When Cheng Yu hurriedly came to the door, he saw Guo Jia walking in unsteadily, and he could smell the smell of alcohol coming from a distance.
"What time is it? Come with me!" Cheng Yu came closer, grabbed Guo Jia, and walked in without saying anything.
Cheng Yu is tall and burly, standing in front of Guo Jia, he is like a strong man standing next to a child. However, in terms of strength, Guo Jia, who is thin and slim, is obviously far from Cheng Yu's opponent.
"No matter how important it is, it's not at this moment!" Guo Jia wanted to resist, but Cheng Yu's strength was so great that his sick body couldn't resist. He was pulled away by Cheng Yu speechlessly. What's the matter?
"Something is wrong this time. Zhong Yuanchang has been to the Xuzhou Army Camp for a few days. According to past habits, someone will be sent to report every two days, but now that several days have passed, there is no news from him. Today
There was an urgent letter from over there, I don’t know what happened!” Cheng Yu said anxiously as he walked: “If nothing happens, Lu Bu may not be prepared to negotiate peace with our army! Zhong Yuanchang is also afraid that the situation is in danger.
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Guo Jia said nothing and let him pull her into the main hall. When they arrived outside the main hall, they straightened their clothes and walked into the hall. They saw that Xun You, Xun Yu, Chen Qun and other civil servants and counselors were already sitting down.
Cao Cao sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression. When he saw the two people coming in, he just nodded slightly and motioned for them to sit down, without any intention of speaking.
Seeing that everyone was here but Cao Cao didn't say anything, Xun Yu could only reach out to get the letter from Cao Cao's desk. He handed the letter to Cheng Yu and said, "This is the urgent letter sent back today. Zhang Xiu, the governor of Nanyang, led his troops out."
Lu Yang joined forces with Lu Bu yesterday at Heilu Stream. Although there is no more information at present, but just looking at this situation, we know that Lu Bu has the intention to invade."
After Cheng Yu read the letter carefully, he raised his head and frowned: "Mr. Yuan Chang hasn't returned yet. Is there anything going on?"
Cao Cao frowned even more. Everyone was unsure about this matter. After all, everyone knew what Zhong Yao was doing.
Although the two armies are fighting without killing the envoys, if the incident is revealed and Lu Bu does something in anger, no one will be surprised. Let alone Lu Bu, anyone who sees through such a plan will probably be furious.
Cao Cao and the four major conspirators kept silent, but everyone in the hall gradually started talking!
"Just saying four is too many. In fact, even if two are discovered, they can still be blamed on those women." An official said helplessly.
"How did I hear there were six?" Another official looked at the former in surprise.
"So many?" The officials at the back looked at the first two with faces that had never seen the world, obviously they didn't expect it to be so exciting.
"There is no way. Although it is the selection of the Zhong family, there are some things that cannot be ignored." The first one to speak sighed with a worldly look. In this life, one must be worldly, and in the circle of aristocratic families, it is even more important.
Speaking of this, you can help me and I can help you so that it will continue to prosper, but to do this, the bottom line is often easily loosened.
"Hey, if Duke Yuan Chang falls into the hands of thieves because of this, the people in charge of selection in the Zhong family will become big criminals!" This voice sounds a bit gloating. After all, one of the bad traits of human beings is that they like to see others unlucky and others unlucky for me.
Just be happy, even if this is not a good thing for me, but I am lighter than you and there are many people accompanying me, then my happiness will still be there!
Listening to the discussion of the people in the tent, Cao Cao suddenly thought of a serious problem. He turned to look at Xun Yu and said, "How many of the women Yuan Chang brought are pregnant?"
Xun Yu shook his head: "This matter is handled by the Zhong family. The gifts of women are also given by various officials. I don't know about it."
Not to mention Xun Yu, I'm afraid Zhong Yao himself doesn't know much about it except for the concubine he arranged. The Zhong family is responsible for handling this matter. In Zhong Yao's opinion, there should be no problem, but no one knows.
To think that this thing is actually related to the survival of a large family!
"Go and call in the person responsible for this matter!" Although Cao Cao said this, he felt a little gloating in his heart. These wealthy people like to play this trick. This time, it's better, and his family will be compensated!
Somehow the depression dissipated a little.
Although Zhong Yao is a famous Confucian and has a very high reputation in Yingchuan and even the whole world, in Cao Cao's group, he is outside Cao Cao's core group. This is not because Zhong Yao lacks ability, but because Zhong Yao's concept is
If the family is the absolute center, you can work for the imperial court or Cao Cao, but if you have to choose between the interests of the family and the interests of the imperial court, you must choose the family.
It is naturally difficult for Cao Cao to regard such a person as a confidant, but his reputation and ability are both excellent. Cao Cao will use half of them and half of them to guard against him. He will definitely not let Zhong Yao take power unless necessary.
After a while, the person in charge of selecting beauties from the Zhong family was called in. After some questioning, everyone's expressions suddenly turned ugly. It was very difficult to lie in front of people like Cao Cao. They could be sure that this person was telling the truth.
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So when they learned that all the women Zhong Yao brought were pregnant, the first reaction of everyone present was not anger, but confusion, and then their faces turned ugly.
