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Chapter 483 Chaos ([-])

The weather in midsummer can change as soon as it changes.

Originally, the sun was shining brightly, but in the blink of an eye, it became pouring rain.

Cao Cao's mood also became extremely bad.The current situation has changed so fast that Cao Cao and his staff are a little overwhelmed.

Liu Biao suffered a big defeat in February, not to mention the loss of his son Liu Pan's life. The Public Security Water Village was attacked by Dong Xi and Deng Dang, and Cai Mao's Jingzhou Navy was defeated.As a last resort, the Jingzhou Navy withdrew from Wuling, and the waters around Yunmengze had been controlled by Gan Ning's Jinfan Battalion.

This is bad news!

But next, there is good news...

Liu Qian retreated to Nanzhong, borrowed [-] barbarian troops from Nanman King Meng Dan in Jianning, and launched a counterattack against Xichuan!

However, Pang Tong had been prepared for a long time and blocked the attack of the southern barbarian army.And at the end of March, Jia Long, the former vice-captain of the Invincible Army, died of illness suddenly.

Chengdu suddenly had no leader.

Fortunately, when Pang Tong occupied Xichuan, Dong Bi had already transferred Xu Rong, the prefect of Shujun from the Western Regions, to Xichuan.However, Dong Bi did not set up a state shepherd, but ordered Xu Rong to be the military governor of Xichuan to handle all military affairs in Yizhou.The political affairs in Chengdu were temporarily taken care of by Yan Pu, the prefect of Hanzhong.

At least for a while, Xichuan's Invincible Army might not be able to come out of Sichuan!
But the good times didn't last long.Before Liu Biao could catch his breath, Pan Jun, the prefect of Changsha, under Huan Jie's persuasion, announced his surrender to Guanzhong.Immediately afterwards, Shanyue attacked Guiyang again, and the prefect Liu Du was killed by Shanyue leader Xi Ni...but Xi Ni's Shanyue army was annexed by Zhang Ren.

After the Wuxi barbarian army stabilized Wuling, their soldiers pointed directly at Lingling. .

The prefect of Lingling surrendered to Langkai City, and Zhang Renbing occupied Lingling without bloodshed.When Liu Biao heard the news, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.

Take Xiang Lang's younger brother, Xiang Jie, and his family into prison.If Kuai Yue hadn't stopped him, Liu Biao would have killed him on the spot!

The four counties in Jingnan disappeared within ten months...

Then there is good news.Sun Ce of Jiangdong actually gave up his suspicions and ordered Zhou Yu to be the commander of the navy, and sent troops to Jingzhou to assist Liu Biao.After the [-] navy entered Jingzhou, they defeated Gan Ning in three consecutive battles. Gan Ning was forced to gather his troops and retreat to Yunmengze.

Change is so fast!
Cao Cao was still lamenting, but Dong Bi created a Lumen Pavilion in Chang'an, which made all scholars in the world praise Dong Bi.

Just about to try to reduce the impact of this matter on Xuchang... Pang Tong defeated Liu Qian and Meng Dan's troops in Nanzhong. Deng Xian's two generals, Liu Qian and Wu Yi, went out of the city with their backs naked to surrender.

Could it be that the Invincible Army is about to break out of Xichuan?
Just when Liu Biao, Sun Ce, Cao Cao and others were worried, Pang Tong made a decision that no one could understand.

Gan Ben worshiped Pang Tong as his military adviser, took Yan Yan as his deputy governor, and Luo Meng and Zhang Yi as the young generals as the vanguard.

The No Difficult Army actually went to fight the Nanman King Meng Dan!

Cao Cao is really confused...

"My lords, who can tell me why the Invincible Army didn't support Wuling, raided Jingxiang, and ran to Jianning, and why?"

Lu Su didn't speak, Xun You frowned.

The rest of the people are also frowning, you look at me, I look at you, no one can figure out which song this Trouble-Free Army is singing.

"Get a map!"

Lu Su and Xun You spoke almost at the same time, they looked at each other and smiled slightly.

A personal guard presented the map, unfolded it and hung it on the wall. Lu Su and Xun You squinted their eyes to pay attention, and Cao Cao also stepped forward.

In the shogunate, there was no sound.

After a while, Cao Cao let out a long sigh, "I see...that bastard, this plan is really vicious!"

Lu Su and Xun You also seem to have seen the clues.

The two looked at each other and smiled wryly, "One step first, step by step first! Dong Xiping's move is dangerous enough, but it is also ruthless enough. The person who planned for Dong Bi has no plans to spare. If they succeed, , I'm afraid Sun Bofu's backyard will be very safe."

