Chapter 257 Four roads advance together, Cao Cao opens up four hunting grounds
Chapter 257 Four directions advance together, Cao Cao opens up four major hunting grounds
Author: milk sugar sugar sugar
Chapter 257 Four directions advance together, Cao Cao opens up four major hunting grounds
Jiaozhou, Yulin County, under Bushan City.
Among the rocks.
The sound of "A sneeze, sneeze" came out. It was Lu Xun's son Lu Yan who found Lu Xun. One of Lu Xun's legs was hit by a stone and he was now unconscious.
Even he himself was unconscious.
"Dad, dad..."
The dust gradually dispersed. Lu Yan pushed away the thick dust on Lu Xun's face. He shook Lu Xun desperately, which made Lu Xun gain some clear consciousness...
"Am...am I still alive?"
"Bo Yan, Boyan——" Sun Ru also rushed over. Together with Lu Yan, she pushed aside the stone pile and dragged Lu Xun as far away from the stone pile as possible.
They want to call for more help...
But, where are the sergeants around at this moment?
Except for the poor sergeants who were pinned down by rocks, each one screaming for help, there was only dust and smoke everywhere, and blood stains everywhere.
"help me…"
"Major General, please give me a hand..."
"Please... please, help me..."
Faced with these wailings, Lu Yan was at a loss, but Sun Ru said firmly: "This is a place of right and wrong first. Don't worry about other people first. Take your father and leave here..."
It’s just that Sun Ru wants to leave, but under the current circumstances, can she still leave?
In Bushan City, an order had already been given, and the Jiaozhou soldiers gathered in an instant, each holding a knife, like tigers and wolves, rushing towards the messy and ruined stone pile.
They didn't encounter any decent resistance at all and attacked here easily.
Rather than attacking here, it is better to say that we came all the way and rescued all the way...Every time we rescued a new prisoner, we got a new prisoner.
Even some Lu Jiajun sergeants seemed to suddenly have a lot of hope in their eyes when they saw these Jiaozhou soldiers, and they kept asking for help... and kept begging them.
It seems that in this situation, Jiaozhou soldiers are their only savior.
All of a sudden there were calls for help.
However, the faces of the Jiaozhou soldiers were extremely distorted, without any mercy. They shouted angrily at these Lu Jiajun, "When you attacked Nanhai County and Cangwu County, if we were begging for mercy like this? Would you put down the weapons in your hands?
?”
With this sound, the whole place became quiet.
Less than half a stick of incense, Shi Hui was covered in dust next to a stone gravel. He took heavy steps and climbed onto the gravel.
Here, there are two men and one woman, all wearing military uniforms. One of them, who has a broken leg, is still wearing a general's armor.
Shi Hui stood still, squinting his eyes slightly and staring at them.
One of the soldiers reported: "Sir, among all the prisoners left behind, the three of them are the most expensively dressed. It is expected that they must be the leaders of the Lu family army."
leader?
Shi Hui was immediately ecstatic. From the armor on the man in front of him, he could tell that his status was definitely not low.
It would be an unexpected surprise if we could really catch Lu Xun alive.
Shi Hui suddenly became very excited and shouted sternly at the officer beside him: "Get Lu Xun's portrait."
After fighting for such a long time, several leaders of the Lu Family Army, including Lu Xun, Lu Yan, and even Sun Ru, all have portraits.
The officer beside him immediately took out a piece of cloth from his arms, unfolded it quickly, and a portrait fell out.
Shi Hui looked at it and couldn't help but frown...
Lu Xun in the portrait is obviously a reckless man.
Leopard head, tiger eyes, hooked nose, buck teeth...especially the beard and thick eyebrows, which are thicker than the hair.
Look at the general with his broken leg in front of him. He is young, elegant, and handsome. Does he clearly look like a Confucian general?
this…
Shi Hui blinked his eyes, feeling regretful.
Because Guan Lin reminded him that to shoot a man, you don't necessarily need to shoot a horse first, but to capture a thief, you must capture the king first.
It was precisely because of this that Shi Huicai specifically used two crossbow bolts to shoot at the wooden building. He never thought that Lu Xun would run away anyway?
well…
Zhengzheng sighed.
"Don't look, I am Lu Xun——" Lu Xun sat on the ground, he looked up at Shi Hui, and said calmly, "I lost, and the Lu family army also lost——"
"Dad..." Lu Yan quickly looked at Lu Xun... He couldn't understand why his father wanted to reveal his identity.
Sun Ru seemed to see through her husband's thoughts at a glance.
