Chapter 794 Cao Cao: I woke up from my dream, it’s time to go home! 【Ask for monthly ticket】
By the Miaoshui River, Cao Cao sat quietly on a big stone, looking at the water under the moonlight in trance.
Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Li Dianle, Yu Jin and others were standing around. Everyone wanted to say something, but they didn't know how to say it. The summer night, which was originally cool and breezy with the chirping of insects and birds, was now even quieter than Cambridge.
Li Dian, who had just crossed the river, had brought all the information about Yanzhou with him.
Liaocheng fell, Dong'a fell, Jibei fell, Puyang fell... the entire Dongjun was lost, and even Jibei and Dongping were swept away by the imperial army.
On the other side of Taishan County, Zhonglang General Xu Rong led the imperial army and attacked in three directions. Zang Ba, who was entrenched in the Taishan area, also sent a letter asking for help.
In the past, Zang Ba, who used to seek refuge with Tao Qian when Yanzhou was pressed hard and showed favor to Cao Cao when Xuzhou was pressed hard, now faced a desperate end.
The mountain warfare he was proud of was completely ineffective. No matter how he hid, he would be picked out by the imperial army. What was even more frightening was that Xu Rong had been promoting Qingzhou to recruit people to farm, and each person would have fifty acres of Yongye land. Yes, the earlier you go, the better the land will be. If you go later, you can only plant hills and mountains.
Zang Ba's men were all Yellow Turbans, and they rebelled when they had no choice but to rebel. Now that they suddenly heard that there was land to cultivate, it was Yongye Field, and the gene that was good at farming in their bones could no longer be suppressed.
Although Zang Ba repeatedly claimed that these were tricks of the imperial court, and he would be beheaded if he went there.
However, on the first day of the propaganda, more than 500 people still ran away, and on the second day there were even more people, so that Zang Ba had to set up a special supervision team to prevent his men from escaping.
However, within a few days, the supervising team also began to escape and could not be stopped at all.
Regarding Zang Ba, Cao Cao had always felt that he was two-faced. If it weren't for his lack of strength, he would have killed this loser long ago. So now that he heard that Zang Ba was defeated, instead of feeling uncomfortable, he was quite happy.
But when he thought that his personal bodyguard Xu Chu was killed like this, Cao Cao felt a little more depressed.
After sitting for a long time, he sighed heavily:
"I told Zhongkang a long time ago that the world is huge and there are many talents. His strength is not enough in front of Fengxian. However, he has always been arrogant and arrogant and cannot listen to any advice... Where are Zhongkang's wife and children? ?”
Li Dian quickly handed over his hands and replied:
"I have returned to my hometown in Qiao County with Xu Ding. I should still be on the way now."
"How is the public station?"
Li Dian did not expect that Cao Cao would suddenly ask Chen Gong, recalled it carefully, and then said:
"It is said that when the imperial army attacked Dongwuyang, Chen Gongtai took the initiative to offer the city and asked to serve as an official. Then he led a group of people and quickly went to Chenliu..."
Hearing this, Cao Cao sighed again:
"Chen Liu, no more...Brother Zhang Miao has been dissatisfied with me for a long time. Now that Gongtai is lobbying, their brothers will definitely abandon me."
Just as he was talking, Cao Cao suddenly laughed several times at the quietly flowing Miaoshui River:
"It's a pity that I was running around, spending all my wealth, recruiting troops, and recruiting talents... I finally won the territory of Yanzhou, but in the end it was all in vain."
His self-deprecating smile made his subordinates feel terrified.
Cao Hong bravely took a step forward, cupped his hands and said:
"My lord, now we still have tens of thousands of troops, as well as food and grass, and the counties in the south of Yanzhou. We may not be able to fight to the death with the imperial army!"
Cao Cao smiled and asked:
"I heard rumors in the army that the Yan Han Dynasty was destroyed and the Cao family was reborn. How could they say that the great Han Dynasty was about to die and the Cao family would take its place?"
Cao Hong thought he was going to be punished, so he hurriedly knelt down and admitted his mistake:
"This is what the villain spread to others in order to stabilize the morale of the army. If the lord wants to punish me, just tie me up! I will die without any regrets!"
Cao Cao waved his hand and motioned for him to get up:
"Who is the leader of the imperial court's attack on Yanzhou?"
Li Dian replied:
"My name is Yuwen Chengdu. It is said that he is the nephew of Lu Zhonglang. He and Lu Fengxian are brothers and sisters. The two are equally skilled in martial arts. Zhong Kang was killed as a joke by this man."
