Chapter 613 The Biography of Cao Cao (Thirty-three)
——187 AD——
Luoyang.
How to occupy a city that is not nominally yours? Cao Cao has rich experience in this.
At that time, he had just taken over Jinan Kingdom, and the scattered commanderies and counties in various places did not obey his orders. However, Liu Kang, the leader of Jinan Kingdom, turned a blind eye because he was related to those princes and county heads.
, and Cao Cao took back all the power in Jinan with only one "Green Miao Law", which can be said to be "attacking with troops".
Later, he was promoted to the governor of Qingzhou, but many counties outside Jinan were not safe, so he took many evidences found by Cai Wan and his "substitute" to lobby them one by one. Even the upright and self-sufficient Kong Rong finally failed.
After being persuaded by him, he took the initiative to hand over his power, and Qingzhou was defeated, which can be said to be "the second step to defeat the enemy".
After that, Yanzhou was divided into independent states with mixed forces. Since the governor Liu Dai was barely considered a clan member of the Han Dynasty, the first two methods were ineffective. Cao Cao had to contact the county chiefs in Yanzhou who were dissatisfied with Liu Dai to launch a small war.
A large-scale mutiny finally subdued Liu Dai and seized power. This act of having to use weapons as a last resort was called "again."
Finally, at this time, since Luoyang was the capital of the Han Dynasty, conventional methods were completely useless, and we had to adopt an action called "the lowest siege" in the art of war.
Specifically, it means controlling all roads and streets along the way, occupying key manors, forts or mansions as "strongholds", thereby extending the control area, "camping out" and "occupying" the next "stronghold", where
During this period, the troops were quickly "transported" on the cleared roads between the strongholds.
After all, this is a street battle in the city. It is impossible to set up a battle array like an encounter in the wild. You cannot use various strategies or even use siege equipment. The flowers, plants and trees in the wild are destroyed by the battle. If you carelessly destroy the houses in the city, even if you finally obtain
Victory will only result in a city in which the people are full of resentment against themselves and fall into a state of "fury". Unless they are suppressed by force, the government decrees may not be implemented within a few years.
——Talk about you! Lu Fengxian!
The above is what Cao Cao thought when he learned through a "substitute" that Lu Bu turned into a black dragon of thunder and lightning, destroying all the houses along the way, and Cai Wan rushed to clean up the aftermath.
As for Cai Yan and Zhang Jie's fight for Zhao Yun...it was a pity that he couldn't help.
What's the big deal if you can't join? Take Zhenji, for example, how long has she been helping him? Would Cao Cao dare...did he ever ask her to call her lord?
"Fengxiao, the expansion scope is almost halfway at this time. Should we slow down the advance and let Liu Xuande and Lu Bu's troops fight first?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia after listening to the scout's report and the "substitute"'s report.
"Why does my lord ask questions knowingly?" Guo Jia chuckled: "Maybe my lord is not afraid to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers when necessary, but he will definitely not show his timidity in front of many wealthy families in Luoyang."
Just like this, Cao Cao thought, if in front of the Liangzhou Army and the "Baibo Taiping Road", Cao Mengde, the Qingzhou governor, the supporter of Wannian Princess Liu Nai, and the representative of the foreign courtiers, showed an unconfident side, those who were originally
There is no telling what choice a guy who is so hesitant will make.
"[Hmm... Fengxiao knows himself better than you know yourself, partner.]" The "substitute" nodded in agreement.
"Let's explore again." When Cao Cao sent the scouts away, he looked at the "substitute" and said.
"[Okay, I'll go again...]"
Tsk——buzz——
At this time, a sound came from the direction of the palace, like the sound of a blacksmith dipping forged, red iron tools into a cooling pool, but it was amplified countless times.
Looking from a distance, the sky suddenly turned dark, and a bright silver trajectory like moonlight fell straight down.
The next moment, blazing and bright red flames ignited violently from the direction of the falling trajectory, dyeing the moon-like silvery white into black and red, and finally collapsed.
After that, the sky became bright again, and above the West Garden, you could see a huge and simple giant sword confronting a ferocious thunder and lightning dragon.
Wang Yue, known as the "Sword of the Emperor" and "Sword Master", faced off against Lu Bu, who claimed to be "unparalleled in the world".
For a moment, all the cavalry horses were unable to move due to the majestic momentum.
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"Where are you looking!"
Zhang Jue slapped his palm on the surface of the water tank next to him, and a cloud of "talisman water" splashed out, but it did not fall to the ground. They turned into several crystal clear "talisman papers" in the air, and then went straight to the ground.
He shot towards the rough general on the opposite side.
Ding, ding, ding! But seeing that the general didn't look back, a red flying sword suddenly appeared, intercepting the "ice talisman papers" in mid-air, and chopped them into ice shards.
"Ha," the rough general turned his gaze back from the direction of the West Garden and grinned: "The leader of a certain family is showing off his power, what's the harm in taking a look?"
This guy is actually an "unparalleled general"...
Zhang Jue's heart sank slightly, but he kept moving his hands and once again pulled out a large piece of "talisman water" from the water tank on the side.
