Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 278 Cao Cao's Decision

Xuchang, Sikong Mansion.

When Cheng Yu came to the door in a hurry, he saw Guo Jia walking in with three steps, and could smell the smell of alcohol from a long distance away.

"What time is it, come with me!" Cheng Yu came up to him, grabbed Guo Jia, and walked inside without any explanation.

Cheng Yu was tall and burly, standing in front of Guo Jia, it was like a strong man standing next to a child, but in terms of strength, the thin Guo Jia was obviously far from Cheng Yu's opponent.

"The most important thing is not at this moment!" Guo Jia wanted to resist, but Cheng Yu's strength was so great that his sickly body couldn't resist, and he was dragged away by Cheng Yu speechlessly. As for it?
"There is something wrong with this time. Zhong Yuan has been to the Xuzhou Army camp for several days. According to the past habit, he will send people to report every two days. But now several days have passed, and he has not heard from him. Today There is even an urgent letter from over there, I don’t know what happened!" Cheng Yu said anxiously as he walked: "If there is no accident, then Lu Bu is probably not going to negotiate peace with our army! Zhong Yuanchang is also afraid that something is going to happen. !"

Guo Jia didn't speak any more, and let him drag him into the main hall. Outside the main hall, the two straightened their clothes and walked into the hall, only to see Xun You, Xun Yu, Chen Qun and other civil servants and advisors had already sat down again.

Cao Cao sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression. Seeing the two people coming in, he just nodded slightly to signal them to sit down, without any intention of speaking.

Seeing that everyone had arrived but Cao Cao didn't speak, Xun Yu could only reach out to get the letter paper from Cao Cao's desk, handed the letter paper to Cheng Yu and said, "This is the urgent letter paper sent back today, Nanyang prefect Zhang Xiu led the troops out Lu Yang joined forces with Lu Bu at Heilujian yesterday, although there is no more information yet, but just looking at this situation, one can tell that Lu Bu has the intention of committing a crime."

After carefully reading the letter paper, Cheng Yu raised his head and frowned and said, "Mr. Yuan Chang hasn't returned yet, is there something wrong?"

Cao Cao frowned even tighter. Everyone was not sure about this matter. After all, everyone knew what Zhong Yao was doing.

Although the two armies did not fight each other, if things were revealed and Lu Bu did something in a fit of rage, no one would be surprised. Let alone Lu Bu, anyone who saw through such a strategy would probably be furious.

Cao Cao and the four masterminds kept silent, but everyone in the hall gradually started talking!
"Let's say four are too many. In fact, even if two are discovered, they can be blamed on those women." An official said helplessly.

"How did I hear it was six?" Another official looked at the former in surprise.

"So many?" The latter officials looked at the first two with a face that had never seen the world, apparently they did not expect such a blast.

"I can't help it. Although it was selected by the Zhong family, there are some things that cannot be rejected." The first person who spoke sighed with a sophisticated face. Speaking of these, you help me and I help you will last forever, but to do this, the bottom line is often easy to loosen.

"Hey, if Duke Yuan Chang falls into the hands of thieves because of this, those in charge of the selection of the Zhong family will become big sinners!" The voice sounded a little gloating, after all, one of the bad habits of human beings is that they like to see people have bad luck, and others have bad luck. Just be happy, even if it is not a good thing for me, but I am lighter than you, and there are many people with me, then my happiness will still be there!

Listening to the discussion of these people in the tent, Cao Cao suddenly thought of a serious problem, turned to look at Xun Yu and said, "How many of the women Yuan Chang brought are pregnant?"

Xun Yu shook his head: "This matter is handled by the Zhong family alone, and the gift of the woman is also sent by various officials. I don't know."

Not to mention Xun Yu, I am afraid that Zhong Yao himself is not too clear about other than the concubine he arranged. This matter is handled by the Zhong family. From Zhong Yao's point of view, there should be no problem, but no one Thinking that this thing is actually related to the survival of a large family!

"Go and recruit the person responsible for this matter!" Although Cao Cao said so, he felt a little gloating in his heart. These big clans like to play this trick. This time it's all right, and I will pay for my own family!The depression in my heart somehow dissipated a little.

Although Zhong Yao is a famous Confucian, he has a very high reputation in Yingchuan and even the whole world, but in the Cao Cao Group, he is outside the core group of Cao Cao. It is not because of Zhong Yao's lack of ability, but because Zhong Yao's ideas Those who take the family as the absolute center can work for the court or Cao Cao, but if you choose between the interests of the family and the interests of the court, you must choose the family.

It is naturally difficult for Cao Cao to regard such a person as a confidant, but his reputation and ability are excellent. Cao Cao is half-defending him and half-defending him. When it is not necessary, he will definitely not let Zhong Yao take power.

After a while, the person in charge of selecting beauties from the Zhong family was recruited, and after some questioning, everyone's complexions suddenly became ugly. It is difficult to lie in front of people like Cao Cao, and they can be sure that this person is telling the truth .

