"Ah! It's Mr. Cao!" The figure stopped, and everyone could see his appearance clearly. He was actually a young man in his early twenties. From his appearance, he looked gentle and elegant.
Dressed as a famous scholar, just looking at his appearance, it is hard to believe that it is this young man who almost killed Cao Cao with a sword just now! After seeing that the other party turned out to be Cao Cao, the young man was also shocked and quickly said
The sword was put back into its sheath, and he bowed his hands to Cao Cao and said, "I don't know if it is Duke Cao who has arrived! How offensive! Please calm down, Duke Cao!"
However, Cao Cao chuckled and waved his hands to the people behind him, indicating that they should take back their weapons. Then he smiled and said to the young man, "How can you blame sir! It's us who broke in without permission and disturbed your sword practice!"
Haha! However, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed it. Sir, you are so resourceful. I didn’t expect that you could even be so good at swordsmanship!”
Seeing that Cao Cao had no intention of blaming him, the young man stood up straight and said with a smile: "Mr. Cao was so complimentary. How can I be worthy of Gong Cao's praise with my little skills?"
"Haha!" Cao Cao laughed a few times and stopped entangled in this aspect. He said with a smile: "Thanks to the ingenious plan Mr. Cao set up for Cao this time, Cao was able to turn the danger into safety and defeat Gongsun Zan's army!
Mr. Cao will never forget your great kindness to Mr. Cao! Mr., please accept Mr. Cao’s respect!" After saying that, Cao Cao bowed directly to the young man and bowed. Cao Cao bowed,
The subordinates behind Cao Cao naturally wanted to follow him and worship him!
When the young man saw it, he quickly stepped forward to support Cao Cao's body and said repeatedly: "Mr. Cao! Don't do this! How can I bear this responsibility? Mr. Cao, please get up quickly! Get up quickly!"
After finally holding up Cao Cao, the young man said to Cao Cao: "Mr. Cao! Not to mention that if Gongsun Zan invades Yanzhou, it will definitely cause the destruction of all life in Yanzhou! I can't think of the kindness that Gongsun Zan showed to my mother alone.
Repay! If it weren’t for Duke Cao who sent someone to take care of me, my mother would have been gone long ago. How could such a great favor be offset by this plot for Duke Cao! So Duke Cao must never say any words of thanks in the future! These are all
This is what I should do!"
Cao Cao was very happy. The young man's surname was Xu Mingshu, who was from Yingchuan. After Cao Cao took over Yanzhou, he heard about Xu Shu's name. At that time, Cao Cao had no available people, so he sent someone to invite Xu Shu.
I just didn't expect that Xu Shu went to Jingzhou to study and was not at home. The people sent by Cao Cao only met Xu Shu's mother. It happened that Xu Shu's mother was critically ill, so the people sent by Cao Cao helped.
I found a doctor for Xu's mother and saved her life, which was considered a favor.
Originally, Cao Cao had forgotten about this matter. Before Gongsun Zan's massive invasion, Cao Cao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but it was rumored that Xu Shu came to express his gratitude and gave Cao Cao a strategy to defeat the enemy. Cao Cao got this
After making the plan, he was overjoyed and immediately implemented Xu Shu's plan. At the same time, Cao Cao also had the intention of accepting this counselor!
Among Cao Cao's current advisers, if it comes to internal affairs, there is Xun Yu, who wants to plan the overall situation, and then there is Xun You, who handles every detail, and there are Shen Pei and others, but they just lack the kind of people who can contribute to Cao Cao's marching plan.
Talents! This weakness has been shown in the previous battle with Luoyang's army at Chen Liu. Unexpectedly, when Cao Cao was worrying about this matter, Xu Shu came to his door. How could Cao Cao not be happy! And he heard Xu Shu's words.
, seemed to be very grateful to Cao Cao for sending someone to save his mother, and he could use this to make Xu Shu work for him!
Immediately, Cao Cao's face straightened and he said: "Sir! Although Gongsun Zan's army was defeated this time! But Gongsun Zan has soldiers and horses from Youzhou and Jizhou! He has also made an alliance with Naluoyang, and he will definitely join forces again.
We are raising an army to invade! We, the Yanzhou people, have gone through several battles and suffered too much losses. How can we withstand the attack of Gongsun Zan’s army? Cao please kindly ask, Sir, to stay and help me!”
After saying that, Cao Cao just clasped his fists and bowed to Xu Shu again. This time, Xu Shu did not rush to help Cao Cao up. In fact, Xu Shu knew that such a day would come before he came to repay his kindness, but Xu Shu
I still have some concerns about taking refuge in Cao Cao!
In terms of Cao Cao's ability, he can indeed be called a wise master! Moreover, looking at Cao Cao's continuous actions after he unified Yanzhou, he once again managed Yanzhou in an orderly manner after many wars. It can be seen that this Cao Cao is not
The kind of person who talks empty words, with Xu Shu's talent and talent, is not considered buried under Cao Cao's account! But Xu Shu still had a concern in his heart. For this reason, Xu Shu did not directly agree to Cao Cao's request.
After a moment of silence, Xu Shu suddenly raised his head, looked at Cao Cao and asked, "I am very grateful to you for your great love, Duke Cao! However, I am just a man of few talents and little knowledge, so I am afraid I will not be able to be used by Duke Cao!" After hesitating for a long time, Xu Shu decided to refuse.
