Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 920 Cao Cao Returns
Seeing the team marching with banners covering the sky, Dong Cheng couldn't help flashing a trace of happiness in his eyes.

Cao Cao finally defeated Chen Liu's Zhang Miao, and in mid-October, the army returned to the court-this result was both expected and unexpected by everyone.

It is expected that Zhang Miao will not be able to support himself alone, and he will definitely lose to Cao Cao's army.Unexpectedly, it took Cao Cao only one month to fully recover Chenliu County.

In fact, this battle can be included in the classic tactics of the late Han Dynasty and used as research materials: Cao Cao did not rush down to attack Chenliu when he had an absolute advantage.Instead, Xia Houyuan was used as a partial teacher to attack Chenliu's grain road back and forth.But Cao Ren's main force firmly restrained Chen Liu's main force, dragging Zhang Miao to exhaustion.In the end, Cao Cao's army was still staring at the sidelines, making a lot of noise and making full use of psychological warfare.When the entire Chenliu County army was devastated and the city was full of mutiny, Cao Cao's three-way army rushed down and directly captured Zhang Miao alive.

But at this time, Cao Cao did another thing that shocked the world.After completely regaining Chenliu County, Cao Cao did not massacre the Zhang family.Instead, he wrote to ask the emperor to pardon Zhang Miao for his crime of rebellion, and to take up the post of Yilang in Xuchang.For this reason, Yuan Shao was also very dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and scolded Cao Cao as a generation of "perfidious and reckless".

It was not once or twice that Yuan Shao uttered such insulting words to Cao Cao.Until Cao Cao supported the emperor and had a sharp weapon against Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao still did not place Cao Cao as an opponent on the same level.And Zhang Miao can be said to be the chief culprit of Yuan Cao's rebellion.

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Zhang Miao have been friends since they were young. Zhang Miao helped Yuan Shao plan to kill Dong several times. , accused Yuan Shao many times, which made Yuan Shao dissatisfied.After Yuan Shao supported Cao Cao's entry into Yanzhou, he asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao always refused.After Cao Cao defeated Zhang Miao this time, instead of pleasing Yuan Shao, he even put aside his personal grievances, which naturally made Yuan Shao even more dissatisfied with Cao Cao, claiming to attack Cao Cao, a usurper.

It can be said that the Yuan and Cao families have finally entered the moment of face-to-face battle.

The reason why Yuan Shao dared to do this was because he already had spare energy, but he put it completely above Yanzhou - Gongsun Zan of Youzhou raised fire from his grave, and the power of Youzhou fell into Yuan Shao's hands!
At that time, Gongsun Zan was huddled in the tower of Yijing. Heishan Commander Zhang Yan and Gongsun Xu led [-] troops to rescue Gongsun Zan in three ways.Before the reinforcements arrived, Gongsun Zan secretly sent a letter to Gongsun Xu, asking him to lead [-] cavalry in Beixi and raise torches in response, and Gongsun Zan went out to fight from inside the city.Unexpectedly, this secret letter was robbed by Yuan Shao, so he planned to raise the torch as scheduled.Gongsun Zan thought that rescue had arrived, so he led his troops to attack.Yuan Shao set up an ambush to attack Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan was defeated and returned to the city to stand firm.

At the same time, the [-] troops who were calling each other from afar, but due to the temporary withdrawal of the Xianbei tribe in Budugen, Zhang Yan also stopped halfway.Overjoyed, Yuan Shao dug a tunnel to the tower below Gongsun Zan's city, destroyed its watchtower, and gradually reached the central mound.Gongsun Zan knew that he would be defeated. He first killed his wife, children, and sisters, and then set fire to his own grave.

For Yuan Shao, this victory was tantamount to picking up the pie that fell from the sky - if there was no sudden withdrawal of Bu Dugen and Zhang Yan's three-way army, the two families would definitely fall into a stalemate for a long time.But things turned unexpectedly, so that Yuan Shao completely got rid of the serious trouble in his heart almost effortlessly.

