System Blessing: The Young Master of the Dong Family and Diao Chan's Fate

"My lord, you are absolutely right."

"My lord, you have reaped a rich harvest this time. Yuan Shao will certainly not tolerate us absorbing all of these soldiers."

"If you allow the lord to absorb all of Qingzhou's soldiers, you will have over 100,000 elite soldiers at your disposal. By then, Jizhou, which is adjacent to Yanzhou, will be at a disadvantage."

Xi Zhicai echoed the explanation.

"What should we do now?"

"We can't turn the entire Yanzhou into a mess just to support these soldiers, right?"

"I don't know what has happened to Yanzhou in recent years. Disasters have plagued us every year: droughts in the spring, floods in the summer, locust plagues in the autumn, and snowstorms in the winter. There hasn't been a single day of peace all year round."

When Cao Ren heard that neither this nor that was allowed, he immediately became angry.

"I asked you to solve problems, not to raise them."

"Originally, we only had problems with public security and food supplies."

"You're so good, you turned it into metaphysics."

"Do you still want me to invite a Taoist priest to perform a ritual?"

Cao Cao's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he asked unhappily.

"What Taoist priest do you want to invite?"

"There are so many Yellow Turban bandits, which one of them is not a follower of the Yellow Turban religion?"

"It would be much more convenient for you to just ask those hundreds of millions of Yellow Turbans to kneel down and kowtow than to ask a Taoist priest to perform a ritual. You wouldn't have to go all the way to ask him."

"When the heavens open their eyes and look down, wow, these one million Taoists performing rituals might be moved. Then, if a county magistrate becomes the governor, not only will the disasters of the entire Yanzhou disappear, but there might even be good weather and abundant harvests every year."

Cao Ren grumbled sarcastically.

boom--

"Ah~"

"Reverse, reverse!"

Being treated so sarcastically, Boss Cao was so angry that he couldn't help but make a meal.

"My lord, please calm down. General Cao must have seen that you were too bored, so he told a joke to liven up the atmosphere."

Cheng Yu explained with a helpless smile.

"Get out of here!"

"I'm so angry!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but curse.

We shouldn't have called this brainless bastard to discuss matters.

Bringing them to the meeting will only cause trouble for yourself!

"Just go away. It saves me from having to think."

Cao Ren stood up and left without looking back.

"Ah~"

"I'm furious!"

Cao Cao roared, looking at the empty bowl in his hand and the rice on the table.

Adhering to the mentality of not wasting food, Boss Cao pushed the rice on the table back into his bowl.

"Report!"

"My lord, urgent military reports have arrived from Puyang."

"Please review this, my lord."

A lieutenant colonel ran in and stood before Cao Cao with a letter in his hand.

"Puyang?"

"What urgent military information could there be in Puyang?"

Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Xi Zhicai and Chen Gong looked at each other.

"So many questions, why not just open it and take a look?"

Chen Gong stroked his beard and frowned.

"Makes sense!"

Cao Cao's expression froze and he immediately shouted.

When Cao Cao opened the letter, his heart tightened at the content.

"My Lord, what does the letter say?"

Xi Zhicai came over with a curious look on his face.

"Since you're here, just look at it yourself."

Cao Cao was in a bad mood, and his words were less casual than usual.

"..."

Xi Zhicai felt that what Cao Cao said made sense.

In the letter, Han Hao told Cao Cao exactly what happened in Puyang.

"My lord, Dong Zhuo's son... is no ordinary person."

Xi Zhicai's expression changed slightly and he said in a cold voice.

"He's really capable of sowing discord and breaking up alliances to prevent them from joining forces and plotting against me."

Cao Cao nodded, deeply agreeing.

If everything is really as stated in the letter, then there must be a deeper intention behind Dong Yu's actions.

Divorce!

Imagine this.

Cao Cao was an ally and younger brother of Yuan Shao, and Dong Yu crossed the river to attack Jizhou in his territory.

What would Yuan Shao think?

I'm afraid the first thing that would come to mind is that Cao Cao betrayed the alliance and turned from an ally into an accomplice.

"My lord, this may also be an opportunity for us."

Cheng Yu said with a serious expression.

"Zhongde wants me to lead the army to Jizhou?"

"Yuan Benchu ​​is not at the end of his rope yet. We should not make things difficult for him now. Once he gets through this, we will be unable to reconcile with him."

Cao Cao looked gloomy and hesitant.

Lao Cao is not a good man.

Naturally, he would not believe that he could always rely on Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao becomes powerful, he, his former ally, will naturally become a thorn in the other side's side.

After all, he was not a military general under Yuan Shao, but a warlord and prince with autonomy.

If he was a military general, it would be fine. At most he would have to hand over his military power and live the rest of his life in peace.

But who has ever heard of a surrendered prince having a good ending?

"If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences!"

"If the Qingzhou troops are not disbanded, they will become a burden to the lord. In this case, why not take them with us to attack Jizhou and plunder as much as we can?"

"We can also make a name for ourselves and say we are sending troops to aid our ally Yuan Shao."

Xi Zhicai bowed and stood with Cheng Yu.

"In that case, let's do it!"

When Cao Cao saw that both counselors agreed with this matter, he no longer hesitated.