Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh Liu Cao will drink before the battle
Looking at Chang Bu's tragic situation, although he didn't know what he encountered at the gate, Cao Cao understood that Liu Zhang had probably arrived. Otherwise, with Lu Bu's strength, he would never have been defeated so easily. After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao helped Lu Bu and asked:
"Fengxian, has Liu Zhang arrived?"
"Yes!" It is not shameful to be defeated by Liu Zhang. Let alone Lu Bu, even Cao Cao and Sun Quan have never defeated Liu Zhang.
Therefore, there is no need for Lu Bu to be secretive.
"How is it? Can we still fight?" Cao Cao asked with a smile on his face, but Lu Bu felt that his smile was a bit cold.
"For Duke Cao, this subordinate needs to be bandaged!" Lu Bu is no longer the reckless boy he used to be. He knows when to act tough and when to be weak!
"Go and bandage it!" Cao Cao waved his hand for Lu Bu to go down, and then ordered: "Miaocai, Yuan Rang, and Zhong Kang stabbed each other..."
"Yes!" Brother Xiahou and Xu Chu immediately followed Cao Cao and walked to Hulao Pass!
"Please come out and speak!" Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to shout at Hulao Pass. When Liu Zhang heard this, he immediately stuck his head out of the wall.
"Brother Meng De, what do you want from me?" Liu Zhang looked at Cao Cao with a smile, but his smile made Cao Cao very unhappy.
Suppressing the worry in his heart, Cao Cao smiled and said: "I would like to ask Taigu to speak in front of me!"
"Okay! I also want to reminisce with you!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Dianwei Zilong, follow me to the pass. Please prepare two chairs, a table, and a banquet. I want
Drink with Cao Cao in front of the battle array!"
"Yes!" Liu Zhang gave the order, and everyone immediately went to prepare. It didn't take long for everything to be ready. Taking Zhao Yun and Dian Wei, Liu Zhang ordered people to carry the banquet, and arrived at Hulao Pass.
"Brother Meng De, why don't you come here?" After placing the tables and chairs, Liu Zhang and Cao Cao sat opposite each other, and the others stood behind them.
"Brother Ji Yu, there's no need to be polite!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "We have the same official title now, so don't use official titles! How about we just talk about old times as friends?"
"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders!" Liu Zhang said with a smile; "Brother Meng De, we have been at peace with each other for several years, why do you want to attack me?"
"It's not that I want to attack you, but what you did is too outrageous!" Cao Cao shook his head and said, "If you change the official system, maybe no one will care about you, but your imperial examination has made the world's families oppose it. If I don't send troops, I will
Overthrown by aristocratic families in the world. Do you know that half of the millions of troops under my command were supplied by aristocratic families?"
"Of course I know!" Liu Zhang sneered: "Back then, I just knew that the powerful families were strong, so I drove them to you and Sun Quan. To be honest, as long as these big families exist, the Han Dynasty will not have real peace!"
"I know it too!" Cao Cao said in a low voice: "According to my guess, in this situation, the big families can only use half of their strength, or even less. I really don't understand how you dare to compete with the world.
Is it right for a wealthy family?"
"Exactly!" Liu Zhang said; "You don't understand this! Some things will be more troublesome the later they are dealt with. The ability of wealthy families to make money is too strong. If you have ax and food, you can support people. If you have a lot of money and food, you will have a lot of people. Their thoughts
It’s chaos! I have long since forced away the wealthy families in the ruling house, and all the money that the wealthy families should have earned over the years has fallen into my pocket. This is one of the reasons why I have become rich—!"
"Well done to you!" Cao Cao said, "But now that the great families are struggling with all their strength and preparing to compete with you, what should you do?"
"What's the problem?" Liu Zhang said: "I will seal all the important roads in the government with watermark locks. You can't attack my territory at all. You have to defend it! If you keep the enemy outside the country, even if you do it for twenty years, you will not be able to attack it for twenty years.
What can you do to me? You use the land of the six states to support an army of 1.5 million, and I use the land of the six states to support an army of 700,000 to 800,000. Let’s see who dies first!”
"Twenty years!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "I really don't know if I can live another twenty years!"
"I can tell you plainly, you won't survive!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Your headaches must have become more and more serious recently!"
"This..." Cao Cao frowned and asked, "How do you know?"
"A spy from the Ministry of Intelligence wants to get some information, why don't you just play with me?" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Meng De, why don't you stop bringing these aristocratic families to play with you and come to my place! I'll give you a prime minister's too.
I will give you the position to be in charge of the world's government affairs. If you don't follow suit in the court, I will give you the treatment of going to the palace with swords and shoes! Not to mention the Duke, if the world is unified, what will happen if I give you a king and title for Cao Cao!"
"Brother Ji Yu, why are you drunk before you start drinking?" Cao Cao asked; "Isn't it true that your old Liu family cannot be crowned king unless you have the surname Liu?"
"It has been changed a long time ago!" Liu Zhang said: "Haven't you heard? What I say is: if you open a territory thousands of miles away, you can be made a marquis; if you open a territory thousands of miles away, you can be made a king!"
"If you act like this, there will be no dagger in the world?" Cao Cao was shocked: "As the saying goes: No matter how big a country is, if it is warlike, it will perish! You are so warlike, even if you are allowed to rule the world, how many days can it last?
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"That's all Confucian nonsense. I destroyed the three tribes in the north and merged the two tribes in the south. I didn't even see my demise. I'm still getting better!" Liu Zhang picked up the wine glass and sipped it happily. "Meng
Brother De, you're welcome, I specially prepared this! Don't worry, it's not poisoned!"
