Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 426 Cao Cao's Decision

The flames in the brazier gradually rose, but soon turned into green smoke, until they disappeared.

"There is no need to worry about the Huns. I had expected that Yu Fuluo would not abide by the covenant, so I issued a secret order to Cao Ren in advance to strictly monitor every move of the Xiongnu Shanyu, and he can send troops to capture the Huns' royal court at any time."

Cao Cao's expression was very calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. In his opinion, the Huns were not a threat at all.

"I believe that at this moment, the tiger and leopard cavalry and the armored soldiers should have approached the court of the Huns."

The tiger and leopard cavalry is Cao Cao's most proud cavalry battalion, and the general in command is his younger brother Cao Chun.

The armored soldiers are the elite infantry newly established by Cao Cao, and the leaders are his adopted son Cao Zhen and his son Cao Xiu.

These two troops are Cao Cao's trump cards, and the Iron Armored Corps has been secretly monitoring the Xiongnu. No one in Xihe County except Cao Ren knows the existence of this army.

Because of this, Cao Cao was not afraid of Yu Fuluo's rebellion at all, and what he was worried about at this time was the black bandit who had never been seen.

And... Cao Ren's conjecture at the end of the letter.

As soon as Cheng Yu heard that the armored soldiers had already ambushed in Xihe County, he knew that the fighting there might end soon.

"Yu Fuluo is nothing to worry about, but where did Black Mountain Zhang Yan go?" Cao Cao finally couldn't hold back his temper, picked up the chess piece and threw it on the ground.

When Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao was angry, he didn't dare to shrink back, so he had to express his concerns.

"Yan Liang and Yuan Xi's soldiers and horses have already left, but there is still no movement around Yangquan Pass. It has been almost a month. It is impossible for the black mountain bandits to stay on the mountain for so long. I think... this matter may change!"

It was Cheng Yu who made the alliance with the Huns, and he was also the one who offered advice to deal with the Black Bandits. Now that two things happened unexpectedly, Cheng Yu felt a lot of pressure.

Especially if there is a change in this operation, then Bingzhou's preparations for nearly half a year will be in vain.

Cao Cao got angry only because he waited too long, and he didn't blame Cheng Yu. On the contrary, he also very much agreed with the two strategies Cheng Yu gave him.

"Impossible. We have been planning to deal with the Black Bandit for more than half a year. All the possibilities in the middle have been deduced. As long as there are no special circumstances, the Black Bandit will definitely appear in Yangquan Pass."

Although Cheng Yu first thought of the plan to ambush and recruit the black bandits, Cao Cao personally arranged every detail of the implementation.

So Cao Cao still firmly believes that under normal circumstances, the plan of Yangquanguan will definitely work.

Unless there are really special circumstances.

And does this special situation have anything to do with Cao Ren's conjecture?

It was about the regent of the Han Dynasty, so Cao Cao hesitated for a while.

"Zhongde go down first, let me think about it."

Cao Cao sent Cheng Yu away with a wave of his hand, and the door curtain was also lowered, and the inside of the big tent immediately became dark.

It's just that in this dim environment, Cao Cao's eyes became brighter and brighter like a red moon.

"From this point of view... Liu Yu should have entered Bingzhou alone!"

Cao Cao no longer had any doubts, and directly affirmed Cao Ren's speculation, and he had reason to believe that Yan Liang and Yuan Xi led troops to Taiyuan County before to intercept and kill Liu Yu.

"Before when Cheng Yu returned from Jizhou, he said that Wen Chou had been killed. At first I thought it was Gongsun Zan, but now it seems that Liu Yu went to Jizhou first, and then killed Wen Chou. Yuan Shao then discovered and sent troops to hunt him down. .”

"Perhaps, Liu Yu met Zhang Yan in Jizhou, that's why the Black Mountain Bandit didn't come to Bingzhou to avoid disaster!"

There are very few wise men in troubled times, and among these very few wise men, there are few who can see the whole picture of the world with just a few words like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao didn't see any relevant information about Liu Yu's entry into Jizhou with his own eyes, but his speculation was pretty close.

"One is secretly entering Hebei, and the other is secretly chasing and killing him. Now that person has reached the border of Bingzhou...Should I make a move?"

Thinking that the black mountain bandit is likely to be bewitched by Liu Yu, which will make him miss 10,000+ military service and millions of labor.

"Anyone who harms me will be punished!"

"If you can keep it in Bingzhou, maybe you can take the opportunity...to take down Luoyang City!"

At this moment, Cao Cao's eyes were full of blood red, and a monstrous murderous intent spread all over his body in an instant.

But soon he recalled all kinds of things on Dagu Mountain.

The vast map of the world, the rich specialties of the Western Regions, the promise of getting support for the westward advance and being crowned the king of the new territory, all the tempting secrets echoed in Cao Cao's ears again.

All these secrets were told by Liu Yu, and the promise was also guaranteed by Liu Yu himself.

At least for now, Liu Yu's plan to settle Dong Zhuo and the entire Central Plains in three to two years is basically completed, and it only took less than half a year.

Then as one of the promises, he asked the imperial court to appoint Cao Cao as the shepherd of Bingzhou, and also sent a large amount of food, grass and supplies, which enabled Bingzhou to have the strength to deal with foreign tribes such as Heishan bandits and Huns at the same time.

"Once someone is sent to intercept and kill him, he will announce a complete break with Liu Yu. Whether he succeeds or not, he will face the anger of Luoyang! Can Bingzhou be a land of three counties?"

Thinking of this, the blood red in Cao Cao's eyes gradually dissipated.

After a long time, Cao Cao laughed at himself.

"I'm too sensitive. Maybe I guessed wrong from the very beginning. How can the Regent, a majestic man, be able to take risks alone? I'm wrong, I must be wrong."

Cao Cao forced himself not to think about it like self-hypnosis, but Cao Ren's letter had just been burned, and Guo Jia's personal letter was sent from the Jinyang Military Division Mansion.

In the letter, Guo Jia first mentioned Cao Ren's conjecture, and Guo Jia basically agreed with this conjecture, so he ordered to block all passages going south, and sent Xu Chu to Hulao Pass to verify.

Then Cao Cao saw a very strange thing in the letter.

Guo Jia wrote a person's name on the letter with a special brushwork. The person's surname is Wen Mingdao, and the word Yigu.Then I switched back to the normal font and wrote Wendao's theory of "unfaithful, unrighteous, benevolent, untrustworthy, and unwise".

"Why use this special font to write this person's name and font size? This is not like Feng Xiao's usual style!"

Cao Cao was very puzzled, and repeated Wendao Yigu several times in his mouth.

Suddenly Cao Cao felt a numbness in his waist that spread directly to his forehead.

"Wen Dao together is... Liu!"

"Itoya and together is...Yu!"

".........!!"

After about half a quarter of an hour, Cao Cao turned around from his amazement.

"What a Liu Yu!"

"What a great Han Zhongshan King!"

Cao Cao yelled twice in a row, and then immediately ordered the whole army to return to Jinyang.

(End of this chapter)