The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Liu Bei? Who are you?" When Cao Cao led his army back to Juancheng, Liu Bei had already retreated. Looking at the battle report handed over by Xun Yu, Cao Cao frowned.

Although Liu Bei now has some reputation, he was previously appointed as Pingyuan Prime Minister by Gongsun Zan. Later, he had some friendship with Kong Rong because of his rescue, so this reputation was not enough to reach Cao Cao's ears.

"Liu Bei is a disciple of Lu Gong and a classmate of Gongsun Zan. When the Taiping Sect was in rebellion, he had considerable military exploits in Youzhou. Later, when he was the captain of Anxi County, he whipped the postal governor and left with his seal, and voted for Gongsun Zan. Last year, the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou was restored. When the army surrounded Beihai, he came to the rescue and defeated the Yellow Turban. He was invited as an honored guest by Kong Rong. "Xun Yu also collected information about Liu Bei during this period, and he had pretty much checked Liu Bei's past.

After that, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and then Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others took the opportunity to attack and led Liu Bei to Yanzhou. It was similar to welcoming Cao Cao to Yanzhou. However, it was to fight against the Yellow Turbans, but now it is to fight against him, Cao Cao.

"Lord, Liu Bei is currently stationed in Puyang and is looking for helpers to defeat him immediately." Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao.

Liu Bei knew that he was going to fight head-on and was definitely no match for Cao Cao. After retreating from Puyang, he sent people everywhere to ask for help. Liu Bei sent people to ask for help from Kong Rong in Beihai, Tian Kai in Qingzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou and even Yuan Shu in Jianghuai. Liu Bei sent people to ask for help. , although Liu Bei does not have this face, Zhang Miao does, and even Chen Mo's teacher Zang Hong is included in Liu Bei's invitation, hoping that through Zang Hong, Yuan Shao can be invited to support Liu Bei.

Cao Cao nodded. This Liu Bei is a bit naughty. If he just raised his troops to fight with Cao Cao, Cao Cao would naturally not be afraid. But Liu Bei was looking for help everywhere, which made Cao Cao a little tired. This Yanzhou is the place of the Four Wars. Invite these princes. Come on, even if Liu Bei wins, will Yanzhou still be his in the end?

"For the current plan, we must break it quickly. Wen Ruo, you can write a letter to Benchu ​​on my behalf. I don't need Benchu's help. As long as he ignores Liu Bei and restrains the counties in Jizhou not to help each other." Cao Cao rubbed it. Rubbing his temples, he looked at Xun Yu and said.

What he is most worried about now is Yuan Shao's involvement in this matter, but he is not worried about Chen Mo. There is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, plus Ma Teng, Han Sui and even the Southern Huns are not honest, Chen Mo is busy enough.

In addition, Yuan Shu is also a trouble. If Yuan Shu and Tao Qian join forces at this time, all his previous preparations will be in vain. Therefore, the best way is to destroy Liu Bei before these princes react.

"Here!" Xun Yu nodded. The longer the war drags on, the worse it will be for Cao Cao.

"Thanks to Wen Ruo for being able to keep Juancheng intact this time." Cao Cao sighed.

"The young master is almost all responsible for defending the city. Yu just helps from the side and doesn't dare to take credit." Xun Yu shook his head and smiled.

"He?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and said with a smile: "Wen Ruo doesn't need to praise him. Without Wen Ruo's guidance, how could he be so capable? Besides, he can at most block Liu Bei's attack on the city wall, but what happens in the city That's the most complicated thing. Without Wenruo, Zixiu wouldn't be able to handle these things."

Cao Cao knew his son very well. Cao Ang was naturally not bad, but due to his own experience, it was no problem to let him take charge of the defense of the city. However, the problems in Juancheng at that time were not just Liu Bei, but also Dong Cheng, Liu Fan and others in the court. If people wait for him to come back honestly, Cao Cao will be the first to not believe it. These people did not take the opportunity to make trouble. It can only be said that someone in the court suppressed these people, and this is definitely not what Cao Ang can do now.

