The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 264
Lu Bu captured Chaohu, not only recruiting Zheng Bao's soldiers and horses, but also recruiting the water bandits in Chaohu.

Xu Ducai Cao Cao got the news not long after.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia are playing chess in the gazebo in the back garden of the Cao family.

"My lord seems to be absent-minded." Guo Jia took a breath and asked Cao Cao, "Did you think about Lu Fengxian again?"

"Aside from him, who else can bother me so much?" Cao Cao said, "In the first battle of Xiapi, I planned to destroy him, but I never thought that he could burn our army's food and grass and escaped death. "

"Didn't Mr. Cao also have a chance to kill him later?" Guo Jia smiled slightly and asked Cao Cao, "Could it be that it's because you love talent that you don't want to kill him?"

"Love talent?" Cao Cao shook his head, "I dare not love someone like Lu Fengxian."

"He took Huainan first, and then took Lujiang. Just because Sun Bofu was captured, the Sun family in Jiangdong has also joined." Guo Jia said: "Today's Lu Fengxian is very different from before."

"Feng Xiao is right." Cao Cao frowned, and said to Guo Jia: "Lu Bu returned to Xuzhou and passed through Chaohu Lake on the way. Just because Zheng Bao's men were unfavorable to the two women around him, he killed Zheng Bao and captured them. Chaohu. Now that the water bandits have been recruited, it will be very detrimental to us to let him continue to grow."

"The situation is not good for my lord." Guo Jia shook his head and sighed softly.

Cao Cao's expression was very bad, and he asked Guo Jia, "Is there any way to break Feng Xiao?"

"I just want to ask my lord one thing." Guo Jia asked, "Are there any tyrannical gentry around Xuzhou?"

Cao Cao thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "There really aren't any tyrannical gentry around Xuzhou..."

"Since there is no such thing, if Lu Bu wants to expand his power, which direction will he choose?" Guo Jia asked again.

"Two directions." Cao Cao replied: "First, he led an army to attack me and seized territory from me. Second, he led an army northward to attack Yuan Benchu. Yuan Benchu ​​defeated Yi Jing, and Gongsun Zan burned himself to death. He If you want to expand, you have to go south. But I can go east, or go north, and I can attack Liu Jingsheng in the south..."

"My lord, do you think this situation is beneficial or unfavorable?" Guo Jia smiled lightly.

"Facing enemies on all sides, it seems that only my side is the most disadvantaged." Cao Cao asked, "Does Feng Xiao think that I am now in a dead end?"

"I don't think my lord is in a deadlock, but I just feel that the grievances between my lord and the Yuan family can be put aside for now." Guo Jia said: "Lü Bu voted for Yuan Shao back then, and Yuan Shao found out that he had a secret plan and planned to send troops to crusade against him. Because of fear, Lu Bu led his troops and fled to Xuzhou to join Liu Xuande who was in Xuzhou at the time. Yuan Benchu ​​hated him more than his lord."

"Feng Xiao means..." Cao Cao already understood Guo Jia's intentions, so he asked him for confirmation.

Guo Jia replied: "My meaning is very simple, that is, unite with Yuan Benchu, first destroy Lu Bu, and then the Cao and Yuan families will consider fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains. With Lu Bu around, my lord and Yuan Benchu ​​will have trouble sleeping and eating."

"Who is suitable to send?" Cao Cao asked.

"Of course I will go." Guo Jia replied: "I also worked under Yuan Benchu, and I have some friendship with the people under his command. Xu You, Yuan Benchu's subordinate, is greedy for money and profit, but he can be used."

Guo Jia recommended himself and planned to go to Hebei in person. Cao Cao frowned tightly, thought for a moment and said to him, "Feng Xiao can't go, it's better to arrange someone else."

"Except for me, there is no other person who is more suitable." Guo Jia said: "I only ask the Lord to give me one person."

"Who does Fengxiao want?" Cao Cao asked over and over again, but he really didn't think of a more suitable person.

"Xu Zhongkang." Guo Jia said, "With him by my side, forgive Yuan Benchu ​​for not daring to do anything to me."

Although Guo Jia's words were very affirmative, Cao Cao still had doubts: "I'm not worried that Feng Xiao won't be able to persuade Yuan Benchu, but I'm just worried that if you go, he will be against you. After all, you are the person I rely on. It's like cutting off one of my arms."

"Don't worry, my lord!" Guo Jia stood up and bowed to Cao Cao: "I will definitely live up to my mission! Yuan Benchu ​​will definitely not harm me!"

Lu Bu has indeed become Cao Cao's confidant. Although he is attached to Cao Cao in name, Cao Cao knows very well that if he grows up for a while, the attachment relationship will disappear.

Lu Bu must be restrained before that, so that he cannot grow calmly.

It would be best to wipe him out and erase him from the world, so that Cao Cao would feel at ease.

"Go to Fengxiao." Cao Cao confessed: "When you arrive in Yecheng, you must be careful."

"Thank you, my lord, for reminding me!" Guo Jia thanked Cao Cao.

Lu Bu's power grew faster and faster, and Cao Cao also knew that it had reached an important juncture that must be eradicated.

The battle between him and Yuan Shao was on the verge of breaking out, and the situation that was about to start a big battle gradually became more subtle because of Lu Bu's rise.

Farewell to Cao Cao, without any delay, Guo Jia immediately went to find Xu Chu and rushed to Yecheng with him.

When Guo Jia found Xu Chu, Xu Chu had already received Cao Cao's order.

Of course, without any hesitation, he followed Guo Jia out of Xudu.

When Cao Cao sent Guo Jia to Yecheng, Yuan Shao also summoned several trusted aides in Yecheng, Hebei, to discuss with them how to deal with Lu Bu.

In addition to Yuan Shao's staff, Liu Bei, who had voted under his account, also participated in the court discussion.

Yuan Shao is a few years older than Cao Cao.

Born in the north, his physique is more burly, and it is easier for people to feel the unique atmosphere of a hero.

"Lv Bu has been booming in the Jianghuai area recently, have you heard of it?" Yuan Shao asked, looking around at everyone's faces.

Except for Liu Bei, all the people sitting here are important figures in Hebei. Of course, they got the information about Lu Bu.

"My lord, if you ask this, do you still have some grudges against Lu Bu?" A person seated raised his fists and asked Yuan Shao.

This person has a square face, giving people a feeling that he is upright and not tactful.

He was appointed by Yuan Shao's former counselor.

Because of the integrity of the trial and appointment, Yuan Shao never handled things for personal gain, so Yuan Shao entrusted him with the execution of Hebei's government orders.

It is precisely because of this that he has offended many officials big and small in Hebei, and his reputation in Yecheng is not very good.

No matter how bad the word of mouth is, it can't stop Yuan Shao from trusting him!

Asked by the judge, Yuan Shao replied: "Back then Lu Bu served under my tent, and he fought bravely with the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan. It was only later that I tried to plot against me secretly, so I drove him away. I didn't expect that he has become stronger now. We have come to such a situation!"

(End of this chapter)