Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 748: Arrogant! Extremely arrogant!
Who is the thief?
Cao Cao's rhetorical question was full of contempt.

The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit.

Cao Cao's heroic thinking is fully revealed.

Cheng Yu was captured, and the truth about the Yellow River bursting its banks was made public by Liu Bei in the "Exhortation to Protect the People", all of which undoubtedly exceeded Cao Cao's expectations.

However, these could not affect Cao Cao's determination and decision.

As a result, digging the Yellow River and flooding Jinan State had already bought Cao Cao enough time, so he no longer had to worry about the rear of Qingzhou falling into enemy hands.

Cao Cao waved his hand, pointed to the north, and spoke loudly.

"Everyone, don't worry about what's happening in the south. The enemy... is in the north. Defeat Yuan and conquer Hebei, and dominate Hebei!"

Cao Cao's ambition and courage undoubtedly quickly dispelled the worries in the hearts of many civil and military officials. Some of them were even unconsciously infected by Cao Cao and responded by shouting in unison.

"Defeat Yuan and conquer Hebei, dominate Hebei!"

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Today, Yuan and Cao are confronting each other at Jie Bridge, a location that has special significance for Jizhou.

Moreover, Cao Cao was in the south and Yuan Shao was in the north.

No matter how hesitant Yuan Shao was at the beginning, he hoped to negotiate to get back his beloved son and the families of his civil and military officials, and then make plans for the future.

But as Cao Cao continued to delay time, he finally gained control of Bohai County, Wei County and Qinghe State.

More importantly, the news that Yuan Shu was about to be destroyed was tantamount to a heavy blow to Yuan Shao.

No matter how much Yuan Shao disliked Yuan Shu, he understood the importance of Yuzhou, which was occupied by Yuan Shu, to the Yuan family.

Yuan Shao had enough patience to negotiate with Cao Cao at the beginning. In addition to his own indecisiveness, what was more important was that he felt that he had Yuan Shu's support to the south of Cao Cao.

Although Cao's manipulation of the government made him rampant for a while, it was difficult to conceal the fact that he had offended Liu Bei and the Yuan family at the same time. It was like being stuck in a quagmire and struggling to survive.

However, this sudden turn of events made the originally angry Yuan Shao gradually feel a suffocating sense of crisis.

The Yuan family, which had been in a very good situation, now seemed to be in deep trouble.

To this end, Yuan Shao did not forget to send people to lobby Lu Bu, hoping to persuade Lu Bu to rush to Yuzhou to resist Li Ji, and also hoped that the court would personally order Liu Bei to withdraw his troops.

However, Yuan Shao, who stationed his troops at Jie Bridge to attack Cao Cao, had not yet waited for the result from the court. He waited first for Lu Bu to lead his troops to attack Yanzhou, and the "Exhortation to Protect the People" was quickly transmitted to the army.

At this moment, Yuan Shao looked at the "Manifesto to Protect the People" in front of him, feeling both annoyed and angry.

"What qualifications does Liu Da'er have to issue such a manifesto? Does he consider himself the leader of the group?"

Yuan Shao, who was arrogant and regarded himself as a role model for the world, felt that Liu Bei was completely bullying him when he saw Liu Bei's attitude in the "Proclamation to Protect the People", which seemed to be threatening and warning everyone rather than targeting any particular princely family.

"What does Liu Da'er mean by this? If I, Yuan Benchu, massacred the city to intimidate some bandits, is he also planning to exterminate my three clans of the Yuan family?"

"Arrogant! Extremely arrogant!"

"This 'Proclamation to Protect the People' is about Cao Cao, is it actually a protest against me?"

Faced with Yuan Shao's long-suppressed anger that suddenly erupted, most of the civil and military officials in the military tent were silent, not daring to speak out and offend Yuan Shao.

Only Tian Feng, seeing that Yuan Shao was becoming increasingly out of control, stood up and saluted.

"Why is my lord angry? This "Proclamation to Protect the People" may be a good thing for my lord."

"If Cao's army sees this letter, they will be in a panic and their morale will be shaken. We can make a big fuss about it, publicize that we will support Liu Xuande, and send people to form an alliance with Liu Xuande, and prepare to attack Cao together soon." "In this way, even if Cao Cao knows it is a trick, Cao's army will definitely be suspicious and want to retreat to Qingzhou."

However, after Tian Feng finished speaking.

However, Yuan Shao stared at Tian Feng with eyes that were somewhat angry and embarrassed, and questioned him.

"Does Tian Yuanhao think that if I don't take advantage of Liu Da'er's power and form an alliance with Liu Da'er, I will be defeated by Cao Cao?"

Yuan Shao put such a hat directly on Tian Feng's head, which made Tian Feng feel dizzy.

Tian Feng's heart ached, and he blurted out an excuse. "My lord, please understand. I have no intention of humiliating you. I am just discussing the matter at hand..."

However, it would have been better if Tian Feng had not said this. To Yuan Shao, these words were like adding fuel to the fire. He slammed the table and interrupted Tian Feng's words, and said.

"How dare you, Tian Feng, disrupt the morale of our army? Someone come here!"

While Tian Feng was stunned, Yuan Shao shouted orders to the two guards who had broken into the military tent.

"Take this man and lock him up."

"Yes."

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Immediately, two bodyguards carried Tian Feng on the left and right and dragged him out.

Tian Feng, who had just reacted at this point, instead of begging for mercy, let out a self-deprecating laugh and shouted.

"Hahahaha, Yuan Benchu ​​won't listen to me, and he will be defeated by others soon."

After these words were spoken, Yuan Shao's face became even uglier. Not only did the people in the tent not dare to speak up to plead for Tian Feng, they all lowered their heads, fearing that Yuan Shao's remaining anger would affect them.

Among them, Xu You, who was originally sitting next to Tian Feng, felt even more uneasy.

The alliance with Cao Cao was pushed by Xu You...

Xu You, who knew Yuan Shao's character well, understood that this one thing alone was enough to be the cause of his death.

Xu You, feeling uneasy, couldn't help but glance at Yuan Shao secretly, and suddenly found that Yuan Shao was staring at him deeply.

This made Xu You's whole body tense up, his heart beat faster unconsciously, and he felt a chill on his neck.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao looked away after staring for a few breaths.

Immediately afterwards, in order to speed up the attack on Cao Cao's defense line on the south bank, Yuan Shao made a lot of detailed arrangements inside the big tent, and Xu You responded absent-mindedly.

After this depressing military meeting ended, Xu You returned to the tent with an uneasy heart and drank three pots of tea in a row before he gradually calmed down.

However, Xu You understood that this did not mean that Yuan Shao would just let everything slide.

Based on Xu You's understanding of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao was temporarily stimulated by the "Exhortation to Protect the People", and after putting Tian Feng in prison, he must have quickly come to his senses.

But Yuan Shao was different from Cao Cao in that he was shameless. Yuan Shao attached great importance to his face and dignity.

Even if Yuan Shao later knew that Tian Feng was innocent, he would probably not let Tian Feng go, let alone admit his mistake to Tian Feng.

Tian Feng did nothing wrong. Doesn't this indirectly prove that Yuan Shao's violent rage was caused by his hatred for Liu Bei?

More importantly, Xu You knew that even if Tian Feng allowed Yuan Shao to vent his anger for a while, after calming down he would realize that it was not appropriate to pursue the faults of other people.

But now Yuan Shang is in Cao Cao's hands. If anything happens to Yuan Shang, or if the attack on Cao Cao is frustrated again, Xu You may be held accountable by Yuan Shao at any time.

(End of this chapter)