"Milord, you want to send troops to Liaodong?" He Ping also returned to Nanpi City. Cao Cao was attacked and he did not dare to relax. He immediately rushed back from Liaoxi Prefecture. He did not even tell Gongsun Kang before he returned.
As soon as he returned, such a thing happened.
"That Gongsun Kang and that old fox Gongsun Du are too much. I must send troops to Liaodong and wipe it out!" Cao Cao roared loudly.
"Milord, you can't!" He Ping hurriedly knelt down. "Milord, that Gongsun Du of Liaodong might be disloyal to Milord, but that Gongsun Kang sincerely wants to rely on Milord!" He Ping advised Cao Cao. There was a saying in the art of war, the best thing to do was to attack the enemy's plans, then to attack the enemy's allies, then to attack the enemy's soldiers.
"Sincerely pledge allegiance to me? If they were sincere, would the Liaodong Iron Cavalry have come this time? " Cao Cao was still venting his anger on the top.
"Milord, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry has been defeated. Their general Tuoba Hai has been killed!" He Ping argued with Cao Cao.
"Defeated? Who told you that? If they were defeated, how could they come to my Nanpi City with the banner of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry? You tell me! "
"But the Prime Minister was indeed defeated. He was defeated by the Yangzhou army. He lost to Yang Chen. Tuoba Hai's head was sent back!" He Ping said.
"Tuoba Hai's head? Did you see it? "Cao Cao sneered.
"This, this humble subject did not!" He Ping shook his head. How could he see Tuoba Hai's head? Gongsun Kang was ashamed of it. How could he show it to He Ping? So He Ping only heard about it.
"No? What a good no! Then let me tell you. This is what Gongsun Du, that old fox, deliberately let you know. In fact, he has already joined forces with the Yangzhou Army! "Cao Cao sneered.
"No! Gongsun Du was killed by Gongsun Kang! "He Ping shook his head and refuted.
"Killed? Did you see it with your own eyes? "
"It's what Wei Kang said!" He Ping was still shaking his head. He didn't see it with his own eyes.
"Oh, you heard about it again. Don't you know who Wei Kang is?" Cao Cao glared at He Ping.
He Ping lowered his head, "It's the personal guard of Liaodong's Wuwei General, Gongsun Du! “
"Hehe, you even know his identity. Do you think he will tell you the truth? Just based on your little fleece? “
"But Milord, if we can prove that it was Gongsun Kang's doing based on guesses and the banner of the Liaodong Cavalry, then it will be hard to believe. He Ping suddenly became stubborn as he raised his head and looked at Cao Cao.
"You want evidence? You want to believe me, right? Good, men, bring me the South Gate Commandant Wu Chi! "Cao Cao shouted to the guards outside the door.
"Yes!" Soon, a man with disheveled hair and a face covered in dust was brought in.
"Prime Minister, please spare my life! Prime Minister, please spare my life!" As soon as this man entered the meeting hall, he kowtowed and cried at Cao Cao, begging for mercy. This man was none other than Zhang Lei's superior, the South Gate Commandant Wu Chi.
"Wu Chi, tell our Lord He Ping how Nanpi's South Gate was breached that day!" Cao Cao said to Wu Chi.
"Nanpi's South Gate?" Wu Chi thought that Cao Cao was going to condemn him. According to Wu Chi's actions, even if he was killed a hundred times, it wouldn't be too much. That was why Wu Chi begged Cao Cao for mercy. But now, it seemed that this wasn't the case. His Lord, Cao Cao, seemed to be very kind to him.
As soon as Cao Cao mentioned the South Gate, Wu Chi immediately became excited. As the saying goes, if you don't have to take the blame, then don't take it. If you can kick the ball as far as you can, then you will die. "Prime Minister, Prime Minister.
