—187 A.D.——

Luoyang.

How to occupy a city that is not nominally your own? Cao Cao has a lot of experience with this.

At that time, he had just entered the country of Jinan, and the scattered counties and counties in various places did not obey his orders, and Liu Kang, the lord of Jinan, turned a blind eye and did not control because of his affinity with those county lords, and Cao Cao only took back all the authority in Jinan with only one "Qingmiao Law", which can be described as "going to the army to fight and plot".

After that, he was promoted to Qingzhou Assassin History, but many counties outside Jinan were not safe, so he took Cai Wan and the "stand-in" to find a lot of evidence to lobby them one by one, even if he was honest and honest, Kong Rong, who was clean and self-conscious, was finally persuaded by him and took the initiative to hand over his authority, and Qingzhou was peaceful, which can be described as "second to cut off relations".

After that, it was Yanzhou, which was divided and mixed with many forces, because Liu Dai was barely a relative of the Han family, the first two methods were ineffective, Cao Cao had to contact the county magistrates in Yanzhou who were dissatisfied with Liu Dai, launched a small-scale mutiny, and finally subdued Liu Dai and seized power.

Finally, at this time, since Luoyang was the capital of the Han Dynasty, the conventional approach was completely useless, and the action known as the "lowest siege city" in the art of war had to be adopted.

Specifically, it is to take control of all the roads and streets along the way, and to occupy the manor, dock or mansion in key places as a "stronghold", so as to extend the area of control, "march" and "occupy" the next "stronghold", during which the troops are quickly "transported" by the roads that have been cleared between the stronghold.

After all, this is a street battle in the city, and it is impossible to set up a position, exercise various strategies or even use siege equipment like a field encounter, and the flowers and trees in the field are destroyed by the battle, and if the houses in the city are destroyed in a big way, even if the victory is finally won, it will only get a city where the people in the city are full of resentment and fall into a state of "rage", unless they are forced to subdue by force, I am afraid that the decree will not be implemented within a few years.

- Talking about you! Lu Fengxian!

The above is what Cao Cao thought when he learned through the "stand-in" that Lu Bu turned into a thunderbolt black dragon and destroyed all the houses along the way, and Cai Wan rushed to clean up the aftermath.

As for Cai Yan and Zhang Jie's competition for Zhao Yun...... It's just a pity that he can't help.

What does it matter if I can't join? Like Zhenhee, how long has she helped herself? Cao Cao dared to ...... Have you ever asked her to call her lord?

"Fengxiao, at this time, the scope of expansion is close to the halfway point, do you want to slow down the advance and let Liu Xuande and Lu Bu's troops fight first?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia after listening to the scout's return and the relay of the "stand-in".

"Why does the lord knowingly ask?" Guo Jia smiled: "Maybe the lord is not afraid to choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight when necessary, but in front of many wealthy families in Luoyang, he is categorically unwilling to show his timidity." ”

That's right, Cao Cao thought, if in front of the Liangzhou Army and the "Baibo Taiping Dao", Cao Mengde, the supporter of Qingzhou Thorn History, the princess Liu Nai of Wannian, and the representative of the power of foreign courtiers, showed an unconfident side, and it was uncertain what kind of choice those guys who were already swaying from side to side would make.

"Hmm...... Bong Hyo knows himself better than you do, buddy. The "stand-in" nodded approvingly.

"Revisit." When Cao Cao sent away the scouts, he looked at the "stand-in" and said.

"Okay, I'll go ...... again"

Snort-hum-hum

At this moment, there was a sound from the direction of the palace like a blacksmith dipping a forged red iron tool into a cooling pool, but it was amplified many times.

From a distance, the sky suddenly darkened, and a bright silver trail like moonlight fell straight down.

In the next moment, a blazing and bright red flame surged from the direction where the trajectory fell, dyeing the moon-like silver white into black and red, and finally shattered.

After that, the sky was bright again, and above the West Garden, a huge and ancient giant sword could be seen confronting each other with a terrifying thunderbolt dragon.

Wang Yue, known as the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" and "Sword Saint", faced Lu Bu, who called himself "Unparalleled in the World".

For a moment, all the horsemen of the cavalry were immobilized by the majestic momentum.

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"Where are you looking!"

Zhang Jue slapped his palm on the water surface of the water tank beside him, and a puff of "rune water" splashed out, but it did not land, they turned into several crystal clear "rune papers" in the air, and then shot straight at the rough general on the opposite side.

Ding, ding, ding! But seeing that the general didn't reply, a crimson flying sword suddenly appeared, directly stopping those "ice rune papers" in mid-air, and slashing them neatly into ice slag.

"Heh," the rough general turned his gaze back from the direction of the West Garden, and grinned: "The master of a certain family is showing his might, so what's the matter?" ”

This guy is actually a "peerless general"......

Zhang Jue's heart sank slightly, but the movements of his hands kept moving, and he lifted out a large piece of "runic water" from the water tank on the side.