"The women are all just pregnant. I thought I couldn't tell. Besides, the husband left in a hurry and didn't take a physical examination. I didn't know that such a big thing would happen!" The Zhong family member who was responsible for selecting the women looked helpless, but his words were even more serious.
Most of them shirk responsibility.
"Bastard!" Before Cao Cao could get angry, Chen Qun stood up and cursed: "Do you know that this move will cost the life of Duke Yuan Chang!"
According to their plan, one or two are enough, and the others are considered as cover. Even if they are noticed, they can pass on the excuse of ignorance.
But now there are all twenty of them, but one has been found out. Lu Bu can find out with just a casual search. How can he still say that he doesn't know? If he doesn't know one or two, then he doesn't know about them all?
This is not an insult to Lu Bu, it is an insult to yourself!
How could Zhong Yao make such a big omission? Everyone complained. If the original plan was followed, even if the incident failed, he would not be taken directly. Now... even if Zhong Yao was cut into pieces by Lu Bu's five horses and then cut into pieces to feed the dogs, they would not
I feel strange.
"Go down!" Seeing that Chen Qun was ready to take action, Cao Cao didn't want to turn this place into a battlefield, and now was not the time to deal with such a small person. He waved his hand and motioned for the Zhong family to leave. He didn't want to talk nonsense with others in this regard.
, even if this didn't happen, Cao Cao guessed that Lu Bu would not give up, and the difference would be Zhong Yao's life or death.
On this point, Lu Bu has been arguing with them for a while but has no intention of stopping the war. Even Runan is now almost completely occupied. A large number of nobles have fled from Runan with their families and families because of Lu Bu. Now Yingchuan
Many places here have almost become refugee camps for the gentry who fled.
They had only heard of refugees before, who were composed of ordinary people who could not survive due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, but this was the first time they saw refugees composed of scholars. After this battle, nine out of ten of the Runan scholars were eliminated, leaving only the remaining
Most of the 10% of the army is in Yingchuan. Unless Lu Bu is completely driven out and his laws are abolished, these Runan scholars can be appeased and return. However, if this is done, Runan may be in trouble again.
Just like how Chu Nan is taking land from the scholars and is being stubbornly resisted by the gentry from all over the country, if they were to take back Runan, overthrow the Chu Nan New Deal, and take back the land that had been divided, that would mean that millions of households in Runan would be taken back.
How can these people let others seize land?
Just thinking about these post-war issues gave Cao Cao a headache. As soon as Lu Bu came out with this new policy, as long as he took the land, even if he wanted to take it back, he would have to make a lot of efforts to stabilize it. This approach is simple and crude.
Cao Cao had never done anything to beat up a celebrity like Zhong Yao.
What a mess. They should have taken Xuzhou first and then Nanyang. Maybe Lu Bu would have been gone. Today, Cao Cao feels that he took Nanyang first to give Lu Bu more time to develop.
However, these thoughts are just thoughts to relieve his anger. Cao Cao is not a person who is good at regretting. What has happened can only be expressed with emotion, and he will never regret it.
Besides, we really want to take Xuzhou first. Not to mention whether Zhang Xiu will take the opportunity to attack Xuchang, it is still unknown whether Cao Cao's army can defeat Lu Bu! He is not called the strongest general in the world for nothing.
"Lord, these thieves must be punished severely!" Chen Qun was obviously very angry and said to Cao Cao with his fists in hand.
"That's all, even if this doesn't happen, Lu Bu may not be kind to Yuan Chang! It's up to Zhong Yao to resolve the Zhong family's family background by himself. We outsiders can't interfere!" Cao Cao waved his hand. As for whether the Zhong family would be in chaos because of this,
That had nothing to do with him. He continued to study the map with everyone, and after a while he said: "Now it seems that Lu Bu is definitely going to be an enemy of our army. Do you have any good strategies to defeat the enemy?"
Lu Bu's current posture is that he is not prepared to take over. He wants to capture Xuchang. Guo Jia's peace strategy obviously failed to work against the ambitious Lu Bu at this time. To be honest, based on everyone's understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu
Being able to ignore this plan is somewhat unexpected, but precisely because of this, Lu Bu's threat becomes even greater.
"My lord, now that we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, we must adhere to my wishes and defend Xuchang to the death, waiting for reinforcements!" A counselor bowed and said.
"Where are the reinforcements coming?" Cheng Yu couldn't stand listening anymore and frowned: "If the soldiers on the front line withdraw, most of Yanzhou will be lost, and Lu Bu's military strength will also be greatly increased!"
Xia Houyuan and Cao Ren have large armies fighting in the front, but they are trying to block the main force of the Xuzhou Army. If they are withdrawn to save Xuchang at this time, it will be equivalent to giving up a lot of territory. This release may affect the entire Yanzhou and half of Yuzhou.
They were all released, and finally they were trapped in Xuchang. Now, they were simply waiting to die.
"If we can't defend, we have no choice but to send out troops!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "My lord, I think it's time for a decisive battle with Lu Bu!"
"What Fengxiao said is very good. Please put on your military uniforms and prepare to go to war!"