Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3517 The Most Desirable Peace and Security

In Shandong, the contradictions that were originally hidden beneath the surface have now been completely intensified.

Before the incident broke out, Cui Yan was somewhat conflicted and worried, but after the storm really started, he calmed down, and looked coldly at the bloody storm that he had created, without any hesitation or softness in his heart.

Once the plan is put into action, any hesitation or looking back will lead to your death and disgrace!

After Liu Xie issued the edict, Cui Yan kept an eye on the changes in the situation almost every day.

Everything is going smoothly now.

Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, although they did not communicate with each other in advance, they all cooperated with each other tacitly, and all wanted to take down Cao Cao first!

After all, this is not the first time they have collectively overturned the table.

During the time of Dong Zhuo, an edict was also sent out to mobilize troops in various places!

Cui Yan had even planned that if Cao Cao wanted to resist, he would immediately fake an imperial decree from Emperor Liu Xie and ask all places to come to the defense!

Xu County will become the stable point in the vortex...

Yuzhou, Guanzhong, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou.

Cao Cao, Fei Qian, Zang Ba, Chen Su, and Sun Quan.

The world will be stirred up again!

And Jizhou will follow Emperor Liu Xie closely and kneel down to the victor.

Or, offer the emperor to...

As long as Emperor Liu Xie can be preserved in the vortex of this storm, Cui Yan and the Cui family will have an explanation to the Han Dynasty. This will naturally ensure that the Jizhou faction can stand on the side of the final winner and get the fattest piece of meat in this storm!

Therefore, every evening, Cui Yan would look at the blood-red sunset in the sky, and then fall asleep peacefully, pretending to be a good person who was obedient and stayed out of trouble.

Even though his strategy would cause countless deaths and destroy families, he could still call himself a good man.

Until tonight.

While sleeping soundly, Cui Yan was suddenly awakened by a low voice. Cui Yan did not stand up at first, but directly grasped the short blade under the pillow, and then realized that it was his cousin Cui Lin who called him.

The oil lamp was dim, illuminating Cui Lin's face full of worry.

During these days, Cui Lin had been hiding under Cui Yan's shadow, running around to make contacts. It seemed that he had not had a good rest for a long time. Not only was his face tired and his eye sockets sunken, but even his voice was a little hoarse, and his brows were tightly locked into a "川" shape. "Brother, something terrible has happened!"

Cui Yan let go of the short blade, turned over and sat up, rubbing his face with his hands, "Don't panic... What happened?"

Seeing that Cui Yan was still calm, Cui Lin also calmed down a little and said in a low voice: "The old thief Cao was hiding in Chenliu! Now he is sending troops to Yangping! It seems that he is going to continue north and head straight for Leping!"

Cui Yan's originally calm expression suddenly changed when he heard the words!

This is different from what Cui Yan originally imagined!

Damn!

To the north of Leping is Qinghe County!

Tobu City!

Cui Yan immediately felt as if someone had hit him on the head, and everything went dark before his eyes!

But even so, Cui Yan immediately tried his best to calm himself down and took a deep breath.

Stay calm when things get tough. This is not just talk. The higher up you are, the more you need to be calm. Once you panic, you may make more mistakes!

Cao Cao, Cao Mengde!

Are you trying to dig up Cui's ancestral grave? !

Damn it! Damn it!

Cui Yan quickly thought about the whole situation in his mind...

Although he was in Xu County and seemed to be under Cao Cao's sword, he was actually relatively safe. Unless Cao Cao was plotting a rebellion and wanted to completely tear off the fig leaf of "holding the emperor hostage", if he wanted to take action against Cui Yan in a place like Xu County where there were many eyes and complicated relationships, I'm afraid that as soon as Cao Cao took action, Jizhou would be in chaos!

You know, Cui Yan had a hostage left in Xu County, and Cao Cao also had children and a wife left in Jizhou!

Both sides have nuclear weapons, and if a war really breaks out, both sides will suffer losses. Only by holding them in hand and not firing them can we threaten each other, and only then can everyone sit down and talk peacefully.

