On the bank of the Changjian River in the east of Huayin City, sparse military camps stood. Before they even got close, a strong medicinal fragrance hit their nostrils.

Just like in the city, Cao Cao and his army were also brewing medicinal herbs in their camp, but they were not medicine to dispel cold, but medicine to treat trauma. This was a common medicine in the army, so there was no need to worry about missing it.

Before the expedition, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin had a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses. Now there are only 12,000 soldiers left, with a loss of 8,000 and a large number of wounded. It is even worse than Liu Bei.

But there was no way. It was going smoothly before the invasion of Chang'an. But after the invasion, they were attacked by Lu Bu's Xiliang cavalry and suffered heavy losses.

And forget it, after withdrawing from Chang'an City, they happened to encounter Xu Rong who was returning to defend, and there was another big battle.

At that time, Xu Rong had just learned that Chang'an had been attacked, and realized that Liu Bei's army had actually divided his forces, with some retreating and some sneak attacking. He became angry and fearful of Dong Zhuo's punishment, so he issued a death order to attack.

In this battle, Cao Cao was hit by a stray arrow and almost died, but his cousin Cao Hong saved him. Sun Jian fought hard and suffered more than ten wounds, and was almost carried back by his four generals.

The worst thing is Bao Xin. Although he was not injured, the most he lost was his subordinates. There were more than 10,000 people, and now there are less than 6,000 left, which is very miserable.

The three of them worked hard to achieve this, so they naturally resented Liu Bei for fleeing from the battle, and they even looked down on Liu Bei's soldiers.

They were stationed outside the city and received all grain, grass and medicinal materials delivered to them, but no one was allowed in. Their attitude was very arrogant.

When Chen Mu arrived outside the three-man military camp, the soldier guarding the door stepped forward and shouted: "Stop, the important area of ​​the military camp, and no other people are allowed to enter."

"Um?"

Zhao Yun, who had been Chen Mu's bodyguard, suddenly became unhappy. He took a step forward and glared at several soldiers.

Chen Mu smiled slightly, stopped Zhao Yun, cupped his hands and said softly: "I'd like to inform you that Chen Zigui from Puyin has come to visit Colonel Cao, Grand Administrator Sun and Grand Administrator Bao."

"snort."

Unexpectedly, the soldier said coldly: "The captain is seriously injured and cannot see guests."

"Just give the notification."

Chen Mu still said gently: "When they hear my name, they will see me."

"No, the prefect said, no one will be seen."

Sun Jian's soldiers also talked like this.

When the soldiers guarding the surrounding area saw what was going on here, they looked at them one by one as if they were watching a show.

For Liu Beijun's sudden betrayal, the other Kwantung Army members were deeply disgusted, and even Liu Beijun and everyone else did not give him face.

Seeing the soldiers on the other side being so unreasonable, Zhao Yun couldn't help it and shouted coldly: "Even Captain Cao and Grand Administrator Sun dare not be arrogant in front of Shangshu Ling. How dare you do the following?"

"The following is a big crime! We fought hard in Chang'an to rescue the emperor, where are you? We were ambushed on the way, where are you?"

An incisor general who had read books and knew how to read sneered: "Now he comes here to show off, it's really disgusting."

"you!"

Zhao Yun was furious and was about to draw his spear and stab him.

Chen Mu looked at the incisor general and asked, "Who are you?"

"Sanyang Li Gan!"

The man responded proudly.

Li Dian's uncle?

Chen Mu thought for a while and said, "Oh, please inform me then."

"Don't go!"

Li Qian replied indifferently.

Chen Mu asked again: "You really don't want to go?"

"Not going."

Li Qian said again.

"Okay, go back."

Chen Mu turned around and rode away, saying to Zhao Yun: "Send an order to cut off all their food and medicinal materials."

"What?"

Li Qian was shocked and ran over quickly to stop his horse and asked: "Now that so many brothers have been injured in the army, and medicines are in short supply, why do you cut off our food and medicines?"

Chen Mu glanced at him coldly: "Cao Mengde is so arrogant. He doesn't even meet me. He still wants us to continue to supply supplies? Do I owe you?"

Chen Mu had already checked before he came here. In the past few days, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Bao Xin and the others had been looking for supplies from Liu Bei.

In fact, they just took advantage of Liu Bei's guilt for their existence and kept sucking Liu Bei's blood.

The entire Kwantung Army's grain and grass supplies were supplied by Qingzhou and Jizhou.

Although Wang Fen also gave supplies, the centralized dispatching power was in Qianzhao's hands, which means that the supplies were actually in Liu Bei's hands. Since you are so arrogant and arrogant, just break up and forget about the supplies.

From Guandong back to their base, the nearest one is Cao Cao, which is more than 1,500 miles away. There is no food supply along the way. After they return, they will see how many people are left.

