"We pledge our lives to follow the general! We pledge our lives to follow the general!"
Shouts came one after another from Kaiyang City. This made Cao Cao so angry that he threw his favorite jade item to the ground and it shattered into pieces.
"Milord, please calm down!" Guo Jia also put down his wine cup at this time. He felt very helpless. This Milord, he couldn't get angry. Once he got angry, he wouldn't be able to stop. Moreover, his headache would follow.
Sure enough, Lao Cao immediately held his head and shouted, "It hurts, it hurts!"
"Milord!" Guo Jia also had no choice but to help Cao Cao to the bed.
"Fengxiao, this Lü Fengxian, why is there still so many people following him?! Am I really not as good as him? " Cao Cao lamented. If he and Lü Bu were in the same position, he would've been betrayed long ago. During the first attack on Xu Province, before he was defeated, he was betrayed to Yan Province. Zhang Miao and Chen Gong welcomed Lü Bu into Yan Province. If it wasn't for Cao Cao's strong foundation and Lü Bu's insatiable greed, the one occupying two provinces would've been Lü Bu and not Cao Cao. However, it was different for Lü Bu. Although Wei Xu and Song Xian betrayed Lü Bu and caused Xiapi to fall, in the end, the two of them realized their mistake and turned back. Under the city walls of Xiapi, the two of them had less than three thousand soldiers, yet they managed to stop Cao Cao, who had an army of a hundred thousand, for a full ten hours.
"Milord, you are worrying too much!" Guo Jia shook his head, "In terms of reputation, Milord is the descendant of Grand Commandant Cao Song. You fought against Yellow Turban, defeated Dong Zhuo, saved the Emperor, and now, you are the Prime Minister! What about Lü Bu? He is just a brat from Bing Province. Moreover, he betrayed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo. We didn't call him Slave of Three Surnames! "
"Slave of three surnames?!" Old Cao smiled. This nickname was actually thought of by Big Ear, that black faced man who was illiterate. Indeed, Marketplace was the best at cursing people. If it was Old Cao, at most he would say that Lu Bu was unfaithful and unfilial.
"Although Lü Bu is currently leading the General Who Pacifies the East and the Governor of Xu Province, as long as Kaiyang is activated, he, Lü Bu, will be nothing!" Guo Jia continued, "In terms of resources, our army has a hundred thousand soldiers. Outside, we have the Qingzhou elites, and inside, we have the Tiger Leopard Cavalry. As for Lü Bu, although he has the Formation Breaker and the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, how many of them are left? Chen Chi, my lord, you have occupied Yan Province, and now Yu Province is also within reach. Xu Province, except for Kaiyang and Guangling, is also in your hands. That Lü Bu has already become a trapped beast. "
"Kai Yang! Guangling?! "Kai Yang was right in front of him. There was only one place that Cao Cao could not control, and that was Guangling." The Chen family! This father and son pair is not easy to deal with. "Guangling was a country within a country. Although it was a subject of Cao Cao, Cao Cao's hand could not reach inside.
"Chen Deng and his son?!" Guo Jia smiled and said, "There's nothing to worry about. As long as you remain undefeated, the father and son of the Chen family will not betray you. When the world is united, the father and son of the Chen family will be easily crushed! Moreover, didn't the old man of the Chen family invite himself to Xu Du to serve the Son of Heaven?! "
"The old man of the Chen family?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly, "He is already dead!"
"Dead?!" Guo Jia was stunned. He knew that Lü Bu had broken out of the White Gate Tower, but he did not know that the old man of the Chen family was also dead. "My lord, are you sure?!" “
"Yes, he is dead! And he was personally pushed down by me, Cao Mengde! " Cao Cao smiled bitterly. He had no other choice. Lü Bu had attacked. If he had been a step late, he would have been finished.
"My lord, how many people know about this?!" Guo Jia asked anxiously.
