My younger brother Zhuge Liang

Chapter 117 Three-party melee
After listening to Chen Deng's words, Lu Bu called Han Yin, the envoy of Yuan Shu who had been left out for a long time, and tried to persuade and comfort him, asking Han Yin to convey Lu Bu's good intentions.

Chen Gong soon heard about Lü Bu's decision. But considering that Lü Bu wanted to go to war with Cao Cao, Chen Gong did not stop him. Chen Gong wanted to go to war with Cao Cao anyway, and he was only worried that Lü Bu would be implicated by Yuan Shu.

If there was a way to attack Cao Cao alone and gain benefits without being implicated, or to take advantage of Cao Cao's weak link, why wouldn't Chen Gong do it?

Chen Gong even felt a little ashamed, thinking, "Why didn't I think of such a brilliant reason for writing a manifesto as 'It was a coincidence that we started an uprising at the same time as Yuan Shu, but we were trying to get rid of the cruel officials'? It seems that Chen Yuanlong's wisdom in seeking justice is better than mine."

In fact, Chen Gong had no idea that Chen Deng would not have come up with these reasons if he relied on himself. Chen Deng was just a narrator who finally organized the language, and his first-hand ideas actually came from Lu Su.

As for Han Yin, he was of course overjoyed at Lu Bu's sudden change of heart.

In fact, he had been sent to Lü Bu by Yuan Shu several times. The first time was to deliver food to Lü Bu to steal Liu Bei. After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he came twice more. The first time was fruitless, and after returning, he was forced by Yuan Shu to raise the price and come again, and then asked him to persuade Lü Bu to fight Liu Bei.

Because it was a death order this time, Han Yin did not dare to go back even though he had failed to complete the task. He just stayed in Xia Pi for more than half a month, asking for help and using his connections to mediate.

Unfortunately, after Han Yin was actually received, he realized that there were still slight discrepancies between the new conditions that Lu Bu had agreed to and those required by Yuan Shu: Lu Bu still refused to help Yuan Shu fight Liu Bei, but said that if it was to fight Cao Cao, he would definitely abide by the previous alliance and let Yuan Shu handle it himself.

Han Yin was helpless, but he had seen Lu Bu break an arrow as an oath in person, and the reputation of swearing an oath was not yet too bad. Han Yin felt that he had at least given an explanation to the emperor, so he took the letter and returned to Shouchun.

Han Yin went from Xia Pi to Xia Xiang, then went upstream along the Sui River from Sui Ling and Fu Li to Qiao County under the rule of Yuan Shu, and then returned to Shouchun. It was already mid-August when he arrived.

(Note: At that time, the southern part of Qiao County was in the hands of Yuan Shu, and a small part of the northern part was in the hands of Cao Cao. The two sides were not strictly separated by the county boundary, but by the Sui River.)
Although Yuan Shu was not very satisfied when he received the letter, he and Cao Cao were indeed on the verge of a war and had deployed heavy troops in Chen County. This battle was bound to be fought sooner or later.

Lu Bu was instigated by Chen Deng to express his position, which was like a shot in the arm for Yuan Shu before his final move.

However, this matter is ultimately a serious one, involving the issue of fighting on two fronts at the same time.

So Yuan Shu summoned his main advisers in Shouchun and had a brief discussion. He asked Yang Hong, Yan Xiang and others:
"Lü Bu is willing to help me fight Cao Cao, but he wants me to send troops first. I have decided to start the war today. Anyway, we will have a battle with Cao Cao sooner or later.

Our navy is weak now, and it is difficult to make progress in Jianghuai. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are wasting food and grass. It is better to turn to the north to develop. What do you think?"

Yan Xiang was mature and prudent. He advised, "Your Majesty! If our army fights Cao Cao again, what will happen if Liu Bei goes up the Yangtze and Huai Rivers and attacks Lujiang? After all, there is no way for our army and Liu Bei to negotiate a truce. It will be a disaster in the end!"