Yuwen?
Cao Cao recalled carefully and did not remember that the big man had such a surname:
"He is obviously not a son of aristocratic family, but he can actually become a Cavalry Captain and lead an army alone. This person's military ability must be very high, otherwise he would not receive such preferential treatment."
From the intelligence brought by Li Dian alone, we can see that General Yuwen methodically encroached on half of Yanzhou's land in just half a month.
The speed of the attack was so fast that there was no rebellion anywhere, which shows that he stabilized the people and brought everyone back home as soon as he occupied the city.
Judging from the marching route, this person was neither quick nor slow. In addition to frontal attacks, he also did not forget to let Gongtai go to Chenliu to lobby the two brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao.
Where did the imperial court discover a top talent?
I heard that Lu Bu went to Yizhou before. Cao Cao thought he could survive until next year. Who knows that the coach here is no less than Fengxian, and is even more experienced than Lu Bu in terms of arranging troops.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao picked up a stone with a childlike innocence and threw it into the Miaoshui River. The bright moon reflected in the water suddenly seemed like mercury pouring down the ground, shattering the silver light of the river:
"In the past, Emperor Wu conquered the Xiongnu for several years, and the two sides were in a stalemate. The ministers of the court were quite critical. Just when Emperor Wu also doubted whether attacking the Xiongnu was a mistake, Huo Qiaoqi came out of the blue. He went to Mobei for the first time and gained something he had not experienced for many years. The result of the battle is that the big man has nothing to lose. Without enthusiasm, Hao Erlang enthusiastically joined the army, and the opposition voices in the court were all gone... Now that the Han Dynasty was at a critical moment, he thought that his fate was approaching, but unexpectedly, there were also new Huo Qiaoqi, and there were even more than one. "< br>
Lu Fengxian, who was both civil and military, was enough to defy heaven. Now with Yuwen Chengdu, coupled with the young and strong faction who gradually came to power in the court, the Han Dynasty was already unstoppable!
Cao Cao's blood was boiling, and he realized that he was now a traitor and traitor.
When there were rumors in the army that Yan Han was about to destroy Cao's clan, he actually knew it and wanted to stop it at first, but the lucky thoughts in his heart kept tugging at his heartstrings.
Yes, that throne is so alluring, so alluring that every time a thought flashes through my mind, my breathing becomes short and my face flushes, and I am so excited that I can't help myself.
Now, his sweet dream was like the smashed moon in the water, dissipated without a trace, and his sense of luck was completely erased from the bottom of his heart.
The national destiny of the Han Dynasty is still very prosperous, and the national strength of the Han Dynasty is still very strong.
Not to mention that after he was eunuched, Yuan Shao, the fourth and third prince, Liu Yu, a clan member whose virtuous reputation spread throughout the Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang army who controlled the entire court... There have been many heroes who have emerged in recent years, but in the imperial court, In front of the will, each one is like a bubble, unable to make any waves at all.
Although the existence of these people made war inevitable in the Han Dynasty, the imperial army also severely damaged the family during the conquest.
Before Dong Zhuo's chaos, the aristocratic families united and even the emperor was manipulated.
But now, all the aristocratic families are like rats on the street, either trying to escape for their lives, or trying to please the court like dogs... Food, land, population, things that they once took great pains to seize, now have to hand them over with a smile on their face. It still depends on whether the court will accept it or not.
Times... are changing!
Cao Cao sat by the Miaoshui River, his thoughts were flying and he was filled with emotion.
He regretted not stopping the rumors in the army. If he had recruited troops under the banner of a big man, now he would be a member of the imperial court.
But the soldiers under his command, although they did not explain it, all came here for the power of the dragon.
If you lead people to surrender directly at this time, there is a high probability that mutiny will occur.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao squatted by the river, washed his face in the moonlight to clear his head, then looked at the reflection of the moon in the river, and walked towards the military camp without looking back.
Cao Hong and others looked at each other, somewhat confused.
Le Jin followed Cao Cao in small steps, considered his words, and then asked in a low voice:
"Lord, what should we do next?"
Cao Cao pointed in the direction of Changli and said:
"Early tomorrow morning, we will set off for Changlu. Since the imperial troops have entered Xuzhou, it would be rude not to say hello."
Le Jin did not expect that Cao Cao, after pondering for a long time, actually came up with the idea of traveling to Tiger Mountain despite knowing that there are tigers in the mountain:
"What should we do if they use that artillery to attack again?"
Yue Jin, Li Dian and others joined relatively late. They had only heard how powerful the artillery was but had never seen it, so they wanted to know what good countermeasures the Lord had.
