The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 158
Cao Cao's father was killed, and the princes who had nothing to do with themselves had another good show. Guo Jia wrote two documents and sent them to Chang'an and Yanzhou.

The first one was for the emperor, who sued Tao Qian for spurting blood.

The second one was for Cao Cao, declaring that he had nothing to do with Cao Song's tragic death.

Zhang Kai is a small person, and Cao Song is also a small person, but both of them have special identities, and the game between the big people who really dominate the situation is often caused by the inconspicuous little people.

If Zhang Kai really came to rely on him as Guo Jia asked him to do, and let Zhang Kai live his life in incognito, Guo Jia could easily arrange this.

As for the people of the world, Zhang Kai either disappeared or died, in short, he could not see the light.

If Guo Jia had defected to Cao Cao now, then Cao Song's death was something Guo Jia was happy to see. On the contrary, now it gave Cao Cao an opportunity to expand his territory.

Yanzhou Daying
The pain of losing his father did not make Cao Cao immersed in grief. He stood in front of the candlelight and read Guo Jia's letter.

After reading everything, he ignited the white silk with a candle, and then threw it into the iron bucket at his feet. Cao Cao didn't change his face, and stretched out his hand to cover the candle, shaking it back and forth.

The candlelight flickered on and off, reflecting on Cao Cao's rough face, his eyes were indifferent, as if he could see through life and death.

"Cheng Yu, how is the battle in the north?"

There is another person in the room, standing in the hall, with a slender figure and a refined appearance, he is Cheng Yu, an important counselor of Cao Cao.

Cheng Yu said softly: "Yuan Shao is furiously mobilizing his troops. Maybe after the autumn harvest, we will have enough food and grass, and we will wipe out Gongsun Zan's forces in Qingzhou and Jizhou."

Cao Cao withdrew his hand blocking the candlelight, closed his eyes, looked up, and said indifferently, "Gongsun Zan is a militarist and doesn't want to govern and recuperate. He has a vast territory but a long line of defense. Hebei will belong to Yuan Shao sooner or later. Cheng Yu, Yuan Shao has the support of the gentry, and there are many talents under his command. In terms of fame, I am not as good as Yuan Shao, and the gentry who will follow me in the world is not as good as him. The hearts of the people, he recuperates in Yizhou, and one day he will become a hero that cannot be underestimated in the world. These two, one commanding the nobles, and the other monopolizing the poor, how can I compete with them?"

Gongsun Zan's defeat was not because Gongsun Zan could not fight. The famous White Horse General was a fearsome figure in Wuhuan, but he didn't understand internal affairs, and he didn't have enough people to help him govern. Gongsun Zan, who was based in Youzhou, killed Liu Yu. Captured the Bohai Sea where Yuan Shao started, and extended his hand to Qingzhou. As far as the territory is concerned, he is better than Yuan Shao, but from the territory of Youzhou across Qingzhou, he does not have enough troops to defend, and is easily cut off by his opponents one by one. It will be a matter of time before he is defeated and defeated by Yuan Shao, because in the competition of talent and strategy, he is nothing compared to Yuan Shao, who is like a cloud of counselors and fierce generals like rain.

Although Cao Cao is only a Yanzhou shepherd with a small territory, he always looks at the overall situation. The only people who can make him the number one enemy are Yuan Shao and Guo Jia. Yuan Shao is like a noble leader, Guo Jia is like a grassroots elite, Cao Cao We know that nobles and nobles admire Yuan Shao, and poor people yearn for Guo Jia. If his development strategy does not have a clear stand, he will not be able to strengthen himself. The world in the future will be a struggle between Guo Jia and Yuan Shao.

Cheng Yu took a step forward, only a few steps away from Cao Cao, and said indifferently: "Being impartial and unbiased, the king's way is swaying. My lord can also benefit from others' strengths, judge the situation, and hold the two handles of punishment and morality. Killing is punishment, and rewards are celebrated." It is called virtue. Guo Jia promotes farming, and the lord can follow suit. Guo Jia promoted the imperial examination, but the lord can't do it. Yizhou has natural dangers and magnificent passes. Guo Jia is not afraid of foreign enemies, but the Central Plains is well-connected. The lord has to consider, far from ordinary people If you can reach it, talented people from poor families cannot be compared, and there are also those who are underappreciated in noble families and powerful families.