This is the difference in the way of doing things. Now Liu Bei is hesitant and feels guilty towards Cao Cao and the others. He will give them whatever they want, and he has to carefully apologize for his sins. It feels a bit like being PUA.

Chen Mu, on the other hand, is not used to it at all. If it weren't for his biggest weakness of being greedy for life and fear of death, he would be the man who should be a hero for the rest of his life.

"you!"

When Li Qian saw how big the matter was, he was shocked, angry and at a loss.

Chen Mu looked at him coldly, then turned around and prepared to leave directly, without giving Li Qian a chance to continue talking.

In the camp, Xiahou Dun, who was secretly observing not far away, saw that something was wrong. He quickly ran out and shouted: "Shang Shu ordered you to go slowly. This is all a misunderstanding. The captain has invited you."

Hearing the voice behind him, Chen Mu turned his head, and a flower-like smile suddenly bloomed on his indifferent face: "It turned out to be a misunderstanding. Since brother Yuan Rang said so, then Mu naturally has no reason to leave. Please also ask Yuan Rang. Brother, lead the way."

Li Qian and the soldiers guarding the gate were dumbfounded.

One second he had an angry look on his face, and the next second he showed a gentle smile.

What kind of expression control can achieve this?

If they didn't know about the Oscars in later generations, they would probably have to praise you and say, "I won't go to see this year's Academy Awards unless I award them to you."

In the three-man camp, Sun Jian was covered with white cloth bandages, Bao Xin looked ugly, and Cao Cao sat on his knees in silence.

After a while, Bao Xin said: "Mengde, what do you think Chen Zi will say when he comes back?"

Cao Cao sneered and said: "What else could it be? I'm just explaining it to Liu Xuande."

Sun Jian was not temperamental, and just said: "Mengde and Xuande also know that they are wrong. Let's find a way to get off the stairs and don't make it too unpleasant."

Cao Cao said angrily: "Is this a question of knowing whether he is wrong or not? It was Liu Bei who hesitated, delayed the opportunity to fight, caused the emperor to be defiled, and killed countless soldiers. Such behavior is extremely abominable."

"But......."

Sun Jian hesitated and said: "Didn't the princes of the imperial court send a message telling us not to attack Chang'an? Then Dong Zhuo threatened the emperor. If we really attack Chang'an, the emperor's life..."

Cao Cao stopped talking.

This is indeed a big problem. Dong Zhuo was so cruel and cruel that he actually threatened the emperor and almost murdered him.

Fortunately, Chang'an was not captured this time. If they had captured Chang'an and killed the emperor, their sin would have been huge.

Because the current problem is that since King Chenliu was killed, the late Emperor Xiaokang of Han only had the current emperor as his heir.

Once Liu Bian died, the Han Dynasty had no heir.

Although this kind of thing happened several times in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, for example, Emperor Huan and Emperor Kang were selected as successors from the clan because the previous emperor had no heirs.

But the problem is that today is different from the past. When Emperor Huan and Emperor Kang succeeded to the throne, although the country and the people were not peaceful, the country was still stable and there were no major disturbances.

Now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that after Dong Zhuo's chaos, the authority of the central government of the Han Dynasty has dropped to a freezing point.

Let’s not talk about the treasonous Liu Yan in Yizhou. Let’s just talk about Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and other princes. They actually chose to capture Luoyang and withdraw their troops when they had sufficient food, grass and troops, and returned to their bases to become local emperors.

What kind of mentality is this?

Even a fool can see that these people are intent on separatism and disobey the government's management.

Therefore, once Liu Bian dies, the big man is basically finished.

This is another old story from the late Han Dynasty.

Although Cao Cao and the others have not thought that far, their keen intuition still tells them that Liu Bian has become a banner for the Han Dynasty. At least if he dies now, the blow to the country of the Han Dynasty will be extremely huge, and

They did not dare to bear the charge of killing Liu Bian.

So on this matter, even Cao Cao, who has always been brave, did not dare to say anything. Because from another perspective, Liu Bei's withdrawal of troops this time may be a wise decision to preserve the continuation of the Han Dynasty's fire.

The atmosphere in the camp was silent. After a while, Xiahou Dun shouted from outside: "Please come in, Lord Secretary."

Chen Mu walked into the camp and saw three people.

A fire was lit in the middle of the camp. Cao Cao knelt on the main seat, with his upper body exposed and his shoulder wounded. Sun Jian lay on his left side, his whole body bandaged into a rice dumpling. Bao Xin sat on the right side. Although he was not injured, his face was slightly dark.

He saw Chen Mu coming in but didn't even look at him.

I still feel resentment in my heart.

Chen Mu smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Mu, I have met three brothers."

"It turns out to be Zigui."
To be continued...