Not to mention the court, there are Ren Jun's garrison troops around Xu County, but there is also sand mixed in by Jizhou...

Therefore, Cui Yan's original plan was to force Cao Cao to sit down and talk as the first step.

Cui Yan's "begging for his life" petition was actually a similar strategy to the one that Yang and Yuan secretly asked their subordinates to resign after Dong Zhuo entered the capital. After all, it was already spring, and the next spring plowing would require more than one or two people. Could it be that Cao Cao had to personally cultivate hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in Jizhou?

Politics is the art of compromise.

Cui Yan wanted Cao Cao to compromise, but he never expected that Cao Cao would choose to confront him head-on!

To put it simply, it was like Cui Yan secretly called a group of people, ready to take advantage of Cao Cao's weakness, put a sack on Cao Cao, and beat him up, so that Cao Cao would be more honest and learn to respect who is the boss. However, he didn't expect Cao Cao to make a big move right from the start, and rushed straight to Cui's hometown, as if even if he was beaten to a bloody pulp, he would still turn Cui's hometown, Dongwu, into a barren wilderness for a hundred miles!

This is actually because Cui Yan did not understand Cao Cao's nature well enough.

Of course, Cui Yan was not a keyboard warrior, and it was impossible for him to have such detailed information as later generations, to analyze and study Cao Cao from the time he first served as the captain of the city gate to his death. Therefore, Cui Yan could only formulate strategies according to his understanding of Cao Cao. So he never expected that Cao Cao’s first reaction would be to fight his way out!

This is totally inconsistent with the habits of the Shandong gentry, and can even be called reckless!

What should we do now?

Should he watch Dongwu destroyed and the Cui family's century-old foundation reduced to ashes, or should he urgently contact the hidden forces around Xu County and turn back to rescue his hometown in Jizhou?

Cui Yan raised his head and stared at Cui Lin. "Although Cao's move seems cruel, it actually reveals cowardice! If Cao was so sure, why didn't he just lead his troops to Xu County? !"

When Cui Lin heard this, he said, "If Cao Cao is causing chaos in Yuzhou, then Shandong will definitely belong to the Hussars!"

This is a very simple truth.

Cao Cao's base now only consists of the half-dead Yanzhou and the weak Yuzhou.

There is a war in Jingzhou and it is difficult to split time.

There was a man called Zang Ba in Qingzhou, who looked harmonious but was actually treacherous.

There was the Chen family in Xuzhou, who pretended to obey Cao Cao but actually disobeyed him.

Jizhou has now completely fallen out with Cao Cao...

Cao Cao and his subordinates certainly wanted to kill Cui Yan, but in Xu County, they were inevitably cautious. If Yuzhou fell into chaos again, Cao Cao would basically be left without a rear base!

So this is why Cui Yan has always stayed in Yuzhou and Xu County, because this is the eye of the storm!

just now……

Cui Yan nodded, and then a bit of ferocity appeared on his face. "Since Cao the thief doesn't care about the lives of the people, why should we talk about benevolence and righteousness to him? At this point... there is no way to end it peacefully!"

All tactics ultimately end up changing homes!

"Spread the news immediately! Cao Cao is a ruthless thief who massacres the people! It is time to fight against him and eliminate the rebellion!"

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The spring of the tenth year of Taixing seemed to be colder than usual.

This freezing cold weather seems to foreshadow that this spring will be the most tragic and bloody one in Shandong.

Xun Yu sat in the small courtyard, waiting from the dim sky to the chill of the early morning wind until the dawn.

He feels cold.

It's not just the coldness on my body.

Too many people have fallen on this road.

Xun Yu felt like he was gambling with a monster called the future at the same table.

Of course, this "future" does not refer to Fei Qian.

Xun Yu had not yet realized that Fei Qian came from the future. He just felt that he was gambling with his own future, Cao Cao's future, and the future of the Han Dynasty.

He came from a prominent family and received a good education since childhood.

The Xun family enjoyed a high reputation and status in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Xun Yu's grandfather Xun Shu was famous for his erudition and noble character. Growing up in such a family environment, Xun Yu showed extraordinary talents and extraordinary ambitions since he was a child.

