Chapter 18 The Storm Changes
Lingxi knew that she knew too little about Cao Cao, and she was lucky enough to meet Cao Cao when he was thirty-four years old, and they had mutual affection, but in the past few years, he has often fought abroad, and the days they really spent together are not much.
Lingxi sat in Cao Cao's arms, hugging him tightly, and she felt that perhaps one hug of her own would be more useful than any words.
She didn't know what would happen in the future, she just wished that there would be more of this.
A long time ago, his impression of Cao Cao was not as good as that of Kong Ming and Zhou Yu in the Three Kingdoms, and she remembered seeing what Kong Ming said to his scholar when he left Longzhong, and she was deeply moved.
"You are here to guard your home, and when I make a fair decision for the Lord, you will still come back."
This time, I went for a lifetime, and I never came back.
Today, she really felt Cao Cao's emotions, this man who can be called a hegemon, not Wang Zuozhicai, his joys and sorrows will not lose to Kong Ming.
After one night, Cao Cao became the invincible and majestic lord again, and the affection between Lingxi and him was several times stronger again in this lonely and speechless night.
After this day, Lingxi clearly felt that Cao Cao had changed, and his heart was no longer hesitant and wavering, and he was becoming more and more like an overlord.
On that day, Cao Cao returned to his hometown, and his desire to study and hunt was getting farther and farther away from him.
Indeed, once a general is on horseback, it is difficult to get off again.
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"Right now, the lord occupies Yanzhou, Yuan Shu in the south, Gongsun Zan in the north, and Tao Qian in the east, and can unite with the strongest Yuan Shao to eliminate these three forces first."
Cao Cao adopted Xun Yu's advice, joined forces with Yuan Shao in the north, broke Yuan Shu and Gongsun Zhan, and in the autumn, launched an attack on Mu Taoqian in Xuzhou.
Cao Cao captured more than ten cities one after another, fought in Pengcheng, and killed more than 10,000 Tao Qian.
At the beginning of the first year of Xingping, Cao Fu received a sad news.
On the way to Yanzhou, Cao Cao sent people to pick up his father, but the team was attacked by Tao Qian's generals, and his father's family was killed and his belongings were plundered.
When Xun Yu arrived, he heard Cao Cao's cry from a distance.
Cao Ren, who was waiting on the side, said sadly: "Sir, go and see the lord, the old lady Cao was killed by that Tao Qian, and the lord was grief-stricken." β
Xun Yu slowly walked into the inner room.
"My lord." Xun Yu said.
"Xun Yu, what's the matter with you?" Cao Cao's voice was a little hoarse.
"Come and give justice to the Lord." Xun Yu's expression was calm.
"Where does my joy come from! My father was tragically killed by Tao Qian a few days ago, a disaster! Cao Cao's voice was a little higher, and he pushed down the bamboo slip in front of his desk.
"As the saying goes, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other." Xun Yu said: "On the next side, I will grieve for the old lady's affairs, but on the other hand, I want to congratulate the lord, Xuzhou can be done." β
"What do you mean?" Cao Cao looked up at Xun Yu.
"Doesn't the lord want Xuzhou?" Xun Yu said calmly: "Last winter, if Tao Qian hadn't been able to defend it, and our army would have lacked food and grass, Xuzhou would have been the lord long ago." And now, God has given the lord a suitable reason to send troops to Xuzhou to avenge his father, and the lord is afraid that he has already thought about it. β
"I'm so grief-stricken, where do I have the heart to think about this?" Cao Cao stared at Xun Yu and couldn't see his expression.
"Why should the lord hide it, if not, how could the lord's cry be full of murderous aura."
"Wen Ruo, Wen Ruo, no one who knows me is Wen Ruo." Cao Cao slowed down his tone.
In April, in the name of avenging his father, Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian again and took five cities in a row.
The anger of revenge stained his whole person's murderous aura even more, and even if they captured Xuzhou, they would not have food and grass to feed the captives, so Cao Cao gave an order to kill men, women, and children everywhere he went.
At this time, he had already put away his romance and tenderness, and what he showed to the world was the cold-blooded and cruel traitor.
"No, it can't be, how could he be? When he fought the Qingzhou Army before, didn't he recruit millions of people, those were all powerless people, why did he want to kill them all. β
The day when Lingxi was worried and scared finally came.
His sweetheart is becoming a cruel superior, and he no longer has compassion for people.
"The lord is also helpless, our army has been trapped by food and grass, and there are ......"
"Gongda, you don't have to explain it to him. The revenge of killing my father is not shared, I understand, but why do you want to use the people of the entire Xuzhou to accompany the funeral, didn't Feng Xiao, Mr. Xun and Mr. Cheng follow, why are they all confused. β
"Lingxi, from ancient times to the present, war is cruel." Xun You lowered his head.
If they were born in times of peace, who would want their hands to be stained with blood?
A few days later, news of Cao Cao's presence on the front line had spread throughout Yanzhou.
His tyrannical behavior aroused the discontent of the local forces, who staged a coup d'Γ©tat against Cao Cao, welcomed LΓΌ Bu to occupy Puyang, and elected him as the pastor of Yanzhou.
After all, Lu Bu is one of the best generals, and Yanzhou is in danger.
At this time, there was only Xun Yu in Yanzhou, and he hurriedly sent the battle report to Xuzhou.
Although there is a military defense outside Cao's mansion, how can he defeat Lu Bu.
Lu Bu took control of the mansion and even wanted to order a killer against the Cao family.
Cao Cao became a traitor in their eyes, and so did his family.
Lingxi stayed beside Mrs. Bian and the children, looking at several children, and felt very distressed.
Can Cao Cao be blamed for such a situation, maybe not, but his massacre in Xuzhou is indeed an important reason.
Lingxi couldn't watch her family being killed, even if it wasn't for Cao Cao, she hoped to find some way.
She thought of Diao Chan from Lu Bu and secretly made up her mind.
"Defeat is here!" In the barracks, Cao Cao was talking to Xun Yu.
"Something happened in Yanzhou?" Cao Cao asked.
"Lord, Lu Bu led his troops to attack Yanzhou, and Yanzhou will almost lose it!"
"Lu Bu! Who gave him the courage to dare to hit my Yanzhou battalion? Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu didn't dare to act rashly, Lu Bu was a puppet, how could he be resourceful! Cao Cao was furious.
"Return, back to the lord, Chen Gong has become Lu Bu's military advisor."
"Chen Gong?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then calmed down.
"Withdraw the army and return to Yanzhou!"
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Cao Cao's departure gave Xuzhou a respite, Tao Qian set up a banquet to thank Liu Bei who came from the plains, and burst into tears: "Xuande is benevolent and righteous, this time Xuzhou is besieged by Cao's army, and there is no help in all directions, only Xuande rushed to help." The old man was seriously ill and knew that his time was running out, so he asked Xuande to take over as Xuzhou Mu to ensure the peace of Xuzhou, so as not to fall into the hands of Cao Cao and ruin Xuzhou! β