Three Kingdoms: Gou Shen I was overheard by Cao Cao

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The same is true for Xi Zhicai, only Xia Houzhe looked at the three of them boredly.

"Brother, do you think we should continue to pursue? Otherwise, with Yuan Shu's prodigal character, he will lose half of the remaining property in a short time!"

Xia Houzhe stroked his chin and thought for a while, then slowly shook his head.

"Yuan Shu is not in a hurry! He's already at dusk and the West Mountains are in trouble! Wait and see how many surrendered soldiers, let Lei Bo and Chen Lan bring some troops to fight against Yuan Shu!"

"The two of them have just been abandoned, so they must be full of resentment. If you give them some official titles, they will definitely serve you."

"Such a great opportunity, of course we have to turn around and kill Liu Paopao!"

Xia Houzhe narrowed his eyes, he is such an upright person, Liu Bei bribed Ruo Rong to kill him.

He never forgot this 'kindness'!The spring must be reciprocated!

Hearing his words, Cao Cao instantly became interested!

His pleasure now is to eat, sleep and beat Liu Bei.

"My dear brother, please give me the gold here to keep for a while, let's go out to gather troops!"

Xia Houzhe waved his hand and put away all the tens of thousands of gold, and they walked outside together.

"My lord! Lei Bo and Chen Lan's soldiers have been counted, a total of [-]! More than [-] horses have been captured! More than [-] million catties of grain and grass, and countless armor and shield weapons."

"In addition, our side lost more than [-] people in battle! All the corpses have been cleaned up and put aside alone."

Pan Feng and Xia Houyuan clasped their hands and reported, and behind them were Zhang Kai, Zhao Yu, and Xun You.

Cao Cao nodded with a heavy expression. They only died about 4000 people in this battle. However, when Yuan Shu attacked Xuzhou before, Xia Houyuan and Pan Feng had no firepower to suppress them. A total of [-] to [-] people died in the defensive battle.

These are his Cao Cao's brothers!That's it!

However, he understands the truth that once a general succeeds, his bones will dry up. How can anyone not die in a war?Even if the soldier immortal is alive, he must die as a soldier!

They were able to defeat Yuan Shu with a loss of more than 1, which is already a very remarkable record.

"Bury the brothers well, and double the pension to the family members. Whoever dares to be greedy for a penny will punish the nine clans!"

"From now on, their children will be my Cao Cao's children. No one is allowed to bully them! Anyone who disobeys the order will be beheaded!"

"As for the enemy's corpses... burn them all! Use them as fertilizer to nourish the land."

Zhao Yu and several civil officials were ordered to retreat and started to dispose of the corpses. If there were so many dead corpses left untreated, the hot weather would easily cause plague.

Cao Cao pondered for half a minute, then raised his head and looked at Lei Bo and Chen Lan who were trembling beside him, his eyes were full of evil.

"The two of you are now prisoners, what can you say? You killed so many of my brothers! Should I sacrifice you to heaven?"

Hearing this, the expressions of the two of them changed drastically, and they immediately knelt down and kowtowed continuously.

"Prime Minister! We are sincerely willing to surrender! Please also ask the Prime Minister to show us!"

"That's right! Yuan Shu and other traitors can be punished by everyone. We don't really serve him, but we have to! Prime Minister! We are willing to go through fire and water for you! Please give us a chance!"

Cao Cao looked at the two jokingly, with contempt on his face.

"Go through fire and water for me? Have you seen the generals around me? All of them are above the first-class level!"

"Did you see my civil servants? They are all first-rate! You two second-rate generals, what impresses me?"

Cheng Yu and Lusu sniffed, with complex expressions on their faces. They felt that they had become a unit of force measurement.

It is said that it is a civil servant, but it is not a civil servant's job. What link went wrong?

Hearing this, Lei Bo and Chen Lan's heart completely cooled down, and she was extremely desperate.

They feel that their blood bars may be emptied by one move at any time. What's the use if they can't even beat other civil servants?

But in the next second, Cao Cao's words made them feel grateful.

"However... I, Cao Cao, only use talents! To me, force does not mean everything. As long as you have credit, you really have that loyalty!"