Cao Cao became very talkative at this time:
"Say hello, let's turn west and enter Yuzhou from Peixian County, then drive away Yuan Shu's army bit by bit, capture the entire Pei Kingdom, and station ourselves at our hometown in Qiao County. We won't move anywhere... They say fallen leaves return to their roots. As a wanderer who travels all over the world, if it is quite lonely to bury my body in a foreign country, my hometown is more suitable.”
Hearing him talk about life and death so easily, everyone was shocked and speechless.
Cao Ren walked to the end, he knelt down in self-reproach and kowtowed to Cao Cao:
"I lost my army, please punish me!" Cao Cao stopped, turned around and pulled him up:
"Zixiao, please don't do this. We are brothers. Don't yell like a princess from now on. Go back to camp and have a good rest. Let's go home tomorrow!"
That unrealistic dream was completely shattered, and it was time for him to wake up from it.
Cao Hong pointed in the direction of Changyi, where Yanzhou was governed, and said:
"The family and the young master are still over there. We should withdraw our troops and fight back, right? At the very least, we have to rescue the family."
Cao Cao grinned, his eyes full of relaxation and ease:
"General Yuwen stayed near Onezawa for several days and was stagnant. He was just waiting for me to receive the news to withdraw the troops. Once we go back, he will lead his army to stop us on our way back to Changyi. These tens of thousands of soldiers and horses He will be eaten up... It’s better to go back to Qiao County, Ang’er will take care of it over there in Changyi.”
Before setting off, Ang'er had already told Ang'er about the road ahead. He should be very clear about what choice to make.
After making this decision, Cao Cao felt relieved for no reason. He no longer had to worry about being heard when he talked in his sleep and expressed his true feelings, nor did he have to worry about his advisers seeing his ambitions.
Have a good sleep tonight and lead the army back to my hometown tomorrow... I haven’t fished by the river in my hometown for many years. When I go back this time, I must cast two more rods. When I am tired of fishing, I will go boating on the river and cook two fish in the river water. Pair it with a pot of fine wine and drink it beautifully while listening to Fengxian's poems.
If I could see him again in the future, I would definitely ask him how he could write so many majestic poems, each of which was written directly into his heart.
If there are any confidants of Cao Mengde in the world, Lu Fengxian should be the first!
Returning to his tent, Cao Cao looked at the painting "Viewing the Sea" hanging on the wall. He couldn't help but read it silently, then carefully took it off, carefully rolled it up, and put it into a bamboo tube specially designed to preserve calligraphy and painting.
Then he took out another calligraphy painting, unfolded it carefully, and hung it on the wall.
This calligraphy painting is relatively simple, with only two sentences:
"While talking and laughing about the emperor's hegemony, he couldn't bear the drunkenness of life!"
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After reading it carefully, Cao Cao said to himself:
"When I first read these two sentences, I thought they were straightforward and without any sense of beauty. But now I read them again, but they have a different taste... I can't wait to get drunk in my hometown, but it's a pity that Fengxian is not here, which is quite unsightly. ”
He did not fall asleep immediately, but took out the letter Lu Bu had sent and read it again by the dim oil lamp.
"Meng De, the poems I write are quite complicated. If you can't understand them, it means you don't have enough experience. A big man told me that the more experience you have, the better you can appreciate the beauty of poetry."
"I have already passed the Jianmen Pass, and Yizhou is within easy reach. When I finish my work, I will personally bring you wine to visit, recite poems to you, and get drunk before I stop!"
"The article is made by nature, I know from Miao Shu, Meng De, don't worry about composing new words. It's normal that you can't compare with me. After all, I am a genius in Chinese poetry. You must not feel inferior."
"When I was a young man in bright clothes and angry horses, I lived up to my youth and knew it. It's a pity that I was at the border when I was young and have never been to Luoyang. Otherwise, I would have seen you killing powerful people with a five-colored stick. You must be very handsome!"
"..."
Looking at the lines of beautiful sentences, Cao Cao's eyes were filled with tears at some point:
"When I was a young man in bright clothes and angry horses, I lived up to my youth... I lived up to my youth... I'm sorry Fengxian, but I finally betrayed my youth and betrayed my young self."
Cao Cao cried heartily and wrote down his plans after returning to his hometown on the bamboo slips:
1. Send people to Chenliu to build a tomb and erect a monument for Lu Boshe’s family.
2. Write a letter of apology to the public broadcaster, not asking for forgiveness, just asking for peace of mind.
3. Write a letter of apology to Zhang Miao, also seeking peace of mind.
……
After writing the plan, he put on his clothes and lay on the bed, falling into a deep sleep. He didn't get up until daylight came out the next day, yawning.
