Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 55 Cao Cao's troubles

Cao Cao, who was called a traitor by Lu Bu, has been having a headache recently. Although Lu Bu was not the first to call this traitor, it is still a kind of recognition. Now this traitor is in a difficult situation.

The rebellion in Yanzhou subsided. Although the scholars were going crazy this time, Cao Cao fell into a disadvantage for a while, but after all, none of these scholars were able to resist, or none of them could fight, let alone fight with Cao Cao's subordinates. Compared with all the fierce generals, there is not even one who is inferior.

Although Chen Gong's strategy was good, he suffered the loss of not having a general after all. Cao Cao easily defeated him after stabilizing the situation. Guo Gong was killed, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong were missing, but what was worse was that Yanzhou suffered The locust plague, when the autumn harvest came, the people had nothing to harvest and no food in their hands. Even if Cao Cao wanted to learn from Lu Bu to help disasters, he would have no way to learn.

Of course, you can also follow Lu Bu’s example of killing scholars and robbing food. This is fine. Anyway, he secretly poked a batch of the rebellious gentry this time. There is some food, but it is only enough for the army. The common people...

Not wanting to see the scene of starvation everywhere, Cao Cao had to find someone to borrow.

As for who to look for, it is Yuan Shao who is rich and powerful. After all, Cao Cao is still Yuan Shao's subordinate in name, and Cao Cao is here to help Yuan Shao block Yuan Shu's harassment, but apart from this matter, there is another matter What made Cao Cao very dissatisfied was Liu Bei who had just joined Xuzhou.

"Then who is Liu Bei?" Cao Cao was very puzzled, three fierce generals ran out out of nowhere, and why did he write a letter to persuade himself to retreat?

Really funny, what identity? Who? Why persuade? If it wasn't for a problem in the rear, Cao Cao really wanted to catch Liu Bei, pat him on the face, and ask who he was.

"This Liu Bei is the Prime Minister of Pingyuan under Gongsun Zan's command. It is said that he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He was very popular in Pingyuan. He once fought with Yuan Gong with Tian Kai and made many military exploits!" Cao Ren summarized the information about Liu Bei he found recently: "My lord Do you still remember that Gongsun Zan fought against Lu Bu when I was waiting to challenge Dong?"

Cao Cao nodded. Gongsun Zan is one of the rare people who can fight against Lu Bu and get back unscathed.

"According to the accounts of some soldiers at the time, the three of Liu Bei and Lu Bu fought head-on and fought fiercely for dozens of rounds. Before that, Beihai was besieged by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. Gongsun Zan sent people to Pingyuan, so Liu Bei went to Beihai to help Kong Rong retreat from the enemy. , and then came to Xuzhou." After Cao Ren finished speaking, he looked up at Cao Cao.

"These three are indeed brave." Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he was able to fight Lu Bu dozens of times without being dead or disabled, and judging from the previous fights with Liu Bei, these three people are not bad : "I don't know if it can be used by me."

Cao Cao is now unable to conquer Xuzhou, he must recuperate, even with Yuan Shao's assistance, he will have to recuperate for at least a year to get over it, and at the same time he must appease the gentry from all over the country.

"Send someone to try to recruit?" Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao and said.

Cao Cao shook his head, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "These three people should respect that Liu Bei, use him first!"

Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao suspiciously.

"Liu Bei already knew that I would retreat, so he went to Xuzhou specially, in the name of helping each other, but in fact he was plotting against Xuzhou." Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

Liu Bei lived in Xuzhou, but these three brothers were quite capable. Although Tao Qian was a shepherd in Xuzhou, he was unpopular in Xuzhou. If there was a conflict between the two sides, Cao Cao would just take advantage of it.

"The general understands!" Cao Ren understood, got up and prepared to leave.

"More!" Cao Cao called Cao Ren to stop.

"What orders do you have, my lord?" Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao and asked in doubt.

"Does he have news from Gongtai?" Cao Cao asked after hesitating for a moment.

Cao Ren shook his head, frowned, and said, "My lord, Chen Gong's participation in this rebellion will not be allowed to stay no matter what!"

This time, Chen Gong almost brought Cao Cao to his knees.

Cao Cao closed his eyes and sighed: "Gongtai followed me from Zhongmou back then, there was a reason for this chaos, and it was also because I mishandled the matter of letting go that caused Gongtai and Meng Zhuo to abandon me one after another. Pass on my military order, if you catch the two of them, don't neglect them!"

"My lord!" Cao Ren was obviously a little annoyed by this, he didn't understand why Cao Cao had to be so patient with Chen Gong?

"Go." Cao Cao waved his hand.

"Here!" Seeing this, Cao Ren could only retreat silently and arrange many matters. Cao Cao sighed slightly when he saw Cao Ren leave, and sat down again. Only when he was alone, he felt relieved. Recently, there was a rebellion first, and then there were natural disasters and man-made disasters. I suppressed one thing and made myself unable to breathe.

Is there really any retribution between heaven and earth? I slaughtered Xuzhou last year, so this year brought so many disasters to myself?

Afterwards, Cao Cao shook his head fiercely. He has never believed in this. Blaming the fate on the sky is a sign of cowardice. Cao Cao can lose, but he can't be weak. At worst, he will start all over again.

Right now Cao Cao is under a lot of pressure. In the north, Yuan Shao has already gained the upper hand in the battle with Gongsun Zan. In the west, although Lu Bu has been plagued by natural disasters, he has also taken down Hedong, Shangdang, and Nanyang this year, and his power is getting stronger and stronger. And he not only failed to open up the situation, but was almost wiped out by the family's counterattack. Even if he stabilized now, only Yanzhou is a place, with enemies in the southeast, west, and potential enemies in the north. Cao Cao must get through one side as soon as possible before he can There are some opportunities, otherwise his current place is destined to be eaten.

