—187 A.D.——

Luoyang Avenue East.

Both men and horses were dressed in pitch-black heavy armor, and the murderous 20,000 "tiger and leopard riders" opened the way in front, followed by ordinary soldiers twice their size, and then followed by Qingzhou soldiers and baggage teams who were not uniformly dressed.

Cao Cao rode his horse and walked in the tightly protected Chinese army, and he was a little emotional for a while.

He tried his best to disguise and hide, and even needed the help of "Merlin" to escape from Luoyang, and at that time he probably didn't think that he would lead a large group of people to return to "King Qin" in a grand hall now.

However, what made him feel less about the importance of the trip was the girl's singing voice coming from the carriage behind him.

[Ice and Snow Girl Enters the Mortal Dust~]

[First sight on the bank of the Luoshui River~]

[Right and wrong are difficult to understand~]

【Love~】

[A body of hate~]

[A wisp of breeze and a trace of soul~]

Ever since Guo Jia said with great certainty that she would see Zhao Yun in Luoyang, Cai Wenji looked very happy, and from time to time on the road, she played and sang a song.

However, because she has not actually experienced that kind of feeling at all, the tone of the song is basically longing and yearning, as well as a little worry.

For example, this song sounds like she is telling about the encounter of a young girl, but did she meet Zhao Yun on the bank of the Luoshui River at that time? How do you feel that she is actually singing about other people?

"The content is empty and the feelings are false." After Cai Yan's piano stopped, Guo Huan's tone did not fluctuate in the same carriage.

"Uh, uh-huh......" Cai Wenji's voice sounded rather lost.

"Next." Guo Huan said again.

"Ah, good~" Cai Yan became happy again in a blink of an eye.

Tsk, it's better not to guess the little girl's thoughts.

Guo Jia brought his sister to vote, in addition to giving Cao Cao one more strategist to rely on, Cai Wenji, who usually has no playmates, also has a girlfriend of the same age - although neither of them is the type to chat in the boudoir and be a female celebrity.

Since he doesn't have to take care of his sister all the time, Cai Wan can allocate a lot more time to deal with government affairs and the military, but this can only be shown after everything settles.

"[I think it's pretty good, at least it's better than Sadahime.] The voice of the "stand-in" came out of Cao Cao's ears, and it was obvious that he was in a state of "spiritualization".

You just said nonsense because Zhenji couldn't hear you, right?

Cao Cao glanced in that direction, and he didn't know if there was a white one, and then the sound of horses' hooves and wheels asked, "How is the conflict between Liu Xuande and Dong Zhongying going?" ”

"[They are dealing with the spies in their own way near Hangu Pass, and, just as Bong Hyo guessed,] the "stand-in" replied: "[Their game with each other made the whole of Luoyang suspicious, and Lu Bu withdrew to the west gate of Luoyang, and the tense atmosphere in the city was eased." ”

"Hmm...... As he said, we don't have to know what they are hiding and misleading each other, we just need to act as fast as possible with the chaos they create. Cao Cao nodded slightly.

In Guo Jia's words, Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei, one is a "thief" and the other is a "loyal minister", even if they cooperate, they can't last long.

We are also loyal servants! - Xun Yu retorted at that time.

Yes, yes, a loyal servant who rules the world. - And Guo Jia did not argue with him.

Come to think of it, he probably said it on purpose.

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The Qingzhou army was not prevented from entering Luoyang, in fact, the East Gate guards ran down to the city to greet them as if they saw their relatives after seeing the Qingzhou honor guard, the "Cao" banner representing the state assassin history and the "Liu" red dragon flag representing the royal family.

The head of the Cao family moved away from Luoyang, but many of the Cao family members of those branches and side branches remained in the capital, although this guard named Cao Anmin was not a direct member of the Cao family, but when it came to seniority, he had to call Cao Cao an uncle, so Cao Cao deeply understood what it was like to have a nephew who was older than himself like Xun Yu.

Cao Anmin warmly invited Cao Cao and his army into the city and went to the camp in the east of the city, but Cao Cao, after discussing with Xun Yu and Guo Jia, still rejected the offer.

After all, the purpose of this trip is not to capture Luoyang like Dong Zhuo, if he comes from afar and directly enters the city to occupy a part of the territory, it will only cause misunderstanding of his own camp, and it will be difficult to escape if he needs to retreat.

In the end, Cao Cao ordered Cao Chun to lead his army to camp outside the city, and in response to Cao Anmin's bitter request, he divided his troops to take over the east city gate to calm his heart.

Even without asking Xun Yu or Guo Jia, Cao Cao could tell that Cao Anmin was a person who was mediocre in all aspects, only loyalty was still visible, and this loyalty was not to the emperor, but to the Cao family, so he simply appointed him as his "guide" during his stay in Luoyang.

I have lived in Luoyang for many years, and I have a "stand-in" to help collect intelligence, where do I need a guide? But this person always wants to do something for Cao Cao when he has nothing to do, and the performance of being anxious without a task is really a headache, Cao Cao has secretly decided that after returning to Qingzhou, he will be arranged to enter a civil yamen with a lot of things and ordinary idleness, and let him go to "Anmin" according to his own name.

