In Nanpi City, Bohai County, Cao Cao has never left here. It is not that Cao Cao lingers on the prosperity of Nanpi, nor is it that Cao Cao has guilt and nostalgia for his best friend Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, let alone worrying about the past. Go to the tiger and leopard riders and Euphorbia warriors outside the Great Wall.
One of the things he stayed in Nanpi City was that the 300,000 troops slowly returning to Yanzhou was too important. Not only did they have to consider the deployment of their defenses when they returned to Yanzhou, Cao Cao also had to consider who would stay Who goes back.
Now that the north has been pacified, the south must be the main battlefield. The people left behind must have not fought a big battle. If there is no battle, it means that they have no credit. And Hebei has to be stationed here. After all, this is a big man. the frontier.
This really gave Cao Cao a headache. It’s not good to keep anyone, and it’s even worse not to stay. It’s not good if you send all the elite to the Central Plains, because the border is also very important after all. To keep a general who can stand on his own, there are many rebellious people under Cao Cao's command, so Cao Cao has a headache.
There is another one, that is what Yuan Shao left behind, that's right, Cao Cao released the people in Nanpi and Wen Chou and others, one of the important reasons is what Yuan Shao left behind.
Where was Yuan Shao's former base camp? It is Bohai County. In Bohai County, there is what Yuan Shao left behind, the three caves of the cunning rabbit. Yuan Shao also thought that he would lose, so he left a way out for himself, in this Nanpi city.
Cao Cao was about to dig three feet into the ground in Nanpi City, but there was no movement at all, but Cao Cao did not give up. Because this thing really exists. There is no need for Yuan Shao to lie to himself after death. Because he knows Cao Cao's character, once Cao Cao finds out that he has been tricked, there is a 99% possibility of settling accounts after the fall.
It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao stayed in Nanpi City, and guarded against the Liaodong Gongsun family by the way. But now it seems that the eldest son of Gongsun's family is very up-to-date, and he is very cooperative in accepting his old Cao's olive branch. He Ping is the first nail Cao Cao sent out to settle in Liaodong. the second. Slowly Liaodong will change its surname to Cao.
"Any news about He Ping?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu beside him.
"Yes!" Cheng Yu nodded, and Cheng Yu also stayed in Nanpi City. After Cao Cao went to Guo Jia, Cheng Yu gradually became the chief counselor.
"Prefect He Ping sent a letter saying that Gongsun Kang seemed to be very cooperative with the lord's dispatch, and he didn't complain at all, and was even happy!" Cheng Yu over there reported to Cao Cao.
"En!" Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, this Gongsun Kang is still giving face! Naturally, Cao Cao would not treat him too badly. After Liaodong was settled down, he could let Gongsun's family go to Xudu to become a rich man. As for being an official? Hehe, Cao Cao will not let a family that was once his enemy continue to develop. It would be nice to be able to stay alive.
This is also for their sake. Otherwise, some people will have unreasonable thoughts.
"It just seems that Wuwei General Gongsun Du is not satisfied!" Cheng Yu said in a word.
"That Gongsun Du!" Cao Cao's eyes narrowed. People like Gongsun Kang are easy to deal with, isn't it just for the sake of fame? Cao Cao can fool them into fools, let them sell him and still give him Cao Cao count money.
For example, Zhang Miao before, and fools like Bao Xin, were fooled by Cao Cao and lost their old roots. In the end, it was too late to realize.
But an old fox like Gongsun Du can't do this anymore. To deal with an old fox, you can only use an old hunter, otherwise you will not only not be able to catch this fox, but you may also cause a lot of trouble.
When Cao Cao asked Gongsun Du to surrender, he acted like a master and threw away the seal of appointment Cao Cao gave him, so disdainful that he wanted to be the king of Liaodong. Now that the Yuan brothers are finished, the shield in front of Liaodong is gone. The old fox immediately changed his family. Not only did he surrender to Cao Cao, he also took the risk of offending Yangzhou to curry favor with Cao Cao with Yangzhou's new armor.
Such an old fox is extremely difficult to deal with.
Even Cao Cao frowned. This Liaodong is not fighting now, nor is he not fighting. If he fights, this Liaodong Gongsun Kang is obedient to Cao Cao. If such an obedient dog kills him, he will It chilled the hearts of the other dogs, and even scared away some of the dogs who originally wanted to join his Cao Cao army.
So Cao Cao is very annoying! But if you don't fight Liaodong, with that old fox Gongsun Du around, I'm afraid that as soon as Cao Cao leaves Nanpi, if the army relaxes in Nanpi, or if the situation in the Central Plains changes, this docile dog will immediately become Vicious wolf ah.
Cao Cao regretted accepting those armors from Liaodong at the beginning. If he had known that it would be better to fight directly, with an army of 300,000, just push them horizontally.
"My lord, but this He Ping also has good news!" Cheng Yu continued, "I'm afraid Gongsun Du will not appear!"
"Can't it appear?" Cao Cao was a little puzzled
"Now it is Gongsun Kang who is in charge of the Liaodong General's Mansion!"
