Seeing that Qin Hao had talked to such an extent, Xun You also knew that he could not persuade Qin Hao. However, his trip was not in vain. Qin Hao did not show any kindness and at least gave Cao Jun some assistance.
"I heard that Qin Gong has rescued His Majesty back to Luoyang. The thirty-six princes' coalition forces failed to do it, but Qin Gong and your family did it alone. Xun You admires it."
Saying that, Xun You bowed to Qin Hao and then continued: "My lord is also a Han official and is willing to serve the Luoyang court as the official one and pay tribute to the court. However, Qiao Mao and other princes have colluded with Ming thieves and have obviously betrayed the Han Dynasty.
I hope that your Majesty can issue an imperial edict and cast him into the rebellious party, so that he will be despised by the loyal people in the world."
"Um, this..."
Qin Hao did not expect that Xun You would make this request. This was extremely beneficial to Cao Cao, but it was very disadvantageous to the current Qin Hao.
Nowadays, the Luoyang court is still very immature. Qin Hao has not yet unified Sizhou nor has he become the overlord of the princes, so he issued a decree at once to beat the four princes into chaos. Isn't this an initiative to stimulate other princes? After all, no one wants to be blamed.
The name of a traitor.
"You are digging a hole for me. As expected of the Xun family, they are really difficult to deal with."
Qin Hao thought to himself, and then smiled and said to Xun You: "Although the relationship between our two families is good, I can't just listen to your family's words. I will send envoys from the other four families to investigate. If it is true,
I will definitely ask His Majesty to issue an edict to classify him as a treason."
As soon as he said this, he was obviously going to get into trouble with Xini. After all, even a discerning person could see that Li Zicheng must have colluded with the princes of Yanzhou, but how could Qiao Mao and others admit this?
Therefore, the investigation was just an excuse for Qin Hao. Qin Hao would not take such a big risk for Cao Cao.
Xun You couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw that he didn't take Qin Hao into account, but it was completely reasonable. After all, Qin Hao was not a reckless man.
"I also ask Qin Gong to investigate as soon as possible, and the envoy will return first."
Although Xun You failed to bring back reinforcements for Cao's army, he did bring back a batch of emergency supplies. For Cao's army, which was now short of everything, the supplies sent by Qin's army could temporarily relieve the urgent need.
After Xun You left, Liu Ye said with an unhappy face: "This Xun Gongda's heart is too dark. My lord, you gave Cao Cao supplies for free, but he is still not satisfied. He actually wants to plot against my lord. It seems that the Xun family
Not all are modest gentlemen."
Fang Xuanling also didn't understand and said: "My lord, if we don't send reinforcements, we won't send out reinforcements. Why do we have to give supplies to Cao Cao for nothing? Although our Qin army is rich, these supplies are not for nothing."
Qin Hao knew that his subordinates had resentment in their hearts, so he immediately explained with a smile: "When we first formed the alliance to challenge Dong, Cao Cao fully supported me, so I also owe him a great favor.
Now Cao Cao is at a comprehensive disadvantage. Whether due to the situation or interests, our army cannot directly send troops to rescue Cao Cao's army. However, if we do not provide any help, it would be too unkind. How will the people of the world view it?
My father?
Moreover, although I will send a batch of supplies and equipment to Cao Cao, I will not send out the new equipment of our Qin army.
Since our army entered Sizhou, it has seized a large amount of equipment from the Liang army. However, the equipment of the Liang army is different from that of our army. Our army will never equip it in the future, and if we keep it, it will be left to collect dust in the warehouse.
Why not do it as a favor and give it to Cao Cao so that he can fight with Li Zicheng?
Only when Cao Cao's strength is improved can he have the capital to compete with enemies several times his own, so that Yanzhou will continue to be in chaos, and a chaotic Yanzhou is the most beneficial to our army."
After hearing this, Liu Ye and Fang Xuanling couldn't help but look at each other, and then said together: "My lord, you are far-sighted, and we admire you."
The next day, Tan Daoji led the army back to Luoyang, and Qin Hao also asked Han Fei to hold another grand welcome ceremony for the army to destroy the Buddha. This also made Tan Daoji and other generals extremely flattered.
Along the parade, most of the people shouted Gao Chong's name, followed by Pei Yuanqing, and finally Tan Daoji.
Gao Chong went on this expedition and killed two half-step masters in a row, which can be said to be completely famous all over the world.
Qin Hao originally wanted to take advantage of Gao Chong's reputation to use Gao Chong as a secret weapon to trick his opponent, but now it seems that this is completely unfeasible.
Xu Chu, the commander of the personal guard camp who was ordered to come to greet Qin Hao on his behalf, said to Tan Daoji with an envious look:
"General Tan, you have made a surprise this time. With only 5,000 troops, you have achieved such great results. My lord and the military advisor are very satisfied. I will definitely not miss battles in the future."
Tan Daoji smiled modestly and said: "Mainly due to the contributions of Gao Chong and Pei Yuanqing, it would be difficult to use a large army to kill those masters in Buddhism who have reached the highest level of strength. If they were not there, this expedition would probably be very difficult.
It is difficult to achieve such great results."
When Gao Chong heard this, he immediately said: "General Tan, what you said is too modest. Even the half-step master of the Buddhist school almost fell into your trap and almost used a crossbow.
If you can't kill someone in formation, let alone other masters?
Brother Yuanqing and I are just embellishments after all, General, you are the most indispensable person in this battle."
"Well, that's right."
Pei Yuanqing also nodded in agreement. At first he was not convinced by Qin Hao's choice of Tan Daoji as the general, but now he is convinced by Tan Daoji.
Along the way to destroy Buddhism, the Qin army encountered countless conspiracies, ambushes and sneak attacks, many of which might have wiped out the entire Qin army. However, Tan Daoji saw through these one by one, and in turn used them to severely damage Buddhism.
Pei Yuanqing asked himself that he did not have Tan Daoji's ability. If he were to command the five thousand Buddha-killing army, he would not be able to achieve the same results even if the army was exhausted.
After hearing what Gao Chong and Pei Yuanqing said, Xu Chu suddenly showed a look of shock. He had long heard that the trip to destroy the Buddha did not go smoothly.
The number of Buddhist monks was still higher than that of the Qin army, and the endless stream of masters harassed the army. However, Tan Daoji's self-created combat method of crossbow formation and sword formation shined in this battle, and
Killed countless Buddhist masters.
Xu Chu originally thought that Tan Daoji's battle formation could only kill super first-class masters at most, and it would be difficult to kill if he reached the master level, but he didn't expect that he almost killed even the half-step master. Obviously, he must have shot a master in this battle.
This is quite remarkable.
After the parade, Xu Chu brought Tan Daoji and other generals to meet Qin Hao, and Qin Hao rewarded him accordingly according to his merits.
"General Tan Daoji, your father-in-law will personally lead the expedition tomorrow. By then..."
Qin Hao patted Tan Daoji on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The defense of Luoyang will be left to you."
Tan Daoji was overjoyed when he heard this. After all, Luoyang is now the capital of the Han Dynasty. Let him be responsible for the defense of the capital of a country. This is obviously to reuse his rhythm.
Tan Daoji quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you so much for your trust, my lord. Tan Daoji has nothing to repay, but I can only repay my lord by dying for him."
Qin Hao nodded with satisfaction, then his eyes fell on Gao Chong and Pei Yuanqing, and said: "As for you two, you will go out with me tomorrow."
The two looked at each other and said happily: "No."