Chapter 887: How Are You?

The Yellow River flows, and a new tomb stands alone to the east.

The army stands along the river, looking at a group of lazy and onlookers on the other side. The autumn wind blows, and the flags flutter and rustle.

Cao Cao, dressed in precious armor, gets off his horse, holds the green steel sword in his hand, and walks slowly with the armor leaves fluttering. He is no longer young at the age of 45. Under the strong pressure of survival, his hair is gray, his skin is loose, and his old age is fully revealed.

Stopping in front of the tombstone of the tomb, looking at the name of Yuan Shao written on it, Lao Cao smiled and asked: "Brother Benchu, how are you?"

Yuan Shao in the tomb must feel very bad, and he knows...

After a while, a subordinate brought paper money, and Cao Cao squatted there, chattering and burning paper for Yuan Shao himself.

Of course he knew why Yuan Shao wanted to die. If he came here himself, he would also die.

Originally, Cao Cao was a younger brother who had always been following Yuan Shao's buttocks and waving flags and shouting. Even a few years ago, he was still a force dependent on Yuan Shao and had to follow Yuan Shao's orders. For Yuan Shao, it was a huge humiliation to surrender to his subordinates and survive.

Moreover, Yuan Shao did not lose all the people's hearts, nor did he really lose his army. At least he still had 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses. If he really surrendered to Cao Cao to survive, he really didn't dare to accept it. At that time, there might be civil strife. The reason why he didn't fight anymore was because he couldn't win by fighting, and he couldn't run away. It was death sooner or later. There was really no need to fight a useless war.

In addition, Yuan Shu had not been defeated yet, and there were still forces to resist. If Yuan Shao played some role in the war with Yuan Shu, like Ma Teng, and turned against him, wouldn't Cao Cao be in trouble?

So no matter what, it would be better for Yuan Shao to die, which was something everyone knew. And there was no way to retreat, and death was imminent, Yuan Shao did not lack the courage to die, so naturally it became the current situation.

Yuan Shao did not die alone, as many loyal people committed suicide. After they buried Yuan Shao, they simply jumped into the river. Of course, many people did not die, and they basically surrendered to Cao Cao. Whether they worked hard in the future is another matter.

Yuan Shao's sons could not escape either, and they were all caught and were waiting for Cao Cao's disposal in Luoyang City.

After paying tribute to Yuan Shao, Lao Cao held the blue steel sword on his waist and walked slowly to the river. The autumn wind rolled up his red cloak and the yellow sand, making him squint.

His eyes were tightly locked on a group of figures on the opposite side. Although his eyesight was not very good, he was of course very clear that it was Wang Yan's army, waiting for Wang Yan's order. As long as the order was given, they would cross the river and attack.

A group of civil and military officials were also beside Lao Cao. As he looked across, they only felt a strong pressure.

To make a simple comparison, Wang Yan only dispatched more than 100,000 troops, and many of these more than 100,000 troops were captured prisoners. Such an army defeated Yuan Shao and forced him to flee to Henan in less than a year. They were evenly matched with Yuan Shao, but they fought for three years. The gap between them is needless to say.

Xun Yu said: "My lord, I just learned from the court officials in the city that Wang Yan has sent troops across the river to manage Qingzhou. He has obtained Liangzhou and the grassland for three years. The weather has been good and the land has been stable and there are no disasters. There is enough food and fodder. Since he has crossed the river to Qingzhou, I think Liangzhou and Bingzhou will soon enter Sili and approach Hangu."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, "It doesn't matter. Looking at Wang Yan's actions, he focuses on people's livelihood and governs one place after another. If I don't attack, he will not attack me. Our strategy is set, Yuan Shao is dead, Henan has been obtained, and we have decided to abandon the river Go south to Jiangnan. If we abandon the land of Henan, Wang Yan will definitely cultivate for several years and then attack us in Jiangnan. So we still have time.

Wait for the reorganization. Next spring, move the people of Henan across the river, destroy Yuan Shu, swallow Liu Biao, and control Liu Bei. Then enter Yizhou, take Hanzhong and strangle Jianmen. With the strategic location of the river, we can hold Wang Yan. We may not have no chance of winning. "

Having just won a great battle and killed Yuan Shao, the most powerful force in the past, Cao Cao's confidence was not overwhelming, but the good situation gave him some confidence to fight with Wang Yan. When he spoke, he was very high-spirited.

The civil and military officials on the side also looked very confident, and they shouted very loudly, just like those pro-war people under Yuan Shao back then, as if Wang Yan was nothing special.

The group expressed their feelings for a while by the river, relaxed their spirits that were always tense because of the two-year war, and then left the river and went to Luoyang.

There are still many things waiting for them to do, such as the problem of Liu Xie, the problem of court officials, the problem of Yuan Shao's old subordinates, and so on...

Danyang, it rained in winter that day. Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others walked quickly to Liu Bei's mansion and found Liu Bei who was warming up the wine and drinking.

