Chapter Forty-Nine: Lack of Shafts and Conspiracy
Others can wait, but Cao Cao can't wait.
Others chase for profit, but Cao Cao can't.
Others brake with static, Cao Cao wants to take advantage of the victory to destroy the thief!
How can a man in troubled times, whether loyal or treacherous, be like others?
In the princes' tent, the scout had just finished telling Dong Zhuo about the situation of burning Luoyang, and Cao Cao stood up.
In an instant, the eyes of all the princes looked at him.
"Mengde, what do you mean by that?"
Yuan Shao saw Cao Cao staring at him with blazing eyes, his face was remarkably righteous, and he couldn't help but feel a little weak, and unconsciously turned his head to the other side.
He knew this friend for many years too well, so he unconsciously turned his head away, unwilling to look at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao quietly for a long time before he spoke: "Dong Zhuo burned down the residential houses within a radius of more than 200 miles from Luoyang, and moved the entire city of Luoyang to a million people and went straight to Chang'an, this move is really a trip of anger and resentment!" The people accompanying the army must be panicked, and the soldiers and generals under them will inevitably disperse, this is the time when their forces are the weakest, if they don't take this opportunity to hunt down and kill Dong Zhuo, when will they stay!? ”
"Sure enough!" Yuan Shao knew Cao Cao too well, and as soon as Cao Cao stood up, Yuan Shao roughly understood Cao Cao's meaning in his heart.
But at this moment, the relationship between the princes in the alliance is extremely delicate, and Yuan Shao, as the leader of the alliance, must be fully coordinated.
Yuan Shao's face showed a look of embarrassment, and said: "Meng De, although Dong Zhuo was defeated in the Tiger Prison Pass for a while, and then defeated Huaxiong in Yangren County, his own strength has not suffered much loss, and the elite under his command is all there!" It must be known that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry are both good at the Plains, if they are pursuing at this time, how can the old thief not send a strong army to break the rear? In the plain field, our troops may not be the opponents of the elite cavalry under the command of Dong Lao. ”
Cao Cao shook his head heavily, stomped his feet and said, "Originally, you are so confused!" Dong Zhuo's old thief moved the whole city of Luoyang to Chang'an, the number of people is not less than one million, plus the weight of the goods, how long does this line have to be? If you want to successfully move into Chang'an, the soldiers and horses under his command must be supervised throughout the whole process, and the people's grievances will boil along the way, and the hundred-mile-long migration front will inevitably take care of one and lose the other. This is a good time to pursue Dong Zhuo's old thief, how can you let it go? ”
Yuan Shao didn't say anything to Cao Cao when he heard this, but turned his head to look at the princes.
"This is a major matter, Shao does not dare to judge on his own, dare to ask what the public thinks?"
When the princes heard this, they exchanged their heads one after another, and the potter sat down, just watching left and right, keeping in mind the expressions and expressions of the people.
"Meng De's words are wrong!" Yuan Shu was concentric with Yuan Shao this time, and said: "Dong Zhuo has been on the battlefield for a long time, he is good at using soldiers, and he is by no means idle, what you can think of, he may not be able to think of it, just like the last Eastern Crusade, you advised the three roads to divide the troops and send them to Luoyang, isn't it all recognized by the old thief?" This pursuit is too risky, so it's better for you to calm down. Don't be righteous for a while, and lose fame. ”
"Highway, is the Son of Heaven and Sheji important, or is our fame important?" Cao Cao replied dissatisfied.
Yuan Shu was speechless, frowned, and his expression was quite annoyed, obviously very dissatisfied with Cao Cao's verbal conflict.
"Nature is the Son of Heaven is important, but you can't act recklessly! Otherwise, not only will it not be able to save the driver, but it will put the Son of Heaven in danger! Yuan Shu did not show weakness and fought back.
Beihai Taishou Kong Rong said: "Why should Meng De be like this, the original and highway are also for the sake of the overall situation, the current situation is unclear, the combat strength of our coalition army is not as good as that of the other army, if one move is not very good, it is easy to cause a fiasco of the overall situation." ”
Zhang Yang, the party's Taishou, also got up: "Mengde, think twice!" ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he took a deep breath, looked around at the princes from all walks of life, and after a long while, he said quietly: "You ...... Do you all think so? ”
The tent was full of people, and they were silent.
