Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Until later, Cao Cao was taught a lesson severely by Li Yi, and Cao Cao realized again that the "loyal minister" was like Te Niang!

Then there was the matter of Yanzhou. Cao Cao worked hard to lay down a piece of land, and was stabbed in the back by Lu Bu. Although he finally moved back to the situation, thanks to Yuan Shao's help, how much hard work and bitterness did Cao Cao put in?

In Cao Cao's own opinion, Yuan Shao's support is certainly very important, but given the dire situation at the time, his own contribution far exceeded Yuan Shao's investment, even if Yuan Shao himself was in his position, Yuan Shao probably couldn't stand it Lu Bu's initial offensive.

Cao Cao has put in so much effort in Yanzhou, although the relationship is still dominated by Yuan Shao, but in his heart, Cao Cao has regarded Yanzhou as his own territory.

Moreover, a series of world affairs since Dong Zhuo, as well as Cao Cao's own family affairs, made Cao Cao understand a truth. Horses, there are talents, otherwise everything is empty talk.

However, just when Cao Cao made up his mind to plan and make a great cause after regaining control of Yanzhou, Li Yi came and directly shattered all Cao Cao's plans like a bolt from the blue.

However, Cao Cao is not a soft persimmon. Even if Li Yi is strong, he decided to fight Li Yi well.

However, it seems that God does not bless him Cao Mengde. First, Yuzhou was like a piece of paper in front of Li Yi. It was completely vulnerable and broke Cao Cao's first strategy. Yuan Shao, who had the best relationship with him, even made him give up Yanzhou at a critical moment, and let him give up Yanzhou, and then give up after a deadly battle, making Cao Cao spare no effort to buy time for Yuan Tan!

How can Cao Cao accept this?

Probably Yuan Shao also expected that Cao Cao would be dissatisfied with this, so Yuan Shao promised in the letter that after taking down Gongsun Zan, he would let Cao Cao be the shepherd of Youzhou, which was regarded as compensation for Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao didn't believe it at all!

Yuan Shao won Bingzhou, and the governor of Bingzhou was a high-ranking cadre. Yuan Shao attacked Qingzhou and appointed Yuan Tan as the governor of the state before he attacked Qingzhou. One of them was Yuan Shao's nephew and the other was Yuan Shao's own son. This shows Yuan Shao's way of employing people.

And Yuan Shao's son is not only Yuan Tan, but also a lot of relatives, so, can it be Cao Cao's turn to take the state shepherd's position?

Even if he is really in the top position, can Cao Cao stop those open swords and hidden arrows?

Cao Cao knows best how Yuan Shao protects his family.

After that, Cao Cao parted ways with Yuan Shao in his heart, and then Cao Cao showed Yuan Shao's letter to all the soldiers under his command, and everyone was shocked and angry, and even scolded Yuan Shao on the spot.

They are all Cao Cao's people, either relatives or old friends, and Cao Cao can be said to have both prosperity and loss. Yuan Shao's doing this certainly cut off Cao Cao's roots, and at the same time cut off their future.

Xi Zhong even pointed out bluntly that Yuan Shao seems to be a corporal who is courteous and virtuous, and is extremely generous to everyone, but in fact he has no capacity for tolerance. These warriors, even soldiers and horses, who go to join Yuan Shao must be afraid of Yuan Shao. It was okay at the beginning, and Cao Cao would take care of his feelings. Once Yuan Shao stabilized Hebei and even Qingzhou, Cao Cao would either sit back and watch his vassals be cut off one by one by Yuan Shao, or be Cao Cao himself. Unexpected death.

In this regard, the former Jizhou Mu Han Fu is the best example.

After Xi Zhong's analysis, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were no longer possible. At the same time, bad news spread from Yuzhou, making the situation in front of Cao Cao even more difficult.

Another person might have to give up in such a difficult situation, but Cao Cao was different. After a struggle, Cao Cao was taken away by Lu Bu regardless of his wife and children, and dedicated to Jingzhou's great enemy, so that Xi Zhong could meet him Lu Bu, very humiliated, begged to stop fighting with Lu Bu and jointly resist Li Yi. If the matter succeeds, Cao Cao is willing to demote himself to the prefect of Mount Tai and regard Lu Bu as the lord of Yanzhou!

Because the concession was too great, Cao Cao was afraid that Lu Bu would not believe it, so he handed Yuan Shao's handwritten letter to Lu Bu to read, indicating that he was desperate.

Lu Bu may or may not believe it, but the key is that Lu Bu is also facing the threat of Li Yi, so the two sides hit it off, and Lu Bu is very friendly and commensurate with Cao Cao again. Big trap.

About as soon as Li Yi came, Cao Cao ran away and prepared to ambush at the predetermined location. On the other side, Lu Bu led Li Yi to pursue Cao Cao, and after leading Li Yi's army to the ambush location, Cao Cao cut off Li Yi's army with fire, letting Li Yi's head and tail At the same time, Lu Bu's main force will also turn against him in the rear, so Li Yi will no longer be able to win.

However, the two sides planned very well, Li Yi just didn't bite the hook, Cao Cao squatted in the ravine for a day and a night, not to mention seeing Li Yi's army, or even Li Yi's scouts.

It's funny to say that Lu Su told Lu Bu that Li Yi's scouts found Cao Cao's army before. It was just nonsense. In fact, Li Yi's scouts only knew the general direction of Cao Cao's retreat because they were not familiar with the terrain. Some idle suspects were found, but they never had a chance to get close to the main force of Cao Cao's army.

So Cao Cao received a letter from Lu Bu.