So when they learned that all the women Zhong Yao brought were pregnant, the first reaction of all the people present was not anger, but a little dazed, followed by an ugly expression.

"The women are all just pregnant. I thought I couldn't tell. Besides, the husband left in a hurry and didn't have a body test. I don't know that such a big event will happen!" The son of the Zhong family who was in charge of selecting the women looked helpless, but his words More is to shirk responsibility.

"Bastard!" Before Cao Cao could get angry, Chen Qun stood up and cursed, "You know that this action has killed Yuan Changgong!"

According to their plan, one or two is enough, and the others are considered as a cover. Even if they are detected, they can also prevaricate with the excuse of ignorance.

But now there are all [-], but one is found out, so Lu Bu can find out with a random check, and then can he say he doesn't know?I don't know one or two, and I don't know all of them?

This is not insulting Lu Bu, but insulting himself!

How could Zhong Yao make such a big omission?Everyone complained. If the original plan was followed, even if the incident failed, they would not be taken directly. Now... Even if Zhong Yao was divided into pieces by Lu Bu's five horses and then fed to the dogs, they would not be surprised.

"Go down!" Seeing Chen Qun's aggressive posture, Cao Cao didn't want to turn this place into a battlefield, and now is not the time to deal with such small people, so he waved his hand and signaled the Zhong family to leave. He didn't want to talk nonsense about this. Even if there is no such thing, Cao Cao guessed that Lu Bu would not give up, the difference is Zhong Yao's life and death.

From this point of view, Lv Bu has been arguing with them during this period of time, but he has no intention of stopping the army and truce. Even Runan is now almost completely occupied, and a large number of gentry escaped from Runan with their families because of Lu Bu. Many places here are almost becoming refugee camps for nobles who have fled.

I have only heard of refugees before, they are all composed of ordinary people who cannot survive due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, but this is the first time they have seen refugees composed of scholars. More than half of the next [-]% is in Yingchuan. Unless Lu Bu is completely driven out and his laws are abolished, these Runan scholars can be appeased to go back.

Just like Chu Nan is currently taking land from the scholars and being stubbornly resisted by the nobles everywhere, if they take back Runan, overthrow the new policy of Chu Nan, and take back the fields that have been allocated, that is, millions of households in Runan They took the land in their hands, how could these people let them?

Just thinking about these post-war problems gave Cao Cao a headache. As soon as Lu Bu's new policy came out, as long as the land he won, even if he regained it, he would have to work hard to make it safe. This method is simple and rude. Cao Cao has never beaten a famous person like Zhong Yao.

It's really a shit stick. At the beginning, we should have taken Xuzhou first and then Nanyang. Maybe Lu Bu would have disappeared. Today, Cao Cao feels that he took Nanyang first to give Lu Bu more time to develop.

But these thoughts are just thinking about it to relieve anger, Cao Cao is not a person who is good at regretting, what has happened, at most, he will be emotional, and he will never regret it.

Besides, if Xuzhou is really taken first, not to mention whether Zhang Xiu will take the opportunity to attack Xuchang, it is still unknown whether Cao Cao's army can beat Lu Bu!The number one fighter in the world is not called for nothing.

"My lord, punish these thieves severely!" Chen Qun clasped his fists at Cao Cao obviously very angry.

"Forget it, even if there is no such thing, Lu Bu may not treat Yuan Chang kindly! The family history of the Zhong family should be resolved by Zhong Yao himself, we outsiders are not good to interfere!" Cao Cao waved his hand, as to whether the Zhong family will be in chaos because of this, Then it has nothing to do with him, he continued to study the map with everyone, and after a while he said: "Now it seems that Lu Bu is definitely going to be an enemy of our army, what is your best strategy to defeat the enemy?"

Lu Bu's current posture is not well prepared. He wants to win Xuchang. Guo Jia's peace plan obviously failed to work against the ambitious Lu Bu at this time. To be honest, based on everyone's understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu It was unexpected to be able to ignore this plan, but it was precisely because of this that Lu Bu's threat became even greater.

"My lord, now we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. According to my intention, I should stick to Xuchang and wait for reinforcements!" A counselor bowed.

"Where are the reinforcements coming?" Cheng Yu couldn't listen anymore, and frowned, "If the frontline soldiers withdraw, most of Yanzhou will be lost, and Lu Bu's troops will also be greatly increased!"

People like Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren have a large army fighting in front, but they are to block the main force of the Xuzhou army. If they are withdrawn to save Xuchang at this time, it is tantamount to giving up a lot of territory. This release may affect the entire Yanzhou and half of Yuzhou They were all released, and Xuchang was trapped in the end. This time, it was simply waiting for death.

"If you can't defend to death, you can only send troops!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao with a bit of helplessness in his eyes: "My lord, according to Jia's opinion, it's time for a decisive battle with Lu Bu!"

"Feng Xiao's words are very good, everyone, put on your military uniforms and prepare to go out with the drill!"

(End of this chapter)