However, at the critical moment, Yang Hong, who had just been sent by Lu Su to give him a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, perked up and said: "Lord Yan, you have always been known for your prudence and carefulness, why are you so confused now?
Haven't you noticed that our spies reported back from Guangling and other places that the local princes of Guangling and Yuzhang were all building shipyards and warships at great expense, just to defend the Jianghuai defense line? How huge is the investment in shipbuilding? How slow is the effect? It can be seen that Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin's intention in this fundraising is to defend!
Your Majesty! I have already calculated that within this year, Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin will not be able to harm us! They are also unable to actively attack us! They only have one county each, and no more than 10,000 soldiers. They rely on their sharp naval warfare to barely establish themselves. How can they have the spare energy to counterattack!
But if our army does not seize this opportunity to seize more territory and population from Cao Cao, and wait until they have consolidated their foundation and built enough warships before freeing up their hands, I am afraid our army will not have this opportunity!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu finally perked up, and immediately called the officials in charge of military intelligence to carefully confirm the situation reported by the spies and whether there were really Liu Bei's shipyards and warships in Guangling and other places.

Finally, Yuan Shu got a positive answer from the intelligence channel, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He rolled his eyes at Yan Xiang and said, "Yan Xiang, you are usually cautious and meticulous, but this time you are so crude! You even overlooked such important information! You are not as meticulous as Yang Hong! In this case, I have made up my mind! Send troops immediately, gather in Chenjun first, and fight Cao thieves to the death!"

After hearing Yuan Shu's praise, Yang Hong was very proud and thought that it would be great if such a good thing could happen again next time.

Not only can I receive gold, silver and jewelry, but I can also show off in front of His Majesty that I am more careful and comprehensive in observing things than Yan Xiang and that I am more capable in doing things. It's really the best of both worlds! There are still people in this world who give money to beg us to do meritorious deeds! It's wonderful!

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After Yuan Shu made up his mind, he immediately went completely on the defensive in the two directions of the southeast.

On the eastern front, Yuan Shu recalled all the troops that were sent to Ji Ling in the next two batches, and also transferred away the general Li Feng, asking Ji Ling to retreat to Huailing and stop fighting with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun.

On the southern front, Yuan Shu redeployed Qiao Rui, who was assigned to reinforce Liu Xun, and asked Qiao Rui's troops to rush from Lujiang County to Chen County to participate in the decisive battle against Cao - but because the dispatch was urgent, Qiao Rui did not take his family with him.

After all, Chenjun was a frontier area that Yuan Shu had just occupied, and no one knew whether he could hold it firmly. If he rashly transferred his family there and Chenjun was captured by Cao Cao again, Qiao Rui's two daughters would be captured by Cao Cao for nothing.

There is no butterfly effect here, because in the original history, when Qiao Rui was transferred to Chenjun in the north, his family also stayed in Lujiang. This led to the capture of Qiao Rui's family when Sun Ce and Zhou Yu captured Lujiang.

As the strength of Yuan's army in the southeastern routes was sharply reduced, the total strength of Liu Xun and Ji Ling no longer had a numerical advantage over Liu Bei and Zhuge Jin.

The armies of Yuan and Cao were frantically gathering in Chenjun. The number of troops mobilized by Yuan Shu soon exceeded 100,000. Cao Cao also gathered at least 50,000 to 60,000 troops, and was frantically pulling the relatively inferior Qingzhou soldiers to the front to fill the line.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, a large-scale battle finally broke out between the two armies in Chen County. A total of 170,000 to 180,000 troops from both sides fought in various counties of Chen County.

Although the total number of Cao's troops participating in the battle was only 60% of Yuan's troops, Cao Cao personally went to the front line to supervise the battle and command, which greatly boosted the morale of Cao's troops.

In this battle, Cao Cao deployed all his elite troops and best generals. He stationed the brothers Cao Hong and Cao Ren on the left and right wings respectively.

On the left, Cao Hong was in charge of the troops from Chenliu in the north, and the Qingzhou troops were also handed over to Cao Hong, with Yu Jin as the vanguard. Because Yu Jin was good at training and rectifying military discipline, he was able to suppress the Qingzhou soldiers who had bad discipline.

Just half a year ago, in the Battle of Wancheng in early spring this year, after Cao Cao was defeated and Cao Ang and Dian Wei were killed, the Qingzhou soldiers rioted on the battlefield of Wancheng. They were then suppressed by Yu Jin with an iron-blooded hand, and some arrogant soldiers who violated military law were killed.