He saluted and said, "My lord, Yuan Shu is here to make an alliance with me to resist Cao Cao's crossing the river to the south."

"Sit down and talk."

Liu Bei pointed to the opposite side of the table, waited for the two to sit down, and poured them more wine, which was also a strong wine from General Wang's rule.

It's called strong wine, but it's not that strong, just about 40 degrees, a decent sorghum wine, you won't get drunk after drinking it, it's definitely brewed by ancient methods. Medicine also made medicinal wine, which is very popular. But after all, it's consumed grain, and only so much is brewed every year, so it's more precious and the price is still relatively expensive. Of course, Liu Bei can afford it and is willing to consume it.

After taking a sip of wine, the burning sensation in his chest and abdomen passed, and Liu Bei asked, "Zi Zhong, Gong You, Xian He, what do you think?"

Mi Zhu put down the wine bottle: "My lord, Yuan Shao has been defeated and Cao Cao has occupied Henan. The king has said that it will be difficult to stop him and he will go south. Yuan Shu is weak and weak, and he still supports me in the war. If I still ally with Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu, then Yuan Shu will We will perish. How can we fight against Cao Cao at that time? Jiangnan is so big that there is no place for us to stand.

Therefore, now that Yuan Shu invites me to form an alliance, it is inevitable that we join forces to fight against Cao. This is still not enough. We must unite with Liu Biao of Jingzhou and gather the strength of our three families to fight against Cao Cao. "

Jian Yong was different from others who were sitting upright. He had one leg curled up and one leg upright, with his hands behind his back to support his body, which was a bit cool.

He said: "Yuan Shao's defeat was due to his connections with the courtiers and the defection of his noble family to Cao Cao. We all know the truth about Liu Biao. The power is controlled by the Cai family and others, and I am afraid that Cao Cao has been secretly connected. Yuan Shu was defeated repeatedly in battles, lost Danyang, and retreated to Henan. Zhang, we have lost the ambition of being a wealthy family. If our three families form an alliance to fight against Cao, it will be difficult for them to achieve this goal. "

"It's hard to do this, but you have to do it."

Sun Qian was not young yet. He stroked his beard with a wrinkled face and said, "Cao Cao gathered Yuan Shao's remnant army. There are more than 200,000 troops. Moreover, Cao Cao has always had strategies, and there are many strategists under his command who can conquer." He has strong generals who are good at fighting, and he has no shortage of warships. If the three families do not gather their strength, it will be difficult to resist them. Regardless of whether they join forces with Yuan Shu and Liu Biao, the current plan is to seize the ferry while Cao Cao is reorganizing Henan. Don't let Cao Cao cross the river easily."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "That's all we have to do. Let the second and third brothers return to the army and attack Cao Cao's ferry along the river."

This ferry was all the work of brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao. It was Yuan Shu who held the line in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yuan Shao was there to contain it. This only allowed Cao Cao to occupy the ferry.

In fact, in the past, Lao Cao once occupied a large area in Yuzhang and Danyang. Later, Yuan Shao went to war with Cao Cao, and Liu Biao was involved. Cao Cao had to withdraw most of his forces, leaving only the ferry and some surrounding areas. The remaining land was reoccupied by Yuan Shu, and later Liu Bei conquered most of Danyang.

Sun Qian responded, stood up and started writing military orders.

After looking at him, Jian Yong changed to sit cross-legged, took a sip of wine, and said: "I recently heard that the fleet sent by Wang Yan in the past to search for immortal food has returned. The newspaper reported what the sergeant saw, and it was also reported overseas. The land is flat and vast, and it is all fertile land. My lord, if things don't work out, we can go to sea and go south to Jiaozhi. It's not a bad idea for us to build a country outside the territory.

Han Sui wanted to attack Guishuang, but Wang Yan even prepared troops and did not send troops to pursue him. If we go outside the territory, Wang Yan will definitely ignore us and give us soldiers and armor to help us achieve our goals. "

Mi Zhu smiled and waved his hands: "My lord has known each other for a long time, and even worked under his command. Wang Yan had already spoken to my lord in advance. If his army comes to attack, and if your lord does not resist, we will do nothing to harm the people." If you tell me, you will all survive. With Wang Yan's mind, Lu Bu can still lead a guard, so he will not treat me badly."

Hearing Mi Zhu's words, Liu Bei also nodded with a smile: "I was determined to help the Han Dynasty, but now it seems that it has already existed in name only. If we can't rejuvenate the Yanhan, it will be useless for us to build a country outside the region. How about helping Wang Yan and rejuvenating China." "

After expressing his feelings and not talking about running away from the territory, Liu Bei changed the subject: "The thing I just mentioned about going to sea to find immortals happened to be when I was working for Wang Yan. That morning..."

Liu Bei actually told stories from many years ago, which showed that he was in a very relaxed mood.

In fact, at this point, Liu Bei has nothing to be nervous about. It is no longer the situation ten years ago. At that time, Wang Yan was still shrinking in Liaodong and Yuan Shao was still arrogant.

