Chang'an, Baqiao.

Since Cao Cao was stationed in Guanzhong, he stationed troops on the Baqiao Bridge to supervise the battle in Guanzhong.

At this time, it is already December, and after a light snowfall, the Baqiao Bridge is submerged in a snowy color, revealing a different style. Cao Cao rode out of the gate and walked slowly on the bridge. Looking east at Li Mountain, the scenery is poetic. Looking back at Chang'an, you can see the sunset, full of antiquity.

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, only to feel that although the scenery of this Baqiao was beautiful, it exuded a sad color.

"Lord, why sigh?"

Dong Zhao stepped forward to ask, but Cao Cao smiled and did not answer.

If it was before, Cao Cao would definitely give Dong Zhao an answer with great interest. But now, he really didn't have the slightest mood......

Ten days ago, he received news from Xu Du.

When he learned that Cheng Yu had died in the Liang period, he couldn't help crying loudly.

"As soon as Zhongde is gone, I will lose my heart from now on."

Don't look at Cheng Yu is not prominent among the five masterminds, but in Cao Cao's mind, he is indeed extremely important.

After he stopped crying, he scolded Liu Chuang again. But whether it was crying or scolding, Cheng Yu couldn't come back to life, which also made Cao Cao's mood extremely heavy.

The battle of Guanzhong is still in the scorching heat.

The Cao army could not enter Liangzhou, and the Han army could not enter Guanzhong. The two sides repeatedly tug-of-war in Qingshi'an and Wangxian, forming a protracted war. At the same time, Hedong, on which Cao Cao had high hopes, also failed to achieve satisfactory results. Wei's army was raised, but it was suppressed by Du Ji in time. Although it is said that Hedong has become chaotic and turbulent, Cao Jun is still blocked in Longmen Mountain and cannot enter Hedong for half a step......

At the same time, Yang Lie and Yan Xing repelled the Northern Xiongnu in Mobei, keeping the connection between Shuofang and Liangzhou unimpeded.

In this way, Lingzhou Captain Yang Wei did not need to continue to garrison Shizuishan, so he waved his troops south, stationed in Beidi County, and looked at Guanzhong. The last gap in Liangzhou. was also blocked, making Cao Cao helpless for a while. The current situation is indeed a dilemma as Liu Chuang thought. Go west to Liangzhou? Not to mention that Longguan and Wating are easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if Cao Cao attacks with all his strength and occupies Wating, he is unable to continue to advance westward. If you enter, you can't go west. Wating lost its meaning, so why bother to lose the soldiers?

Liu Chuang is in Liangzhou, and he also spent a lot of effort.

Xu Shu was in charge, and the four generals gathered in Liangzhou, which was enough to fight Cao Cao.

What's more, with Liu Chuang's opening of the Hexi Corridor, it also further strengthened the connection with Liangzhou Haoqiang.

One of the most significant. It is the cooperation between Huangfu Jianshou and Liu Chuang. Previously, although Huangfu Jianshou surrendered to Liu Chuang, there was no further action. But as Liu Chuang ceded the interests of the Hexi Corridor, Huangfu Jianshou's attitude soon changed.

That's right, Huangfu Jianshou is a celebrity and disdains words.

However, since the death of Huangfu Song, the power of the Huangfu family has been greatly reduced. Almost lost its position in Liangzhou.

If it weren't for this, Huangfu Jianshou would not have left Liangzhou and went to Luoyang to look for opportunities. There are hundreds of people in the Huangfu family, and they need an opportunity to revive the family's reputation. Liu Chuang's solicitation and the interests of the Hexi Corridor made it impossible for Huangfu Jianshou to continue to insist.

Even Huangfu Jianshou began to cooperate with Liu Chuang, not to mention others?

In this case, Cao Cao is also aware of an emerging Liangzhou interest group centered around Liu Chuang. is quietly taking shape.

If he wants to shake this group, Cao Cao has to come up with more benefits.

But the problem is that Cao Cao can't take it out!

