Chapter 99 The big opportunity has finally arrived [Subscribe]

A few days after the capture of Hulao Pass, Cao Cao led his troops back to the Suanzao Camp in Chenliu, his own territory.

The various armies attracted the attention of the world and fought against Dong Zhuo.

It wasn't long before civil unrest began.

The reason was that the governor of Dongjun, Qiao Mao, and his superior, the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai, were openly fighting each other.

As a result, Qiao Mao was killed.

The coalition forces did not fight with Dong Zhuo, but fought to the death on their own, and they were soldiers from the same state and county.

Many heroes emerged, but due to internal strife, they broke up in an unbelievable way.

Yanzhou and Yuzhou are the main forces of all the coalition forces, with the largest number of people, so they should disperse first.

The coalition forces that were fighting against Dong Zhuo were in internal strife and the campaign came to an end. Dong Zhuo almost died of laughter.

Fortunately, Sun Jian was still guarding Hulao Pass and fighting with the troops sent by Dong Zhuo for several days.

Cao Cao also sent Zhang Liao to provide support and firmly defend Hulao Pass.

Dong Zhuo was unable to do anything to Sun Jian, so he resorted to a strategy of winning him over. He sent secret envoys to try to marry his children to Sun Jian's in-laws.

He also promised to give official titles to Sun Jian and his family in the hope of winning over Sun Jian.

However, Sun Jian had the tongue of the envoy sent by Dong Zhuo to lobby him cut off and returned to Dong Zhuo, but he refused to respond to any persuasion or threats.

Knowing that the coalition forces were in internal turmoil and would not last long, Cao Cao returned to the Suanzao camp and avoided some things.

At this time in the Suanzao camp, Cao Cao was checking news from all sides.

Jia Xu handed over a bamboo slip:

"Sun Jian is out of food and asked if we could support him. Otherwise he would be forced to withdraw from Hulao, but he is unwilling to give it to others, so he wants us to take over."

Cao Cao: "Why did you pick out this piece of news and tell me? What's your idea?"

Jia Xu made a chopping gesture.

He doesn't want to kill people, but to use tricks.

Cao Cao had already thought of the plan, but he didn't intend to say it out loud.

Jia Xu was the one who came up with all the evil plots. We don't want to bear this vicious reputation. "Tell me, what is the plot?"

Jia Xu said helplessly: "Dongjun prefect Qiao Mao has died, and Yanzhou governor Liu Dai wants to take over Dongjun directly. Dongjun is now in chaos. If we don't take it, someone else will.

Dongjun is to the north of my Chenliu, it’s too close.”

"You have always been ambitious. This time, Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai is very wary of you. If he wants to take Dongjun, he will definitely use various means to restrict Chenliu, which will do us more harm than good."

"Do you want to strike first?" Cao Cao said.

"Sun Jian is short of food, so we don't need to do anything. Tell Sun Jian to get the food from Dongjun.

Liu Dai's men are stationed there, eager to take over Dongjun."

Jia Xu said calmly, "If Sun Jian goes to get the grain, Liu Dai's people will not agree. Sun Jian's personality makes him able to get rid of Liu Dai's people at the same time."

Cao Cao pretended that he had just understood: "Then we can reap the benefits.

This is a good strategy, it doesn't take much effort. If Liu Dai dares to fight against Sun Jian, he will be killed by Sun Jian. We will have one less obstacle to developing Yanzhou.

We only need to send a message and dial the number to get the most appropriate result. "

Just push it, I am very cautious in my strategy, Jia Xu often said.

He smiled dryly: "The governor has seen it all."

"I don't think Liu Dai would be stupid enough to go fight Sun Jian. Liu Dai must have swallowed his anger when Sun Jian took away Dongjun's food supplies. If the governor wants to deal with Liu Dai, I will make some arrangements."

Cao Cao said, "Tell Sun Jian the news and ask him to go to Dongjun to get food, but there is no need to rush to deal with Liu Dai now."

Jia Xu nodded in agreement.

He also felt that it was too early to deal with Liu Dai now.

If we develop too quickly, we will be targeted by all parties and become the first to stand out, which will lead to a lot of resistance.

Cao Cao gave his orders.

Jia Xu then implemented the strategy he had proposed.

If Sun Jian could get some food supplies and hold out at Hulao for a longer period of time, Dong Zhuo would not dare to act rashly and Cao Cao would also have less to worry about.

But I guess I can’t hold on for long... Cao Cao thought.

As March approached, the troops in the Suanzao Camp were disbanded, but Cao Cao's reputation increased instead of decreasing.

People everywhere were talking about Cao Cao and Sun Jian, who had broken through Hulao Pass and were heading straight for Luoyang, which was a subtle way of distinguishing them from the other coalition forces.

Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin have recently enjoyed a very good reputation among people all over the world.

The Yu family and the Yingchuan Xun family of Xun Yu's family both sent people to visit.

My father-in-law Yu Wen also sent a batch of supplies, which can be regarded as additional investment.

Cao Cao's popularity is now growing and has reached an unprecedented height.

Of course, this has something to do with Jia Xu having people spread rumors everywhere, specifically bragging about Cao Cao's achievements and reputation, and continuing to build momentum.