Xun Yu just smiled and said nothing. If he continued to praise him, it would not only be hypocritical, but also Cao Cao would not be happy. Cao Cao was using this incident to point Cao Ang. It was obvious that Cao Cao was very concerned about his eldest son. .

"Liu Bei is now stationing troops in Puyang. It seems that he wants to confront us." Cao Cao gestured with the map and said: "I heard that Liu Bei's generals are all cobbled together by powerful men from various counties?"

"Exactly, when Liu Bei entered Yanzhou, he only had two thousand troops and horses borrowed from Gongsun Zan and two thousand troops and horses donated to him by Kong Rong." Xun Yu nodded.

"This is easy to handle!" Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Cao Ren, Yu Jin!"

"The general is here!" Cao Ren and Yu Jin quickly came out.

"You two lead ten thousand troops, capture Lihu, blockade the Pu River, and cut off the connection between Puyang and Yanzhou." Cao Cao said with a smile.

"Here!" Cao Ren and Yu Jin bowed and took the general order from Cao Cao.

"Wonderful talent!" Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan.

"The general is here!" Xia Houyuan stepped out.

"You lead five thousand troops and conquer all the counties." When Cao Cao handed a general order to Xia Houyuan, he pressed it in his hand and said: "Those who resist will be punished!"

This time the Yanzhou family joined forces to welcome Liu Bei, which almost broke Cao Cao's foundation, but it really angered Cao Cao. Now that he is the emperor, he has no shortage of talents, and he has no shortage of talents who want to harm him all the time. Now that these people have jumped out, Then Cao Cao will not show mercy.

Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao were brothers, so they naturally understood what Cao Cao meant. He took the general's order and bowed: "Don't worry, my lord, the general will know what to do."

"The rest of you, gather your troops and follow me to besiege Puyang. I will behead Liu Bei with my own hands! To vent my hatred!" Cao Cao stood up and said.

"Here!"

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Cao Cao returned to Juancheng. After resting for three days, he led his army straight to Dongjun. During this period, Yuan Shao sent people to persuade Cao Cao to submit to him. After all, most of his territory was lost. Yuan Shao wanted Cao Cao to defect to him. This friend was not too ugly, but he was rejected by Cao Cao. Cao Ren and Yu Jin cut off Liu Bei's contact with Yanzhou, and Cao Cao personally led 30,000 troops and horses straight to Puyang.

Liu Bei's subordinates were all soldiers from Yanzhou. After Cao Cao cut off Liu Bei's connection with Yanzhou, he was not in a hurry to attack the city. He sent people outside the city day and night to shout that Yanzhou had been recovered by him. If these people continued to follow Liu Bei, their Yanzhou families would inevitably be implicated by them.

Liu Bei wanted to fight Cao Cao in Puyang for at least one or two months, so that Kong Rong and Tao Qian could send troops to join him in attacking Cao Cao, but he obviously overestimated himself. Under Cao Cao's psychological attack strategy, these Yanzhou soldiers under his command had no fighting spirit, and many of them even fled at night and went to Cao Cao to surrender. However, within three days, Liu Bei's city gate was almost opened by these Yanzhou soldiers.

Seeing that things were not going well, Liu Bei was straightforward. On the third night, he quietly opened the city gate and fled with his elite soldiers and Chen Gong, the military advisor, and fled the city directly. When Cao Cao reacted, they were nowhere to be found, and Puyang was almost taken without a fight.

Once Liu Bei left, the scholars in Yanzhou who had initiated the mutiny could not leave. Xiahou Yuan almost killed his way from Rencheng to Chenliu, and at least dozens of families were exterminated. Cao Cao had a reason to kill people this time. Even if someone was dissatisfied, this time it was a rebellion. In terms of justice, Cao Cao was right.