Xuzhou must be taken as soon as possible, the sooner the better, the later the more unfavorable it will be for her, especially since Yuan Shao has already started to attack Gongsun Zan, Lu Bu's disaster relief in Guanzhong has also come to an end, and he has begun to send troops to Heluo Under such circumstances, the further the situation in the Central Plains goes, the less space there will be for him!

But no matter how urgent the situation is right now, he can't even get enough food to start a war.

We have to find a way to get Lu Bu and Yuan Shao to fight.

Only when these two fight, can I continue to plan Xuzhou, otherwise, if Lu Bu first targets the Central Plains, Cao Cao will not have much confidence to contend with Lu Bu now.

I must send someone to the imperial court. I heard that Lu Bu's daughter is about to reach the age of Ji. Want a son and daughter?

Cao Cao immediately shook his head. It's fine to cooperate secretly with Lu Bu, but if we get married, I'm afraid it will offend the scholars. Now that Lu Bu has become the public enemy of the scholars in the world, marriage is more harmful than beneficial. Cao Cao doesn't want to be like Lu Bu. He directly slaughtered the scholars, even if he killed a lot this time, he didn't want to.

And who to send is a problem, Cao Cao's needs are very complicated, he wants to form an alliance with Lu Bu, but also wants to separate from Lu Bu, tsk tsk~

Cao Cao groped his chin, thinking who could go to Guanzhong to finalize this matter. This request is a bit high, so he should give in to Lu Bu first, give him a few words and tell him not to beat me.

As for the candidate to go to Lu Bu's place, after the quarrel of the scholars, Cao Cao suddenly found that there was no one available among the counselors besides Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, which made Cao Cao feel very uncomfortable.

Chen Liu, Jiwu.

"Meng Zhuo, what's the matter?" Chen Gong patted Zhang Miao's face to wake him up. They were defeated by Cao Cao before, and they broke out with only a few guards. As a result, he fell into a coma, and Zhang Miao gradually recovered after asking a medical craftsman to pull out the arrow and taking medicine.

"Oh, I didn't expect that Cao Cao was so powerful!" Zhang Miao leaned on the couch and sighed. In addition to the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Guo Gong, there were also tens of thousands of soldiers and horses organized by the Yanzhou gentry. Ten thousand horses, almost twice as many as Cao Cao, but except for the early stage when he had the upper hand when he did mental calculations, almost all of them were suppressed and beaten by Cao Cao. Miao felt somewhat ashamed.

"Victory and defeat are commonplace for military strategists. Moreover, Cao Cao's men are all elite soldiers. To put it bluntly, they are all mobs. Could it be that Meng Zhuo forgot how powerful the Xiliang cavalry were when they were imprisoned in Hulao?" Chen Gong comforted softly.

This is actually the same as when the Xiliang army fought against the coalition of princes. The coalition of princes at the time was a patchwork of mobs, but now Cao Jun has gradually transformed into an elite army after two years of war. Although there is no shortage of people here, there is a lack of generals who charge forward and command troops.

Look at Cao Cao's subordinates, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Li Dian, Le Jin, and Yu Jin, all of them are capable of recruiting and fighting, and then look at who is leading the army on their side? Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Guo Gong, Chen Gong...

We should wait, at least find a general who can fight, and there is no one who can fight, so what's the use of having more troops?

"I want to go to Huainan and find Yuan Gonglu to borrow troops. What do Gongtai think?" Zhang Miao looked at Chen Gong. Although he was defeated this time, Cao Cao was not much better. His brother Zhang Chao was still trapped in Yongqiu. , I have to go to rescue, I have no soldiers in my hands, now I can only go to Yuan Shu for rescue.

Chen Gong heard the words and thought carefully: "Yuan Shu seems to be powerful, but he is arrogant and ignorant, he will be defeated sooner or later, and he may not be willing to borrow troops from us."

Zhang Miao frowned and said, "Except for him, looking at the world, who else can help us break Cao?"

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao belonged to the same family now, and he was busy killing Gongsun Zan, so it was impossible to help them. Tao Qian was so beaten up by Cao Cao that he was helpless, and now he was breathing down, even if he wanted to, he was powerless.

"Lu Bu!" Chen Gong looked at Zhang Miao and said in a deep voice.

"You want me to become a traitor of this country!?" Zhang Miao stared at Chen Gong and shouted.

"It's not about fleeing, but I can use his power to break Cao Cao!" Chen Gong shook his head: "In today's world, apart from Yuan Shao, I am afraid that only Lu Bu has the chance to defeat Cao Cao, and he holds the righteousness of the emperor, if he is willing to send troops , justifiably!"

Zhang Miao shook his head. He couldn't accept Cao Cao's killing. If he was asked to please Lu Bu and other national thieves, it would be better to kill him. Recently, the two decided to split up. Zhang Miao took people to Yuan Shu's place to persuade Yuan Shu Taking this opportunity to deal with Cao Cao, Chen Gong went to Guanzhong alone. He expected that Yuan Shu was not Cao Cao's enemy, so he hoped to persuade Lu Bu to send troops!

"Let's go!" Zhang Miao led his soldiers all the way to Huainan, but those around him were just broken soldiers, their morale was low, and they didn't have much food along the way. They looked for food to take care of, which was like an extra burden, and they had to be blamed by Zhang Miao from time to time. In the end, they couldn't bear it, and they killed Zhang Miao on the way to Huainan, and these soldiers also dispersed...

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