Xiaoguangong

Chapter 82 Fierce Conspiracy
Cao Cao knew what he was facing now.

When the army was in Jiangling, there were reports of epidemics from time to time, but at that time it was just a sporadic incident, and he didn't take it to heart. After all, it was very normal for the northern army to get sick because of the unacceptable conditions of the thousand-mile expedition.

But this time is different.

After entering Wulin, a large number of Northern Army soldiers began to suffer from serious disease and epidemic reactions, and many of them lost their combat power directly. It was said in the army that this was caused by the local plague god in Jingxiang, and some even said that it was Cao Cao who went south to provoke anger. Jiang Shen was killed, and Cao Jun suffered a catastrophe.

Cao Cao was suspicious. Although he was still calm on the surface, he was really wary of his old classmate in his heart.

The reason why Cai Mao was willing to obey Cao Cao was completely overwhelmed by Cao Cao's powerful troops.Before Cao Ren's big defeat, Cai Mao had already felt Cao Cao's weakness, and began to show a madness to provoke Cao Cao, and took advantage of Guan Ping's freedom of coming and going in Jiangling, and dug Jingzhou Mu from Cao Cao, and gained the power to stabilize Jingzhou.

Now, Cao's army is being attacked by the God of Plague, and the whole army is in panic. What's more terrible is that the surrounding ships are under the control of Cai Hao. Whether this old classmate is willing to fight, and whether he will turn the spearhead to face Cao Cao is another question. question.

So everyone in Cao Cao appreciated Cai Mao's previous battles, gave Cai Mao greater autonomy, prevented Cao Ren from interfering with Cai Mao's decision-making, and urged Cheng Yu to march quickly in order to defeat the Sun-Liu coalition forces head-on.

It can be said that this was the most arduous and useless battle Cao Cao had ever fought in his life. Even when he was in Guandu, he didn't feel such great pressure, but he still believed that he was the final victor.

He has given Cai Mao everything he wanted in the name of the imperial court, and he believes that Cai Mao is definitely not at ease leaving Liu Bei as an enemy in the world.

As long as there is a little hope of eliminating Liu Bei, Cai Mao will do his best. This hope is...

"Prime Minister! Chang Wen's attendant is here!" Xun You, who has always been prudent, quickly opened Cao Cao's military tent, and dragged a soaked man dressed as a fisherman into the tent.

Xu Chu followed behind but did not stop Cao Cao. Cao Cao immediately knew that the good news had come.

"Closing the door!" Cao Cao waved his hand, then rushed to the front, grabbed the fisherman's cold neckline, and said in a trembling voice, "What's the matter, what's the matter!"

After flattening the Yuan family and Liu Biao's death, Cao Cao really believed that the world could be settled, but he never expected that Liu Bei, who had been pushed into a desperate situation by himself, could burst out with such amazing power and drag himself into a desperate situation. Cao Cao has tried his best to keep himself calm these days, but seeing Chen Qun's entourage, he is still unspeakably surprised, and can't wait to seek the long-awaited good news.

The entourage named Chen Gu panicked under Cao Cao's murderous gaze. Xun You held Chen Qun's letter in his hand for him and handed it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao subconsciously took a deep breath, spread the letter, and shook it. After reading the above text under the bright firelight, his hands couldn't help shaking.

"Okay, okay! I didn't expect there to be such a warrior as Yun Tanzhi in the world. With this person, great things can be accomplished alone, and the Han Dynasty can be prosperous!"

Chen Qun's identity as a follower has been recognized by Xun You, and this letter is clearly written by Chen Qun, which clearly stated Yunshan's credit, so Cao Cao couldn't help but praise angrily, and passed the letter to Xun You to watch.

On the road before, when Xun You heard Chen Gu say that Yunshan was besieging Xiakou, and he was gaining the upper hand and did not need reinforcements, he still felt that there were such people in this world, it was my destiny.But when he opened the letter and read it carefully, his face suddenly became gloomy.

Chen Qun's words were full of sarcasm and unwillingness, and there were obviously many secret marks hidden in the style of writing, indicating that this letter was written by force.

Xun You couldn't help sweating profusely, he stretched out his hand to lift Chen Gu's collar, and said coldly, "Say, what's going on?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, and quickly grabbed the letter. This time, he also realized that Chen Qun's words were not in his usual manner.

Could it be... Could it be that Yunshan rebelled?

In front of Cao Cao's murderous eyes, Chen Gu was trembling with fright like chaff. Xun You's delicate face was already full of ferocity, and he almost snarled at Chen Gu's face:
"What's the matter? What's the matter! Tell me!"

The angry roar made everyone in Cao Jun's camp shrink their heads subconsciously. Although they haven't heard Cao Cao's voice yet, everyone knows that this old hero is suppressing his rage.

Although Chen Gu had made adequate preparations before, he was still pale and almost fainted in front of Cao Cao's terrifying eyes. Cao Cao waved his hand to signal Xun You to calm down, and asked Xu Chu to bring wine and food.

Sitting on a hu bed, suppressing the anxiety in his heart, he said in a hoarse voice:
"Tell me, what happened? You tell the truth, and I will never pursue it."

Only then did Chen Gu come back to his senses, he hurriedly kowtowed and wailed:

"Prime Minister, slaves and servants deserve death. Please, Prime Minister, save my master."

