The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 348 Your Majesty's Ingenuity
After the delivery of the cities of Mount Tai and Qingzhou was completed, Yuan Tan led his troops back.

The Xuzhou army stationed on Mount Tai did not all withdraw.

Pang Tong, Zang Ba and Sun Guan each led a team and stationed in different cities.

Chen Dao led the Baiyan Army and the main force of the Xuzhou Army participating in the Battle of Mount Tai to retreat to Pengcheng.

Lu Bu and Yuan Shao reached a covenant. In order to get more coal, Yuan Shao sent out a call for Cao Cao to the world.

Not long after, the call to action was sent to Xudu.

After successive defeats in Dangshan, Cao Cao was already in a very depressed mood, and when he learned that Yuan Shao had issued a call to crusade against him, no matter how calm he was, he couldn't sit still.

He slapped the table in front of him with a slap, and asked the person who sent the letter with a livid face, "Where is the letter?"

It was a Cao Jun Xiaowei who sent the call to action.

Cao Cao slapped the table violently, the captain shuddered, and hurriedly took out a call to arms from his arms and presented it with both hands.

Xu Chu took the call from him and forwarded it to Cao Cao.

After receiving the call to action, Cao Cao read it from beginning to end, and said with a livid face, "Good scolding! I didn't expect Yuan Benchu ​​to have such a talented person under his command. It's really refreshing to scold! He scolded so much!"

The Cao family's staff and generals sitting in the front hall have not seen the call to action, so of course they don't know what they scolded.

Cao Cao, who had a very ugly face, saw that everyone was puzzled, so he handed the call to action to Xu Chu: "Let them all take a look."

Xu Chu took the petition and handed it to Xun Yu first.

After reading the call-to-action, Xun Yu handed it to Guo Jia and said to Cao Cao: "Looking at the literary talent, I think it should be Yuan Shao's staff member Chen Lin who wrote the pen."

"Chen Lin?" Cao Cao frowned and asked Xun Yu, "Do you recognize this person?"

"I've heard of it before, but I haven't seen it." Xun Yu replied, "But I have read his article, and the writing is exactly the same as this essay. He should be good."

Everyone passed on the call for Cao Xiwen, and all of them showed indignation on their faces.

Jia Xu said to Cao Cao: "My lord, Yuan Shao's treachery is really abominable, and this Chen Lin will never forgive him in the future."

"Wen He thinks what to do?" Cao Cao asked.

"This man is hateful. Once Yuan Shao is defeated in the future, he must not be tolerated." Jia Xu said: "He dared to make something out of nothing in the call to action. It is really hateful. Once captured, he should be killed!"

"I feel that this man is full of literary ideas and can be used by me." Cao Cao waved his hand: "It's too early to say these things now, and it won't be too late to talk about defeating Yuan Shao in the future."

"My lord." Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, "Lü Bu and Yuan Shao will unite, and soon they will plot against my lord. It is still difficult for our army to deal with Lv Bu on our own, let alone with Yuan Shao. We must find a way."

"Lü Bu is very brave, you all saw it last time." Cao Cao said to everyone, "His air force can deal with it, but how can we deal with him himself?"

There was helplessness in Cao Cao's tone, and everyone was very depressed when they heard it.

Today, Lu Bu has many strong generals and wise men, and he himself seems to be much braver than before.

Last time in the battle of Dangshan, Lu Bu, relying on his own strength, actually faced more than 30 Cao generals alone. Not only did he not fall to the disadvantage, but he even picked and killed several of them.

Although the generals of Cao Jun who died in battle were not the first-class fierce generals in the army, they were able to calmly deal with the siege of so many generals, and even killed many opponents. Looking at the world, I am afraid that no one can do it.

"I have an idea." Xun You stroked his beard, thought for a moment and said to Cao Cao, "No matter how brave Lu Bu is, it is impossible for him to escape the trap created by heaven and earth. We can set a trap and then find a way to lure him in. I'm not afraid that he won't die, but I'm afraid that the body will never be found after death."

"What can Gongda do?" Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked Xun You.

Xun You replied: "Yuan Shao issued an appeal, it must be Lu Bu who gave him benefits. I think the Yuan family in Hebei should not intervene until the two families decide the outcome. They will send troops before the lord and Lu Bu are about to come to an end. So as to get more benefits.”

"Continue talking." Cao Cao signaled him to continue talking.

"Yuan Shao will not send troops easily, but Lu Bu is always thinking about destroying the lord." Xun You said: "If he sends troops, it will be in two directions. One is to send troops out of Dangshan and attack Xudu directly. The other is It is the soldiers who go out of Huainan and kill them from the south."