Cao Cao, with his back to Cheng Yu, looked solemn, and Cheng Yu's suggestion coincided with him.

In his early years in Luoyang, he saw through the incompetence of the gentry in the officialdom. Cao Cao knew that the gentry had a strong political influence, but compared with the warlords, they were still far behind.

In the struggle for power and profit in the court, Cao Cao was willing to bow down in front of the gentry, but what about the practical ability of the gentry?Was the gentry not responsible for the corruption and sinking of the Han Dynasty?Foreign relatives and eunuchs take turns to control the government. If the gentry is really strong enough to influence the world, why can't even the eunuchs and eunuchs be defeated?

A single Dong Zhuo can keep the nobles alive, Cao Cao doesn't expect the nobles to help him rise to prosperity, don't look at Yuan Shao now has the support of the nobles, when Yuan Shao shows his defeat, he will be betrayed by everyone!
The gentry are nothing but paper tigers. When the world is peaceful, they are a powerful political group. When the world is in chaos, they have no military power and they are lambs to be slaughtered. Based on the troubled times, soldiers and horses are the foundation.

However, there are also talents among the gentry. Cao Cao can't ruin the way of survival of the gentry by opening the imperial examination like Guo Jia, but he can't let the gentry continue to cultivate party members through the promotion of filial piety. Then continue to use the way of judging Xiaolian to obtain scholars, but still keep the false name of Ju Xiaolian in name.

killing? !killing? !

Cheng Yu said that punishment and morality are the two handles, morality, Cao Cao is to use the method of meritocracy to attract talents, punishment, use killing to deter the nobles, deter all enemies!
A cold light flashed across his eyes, and Cao Cao had made a decision. He already knew what to do in the future.

At this moment, Cao Ren, who was wearing armor, entered the hall, walked up to Cheng Yu, and was closer to Cao Cao. He clasped his fists at his back and said, "My lord, Zhang Kai has made a move."

Cao Cao's face was calm all the time, and no one in the world knew that his subordinate Cao Ren led the cavalry to secretly arrest Zhang Kai.

"result?"

Cao Ren said in a deep voice, "Zhang Kai said it was Guo Jia who instructed him."

Frowning slightly, Cao Cao became suspicious. What Zhang Kai did was definitely not Tao Qian's behind-the-scenes instigation, and it is not Tao Gongzu's style to cause trouble for the upper body.Either someone secretly instructed Zhang Kai to do this, or Zhang Kai saw the money on his own initiative.

"Detailed process?"

Cao Cao had to figure out how Guo Jia ordered Zhang Kai. Yizhou and Xuzhou were on different sides. Could it be that Zhang Kai was really Guo Jiabu's pawn in Xuzhou?
After Cao Ren finished Zhang Kai's confession word for word, Cao Cao turned around in surprise, with an unbelievable expression, even Cheng Yu was dumbfounded.

"Five years ago? Five years ago, Guo Jia asked Zhang Kai to kill my father? Five years ago, Guo Jia predicted that my father would pass through Xuzhou!? I have seen Guo Jia, he will bleed, he will bow his head, he will fail, He is not a ghost! Zhang Kai's confession, don't say I don't believe it, no one in the world will believe it!"

Facing Cao Cao's low-pitched roar, Cao Ren looked helpless, and said to the grim Cao Cao, "The last general didn't believe it, but Zhang Kai insisted until his death that what he said was the truth."

"Zhongde, come and tell me, is Zhang Kai's words true or false?" Cao Cao turned his eyes to Cheng Yu with a sharp expression.

After pondering for a while, Cheng Yu sighed, and said: "Zhang Kai's words sound ridiculous, but Guo Jia did go to Xuzhou five years ago, and no one knows whether he met Zhang Kai. Guo Jia can gain a foothold in Yizhou. Relying on the contribution of the rest of the Yellow Turbans, Zhang Kai was born in the Yellow Turbans, and it is indeed possible that he has a relationship with Guo Jia. However, Guo Jia could have foreseen the fact that Mrs. Cao passed by Xuzhou five years ago? I don’t believe it, if Guo Jia predicts it God, then he won't be defeated in Jingzhou. Perhaps only Guo Jia himself can give the answer to this matter."