Such a big defeat and Lu Xun's capture was already the best outcome.
Otherwise...how to explain to Wu Hou?
And that Bu Zhao sent down by Wu Hou?
What about Lu Ji who was just rescued? How should we explain it?
Whether it's Wu Hou or the Lu family... my husband has no way to explain!
call…
Shi Hui, on the other hand, exhaled in surprise.
He shouted sternly: "Tie them all up and take them back..."
Feel proud——
Shi Hui put the sword back into the scabbard, feeling extremely excited.
This is like a sheep...it has been bullied by a lion for a long time. Finally one day the lion pulled out its claws and the sheep stood up! This is the victory of the sheep!
And all this is thanks to the Eight Ox Crossbow.
Shi Hui couldn't calm down for a long time.
Who would have thought that with such a huge disparity in combat power, in the end...the one who would have the last laugh would be their unpopular Jiaozhou?
——"Young Master Guan is such a god!"
With this in mind, Shi Hui loudly ordered: "Send the good news here to Jiaozhi and tell my father that the Lu family army has been defeated and Lu Xun has been captured alive by me!"
"Tell father, too, the power of this eight-oxen crossbow! Hurry...quickly report it!"
Shi Hui was impatient, but he didn't know that his father, Shi Xie, was already on his way to Yu Lin.
The scholar is also there... After talking with Mr. Han Xuan of Changsha County, he immediately rushed to Jiaozhi with the instructions of the Fourth Young Master Guan.
As soon as Shi Xie heard that he knew that the stakes were very important, he immediately came with Shi Xie.
While galloping this way, I was muttering to myself.
——"Lu Xun, Lu Xun, please don't die..."
——"If you die, how will we explain to Mr. Yun Qi!"
It was rare that the Jiaozhou scholar family faced their "mortal enemy" Lu Xun. At this moment, they expected him to survive...to survive.
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In Fancheng, the ministers were summoned, and Cao Cao wrote something on the map on the desk.
Standing opposite were the military advisor Cheng Yu, the ministers Ling Hua Xin and Situ Hua Xin, the general Xiahou Dun, the general Zhang Liao who conquered the east, and the general Xu Huang who defeated the invaders. In addition, there was Zhao Yan who knew the situation in Xiangfan best.
This is a member of Cao Cao's "Hegemony". Only the most trusted and core members of Cao Cao can participate in such a council.
Unlike Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang who all wore armor, Cheng Yu, Hua Xin, Dong Zhao, and Zhao Yan all wore beam crowns, looking mature and dignified, showing a bit of restraint.
As Cao Cao wrote, he loudly ordered: "Let Li Miao come to discuss the matter with us!"
This... Dong Zhao felt that it was against the rules and quickly said: "This Li Miao is from Shu. He is known as the Three Dragons of the Li family. He is actually a madman... He is arrogant, informal and has no moral character. The Prime Minister has appointed him as an admonisher.
Doctor, being an aide to Master Pi is an exception. How can he participate in the decision-making of the Ba's Mansion? If he can enter the Ba's Mansion, the Prime Minister is encouraging an arrogant, quick-successful villain... This pair of great Wei..."
Dong Zhao is an old man of Cao Wei. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the founding father of the country. When Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, if Dong Zhao had not given him the green light all the way, he would have been blocked in the official card.
Over the past twenty years, he has successively served as Yin of Henan, Mu of Jizhou, Mu of Xuzhou, and Grand Administrator of Wei County... He is a person whom Cao Cao can trust.
His words are often very heavy.
But this time, before Dong Zhao could finish his words, Cao Cao waved his hand rather boldly. "What is virtue? It is virtue to be able to defeat the enemy in battle, not to let the soldiers die in vain, to govern the country to bring peace to the people, and not to make the people suffer from cold and exhaustion.
Virtue! So what if I'm crazy? I can plan my strategy well enough to protect our territory of Cao Wei, so what's the point of being crazy? I can make clever plans frequently, which can make the morale of our three armies high, and the number of soldiers is endless, so what's the point of being crazy?"
"On the contrary, there are those hypocrites who sit around and talk nonsense. They can only put on airs and pretend to be noble, but they have no benefits for the people of the country. We, the Wei Dynasty, don't have that much salary to support them. What this hegemonic government wants is to govern the country and use troops, strategize, and calm down the troubled times.
Of useful talents? When it comes to arrogance? How does Li Miao compare with Ni Heng? How does he compare with Guo Fengxiao? Why can't the overlord like him accept him?"
this…
For a moment, Dong Zhao was speechless.
