Lu's relatives

Chapter 639 Dark Gap, Which of the Three States Belongs ([-])

Qin Xu never expected that Cao Cao would give him such a high evaluation, and that his "monitoring" was so strict that he could even know a few words Zhen Mi said in private.And because of this, he figured out the intention of Qin Xu's actions, and concluded that the current attitude of Lu Bujun towards the Hebei incident, so easily let him know, must be a plan by Qin Xu to deceive the sky and cross the sea. .

Cao Cao is a master of the art of war in the world. While he has a lot of thoughts and schemes, he is also very conceited in his own vision.In addition, Cheng Yu knew Lu Bu's attitude towards the Hebei affairs at first, but he had preconceived ideas. Seeing that Cao Cao's thoughts coincided with his own, he even ignored the instinctive suspicion of a top strategist on this matter. , again and again.Although Cao Cao still had doubts about the motive of Lu Bujun's uncharacteristically keen interest in Hebei affairs, he no longer thought about the authenticity of this information.

"My lord, General Zixiao has a letter! He says it's urgent!" Cao Cao has beheaded four servants who dared to intrude when his subordinates were seeking affairs in the past few years, and now he dares to shout like this in the middle hall of Cao's mansion. There are not many people there.And the only person who dares to be so "presumptuous" in this back hall is Boss Cao's current bodyguard, Xu Chu.Xu Chu's name is Zhongkang, and he has the power to drag nine cows. He was recruited by Cao Cao two years ago. Because he loves Xu Chu's straightforwardness, and Xu Chu's temperament is also dull, and he never interrupts. Cao Cao has always used him as a personal bodyguard and never trusted him. .Today was so urgent, Cao Cao was also shocked when he heard the name of Cao Ren, who he had sent to guard Bingzhou, and hurriedly called Xu Chu in.

"Zhongkang, where is Yuan Rang's letter?" Cao Cao's power now spans five states.In the adjacent area, Cao Cao sent his confidant generals to guard the pass.Among them, Cao Ren and Zhong Yao were stationed in Chang'an to resist Yongliang, Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie were stationed in Puyang, Le Jin and Lu Qian were stationed in Taishan to prevent Qingxu, Yu Jin and Liu Yexin entered Xiangyang to town Jingzhou, but Xiahou Dun was precisely Cao Cao's sent Cao Chun, a member of the family, was his deputy, "assisting" Yuan Tan in guarding Bingzhou.Now, hearing Xu Chu bluffing about the urgent letter from Xia Houdun, who is the most stable and stable now, and then contacting Lu Bujun's abnormal situation, how can Cao Cao be relieved.

Cheng Yu on the side also frowned.On the one hand, I hope that this timely letter from Xiahou Dun can be used as evidence that the information about Lv Bujun obtained by my new source is true. On the other hand, I hope that things in Hebei will not go as I and Cao Cao expected Seriously, after all, after Cao Cao's army has snatched half of Jingzhou, the main goal of the next step is to wipe out the remnants of the Wancheng Xiliang army that existed in the territory. This is also the first time that Cheng Yu temporarily overwhelmed Cao Cao. A major event led by Cao Cao's Xun You, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew, who were the masterminds.The former can only prove that he is capable of doing things, and the new sources under him are fairly competent, while the latter can demonstrate his own ability as a counselor.It was Cheng Yu, who was born in an ordinary gentry family, who wanted to win the important bargaining chip of the halo of being the mastermind of Uncle Xun You, the son of a wealthy family. Now it was a critical juncture, and the entanglement in this made Cheng Yu, who claimed to be open-minded, very nervous.

"Ha! As expected!" Cao Cao, who was watched closely by Cheng Yu, had a calm expression on his face. He didn't pause until he read the contents of Xiahou Dun's letter, and a sneer appeared on his face. Come on, snorted softly, handed the letter to Cheng Yu, and said to Xu Chu who had been waiting for orders: "Zhongkang, order someone to pass on Wenruo, Gongda, Gongming... Well, Zixiu is also here. !"

"Promise!" Xu Chu promised to leave, Cheng Yu glanced at the back of Xu Chu who was leaving in a hurry, and looked down at Cao Cao who was closed and silent from the corner of his eyes, and then spread the bamboo slices in his hands Looking carefully at the urgent report sent by Xiahou Dun, he immediately understood why Cao Cao did this suddenly, and summoned three people, including Xun Yu, to come.

Although Bingzhou and Jizhou are adjacent to each other, in fact, in addition to the common river and bad port, there is only Huguan on the land that connects the two states, while other borders between the two states are separated by a long distance. Hundreds of miles of steep mountains.When Yuan Shao attacked Bingzhou in the past, it was precisely because of the black bandits who "came out of the mountain to help", and at that time there was a chariot and cavalry general on his head, that he was able to easily obtain the land of Bingzhou counties.If it wasn't so, as long as there is a general and hundreds of people guarding the Huguan area with hundreds of people guarding Huguan, which was the buffer place for the battle between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu in the past, it is probably useless to come with an army of [-].And this is precisely the problem facing Cao Jun, who now has Bingzhou.Otherwise, he would not have promised Jizhou to Lu Bu in such a "generous" way in the past in exchange for the support of Lu Bu's army.

