Others chased him away for profit, but Cao Cao could not chase him away.
Others use silence to stop the enemy, but Cao Cao wants to take advantage of the victory and destroy the thieves!
How can a hero in troubled times, whether loyal or treacherous, be the same as others?
In the tent of the princes, the scouts had just finished telling the story of Dong Zhuo's burning of Luoyang, and Cao Cao stood up.
In an instant, the eyes of all the princes looked at him one after another.
"Mengde, what do you mean?"
When Yuan Shao saw Cao Cao staring at him with a bright look on his face, he couldn't help but feel guilty and turned his head to the other side unconsciously.
He knew this friend of many years too well, so he unconsciously turned his head and looked away, unwilling to look at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao quietly for a while and then said: "Dong Zhuo burned down the residences and houses in a radius of more than 200 miles in Luoyang, and moved the entire city of Luoyang, with a population of one million, directly to Chang'an. This move is really an act of anger from heaven and people.
OK! The people accompanying the army must be in panic, and the soldiers under their command must be scattered. This is the time when the enemy's power is at its weakest. If we don't take this opportunity to hunt down Dong Zhuo, when will we wait!?"
"Sure enough!" Yuan Shao knew Cao Cao very well. From the moment Cao Cao stood up, Yuan Shao roughly understood what Cao Cao meant.
But at this moment, the relationship between the various princes in the allied army is extremely delicate. As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao must coordinate the overall situation.
Yuan Shao had a troubled look on his face and said: "Meng De, although Dong Zhuo was defeated for a while at Hulao Pass and defeated Hua Xiong in Yangren County, his own strength did not suffer much loss. He had elite men under his command.
It’s all there! It should be noted that both the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry are good at fighting in the plains. If they pursue at this time, how can the old thief not send a strong army to break up the rear? In plain field battles, our troops may not be the elite cavalry under the old thief Dong.
Opponent."
Cao Cao shook his head heavily and stamped his feet: "Ben Chu, you are so confused! Dong Zhuo, the old traitor, moved all the people from Luoyang to Chang'an. There are no less than a million people. Plus the luggage, how long will this team be? If we want to succeed,
When moving into Chang'an, his soldiers and horses must supervise the whole process. There will be resentment among the people along the way. The hundred-mile-long migration front must be focused on one thing and not the other. The old thief's soldiers and horses are scattered in all directions, how can they be arranged in one place? This is the pursuit of the old thief Dong Zhuo.
How can you miss this great opportunity?"
When Yuan Shao heard this, he did not express his position towards Cao Cao, but turned to look at the princes.
"This matter is so important that Shao dare not make a decision on his own, but he dares to ask the princes what they think?"
When all the princes heard the words, they all whispered to each other. The pottery merchant sat at the bottom and just looked left and right, keeping in mind the expressions and expressions of everyone.
"Meng De's words are wrong!" Yuan Shu agreed with Yuan Shao this time, saying: "Dong Zhuo has been on the battlefield for a long time and is good at using troops. He is by no means an idle person. Things you can think of, he may not have thought of. Just like the last Eastern Expedition,
You advised us to divide our forces into Luoyang in three groups, but weren't they all discovered by the old thieves? This pursuit is too risky, so you'd better calm down. Don't lose your reputation in a moment of loyalty."
"Highway, is it more important for the emperor and the country, or for our reputation?" Cao Cao replied dissatisfied.
Yuan Shu stopped talking, frowned, and looked quite annoyed, obviously dissatisfied with Cao Cao's verbal conflict.
"Of course the emperor is important, but we can't act recklessly! Otherwise, not only will we not be able to save him, but we will put the emperor in danger!" Yuan Shu did not show any weakness and counterattacked.
Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, said: "Why should Meng De do this? Ben Chu and Gao Dao also have the overall situation in mind. The situation is unclear at the moment. The combat power of our coalition is not as good as that of the other army. If one move is not effective, it will easily affect the overall situation and lead to a disastrous defeat."
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Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang, also stood up: "Meng De, think twice before you act!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao took a deep breath and looked around at the various princes. After a long while, he quietly said: "You...all think so?"
Everyone in the room was silent.
"No one has the same idea as Cao Zhi?"
