[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

People in this world, as long as they are not those who have been completely numb like dead people, even if they are extremely cowardly and fearful of death, they have their own bottom line, and they will change when they touch it.

Tian's bottom line is undoubtedly his family.And if he knew that the family members detained by Lu Bu had died for no reason, and he could have a chance to believe Chen Gong's defense, then when he saw his daughter died at the hands of Lu Bu's soldiers, he would not be angry at Lu Bu. And hatred, he has no other emotions left.

This kind of Tian family is much easier to use than the Tian family who was greedy for life and fear of death when Chen Gong came to him.

Of course, Guo Jia still didn't tell Xun You about this in the end.In his impression, most of the Xun family would still feel guilty for attacking Tian's family for no reason, but on the other hand, they had to admit the strategic significance of doing so.Rather than letting him fall into this old-fashioned game of emotions and interests, it would be more reassuring not to know anything.

Although Guo Jia felt that with Xun You's intelligence, he had guessed a thing or two when he swore that the Tian family would be available in the future.

He let out a sigh of boredom, and all the fatigue from not sleeping all night surged up at this moment, but all Guo Jia could do was use the night wind to wake him up, and let out another breath to suppress the tiredness again.He pulled the mourning clothes that were about to fall off casually on his body, opened the curtain and walked in. Seeing that Cao Cao was still looking at the bronze mirror with a sad face, the word "hehe" was pressed in his throat, but he still didn't say it in the end .

"Ming Gong, it really didn't burn much, and after a while, it will grow back, it's okay, it's really okay."

Speaking of which, not long ago, Cao Cao was still trapped in Puyang City.There was fire on all sides, and Lu Bu personally led the army to surround them. It was really a situation of life and death, a situation of life and death.Cao Cao didn't have many people with him, so they couldn't compare to Lu Bu's soldiers, who were brave and good at fighting, but they retreated steadily after a while.Unexpectedly, Lu Bu went straight to chase after Cao Cao. In desperation, Cao Cao subconsciously pointed to a place and shouted, "Cao Cao is the one who rides the yellow horse!", which attracted Lu Bu to leave.And he also took this opportunity to gallop out of the city on horseback from the opened city gate.Although he was in a terrible state of distress, even half of his beard was burnt, but as soon as he left the city, there were soldiers following behind to meet him. Although it was dangerous, he was safe from danger.

To achieve supremacy, ability is the key, but luck is definitely an indispensable part.After this test, Guo Jia had to admit that Cao Cao's luck was really good. None of the people he stayed in Lu Bu's army to help Cao Cao escape from the city were useless, and Cao Cao was able to come back so unscathed.

Well... except for the half beard.

"...Gu is a dead person anyway, and it's fine to stay in this tent, but he's just looking for something to do."

The news that Cao Cao came back alive, Cao Jun knows now, but Lu Bu doesn't.Under the fire in Puyang, it is a huge project to confirm how many people died and who they were.Therefore, the turning point brought about by Cao Cao's adventure is also obvious. Before Lu Bujun noticed it, they said in advance that Cao Cao had died in the fire in Puyang, and put a coffin for him in mourning, wearing hemp and mourning.As for Cao Cao, he can only stay here to hide his eyes and ears.

So in the end, Guo Jia could only be dumb, and sat aside with his hands spread out, expressing his silence with silence so that he could continue to do whatever he wanted with you, Mr. Ming.

But obviously Cao Cao didn't really regard his beard as a treasure, and after being burned one or two times, he was in pain like a woman's hair cut off, but he really had nothing to do in this tent.But after a while, he threw down the bronze mirror that he knew from which concubine he had brought out that day, and sat beside Guo Jia.

"Speaking of which, if Gu Ruo is really dead, he will have to be given a posthumous title by His Majesty. What word should be used?"

Guo Jia listened to Cao Cao's whim and started talking again, to pass the boring waiting time.This is what makes Cao Cao different from ordinary people. In this era, no one is afraid of death, and dare not even mention the word death.Cao Cao is fine, pretending to be dead to lure the enemy is not counted, this really thinks a lot, even the posthumous title has begun to be considered.

