Chapter 40: Boss Cao, who is heartbroken for Lu Yancao (thanks to [Mu Qilin] for the third time
Yanzhou Prefecture Governor's Office.
The news that Yuan Shu had mobilized all his troops had been sent to Cao Cao at great speed.
Today's topic is how to deal with the invasion of Yuan Shu's army.
"Mr. Cao, please allow me to lead my troops back to Chenliu to help Mr. Cao!"
Zhao Yun's voice was a little anxious. After learning about Yuan Shu's attack, he could not wait to fly back to Chenliu immediately.
But Cao Cao didn't reply.
I even had the time to look through yesterday's backlog of documents...
After waiting for a while,
Seeing that Cao Cao seemed indifferent,
Xi Zhicai, who was also worried about Chen Liu and Lu Yan, couldn't help but stand up and asked Cao Cao to send troops back to aid Chen Liu.
"My lord, Yuan Shu has mobilized all his 200,000 troops to attack Chenliu County.
Chenliu is our big granary, but there are only more than ten thousand defenders. If Yuan Shu captures Chenliu County, the consequences will be disastrous!
Please make a decision quickly, my lord!"
Xi Zhicai’s words have made it very clear,
Chenliu County has moved so many people and cultivated so much land that the grain harvested this year cannot even be stored in the warehouse.
If such an important place was taken over by Yuan Shu,
Not to mention the heavy losses he suffered, wouldn't Yuan Shu, who had been reduced to half health by Liu Biao, immediately have full health or even an extra health bar?
That would have endless consequences!
But the strange thing is,
Although Xi Zhicai’s words were very clear and straightforward,
Boss Cao remained unmoved. He even lowered his head and looked around for something.
"Something's wrong...something's wrong!"
At this time, even a fool could see that something was wrong with Cao Cao, and Cheng Yu secretly thought:
"My lord usually protects his shortcomings, so why did he uncharacteristically ignore the war in Chenliu County today?
Chen Liu not only has Lu Yan, a young farming expert who has followed him since he started his army, but he also has two of his disciples.
How could the lord refuse to save him until death?
If there is something fishy, there must be something fishy!!”
Zhao Yun was extremely anxious, but he also keenly discovered Cao Cao's anomaly.
But at this time, he didn't know how to speak.
Just keep standing in the middle of the hall, waiting for Boss Cao to explain himself.
It seemed that no one was talking anymore in the hall,
Cao Cao, who had been dawdling for a long time by pretending to be deaf and mute, finally took a serious look at the civil and military officials present for the first time.
"Are you done?" Cao Cao's voice was calm, but there was a hint of anger hidden in the calm.
There was something wrong with Cao Cao's tone, and no one in the hall dared to reply.
"snort!"
Cao Cao snorted and stood up. When he stood up, he picked up a parchment full of words (this was what he was looking for just now).
Go around the desk,
Cao Cao carried the sheepskin scroll and said to the officials in the hall:
"Do you know what Lu Yan did behind my back?"
These words made everyone who was familiar with Lu Yan startled. Xun Yu blurted out subconsciously: "Lu Yan? Did he miss work again?"
Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai: "..."
I didn’t expect that you, Xun Yu, knew Lu Yan so well,
"Uh..." Xun Yu, who knew he had made a mistake, immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I made a mistake..."
Cao Cao handed the sheepskin scroll to Xun Yu and said loudly:
"Lu Yan!
He actually expanded his army by 40,000 without any of us knowing.
Moreover, there are nearly 100,000 reserve soldiers in the army.
What is he trying to do?!”
Zhao Yun, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu and others were stunned when they heard this.
"Good guy, Boss Cao is fighting on the front line of Yanzhou, Lu Yan, you actually secretly recruited tens of thousands of troops... Are you trying to rebel?"
These are the thoughts of everyone in the Yanzhou Group. They had never even heard of Lu Yan before this.
An official from Yanzhou came out and said, "My lord, my subordinates think that Lu Yan may be colluding with Yuan Shu!"
"Impossible!" Zhao Yun immediately exploded upon hearing this, "How could such a person as Mr. Yuan collude with the dead bones in Yuan Shu's tomb?"
"Withered bones in the tomb?" Cao Cao felt a little interesting when he heard this description, "Is this Mr. Lu's evaluation of Yuan Shu?"
Zhao Yun glared at the Yanzhou official angrily, clasped his fists and said to Cao Cao:
"Mr. Cao, you are determined to survive for the people. It is absolutely impossible for you to associate with Yuan Shu, a person who harms the people."
There was no expression on Cao Cao's face. After waiting for a moment, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Lu Yan followed me, Chen Liu, to join the army. I am only able to reach this point thanks to his guidance!"
Cao Cao's conversation was a bit hasty, and the people below were a little confused as to what the situation was now.
"Why did you look like you wanted to accuse me just now, but now you're talking about Lu Yan?"
Man Chong, who has been watching the changes, feels a little confused.
Cao Cao continued: "Without him Lu Yan,
Even if I, Cao Mengde, do not die in Xingyang, I will never be able to retain the soldiers and horses around me.
There is no way I, Cao Mengde, would later enter Dongjun and Yanzhou!"
Everyone standing in the hall has come to their senses. Boss Cao is trying to excuse Lu Yan!
Before Cao Cao, no one would doubt that Lu Yan would rebel, nor would they think too much about Lu Yan's behavior, but it was different with the newly joined Yanzhou Group.
The power struggle has always been accompanied by the growth of a powerful prince.
Now that the family's business has grown, Cao Cao must consider and balance the relationship between the old man and the new man.
It is absolutely impossible for Lu Yan to rebel. Cao Cao has long known about his hoarding of troops and horses in his diary.
But he must give others a credible explanation, otherwise it will be easy for people to find excuses to attack Lu Yan.
If Lu Yan left in anger,
Cao Cao really lost his blood to his grandma's family.
Lu Yan stationed troops to guard against Lu Bu, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao.
But now that Yuan Shu led his troops to invade, Chen Liu's strength was exposed in advance.
Cao Cao took advantage of the situation and eliminated this hidden danger in advance.
"However, it is true that Lu Yan privately recruited soldiers and horses, and he was indeed at fault.
After all, if the governor of every place secretly recruits troops,
Then don’t I, Cao Cao, and all of you have to be in fear every day and have trouble sleeping and eating?
This wind can’t last long!”
Recruiting some soldiers privately, with a smaller number of people, a few hundred or even a few thousand, may be considered normal by everyone. After all, having righteous men come to join us is nothing new in this era.
But the problem is, you, Lu Yante, have raised an army of forty thousand, and those smaller princes probably don’t have as many soldiers as you!
Not only is this trend not sustainable, but even being charged with rebellion would be enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the entire clan, right?......
Cao Cao sighed in his heart: "In order to clean up the aftermath for you, sir, I, Cao Mengde, have broken my heart..."
Seeing that the officials in Yanzhou finally became quieter, Cao Cao made his final decision.
“Lu Yan’s behavior must be punished!
So I decided,
Xi Zhong and Zhao Yun were sent to Chenliu County to take over Chen Liuyiying's military and political affairs.
At the same time, he demoted Lu Yan to the rank of Army Sima and assisted Xi Zhong in commanding Chen Liu’s army and horses, thereby defrauding him and making meritorious deeds!”
"That's it?" The local officials in Yanzhou were stunned when they heard Boss Cao's "punishment" to Lu Yan.
"Who doesn't know that Xi Zhicai, Zhao Zilong and Lu Yan wear the same pair of pants?
Boss Cao, send them there,
Are you sure you weren't sent to support him, Lu Yan??"