"Liu Bei? Who is he?" When Cao Cao led his army back to Juancheng, Liu Bei had already retreated. Looking at the battle report handed over by Xun Yu, Cao Cao frowned.

Although Liu Bei now has some reputation, he was previously appointed as Pingyuan Prime Minister by Gongsun Zan. Later, he had some friendship with Kong Rong because of his rescue, so this reputation was not enough to reach Cao Cao's ears.

"Liu Bei was a disciple of Lu Gong and a classmate of Gongsun Zan. When the Taiping Sect was in rebellion, he had considerable military exploits in Youzhou. Later, when he was the captain of Anxi County, he whipped the postal governor and left with his seal, and voted for Gongsun Zan. Last year, he was restored to the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou.

When the army surrounded Beihai, he came to rescue and defeated the Yellow Turban, and was invited as an honored guest by Kong Rong." Xun Yu also collected information about Liu Bei during this period, and he had pretty much checked Liu Bei's past.

After that, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and then Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others took the opportunity to attack and led Liu Bei to Yanzhou. It was similar to the time when Cao Cao was welcomed to Yanzhou. However, it was to fight against the Yellow Turbans back then, but now it is to fight against him, Cao Cao.

"Lord, Liu Bei is currently stationed in Puyang and is looking for helpers to defeat him immediately." Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao.

Liu Bei knew that he was going to fight head-on and was definitely no match for Cao Cao. After retreating from Puyang, he sent people everywhere to ask for help. Liu Bei sent people to ask for help from Kong Rong in Beihai, Tian Kai in Qingzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou and even Yuan Shu in Jianghuai. Liu Bei sent people to ask for help.

, although Liu Bei does not have this face, Zhang Miao does, and even Chen Mo's teacher Zang Hong is included in Liu Bei's invitation, hoping that through Zang Hong, Yuan Shao can be invited to support Liu Bei.

Cao Cao nodded. This Liu Bei is a bit naughty. If he just raised his troops to fight with Cao Cao, Cao Cao would naturally not be afraid. But Liu Bei was looking for help everywhere, which made Cao Cao a little tired. This Yanzhou is a place of four battles. Invite these princes.

Come on, even if Liu Bei wins, will Yanzhou still be his in the end?

"For today's plan, we must break it quickly. Wen Ruo, you can write a letter to Ben Chu on my behalf. I don't need Ben Chu's help. As long as he ignores Liu Bei and restrains the counties in Jizhou not to help each other." Cao Cao rubbed it.

Rubbing his temples, he looked at Xun Yu and said.

What he is most worried about now is Yuan Shao's involvement in this matter, but he is not worried about Chen Mo. There is a severe drought in Guanzhong this year, plus Ma Teng, Han Sui and even the Southern Huns are not honest, Chen Mo is busy enough.

In addition, Yuan Shu is also a trouble. If Yuan Shu and Tao Qian join forces at this time, all his previous preparations will be in vain. Therefore, the best way is to destroy Liu Bei before these princes react.

"Here!" Xun Yu nodded. The longer the war drags on, the worse it will be for Cao Cao.

"Thanks to Wen Ruo for being able to save Juancheng this time." Cao Cao sighed.

"The young master is almost all responsible for defending the city. Yu just helps from the side and doesn't dare to take credit." Xun Yu shook his head and said with a smile.

"He?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and said with a smile: "Wen Ruo doesn't need to praise him. Without Wen Ruo's guidance, how could he be so capable? Besides, he can at most block Liu Bei's attack on the city wall, but what happens in the city

That's the most complicated thing. Without Wenruo, Zixiu wouldn't be able to handle these things."

Cao Cao knew his son very well. Cao Ang was naturally not bad, but due to his own experience, it was no problem to let him take charge of the defense of the city. But at that time, Juancheng's problems were not limited to Liu Bei, Dong Cheng, Liu Fan and so on.

If people were waiting for him to come back honestly, Cao Cao would be the first to not believe it. These people did not take the opportunity to make trouble. It can only be said that someone in the court suppressed these people, and this is definitely not what Cao Ang can do now.