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Luoyang, Yuan's house.

"The highway is young and promising, leading a strong army to defeat Lu Bu, famous in the world, and can be described as a hero."

When he went to Yuan's mansion to discuss the next arrangements with Yuan's family, Cao Cao threw a compliment to Yuan Shu, who sneered when he saw Yuan Shao, and directly made him stunned on the spot.

And when Yuan Shu finally reacted, and after replying "Of course", he wanted to continue to taunt Yuan Shao, and Liu Nai, the princess of Wannian, also walked in, so she had to shut up and lead a group of people into the living room to sit down.

At the beginning, Cao Cao did not go to Yuan's mansion to bother, but they all came to visit as juniors, Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui and other "three dukes" would not deliberately communicate with his juniors, but now it is different from the past, although Cao Cao is not on an equal footing with them, but at least he has an equal right to speak.

Therefore, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, when the strategists of both sides began to debate on the next action, Cao Cao also had the same power as the three princes of the Yuan family and the princess of Wannian.

"There is Dong Zhuo in the west, Baibo Taiping Dao and Liu Yu in the north, and Liu Biao and Liu Yan in the south are also eyeing each other, in this case, the courtiers should not be divided into internal and external, or work together to stabilize the imperial power before talking about other things." Xun Yu said.

"It's not that we don't care about the overall situation, it's really those local scholars who deceive people too much," Guo Tu said: "They didn't know what they did, causing Lu Bu to be angry and chase after them, causing nearly half of the 'Euphorbia Warriors' under the Highway General to lose nearly half, but they themselves fled far away." ”

"They didn't escape, but fell into the conspiracy of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and we also arrested the Huang Zu who did it on this trip, and we can ask all the families to interrogate together, which can also prove that all Liu in other places are ready to move." Xun Yu responded.

"Not only that, but a few days ago, there was another change in the Baibo Taiping Road in the north, and the scouts we sent were forcibly expelled by their people, and there were many injured, which shows that they have other plans." Feng Ji continued.

"It's also a misunderstanding—"

Cao Cao listened to the debate between the two sides, and his eyes swept over the strategists of the Yuan family.

Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Judge, these three scribes are quite famous in several state capitals, and they should be the staff recruited by the Yuan family for Yuan Shu, which originally belonged to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao obviously did not plan to develop his own power, so he transferred it to Yuan Shu.

Of course, it can't be so straightforward on the surface, at least these people's positions at this time are all under the names of several Sangongs, and there should be some kind of "transfer" according to Yuan Shu's position in the future.

So, the conclusion is, it is impossible to poach.

At this time, the focus of the debate was that Xun Yu was concerned about the legitimacy of his behavior and asked to win over the courtiers as much as possible to act together, while the Yuan family believed that with the [Tiger and Leopard Ride] brought by Cao Cao and the [Euphorbia Warrior] cultivated by himself, he could completely throw off the Yang family, the Liu family, the Li family and other local families and go it alone, even if he besieged Lu Bu.

Obviously, if Guo Jia hadn't shown up with his powerful sister and asked him to "wait a few days", the "Tiger and Leopard Rider" would have collided head-on with Lu Bu who was wandering around Luoyang City, and would probably have lost his troops like the "Euphorbia", and then the strategy of "joining forces in one place and besieging and killing Lu Bu" would have become a must-have strategy, and it was likely to succeed.

Then, as Guo Jia said, he will suffer crazy revenge, and more than half of the people currently recruited will be killed, and Cao Cao himself can list this list: Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Cao Chun, Zhang Jue, and the Xiahou brothers who rushed to the rescue - if it is based on Guo Fan's strength as a reference.

"My lord." "Your Excellency."

After a few scribes fought with each other, no one could convince anyone, and finally each turned to his own person to make a decision, but in terms of numbers, Xun Yu was superior, if you count a smiling and silent Guo Jia, the opposite side probably has no chance at all.

"Mengde, princess, what do you think?" Yuan Kui asked slowly.

Judging from this attitude, he is only afraid that he has already made a decision, and he thinks that he can convince anyone, so he can't be brought into his own rhythm, and it is best to directly overturn the chessboard, just like Guo Jia, it is best to decide the winner in one sentence.

Cao Cao subconsciously looked at Guo Jia, but saw him spread his palms flat, and then flipped them up and down.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat?

It's easy, but I just don't say it?

No, wait...... It's possible, but isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?

Under the gaze of the Yuan family's elders, Cao Cao didn't have more time to think, he cleared his throat and replied, "Your gentlemen are reasonable, but it seems that they only think about the distribution of power after success, and they don't think about what will happen if they fail. ”

The scribes present, except for Guo Jia, who was still playing his hand, all looked at Cao Cao in unison, Cao Cao was slightly pressured, and after a pause, he continued: "What we are going to do is quite dangerous and there is no guarantee of success, in case of failure and the participants are fully retaliated, then who will be the priority target?" Is it a local family whose roots are in Sili and Luoyang, and they can't run away at all, or are most of our industries and populations in other places? ”

The audience fell into an eerie silence, and only the "stand-in" whispered in his ear: "Hello, traitor." ”