Under the rush of Fazheng and Lu Su, the Sanliu League has made a lot of trouble. Cao Cao, who was defeated at Chrysostom, had no choice but to abandon Jiangling and lead the defeated army back to the north in the case of Xuchang's abnormal movement.

Xuchang, Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Prime Minister, he died of illness in the house." The attendant bowed and proclaimed.

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao browsed the case, did not raise his eyebrows, but only responded lightly.

Dong Zhao was slightly puzzled and said: "The prime minister has evidence, why not finish Fu and the Fu clan~"

As he spoke, Dong Zhao used his hand as a knife, suggesting that Cao Cao had killed Queen Fu and the Fu Wan clan.

Cao Cao raised his eyes and looked at it, and said lightly: "Since there is evidence of letters, why rush for a while. Now is not the time to do it, wait for the time to start, and move according to the situation. If you act at this time, you may provoke the displeasure of the people. ”

Cao Cao received a secret letter from Queen Fu to Fu Wan, and did not make a big deal of fanfare, and went on a killing spree. didn't confront Xun Yu and scolded Xun Yu for being unfaithful. After all, doing that is to tear his face with Xun Yu, and it is not in Cao Cao's interests.

Now that Cao Cao was defeated at Chrysostom and suffered heavy losses in his troops, he needed to create an atmosphere of stability in the internal political environment to help him lick his wounds. Xun Yu can't move, Xun Yu, as the court concoctor, needs to help him get through this difficulty.

With the help of letters, Cao Cao was able to kill Empress Fu and the Fu family to deter others. But the impact of the death will need to be borne by Cao Cao himself.

After all, now that Cao Cao has defeated Jiang Han, his reputation has plummeted. If the mother of a country is killed again, the negative impact caused by it will be enough for Cao Cao to drink a pot.

Looking at the rebellion before and after this attempt, Fu Wan only received a letter, and there was no intention of rebellion. Cao Cao hesitated, choosing to keep the letter and use it when he needed it. After seeing Cao Cao, in order to keep the clansmen, he committed suicide by drinking poison and died of illness in the house.

"Then do you want to spy on the Fu clan?" Dong Zhao asked.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "It can be from the meaning of public benevolence." ”

"No!"

Dong Zhao, as an early literati who served Cao Cao, was also one of the first civil servants to propose to Cao Cao to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes. After taking refuge in Cao Cao, Dong Zhao's official position changed from time to time, and he often stayed in Xuchang with Xiahoudun.

Dong Zhao also worked hard for Cao Cao and instigated Cao Cao to change the dynasty. Dong Zhao has participated in many dirty things, and can be Cao Cao's confidants.

Cao Cao read Jianghuai's battle report, and said with a sneer: "Liu Bei was lucky to be defeated in Chrysostom, so he let Guan Yu attack Hefei, don't think that Lone is weak and can be bullied?" ”

The defeat of Cao Cao at Jinkou was not only Huo Jun who took the opportunity to go north to Xiangyang and plunder the people of Hannan. Even that Liu Bei also made a move, asking Guan Yu to move his army to Jianghuai to strengthen the garrison of Mixukou, and at the same time to attack and harass the surrounding areas of Hefei.

"Prime Minister!"

The attendant walked into the hall and said, "Don't drive Liu Ye in Yangzhou and ask to see the prime minister." ”

"Xuan!"

"No!"

Jiang Ji was captured by Huo Jun and became a scribe under his account. There was a vacancy in Yangzhou, so Liu Ye, who was attached to Cao Cao in the early years, served as a driver. Now Liu Ye was ordered to go north and was consulted by Cao Cao on Jianghuai matters.

As for Liu Yeqi, the word is Yang, Huainan is a Huiren, and he is good at planning the situation of the army. Different from the Western Han bloodline of San Liu, Liu Ye belongs to the orthodox clan bloodline of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After a while, Liu Ye entered in Confucian clothes, and said, "Don't drive Liu Ye to meet the prime minister in Yangzhou." ”

"Excuse me!"

Cao Cao raised his hand and said, "What is the situation in Jianghuai today?" ”

Liu Ye stood in the hall and replied: "Prime Minister Qiqi, in the old days, Jianghuai was withered and dilapidated, but fortunately, Liu Jun went south, camped and governed the city, gracious to the people, pacified the crowd, built a high city, built bricks and stones, raised armor soldiers, and stored thousands of fish paste for the war garrison. ”

"Today, Jianghuai has vitality at the beginning, but unfortunately Liu Jun died of illness, Guan Yu attacked the border and plundered the people, and the crowd was ready to move, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse."

At the same time as the confrontation between Cao and Liu, Liu Fu died of illness in Hefei City. With the death of Liu Fu, Cao Cao's defeat, Guan Yuyi's troops attacked the border, Zhuge Liang's letters made good friends, and the Jianghuai region was constantly shaken.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao paid attention to the Jianghuai region, and now that he has defeated Chrysostom, his prestige has been shaken. If Jianghuai is taken away by Liu Bei again, the Central Plains will be in danger, and Cao Cao cannot afford not to pay attention to it.

"How many Jianghuai Qunkou?" Cao Cao asked again.