All of this seems to show that Xun Yu will have a bright future...

But is it really so?

When he was young, he once thought so, but he no longer thinks so now.

As the years went by, Xun Yu saw many of his companions, some of whom had taken another path, or had turned into fragments of memory and fallen into the dust.

How many people have gone from being brilliant to being dim and dull.

How many people went from being followed by everyone to being hated by everyone.

Those cowardly and humble people suddenly one day turned into a powerful ink mark in the history books, and they severely bumped the wheel of the old and dilapidated vehicle of the Han Dynasty, almost overturning it.

Xun Yu was like a horseman on this dilapidated vehicle, braving the wind and rain, feeling cold all over, trying hard to maintain the fire in his heart, and also trying his best not to fall down on the road because of the severe cold and snow...

How many people have been full of lofty aspirations, thinking they were writing history, only to find that it was history that was madly moving in and out of them, changing their shape.

Betting against the future is undoubtedly cruel.

Once you make the wrong bet, your life will be as light as a feather.

Xun Yu has placed his bet for the second time...

The first time, he abandoned Yuan Shao and bet on Cao Cao. At that time, Yuan Shao was at the peak of his career!

However, Xun Yu realized that Yuan Shao was indeed "at the height of his power", but would soon decline. Although Xun Yu was not sure when Yuan Shao would collapse and decline, he knew that Yuan Shao's decline was inevitable, so Xun Yu chose Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, who was not paid much attention to at the time.

The Jizhou nobles who bet on Yuan Shao ended up losing everything. The closer one stood to Yuan Shao, the more miserable one became. After following Yuan Shao’s glory, one would end up in a lifetime of desolation and loneliness.

A lesson learned from the past...

But what's the use?

Xun Yu, the Han horseman, clearly saw the overturned Yuan family carriage lying on the side of the road. But when he was driving the carriage, he still couldn't fully control the operation of the vehicle!

This was his second bet.

And like the aristocrats around Yuan back then, he had no choice.

The sons of the noble families in Shandong are often spiritually "great". They fantasize about being so powerful that they can change the whole world. They kill people decisively and without hesitation, but in reality...

Xun Yu looked at the tree in the yard.

Under the tree, there is wine.

Buried by Guo Jia.

Xun Yu found it strange at the time.

It was undoubtedly a miracle that Guo Jia, a drunkard, could save the wine and bury it.

"Why not bury it in your own yard?" Xun Yu asked at the time.

Guo Jia argued, "It was buried in my yard, and I dug it out and drank it sometime ago. How could it have been buried for so long?"

This……

It seems reasonable.

But what is the point of burying it for so long?

Guo Jia said that this was a gambling debt.

Then Xun Yu fell silent...

Ah, the world is ruthless. It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future.

Only talented people have emotions.

Fei Qian also comes from a noble family!

In a sense, Fei Qian was a complete traitor! He betrayed his own noble family!

Xun Yu did not believe that Fei Qian could succeed, because Xun Yu knew that even if the gentry was gone, there were still families, families, teachers and students, and cliques. As long as people were still there and as long as interests still existed, there would definitely be people who would gather around power, exclude dissidents, and breed bureaucracy.

Fei Qian can't succeed!

Xun Yu confirmed it once again. But he also knew that the reason why he had to confirm it again and again was that he had begun to doubt that he had taken the wrong path!

this road……

Outside the courtyard, there were hurried footsteps, and then someone reported in a low voice, "Sir! There's movement from the Cui family!"

The confusion and worry in Xun Yu's eyes gradually faded away, and then turned into a blazing flame, "Okay! Follow the plan!"

"only! 』

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As Cao's army advanced towards Qinghe County, things gradually became unsmooth.

There are not many forts and private soldiers in the marginal areas of Jizhou, and the forts can often be captured by some miscellaneous soldiers and the civilians who are taken hostage. However, as the forts get closer to the prosperous areas of Jizhou, especially those near Qinghe County, they become more difficult to capture.

Moreover, these forts began to have some more respectable soldiers and even cavalry!

