Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 476 Acquaintances (4000)

"At that time, our old subordinates were afraid that their faces were dull. In addition, Mr. Xun Ling also said that after Lu Fengxian and his subordinates arrived in Juancheng, they all took credit for being arrogant and arrogant, and their noses were almost up to the sky. If you teach them If we continue to be so arrogant, I am afraid that the envoy will despise us, and our old subordinates will become less and less important to the envoy."

"Speaking of credit, General Wu is the most worthy of your trust."

"If General Wu hadn't sent back the gold in time, Shi Jun's expedition to Xuzhou last year would not have been so smooth; and if General Wu hadn't provided the method of 'flying slaves', Zhang Miao's chaos would have been difficult to quell. Even a foothold can't be preserved; and this time, General Wu's siege weapon presented to the envoy in the westward expedition to Xuzhou is also indispensable... Everything that General Wu has done is an extraordinary feat, isn't it? How can the brave and foolish Lu Fengxian compare?"

"Therefore, General Wu should take this opportunity to destroy his prestige, and teach him what it means to be superior to others, so don't underestimate our old subordinates, especially the hard-working General Wu."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu showed obvious indignation on his face, as if he was fighting for Wu Liang.

Is this a partisan fight?

Wu Liang already understood Cheng Yu's true intentions.

After arguing for a long time, this old boy came to provoke trouble, and kept saying that these words were said by Xun Yu, and pushed all the responsibility on Xun Yu.

Old fox!
Of course, this may indeed be what Xun Yu meant.

After all, when Xun Yu assisted Boss Cao, he had his own selfishness, and he recommended many talents for Boss Cao, and many talents were highly valued by Boss Cao, including the talented Xi Zhicai who was highly valued by Boss Cao. And these talents recommended by him can naturally be regarded as Xun Yu's disciples in a sense.

Now Boss Cao recognizes Lu Bu as his adopted son, and it seems that he will be rewarded vigorously at the celebration banquet. In Xun Yu's view, this naturally threatens his position in Boss Cao's heart, and may affect his painstaking efforts. Due to the status of the disciples who run it, they are naturally unwilling to teach them to be better than before.

It's a pity that Xun Yu has no one who can overwhelm Lu Bu for the time being, so he thought of this trick of borrowing a knife to kill, and wanted to use Wu Liang to check and balance Lu Bu.

But Xun Yu and Cheng Yu are foxes, so why not Wu Liang?
He thought about this kind of thing very clearly, how could he be used by them so casually?
Except for Xun Yu and Cheng Yu.

Perhaps there are quite a few people who have similar meanings... that is, those "old subordinates" of Boss Cao that Cheng Yu mentioned.

Xiahou Dun?
The ban?

Yue Jin?

Maybe even Xi Zhicai might be involved.

After all, the addition of Lu Bu will definitely affect the distribution of Cao Ying's rights, and it is redistribution.

Because Lu Bu didn't come alone, but the whole group joined together.

Under his command is Chen Gong, who was highly valued by Boss Cao before. This person is brave and resourceful. Even after Lv Bu was defeated and captured in Xiapi in history, Boss Cao was still able to ignore Chen Gong's crime of rebellion in Yanzhou. I hope that Chen Gong will turn around and use it for himself, but Chen Gong refuses to do so so he decapitates him, even after that, he still treats his family kindly.

In addition, there are also the famous "eight masters".

Among them, the most noteworthy ones are "Gao Shun" and "Zhang Liao".

When it comes to "Gao Shun", many people may not know much about it, but when it comes to the "camp camp" he personally leads, many people immediately hear it like thunder.

This is the real "undefeated army" in the army at the end of Han Dynasty. There are more than [-] subordinates directly under him, known as thousands of people. The time when Yan Xiapi captured Lu Bu and completely wiped out the entire Lu Bu group, the "trapped camp" was invincible in the previous wars, and Liu Bei and Xiahou Dun were all defeated by him!

Not to mention "Zhang Liao", the prefect of the Northland, who led 800 dead soldiers to face Sun Quan's [-] soldiers and horses. His feat of fighting all the way to the banner and almost capturing Sun Quan alive made the joke of "Sun Shiwan" deeply rooted in the hearts of later generations.

of course.

There is also a "Hao Meng" who is average in every way.

This person, Wu Liang, had already met when he stole Guangchuan Wang Liu to go to the tomb. It is not known whether the disease he contracted at that time was cured, and he is still alive now...

Now that the Lu Bu Group has made a lot of military exploits, it is natural for Boss Cao to hold a celebration banquet to reward them.

