Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The Ghost of Vengeance

Cao Cao's face turned livid, the corners of his lips trembled, and he couldn't even utter a sound. His cronies had never seen him so angry.Cao Cao was originally a person who made no secret of his emotions.There have been many times in the past with flushed fury.But those are nothing compared to the angry look on his face this time. Cao Cao was still laughing just now. Because he heard the report of Lu Bu's escape. "Ha! Ha! Ha! That idiot Yuan Shao let Lu Bu escape, it's so ridiculous!" Cao Cao shook his head, bursting with laughter. — things took a turn for the worse.

It was at this time that he heard his father's obituary. His father once worked as a Taiwei (Minister of National Defense), one of the three men.However, it was an official position purchased with money when Emperor Ling formulated the law of selling officials, and his tenure was very short.Even so, he did reach the rank of Sangong. After the death of Emperor Ling, Cao Song took refuge in Langye (the southern part of the Shandong Peninsula) because the Central Plains became a place of war. When Yuan Shao and Lu Bu were fighting with Zhang Yan and his gang from the Black Mountain Army, Cao Cao, who led the newly recruited Qingzhou soldiers, was also busy confronting Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu fled to a place called Fengqiu after being oppressed by Liu Biao.

Cao Cao beat the scattered Yuan Shujun even more.Yuan Shu fled to Jiujiang, and then fled to Shouchun. He called himself Yangzhou Mu, and also called Xuzhou Bo.In fact, Xuzhou originally had Tao Qian, the official officer. In short, Cao Cao's position was stabilized by driving away Yuan Shu.He originally belonged to Yuan Shao's family, but now he has become the hegemon on his own. ——The son is now able to support his father... Cao Cao had just written such a letter not long ago, and someone took it back to his hometown, preparing to welcome his father.At the same time, he also wrote sincerely to local powerful people, asking them to take care of his father more.

But Father Cao was killed between Ye County and Fei County in Taishan County! Cao Song, who bought the status of the third prince with a huge sum of money, is of course a rich man. His luxurious queue even brought dozens of cars full of treasures on the way to his son, which caused the disaster. —Let’s take that batch of treasures.In such troubled times, even tomorrow's life is a problem.With so many treasures, you can live comfortably for a lifetime! Man is a greedy animal.Who can be tempted when they see cartloads of treasure? One of Tao Qian's generals who guarded Yinping County attacked Cao Song's dormitory after thinking about it.

After hearing the news of the attack, Cao Song tried to escape through the crack in the wall of the dormitory.He asked his concubine to pass through this place first, but the obese concubine couldn't squeeze through the gap. As he was dragging his feet, the attacking force arrived, and both of them were beheaded. His youngest son, Cao Deqiu, was also killed. "Damn Tao Qian!" Cao Cao moaned with a frightening expression. The group who attacked were indeed Tao Qian's subordinates, but this was not something Tao Qian instructed to do.When he received Cao Cao's letter, Tao Qian even told the retainers scattered along the way that he must take good care of Cao's father.

The assailants who saw the money, knew that they would be severely reprimanded by the lord Tao Qianzhi, so they all fled. "It's Tao Qian's fault! He should be responsible for this! He must pay for it with his life! I'm going to tear him into pieces!" Cao Cao raised his eyes and roared. In that era, Cao Cao, who was known as having a rare enlightened style and a thorough realist, had reached the point of losing his rationality only at this time in his life. He immediately mobilized and sent troops to Xuzhou. "This is a battle of revenge. After entering Xuzhou, regardless of soldiers and residents, all will be shot to death!"

He gave such terrible orders. After Cao Cao's army entered Xuzhou, they did not distinguish between men, women, old and young, and started killing wantonly. ——By the swimming river, hundreds of thousands of men and women were murdered, and the water did not flow. History books so record. Where Cao Cao's army passed, not a single chicken or dog was left behind, let alone people. Tao Qian asked Tian Kai, the governor of Qingzhou, for help.Tian Kai was a general of Gongsun Zan's army, and he was very active in the front line of fighting against Yuan Shao in the past.At this time, since a peace agreement had been established with Yuan Shao, there was spare energy to send troops to rescue.