"I can add officials and ranks for you two! Let His Majesty grant you marquises, not the one given by the false emperor Yuan Shu!"

"You... think about it for yourself! Do you want to become a orthodox marquis, and your name will go down in history, or become a piece of loess!"

The two kowtowed their heads without hesitation and shouted loudly.

"My lord! Both of us are willing to serve my lord like a dog and a horse! Once there is an order, it is our duty!"

The corner of Cao Cao's mouth curled up, this policy of stick and radish is very useful!

The two of them flickered for a moment.

"Okay! Then I'll give you both a chance to make a contribution. Now that the false emperor Yuan Shu is at the end of his rope, I'll give you two [-] troops each!"

"The two of you go to Shouchun with soldiers and horses, and take Yuan Shu down! In this way, I will protect you as marquises and become masters!"

Lei Bo and Chen Lan were overjoyed. Seeing that his life was saved, he was immediately relieved.

"The last general takes orders! The lord will wipe out the traitors!"

The eyeballs of the two are rolling, as long as they go out and have soldiers and horses, won't the two of them find a mountain to stand on their own as kings?

Where do you control us, Cao Cao!We even found a place!As long as you run away, Cao Cao is nothing!

Just as they were making small calculations, Xia Houzhe's words shattered their wishful thinking.

"Why are you two eyeballs rolling? Are you planning to take soldiers to the Qi (qián) mountain to fall into the grass and become bandits?"

"Let me tell you, as long as you rebel, I promise to hunt you down from all corners of the earth and light up sky lanterns! Think carefully about yourself! Our Cao Ying has this strength!"

Xia Houzhe narrowed his eyes, revealing a stern cold light, which made Lei Bo and his two tremble in fright, and they dared not look directly, and shouted in their hearts that this man is so scary!

The two of them did intend to go to the place of Mount Yan, but they had quietly discussed this plan a few minutes ago. Why did this kid know it all at once?

Could it be... he can read minds?

"Don't dare! Sir, don't worry, the two of us have absolutely no such intentions!"

"Well! If that's the case, lead the soldiers yourself! Bring your previous soldiers, so you can control them!"

Chapter 557 Guan Yu's Secret

After Lei Bo left, Cao Cao looked at Xia Houzhe curiously.

"Brother, these two guys really plan to take over the mountain and become king?"

"Well! If there are no accidents, it is like this! But now that I have pointed it out, it should not be possible."

Xia Houzhe nodded in response, and Cao Cao didn't care anymore.

Anyway, he doesn't care much about Lei Bo Chen Lan, he's too weak!Right now, they are just letting them be cannon fodder to hold Yuan Shu back and not give him a chance to recuperate.

In the next ten days, Cao Cao spent a lot of effort to deal with all the refugees in these counties.

A group of people led their soldiers and headed towards Runan County in the southwest!

They decided to kill Liu Bei, the traitor!

On the other side, Liu Bei also led his troops back to Runan. His first step plan has been completed. With this feint attack, he will definitely gain Yuan Shu's trust.

"Gongtai, because of this battle, I, Liu Bei, have completely become a traitor now, and have been insulted and cast aside by the world! I really feel bad!"

Chen Gong shook his head slightly: "My lord, don't panic! Wait for my plan to succeed, and my lord will definitely reverse it."

Liu Bei nodded expressionlessly.

"Gongtai! I heard that Yuan Shu was defeated, and was driven to Shouchun by Cao thief! Cao thief seems to be staying in Dang County, and there is no next step."

Liu Bei was holding a saber and riding on the horse with a blank expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Gong responded.

"Defeated? That's fine, it will help our actions! Now that Yuan Shu is weak, he needs help!"

"And our appearance undoubtedly gave him hope! When the time comes...huh! What is this Runan County? What we want is the entire Yangzhou and the reputation of being a peerless loyal minister!"

"My lord, I suggest that after we return to Ruyang, we can go to Shouchun with all our troops!"

The corners of Liu Bei's mouth twitched slightly, as if seeing a picture of himself becoming a boss.

"Oh, by the way, Yun Chang! That Xu Huang is a fellow villager with you? I think he is very good at commanding troops and martial arts, very calm! And he is very emotional!"