As the scale of Cao Cao's occupation of territory in Luoyang City gradually increased, the distance between the generals became farther and farther away from each other due to the dispersion of the ranks, but the distance between them and the enemy became closer and closer.

It was only a matter of time before there was an encounter with the enemy, but the enemy Zhang Jue expected was at most a thousand generals, the kind that could be easily subdued with the "Life and Death Talisman", not this kind of "peerless general".

This guy just stupidly rushed in with a big knife to destroy the water tank, Zhang Jue naturally couldn't agree, and used the "rune water rune paper" to talk around with him for a while, but he was suddenly in a daze because he was looking at the abnormal celestial phenomena caused by the battle between the Sword Saint and Lu Bu.

Zhang Jue wanted to take the opportunity to subdue him or simply kill him with the "Life and Death Talisman", but unexpectedly, a red short sword appeared out of nowhere to actively protect the master, making his success fall short.

Although this guy's appearance is somewhat similar to "Hua Xiong", there is no description in the intelligence that he has a "flying sword", or should he retreat temporarily? If he dares to chase after him, the "Life and Death Talisman" is not vegetarian.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Jue gave up the idea of placing a "temporary altar" or "supply base" here, kicked over the large water tank filled with talisman water next to him, and waved his hands continuously, causing them to turn into countless sharp ice edges and stab at the other party, although the effect is not good, but they can still achieve nearly fifty percent of the "life and death talisman" effect, as long as even one of them works......

Click, Click, Click

The crimson flying sword almost turned into an afterimage, and in a single moment, it slashed through all the ice edges.

"You guy, it seems that you have murderous intent against me all the time......" The rough general snorted and stepped forward with a knife: "Then, presumably you are also ready to die, remember, the one who killed you was my 'thousand people' Hua Xiong!" ”

"I-" Zhang Jue only replied, and the whole person "calmed" like a splash, even if Hua Xiong turned the puddle under his feet upside down, he didn't find it again.

"Hmph, comprehension is unparalleled? It's quite my style, so I'll spare his life. Hua Xiong picked up the big knife again and snorted.

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"Poof!"

Whew—

Zhang Jue had just jumped out of the water, and before he could see the surrounding situation clearly, he saw a Hidden Blade coming towards his throat.

"Miss Guo! It's me! Play with ice sculptures! At the last moment, he saw the kitten mask on the other party's forehead, and hurriedly shouted.

"Oh." Guo Huan answered, and disappeared as if he had never appeared.

Zhang Jue breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that he had jumped out of a drinking trough for horses, and there were many horses eating and drinking nearby, but strangely, they all trembled with their legs and feet, which made the armor on their bodies clange.

And further away, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, who were discussing something with Guo Jia and Princess Wannian.

"Oh?" Guo Jia raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Jue, and said without fluctuating expression: "I see." ”

Although Zhang Jue didn't know what the new military advisor had speculated, the specific situation still had to be reported.

"My lord, my subordinates were attacked by Huaxiong of the Liangzhou Army when they were arranging a supply base, and at this time that stronghold had probably been occupied, and my subordinates managed to escape because they temporarily comprehended some kind of unparalleled, it seems that it was with the help of a jump on the water, but it has not yet been figured out what it is."

"Fengxiao, this matter ......" Cao Cao seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Guo Jia shaking his head.

"The princess must go to the palace, otherwise Liu Bei will have all the advantages," Guo Jia said: "'Lu Bu created a dragon power to make the cavalry unable to advance' is just an accident, but 'sneaking up on our stronghold to make it impossible to advance the control range' and 'guiding our cavalry to engage Liu Bei' are artificial arrangements, which proves that the other party has found a good strategist out of nowhere." ”

Although I can understand every word, I don't know what it means at all...... Zhang Jue jumped out of the sink, turning the water on his body into ice as he went, causing them to shatter and fall.

Click, click, click

With the sound of horses' hooves, several tiger and leopard riders circled Cao Chun back from the northwest, their mounts not as fearful as those resting, but they were noticeably less fast than before.

"The end will be a death penalty!" Cao Chun rolled the saddle and dismounted, and bowed directly to Cao Cao: "Because he was provoked by the enemy, he attacked rashly, and encountered the war horse out of control, so that a large number of tigers and leopards were trapped by the enemy, please punish the lord!" ”

Zhang Jue raised his head suddenly when he heard this, did Guo Jia say just now, "Guide our cavalry to fight with Liu Bei?" ”

"Hehe," Guo Jia stepped forward and patted Cao Chun's shoulder, and said with a smile: "The person who came to provoke you is alone?" But the strength is quite strong, and you retreat as soon as you fight, and then you find that he is ambushing a group of ambushes that are not too much and not too little, so you think you can see through his plan, and rush out directly, only to crash into another batch of larger and more ambush formations? ”

"Uh...... Be. Cao Chun looked up in a daze, with a hellish expression.

"Hehe, you have worked hard," Guo Jia helped Cao Chun up, looked at Zhang Jue again, and said with a smile: "Next, leave it to me Guo Fengxiao." ”