Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31 The Situation of the Parties
"Cao Cao lost?" Except for the foresighted Zhao Feng who was mentally prepared for this result, everyone else was stunned, especially Mi Zhu, the old people in Xuzhou who were beaten by Cao Cao in the last Xuzhou battle, almost didn't doubt their ears. Something went wrong.

"At the beginning, Zhang Xiu asked to surrender. Later, Cao Cao had an affair with Zou, the widow of Zhang Ji, the deceased uncle of Xiu. Xiu could not bear the humiliation, so he listened to Jia Xu's plot and rebelled, and attacked Cao's camp at night. Cao Cao escaped because of a death battle. Cao Ang, his nephew Cao Anmin and his personal bodyguard General Dian Wei all died in the rebellion." Jian Yong took the information from Liu Bei and read it aloud, after the reading, there was a burst of discussion among the crowd. "Jia Wenhe, even a poisoner!" Liu Bei sighed in a rare way.Everyone was silent, including Zhao Feng.Jia Xu really deserves his reputation for being able to make Cao Cao, who has enough soldiers and food, brave generals, and advisers, suffer such a big loss.

"It's still a young counselor!" Zhao Feng looked at the senior officials of Xuzhou in the lobby. Except for Chen Gong, it seemed that no one else could be considered a counselor, or could Chen Qun barely count as half of them?And even Chen Gong, with his IQ, would probably find it difficult to deal with Cao Cao or Yuan Shao's subordinates.But now little Zhuge is only 15 years old, and Pang Xiaoniao is probably still young. It is estimated that Xu Shu can be won at this stage.I don't know if he killed someone or not, and whether his name is Xu Shu or Shan Fu.

"My lord, I'm afraid Cao Cao's vitality will be seriously injured by his second defeat. Why don't we follow the previous plan and take the opportunity to take down the entire Yuzhou?" Mi Zhu first suggested, and his words won the approval of many people.So far, Zhao Feng's policy of taking Yuzhou first and encircling and encroaching on Yuan Shu in Huainan has been unanimously approved by Xuzhou's senior management.Now Cao Cao, who is closest to Yuzhou, has suffered a great misfortune and has no time to take care of it. Liu Biao on the other side has long lost his aggressive ambitions when he was young. Naturally, such a good opportunity cannot be missed.

"That's right!" Liu Bei looked at Zhao Feng as the proposer with a look of affirmation, and finally made up his mind.At this time, Bing Cao engaged in Guan Yudao: "There are still more than [-] troops that I can mobilize in Xuzhou, but nearly [-] of them are either newly recruited Yellow Turbans, newly recruited recruits, or former Yuan Shu prisoners. The drill and reorganization will not be completed until summer. Therefore, it is best not to mobilize more than [-] troops this time." Guan Yu's remarks were not without purpose, this expedition was different from Liu Bei's last expedition. A slightly decent opponent like Chen Lan, this time most of the states and counties are nothing special.When Cao Cao was coercing the emperor, although he appointed a few county prefects, they were basically not as good as Chen Lan in terms of fighting skills, and the defenders generally only had thousands of county soldiers, let alone Runan and Gongdu. He and Liu Pi waited there.

"That's fine, let's dispatch an army of [-]." Liu Bei understood the key point after thinking about it, and then looked at the people in the hall, and finally his eyes fell on Guan Yu. "Second brother, you will lead the army to march into Yuzhou this time." After a pause, Liu Bei glanced at Zhao Feng again: "Bo Tao, you will also march with second brother this time."

"No!" Guan Yu and Zhao Feng stood up together and responded.Then Liu Bei continued to assign people, and Liao Hua, a native of Yuzhou, would naturally follow along. In addition, Jian Yong would also go with him, and he also took away a large number of middle-level and even grass-roots civil servants.In the end, Hao Meng and Hou Cheng, who volunteered to volunteer, also went together.

Not to mention that everyone in Xuzhou City is gearing up to march, and at the prime minister's mansion of the Xuchang court at this time, Cao Cao is still mourning the price he paid for his lust. "Ang'er!" Cao Cao chanted the name of his eldest son, and the sadness in his heart couldn't be added.Although in front of everyone he said that the one who was really sad was the death of General Dian Wei, but that was for the sake of reassuring the hearts of everyone. How can Dian Wei compare to his own flesh and blood, Cao Ang, in terms of caring?

Cao Ang has always been respectful, humble, and talented. Not only Cao Cao loves him the most, but also the generals among the elders of the clan, such as Brother Xiahouyuan and Brother Cao Ren, have a good relationship with him.This time, in order to save Cao Cao, Cao Ang gave him his horse to escape, but he died under the random arrows. Cao Cao was not the only one who was sad in the whole army.What's more terrible is that this tragedy could have been avoided, it was purely caused by Cao Cao's lustful seduction of other widows.

"My lord, something is not going well. I came to report to the horse. Liu Bei has appointed Guan Yu as a general, Zhonglang will assist Zhao Feng, and send troops to Yuzhou. At the same time, Liu Bei also made a statement, saying that Guan Yu is the shepherd of Yuzhou." At this time Xun You hurried over. Bring Cao Cao an unexpected news.

"Liu Bei really knows how to choose the time, damn!" Cao Cao said bitterly when he heard the news. There is also Yuan Shao in the Yellow River who is eyeing him.Although he was indecisive, once he dared to send troops to Yuzhou at this moment, Yuan Shao could imagine what he would do with his ass.

