Chapter four hundred and ninety-ninth crossroads camp
"Today's situation is such that there is no right and wrong. Riding a fierce beast is just a matter of course." [Book of Jin·Biography of Wen Qiao]
The night wind was cool and cool, and the Chinese army's banner kept swaying left and right in the dark night sky, like a bat circling with its wings spread.
"Do you know why I didn't save Liu Bei?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu's thoughtful look and asked proactively. Before Xun Yu could answer, he said to himself: "Liu Bei and I once had conflicts, and at the same time we belonged to the imperial court.
Serve your son. If we save him, let go of all previous grudges, and become as close to each other, who can be at peace? And if we want to save him, we must save him. Yuan Shu surrounded the city with 40,000 troops, and I had to divide the troops into more than 10,000 to achieve the success. But Yuan Shu
Tan has 30,000 soldiers in Langye, how can I ignore them? If I don't rescue them, they will ridicule me for being unkind and ruin my reputation. More importantly, if Liu Bei is defeated, it will also appear that I am incompetent in using troops, which will delay the imperial court's campaign in Xuzhou.
Planning, and even affecting the war in Hebei. So whether to save or not is a dilemma for me. Liu Bei wanted to know what I would do, so he kept urging me, Yuan Tan, and Yuan Shu did the same. Even Zi
, I’m afraid I’m also looking at this.”
Xun Yu's eyes darkened, and he understood something in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He looked seriously at where Cao Cao was answering himself, with that serious look on his face, as if he wanted to prove something to Xun Yu.
Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu's deep face and suddenly smiled. He patted Xun Yu's shoulder with his big hand, just like when he first met Xun Yu, he warmly stroked his back and sent him to his seat: "So I would rather not save him.
, and let the court rescue me. As for spreading rumors, no matter how different they are, they won't hurt me at all. How can I, Cao Mengde, care about what others will say? I have worked hard and paid so much, and I should know that I am in trouble.
What does it mean in the eyes? Who knows that the Liu Bei of today is not me in the future? The imperial court will definitely save Liu Bei, otherwise, I will be heartbroken."
The emperor's calculation against Cao Cao turned out to be Cao Cao's coercion and temptation against the emperor. Cao Cao saw that the emperor would not use him as a disposable tool, and all he had to pay for it was the reputation he didn't care about. Thinking of this, Xun Yu
I deeply realized how wise I was in choosing to protect Cao Cao. The situation Cao Cao faced at that time was exactly the same as what Liu Yu encountered in Jizhou. Although Cao Cao's methods were higher, Liu Yu's situation was very different from Cao Cao...
"I already know about Gongsun Zan," Cao Cao said suddenly.
Xun Yu was stunned. Although there was news of Gongsun Zan's defeat, the inside story was still a secret. How did Cao Cao learn about it when he was leading troops outside?
Cao Cao did not explain the source of his information, but looked directly at Xun Yu with complicated eyes: "Zi did not intend to do this to me, but he had a clear attitude towards Liu Bo'an. Such a person can give a glimpse of Xun Yu's future behavior.
.Wen Ruo, Liu Bo'an's Yin Jian is right in front of you, there are some ways, have you really thought about it?"
"What I need is stability." Xun Yu shook his head. Although he did not have close contact with the current emperor, he clearly understood the emperor's hidden claws from Xun You's letter: "Everything the country does is decided by itself. There are too many
It’s biased.”
"If the people's hearts are at peace, then the people below will be at peace. But who does this people's heart refer to?" Cao Cao shook his head regretfully. Although he was supported by Yingchuan scholars like Xun Yu and Xun You, he also had his own ideas.
He also wants to convince Xun Yu and others to follow him. But in this situation, he can't change anything: "When are you going to leave?"
He knew that sooner or later the emperor would issue an edict to conquer Xun Yu. In fact, if Xun Yu had not insisted on following him this time, he would have stayed in Yanzhou and waited for his audience.
