Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

After listening to Zhou Yu's words, the blood in Sun Ce's body was aroused at once, and his fighting spirit also began to burn!

Pointing at Shouchun in the darkness, Sun Ce said boldly, "Gongjin, you and I will let the world remember our names!"

Liu Bei and Sun Ce came to the sheriff's mansion in Shouchun City with different moods. Cao Cao and his three military advisers had been waiting for a long time.

Liu Bei, Sun Ce greeted Cao Cao.

After seeing these two, Cao Cao said with a smile on his face, "You two, Shouchun has been captured, and you have to leave for Runan tomorrow to kill Yuan Shu!"

Although Liu Bei and Sun Ce were a little surprised, they clasped their fists and responded immediately: "Let the Taiwei make arrangements!"

Cao Cao was also righteous, and even gave them the credit for killing Yuan Shu in the end.

In fact, Cao Cao did not do so out of good intentions.

Yuan Shu has only one head, no matter whether it is Liu Bei or Sun Ce who kills Yuan Shu, the loser will inevitably have a estrangement in their hearts.

This is the strategy of Xun You and others.

They have seen signs of a connection between Sun and Liu, so they suggested that Cao Cao throw out a bait that he could not refuse, so as to plant nails and create cracks in the relationship between them.

Zhou Yu immediately noticed Cao Cao's bad intentions, but he didn't want to give Liu Bei the credit for it.

People don't kill themselves, not to mention that this is the best time for Sun Ce to cleanse himself and gain great fame!

Liu Bei has not noticed the turbulent undercurrent here,

He thought that Cao Cao entrusted him and Sun Ce to hunt down Yuan Shu because he wanted to consolidate the rule of Xuzhou and Huainan and could not spare any extra troops.

Liu Bei also needs this credit, which can bring him great prestige and at the same time attract more talents for him.

Seeing that Sun Ce and Liu Bei were on an errand, Cao Cao asked with a smile, "Xuande, Bofu, do you have any questions?"

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Sun Ce hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Dare to ask Taiwei Cao, how did you break through Shouchun City?"

Not only Sun Ce, Liu Bei and others are also very curious.

Seeing that Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu were all curious and searching, Cao Cao laughed and said, "Actually, it is thanks to General Lei Bo that we were able to successfully win Shouchun this time."

"Lei Bo?!"

"Isn't that the general under Yuan Shu's command?!" Even Liu Bei's city mansion couldn't help shouting in surprise.

Cao Cao said: "That's right. In fact, General Lei Bo has long been displeased with Yuan Shu's debauchery and extravagance, and what the common people have done.

After our patient persuasion before, he finally chose to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and opened the west gate of Shouchun City. "

"So that's the case! No wonder Cao Cao defeated Shouchun so quickly. It turned out that he had instigated the rebellion of Yuan Shu's generals!" Sun Ce was stunned.

At the same time, Cao Cao's sense of mystery shrouded in his heart and the faint pressure before were all gone in an instant.

Even, a trace of disdain rose in Sun Ce's heart, and he secretly said: "It's just a conspiracy, I, Sun Ce, don't bother to accept such a villain who betrays the master!"

Chapter 134

After Sun Ce and Liu Bei understood Cao Cao's intentions,

They politely declined Cao Cao's invitation to stay with them "for a late-night snack before leaving", and rushed back to their camp overnight.

Without it, both of them had the idea of ​​marching into Runan overnight and taking Yuan Shu's head to win the first victory in their hearts, so they didn't want to delay even a second.

After Sun and Liu left in a hurry, Cao Cao asked the three military advisers in the big tent, "Who do you think will be our biggest threat in the future, Sun Ce or Liu Bei?"

Xun You and Cheng Yu glanced at each other's dark circles, and said in unison, "Sun Ce!"

As for Jia Xu, he seemed to be sleeping with his eyes closed, but his mind was running at high speed, thinking about how Lu Yan transmitted the information to the city.

Cao Cao has already learned what happened between Lu Yan and the three of them last night,

At this moment, he glanced at the haggard Jia Xu, and couldn't bear to ask him any more questions. Cao Cao even complained to Lu Yan in his heart: "Mr. Lu, you are committing a crime!"

Undoubtedly, both Xun You and Cheng Yu answered Sun Ce, and Jia Xu probably thought so too.

This is not because of their lack of intelligence and strategy, but because of the current development situation and the potential shown by individuals, it is true that Sun Ce's side has firmly gained the upper hand.

