Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 202 Tell a joke, the loyal minister Cao Cao meets

"Da da da…"

Dust and smoke are everywhere, flying sand and stones.

The sound of horseshoes resounded, and the flames of war blazed across the sky. Cao Jun's first, third, and fourth battalions joined forces.

Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Xun You, and Xi Zhicai drove into Luoyang City together.

At this time, Luoyang City was in ruins. In the past... the imperial capital of the great Han Dynasty was burned to the ground by Dong Zhuo, and what was left was a charred city.

The magnificent ruins lay in the dust, and the glory of the great man was completely destroyed in this fire!

The burned ruins of Luoyang were filled with endless moans, sighs, and cries. How many people's homes have now been turned into ruins!

Stepping into the city...

It is no longer clear where the streets are, and countless black lacquered eaves, wood and stones fill every corner of the city...

Cao Cao, who had lived in Luoyang City since he was a child, couldn't help but look stern and overshadowed.

Gone, everything is gone!

The Golden Crow Lane mansion left by his grandfather...

The bustling Luoyang East Street where he and his father lived since childhood;
There is also Taixue... the land of Yongqiu surrounded by water, which had a profound influence on Cao Cao, none of these survived the fire!

call…

Exhaling a long breath, Cao Cao slightly closed his eyes, trying to adjust his mood, before opening them.

"Where is Your Majesty? Where are Your Majesty and all the officials now?"

"In..." A scout hurriedly replied: "In the original Changle Palace... However, today's Changle Palace is also in ruins and devastated."

"Go... to meet the Son of Heaven." Cao Cao stepped out, and a group of people walked towards the original palace.

Unexpectedly, just after taking a few steps, Cao Cao paused. "I forgot something."

"What's the matter?" Xi Zhicai asked hastily.

"Yi Li, foreign ministers have to pay tribute to the emperor when they meet the emperor. I left in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. What should I do?" Cao Cao frowned slightly...

This…

Xi Zhicai rolled his eyes.

"Ming Gong, Xi has an idea. Today's emperor and all the officials must be suffering from hunger and cold. They don't care about gold, silver, jewelry, silk calligraphy and painting now. What they are most looking forward to is a sip of broth and two noodles. It’s just cakes, at this time, a mouthful of broth is worth ten thousand taels of gold!”

Xi Zhicai smiled and reminded...

"That's right!" Cao Cao's mouth curled up, and he continued to walk forward, saying as he walked, "When I escaped from Luoyang and was in exile, my stomach was growling and I was so hungry! At that time, I thought , if anyone can give me a bowl of chicken soup, I will be grateful to him for the rest of my life!"

"Zi Lian..." Cao Cao ordered...

"The end is here." Cao Hong cupped his hands.

"Make soup!" Cao Cao ordered immediately.

"Here." Cao Hong took the order, turned around and went... "Tata"...just as he took a step, his footsteps stopped.

Seeing him stop, Cao Cao was puzzled and immediately asked, "What? Didn't I tell you to bring some meat when you went west to Luoyang?"

"No...Brother!" Cao Hong sniffed carefully. "I seem to have asked what the taste is... yes, it's mutton, no, it's not exactly mutton, this is... this is the smell of making cold-dispelling jiaoer soup and dumplings!"

Cao Hong has a particularly sharp nose. Apart from gold, silver and jewelry, his sense of smell is also extremely sensitive to the taste of this food.

Especially...the dumpling and cold-dispelling jiaoer soup that you can't forget for a long time after eating it once.

Well…

Cao Cao's footsteps also paused, and his nose smelled...

He's still a little unsure. "Zhicai, Gongda? Did you hear that?"

Xi Zhicai sniffed it carefully, "I can smell it, it is indeed the smell of dumplings and Quhanjiaoer soup... This kind of soup made from mutton and herbs can be smelled from far away! Wei Zhuang In the lamb soup dumpling restaurant, this taste is familiar!"

Xun You also nodded.

"Ha ha ha ha…"

This time, Xiahou Dun was the first to rejoice. Now, he has just retreated Li Jue's [-] troops by relying on his second brother's strategy. Get excited.

"I said how my second brother's Longxiao battalion traveled hundreds of miles a day and arrived at Luoyang City so quickly. Hahaha, it turned out that the first pot of dumplings was boiled in Luoyang City in advance. Our brothers have Good luck!"

With these words blurted out, Xiahoudun hurriedly searched for the smell of dumplings and planned to trot over.

"Yuan Rang..."

Cao Cao hurriedly shouted to stop...

Immediately afterwards, he walked to Xiahou Dun's side with a smile and patted him on the shoulder. "Dumpling, what a dumpling! Hahahaha..."

