The Nameless of the Common Clans

Jujube, the camp of the coalition of princes.

Cao Cao returned after his defeat, but he saw that the princes were drinking and partying all day long, not wanting to make progress, and some of them couldn't stand it. That day, he went to Yuan Shao and said: "At this beginning, our army is in great momentum now. It is time to capture the key passes and divide our troops to attack Guanzhong. Dong Zhuo is unable to take care of himself. Now he is curled up here, drinking and having fun all day long. When will he be able to invade Luoyang? "

"Mengde doesn't know, although the princes respect me, but now look at these princes, which one is really willing to fight? You must convince them first, and then we can work together for great things." Yuan Shao sighed and said to Cao Cao: " Although I am famous now, I am just a governor of Bohai, and Han Fu is the one who raises all the food and supplies, so how can I command them?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was a little upset. He didn't know that Yuan Shao clearly didn't want to send his own troops, he just hoped that others would send troops. But with so many princes gathered together in Jujube, who wouldn't have this idea? They all want to preserve their strength and let others fight with the enemy. If this continues, when will it end?

Logically speaking, Yuan Shao, as the de facto leader of the alliance, should have taken the lead. However, the nominal leader of the Kwantung Allied Forces was Zang Hong. Although Zang Hong was famous, he was only a meritorious Cao Cao from Guangling, and the real leader was Zang Hong. It's Zhang Chao. What do you want Zang Hong to attack with?

"Everyone in Cao Cao's army has been completely destroyed after this battle. I plan to go back to my hometown first and recruit some troops before coming back." Cao Cao said with a depressed heart.

"I asked Han Fu to give you some food and grass to recruit troops." Yuan Shao also felt a little guilty and nodded.

Cao Cao wanted to refuse, but then he thought, instead of wasting food and grass on these people drinking and having fun all day long, why not use it on business? He nodded immediately and said: "That's fine, thank you leader!"

He bit the word "alliance leader" very hard, but Yuan Shao just pretended that he didn't understand, and just nodded and told Cao Cao to go quickly.

Cao Cao was helpless and returned to the camp to gather his troops.

"My lord, why are you so frowning?" A scribe saw Cao Cao coming in with a gloomy face and said with a smile.

"Sir, aren't you asking questions knowingly?" Cao Cao said with a smile: "I went out to fight desperately because I wanted the princes to give up their calculations and work together to invade Luoyang as soon as possible and restore peace to the world. But now it seems that I have thought too much. , My little wise brother is right, these people can't do anything! They should have listened to him in the first place, aren't they among the Nine Qings? "

The little virtuous brother Cao Cao was talking about was naturally Chen Mo. At the beginning, Chen Mo told him that it would be difficult for the princes to achieve anything, especially following the Yuan brothers. Now it seems that what Chen Mo said at the beginning has come true.

"Of course what Guang Luxun said is reasonable, but the Lord cannot follow his path." The scribe smiled.

"That's true, he can't recruit so many soldiers himself." Cao Cao laughed.

"More than that, although Chen Mo has been recognized by the Chen family, he can be regarded as entering the noble family, but his foundation is too shallow after all. If he really left the court like my lord, I am afraid he would not be in the same situation as he is today. But since he wants to rely on the court, then Dong Zhuo's He has to bear the bad reputation." The scribe laughed.

"There are so many ministers in the court, why is he the only one carrying them?" Cao Cao sighed and asked.

"First of all, he was the first one to seek refuge with Dong Zhuo. Both Yuan Benchu ​​and Yuan Jiujiu intended to blame him for Dong Zhuo's rise to power." The scribe sighed and said, "Secondly, don't you think that this son has been promoted too much in the past two years?" Fast? He is indeed talented and his current position is due to his ability, but because of this, he will appear to be too incompetent. In addition, he is too smart and difficult to calculate, so it is inevitable that he will be isolated. "

"Zhicai is right. Don't talk about other people. Sometimes I want to beat him, but I'm afraid I can't beat him. Haha~" Thinking of the time when Chen Mo said that he could recite a ten-thousand-character book after reading it two or three times, he felt so excited. He looked like it was natural and should be like this. Even if the two of them were close, Cao Cao would feel for a moment that this little brother was hateful, self-righteous, defiant, and incomprehensible, and he wanted to chop him.

"However, this person is very talented and pragmatic. Judging from his behavior in the past two years, if the lord wants to recruit him, I'm afraid he won't be able to." The scribe said with a smile.

"Why is this? Although he said so, he and I must have the same interests." Cao Cao said puzzled.

"If my lord had had his current status two years ago, it would not be difficult to recruit him. When he first entered his official career, he did have a sincere heart. However, times have changed. Although he has resigned as the governor of Hedong, Hedong may still be the governor of Hedong. Under the control of this son, Gao Shun, Wu Yi and others should be his confidants. This son already has his own way in his heart, especially after passing through Yuan Benchu, I am afraid that he will not trust anyone anymore." The scribe sighed.

Cao Cao was a little regretful when he heard this, but he also understood that between the time when He Jin took power and Dong Zhuo came to the capital, Chen Mo had made suggestions to Yuan Shao more than once, but none of them were adopted by Yuan Shao. It was probably at that time that his little brother Start thinking about taking charge on your own.

"It doesn't matter. It's rare to have a confidant in life. Even if you become an enemy one day, it's not bad to have such an opponent." After a moment of silence, Cao Cao suddenly laughed loudly.

