Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 426 Cao Cao's Suffering

"Come here, order the entire city of Tan to be slaughtered!" Cao Cao said coldly and with a gloomy face.But just after saying this, he saw a person appearing behind him at some point.

That person was none other than his brother-in-law Bian Bing.Bian Bing seemed very leisurely, and the two generals who were retreating with Le Jin and Xia Houyuan walked towards him while chatting and laughing.

Cao Cao wasn't surprised by Bian Bing's scoundrel who didn't care about the occasion, but he was surprised by why Bian Bing, who was far away in Zhencheng, came here suddenly.But just when he was about to scold Bian Bing, Bian Bing took the initiative to say to Cao Cao: "Brother-in-law, I have a private matter with you..."

Cao Cao was furious immediately, but at this moment, he suddenly saw Bian Bing staring at him fixedly, with a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.But even so, Bian Bing went out of his way and yelled to everyone: "Tancheng is a great victory, everyone go your own way, my brother-in-law will be rewarded later!"

Cao Cao followed Bian Bing to a secluded place, and after confirming that the conversation between the two could not be heard by others, he asked sullenly, "What happened?"

"Master..." Bian Bing then solemnly and solemnly handed a letter to Cao Cao: "This is the letter that Master Xun asked me to bring to you. We have lost Yanzhou!"

Cao Cao quickly opened the letter to read it, and immediately felt as if his internal organs had been hit hard by someone, and his eyes suddenly went dark.Seeing Cao Cao's reaction from a distance, everyone gathered around and asked Cao Cao, "Master, what happened?!"

When he raised his head again, Cao Cao had returned to normal, as if the moment just now was just a hallucination.He looked around the crowd leisurely, and replied lightly and with a little regret: "It seems that Xuzhou can't take it for the time being. There is a small problem with the collection of military rations by Junjun Xun. There is a small group of thieves. We seem to have to go back." Yanzhou is here."

The generals looked at each other in blank dismay, they naturally knew that their army's rations were not much.But now that the city of Tan has been destroyed, it is not impossible to get food locally, not to mention that the army is so powerful that it only needs to go into Haixi to defeat Tao Qian. Then the whole Xuzhou will be in hand, so why worry about no food?

Among these generals, Cao Ren was quite strategic, so he couldn't help but frowned and asked, "My lord, since it's just a group of small bandits rebelling, you can send troops in Puyang to quell the rebellion, why should I wait to return to the division?"

Naturally, Cao Cao couldn't refute Cao Ren's words, so he could only say angrily: "What do you know?! Xuzhou is just a place where we can make progress, and Yanzhou is our heart. If you have an illness, no matter how serious it is, don't take it lightly. Xuzhou is panicking now, and sooner or later it will be in my pocket. If we blindly attack, it will be delayed for a long time. If we lead our troops back to Yanzhou, Xuzhou will mistakenly think that we can breathe a sigh of relief. At that time, we will make a comeback. What kind of expression does Qianhui have?"

"Hahaha..." Le Jin laughed naturally, and interjected: "The old man must have been frightened to death. I heard that these days, the old man is sick and dying. My lord, what do you do?" It's really ingenious, if you really do this, Tao Qian will die, your reputation will definitely be greatly enhanced, and no one in Xuzhou will be able to beat you!"

Cao Ren was also fooled by Cao Cao for a while, and he also felt that this plan was very clever.The army obeyed the order and retreated. Instead of rushing along the way, they took the opportunity to loot a lot of food and grass to supplement military supplies.Although the generals have doubts, they can't doubt anything after all.

However, only Cao Cao himself knew that his heart was burning all the way.But even so, he still forced a smile on his face.Because he knew that once the soldiers were made aware that they were homeless, there was always the danger of mutiny.If one person takes the lead, a thousand people will follow, especially those soldiers from Qingzhou, who had no roots in Yanzhou, and their morale fluttered in a hurry, and they dispersed in a hurry. Maybe someone would want to take Cao Cao's head off and look for Lu Bu. , Chen Gong surrendered!

Along the way, Cao Cao convened several meetings, slowly infiltrating the situation in Yanzhou to the generals.Of course, he deliberately made the situation more optimistic than the actual situation, and those generals were more optimistic when they told the team captain, relaying the story one by one, and when it was conveyed to the soldiers, what they knew was There was a band of thieves in Yanzhou who made a little trouble.Everyone sang triumphant songs and flaunted their power, and even on the way, they easily defeated the Xuzhou general Cao Bao who was chasing and intercepting him.