"How could Liu Jiyu use such a trick as poisoning!" Cao Cao picked up some vegetables and said with a smile on his face: "However, being able to drink against each other in the formation of these two armies is considered heroic!"
"It's a pity that there is no wine and luminous cup. If we can have these two things now, that would be heroic!" Liu Zhang clinked the sticks with Cao Cao, took a sip of wine in the cup, and said in a deep voice: "Luminous cup of Portuguese wine, I want to
Drinking the pipa will remind you immediately. Don’t laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times!”
"What a poem!" Cao Cao was a literary giant. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and said: "I have heard for a long time that Ji Yu was Cai Bojie's disciple, but no article has ever been circulated in the world. Now this poem shows the heroism on the battlefield, which is impressive.
!May I ask what the name of this poem is?"
"Liangzhou Song!" Liu Zhang said without blushing: "This is what I did when I went to conquer foreign tribes, it's not bad!"
"Of course, just this poem can make him famous all over the world!" Cao Cao sipped his wine, his face was intoxicated. He also wanted to conquer foreign tribes, but unfortunately he didn't have the chance!
"Brother Meng De, do you want to know why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became poorer the more he attacked foreigners, while I became richer and richer?" Liu Zhang looked at Cao Cao, his eyes full of cunning. He knew that Cao Cao could not resist this problem.
"I think!" Cao Cao said decisively: "In fact, the Han dynasties have wanted to conquer foreigners in every dynasty, but few people have succeeded. You are the only one who is the most capable. Anyway, there are no foreigners to fight now. Tell me about your experience!"
"Simple, burn - kill - rape - plunder!" Liu Zhang stretched out four fingers and summed up his war against foreigners in four words!
"Aren't you a robber?" Cao Cao's hands trembled when he heard this, and his face was full of disbelief. He really didn't expect Liu Zhang to pacify the foreigners like this!
"Brother Meng De, I don't understand! Foreigners are robbers to begin with, why should I be polite when I fight against robbers?" Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Back then, during the Battle of Huangzhong, we captured the Huangzhong thieves, and you all have to fight them
If you want to kill someone from a foreign tribe, why are you so soft-hearted?"
"So what? The yellow thieves are rebelling against the watermark! The foreigners have nothing to eat, so they come to rob the Han people!" Cao Cao disagreed with Liu Zhang's idea. This is the so-called generation gap!
"It's the same murder and arson, the same rape and robbery, why should we use different standards? Are we tolerant to outsiders and cruel to our own people?" Liu Zhang held the wine glass, shook his head vigorously and said: "Under my rule, everything is just
- A standard, no matter who you are! Some time ago, several heroes under my command broke the law, and I punished them anyway. Although I feel distressed, breaking the law is breaking the law. Cao Mengde, can you do it?"
"I Liu Cao Cao shook his head and sighed: "I can't do it. Even if a big family breaks the law, it can be mitigated - wait!"
"This is why you are not as good as me. The dynasty you built will not last longer than mine! Brother Mengde, there are not many people I admire, but you are one of the people I admire the most - join hands with me
Cooperation, how about it?" Liu Zhang looked at Cao Cao sincerely, and he expressed his ideals, hoping to impress Cao Cao. Although there was little hope, he also wanted to give it a try!
"Your idea really makes me excited!" Cao Cao thought for a while, finished the wine in his glass, shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, my ideals are different from yours. If you can defeat me, maybe I can consider it."
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"Is this true?" Liu Zhang stared at Cao Cao, his eyes burning.
Defeating Cao Cao was not difficult in his mind. He was most afraid of Cao Cao being defeated and committing suicide.
"Are you so confident?" Cao Cao shook his head and said: "If you can really defeat me, even if I work for you, there will be no problem! But I really don't understand why you value me so much. You know, everyone in the world calls me Han
thief!"
Liu Zhang did not answer, but asked with a smile: "Brother Meng De, does he know the changes in dragons?"
"Of course I know!" Cao Cao replied with a smile: "A dragon can be big or small, it can rise or hide; if it is too big, it will stir up clouds and spit out mist; if it is small, it will hide and hide its form; if it rises, it will soar in the universe, and if it is hidden, it will lurk in the waves.
Nei. The spring is deep now, the dragon rides on the changes of time, and people are determined to conquer the four seas. The dragon is an object, comparable to the heroes of the world!"
"What Brother Meng De said is true. In my eyes, Meng De and I are the only heroes in the world!" Liu Zhang raised the corners of his mouth and asked with a smile on his face: "I wonder if Mr. Cao thinks so?"
"Brother Ji Yu thinks too highly of me!" Cao Cao shook his head and laughed: "How can I compare with you!"
"No!" Liu Zhang said: "It's not that Meng De can't compare with me, it's that I'm better than you. But in my heart, you are the most admirable person! Brother Meng De, I know what you think of me
I have a better understanding of your ambitions and your character. If one day, you are defeated, could you consider coming to me as the prime minister?"
"Let's talk about it until then!" Cao Cao stood up and said, "Brother Ji Yu, I'm taking my leave. Thank you very much for the food and wine. However, I will never be merciful in the future battle!"
"Neither can I!" Liu Zhang also stood up and said: "Be careful of Sima Zhen, he is not simple!"
"Thank you!" Cao Cao glanced at Liu Zhang, turned and left. Under the sunset, Cao Cao's back looked a little old and desolate...