When Cao Cao could no longer muster many cavalry, some of these forts could even mobilize nearly a hundred cavalry!

When Cao Hong saw this situation, he became even more angry!

When allocating food and raising military funds, the local gentry wanted to wear the most tattered clothes and smear the smelliest river mud on their faces, just to show that they were so poor that they didn't even have a fig leaf...

But look now!

Where the hell did this cavalryman in front of me appear?

"kill! 』

Cao Hong rushed to the front, put down his helmet and visor, swung the long sword in his hand, urged his horse to attack the cavalry in the fort.

The warhorse that Cao Hong is riding now was also captured.

Those guys in Shandong who had previously shouted that there was no more fat, when their bellies were opened, were actually filled with plenty of fat!

Food, weapons, and war horses!

Damn it, damn it!

"They all deserve to die!"

Cao Hong roared and rushed straight towards the cavalry in the fort with his men.

The roar of horse hooves sounded like rumbling thunder.

The sharp edges of the spears and swords shone with cold light.

The fort cavalry was used to bully ordinary people and soldiers, which was not a big problem. But when facing Cao Hong, it was like a macaque meeting a chimpanzee. They were not on the same level at all!

Although most of these fort cavalrymen were wearing light armor and their riding skills might be slightly more flexible than Cao Hong and others, that was all. When they fought, they were beaten so hard that they screamed and had no strength to fight back!

Cao Hong had no intention of surrendering these cavalrymen. He only wanted their horses, not these people!

It was already very risky for Cao Hong to go deep into Jizhou with a small number of soldiers. Moreover, he also had to control the common people who were held hostage. He definitely had no time to identify whether these surrendered soldiers were loyal!

Therefore, the only way to deal with these private soldiers in the fort is to kill them all!

Many people had died at the hands of Cao Hong, and he didn't care about killing more people.

When the cavalry charges, they can only move straight forward, one after another. Once they lose their courage, they will lose much killing power.

Cao Hong led the charge, and with just one or two waves of sprinting and trampling, he completely defeated the ranks and morale of the Wubao cavalry. Many of the Wubao cavalry were killed on the spot, and the rest fled in panic...

Cao Hong shook off the blood on his sword and pointed at the fortress not far away, which was hastily closing the city gate and pulling the drawbridge. "All troops, attack! After the fortress is broken, everyone can have a full stomach! The lord will only take half of the property and food! The rest will be divided among you!"

"Ohhhhh!"

The roars like those of wild beasts were heard, and the old scenes in Xuzhou seemed to be replayed in Jizhou.

Confiscate the property and exterminate the clan!

Cao Zhang followed Cao Hong. At first, he was a little confused and even had a little sympathy for these Jizhou aristocratic gentry. But when he discovered that there were military rations in the granaries of these Jizhou aristocratic gentry!

Those that disappeared inexplicably, as well as those that were damaged in various ways, should be military rations to be transported to the front line!

Some even haven’t removed the labels on the packages!

How did these people get it?!

How dare they? !

At this time, Cao Zhang finally realized why Cao Cao and Cao Hong were so angry, and guessed that Cao Cao and Cao Hong might have known all this a long time ago...

Why can't these guys just be quiet and honest?

Why do these things?

Cao Zhang couldn't figure it out.

What made him even more confused was that these people actually thought that they were not wrong, and that it was Cao Cao and his army that were wrong.

"You thief Cao... shall not die well... ahhhh..."

"Old thief... I will never forgive you..."

"I am in the underworld...waiting for you thieves to come..."

In the distance, some noisy voices were howling with resentment before dying.

Cao Zhang listened with a blank expression.

If cursing and swearing could really kill people, they would have died thousands of times already.

It was their fault, so they deserved to die.

Cao Zhang no longer felt pity for these guys, but deep in his heart, there was a trace of doubt, like a stubborn stone in a deep pool, which could not be seen on weekdays, but it did not mean that it did not exist...

They are wrong, but what about us?

Are we right?

Cao Zhang didn't know.

Amid the spread of blood and fire, in the distance, a group of Cao's messengers were rushing towards the positions of Cao Hong and Cao Zhang...