"And Hedong and Hebei are already at odds with each other. In addition, the two families are adjacent, Hebei is close and Yanzhou is far away. After this hatred, it is a trend of "two tigers fighting each other". If two tigers fight each other, the big ones are injured and the small ones die. The king and the lord can take advantage of Bian Zhuangzi and subdue two powerful enemies in one fell swoop!"

After hearing Dong Zhao's words, Cao Cao kept stroking his beard and silent. Although Dong Zhao threw tempting fruits to him at the end, Cao Cao's mind was still clear and he was not confused by the illusory beauty.

Dong Zhao's strategy combined Wang Bi, Mao Jie and others' idea of ​​"submitting the emperor to seek rebellion" and adopted Guo Jia's strategy of "using Yuan to defeat Yan", but in the implementation of details, it still failed to solve the difficult problems.

For example, how to make a famous army and lure Yuan Shao from Yecheng to send troops to divide the Hedong situation; how to send troops to safely welcome the emperor from Luoyang City; how to stabilize Yuan Shao afterwards so that the emperor and the court can be firmly controlled by themselves...

If these detailed problems are not solved, the grand strategy of "supporting the emperor to fight against unjust officials" is like a castle in the air and cannot be implemented at all.

Famous scholars in the world like to be generous in their studies, and ordinary people like these grand and profound strategies, but Cao Cao often sneered at them.

The bigger, the empty, the deeper, the more nothing.

"If Gongren, if you do your strategy, what kind of trick will you do?"

Cao Cao stopped stroking his beard in his hand, his expression was solemn, and the atmosphere around him condensed, and his eyes were brightly watched Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao was shocked, and he also noticed the change in Cao Cao's momentum, quickly calmed down and responded seriously:

"The plan is in a while, and there is no need to be said. If the king and the prince do not use Zhao's unscrupulous talent, Zhao is willing to go to Luoyang to assist the king and Guo, and after they get the feelings, they will be in power to control it."

"Good, then I'll work hard for you to be alone!"

After receiving the reply from Dong Zhao volunteered, Cao Cao returned to his previous state of laughter and smiled, and held Dong Zhao's hand affectionately and said with a laugh.

Dong Zhao also had a smile on his face again, but he felt awe in his heart for Cao Cao's unanimous momentum just now.

"Cao Mengde is really a heroic lord!"

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"It's a real mediocre master!"

Wang Zhong, who had a red face and a wine-dropping nose, lay in the pile of weeds, with his head resting on a ring-headed knife. Thinking of his current situation, he couldn't help but curse.

Of course, he was scolding Yang Ding and Li Jue.

Wang Zhong, who was born in Fufeng, was originally just a small pavilion chief. Later, because Guanzhong was occupied by Li, Guo and other Xiliang army generals and schoolmen. In addition, the Xiliang army was arrogant and domineering, Wang Zhong thought to himself that if the pavilion chief continues, he will either starve to death or be killed by the rioters.

So he simply gathered a group of township parties and joined the army to Yang Ding, the general of the Xiliang Army.

With his personal ability, Wang Zhong, the small pavilion leader, was doing well under Yang Ding's command, and even won the favor of military general Yang Ding, and was promoted to Yang Ding as a personal guard.

Last year, Yang Ding, Dong Cheng, Song Guo and others raised an army to kill Li Jue, and Wang Zhong was entrusted with important tasks by Yang Ding and went to Hengguanchidao to intercept and kill Li Ru, the think tank under Li Jue.

As a result, although the person failed to kill, fortunately, the great uprising of Yang Ding and others was accomplished. Wang Zhong also rose to the position of a hundred generals in the army with his ability to embarrass his literary talent.

Just when Wang Zhong thought that with Yang Ding's relationship, he could show his strength in the army, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng were defeated by Li Jue, and even the Xijing Chang'an City was abandoned by the court in a blink of an eye.

Fortunately, when Wang Zhong was defeated, he saw the opportunity quickly and gathered some subordinates to surrender in time. He was soon incorporated into his own soldiers by Li Jue and joined Li Jue's army.

Because Li Jue's vitality was greatly damaged, in order to gather people and win over the hearts of the people, he had to give him a large number of officials and titles. Therefore, although Wang Zhong was a surrendered soldier, he only had dozens of remnants left under his command, but he was granted the position of military guard by Li Jue, who was nominally able to command a group of soldiers.

So, just when Wang Zhong was about to hold Li Jue's thigh that could not be pulled down no matter how hard he was pulled, Li Jue fell down unexpectedly.

Li Jue's army continued to pursue the emperor who was in Dongshou, but was defeated by the Hedong-Hongnong coalition. He fled back to Chang'an in a panic. The soldiers were separated and the soldiers were scarce. The once densely populated Chang'an City almost turned into an empty city after several wars. Li Jue could only survive in Chang'an City, and even his soldiers had to survive the winter with little food and clothing. Because of this, he froze to death and starved to death.