Now that Yuan Shao is dead, Cao Cao is afraid of Wang Yan and is bent on fighting south. The alliance between the three of them will inevitably lead to various conflicts, and even Cao Cao may not be able to defeat him. It is only a matter of time before Wang Yan unifies the north north of the Yangtze River. Moreover, there are enough warships to go overseas. In fact, Jiang Danger is not that indestructible. It can be sailed directly to the coastal areas to land.

Liu Bei knew very well that Wang Yan's army was powerful. With ten thousand people coming over, it would be easy to defend a place. Moreover, Wang Yan attaches great importance to the construction of the logistics system, and when it comes to fighting, there will be an endless supply.

So he knew very well that ninety-nine percent of it was success. Even if he were allowed to dominate Jiangnan, he was unwilling to compete with Wang Yan now, because it was doomed to be useless resistance. This is very disappointing, but relatively, it also makes people feel relaxed. It's so contradictory, so natural, it's the relief of giving up completely.

As for the remaining one percent possibility of failure, it is that Wang Yan died suddenly, the entire army was unaccustomed to the climate and was annihilated in one breath, a meteorite hit Wang Yan's head, the whole territory was in drought, and there was no harvest, and so on. Only when things happen that rule can the situation be reversed. But these are almost impossible.

He understood best. After all, he was not as good as Wang Yan, but he could achieve where he was today with the help of these two counselors and two good brothers and generals. Wang Yan treats the people much better than he does. When the time comes, those who attack Jiangnan will not be soldiers from Northeast China and Youzhou, but soldiers from Henan, in order to adapt to the discomfort of the climate. When there are real soldiers from Jiangnan under his command, Jiangnan's soldiers will sweep everywhere and they will be unable to resist them.

Even recently, he has been thinking about whether to surrender to Wang Yan directly. Then he will change from a decision-maker to an executor, easily, and it will be a matter of time anyway.

But he still didn't really give up, and planned to wait and see. It's just that the disappointment is greater than the hope, so now he doesn't worry all the time...

At the same time, Wang Yan also received news of the battle in Henan, and learned that because of Ma Teng's betrayal, Yuan Shao's army was defeated, Yuan Shao committed suicide and was buried by the Yellow River.

He was not very surprised. Even if Ma Teng didn't betray, Yuan Shao couldn't beat Cao Cao. There was still some gap between the two sides. The simplest one is that there are not enough wise generals, which will cause some delays in the war and affect the direction of the war to a certain extent. If the two sides don't decide the winner this year, then Cao Cao will take advantage in the end, because he can't fight anymore and the food and fodder are not enough to support consumption.

At that time, Cao Cao will desperately attack Yuan Shu, run to the south of the Yangtze River, and then cut off Yuan Shao's other routes. Because according to the time, Wang Yan has been stable for several years, and it's time to act. There is no time for them to have another two-year war. The result at that time will be that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are all finished.

Ma Teng's betrayal is actually due to many reasons. Because Ma Teng was a royalist, he participated in the Yidaizhao incident and pointed out Liu Bei's involvement. Later, he went to Beijing and was killed by Cao Cao.

Of course, in real history, Ma Teng was also an ambitious man. His death was said to be because of Ma Chao's betrayal. At first, Cao did not want to kill Ma Teng. It was when Ma Teng was in Beijing that Ma Chao mobilized troops and killed Ma Teng...

Now Ma Teng is a royalist. The emperor escaped from the wolf's den and fell into the tiger's mouth. Yuan Shao did not have a good attitude towards the emperor and the court officials. He would kill two people for no reason. This made Liu Xie and the court officials particularly uneasy, so they must have linked Ma Teng and Cao Cao, so that they could defeat Yuan Shao.

In other words, they chose Cao Cao.

But in fact, what they didn't know was that Cao Cao was also unreliable.

When Cao Cao was young, he was also a staunch loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He worked hard to save the Han Dynasty. He was also a person who did not like the powerful to destroy the law and order. Yi Yin and Huo Guang, who were capable of abolishing and enthroning emperors but firmly maintaining orthodoxy, were Cao Cao's role models.

But little by little, Cao Cao's mentality changed. After all, only those with strong troops and horses are worthy of being emperors, but he is the one with strong troops and horses, not the emperor who is nothing. Besides, when it comes to his position, it is not up to him to say it, he represents the common interests of many people, and he has no say.

But even so, Lao Cao was only the King of Wei until his death, and he never became emperor. After all, the situation is the same, his son Cao Pi has become emperor, so it must be no problem for him to become emperor.

In the current situation, Lao Cao is definitely for himself. But the effect of Liu Xie in his hands is different. After all, there is Wang Yan, a big rebel who wants to win the world, and Wang Yan's political line of killing the nobles is there, so the legitimacy of the emperor is still quite useful for uniting other princes and the nobles.

As for how the situation will develop specifically, it will take time to give the answer...

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