cell.
Chen Zhou was slightly lost in thought as he thought about what happened just now.
"Xun Wenruo?"
"The young master named Cao?"
Chen Zhou talked to himself and guessed: "I think that young master is not like ordinary Cao family members. Xun Wenruo's attitude towards him is a bit subtle, right..."
This is just his guess and cannot be confirmed yet.
But it doesn't matter to him whether it is.
It would be better if it was.
After guessing their identities, Chen Zhou quickly put it aside and continued to lie on the soft couch, waiting for time to pass.
At least I have to wait until Cao Cao comes back before I can leave this ghost place.
It’s so boring while waiting!
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Cao Cao's troops broke into Yuzhou in two groups.
A large army went to attack the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan and other places. If they could recruit them, they would do their best to recruit them, focusing on recruiting them.
Another army marched all the way to attack Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou.
Cao Cao showed his military strength in Yuzhou and sent troops to attack very quickly. It didn't take long to capture most of the counties and counties, and was approaching Guo Gong, the governor.
At this time, Guo Gong was besieged by Cao Cao in Yangdi City, isolated and helpless. Facing the fierce Cao army outside, he had no way to do it. His military strength was not very good, and he was far from Cao Cao's opponent.
In addition, most of the Yellow Turbans who were attacked were conquered by Cao Cao.
Its leader Liu Pi fled to the south of Yingchuan.
Cao Cao did not attack Yangdi immediately. He just surrounded the city and camped to rest.
"Brother, there is news."
Xiahou Dun came to the main tent of the camp at this time and said quickly: "This is information from Guanzhong."
Cao Cao quickly opened it, read the content above, and said slowly: "Dong Cheng persuaded Guo Si when Guo Si and Li Jue were fighting among themselves, and then together with Yang Feng, Yang Ding and others, escorted the emperor back to Luo. Yang, when the emperor moved, the conflict intensified even more. The generals in Guanzhong fought a battle in Huayin first. When the emperor came to Hongnong, Guo Si and others regretted it, and joined forces with Zhang Ji to rob and fight in Hongnong."
Cheng Yu sighed: "That gentleman, how awesome is he?"
Chen Zhou's judgment on the situation in Guanzhong was only one or two sentences.
But in these simple words, the situation in Guanzhong is completely summarized.
The civil strife among the emperor's ministers was an opportunity for Cao Cao and others to obey the emperor's orders and disobey them.
"Zhicai, Zhongde, what do you think I should do next?"
Cao Cao asked.
Cheng Yu first said: "We can arrange for someone to get in touch with the Emperor and express our willingness to welcome the Emperor. After gaining their trust, we can then find a way to bring the Emperor with us."
"What do Zhicai think?"
Cao Cao asked again.
Xi Zhong agreed: "What Zhongde said is feasible, but I think it is not that simple to welcome the emperor. Now there are many factions around the emperor, and various forces are complicated. Even if someone is willing, there must be other people who object. Fengtian In the early stage, it was not easy to follow the path of Zi Yi Ling Bu Chen."
Although it is not easy to go, it is Cao Cao's best way out at present.
As long as you seize this opportunity firmly, you can become a true prince.
"It's almost impossible for us to contact the Emperor directly. Who does Zhicai think we can contact around the Emperor?"
Cao Cao did not give up this path.
He must get the emperor and try it out according to Chen Zhou's plan. If it works, he will go on. If it doesn't, he will change the direction immediately and find another way to continue walking.
"Dong Cheng!"
Xi Zhong blurted out these two words, and then said: "This person is determined to bring the emperor back east, and he is the core figure of the entire Guanzhong turmoil. It is most appropriate to contact this person."
Cheng Yu also agreed.
Cao Cao said, "Zilian, can you help me make this trip?"
Cao Hong agreed directly: "Brother, please wait for my good news."
After saying that, he went to make arrangements.
Xi Zhong shook his head and smiled: "I guess there won't be good news in the short term, but it may be different when the emperor is desperate."
Cao Cao said firmly: "No matter what the situation is, I don't want to let this opportunity go."
After a pause, he added: "Early tomorrow morning, we will capture Yangzhai, kill Guo Gong, and then welcome the emperor to Yingchuan."
Cao Cao's inner circle were people from Yingchuan. Only when they brought the emperor back to Yingchuan could they truly serve the emperor and not submit to his orders.
"Once Guo Gong dies, we..."
The actor wanted to say something else, but before he could finish his words, a look of pain suddenly appeared on his face, as if he was very uncomfortable.
"Zhicai!"
Cao Cao, Cheng Yu and the others exclaimed.
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Jizhou, Yecheng.
"What is this Cao Mengde doing?"
Yuan Shao received the recent battle report and frowned: "He just recruited 300,000 Yellow Turban soldiers and now he wants to expand to Yuzhou? Attack Guogong?"
As a younger brother below him, he did not have high requirements for Cao Cao.
It is enough to defend Yanzhou and Yuan Shu.
Cao Cao attacked and massacred Xuzhou, but Yuan Shao didn't care because Tao Qian of Xuzhou was Yuan Shu's younger brother.
But Cao Cao, the younger brother, seems to have other ideas now. Firstly, he wants to recruit the Yellow Turbans, and secondly, he wants to expand externally. Even before doing so, he did not report it to his big brother, which is beyond the scope of what a younger brother should do.
He was unhappy about this.
"It's just Cao Mengde, why should my lord be worried?"
Guo Tu next to him said disapprovingly: "Three hundred thousand Yellow Turban soldiers, with a total population of one million men and women, sounds very powerful, but it is just a bunch of rabble. These people are used to being thieves and will only eat for free and not work." , millions of people have enough food to eat, even if they drag it down, they can bring down Cao Mengde.”
"Cao Mengde's expansion to Yuzhou is not a bad thing."
"With the lord's prestige, when he conquers Yuzhou, we want to take over. Isn't it just a matter of words?"
"Cao Mengde dares to disobey the Lord's orders?"
"I definitely wouldn't dare!"
"He is expanding for the Lord."
Guo Tu understood Yuan Shao's heart very well.
I know that Yuan Shao can only praise, but not say anything bad.
After hearing what Guo Tu said, Yuan Shao felt happy and put aside his worries.
In the past, Cao Cao was just a slug following behind him. Even after so many years, Yuan Shao believed that this master-slave relationship could not be changed.
Cao Cao can only be his own younger brother.
"Gongze, this is wrong."
At this time, Tian Feng beside him objected: "Cao Cao is very ambitious. He actually wants to get out of the lord's control by doing this. After he takes Yuzhou, the lord asks him for it. I'm afraid he won't be able to get it."
When Guo Tu heard this, he shook his head and sneered.
This is someone who doesn't know how to praise Yuan Shao.
Sure enough, when Yuan Shao heard this, his face turned cold.
Very dissatisfied with Tian Feng's words.
"Is it possible that in Yuan Hao's opinion, the majesty of the lord is so unbearable?"
Guo Tu retorted: "Yuan Hao feels that the lord cannot suppress a mere Cao Cao."
Tian Feng said: "It's okay now, but later..."
Before he finished speaking, Yuan Shao interrupted dissatisfiedly: "That's enough! I don't believe that Cao Mengde can turn against me!"
Yuan Shao was very conceited and felt that who among the people in the world would dare to disobey his orders?
The prestige of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family was not even matched by the emperor.
He thought that if he wanted to control Cao Cao, it would only be a matter of one sentence.
Tian Feng lowered his head helplessly, not daring to say anything more.
Guo Tu smiled slightly, thinking that this was the result of not understanding how to support Yuan Shao, and that he would not be reused.
