoy is uniting with other states and counties, and intends to build a coalition army again?" ”

Cheng Yu nodded and praised: "Even if this statement is not true, it is not far away." The most likely contacts of the envoy are Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Yuzhou Mu Sun Jian, and the later general Yuan Shu, as for the alliance leader Yuan Shao, Qingzhou Mu Kong Rong, and Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian, I am afraid that they will be ignored by the envoy intentionally or unintentionally. ”

These words made Cao Cao gasp again, if this is the case, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai's ambition will be great.

Suddenly, Cao Cao only felt that his whole body was weak, and an unstoppable sense of exhaustion surged from the depths of his heart, making him feel sad, and when he looked up to the sky, tears flowed down.

From the beginning of his tenure as the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, he was determined to become a capable minister who ruled the world and ranked among the famous ministers of the Han Dynasty. This comment is said by Xu Shao, a famous man who is known for commenting on the world's talents, and there is the second half of the sentence, which is "the traitor of troubled times".

Cao Cao heard it at the time, but he was right, because he was very confident that he would definitely become a capable minister who would rule the world and avoid the arrival of the troubled times of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, no matter how disappointed he was in the government, how angry he was when he was used as a gun by Situ Wang Yun, and how frustrated he was when he led the army to defeat the Xiliang army, he never gave up this belief.

Although he made up his mind that he would rather be responsible for the world than for the world, his original intention was to think that he could unite and drive the people of the world and work with him to realize the belief of revitalizing the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

But now, for the first time, he found that this belief may really be unrealizable, because the state and county chiefs, these former like-minded people, including the alliance leader Yuan Shao, all have their own plans.

"Is it really inevitable that troubled times will be avoided?"

Cao Cao looked up to the sky and sighed, tears rolling down.

He didn't know that at this time, it was not only Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai who had this ambition and this idea, but Yuan Shu, the later general who was entrenched in Nanyang, also had this ambition and this idea.

And if he could find out about other people's plans, such as the plans of Sun Zhan, the prince of Youbeiping, and the plans of Yuan Shao, the leader of the coalition alliance, Bohai Taishou, I am afraid he would not be so lamenting, but straightforwardly determined that the troubled times have come. (To be continued......)

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