"What do you mean?"

Xun Yu walked over quickly and looked at the map, a little puzzled.

"Wen Ruo, if I'm not wrong, Dong Bi wants to open a passage in Jianning, and then go straight to Jiaozhi and capture Jiaozhou."

"Jiaozhi? Jiaozhou?"

Xun Yu looked at the map suspiciously, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to get from Jianning to Jiaozhi. Not to mention anything else, how can we guarantee the supply of luggage? Without the supplement of luggage, even if Dong Biao has made a way, I'm afraid he won't be able to gain a foothold in Jiaozhi. What's more, he captured Jianning, and even if he won the battle with Nanman, it would consume a lot of troops. Attacking Jiaozhi with tired troops is simply fantastic."

Lu Su said in a deep voice, "But what if they subdue the Nanman?"

"what?"

"The Nanman was driven to supply Jiaozhi, Zhang Ren captured Xi Ni, and the Nanman king Shamoke was there, enough to contain the Cangwu garrison and even the Yulin garrison. At that time, as long as the Nanman is willing to provide Buji and troops, a strange army will be built. out, you can follow the Red River straight into Jiaozhi."

When Xun Yu heard this, he couldn't help being stunned.

He is not good at military affairs.But it doesn't mean he doesn't know.Otherwise, when Rang's son Bian Zhao rebelled in Yanzhou, he would not be able to defend Puyang with a weak force.What Lu Su said is indeed possible.But very slim.Let's not talk about how long it will take to pacify the Nanman, but just this idea, even normal people, I'm afraid it will not be easy to come up with.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "This man is not an ordinary person, his subordinates are just like him, all of them are whimsical and arrogant..."

That's what he said, but Xun Yu could tell that Cao Cao was terrified.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister..."

"Ah, I'm fine, I'm fine!"

Cao Cao came to his senses, pondered for a while, and said, "Immediately order someone to go to Jiangdong and tell Sun Ce to be careful about the safety of cochin."

It seems that Cao Cao is afraid that Dong Bi can do it.

"Who is it, who is planning for this poor man?"

Xun You said: "Prime Minister, I have sent people to investigate in Guanzhong for several months, but no results have been obtained. However, I have some ideas now."

"Oh?"

"This person must be a person Dong Bi trusts very much, and the time he has followed Dong Bi will not be short... I heard that Dong Bi regards Pang Tong as a brother, but he can actually make Pang Tong use a word from that person. Going deep into a barren land? Counting Dong Bi’s early counselors is only a few people’s ears. Huang Shao is an unknown man, and he has passed away long ago. Then the person who followed Dong Bi the longest is that Jia Xu.”

"Jia Xu?"

It's almost a very strange name.Even Cao Cao almost forgot the existence of this person, and many counselors who had just joined the shogunate had never heard of it.

Xun Yu said: "But in the second year of Jian'an, the Chang'an Rebellion... Jia Xu Jia Wenhe who presided over the overall situation and forcibly imprisoned the King of the Western Han Dynasty? Wasn't he detained by Dong Biao after that incident happened? , has been appearing since then, is it still not dead?"

Cao Cao smiled wryly, "Wen Ruo is really an honest gentleman."

Lu Su was not very familiar with the name Jia Xu either.Rubbing his fingers for a moment, he asked suspiciously, "Who is this Jia Xu?"

Cao Cao, Xun You and others smiled wryly again.

"Zijing's question is indeed a good one. We don't know much about Jia Xu... we only heard that he was a counselor who was subdued by Dong Yu before he entered Luoyang. There has been no trace since then." In the first year of Chuping, when the alliance of the Kwantung princes opposed Dong Zhuo for the first time, Jia Xu appeared next to Dong Zhuo for the first time. At that time, Dong Bi was in Xingyang and fought hard with me."

Of course Cao Cao would not say: Dong Bi beat me to the point of throwing away my helmet and armor, leaping my horse into the water to escape for my life... Even that horse was a gift from Dong Bi.

"Oh, the prime minister said that, I also have the impression! Later, when Wenda surrendered, he mentioned this person. He said that Dong Bi treated Jia Xu like a teacher and obeyed his words. Moreover, Li Tong also admired Jia Xu very much. , but after Xingyang, he disappeared again."

Cao Cao nodded, "That's right! After the Battle of Xingyang, Jia Xu didn't show up. Now it seems that he should have been arranged by Dong Bi in the Western Regions. Back then, Dong Bi laid the foundation for the Western Regions. The family business was handed over to Jia Xu, and it can be seen that he trusted Jia Xu very much. Later, when Dong Pi entered the Western Regions, we heard more about Li Ru, Lu Zhi and others, but Jia Xu disappeared again.

