Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 530 Cao Cao's Conspiracy
From Huacizimo to Daxia in the south, the northern territory of Guishuang has become a piece of wasteland. According to Dong Zhuo, at least in 20 years, Guishuang will not be able to restore it to its original state. Dong Zhuo He never felt that he was a kind person, and he was much more ruthless than Cao Cao when he treated the enemy. Cao Cao's actions did not frighten Dong Zhuo, but it was Cao Cao's courage that made Dong Zhuo feel afraid.

Cao Cao dared to destroy the entire two states without a report or order. This kind of Cao Cao was enough to frighten Dong Zhuo. In addition, it was their military exploits that Dong Zhuo couldn't believe for a long time. At that time, King Guishuang led the most elite 4000 soldiers, but was defeated by Sun Jian and Cao Cao's more than [-] soldiers and horses, and the whole army was wiped out.

This was a big victory. Although Sun Jian's troops paid the price of nearly 3000 people in this battle, it was still a big victory. This victory directly brought the war to an early end.

Sun Jian ordered the body of King Guishuang to be brought and placed in front of Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo got off his horse, looked at it seriously, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that he died like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Cao shook his head and said, "It's not early! It's time."

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo turned his head and looked at Cao Cao.

Before, he didn't take Cao Cao seriously, but now, he didn't dare to despise Cao Cao like that anymore. He asked, "What do you mean by Meng De?" Put it in Dong Zhuo's hands. Dong Zhuo looked at it seriously. The whole body of the thing was made of gold. The lower part was red and there was a Guishuang character written on it. He couldn't understand it either. After playing with it for a while, he asked hesitantly. Said: "This is?"

"Hahaha, this thing is equivalent to the jade seal of the Guishuang people, and it is the seal of the King of Guishuang!" Cao Cao said with a smile.

When everyone heard this, their complexions gradually became serious. Dong Zhuo looked aside and shouted loudly: "Hua Barbarian!!" Just as he finished shouting, a person ran over. This person was Hua Xiong, who walked up to Dong Zhuo's Beside him, looking straight at Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo ordered: "Lead the soldiers to set up camp here, collect those fleeing refugees, just take them to Sogdia, and clean up the surrounding battlefield!"

"Honestly!" Hua Xiong clapped his hands in response.

And Dong Zhuo took Sun Jian and Cao Cao and sat down on the spot. Dong Zhuo held the small seal tightly, feeling very excited. This is the symbol of Guishuang's throne. Dedicating this thing to the emperor is equivalent to What a credit it is to announce that I have eliminated the orthodoxy of Guishuang, I will definitely be able to sit on the post of Taiwei, and even, I will be famous in history, and my name will last forever!

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo couldn't help laughing out loud. He looked at Cao Cao on the side again, his gaze was very kind without any rejection, and he asked with a smile, "Is this really the Guishuang Jade Seal?"

"Of course, this is what I found from King Guishuang's body. Also, Wentai, I didn't tell you about this matter, so I hope you can forgive me." Cao Cao said, Sun Jian waved his hand and said: " No problem, even if you tell me about these things, it will be useless." Dong Zhuo put the seal in front of his eyes again, looked at it carefully, and said three good words in succession.

"I don't know how Dong Gong will deal with this king's seal?" Cao Cao asked.

"Of course it is dedicated to the Son of Heaven!" Dong Zhuo said without hesitation.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No."

Dong Zhuo was confused, if he didn't hand it over to the emperor, would he still keep it privately?But what is the use of this thing?

"What's Meng De's opinion?"

"Send this thing back to the south of Guishuang"

"what!!"

Both Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian couldn't help shouting, send them back?What is this for?Is this guy suffering from brain disease?Why should the treasures obtained after tens of thousands of casualties be sent back to Guishuang?

Cao Cao said calmly: "In the country of Guishuang, they are not yet on par with the great Han. The local princes have a large number of private soldiers and are strong. Previously, King Guishuang was able to hold them down entirely because King Guishuang held them. With tens of thousands of elites, King Guishuang is dead now, he has no heirs, this is a good thing, within Guishuang, the battle for the throne will definitely be disliked."

"At this time, if we send the king's seal to the hands of the weakest princes, and then write a will in the tone of King Guishuang, making him king, this will is not just one, we have to write a lot Hahaha, the seal that symbolizes the throne is in the hands of the weakest prince, which will of course cause other people to snatch it. We have to use a little tricks, and this literary battle for the throne can become a military battle !"

Dong Zhuo frowned, still hesitating in his heart. He was really reluctant to give up the achievement of destroying the country like this. He asked cautiously, "How about we only write the will and don't send the king's seal?"