However, after this battle, Cao Cao was still injured. When the news reached Chang'an, Cao Cao had retreated to Juancheng and began to recuperate. After this battle, he could no longer attack Xuzhou. He could only find another opportunity. The appearance of Liu Bei brought a big blow to Cao Cao. The most important thing was that Tao Qian died not long after Liu Bei fled to Xuzhou. Cao Cao had been planning Xuzhou two years ago but failed, but Liu Bei finally took advantage of him. How could this be justified?

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Chang'an, General's Mansion.

"My lord, why are you so happy? Is Cao Cao dead?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo puzzledly.

"Disrespectful, that's my brother!" Chen Mo closed the bamboo slips and glared at Dian Wei: "Whether he can speak or not, my brother... is already very difficult... haha~"

At the end, Chen Mo couldn't help laughing. He had planned for several years to serve the emperor, but Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos to steal the emperor. He was a little depressed. This time it was Cao Cao's turn to be unlucky. Xuzhou, which he had planned for two years, was taken away by Liu Bei. This made Chen Mo feel a lot more balanced. This is really retribution!

Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao is in a place where there are four wars. If he can't open up the situation as soon as possible, it will be a matter of time before he is destroyed. It's a pity.

However, since he has chosen this path, Chen Mo will feel sorry for Cao Cao, but he will not help him. Even when necessary, he will not hesitate to take back the emperor and give Cao Cao a heavier blow. They chose the same path, and it is destined to become opponents.

The Yanzhou battle report, for Chen Mo, was a relief for his depressed mood since he lost the emperor, but that was someone else's business. In the next period of time, Chen Mo reorganized his power.

After the rumor war, as Zhong Yao secretly released the list, many Guanlong celebrities began to turn to Chen Mo's side. Chen Mo also selected a group of good talents, such as Zhang Ji, the magistrate of Xinfeng County, who was not famous but had real talents and knowledge, and Wei Duan, the governor of Liangzhou, who was famous. There were more than 30 people selected by Chen Mo alone, all over the court and local areas. After this incident, these people could be regarded as Chen Mo's power, and naturally they could not be called confidants. So far, Chen Mo's voice in the court has become more important.

In the first year of Xingping, the princes of the whole world were quite busy. Chen Mo was busy with disaster relief, fighting with court officials, suppressing the Qiang rebellion, and fighting more than a dozen battles with Ma Teng and Han Sui. Although Chen Mo did not go to the front line in person, Xu Rong and Hua Xiong were almost always with Ma Teng and Han Sui.

Yuan Shao was making plans for Gongsun Zan, and Youzhou and Qingzhou were about to be taken. Needless to say, Cao Cao, Liu Bei's affairs made him almost spend the second half of the year sorting out Yanzhou, and there was no sign of mobilizing troops again.

However, compared with these three families, when Chen Mo collected battle reports from various places at the end of the year, he paid more attention to two emerging forces. Sun Ce of Jiangdong, although he was attached to Yuan Shu, it can be seen that this teenager of the same age as himself has already established a firm foothold in Jiangdong. The other one that Chen Mo paid attention to was Lu Bu who occupied Nanyang.

After the rebellion in Chang'an, Lu Bu left Wuguan. He originally wanted to surrender to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was very wary of Lu Bu, and Lu Bu was unhappy. Later, when Yuan Shu attacked Cao Cao and was killed by Cao Cao, Lu Bu stationed his troops in the Pingshi area and all the military supplies were seized.

Later, Cao Cao and Liu Biao formed an alliance, but Cao Cao stole the emperor, Nanyang was ownerless, and Liu Biao was slow to seize Nanyang. Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to seize Wancheng. Cao Cao had already driven away Liu Bei and was in the process of sorting out Yanzhou. After learning that Lu Bu occupied Wancheng, he immediately appointed Lu Bu as the governor of Nanyang in the name of the emperor to help him contain Liu Biao. He fought a big battle with Liu Biao in Xinye. After that, the two sides used the Han River as the boundary and stopped fighting. After all, if they fought further south, it would be a world of water battles, and Lu Bu was not good at this.

So far, the world situation seems to have changed again...