When he walked out of the camp, he found that he had woken up an hour later than usual. He ate something to fill his stomach, and the army began to pack their bags and prepare to leave.
One night passed, Cao Cao's mentality changed a lot.
Previously, I was only thinking about conquering the world, moving around in the cracks, seizing opportunities to grow and prepare for the Central Plains.
Now that he no longer had this thought, he felt that the chirping of birds was so sweet, the air was so fresh, and he felt like he had regained his five senses, like a living person.
As the army was walking, Cao Cao suddenly smelled a stench, and his good mood was instantly interrupted.
He looked around and saw many corpses piled up in the ditch on the roadside. He turned his face and asked Cao Ren:
"Zixiao, you passed by here yesterday and saw these dead people?"
Cao Ren opened his mouth and had no choice but to bite the bullet and said:
"Yesterday we passed by and saw the people going to Xuzhou, so we ordered them to go back. They didn't listen and wanted to resist. We had to..."
The sound became quieter and quieter until finally it disappeared.
Similar things happened to Cao Cao's army in the past. Cao Cao felt that this was to promote his hegemony and there was no need to stop it, because dead people can make the people surrender to him more.
The scene in front of him now made him feel particularly dazzling:
"Send a team of troops to bury all the corpses along the way. Anyone who harasses the people in the future will be killed without mercy!"
Without saying a word, Cao Ren took the broken troops gathered last night and left the main army and began to bury the people.
The army continued to move forward, and finally arrived at the official road in the north of Changlu County in the evening.
Along the way, the army encountered hundreds of corpses, all the work of their own tiger and leopard cavalry.
Every time Cao Cao passed by a place where corpses were dumped, he would say sorry several times in a low voice. He once swore not to apologize for the rest of his life, but today he said sorry countless times.
As we walked, the scout came back to report that there was a corpse hanging from a big tree next to the official road ahead. Judging from the attire, it was General Wen Lie.
Upon hearing Cao Xiu's name, Cao Hong galloped forward with his horse.
Seeing his nephew's body hanging on a tree, implying that he would die without a burial place, Cao Hong was so filled with hatred that he looked up to the sky and swore to kill all the people in the court.
When Cao Cao came over and saw the hanging Cao Xiu, he was also very angry, but when he saw the wooden sign next to him that read "Kill the people and end up", the anger in his heart was replaced by guilt.
You kill the people along the way, and the imperial army will kill you. This is natural.
It's just that Wen Lie passed away when he was only in his twenties...Cao Cao blamed himself for a while, feeling that it was his failure to restrain his men that caused this series of incidents.
On the wall of Changlu City, Zhang Kai looked at the picture returned by the drone and asked Zhang He for instructions:
"General, is it time to drop the bomb? The guy who fucked his grandma finally saw Cao Ah Ma, and he has to blow his shit out of him!"
Zhang He commands the drone operator:
"Fly behind the army and see what the soldiers on both sides of the official road are doing."
Soon, the drone flew forward for a certain distance, and Zhang He saw clearly what Cao Bing was doing. They were actually burying the people who were killed by the tiger and leopard cavalry.
At this time, Cao Cao's men had lowered Cao Xiu's body from the tree. Through another drone, Zhang He saw Cao Cao muttering to the burned tigers and leopards:
"Put the drone down some and listen to what Cao Cao is saying."
The drone landed and Cao Cao's voice came over:
"It's all my fault. I only cared about stimulating your bravery, but forgot to restrain your tyranny, so that I committed such a heinous mistake... I hope you know enough to go and apologize to those people, and I will try my best to help you atone for your sins."
After hearing this, Zhang He said to Zhang Kai:
"Withdraw the large drones. Don't drop bombs first. Let's wait and see Cao Cao's reaction."
This guy came with a large army. It didn't look like a fight, but rather like he came to apologize... Is this the same Cao A'ao who slaughtered the people of nine cities and blocked the rivers?
Zhang He planned to report it and let Chang'an make the decision.
If it comes to fighting with real swords and guns, we Lao Zhang will not be afraid, but now it is a drama of bitterness, which is a bit incomprehensible.
Alas, we are a big boss and can't handle the development of this kind of literary style!
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I’ll start with one update today, I’m having a headache thinking about the plot, so I’ll take my time with the single update one day. It’s winter solstice, do you eat dumplings there? Happy Winter Solstice to everyone!
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