Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3516 The most beloved wife is peaceful

Because Cao Cao was absent and Xun Yu claimed to be ill, the voices at the grand court meeting were naturally unified.

Liu Xie issued an edict again, expressing his sympathy for the suffering of the people in the world due to the war, and ordered Cao Cao to return to the army and Fei Qian to withdraw his troops, otherwise the world would punish him together!

Everyone with a discerning eye knew that the prelude to the storm had already sounded!

The anti-Cao faction had won an unprecedented victory!

The premise of a trial in absentia is that the person being tried does not have much resistance...

Otherwise, a trial in absentia would be a joke.

The most critical reason why Cao Cao was dared to be tried in absentia at the moment was that a large part of the Shandong gentry believed that Cao Cao was definitely finished this time!

Cao Cao deliberately trapped the gilded children of the Shandong gentry in Heluo, so those guys who did not even have time to be gilded, sensed the coming of danger, and wanted to escape back to Shandong, but they could not escape by themselves, so they could only desperately send letters to Shandong for help.

Of course, it is impossible to say that everyone is fine and everything is extremely good in these letters, so it naturally gave the Shandong gentry an anchoring impression-

Classmate Cao is finished!

Under the influence of public opinion, classmate Cao became a man who had no soldiers and no generals, and only a stubborn man, and he wanted to drag them to death together!

How badly he was suppressed by Cao Cao before, how high he rebounded now!

Although Ren Jun was the Colonel General of Tuntian in the vicinity of Xu County, the soldiers under Ren Jun were all ordinary Tuntian soldiers, and the elite were taken away by Cao Cao. At the same time, Xun Yu in Xu County had not shown up since Cui Yan and Liu Xie made peace, and was also considered to be a member of the Yuzhou faction who was disappointed with Cao Cao...

So, Cao Cao now looks like he has been abandoned by Jizhou and Yuzhou at the same time, so what kind of waves can he make?

Moreover, Liu Xie also had a plan. While holding back Lu Su's memorial without making any comments, he issued another decree to ask Fei Qian and Cao Cao to stop fighting, which gave them more room for maneuver.

Going one step further, he could knock Cao Cao down from his high position with a slap, and then step on him as a gift to Fei Qian. Taking a step back, if Fei Qian didn't know what was good for him, he could also encourage Cao Cao to continue fighting and continue to fight for the Han Dynasty for the rest of his life.

So, the Shandong gentry shyly, evasively, and hesitantly extended an olive branch to Fei Qian...

Of course, it would be more appropriate to call it "peace and silk" in the Han Dynasty.

Stop fighting and turn into peace and silk.

What a beautiful wish!

Unfortunately, the more beautiful the wish, the less likely it is to be realized easily.

For example, hoping to be rich, make a fortune, win the lottery...

In Chenliu, Yanzhou, Cao Cao sat in the first seat of the big tent, looked around, and smiled, "It's just a few jumping clowns, why worry? ! Such short-sighted people disturb the country and corrupt the court. They have no time to distinguish between good and bad in normal days. This is a good opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop! Save the foundation of the Han Dynasty from falling into such bad hands! This is a great joy! You should be happy! '

Cao Cao laughed.

But the other generals under the seat couldn't laugh.

Cao Cao smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be rising.

Under Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Zhang and other Cao generals knelt, and their armor seemed to still have a bloody smell.

Cao Hong's wounds had not healed, and his body was still straight.

Cao Zhang also straightened his waist, but there was a hint of worry on his face, and he didn't laugh with his father.

As for counselors like Liu Fu, most of them knelt and sat in a proper manner, without even moving their eyes, and no supporting role could come up to ask a question...

After all, the changes in Xu County at this stage made them heartbroken.

They were also worried.

They were abandoned by the sons of Shandong gentry!

How could they laugh like Cao Cao?

Now, only the important generals and counselors who can know Cao Cao's true strength are the ones who are only a few fingers at present.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing.

The Cao army was originally complicated and bloated, but now it has become more efficient because of the present. Of course, the most important thing is that Cao Cao is not as weak as the Shandong gentry thinks, or he has no ability to resist.

At least in Chenliu, the Cao army camp is still covered with soft and thick carpets, and there is still a silver charcoal brazier in the big tent. Even though the temperature in early spring is still not high, it is still warm in the big tent.

However, several generals and counselors under Cao Cao felt uncomfortable in it. Just hearing Cao Cao's laughter, others were silent, worried, anxious, or frowning.

Cao Cao laughed for a while, looked around, threw his sleeves high, and waved them, "Come! If you have any worries, just speak up! '

'My Lord,' Liu Fu said, 'this imperial edict is clearly intended to remove your military power... and I heard that many people in Jizhou are rebellious... I wonder if this is true or false? If Jizhou is really so mean, we should have some rules! But if we fight too much with Jizhou... this cavalry... My Lord, the army is now in turmoil, and there is a shortage of food and grass, this...'

