Chapter 108: Means, Enter the Network [Subscribe]

Cao Cao stepped forward and entered the hall.

"Get out of the way." Dian Wei said to the middle-aged general sitting in the main seat.

"Outrageous, this is..."

Before Xu Shou finished speaking, Dian Wei had already pounced over.

Xu Shou stretched out his hand to block it, but it missed.

He felt a huge force falling on his body, his feet left the ground uncontrollably, his body was knocked several feet away, and he fell headfirst, his chest was covered in blood, and he was seriously injured and almost killed.

"My governor is silent, so I don't know who dares to speak again!"

Dian Wei said to the middle-aged general in the lead: "Get lost."

Xiao Xiang, leading his personal army and the attendants brought by Zhang Miao, were fighting with the guards including Xu Shou outside the palace.

Cao Cao's entourage disguised themselves as ordinary merchants, carried daggers and acted ruthlessly.

Xu Shou's city guards had more than 30 men stationed outside the palace. The rest were outside Liuxiangfang and were suppressed in an instant.

There was silence in the hall.

The strong man Hou Bao and the middle-aged scholar were suddenly faced with an unexpected change, but they just watched coldly without showing any fear.

Only when Dian Wei took action and severely injured Xu Shou, a hint of surprise flashed across their faces.

Cao Cao's reputation and Dian Wei's power caused them a strong psychological shock.

The middle-aged general was silent, and stood up to give up the main seat.

Cao Cao calmly took his seat and said, "You are Liu Yi, the General of the Central Army and the nephew of Governor Liu."

Liu Yi had a fair complexion and a normal figure. "Grandmaster Cao, is there any misunderstanding? We are friends, not enemies. We are both officials in Yanzhou... If you suddenly come in and the governor finds out, I'm afraid it will not end well."

"We are both officials in Yanzhou. Are you planning to attack Chenliu?"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he turned and looked at Bian Mei.

Even though he was used to seeing Diao Chan and Yu Qing, he had to admit that Bian Mei did have a stunningly charming appearance.

He then turned his gaze to the burly man and the middle-aged scholar:

"I caught a fish by accident, Hou Bao..."

"You are not Hou Bao, but Bo Cai, the deputy commander of the Qingzhou Army. The one next to you is Hou Ji, the Ghost Eye. It is said that he is quite good at judging people."

Bo Cai's name was once famous, and he was a general of the Yellow Turban Army.

About four or five years ago, he rose to fame in the early days of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and even surrounded Huangfu Song.

But in the end, he was defeated by Huangfu Song's fire plan using strong winds and the offensive of Cao Cao who had just entered the battlefield.

Afterwards, Bo Cai retreated to Runan, but was pursued and defeated again by Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Sun Jian.

It was widely rumored that Bo had died in battle and had long since died.

The news of his death was a heavy blow to the Yellow Turban Army at that time.

However, in fact he was not dead. He appeared in Changyi several years later and served as deputy commander in the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou.

What's interesting is that Cao Cao was still young when he led his troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Bo Cai didn't know that the young general back then was the famous Cao Cao today.

But Cao Cao recognized him.

Although Bo Cai has disguised himself, it is difficult to connect him with his previous identity.

Bo Cai was shocked when he heard this.

The ghost-eyed Hou Ji beside him suddenly said, "Deputy Commander, hurry up and leave."

But before the two men could move, Dian Wei had already arrived nearby.

Hou Ji, the ghost-eyed man, took out a compass-like object, spun it around in his hand, emitting a faint light, in an attempt to resist Dian Wei.

Click!
The compass's halo was shattered like torn paper, and the compass broke in the middle and fell to the ground.

Ghost Eye Hou Ji screamed as Dian Wei grabbed his neck and lifted him up with one hand.

Bo Cai on the other side blocked Dian Wei's attack, his arm felt like it was hit by a hammer, and he took a wrong step and tried to reorganize his attack.

Dian Wei swung his fist forward, bang!

The entire temple shook and the ground cracked.

Everyone once knew about Bo Cai's bravery.