"Are you... sure you can win him over? The two counselors in Zhe County are also pretty good, I really like it!"

"What is it called Xu Shufa, right? At such a young age, he can learn from each other in terms of strategy! What a rare talent! With their protection, Zhe County is really solid!"

Liu Bei sighed slightly, he didn't know why, but when he saw Xu Shufazheng those two young men, he felt a throbbing in his heart!

It seemed that there was some bond between the three of them, but this thread of bond was abruptly cut off in the middle!

It felt very strange, but he didn't plan to tell people like Chen Gong, they wouldn't believe it.

Guan Yu closed his eyes, stroked his regrowth beard, his tall body swayed as the horse moved.

After not fighting Cao Ying for several years, his beard finally had a chance to grow.

"Brother! Xu Gongming, I'm afraid it will be hard to find him! He only accepts death. I wrote him a letter asking him to hang out with us, but he didn't agree!"

Hearing this, everyone was silent, and Liu Bei sighed even more, looking up at the sky with great loss.

"I, Liu Bei, suddenly envy Cao thief. Why are all the heroes in the world willing to sacrifice their lives for him?"

"Although I, Liu Bei, have the ambition to help the Han Dynasty and the ambition to bring peace to the world, there is no one to help me!"

"Could it be... Am I really wrong? Am I really not as good as him?"

Looking at the depressed Liu Bei, Chen Gong hurriedly spoke out to enlighten him.

"My lord! Everything in the world is for profit, and we are fledgling! That's why those philistines have chosen Cao Bandit! It's the same as when the gentry chose the Yuan family."

"How do the sparrows know the ambitions of the swans? How do they know how ambitious the lord is? But don't worry, as long as we succeed this time, we will be able to turn around!"

Liu Bei sighed, not in a good mood.

"I, Liu Bei, am already in my thirties, but I still haven't accomplished anything. I don't even have a wife. Can a person like me... really achieve great things?"

Hearing this, Zhang Fei grinned and let out a forceful voice.

He didn't want his elder brother to be so lost, so...he wanted to enlighten him!

"Brother! Don't be depressed! This man, if you don't try hard once, how do you know how much you have failed? Are you right?"

Liu Bei's face darkened, and he squinted at Zhang Fei.

Chen Gong and Guan Yu stroked his forehead with his hands, and winked at Zhang Fei, telling him to shut up and say something nice by the way.

Zhang Fei realized it instantly!

"Uh...Brother, I didn't mean that. I wanted to say, do you think Cao Thief's success is easy? Let me tell you, it's all true!"

"So! We can't keep comparing ourselves with others. There is a saying that people are valuable with self-knowledge! We need to have the consciousness of breaking down!"

Liu Bei's face became even more terrifying, and he seemed to be about to lose control.

Seeing this, Guan Yu hurriedly shouted a few words.

"Third Brother! Stop talking!"

"Second brother! I understand, isn't it just to enlighten elder brother? I am familiar with this! From now on, please call me the emotional master, Mr. Zhang Yide!"

"Brother, what the third brother said may not sound very nice, but the words are not rough! Think about Cao Cao who is so good and still working hard, what's the use of our hard work?"

"Look, when I killed pigs before, how fiercely did the pigs resist? Is it useful? It's not just white knives in and red knives out!"

"Brother, you can learn from me! Sleep when you are full, wake up and eat! How nice, carefree!"

"Who cares about the emperor! If it doesn't work, let's go back to the old business. I butcher pigs, my second brother sells dates, and you weave straw sandals! Mister sells calligraphy and paintings! A lifetime is over in a flash!"

Zhang Fei grinned, staring at Liu Bei with a pair of leopard eyes and smiling.

Guan Yu and Chen Gong hurriedly shut up, he couldn't persuade him anymore, he just hoped that his elder brother could hold on!

"Zhang Yide! Shut up! If you keep beeping, you won't be able to eat tonight!"

Liu Bei roared at Zhang Fei, and galloped away on his horse!

Now when he sees this fly, his head hurts.

"Hey! Third brother, you see that elder brother is angry. You can't talk in the future, so you should talk less!"

Zhang Fei frowned, looking aggrieved.

"Can you blame me for this? Brother, he dare not face the facts. What I said is true!"