Lu's relatives

Chapter 258
Cao Cao's move to greet Qin Xu with due courtesy despite the quietness of the night and the danger of camp roars was too obvious.

Strictly speaking, Qin Xu's identity is the Governor of Xuzhou and General Fenwu. Although he has not been knighted, he is the lord of Xuzhou in name after all, which is enough to deserve the gift of a prince.But the problem is, not to mention Qin and Lao Cao, the "friendship" has not been so good, just say that Qingzhou and Yanzhou have allies in the name of allies, and they have never stopped fighting openly and secretly.And Qin Xu's coming here is very likely that Qingzhou Lu Bu's forces can't hold back, or he is worried that he, Cao, can't match the mighty Jizhou Yuan Shao, and abandons the "spoil sharing method" that he had agreed with Yanzhou before. He also wants to get a share of the chaotic situation of fighting for the emperor, so anyone with a little common sense can see Cao Cao's contrived attitude, Cao Cao's behavior is strange.

Such a warm and high-standard welcome, before the arrival of Pioneer Yuan Shao, who is it for?It is obvious that he wants to push the Qingzhou Lu Bu forces represented by Qin Xu to use as a shield in front of everyone, praise and kill, Hong Guoguo's praise and kill!

No matter how sinister a conspiracy is, there are actually loopholes to be found, but it is this conspiracy that is always hard to guard against.Even if Qin Xu knew that Cao Cao was being courteous for nothing, that he was either cheating or stealing, but Cao Cao chose to thank Qin Xu for sending Cao Ang's "friendship" from thousands of miles away. Where to accuse.

"Zhongming! You can come here, so Cao can rest assured!" Cao Cao personally led his generals to the gate of the camp to meet Qin Xu. When he saw Qin Xu, he showed enthusiasm and called Qin Xu's name. The expression is very intimate. Cao Cao just glanced at the salutation of his precious son Cao Ang before giving up, but he only said to Qin Xu: "I am ashamed to say that Tongguan is tough, and Cao is leading this tens of thousands of troops. Apart from spending a lot of military resources every day, it is still useless, this time must be God's pity on Cao Mou and his eagerness to save him, so Zhong Ming, you can come here in person, Cao Mou is really overjoyed!"

"General Cao is killing Qin!" Listening to Cao Cao's good words as if he didn't want money, Qin Xu heard Cao Cao walking towards him step by step with a sharpened knife. like.Seeing Cao Cao standing next to Cao Cao, the generals of the Cao army who had fought for a long time without success, after hearing Cao Cao's seemingly sincere words, looked at Qin Xu one by one with indignation, and knew that it was unconscious. , fell into Cao Cao's calculation again, smiled at the moment, and said: "Although Qin is the governor of Xuzhou, he is young and ignorant after all, and what he did here was only because of his fellow sons and brothers, and he couldn't bear to be alone. It's just a thousand miles away, so how can it be worthy of the praise of General Cao, a senior in the officialdom? Besides, Tongguan is the most powerful pass in the world. General Cao pinned his hopes on Qin, I am afraid that he will be disappointed in the end!"

"Well, ahem, what Cao appreciates the most is Qin Shijun's modest temperament. Ang'er can be friends with Qin Shijun, Cao is very lucky." Cao Cao obviously did not expect Qin Xu to be able to let go. With a figure and a self-proclaimed junior, she gently and skillfully transformed her "offensive" completely, which was a bit embarrassing for a while.Qin Xu has already talked about this point. If he said some more flattering words, he might not be able to achieve the idea of ​​flattering and killing Qin Xu. It would be difficult to guarantee his prestige in the army, and he might have to make a big discount up.

"Report! My lord, there is a cavalry unit of unknown origin. Under the banner of the Yan character, it is heading towards our military camp from the south. It is less than twenty miles away. Please let me know how to deal with it!" After such a big battle, Cao Cao would be a bit unwilling to let Qin Xu go like this, but Qin Xu's words were ingenious. If Cao Cao was entangled in Qin Xu's "unprovoked" arrival, he would be at a disadvantage. It is inevitable that he will bear the name of oppressing others and bullying the "younger juniors".But when Cao Cao was in a difficult situation, Cao Cao, who had not seen Cao Ang for a long time, sent out a report to explore the horse, but it happened to relieve Cao Cao.

"Yan? Huh, it must be Yan Liang, the vanguard of the cavalry under Yuan Benchu's command. This and Wen Chou, another famous general in Hebei, are both Benchu's treasures. When I saw Hua Xiongtong at the Hulao Pass...cough cough, I was afraid. Wen Hou was brave, so he only reasoned that the two men were sent to the city to urge the grain to arrive, lest there would be any damage. Unexpectedly, this time, it was a rare and generous one." Cao Cao didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. , rolled his eyes and was "whispering" with Cao Ang, Qin Xu, who didn't seem to hear him at all, said to the generals gathered at the gate of the barracks: "Although I was a friend of Cao at the beginning, it's hard to guess why Yan Liang came. [-] cavalry is not a small number, we have to guard against it, pass down the order, the whole army is on alert, and the south of the barracks will secretly deploy some giant deer and horses to prevent accidents."

"Brother Zhongming, is this another plan of yours? I waited for the Yan Liang cavalry to come to Tongguan before me, but why was it later than I waited for the half-riding and half-footing group to come? What's the reason?" The honest boy Cao Ang asked Qin Xu as if asking for advice.

"It must be because he doesn't know the way?" Qin Xu was thinking about how to operate so that Qingzhou could maximize the benefits of Cao Cao's trip, who was already on guard. He didn't hear Cao Ang's question very clearly, so he replied subconsciously. .But he didn't know that this unintentional remark happened to hit the "truth" of the matter.

