Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 429 Should You Chase
Guo Jia bowed his head and said nothing, Cao Cao was thoughtful, which made Dian Wei on the side very anxious.

"At this moment, the King's Court of the Huns may be captured by the two young generals. Why are the lord and the military adviser still hesitating about whether to pursue and kill Yu Fuluo?"

From the very beginning, Dian Wei listened to the conversation between Cao Cao and Guo Jia, and he said with a puzzled face, "Don't they all say that foreigners are untrustworthy? You must hunt them down to the end. Why bother!"

Dian Wei's words were like a catalyst, making the originally solemn hall immediately relaxed.

"Ha ha……"

"The evil words woke me up."

Cao Cao laughed a few times and signaled Dian Wei to come to the table for a drink.

Evil Lai is Dian Wei's nickname, but only Cao Cao can call this nickname.

"A little Yuvro is not enough to bother me so much. The person I am considering hunting down is not him."

As he said that, Cao Cao took out a piece of bamboo and put it gently on the table. The person he really paid attention to was the owner of the piece of bamboo.

The bamboo piece was sent by Guo Jia when he sent the letter, with Wendao's name on the front and his hometown and hometown written on the back.

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"Wen Dao?"

Dian Wei picked up the bamboo piece curiously.

"Isn't this piece of bamboo owned by the counselor who came to the Military Advisor's Mansion to recruit? Why did my lord chase him down?"

There were too many things Dian Wei didn't understand, but Cao Cao didn't want to explain more for the time being, because he wanted to hear the few suggestions Guo Jia just said.

"Let's talk about your reasons for pursuing."

Cao Cao put down his wine bowl and prepared to listen carefully.

Guo Jia thought about it seriously before speaking.

"First of all, Bingzhou needs a lot of material resources in the short term, which also includes the recruitment of talents. If this person can be arrested, he can take the opportunity to blackmail him. I believe that the court will not be too stingy with its chips."

Cao Cao didn't express anything after hearing this, and he seemed dissatisfied with the reason. After taking a bite of the dish, he signaled to Guo Jia that he could continue.

"Secondly, from a long-term perspective, this person is the choice of the dragon and phoenix. In the future, he will definitely be the strongest opponent on the road to domination. If he can be culled in advance, there will be one less competitor."

After listening to the second point, Cao Cao nodded in agreement, thinking that this should be the suggestion that Guo Jia should have.

"But there is a third reason for chasing and killing this person?"

"The third point is related to some mystical theories. This person has invented various inventions and theories since the amazing battle of Hulaoguan, as well as the distant western stories. These things are mysterious and mysterious but seem to be It really exists, if you want to find out the truth in Western stories in advance, it is absolutely imperative to arrest that person!"

Hearing the third reason, Cao Cao put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, and even Dian Wei opened his jaw in surprise.

"It turns out that the lord and the gentleman are not talking about Yu Fuluo's rebellion, but are discussing whether to hunt and kill that person!"

"Isn't that person in Luoyang City? When did he come back to Bingzhou?"

Dian Wei's doubts made both Cao Cao and Guo Jia temporarily uncertain, but when they fixed their eyes on the piece of bamboo, they immediately believed in their previous judgment.

There are indeed too many secrets in Kang Xianren's apprentice!And every secret could be a fortune!

So this third reason moved Cao Cao's heart, which is also one of the main reasons why he urgently ordered to return from Yangquan Pass.

Perhaps it is really imperative to hunt down Liu Yu.

Although he was moved, Cao Cao did not make any judgments or express any opinions, and directly asked Guo Jia to continue to give reasons for not pursuing.

"As for the reasons for not chasing him, I have prepared three reasons."

"First, Bingzhou's current main enemies are nomadic foreigners, and it is difficult to fight on multiple fronts relying on the strength of the three counties, so in order not to arouse hostility from Luoyang, it is best not to pursue him."

"The second point is that the man is weak and has finally found a character who can turn the world around. The lord has always taken it as his duty to be loyal to the man and the emperor. For the sake of the court, he should be released to Luo."

"The third and most important point is that the Western Expedition is the grand ambition of the lord. As that person said, dominating the Central Plains is like fighting within a family. True warriors disdain fighting among themselves. They prefer to go out of the house. Compete with others!"

"That person seems to know the situation of the countries in the Western Regions very well, and the Western Expedition also needs his support and support, so only when that person returns to Luoyang safely, can the grand ideal of the lord be realized!"

The Western Expedition was a big cake drawn by Liu Yu for Cao Cao. Liu Yu on the Dagu Mountain had hinted that Cao Cao would lay down more territory for the Han, and he would let the court make Cao Cao a king with a different surname, and treat the land he had won as a fief.

It is an absolute honor to have a king with a different surname granted by the imperial court, and there are also fiefs outside the territory. This is almost the treatment of the king of a country. Cao Cao was very tempted and regarded it as the highest ideal.

The more capable a person is, the more interested he is in the unknown world. Cao Cao is like this, and so is Guo Jia.

Before Cao Cao learned that Guo Jia was a great talent, he wanted to recruit him for his own use. It was when he expressed his ambition for the Western Expedition that he completely captured Guo Jia's empathy.

The Western Expedition may really be more fun and challenging than going to the Central Plains!
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After Guo Jia said the three shoulds and the three shoulds, he explained why he didn't dare to capture Liu Yu on the spot.

The reason is very simple, as the same sentence, this matter has exceeded the level that ordinary people can touch, Guo Jia dare not make decisions.

So when Guo Jia guessed Liu Yu's identity, he didn't order the arrest, or even send someone to follow him, but Guo Jia secretly ordered the checkpoints in Taiyuan and Shangdang counties to step up strict investigations.

Especially those who ride a white horse, who still have a letter of recommendation written by him in their hands, must be strictly scrutinized.

But Guo Jia's so-called review only asked the guards to delay Liu Yu's departure as much as possible, and did not allow them to take any action. Everything had to wait for Cao Cao to come back before he could determine whether he wanted to hunt him down.

"All the checkpoints leaving Bingzhou have received my secret order. I believe Liu Yu's trip to the south will not be fast, and the lord can catch up in half a day at most."

"And I quickly recalled Xu Chu and asked him, Cao Hong and Lezhen to lead [-] troops to set up the last line of defense on the border between Shangdang and Hanoi County."

"... As for whether we should chase him down or not, it depends on the Lord's will!"

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Half an hour later Cao Cao left the Military Mansion.

After another quarter of an hour, he assembled an elite army of 5000 men.

Dianwei, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Yu Jin and Li Dian accompanied Cao Cao in pursuit of the south.

These few people are almost all the generals in Jinyang who are good at fighting. In addition to Xu Chu, Le Jin and Cao Hong who guarded the border of Shangdang, most of the famous generals in Cao Ying were transferred to Shangdang County. It can be seen that Cao Cao The importance attached to this action.

(End of this chapter)