Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 240 Liu Bei, should I kill or not?

In Lu Yu's view, Yuan Shu's rebellion was not groundless.

The reason why Yuan Shu was able to rise, on the one hand, relied on the background and reputation of the Yuan family.

On the other hand, this is due to Yuan Shu's "inclusive of all rivers".

It can be said that in Yuan Shu's eyes, as long as you are soldiers, as long as you are willing to join him, it doesn't matter whether you committed crimes, murdered or set fire, everything is not a problem.

Even... you can continue to commit crimes, murder and set fire!
For this reason, in Yuan Shu's camp, the team was extremely chaotic.

Some originally came from the Yellow Turban Army, some originally came from bandits, and some originally came from local tyrants with thousands of households, and there are countless habitual criminals...

To put it bluntly, this is a group of mobs and bandits.

And what is the purpose of their investment in Yuan Shu?
Change of dynasty?wrong!
How can a group of thieves have lofty ideals of changing the dynasty? They just want to rely on the big tree of Yuan Shu and continue to commit crimes, murder, set fire, and commit crimes.

According to the records of ancient books, it is precisely because Yuan Shu, the "King of Destroyer in Huainan", is "inclusive" and "inclusive of all rivers" to the team under his command, the order of the entire Jianghuai generation has long been completely broken.

The common people have no food to eat, no clothes for the cold, and dare not speak out when they are angry...

There has long been public dissatisfaction.

And the army formed by these bandits under Yuan Shu has the same characteristics as the Yellow Turban Army. They ride against the wind and waves, and fight against the wind and waves. They are as fierce as tigers against weak people, and they are as timid as white rabbits when they really confront powerful opponents!
Now, during the battle of Chen Guo, Yuan Shu suffered a big loss...

The situation changed from tailwind to headwind, and the mentality of the bandits under Yuan Shu's command also changed.

Everyone has their own ghosts... There are even some who want to change to a more reliable master.

What can be met is that it is easy to bad-mouth him. When the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, the emperor and the false emperor begins, all the officials under Yuan Shu's command may have almost run away.

It's just a matter of time before everyone betrays relatives.

For this reason, Lu Yu pondered...you can wait a little longer.

Lu Yu thought a lot here, but Cao Cao was quite sensitive because of the words "betrayed relatives".

"Lu Sinog, just look at this." Cao Cao took out a bamboo slip from the case, slowly unfolded it, and pushed it in front of Lu Yu, "This is an urgent message from Pengcheng..."

Lu Yu took a closer look...

The content on the bamboo slips was nothing else, but that Yuan Shu had assembled seven soldiers and horses and planned to send troops to Xiapi City in Xuzhou.

This…

Seeing this, Lu Yu was a little confused?
If you want to fight, you should also fight Chen Guo?

Why not fight such a strategically important place that can be attacked and defended?Why did you want to take down Picheng?Did Lu Bu eat rice from Yuan Shu's house?

Then look down...

It turned out that Yuan Yao, the son of Yuan Shu, married Lu Lingqi, the daughter of Lu Bu.

Speaking of which, after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he did a few important things. He registered hundreds of officials, rode on dragon and phoenix chariots, sacrificed to the northern and southern suburbs, appointed Feng Fangnv, that is, Mrs. Feng, as the queen, and established his son Yuan Yao as the East Palace, and even sent him to welcome his relatives. The team went to Xiapi City, intending to take Lv Lingqi, Lv Bu's daughter, as the princess.

It's a pity that Lu Bu directly persuaded Yuan Shu's wedding reception team to retreat.

What is also mentioned about being hired and married? There is an ancient law, one year for the emperor, half a year for the princes, one season for the doctor, and one month for the common people!
Isn't this a waste of time?

If he can survive until next year, Yuan Shu... how can he still value Lu Bu, a tiny "ally"?

In Yuan Shu's mind, he is either an enemy or a friend, there is absolutely no middle ground...

Don't you, Lu Bu, never marry a girl?
That's good...Yuan Shu directly raised the Seventh Route Army to attack Xiapi City!

This is very in line with Yuan Shu, the "Huainan Skeleton King", the usual style of doing things.

Seeing that Lu Yu had finished reading the bamboo slips, Cao Cao continued. "Yuan Shu's rebel worshiped Zhang Xun as a general, commanded an army of more than [-] troops, and conquered Xuzhou in seven ways! What does Lu Si Nong think?"

Lu Yu rolled his eyes. "This seems to be Yuan Shu's whim, but in fact, Yuan Shu wants to open up a second battlefield... It seems that Yuan Shu is sure that Chen Guo will not be able to attack, and the first battlefield has no chance of winning."

"That's right." Cao Cao nodded.

At this point, Yu'er thought of going with him.