After all, Cao Cao should go first.

It was also the first pot of dumplings, Cao Cao thought a level further than Xiahoudun!
The first pot of dumplings in the Longxiao camp must have been ordered by "Yu'er", and this pot of dumplings is not for rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, it is for the emperor and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty!

Is there anything more suitable than this dumpling when I meet the emperor for the first time?

"Duke Cao, Duke Cao..."

Xi Zhicai chased after three steps and two steps, as if he had already guessed what Cao Cao was going to do.

He did not forget to remind again and again. "There is one more thing, I must make up my mind. When Duke Ming visits the Son of Heaven, he must abide by the court etiquette, so that the Son of Heaven and all the officials can feel at ease, and let the Son of Heaven and the court trust Duke Cao. This is extremely important!"

"I know!" Cao Cao said while trotting, happily like a fat man of three hundred catties!
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In Luoyang City, inside the ruined imperial palace, the current Changle Palace is pitch black.

The inside of the palace is gray, and there are spider silks everywhere... even if the shoes are stepped on, there is a large gray area.

"Your Majesty, we are finally back."

Even if it is such a dilapidated scene, but... Manchao Gongqingyou cried from tears, and there was excitement and joy in the tears.

Escaping from Chang'an to Luoyang all the way was difficult, too difficult!

With a sound of "click", the emperor Liu Xie seemed too excited, and fell to the ground, and all the officials hurried to help him up, but... Liu Xie quickly got up by himself, he was so eager to go home, these stumbling... How can you stop him from going home?
It's just... this home is no longer the safe haven he used to be.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Take a break, sit down for a while!" Baiguan persuaded...

Only then did Liu Xie stop...

Immediately, the past always appeared in front of his eyes, the care given to him by the Empress Dowager Dong since he was a child, the respect his father gave him, and his elder brother...Prince Bian.

Although... Empress He and Empress Dowager Dong are at odds, but they are still brothers and sisters, and love each other!

But now?

The Empress Dowager Dong was gone, his father was gone, and his brother was gone. Even the palace where he grew up had become such a ruined and desolate scene.

Everything has changed, it has become devastated, and it has become strange.

"I...I'm thirsty, the two kings...do you have any water?" Liu Xie wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry no matter what.

"Your Majesty, I have sent people to search for water! It's just...the entire Luoyang City has been searched, even the moat has dried up, and there is no water!" Dong Cheng said truthfully.

Seeing Liu Xie's sad look, he persuaded again and again: "Your Majesty, the ancestors bless you, you have survived the most difficult time, so bear with it! Bear with it!"

"Yes..." Taiwei Yang Biao also echoed: "Your Majesty can return to the Eastern Capital this time, it will definitely revitalize the great man!"

This sentence blurted out...

The courtiers and workers seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, kneeling down and shouting: "Congratulations to the emperor for returning to the court, congratulations to the emperor for returning to the court..."

call…

Liu Xie felt inexplicably better. "Li Jue... Are Li Jue and Guo Si chasing after you? That... Can the prince with the surname 'Cao' stop the two thieves Li and Guo?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty is as blessed as heaven!" Yang Biao said loudly: "Li Jue and Guo Si disobeyed the will of heaven, and they will be punished by heaven!"

"Okay... that's good!" Under Yang Biao's chicken soup, Liu Xie's hoarse voice finally showed a gratified smile.

But at this time...

"Report...report...not good, Your Majesty, not good!"

An eunuch broke into the Changle Palace in a scrambling manner. "Cao Cao led [-] infantry to meet Li Jue and Guo Si's [-] cavalry!"

As soon as this statement comes out…

"Not good!" The faces of the courtiers changed drastically. "The western suburbs of Luoyang are plains. How can the infantry stop the cavalry? I'm afraid... the two thieves, Li and Guo, are coming after us!"

"Eh... eh..."

"If the two thieves Li and Guo enter Luoyang again, I'm afraid it's... Your Majesty..."

The sound of continuous turning came out...

Liu Xie, who was originally in a slightly bright mood, suddenly turned pale as paper.

"Aiqing, Aiqing...what should I do? What...what should I do?"

Unfortunately…

At a time like this, the enemy is at the forefront, who cares about answering His Majesty's questions?
The entire Changle Palace was in chaos...

"Hey, hey... There is no way to go to heaven, and no way to go down to earth!"

"I will escort the emperor back to Luoyang, and the two thieves, Li and Guo, will definitely tear me into pieces!"

Even Taiwei Yang Biao, who was always calm, panicked.

He looked into the void and shouted...

"Ancestors, open your eyes and look at the descendants of your dynasty? You... you can bless them!"