The whole room was full of people, and no one said a word.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Very good!" Cao Cao stepped back to the edge of the tent step by step, and sneered. His sharp eyes were like knives, scanning everyone, and his eyes were like bone-piercing scrapers. He could not help but look at whoever he was sizing up.
A shiver.
"There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!!"
Cao Cao shouted loudly, then stopped looking at everyone, turned around, opened the tent curtain, and quickly walked out of the tent.
The princes in the tent were all frightened by Cao Cao's sudden shout. After Cao Cao walked away, they were stunned for a long time, and then they came to their senses one by one.
"This Cao Mengde...is really...so presumptuous!" Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, stood up angrily: "Benchu, why don't you care?"
Although Yuan Shao was not satisfied with Cao Cao's outspoken words, after all, they were brothers who had grown up together in Luoyang since they were young. Yuan Shao cherished his relationship with Cao Cao.
Then he said: "Cao Mengde has been like this since he was young. When he is good, he is better than anyone else, and when he is sour, he is worse than anyone else. You don't need to pay attention to him. He will naturally regret what he did today after resting for a night. Come and wait with me.
Apologize... Let’s continue talking about Luoyang!”
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The following meetings were all about useless topics. The pottery merchant listened indifferently, but his thoughts had already drifted away from the handsome tent.
After he finished speaking, it was already dark. Yuan Shao arranged a banquet and drank with all the princes. Some of the princes stayed and some did not. The potter observed carefully again and secretly divided the princes who stayed and those who did not.
They are all secretly kept in mind.
In the end, Tao Shang decisively joined the team that had not stayed, lied about being unwell, bowed to the leader of the alliance, and left the camp.
Tao Shang was not in a hurry to return to the place where the Xuzhou army was encamped. Instead, he led the four brothers of the Pei family to Cao Cao's camp.
When they arrived at Cao Cao's camp, the pottery merchant sent Pei Qian in to inform him.
When I was young, I saw Xiahou Dun, a close confidant of Cao Cao, coming out of the camp gate to greet him!
After Cao Cao and Tao Shang joined forces to defeat Hua Xiong in Yangren City, not only Cao Cao and Tao Shang, but also the generals under them were very familiar with each other.
"Master Tao!" Xiahou Dun bowed his hands in greeting.
"Brother Yuan Rang!" The potter returned the favor, then raised his eyes to look at Cao Cao's camp.
Inside the camp of Cao Cao's army, the soldiers of the three armies were running around inside and outside. They all seemed to be packing their things in a hurry.
Tao Shang felt relieved, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Yuan Rang, what are you going to do?"
Xiahou Dun shook his head and said: "Hey! It's really strange to say that Mengde was fine before he went to Yuan Alliance Leader. Now he just came back with a very angry look on his face. As soon as he entered the camp gate, he ordered the three armies to pack their luggage and equipment, saying that they were going to prepare for the expedition.
!?"
The pottery merchant pretended to be surprised when he heard this and said: "Going to war? Are you in such a hurry?"
Xiahou Dun nodded and said: "It's nothing to go on an expedition. It's just where to go and who is the opponent? Meng De should make it clear to us. That's good. It doesn't say where to go.
He just kept shouting orders, asking the soldiers to pack their bags within a time limit! It was so loud that I can’t even figure it out... Mr. Tao, do you know the reason? Just now, Meng De was at Alliance Leader Yuan... Did he make a fuss?
What happened?"
"Well, something bad did happen." The potter's face was very heavy.
When Xiahou Dun heard the potter's tone, he became a little nervous: "Why is it so serious that I have to wait for the whole night to leave the village?"
The pottery merchant turned his head, looked around, then went over and whispered in Xiahou Dun's ear: "Brother Meng De...kill Yuan Shao."
"What?!!"
Xiahou Dun was so frightened that he jumped three feet high.
"Mengde...he...he..."
The pottery merchant quickly patted the pale-faced Xiahou Dun, raised a finger in a 'hush' tone, and whispered: "Awesome, he is about to run away... Your lord is so urinary."
"Why?" Xiahou Dun didn't react for a moment, his tone was obviously weak and he looked weak.
The pottery merchant pointed to the sky inscrutably: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed...take me to find him!"