"Prime Minister, it's all because of those damn envoys. They were not only deceived by Liaodong, but they also deceived you. Liaodong and us are allies, that's all nonsense. If we were allies, how could the Liaodong Iron Cavalry be here? That day, I saw that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry looked tired, so I came to ask for directions. I thought that they were our allies, so I couldn't help them. That's why I gave them water and food, and even enthusiastically showed them the way. Who knew that they would turn their backs on us as soon as they arrived at the city gate? My soldiers, you all died so miserably!" Wu Chi's old tears flowed down his cheeks as he spoke. He was definitely a good actor.
On the other hand, He Ping and the others were very embarrassed. They were the ones who were sent to Liaodong. Wasn't this pointing at a monk and cursing a bald man? Fortunately, He Ping was a civil official and had a high quality. Otherwise, if he was a general, he would have risked his life to fight Wu Chi.
"Prime Minister, it's all his words!" He Ping wanted to say something, but he was stopped by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao didn't pay attention to He Ping, but looked at Wu Chi and said, "General Wu Chi, continue!"
"I won't be wrong! Those people are speaking the dialect of Youzhou in Liaodong. I won't be wrong. Their armor and flags are from Liaodong Army! "Wu Chi got Cao Cao's permission and became more and more excited.
"He Ping, what else do you want to say now?" Cao Cao sneered and looked at He Ping.
He Ping took a deep breath. He didn't want to start a war because he used to be a citizen of Liaodong. This was his hometown. Once a war broke out, many families would be destroyed.
"Prime Minister, when I entered South Skin City, I obtained some weapons and armors from the dead enemy soldiers. Please take a look!" He Ping asked his subordinates to bring back a sword and a set of armor. "Prime Minister, please take a look!"
"Yangzhou's armor?" Yangzhou's new armor had become very famous. It was light and thin, and its defense was amazing. Therefore, many generals in the army were willing to pay hundreds of gold or even thousands of gold for a set of armor.
Now that he saw the armor and weapons, he naturally recognized them.
"That's right. Generals, please take a look. This is Yangzhou's new armor." He Ping looked at Cao Cao. Gong Sun Kang wanted Liaodong and Cao Cao to form an alliance. One of the important conditions was that Liaodong Army had to send over 15,000 sets of Yangzhou's armor. Those sets of armor were given to the Great Halberd Soldiers and Ferocious Cavalry. How could Liaodong Army have such new Yangzhou's armor?
Moreover, the new Yangzhou's armor looked better than the ones they had now.
Everyone began to doubt. Could it be that there were really soldiers pretending to be Liaodong Iron Cavalry?
"Milord, it is said that Yangzhou's army has withdrawn from Liaodong. Where did they go?" He Ping continued to say. Yangzhou had suffered a big loss in Liaodong. According to His Highness the King Of Shu's temper, it was impossible for him to leave just like that. One must know that when they came to Liaodong, they were determined to take Gong Sun Kang's head.
A strong start and a weak finish was not the style of Yangzhou's King Of Shu. Could it be that His Highness the King Of Shu's attack on Liaodong was fake and his attack on Cao Cao was real?
Everyone began to doubt. Could it be that they had wronged Liaodong Army? Could it be that someone was using Liaodong Army's banner?
"Generals, Tuoba Hai of Liaodong Iron Cavalry should have died in battle. Liaodong's main force should have been transferred to Liaodong Prefecture. Even if Liaodong Gongsun Du is good at acting, he can't push his three generals into the fire pit." He Ping's analysis was reasonable.
Liaodong's three generals were An Yixuan, Tuoba Hai, and Mo Ran.
An Yixuan's family was really killed by Gong Sun Kang, Tuoba Hai died in battle, Mo Ran was defeated, and Gong Sun Kang lost the Liaodong Army.
If this was really Liaodong Gongsun Du's acting, then this old fox was really terrifying.
He even had the heart to kill himself.
Everyone began to talk about it and began to nod. This might be a scheme by the Yangzhou Army to provoke Liaodong Army and Cao Cao's army. If they were fooled, it would be painful for them and their enemies would be happy.