It's just that how to award a reward is another technical task.

Others don't know it, but Wu Liang knows it very well. Long after he killed Dong Zhuo, Lv Bu served as General Fenwu, Jiajie, Third Division of Yibi, became Marquis of Wen, and even controlled the government together with Wang Yun. You need to know this "General Fenwu" is the title of a high-ranking general, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of a multi-route army, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary miscellaneous generals.

And Gao Shun became a general of Zhonglang early on.

Since Zhang Liao is the prefect of the Northland, he is the prefect of a county. According to Cao Ying's rank, he is at least a school lieutenant.

Since Boss Cao wants to reward them, apart from some material rewards, even if it is to win people's hearts, the rank should not be lower than theirs before.

But the problem is that Cao Ying is currently the tallest with two Zhonglang generals.

One is Wu Liang, the Sishi Zhonglang General, the other is Diannong Zhonglang General Zhu Lugang, and the rest, even Xiahou Dun, is just a school lieutenant and prefect.

In this situation where the ranks are not equal.

If Boss Cao wants to bring Lu Bu Group into Cao Ying, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice to redistribute rights. Only in this way can he achieve relative fairness and be able to convince the public.

Simultaneously.

Boss Cao still has another problem to face, that is how to integrate the Lu Bu Group with the "Old Subordinate" Group.

If this matter is not handled properly, there will be a problem of party struggle, and once there is party struggle within an organization, the internal power will quickly disintegrate, and the decline is not far away.

Just like now, hasn't the "Old Subordinate" group already come to win over Wu Liang and prepare to do something?

However, Wu Liang believed that Boss Cao should have already thought of a countermeasure, so he was eager to hold this celebration banquet, and then he would just see how Boss Cao performed...

"Hahaha, Prefect Cheng is absurd. How can I be as important as you say? Besides, that is the famous flying general Lu Bu. Even Dong Zhuo died at his hands. I am just a nobody who can't carry my shoulders or lift my hands." How dare you destroy his prestige, Cheng Taishou and Xun Lingjun think too highly of me."

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, then said haha, "Besides, Lu Bu is good at fighting, and I am good at walking at night. Lu Bu can see the light, but I can't see the light. Lu Bu is the sharp knife in the envoy's hand, but I can only be the envoy's shadow. Even if they are not the same kind of people, they have completely different purposes for envoys. There is really no comparison, and there is also no conflict. Therefore, Lu Bu does not have much influence on me, so I still don't want to touch this bad luck Alright."

"This……"

Cheng Yu didn't expect Wu Liang to react like this.

After all, Wu Liang was only in his early 20s, and he was at the age of youthful vigor. Naturally, he loved to listen to some flattering words, and was also the most likely to be provoked to do some hot-headed actions.

In the end, it was unexpected that Wu Liang was lying down so flat, not to mention having no fighting spirit, and even a little sincerity.

This is not like the mental state that Cao Ying's first general should have, even if there is a little swelling, it shouldn't be like this...

Cheng Yu is now past the age of knowing the destiny, but he knows very well in his heart that if he had Wu Liang's abilities and achievements, he would definitely not be able to be in such a calm state of mind, and he must take himself a little seriously.

"Cheng Taishou, is there anything else?"

Wu Liang asked with a smile.

"No, no more."

Cheng Yu came back to his senses, and said with a little embarrassment.

"Aha-"

Wu Liang stretched his waist, and said to Cheng Yu with a tired face, "In this case, I will not stay with Cheng Yu as the prefect. After going out for half a year, when I return home, I feel relaxed, and I feel tired and disobedient. Now, I have to take a good rest first, and I have to return to the envoy as soon as possible after recovering."

"Then don't bother General Wu, the old man will leave."

Cheng Yu finally stopped saying anything, bowed his hands and retreated out of the living room.

"I won't send Cheng Taishou off, see you later."

Wu Liang returned the gift with a smile.

……

Back at the county mansion, someone immediately presented Cheng Yu with a silk book sent by Boss Cao with a flying slave.

Cheng Yuping retreated to the left and right, and after carefully reading the contents of the silk book, he took another piece of blank silk and wrote on it: "Please don't read it, General Wu regards cloth as a blade good at war, and himself as a shadow , don’t conspire with him, don’t fight with Bu.”

Then carefully folded the piece of silk cloth and put it into a small bamboo tube, called the guards and tied it on Fei Nu's leg and let it out.

It turned out that Cheng Yu was not from Xun Yu, nor was he instructed by Xun Yu to come here to make trouble. The person standing behind him was none other than Boss Cao himself.

