Chapter 15 Amazing Talent [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Cao Cao knew that Xun Yu wanted him to see what was happening at the city gate. He knew what it was, but he didn't care much.

The focus fell on the approaching Zhen sisters.

"Cao Dianjun."

Zhen Yan was stopped by several guards when she was seven or eight steps away from the carriage.

Cao Cao lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhen Yan was wearing a rouge-colored wide-sleeved Hanfu, with a graceful figure. Her long hair was tied up behind her head, which made her beautiful neck look even whiter. "It's very important."

Cao Cao signaled Xiao Xiang to let the two women come over.

Xiao Xiang moved closer to Zhen Yan and Zhen Xin, and held his sword horizontally with the scabbard touching their cuffs, skirt hems, etc. to check if there were any hidden weapons.

Zhen Xin was somewhat dissatisfied.

But Zhen Yan didn't say anything, so she didn't react either.

After the inspection, Xiao Xiang signaled the two to get in the car.

Zhen Yan stepped into the car, and Zhen Xin followed closely behind.

At this time, the carriage started moving, went a distance, and stopped in a dark alley a little far away from the north gate tower. When the curtain was lifted, the city gate could be seen.

Because of the angle, it is difficult to see them through the city gate.

Two women got on the bus, and four people were in one compartment, making the originally spacious compartment seem a little cramped.

Zhen Yan and Zhen Xin sat on one side, Cao Cao and Xun Yu sat on the other side.

"Do you think there's something wrong with Dong Zhuo?"

Zhen Yan asked directly with a serious look on her face.

Dong Zhuo's arrival made her feel more inexplicably worried.

Zhen Xin continued, "Sister, didn't Governor Dong say that he had informed the Grand Tutor of the news before he came..."

"Don't speak yet."

Zhen Yan shook her head slightly, and the pearls inserted diagonally in her hair trembled:
"Cao Dian's army went to Yuan Sili's residence in advance and asked us to come together. He also sent Xiyuan's army to block the city gate. Are you so wary of Dong Zhuo?"

Cao Cao did not answer but asked: "He is approaching Luoyang with a large army and is hiding his tracks. Shouldn't we be on guard?"

After saying that, he pointed outside the car and said, "Take a look."

Zhen Yan had noticed that Xun Yu was looking outside.

As time went by, he didn't know what he saw, and his hands were shaking slightly.

The Zhen sisters leaned over from the other side, approaching Cao Cao. Xun Yu also looked out through the gap in the curtain.

The sun is rising.

At the city gate, people from Luoyang's surrounding areas who were rushing into the city to sell goods were entering the city. Some people were also leaving the city. At first glance, there was nothing unusual.

Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers were still stationed at the city gate. Li Ru came forward, took out something and showed it to the city gate captain.

The commander of the city gate actually allowed Dong Zhuo's personal troops to stay inside the city gate and indirectly took over the city gate, and there was no conflict between the two sides.

It was after seeing this scene that Xun Yu's hands began to tremble slightly.

He realized that Dong Zhuo's actions had indeed been approved by Yuan Wei.

Only Yuan Wei, who was in charge of the Secretariat, could use the power he controlled to allow Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers to obtain the right to assist in the defense of the Luoyang city gate, making it easier for them to act.

Dong Zhuo did not lie, but the Grand Tutor was playing with fire. What did he want to do with Dong Zhuo's power...Xun Yu's heart was beating fast.

The carriage was quiet.

Looking from the car, there was no movement among Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers at the city gate.

There were people coming and going inside and outside the city gate, and there was nothing unusual.

But after observing for a while, Cao Cao, Xun Yu and the Zhen sisters discovered that among the people entering and leaving the city gate, there were some strong men who wore ordinary people's clothes and mixed in with the crowd into the city.

These people seemed fine at first glance, but as more and more of them flowed into the city, they could not escape the deliberate observation of Cao Cao and others.

Xun Yu whispered, "In less than a quarter of an hour, we can see that at least forty people have entered the city."

At this time, a strong middle-aged man came in from the city gate.

After he entered the city, he did not walk far, but stopped to look around.

At the same time, Cao Cao took out a scroll of bamboo slips, which was the Han Xin's military book borrowed from Yuan Shao.

He practiced both civil and military skills. After taking out the military book, he used Confucian methods to activate the book and released his magical powers.