"We can only count on the local defenders in Yuzhou to withstand it!" Cao Cao had no choice but to think about it. This was basically a naked lack of strength, and there seemed to be no other way than this.

"My lord, why don't you use the strategy of driving tigers to eat wolves?" Seeing that Cao Cao seemed to be unable to think of any way for a while, Xun You stepped forward cautiously and advised.

"Gongda, what do you mean?" Cao Cao's heart also moved, as if thinking of something.

"Although we can't mobilize any troops at present, we can ask His Majesty to issue an edict to designate one or two important ministers under Liu Biao, Mu Liubiao of Jingzhou, as the prefects of Runan or Ruyin. When the time comes, both sides will see benefits and forget justice, and the Jingzhou people will naturally fight with Liu Bei's. People are fighting." Xun You continued.

"That's it!" Cao Cao was a little noncommittal, but he was actually not very optimistic about this method.One is that Liu Biao is not a fool, and the other is that he is conservative by nature, so he may not dare to provoke Liu Bei just for a piece of paper.But after thinking about it, even if it doesn't match with me, there is nothing to lose, so it doesn't matter if I use it, so I nodded in agreement. "By the way, Gongda, who is this Zhao Feng? He has already become Xuzhou Zhonglang General, why haven't he heard of it before?" Cao Cao asked.

"I don't know much about it, I must be an unknown person!" Xun You didn't care about information, so he didn't know much about it. "You Ruomo, don't underestimate this man!" A voice came from outside the door, "Feng Xiao?" Both Cao Cao and Xun You turned to look at the scribe who had just entered the door.He is Cao Cao's most trusted counselor, Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, the military division sacrificial wine.

"Why did Feng Xiao make such a statement?" Cao Cao asked hastily, he knew that Guo Jia was a rare talent in the world, and the person he valued was by no means an idler.

"My lord, the last time we defeated Xuzhou, Jia deeply felt that the Xuzhou army was able to see through our plan to lure snakes out of the cave. Among them, there must be some wise and resourceful people to advise Liu Bei. Therefore, after returning to the army, Jia sent a secret agent to inquire many times, and finally confirmed that, The person who designed it is this Zhao Feng. This person was born in a commoner, and he has followed Liu Bei since he was in Pingyuan County, all the way to Xuzhou." Guo Jia said slowly.

"So it is!" Both Cao Cao and Xun You suddenly realized.

"In addition!" Guo Jia continued to drop a heavy bomb: "Recently, Liu Bei recruited the rebels and took several yellow scarves. It is said that this person was also the idea. Moreover, the former Lu Bu defeated Xuzhou and died, it seems that this person There is even more news that Liu Bei has given Diao Chan to Zhao Feng."

"What? Diaochan?" Cao Cao almost jumped up when he heard the last sentence.As a senior beauty appreciator (commonly known as a satyr), Cao Cao has also coveted Diao Chan for a long time, but he didn't expect her to fall into Zhao Feng's hands, which made him very angry! "Follow me to meet the Holy Majesty!" Cao Cao rushed to the palace impatiently, preparing to face Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty in order to implement his plan of driving away tigers and wolves.

Not to mention that Cao Cao was furious, at this time in Yecheng, Hebei, "You have worked hard, sit down!" In the general's mansion, Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the main seat, said to a young general with a rare kindness.

"Thank you, my lord!" After the man thanked him, he sat on the side seat beside him.He was Yuan Shao's nephew, high-ranking officials, and it happened that Yuan Shao was having a banquet at the residence.Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan fought fiercely in Liaodong in the past. Gao Gan was ordered to lead an expedition to Bingzhou at the same time. Now he has returned victorious, and the entire Bingzhou is also included in Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.

"How many times have I told you that this is my home, so you can just call him uncle!" Yuan Shao laughed. Everyone knew that he valued this nephew very much, and even sent him to be in charge of Bingzhou Yizhou. Even his three sons did not have this treatment.Of course, the senior cadre lived up to his trust and successfully won Bingzhou for him.

"General Gao won Bingzhou again for my lord. It's really a joy to congratulate. Let's toast to my lord!" Guo Tu, the counselor, is the best at observing words and expressions, so he took the opportunity to join in the fun at this time.For a while, everyone raised their glasses, and the atmosphere was very warm.

"My lord, Cao Cao had just defeated Wancheng, and now General Gao has taken Bingzhou. When our strength increases, why not take this opportunity to take Yanzhou?" Ju Shou, the counselor, remonstrated at this time.

"No, my lord. Although we won Youzhou and Bingzhou, our vitality has not yet recovered, so it is not appropriate to work hard!" Another counselor, Feng Ji, has always been at odds with Jushou, and immediately jumped out to sing against him when he saw this.For a while, the counselors had different opinions. Tian Feng and Shenpei supported Jushou's point of view, while Guo Tu and Xu You stood on Fengji's side.

"Huh?" Looking at the people arguing, Yuan Shao felt his head hurt again, and the old problem of indecision had also broken out.After some hesitation, Yuan Shao simply said: "Today we are only celebrating Gan'er's return from victory, and we will talk about other things tomorrow. Come, drink!"

"Yes!" All the counselors raised their glasses one after another, and the atmosphere was very peaceful for a while.Only Jushou and Tian Feng looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)