It is impossible for him to give up the interests of the Central Plains family to Liangzhou Haoqiang...... In that case, the Central Plains family will also rebel immediately.

Enter, enter; Retreat, and you can't retreat!

Cao Cao couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, he didn't expect that he would one day. will be forced to this point by his own son-in-law.

He looked at Lishan Mountain at sunset and suddenly asked, "Wen Ruo can have a letter here?" ”

"I haven't heard a letter for three days."

No news is the best news.

To be honest, Cao Cao was really afraid to hear that Xun Yu had sent someone to come now. The situation in the Central Plains. It was really beyond Cao Cao's imagination. Jizhou was completely defeated, and Qingzhou was opened a gap by Liu Chuang. Cheng Yu's last words, Cao Xiu has written them down and sent them to Cao Cao. Cheng Yu is right, since he confronted Liu Chuang, he has always been led by Liu Chuang's nose, and he has always fallen behind.

Because of this, Cao Cao had to deal with it hard.

And Liu Chuang's climate is getting stronger and stronger, and the generals sent are more difficult to deal with one by one......

For example, this Xu Shu is said to be only a young man, but he is calm and calm when encountering things, and he responds very decently, so Cao Cao has planned several times, but he has returned in vain. and that Hedong Taishou Du Qi, who is also a powerful character. I heard that Du Yi was originally just a post official in the Xudu Post House, but how did he know that he had such a ability, which really surprised Cao Cao. Liu Chuang always anticipated the enemy first, and hit Cao Cao's weakness every time, which has an inseparable relationship with these capable people under him. But many of these people were originally under his hands...... When Cao Cao heard about Du Qi's experience, he was also taken aback and felt very regretful.

There was once such a person under him, and he didn't know anything.

This also made Cao Cao feel an inexplicable sense of frustration in his heart.

How could he, Liu Chuang, have such good luck? At the beginning, he was trapped in Xudu, but he took away the talents that belonged to him......

Thinking about it, it seems reasonable that Liu Chuang can have today's achievements. Don't say anything else, just say that his discerning eyes are better than himself!

"Let's go, let's go back to the camp."

Originally, I wanted to come out to relax, but I didn't know that I was getting more and more bored.

Cao Cao immediately took Dong Zhao and others back to the Baqiao camp, and when he sat down, he saw Xu Ding coming to ask for tonight's password.

"Chicken ribs!"

Cao Cao blurted out and sent Xu Ding away.

Xun Yu glanced at Cao Cao thoughtfully, and had a general understanding of Cao Cao's thoughts.

Cao Cao, I'm afraid he wants to retreat...... But the problem is that he came in a big way, but he failed to make any progress, and he was disgraced. So he is now riding a tiger and has the heart to retire, but he can't find a suitable excuse, so he is upset.

Yes, the situation in Guanzhong is like chicken ribs.

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That night, Cao Cao was flipping through the classics in the big tent, but he was a little absent-minded.

He couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in...... If he retreats now, it will be tantamount to admitting defeat to Liu Chuang. I really can't wipe my face.

More importantly, the outcome of this war is not encouraging.

Liu Chuang's victory in Jizhou this time will inevitably make those bull ghosts and snake gods in Xu Du even more rampant.

Cao Cao was holding a volume of "Historical Records", but his mind was not on the book at all, and his eyes narrowed into a slit, thinking about the next countermeasures. Liu Chuang is now sitting on the land of four states. Its momentum is especially better than that of Yuan Shao. And he has lost repeatedly, and he is indeed a little injured. It is impossible for him to stay in Guanzhong all the time, otherwise the situation in Xudu will become more complicated. However, how to withdraw from Guanzhong? Another troublesome thing...... Zhong De said that it is necessary to seize the opportunity. to be able to take the initiative...... But where is this opportunity?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao was distraught and threw the book in his hand on the table.

The book knocked over the cups on the table, and the water inside suddenly soaked the map...... Cao Cao hurriedly went over to clean up, but his gaze suddenly froze and fell on the map.