Xiahou Dun is actually the main general of Bingzhou, and Cao Chun's "main business" as the deputy general is to assist Xiahou Dun to garrison Bingzhou on the one hand, and at the same time rebuild the broken-up tiger and leopard cavalry because Bingzhou is rich in war horses. , or a more important task, is to monitor the movements of Youzhou and Jizhou.Bingzhou borders the Yellow River in the south, and the endless Hetao Grassland to the west. The narrow and straight mountain road passes through the north, and the extreme openness is the territory of Youzhou, where tens of thousands of Youzhou cavalry camps are stationed. The mountain road is too narrow for the cavalry to pass through, otherwise, Bingzhou will have no danger to defend.And to the east of Bingzhou is Huguan, the only road leading to Jizhou on land.It is a pity that the current Huguan is now guarded by Hebei general Han Hao. As the eldest son of the Yuan family, Yuan Tan has expressed the intention of surrendering several times, but since Cao Cao took over, Han Hao, who was originally motivated, changed Yuan Tan's envoy turned his face, and now there is no need to count on it.

In other words, Cao Cao's Bingzhou, although it has the advantages of a natural horse farm and a hero of the Bingzhou cavalry, is actually enough to be called the place of the Four Wars.Therefore, the burden on Cao Chun's shoulders is actually very heavy.Because if you don't pay attention, you may face Gongsun Zan from south to north, and Yuan Shang from east to west, crossing the border without any danger.Bingzhou is infinite, and even the prefectures are surrounded by boundless flat land. Whether it is Youzhou cavalry or Jizhou elite soldiers who escaped the detection, it will be a disaster for the entire Bingzhou counties.Cao Chun never dared to be careless.

The monitoring of Hebei is still the top priority.Although the personal relationship between Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao is not considered good, no matter whether it is because of his ability to defeat the foreign captives, or the fact that he gave Gongsun Zan a lot of face because of Liu Bei's affairs in Hulaoguan in the past, although the relationship between the two has never been clear since then. The superficial contact, after all, is due to this kind of affection. Therefore, after Cao Cao took Bingzhou, although there were occasional frictions between Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao's forces, there has been no major battle to tear their face apart.

But the situation in Jizhou is different.Not to mention the animosity between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, but Cao Cao's coveting of Jizhou when Lu Bu was seriously injured and retreated to Linzi to recuperate was extremely dishonest. Lu Bu, who is currently in charge, is skeptical about whether he will abide by the covenant and not attack Bingzhou.Therefore, the monitoring of Jizhou is the top priority of Cao Chun's mission.

After all, Hebei was the territory of Yuan Shao in the past, and Jizhou was the headquarters of the old Yuan family. To be honest, it is not easy to seek help from Cao Jun’s sources without crossing the line. Speaking of it, it is not much easier than storming Huguan and directly opening the gate of Jizhou.

But Cao Chun's luck this time is indeed good.It's a bit like sitting at home behind closed doors, and the pie is coming from heaven.Before Liu Bei went to Ye on Qingqi, Tian Feng went out of the city to welcome him with open jaws, which was very harmonious.It's just that Liu Bei used to be Gongsun Zan's subordinate after all, and the battle with Jizhou was not the first time. It can almost be said that he stepped on the blood of Jizhou soldiers in exchange for Gongsun Zan's trust in him, and he had coveted Yecheng. He participated in the battle for Ye City.Therefore, many former soldiers of the Yuan family, now the main force of the Yuan family stationed in Yecheng, do not have a good impression of Brother Big Ear.Furthermore, after Yuan Shang replaced Yuan Xi as the lord of Yecheng, he did not show kindness to the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng. You can pretend to be loyal.However, in the Zhangja Army, which fought Yuan Shao the most times against Gongsun in the past, there were the most soldiers of this type.Therefore, this time, there happened to be a person who was not angry with his lord Yuan Shang's attitude towards the subordinates of the former enemy Gongsun. The warrant came straight to Bingzhou.

It is also due to Cao Chun's luck that he washed away the humiliation he suffered in the previous battles against Lu Bu's army. The soldier had just passed Huguan when he was captured by soldiers under Cao Chun's command who were out of the camp for inspection. And found the "warrant" of General Zhang Jaw of Jizhou from his body, and sent it directly to Cao Chuntong Xiahou Dun.After several inquiries, the soldier was a bachelor, anyway, he told the eldest son Yuan Tan, and it was inevitable that the two of them would know, so he simply poured beans out of the bamboo tube and told what he saw, although he didn't know Liu Bei and Yuan Shang's power. The specific content of the conversation between the senior officials, but Liu Bei's action alone has already surprised Cao Chun, and the big family was lucky.

What happened between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan that caused Liu Bei to meet Yuan Shang secretly, this is actually not important to Cao Chun at this moment.What's important is that due to routine and the fact that the civil strife in Gongsun Zan's rear is not a secret, Bingzhou's prevention and control of the mountain roads in Youzhou is now mostly a mere formality.Before the news of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's complete separation came, God knows whether Liu Bei got in touch with Yuan Shang because of Gongsun Zan's secret order?If this is the case, if there are Jizhou soldiers to attract Bingzhou troops at that time, leaving enough time for Youzhou cavalry to secretly come to Bingzhou, the consequences for Bingzhou will undoubtedly be devastating.Therefore, whether it was Xiahou Dun or Cao Chun, after hearing this at first, it was too late, and they did not dare to investigate the truth of the matter. After strengthening the defenses at both ends of Bingzhou, they wrote a letter, together with this Yuan family deserter, I sent something to Cao Cao, but unexpectedly, it hit Cao Cao's mind, which was also suspicious because of the news from Qin Xu's mansion.As if adding another footnote to the information, Cao Cao's eyes were successfully shifted to the Hebei matter.

(End of this chapter)