As Cao Cao gradually expanded the territory he occupied in Luoyang City, the generals became farther and farther away from each other due to the dispersion of their teams, but the distance between them and the enemy became closer and closer.
It was only a matter of time before an encounter with the enemy occurred, but Zhang Jue's expected enemy was at most a thousand-man general who could be easily subdued with a "talisman of life and death", not such an "unparalleled general".
This guy had just stupidly rushed in with a big knife to destroy the water tank. Zhang Jue naturally couldn't agree and used the "water talisman paper" to deal with him for a while, but he suddenly fell into a daze because he saw the abnormal celestial phenomenon caused by the battle between the sword master and Lu Bu.
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Zhang Jue wanted to take the opportunity to subdue him or simply kill him with the "talisman of life and death", but unexpectedly, a red dagger appeared out of nowhere and took the initiative to protect the master, causing his success to fall short.
Although this guy looks a bit like "Hua Xiong", there is no description in the intelligence that he has a "Flying Sword". How about a temporary retreat? If he dares to pursue him, the "Life and Death Talisman" is not a vegetarian either.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Jue gave up the idea of placing a "temporary altar" or a "supply base" here. He kicked over the large water tank filled with talisman water next to him and waved his hands, causing them to turn into countless sharp ice edges.
Although the effect is not good when stabbed by the opponent, they can still achieve nearly 50% of the "life and death talisman" effect, as long as even one of them takes effect...
Chachacha——
The red flying sword almost turned into an afterimage, and it cut through all the ice edges in just an instant.
"You guy, it seems that you always have the intention to kill me..." The rough general snorted and moved forward with the knife: "Then, you must be ready to die, remember, I will kill you
The one who killed me is Hua Xiong!"
"I -" Zhang Jue only responded, and his whole body "calmed down" like a splash of water. Even if Hua Xiong turned over the puddle under his feet, he could not find it again.
"Hmph, realizing that Wushuang is unparalleled in battle? It's quite my style, so I'll spare his life." Hua Xiong shouldered the sword again and snorted.
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"Pooh!"
Chiying——
Zhang Jue had just jumped out of the water, and before he could see the surrounding situation clearly, he saw a hidden sword heading towards his throat.
"Miss Guo! It's me! Playing with ice sculptures!" At the critical moment, he saw the kitten mask on the other person's forehead and shouted loudly.
"Oh." Guo Huan responded and disappeared as if he had never appeared.
Zhang Jue breathed a sigh of relief, and then he realized that he had jumped out of a drinking water trough for horses. There were many horses nearby eating and drinking, but what was strange was that all of their legs and feet were trembling, causing their bodies to tremble.
The armor clanked.
Further away, Cao Cao and Cao Mengde were discussing something with Guo Jia and Princess Wannian.
"Oh?" Guo Jia raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Jue, and said without any change in his expression: "I see."
Although Zhang Jue didn't know what the new military advisor had speculated, he still had to report the specific situation.
"My lord, my subordinate was attacked by Hua Xiong of the Liangzhou Army when setting up a supply base. At that time, the stronghold was probably occupied. I managed to escape because I temporarily realized some kind of unparalleled strength. It seems that I used the water surface to escape.
Jumping, but haven’t figured out what yet.”
"Fengxiao, this matter..." Cao Cao seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Guo Jia shaking his head.
"The princess must go to the palace, otherwise Liu Bei will take all the advantages," Guo Jiadao said: "'Lü Bu creates dragon power so that the cavalry cannot advance' is just an accident, but 'sneak attack on our stronghold so that the control range cannot advance' and 'guide our cavalry at the same time'
Liu Bei's battle was an artificial arrangement, which proves that the other side found a pretty good counselor from nowhere."
Although he could understand every word, he had no idea what it meant... Zhang Jue jumped out of the sink and turned the water on his body into ice as he walked, causing it to break and fall.
Kakaka——
With the rapid sound of horse hooves, several tiger and leopard riders returned from the northwest surrounded by Cao Chun. Their mounts seemed less fearful than those who were resting, but their speed was obviously not as good as before.
"It will be a capital crime!" Cao Chun rolled his saddle, dismounted, and bowed directly to Cao Cao: "Because he was provoked by the enemy, he attacked rashly, and his horse lost control, causing a large number of tigers and leopards to be trapped by the enemy. Please punish me, my lord!"
Zhang Jue suddenly raised his head when he heard this. Did Guo Jia just say, "Lead our cavalry to fight Liu Bei?"
"Haha," Guo Jia stepped forward and patted Cao Chun on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "The person who came to provoke you is alone? But he is quite strong. He retreated as soon as the fight started. Then you discovered that he was ambushing a small group of people.
There were not too many ambush troops, so you thought you had seen through his plan and rushed out, only to run into another group of larger and more ambush troops?"
"Uh...yes." Cao Chun looked up blankly, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"Haha, you guys have worked hard," Guo Jia helped Cao Chun up, looked at Zhang Jue, and said with a smile, "Leave it to me, Guo Fengxiao."