"The only people who know are you, me, Miao Cai, and the dead Hou Cheng. That's right, there is also Lü Bu on top of Kai Yang!" Cao Cao's face turned ugly.
"The Xu Province soldiers. The soldiers said that the main force defending Kai Yang was the Xu Province soldiers, but they were wearing Guangling uniforms! Chen Deng was defeated. According to Lü Bu's character, he should have directly killed Chen Deng, but he did not! "Guo Jia said in a deep voice," Did Chen Deng ask my lord about his father?! "
"He did!" Cao Cao replied. "After Chen Deng was defeated, I asked Chen Deng to go back and rest. He asked me about his father. At that time, I casually replied that Lü Bu killed him."
"What else?!" Guo Jia wanted to get to the bottom of this.
"Also, Chen Deng seemed to have asked me about the words his father said before he died." Cao Cao had been unwilling to say this sentence. If he said it out loud, Lao Cao would lose a lot of face. Therefore, when faced with Chen Deng's question, he directly avoided answering Lao Cao's question.
"Foolish, foolish my lord!" Guo Jia suddenly shouted. "Guangling will rebel, Xu Province will never have peace!"
"Fengxiao, don't scare me!" Cao Cao was also a little flustered. He did not mean to kill Chen Gui. At that time, it was really hard to control himself.
"My lord, my lord, if Chen Gui was alive, the Chen family would definitely not betray him. This is because Chen Gui knew that if he wanted the Chen family to grow stronger, there were only two possibilities. One was to establish himself as a feudal lord, and the other was to tie himself to a feudal lord's chariot. If he wanted to establish himself, the Chen family's strength was definitely enough. Tao Qian, Lü Bu, and Big-eared Liu did not have a reputation comparable to the Chen family in Xu Province. However, the Chen family did not do that. Instead, they bowed down to them. Why? Because they knew that it was easy to become a feudal lord. However, once they were defeated, the Chen family would be finished! Therefore, the Chen family sold Lü Bu so easily. It was to use the entire Xu Province in exchange for the Chen family's benefits! When the time comes, my lord, you will unify the world. How can you not share the benefits of the Chen family? Then it would be difficult for the Chen family not to prosper! "Guo Jia analyzed.
"Isn't it the same now? Chen Gui is dead, but the Chen family has not been destroyed! " Cao Cao was puzzled. Wouldn't they still be tied to Cao Jun's chariot? Not only that, Cao Cao might even favor the Chen family out of guilt.
"The Chen family has not been destroyed. However, without Chen Gui behind them, the current head of the Chen family, Chen Deng, would not think so!" Guo Jia smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Before Chen Deng became the head of the family, he was a famous scholar in Xu Province. He was known for his filial piety. There was a year when Chen Gui was seriously ill. Chen Deng traveled all over the world to find a doctor for him. When he was brewing medicine, he was very careful. He served his father day and night without slacking!" Guo Jia explained.
"Such a filial son?" Cao Cao was also feeling a headache. Logically speaking, it was a good thing for Lao Cao that Chen Deng was a filial son. As long as Chen Gui was in Xu Du, Chen Deng would not be able to do anything. On the contrary, he would work even harder for Lao Cao's family. In history, Chen Deng was an important minister of Cao Wei. He was even the one who created the Wei-Jin Dynasty's nine rank system.
Now that Lao Cao had killed Chen Gui, it would be strange if Chen Deng did not fight with his life on the line against Lao Cao.
Before Lao Cao could make any preparations, a messenger arrived. "Reporting! Urgent report from Xiapi. Chen Deng from Guangling has already arrived at Xiapi with an army of twenty thousand! General Che Zhou requests reinforcements! "
"What banner is this Chen Deng carrying?" Guo Jia asked.
"The entire army is carrying white silk. They say that they are seeking revenge for the former head of the family!" The messenger replied.
"My head hurts!" Cao Cao hugged his head and screamed again.
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