Chapter 257: Liu Bei Kills Cai Mao! Cao Cao's wrath!
"You're a very smart guy!"
Xi Yu smiled: "I also know that I may suspect what you did!" ”
"But you should also know one thing, I had a very good relationship with your father ten years ago!"
"Of course I understand this."
Cao Xian's eyes flashed with a soft light: "I actually understand why my father asked me to marry you!" This is no different from Heqing! Actually, my father also wants to go back to 10 years ago! ”
Xi Yu was slightly stunned.
I can't go back at all!
"That's understandable."
Xi Yu didn't say much.
"My father, as well as some of the elders in the family, always mention your name! And if you marry me, then I will be able to visit my father with you from now on!" ”
"It depends."
Xi Yu's eyes were slightly cold: "If you want to do this, then I may not do anything to you in the future." ”
He turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly heard a sound of footsteps behind him, and Cao Xian, who was dressed in red clothes, pounced and hugged his waist again, as if not letting him go.
"If I really can't meet my father, then I can accept it!"
"Are you ready?"
Xi Yu's eyes moved slightly: "What do you think?" ”
"There is a saying, marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, since I am already your wife, then I must make you comfortable, the situation in this world has nothing to do with me! I just want to be quiet in my own home! ”
Cao Xian said softly again: "But you must be careful Sister Jingshu!" She was raised by her father, and she has a different kind of responsibility! ”
Although her tone was soft, Xi Yu was also a little surprised that she actually revealed this matter.
"I also understand one thing, if I really want to blend in with you, I can't keep anything!"
"That's what my father told me."
"What did Prime Minister Cao say?"
Xi Yu's brows furrowed, indeed a little surprised.
In fact, he can also derive a message from it, that is, he and Cao Cao may not be able to reconcile.
"Okay!"
Xi Yu didn't say much more, blowing out the candles.
This beautiful night passed by in a snap of a finger.
When it was the next day, it was a wedding with He Jingshu, and it was not much different.
After the completion of these two marriages, there are also two more buildings on the actor's side, and some spaces have been expanded, and they are quite harmonious.
Everyone is praising the magnificence of the family's house, but no one says that Xi Yu is a person of extravagance.
After all, Xuzhou is now very rich, not as poor as before, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
Three months later.
Cao Cao was once again persuaded by the ministers.
Xi Yu did not send a letter of opposition at this time. Xun Yu alone opposed this matter and refused the appointment to become the third duke.
Cao Cao had no choice but to refuse.
To be honest, halfway through the process, if there was one more time, Cao Cao would directly agree to this matter and become the Duke of Wei.
There is no way to stop this matter, and Ma Teng, Liu Bei and others can't stop this matter even if they are in a hurry.
If you oppose it, you can't get it out.
After three days, Xun Yu made an unexpected and reasonable choice, he hung his seal in the mansion and left here.
And Cao Cao seems to be a lot tired.
He sat at home, watching the spring snow melt, just laughing.
Xu Chu served wine next to him, and his eyes were a little uncomfortable: "Lord! Don't drink so much! It's late at night! ”
"Drink more."
Cao Cao glanced at Xu Chu, and his tone was complicated: "Zhongkang, I even feel that one day you will leave me!" ”
Xu Chu scratched his head, and then said, "I wouldn't do such a thing!" ”
"Put 10,000 hearts!"
"You!" Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder and asked again: "Then do you think I'm a very ugly person?" ”
"For the sake of their own ideas, they gave up their friends and forced them to leave!"
Xu Chu's expression was still a little dazed, and there was a hint of sullenness in his tone: "I actually don't understand this!" But I know that you didn't do this for nothing! ”
"And there's no such thing as a double world!"
"That surprised me!"
Cao Cao laughed and said, "Others think you are a martial idiot, but I feel that they are really wrong, you are the real transparent!" ”
"Let's go, help me back! I'm starting to have a headache again now! ”
After Cao Cao conquered the north, he occupied Youzhou, and the vassal states of Liaodong also belonged to him, and at the same time shocked those groups in the north.