Liu Ye pondered for a long time and said: "Most of the Jianghuai soldiers are in the Dabie Mountains of the Lujiang River, Ye carefully calculated, there are four big Kou families, and more than ten small Kou people. If there is a thief Chen Ce, tens of thousands of people will guard in danger; Chen Lan and Mei Cheng are based in Lixian County and Lu'an, and there are tens of thousands of men and women under their accounts, and the public is not satisfied; Yuan Shu's old Lei Xu tribe was subordinate to more than 50,000 people, stationed in Tianzhu Mountain, and did not obey according to the danger. ”

"Except for Chen Ce, Chen Lan, Mei Cheng, and Lei Xu, there are thousands of thieves and thousands of widows, so there is nothing to worry about. Only the four thieves are difficult to settle, but they have close contacts with Liu Bei and Huo Jun, and they seem to have disobedient thoughts, which is to worry about Jianghuai. ”

Cao Cao saw that Liu Ye was not incompetent, so he asked him to sit down and said: "Lonely desire to conquer Jiangzuo and appease Hefei, so that Liu Bei will not dare to invade the north." I don't know what Ziyang thinks? ”

Liu Ye saluted and thanked him, and said, "Do you dare to say anything? ”

"Accurate!"

"Liu Bei has to have Jiangzuo, garrison Jingkou, look at Jiangbei, and have the idea of drawing Jianghuai. If our army does not settle the left side of the river, Liu Bei will enter Hefei and return to Beijing at night, and it will be difficult for our army to govern it. In Ye's opinion, the prime minister can seize the mouth of the water, build a boat in Chaohu Lake, and cross the Jiangnan Ping, so as to be able to settle the Jianghuai River! Liu Ye said.

Hefei is too close to Jiangdong, Liu Beitun is a soldier, and Hefei is across Chaohu Lake. Guan Yu set off with the sailors in the morning, and he could return to Misukou in the evening, and Hefei was only beaten.

Hefei was beaten, and the surrounding people could not protect it, and it was difficult to plant and reclaim. And Liu Fu, the assassin of Yangzhou, died, and the entire Hefei military and civilians were uneasy.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said: "The only way to do this is to move the people of Jianghuai to the north, and migrate to Shouchun, Ping'a, Dangtu and other places, and the population will be extinct for hundreds of miles, so that Liu Bei will have nothing to gain." When he put Hefei as a fortress, he sent Xiao to garrison it, and guarded Liu Bei's idea of going north to Jianghuai. ”

Relocating the people, vacating no man's land, and leaving the attackers with nothing to gain is Cao Cao's old method. At the beginning, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao confronted each other in Guandu, so they moved the people of Yan and Baima counties.

Now that Jinkou was defeated, Cao Cao could not destroy Wu Chu in the short term, and he was afraid of Wu Chu's naval superiority. The only way Cao Cao could take was to move the people north. On the one hand, it strengthened its own power, and on the other hand, it made it difficult for Wu Chu to benefit.

Liu Ye hesitated a little and said: "The people miss their homeland, and they are at peace, and they are afraid that they will have the idea of migrating. And the second Chen Meilei is the fourth, self-proclaimed as the king, and he is homesick. Now the prime minister wants to move the people north, I'm afraid it will be difficult! ”

Although Cao Cao was displeased, he did not show it, and said: "If you ride south alone, if the four are not smooth, you will destroy them, how can you let them have different aspirations." and the lone soldier to Chaohu, when with Liu Bei for the mouth of the wet beard. ”

"No!"

Liu Ye seemed to sense Cao Cao's dissatisfaction, and suggested: "The four thieves defend according to the topography of the mountains and rivers, the mountains are high and the valleys are deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Today, at the beginning of the day, the four thieves are in chaos, and the prime minister wants to destroy it. It is better to send an envoy and surrender him as an official; If they don't comply, they will choose a fierce general to deter thieves. At that time, the Jianghuai thieves collapsed without a fight! ”

"Hmm!"

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Liu Ye's performance, and praised him: "Ziyang has seen people and is worthy of being Jianghuai Junjie." When he went out to fight, he could go south with the army. ”

"Prime Minister Xie!"

Instead, Cao Cao instructed left and right, and said: "Pass the order of the lonely army, and order ten generals such as Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Niu Gai, Li Dian, Zang Ba, and Sun Guan." Except for those who are already in Jianghuai, they will be in Shouchun in July, and the lone general will march south to the mouth of the Xukou. ”

"No!"

Yang Xiu recorded Cao Cao's military orders and passed them on to the generals.

Since the end of the Xiangfan War, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to be the Taishou of Xiangyang, and sent Xu Huang as the deputy general to assist, and stationed 20,000 new and old soldiers in Xiangfan; Zhang Liao and Yu Ban led 10,000 people to remain stationed in Jianghuai, while Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other generals retreated to Xuzhou.

Due to the defeat of Jinkou, Cao Cao did not want to go to Jianghuai, but he was worried that Hefei was in danger, so he had to raise troops to go south to Jianghuai.

After all, the four Jianghuai Kou have tens of thousands of horses each, and the combined population is about 200,000, but there are more than 10,000 people in the war army. If these four Kou unite with Liu Bei, Jianghuai will be in danger.

If these four Kou are destroyed and the people of Jianghuai are moved to the Huai River Valley, then Liu Bei, who is harassing him, will have nothing to gain.

is different from the mighty in history, and there is a desire to destroy Jiangzuo. Today's Cao Cao is more to appease Jianghuai and arrange Jianghuai's defense line, so as not to give Liu Bei an opportunity.

As for whether he can take the mouth of the water and build the Chaohu Water Division base, Cao Cao has no bottom in his heart. Huo Jun also knows the weight of the mouth. If Liu Bei's troops are insufficient, he can shake people from Jingchu to support.

Thinking that Liu Fu was dead, Cao Cao said: "Ordered the master to return to the mansion, and he was lonely and had important matters to discuss. ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)