The scribe nodded slightly. He could take it up and let it go. This is the courage that a wise master should have. Although Cao Cao's reputation is far less powerful than Yuan Shao's, he believed that as long as Cao Cao was given time, he would be able to catch up with Yuan Shao.

"What should we do now?" Cao Cao sat down and asked. Yuan Shao refused to send troops and said everything he said was false.

"My lord, just go and recruit troops. You will find a way to force Yuan Shao to send troops next time." The scribe said with a smile.

"Zhicai has never let me down, so that's fine. I took Yuan Rang to recruit troops, and Zhicai will be here. When I come back, I will see what Zhicai is capable of." Cao Cao said with a smile.

The scribe smiled and coughed lightly, nodded and said, "I wish my lord a speedy return."

…

On the other side, Yingchuan and Yangdi.

The coldness of winter has not completely dissipated, and most people are huddled at home, unwilling to get up early. A few soldiers yawned and opened the city gate to welcome the new day.

"Look, what is that!?" The city gate had just been opened halfway when a county guard suddenly saw something on the other side of the moat. He couldn't see clearly through the morning light.

"Go over and take a look!" A county guard asked someone to lower the suspension bridge and cross the moat to check. He saw two corpses neatly placed on the bank of the moat. One of the corpses was separated and his head was about to roll to the shore.

Dead people were not uncommon in this era, but the clothes the two men wore clearly belonged to two generals. A group of county guards did not recognize Sun Jian and Huang Gai, but the clothes and armor were obviously not ordinary soldiers, so they quickly sent someone to report them.

After a while, the prefect led the county captain and county captain out of the city in a hurry.

"He is a general under Duke Yuan's command." The eunuch looked at the clothes.

"Your Majesty, there is a wooden sign left here." A county guard came over carrying a wooden sign.

"Good calligraphy!" The prefect was a little surprised when he saw the carved handwriting: "Generally, it is difficult to retain the charm of a book when engraving. This person can still retain the aftertaste after engraving. Although it is a little short of it, it is rare, tsk tsk …”

"Your Majesty, this person is Sun Jian, the general under the command of Duke Yuan. He is the man who went to hunt down Chen Mo a few days ago." The county captain was speechless when he heard this. How long has it been? Are you going to evaluate his words?

"Sun Wentai?" The prefect was shocked when he heard this, and then he started reading seriously.

The message left by Chen Mo was very simple. He couldn't bear to have Sun Jian's body exposed in the wilderness, so he sent his body back.

"I remember that there was only a team of people accompanying Chen Mo!" The eunuch turned his head in disbelief and looked at the county captain who had the most contact with Chen Mo.

"good."

"How many troops did General Wentai bring?" the prefect asked in shock.

"I didn't take a closer look at that time, but there must be a school." The county captain said uncertainly. The scope of a school is very large. It can accommodate 800 people, or up to 2,000 people. The number of people in a school is within this range. There is no wrong way to say it.

"Then Chen Mo can defeat General Sun's entire army with only a few dozen men?" the prefect said with a look of astonishment.

"Don't worry, although Chen Mo is good at fighting, General Sun is also a fierce general. If you want to defeat it with dozens of people, there must be an army nearby!" the county lieutenant bowed.

"Not bad!" The prefect nodded and said, "Quickly, collect the bodies of the two generals and send people to Luyang to inform Duke Yuan. The rest of the people will return to the city as soon as possible and seal the four gates. Don't let the thieves take advantage of them!"

This time when Chen Mo came, there were not many troops in Yangdi, so he secretly informed Yuan Shu that he originally thought that Chen Mo was a turtle in the urn, but now it seems that Chen Mo may have had evil intentions and wanted to plot against Yangdi.

Fortunately, I was prepared!

He broke out in a cold sweat when he thought that Chen Mo might be detrimental to him.

"Here!" Everyone agreed and gathered the bodies of Sun Jian and Huang Gai and dragged them back to the city. The county lieutenant arranged for people to inform Yuan Shu that the prefect had already returned to the city. When everyone returned, he ordered the four gates to be sealed and no one could enter or leave.

At this time, Chen Mo had already rushed to Dagu Pass with his troops overnight. After revealing his identity, he passed the checkpoint and then slowed down and headed towards Luoyang.

"My lord, if we kill Sun Jian this time, will there be any reward from the court?" Dian Wei looked back at Dagong Pass and asked casually.

"Of course there will be. This credit is enough for you to be promoted to the position of captain." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"What's the use of promoting me? I don't know how to lead troops?" Dian Weihun said nonchalantly.

"I can give you a bonus." Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei who said this with pride and said with a headache: "If you don't understand, just learn it. No one is born with this knowledge. You look so proud." What do you mean?"

"My lord, it's not like I don't know. I usually feel like falling asleep when I read a book. If you ask Lao Dian to kill people, Lao Dian will naturally not be vague. But if you want Lao Dian to study... then you might as well kill me." Dian Wei's face changed when he heard this. Path of suffering.

"If you don't study, you will be like this all your life. If you have a son in the future, how will you be a wife?" Chen Mo glared.

"That's easy." Dian Wei thought for a while and said, "I will have more sons and let them study. If any of them don't study, I will beat them."

Xu Shu couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"What a joke." Dian Wei glared at Xu Shu with dissatisfaction and said, "You are said to be a ranger, but you can be caught by several county guards. You are said to be a scribe, and you read a book. If you are not good at writing, you are not good at martial arts. No, why would you laugh at me?"

Xu Shu's complexion suddenly turned livid.

I really want to kill this idiot!