Xu Chu had already sent someone to invite Li Miao.
Not long after, as Li Miao entered, Xu Chu led him to the last table.
Li Miao looked around at the people in front of him... He knew that this was Ba Mansion. Guan Lin had mentioned it to him and repeatedly told him that once he entered Ba Mansion, he would not only face huge breakthroughs, but also face new challenges and new crises.
.
Because once many of Cao Wei's national policies are leaked, the people in the Ba family, that small group of people... are the easiest to be suspected.
So, be very careful.
Just because he thought of this, Li Miao became very energetic.
Cao Cao seemed to have not finished writing on the map, he waved his hand to Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu stood up slowly, took out the edict from his arms, opened his mouth and read: "You may wish to appreciate this edict from the Prime Minister..."
Well…
Li Miao thought to himself:
——"After the order to levy widows, is it necessary to issue another imperial edict?"
Cheng Yu had already spoken: "A man who is good at practice may not be able to make progress; a man who is enterprising may not be able to do anything. How can Chen Ping practice diligently, and how can Su Qin keep his faith? But Chen Ping established the Han Dynasty, Su Qin helped the weak Yan. From this point of view,
, If a scholar is short, can he be discarded if he is mediocre? If a minister clearly thinks about this meaning, then the scholar will not be left behind, and the official career will not be wasted."
This is another one of Cao Cao's "orders to seek talents", which means that there is no requirement for full blame when selecting talents. Those who are virtuous may not necessarily be able to make achievements; those who can make achievements may not necessarily be virtuous.
Li Miao was still shocked and couldn't understand why Cao Cao wanted to talk about the affairs of the Ba Mansion?
at this time.
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Cao Cao laughed loudly, as if he had finished writing the words on the map in one breath. He looked at it with satisfaction, and then raised his eyes to look at Li Miao.
"What do you think of Mr. Li's new request for talents?"
this…
Li Miao paused for a moment and quickly praised: "I have seen the Prime Minister's previous letters seeking talents, but they are much more ambitious than this one. I think the Prime Minister is still a little older, and his vigor has been reduced, but the most sincere words in it are still
It also allows the world's wise men to see the Prime Minister's sincerity in seeking talents, Sun Zhongmou from Jiangdong is short-sighted, Guanyun Chang from Jingzhou is hypocritical and hypocritical, and Liu Xuande from Sichuan is extremely hypocritical. The publication of the "Order for Seeking Talents" is enough to make celebrities from Jingzhou, Bashu and Soochow flock to the Prime Minister.
"
"Hahaha…"
Li Miao's answer made Cao Cao laugh, "A madman is a madman, that is, he is lonely and old. They all say it is so fresh and refined, like drinking fine wine, making people intoxicated..."
At this point, Cao Cao signaled for the Huben soldiers to unfold the map, and he said loudly.
"What I have lost in the past few months, I now want to regain -"
In an instant, a map quickly unfolded, containing several names.
On the Xiangfan front line, Cao Cao wrote Xu Huang.
From Nanyang to Jiangxia, Cao Cao wrote about Yu Jin.
As for Shouchun, there are two names written by Cao Cao. One is Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan...the other is Cao Cao himself.
In addition, in Hanzhong, Cao Cao also marked it, and it was Zhang He who launched the attack on Bazhong!
——Four armies, advancing in unison.
——Cao Cao wants to open four battlefields!
this…
Everyone was startled, and Cheng Yu was shocked and confused: "Prime Minister...isn't this battlefield too..."
A cold smile appeared on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, "The dry season is supposed to be the day when we, the Wei Dynasty, attack, how can we act like a turtle with its head shrinking..."
Cheng Yu understood the implication of these words.
——"The Prime Minister is worried that if the lost territory cannot be recovered during the dry season, then all four battlefields during the high water period will be in danger!"
Cheng Yu just thought of this.
Cao Cao waved his hand: "Where is Xu Gongming?"
"The end will be here." Xu Huang held his hands.
"I gave you a thousand soldiers last time, and this time I will give you 30,000 soldiers mobilized from Yongliang. I want you to attack Nanjun? Contain Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang? Do you dare to accept the order?"
"Why don't you dare?" Xu Huang immediately handed over his hand.
"Haha..." Cao Cao walked up to Xu Huang, "Gongming, you and Guan Yunchang are fellow villagers. Apart from Wenyuan, you are the one who knows him best. I don't want you to win. As long as you can hold him off, Guan Yunchang will win."