Therefore, Yu Jin is now notorious among the Qingzhou soldiers and can keep the situation under control.

The right wing of Cao's army was handed over to Cao Ren, who was in charge of the guards of Yingchuan County, which was the vicinity of Xudu, and Le Jin was the vanguard.

In addition, Cao Cao himself was accompanied by several surrendered generals who had just been conquered when he moved the capital to Xuchang last year, such as Xu Huang, who were also serving in Cao Cao's central army.

Xu Huang defected to Cao on the battlefield last year when Yang Feng and Han Xian tried to stop Cao Cao from moving the capital by force.

After being expelled by Cao Cao, Yang Feng and Han Xian joined Yuan Shu and were sent to Chenjun to fight against Cao Cao. Cao Cao was afraid that Xu Huang would face his former master directly on the battlefield and his army would be unstable, so he did not dare to let him lead an army alone. He only let him be a general in front of the tent and lead a few cavalrymen to charge and kill.

As for the Xiahou brothers, who were also deeply trusted by Cao Cao, they did not participate in the decisive battle against Yuan this time.

The main reason was that Cao Cao also had to guard against the eastern border of his territory and could not completely ignore Lu Bu. He let Xiahou Yuan station in Jiyin and Xiahou Dun station in Liangjun to deal with the threats from Pengcheng, Xiaopei and Taishanjun respectively.

As for the princes in other directions, there is no one who is hostile to Cao Cao and needs to be guarded against. Although Zhang Xiu has just won a battle against Cao Cao, he is just a guest of Liu Biao's discussion and will never join forces with a rebel like Yuan Shu, so there is no need to worry about being attacked from both sides.

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Cao Cao has all the best soldiers and generals, while Yuan Shu's generals are inferior.
Yuan's army stationed Zhang Xun in Yangxia on the west to deal with Cao Ren and Le Jin.
Qiao Rui was stationed in Chen County on the central route, taking the surrendered generals Yang Feng and Han Xian with him to directly fight Cao Cao himself and Xu Huang.

Li Feng, who was transferred back from Ji Ling's post in the east, was stationed in Wuping County to fight against Cao Hong and Yu Jin.

As an aside, in history, before Cao Cao was named Duke of Wei by Liu Xie, his title had always been "Marquis of Wuping", and his fief was in Wuping County.

After Yuan Shu stole Chenjun, Li Feng's troops occupied all of Cao Cao's fiefdoms.

After the two armies came into contact, several small-scale vanguard battles broke out, with casualties on both sides, ranging from more than a thousand to several thousand people. Cao's army had a slight advantage in the exchange ratio.

After five days of fighting, Cao Cao felt that it would be difficult to break the deadlock by confronting each other everywhere, so he adopted Guo Jia's strategy and deliberately abandoned Zhang Xun in the northwest, using himself as bait, allowing the main force of the central army to break through to the outside of Chen County and attack Qiao Rui.

Cao's army had prepared a lot of heavy siege equipment during the stalemate period, and the offensive was very fierce for a while. The Qiao Rui army on the city wall also attacked with arrows and stones, vowing to resist to the death.

Cao's army once suffered heavy casualties in the attack. Hundreds or even thousands of Qingzhou soldiers were used like cannon fodder and died every day. When there were not enough cannon fodder soldiers, new worthless Qingzhou soldiers were recruited from the rear to fill the gap.

This swift offensive frightened the reinforcements and caused Qiao Rui to misjudge that he was unable to hold on for long, so he had to frantically ask for help from both wings.

Although Cao Cao suffered many casualties, he achieved his strategic goal by forcing Zhang Xun and Li Feng to leave their respective defense zones and move closer to the county seat of Chen County.

Cao Cao decisively chose to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements, gathering his forces to fight a decisive battle in the field with Yuan's army.

When Qiao Rui saw the reinforcements arriving, he became more courageous. He led his troops out of Chen County and fought together with Zhang Xun and Li Feng.

The two sides engaged in a brutal fight in the north of Chen County. The bloody fight lasted for a whole day, from early morning until dark. Troops continued to collapse, and both sides suffered casualties and fled, with the cumulative losses exceeding tens of thousands.