In history, Liu Bei also gradually became famous after he was recognized by the emperor and became the emperor's uncle; as for him now, in many eyes, there is probably nothing too noteworthy.

But Cao Cao firmly remembered Lu Yan's words. He firmly believed that Liu Bei would be his biggest threat in the future!

After letting the three advisers go back to rest, Cao Cao has made up his mind at this moment:

When Liu Bei sends troops to Runan, he will appoint a new Xuzhou shepherd in the name of the emperor, and take Guangling County into his own hands.

As for Liu Bei,

If Liu Bei and Sun Ce can successfully win Yuan Shu in the end, he will promote Liu Bei to an official in the name of the emperor, but he will not return to Guangling, just stay in Xuchang.

If not won, wouldn't it be easier to deal with Liu Bei...

......

The first year of Jian'an, at the end of July.

Cao Cao countered Lei Bo, broke through and occupied Shouchun City.

Taking this as a springboard, Cao Jun sent troops to wipe out the remaining Yuan Shu forces in Huainan County. So far, the rich Huainan County was completely taken into Cao Cao's pocket.

After Cao Cao's army left, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin were left in Shouchun City by Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun was appointed as the Governor of Huainan, responsible for governing this area that was almost devastated by Yuan Shu.

As for Lu Yan, he bid farewell to Cao Cao and returned to Chenliu County as soon as Shouchun City was broken.

This time I came out for a few months,

Looking at Xuzhou, where people's livelihood is in decline, and Huainan, where people are struggling to make a living... When he came back and saw the bustling Chenliu, Lu Yan suddenly felt as if he had passed away.

The world is not peaceful yet, comrades still need to work hard!

Now under the rule of Cao Cao, not to mention all, at least the people in most areas can live and work in peace and contentment.

There are fields to grow and food to eat. Occasionally, the government will recruit workers to build infrastructure, and the common people can also take advantage of the slack time to earn some extra money to subsidize their families.

Moreover, under Cao Cao's rule, farmers' taxes have been reduced from four out of ten taxes to two out of ten taxes, and the happiness of the people is almost full.

Compared with the huge tax revenue brought by commerce, the grain tax for farmers has really become less important.

It was also after seeing the huge amount of tax brought by business that Cao Cao realized how stupid he was to exempt Chen Liu from business tax for a few years, and how foolish that guy Lu Yan was...

It is precisely because of the huge profits brought by business that even the officials in the imperial court only occasionally come out to blow the wind and talk about some dirty phenomena that do exist in business.

After all, no one doesn't want to live a good life. Although businessmen do have many problems, they are still looked down upon by many people.

But compared to the contempt and scorn in the early years, at least now everyone can maintain the most basic respect and politeness after meeting.

Lu Yan, Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Huang Zhong returned to Chenliu with the cavalry trained by Chenliu County.

Wei Yan was officially taken away by Cao Cao, and he should form an army alone in the future.

There were 700 cavalry at the time of the expedition, but there were only more than [-] when they returned, and [-] altars of ashes.

Back in Chenliu County, Lu Yan and the others did not immediately go back to the city to rest. Instead, regardless of their fatigue, they immediately came to the Garden of Loyalty outside the city for the fallen soldiers.

Lu Yan stood at the forefront, in front of him was a table with sacrificial offerings, and a huge stone tablet more than two meters high and one meter wide behind the table.

There is no one's name on this stele yet, but it won't be long before there will be hundreds of names on it...

Looking back beyond this wordless tablet, there are several other stone tablets that are exactly the same as the current one.It's just that the names of the fallen soldiers have been engraved on those few stone tablets, and two stone tablets have even been engraved with densely packed names, almost occupying both sides of the stone tablet.

Looking at the tall and solemn stone monuments, Lu Yan couldn't help recalling the unforgettable battles one by one, and the extremely tragic scenes, and occasionally recalled the war scenes in his dreams.

In the battle between Yingchuan County and Yuan Shu, Chen Liujun showed his peerless demeanor to the world for the first time.

In that battle, since most of Chen Liu's soldiers were on the battlefield for the first time, it was also the battle with the highest death rate among many battles.

The first battle of Chen Liu's soldiers,

In order to win, the soldiers knew that the battlefield was dangerous, but they still didn't hesitate at all. They rushed to the battlefield without hesitation, and no one flinched!