However, others can keep it in the dark, but confidant brothers can't hide it.Finally, when he was about to enter Yanzhou, Cao Cao took out Xun Yu's letter.

The brothers of the Cao family were all ashamed, after all, what they had to face was a rebellion in a whole state.Cao Cao's heart was not only anxious, but also sad and fearful.The sad thing is that Zhang Miao, a good friend who has been close to him for many years, and Chen Gong, a trusted subordinate who helped him take over Yanzhou, turned out to be the ones who took the lead in the rebellion.What's frightening is that they moved in the person they fear the most - Lu Bu!
Whenever Cao Cao recalled the days when he lived in Luoyang, Lu Bu's murderous scene would be imprinted in his mind.Those brown eyes and that eerie Fangtian painted halberd haunted him in nightmares five times and three times, and every time he broke out in a cold sweat.Cao Cao really didn't dare to think too much, because after thinking about it again, he knew that this matter was actually not that simple at all.

Who is Lu Bu under now?

Liu Xie!

That 14-year-old boy feared Cao Cao much more than Lu Bu!Especially this time, he forbeared several times, followed by a series of blows like thunder, which caused him to be completely defeated in an instant. Knives kill people invisible!
Compared with those generals, Cao Cao knew the power of that statement best.This is why he tried his best to pretend to be a great victory. Only by using such false emotions can the soldiers under him not take the edict of the Han Dynasty into their eyes.But this also puts him in the desperate situation of dancing on the wire. Once he makes a mistake, what awaits Cao Cao is an abyss beyond redemption.

After all, the signboard of the Han Dynasty is recognized by everyone in the world, and Cao Cao has made great successes since then, and he may be able to suppress those soldiers.But once there is an occasional failure, the power of this edict will explode immediately, causing the soldiers to mutiny, and then destroying the entire Cao family!

Therefore, Cao Cao must play the guise of a victorious army to hide it for a while.But he really didn't know what it would be like for those soldiers to learn that they were dealing with Wushuang Lu Bu and the Han Emperor.Thinking about it now, he seemed to regret that he didn't follow the advice of those advisers. Although attacking Xuzhou was an imminent and unavoidable thing, but now it seems that he really underestimated the ability of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Fortunately, although Cao Cao is a sentimental poet, in this case, he never believes that there are poems in the distance, and only bravely faces the blood in front of him: "Aside from Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, who else is rebellious?"

Bian Bing was dejected, and replied in a low voice: "Zhang Miao, Xu Xi, Mao Hui, and Wu Ziju counties all rebelled. Lu Bu broke Puyang first, and Chen Gong attacked Dongjun. You were kidnapped by soldiers called Zoujiang. Thanks to the help of your subordinate Zaoyi, you escaped. Now you have saved your family and arrived in Juancheng. Xu Si and Wang Kai led their troops to rebel against Lv Bu, and Li Feng and Xue Lan became their governors and others. drive."

"How about Cheng Yu and Mao Jie?" Cao Cao asked again.Once Dongjun was lost, his base camp was gone, and he had to frown deeply again to lock away the anxiety in his heart.

"Cheng Yu was quick-witted and joined forces with Xue Ti to help you keep Dong'e County, and even lobbied Jin Yun, the magistrate of Fan County. Mao Jie led Zhang Jing and Liu Yan to Juancheng to hold on. I hate that Yuan Shaofeng's governor of Yuzhou, Guo Gong, almost took advantage of the fire to rob him. Thanks to Xun Wenruo riding alone to lobby, he escaped the difficulty, but Mr. Xi..."

"What happened to him?" Cao Cao was extremely nervous.Xi Zhicai was his most important adviser in the early stage. Even though he later recommended Guo Jia, in Cao Cao's heart, Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu were still his right-hand men.

"Xi Zhicai was taken away by Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao, but he was not killed because of his serious illness. Then..." Bian Bing frowned at this point, and Cao Cao kept asking , he said again: "Then Mr. Xi was detected and sent to His Majesty Yuzhou."

"Yuzhou, Your Majesty?!" Cao Cao frowned deeply when he heard this.But this time, the anxiety and pain in his heart had already surpassed his rationality, causing him to sway suddenly, only to feel that his headache was about to split, and he cried out in grief: "Heaven perishes me too! Son of Heaven, you are also dispatched?!"

(End of this chapter)