The Nameless of the Common Clans

In Cao Cao's tent, looking at the letter sent by Chen Mo, Cao Cao's eyes were a little complicated. He reached out and wanted to throw the letter into the brazier, but he saw Xun Yu coming in from outside.

"Lord." Xun Yu saluted.

"Wen Ruo is here." Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and asked Xun Yu to sit down without burning the letter.

"My lord, the army has stabilized, but the soldiers are quite war-weary. If we continue to fight, there may be no results." Xun Yu knelt down and sat under Cao Cao's hands, sighing.

"If I retreat now, Chen Mo will definitely not want to. Can you trust me?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and sighed.

Both sides are war-weary. Judging from the battle situation, the two sides have been fighting for more than a year, and no one can do anything about the other. But in the long run, if Chen Mo continues to drag it out, as long as this period of time passes, he will become stronger and stronger. On the other hand, Cao Cao But the longer he is dragged on, the weaker he gets, and eventually he will be eaten alive by Chen Mo here.

This can be seen from Chen Mo's current posture. He does not seek merit, but seeks no faults. He is just wasting his time with Cao Cao. As long as he continues to waste his time, Cao Cao's defeat will be inevitable sooner or later.

"This is the letter Bo Dao gave me. Wen Ruo has a look." Cao Cao handed Chen Mo's letter persuading him to surrender to Cao Cao.

Xun Yu took it and looked at it twice, then looked up at Cao Cao and said, "What are your plans, my lord?"

"When Fengxiao left, he had already concluded that Qingzhou could not be defended." Cao Cao frowned and said, "Do you know where Fengxiao advised me to go?"

"Today, the only places in the world that can resist Chen Mo are Jiangdong, Jingzhou, and Shu. Although the Sun family in Jiangdong has experienced turmoil now, they can be allies, but they cannot be taken away. Liu Bei in Jingzhou is not an easy person. It’s only Shu.”

"If we go to Shu, we have to give up all these huge foundations." Cao Cao nodded. This was also the reason for his hesitation. If he wanted to take all these foundations out of Qingzhou, it would be impossible. He would have to break through the entire Chen Mo territory. It takes only a few children to get over. This is unrealistic. Therefore, what Guo Jia means is to let Cao Cao take his confidants to join Liu Zhang in the middle of Shu and wait for an opportunity to seize the foundation of Bashu. In this regard, he can ask the Sun family to help him and take a boat to Jiangdong, and then from Jiangdong to Shu, but In this way, there are definitely not many people who can be taken away.

"Yu is willing to go with my lord." Xun Yu solemnly said, he already understood what Cao Cao meant.

"Even if he wants to leave, it won't be now. The Jiangdong envoy has never left, and even if he can get to Jiangdong, it's still unclear whether Sun is willing to let him go." Cao Cao said helplessly.

They can't hold on to Qingzhou for long, but if they leave, they can't leave if they want to. Even if they bypass Chen Mo's territory, will Jiangdong be willing to let him go? It's possible that some of them were detained by Jiang Dong halfway. After all, even if Cao Cao lost his territory and troops, the advisers and generals he brought with him would still be a great attraction to Jiang Dong.

Rather than being a prisoner of Jiangdong, it would be better to surrender to Chen Mo directly.

"My lord, why don't you ask for help from Jiangdong first, and be willing to rely on Jiangdong to relax his defenses? When you get to Jiangdong, you can wait for an opportunity to go to Bashu." Xun Yu said with a smile.

This is also difficult, but at least there is a direction.

Cao Cao smiled, looked at Xun Yu and sighed: "The one who knows me is Wen Ruoye, but this matter is not urgent. Even if we are going to lose, we won't lose too quickly. We can first let the Jiangdong envoy go back to deliver the message and take a look. That’s what Sun Quan meant.”

"I'll make arrangements now." Xun Yu nodded and stood up.

Next, the war between Chen Mo and Cao Cao did not stop because of Guo Jia's death. Even Yu Sheng and Wu Yi from Qinghe in the Taishan area began to make an offensive posture towards Qingzhou. It seemed that they were preparing to completely capture Qingzhou. .

The situation in Qingzhou is becoming increasingly unstable, and Chen Mo is preparing to use the momentum to completely crush Cao Cao to death step by step.

But Cao Cao's reaction left Chen Mo a little confused. He didn't panic at all. He just tried his best and was quite stable. Of course, this in itself was not a problem. Chen Mo might not have been able to do better than Cao Cao.

Brother Meng De!

After sending away the general who came to deliver the letter, Chen Mo stood in the tent, looking at the information in his hand, and finally frowned. Cao Cao had not replied to the letter in the past few days, and Chen Mo was not in a hurry. But the moment he actually received the reply, Chen Mo's heart Somewhat gloomy.

You really would rather be destroyed than surrender to me! ?

"Lord..." Xun You looked at Chen Mo's expression, hesitated for a moment and said, "Is there still a way out?"

"If we talk about retreat, there is one. The sea is a place that we cannot take care of. Although Qingzhou is still holding on and it is difficult to capture it for a while, its defeat will only happen sooner or later. If Jiangdong picks him up with ships before this, it will indeed be It's a retreat, but I don't understand why you would rather surrender to Jiangdong than surrender to me?" Chen Mo frowned.

"I may know something." Xun You said with a wry smile.

"Oh?" Chen Mo heard this and looked at Xun You and said, "Why?"

"Perhaps it is because of my deep friendship with my lord that I don't want to surrender to my lord." Xun You said with a smile.

Chen Mo frowned when he heard this, what kind of truth is this?