But under Dian Wei's attack, he retreated step by step. In order to block Dian Wei's attack, he had to retreat several steps to relieve the pressure of the attack.

Dian Wei grabbed Hou Ji with one arm, and punched him straight with his right fist, one after another, with the power of his fists stacked up layer by layer. After two or three punches, the power of his fists was as strong as the Yangtze River.

Rumble!
A loud sound like thunder came from the void.

Bo Cai's defense was finally broken, and he fell to the ground with a thud. The flesh from his shoulders to his chest was torn, and his whole body felt weak.

He traveled all over the world in his early years, but had never met anyone with such courage and strength.

I never expected that my identity would be suddenly exposed in Changyi!

Dian Wei also grabbed Bo Cai's neck and lifted him up, one in each hand.

Liu Yi's face turned pale. "He is Bo Cai, the former general of the Yellow Turban Army, and now the deputy commander of the Qingzhou Army?"

Zhang Miao also sat down next to Cao Cao and said, "You want to cooperate with others even though you haven't figured out their identities."

"It's just mutual exploitation, there's no cooperation at all."

Cao Cao looked at Bian Mei again: "Bian Mei is the alias you use when you go out. Maybe I should call you Qing Feng?"

The way he addressed Bian Mei was a little strange.

But Bian Mei did not deny it. Her charming cat eyes moved: "How do you know my name is Qingfeng?"

"Meng De, everyone knows Bian Mei's name, why is she called Qing Feng?

Xu Shao's Yuedan Review said that there are nine types of women, and this woman deserves the highest evaluation among them."

Zhang Miao acted like a famous scholar who had worked with Cao Cao and others for world affairs in his early years. He added, "I am a little curious about what Xu Shao would think of your Diao Chan if he saw her."

Bian Mei said, "Xu Shao is good at evaluating people in the world. He praised Cao Taishou as a capable minister in a peaceful era and a hero in a chaotic era. I have also heard of his reputation for a long time. But why did the Taishou say that I am Qingfeng?"

The name Qingfeng has some origins.

Cao Cao wanted to form Caoying and asked Jia Xu to recruit good players everywhere, and he found this name. It is also related to Xu Shao.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been people who make a living by selling information.

There are all kinds of people in various places, including peddlers and porters, who are used by them. The leaders are passed down from generation to generation. There are two of them, one is secretly called Bili, and the other is called Qingfeng.

The two have always been mysterious and their identities are kept secret.

Jia Xu personally followed this line, hoping to recruit people for Cao Cao to enrich the channels for collecting information.

After obtaining some information, Jia Xu judged that Xu Shao was the clerk of this generation.

It is obvious that he can evaluate people all over the world and collect information.

Jia Xu further analyzed Qing Feng and thought that she should be hiding in the market. He listed several suspects, two of the three most famous beauties in the world among them.

At present, the situation in Yanzhou and Qingzhou is delicate and war may break out at any time.

Before coming to Changyi, Jia Xu said that if anyone wanted to collect information, Changyi and Yanzhou were the most worthy places to pay attention to at the moment.

Link Bian Mei's identity as a famous lady to her appearance in Changyi.

Her suspicion increased.

When Cao Cao came in just now, he heard a thought in Bian Mei's mind: "The governor of Chenliu really came to Changyi secretly..."

At that time, Cao Cao had not yet said his name.

To make such a judgment, Bian Mei must have known him well and was unexpectedly well-informed.

These clues, plus the fact that Jia Xu had been looking for Qing Feng, made Cao Cao think of the other party's identity.

He looked at Bian Mei.

As we all know, in history, Cao Cao, after his first wife was Madam Ding, made Madam Bian, who was born in a prostitute family, his wife.

Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong were all her and Cao Cao's children.

Born into a prostitute family, she became Cao Cao's principal wife. This shows that Cao Cao was unconventional and did not care about women's identities or the social class divisions at that time.

But he had more than ten concubines, many of whom came from prominent families, but he valued Madam Bian the most.

This shows Mrs. Bian's charm and ability.