The situation was actually similar to what Wu Liang had guessed before.

Ever since Boss Cao adopted Lu Bu as his adopted son, some "old subordinates" had already begun to urge Boss Cao to withdraw his order and take the opportunity to kill Lu Bu.

Of course, the rhetoric used is not much different from what Liu Bei said to Boss Cao in history.

It is nothing more than Yanzhou's new and old hatred, and Lu Bu's killing of two foster fathers in a row, capricious, wolfish ambition, sincerity is difficult to support for a long time, etc.

It's a pity that this moment is also that moment.

Historically, Boss Cao listened to Liu Bei's words, in fact, mainly to win over Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei won Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers at that time, and he was able to easily recruit an army of ten thousand people in Xiaopei, while Lu Bu was already a defeated general. For Boss Cao's income, it is naturally easy to make a choice.

But this time, after Boss Cao captured Xuzhou and Qingzhou one after another, Yuan Shao had already shown his fangs in advance.

Boss Cao knew that Yuan Shao had a strong army, but he would not be able to find other reinforcements and allies for a while, so at this time the Lu Bu Group became the only choice. If Lu Bu was killed at this time, it would definitely make Lu Bu's soldiers alienate him. Even if he forcibly takes it under his command, he will lose most of his combat power, and it may even become his backstab when a war starts.

It's a pity that everyone has selfishness, and the ass decides the head.

Seeing that Boss Cao could not be persuaded, this part of the "veteran subordinates" gradually united and started to confront the Lu Bu Group. A party struggle had already formed, and they did not like each other.

Naturally, this was not what Boss Cao wanted to see.

Although he is in a good situation now, he has not yet reached the time when he can play the art of controlling people with mutual checks and balances. Whether it is the "old subordinates" or the Lu Bu Group, it is very important to Boss Cao, and he cannot suppress it at this time Otherwise, it will affect the morale of the entire Cao camp.

Among Boss Cao's "old subordinates", apart from Xia Houdun, Xun Yu and others, Boss Cao naturally also valued Wu Liang's attitude very much.

As long as these people he really relies on do not participate in this matter, the remaining "old subordinates" will naturally not be able to make any big waves.

That's why Boss Cao gave Cheng Yu an order early in the morning.

If Wu Liang comes back before the celebration banquet, teach him to test Wu Liang's thoughts according to the plan. After all, "son-in-law" and "adopted son" are relatively easy to quarrel with each other, so he, "father-in-law" and "adopted father", naturally have to reconcile in due course , The palms and backs of the hands are all "meat".

Incidentally.

In fact, Xun Yu did not participate in this matter. With his intellect, it is impossible not to see Boss Cao's situation and intentions. How could he hold back Boss Cao in this important matter?

At least on the surface, it will never do such a thing.

He was just pulled out by Boss Cao as a weapon...

……

Early the next morning, Cheng Yu sent someone to deliver a message: The celebration banquet will be held in ten days.

Wu Liang made a total calculation and decided to leave three days later, so that he could arrive in Juancheng one or two days earlier.

So all the way without words.

They finally arrived in Juancheng two days ahead of schedule as planned.

During the "Yanzhou Rebellion", Wu Liang's small house in Juancheng already had a new owner, so Wu Liang didn't go there at all, and went straight to Cao's mansion with people driving a carriage.

As a result, when he was less than a hundred meters away from Cao's mansion, an acquaintance walked up to him.

This person is none other than Hao Meng, the general of Lu Bu's army that Wu Liang had met when he excavated the tomb of King Liu Qu of Guangchuan.

This guy's vitality is also tenacious enough, and he survived the disease in the end.

But at that time, Hao Meng was in the light and Wu Liang was in the dark, so Wu Liang recognized Hao Meng, but Hao Meng had no impression of Wu Liang, so when he walked towards him, he didn't even look sideways, and he didn't even meet him.

The result was just when the two sides were about to pass each other.

"Yang Wanli?"

A soldier behind Hao Meng suddenly yelled.

"?"

Hao Meng stopped for a moment, looked back at the soldier, then followed the soldier's gaze to Yang Wanli, and asked with a frown, "You two know each other?"

"General, do you still remember the Yuan City we visited last year?"

The soldier didn't directly mention the Valley of Non-return where the tomb of King Liu Qu of Guangchuan was hidden, but said vaguely, "At that time, Yang Wanli and I were scouts, but we accidentally ran into Cao Jun when we were investigating outside. I escaped, but he was captured by Cao Jun."

(End of this chapter)