Xun Yu just smiled and said nothing. If he continued to praise him, it would not only be hypocritical, but also Cao Cao would not be happy. Cao Cao was using this incident to point Cao Ang. It was obvious that Cao Cao was very concerned about his eldest son.

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"Liu Bei is now stationing troops in Puyang. It seems that he wants to confront us." Cao Cao gestured with the map and said: "I heard that Liu Bei's officers and soldiers were all put together by powerful men from various counties?"

"Exactly, when Liu Bei entered Yanzhou, he only had two thousand troops and horses borrowed from Gongsun Zan and two thousand troops and horses donated to him by Kong Rong." Xun Yu nodded.

"This is easy to handle!" Cao Cao laughed when he heard this: "Cao Ren, Yu Jin!"

"The general is here!" Cao Ren and Yu Jin hurriedly came out.

"You two lead ten thousand troops, capture Lihu, blockade the Pu River, and cut off the connection between Puyang and Yanzhou." Cao Cao said with a smile.

"Here!" Cao Ren and Yu Jin bowed and took the general order from Cao Cao.

"Wonderful talent!" Cao Cao looked at Xia Houyuan.

"The general is here!" Xia Houyuan stepped out.

"You lead five thousand troops and conquer all the counties." When Cao Cao handed a general order to Xia Houyuan, he pressed it in his hand and said: "Those who resist will be punished!"

This time the Yanzhou family joined forces to welcome Liu Bei, which almost broke Cao Cao's foundation, but it really angered Cao Cao. Now that he is the emperor, he has no shortage of talents, and he has no shortage of talents who want to harm him all the time. Now that these people have jumped out,

Then Cao Cao will not show mercy.

Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao were brothers, so they naturally understood what Cao Cao meant. He took the general's order and bowed: "Don't worry, my lord, the general will know what to do."

"The rest of you, gather your troops and follow me to besiege Puyang. I will behead Liu Bei with my own hands! To vent the hatred in my heart!" Cao Cao stood up and said.

"Here!"

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Cao Cao returned to Juancheng. After resting for three days, he led his army straight to Dongjun. During this period, Yuan Shao sent people to persuade Cao Cao to submit to him. After all, most of his territory was lost. Yuan Shao wanted Cao Cao to defect to him.

This friend was not too ugly, but he was rejected by Cao Cao. Cao Ren and Yu Jin cut off the communication between Liu Bei and Yanzhou, and Cao Cao personally led 30,000 troops and went straight to Puyang.

Liu Bei's subordinates were all soldiers and horses from Yanzhou. After Cao Cao cut off the connection between Liu Bei and Yanzhou, he was not in a hurry to attack the city. He sent people outside the city day and night to shout that Yanzhou had been recaptured by him. If these people continued to follow Liu Bei, Yanzhou would be destroyed.

The family members are bound to be implicated by them.

Liu Bei was determined to fight Cao Cao in Puyang, and he wanted to delay it for at least a month or two, allowing Kong Rong and Tao Qian to send troops to join forces with him to attack Cao Cao, but he obviously overestimated himself. The Yanzhou soldiers and horses under his command were attacked by Cao Cao.

, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and many even fled at night and went to Cao Cao to ask for surrender. However, within three days, Liu Bei's city gate was almost opened by these Yanzhou soldiers.

Seeing that something was not going well, Liu Bei simply opened the city gate quietly on the night of the third day, took the elite soldiers he had brought with him and Chen Gong, the military advisor, and fled directly from the city. By the time Cao Cao reacted, he was nowhere to be found.

Puyang almost fell without a fight.

As soon as Liu Bei left, the scholars who launched the mutiny in Yanzhou could not leave. Xia Houyuan almost killed all the way from Rencheng to Chenliu. At least dozens of families were exterminated. Cao Cao was justified in killing people this time. Even if there were still some people who were dissatisfied,

But this time it was a rebellion, and Cao Cao was right in the sense of justice.