At the turn of spring and summer this year, Li Jue, who had not recovered, was subjected to fierce attacks from Ma Teng's army between Wu and Yu. Li Jue, whose military strength was weak, was not Ma Teng's enemy at all. His troops were defeated at once. Li Jue had to abandon Chang'an City and led the remaining troops to flee to Huangbai City in Zuofengyi.

Ma Teng was once defeated by Li Jue. This time he sent troops to Chang'an, called the siege of rebels, but in fact he was taking the land with revenge. The fierce Ma Teng army did not have any remaining grain to support the surrendered soldiers. Therefore, every time he fought, the jealous Ma Teng army left few prisoners.

This scared Wang Zhong, who learned about the news, did not dare to surrender, and could only lead a group of remnants to escape from Li Jue's team and flee to the mountains and forests.

The current situation in Guanzhong is in chaos. There is Wang Cheng in Wannian, Liang Xing in Lantian, Zhang Heng in Zheng County, Li Jue in Huangbai City, and Ma Teng's army that disrupted Guanzhong, can be said to be surrounded by mountains and thieves.

In this case, the strong are protecting themselves by the dock, and the weak are fleeing to a foreign land. Although Wang Zhong brought forty or fifty soldiers with unequal armor, he could only be considered a weak person. He could only escape and prepare to pass through Wuguan and escape to the relatively stable and peaceful Jingxiang land.

However, most of the remaining troops under Wang Zhong were from Guanzhong, and his hometown was hard to leave. Thinking that after escaping to Jingxiang, the future was bleak, so he was unable to move forward on the way. Wang Zhong had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to plunder and rob the road between Shangluo, and rely on plundering small groups of fugitive soldiers, fishing, hunting, picking mountain fruits, wild vegetables and other ways to barely fill his stomach.

Gradually, some outlaws and civilians who had no way out came to join us, and Wang Zhong's command gradually increased.

However, as the number of people increased, the food obtained from fishing, hunting, and picking mountain fruits and wild vegetables became less and less than enough. Moreover, the gradually growing Wang Zhong and his family also aroused the fear of Liang Xing, a powerful man who was separating Lantian. Liang Xing personally led his troops to wipe out Wang Zhong. Once the mobs under Wang Zhong fought, they immediately collapsed. Wang Zhong was defeated and could only take the remaining ten people back to pick up the old road, flee to Wuguan, and prepare to defect to Jingxiang.

On this day, Wang Zhong, who was on the way to escape, was hungry and thirsty and could not walk anymore. He simply leaned into the weeds next to the road and sent his subordinates to find food and water sources, preparing to find something to fill his stomach first, and then go on a rush.

When he was resting, Wang Zhong, who was very bored and troubled, cursed Yang Ding and Li Jue.

In his opinion, Yang Ding and Li Jue were both mediocre masters. They had such a good foundation, but they even defeated all the foundation in their hands and destroyed the land of Guanzhong in an outrageous way, becoming a desolate situation where thieves are rising and hungry all over the world.

It also dragged myself to escape everywhere, like a dog that was stranded, and was in panic all day long.

Just as he was in high spirits, a thin soldier under his command ran over with a spear, interrupting Wang Zhong's scolding and shouting excitedly:

"Military Hou, I found a wild settlement not far ahead. People probably ran away. I was going to take over the place to see if I could find some missing rations and clean water from the empty room to cook rice and roast clothes."

"All people have escaped, and there will be food left for you to find?"

Wang Zhong glanced at the subordinate and slandered him as usual, but he still cheered up and struggled to get up from the weeds.

At this time, it was no less than a gift from God to be able to drink a few clean and sweet well water, a warm bonfire to dry clothes, and a thatched hut that sheltered from rain and wind for rest.

"Go, go quickly."

Wang Zhong greeted other subordinates and followed the instructions from his subordinates who came back to report, he ran to the discovered wild settlement with excitement.

Everyone was excited, but their paces got faster than usual, and they soon arrived at the wild settlement that seemed to be deserted.

This is a small settlement in the mountains and fields. The wood gate of the settlement has been easily broken by Wang Zhong's subordinates. They held weapons and shouted "Is anyone?" while looking at the surrounding houses and yards with vigilantly. In the chaotic times, not only will the riots plunder and kill the people, but some brave people will also use various crude weapons to ambush and kill the lonely scattered soldiers and wanderers, and then strip their armor and take away their weapons and rations.

Wang Zhong's remnants plundered everywhere and encountered one or two ambushed by the brave mountain people. Therefore, after breaking into the door, he acted cautiously.

After confirming that there was really no one around, Wang Zhong's men finally felt relieved, acted in scattered, and rushed into the empty yards excitedly, wanting to find wells and food, while some can't wait to break open the door of the house to search for some things in the house.

When Wang Zhong saw that these subordinates were profitable, he ran faster than himself. They all rushed to the front and were completely different from the timid look of fighting in the battle. He immediately felt displeased and started to curse. However, he knew some ways to control his subordinates and knew that in this case, he could not treat his subordinates harshly, so as not to lose the last friendship to maintain relationships.
Chapter completed!