Buy time for us, the Wei Dynasty, to capture Jiangxia, and I will consider you a great achievement!"
this…
The meaning of Cao Cao's words is obvious. What he wants to recapture is the north of Jiangxia. Cao Cao cannot allow Nanyang, the economic center and important grain-producing area, to be exposed to the enemy's attacks.
As for Xu Huang's attack on Jiangling... it was strategic delay.
"The last general takes command!" Xu Huang handed over his hand...
Cao Cao continued to give instructions: "On the line from Nanyang to Jiangxia, General Yu Jin must regain the lost territory before the dry season ends. We must regain all the territory north of Jiangxia! Nanyang cannot allow any loss!"
"As for Hanzhong going south, people say Bashu, Bashu, how can Shuzhong be without Bazhong? Gu sent reinforcements to Miaocai yesterday, and Miaocai stationed Hanzhong, while Zhang He went to attack Bazhong... His grandson and Liu alliance ate up my big army.
Wei's, don't you just spit it out?"
Having said this, Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao again.
"A few months ago, I heard about General Wenyuan's feats in Hanzhong. Eight hundred soldiers broke through one hundred thousand. Tigers roared and dragons roared thousands of miles away. Jiangdong's blue eyes were especially frightened. This time I was alone for Wenyuan. This time I was alone for Wenyuan.
You have one hundred thousand soldiers, and you want to take back the lost Hefei——"
Although there are no common people in Huainan, it is the most important strategic buffer zone. Cao Cao cannot abandon Huainan, just like he cannot abandon the north of Jiangxia.
These are all existences that affect the whole body.
The Bafu's council was over, but Cao Cao's voice, like the roar of a tiger and the roar of a dragon, was particularly loud and deafening.
A group of civil and military officers came out. Li Miao was thoughtful and fell behind slightly.
Cheng Yu seemed to be waiting for Li Miao deliberately, but not so deliberately. The two walked a short distance apart, seemingly ignoring each other, but talking in a low voice.
"Congratulations to Mr. Li... Being able to take over the hegemony for the first time in the Wei Dynasty shows the Prime Minister's respect and trust!"
Cheng Yu seemed to hesitate to speak.
"Ah..." Li Miao was startled at first. He looked up and found that Cheng Yu didn't look back. He immediately understood and continued walking while saying: "Master Cheng is making fun of me. Although I am arrogant, I am also self-aware.
I know that I can enter the tyrant's house, is it because of my own ability? It's all because the Prime Minister relies on Mr. Huan, the Chongzi!"
hehe…
Cheng Yu smiled. Although he knew it was a lie, he could still realize how transparent the guy behind him was?
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "Speaking of which, the "Order to Conquer Widows" that Mr. Li dedicated to Mr. Zijian was implemented very effectively..."
Well…
When he blurted out these words, Li Miao was startled and his steps stopped.
Cheng Yu's footsteps also stopped tacitly, and the two of them still maintained a small distance.
"Mr. Li, don't be afraid..." Cheng Yu murmured in a low voice: "The Prime Minister asked me to bring a message to Mr. Li."
Cheng Yu paused for a moment before continuing to speak, "In the past, because of a box of cakes, the Prime Minister handed over Mr. Zijian to Yang Dezu and asked Yang Dezu to assist Mr. Zijian well. But in the past few years, Yang Dezu has still let the Prime Minister down!"
"Mr. Cheng means..." Li Miao's tone was a little stumbling.
"The Prime Minister asked me to bring a message to Mr. Li." Cheng Yu turned around and said to Li Miao in a tone as if Cao Cao was personally present, "Please help Gu's son well, otherwise, you will definitely be worse off than that Yang Dezu!"
this moment…
Li Miao was stunned. He froze on the spot.
But Cheng Yu's words completely confirmed Guan Lin's conjecture...
——"As expected, in the position of the heir apparent, Cao Cao is more partial to Young Master Zijian."
——"He needs the future leader of the Wei Dynasty to have a benevolent, filial and loving heart to erase the scars that Cao Cao has brought to the people of the world!"
——"So... the Fourth Master Guan is... completely accurate, and he has grasped Cao Cao!"
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Jiangling City, Guanfu main hall.
"How can this not make sense? How can this not make sense -" Xi Zhen's angry shouts could be heard from a distance.
The second-level families in Jingzhou—Pang, Ma, Xiang, and Xi.
Although the Xi family where Xi Zhen belongs is of the lower echelon, it is still a clan and a famous family in Jingzhou. The most important thing for a famous family is face. How could they... endure Hao Zhao's behavior of concealing their names when worshiping heaven and earth?