On the stone tablet representing this battle, the names of more than 8000 soldiers were engraved, but there are still a small number of people who did not even leave their names...

Lu Yan looked back a little further, and what he saw was when Lu Bu invaded Yanzhou, Chen Liu's army supported Juancheng in the first battle.

On it are the names of thousands of soldiers.

Then there is Sizhou, and finally there is this stele representing the battle between Xuzhou and Huainan.

Now these 200 people are just cavalry. When Tai Shici returns, he will have a list of three or 400 people killed in battle...

Lu Yan lit three sticks of incense, followed by Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan, and Huang Zhong.

Just as they were about to start the sacrificial process, an anxious shout suddenly came from a distance, "Longevity! You didn't call me for such a big event as paying homage to soldiers!"

hear the voice,

Lu Yan and the others stopped what they were doing, and then turned their heads to look at Guo Jia, who was running towards him profusely.

Riding horses is prohibited in Zhonglie Garden, and Guo Jia rushed all the way to the gate.

"Ha~~~ha~~~" Guo Jia supported his legs and knees, panted heavily with his tongue out, and said, "It's...not bad...catch...catch up!"

Facing his friend, Lu Yan said very seriously: "No noise is allowed in Zhonglie Garden!"

Guo Jia didn't refute, let alone raise an argument, he just nodded his head as a matter of course, and said, "I know, I will go to the barracks to get twenty army sticks after the sacrifice is over."

Even though he knew that he would be punished for this, Guo Jia did not want to miss the opportunity to sacrifice to the fallen soldiers.

Lu Yan nodded, said nothing more, and handed Guo Jia three sticks of incense with his own hands.

Guo Jia took the incense, stood behind Lu Yan, stood in a row with Zhao Yun and others and began to sacrifice.

What Guo Jia didn't notice was that the soldiers standing behind him looked at his back with softer eyes.

Chapter 135 Zhou Yu's fear, Cao Cao's calculation behind it!

The whole ritual process is not complicated.

After Lu Yan and others finished offering incense, the ashes of the fallen soldiers were held by other robes and placed in the grave one by one.

After the burial was over, Lu Yan took the wine jar from Guo Jia and murmured, "Brothers, I, Lu Yan, will do it first as a respect!"

After killing nearly half of the altar in one go, Lu Yan waved his hand and dumped the wine on the ground.

The soldiers behind Lu Yan also drank nearly half of the wine in the wine bowl like Lu Yan, and then poured the rest of the wine on the ground in front of them.

At this moment, some soldiers were already crying.I don't know if it's because of touching the scene, or because my good brother is lying behind the tombstone...

After the sacrifice, Lu Yan and the cavalry returned to the cavalry camp.

In the camp, the more than 1000 cavalry soldiers who had completely transformed into elite soldiers stood neatly and quietly in a square formation.

Facing them, Lu Yan looked at this group of vicissitudes or immature, haggard or tired faces, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Everyone! The dead are dead, and the living should forge ahead.

Those robes who have gone to reincarnation, their will will be passed down from generation to generation by our living brothers! "

The originally somewhat silent and sentimental atmosphere gradually became warmer with Lu Yan's speech.

Yes!

In war, there is no one who is not dead.

Instead of being immersed in the sorrow of the past, it is better to stand up again and move forward bravely!

At the end of the speech, Lu Yan suddenly asked: "If the earthen pot is not broken away from the well, the general will inevitably die before the battle. Brothers, are you...would you be afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

"Not afraid!"

"Don't be afraid! I'm just a soldier!"

There was a sudden noise from the crowd, and the original rigorous atmosphere was instantly destroyed by it...

"Hahaha!" A burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the army formation.

The corner of Lu Yan's mouth twitched, and he quickly discovered the culprit who ruined the atmosphere.

Pointing at the strong man making noise, Lu Yan said loudly: "Tie Niu! This general punishes you for not having dinner today!"

Tieniu, whose name was called out by Lu Yan, was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly wailed: Ah!No! !Lu Huanqi, I know I was wrong!I just count on this mouthful to eat, I can't help but give me food! "

What happened to Tieniu and his exaggerated acting skills once again caused the surrounding Pao Ze to burst into laughter, and many even began to tease Tieniu.

Lu Yan didn't seem to want to give up yet, when the laughter gradually subsided, he suddenly smiled and said: "Tonight's celebration banquet, let's drink and eat hot pot!"