"None of them, with the same idea as?"
The tent was full of people, and they were silent.
"Good! Good! Good! Very good! Cao Cao retreated to the edge of the tent step by step, hehe sneered, his sharp eyes scanned everyone like a knife, that gaze was like a spatula through the bones, and whoever looked at it was involuntarily a shudder.
"Lack of erection and conspiracy!!"
Cao Cao shouted, then without looking at everyone, he turned around and lifted the curtain of the tent, and quickly walked towards the outside of the tent.
The princes in the tent were all frightened by Cao Cao's sudden shout, and after Cao Cao walked away, they were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses one by one.
"This Cao Mengde...... Is...... What a presumptuousness! Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang got up angrily: "Originally, why don't you care?" ”
Although Yuan Shao was not satisfied with Cao Cao's words, after all, he was a brother who had grown up in Luoyang since he was young, and Yuan Shao cherished his relationship with Cao Cao.
Then he said: "Cao Mengde has been like this since he was young, he is better than anyone else when he is good, and he is sour than anyone else when he is sour...... Let's go on to talk about Luoyang! ”
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The next meeting was all about some unnutritious topics, and the potter listened to it without a match, but his thoughts had already drifted out of the handsome tent.
After finishing speaking, it was already dark, Yuan Shao arranged a banquet and drank with the princes, some of the princes left and some did not, and the potter once again carefully observed, and secretly kept in mind the princes who stayed and those who did not.
In the end, the potter decisively joined the team that did not stay, lied that he was unwell, and said goodbye to the leader of the alliance and went out of the tent.
The potter did not rush back to the place where the Xuzhou army camped, but led the four brothers of the Pei family to Cao Cao's camp.
came to Cao Cao's camp, and the potter sent Pei Qian in to report.
When he was young, he saw Cao Cao's cronie Xiahoudun personally go out to greet him!
After the two armies of Cao and Tao joined forces to defeat Huaxiong in Yangren City, not only Cao Cao and Tao Shang, but also the generals under the command of the two were very familiar with each other.
"Master Tao!" Xiahoudun bowed his hand.
"Brother Yuanrang!" The potter returned the salute and then raised his eyes to look at Cao Cao's camp.
I saw that in the camp of Cao Cao's army, the soldiers of the three armies were running back and forth inside and out, and they seemed to be packing up their things, quite anxious.
The pottery merchant was relieved, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Yuanrang, what are you going to do?" ”
Xiahoudun shook his head and said, "Hey! It's really strange to say, Meng De was fine before he went to Yuan Mengzhu, and when he came back, he was very annoyed with an angry face, and as soon as he entered the gate, he ordered the three armies to pack their bags and baggage, saying that they were going to prepare for the expedition!? “
The potter pretended to be surprised when he heard this, and said, "Going on an expedition? So anxious? ”
Xiahoudun nodded and said, "It's nothing to go on the expedition, it's just where to go and who is the opponent?" Mengde, he also made it clear to us, huh? This is good, not to say where to fight, but to shout orders to the soldiers to pack their bags within a limited time! It's so much that I can't figure it out now...... Master Tao, do you know the reason? Suitable Meng De is in Yuan Meng's ...... Did something go wrong? ”
"Well, it's true that something bad happened." The potter's face was very heavy.
When Xiahoudun heard the potter's tone, he became a little nervous: "What's so serious, you have to let me wait to run away overnight?" ”
The potter twisted his head, looked around, and then whispered in Xiahoudun's ear, "Brother Mengde...... slaughtered Yuan Shao. ”
"What?!!"
Xiahou jumped three feet high in shock.
Mengde ...... He...... He ......"
The potter hurriedly patted the pale Xiahoudun, raised a finger to reveal ......a 'shhhh That's how your father-in-law is urine. ”
"Because of what?" Xiahoudun didn't react for a while, his tone was obviously weak, and he seemed weak.
The potter pointed to the sky inscrutablely: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed...... Take me to him! ”