Cao Cao asked Jia Xu to find a prostitute named Bian, because he also wanted to see if there was a Lady Bian in this world who was supposed to be his wife.

It was difficult for Cao Cao to judge whether the Bian Mei he found was the same Madam Bian in history.

At this time, Cao Cao stood up and said, "Let's go, Bian Mei, you come too."

Dian Wei attacked again and killed all the people in the hall in a flash, including Liu Yi, who was of high status.

Showing up was to alert the governor Liu Dai.

Cao Cao and his entourage left immediately, and Bian Mei was taken away with him.

At the same time, Bao Xin came to the governor's mansion and asked to see the governor Liu Dai to report the case: "Governor Liu, your troops were killed in Liuxiangfang. The enemy is suspected to be from the Qingzhou Army. They committed murder and are now missing."

Liu Dai was shocked and went to the scene to check.

Of course, he wouldn't believe everything Bao Xin said because there were too many loopholes.

Cao Cao's coming to Changyi was not so secretive.

Liu Dai quickly determined from the statements of some people in Liuxiangfang that the person who came to Liuxiangfang with Bao Xin might be Cao Cao.

Was it Cao Cao who killed the person?
The Qingzhou Army's 'Hou Bao' who was in contact with him is missing.

What does this mean?
This means that Cao Cao might have known about his conspiracy with the Qingzhou army to attack Chenliu.

Liu Dai had two choices.

One is to launch the attack immediately while Cao Cao just found out that he was going to raise troops to attack Chenliu. However, he has been in contact with the Qingzhou army for a long time and has already made arrangements. If he acts at this moment, there is still a chance that Cao Cao will not have time to react and attack Chenliu.

The other one pretended to be ignorant of the matter and sat still.

But the latter is obviously much more passive. Liu Dai will miss the opportunity and need to face Cao Cao's subsequent counterattack.

Moreover, what were Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin doing in Changyi?
Liu Dai thought about it carefully and couldn't help but be shocked.

Bao Xin was the Prime Minister of Jibei, while Zhang Miao and Cao Cao were in charge of Chenliu and Jiyin respectively.

Dongjun was actually about to fall into Cao Cao's hands.

In the entire Yanzhou, more than half of the most important counties were under the influence of Cao Cao.

Liu Dai quickly concluded that Cao Cao came to Changyi to plot against me in order to take control of Yanzhou.

This is the most reasonable inference.

Cao Cao's influence and power were no less than his as the Governor of Yanzhou.

Liu Dai was nervous, but fortunately he had made arrangements in advance.

His troops were stationed in the northeast, apparently to resist the Qingzhou army.

In fact, he had already conspired with part of the Qingzhou army. He transferred the defensive troops of Yanzhou to the northeast in order to make room for the Qingzhou army so that they could bypass and attack Chenliu.

Since Cao Cao had learned of the plot to take Chenliu, and the other party had sneaked into Changyi, it would be disadvantageous to him.

Then the safest way is to leave Changyi temporarily.

Liu Dai thought about it again and immediately made a decision, planning to join up with his troops in the northeast.

He left on the pretext of going to the front line to check the defense, and also earned a reputation for being brave and not afraid of the Qingzhou army.

Once the decision was made, Liu Dai planned to leave overnight.

Bao Xin said, "I heard that there are millions of Qingzhou bandits, and they are unstoppable. I think it is better to hold on first, so that the bandits cannot fight or attack. When their morale is low, we can attack with our elite troops and defeat them.

Why is the governor in such a hurry to leave Changyi?"

Liu Dai thought to himself that you were in league with Cao Cao, and you must have bad intentions in letting me stay...

The more Bao Xin persuaded him, the more anxious he was to leave.

So he left the city overnight and headed straight for the northeast line to join up with his army.

"Just as we judged beforehand, the more we persuade him, the more anxious he will be to leave," Bao Xin thought.

Two days later, fighting broke out between the Yanzhou border and the Qingzhou army, shocking all parties!
Under the impetus of Cao Cao and others, this war started much earlier than in history, and objective conditions such as timing had changed greatly.

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