He himself was embarrassed to listen to some of the words praising Cao Cao. "Meng De, you and I haven't seen each other for a while, and we have become estranged."

Yuan Shao followed his personal army into the Suanzao camp.

Behind him was a group of entourage, all dusty and looking like they were preparing for a long journey.

Cao Cao said, "I didn't tell Benchu ​​to join us in the attack on Hulao Pass a few days ago. There was a reason for that.

If you participate, the Grand Tutor is still in Dong Zhuo's hands and might kill him. I won't tell you to avoid embarrassment for you."

This excuse is watertight.

Yuan Shao smiled and said, "Gongsun Zan is in the north attacking Jizhou Mu Han Fu, and he has already returned. I must also go back to defend my place of residence to avoid being affected."

Yuan Shao is leaving too.

As a result, another main force of the coalition forces, the Hanoi Camp, was also disbanded.

The coalition forces organized themselves, each preserving their strength, gathered together for a while, stabbed each other, and then disbanded.

During the whole process, only Cao Cao gained enough reputation, Sun Jian became famous, and his righteous act of repairing the imperial tombs around Luoyang was praised by the world.

Not long after the troops dispersed, news came out that Yuan Shu had raised an army and launched a surprise attack on Sun Jian's base camp.

So Sun Jian went to Dongjun to get food, thinking that he could get through the difficult times and hold out for a while longer.

Unexpectedly, he was attacked from behind by Yuan Shu.

Sun Jian had no choice but to withdraw his troops and leave Hulao.

Dong Zhuo saw this as a good opportunity to move the capital, and immediately forced the people to move to Chang'an.

In April, Dong Zhuo forced the people of Luoyang to leave the city through the west gate and march towards Chang'an.

The huge team stretched for hundreds of miles.

At the same time, he summoned craftsmen from all over the country and began to repair Chang'an.

However, when Dong Zhuo was on the way to Chang'an to move his population, the coalition forces of Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Bao Xin and Zhang Miao jointly launched an attack.

Sun Jian pretended to withdraw his troops and then launched a surprise attack.

He joined forces with Cao Cao, and took advantage of the fact that Dong Zhuo had moved the capital, his troops were scattered and unable to defend themselves effectively, and suddenly attacked his troops and dealt a heavy blow to them.

The battle was extremely brutal, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. The war lasted for more than half a month.

Dong Zhuo's astonishing plan to move the capital was forced to be interrupted.

There were only more than 200,000 people in Luoyang in the end, and he transferred them to Chang'an, and most of them survived.

The great fire that burned down Luoyang in history did not happen because most people did not have time to evacuate and remained in the city.

After leaving Dong Zhuo, many people wanted to move from Luoyang, no longer wanting to live in this city where countless people had been killed.

Cao Cao then led part of the population to Chenliu. Yecheng was also dominated by the Yu family and the Yingchuan Xun family.

Although Cao Cao allied with Sun Jian to disrupt Dong Zhuo's plan to relocate the capital.

But Luoyang was already in ruins, and the lingering smell of blood in the city could not be dispelled.

The city, once the largest in the world, became desolate and deserted like a ghost town in less than a year.

Dong Zhuo took away the emperor, ministers and countless treasures from Luoyang.

He rebuilt the imperial palace in Chang'an, still wanting to hold Emperor Xian hostage and rule the world.

They also stockpiled heavy troops and deployed layers of defense in the dangerous and strategic areas between Luoyang and Chang'an.

Be prepared to get hit again.

However, the imperial power at this time was so weak that it no longer had any restraining power over the local areas.

Bandits and powerful people in various places, as well as new and old officials in the court, each controlled and managed their own power.

The world has truly entered a chaotic period where the strong prey on the weak, or the so-called times of cannibalism.

During the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, many armies ate rations made from human flesh.

This included the armies of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. In addition, some local tyrants, in order to maintain their military power and win over the soldiers, would kill their concubines and use them as rations for the soldiers when they were short of food.

It's horrifying, but it's actually what happened.

With Dong Zhuo holding Emperor Xian hostage, his government orders could only reach a small area around Chang'an.

The world outside Chang'an is more like a jungle where the strong prey on the weak!

At this time, Cao Cao had his greatest development opportunity.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was a large number of refugees who gathered like a snowball and their numbers kept increasing.

They called themselves the Black Mountain Bandits, and there were more than 100,000 of them. They roamed everywhere like a mudslide and poured into Yanzhou.

The place they entered was Dongjun and Weijun on the north side of Chenliu County.

The new governor of Dongjun was so worried that he ran away.

So Cao Cao's best opportunity came. There were hundreds of thousands of refugees, most of whom were young and strong, so they dared to call themselves Black Mountain Bandits!
Ps: There is more, but it is probably very late, I don't rule out updating it together with tomorrow
　I stayed up late last night to write. I didn't slack off. I wrote very hard. I added the three chapters I had saved before, and I had six chapters. Then I stayed up late to revise and polish them. I was so busy that it was almost dawn. The more I revised, the less satisfied I was. My brain doesn't work well if I stay up late. Oh my god, I was not satisfied with the third chapter I posted before. I thought it was redundant, so I made some small adjustments.

　　
　
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