However, Xun Yu had no intention of rushing to the emperor. He held up his hands and said, "Since I am Cao Gong's mastermind, I naturally have to do my duty. The battle is not over yet, and I still have to accompany Cao Gong."
"Then go as far as you can!" Cao Cao sighed, with a bit of reluctance in his tone. The destruction of the Yuan family was a foregone conclusion. He did not believe that the tens of thousands of elites under the emperor's command could not defeat the same number of Yuan Shao, and they were useless.
How long will it take for the rebellion to be eliminated, and when will the undercurrent underneath subside? He recalled that since the decline of the Han Dynasty, there were first the Yellow Turban Rebellion, then the Luoyang Palace Rebellion, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, the Kwantung Allied Forces, and various incidents
, are all inseparable from the shadow of powerful families, including himself. Didn't he also encounter the betrayal of Yanzhou Shirao?
Things that are easy to get will always be easy to get. This is how Emperor Guangwu got it. Now the emperor is re-establishing the Han Dynasty, but he doesn't seem to want to do this. For this reason alone, Cao Cao felt extremely anxious in his heart.
When he saw this extremely courageous emperor, why didn't he take a closer look when he was in Luoyang Palace?
But in this way, he was destined to lose a lot of things. He recalled in his mind the graceful appearance of the young men wearing brocade clothes and riding horses. Cao Cao tightly hooked Xun Yu's shoulder with his right hand. He suddenly narrowed his eyes, raised his head, and saw the vast sky.
The night sky was gradually separated by a layer of mist, and the originally bright stars were looming: "Wen Ruo, can you read the stars?"
Xun Yu then raised his eyes and looked at the night sky. The twinkling stars cast beautiful shadows in his eyes: "I haven't dabbled in it yet. Why is Ming Gong interested in astrology?"
While looking at the starlight, Cao Cao explained: "I heard that whether life is peaceful or not is determined by the stars, and it is the same in any country, such as 'Yinghuo Shouxin', 'Emperor Star Dim' and so on. So I want to see it tonight.
, is it as mysterious as that of the alchemist?"
"Ming Gong never believed this before." Xun Yu's tone was calm. After his eyes wandered in the night sky for a while, he took them back and turned to look at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao's mood was inexplicably depressed, like a sudden emotion or a long-squeezed melancholy: "Actually, I don't really believe it now. People only seek help from gods when they are ignorant or undecided.
And now, not only as a person, but as a thing, I really want to see many stars."
After the Ming Dynasty, Tai Shici and Guan Yu finally came over. Cao Cao met them personally and said, "I have never had a great victory in my life. Now I hear that Xia Pi defeated Yuan Shu. It is really a great achievement. It makes me ashamed!"
Guan Yu frowned, pursed his lips, and said: "This battle was all thanks to the help of Lord Tianfu, and Lord Liu was able to break his burden. Now there is no war in Xiapi. We were ordered to come here to help Lord Cao attack."
Yuan Tan, all military personnel are willing to obey orders."
He still remembered Liu Bei's warning to him when he came: "That day at the city gate, you pretended to capture Ji Ling. It was only a temporary expedient. In order to disrupt the enemy's morale, you had to pass it. But it is inevitable that no one will take advantage of this in the future."
You are tongue-tied, your virtue is impetuous, and you must not be cautious when you return to the East China Sea.'
It was these words that made Guan Yu reluctantly put away his arrogance. Without arrogance, Guan Yu naturally could not attract too much attention from Cao Cao. He did not take Guan Yu's statement seriously and instead focused on Tai Shi Ci.
After all, Taishi Ci was the Yueqi Colonel of the Northern Army. According to regulations, he was directly under the emperor's command. Even if Cao Cao had the authority to supervise Qingxu's military affairs, if he really wanted to take command, it would depend on whether the other party was willing.
Taishi Ci was also very knowledgeable and directly stated that he would obey Cao Cao's military orders. This made Cao Cao very happy and saved him a lot of trouble. But then Taishi Ci made a suggestion that made Cao Cao embarrassed again.