Han Xin's handwriting was like a sacred object of military strategists, with aura that interacted with the heaven and earth, shrouding the carriage. At this time, looking from the outside at the dark alley where the carriage was parked, one would subconsciously ignore the fact that there was a carriage in the dark alley, as if some perception was blinded.

This is exactly one of the magical powers of the military strategy, secretly crossing Chencang, which has the effect of concealing the marching process and hiding oneself.

The magical skill of secretly crossing Chencang was invented by Han Xin, and no one in the world used it better than this legendary military strategist.

The little bit of scent Cao Cao borrowed from Han Xin's handwriting was more than enough to cover a carriage.

Inside the car, the two daughters of the Zhen family stared blankly at Han Xin's military book, and then glanced at Cao Cao.

Xun Yu also withdrew his gaze from the outside of the car: "You can promote military books with the Confucian method of borrowing the hand scrolls of ancient sages to stimulate power?"

Many people have studied both civil and martial arts, Yin-Yang, and Legalism.

But no one has ever been like Cao Cao, who combined civil and military skills and used "civil" to promote military strategies, and it was actually effective!

Cao Cao was able to do this because of his gift of "insight". Whether in civil or military matters, his inner being was in tune with the heaven and earth. Having penetrated the most fundamental laws, he was able to accommodate and tolerate all.

Even Zhen Xin, who was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, was amazed. What kind of talent does it take to be able to combine civil and military skills? !

"People are gone."

Cao Cao was referring to the sturdy middle-aged man who was observing the surroundings after entering the city.

The other party was disappearing in the crowd in the city.

Zhen Yan looked outside the car again: "These people entering the city...are they under Dong Zhuo's command?"

Xun Yu nodded: "After Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers occupied the city gate, these people appeared in the city, and they all walked through the area defended by Dong Zhuo's personal soldiers. There must be something wrong with their identity verification."

The car fell silent again, and everyone was looking outside.

Zhen Yan suddenly felt something strange. She glanced around her and her cheeks turned red. Even her breathing became a little irregular.

She leaned forward, her attention focused on the outside of the car. She was so close to Cao Cao that they could smell each other's breath, and a strand of hair fell on Cao Cao's shoulder.

Cao Cao then turned around and looked at the pretty and beautiful young woman beside him.

From his position, he could see the graceful line of the neck, the slender waist that suddenly tightened as the shoulders and back dropped, and the amazing roundness that followed.

Cao Cao had a changeable personality; he was calm, ruthless, and wise.

At other times, I am very indulgent and do whatever I want.

The way he looked at Zhen Yan was very calm and direct.

Zhen Yan felt goose bumps all over her skin under her clothes, her face was so delicate and beautiful, and she couldn't move, as if she was under a spell.

"Dong Zhuo allowed so many people to enter the city secretly."

Xun Yu's voice broke the silence in the car.

Zhen Yan let out a long sigh, sat back in her seat, and quickly glanced at Cao Cao.

Xun Yu said to himself: "In addition to the people in the open, Dong Zhuo also has an army hidden in the dark.

One bright and one dark, two parallel paths, that is their arrangement."

"There are not many people in the dark, but they are all elite. They sneaked into the city. What is their plan?"

Cao Cao also knew that the strong middle-aged man who had just entered the city with the crowd was Guo Si, a general under Dong Zhuo.

Li Jue and Guo Si followed Dong Zhuo for many years and were notorious for their evil deeds.

Guo Si was a horse thief in his early days. After defeating the enemy, he often cooked and ate human flesh to fill his stomach.

Li Jue is the same kind of person as him.

In fact, during the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, many troops had the experience of eating human flesh when they were short of food.

The main thing is that if you don't eat, you will lose your fighting power and be swallowed and killed by others, which is a matter of life and death.

When Dong Zhuo came to Luoyang, it was impossible for him to display all his troops in public.

He secretly had an ambush force responsible for coordinating the operations.

When Lu Bu rushed into the camp before, he had no rivals, of course, because of his strong martial arts.

But Dong Zhuo did not have no one under his command who could fight against him.

The only explanation is that Dong Zhuo had reservations and made secret arrangements.

In the battle with Dong Zhuo, any negligence would lead to a complete defeat.

Cao Cao knew the general trend of history, but being in the middle of the situation, details that were not recorded in history were the key to determining success or failure.

(End of this chapter)