Everyone knows that words cannot judge life and death, but only a few people have the courage not to be afraid of each other.

"'Wu,'" Guo Jia answered with his head propped up. He still remembered what Cao's posthumous posthumous title was. Guo Jia, who has never memorized the table of posthumous posthumously, said that he only remembered these explanations. "Actually, Jia thinks the word 'zhen' is not bad."

"Take the meaning of giving in the middle of the shoe?"

"No, take the innocence and chastity." Cooperating with Cao Cao's wife and concubines, Guo Jia smiled and expressed a very contrasting and cute effect.

It's a pity that if Guo Jia and Xun said this, they would definitely get a half-helpless and half-embarrassed look from the other side.And Cao Cao and Guo Jia have been together for a long time, and in terms of shame, they are on par with each other.Under Guo Jiayi's expectant eyes, he just shrugged and smiled, and replied: "I think the word 'zhen' is suitable for filial piety to you, innocent and chaste, worthy of the name."

For romance, beauty, beauty and wine, it has always been an indispensable topic in the chat between the two of them.When Cao Cao said this, he was "worthy of the name" to express "Feng Xiao, you and Gu are just the same raccoon dog".

However, Guo Jia quickly thought of a good way to use foreign aid to counterattack.

"Ming Gong, although Jia's study of ancient books is extremely superficial, are these words really used in this way?"

"The words that people make are naturally different from person to person, so why not explain it this way."

"Is Duke Ming willing to talk to Wen Ruo about this? Or Jia Dai is very willing to relay it."

"..." Cao Cao thought about the possible consequences if Xun heard him explain the ancient books in this way, and finally chose silence is golden.

Afterwards, no one spoke up, and the red wax dripped quietly, but the halo that could be emitted gradually weakened.In the distant sky, there is a fish-belly white color, and the dark night is over.However, the last scene of this scene, under the long-awaited expectation, finally arrived.

When Xun You walked into the camp to share the news from the front line, Cao Cao and Guo Jia, who had been drowsy for a long time, suddenly raised their heads and smiled at each other.

Sure enough, he was hooked.

Lu Bu led the army in front, with the red rabbit horse under his body, Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, and he looked majestic and majestic.Even so, the worry in his eyes was obvious.

Just now, he violated Chen Gong's words for the first time.

In the Battle of Puyang, he defeated Cao Jun, and news came that Cao Cao had died.There is no doubt that if he leads the army to attack at this time, he will be able to wipe out the remnants of Cao Jun in one fell swoop, and killing these people means that he has completely secured this Yanzhou.The opportunity is fleeting, and he is unwilling to give up.

But Chen Gong clearly expressed his opposition.In his opinion, the news of Cao Cao's death cannot be believed until he sees the dead body.What's more, regardless of Cao Cao's life or death, they are the defenders at this time, sitting on Yanzhou's resources, and there is a steady stream of food and soldiers, while Cao's army has fierce tigers in front and no retreat in the back. , You don't need to spend a single soldier, and you can completely stabilize Yanzhou.

However, Lu Bu did not have the confidence and patience of Chen Gong. As long as Cao Jun was away for a day, he would feel like a stick in his throat.What's more, in Puyang City, in order to defeat Cao Jun, more than half of the houses were burned down.More and more people were wandering on the streets, and the hearts of the people began to be unstable. This made everyone from the soldiers guarding the city to Lu Bu himself feel restless.Although in troubled times, the fate of the people is not counted, but once widespread public anger is aroused, then this city of Puyang can't be defended without Cao Jun's attack.

And Chen Gong said that this might be Cao Cao's conspiracy to feign death, but he actually didn't take it seriously.Everyone in this world is very taboo about death, and they don't want to mention it on weekdays, for fear that it will become a prophecy, not to mention that all the soldiers are made to wear sackcloth and mourning, and they have to mourn. Will someone use this method to lure the enemy?

But after all, he still trusted Chen Gong, so at the beginning, he still prepared to strengthen the city defense and fight a protracted war.But after they defeated Cao Jun's unreasonable attacks several times, his heart gradually began to waver.

