Chapter 76 Loyal Minister Cao Cao Wants to Send Troops
When a person disagrees with a group of people and he is still in this group of people and has no right to speak, it is very painful for that person.
Cao Cao was in great pain now. Every day when he saw the princes in the big tent who were eating, drinking, and having parties every day, Cao Cao wanted to walk up to these people, grab them by their collars, and then
Yelled at them:
"Have you forgotten your oath? Have you forgotten the purpose of raising the army? Are you still the ministers of the Han Dynasty?"
But now Cao Cao is no longer the stupid boy who knew nothing but acted recklessly ten years ago. He knows that he needs to be patient at this time. And the most important thing is that the awesome father who can always wipe his own ass has also become
Common people.
So Cao Cao just couldn't stand the behavior of these princes, but he didn't do anything extraordinary to them.
Cao Cao walked out of the military tent. On the left was the big tent where the princes discussed matters, and on the right was Liu Bei's military tent.
Cao Cao turned his head and looked at the large tent on the left, sighed softly, then turned and walked towards Liu Bei's military tent on the right.
At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but recall some interesting things about when he met Liu Bei at Fengshi Mountain in Luoyang many years ago, and he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth slightly.
Although I met Liu Bei once during the Yellow Turban Campaign a few years ago, due to time constraints, I did not have a detailed chat with Liu Bei.
After chatting with Liu Bei in detail in the past few days, Cao Cao suddenly discovered that Liu Bei was no longer the young man who loved dogs, horses, music, and beautiful clothes when he was in Fengshi Mountain.
Liu Bei's military tent was not far from Cao Cao's military tent. Cao Cao only walked for a short while before arriving at Liu Bei's military tent.
After the soldiers outside the tent reported, Cao Cao walked in. Liu Bei inside the tent saw Cao Cao coming in with a sad look on his face, and he stood up hurriedly:
"Brother Mengde, why are you still worried about these princes not sending troops?"
Cao Cao glanced at Liu Bei. Among the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, the only one who could chat with Cao Cao was Liu Bei in front of him.
"Hey! I have received news that Dong Zhuo is coercing the emperor and the ministers to move the capital to Chang'an. When Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, he excavated the imperial tombs, robbed property, and took away millions of people in Luoyang. The deposed emperor Liu
Bian was also killed by Dong Zhuo's men."
"Now that things have reached such a serious level, Dong Zhuo took the emperor hostage and ran away to Chang'an. These princes don't even think about sending troops, but they eat and drink here every day. It's really intolerable!"
When Liu Bei heard that Dong Zhuo had moved the capital to Chang'an, he was also shocked. He couldn't help but think of what Chen Meng had said to him before, and thought to himself: I, my fourth brother, really got it right.
"Ah!" Liu Bei pretended to be surprised, and then continued:
"Do the princes know about this matter?"
"Of course I do. I learned this news from Brother Meng Zhuo." Zhang Miao, also known as Meng Zhuo.
Jujube is next to the Sili Xiaowei headquarters and very close to Luoyang. If such a big thing happened in Luoyang, someone in these coalition forces must know about it.
"Does the wise brother Xuande not know about this?" Cao Cao couldn't help but asked, remembering Liu Bei's surprised look just now.
"Haha! If Brother Meng De hadn't told me, I still wouldn't know it!"
Cao Cao knew that Zhang Miao had a good relationship with him. After Zhang Miao learned the news, it was normal for him to inform him first.
Cao Cao had talked to his good friend more than once about marching into the army, but Zhang Miao did not want to pile up all his belongings.
Each of these princes wanted to let others fight first, and then reap the benefits themselves later. Everyone wanted to preserve their own strength, and no one wanted to do their part for the big man.
A few days ago, Cao Cao and Liu Bei also discussed with these princes about sending troops, but now they are both soft-spoken and have difficulty speaking.
The intention of the princes is also very clear. If you want to fight, you can go there anytime, but if you want us to send our own troops, there is no way.
As for Zang Hong, the alliance leader here, he is only the leader in name only.
And Yuan Shao, the leader of the alliance that everyone recommends, also has his own little thoughts.
"Brother Xuande, among the heroes, you and I are the only ones who are willing to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo. I wonder what Brother Xuande plans to do now?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he naturally knew that Cao Cao was here to explore his thoughts.
"Brother Meng De, although Bei has a small army and few generals, he always has the intention to do his best for the great Han Dynasty. If Brother Meng De needs Bei, Bei will go through fire and water without hesitation."
Today, Cao Cao came to Liu Bei to discuss sending troops. Since Liu Bei said so, Cao Cao directly explained his purpose.
"I want to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo. I came to Brother Xuande today just to ask Brother Xuande to send troops with me. I have five thousand soldiers and horses under my command, and Brother Xuande has four thousand soldiers and horses. How many of us are here?"
If we contact other princes more and more every day, if we can have tens of thousands of troops, then we can march."
"Brother Meng De, but Dong Zhuo has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in his hands now. Among these 200,000 soldiers and horses are the powerful Liangzhou cavalry, the fifth school of the Northern Army, and the eighth school of Xiyuan. We only have tens of thousands of soldiers.
Horse, can you beat it?"
"My dear brother Xuande, don't be anxious. Since I am sending troops, I have naturally already thought of how to send them."
"After a while, after we have gathered all the troops and horses, we will quietly set out for Luoyang. Now the city of Luoyang is very chaotic. Many of Dong Zhuo's troops have been used to move the capital. There will not be two hundred thousand soldiers.
The horses are at war with us."
"And now some of Dong Zhuo's troops have been taken by his son-in-law Niu Fu to encircle and suppress the Baibo Army. The available troops near Luoyang are even less."
"We are sending troops this time not to invade Luoyang, but to create a posture. To the east of Luoyang, there is a pass called Bishui Pass, which is the east gate of Luoyang. I have ordered my men to investigate clearly.
Now there are less than two thousand soldiers and horses in the Sishui Pass. If tens of thousands of us attack suddenly, we will definitely be able to take the Sishui Pass in one fell swoop."
After Cao Cao finished speaking, he kept looking at Liu Bei nonchalantly, obviously hoping to get a positive answer from Liu Bei.
"Okay, in that case, I would like to join Brother Meng De in sending troops to attack Dong Zhuo and capture Sishui Pass."
After getting a positive answer from Liu Bei, Cao Cao's purpose of coming today was considered accomplished. After discussing some details about sending troops with Liu Bei, Cao Cao left Liu Bei's military tent.
Not long after Cao Cao left, Chen Meng walked in. After learning that Cao Cao had just arrived, Chen Meng couldn't help but said to Liu Bei: