Chapter 94 Chapter 12 Cao Cao Refers to Liu Bei as a Hero

Cao Cao refers to Liu Bei as a hero Liu Bei left Cao Cao to avoid disaster So Yuan Shao gathered civil officials and military generals to discuss the matter of sending troops to conquer Cao Mengde.Because Liu Bei provided Yuan Shao with the situation and deployment of Cao Jun, Yuan Shao's eagerness to go south was further strengthened. However, as analyzed by Cao Mengde and his counselors, although Yuan Shao had a strategy in mind, his subordinates fought against each other, and it was difficult to reach a consensus when encountering major issues. Tian Feng first raised objections. He said: "Nowadays there have been years of military disasters, the people are exhausted, and the public granary has not much savings, so it is impossible to send troops on a large scale. We should first send people to lobby Cao Mengde, using the excuse that Hebei is rich in land and products, and the people live and work in peace. It is a good place to build the capital, and let Cao Mengde sacrifice the emperor. If this method does not work, use Cao Cao's monopoly on the emperor and separate us from the king's road as an excuse to send troops to Liyang, add ships at the main ferry of the Yellow River, and deploy elite troops. When the time is right, Cao thief can be wiped out in one fell swoop."

The judge said dismissively: "I don't agree with this point of view. With Ming Gong's military strategy and military strength, it is easy to raise troops to fight Cao's bandits. Why wait for the year of the monkey to hope for the horse and the moon!" Guo Tu said: "Gongsun Zan is strong enough, but he was completely defeated by us. Why hesitate?" Ju Shou, a counselor, was inclined to Tian Feng's idea. He said: "We might as well take advantage of the difficulty of attacking and defending in the mountains and rivers of Jizhou. Production and military training, and selected elite soldiers, took advantage of the situation to invade, to trouble Cao Jun's territory. To save the right, attack the left, and save the left, attack the right, so that the opponent is exhausted and exhausted. In this way, I did not suffer from it. He has already been trapped by it, and in less than three years, he can sit back and overcome it, if he abandons this careful strategy to win the battle, and instead gambles on the outcome of the first battle, it will be too late to regret if it doesn’t go his way.”

Tian Feng turned around and refuted Guo Tu, saying: "How can Gongsun Zan compare with Cao Mengde? In terms of military use, state governance, and recruitment of talents, Gongsun Zan can only hold a candle to him." The judge said aggressively: "You are the ambition of a long-term thief, destroying your own prestige." Seeing that Shenpei was helping, Guo Tu also raised his tone by eight degrees, saying: "I would like to follow Zheng Shangshu's words, and fight for righteousness with Liu Bei to wipe out Cao's bandits. It is in line with the will of heaven and the sentiments of the people in the bottom."

Yuan Shao felt that everyone's words made sense, and when he listened, his mind became chaotic, like countless bees buzzing around his ears. The four argued endlessly, and when Yuan Shao hesitated, Xu You and Xun Chen came in from the door.Yuan Shao thought, these two people are well-informed, so just follow their opinions. If their views are different, he might as well let himself go back and think about it.Yuan Shao said bluntly: "Shangshu Zheng sent me a letter asking me to raise troops to help Liu Bei attack Cao Cao. You only need to answer whether to raise troops or not."

The two looked at the crowd, then at each other, and they said in unison: "Duke Ming is begging the Han thieves to help the royal family, use the strong to attack the weak, and use the many to defeat the few. You should raise an army!" "The two coincided with me, yes, let's fight!" Yuan Shao was too lazy to think about it. In desperation, Tian Feng grabbed the ground with his head and shouted loudly: "If you don't listen to the words of the good minister, it will be disadvantageous to go out as a teacher." Yuan Shao was upset, and angrily reprimanded: "What are you crying for? I'm not telling you to go to the funeral."

Tian Feng burst into tears and said, "I'm learning from Uncle Jian's crying teacher." Yuan Shao was very annoyed when he heard this, he is Uncle Jian, can I not become Duke Mu of Qin? Uncle Jian cried for his master, Qin's army was defeated in Xiaoshan, isn't this clearly cursing me, Yuan Shao? The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the more angry he became. "Dismiss Tian Feng and put him in prison!" Yuan Shao announced angrily. The rest of the atmosphere is much more serious. Guo Tu said: "Duke Ming is doing righteousness to attack Cao's bandits. He must list his crimes and issue a call to action, so that he can justifiably send troops."

Yuan Shao nodded and said: "Thoughtful thinking." He also said: "Chen Lin is the only one who can do this kind of thing." Chen Lin, courtesy name Kong Zhang, has great literary talent. She was the master book of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. After the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, she took refuge in Jizhou. Seeing that Chen Lin is not a role in planning major events and rushing into battle, let him be a counselor. After Chen Lin accepted this drudgery, her brain was completely troubled.As a literati, he admired Cao Mengde's talent very much. He often heard Kong Rong say that Cao Mengde "has been in the army for more than 20 years, and he can't release his scrolls. He must write poems when he climbs a high place, and he creates new poems, which are orchestrated by him, and they all become music." The first poem written after Dong Zhuo's rebellion: "There are righteous men in the Kanto, and they raised troops to fight against the gangsters. In the early days, they met in Tianjin, but their hearts were in Xianyang. The army's strength was inconsistent, and they hesitated and walked wild. Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs return to each other. Zang, the title of Huainan’s younger brother, engraved with a seal in the north. The armor is full of lice, and all surnames die. The bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. One of the living people will leave one, and the thought of it will break the heart.”

How well written is that poem, full of feelings of worrying about the country and the people, and the writing is like a person, can a traitor write such a poem? Can a traitor gather those handsome and righteous men under his sect? The more Chen Lin thought about it, the more she couldn't figure it out, and the more she thought about it, the more she couldn't write.Time passed day by day.Yuan Shao was in a hurry, so Chen Lin chose some big words and empty words that didn't really matter to write this essay, but the writing style is quite beautiful. Yuan Shao was very dissatisfied after reading it, and asked Chen Lin to rewrite it.Chen Lin said: "I don't know much about Cao Mengde, so I really can't write this article." Yuan Shao said: "It's very simple." He listed all the crimes of Cao Mengde, and moved to Cao Mengde's family history.Chen Lin began to write from Cao Mengde's family history: "Sikong Cao Cao, grandfather Zhongchang Shiteng, and Xu Huang are evildoers together..." After writing three to five hundred words, he handed it over to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was still not satisfied, and even said: "I really want to I have doubts about your talent."

In a fit of anger, Yuan Shao deprived Chen Lin of the right to draft the essay. In order to take care of Chen Lin's face, he simply asked the judge to draft it, and Chen Lin was responsible for the revision and polishing of the text.