Chen Gu told Cao Cao that Yunshan once surrounded Xiakou and launched an attack, but because Zhao Yan from Yingchuan refused to help, Sun Quan's reinforcements finally arrived, and Yunshan was defeated just like Cao Ren was defeated before. Huang Zhong was captured and Chen Qun He also happened to be caught, and now that Yunshan was defeated, he could only retreat back to Shiyang, leaving less than 1000 people in the entire army.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei threatened the master to write a letter to the prime minister to report his safety. For the sake of the master's life, the slaves can only deliver the letter according to their instructions. Please also let the prime minister deal with it lightly."

Yunshan was defeated!

Although he felt inappropriate when he heard that Yunshan attacked Xiakou before, Cao Cao's expectations for Yunshan were getting higher and higher because the battle was going so smoothly. Yunshan's connection defeated Sun Liu in one fell swoop.

But now Yunshan was defeated and even Chen Qun was captured. This was undoubtedly a major blow to Cao Cao's confidence and made the already unclear situation worse.

Xun You's thoughts turned quickly, and he whispered in Cao Cao's ear:
"Prime Minister, Liu Bei captured Changwen but didn't want others to know about it. He must be trying to make a big fuss about Changwen."

Previously, Guan Ping's loyal minister was relatively successful, and the fact that Zhao Yan missed the opportunity to fight was confirmed, so that neither the suspicious Cao Cao nor the witty Xun You thought that it was Yunshan who had the problem.

They continued to interrogate Chen Gu, and Chen Gu took out another piece of silk from his arms with a sad face.

"Before the maidservant left, Fu Canjun gave this to the maidservant, and asked the maidservant to hand it over to Governor Cai Mao. The maidservant guessed that there was some trick in it, so she didn't dare to follow her orders. She wanted to throw it into the river directly, or... or show it to the prime minister. Let's see."

Xun You sneered and said:

"Gongti is resourceful and resourceful. Knowing that you are loyal to Changwen, he will definitely not give this book to Cai Mao. It suits his wishes."

Cao Cao put the letter on the table for Xun You to read together, but they saw that although they all knew the characters in the letter, they couldn't understand it together.

Xun You watched it for a while, and suddenly realized that it might be written based on the pronunciation of the barbarian language in Chu, so he quickly called for Jingzhou soldiers to try to decipher the barbarian language.

But the soldiers all over the world were playing chess, and the illiteracy rate of the Jingzhou army was also very high. There were a few barbarian soldiers, but they didn't know how to translate the text into Chinese, and the situation suddenly became a stalemate.

"How about...let's invite Degui!" Xun You said dejectedly.

The current relationship between Cao Cao and Cai Hao is very delicate, of course he is unwilling to bow his head to Cai Hao, but he judged that there must be something very important in the letter, so he could only nod in desperation:

"Okay, I'll go to Degui Camp personally!"

"Prime Minister..." Xun You said with a wry smile, "I'll go somewhere."

"Go alone, can De Gui still kill me?"

"Prime Minister, forget it, take care of everything."

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That night, Xun You took Fu Xun's letter and rushed to Cai Mao's camp, asking for answers to the letter.

Cai Hao was very polite. He directly called a few Jingzhou soldiers who were proficient in barbaric language. In order to express that he would not interfere, he also asked these Jingzhou soldiers to follow Xun You back to the Cao army camp and answer the contents of the letter in front of Cao Cao. .

Cai Mao's attitude made Cao Cao very happy, but the content of the credibility made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

In the letter, Fu Xun told Cai Mao in despair that he did not want to follow Liu Bei at all, but as Cai Mao said before, Liu Bei's loyal supporters were in the top ranks of Cao Cao's army, which allowed Guan Ping to sneak into Jiangling quickly and kidnap his whole family.

Originally, Yunshan and Huang Zhong's offensive was going smoothly. Fu Xun thought that the day when he could escape was not far away, but he didn't expect that Yunshan and Huang Zhong would make mistakes one after another. Huang Zhong and Chen Qun were captured together, and only Yunshan escaped in a desperate battle. Also because he can't get support, he may not be able to leave Shiyang.

Fu Xun also scolded Cai Mao in the letter for being too foolish and loyal to Cao Cao. Even if Cao Cao didn't kill him, the people Liu Bei arranged around Cao Cao would find a way to get rid of Cai Mao sooner or later.

The soldiers who were in charge of translation turned pale in the end, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again, not daring to say anything. Cao Cao was startled and angry. He suppressed the fear in his heart and said in a trembling voice:
"Keep talking, keep talking, what else is written later?"

Several soldiers couldn't help trembling, and finally translated the following content tremblingly under Cao Cao's repeated persecution.

"The celebrities under Cao Cao look down on Cao Cao, a man of unknown origin, and even more dislike him for always using his own family and Xiahou's family.

After he killed Kong Rong, these celebrities feared that it would be their turn in the future, and began to flirt with Sun Liu long ago, but Cao Cao was still kept in the dark, and even trusted those people more, thinking that they would never rebel. "

"If Degui doesn't leave, it will be Yunshan's fate. Sooner or later, he will be alone and trapped to death. Now that he has fled back to Jiangling, at least he will have a chance to make peace with Liu Bei!"

(End of this chapter)