However, after this battle, Cao Cao was still weakened. When the news reached Chang'an, Cao Cao had already returned to Juancheng and began to recuperate. After this battle, he could no longer attack Xuzhou and could only find an opportunity to come again. Liu Bei's appearance

, the blow to Cao Cao was not small. The most important thing is that Tao Qian died not long after Liu Bei fled to Xuzhou. Cao Cao started planning Xuzhou two years ago but failed, but Liu Bei finally took advantage of him. This

Where can I go to reason?

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Chang'an, General's Mansion.

"My lord, why are you so happy? Cao Cao is dead?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in confusion.

"That's rude, that's my brother!" Chen Mo closed the bamboo slip and glared at Dian Wei: "Whether he can speak or not, brother... it's already difficult for him... Haha~"

At the end of the sentence, Chen Mo still couldn't help but laugh out loud. He had been planning for several years to serve as the emperor, but in the end, Cao Cao took advantage of the chaos and stole the emperor. He was somewhat depressed, but this time it was Cao Cao's turn to be unlucky.

Xuzhou, which he had been planning for two years, was taken away by Liu Bei. This suddenly made Chen Mo feel more balanced. This was really retribution!

Judging from the current situation, Cao Cao is located in a place where there are four wars. If he cannot open up the situation as soon as possible, he will be destroyed sooner or later. It is a pity.

However, since he chose this path, Chen Mo would feel sorry for Cao Cao, but he would not help him. Even when necessary, he would not hesitate to take back the emperor and give Cao Cao a heavier blow. They chose the same path and became

The opponent is also doomed.

For Chen Mo, the Yanzhou battle report relieved the depression he had been feeling since he lost the emperor. However, that was also someone else's business. In the next period of time, Chen Mo was reorganizing his own power.

After the rumor battle, as Zhong Yao secretly released the list, many celebrities from Guanlong began to side with Chen Mo. Chen Mo also selected a group of good talents, including those from Xinfeng County who were not famous but had real talents and knowledge.

Zhang Ji, the famous Liangzhou governor Wei Duan, was favored by Chen Mo alone, and there were more than thirty people in the court and local areas. After this, these people can be regarded as Chen Mo's power, and his confidants are naturally talking about it.

If not, Chen Mo's voice in the court has become a little more powerful.

In the first year of Xingping, all the princes in the world were in a hurry. Chen Mo was busy rescuing disasters, fighting with courtiers, suppressing the Qiang rebellion, and fighting more than ten battles with Ma Teng and Han Sui. Although Chen Mo did not go to the front line in person, Xu

Rong, Hua Xiong and Ma Teng and Han Sui almost never broke up.

Yuan Shao was making plans for Gongsun Zan, and Youzhou and Qingzhou were about to be captured. Needless to say, Cao Cao's affairs with Liu Bei made him spend most of the second half of the year sorting out Yanzhou, and there was no sign of further troops.

However, compared to these three, when Chen Mo collected battle reports from various places at the end of the year, he paid more attention to two emerging forces. Jiangdong Sun Ce. Although he was attached to Yuan Shu's account, it could be seen that this young man of the same age as himself had already

Having established a firm foothold in Jiangdong, another thing that attracted Chen Mo's attention was Lu Bu, who occupied Nanyang.

After the Chang'an Rebellion, Lü Bu left Wuguan. He originally wanted to defect to Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu was very wary of Lü Bu, and Lü Bu had a hard time. Later, when Yuan Shu attacked Cao Cao and was killed by Cao Cao, Lü Bu stationed troops in

In the Ping clan area, military rations were seized.

Later, Cao Cao formed an alliance with Liu Biao, but Cao Cao stole the emperor, leaving Nanyang without a master. Liu Biao also failed to capture Nanyang, so Lu Bu took advantage of the situation and captured Wancheng. Cao Cao had already driven away Liu Bei and was in the process of sorting out Yanzhou.

, after learning that Lu Bu had occupied Wancheng, he immediately made Lu Bu the prefect of Nanyang in the name of the emperor, helped him contain Liu Biao, and fought a battle with Liu Biao in Xinye. After that, the two sides used the Han River as the boundary, and each of them suspended their troops, and finally went back to

Fighting in the south is a world of water warfare, and Lu Bu is not good at this aspect.
Chapter completed!