"Prime Minister, please reconsider!" He Ping knelt down, followed by a group of people who knelt down.
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes. No one knew what he was thinking.
Cheng Yu, however, sighed.
Just when everyone was still asking Cao Cao to reconsider, a messenger ran in and said, "Prime Minister, General Xiahou is back!"
Now that there was a way out, Cao Cao immediately came down. "Yuanrang is back? Quick, let Yuan Rang in! "
"Yes!" Soon, Xiahou Chun walked into the meeting hall with his deputy. He looked at Cao Cao on the stage and said, "Prime Minister!" “
Cao Cao saw that Xiahou Chun's expression was not good. It could even be said that he was sullen.
"General Yuan Rang, didn't you chase after the Liaodong Iron Cavalry? Why did you come back? "Cheng Yu asked Xiahou Chun.
"Hmph! Don't mention it! "Xiahou Chun waved his hand and said unhappily, as if he did not want to say anything.
Cheng Yu could only look at Xiahou Chun's deputy. Xiahou Chun's deputy was not as bold as Xiahou Chun. He dared to do this in front of Lord Cao Cao.
He quickly went forward and told Cheng Yu and the others about the situation.
"What? More than 700 casualties? " Cheng Yu, Cao Cao and the others were all stunned for a moment. There were a total of five thousand people who came to the camp. Seven hundred of them were injured in an instant. Two hundred of them died on the spot, five hundred of them were seriously injured and countless of them were lightly injured.
"What about the Liaodong Iron Cavalry?" Cheng Yu and the others quickly asked. The losses in the first wave camp were so great, which meant that the Liaodong Iron Cavalry also suffered a great loss.
"The Liaodong Iron Cavalry only suffered a hundred casualties!" Xiahou Chun's deputy lowered his head in embarrassment.
"The Liaodong Iron Cavalry is so elite?" Cao Cao was also shocked. How could the Liaodong Iron Cavalry have such strength?
"Prime Minister, it's not the enemy's elite. It's just that we didn't encounter the enemy at all!" Xiahou Chun's deputy said with a sad face. Although their people came back, their 5,000 warhorses were completely useless. Those were 5,000 fine warhorses, which were worth hundreds of thousands of gold.
Now that they were all stabbed in the buttocks and bled too much, they could only be used as meat horses. So their hearts ached.
"They still haven't caught up? Their warhorses are so good? " Cheng Yu didn't believe it. Their warhorses were starting to become useless. The warhorses' explosive power under pain was amazing. Even if it was an ordinary horse, after being stabbed in the buttocks, it would explode with amazing explosive power in a short period of time.
"We saw that we were about to catch up, but, but!" Xiahou Dun's deputy really wanted to cry. They destroyed their warhorses, which were their second life. For them, they were comrades. They were about to catch up with the enemy, but the enemy had already entered the city.
"They entered the city?" Everyone present was dumbfounded.
"Are you sure they entered the city?" Cheng Yu asked. Of course, this question was asked on behalf of Cao Cao on the main seat because Cao Cao's eyes were shining.
"Yes, they entered the city!" The deputy nodded.
"Don't say anymore!" Xiahou Chun roared at his deputy general, "Prime Minister, it's this general's incompetence. I wasn't able to catch up with those Liaodong bandits and allowed them to enter the city. Please punish me!" Xiahou Chun knelt down as he spoke.
"Not guilty, not guilty, how are you guilty?" Cao Cao almost said this out of excitement. How was he, Xiahou Dun, guilty? Fortunately, Cao Cao held it in and coughed twice.
"Yuan Rang, get up, get up. If it wasn't for your timely arrival, I, Cao Cao, would have died in the hands of those Liaodong Iron Cavalry. What are you guilty of?"
"We are guilty!" Cao Cao said. Everyone else knelt down.
"He Ping, what else do you have to say now?" Cao Cao looked at He Ping and asked.