Cao Cao laughed and said, 'On the contrary! This is the time for our army to obtain food and grass! If you are so stupid and delay, our army will not be able to show its strength! If Xu County is not in chaos, how can we raise food and grass for soldiers? ! '

When Cao Cao said this, some people suddenly realized and some were surprised.

Liu Fu couldn't help but say: "My Lord! This is probably... something wrong! '

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, "What's wrong? '

Liu Fu hesitated, but after a moment, he bowed his head and said, "My Lord, if you really do this, although it can solve the difficulties for a while, it is... killing the chicken to get the eggs! '

Cao Cao waved his hand and motioned Liu Fu to stand up, "Yuan Ying, let me ask you a question..."

"My Lord, please speak." Liu Fu replied.

Cao Cao smiled, and there seemed to be a different look hidden in his smile, "If we don't kill this chicken... Yuan Ying, is this chicken willing to lend its eggs to me? '

"This..." Liu Fu couldn't answer.

This question doesn't need to be answered at all.

Treat these people who are against Cao well, and these people will change their minds under the inspiration of the holy light?

Cao's generals, Cao Hong and others nodded one after another.

Since they have already fallen out, there is no need to show any mercy!

Will these guys be allowed to drag Cao's army down in the war, and will Cao Cao not be allowed to settle accounts now?

What's more, it's spring now!

They were polite before because they could still be together, no matter if it was Xiao Tiantian, Xiao Baobei, or Madam Niu before, but now that they have fallen out, they will naturally become passers-by!

If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, not to mention that Cao's army has such a big family to be preserved?

Among the people in the tent, only Liu Fu had a more ugly expression.

First, Liu Fu had many friendships with the children of Shandong gentry, and second, he really didn't want to see Cao Cao raise his butcher knife and turn Jizhou into the second Xuzhou...

But in the current situation, if Liu Fu was asked to find a way to solve the mess in front of him, he really didn't have any good ideas!

Liu Fu stopped talking, and other Cao's generals would not object.

They had done this once in Xuzhou before, and now they did it again, what's wrong with that?

Cao Cao had wielded his knife more than once in history. Xuzhou was just more brutal. Others, such as "migration", "inland migration", or "dispatch", etc., involved thousands or tens of thousands of lives!

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Cao Cao stood up and said, "Everyone! Within ten days! I want this Shandong area to be peaceful! '

'Once I act, the most fearful thing is to be fickle! '

'Jingzhou is in trouble now. Zixiao can't support it alone. We must fight quickly and make a quick decision before we can turn around to help! '

'If you don't make a decision, you will suffer! '

'Pass my military order! Raise the troops! Cross the river! Prepare military rations! '

Everyone responded in unison, and then the entire Cao army camp suddenly became active and moved the camp.

Liu Fu watched the Cao army soldiers act under the command, and suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

If Cao Cao was wrong this time, would he lose everything on this bet and never be able to turn over?

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‘It’s over! It’s over!’

‘Help! Someone help me!’

Panic shouts rang out in Jizhou, north of the river.

Large numbers of Jizhou people, dressed in disarray, fled with their families.

These Jizhou people originally thought they were safe and were preparing for spring farming, but they didn’t expect that instead of waiting for the hope of spring, they were greeted by the swords and guns of death.

In the countryside of Jizhou, the servants and private soldiers of the powerful fortresses were already very good to have some swords, guns, bows and arrows. More than half of them didn’t have decent armor. After all, they usually faced civilians with wooden sticks and rakes, so some weapons were enough. But now these servants and private soldiers were obviously not enough when they faced the aggressive Cao army.

Even if the gentry on the fortresses shouted at the top of their lungs, trying to stabilize morale and maintain order, it was still useless.

The tide of defeated people surged, submerging one fort after another.

These Jizhou forts had trenches, but they were not very wide or deep, and the walls of the forts were not very high. When they encountered the defeated people, they could only close their doors and hide their heads like turtles, trying to avoid danger and escape from the disaster.

But it was obvious that this was impossible.

The Cao army was busy cleaning up the forts one by one, and they were not in a hurry to oppress and kill the fleeing people.

As long as these guys didn't take away the supplies.

On the wall of the village, the owner of a fort had disheveled hair, a dirty face, and a suit of armor that didn't fit him. His legs were trembling. He could only stand by holding the wall of the village. He looked up to the sky and shouted in despair: "God! Why is this? Why? ! Why don't you give me a way to live? ! ! "

The news that the countryside on the edge of Jizhou was in chaos and the Cao army began to raise the butcher knife against Jizhou quickly spread to the surrounding areas.

No matter when, no matter ancient or modern, at home or abroad, once faced with chaos, the middle class is definitely the first to fall. After all, the common people have already reached the bottom, and they can't fall any further, but the middle class, who used to have a decent life, almost fell from the sky to the mud!

