Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 175
Sleeping mound, Cao Jun camp.

"My lord, Yuan Shu has retreated to defend Shouchun now, and our army's morale is high now, so it's time to go all out and break through Shouchun!" Cao Ren said excitedly to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu was easier to fight than expected. Cao Jun had fought Yuan Shu before. Although he won in the end, it was not easy to win. But this time, Yuan Shu's army was almost defeated in a destructive manner. Yuan Shu became much weaker, not only because the generals were incompetent, but also the morale of the enemy army had a big problem.

"Marching and fighting, guard against arrogance and anger!" Cao Cao smiled and motioned Cao Ren to sit down and talk, and then said: "Shouchun is going to fight this time. This time our army has enough food and grass, but you should know the reason. Yuan Shu wants to fight, and the food and grass We want more, hey..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Cheng Yu hurried in and bowed to Cao Cao, "My lord, Xuzhou sent documents."

"Oh?" Cao Cao reached out to take it, opened it and looked, the smile on his face was still there, but for some reason, Cao Cao's face became a little colder.

"Lu Bu! How dare you do that!" Accompanied by a roar, the smile on Cao Cao's face turned into anger, he slammed the bamboo slips on the table, stood up and cursed: "Slave with three surnames, you are so shameless!"

"..."

Guard against arrogance and anger!my lord!
The generals didn't dare to ask more questions, and kept silent like cicadas.

Cao Cao still felt hesitant, and kicked the table to pieces.

After a long time, Cao Cao calmed down a lot, and sat down with a gloomy face. Cao Ren ordered someone to bring in another table and clean up the debris.

"My lord, what happened?" Cao Ren asked.

Cao Cao didn't speak, but glanced at Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu understood, and sighed: "A month ago, Lu Bu led his army across the Huai River and entered Guangling in the name of crusade against Yuan Shu, but they fought with Chen Deng. This document is to inform My lord, the Chen family colluded with Yuan Shu, intending to rebel, and united with Yuan Shu's Sun Ce to seize Xuzhou. Now that Sun Ce is dead and the Chen family has been destroyed, Lu Bu's army will support our army and use troops against Jiujiang and Lujiang. We invite us to attack Yuan Shu together!"

"This..." Cao Hong frowned and said, "Then Sun Ce has drawn a clear line with Yuan Shu? How can the Chen family be considered colluding with Yuan Shu?"

Cheng Yu was speechless, there is an honest man here!
"In name, Sun Ce just doesn't help each other. It's not wrong to say that he is a general of Yuan Shu's army." In the end, Cheng Yu explained: "The Chen family and Sun Ce have joined forces. In this way, it is acceptable to say that the Chen family and Yuan Shu colluded. .”

"How can this be the same?" Xiahou Dun frowned, isn't that a bit preposterous?

"But logically speaking, Lu Bu is right, and most people in the world will think so. This document Lu Bu has bypassed me and sent it to the court. At this time, the lord is not in the court. If the court admits this, the Chen family is rebellious. It's gone." Having said this, Cheng Yu secretly sighed.

Others didn't know, but as Cao Cao's confidant, Cheng Yu knew that the Chen family had actually voted for Cao Cao secretly. Cao Cao cooperated internally and externally, but Lu Bu took this opportunity to destroy the Chen family.

Lu Bu's courage is not like him!
"My lord, if Lv Bu gets the land of the Jianghuai River, it will be several times more difficult to conquer in the future." Xun You said solemnly after looking at a map for a long time.

The land of Xuzhou, a flat river, is covered by waterways, but it is incomparable with the land of Jianghuai. In addition to winning Yuan Shu in this battle, Cao Cao also intends to bring Jianghuai under control. Now Lu Bu is asking for orders to fight Jiujiang and Lujiang. If he really made it, the Jianghuai land would become Lu Bu's possession.

It will be even more difficult to fight Lu Bu in the future.

Cao Cao also had a headache when he heard the words. The fatal thing was not that Lu Bu wanted to attack the Jianghuai River, but that Yuan Shu's main force was on guard against them. It is said that the possibility of the Jianghuai land being captured by Lu Bu is extremely high!
Cao Cao took the map that Xun You handed over, and did not speak, but silently looked at the location on the map.

"I think it's not the worst thing for Lu Bu to attack Yuan Shu." Guo Jia, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

Cao Cao looked away from the map when he heard this, and looked at Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao thinks this is not the worst?"

Guo Jia nodded and said, "My lord, this time Lu Bu attacked Guangling, it was our army that immediately dispatched troops after the confrontation with Yuan Shu."

Xun You suddenly said: "That is to say, Lu Bu was already prepared, so he was able to send troops so quickly!"

This kind of large-scale use of troops is not a trivial matter. Money, food, and troops need to be prepared in advance. If they had not been prepared, it would be impossible to send troops so quickly.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "This battle started shortly after our army dispatched troops. The Chen family joined hands with Jiangdong Sun Ce. In less than a month, they have already conquered Guangling. When did Lu Bu have such courage?"

