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However, Sun Ce soon thought of the benefits if he could win over Lu Su.He couldn't help but smiled and said: "However, if we can win Runan, we can take advantage of the trend to conquer Huainan and occupy the entire Yangzhou. This loss is nothing."
"I'll go down and get ready immediately." Zhang Zhao immediately understood what Sun Ce meant, got up and said.
"Hurry up. Although three months is not short, it is not long. If there is any mistake in the middle, it will be a matter of great regret." Sun Ce nodded and said.
"Promise." Zhang Zhao agreed, took his leave and left.
"Yuan Tan had a hard time along the way, go down and rest quickly." Immediately, Sun Ce turned his head and saw Gu Yong's face was full of weather, and said very gently.
"Thank you, Marquis Wu."
Gu Yong was indeed tired, he thanked him, turned around and walked on.
"I'm really looking forward to the situation when Zhao Yun sends troops to the south, and alone to the north to attack Liu Xun." After the two left, Sun Ce said expectantly.
To be honest, although Sun Ce felt sorry for those craftsmen at this moment, on the other hand, he couldn't wait, and wanted to let those craftsmen arrive and bribe Zhao Yun.
Instigate Zhao Yun to send troops, and finally dominate Yangzhou.
Volume 61 Chapter 481: Chapter 232 Cao Cao's Relief (1)
Chapter 232 Cao Cao's Congratulations
Now, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao's forces, their center is already in Guandu.After Guo Tu and Man Chong left Runan, they arrived at Guandu one after another.
Guandu, inside the tent of the Chinese army in Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Cao sat high on the commander-in-chief seat, and under him were Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Chen Qun and others.Man Chong stood in the middle and reported to Cao Cao what happened in Runan.
"That Lu Su is really a genius, he pointed out Yuan Shao's weakness right away." Guo Jia said with a smile after listening.At the beginning, Xun Yu and Guo Jia also defected to Yuan Shao first, but seeing Yuan Shao's incomplete law and cronyism, they also believed that Yuan Shao would be defeated, so they went south and defected to Cao Cao.
Now I heard from Man Chong that Lu Su thought the same way.Immediately, I felt a confidant in my heart.
"However, although this person is a genius, he lacks courage, and his loyalty needs to be considered." Cheng Yu said.
Knowing that Yuan Shao would be defeated, Lu Su still hesitated. Instead of defecting to Cao Cao, he planned to break away from the Northern War and stay in Jingchu first and attach himself to Liu Biao.
After the two heroes' struggle for hegemony is over, they will go to the victorious one.In the eyes of the upright Cheng Yu, this is lack of courage.
"There's no way around this, after all, Yuan Shao looks too strong." Chen Qun sighed, understanding.
It has to be said that Lu Su's decision was very correct. With his intelligence, he concluded that Yuan Shao must be defeated and Cao Cao must prosper.And pointed out the details.
Yuan Shaokuan and Cao Cao Yan.
This assertion is set off by using heavy codes in troubled times.Consistent with the views of many of the first advisers under Cao Cao's account.
The first advisers under Cao Cao's account, although they said a few words, they either despised Lu Su's lack of courage, or said something else.But they didn't deny Lu Su's sincerity.
Now that it can be seen, there is a reason why Cao Cao must win.Then it goes without saying that Lu Su's sincerity is mostly true.
"How does Minggong plan to deal with this Lu Su?" Finally, Cheng Yu asked.
"Whether he is sincere or not, he is still a fool and a character at both ends of the wall. For the time being, we can't trust him. Bo Ning is very right about this. Only when Lu Su withdraws from Runan can we trust him. "Cao Cao did not answer directly, but praised Man Chong.
"Duke Ming is overrated." Man Chong said modestly.
Cao Cao was even more appreciative. Immediately, Cao Cao raised his head and said: "First of all, I will present Lu Su as General Yang Wei. Give him an official position. Then, I will order the quartermaster to count out a larger batch of supplies and escort them to Wancheng." , and ordered Cao Ren that if Lu Su really passed by, he must be treated courteously and hand over the supplies to Lu Su."
