Chapter 229 The emperors edict succeeds and the emperors edict fails
"How ridiculous. A traitor in troubled times, are we trying so hard to defeat Dong just because he, Cao Mengde, can't succeed in the world?"
"No, no, brother Gongjie (Wang Kuang) is also a hero, but we can't scheme against Cao Ah Man."
Discuss the big account of Dong Lianjun's coach.
Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, threw the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Great Han Dynasty" out of his hand angrily, and it just landed at the feet of Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu.
Zhang Miao is one of the "Eight Chefs". The so-called Eight Chefs, to put it nicely, are eight people who regard money as dirt. They use their own money to do good deeds everywhere, relieve the poor, and help others, even if they lose everything.
No matter what.
In fact, to put it bluntly, they are just eight tycoons who don't have any great abilities. They just have money in their families and feel that wealth can help them. They can do anything with money. They are stupid and have too much money.
Zhang Miao's words obviously meant something. As the prefect of Chenliu, under his nose, Cao Cao recruited 20,000 new soldiers and defrauded him of a large amount of food and grass. It can be said that he is the man behind Cao Cao.
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At this time, seeing the evaluation of Cao Cao in the "Great Han Dragon and Tiger List", Zhang Miao felt that he was a big fool and was fooled by Cao Cao's few words. Not only him, but also several people present, one or two of them were fooled by Cao Cao.
Calculated.
Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou next to Yuan Shao, took the opportunity to look at Yuan Shao strangely and asked: "Brother Benchu, didn't you say that Cao Mengde was delayed on something important? Where are the others now? Our armies from all walks of life have gathered at Hulao Pass.
Why hasn't anyone come yet?"
As the initiator of the Alliance to Defeat Dong, Yuan Shao's current mood can be described in two words - [Shame and Anger].
Why is this happening?
On the one hand, he felt that he was being used as a weapon by Cao Cao. When Cao Cao was willing to retreat behind the scenes, he was so moved that he thought that Cao Cao knew how to advance and retreat, and voluntarily gave up his leadership position for the sake of justice.
Secondly, Cao Cao said that he was bringing people to design Wei Cheng so that Wei Cheng could not be distracted from Dong Zhuo. For this purpose, he specially borrowed Cao Cao's 10,000 elite cavalry. It has been more than half a month now. Not to mention that his cavalry has disappeared.
There is no news at all about Thief Cao.
In addition, Wei Cheng was able to publish the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Great Han Dynasty" as scheduled. Cao Cao did not put any pressure on the Wei family at all, otherwise the Wei family would have been in chaos long ago!
The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt that Cao Cao was not going to set things off for Wei Cheng, but had reached some agreement with Wei Cheng. Otherwise, why would Wei Cheng suddenly "praise" Cao Cao? If nothing else, Cao Cao's reputation has always been
From now on, he will definitely become famous among the great men.
"A capable minister in times of trouble, a traitor in troubled times, no matter what time it is, you, Cao Mengde, are more powerful than us!"
Yuan Shao sneered in his heart and had already put Cao Cao on the blacklist, even ranking above Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu, who was lying innocently, shivered for no reason and felt chilly.
Seeing Yuan Shao not speaking, Han Fu thought he was guilty, so Han Fu snorted coldly, stood up and rolled his sleeves and said: "In my opinion, the matter of asking Dong Zhuo may be discussed again. Han does not want the second Dong Zhuo to
If you succeed, let’s leave first.”
After saying that, he walked out of the tent without looking back. Several other people who were friends with him looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up and left. After a while, Yuan Shao, Bao Xin, and Wang Kuang were the only ones left in the tent.
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Wang Kuang looked at Yuan Shao, frowned and said: "This matter must be investigated at first. Han Shijun is right about what he said. We cannot let the second Dong Zhuo appear, especially after this person is still a eunuch."
Except for Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, those who could participate in the challenge against Dong had other agendas, and the others were all sincerely thinking about the great Han Dynasty.
The same is true for Wang Kuang.
"I, a big man, can no longer withstand the hardships. First, there are ten ministers who bring trouble to the court. How can we make progress... Alas, now Dong Zhuo's tyranny is even worse than He Jin. If he easily dethrones the young emperor, he should be punished. If so, Another Cao Cao, then, then..."
As he spoke, Wang Kuang's eyes were wet, he stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Wang made a mistake in what he said. I hope brother Benchu will forgive me. I'm a little tired after coming all the way. Wang will go and rest first. We can discuss it tomorrow if there is anything else."
In a blink of an eye, everyone left, and only Yuan Shao and Bao Xin were left in the big tent.
Bao Xin actually wanted to leave, but he wanted to say a few words for Cao Cao. He personally did not believe that Cao Cao would betray everyone - historically, Bao Xin died in battle to save Cao Cao, so the two should have some personal relationship.
However, Yuan Shao couldn't listen to it anymore. He was holding the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Great Han" in his hand, and he was muttering in his heart: Believe it or not, just like Cao Cao said: I would rather betray others than my mother. When people betray me, their mentality is similar.
Although he didn't like Han Fu, Han Fu's words were like a thorn that penetrated deeply into his chest.
Yes, what if Cao Cao is the second Dong Zhuo?
At the beginning, I was soft-hearted and did not kill Dong Zhuo in front of the young emperor, which led to the current situation.
If it were Cao Cao...
Yuan Shao shook his head heavily, feeling that he was not calm enough now and could easily make wrong judgments.
Looking up at Bao Xin who was hesitant to speak, Yuan Shao pretended to be calm and said: "I know your intentions, and I don't believe that Meng De will be as indifferent as they say, and it will only last a few days until Meng De comes. , let’s ask him what he wants.”
Bao Xin frowned, helplessly clasping his fists in response.
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Outside the big tent.
Yuan Shu caught up with Han Fu in a few steps.
"Han Shijun, you should know that this is Wei Zhongdao's conspiracy. It is probably just to alienate us. Why did you just do it?"
Yuan Shu was not as aggressive as Yuan Shao, and his tone of voice was also in a discussion tone.
Han Fu had a good impression of Yuan's Qilin'er, but he hated him so much that his attitude was not very good.
"Oh, do you think the road (named by Yuan Shu) is Wei's conspiracy?"
Yuan Shu didn't believe that Han Fu couldn't see it, and frowned and said: "Now my army of 200,000 is at Hulao Pass. After Hulao Pass, we will reach Luoyang. This juncture makes you and me suspicious. Isn't it the relationship between Wei and Dong Zhuo?" Conspiracy?"
Han Fu sneered in his heart, looked at the 200,000 company with flags fluttering not far away, and asked: "In your opinion, what should we do? Ignore Wei's reminder and insist on attacking Hulao Pass?"
"Wei's reminder?" Yuan Shu was confused.
Han Fu pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Do you know what a conspiracy is? Ask them, before Cao Mengde is eliminated, who else will fully cooperate with you two brothers to attack the city? There are lessons from the past. At present, no one wants to be the second victim, so you should understand it well, right?"
Yuan Shu was puzzled and argued: "How virtuous and capable is Cao Mengde, just because of Wei Zhongdao's few jokes?"
Han Fu laughed, looked at Yuan Shu meaningfully, and asked in a low voice: "Why, your elder brother didn't tell you that Cao Cao has an imperial edict from the young emperor in his hand, ordering him to privately recruit troops to attack the rebels?"
Yuan Shu opened his mouth and was stunned for a while.
Seeing this, Han Fu sneered and said: "This thief can be a Yellow Turban rebel, of course, it is best to be a Dong thief. Now you know why we are hesitant? Our reputation is not justified, Cao Mengde is the one."