Hearing this, everyone was puzzled.
From the previous scene, it seemed that Cao Cao was trying his best to salvage the relationship between the two of them, and Chen Gong was also tempted.
If nothing unexpected happened, the two of them would eventually put down the estrangement in their hearts and govern Yanzhou together.
What had happened that caused Chen Gong and Cao Cao to fall out completely?
Cao Cao was originally quite happy when he saw that he was about to reconcile with Chen Gong.
However, when he heard the last sentence, his heart tightened.
From the meaning of his words, would he turn against Chen Gong?
Would Chen Gong turn against him?
Chu Feng spoke again under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
"Cao Cao led the Yanzhou Army. Not only did he defeat the Yellow Turban soldiers of Qingzhou, but he also completely subdued them. He took in the millions of Yellow Turban soldiers of Qingzhou and selected 100,000 elites to train them into the Qingzhou Army.
The sudden influx of a million people in Yanzhou increased the consumption of food.
In the fourth year of Chuping, Cao Cao's grain reserves were in short supply, so he collected it from the aristocratic families and powerful landowners in Yanzhou.
As for the great clans and landowners of Yanzhou, they invited Cao Cao to protect their property, not to let Cao Cao plunder their property, so they naturally did not agree.
With a population of more than one million, the daily consumption of food was shocking. Cao Cao could not afford to wait any longer, so he gave the great clans and landowners three days to gather enough food.
This action aroused the strong dissatisfaction of the Yanzhou aristocratic families and landowners.
Bian Rang was the most prestigious person in Yanzhou and was chosen as the leader to confront Cao Cao.
Bian Rang was good at debating and often made Cao Cao speechless.
Bian Rang even brought the great clans and local tyrants of Yanzhou together, furiously cursing Cao Cao for burning bridges after crossing the river.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the deadline had arrived. The great clans and landowners of Yanzhou still hadn't donated a single grain.
Wanting to get food from their pockets was simply as difficult as climbing up to the sky.
In addition, Bian Rang kept cursing at home, mocking Cao Cao for his many faults.
Cao Cao could only use this as an excuse to lead his troops to kill Bian Rang and his wife to warn the others.
This method had indeed intimidated the great clans and the powerful landowners, temporarily giving in and providing enough food for Cao Cao.
However, Bian Rang's death caused the great clans of Yanzhou to give up on Cao Cao.
Chen Gong had thought that Cao Cao had changed, but he hadn't expected him to remain so ruthless.
Not long after, Cao Cao's father was killed by Zhang Kai, the former Yellow Turban survivor of Xuzhou.
Cao Cao was furious. He led his troops to attack Xuzhou and massacred several cities to vent his anger.
Chen Gong tried to dissuade Cao Cao many times but to no avail. He had completely given up on Cao Cao.
In the first year of Xingping, Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou twice and appointed Chen Gong as the garrison of Dongjun.
Chen Gong had finally begun his path of revenge.
The first step of revenge was to ally with the Governor of Chenliu, Zhang Miao.
Zhang Miao was Cao Cao's good friend and had a very good relationship with him.
But at the same time, Zhang Miao was also a powerful figure in Yanzhou.
Cao Cao's actions had offended the interests of the despots.
The friendship between friends could not withstand a single blow in the face of the interests of the powerful scholars.
Zhang Miao quickly agreed to Chen Gong's suggestion.”
While Chu Feng was explaining, the scene on the ranking list was constantly changing.
At this moment, the Governor of Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, frowned and asked,""Cao Cao is powerful and has gathered 100,000 soldiers from the Qingzhou Army.”
Chen Gong drank a cup of tea and said indifferently,"Of course I know. That's why we need to ask for external help.”
"Invite who?"
Zhang Miao asked doubtfully.
"I heard that not long ago, Lu Bu, who was being hunted by Yuan Shao, fled to Lord Zhang's territory to seek refuge?" Chen Gong laughed.”
"That's right!"
Zhang Miao nodded." I saw that Lu Bu was brave and brave. In addition, Yuan Shao had a strong conflict with the aristocrats of Yanzhou, so I took Lu Bu in.”
Zhang Miao seemed to understand something and said in surprise,""Is Gongtai planning to use Lu Bu to deal with Cao Cao?”
Chen Gong put down his teacup and said,"That's right." Lu Bu was brave and his generals were good at fighting. He was the best candidate to deal with Cao Cao.
More importantly, Lu Bu doesn't have any strategists by his side. If I go and assist him, I will definitely be put in an important position.
With my plans and his bravery, it won't be difficult to deal with Cao Cao.
Moreover, Lu Bu was brave but not resourceful, and easy to control.
Letting Lu Bu take charge of Yanzhou would not make him the second Cao Cao.”
"Good! I'll get someone to find Lu Bu.”
Zhang Miao immediately said.
Upon hearing this, everyone finally came back to their senses.
Good heavens, Chen Gong wasn't choosing a master. He was clearly choosing a puppet.
He wanted to use Cao Cao to resist the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou, and he succeeded.
However, he didn't expect Cao Cao to be so ambitious and ruthless. It was completely beyond his imagination.
Now, he had taken a fancy to Lu Bu, who was brave but had no brains.
This was how the people of the gentry clan always placed the interests of the gentry clan first.
"Can we still use the gentry?"
Anxi County's Liu Bei thought to himself.
"Why was Feng Xian chased by Yuan Shao?”
In the Prime Minister's Residence in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo frowned.
Li Ru didn't say anything, but he clenched his fists.
Dong Zhuo was nowhere to be seen in the four strategists 'lives.
He guessed that Dong Zhuo might meet with an accident at some point in the future.
He just couldn't understand why something would happen to Dong Zhuo in their current situation.
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