Thinking of the scholar-like figure who escaped from the bloody battle at the East Gate in Luoyang, Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said in a hateful voice, "Guo Jia, if you thought about murdering my father when you were in Xuzhou, how dare you say that you would serve me in Luoyang? Fuck? Really blind, I really thought I missed a genius in the world."

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested.

Cheng Yu suddenly figured out something, boldly stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, Mrs. Cao has passed away, and the deceased is dead. But the current situation, has my lord ever thought about who will benefit?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment and began to think.

Who benefits?He lost a father, which is nothing to Ba Ye!For other vassals, it's just more talk after dinner!

but!

His eyes widened suddenly, and a cold light appeared. Cao Cao said to Cao Ren in a deep voice, "Dispose of Zhang Kai's body secretly without leaving any traces. Anyone who knows that Zhang Kai was arrested by me must keep his mouth shut, or his head will fall to the ground."

Cao Ren took the order, and was about to turn around to do it, Cao Cao stepped forward to hold Cao Ren, and said coldly: "Call together the troops, I will personally lead the army to attack Xuzhou, and avenge my father!"

With a look on his face, Cao Ren hesitated to speak, but he withdrew from the hall under the watchful eye of Mrs. Cao.

Cheng Yu lowered his head thoughtfully.

The protagonist died a father, but he had an excuse to attack Xuzhou.

If you can take this opportunity to win Xuzhou, the death of Cao Song is really priceless!
If Guo Jia is the mastermind behind the scenes, did he expect this situation five years ago?
Cao Cao wanted to avenge his father, and sent troops to attack Xuzhou!

The words are divided into two parts.

After Lv Bu escaped from Guanzhong with hundreds of followers, he first defected to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu thought that he had got the second Sun Jian, and treated Lv Bu kindly. .

Even though Lv Bu repeatedly betrayed the Lord and begged for glory, he killed Dong Zhuo, and this credit alone is enough to make him admired by many people!

What is the purpose of the alliance of the princes of the Kanto region and the jujube?It is to kill Dong Zhuo!What the Kwantung princes with Yuan Shao as the leader failed to do, Lu Bu did!Therefore, many people in Kanto admire Lu Bu.

Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, was the second person to accept Lu Bu. He was very kind to Lu Bu, but Lu Bu looked down on Zhang Yang a little bit, thinking that Zhang Yang was alone and weak, so Lu Bu went to Yuan Shao again.

After staying in Yuan Shao's tent for a while, Lv Bu's old problem recurred. Yuan Shao sent Lv Bu away just like Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shao wanted to kill Lv Bu in an unnecessary move. Fortunately, the thousands of soldiers who were supposed to be escorts but were actually killers had no brains and were captured by Lv Bu. Jin Chan escaped from her shell.

Lv Bu ran around, and found that Zhang Yang was still good to him, so he returned to Zhang Yang. During this journey, Lv Bu met Zhang Miao when he passed Yanzhou. Zhang Miao respected Lv Bu and called him his brother.

Yuan Shao had resented Zhang Miao early on, the reason was that when he was meeting with Suanzao, Zhang Miao had spoken rudely to Yuan Shao who stood still. This time, Yuan Shao secretly sent someone to ask Zhang Miao to kill Lu Bu, but Zhang Miao refused, and Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to kill Zhang profound.

Cao Cao would definitely not listen to Yuan Shao, and he wanted to sell his favor to Zhang Miao, so he revealed to Zhang Miao the fact that Yuan Shao asked him to kill Zhang Miao, in order to show that he would not hesitate to have a grudge against Yuan Shao for Zhang Miao.

Cao Cao's move was a mess. When Zhang Miao heard the news, he was not grateful to Cao Cao, but felt that his life was in danger, because Zhang Miao thought that his relationship with Cao Cao was not as good as that of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who had known each other since childhood. camaraderie.

Until Cao Cao led his army to avenge his father and attacked Xuzhou like a bamboo, and after he slaughtered five cities in a row, Chen Gong saw that Cao Cao was so bloodthirsty and decided to rebel against Cao.

Chen Gong and Zhang Miao allied with Yanzhou gentry and nobles to welcome Lv Bu into Yanzhou. They succeeded in a sneak attack, and almost the whole of Yanzhou fell. Cao Cao had to counterattack with his troops. But in Yanzhou, there were only three counties guarded by Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, and Zaozhi. .

(End of this chapter)