Those nomads in the grassland, to be honest, have become a lot more regular, and they can only trade with Cao Cao's side normally, and they don't dare to rob and rage anymore.
And because of the bitter cold outside, it became difficult to even raise horses, and even had to go south to buy forage.
So in this year, the two places under Xi Yu's rule also harvested countless gold, silver, ore and iron, and even some exquisite goods from the West.
At this time, outside of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, there was no grain and grass crisis, and Cao Cao asked for another 400,000 stone of grain here, and it was more polite.
After he became the Duke of Wei, he set Yecheng as the capital, and also took over all his wives and children, which can be regarded as building the core of the regime.
And the Son of Heaven seems to have been hollowed out.
In the spring, Cao Song passed away.
Xi Yu didn't have the money to worship, but he just set up a tablet at home, to be honest, Xi Yu had a deep relationship with him.
Of course, he also found a way to prolong his life by ten years.
It can be regarded as a debt of not indebtedness.
It's a kind of fate.
After Xun Yu gave up his official position, he came to Xuzhou, became a teacher, and even took over all the people in his family, and his relationship with Xi Yu became very good, and he even understood what it meant to be in the prosperous world.
In addition to lecturing, he will also chat with Xi Yu.
will even say that if the Son of Heaven also comes to Xuzhou, it will be a good thing.
He even said that some "earth masters" and "feng shui masters" believe that there are dragon qi and dragon veins in Qingxu.
But this is not too appropriate, and no one dares to say it in the open.
It was June.
Emperor Xian issued an edict to merge the land of the fourteen states, and at the same time restored the original Kyushu system, and the big change was to divide the state and Youzhou and other places to Jizhou.
The state of Wei now has a lot of momentum.
Even Cao Cao was building buildings such as the Zong Temple.
Although it is only a feudal country, it does have a certain degree of autonomy.
It is true that the world is gradually changing the regime.
However, Xi Yu understands that Cao Cao will not stand on his own, and he estimates that he will leave this matter to future generations.
And today's Cao family is a clansman, and the person who supports him is Cao Pi.
No one chose Cao Ang, after all, he had stayed in Xuzhou for too long.
Not only did he not help them pass on some news, but he even refused to be promoted for the first time.
To be honest, war is a very troublesome thing.
And Cao Cao is actually fully prepared, whether he can make a thousand achievements depends on going south!
Those Cao family clansmen and people from the Xiahou family are also waiting to go south!
More than a month passed in a flash, and Xiahoudun led his cavalry to recapture Wancheng, and then waved his army to Xinye and other places.
Liu Bei is also powerless to support.
After retreating directly for almost four months, Liu Bei retreated directly to the south in order to preserve his strength.
Cao Cao's 100,000 advance soldiers rushed all the way to chase and kill, beating Jingzhou's soldiers and horses to the point that they were overturned.
There are still 500,000 soldiers and horses to follow, and because of the abundance of grain and grass, even if it is a year's battle, there is no problem.
In addition to this incident, Cao Cao also transferred Zhang Liao back to fight in the form of guerrilla.
In fact, Zhang Liao now only has 8,000 subordinates, but all of them are elite, and they are invincible in Jingzhou.
With each stage, they build a small stronghold.
It took seven days of slaughter before they were revolted.
Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan's nearly 20,000 cavalry were cleaned up by the ambush shield array on the gourd slope!
To be honest, Guan Yu has been waiting for this opportunity for more than a year.
It's as intense as the tip of the needle against Maimang!
And Liu Bei's formation that has been prepared for such a long time will not be so easy to break through!
Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Liao directly lost more than half of their manpower, and even most of the dead were trampled to death.
This incident also made the warriors stop a little, and Liu Bei fled directly to Jiangxia.
This incident made the people of Jingzhou extremely panicked.
After Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others came to Jiangxia, they joined Liu Qi.
In fact, Liu Qi's side was already in a critical situation, Liu Bei and others came, and they also began to discuss.
