Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 2 If you leave, it would be like cutting off one of my father’s arms!
On the other side, after saying goodbye to Cao Cao, Qin Zhen walked towards the tent with a serious face.

Counting it up, this is already the eleventh year since he traveled through time.

He never thought that he would come to this point today!
That’s right, Qin Zhen is a time traveler from one thousand eight hundred years later.

Eleven years ago, he traveled through time to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and became a poor scholar from the late Han Dynasty who had the same name and surname as him and looked exactly like him.

At that time, the original owner was only fifteen years old, his family was poor, and he only had an old servant to accompany him.

Due to the lack of information at the end of the Han Dynasty, it took Qin Zhen more than a month just to figure out the information about the era.

After figuring out the historical context, Qin Zhen became more and more desperate.

Because in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families gradually rose to power, and there was no room for scholars from poor families to survive at all.

In addition, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had passed, Emperor Ling of Han was about to die, and the last channel for civilians to rise was also cut off.

So the fifteen-year-old Qin Zhen had made up his mind to leave home and study abroad.

He finally came to Lujiang and became a disciple of Cai Yong.

After studying for three years, Cai Yong was summoned to the imperial court. The court valued his abilities and wanted to take him all the way to the capital.

However, he resolutely joined Cao Cao's army and became Cao Cao's only adviser at that time.

Thanks to his foresight and experience gained over two thousand years, he made many achievements and was highly valued by Cao Cao.

But as Cao Cao's status gradually increased, the gap between the two became larger and larger!
The first was Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou. Even though he had saved Cao Song's life, Cao Cao was still prepared to massacre the city.

After being stopped several times, Qin Zhen left the army in anger and returned to Yanzhou.

Later, Cao Cao personally came to apologize and vowed never to kill innocent people again. The matter was finally over.

The following year, Cao Cao wanted to kill Bian Rang. Qin Zhen advised him that killing Bian Rang would bring disaster, but Cao Cao did not listen, which eventually led to Chen Gong's rebellion.

Although he turned the tide and minimized the impact of Lu Bu's attack on Yanzhou.

But this incident eventually led to Cao Cao no longer trusting outsiders.

Naturally, this also includes him, a poor military strategist from an outsider family.

In the end, the last straw that broke the camel's back was Xi Zhicai's untimely death!
Cao Cao lost his best friend and his last confidant.

Compared with Xi Zhicai, he, a strategist who changed career paths late, seems to be the only one in power!

Even when Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia later, Cao Cao did not dare to listen to him and believe him.

Looking back on the past, Qin Zhen didn't know what went wrong.

It was obvious that he had no ulterior motives from the beginning to the end.

But he and Cao Cao gradually drifted apart, and finally reached this point.

But what Cao Cao said just now made him understand.

Perhaps he and Cao Cao were not the same kind of people from the beginning to the end!

Cao Cao could live well without him.

However, his actions posed a real threat to Cao Cao's rule.

In other words, it's time for him to go!

This also strengthened his idea of ​​leaving. Since it was useless to stay, he might as well leave now!
Thinking of this, Qin Zhen came to his tent.

As soon as he arrived, a young man in military uniform came out from behind the tent and bowed respectfully to Qin Zhen, saying:

"Sir, is my father willing to see you?"

This person was Cao Cao’s eldest son Cao Ang, and also Qin Zhen’s apprentice.

Although the two were only a few years apart in age, Cao Ang always treated Cao Ang as a disciple and spoke to him with great respect.

Looking at Cao Ang's young face, a trace of pity flashed in Qin Zhen's eyes.

If there was one thing he was reluctant to part with, it was this little brother he had lived with for many years. How could he not know that Cao Cao was suspicious of him?

If it were in the past, he would just keep quiet and protect himself.

But in the end, I can't bear to part with this disciple!
It’s fine that you, Cao, love someone else’s wife, but you spend all day having fun in the big tent. Do you know that your own son is almost gone?

Sometimes he really wants to give up, thinking that if you, Cao Cao, don’t care, why should I?
But Cao Ang called him "sir" so affectionately that he really couldn't bear to watch Cao Ang die!

Now here lies the problem. The power of the Battle of Wancheng lies in the fact that everything was an open conspiracy!
The scheme designed by this old scoundrel Jia Xu is simply impossible for outsiders to solve!
First, let Zhang Xiu pretend to be submissive, and then ask for weapons under the pretext of preventing deserters, and move the camp to the big tent on Yushui River!
Once the rebellion breaks out, Zhang Xiu can directly attack Cao Cao’s central army!
This is not something that can be solved by arranging it in advance!
The only way is to make Cao Cao realize his mistake and move the tent away.

But now, Cao Cao was so obsessed with the submissive atmosphere created by Jia Xu that he couldn't even listen to what he said!

If Cao Cao does not move his camp, Zhang Xiu can directly threaten Cao Cao.

Once Cao Cao is threatened, the entire camp will be in chaos!

As a filial son, Cao Ang’s first reaction must be to save Cao Cao!

In this way, Cao Ang basically cannot escape this killing spree!

So, when Qin Zhen looked at Cao Ang now, he felt really sad.

It's the kind of sadness that comes from knowing that the person in front of you may die, but that you cannot save them.

With all kinds of complicated emotions, he shook his head and walked into the tent on his own.

Cao Ang knew what Qin Zhen had been through, and hurried into the tent, saying angrily:

"Don't worry, sir. I will go to my father's tent now, kill that witch, and persuade my father to move camp!"

But as he spoke, Qin Zhen packed his luggage without saying a word.

Cao Ang panicked when he saw this, and quickly grabbed Qin Zhen and said:
"Sir, why are you not answering me?"

Qin Zhen was caught like this, and he looked up helplessly and sighed:
"I have said all I can, what is the use of saying anything more?"

"If Zixiu listens to me, please call Yu Jin here immediately. I have something important for him to do!"

Cao Ang saw that Qin Zhen's face was not right, so he grabbed Qin Zhen and said earnestly:

"If you want to see General Yu Jin, I will go and fetch him on your behalf!"

"But if you have something important to do, why are you packing?"

"Could it be that my father has said something bad to hurt you, sir? Please tell me frankly!"

Seeing Cao Ang being so smart, Qin Zhen sighed again. In his opinion, Cao Ang was definitely a qualified successor.

He is gentle and resolute, yet also alert and good at observing details.

Moreover, he joined the army since he was young and has excellent physical fitness.

If he had inherited Cao Cao's title, there would have been no possibility for the Sima family to usurp power.

It’s a pity that he died in Wancheng and there is no further story.

After thinking for a while, he simply said:
"Cao Gong did not believe me and had long been afraid of me. Just now I went to tell him that Zhang Xiu was going to rebel, but Cao Gong accused me of causing chaos in the army."

"According to my deduction, Zhang Xiu will surely rebel tonight and our army will be defeated. Even if our army puts down the chaos, Cao Gong will certainly use the excuse that I have disturbed the morale of the army and forced Zhang Xiu to rebel and get rid of me!"

"If Lord Cao does not tolerate me, I should leave."

"I just feel sorry for your filial piety, so I want to warn Yu Jin to save your life!"

"After everything is arranged, I will resign and leave, and will not cause any more trouble for Cao Gong!"

Hearing Qin Zhen's words, Cao Ang trembled, froze on the spot, and muttered:
"Sir, are you planning to resign?"

As he spoke, he grasped Qin Zhen's hand and said:
"If you leave, it will be like cutting off one of my father's arms! I hope you will think twice before you act!"

(End of this chapter)