Outside Juancheng.
Cao Cao stood still and waited.
Xiahou Yuan had already sent a message to Cao Song's family in Qufu.
However, Cao Cao didn't know what to do when he didn't see Cao Song.
"Ying Shao, this fellow, has really let down my trust!”
"Empty talk about a famous official, but you don't know how powerful you are!"
"That Tao Qian was beaten up by me last year until he hid in Tancheng and didn't even dare to breathe loudly. If it wasn't for the fact that I was short of food and retreated, he would have been captured and killed by me.”
"Ying Shao, that idiot, actually went to borrow troops from Tao Qian to escort him!”
Thinking of Ying Shao borrowing troops from Tao Qian, Cao Cao was furious.
What kind of stupid person would think of borrowing troops from Tao Qian!
Just because you are a famous official, Tao Qian will give you face?
Did he really think that Tao Qian was a gentle and pure old man, so good that he could obediently send my father out of the country after being beaten up?
Tao Qian beat up Beigong Boyu, Han Sui, and Bian Zhang in Xiqiang, and then beat up the Yellow Turbans in Xuzhou. He took advantage of my fierce battle with Yuan Shu and Kuangting to launch a sneak attack on Yanzhou. Would such a person be gentle and pure?
It was true since ancient times that famous officials fish for fame and praise and harm the country with empty talk!
But Cao Cao was helpless.
Although most of the famous officials did not have any real ability.
However, these high-ranking officials still had to be these famous officials!
Even if he knew that Ying Shao wasn't very capable, he still had to admit that Ying Shao was the Taishan prefect!
And one of Cao Cao's most trusted advisors, Cheng Yu, was only a minor Minister of Eastern Peace!
"Old Tao Qian, you actually dared to use such a despicable trick to kill my Cao family!”
"I will definitely wash Xu Prefecture with blood to dispel the hatred in my heart!”
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the angrier he became.
"A bloodbath?"
Xun Yu, who was standing behind Cao Cao, felt his heart skip a beat.
Last year, he fought against Tao Qian.
As the Qing Zhou soldiers were unruly and unruly, they didn't respect military discipline and continued to plunder the people and noble families. They already had a bad reputation.
If Xu Prefecture was to be massacred again, the reputation of cruelty would never be washed away!
Xun Yu sighed sadly." Tao Qian, Tao Qian, the battle on the battlefield is up to fate! However, you used a sinister trick to delude Duke Ming's entire family into being slaughtered. Little did you know how much trouble this would bring to Xu Prefecture!”
"Wen Ruo, you're worrying too much!" In troubled times, heavy laws were imposed, and killing was used to stop killing! You are determined to sweep the world and destroy the thieves. How can you have the kindness of a woman?”
"Although the bloodbath strategy is cruel, it can make all the thieves in the world not dare to doubt Ming Gong's ambition!”
"If reasoning and benevolence can sweep the world clean, then the Governor of Beihai, Kong Rong, is enough to send an order to pacify the world!”
Although Guo Jia and Xun Yu were good friends, one of them was from a wealthy family while the other was from a poor family. They had different ideologies.
The brutality that Xun Yu spoke of was not the brutality that the commoners spoke of, but the brutality that the scholars spoke of!
If the soldiers of Qingzhou killed civilians in Xuzhou, few scholars would think that Cao Cao was cruel.
However, the soldiers of Qingzhou had killed many scholars in Xuzhou, and some aristocratic families had been robbed.
His reputation among the scholars would naturally be ruined!
Similarly.
The killing that Guo Jia spoke of was not targeted at commoners, but at scholars!
After all.
When the commoners rebelled, just like the Yellow Turbans, they would only have some superficial wounds that could be wiped out by elite soldiers.
But when the scholars rebelled, it was truly a serious injury!
Seeing that the topic was a little heavy, Guo Jia changed the topic."Wen Ruo, have you ever heard of Chen Mu? In his reply to Duke Ming, Great-Grandfather praised Chen Mu as a genius!”
"How curious!"
Xun Yu frowned. However, the old man said that this person was once a county official under the Pingyuan Prime Minister Liu Bei. Because Liu Bei betrayed him, he went south to seek refuge with Ming Gong.”
"However, this person predicted that Great Grandfather would be in trouble and went to Langya County to rescue Great Grandfather.”
"It's not that I'm suspicious, but Pingyuan County belongs to Gongsun Zan's power, and Gongsun Zan has always been at odds with Yuan Shao and Ming Gong.”
"This person's journey south is too mysterious. We have to investigate carefully!”
"Wen Ruo!" Guo Jia shook his head and chuckled. You're good at everything, but you're too cautious and upright! I'm discussing Chen Mu's reputation as a genius with you, yet you're telling me that Chen Mu might be a spy!”
"If Great Grandfather knew about this, Ming Gong would have to undergo training because of you!”
Xun Yu was stunned for a moment before he smiled bitterly. Do you really not suspect Chen Mu's motives??”
Guo Jia spread out his hands." What you hear is false, but what you see is true. I've never even met Chen Mu. How can I doubt his motives?" This kind of speculation was meaningless!”
As they chatted.
The ground shook.
Xun Yu and Guo Jia immediately stopped talking and looked ahead.
It was Xiahou Yuan leading the cavalry to escort Cao Song back.
Cao Cao was overjoyed and quickly mounted his horse.
Seeing Cao Song, Cao Cao cried tears of joy,""Fortunately, father is fine. Otherwise, I would have personally led the army and massacred Xu Prefecture, slaughtering that old dog Tao Qian's entire family!”
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