The slaughter of Xuzhou, this matter may be regarded as one of the failures in Cao Cao's life. Although Cao Cao's father died tragically, it was inevitable that he was blinded by hatred, but the slaughter of the city was a heinous crime, no matter what the reason, morally, Cao Cao undoubtedly had the upper hand. (Starter)

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has clouds, the two armies face each other, nothing more than "the law of heaven and earth", that is, the five elements of morality, time, location, generals, and tactics, among which morality is the head, it can be seen that the two armies are fighting, and the advantage of the righteous division is obvious. Cao Cao's actions as angry and resentful also added a lot of chances to Chen Yanping.

Although Chen Yan already knew that Cao Cao would slaughter Xuzhou, after hearing Guo Jia's panicked report, he still pretended to be surprised and asked, "What?" Has Cao Cao already started to take revenge so soon? ”

Guo Jia's face was pale, obviously a little dissatisfied with Cao Cao's behavior, and he only heard him say: "Cao Cao just conquered the first city in Xuzhou a few days ago, and as soon as he conquered it, he slaughtered the city, and none of the people in the city were spared!" ”

Chen Yan let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that this Cao Cao must have lost his mind because of his father's tragic death. His actions made the name of benevolence and righteousness that he had worked so hard to accumulate at the beginning disappear, and it was really unworthy. ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "I thought Cao Cao was a high-ranking person in the city, but I didn't expect that sometimes he was so willful, this guy is indeed very interesting, and he is a rare hero." It's just that the slaughter of the city was too cruel, and Cao's manipulation made the resourcefulness high, and he shouldn't have done such a thing. ”

Chen Yan agreed, and sighed: "Cao Cao's battle is to mobilize all his elites, and he will definitely be invincible, Fengxiao, do you think if we want to sneak attack Yanzhou, when is the most appropriate time to do it?" ”

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "I thought that Cao Cao would definitely take Xuzhou on this trip, but Cao Cao slaughtered the people, I am afraid that it will cause the whole territory of Xuzhou to have the same hatred and have an impact on his attack...... In the short term, Cao Cao may not take Xuzhou. ”

Chen Yan frowned and asked, "Does Feng Xiao mean that Cao Cao will withdraw his troops soon?" ”

Unexpectedly, Guo Jia shook his head again and said: "Cao Cao is a mourning soldier this time, if he can't take revenge, he will never return to the division easily, so although it is difficult for him to attack Xuzhou, he will definitely not stop." I mean we can wait for Cao Cao to go deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou and be unable to rescue him before taking Yanzhou! ”

Chen Yan nodded again and again when he heard this, and immediately thought for a while, and said: "Cao Cao's atrocities in the city will continue, and when the time comes, those old subordinates in Yanzhou City will probably be disappointed in him, and it is an excellent opportunity!" ”

Of course, Chen Yan's words were not his own meaning, because historical records show that Zhang Miao and Chen Gong in Yanzhou rebelled against Lu Bu precisely because of Cao Cao's unprincipled behavior, this step was already carefully considered by Chen Yan, but if the situation is different today, I don't know if these two people will betray Cao Cao?

Guo Jia listened to Chen Yan's words, and also nodded in agreement, expressing surprise in his heart that his lord had such an excellent judgment.

But surprise is surprise, Guo Jia is not a fledgling cabbage, thought for a while, and then suggested: "Lord, no matter from any point of view, we need a strong ally the most at this time. Yuan Shu is gone, and now the only hope is the extremely destructive Lu Bu. ”

When Chen Yan heard this, his brows tightened, he fell into deep thought, and said in a deep voice: "Does it have to be him?" ”

Guo Jia could only nod.

Chen Yan couldn't help but let out a long sigh, looking into the distance, his mood fluctuated......

In the same month, Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou, even broke several cities, all slaughtered, and the history books recorded that "the chickens and dogs are also exhausted, and there are no pedestrians in the ruins".

Note: Cao Cao's attack on Tao Qian was actually divided into two times, the first time was in the autumn of 193 AD, Lianke more than ten cities, but because of the arrival of winter, the army rations were exhausted, and he had to return to Yanzhou; The second time was in the summer of the following year, and this time it was a real massacre battle, which also caused the dissatisfaction of Cao Cao's subordinates Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, and rebelled against Lü Bu. Due to the historical trend, the two are one.

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Chen Yan and Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others discussed for a long time, and everyone still persuaded Chen Yan to unite with Lu Bu to seize Yanzhou.

At the end of the discussion, Chen Yan was tired and walked out of the meeting hall slowly.

After walking a few steps, Chen Yan suddenly saw a military academy on the opposite side, with a fit figure and a shy face, it was Wang Dan.

When Wang Shan saw Chen Yan, he was even more panicked, and hurriedly bowed and trotted forward, and said with a big salute: "Meet the lord." ”

Chen Yan knew that this guy was thin-skinned and not too bold, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't be so restrained, let's live and die together, the name is the main minister, but we are really brothers, let go!" ”

Wang Shan straightened up with a slightly blushing face and said, "Lord...... The lord is right...... No, how dare the last general call the lord brothers. ”

Chen Yan patted him on the shoulder, only to feel that this guy had very broad shoulders because he had practiced the meteor hammer all year round, and immediately smiled and asked, "What?" Did your lady give birth? ”

When Wang Shan heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "I gave birth to a big fat boy who just gave birth two days ago!" Haha, there are seven pounds and seven taels! ”

Chen Yan was taken aback, although he had never seen others give birth to a child, but he knew that he was only six catties when he was born.

Chen Yan hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Congratulations, tomorrow I will wrap a big red envelope for your little master." ”

Wang Shan hurriedly bowed again and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, don't be like this, but it's a bad thing." ”

Chen Yan laughed and said: "Look at you, this red envelope is for your son, not for you, don't shirk it." By the way, did your child have a name? ”

When Wang Shan heard this, his face showed a smug look again, and he said: "Take it, my name is Wang Dan, and my son will simply be called Wang Shuang!" ”

Chen Yan nodded and smiled: "Wang Shuanghao, this name is good, as soon as I hear it, it is your son." It's so late, you don't come home yet, what are you hanging around here? ”

Wang Shan hurriedly said: "Let's go back, let's go back, I'll come over and get this month's rations, hehe......" Speaking of this, Wang Shan was a little embarrassed.

Chen Yan smiled: "I see, by the way, there are still some chickens in our city, I will have someone send them to you in a while, and burn them to make up for your daughter-in-law." ”

When Wang Shan heard this, he knelt on the ground with a puff, eager to hug Chen Yan's thighs, and he didn't know what to say.

Chen Yan really couldn't imagine that this thing would be like this, so he hurriedly helped him up and said, "Don't be like this, if you feel that you can't go, it's better to kill a few more enemies on the battlefield." ”

Wang Shan nodded again and again, his eyes were already slightly red.

Chen Yan didn't dare to entangle with him, got up to leave, and just took a few steps, he suddenly reacted: "Meteor Hammer, Luoyang, Wang Shuang? it! It turned out to be him!? ”