Lu's relatives

Chapter 257 Qin Xu arrived in Xuzhou, Cao Cao greeted him with a big gift

In front of Tongguan, inside Cao Jun's camp, Cao Cao was staring at the map of the Central Plains that had been drawn with a lot of money alone in his tent, frowning and meditating.

In addition to the Sili land where Cao Cao is at the moment, Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Lu Bu in Qingzhou, Huangjin in Yuzhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and Qin Xu in Xuzhou, which is actually controlled by Lu Bu's army, almost surrounded Yanzhou in the middle.If Cao Cao wanted to move his capital to the pre-determined Xu County after welcoming the emperor, if he wanted to make a difference, he would have to face these five forces.

First of all, the Yuzhou Yellow Turbans are the weakest.Especially after the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Yu Fang Department entered Yuzhou, Yuzhou, which was originally a puddle of muddy water, was turned into a pot of porridge.As for these Yellow Turban bandits who had already ruled one county and one county separately, but were still fighting each other endlessly, as long as Cao Cao could pull out his hand, under the sweep of the army, they would be as clear as autumn leaves.What's more, Xu County is already in Yuzhou, which gave Cao Cao a great excuse to take over Yuzhou.

The second is Liu Biao of Jingzhou.Liu Biao's land in Jingzhou is one of the most powerful states in the Han Dynasty, with a sharp army, and Xiangyang, where he governs, has the benefit of a great river, and is the most prosperous in the world.Although Liu Biao is known as a hero in the world, the older he gets, the more conservative he becomes. Except last year, Yuan Shu annoyed Liu Biao for some reason, which made Liu Biao crazy. Like Cao Cao, he drove Yuan Shu and the Southern Huns from Nanyang to Huaisi. Outside the ground, even the Xiliang army's uncle Zhang Ji and his nephew captured Wancheng, which is only two hundred miles away from Xinye, the outer city of Xiangyang, and Liu Biao did not make a move. The possibility of war is extremely small.

Then there is Jizhou, and now Yuan Shao in Jizhou has made up his mind to grab the credit with himself and pick peaches.Tomorrow morning at the latest, perhaps Yuan Shao's vanguard cavalry, Yan Liang's troops, will arrive here.Although it is in the name of helping allies, even a fool can see Yuan Shao's purpose.Whether Cao and Yuan can still maintain their long-standing ally relationship is still a matter of opinion.Moreover, taking ten thousand steps back, even if Yuan Shao is really uncharacteristically, he wants to be "warm-hearted" and help Cao Cao welcome the emperor to Xu County. After that, how will he deal with the relationship between Ji and Yanzhou? Will Yuan Shao tolerate his ally controlling Yanzhou? , Yuzhou, Sili and other places, and it is very likely that they may surpass themselves in military and political strength, which is also quite a headache.

But what Cao Cao couldn't understand the most was Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which were "occupied" by Lu Bu's forces.Qingzhou was once in the hands of Cao Cao, and he even planned to take Qingzhou into his own hands by taking advantage of the reason why the Yellow Turbans were raging in Qingzhou, but he unexpectedly made a move for his ally Yuan Shao out of thin air, and gave Qingzhou to him for nothing. Lu Bu.Originally, Cao Cao didn’t care much about the power of Lu Bu’s army who fled to Chang’an in a panic and retreated to Hanoi at the beginning, but in order to counter Yuan Shao who regretted it, he opened his mouth to use Yanzhou to provide Lu Bu with the convenience of going to Qingzhou .As a result, Yuan Shao was subdued, and Cao Cao immediately attacked from three directions, attacking Lu Bu brazenly.

I thought this would be the best chance for me, the first Yanzhou shepherd, to obtain Qingzhou, but unexpectedly, the battle in Wuming Valley brought a big reversal of the situation. The [-] army was surrendered by a little-known boy with [-] troops. It was the beginning of my own nightmare.Immediately after several battles, Cao Cao, who knew his military strategy well, seemed to have encountered a nemesis. These are the most painful old wounds in Cao Cao's heart.

Then there was chaos in Xuzhou, and he was chasing Yuan Shu in Yuzhou. He wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the Yellow Turban Cao Cao in Yuzhou. He half-pushed and half-heartedly invaded Xuzhou on the basis of rumors that his father had been killed.Unexpectedly, it was Qin Xu, the nameless kid who let himself keep his name on his sleeve, who had the luck of shit. Not only did he tear his flag of "righteousness" to pieces, but he also used the Chang'an incident as his own cause. "Coercion" not only gained great fame and the benefits of hiding from the rebel party, but also later took Xuzhou by himself!So is Lu Bu, is he crazy?Such an act of usurping power, which was clearly to be contained, must be extinguished in the bud, was not suspected by Lu Bu, and he took the initiative to quell the outside world's "helping" him, and single-mindedly named Qin Xu as the governor of Xuzhou General?To love his son-in-law so much, Lu Wenhou can be regarded as a rare flower in the late Han Dynasty.

But right now, the former Yuan Shao didn't know the strategy of some unscrupulous adviser, and he wanted to invite Lu Bu, who already had a complicated relationship with Yanzhou, to send troops to meet the emperor.Fortunately, Lü Bu was reasonable. With the "participation" of his precious son Cao Ang, Yuan Shao's scheme was successfully shattered. The flirting with the two thieves Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an pretended that it had never happened, and put on the airs of the leader of the alliance when the princes crusade against Dong Zhuo, and wanted to compete with him for credit.It's true that Lao Cao is easy to bully, isn't he!
Just watch, as long as Tongguan can be conquered, Chang'an, the emperor!It's like a beautiful woman who has taken off her clothes, isn't she allowed to be ravaged by our old Cao?Oh no, it's appeasement!
But Tongguan! ...