As a result, Yuan Shaozhi was complacent, and while recovering the remnants of Gongsun Zan along the way, he continued to curse Cao Cao in Yanzhou. On the surface, Yuan Shao was still as arrogant as usual, but in fact, Yuan Shao's focus strategy had changed. When he arrived in Yanzhou, what he did was just an excuse for Yuan Shao to conquer Cao Cao in the future.

Helpless, it was already winter, and both families were in a period of weakness after the war.Apart from the war of words, no real tricks have been seen.However, the sky in Jiyanxu Sanzhou at this time is already covered with clouds, as if a winter blizzard is coming soon!

It can be said that Cao Cao, who returned to Xuchang, should feel extremely uncomfortable.

Therefore, everyone in the Sikong Mansion was discussing, but no one dared to speak loudly.Doubt, anger, secret joy, and confusion were intertwined in Xu Du's big cauldron, and the stored heat made the water temperature in the cauldron slowly rise.The reason why the water in this tripod has not yet boiled is because Cao Sikong who is sitting upright has not yet said a word.

For the Cao family, Yuan Shao's reprimand this time was definitely not as simple and easy to deal with as usual.

It can be said that Cao Cao took advantage of Yuan Shao's lack of time to squeeze out all the oil and water he could squeeze from Yuan Shao.But for Yuan Shao, there was never any return. This time, Yuan Shao was about to stabilize the north, and any fool could figure out what Yuan Shao would do to the Cao family next.

Everyone is waiting to see how Cao Cao will deal with this difficult situation.

"Everyone, these days have been hard work." Cao Cao said calmly as if he looked at the people below.In his demeanor, there was no trace of fear or worry, but instead, there was a look of success in a plot.

The people who are qualified to be in this room are all Cao Zhongchen, generals, and local governors of nearby counties who stayed in Xudu.Everyone waited solemnly and nervously for Cao Cao's next words, and the room seemed very quiet.Cao Cao looked around, his majestic eyes made everyone who touched them tremble.Afterwards, his eyes finally settled on Xi Zhicai.

It wasn't until this time that everyone realized that Xi Zhi's face was also extremely calm.There is no sense of urgency that the mountains and rains are about to come, and the building seems to be leisurely waiting for Cao Cao's next step to hear the news.

"Zhicai, Zhang Yan's sudden withdrawal of troops, how is the investigation going?"

"My lord, Zhang Yan's withdrawal was entirely due to Bu Dugen's departure before the battle. And Bu Dugen's departure before the battle was due to turmoil in his base camp." Xi Zhicai raised the information in his hand, and he The tone of voice is always neither hurry nor hurry.

"Oh," Cao Cao nodded without expressing any opinion, waiting for Xi Zhicai's next explanation.

"On the second day of Budugen's expedition, the Tuoba tribe, who had always been friends with Budugen, suddenly sent troops to attack the Budugen tribe, annexed many small tribes on the edge of Budugen, and even assassinated them secretly. There are many family members of senior generals in Budugen. The two wars started without warning, and Budugen had to return to the army for rescue."

"If I remember correctly, the Tuoba tribe, which was not well-known two years ago, snowballed into the second force on the Bingzhou grassland after receiving the support of the Ma family, right?" At this time, Cao Cao finally got some interest, raised his head and asked.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in blank dismay: Cao Sikong didn't consider Yuan Shao's monstrous anger, why was he so interested in Yi Rongdi in the north?
"That's right. The Tuoba tribe is as cruel as wolves and vicious as snakes. They implemented the strategy of Shunchang rebellion against all tribes. In just one year, they rose in the territory of the Huns. Afterwards, their influence gradually penetrated into Budugen Xianbei tribe. It is reasonable for the two sides to go to war now."

"Yes, everything is reasonable, but the timing is a bit too weird." Cao Cao chuckled, ignored the surprised eyes of the people below, and continued: "I don't understand why that tribe would live and die in Gongsun Zan. When the time comes, strike back?"

"Naturally, it will affect the whole body. If I guess correctly, it is Ma Chao who secretly helped Yuan Shao and killed Gongsun Zan!" Xi Zhicai sent these words as usual, but the entire hall , but involuntarily let out a sound of inhalation at the same time!

It seems that the matter in front of him is far more serious than Yuan Shao's desire to attack the Cao family!
(End of this chapter)