"General, the front is where the Cao army's camp is located. Look at the camp flag and the horse-rejecting antlers. You can't go wrong this time!" Yan Liang rode on the horse, staring at the embarrassing subordinate with a very ugly expression.This time, in order to find the cavalry of Cao Jun who Yan Liang thought was going to ambush his [-] cavalry halfway, it can be regarded as a detour.

Originally, before leaving, Yan Liang received a secret letter from Yuan Shao, which reaffirmed the "alliance" between Jizhou and Yanzhou in very severe terms, and repeated the "warning" Yan Liang, at the critical moment of rescuing the emperor, Especially Qingzhou's envoy Ji "get away" from Yuan Shao's entanglement, and after he didn't get involved in this muddy water, he couldn't be caught anymore, and the people in the world laughed at him for nothing, and it would make Cao Cao justified Good to go.But even though he said this, Yan Liang, Yuan Shao's confidant general, still saw Yuan Shao's picture from the letter, and he always wanted to be that kind of thing, but also wanted to set up a memorial archway in Yuan's style.

Therefore, Yan Liang "believed" that Cao Ang's mount, which was driven away by Qin Xu's order Xu Huang and other Cao army guards, but came back, was what Yuan Shao wanted, and it must have been used by Cao Cao to ambush himself and others. , this is an excellent excuse for Cao Cao to start the battle first, and his side has no choice but to fight back. How can Yan Liang, who knows Yuan Shao's thoughts, not be ecstatic?Simply put, Lantian and other dilapidated and dead cities didn't bother to level them up, and they promised their subordinates to take a good rest, and immediately gave up. What could be better than grabbing the handle of the slippery old Cao, and providing them with enough excuses to take the opportunity to wipe out Cao Cao's power is more important than killing two birds with one stone?

I don't know whether it should be said that Yan Liang's things backfired, or that Qin Xu and his party were fatal.Even if Yan Liang thought about it, he probably wouldn't have expected that when he was proud of the so-called excuse he was about to get, Lu Bu's son-in-law Qin Xu and Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang were actually less than ten meters away from him at that time, and because The time is too tight, Xu Huang and his team drove the horses away not far away, but in different directions. If they can wait a little longer, maybe more and more horses will come back to the riders. Qin Xu's peeping has already revealed his whereabouts, which will definitely bring Yan Liang a "big harvest".If you have these two people in your hands, the benefits Yuan Shao can get, no matter what, will be much easier than pursuing a simple excuse to turn his face!Not to mention that you have to grit your teeth and put down your figure like you are now, deliberately hiding your intentions that are not secret at all, and come to make false claims with Cao Cao.

"General Cao! This is Yan Liang, the left guard under the command of Duke Yuan in Jizhou! By the order of the lord, come to help General Cao's righteous deed!" Yan Liang has always been known as a wise general in Yuan Shao's army. Hebei's number one military general, this official speech in dealing with people is also very smooth.Seeing Cao Jun's mighty arrival of his 1 soldiers, the soldiers' spears stood upright, densely packed, bows and crossbows were strung up, and the arrows were all aimed at him, and the south of the camp was full of military objects such as horse antlers and other defensive cavalry, The bottom line is that they are fully prepared to deal with the cavalry attack. Even if it is Yan Liang's [-] cavalry, if they really want to attack this camp, they will not get anything good.

"The chief general under Benchu's command, General Yan Liang? Cao has heard about it for a long time! General Yan came to Cao's barracks in the middle of the night, and brought more than ten thousand cavalry to help Cao's righteous deeds. Could it be that Benchu ​​knew that Cao was trapped in Tongguan Under the circumstances, you can’t make progress for a long time, so there is a general who dares to come here at such a starry night to help Cao siege the city and break through?” Because Yan Liang’s army is coming in such a hurry, the "welcome ceremony" Cao Cao painstakingly arranged for Qin Xu had to be hasty The end of the matter made Lao Cao feel very bad. In answering Yan Liang's words, I don't know if he did it on purpose for some people to see. The frivolity and indifference in the words made people feel clearly .

"Well, if General Cao needs our army's 'help', it must be obligatory for Yan to report to the lord!" Yan Liang never imagined that Cao Cao had not waited for a few greetings or even waited for Yan Liang to get off his horse when he came up. Just stated the "requirement" so bluntly, and it's still so outrageous!Yan Liang's nose was almost crooked from anger.Cavalry, do cavalry understand?In the era of cold weapons, on the plains, the two armies fought in the field, and the cavalry was naturally the king of war. This is beyond doubt, but if this advantage is lost, the cavalry, which is the most difficult to train among all arms, is used as infantry, and it is still a siege , What kind of elite is that, it's called cannon fodder!

"Then Cao thanked General Yan and Ben Chu. However, it was a coincidence that General Yan came. Cao had just met a young hero just before, and he never expected to see General No. 1 in Hebei at this moment. The so-called hero Cherish the hero, now that the moon is shining, why not let Cao set up a dust-cleaning banquet in the Chinese army, how about introducing you two?" Yan Liang doesn't look like a fool, Cao Cao didn't expect Yan Liang to be able to After agreeing, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he was really grateful for Yan Liangneng, and he suddenly spoke.

"Old Cao, old Cao, it's abominable to be so careful!" Qin Xu knew Cao Cao's intentions just halfway through what Cao Cao said, and secretly curled his lips.

"Oh? But I don't know which hero it is?" Qin Xu was still slandering, but Yan Liang was really interested. It seemed that he was very interested in the person who admired Cao Cao and was on par with him in words, so he asked. road.

"Xuzhou Qin Xu..." Cao Cao hadn't finished his sentence, but Yan Liang's face showed a bit of surprise, but there was a hint of contempt at the corner of his mouth, but he didn't hide it!

(End of this chapter)