Cao Cao's invitation.
"Ah!" Cao Cao's face could not conceal his disappointment. He looked at Xu Shu, but he continued to persuade unwillingly: "Sir, are you really willing to leave Cao? Without your help, how could Cao resist?
The tiger and wolf troops who live under Gongsun Zan’s tent? Sir, please consider the people of Yanzhou and stay here!”
"This," Cao Cao's words obviously touched Xu Shu's heart, but there was a knot in Xu Shu's heart that he couldn't let go of. After hesitating again and again, he finally shook his head and said, "It's really hard for me to obey Duke Cao's request! As for that,
Gongsun Zan is in danger, please rest assured, Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan has suffered serious damage this time. Even if he wants to raise an army to take revenge, I am afraid he will be powerless! At least within two years, Gongsun Zan will no longer be able to do anything and will not dare to send troops to Yanzhou! This
Click, I can be your guarantee for Duke Cao!"
"Hmph!" Seeing Xu Shu reject Cao Cao's invitation again, Cao Cao could bear it, but the group of angry generals behind Cao Cao couldn't bear it. Cao Cao's clan brother Cao Hongdang even snorted coldly,
His hand was already placed on the hilt of the sword on his waist, and he stared at Xu Shu. He immediately wanted to pull out the sword and teach this ungrateful boy in front of him a lesson!
However, before Cao Hong could draw his sword, Xun Yu, who was beside Cao Hong, immediately reached out and held Cao Hong's hand. He shook his head at Cao Hong and signaled him not to act rashly. Then he turned to Xu Shu and smiled: "
Mr. Xu! From what I see, Mr. doesn’t seem to be very averse to serving my lord, but he seems to have some scruples, so he flatly rejected my lord’s invitation, but I don’t know the reason?”
Xu Shu couldn't help but be stunned when Xun Yu revealed his thoughts. He glanced at Xun Yu, then nodded and said: "That's right! To be fair, I also deeply admire Duke Cao. If there are no other reasons, I am indeed willing to do it for him.
Duke Cao serves his orders! It’s just..."
Hearing what Xu Shu said, Cao Cao seemed to see hope. He quickly reached out and grabbed Xu Shu's hand, and asked anxiously: "Sir, do you have any unspeakable secrets? Just say it! If it is really Cao's fault, Cao also
I am willing to make corrections! As long as I can keep Mr. Cao, I will pay any price!"
Xu Shu was also deeply moved by Cao Cao's sincerity, but it was difficult to say these words. On the other hand, Xun Yu looked at Xu Shu's expression and immediately guessed what Xu Shu was thinking, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu! What if?
If I’m not mistaken, what you are worried about is that Luo Zihui announced to the world that my lord colluded with the traitor Dong Zhuo?"
Having seen Xun Yu's intelligence before, Xu Shu was not surprised this time, but nodded directly to confirm Xun Yu's guess. After hearing Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao's face darkened. Although Xun Yu had joined forces with Dong Zhuo,
Cao Cao came up with the idea, but Cao Cao also agreed. Now that things have happened, Cao Cao certainly will not push Xun Yu out as a scapegoat, and then he will be alone. But if this dirty water is poured on himself, I am afraid it will be difficult to wash it off in the future.
Got it!
Just when Cao Cao was full of regret and was about to give up, Xun Yu took the lead and said to Xu Shu: "If this is really the case, then Mr. Xu is really wrong!"
"Wrong?" Hearing Xun Yu's words, not only Xu Shu, but also Cao Cao and others were stunned. Cao Cao colluded with Dong Zhuo through the power of the Xun family and used Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army to solve Luo Yang's offensive.
After all, Cao Cao's subordinates all knew it, so what could be wrong? Could it be that Xun Yu was planning to bear the blame alone? But Xu Shu was not an idiot, so how could he easily believe that Xun Yu was responsible for this matter alone?
Cao Cao has nothing to do with it?
Xun Yu, as if he didn't see the doubtful looks of Cao Cao and others, smiled and said to Xu Shu: "Mr. Xu, don't you know that my lord launched the first alliance to defeat Dong Zhuo back then, calling on the heroes of the world to fight against Dong Zhuo?
Are you a person? Dong Zhuo was finally forced to retreat to the Western Capital of Yongzhou. After all, it was also the reason why my lord called on all the heroes in the world to besiege Dong Zhuo! It can be said that my lord was the real hero of the first alliance against Dong! Let me ask, my family
How could a hero like my lord collude with Dong Zhuo?"
"Uh!" After hearing Xun Yu's words, Xu Shu couldn't help but be startled. This was something Xu Shu had never figured out before! However, Cao Cao and others felt speechless for a while, and Xun Yu was not going to take the responsibility for Cao Cao.
Instead of being blamed, he simply wanted to get rid of this matter! But listening to Xun Yu’s words, it seems that this is not impossible! It’s just that Xu Shu is not that easy to fool. After being stunned for a moment, he said to Xun Yu
Said: "Master Xun! I also know about Duke Cao's achievements back then! But this time Duke Cao and Dong Zhuo colluded, and everyone in the world is watching! How can Master Xun explain this?"