Therefore…
The wedding has been held, heaven and earth have worshiped, and the only thing left is the bridal chamber. But Xi Zhen doesn't want to do it anymore. He must wait for Pang Lin from Shu to come here to express his position. This is his daughter... let him decide.
The Xi family can no longer take charge, let’s wait for the Pang family to come.
"Second General, you judge, how can marriage be a trivial matter? How could you tell us that this... this name is fake when you are about to enter the bridal chamber? Yesterday he said his name was Hao Ri, today he said his name is Hao Zhao? Tomorrow
Can we say that his name is Hao Dao, Hao Kou? Second General... tell me? This... such a lying man, can we marry this girl? "
This... Guan Yu was in a dilemma for a while.
He looked at Hao Zhao kneeling in front of the door. In fact, there was more than one Hao Zhao kneeling in front of the door. There were no less than hundreds of people kneeling outside the Guan Mansion. They were all prisoners of Jiangxia.
This can also show from the side... This Hao Zhao is quite popular!
Frankly speaking...
This kind of thing... must be Hao Zhao's fault, but Guan Yu thought about Guan Lin's idea of taking in these prisoners, and for a while, he couldn't give up.
Ma Liang was also in the house. He chirped and suggested: "I pray to the heaven and the earth, why not... enter the bridal chamber? Otherwise..."
Ma Liang's words... sounded to Xi Zhen as if...
Ma Liang is threatening - if you don't enter the bridal chamber, it will be difficult for this half of your Xi family to get married in the future!
Just hearing this, Xi Zhen became angry, "She's not your Ma family's daughter? Of course you don't feel bad..."
Originally, the Xi family was dissatisfied with Hao Zhao's identity. It was Guan Yu who came to ask for his hand in marriage. With the overall situation at stake... they reluctantly agreed.
Just happened to happen to this...
Xi Zhen naturally insisted that this marriage cannot be considered!
"Woo-"
There was a faint cry of a woman in the back hall, it was Pang Rong... Knowing the truth and the current situation, she could only cry in the back hall, and she was confused for a while.
"Wenxiang (Xi Zhen), you are the governor of Guanghan, why are you so uncontrollable?" Guan Yu finally opened his mouth, he said something to Xi Zhen, and then looked at Guan Lin, his meaning was very clear.
——"You were the one who sorted this out, so go ahead!"
"Ahem..." Guan Lin thought about it carefully, but of course, that was not what he was thinking about.
But I am excited!
... Such a "peak king" level defender was caught in his hands by grabbing the blind box. This feeling... is endless.
"Yun Qi..." Guan Yinping poked him quietly, and Guan Lin just woke up from his joy.
Seeing the furious Xi Zhen in front of him;
Listening to the sobs of Miss Pang Rong in the back hall;
Looking at Hao Zhao who was kneeling on the ground with his head lowered and an apology on his face outside the door.
Guan Lin couldn't help but mutter in his heart:
——"Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen, have you found a treasure? Do you know! If your Xi family is successful, most of the credit will go to this new uncle!"
——"Seeing that you still look disgusted, aren't you happy? If I had known that he was Hao Zhao earlier, how could it be your niece's turn? I would have directly arranged for him to be my third sister!"
It’s no exaggeration to say…
Guan Lin would really do this.
This brother is so fierce that he can be called the number one defender in the Three Kingdoms!
You must know that in history, there are some who can withstand the offensive of the Shu army under the command of Zhuge Liang;
But there is no one other than "Hao Zhao" who can resist Zhuge Liang's tens of thousands with more than a thousand people and drag him until reinforcements arrive.
Even, if you want to make a ranking list of offense and defense.
When it comes to attack power, the conventional ones are one Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses, six Zhang Fei, seven Xu, eight summers and nine Jiang Wei.
So when it comes to defensive power and the ability to defend a city, there are only a few of them.
From Soochow—Xu Sheng, Zhu Ran;
From Bashu - Luo Xian, Wang Ping, Huo Jun;
From Cao Wei - Man Chong, Wen Pin, Hao Zhao, Cao Ren!
Other than that, nothing…
However, if you want to choose the toughest among these nine city defenders.
That must be the "Zhengu Hao Zhao" who "defends Chencang"!
It is no exaggeration to say that if he were here and he was given thousands of people to guard Jiangxia, Guan Lin would simply think of four words - a stable group!
Thoughts on this…
"Ahem..."
With a slight cough, Guan Lin suddenly stood up, straightened his chest, and was about to start a new round of his performance.