Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Seeing Lu Yan approaching, Xia Houlan quickly got up and said, "I still feel a little uncomfortable...but I'm really not that narrow."

Asking Wei Yan and Lu Yan not to talk, Xia Houlan said with some embarrassment: "Actually, what makes me feel uncomfortable is that my aptitude is not that good. Will I be able to stop at this level in my life?"

Was it for this?

Then Wei Yan couldn't help him, so he and Xia Houlan looked at Lu Yan together, as if waiting for the only innate master in the world to answer this doubt.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yan suddenly said, "No matter how brave a person is, he is only an enemy of a hundred or a thousand. Why don't you go after the basics and learn from the enemy of ten thousand?"

"Ah!?" Xia Houlan was so startled that she was about to jump up, and quickly waved her hands, "Sir, I really don't want to copy books!!!"

"Ziheng, I hope that you will become a handsome and talented person, not just a fierce general who charges into the battle, do you understand?"

Xia Houlan gradually put away her expression, and after a long while, she finally clasped her fists and said, "Lan understands, I will study hard on military art when I go back!"

"Well... go, have a good drink with everyone."

"Yes..."

Chapter 117 Put Power in a Cage

After unraveling the knot between Xia Houlan and Wei Yan, Xia Houlan pulled Wei Yan to sit beside her and asked:

"Brother, aren't you playing the autumn wind in the south? How did you appear on the outskirts of Pengcheng?"

After Wei Yan sat down, he filled himself and Xia Houlan with wine, and then replied: "

I led the cavalry to destroy Ji Ling's two batches of grain and grass, and also intercepted and killed several batches of troops heading to the south to urge grain.

I figured that Lu Hussars was about to defeat Ji Ling, so I led my cavalry to Xiaopei.

However, when we arrived at Xiaopei, we discovered that Lu Hussars had taken Xiaopei City three days ago, so I didn't dare to stop any longer and headed straight for Pengcheng. "

Suddenly, Xia Houlan said, "So that's how it is!"

Later, when Wei Yan was about to arrive in Pengcheng, the scouts who went to investigate the news suddenly reported that there was a fight under Pengcheng.

Wei Yan didn't want to miss the opportunity of this battle, so he urged his subordinates to march quickly, and finally came to 10 miles outside Pengcheng when the battle was about to end.

Wei Yan asked his soldiers to rest for half an hour before rejoining the battle. Unexpectedly, less than 5 minutes after they got off their horses, a knight in general armor ran towards them.

Wei Yan, who thought he was a fugitive general, immediately got on his horse, dashed forward and chopped off the general's head with a single blow.

Finally, when he heard Xia Houlan's wailing, he realized that he had inadvertently robbed his teammates of a great credit...

Zhang Xun!

That is the second-ranked general under Yuan Shu's command, a big fish from the rank of Hussar General!

Wei Yan originally wanted to give back the credit to Xia Houlan, but Xia Houlan turned around and left without saying a word, leaving Wei Yan in a bit awkward place alone.

Seeing Xia Houlan was unhappy at the celebration banquet today, Wei Yan thought he was angry with him, so that's why Wei Yan held up a bowl to make amends at the beginning.

But in fact, Xia Houlan was more depressed about her strength at the end of the crane, not because she was really troubled by a head.

Look at the generals around Lu Yan, not to mention Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Dian Wei, even the newcomers Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and even the captive Miss Lu, Xia Houlan can't beat...

The identity of the end of the Wannian crane, this feeling is really uncomfortable!

But Xia Houlan's qualifications are limited, and together with Yu Wu, it may be really difficult to reach a super first-class level.

Lu Yan asked him to learn how to lead soldiers and fight, and not to be too obsessed with his personal bravery.

After touching the bowl with Wei Yan, Xia Houlan took another sip of mulled wine and murmured: "Although my aptitude is limited, I will never give up martial arts!"

"That's right! Facing difficulties, this is the choice of a real man!" Wei Yan praised Xia Houlan, and then filled his bowl with wine again.

Xia Houlan drank it in one gulp again, and after wiping off the remaining wine on her mouth, she turned to look at Wei Yan and said, "But I can't let down my husband's cultivation, so Wen Chang..."

Wei Yan straightened his waist and asked, "If you need someone's help, just say it, Ziheng!"

"Copy books with me!"

"Farewell!"

"..."

Halfway through the banquet, the atmosphere gradually reached a climax.

A few rough embryos took off their upper body clothes and were desperately fighting for wine.

There are also scholars such as Xun You and Chen Deng who are drinking and composing poems, feeling very comfortable.