In the government office of Xiangyang, there are not too many people in the inner hall, Liu Biao looks very old, and due to long-term hard work, he has become very collapsed.
He didn't know how to solve the problem, and he couldn't see the unity of the world, and his heart was painful and uncomfortable.
After all, they had 300,000 soldiers and horses in their territory, but they did not dare to start a war with Cao Cao.
It's that Cai is making a hindrance!
By the time Liu Bei and his two brothers came here, Liu Biao had been waiting for a long time.
After entering, Liu Bei saluted and said, "Brother Huang, I have to ask you!" Are you willing to resist Cao? ”
"To tell the truth, Nanyang has already been in an emergency, if there is no way to get help from others, our side will be in dire straits! And you'll be a sinner, too! ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Cai Mao's eyes were full of fire, and he roared angrily.
The reason why he waited for Liu Bei to come over was also to stop him from thinking about it.
Otherwise, Liu Biao always thinks about fighting Cao Cao, what can he do!
Cao Cao can't be defeated at all!
It is better to surrender to Cao Cao in order to grab some benefits.
"My lord, we can't do this! This guy is a lone star, wasn't Gongsun Chan lost by him? Tao Qian was also lost! ”
"Now, he's bringing woe to us again!"
Cai Mao's eyes were extremely cold: "If we kidnap him and send him to Cao Cao's side, we will definitely get a reward!" ”
Liu Bei had a chill in his eyes: "Brother Huang, now the Han Dynasty exists in name only!" We have a common enmity with that thief! If you really surrender, how can you be worthy of my Han ancestors? ”
Liu Biao's gloomy eyes lit up, and his expression was much more resolute: "I will definitely not surrender!" ”
"Lord, confused! We can't compare with that Cao Cao, once we start a war, we will only fall into a predicament! ”
Cai Mao was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, she had persuaded herself for so long, but she couldn't withstand Liu Bei's words!
"It can't be like this!"
Liu Bei's expression was full of coldness: "It's because the big man has people like you that he has become like this!" You are the main general, how can you be such a wreck? ”
Zhang Fei also stepped forward, pulled out the knife in his hand, and slashed at Cai Mao.
Cai Mao was honestly powerless to resist, and was directly put on the neck by this knife.
Even, Zhang Fei increased his strength and directly cut off his head.
The guards rushed over and stopped Zhang Fei directly.
Liu Biao was stunned, Liu Bei was also like this, and he was a little depressed in his heart.
"Xuande, you are really confused!"
Liu Biao was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, his expression was very nervous, and his whole body was trembling.
Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said: "Surrendering Cao Cao is equivalent to betraying the Great Han, my third brother killed him, there is nothing wrong with it!" Even helping the royal brother! ”
Liu Biao had nothing to say, he knew that if he did this, it would definitely make Jingzhou unstable.
And the Cai family will definitely take advantage of it.
"Brother Huang, don't you know what year it is? If we don't have the means to be ruthless, we'll be in trouble! If you make up your mind to fight Cao Cao, it is impossible to allow civil strife to happen! ”
Liu Bei's voice carried a hint of dullness: "Cao Cao is definitely not invincible!" I made Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Liao suffer a big loss half a month ago! If we work together, it is not impossible to win! ”
"That's it!"
Liu Biao's expression was hesitant, but in the end he chose to believe Liu Bei and nodded with a serious expression.
"Then we will work together to fight Cao!"
And in this year, Jingzhou can also be regarded as a force, and it can be regarded as a city of all forces, fighting to the death with Cao Cao.
The Cao army that entered Jingzhou was also repulsed, and Shengcai lost 3,000 war horses and various horse harnesses.
Even the bow and crossbow were lost.
To be honest, the bow and crossbow produced in Xuzhou are very important to them.
Although it cannot be used to attack fortifications, it will have a great advantage in guerrilla warfare.
But it finally made Cao Jun's pace stop.
They stopped at Wancheng.
Cao Cao set up a military camp there, and to be honest, this was already an empty city, because the people had already gone to Jiangxia.