Cao Cao's eyes turned from the map to the huge black object between the two mountains, which was only five miles away from his own military camp. Under the light of the pine oil torch, it looked like a giant lying on the road Cao Cao wanted to go to Chang'an. This made it difficult for Cao Jun to advance an inch for more than a month.

The battle during the daytime was still unfavorable. Those Xiliang defenders seemed to be crazy. Before the change, it seemed that they were perfunctory. Only because of the high gates of the Tongguan wall were they not broken by Cao Cao. Like chicken blood, it caused huge casualties to Cao Jun's soldiers, so that Cao Cao had to withdraw his troops a few hours earlier to build up his army in order to fight again.

It seems that the idea of ​​capturing Tongguan before the arrival of Yuan Shao's vanguard cavalry cannot be carried out, so he can only find another way to prevent Yuan Shao, an old friend, from getting any advantage. Cao Cao rubbed his aching head, feeling extremely worried !I don't know where my precious son Cao Ang is, but it's better not to meet those people.

"My lord! My lord! The eldest son is here!" Just as Cao Cao was about to punish the person who dared to interrupt his train of thought after ordering no one to disturb him, he suddenly realized that Cao Ang was mentioned in this person's words.

"What did you say? Zixiu is here? Where is he? So... cough cough, let him come to see XX!" Cao Cao was still worried just now, but now he felt as if he had dropped a big rock. He was so comfortable that he didn't even have the slightest thought of punishing the messenger soldier just now, his face flashed with joy, but he pretended to be majestic, and ordered: "Wait! Wen Ruo's previous letter didn't explain, you Do you know who escorted Zixiu here? Someone will be rewarded!"

"This...my lord, the last general just happened to recognize it!" Seeing Cao Cao's question, the young night watchman had a look of embarrassment on his face. Inspector Xuzhou of the Great Han Dynasty, General Fenwu..."

"That kid Qin Xu is here too? Didn't he come with Ang Er?" Cao Cao didn't wait for the young general to finish speaking, his long and narrow eyes suddenly widened. It will be Qin Xu who sent Cao Ang here.What is this kid going to do?Didn't you have a lot of resistance to coming to Chang'an when you were in Chenliu?It's a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and it's the same thing that the emperor's foreign army said. How could it be him who came?
"My lord?" Seeing that Cao Cao was distracted by the news that Qin Xu had followed him, the young general didn't dare to remind him loudly, so he could only call out in a low voice, "My lord, why don't I go back to the eldest son and say that my lord Already rested?"

"Huh! Presumptuous!" Cao Cao snorted fiercely, a stern look flashed in his long and narrow eyes, and he didn't give up until he stared at the young general sweating profusely, and his two trembling trembling, he said coldly: "Do you want Cao Is someone making fun of you? The governor of Qin is traveling thousands of miles, and escorting my son here must be to help Mr. Cao! You, immediately notify the generals above the lieutenant colonel, put on a full guard of honor, open the gate of the camp, and welcome the governor of Qin Enter the barracks!"

"No!" The young general was stared at by Cao Cao's intimidating gaze just now, and almost thought that he was about to be dragged out by Cao Cao. Cao Cao's whisper in the middle: "Qin Xu, hum! Since I can't overwhelm you in the past, let me let you taste the taste of killing!"

"Woo..." The night was already very deep. In Cao Cao's barracks, the soldiers who were already sleeping were awakened by the sound of welcoming drums. They didn't understand what important figures had come to the army, so that their lord, General Cao, was not afraid of bombing the camp in the middle of the night. In danger, they were greeted with such grand etiquette, and one after another showed their heads from the military tents, wanting to see where the gods came.

"Brother, listen, it's Daddy who welcomes you, the governor of Xuzhou, with the ceremony of welcoming princes in the Zhou ceremony!" Cao Ang, who was on the horse, said happily beside Qin Xu.On the other hand, Cheng Yu, who had a gloomy face, revealed a somewhat smug expression at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Qin Xu with a somewhat more stern look.After listening to Cao Ang's words, the first camp soldiers who followed the ten or so horses looked at Cao Ang's guard soldiers. Although they also looked tired, they were full of pride.

meet?The gift of the princes?Qin Xu, who had galloped his horse for most of the night, felt a little relieved after seeing Cao Ying. How could someone from Qin understand the etiquette of princes, but the etiquette of the Duke of Zhou has a general understanding of it. After listening to Cao Ang's explanation After that, I suddenly had a bad premonition in my heart.

If you don't have anything to show your courtesy, you can either rape or steal!
Regardless of Cao Cao's intentions, Qin Xu finally got in touch with Cao Cao, but Yan Liang, just south of Tongguan in the land of Jingzhao, looked at the twenty horses gathered by his subordinates with a dark face. The war horses branded by Yanzhou have traveled hundreds of miles. Except for these few horses, I have not even seen Cao Junmao. Seeing the exhausted look of his subordinates, Yan Liang's beard is about to smoke: "What the hell is this? What's going on? Who led the way? Where is Cao Jun!!!?"

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(End of this chapter)