"Which way do you think he will choose?" Cao Cao asked.

"Soldiers go out of Dangshan." Xun You said: "There is a straight line between Dangshan and Xudu. Lu Bu sent troops from there, and the distance can be shortened as much as possible. Since he is eager to destroy the lord, of course he will choose the place with the shortest distance to send troops."

Cao Cao nodded: "You're right, I'm thinking the same way. Since he wants to destroy me, he will of course choose to attack from those places. But what should we do to intercept him in the middle and further trap him?" die?"

"Out of Dangshan Mountain to the west, there are Taiqiu and Jianping." Xun You said, "It is adjacent to Mangdang Mountain, and it is a good place for our army to set up an ambush."

"You mean...to use Mount Mangdang?" Cao Cao frowned. "Earlier we found the tomb of the King of Liang, but it was there. After thousands of choices, we actually chose that place to resist Lu Bu. I'm afraid..."

"The king of Liang has been dead for hundreds of years, and the lord borrowed some money from him to preserve the country of the great man." Xun You said: "The king of Liang is the brother of Emperor Wu, he has a big man in his heart, so he will definitely not care about the lord. "

"What do you think?" Cao Cao looked at the others.

"I think what Gongda said is reasonable." Guo Jia replied: "The terrain around Mangdang Mountain is complicated. Lv Bu will lead a large army to attack Xudu, and he will definitely go through the mountains and forests. As long as we divide his soldiers and horses into small groups, I think It shouldn't be difficult to kill Lu Bu."

Guo Jia agreed with Xun You's strategy, and the others followed suit.

"Pass down the order, the three armies are ready, as long as Lu Bu sends troops, he will go to fight immediately." Cao Cao stood up and issued the military order.

Everyone stood up and took orders.

"My lord, I think there is one more thing that needs to be done." After receiving Cao Cao's military order, Jia Xu said, "My lord can ignore Yuan Shao's proclamation. But on Lu Bu's side, there must be someone to attack him." From the beginning."

"Wen He means..." Cao Cao's eyes fell on Jia Xu's face.

Jia Xu replied: "Yuan Shao still knows how to issue a campaign to attack the lord, and the lord is to attack Lu Bu, so it is possible that he didn't even write a campaign?"

Cao Cao suddenly said: "It is indeed time to write an article..."

"Forgive me, my lord. I feel that an edict is not as good as an edict." Jia Xu added, "Your majesty is in Xudu now, and my lord has dedicated himself to protecting the great man. Shouldn't your majesty be asked to issue an edict to crusade against Lu Bu?"

"Your Majesty has been asked to issue an edict earlier." Cao Cao said, "Do you want to issue it again?"

"Of course it needs to be issued again." Jia Xu replied: "The previous edict was to unite Yuan Shao to crusade against Lv Bu, but this time the edict is to crusade against Yuan Shao and Lv Bu. The two edicts are different, so it is indeed necessary."

"Who will write?" Cao Cao's eyes swept across the faces of the crowd, and finally fell on the face of a middle-aged staff member.

This man is tall and slender, since the beginning of the court meeting, he has been sitting there without making any statement, with a calm expression, as if no matter who wins or loses between Cao Cao and Lu Bu, it has nothing to do with him.

He is none other than Kong Rong, a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty who once served as Prime Minister of Beihai.

"Wen Ju." Looking at Kong Rong, Cao Cao asked, "How about you grab the knife?"

"Thanks to the lord's favor, I dare not obey?" Kong Rong immediately responded.

Cao Cao said to Xu Chu: "Make someone serve the pen and ink for Wenju."

Xu Chu first agreed, and then told a guard: "Go and prepare pens and ink for Duke Kong."

After a while, a guard came with a roll of silk and ink.

Xu Chu stepped forward, first took silk and spread it on the table in front of Kong Rong, and then arranged the pen and paper: "Mr. Kong, please.!"

After thanking Xu Chu, Kong Rong picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, thought for a while, and started writing on the silk.

After a while, he wrote an eloquent essay, waited for a while, and when the ink was dry, he held it in both hands and handed it to Cao Cao: "Please have a look, my lord."

Xu Chu stepped forward and took the silk from Kong Rong's hand.

When he came to Cao Cao, he presented it with both hands.

After receiving the silk with characters written all over it, Cao Cao browsed through it, nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "Wen Ju is really a famous person today, and the majestic prose written is not inferior to the one issued by Yuan Benchu."

"Dezu." His eyes fell on the face of a young staff member again: "Come and read aloud."

The staff member Cao Cao looked at was only 23 or [-] years old.

His skin was fair and clean, and his whole body exuded elegance.