The voice just fell...

"Great joy, great joy..."

Another eunuch rushed in. "Rescue soldiers, rescue soldiers...Our rescue soldiers stopped Li Jue, and Li Jue's army withdrew...withdrew!"

what?

Yang Biao was taken aback by these words, and then hurriedly knelt down towards Liu Xie. "Your Majesty, the ancestor has appeared, the ancestor has appeared!"

The emperor Liu Xie also cheered up all of a sudden. "Retired? Really retired the two thieves Li and Guo?"

"Your Majesty!" The little eunuch just walked in, and fell to his knees with a "plop". "It's Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, he...his [-] infantry in the vanguard retreated Li Jue's [-] cavalry without bloodshed, your majesty, your majesty...now...now there are no pursuers behind your majesty!"

This little eunuch is about to cry...

They are the lowest eunuchs who know how difficult the journey is, how much hardship they have suffered, and how many times their lives are hanging by a thread.

Crying, at this moment...he really burst into tears.

Of course, he was not the only eunuch who burst into tears?

At this moment, the emperor and all the officials were crying...

Yang Biao said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the one who saved His Majesty was not Yuan Shao, who was the closest to Luoyang and received the favor of the emperor, nor Liu Biao, the patriarch of the Han family, but Cao Cao... but Caozhou Mu! Your Majesty, this is a poor family. Dutiful son, this is a loyal minister in trouble!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...Caozhou Mu will come later, you must give him a few words of praise!"

"I know!" Hearing that Li Jue had retreated, Liu Xie immediately gained confidence and stood up. "I can distinguish loyalty from traitors, and I will reward him heavily!"

Speaking of here…

Liu Xie turned around. "All my lovers change my clothes, I want to wait decently for the loyal Cao Cao of the big man to see me!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the lovers became flustered.

"Update your majesty, quickly... change your majesty's clothes quickly."

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Yanzhou, Chenliu County, Caifu.

In the courtyard outside the study, Lu Yu was lying on a reclining chair, basking in the sun, and counting the time with his fingers. Now, it has been more than a month since Cao Jun entered Luoyang westward, and it will be more than a month since Long Xiao camp conquered Runan County.

The news of the recovery of Runan County came early in the morning. According to the speed of the "Thousand Mile Horse" Cao Xiu's advance, it's almost...the Longxiao Battalion should have arrived in Luoyang, right?
Then...he seems to have to go to Xudu.

Just thought of this...

"My lord, outside the door, Xu Chu from Runan County is asking to see you..." Dian Wei clasped his hands and said...

Uh...Xu Chu?
Lu Yu rolled his eyes, and in his impression, after the capture of Runan County, Cao Ren sent Li Dian to lead troops to Runan County to preside over the overall situation.

When General Li Dian arrived in Runan, it was natural for Xu Chu and his two thousand volunteers to return to Chenliu County.

actually…

Lu Yu's calculations were still somewhat biased. Of the two thousand volunteer soldiers, fifteen hundred of them had been reorganized into the Yanzhou army, and the only remaining five hundred were the strong men from Qiaopei Xujiazhuang. They were led by Xu Chu to Chenliu County. , Waiting for Lu Yu's arrangement.

"Dian Dutong, let him in!"

Lu Yu immediately ordered... As soon as he said the words, he thought of something again. "By the way, prepare some meals, the amount should be larger!"

"Here!" Dian Wei nodded and went to make arrangements.

Not long after, Xu Chu stepped into the courtyard, at this time Lu Yu had already stood up from the reclining chair...

Before Xu Chu could speak, Lu Yu said first, "Xu Zhuangshi, I have admired you for a long time! Recently, how are your brothers in Xujiazhuang eating well?"

Well…

Originally, Xu Chu was a little surprised to see Lu Yu, after all... under the name of Long Xiao Battalion resounding throughout Kyushu, even the name of Lu Yu, the commander of Long Xiao Battalion, is also extremely resounding.

But...the one in front of him is obviously a beautiful boy, or...a young man who doesn't seem to be very good at fighting?

With his small stature, can he manage the heroic division of the Long Xiao Battalion?

Xu Chu scratched his head, somewhat surprised...

However, when Lu Yu blurted out the words "Brothers eat well", Xu Chu immediately felt a lot closer.

Of course he wouldn't know...

Lu Yu didn't manage the Long Xiao Battalion out of bravery at all...

The soldiers were completely convinced by him because of the clear rewards and punishments, and the three catties of grain and one catty of meat per person every day!

"Xu Chu from Qiao County pays homage to Mr. Lu!" Xu Chu immediately bowed his hands...