——How about we rescue Tao Qian together? The person Tian Kai invited to send troops together was none other than Liu Bei, Prime Minister of Pingyuan. Liu Bei had only a few thousand soldiers at this time, so Tao Qian lent him four thousand Danyang soldiers and appointed him as the governor of Yuzhou at the same time.In this era, people with a little strength have the authority to appoint others as officials.For this reason, however, people of different factions were often appointed to the same office. Take Qingzhou Inspector Tian Kai as an example. He is the chief of Gongsun Zan's faction, and Yuan Shao's faction appointed Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan as Qingzhou Inspector.

Cao Cao, who carried out the massacre, was forced to retreat temporarily due to the shortage of military rations.However, they did not give up on the killing in Xuzhou, but after preparations, they attacked again.Langye, Donghai and other counties in Xuzhou became ruins due to the attack by Cao Jun.This is the area from the south of Shandong Province to the north of Jiangsu Province. Liu Bei, who was stationed in Tandong County to support Tao Qian, was also defeated by Cao Cao and lost. Cao Cao's mental state at this time is very abnormal.He went mad, causing people to fall into extreme uneasiness.

Among the warlord leaders at that time, Cao Cao was the one who could accept the advice of his subordinates most humbly.But Cao Cao at this time was completely different from the usual him.Anyone who criticizes the Xuzhou killing operation will be beheaded. Not only that, it is not uncommon for people who have been pardoned in the past to be punished again as soon as they think about it. Anxiety turned to fear. ——Cao Cao is no longer a man, but a devil.If we don't get rid of it quickly, our old life will be lost. Even the people around Cao Cao had such thoughts. When Cao Cao was launching a murderous march, there was already an anti-Cao alliance around his base.If it was the usual Cao Cao, he would have noticed this very quickly.But Cao Cao's whole person changed, and he didn't notice this sign until after a period of time.