Those gentry in the fortresses on the edge of Jizhou are undoubtedly the middle class of Jizhou. They are not top-level gentry, but they have some fields, some money, and some people in the countryside. In daily life, they think that the sky is their sky and the land is their land. Under the small peasant economy system, their demand for the outside world is very low. Except for a very few children who can think about seeing the outside world, most of these gentry disciples are sons and daughters, and they have been sitting in the well and watching the sky for generations.

Now, this well has been broken.

It turns out that war and death are so close!

On a small hill far away from the fortress, a team of people looked at the chaos and death in the fortress from a distance.

Whether it is a general or a soldier, most of them have a cold look in their eyes.

Cao Hong is the main one and Cao Zhang is the deputy one.

In troubled times, people are like grass. After the storm rolls up, no one can stay out.

If Cao Jun wants to defeat the cavalry in the next stage, or to find a ray of hope in despair, then it is impossible to use ordinary means!

Money, food, people!

Which one, which point, can be obtained through ordinary, normal, and harmonious channels at present?

None!

As long as Cao Cao sits down to talk, then wait for death!

Cao Cao hides because he doesn't want to sit down to talk, and it is impossible to sit down to talk. If Cao Cao cannot concentrate power, then what awaits the Cao family will definitely be a thorough liquidation, the kind of genocide that cuts the grass and roots!

Just like what Sima did after he came to power in history.

Even if you want to talk, you have to fight first!

Cao Hong brought Cao Zhang here to let Cao Zhang see with his own eyes what the loser's fate will be.

In the previous battle of Xuzhou, Cao Zhang was still young, and even if he saw it, he might not understand the cruelty and death contained in it.

Now, from where they are, they can have a panoramic view of the battlefield in the distant fortress.

Looking at those rioters who were not in a queue, being coerced, driven, shouting, crying, with despair and death, rushing towards the small dock, drowning all the vitality under the yellow dust and destroying it in blood.

The screams before death can be heard faintly even at such a distance.

This sound made Cao Zhang feel uneasy.

Although such screams can also be heard on the battlefield, for some reason, Cao Zhang felt that the current sound was so uncomfortable that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"This is a world of cannibalism..." Cao Hong seemed to have discovered Cao Zhang's embarrassment, or he didn't discover it at all, but Cao Hong muttered to himself, "To survive, do your best."

The dock in front of him, one side is to survive, and the other side is also to preserve their own way out.

Cao Hong raised his head slightly, "Do you think we are wrong? ?"

Cao Zhang was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "We are not wrong. If we don't do this, we will die! '

'That's it! ' Cao Hong said in a deep voice, 'These guys, when they were stealing our food and grass, stealing and selling our weapons, and making excuses when doing things, why didn't they think about today! '

Cao Hong was obviously angry, and he almost roared out these words, as if he wanted to roar out the depression and pain of these days in his words!

Everyone has a position, and they speak where their butts are.

Of course, Cao Hong would not say how many innocent ordinary people they had implicated in order to deal with these rural nobles who were making trouble in Jizhou!

In this world, in the Han Dynasty, these ordinary people who have no voice have always been sacrificed grass!

At least in Shandong, no one will listen, and no one will pay attention to the cries of these ordinary people!

Even using this cry to achieve their own goals...

Cao Zhang couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed slightly, "We are all people from Shandong... Why bother? '

Cao Hong nodded, 'Yes, why bother! '

Perhaps Cao Zhang and Cao Hong's 'why bother' did not mean the same thing, but now all this has lost its meaning.

These gentry in Jizhou leaned towards Yuan Shao before the Han Dynasty fell, and when Yuan Shao died, they quickly bowed down under Cao Cao's skirt.

It can be said that these people spared no effort to survive, but it can also be said that these people have no so-called 'loyalty and filial piety' and 'honesty and shame' at all, at least not to the extent that they verbally emphasize!

Therefore, it can be predicted that once Fei Qian fights in the Central Plains, these guys will quickly join the cavalry...

The premise is that the cavalry must go along with them.

Just like all the previous Shandong rulers, they must be 'taken care of' and given 'special' treatment.

These Shandong gentry children and Confucian scholars are like the petty bourgeoisie and middle-class people in later generations. They have a certain degree of revolutionary and compromise. The revolutionary nature of these people is that they hope to overthrow the huge assets above them and replace them, not that they are really against the system of oppression and exploitation.

They have a certain ability to make progress and a certain amount of knowledge reserves. They have indeed made a great contribution to the inheritance and promotion of Chinese civilization and culture. They have also made great contributions to the dissemination and expansion of culture, the education and quality improvement of ordinary people, just like Confucius's teaching without distinction. However, in the process of spreading knowledge, they also set up thresholds and traps, and then tried to monopolize knowledge as their own authority. Therefore, these people are very disgusted with Zheng Xuan and very resistant to Qinglong Temple.

In the final analysis, these middle and low-level gentry children are the group of people who most look forward to peace in the world, because only under the premise of peace in the world can these people live a stable life and enjoy the convenience under order!

And now, this order has been completely broken, and death and chaos have finally come upon these people.

Then, these people really felt the pain...