These few times, it was too much like the attacks of people who were dazzled by hatred and anger. If Cao Cao was really alive, how could these soldiers be so stupid.

In the end, even Chen Gong was a little uncertain, but he still opposed Lu Bu's sending troops based on his understanding of Cao Cao's instinct.But Lu Bu, whose heart had been completely suspended, finally couldn't help it under the situation. Regardless of Chen Gong's advice, he let a few people guard the city and led most of the soldiers to destroy Cao's army.

Of course he could not have imagined that those attacks that seemed to have lost their masters were actually carried out under Xun You's meticulous arrangements.From the number of attackers, to the method of attack, the time of attack, and the route of defeat, everything was carefully designed to convince the opponent that Cao Cao had indeed died in the fire in Puyang City.

At this moment, Cao Jun's camp is close at hand.It seems that without the main general, Cao Jun is really in a mess. Lu Bu led the army to this distance, only to see that they began to gather formation in a hurry.

Not to mention the chaotic situation, it means that they are fully armed and prepared early. Under the iron cavalry led by Lu Bu, any formation will be wiped out.At this point, Lu Bu finally let go of the last trace of worry in his eyes.

In the direction of the long halberd, the trapped camp is invincible.

However, the iron cavalry who were blindly charging forward did not know that on both sides and behind them, the real formation was slowly forming, encircling, and gathering——

annihilate.

"Although he failed to capture Lu Bu, the beast, he almost lost half of the opponent's troops. This battle should satisfy you, Lord Ming."

Xun You and Guo Jia, who had been waiting for the good news at the gate of Daying, knew that this time was bound to be a big victory when they saw Cao Cao leading the generals back to the camp in high spirits.After counting the battle losses of both sides, Guo Jia said to Cao Cao, who did not show his joy.

This Puyang City, they knew from the very beginning that now was not a good time to take it back.The reason why so much energy is expended here is to use these few battles to catalyze the already unstable hearts in the city. By the way, let Cao Cao, who has endured the betrayal of Chen Gong, finally win a battle, which is fine. a matter of heart.

As Guo Jia said at the beginning, he was unwilling to give up Puyang after such a failure, not to mention Cao Cao.

"By the way, Duke Ming, the fire is almost ready in Chang'an."

As he spoke, Guo Jia took out a copy of the information he had just delivered from his sleeve and handed it to Cao Cao.As soon as Xun You looked at the octopus drawn on the corner of the folded paper, he immediately got up and said goodbye, not saying anything else, just saying that he was going out for a walk.

In fact, Cao Cao never said that Xun You or other confidantes should be avoided in the matter of octopus guards.Xun You was so cautious, but because he didn't want to get involved in this muddy water. Since he had this heart, Cao Cao naturally agreed by default.

And after he read the information on the paper, he didn't care what Xun You thought anymore.

Compared to regaining Yanzhou, what was said on the paper was their real focus.If it really succeeded, Cao Cao's vision would not only care about such a Yanzhou.

At present, everything is going smoothly. The impetuous hearts and mutual suspicions are slowly fermenting and maturing under the control of seemingly accidental reality.

The two discussed their plans for the future.In any case, it is better to confront Lu Bu first and then spend a period of time here in Puyang, so that Lu Bu's army, which has suffered a major defeat, will be more prepared to plunder the city.According to Chang'an's speed of action, wait until the beginning of spring next year, then attack Dingtao, then go down to Juye, and slowly take Yanzhou back.

After confirming this, Guo Jia, who hadn't slept all night, really couldn't stay up all night, let out a sigh of relief and wanted to retreat back to his camp.At this time, Cao Cao, who had been conquering all night but was not tired, suddenly said:

"Feng Xiao, Gu suddenly felt that the word 'zhen' really suits you."

"Hmm... oh?"

"Worry about everything, worry about the country and forget about death."

"Duke Ming, be careful with your words." Looking back along the light, Guo Jia's smile was still misty and misty, unattainable, "No matter what the court is like, or what the world is like, it is impossible for Jia to take his own life.

Jia Ke was very afraid of death. "