"Xu Zhuangshi, don't be so polite!" Lu Yu smiled slightly and helped Xu Chu up. "You haven't answered me yet? How are you guys eating recently?"

"Okay, great!" Xu Chu nodded. "General Cao Xiu left a large amount of food before he left, which can relieve the 'croaking' stomachs of the brothers!"

"It's just... I heard that in the entire Cao camp, only the Longxiao camp can eat three catties of grain and one catty of meat per person per day. Therefore, I, Xu Chu, want to bring my brothers from Xujiazhuang to join the Longxiao camp, but I don't know. Will Mr. Lu accept me!"

Five hundred strong men from Xujiazhuang?
Join the Longxiao Camp?
When Xu Chu blurted out these words, Lu Yu rolled his eyes...

Of course, if Xu Chu and the five hundred warriors from Xu's family village join the Long Xiao camp, then...it will be like adding wings to a tiger to the Long Xiao camp, but...after all, they are in the Cao camp, and the tree is so big!
It would be bad if this matter got to Lao Cao's ears and made him feel that he had some unreasonable thoughts.

Although Lao Cao also said before that he would not be suspicious of Lu Yu, but...the world is so sophisticated, and one should pay more attention to how one behaves in the world.

Unnecessary suspicion must be avoided...

In other words, the Longxiao Battalion can only maintain the original establishment for the time being, and it is not easy to be too ostentatious.

but…

Three catties of grain, one catty of meat... In addition to Longxiao camp, it may not be impossible to build a new camp.

Hmm... That's right, why did I forget the "Hu Ben Camp"!

"Cough cough..."

With a light cough, Lu Yu smiled and said, "Xu Zhuangshi, if I tell you that there is a camp, if you join in, the task is to protect the safety of one person, but each person can eat three catties of grain and two catties of meat every day, are you going Or not?"

Huo... three catties of grain, two catties of meat!
Meat...meat!
Xu Chu's eyes were shining... "Except for Longxiao Camp, is there such a good place in Cao Ying?"

"Isn't it..." Lu Yu smiled slightly. "Following this person is more popular and delicious than following me...Of course, the responsibility will be heavier."

Anyway, the Long Xiao Battalion couldn't accommodate these five hundred strong men!
Simply, Lu Yu made a favor and sent Xu Chu to Cao Cao to establish a Huben Army to protect Lao Cao's safety.

What's more, after welcoming the emperor, Lao Cao's position is very dangerous!

Lu Yu thought about it, Lao Cao would probably be assassinated no less than Dong Zhuo in his life... He was going to be cold, where would Lu Yu go to eat delicious and spicy food?
For this reason, it is still reasonable to hand over Xu Chu and the five hundred strong men to Lao Cao.

Besides, both Lao Cao and Xu Chu missed Lu Yu's favor!
thought…

When three catties of grain and two catties of meat were offered as chips, Xu Chu should have agreed immediately.

Unexpectedly, Xu Chu shook his head. "Isn't it just an extra catty of meat? I'm still willing to join the Longxiao camp. It's a beautiful place. It's good to say to outsiders, 'I'm from the Longxiao camp'!"

Hey…

Lu Yu suddenly discovered that Xu Chu and Dian Wei still had a little bit of difference. Dian Wei just had to be fed, but Xu Chu had to be fed...to save face!
Such a thick skin, I can't see it!

Before Lu Yu could open his mouth, Xu Chu continued: "I decided before I came here. In this Cao camp, we will either join the Long Xiao camp and serve Mr. Lu, or we will directly take orders from Mr. Cao. Others... we will not Serve!"

Ha ha…

Hearing this, Lu Yu laughed and patted Xu Chu on the shoulder.

"This time, you really got your wish! Hahahaha..."

"Go, call your brothers to accompany me to do things!"

"Ah...what's the matter?" Xu Chu was confused and asked quickly.

"Moving, to Xu County! Ah no, to be precise, moving to Xudu!" Lu Yu blinked his eyes, "Let's go...you can eat meat in Xudu!"

I was worried that the Longxiao Battalion was sent out, and there was no one to escort these palace artifacts and sundries to Xudu!

The size and length of Xu Chu and the five hundred strong men in Xujiazhuang were just right.

Ha ha…

Thinking of this, Lu Yu smiled slightly.

Presumably, in Luoyang Changle Palace, Lao Cao will give His Majesty a small surprise...

However, the big surprise is still in Xu Capital City!

Lu Yu thought, when the emperor's sage arrived in Xudu, he would be very pleasantly surprised.

Of course…

This surprise will eventually turn into a tragic story.

The so-called - the person who treats you best now will definitely hurt you the most in the future!
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(End of this chapter)