Chapter 92 The Eve of the War
"Oh, does Wen Ruo have any good ideas?" Cao Cao walked quickly to Xun Yu as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.
"My lord, there is no need to worry. I have often heard that Han Fu, the lord of Jizhou, is mediocre and ignorant. He only drinks wine every day and has banquets in music houses, and his music lasts all night long."
"Pan Feng holds all the power in Jizhou. If the lord takes advantage of Pan Feng to go to Xuzhou and spreads rumors in Yecheng, such a mediocre person will definitely call Pan Feng back, and there will be a gap between the emperor and his ministers."
Cao Cao nodded. Although he didn't quite agree with Xun Yu's words, it was undoubtedly a choice.
With Xun Yu in front, the other counselors also stood up and spoke one after another.
"How can such a foolish lord defeat the wise Lord?"
These words were actually meant to comfort Cao Cao and cheer him up. They clearly felt that Cao Cao seemed a little... cautious when facing Han Fu this time?
Cheng Yu also stood up at this time and bowed his hands to Cao Cao.
"Sun Ce's general Zhou Yu is now at Qu'a on the border of Xuzhou. We can contact Sun Ce to launch a surprise attack on Xuzhou."
"Oh? Would Sun Ce do such a thing?"
"Don't worry, my lord, Sun Ce has great ambitions. He will definitely not want to see the unification of the north. My lord can send an envoy to tell him, and Sun Ce will definitely follow."
"good!"
Cao Cao understood that this was a truly practical strategy. He used Sun Ce to contain Han Fu. Sun Ce now had a hundred thousand soldiers. Although he had conflicts with him, Sun Ce definitely knew what was important.
"Lord." Seeing the people in front of him offering suggestions, Xi Zhicai also stood up.
"Zhang He stationed troops in Luoyang, and Zhao Yun stationed troops in Ganling. Both of them are separated by natural dangers of the Yellow River. They only need to send two generals to contain them, and the most important way is Pengcheng."
When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded. He also knew this truth in his heart. What Xi Zhicai said was the same as what he thought.
The people recommended by Guo Jia are still talented.
"Pengcheng must be led by Pan Feng, the unparalleled general of Jizhou. Two years ago, Xuzhou governor Jushou was already training the army."
"If you want to attack Xuchang, you must pass through Dangshan Mountain. My lord can personally lead the army to Shangqiu. To the west of Shangqiu is Dangshan Mountain, which is more than 800 miles deep. You can set up defenses layer by layer in the mountain to stop Pan Feng, and set up camps every few miles. Once
Pan Feng attacks with force, all he needs to do is shoot arrows."
"Moreover, the mountains and forests in Dang are deep, and you can drop countless ambushes in them to tire them out. In this way, you will definitely be able to defeat them."
He talked about the drama in detail, looking confident.
"Okay! Just as Mr. Xu said, Xu Chu, you go to Dangshan immediately to arrange this matter. If you encounter Xuzhou soldiers and horses, you must not fight."
"promise."
Xu Chu was last year when Cao Cao went to Jiujiang to fight Zhou Yu. He saw a man chasing a tiger away in the mountains. After some actions, he took Xu Chu under his command.
"I have so many good generals, why worry about Han Fu?"
Cao Cao pointed to the generals on the left and the many civil servants on the right.
"If you gentlemen are thinking about me, why should I worry about Pan Feng?"
"My lord is wise."
The ministers on both sides were flattering each other one after another, and for a time the monarch and his ministers were harmonious and intimate.
Cao Cao looked at the civil and military ministers on both sides. He didn't know what these people were talking about, but...
Why would a loser like Han Fu have a general like Pan Feng? Why should Han Fu have him?
Every time Cao Cao thought about this, he couldn't hide the jealousy in his heart.
No one can see the shadow in Cao Cao's heart.
In the lobby, he had no way to express his worry, because if he was scared, his generals would be okay, but those on the wall would not be so obedient.
Since ancient times, the majority have always been on the fence, and they will follow whoever forces them.
This is also their way of life. Once they have a certain level of strength, they don't need to take risks to gain fame and fortune.
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"Lord, I'm going to Xuzhou."
Li Pu came to the hall where singing and dancing were taking place, pushed aside some dancing beauties, grabbed Han Fu and said.
Han Fu was so drunk at this time that he couldn't even hold the cup in his hand, so he just lay on the table and fell asleep.
"Lord, what's going on?" Li Pu asked the guard on his side.
"General, my lord said last night that the general left today and didn't know when he would be back. He burst into tears while he was talking. Then he arranged singing, dancing and drinks, and said he would get drunk before resting."
The guard on the side said that this was the first time he saw someone drinking from the forum.
Li Pu looked at the seven or eight empty wine jars on Han Fu's case, shook his head, turned around and left.
In the past few years, Han Fu's alcoholism has become more and more serious, and he does not stop drinking and having sex.
After the great victory of Bingzhou, many young women were captured from the grasslands. Han Fu had to leave twenty alone. Han Fu, who was already in his fifties, could be called an old man.
Li Pu saw that Han Fu wouldn't be able to get up in a short time, so he put Han Fu down and walked towards the general's platform outside the city.
I wanted to go on an expedition today and let Han Fu say a few words, alas...
The army has already assembled outside the city. This is the 50,000-killing Fali army trained by Li Pu. After arriving in Xuzhou, it will join the 10,000-killing Fali and 100,000 new troops who stayed in the local area.
With a total of 160,000 troops, Li Pu's purpose was to eradicate Cao Cao's power in one fell swoop.
This man still had some loyalty at first, but as he became stronger and Liu Xie was killed, his loyalty was replaced by ambition.
When Liu Xie was killed, Li Pu finally found out the whole story half a year later.
Two years ago, Zhang He caught a man who was reselling royal artifacts.
After being spotted and thrown into prison, he received a surprising piece of news.
This man was originally a soldier in charge of guarding the palace. After Li Pu broke into Chang'an, he heard that the city of Chang'an had been destroyed.
The soldiers themselves were in chaos first. Some wanted to escape, while others were preparing to take the gold and silver utensils in the palace out of the palace.
This man was one of them, and with him was a soldier, for they were stationed near the emperor's palace.
So the two of them rushed into the palace and ransacked it.
When one of them took off the gold plating on the dragon bed, he suddenly discovered that there was another person under the bed. This person was crawling under the bed, with only the back of his head and half of his spine exposed.
The two people who were already panicked were startled, and they subconsciously stabbed the man in the back with a knife, directly through the body and out of the chest.
After killing the emperor, the two men calmed down and dragged the emperor out from under the bed.
When they saw the dragon robe on the corpse, the two of them were very frightened. After all, they had killed the emperor and they were just soldiers.
No one could keep the two of them alive, so they put the emperor's body in the treasure box and sneaked out of the palace together.
After leaving the palace, another person felt that he had killed the emperor. If this person reported it to the official, it would be over.
So the two fell out on the road and wanted to keep this secret forever.
But he didn't expect that the man was not good at martial arts and was killed by this man. After taking out the palace utensils carried by the murdered man, this man secretly hid at home.
Chapter completed!