Lu Su came to Xudu, asked to see Cao Cao, and said that he wanted to unite and attack Yang Zhao.

"Yang Zhao is powerful and strong."

"It is not the power of one person, it can be defeated."

"If we want to defeat Yang Zhao in the south, we must put aside our grievances and join forces with the three parties."

"I know that there is a contradiction between Duke Chu and Uncle Liu Huang, and the possibility of cooperation is not very large, but Duke Chu must think clearly, in case either of our Sun clan or Liu Bei loses power, Yang Zhao may drive straight to the south."

"If you don't unite, it's hard to deal with Yang Zhao."

Lu Su said what he thought in detail.

In addition to persuading Cao Cao to join forces with Sun Quan, he also had to persuade Cao Cao to agree to join forces with Liu Bei, and then he had to go to Chengdu to persuade Liu Bei to agree to join forces with Cao Cao.

It's not easy.

After Cao Cao listened to Lu Su's words, he fell silent.

Chen Qun said: "Yang Zhao's power is just those firearms, we already have weapons, he wants to use troops against the south, and the dense network of rivers and rivers in the south alone is enough to resist, can he be our opponent?" It's just that your Sun clan is too weak. ”

Sun was weak, Lu Su did not deny it.

After all, they were pressed by Yang Zhao before, and they had no chance to develop, he said: "Your firearms are only explosives, do you know that at present, in Yang Zhao's army, the use of firearms has been changed several times, and explosives are just weapons that have been eliminated by him?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cao Cao and the others were shocked.

At the same time, there is a faint threat.

They have been developing with their heads covered in the past few years, only paying attention to Yang Zhao's movements, and rarely paying attention to the situation of Yang Zhao's weapons in the army.

Coupled with Yang Zhao's intention to conceal it, they are not very clear about the extent to which Yang Zhao's army has developed firearms.

Cao Cao's eyes were deep and his face was gloomy.

There is a feeling of unwillingness.

Lu Su saw their reaction, and disdainful in his heart, it turned out that the intelligence network around Cao Cao was so weak that he couldn't even find out Yang Zhao's background, and said: "As for the sailors, you have all forgotten, when Yang Zhao attacked Yuan Shu, he first defeated Yuan Shu with the sailors, and now Gan Ning and others are leading a large number of warships and sailors to guard the Lujiang River and go south at any time." ”

From this point of view, Yang Zhao's threat is greater than before.

Their advantages are not necessarily Yang Zhao's disadvantages.

The two points raised by Chen Qun were refuted by Lu Su one by one, and he didn't know what else to say for a while.

"Zhicai, what do you think?"

Cao Cao's mind was shaken, and his eyes looked at Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong nodded and said: "I think I can agree, Yang Zhao's strength is indeed not a one-man rival, if we don't unite, when Liu Bei is defeated, it will be like a cold tooth for us." ”

Cui Yan agreed: "I also think that we can promise that our understanding of Yang Zhao is still in the past, in case it is really as Lu Zijing said, we are not his opponents." ”

Cao Cao was silent.

To cooperate with Liu Bei's despicable villain, he was very unhappy and even disgusted.

But if you don't cooperate, it's difficult to deal with Yang Zhao.

"You Sun, do you really want to rebel?"

Cao Cao asked.

Lu Su was very sure, and said viciously: "Yang Zhao killed our lord, and he also assassinated Zhou Gongjin, and the hatred of our Sun clan is not shared, from now on, either he dies or we die!" ”

Sun's changes, and what happened, Cao Cao and they heard a little.

It's just that Yang Zhao will really kill Sun Ce and Zhou Yu?

Cao Cao felt that it was unlikely, even if he wanted to take Yangzhou, Yang Zhao did not need to use such inferior means, but the people of the Sun family hated Yang Zhao so much, and it seemed that they had found evidence that could be proven.

Whether it is Yang Zhao or not, whether it is true or false is not very important to Cao Cao.

What matters is whether Sun really wants to cooperate.

"Good!"

Cao Cao considered the end, and said solemnly: "I can promise your union, you go back and tell Sun Zhongmou that we will send troops, when are you going to start?" ”

Lu Su said: "I still have to go to Chengdu, and after I come back, I can do it, please wait for a while." ”

"Okay!"

Cao Cao still agreed.

Since you want to unite with Liu Bei, Chengdu has to go.

He didn't want to send someone, so let Lu Su complete this union.

Finally persuaded Cao Cao and the others, Lu Su breathed a sigh of relief, stayed in Xudu for the time being, and set off for Chengdu early tomorrow morning.

Wait until Lu Su leaves.

Cao Cao said again: "I heard that Wen Ruo went to Luoyang and came back? ”

Although he is very grateful to Xun Yu, and the internal government affairs can be handled so well, basically relying on Xun Yu, but there is a gap between them, and the cause is still the matter of sealing the public.

Later, Cao Cao knew that Xun Yu had actually gone to Luoyang, and he felt a little unhappy and had a feeling of betrayal.

It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

This gap is getting wider.

He was even very dissatisfied with Xun Yu.

Xun Yu knew that he would not be able to hide Cao Cao's matter of going to Luoyang, but he didn't care, as he guessed at the beginning, Cao Cao didn't dare to touch them Yingchuan Xun clan, and admitted very happily: "My fourth brother Youruo and nephew Gongda are all in Luoyang, I haven't seen them for many years, and I miss them a little, so I will go to Luoyang." ”

The real purpose of going to Luoyang, of course, he can't confess.

This can only be used as a reason.

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Wen Ruo really values love and righteousness, but you must have worked hard when you come back from a long distance, so stay at home and rest well, don't walk around, and leave the affairs at hand to Zhicai and them." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xun Yu understood that this was causing suspicion.

And then he will be placed under house arrest.

Xun Yu secretly sighed, now Cao Cao has changed, it is different from before, he looks very strange, and said helplessly: "Yes!" ”

They can also see that the lord is suspicious of Xun Yu.

But at such an important time, Xun Yu should not go to Luoyang, after all, it is easy to cause misunderstanding.

Cao Cao saw that Xun Yu had no other reaction, and he didn't even explain in depth, so he was even more annoyed in his heart, and decided to ignore it directly, and simply left Xun Yu out in the cold.

What happened to Xun Yu in the future, he ignored it completely, and said: "Wen Ruo go down first!" ”

Xun Yu knew that they needed to discuss how they should fight Yang Zhao.

They couldn't let themselves be present, for fear that he would leak some secrets to Yang Zhao.

The feeling of not being trusted, it was really uncomfortable, Xun Yu left helplessly.

Cao Cao snorted lightly and discussed with them what to do next.

——

Lu Su stayed in Xudu and spent the night.

Early the next morning, he went to Cao Cao again to say goodbye, first went south, came to the vicinity of Badong, and then went deep into Yizhou through Badong.

After walking for a long time, he finally came to Chengdu, and after entering the city, he directly indicated his origin and intention, and asked to meet Liu Bei.

"Someone in Jianye came to ask to see the lord, it must be something happened in Yangzhou."

Pang Tong said: "The lord can meet with him, and maybe there will be an unexpected gain." ”