Based on Cao Cao's understanding of Lu Bu, Chen Deng only needs a letter, which may make Lu Bu vacillate. In this battle, Lu Bu hardly hesitated. Is this the Lu Bu that Cao Cao knew?
"In the past, Lv Bu was brave and intrepid, doubtful and decisive, with peerless bravery, but no rules at all, but now..." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao: "Lv Bu seems to be quite orderly, knowing what he wants, so Lv Bu , Ten times stronger than Lu Bu before!"

This is not ten times stronger in terms of force. In the past, Lu Bu had no clear goal and was in a daze. If any counselor came over and said something that seemed to be beneficial, but in fact it was only a small profit in front of him, Lu Bu would change his mind. However, today's Lu Bu's goal is very clear, which is to suppress the gentry and win over the small rich and the common people. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult for anyone to say that something that is contrary to his goal will succeed.

A Lu Bu with a clear goal is much more difficult to deceive than a Lu Bu who has no ambitions and is muddle-headed.

In fact, the truth is the same for everyone. In other words, everyone has a similar experience. From being muddled to suddenly awakening, having a direction in life and understanding the rules of the world, others think it is a sudden change of temperament, but in reality In essence, it means that they suddenly figured it out psychologically, but some people figured it out very early, some people did it very late, and some people didn't figure it out all their lives.

Cao Cao nodded and said, "What Feng Xiao said is true. During this battle, what Lu Bu did was exactly the same as what he did in Xiapi. What a pity Yuanlong..."

Chen Deng was a counselor that Cao Cao was very optimistic about, and he was also a dark son buried in Xuzhou. He didn't want to be wiped out by Lu Bu before he had time to work. Cao Cao really felt sorry for Chen Deng's loss.

"My lord." Cao Ren saluted Cao Cao, "Why don't you use this as an excuse to discuss Lu Bu first?"

Now that Lv Bu is in the Jianghuai area, if he sends a brigade of partial divisions to attack Xiapi, there will inevitably be problems in Lv Bu's rear. As a result, Lv Bu will naturally have no time to worry about conquering Huainan.

When Cao Cao heard this, his heart moved. This is indeed an opportunity, and Lu Bu's rear is empty.

But on the surface, the two sides are still allies, so it's inappropriate for him to do this matter. After all, Lu Bu is still following his order to seek thieves.

"This matter cannot be done by our army." Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Master, you can disclose this matter to Liu Bei, Liu Bei and the Chen family are inseparable, if you hear about this matter, maybe you will take the initiative to ask for an attack on Xuzhou without your order. "

Before Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to crusade against Xuzhou several times, Liu Bei showed reluctance. Now that the Chen family has been destroyed by Lu Bu, Liu Bei naturally has enough reasons to attack Lu Bu, and if the crusade is successful, Liu Bei may regain Xuzhou However, judging from the current situation, Liu Bei's Xuzhou is better than Lu Bu's Xuzhou.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, looked at Cheng Yu and said, "Does Zhong De want to use the strategy of driving away wolves and tigers?"

Cheng Yu nodded and said: "The tiger and the wolf fight, and the lord benefits. If the tiger is allowed to continue to be so rampant, I'm afraid it will feed the tiger!"

Cao Cao nodded, handed the document to Cheng Yu and said, "Let Zhongde handle this matter."

"Here!" Cheng Yu took the document and bowed to leave.

This time against Yuan Shu, Liu Bei naturally participated in the battle with the army. After all, Yuan Shu was blatantly overstepping. People kill the most ruthlessly.

Hearing that Cheng Yu was coming, Liu Bei rushed out of the camp to meet him.

"I heard that Mr. Xuande and Mrs. Chen have a lot of friendship?" Cheng Yu asked with a smile after the two exchanged a few words.

"Mr. Zhongde said, but the Xuzhou Chen family?" Liu Bei asked.

"Exactly."

"Yuan Long's generosity and humility are rare in the world." Liu Bei smiled.

Cheng Yu's complexion darkened when he heard the words, and he sighed, "Yu came here today to report his worries."

"What do you mean by that, sir?" Liu Bei asked puzzled.

Cheng Yu handed the document to Liu Bei, and sighed: "Mr. Xuande, look at yourself, don't be too sad. Yu still has ordinary things with him, so I can't stay for a long time, so I will leave first."

Liu Bei's crusade against Lu Bu could not be ordered by Cao Cao, but by Liu Bei's request, so Cheng Yu didn't say much about it.

"Brother, what is written in this document?" Zhang Fei asked curiously after Cheng Yu left.

"I don't know." Liu Bei was a little puzzled. He opened the document and read it. After a while, his face turned pale.

"Brother, what happened?" Seeing that Liu Bei's expression was not right, Guan Yu hurriedly asked.

After Liu Bei closed his eyes for a moment, he handed the document to Guan Yu.

"The whole family of the Chen family was wiped out?" Guan Yu was a little surprised.

"It deserves it. If the Chen family was willing to assist their elder brother and deal with Lu Bu together, what happened today!" Zhang Fei scolded disdainfully when he heard the words. The influence of the father and son and the Chen family in Xuzhou helped Liu Bei, so there was no such thing as them being driven out of Xuzhou in embarrassment.

"Yide, don't talk nonsense!" Liu Bei opened his eyes, and his voice was a little harsh.

When Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei like this, he didn't dare to speak...

　I got up late, I didn't have time to update on time, sorry~
　　
　
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