Now Cao Cao doesn't trust Lu Su, but once Lu Su gives up Runan, he can be trusted.However, what Lu Su had said to Man Chong at the beginning was rather vague, saying that he needed supplies.Cao Cao decided that if Lu Su really gave up Runan, he would send a huge luggage to support Lu Su.
"Finally, choose a good general and prepare to take over Runan." Finally, Cao Cao said.
"Promise." Chen Qun, who was in charge of the military's Chinese correspondence, kept Cao Cao's three orders in mind, promised, and went down to work.
Cao Cao was very generous about the luggage he gave to Lu Su.But after giving the order, Cao Cao still felt a heartache, a heartache like a drop of blood.
Volume 61 Chapter 482: Chapter 232 Cao Cao's Relief (2)
"Our material capital is much less than Yuan Shao's. This time we gave a large amount to Lu Su. I hope it won't cause any bad effects." Cao Cao said with a sigh.
"Ming Gong is at ease. As long as Lu Su gives up Runan, we can free up some troops and horses to support the north. The number of troops on the front line will increase, and the chances of winning will be greater. On the contrary, Yuan Shao lost Runan, lost An important stronghold to attack us, the power is very weak. It really makes people feel a lot easier." Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Feng Xiao is right. Generally speaking, we don't suffer." Cheng Yu nodded in agreement.
"Yeah." Cao Cao felt much better when he heard the words, and he nodded with a gratified smile on his face.
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To the north of Guandu, Yuan Shao's camp.
Guo Tu also returned to Guandu after a long journey.However, because Guo Tu's identity is not visible, he should be more cautious when walking in Cao Cao's territory.
Therefore, Manchong arrived at Guandu one step later than Manchong who left Runan in the next step.
After Yuan Shao knew that Guo Tu was back, he immediately summoned the important counselors under his tent, Ju Shou, Shen Pei, Xu You and others to welcome Guo Tu together.
Soon, the group returned to the large tent of the Chinese army.
After sitting down with each other, Yuan Shao couldn't wait to ask: "Gongze, what's the matter? Then Lu Su intends to join him?" Needless to say, what does it mean to Yuan Shao to have Runan.
It is understandable that Yuan Shao couldn't wait.
"That Lu Su is quite sensible, but he is also cunning. I am afraid he wants to sit in Runan and watch the two heroes contend for hegemony." Guo Tu raised his fist and said.
Under the influence of Lu Su, Guo Tu thought that Lu Su wanted to sit back and watch the tiger fight.
Immediately afterwards, Guo Tu told Yuan Shao the process of talking with Lu Su.
"He actually threatened Gu." Yuan Shao said angrily after hearing this.
Just as Guo Tu was worried, Yuan Shao didn't care too much about the luggage. After all, Hebei is a vast area with a lot of people, so the luggage also has a lot.But Tian Feng is different.
Although Yuan Shao didn't want to see Tian Feng, he was his servant after all.Now, Lu Su threatens Yuan Shao, saying that if Tian Feng is not released, Runan will join Cao Cao.
He even wanted to lead his elite soldiers to Guandu to fight him to the death.Threats, blatant threats.How can this not make Yuan Shao furious.
The lord is so angry, and letting go of Tian Feng is also a very loss of face.If he was a counselor of ordinary forces, he would give up Runan with the trend.
But Yuan Shao is different here.
One kind of fun that Yuan Shao will never lack is internal fighting.For the sake of internal fighting, they can even reduce their power at all costs.
Historically, Guo Tu, Xu You, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and others successively eliminated Tian Feng and Ju Shou, who were upright and resourceful, and then Xu You lost Yuan Shao's favor, even abandoned Yuan Shao, and defected to Cao Cao.
He directly offered Wuchao, which led to the final result of the Battle of Guandu.Yuan Shao failed.
Cao Cao was very strict with his subordinates, so there were few internal fights among his subordinates.On the contrary, Yuan Shao is very lenient, and the resulting situation is the constant internal fighting.