Finally, Zhang Xun of Yuan's western corps was the first to collapse and chose to flee in defeat. Cao Ren ordered Le Jin to chase Zhang Xun, while he himself led the remaining Cao's troops on the right to encircle Qiao Rui's flank.

Zhang Xun's troops were chased by Le Jin and retreated 70 to 80 miles, directly passing Yingchuan and retreating to Runan County. In the end, the cumulative loss of soldiers exceeded 70%, and more than 20,000 of the 30,000 troops were killed or wounded.

In order to achieve this result, Cao's army suffered heavy casualties. Cao Ren and Le Jin lost at least several thousand people before they defeated Zhang Xun.

The main force that Cao Ren left behind in the Chen County battlefield made a roundabout attack on Qiao Rui's flank, and the troops that Qiao Rui sent out to support him in the city and field battles all collapsed as a result.

Yang Feng and Han Xian's troops were unable to retreat in time and were entangled with Cao's army. When withdrawing, Qiao Rui retreated to Chen County first and immediately closed the city gates. He did not dare to let Yang Feng in again, fearing that Cao's army would follow Yang Feng into the city to kill him. Yang Feng and Han Xian also knew that they had a mortal feud with Cao Cao and would definitely be killed if they were caught, so they did not dare to surrender. They just fought desperately under the city, led the Hedong soldiers and the last old members of the Baibo Army, and fought with Cao's army to try to break out.

This desperate struggle caused considerable casualties to Cao's army, with the number of dead and seriously injured in the center of Cao's army also reaching thousands.

However, Cao Cao deeply hated Yang Feng and Han Xian for having prevented him from moving the capital and holding the emperor hostage. He was determined to kill these two "former hostages of the emperor" and surrounded and attacked them fiercely, completely disregarding the casualties.

Finally, Xu Huang, who was eager to show his true feelings, personally led his troops to attack the central army of his former master Yang Feng and Han Xian, and defeated the elite Bai Bo thief beside Yang Feng.

Then Cao Cao also knew that Xu Huang might not want to kill his former master personally, so he gave him some face. At the last moment, he sent his trusted guard Xu Chu, with hundreds of elite Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, to rush forward and kill Yang Feng.

Xu Chu hesitated at first, saying that the situation on the battlefield was so chaotic and Sikong was personally supervising the battle in the face of arrows and stones, and he could not give up his duty to protect Sikong.

Cao Cao scolded him: "Zhongkang! Don't miss this opportunity to make a contribution! End the battle early so that I can be safer."

Xu Chu was convinced by the scolding, and then he roared like a tiger, picked up the heavy sword, jumped on his horse and rushed towards Yang Feng's central army.

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In Yang Feng's central army, Yang Feng himself was still personally supervising the battle, leading his most elite and trusted Bai Bo old bandits to fight stubbornly, charging left and right to try to break out. However, he was stuck by Xu Huang, and his troops became fewer and fewer as the battle went on.

Yang Feng was furious and cursed: "Xu Huang, you bastard! How could I have taken in an ungrateful person like you? You are a shameless villain, despicable and mean. You attacked your former master, just like Lu Bu!"

Xu Huang looked slightly ashamed, but he recovered quickly and did not let up at all: "General, you stopped Cao Sikong from moving the capital and tried to seize the emperor by force. How can I be in collusion with you in such a heinous crime!"

Yang Feng laughed wildly toward the sky and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Hahahaha - I kidnapped the emperor? The emperor was living well in Luoyang, he just lacked food. It was clearly the thief Cao who kidnapped the emperor! I was protecting him!

He sent the emperor to Xu County, which was not as good as Dong Zhuo sending the emperor back to Chang'an! Chang'an is at least one of the two capitals of the Han Dynasty, the former capital of the Han Dynasty, Xu County is nothing! A bastard who is greedy for wealth and fame, even this insidious thief who is worse than Dong Zhuo surrendered to me, I was really blind at the time! "

Xu Huang cursed back: "It is useless to talk about the past. Anyway, you have committed a new crime and joined the traitor Yuan Shu! You are now a traitor!"

"When I defected to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu had not yet proclaimed himself emperor. How would I know..." Yang Feng cursed to this point, and suddenly he couldn't continue. He did have some flaws of being coerced, and it was impossible for him to turn back. What was the point of arguing?

He just knew that he was doomed today and wanted to have a good argument before he died.