"General Xiahou, did you really see the enemy enter the city? He entered the Liaodong Army's city? "He Ping began to question Xiahou Chun.
"Hmph, how can it be fake? If it wasn't for those Liaodong garrisons, if it wasn't for Liaodong's cities, I would have been able to defeat their troops and take their heads! I wouldn't have lost 700 of my men! " Xiahou Dun said angrily.
"This, this, this is impossible! This is impossible! " He Ping couldn't believe it.
"Impossible? If someone was pretending to be Liaodong Army, how could they enter the city? You, He Ping, are stupid? Do you think those Liaodong Army are stupid? He Ping, I sent you to Liaodong because I thought you were a discerning person. I didn't expect you to be a fool! You were fooled by Liaodong Gongsun Du and his son! " Cao Cao looked at He Ping as if he expected better from him.
"I, I, I!" He Ping didn't know how to explain himself. "Milord, that Gongsun Kang really looked like he was surrendering." He Ping wanted to dissuade Cao Cao from attacking Liaodong. This Gongsun Kang looked like he was going to be a dog. Did you have to beat him?
"Say no more. I've already made up my mind. This Gongsun Du and his son actually dared to send Liaodong Cavalry to raid my Youzhou. They even wanted to kill me. This is unforgivable. Where is Xu Huang, Xu Gongming?" Cao Cao shouted to the people below.
"Xu Huang is present!" Xu Huang stepped forward and cupped his fist towards Cao Cao who was sitting on the main seat.
"Xu Huang, Xu Gongming, take your twenty thousand men to be the vanguard of my army. Build bridges if you encounter water, build roads if you encounter grass. Prepare for the army behind!"
"Yes!" Xu Huang nodded.
"Where is Le Jin?" Cao Cao began to gather his troops again.
"Le Jin is present!"
"Le Jin, take fifty thousand men as the Central Army and enter Liaoxi Prefecture from Xuwushan!"
"Yes!"
"Xiahou Dun!" Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun below.
"Yuanrang, the enmity of Liaodong Cavalry must be avenged. Go to the army and gather five thousand horses to accompany me to Liaodong. We must annihilate the Liaodong Cavalry!" Cao Cao made up his mind and said to this popular person.
"Milord, you can't! You can't!" He Ping shouted from below, hoping that Cao Cao would reconsider.
Cao Cao's army of eighty thousand men still had an endless stream of reinforcements. It could be said that Liaodong would not be able to escape this time. Furthermore, Liaodong was not a soft persimmon. He also had a lot of troops in his hands.
"He Ping, I won't bicker about this once or twice. However, sending you to Liaodong to become the governor of Liaoxi is my biggest mistake. Men, take away Governor He Ping. Have him reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors!" Cao Cao angrily rebuked He Ping who was on the other side. “
"Yes!" “
"Milord, you can't!" He Ping was still shouting as he was dragged away.
"Sigh!" Cheng Yu at the side sighed bitterly.
Why bother? Milord didn't dispatch troops just because of the Liaodong Cavalry.
It doesn't matter if the Liaodong Cavalry is real or fake. It doesn't matter. The important thing is that it gives Milord an excuse to dispatch troops. Milord regretted it when he was greedy for the Liaodong armor. He didn't fight Liaodong and insisted on allying with him. Luckily, Gongsun Kang comforted Cao Cao and thought that if he could defeat Gongsun Kang, he would be able to take down Liaodong.
But now, Gongsun Kang was completely tempting Cao Cao.
How could Cao Cao's army not know about the mobilization of troops in Liaodong Border City?
The entire Liaodong Border City didn't have many elites. It was already not bad if a city had a thousand people.
Right now, Liaodong was a beauty that was about to take off her clothes.
He, Cao Cao, was a normal man. How could he not be drooling? Rather than not knowing when Gongsun Du would die and giving the position of Liaodong to Gongsun Kang and Gongsun Kang would give it to Cao Cao, he might as well go get it himself.