My husband entered the pass and tried his best outside the Great Wall, causing turmoil in Chang'an.

At that time, no one thought that Dong Pi did not hand over the power to his sworn brother Dian Wei, but let Jia Xu take charge of the overall situation.After the Chang'an Rebellion subsided, Jia Xu was thrown into Duyoubao by Dong Bi for offending the King of the Western Han Dynasty.After that, Jia Xu never appeared again. "

Xun You smiled helplessly, and said softly: "The problem is that Jia Xu has almost never officially appeared in our field of vision. At that time, I only knew his name because he was a man in Luoyang. I didn't pay too much attention to Jia Xu. Moreover, Jia Xu lives in seclusion, we don't know this guy at all, and this is the biggest trouble."

"You mean..."

Yi Ji and the others spoke halfway, but suddenly stopped talking.

It was just an illusion that Jia Xu was imprisoned by Dong Bi.If it is really Jia Xu who is planning for Dong Bi, it means that when Guanzhong was not stable, Jia Xu was already planning today's situation.Since the second year of Jian'an, he has been hiding behind the scenes.

Started to have a headache, a headache!

Lu Su is a proud and arrogant person, but he can only feel sorry for Jia Xu's plan.

And now I want to go to Jia Xu again, study Jia Xu...it is obviously too late.Xun You pondered for a moment, then whispered in Cao Cao's ear: "Master, according to the current situation, should the Second Young Master and the others come back? Maybe they have already exposed their identities."

"no!"

Cao Cao flatly rejected it.

In the first year of Taiping, Cao Cao and his staff devised a plan.

The Three Schools of Chang'an rose up, and it is said that the things taught are very practical.Cao Cao wanted to send someone to inquire about the reality of the Three Studies. On the one hand, he could figure out Dong Bi's intentions, and on the other hand, he could take the opportunity to secretly learn some courses of the Three Studies.In any case, Dong Bi was always one step ahead of Cao Cao, which made him very distressed.And the education of the three studies is undoubtedly the way for him to steal his teacher from Dong Yi.

Cao Pi, Cao Cao's second son, Xia Houba, Xia Houyuan's second son, and Xun Shi, Xun You's second son, all sneaked into Chang'an together.

Cao Cao also wanted his son to come back safely.

However, if Dong Bi had someone like Jia Xu planning by his side, who could tell what would be going on inside?

Maybe, Cao Pi and others have been discovered long ago!

It's just that they didn't move, and Dong Bi didn't make a move.In this situation, as long as Cao Pi and the others take action, Dong Bi will definitely do it.Perhaps it would be more beneficial for them to stay in Chang'an honestly.Cao Cao frowned, and kept patting his forehead.

"How's the situation in Runan?"

"There is still a stalemate at the moment... In addition, according to detailed reports, at the end of April, Lu Bu's family members entered Jingzhao from Xuanyuanguan, and now they are probably approaching Chang'an. It is difficult to track Lu Bu's whereabouts. After several raids in Nanyang, It caused Liu Biao a heavy loss. Although Liu Biao has accepted our explanation, but he is currently lying in bed, I am afraid that it is... moreover, Liu Biao has no way to control Liu Bei at all."

Cao Cao gritted his teeth, "In that case, let Liu Bei look good!"

Just as he was talking, hurried footsteps came from outside the hall.Immediately afterwards, Cao Peng broke into the hall with a young general covered in blood.

"Prime Minister, something is wrong!"

"What's the panic?"

The schoolboy knelt in the hall and said sadly: "Prime Minister, my father Li Tong... was killed in battle!"

"what?"

Cao Cao stood up suddenly, his eyes widened.This small school is Li Tong's eldest son, named Li Xu.Li Tong has been stationed in Liyang Baima (now northeast of Junxian County, Henan Province) since the Luoyang War.

Li Xu cried: "Prime Minister, my father was stationed at the White Horse. Yuan Shao took the general Sui Yuanjin as the vanguard to attack the White Horse by surprise... Liu Yan, the prefect of Liyang (now Jun County, Henan Province), refused to send reinforcements. After my father held on for three days, Liu Yanxian surrendered to Liyang , my father was killed by Sui Yuanjin, and the White Horse fell... Before the White Horse City was broken, my father ordered me to forcefully break through... During the breakout, my younger brother was also killed in battle, so please prime minister to be the master for me!"

When Cao Cao heard this, Ji Lingling shuddered, and after a loud cry, he fell to the ground and passed out.

(End of this chapter)