Lu Yan didn't get involved in either side, he is now a humanoid drinking machine with no emotions, no matter who comes to toast, he will drink it all in one gulp.

Anyway, with the body protected by innate qi, he couldn't get drunk at all.

Halfway through the banquet, Chen Deng, Xun You and others also raised their bowls to toast.

Looking at the appearance of these two people, it seems that the previous conversation was very smooth, and the relationship has become much closer.

That's right, both of them came from aristocratic families, so they should have a lot of common language.

Lu Yan raised his glass, and after drinking with the two of them with a smile, he said, "Yuanlong, Mr. Cao will not treat you badly, don't worry."

Originally, Lu Yan thought that Chen Deng would feel a little uncomfortable. After all, he and Boss Cao were notorious family gangsters.

However, Chen Deng replied very frankly and calmly: "Lu Huqi, with all due respect, under the rules set by you and Mr. Cao, our aristocratic family still has a lot of room to do things."

Xun You was startled when he heard the words. This was the result of the two of them discussing in secret just now, but Chen Deng's big mouth actually said that!And he said it directly in front of Lu Yan!Aren't you slapping your face with a slap in the face? !

This is a blatant provocation!

"You're dying, kid?!" Xun You reprimanded softly, his left hand was still tugging at Chen Deng's sleeve, asking him to apologize, "Why don't you apologize to Lu Huanqi?"

In the army, it is too easy for a general like Lu Yan who controls the military power to kill a person reasonably and legally.

What's more, Lu Yan is now deeply favored by Boss Cao and Boss Liu, and he can almost be said to be a person who can cover the sky with one hand.

Newcomer, or does the general dare to offend Lu Yan just like that?Aren't you playing a lantern in the latrine, looking for Shi!

I thought that Lu Yan would make things difficult or even slap Chen Deng to death in anger, but to Xun You's surprise, Lu Yan smiled and nodded in relief!

That's right!

Xun You wiped his eyes, "Lu Hussar is indeed smiling!"

Turning his head to look at Chen Deng, who was also smiling without any fear, Xun You was a little dazed for a while.

When Lu Yan saw that Xun You, who is known for his resourcefulness, was sometimes confused, he couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Gongda, Gongda, I never imagined that there are problems in this world that you can't see through!"

"Ah! Lu Huan has a great reputation, and you are also an ordinary person, how can you see through everything..." Xun You hurriedly cupped his hands and said modestly.

"Yuanlong, since you already understand the intention of Duke Cao and me, then it's up to you to explain to Gongda."

"Here!" Chen Deng promised, then turned his head slightly, and said to Xun You: "Actually, Lu Huqi and my lord are not trying to suppress the wealthy family blindly, and this is not advisable. With the wisdom of Lu Huqi and my lord , they will not fail to see the pros and cons of this.”

Seeing that Xun You was listening respectfully, Chen Deng smiled and continued to explain: "The series of reforms that Lu Hushi and the lord have done or will do in the future are just to limit the power of the aristocratic family to a certain range. .”

Hearing this, Xun You has already turned the corner. He just didn't think about it before. He and Xun Yu always thought that Lu Yan and Xi Zhicai, like Xi Zhicai, wanted to break the family after they became capable. Monopoly is just fighting for a way to advance for one's own class.

Xun You and Xun Yu saw the harm of the family, so they didn't help each other, turned a blind eye and let Lu Yan and Cao Cao torment.

Lu Yan opened his mouth and replied: "Simply put, it is to put the power of the aristocratic family in a cage. But within the reasonable rules of the cage, Mr. Cao and I have never restricted the reasonable development needs of the aristocratic family."

"Put power in a cage..." After Xun You murmured, he cupped his hands and bowed to Lu Yan, saying, "So that's how it is! Lu Huqi and the lord's good intentions have not been realized until today, ashamed!"

"It's not just the aristocratic family... Hundreds of officials and even the power of the emperor must be supervised."

Lu Yan didn't say this, after all, it's not that time yet.

Chapter 118 Terrible, let Lao Cao pretend

With the help of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu, and then joined his uncle Wu Jing and cousin Sun Ben to defeat Wang Lang.

Later, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, and Sun Ce took the opportunity to attack Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou.

Until the first year of Jian'an, at the end of June, Liu Yao was finally defeated by Sun Ce, and was finally driven out of Yangzhou and fled to Jingzhou.

A generation of princes, but finally achieved the prestige of the little overlord Sun Ce.

After defeating Liu Yao, Sun Ce basically unified the eight counties in Jiangdong. He also announced his separation from Yuan Shu and planned to send people to Xuchang to bleach his identity.