This person is Yang Xiu, a staff member under Cao Cao's account.

Because of his young age, Yang Xiu has not been reused under Cao Cao's tent, but he is eligible to be among them when the court discusses.

After receiving Cao Cao's order, Yang Xiu stepped forward.

Xu Chu took over the call to action from Cao Cao and handed it to Yang Xiu.

Unfolding the call to action, Yang Xiu read aloud to the crowd.

When Yang Xiu recited the call to action, Cao Cao stroked his beard and kept nodding.

Everyone also listened carefully.

The generals couldn't understand what the call to action said at all, but Yang Xiu's tone of voice was up and down when he recited it, which made them feel very refreshed.

And the staff members shook their heads one by one, closing their eyes slightly with a look of intoxication.

After Yang Xiu finished reading, Cao Cao asked the crowd, "What do you think of this essay?"

"As the lord said, it is majestic, and it scolded Lu Fengxian's villain to the fullest." Xun Yu said: "In addition, it also talked about Yuan Shao's treachery. Except for Kong Wenju, I am afraid that no one can do it." Such a wonderful statement."

"That's right." Cao Cao said, "Since you all agree with this statement, then spread it out to the world. I'll go and ask His Majesty for an edict later."

Everyone agreed, Cao Cao said: "If there is nothing else, let's leave first."

When the crowd dispersed, Cao Cao called Xu Chu, "Zhongkang and I will go to see Your Majesty."

Since Cao Cao's two defeats in Dangshan, Xu Du has also appeared to be depressed recently.

In particular, Yuan Shao sent out an appeal against Cao Cao. Many foreign merchants feared that Lu Bu and Yuan Shao's army would kill them at any time, and they did not dare to come to Xudu to make a living.

In the past, merchants from the Xuzhou area would come to Xudu and bring some novelties from there.

Since Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu, the merchants from Xuzhou disappeared.

There is no coal that could be transported to Yuzhou in the past.

Taking Xu Chu along the street, Cao Cao saw the desolate scene on the street, and said, "I didn't expect Xu Du to be implicated in the crusade against Lu Bu. Now merchants from all over the world are unwilling to come here. It won't last long."

"When Lu Bu is destroyed, those merchants should come." Xu Chu replied: "Businessmen always put profit first, they only look at the present, how can they understand the ambition of the lord?"

"I don't ask them to understand, as long as they know that Xudu is not just anyone who wants to come, that's enough." Cao Cao sighed: "It's a pity that there are countless merchants in the world, how many people know this?"

Xu Chu is a rough man, although he spent many days with Cao Cao, he couldn't think as carefully as Cao Cao.

The biggest advantage of Cao Cao keeping Xu Chu by his side is that he, like Dian Wei back then, would not even take his life to protect the lord.

Of course Cao Cao would treat such a loyal general very kindly.

Xu Chu accompanied Cao Cao to the main gate of the palace. They dismounted from their horses, and the guards guarding the palace bowed to salute one after another.

The guards here are all Cao Cao's subordinates, Liu Xie came in and out, they were just a symbolic salute.

When Cao Cao came, the guards were respectful and did not dare to be disrespectful at all.

Cao Cao came to the palace and got the news, Liu Xie ordered a regular attendant to come to greet him.

Seeing Cao Cao, Chang Shi bowed and made a big salute: "Your Majesty heard that Duke Cao is coming, so he asked me to come and greet him."

"What is Your Majesty doing?" Cao Cao asked.

Chang Shi replied: "Recently, His Majesty has been writing and reading in his room every day, and he didn't even go fishing, which he liked in the past."

"Did he make a few more belts?" Cao Cao asked playfully, pulling the corner of his mouth.

Knowing that Cao Cao was referring to the matter of the clothing belt edict back then, Chang Shi's heart tightened, and he bowed his body and replied, "Mr. Cao is joking, Your Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, how can you do such a thing."

"You should have just arrived in the palace not long ago." Cao Cao sized up the servant.

Chang Shi replied: "Back to Mr. Cao, I have been serving His Majesty not long ago. I used to do some things in the outer courtyard."

"No wonder you don't know what your Majesty is capable of." Cao Cao said with a smile, "Your Majesty is ingenious, especially good at making belts. I have carefully examined the one he gave Dong Cheng back then. The stitches are fine and tight, it doesn't look like it was made by a man, let alone a Ninth Five-Year Master."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao raised his face and laughed: "I have seen many exquisite belts, and now that I think about it, the one Your Majesty gave Dong Cheng is the most exquisite. If you have a chance, please ask Your Majesty to sew one for me too." .”

(End of this chapter)