The leader of the rebel group turned out to be Cao Cao's close friend Zhang Miao.Zhang Miao was originally the prefect of Chenliu, and he was a friend who fought side by side in Suanzao County during the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance.He also lent 5,000 soldiers to Cao Cao, who had few soldiers. In this battle of revenge, Cao Cao held the determination to wrap his body on the battlefield, and left a suicide note to his family before setting off. The content was "After I die, I will depend on Meng Zhuo."Meng Zhuo is Zhang Miao's name. It can be seen that Cao Cao and Zhang Miao are indeed close friends. ——Overthrow the inhumane Cao Cao! It was Zhang Miao who raised troops with this slogan! When Cao Cao heard the news, he couldn't believe it at first. "You must have made a mistake, maybe you mistook Zhang Chao for Zhang Miao?" He asked again and again. Zhang Miao has a younger brother, Zhang Chao, who also went to Suanzao to form an alliance as the prefect of Guangling.Unlike his elder brother Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao didn't like Cao Cao very much, and Cao Cao didn't like Zhang Chao either. After repeated verification, when he knew that the leader of the rebellion was indeed Zhang Miao, Cao Cao sighed: "He must have been persuaded by his younger brother, otherwise, he would not be my enemy!" Shocking news came again.The staff officer of the rebel army was Chen Gong.Chen Gong is the No. 1 figure in Cao Cao's staff, and has always been reused by Cao Cao. "It's pretty tricky..." Cao Cao said dejectedly. Chen Gong, the chief aide, of course knew Cao Cao's tactics in detail.The method of formation during combat, how to disturb the enemy's rear, various strategic methods... The person who is familiar with all these is now the enemy's general staff.Under this situation, Cao Cao certainly felt that it was difficult. In addition, there was even more unpleasant news for him: ——Zhang Miao welcomes Lu Bu as Yanzhou Shepherd. Cao Cao himself is Yanzhou Mu, and the rebel group not only wanted to drive Cao Cao away, but even replaced him with that dangerous person! "Fucking shit!" Cao Cao roared angrily. On a night of torrential rain, Lu Bu, who escaped from Yuan Shao's camp without the knowledge of the assassination troops, rode on the famous horse Chitu and galloped all the way west. "Where should I go now?" Lu Bu whispered on horseback.He could think of the ingenious trick of taking the blind musician from under the eaves to his bedroom, but he didn't think of where he would go after fleeing. "I can only resign myself to fate..." When it comes to critical moments, he still maintains this attitude-Lu Bu is such a person. Frightened by Yuan Shao's power, the nearby generals might not dare to take Lv Bu in, so they had to go a little farther away.But if it is too far away, because of its proximity to Chang'an, Li Jue, Guo Si and others may regard it as the enemy of the lord Dong Zhuo and be attacked. "Let's go to Hanoi! That's the place I wanted to seek refuge in the past, and it can be regarded as a geographical relationship..." Lu Bu, who wanted to be a chicken head in the past, approached Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, but was declined.But now the situation is quite different from what it was then. The world of the jungle has become extremely chaotic. In order to maintain their power, warlords from all over the country are running around to strengthen their forces. "Even if I'm not welcome, they wouldn't be rude to me, would they?" Lu Bu predicted so. On the way to Hanoi, Lu Bu passed by Chenliu County and met Zhang Miao. Zhang Miao, who lived a life of a knight-errant in his youth, was very sympathetic to those he didn't meet.Zhang Miao warmly welcomed Lu Bu, who was wandering, and stayed with him for a few days to entertain him. "It is true that yesterday's enemy is today's friend..." Zhang Miao said with infinite emotion.He once sent troops to Suanzao as a general of the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition army, and Lu Bu was Dong Zhuo's general at that time.Two people who used to face each other on the battlefield are now shaking hands and talking. "That's right..." Although Lu Bu expressed the same feeling, but for him, this feeling is not good. When deciding to rebel against Cao Cao, Zhang Miao first thought of Lu Bu. "If I invite him, he will definitely join our group." He intends to invite Lu Bu.However, some people in the staff disagreed. "Can such a dangerous person let him come?" People who have killed their masters twice, of course, make people have to be vigilant. "It's an extraordinary thing to betray Cao Cao. Under extraordinary circumstances, the more dangerous the person, the more useful he is!" Zhang Miao said. Chen Gong also expressed his approval. "Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu failed to make full use of Lu Bu's murder weapon. I can do this." Chen Gong is very confident in himself. In any case, Lu Bu is a man whose reputation for bravery spreads all over the world. ——Lu Bu joined their group! When this news spreads, the anti-Cao camp will definitely be inspired by it, while the surrounding weak legions will be frightened by it. ——If you don't join their group, you might be attacked by Lu Bu. Lu Bu killed the lord twice, which shows that he is merciless to anyone.Thinking about how cruelly he would be treated if he didn't obey him, he would get hairy all over his body. Of course, the movement of the army cannot be concealed from others; however, Lu Bu's movements at the beginning had to conceal his real purpose.Because Lu Bu's goal is too big. ——General Lu came to assist General Cao in attacking Xuzhou.I hope that the governors of all places will try their best to provide military rations to General Lu's troops. The strategist Chen Gong instructed the relevant people along the road to do so. After Lu Bu entered Cao Cao's stronghold, he raised the "anti-Cao" banner. ——Those who do not respond will be punished by Lu Bu! The degree of "phobia" of the group of small warlords is still worse than what Chen Gong predicted.Counties and counties in Yanzhou echoed Lu Bu one by one, and successively raised the banner of "anti-Cao". Only the three counties of Zhencheng, Dong'e, and Fanzhi remained loyal to Cao Cao and did not respond to Lu Bu. "Damn! They must be beaten to pieces!" Cao Cao furiously raised his whip and sent troops to attack Yanzhou. So it was Cao Cao's revenge target Tao Qian who was rescued.After Cao Jun withdrew from Xuzhou, Tao Qian died in December of this year, perhaps due to a sudden relaxation of spirit.