Chapter 87 I would rather betray others than be betrayed by others [Seeking follow-up reading]

A military general appeared in the direction where the troops were rushing out in the distance.

He is nearly fifty years old, with a ruddy face, bright eyes, and looks very energetic.

This man's name is Zhu Jun, and his courtesy name is Gongwei.

Zhu Jun participated in the campaign against the Yellow Turbans and was as famous as Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi in the court.

He had a close friendship with Huangfu Song. Although he was not from a noble family, he rose to the position of Yin of Henan.

Huangfu Song wanted to go to the border, but he was worried about the political situation.

The presence of Cao Cao helped them buy time and prevented Dong Zhuo from completely controlling Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo could use a trick to transfer Huangfu Song to the border.

Cao Cao and Huangfu Song discussed secretly and decided to take advantage of the enemy's strategy.

While Huangfu Song was going to the border himself, he also sent a message to Zhu Jun, the current governor of Henan, asking him to send troops to Luoyang.

Zhu Jun then concealed his true intentions, traveled at night and stayed in the morning, and came to Luoyang to protect the imperial power.

That is, these soldiers and horses appeared and attacked Hua Xiong and Fan Chou.

Zhu Jun, riding on a brown warhorse and wearing light armor, approached Cao Cao's carriage, surrounded by several generals:
"Meng De, I still remember that you and I fought against the Yellow Turban Army together a few years ago."

Zhu Jun spoke loudly and dismounted:

"I didn't expect that the government would be in trouble now. You took the lead in uniting all parties to resist Dong Zhuo. Yizhen (Huangfu Song) wrote to me and asked me to dispatch troops to support you. This time, I will protect you and let you leave safely. That's very good."

When two people meet, there are natural politeness.

Zhu Jun said again: "I have known you for several years, but I was too busy in the past. Seeing you this time is better than hearing about you. Yizhen and I have corresponded several times, and I am very glad to have you in Luoyang.

Since there is a war going on, there is no need to talk any more!"

Starting tonight, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song's troops will exchange guard with the Xiyuan Army and Zhang Liao's Bingzhou Army.

Cao Cao left Luoyang, and the troops of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun took over the defense of the city and the palace, and united with Yuan Wei and others to deal with Dong Zhuo both internally and externally.

However, Jia Xu had analyzed beforehand that even if all these people gathered together, they would not be able to save the political situation.

Because the emperor was in Dong Zhuo's hands.

The more loyal the ministers were and the more they wanted to save the Han Dynasty, the more difficult it was for them to deal with Dong Zhuo, because they could not get past the emperor.

Inside and outside Luoyang City, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Zhu Jun and Hua Xiong's troops fought against each other.

Inside the city, Yuan Wei also launched a new deployment.

Cao Cao's carriage set out again towards the east. The shouts and cries of killing soon weakened at the rear of the team until they could no longer be heard.

When he returned to the car, Diao Chan was sobbing in Concubine Yu's arms.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand, meaning for Yu Qing to move aside and let him take over.

Diao Chan stood up somewhat embarrassedly, tears still hanging on her long eyelashes, and choked up as she said, "I know... General Shang and my adoptive father are doing this for my own good, fearing that Luoyang is not safe..."

Still thinking about being considerate of others first, Diao Chan raised her pretty face and closed her clear eyes.

She was worried about her adoptive father Wang Yun.

Wang Yun is actually the safest one in Luoyang.

He is very good at weighing the strengths and weaknesses, and always strikes in secret.

It was perfect for him to deal with Dong Zhuo, who openly displayed his tyranny and cruelty, as their attributes were mutually exclusive.

Diao Chan felt better and started chatting with Yu Qing casually.

Cao Cao secretly opened the cheat and took a look, and found a new strategy of "Hide the Heaven and Cross the Sea" which was listed alongside "Sneak Pass through Chencang". However, there were marks after the two strategies, and the two strategies could be superimposed.

The superimposed recruit strategy has both the attributes of concealing the truth and sneaking in secretly.

Cao Cao tried to use marching techniques and new military strategies. It seemed as if a thin mist rose around the entire team. Even the sound of horses' hooves when galloping seemed to be weakened, and the concealment effect was significantly improved.

At daybreak, the team left Hulao Pass.

Cao Cao lifted the curtain of his carriage and looked toward this strategic pass that had been fought for by every dynasty.

The cliffs on both sides stand tall, guarding the middle of the mountain, like the east gate of Luoyang.

One man can guard the pass against ten thousand men.

Hulao Pass is not only a military stronghold, but also the site of many stories throughout the dynasties.

At present, Hulao Pass has not yet completely fallen into the hands of Dong Zhuo, who is entangled in the complicated affairs in Luoyang.

Cao Cao had already made up his mind to occupy this important pass.

But after thinking about it, I decided to just give up and leave cleanly.

His hands can't stretch that long now.

Zhang Liao did not return to the city after going into battle yesterday.

His Bingzhou Army also began to gradually withdraw part of the city defense starting from yesterday.

The remaining Bingzhou troops will follow Ding Yuan’s former deputy general Yao Lu, accept the imperial court’s appointment, and continue to assist in the defense of Luoyang.