Chen Guo's soldiers were well-stocked, and now that the rebellion had subsided, and Le Jin sent by Cao Cao had rushed to help, the passage from Xudu to Chen State had been opened, and they could rush to help at any time.

It is extremely difficult for Yuan Shu to win from the battlefield of Chen Guo.

Then, Yuan Shu is bound to open up a second battlefield.

If they marry Lu Bu, then they can completely abandon the plan to go west and go north instead, attack Xuzhou first, then break Yanzhou, and finally capture Xuchang City. This is a brand new second battlefield.

only…

What Yuan Shu didn't expect was that Lu Bu refused to marry his daughter, and his plan had to be readjusted.

From uniting with Lu Bu to attacking Lu Bu, the plan is still to open up the second battlefield.

"Did Cao Sikong see these names?" Lu Yu pointed to the names of the generals of Yuan Shu's Seventh Army on the bamboo slips.

"What does Lu Si Nong mean?" Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slips...

But Lu Yu's words were at a loss.

"The generals chosen by Yuan Shu's Seven Route Army are quite interesting." Lu Yu smiled slightly. "General Zhang Xun of the first line, Qiao Rui of the second line, Chen Ji of the third line, Lei Bo of the fourth line, Chen Lan of the fifth line, Li Feng of the sixth line, Liang Gang of the seventh line, The grain and grass are transported by Jin Shang, and Ji Ling is the envoy of the Seven Routes of Rescue."

Lu Yu read their names, but the word "interesting" in front of them gave Cao Cao a sense of mystery.

"Interesting? Where is it interesting?" Cao Cao asked curiously.

"Let me be tricky." Lu Yu smiled slightly, but threw another question to Cao Cao. "Does Cao Sikong know? Why did Yuan Shu use assassination to seek Chen Guo?"

"Isn't it to attack Xu Capital City?" Cao Cao blurted out directly...

"No!" Lu Yu waved his hand. "Cheng Sima sent back news that Yuan Shu had borrowed food from the Lord Chen before attacking Chen State, and according to the words of Chen Guoguo Minister Luo Jun, the food and grass in Yuan Shu's hand could not last for two months."

heard...

Cao Cao cheered up all of a sudden, is this a surprise?

"This news? Is it accurate?" Cao Cao asked anxiously.

"Affirmative and sure." Lu Yu smiled and took out a letter from his pocket... "Mr. Cao, this is the letter sent by Cheng Sima in a hurry... Mr. Cao knew it at a glance."

This…

Cao Cao quickly took the letter paper, and he was curious for a while, "Yuan Shu has no food", "Yuan Shu's seven-way army is ridiculous", is there any internal connection between the two?
Today, what kind of medicine is sold in Yu'er's gourd?

Cao Cao unfolded the letter paper and read each word carefully. It doesn't matter if he doesn't read it. After reading it, his eyes shone brightly and dazzlingly.

"Is... the content on this letterhead true?"

Cao Cao became serious all of a sudden.

Lu Yu nodded.

"It's true, Chen Ji, Yuan Shu's third general, Lei Bo, the fourth deputy, Chen Lan, the fifth deputy, Li Feng, the sixth deputy, Liang Gang, the seventh deputy, and Jin Shang, who was in charge of transporting grain and grass. Secretly delivered the letters to Chen Guo, and Cheng Sima also ordered Kuai Ma to send them here as soon as possible."

"I heard that because of the defeat of Chen Guo, the shortage of food, and the boiling of public grievances, Yuan Shu could barely hold on."

While speaking, Lu Yu took out a lot of silk from his cuffs this time, and each piece of silk was densely filled with small characters in seal script.

And the content on each bamboo slip, without exception, expresses the intention of surrender.

It can be said that Yuan Shu's act of forcibly proclaiming himself emperor, and the fact that Chen Guo was defeated, the entire Yuan Shu camp has no hearts, and each has its own ghosts.

Cao Cao is still reading these surrender letters one by one.

It stands to reason...

Behaviors such as surrender and betrayal were very taboo in ancient times. Even if you successfully surrendered to help the new lord defeat the old lord, there is a high probability that the new lord would not dare to use these surrendered people.

But...Yuan Shu forcibly proclaimed himself emperor. Under such a major premise, it seems...the surrender of Yuan Shu's generals seemed justifiable.

Their surrender is also more acceptable, even... forgiven.

Cao Cao's expression gradually changed from surprise to excitement, to ecstasy...

"Cao Sikong, you taste it, you taste it carefully..." Lu Yu's words continued. "That's why, I just saw the list of the seven armies, and I suddenly wanted to laugh. Yuan Shu appointed nine generals in total, and five of them offered to surrender to Cao Sikong, including..."

Before Lu Yu could finish speaking, Cao Cao replied with a smile: "Including Jin Shang, who escorted the food! Haha..."

"The traitor Yuan Shu is too difficult! Haha..."