"My lord has always had a good grasp of people's hearts, but this time he was a little concerned and it made him confused. I'm sorry to say this bluntly, but if my lord and Cao Cao were to change places, would my lord be willing to surrender to Cao Cao?" Xun You asked rhetorically.

"Of course..." Chen Mo suddenly couldn't continue speaking after half a sentence.

Do you want to?

I definitely don't want to. If I go to Jiangdong, I can still have some plans to make a comeback. But if I go to Cao Cao's command, defeat is defeat and I can only accept my fate. In other words, Cao Cao is not completely resigned now and is still here. Find a way out for yourself.

Ha~

Although Chen Mo felt that this kind of thing was somewhat vindictive, he had to admit that if he were him, he would probably choose this path. It would be impossible for him to admit defeat until the last moment.

"Then let's see how far he can go!" Chen Mo sat down again and said, "Is there any information sent back from Qingzhou?"

"It hasn't happened in the past few days. Cao Cao has also blocked all intersections and even implemented martial law in all cities. The latest intelligence in Qingzhou was a month ago. However, considering the current scale of the war, now I'm afraid the people in Qingzhou are also unstable." Xun You said with a smile.

"It would be strange if such a situation can still stabilize people's hearts." Chen Mo shook his head. He helped Cao Cao do some calculations. Not to mention the food and grass consumed by the armies of all parties, just the civilian men who carried the food and grass. I'm afraid half of Qingzhou's population must be used to carry grain and grass.

It would be okay if there was hope for this battle, but now that Chen Mo has been delaying the fight, Cao Cao has to accept the fight. Under this situation, if Cao Cao can still stabilize the hearts of the people inside, he will be a god.

"Pass my military order and order Pang De, Hua Rong, and Xu Kai to lead their cavalry in a detour to Yu Sheng's place, and choose a route from Mount Tai into Qingzhou to conduct a raid. Remember... try not to offend the people." Chen Mo took out three command arrows and handed them to him. Give the order soldiers and ask them to give the order arrows to Pang De, Hua Rong, and Xu Kai. As for the last sentence, Chen Mo also knows that in this case it is impossible to not hurt the people at all. Try to avoid the losses of the people of Qingzhou. .

"Gongda, there are many friends from our former teachers and teachers in Qingzhou. We are trying to contact them and convince them to support our army's entry into Qingzhou." After sending someone to deliver the order, Chen Mo looked at Xun You again. Qingzhou is half of Chen Mo's hometown. There are many Qingzhou scholars under his command now. They studied in Qingzhou for four years in the same year, and now they have some foundations when they return to Qingzhou. Now that they have taken over the general situation, the Qingzhou scholars know that Cao Cao will lose, and they will definitely support him.

As for whether Cao Cao would find out and bring harm to his family, that was not something Chen Mo should consider. Casualties were inevitable in the war.

"Here!" Xun You nodded and got up to do this.

"Send orders to Generals Zhang He and Xu Huang to step up the offensive against Cao Jun. It's best to get Langya back to me!" Chen Mo said as he took out another command arrow.

"Here!"

Chen Mo began to gradually increase his offensive, and Cao Cao naturally noticed it.

"My lord, a few days ago the Li family gathered in Beihai to cause chaos, and now the situation is getting more and more out of control." In Cao Cao's camp, Mao Jie hurried in and bowed to Cao Cao.

"How many families of the generals have been sent away?" Cao Cao didn't care about this. During this time, he had reached an agreement with Jiangdong. Jiangdong sent people over to send the family members and wealth of some important generals to Jiangdong first. Sun Quan's surrender to Cao Cao Naturally, it is welcomed. This will not only consolidate Sun Quan's status and reputation, but more importantly, if these powerful advisers and generals under Cao Cao can join Jiangdong, it will be an opportunity for Jiangdong to greatly increase their combat power.

You know, the Jiangdong navy can be said to be unparalleled in the world, but its level of land warfare has always been criticized. Not to mention compared to Chen Mo's Guanzhong Army and Cao Cao's Hundred Battles Division, it is difficult to fight Liu Bei on land. Taking advantage of this is certainly due to the fact that the soldiers of Jiangdong are not used to pure land warfare, but the fundamental reason is that Jiangdong lacks real land warfare generals. If these experienced generals under Cao Cao can join, for Jiangdong, land warfare will It will no longer be Jiangdong's shortcomings.

Of course, it would be better if Cao Cao could bring so many generals to himself. Sun Quan knew very well that even if Cao Cao surrendered, it would be an unstable factor. Once he entered Jiangdong, he must be cautious.

But this is not realistic. Without Cao Cao, wouldn't it be better for those Cao Jun generals to surrender directly to Chen Mo? Why come all the way to Jiangdong?

"Most of them have been sent away. This time, Zhou Yu, the commander of the Jiangdong Navy, personally led the warships to come to meet him. There were dozens of large ships, and they could transport three hundred people each time. With this back and forth, all the family members have now been transported. Let's go, I'm the only one left waiting." Xun Yu said with a smile.

"Then let them wait. Qingzhou cannot be left to Chen Mo so easily!" Cao Cao nodded helplessly.

"My lord, something bad has happened!" At this moment, a general suddenly rushed in and paid homage to Cao Cao.

"Why are you panicking?" Cao Cao frowned.

"Back to my lord, news came from Pingyuan. Zang Ba led his generals to surrender to Wuyi. Now Pingyuan has been conquered by Wuyi. At this moment, Wuyi has led his army across the river, entered Donglai territory, and is heading straight for Jiaodong!"

"What!"