The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 298

After Cao Cao destroyed Lu Bu and took Xuzhou, he began to prepare his troops to compete with Yuan Shao.

Of course, he didn't want to have other princes staring at him when he was fighting Yuan Shao.

So he decided on two things, one was to send people to unite Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and the other was to send people to Dongfang Sheng for a showdown.

This time, Cao Cao did not send anyone who had anything to do with Dongfang Sheng, but sent a person whom Dongfang Sheng had never had contact with before: Zhong Yao.

Although this person doesn't have any name in Romance, he is a well-known figure in history.

Zhong Yao was quite accomplished in calligraphy, he was the founder of regular script (small regular script), and was honored as "the originator of regular script" by later generations.Zhong Yao had a profound influence on the calligraphy of later generations. Wang Xizhi and other later calligraphers have devoted themselves to studying Zhong Yao's calligraphy.Together with Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he is called "Zhong Wang".

Of course, his ability is not limited to calligraphy, but also strategy. He persuaded Ma Teng and Han Sui to surrender to Cao Cao, and then sent [-] troops to support Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu.

It can be said that among the Yingchuan gentry, his influence is not inferior to that of the Xun family.

After listening to Jia Xu's introduction, Dongfang Sheng approached Zhong Yao solemnly in the Yamen.

"Does the general know that the disaster is not long?" Zhong Yao said astonishingly as soon as he took his seat.

Dongfang Sheng looked at Zhong Yao with great interest and said, "I don't know what advice Captain Zhong has?"

At this time, Zhong Yao served as the captain of the Sili school that Qian had held before, and this official position was later similar to the leader of Jinyiwei in Dongchang.

"Now Cao Gong and Yuan Benchu ​​are the only ones who can compete for hegemony in the world. If the other princes disobey them, what will you do once you wait for the two tigers to decide the winner?" Zhong Yao said with a worried expression, his face completely It's the expression that I think about you.

What Zhong Yao said was basically true. When two tigers fight, there will inevitably be a winner, but he overlooked one point. The other princes are not sheep, and they will not be slaughtered.

Dongfang Sheng smiled lightly: "Doesn't Captain Zhong think that the rest of the princes are all chickens and dogs who can't be beaten?"

There was a secretive smile on Zhong Yao's face and he said: "Grand Cao gave the general two ways, one is to surrender, and the other is to perish."

"Oh, I won't take the road of surrender." Dongfang Sheng frowned. He didn't expect Zhong Yao to have a showdown directly. According to Zhong Yao's rhythm before, Dongfang Sheng thought he would have to grind again. .

"To tell you the truth, General Cao, Duke Cao has already formed an alliance with Liu Jingsheng of Jingzhou and Sun Bofu of Jiangdong." Zhong Yao said seemingly casually, and at the same time his eyes were fixed on Dongfang Sheng, trying to see from his face Some shocked and flustered expressions.

It's a pity that there was no change on Dongfang Sheng's face, and there was still a smile.

For the first time, Zhong Yao felt that he had misjudged himself. He originally thought that the Lord of Yizhou, who looked too young, was definitely someone who could be persuaded by him at will.

Didn't even Ma Teng and Han Sui obediently send their sons to Xudu as hostages and surrender?Jingzhou Liu Jingsheng, Jiangdong Sun Bofu, were they not directly persuaded by me?

"Lieutenant Zhong, don't worry, anyone who dares to attack our Yizhou will be punished no matter how far away!" Dongfang Sheng said firmly.

"Hmph!" Zhong Yao groaned and left with a flick of his sleeves. After turning around, there was not much anger on his face, only worry.

Dongfang Sheng's confidence made Zhong Yao feel a little uneasy, but based on Liu Biao and Sun Ce's coalition forces, Zhong Yao felt that he was thinking too much.

Can he withstand Liu Biao's [-] warriors?Zhong Yao denied this possibility in his heart.

After Zhong Yao left, Dongfang Sheng frowned, and Chen Zhong came in from the outside not long after.

"The collection of news from Jingzhou and Jiangdong doesn't seem to be going well." Dongfang Sheng said with a sigh.

Although Chen Zhong didn't know the situation, he was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and admitted his mistake: "My lord, please forgive me, I didn't do a good job."

Dongfang Sheng waved his hand and said, "Go to Jingzhou as soon as possible to find out the situation of Liu Biao and Sun Ce."

"You don't have to blame yourself, this matter has nothing to do with you." Dongfang Sheng sighed.

Although he has been at the forefront of intelligence collection, it is difficult to obtain information related to some high-level figures. This is the long-standing drawback of Dongfang Sheng's establishment of the scout camp.

However, generally speaking, it is extremely difficult for the power core figures of the princes to be wooed, and it is basically impossible to let them act as undercover agents for themselves. At this time, people's integrity is still very high.

Chen Zhong gritted his teeth and resigned. He was ruthless in his heart: The Lord has treated me with great kindness. Not only has he given me such great power, but he has also freed me from any worries. I must make some achievements to repay him.

After Dongfang Sheng saw that Chen Zhong was gone, he immediately sent his soldiers to call Jia Xu to discuss matters.

"Can't get along with Zhong Yao?" Jia Xu asked, shaking his feather fan.

"Yeah." Dongfang Sheng nodded and said, "Mr. Cao has joined forces with Liu Biao and Sun Ce, and it looks like they will send troops to attack me soon."

There was not much surprise on Jia Xu's face. All this was in his expectation. Cao Cao had to clear the field if he wanted to compete with Yuan Shao, and Dongfang Sheng was the most threatening behind Cao Cao.

Although Liu Biao has strength, he lacks aggressiveness. Although Sun Ce is in the limelight, his foundation is not stable after all. Only Dongfang Sheng's strength is not bad, and his foundation is also established.

If Dongfang Sheng is not resolved, Cao Cao will have trouble sleeping and eating if he wants to compete with Yuan Shao.

"Liu Biao is nothing to worry about, but Sun Ce will be in some trouble." Jia Xu mused.

"Wen He has a good strategy?" Dongfang Sheng asked.

Jia Xu shook his feather fan lightly and said, "For long-distance friendship and short-term attack, just fight Liu Biao and Sun Ce."

"Well, I will let Liu Biao know how powerful my 'Three Armies' will be." Dongfang Sheng said with a smile.

Jia Xu shook her feather fan lightly and smiled.

Three months later, Cao Cao coerced Liu Biao and Sun Ce to attack Dongfang Sheng's Yongzhou and Yizhou together.

It's a pity that Zhang Xiu, who was sitting in Yongzhou, made the confident Cao Cao suffer for the first time. Cao Jun was exhausted by Zhang Xiu's cavalry before he attacked the city. When they really attacked the city, he was directly killed by Zhang Xiu. defeat.

This time it was Cao Cao's personal conquest, so he did not launch a second attack immediately after rectifying his troops, but stuck to the camp and did not fight again.

On the other side, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Ce of Jiangdong sent two groups of troops to attack Yizhou each, claiming to have [-] people.

Liu Biao's Huang Zu was in command, while Sun Ce went into battle in person.

For a time, people in Yizhou were panicked, and some barbarians who had already had different intentions were even more eager to move. They were all looking forward to Dongfang Sheng being broken by the three-way army, so that they would have a chance to stand out. Even Liu Zhang, who had been silent all this time, had someone Secretly approaching the door, secretly plotting something.

(End of this chapter)