While he was in a trance, Xu Chu from behind had already arrived with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Yang Feng subconsciously raised his spear to fight, but after just one move, his arm became numb from the shock of Xu Chu's heavy weapon, and his subsequent moves immediately became slow.

He was unable to hold out for more than three or four moves, and as Yang Feng had been fighting for a long time and was exhausted, he was finally killed by Xu Chu with a single blow.

The last elite old thieves of the Baibo Army were completely destroyed in this battle. Except for a few who knelt and surrendered, the rest were all killed.

Han Xian had already been killed by Xu Huang before this, and this became Xu Huang's achievement for promotion - Yang Feng was Xu Huang's former master, but Han Xian was not counted as one of them. Han Xian was just another person in the Baibo Army who was on the same level as Yang Feng. If Xu Huang killed Han Xian, he would not have to worry about being branded as the one who killed his former master.

With Yang Feng and Han Xian killed in battle and their entire army wiped out, Zhang Xun was defeated and collapsed. Naturally, Li Feng of Yuan's eastern army could not hold on any longer and lost a lot of troops. He retreated to Ku County (Luyi) to defend it.

During the whole day of the decisive battle, more than 40,000 Yuan soldiers were annihilated. Qiao Rui and Li Feng were left with more than 20,000 remnants each, who defended the cities of Chen County and Ku County respectively.

Cao Cao's casualties for the whole day reached more than 10,000, and many of them fled or went missing. Adding the losses in the previous encounter with the vanguard and the losses in the pretense of attacking Chen County, the total losses of Cao's army exceeded 20,000.

After destroying a large number of Yuan Shu's active forces, Cao's army continued to besiege Chen and Ku counties, hoping to make a long-term attack. They vowed to completely destroy these two armies, recapture the entire territory of Chen County, and open up the Ruying Waterway.

However, as the war entered the siege and stalemate stage, it took a very long time and it would take several months to determine the outcome.

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However, Cao Cao obviously overestimated his external environment.

Just a few days after the great victory in Chen County and the start of a protracted war, an urgent piece of bad news arrived from the east, catching Cao Cao off guard.

It was a rainy night in early September. Cao Cao was reading by candlelight in the military tent in the Chen County camp and handling government affairs. Guo Jia and Mao Jie, who were with the army, were serving him.

At that time, Cao Cao was reading a letter from Xun Yu in the rear, reporting on the work of preparing military rations for the siege of Chen County, when he suddenly heard a noise outside the tent.

Then a very embarrassed one-eyed general was carried in by someone.

"Yuan Rang?! You were not in Sui Yang, why are you here? Why are you so seriously injured?" Cao Cao was shocked when he saw that the person coming was Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun's condition was really miserable. He originally had one eye, and his left arm was wrapped in a thick bandage. It looked like the angle of the bandage was not right, so he was probably disabled.

Despite his serious injuries, Xiahou Dun knelt down and cried: "I'm sorry, brother, Suiyang is lost!"

Cao Cao was in a trance for a moment, Xu Chu quickly supported him, while Guo Jia asked on his behalf:
"How could it be lost? Could it be that Lu Bu attacked by surprise? But didn't Sikong tell you and General Xiahou Yuan to be cautious? Even though the troops were few, how could Lu Bu succeed so quickly?"

Xiahou Dun was disheartened: "Not long after Yuan Shu and Sikong fought fiercely, Lu Bu was ready to make a move. Five days ago, he suddenly sent troops from Xiapi County to go up the Sui River. After Miaocai and I discussed the plan, Miaocai personally led troops to meet Lu Bu and fought with Lu Bu between Dang and Xiang, leaving me to guard Suiyang.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu had another detachment led by Gao Shun, who crossed the Mangdang Mountain from Xiaopei and attacked Suiyang. I defended the city to the death, and at the same time sent an emergency messenger before the siege to ask Miaocai to return to the army.

Gao Shun attacked the city so swiftly that he was like a ghost! Even though there were 4,000 soldiers defending Suiyang City, it took only three days for the city to be conquered.