Cao Cao and the people around him walked on the muddy path.
It had just rained, and there was moisture in the air.
Their expressions were not particularly good, and there was even a sense of anger.
Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan failed before, and to be honest, they were still a little depressed, and even because of several consecutive defeats during this time, their expressions were relatively ugly.
"Honestly, it's no different here than before!"
Cao Cao slapped the rain and went to the government office again, and all the people behind him followed, but they were also very silent.
That's what they thought.
Jingzhou will definitely surrender
But I didn't expect that after Liu Bei passed, the situation suddenly changed.
If Golden State wants to resist stubbornly, it is estimated that it was pretended to be before, wanting them to relax their vigilance.
It was for this reason that Cao Cao was eaten 50,000 soldiers and horses.
Cao Cao's eyes were also very ruthless.
He also remembered the situation when Xi Yu commented on Liu Bei before.
"This man is definitely not a mediocre person!"
It seems that this is the case.
Cao Cao sighed: "It's really dark under the lamp!" ”
He smiled at the people left and right again: "This Liu Xuande is by no means a mediocre person, although he is more annoying, but competing with him really makes me feel very interested!" ”
Cheng Yu sighed, and then muttered in a low voice: "If that's the case, we shouldn't come out!" ”
"Cheng Yu, what are you talking about!"
Cao Cao's eyes were angry: "You say it again?" ”
"I, I, I didn't say much!"
"Huh!" Cao Cao sneered: "Do you think I let Liu Bei go before because I was careless?" ”
Isn't that so?
Everyone was also a little confused.
Xi Zhicai didn't know what Cao Cao thought, and felt that this was a bit far-fetched.
Is this a forced image of oneself?
Cao Cao's expression was flat: "The reason why I let him go is not because I couldn't catch him at that time, but because this guy is not enough to be afraid!" ”
Cao Cao turned his back and said, "I have heard before that Liu Bei swept all the people to Jiangxia!" But there's no one over there who can help him! ”
Cheng Yu said in a low voice: "However, Liu Qi has hoarded troops there, and now he has nearly 100,000 troops, and he is still mobilizing shipwrights to build big ships, and it is very likely that he will go to Jiangdong!" ”
"If Liu Bei colludes with Sun Ce, then we may be in some trouble!"
"Report!"
Another soldier's cry came, everyone turned their heads to look, and rushed over directly, and said with a nervous expression: "Lord! Something is wrong! ”
"As far as we know, Liu Bei killed Cai Mao, and now he has taken Cai Mao's place, and the two of them have joined forces to suppress all the scholars!"
"Even they are already deploying, and they already have the heart to fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death?"
Cao Cao's expression changed at that time.
And the kind of thing he said before.
Looking at it now, he felt like he had been slapped in the face.
Cao Cao's face turned red and uncertain, he directly pulled out the long sword in his hand, cut off the stone statue with a sword, and roared loudly: "It's just a grass seller, and he dares to claim to be a clansman!" ”
"Dare to ruin my plan!"
"Looking for death, right?"
"Concentrate all the forces for me and defeat Xiangyang first!"
"After crushing that Liu Biao and arresting Liu Bei, I will also let him suffer the most terrifying punishment in the world!"
Cao Cao was angry, and he made the wrong decision.
For the rest of the day, none of his men wanted to rest.
The following spring.
This year's spring is not as lively as before, there are no red lanterns, there is no laughter of the people, and the Golden State is not as peaceful as before.
Cao Cao's soldiers and horses and defenders fought almost every day, fighting at various levels.
To be honest, Golden State has not experienced much fighting at all over the years, at most it has only eradicated civil strife and peace thieves.
So a lot of grain and grass have been accumulated, but this year's war has also caused terrible losses to soldiers and horses.
Cao Cao probably didn't expect that his high-spirited actions would usher in such a tragic resistance!
He even tried to curse the siege many times, but after being attacked by the dead, his siege equipment was burned.
I can only adjust other equipment!
But if you want to take the baggage, it will definitely take a long time.
(End of chapter)