That's when it happened. Overheard, someone outside the big tent reported: "Lord, Mr. Gongda is here." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao came back to his senses, and hurriedly got up and said, "Please come in." ”

Xun Yu hurriedly walked into the big tent and handed a letter to Cao Cao with both hands.

"Lord, Wen Ruo sent someone to send a letter, asking me to forward it to my lord."

"Hurry up."

Cao Cao took the letter, opened it and read it, and the gloomy color on his face was suddenly swept away.

"Wen Ruo's plan. It coincides with me. ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Gongda knows that Zhang Shijun? ”

"Zhang Shijun?" Xun You was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and hurriedly said: "The lord said it, but is that Zhang Lu Zhang Gongqi in Hanzhong?" ”

Cao Cao nodded, "It's this person!" ”

Zhang Lu, the word Gongqi, Pei Guofeng people.

His grandfather, Zhang Ling. That is, the famous heavenly master Zhang Daoling in later generations. Zhang Ling lived in Bashu and created five buckets of rice religion. After Zhang Ling's death, his son Zhang Heng took over. After Zhang Heng's death, Zhang Lu took over the Five Buckets of Rice Sect...... Shi Yizhou Mu Liu Yan first came to Bashu. Bai Zhang Lu was the governor of Sima, and ordered him to lead the troops with Sima Zhang Xiu of other departments, and led his troops into Hanzhong to attack Hanzhong Taishou Sugu.

This Su Gu is also a member of the Su clan in Zhongshan.

But Zhang Lu and Zhang Xiu are full of contradictions.

After several clashes between the two sides, Zhang Lu attacked and killed Zhang Xiu in a fit of rage, and took Zhang Xiu's troops away, making himself the Taishou of Hanzhong......

It's just that Zhang Lu didn't expect that Zhang Xiu was Liu Zhang's friend.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang, as the pastor of Yizhou, used Zhang Lu to disobey the dispatch and killed all of Zhang Lu's mother's family. In this way, Zhang Lu was completely angered, and the two immediately turned against each other. Zhang Lu carried forward the Five Buckets Rice Sect in Hanzhong, taught the people with ghosts, and called himself 'Shijun'.

When Xun You heard Cao Cao mention Zhang Lu, he immediately understood Cao Cao's intentions.

"The lord is not ......"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Wen Ruo thinks so too.

Zhang Lu has no ambitions, likes ghosts, and governs Hanzhong with this.

I want to send someone to Hanzhong to lobby Zhang Lu...... When the time comes, I can agree to him to promote the ghost path in the Central Plains in exchange for him sending troops to Liangzhou. Today, Wudu Qiang, thinking of Wei Duan's kindness, is unwilling to surrender to Liu Chuang. When the time comes, let Zhang Lu and Qiang Di join forces, which will definitely make Liangzhou turbulent. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao raised his head and looked at Xun You, "What does Gongda think?" ”

To be honest, Xun You doesn't like this ghost and god theory very much, because the lessons of the Taiping Road are still there.

However, from the current situation, joining forces with Zhang Lu is undoubtedly the best choice. He hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "But the five buckets of rice are ......."

"I know Gongda's concerns, but I don't have to worry.

Zhang Lu is different from Zhang Jiao, and he has no ambitions. He wants to implement the Five Dou Rice Sect in the Central Plains, and he also wants to act under my nose. When the time comes, everything he does will be under my control, and if anything is wrong, I will eradicate those cultists, and I will not make them a disaster. ”

The nature of the Five Dou Mi Sect and the Taiping Dao is actually much different, but it depends on the person in charge.

Since the Taiping Dao Rebellion, all localities have attached great importance to this kind of religious matter, but they are not particularly repulsive. For example, in Jiangdong, Sun Quan relied on letting those Taoist priests act on the one hand, and on the other hand, he strictly controlled them, making them his arms to pacify Jiangdong.

Sun Quan can do it, but he Cao Cao can't do it?

Xun You saw that Cao Cao had made up his mind, so he knew that it was not good to persuade again.

At that moment, he asked softly, "But I don't know who the lord wants to send into Hanzhong?" ”

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