Miaocai's troops who had withdrawn from Dang County had not yet arrived, and I had to abandon the city and flee from the south because Gao Shun's Xianzhen Camp succeeded in taking the city first. During the fierce battle, I was entangled by the enemy's first-line soldiers and fell down the city. When I landed, I used my left arm to support myself and did not die. However, the tendons and bones of this arm were broken, and the doctors could not reconnect them. I am afraid that I will be completely disabled. "

Falling from the city wall, relying on one hand to hold on to the ground to save his life, resulting in comminuted fractures, which was basically untreatable in ancient times. Moreover, Xiahou Dun's internal organs were probably also injured by the fall, but most of the impact force was absorbed by the broken arm, so the internal injuries were not serious.

"Lu Bu, you little brat! You are so fickle! Why couldn't Chen Deng hold Lu Bu back? Last year, I appointed Lu Bu as the governor of Xiapi and asked Chen Deng to incite Lu Bu to continue hating Liu Bei, but why didn't it work? When Lu Bu attacked, why didn't Chen Deng warn our army in advance? I won't be fooled by this two-faced bastard Chen Deng, will I?"

Cao Cao was furious when he saw Xiahou Dun was seriously injured. He was not worried about the temporary gains and losses of the counties in Liang County, but Xiahou Dun's injury again had touched his reverse scale.

Xiahou Dun fought so badly in this battle that Cao Cao had no intention of pursuing the matter.

Don't think that the result of this battle is too incredible. The historical Xiahou Dun was not very good at fighting, and his level was very different from that in the romance.

Gao Shun's ability to attack was absolutely first-rate at that time. In history, Liu Bei's Xuzhou was stolen and he returned to Lu Bu and was placed in Xiaopei. Later, Liu Bei allied with Cao Cao and angered Lu Bu again. Lu Bu attacked Xiaopei with Gao Shun, and Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to rescue him.

But Gao Shun attacked head-on and quickly captured Xiaopei, which led to Liu Bei's defeat and his move to Xudu. When Xiahou Dun's reinforcements arrived, they were also defeated by Gao Shun's exhausted soldiers who had just broken through the city, taking advantage of the victory.

Gao Shun had the ability to break through the city guarded by Liu, Guan and Zhang before Xiahou Dun arrived. Now he naturally has the ability to destroy the city guarded by Xiahou Dun with insufficient troops in seconds before Xiahou Yuan comes to help. The only difference is that the map has been changed from Xiaopei to Suiyang.

The twists and turns are not worth mentioning. Gao Shun's fierce attack resulted in heavy casualties. In just three days, Gao Shun lost thousands of men before he captured Suiyang.

Cao Cao finally accepted the facts that Xiahou Dun was seriously injured, his disability worsened, and Suiyang was captured, but he soon began to worry about another problem, which was whether Xiahou Yuan had a safe retreat.

Unfortunately, Xiahou Dun could not give a clear answer to this question. He just said that during the retreat, he heard that Xiahou Yuan in the front had also retreated, but was unable to retreat along the Sui River. He abandoned his food ships and supplies and retreated lightly.

Therefore, the military vehicles, ships and supplies must have been seized by Lu Bu, but it is not known how many soldiers escaped.

Cao Cao had no intention of paying attention to countermeasures. He immediately ordered Cao Ren to send troops back to the eastern battlefield to stop the losses and at the same time inquire about Xiahou Yuan's situation.

After another two or three days, we finally heard that Xiahou Yuan had retreated safely, but he had lost several thousand soldiers at the hands of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, and all the field supplies were lost.

Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Xiahou Yuan was not dead, and began to discuss with his advisers how to counterattack Lu Bu.

At the same time, the anti-bandit manifesto issued by Lu Bu had already spread to Chenliu, Chenjun and other places. If it was not stopped, it would soon reach Xudu.

Guo Jia, the military advisor who was accompanying the army, received a copy of Lu Bu's manifesto. After reading it carefully, he decided to keep it and persuade Cao Cao after he calmed down.

　Because it involves Yuan, Cao, and Lu Bu being manipulated by the Zhuge brothers, the enemy's perspective must be written. I am also afraid that everyone will be impatient, so I will finish the whole chapter of 6,000 words at one time, and we can return to the protagonist's perspective tomorrow.

　　I also have to write about the reactions of other princes to the general situation of the world. The most I will do is to omit the details of the fighting between the princes. The deduction part must be written clearly. That’s all.

　　
　
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