In the past, because he had just allied with Liaodong, Cao Cao couldn't do anything. But now, it was different. With an excuse to dispatch troops, would Cao Cao give up?
As for the sword that He Ping found, if you could see it, how could Cao Cao not see it? It's just that Boss Cao saw it and acted like he didn't see it.
Therefore, no matter what He Ping said, it was useless.
… …
Cao Cao issued a decree to the world. Liaodong Gongsun Kang went from being the head of the secretariat to being a traitor. He actually dared to send the Liaodong Cavalry to attack Nanpi City. He wanted to kill Cao Cao and cause chaos in the world. Fortunately, Cao Cao saw through the Sun family's plan. Now, Cao Cao was very angry. So he sent troops to attack Liaodong.
Everyone was dazzled. Just what kind of show was this? The two allies who were just in the honeymoon period had now become enemies.
Gongsun Kang in Liaodong Prefecture was scared out of his wits. Just how did he provoke Cao Cao?
If Cao Cao wanted to treat him like this, Cao Cao's army would be able to break through dozens of Liaodong's cities like a hot knife through butter.
Gongsun Kang also wrote a letter to Cao Cao. He told him that his father was terminally ill and that he was willing to subdue Cao Cao. He hoped that Cao Cao would let bygones be bygones and accept him.
At first, Cao Cao also had this plan. But the war was getting smoother and smoother. The more he fought, the more he couldn't control it.
Even if Cao Cao was willing to stop the war, Cao Cao's generals wouldn't do it. This was a great merit. How many soft persimmons could be pinched in the world? Liaodong was one. If Gongsun Du was still alive, then Liaodong would be a hard bone to chew. But Gongsun Du was dead, and Gongsun Kang was in charge.
When Cao Cao's army entered Liaodong, they didn't think of resisting Cao Jun. Instead, they wanted to ask for peace. Was there something wrong with their heads? If they could ask for peace, why would they fight? So many cities were ordered by Gongsun Kang not to resist.
In this way, Liaodong originally had Gao Jun's mountain range to resist. But now, these mountain range formations were all thrown into Cao Cao's hands. It was difficult to fight. Other than Mo Ran who could fight, the rest of the soldiers were useless. An Yixuan was forced to join the Yangzhou Army by Gongsun Kang. Tuoba Hai had died in battle, and only Mo Ran was left. Mo Zihui was holding the fort, but Gongsun Kang was still not done.
When Cao Cao's army entered Liaodong, Mo Ran wrote a letter to Gongsun Kang. He wanted Gongsun Kang to let Mo Ran lead his troops to resist Cao Cao.
But at that time, Gongsun Kang was thinking about how to make Cao Cao's father forgive him. Plus, the Yangzhou army was eyeing him covetously, so he decisively refused. Mo Ran was also stubborn. If you refuse, I will write another letter.
Gongsun Kang wasn't his father Gongsun Du. If Gongsun Du was still alive and saw Mo Ran and Mo Zihui's letter, he would definitely pay attention to it. This was because Mo Ran was a good fighter. Even if he didn't pay attention to it, he would still give Mo Ran a good reply.
Our Young Master Gongsun Kang, on the other hand, directly arrested Mo Ran and threw him into prison. The reason was that Mo Ran said that he wanted to talk to Lord Gongsun Du, not Young Master Gongsun Kang.
Without the three great generals, and the last one, Mo Ran, was imprisoned by Gongsun Kang. Who else could withstand Cao Cao's army? They were like a soft persimmon.
So one by one, they ran to Cao Cao and said to Cao Cao that Liaodong's Gongsun Kang was already disloyal. Why should the Prime Minister listen to his words?
Zhao Yun also didn't stay idle. The White Horses used the banner of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to destroy Cao Cao's 5,000 troops. This made Cao Cao angry. Fine, let's continue fighting.
Gongsun Kang had no choice but to send Mo Ran out of the mountains.
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