Cao Cao's head hurt a little, he squeezed the center of his brows, and said: "Lu Bu bluntly said that Li Yi would not send troops to pursue him, and he also suspected that it was false for me to join forces with him, and it was true for me to escape. I wrote today, claiming that if I don't return immediately to attack, he will If you want to demote Li Yi, hand over most of Yanzhou, and be Li Yi's father-in-law with peace of mind, what do you think should be done?"

Xia Houyuan scolded directly in a low voice: "Lu Bu, such a short-sighted person really can't be with him!"

Yu Jin nodded approvingly, Guan Yu squinted his eyes and remained silent. That day he beat and cut Lu Bu head-on, which really made Guan Yu shine. slandered him.

But Guan Yu himself was not very proud. It was Lu Bu who was hurt, not Li Yi, so why should he be happy?

Xun Yu and Xi Zhong didn't look too good either. According to their inference, it's natural for Li Yi to come to Yanzhou to plot Yanzhou's territory. But as far as the enemy is concerned, Cao Cao must be ahead of Lu Bu. If Cao Cao escapes, Li Yi Yi has no reason to let go easily.

Li Yi didn't move on the first day, and they could still comfort themselves. Li Yi's foothold was not stable, but Lu Bu's letter shattered their illusions, and made Cao Cao's many previous preparations useless.

Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan and asked, "Is there a way to deal with it?"

Xia Houyuan's expression was stiff, and he lowered his head in guilt. Obviously, getting angry couldn't help him come up with a countermeasure.

Cao Cao was quite calm, and there was not much disappointment on his face. He looked at Xun Yu and the others and asked, "Do you have a good plan?"

Everyone is silent, even Xi Zhong and Xun Yu are the same. They are certainly resourceful, but just like a clever woman can't cook without rice, Cao Cao's strength is far behind Li Yi's, and their resourcefulness cannot make up for it.

After a while, Xia Houyuan spoke again, only to hear him ask in a low voice: "Has Li Yi already guessed that Meng De and Lu Bu are going to join forces to plot against him?"

After a pause, Xia Houyuan added after observing everyone's reactions, "Meng De's side is all his own, so he shouldn't leak the news, but Lu Bu's people's hearts are unstable, so it's hard to say."

Yu Jin and Guan Yu's expressions changed slightly, but Xi Zhong, Xun Yu, and Cao Cao himself didn't respond much.

Xi Zhong sighed softly: "Actually, as long as Li Yi intends to annex the entire Yanzhou, then, as far as Li Yi is concerned, there is not much difference in essence whether the lord and Lu Bu are united, anyway."

Xi Zhong shook his head and didn't say the last words, but everyone knew the meaning.

There was another silence, and Yu Jin asked in a low voice: "Meng De, what if you make peace with Li Yiyan?"

Everyone immediately turned their heads to look at Yu Jin. Yu Jin was a little uncomfortable being looked at, but he continued: "The situation is too unfavorable for us now. Although Meng De and Li Yi have some conflicts, they are not life and death enemies. Alas, I think it's okay to make a little concession and temporarily reconcile with Li Yi."

After all, Yu Jin felt that there was a real cold gaze next to him. It was Guan Yu. Yu Jin just cast a glance at this, and then looked at Cao Cao. Step aside.

Cao Cao sighed softly. He knew that there were many people who had the idea of ​​Yu Jin. For example, Xia Houyuan had this tendency, and Cao Cao himself was flexible. If he could, he would not be able to bow his head to Li Yi, but

Cao Cao stared at the bonfire, and said quietly: "Although Yuan Shao and Li Yi are equally ambitious, they are very talented and say that Yuan Shao has no tolerance for others, but Yuan Shao has been in a high position for a long time. It is not the foundation of his life, if necessary, Yuan Shao is completely willing to decentralize and decentralize power."

"But Li Yi is different. Although he has extraordinary talents, he came from a humble background. He suddenly ascended to a high position. Power is his foundation and his life. If outsiders get involved, he will be jealous of Li Yi, and then disaster will not be far away."

"So, if I return to Yuan Shao in the future, Yuan Shao will certainly be suspicious of me, but before he dies, he may still have a taste of what it's like to have a state shepherd, but Li Yi, hehe, he feels uneasy if I don't die!"

When Yu Jin heard it, he suddenly realized that he was ashamed and said: "The last general made a slip of the tongue."

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "I don't blame you, alas, no one can."

Hearing the bleakness in Cao Cao's tone, everyone was silent for a while. Seeing this, Cao Cao no longer entangled with the previous question, and asked, "How is the morale of the army today?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Xun Yu cupped his hands and said, "The army's spirit is still barely available, but the news that Li Yi sent troops to Lu County and Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao's march to the east got out. disturbed."

Cao Cao asked in a low voice: "Is it really just a little uneasy?"

Xun Yu pursed his lips and didn't answer, Cao Cao didn't force him, and asked again, "How long is the food and grass?"

Xun Yu replied: "Because we can't reveal where we are, the food transportation to the rear has been temporarily suspended, and now we can only last for more than ten days."

Cao Cao murmured: "That is to say, if Li Yi doesn't send troops within ten days, I will be in chaos if I don't fight?"

Xun Yu was silent. They wanted to plot against Li Yi, and it was not without cost. The current predicament is one of them.

Cao Cao looked at the people around him and sighed in his heart. He is now in his [-]s, and for most of his life, he has had good times and encountered many ups and downs, but no matter what kind of difficulties, in Cao Cao's view, there is a way to solve them If you can’t untie it for a while, then take your time.

But Li Yi is a special case. Li Yi is like a natural nemesis. In several direct or indirect fights, Li Yi can block his momentum. What's more frightening is that since Li Yi appeared, it seems that Constantly put some kind of invisible chain on him, and when he realized this, his hands and feet were already firmly bound by it.