"Dong Gong, what use is this thing for us? It is used in Sogdia, and the people of Sogdia will not obey because of this seal. They obey our elite troops. Sending it back to Luoyang can only be used as a seal. The decoration is for the emperor to play with, but if he is sent out, Guishuang's internal strife will be rampant, the national power will be greatly reduced, and it will be of great benefit to us. take away!"

"We can even support some princes in the south of Guishuang and continue to do business with them. However, we need them to come to Sogdia to trade with us. I think Xinha can be used as a large trading port for foreign trade. Things will develop rapidly here, and the government will be there in the future."

Dong Zhuo was still a bit reluctant, even though he understood these principles in his heart, but these are not beneficial to us, they are beneficial to the big man, so what is the benefit to me, Dong Zhongying?

Cao Cao may have seen what Dong Zhuo was thinking, and he said: "Dong Gong, the emperor is smart, and he must understand everything here. How can the emperor forget Dong Gong's great achievements? And this setback to Guishuang, When the next expedition is made, it will be the day when Guishuang will perish!"

Dong Zhuo gradually let go of the seal in his hand, nodded, but smiled again, and said, "I wonder if I will still be alive on that day?"

"In that battle, Dong Gong must still be in command personally!"

"Hahahaha!" Dong Zhuo laughed loudly, threw the king's seal in his hand to Cao Cao, and said, "Let's do as you want."

After receiving Dong Zhuo's invitation, Cao Cao got busy with this matter. He first found the imperial edict of King Guishuang, most of which were found in the king's tent. Cao Cao searched the entire camp, and finally found some As an unexpected harvest, he found a record of King Guishuang, which recorded how he dealt with the domestic princes and his appreciation for the system of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao read it carefully for a long time.

After reading it, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this King Guishuang is not considered stupid, he is talented, but unfortunately, he will never be able to realize his ambition, just by doing something against Sogdian, the big man was involved in this battle During the war, this ambitious king died tragically in the battle, but his memorials were very useful to Cao Cao.

From here, you can clearly see the various situations in Guishuang, the strength of the princes, and even their personalities. King Guishuang has made a rigorous analysis, and Cao Cao wrote six posthumous edicts in the tone of King Guishuang. After affixing the royal seal of King Guishuang, six dead soldiers were selected from the army, and asked them to deliver letters as envoys of the Han Dynasty, and promised them that when they came back, they would be rewarded with a lot of money.

Cao Cao is busy with these things, while Dong Zhuo is busy bringing the refugees back to Sogdia. Sogdia needs a lot of manpower for development. Besides, this can also be counted as his military merit, as long as these are captives. , They didn't stay here for too long, just because all the supplies and supplies were burned by Cao Cao, they couldn't get any supplies here, and they couldn't even find supplies in the local area.

Dong Zhuo led people to attack, but did not bring too much luggage, so after only five or six days, they returned to Sogdia.

Everyone understands that this war is over. Although Guishuang did not propose a peace, their king has died in battle, and most of their soldiers no longer exist. They have no strength to counterattack. Knowing that in the near future, they will still fight with each other, even if they did not fight, they can only accept this humiliation when their national strength is greatly damaged.

This war is the largest, most costly, and most seriously injured since Emperor Xiaokang. At the cost of the war, there were more than 3000 soldiers in the North and South Army, 600 were killed in battle, more than [-] were disabled, and only half of the casualties.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's attack on Guishuang's powerful force, I'm afraid this number will be even greater.

Of course, Guishuang paid a more painful price. Except for the death of King Guishuang, they had a total of nearly 6 casualties, lost Sogdia, Huacizimo, Daxia and other lands, the north was completely occupied, and the standing army was destroyed. They have already lost the qualification to compete with the big man and Anxi, and they have completely declined.

The harvest of the Han army is also amazing. It abruptly seized areas including Sogdia, Huacizimo and other areas from Guishuang, as well as millions of household registrations.

The news of the end of the war came from Guishuang, spread to the Western Regions, spread to Liangzhou, and spread to Luoyang. Along the way, both officials and people cheered, not for the victory of the big man, but because of the end of the burden. The people even cried out. Most of their relatives were sent to the Western Regions to deliver food and grass to the army.

This war is finally over.

When the news reached the temple, the anger in the hearts of all the officials calmed down. The most excited one was Yuan Shao. Gradually bottoming out, many policies were forced to stop, such as Xing Ziang's road construction, Liu Bei's official education, and Xun Yu's water conservancy.

This caused all the officials to complain to him repeatedly, and the crime of emptying the treasury all fell on his head.

God pity you, I, Yuan Benchu, have always been against war! ! !

Finally, this mortal battle was over, tears filled Yuan Shao's eyes, and he was more excited than Dong Zhuo. For a while, the whole Luoyang began to talk about this battle.

(End of this chapter)