Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 306

After Sun Ce and Liu Bei understood Cao Cao's intentions,
They politely declined Cao Cao's invitation to stay with them "for a late-night snack before leaving", and rushed back to their camp overnight.

Without it, both of them had the idea of ​​marching into Runan overnight and taking Yuan Shu's head to win the first victory in their hearts, so they didn't want to delay even a second.

After Sun and Liu left in a hurry, Cao Cao asked the three military advisers in the big tent, "Who do you think will be our biggest threat in the future, Sun Ce or Liu Bei?"

Xun You and Cheng Yu glanced at each other's dark circles, and said in unison, "Sun Ce!"

As for Jia Xu, he seemed to be sleeping with his eyes closed, but his mind was running at high speed, thinking about how Lu Yan transmitted the information to the city.

Cao Cao has already learned what happened between Lu Yan and the three of them last night,
At this moment, he glanced at Jia Xu with a haggard face, and couldn't bear to ask him any more questions. Cao Cao even complained to Lu Yan in his heart: "Mr. Lu, you are committing a crime!"

Undoubtedly, both Xun You and Cheng Yu answered Sun Ce, and Jia Xu probably thought so too.

This is not because of their lack of intelligence and strategy, but because of the current development situation and the potential shown by individuals, it is true that Sun Ce's side has firmly gained the upper hand.

In history, Liu Bei also gradually became famous after he was recognized by the emperor and became the emperor's uncle; as for him now, in many eyes, there is probably nothing too noteworthy.

But Cao Cao firmly remembered Lu Yan's words. He firmly believed that Liu Bei would be his biggest threat in the future!

After letting the three advisers go back to rest, Cao Cao has made up his mind at this moment:

When Liu Bei sends troops to Runan, he will appoint a new Xuzhou shepherd in the name of the emperor, and take Guangling County into his own hands.

As for Liu Bei,

If Liu Bei and Sun Ce can successfully win Yuan Shu in the end, he will promote Liu Bei to an official in the name of the emperor, but he will not return to Guangling, just stay in Xuchang.

If it is not won, then it will be easier to deal with Liu Bei
The first year of Jian'an, at the end of July.

Cao Cao countered Lei Bo, broke through and occupied Shouchun City.

Cao Jun took this as a springboard and sent troops to wipe out the remaining Yuan Shu forces in Huainan County. So far, the rich Huainan County has been completely taken into Cao Cao's pocket.

After Cao Cao's army left, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin were left in Shouchun City by Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun was appointed as the Governor of Huainan, responsible for governing this area that was almost devastated by Yuan Shu.

As for Lu Yan, he bid farewell to Cao Cao and returned to Chenliu County as soon as Shouchun City was broken.

This time I came out for a few months,
Look at Xuzhou, where the people's livelihood is in decline, and Huainan, where the people are struggling to make a living. When he came back and saw the bustling Chenliu, Lu Yan suddenly felt as if he had passed away.

The world is not peaceful yet, comrades still need to work hard!
Now under the rule of Cao Cao, not to mention all, at least the people in most areas can live and work in peace and contentment.

There are fields to grow and food to eat. Occasionally, the government will recruit workers to build infrastructure, and the common people can also take advantage of the slack time to earn some extra money to subsidize their families.

Moreover, under Cao Cao's rule, farmers' taxes have been reduced from four out of ten taxes to two out of ten taxes, and the happiness of the people is almost full.

Compared with the huge tax revenue brought by commerce, the grain tax for farmers has really become less important.

It was also after seeing the huge amount of tax brought by business that Cao Cao realized how stupid he was to exempt Chen Liu from business tax for a few years, and how foolish that guy Lu Yan was.
It is precisely because of the huge profits brought by business that even the officials in the imperial court only come out occasionally to blow the wind and talk about some dirty phenomena that do exist in business.

After all, no one wants to live a good life. Although businessmen do have many problems, they are still looked down upon by many people.

But compared to the contempt and scorn in the early years, at least now everyone can maintain the most basic respect and politeness after meeting.

Lu Yan, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Huang Zhong returned to Chenliu with the cavalry trained by Chenliu County.

Wei Yan was officially taken away by Cao Cao, and he should form an army alone in the future.

There were 700 cavalry at the time of the expedition, but there were only more than [-] when they returned, and [-] altars of ashes.

Back in Chenliu County, Lu Yan and the others did not immediately go back to the city to rest. Instead, regardless of their fatigue, they immediately came to the Garden of Loyalty outside the city for the fallen soldiers.

Lu Yan stood at the forefront, in front of him was a table with sacrificial offerings, and a huge stone tablet more than two meters high and one meter wide behind the table.

This stele has no names on it yet, but it won't be long before there are hundreds of names on it
Looking back beyond this wordless tablet, there are several other stone tablets that are exactly the same as the current one.It's just that the names of the fallen soldiers had already been engraved on those several stone tablets, and two stone tablets were even engraved with densely packed names, almost occupying both sides of the stone tablet.

Looking at the tall and solemn stone monuments, Lu Yan couldn't help recalling the unforgettable battles one by one, and the extremely tragic scenes, and occasionally recalled the war scenes in his dreams.

In the battle between Yingchuan County and Yuan Shu, Chen Liujun showed his peerless demeanor to the world for the first time.

In that battle, since most of Chen Liu's soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time, it was also the battle with the highest death rate among many battles.

The first battle of Chen Liu's soldiers,
In order to win, the soldiers knew that the battlefield was dangerous, but they still didn't hesitate at all. They rushed to the battlefield without hesitation, and no one flinched!
On the stone tablet representing this battle, the names of more than 8000 soldiers were engraved, but there are still a small number of people who did not even leave their names
Lu Yan looked back a little further, and what he saw was when Lu Bu invaded Yanzhou, Chen Liu's army supported Juancheng in the first battle.

On it are the names of thousands of soldiers.

Then there is Sizhou, and finally there is this stele representing the battle between Xuzhou and Huainan.

Now these 200 people are just cavalry. When Tai Shici returns, he will have a list of three or 400 people killed in battle.
Lu Yan lit three sticks of incense, followed by Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Huang Zhong.

Just as they were about to start the sacrificial process, an anxious shout suddenly came from a distance, "Longevity! You didn't call me for such a big event as paying homage to soldiers!"

hear the voice,
Lu Yan and the others stopped what they were doing, and then turned their heads to look at Guo Jia, who was running towards him profusely.

Riding horses is prohibited in Zhonglie Garden, and Guo Jia rushed all the way to the gate.

"Ha~~~ha~~~" Guo Jia supported his legs and knees, panted heavily with his tongue out, and said, "It's okay to catch up. I caught up!"

Facing his friend, Lu Yan said very seriously: "No noise is allowed in Zhonglie Garden!"

Guo Jia didn't refute, let alone raise an argument, he just nodded his head as a matter of course, and said, "I know, I will go to the barracks to get twenty army sticks after the sacrifice is over."

Even though he knew that he would be punished for this, Guo Jia did not want to miss the opportunity to sacrifice to the fallen soldiers.

Lu Yan nodded, said nothing more, and handed Guo Jia three sticks of incense with his own hands.

Guo Jia took the incense, stood behind Lu Yan, stood in a row with Zhao Yun and others and began to sacrifice.

What Guo Jia didn't notice was that the soldiers standing behind him looked at his back with softer eyes.

(End of this chapter)