Chapter 503 Two Heroes Confrontation

"It's because of Cao Cao's meritorious deeds that the general dealt with it leniently. This time, General Cao just took advantage of it." Jia Xu said with a smile.

If Liu Ye hadn't led the army to destroy Zhang Xun's army, it would have been impossible for Yuan Shu to escape from Shouchun on his own initiative. Zhang Xun's 60,000 army was the main force of Yuan's army, so Yuan Shu was forced to flee, and Cao Cao took advantage.

"Hehe, that's all for now. Mr. Zhongde, please go back." After Jia Xu finished speaking, she stood up and was about to go out.

"Mr. Wenhe, where is the general? Somebody wants to see the general."

Cheng Yu stretched out his hand to stop Jia Xu, and said with a deep expression.

Jia said in a business-like manner: "The general assists His Majesty's prime minister in the country's military and political affairs. Now he is very busy. Mr. Zhong De should not bother the general. Just go back and bring the news to General Cao."

"My lord, General Cao, has done great service in suppressing the rebellion, how can he be rewarded like this?" Cheng Yu said slightly angrily.

Jia Xu let out a slight smile, and strode out straight away. Before leaving, he reminded him friendly: "Mr. Zhongde, the general is really busy. I suggest you don't take too much effort."

As Cao Cao's special envoy, Cheng Yu was naturally dissatisfied with only receiving a salary increase of 500 shi, so he did not go back these few days, but wanted to see Liu Ye to discuss Cao Cao's achievements.

With my Cheng Yu's sharp tongue, as long as I meet the general, I will definitely be able to convince him!

Cheng Yu tidied his clothes and was full of confidence, but it was a pity that Liu Ye didn't give him this opportunity at all, and simply closed the door to thank the guests. Cheng Yu stayed in Runan City for three days, but he didn't even see Liu Ye's face In desperation, he had no choice but to take a carriage and head back to Huainan.

"Yu is ashamed!"

Cheng Yu lowered his head and said, "Liu Yuqing offset the fact that our army left the country without authorization with the merits and demerits of the crusade against Yuan Shu, and it was only in a symbolic sense that the Lord's salary was increased by five hundred shi."

Cao Cao smiled, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I know Yuqing very well, this guy never wants to suffer. Now our army has easily obtained the land of Huainan. The harvest is not small, and we need to consolidate and digest it."

"My lord!"

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, only to see Xi Zhicai hastily walked into the meeting hall from the outside with a stern expression on his face.

Seeing Xi Zhicai's expression, Cao Cao wondered, "What's wrong with Zhicai? What news did you hear?" Cao Cao's confidant is in charge of intelligence exchanges among Cao's troops.

"My lord, our army is afraid that Huainan has fallen into the quagmire this time." Xi Zhicai said in a heavy tone.

"What's going on?" Cao Cao wondered, "Could it be that Liu Yuqing is not reconciled to getting Shouchun, and is planning to send troops to pacify the southeast?" If this is the case, then it is really a terrible news. It really is the best in the universe.

"No, Sun Ce and my lord sent troops to attack Yuan Shu at the same time, and Sun Ce's emissary and Zhong De came to Liu Ye's army at the same time. Does my lord know what official position Sun Ce was given?"

"Could it be?" Cao Cao seemed to have noticed something.

"Inspector of Yangzhou!" Xi Zhicai paused every word: "Sun Ce's army will definitely go north and fight fiercely with our army."

"It's such a clever method. There are indeed talented people around this great general." Cao Cao was amazed and regretful.

"Since Sun Ce is the Inspector of Yangzhou, and Shouchun belongs to Jiujiang County and Jiujiang County belongs to Yangzhou, let alone Sun Ce is ambitious, even if he does not have the title of Inspector of Yangzhou, he will go north to compete with our army sooner or later." Cheng Yu analyzed.

"But this is good news." Cao Cao suddenly laughed.

"Good news?" Xi Zhicai was puzzled and said, "Huainan is full of rivers and rivers. Most of our army is from the north. They are good at land warfare but not water warfare. In a battle, even if our army has a large number of generals, it may not be easy to win, right?"

"Hahaha, that's natural. The good news I'm talking about is that since Yuqing appointed Sun Ce as the governor of Yangzhou to consume our army, it means that he has no plans to lead the troops south and drink horses to the Yangtze River in a short time!"

Cao Cao said proudly: "During this period of time, our army should actively expand and drill naval forces. It is best to defeat Sun Ce, annex Jiangdong, occupy the danger of the Yangtze River, and use large ships and fighting ships to counter the advantages of Xiliang's iron cavalry."

At the same time, Wu Jun was full of congratulations.

"Congratulations, my lord, for succeeding as governor of Yangzhou!"

"That's right, the general is really clear about rewards and punishments, and he values ​​my lord so much, hahaha."

"In this way, my lord is no different from the old villain Liu Jingsheng in terms of official position. When I was weak, I was a big official in frontiers. My lord will definitely leave a name in history."

With a smile on his face, Sun Ce greeted the cheers of civil servants under his command, while Zhou Yu frowned.

Zhou Yu turned his head and saw that Lu Su didn't say a word. He immediately walked to him, gave him a wink, and then walked into the corner.

"Brother Gongjin?"

Zhou Yu turned around and said calmly, "Brother Zijing, you must have seen the general's plot, right?"

Lu Su nodded slightly: "Without any effort, our army went north to compete with Cao Cao. With my master's disposition, I'm afraid I will be so happy. The person who set up such a scheme has really grasped the master's temperament and has such a deep insight into people's hearts. , A true ghost planner!"

"Zijing, follow me to Bofu's mansion at night."

Zhou Yu gave an order, and Lu Su nodded in agreement, and each went back to the banquet as if nothing had happened.

At night, Sun Ce took off his clothes and was about to fall asleep when the guard reported, "My lord, Captain Zhou and Captain Lu are here to visit."

"Gong Jin and Lu Su?"

When Sun Ce heard the words, he immediately regained his energy. A carp stood up from the couch, put on his clothes, and walked out barefoot.

"Haha, it turned out to be Gongjin and Mr. Zijing, come in quickly."

Lu Su was slightly moved when he saw Sun Ce greet him with bare feet, but Zhou Yu nodded heavily: "Well, I'll talk inside later."

Sun Ce ordered people to light up the lights, walked into the inner room, and said directly, "Gongjin and Zijing are here late at night, what's the matter?"

"Bo Fu." Zhou Yu didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Liu Ye named you the governor of Yangzhou, the purpose is to make our army fight Cao's army, and he is a fisherman."

Sun Ce smiled and said, "Yes, but isn't this the strategy that you, Gong Jin, formulated at the beginning? In this way, the strategic direction of our army coincides with the appointment of Yangzhou governor, isn't it just right?"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "It is true that a certain person advocates advancing in Huainan, but our army's strategic intentions were not exposed at that time. Taking advantage of Cao Cao's negligence, he suddenly went north, and it is very likely that Shouchun will come down in one go, but now Liu Ye is It completely disrupted our army's plan."