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing out loud, this is Yuan Shu, the rebel from the sky.

House seemingly endless rain.

haha... ok, ok...

Cao Cao was throbbing in his heart, and he read a letter of surrender aloud.

"Lu Sinong, look at Jin Shang's letter of surrender. He mentioned...if our army goes out, he will take the initiative to expose the food and grass and be robbed by our army! Haha, look at these two letters again, Yuan Shu's third general Chen Ji, Lei Bojun, the deputy general of the Fourth Route, mentioned that when our army is fighting Yuan Shu, they will attack Yuan Shu's central army from the flanks, haha...hahaha!"

While reading these surrender books, Cao Cao laughed heartily.

surprise...

Does Yu'er have a huge surprise in her sleeves?

If it weren't for this dumpling meal, Cao Cao would have been kept in the dark.

Of course, normally speaking, there are so many surrender letters, which is a bit unbelievable, and it is inevitable that people will suspect that there is a suspicion of fraudulent surrender.

But Cao Cao knew Yuan Shu too well. He knew everything about Yuan Shu when he was in Taixue. He didn't know how to employ people, let alone win people over.

"Cao Sikong, calm down... calm down..."

Seeing that Cao Cao was smiling all the time, and the laughter became more and more manic, Lu Yu tried to calm down his mood.

"This is just the beginning."

"In less than a month, more civil and military personnel under Yuan Shu's command will surrender to Cao Sikong, and even... there will be unexpected joy from Xuzhou. At that time... Cao Sikong will rise up again and go south, and Yuan Shu will betray his relatives... This battle has not yet been fought, it has already Sure to win."

"All we have to do now is wait...but..."

When the word "but" was mentioned, Cao Cao's smile stopped abruptly, he was afraid that Yu'er would tell something ominous.

"Lu Sinong, do you have anything else to say?"

"Yes!" Lu Yu nodded. "It's an unfeeling request from a subordinate, it's... Chen Guo's... Chen Guo's iron."

When Lu Yu spoke, he couldn't forget to squint at Cao Cao from the corner of his eye...

He thought to himself, this iron is what Lao Cao promised him at the beginning, if he plots to capture Chen State, all the iron in Chen State will be owned by Long Xiaoying.

Of course, everyone understands what Lao Cao said... If he reneges on his debt, Lu Yu has nothing to do.

Therefore, let's try it casually first.

"Cough cough..."

Sure enough, Cao Cao coughed lightly, as if recalling.

"Oh..." He made a look of sudden realization, but his tone was lowered. "That's it... I don't remember that's how I promised Lu Sinong at the beginning, did I?"

Ah... Lu Yu was taken aback, this is the rhythm of old Cao reneging on his debt!
Seeing Lu Yu's expression, "Hahahaha..." Cao Cao laughed heartily, and then patted Lu Yu's shoulder with one hand. "Lu Sinong made a mistake. I remember that what I promised Lu Sinong was to give you all the military resources, food, grass, and stones of the entire Chen Kingdom! How could it be that you only give you iron?"

"Haha, did Lu Si Nong remember wrong?"

ah... ah...

As soon as the voice fell, Lu Yu was a little confused, Lao Cao... so generous!
Before he could thank him, Cao Cao greeted him loudly.

"Where is Zhongkang?"

"The end is here." Inquiring, Xu Chu quickly walked into the room.

"Pass down the order to deliver Chen Guo's iron, materials, equipment, everything that Lu Si Nong can fancy, to Longxiao Camp!" Cao Cao deliberately did not mention food...

This point, Lu Yu understands, and can understand.

The war is imminent, and these things like iron and iron are not available for the time being, but... the food is different, it is just needed.

seem…

Cao Cao was also quite considerate of Lu Yu's feelings, and asked, "Lu Si Nong, is this Si Kong's arrangement? Is it okay?"

"No problem, no problem at all!" Lu Yu smiled... "I can only say that I am flattered!"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

The hearty laughter came out again.

Xu Chu took the order and went down to make arrangements...

Cao Cao motioned for Lu Yu to bring his head closer, and he asked meaningfully, "I heard that Chen Guobin has a lot of iron, does Lu Sinong still plan to forge steel spears and halberds for the Long Xiao camp?"

This seems to be an understatement... Lu Yu immediately figured out the taste.

Lao Cao is worried that other legions will be jealous...

After all, always hand over the best weapons to the Longxiao Battalion. Once or twice is fine. Every time, it is inevitable that you will make enemies. Cao Cao's words are a kind reminder.

Lu Yu paused for a moment, and then replied: "Cao Sikong, I have calculated these irons, and I will use half of them to forge fine steel halberds and fine steel armors, and equip them for the soldiers riding the 'Tiger'. Among the tiger and leopard cavalry, the "tiger" cavalry is a heavy armored cavalry, and they must charge forward! The "leopard" cavalry is a light armored cavalry, responsible for detours and harassment, so...the tiger cavalry also has a greater demand for equipment, so equip them with the best equipment , most of the battalions will not have any objections!"