To a certain extent, Yao Lu inherited Ding Yuan's previous position. The Bingzhou army willing to follow Zhang Liao to change defense and withdraw from Luoyang was less than 5,000.

Together with Cao Cao's personal troops, there are nearly 6,000 people in total, which are the troops he can now directly control.

Zhang Liao has not returned to the city since yesterday. He led his troops who were gradually withdrawing from Luoyang for replacement of defense and was preparing outside the city.

After daybreak, the commander caught up with the troops and joined Cao Cao.

Zhang Liao was Cao Cao's backup plan.

If anything went wrong for Zhu Jun, Zhang Liao would lead his troops to provide timely support and they could still evacuate safely.

Zhang Liao followed Cao Cao out of Luoyang this time. Cao Cao gave him the transfer order he had requested, and appointed him as the cavalry commander, and he went to take up the post with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked back at Hulao Pass from the carriage and thought that this departure was much better than his hasty escape when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang.

In history, when Cao Cao fled, he didn't even have time to notify his family, and he didn't even take Madam Bian, who was his concubine at the time, with him.

On his way to escape, the suspicious murder of Lü Bushe's family occurred, which caused him to be cursed for thousands of years.

There are many different opinions about the murder of Lü Bushe's family.

It also gave birth to the famous saying, "I would rather let the world down than have the world let me down."

In fact, the author of the novel cleverly added the word "天下" to change the meaning completely, thus successfully pushing Cao Cao to the opposite side of the people of the world.

Cao Cao's original words were "I would rather let others down than be let down by others". The meaning is completely different with or without the words "天下".

In the morning light, the convoy continued to move forward.

Cao Cao changed his carriage and Jia Xu also got on it.

The two men began to discuss the place where Cao Cao would take up his post.

How should the area be developed to cope with future changes?

Cao Cao is about to take up the post of Governor of Chenliu.

Chenliu is the largest county in Yanzhou and also a place of war. It is strategically located and controls several surrounding counties.

Historically, Zhang Miao would be sent out to become the prefect of Chenliu after a period of time.

The reason why Zhang Miao became the prefect of Chenliu was due to the role played by He Yong and Wu Qiong, undercover agents around Dong Zhuo.

The two men advised Dong Zhuo that he should take control of the local areas as soon as possible and cooperate with him in running the government, then the whole world would obey Dong Zhuo's orders.

Dong Zhuo thought it made sense, so he ordered two people to be responsible for this matter.

He Yong and Wu Qiong immediately recommended their good friend Zhang Miao to be the local governor.

There were also some other people, and it was also these two who suggested that Dong Zhuo be sent out from Luoyang to be a prefect or governor of a province, to be in charge of a local area.

Dong Zhuo shot himself in the foot, and he did it again and again, sending people to important positions in various places.

When these people arrived at the place, they immediately drew a clear line with Dong Zhuo, rose up one after another, and became the backbone of the force to fight against Dong.

Dong Zhuo then realized, damn, Wu Qiong and He Yong had dug a huge pit for him, allowing those who opposed him to take power in various places.

Dong Zhuo killed the two men.

But it was too late.

People who were appointed to office in various places denounced Dong Zhuo together and organized troops to fight against him.

Cao Cao's most ideal position was actually the Governor of Yanzhou, in which he would be in charge of the military power of the state.

That is the number one officer in Yanzhou.

But he is now restricted by various conditions and it is impossible for him to directly govern an entire state.

The governor of Chenliu is the upper limit after weighing the pros and cons.

To Cao Cao, the importance of Chenliu was second only to that of the Governor of Yanzhou, and it was already considered a high-ranking official.

Chenliu is one of the key cities in the world.

When Dayu was controlling the floods, it was the origin of civilization, relying on the Yellow River, which was of utmost importance.

Moreover, Chenliu is only 400 miles away from Cao Cao's hometown Qiao County. Together with the Yu family in Yecheng, the three can be connected into a straight line.

There is also Mangdang Mountain near Chenliu.

Some records that are difficult to tell whether true or false once said that Cao Cao formed the Mojin School because he relied on stealing gold in the Mangdang Mountain to obtain huge wealth to support his troops.

When Cao Cao was still in Chenliu, he received funding from the wealthy Wei family, who used all their wealth to support him in raising an army.

At this time, Cao Cao was still chased and assassinated by Dong Zhuo's troops many times on his way to Chenliu.

But Cao Cao's army was full of good soldiers and warriors.

Dong Zhuo's pursuers never succeeded.

After traveling for several days, Cao Cao and his entourage approached Chenliu.

He will show his talents here and rapidly expand Cao's camp at a speed that will attract the attention of the whole world.

Ps: I would rather let others down than be let down by others. This has been confirmed by historical materials.

Although I'm writing about the mythological Three Kingdoms, I still feel obligated to mention some history.

I finished my work in the early hours last night, and planned to read the book reviews before going to bed. I saw a lot of reviews for the new chapter, and I was quite happy. But... it was a word-making problem, Duang. What I wanted to express was that concealing the truth and crossing the river secretly are two different attributes... I changed it, the word count changed, and the comments disappeared, not deleted. Please read it again, please vote, thank you~
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