Chen Deng is a man of great insight. After Lu Yan revealed his intention to cooperate with him to defeat Yuan Shu's army, Chen Deng had already made up his mind to join Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao suppressed the aristocratic family somewhat, in Chen Deng's eyes, Cao Cao's rule was also full of various opportunities.

Spices, bookstores, cloth, no matter which one is taken out alone, it is a huge profit industry, not to mention that there is a legal official business organization such as the United Chamber of Commerce.

As long as they can get on the line of the chamber of commerce, the aristocratic family has the means to share such a small piece of benefits from this big cake.

Money is important, but the real family values ​​knowledge more.

To know such things as knowledge, he will definitely not be too little.

Although they are no longer able to form a monopoly on knowledge due to the massive issuance of new paper, on the other hand, it can actually enrich the family's own collection.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages, it depends on how the aristocratic family perceives and transforms it.

After cooperating with Chen Deng to defeat Yuan Shu's army that besieged Pengcheng, Lu Yan did not advance rashly.

In his opinion, if Yuan Shu was not hopelessly stupid, he would definitely recall Qiao Rui and Lei Bo.

If Yuan Shu really let his last elite just sit there,

Lu Yan certainly wouldn't mind going south to take Yuan Shu's hometown, Shouchun, after meeting the reinforcements dispatched by Yingchuan.

From Yingchuan, to be precise, it should be the reinforcements from Yangdi and Wancheng,

They were led by two generals, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao, with a total of 5000 troops. They were taking over the land laid down by Lu Yan and rushing all the way to Pengcheng Round.

Even if it is necessary to divide troops to garrison important areas, when these two armies are combined, Lu Yan still has more than 2 troops, and with the addition of more than [-] people from Cao Cao and Liu Bei, they now have nearly [-] troops!

Although Yuan Shu claims to have 80 soldiers, most of them are recruits who have just been conscripted, and their combat effectiveness may not be as good as Chenliu County's Tuntian soldiers... It's just that the numbers are more bluffing.

About three days after Lu Yan captured Pengcheng,

After receiving the order to retreat, Qiao Rui finally withdrew his army overnight and rushed back to Shouchun all the way.

When Qiao Rui was retreating, Yingchuan's reinforcements had not yet arrived, so he gave up the idea of ​​going to intercept Qiao Rui and Lei Bo.

At any rate, Yuan Jun still has nearly 1 troops, while Lu Yan only has a little over [-] people, so he still has to give others some face.

......

After Chen Deng officially joined Cao Ying, he was promoted to Dongjun as the prefect because of his great contribution to defending Pengcheng.

Dongjun is one of the gateways for Cao Cao to go north, and its geographical location is quite important.

Chen Deng was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun. Man Chong, the current prefect of Dongjun, was promoted to Xuchang after accumulating meritorious service, and became the order of Xuchang.

However, Chen Deng could not leave Pengcheng for the time being, and all personnel transfers would have to wait until the end of this war.

Xiapi City, in the prefecture's mansion.

In today's parliament, Cao Cao behaved a little differently than usual.

Since the beginning of the meeting, Cao Cao has been half-closed his eyes, as if he has been resting his mind.

Cheng Yu looked at Lao Cao from time to time, he didn't know what happened to today's lord...

Seeing Cao Cao closing his eyes and resting his mind, Jia Xu was also happy and leisurely, shaking his lupine and nodding his head to catch the fish.

Liu Bei usually behaves as gentle as jade, but his temperament is actually very staunch.

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't seem to care about the war outside at all, and Cao Cao's subordinates didn't dare to speak, Liu Bei simply stood up and asked, "Taiwei, Qiao Rui's reinforcements are probably coming soon, should we just wait like this?" ?"

When Cao Cao heard Liu Bei's question, he replied without raising his eyelids, "That's right, wait!"

When Liu Bei got such a reply, while he was surprised, he couldn't help but feel angry.

But after all, he is also a very deep generation in the city. After standing still for a while, Liu Bei once again bowed his hands and retreated back to his position expressionlessly.

Fortunately, everyone didn't have to wait too long, and soon there was movement outside the Sheriff's Mansion!

"Report!!!" The orderly yelled at the top of his lungs, "Qiaorui camp is empty! They have withdrawn overnight!"

Qiao Rui actually withdrew overnight without warning!

The civil and military forces under Liu Bei and Cao Cao were all stunned for a while.Even Jia Xu's right hand, which was gently shaking the feather fan, paused for a moment just now.

"What's going on?" Cheng Yu immediately looked at Cao Cao on the main seat, "My lord seems to have foreseen it a long time ago? But how did he foresee that Qiao Rui would retreat???"

The same problem, more and more people have noticed.