Saying so...

In fact, in addition to the attributes of tiger cavalry and heavy cavalry, there is another point that is crucial.

The leader of the tiger riders is Cao Chun, who can be regarded as Lu Yu's business partner.

If there are good things, it is natural to give them to the partners first, which can be regarded as selling General Cao Chun a favor.

In Lu Yu's opinion...

Cao Ying is a society of human relationships. The more good brothers he has, the safer he will be in the future.

"very good…"

Cao Cao muttered in his heart...

After hearing Lu Yu's words, he nodded in relief. "That's right, it would be great if you were willing to take out some iron and steel to support other legions! I, Sikong, have high hopes for the Longxiao Battalion and you!"

These words, seemingly unintentional, are actually meaningful.

The so-called "trees that stand tall in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, piled on the shore, and the current will be turbulent. The journey is higher than that of people, and everyone will criticize it!"

Yu'er, as Cao Cao's future successor, what Cao Cao hopes to see is that Yu'er is not limited to a mere Longxiao battalion, but a soldier who has his eyes on Cao's camp, and even the world.

Speaking of this, Cao Cao stroked his beard in relief, and then continued to ask curiously.

"What about the other half of iron? It seems that the Longxiao Battalion does not lack fine steel halberds and fine steel armor? Or is it that the Longxiao Battalion intends to select some elite knights to join it?"

"I don't need it for now." Lu Yu waved his hand and said, "The other half I plan to try to forge some other things... some weapons that will help to further improve Cao Jun's combat power."

Huo... a weapon to further enhance the combat power of Cao Jun?

Now, Cao Cao's curiosity was fully aroused.

"Can Lu Sinong reveal what it is?"

"This..." Lu Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "It's a kind of sword, a long-handled sword, a bit like our big man's horse-killing sword, but it's ten times more powerful than the horse-killing sword! I call it 'Mo Dao' !"

Lu Yu gave a general description, but did not even specifically describe the length and weight of the Mo Dao.

In the final analysis, before successfully forging it, Lu Yu still had to maintain a certain low-key and mysterious sense of "Mo Dao".

What if it hits the street?

"What's the use of this Mo knife?" Cao Cao asked.

Don't talk... After Lu Yu said this, he became even more curious.

Lu Yu blinked his eyes. "This saber is the nemesis of the cavalry, just saying...Cao Sikong probably can't understand it, but...after the forge is successfully forged, Cao Sikong will know it at a glance."

The reason why forging Modao was put on the agenda...

In Lu Yu's view, Jianghuai's "Skeleton King" Yuan Shu is no longer Cao Cao's opponent, and he doesn't even need to pay special attention to it. His demise is just a matter of time.

Then...

Speaking of which, in recent years, Cao Cao's opponents can be counted, Lu Bu in Xiapi City is one, Zhang Xiu in Wancheng is one, and Yuan Shao in the north is the biggest one.

Without exception, the cavalry of these three princes are very fierce.

As for the most effective weapon against cavalry, in Lu Yu's view, apart from bows and arrows, which can be suppressed from a long distance, there is only one left-Modao!

There is a legend about "Mo Dao" - once Mo Dao comes out, people and horses will be destroyed!

This is not a joke.

However, the cost of Mo Dao is high, and the material used is huge. In addition, the processes of "clamping steel" and "covering soil and burning the blade" are not simple. It is not easy to forge it.

Fortunately... there is enough iron for the forge to try!
Besides, isn't there Cao Mu, this girl who loves forging more than men, maybe she can create miracles!

While Lu Yu was daydreaming...

"Tap..."

Heavy footsteps came.

Xu Chu just went out, and stepped in again.

"Cao Sikong, Mr. Xun Ling asked to see... He said he had received two letters, one from Lu Bu in Xiapi City, and the other from Liu Bei in Xiaopei."

Well... as soon as this remark came out.

Cao Cao and Lu Yu's eyes were fixed.

In Cao Cao's view...

Lu Bu?Liu Bei's letterhead, this is probably what Yu'er said. After the so-called Yuan Shuzhong betrayed his relatives, Xuzhou City's surprise has come!

And in Lu Yu's eyes, he seemed to have predicted... This must be Lu Bu asking for help;

Liu Bei voluntarily surrendered to Cao Cao and asked for orders to destroy Yuan Shu.

Then...

A new problem arises!

Liu Bei, this... huge hidden danger?

Now in Cao Ying, to kill or not to kill?
Lu Yu is not the only one who is worried about this problem, presumably... even Cao Cao is also worried!
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(End of this chapter)