"Huh?" Cao Cao was even more confused.
"Prefect He Ping sent a letter saying that this Gongsun Du may have died in the hands of Gongsun Kang!" Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao.
"What!" Cao Cao's eyes widened, "Is this really true?"
"Prefect He Ping only relied on guesswork and learned from a former guard leader of Liaodong Gongsundu!" The guard captain Cheng Yu said was our Wei Kang children's shoes, and he almost died in the hospital. In the hands of Gongsun Kang, while not wanting to live such a life, he complained to Gongsun Kang, coupled with He Ping's larong over there, he flirted immediately, and often went to Gongsun Kang's house as a guest. The news came from here.
"Gongsun Du's personal bodyguard?" Cao Cao stood up and started to walk around. Cao Cao was suspicious, and when he didn't believe it, he wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death. Now he showed it, because the news came from Gongsun Du's personal bodyguard. The guard found out.
Although this is a kind of convenience of being close to the water, it can deepen the credibility of the news, but I also think about it the other way around, that is, could this be a plan of Gongsun Du? People are still Gongsundu's personal guards, this is a cronies, is this cronies so easy to instigate rebellion
Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao, and he also knew that it was his lord's paranoia. "My lord, this Wei Kang almost died in the hands of that Gongsun Kang, that's why prefect He Ping got in touch with him!"
"Did at the hands of Gongsun Kang?" Cao Cao didn't know the details, so Cheng Yu immediately told Cao Cao about Wei Kang and Gongsun Kang.
"Gongsun Kang is going to kill Wei Kang?" Cao Cao believed it a little bit. If it was about his life, he might really betray him. But Cao Cao still can't make up his mind. If Gongsun Du dies, then Cao Cao can let Gongsun Kang take Gongsun's family to leave Liaodong directly. Cao Cao's army is stationed in Liaodong. If Gongsun Du is not dead, then this is a trap. If Cao Cao's army is stationed in or if Cao Cao's letter to Gongsun Kang reveals that Cao Cao's eating is ugly, this will really become a joke.
"My lord, let Governor He Ping investigate more!" Cheng Yu knew that Cao Cao was still hesitant to make up his mind, and now Cheng Yu began to miss Guo Jia. When Guo Jia was around, Cheng Yu was envious and jealous, because Guo Jia was old. He is younger than him, but his talent is higher than Cheng Yu's, so Cheng Yu is a bit unconvinced, but it seems that Guo Jia is better now, because Guo Jia can win the lord's undecided idea.
"En!" Cao Cao still agreed with this idea. "Zhongde, you still need to worry about things in Nanpi City!" Yuan Shao buried a lot of money under Nanpi City, at least it can be counted in millions.
"Yes!" Cheng Yu nodded. "My lord, where are the Yangzhou soldiers and horses?" He Ping's letter also contained the matter of the Yangzhou army sending troops to Liaodong.
"His Royal Highness Shu Wang of Yangzhou sent troops not to fight Liaodong, but to call me Cao Cao, and even to show the world!" Cao Cao also knew that Liaodong had become a thing for Yangzhou to kill chickens and monkeys, so Yangzhou would definitely do its best. go all out.
"My lord, it seems that Liaodong is not very good!?" Cheng Yu asked Cao Cao over there. Yangzhou soldiers and horses are invincible in Liaoxi. The three famous generals in Liaodong, An Yixuan, Mo Ran and Tuoba Hai have all lost to Yangzhou soldiers and horses. Go down to Yangzhou soldiers and horses!
"Fight, good fight!" Cao Cao laughed after thinking about it.
"Huh?" Cheng Yu was taken aback for a moment, how could Liaodong be regarded as one of his allies now.
"Zhongde, what do you think will happen if the Liaodong army wins the Yangzhou army?" Cao Cao looked at his advisers with a smile.
"Did the soldiers of Liaodong win?" Cheng Yu rang. If the soldiers of Liaodong won, then Yangzhou's plan to get rid of their horses and horses would be considered a failure. In this way, some other fools might really fall for Cao Cao. . In this way, Yangzhou lost face, and Cao Cao benefited. This is one of them. If His Royal Highness Shu Wang of Yangzhou is angry and insists on fighting, it is also a good thing to use Yangzhou to consume Liaodong. This is called borrowing a knife to kill!
"But my lord, what if Gongsun Kang of Liaodong can't handle it anymore!?" If Liu Mang really killed Gongsun Du of Liaodong as the chicken, then the fun would be great. After becoming famous, those fools may no longer be vacillating.
"If you can't bear it, that's even better!" Cao Cao is now worrying that he has no excuse to send troops to Liaodong. If Liaodong can't bear it, will they stay and wait for death? Certainly not, then naturally he has to ask for help like Cao Cao, after all, it is better to be a dog with Cao Cao than to be chopped up as a dead dog by Liu Mang, king of Shu in Yangzhou. up.
It's easy to give it away in person, but it's hard to give it to God.
"My lord is wise!" (To be continued...)
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