In fact, Pei Qing had long been able to guess Yuan Shu's little thoughts, and had already made arrangements. When he was about to set off, he had left a 20,000 army with Yin Kaishan as the main general and Tang Bohu and Yin Hao as military advisors to guard Pei State. At the same time, Pei Qing also entrusts Pei Qian and Chen Qun to deal with the internal affairs of Yuzhou. He believed that under this situation, Yuan Shu would never have the possibility of winning.

However, the next news shocked Pei Qing and all the strategists under his command.

Just before Pei Qing's coalition arrived in Nanyang, he heard the news that Cao Cao had conquered Hulao Pass. Cao Cao then announced that he would respond to Pei Qing's call to conquer the Xiliang army.

Then the news came like snow. The next day, Cao Cao's army conquered Xingyang. On the third day, Cao Cao's army entered Chenggao and conquered the Arc deputies. One day later, Cao Cao's army entered Gongxian and defeated Yanshi. The Luoyang defenders of the Western Liang army fled without fighting.

"Why is this Cao Cao so active? Is his heart really full of ambition to serve the country?" Pei Qing was puzzled when he heard the news, and didn't know what Cao Cao was doing.

In fact, Pei Qing still didn't believe Cao Cao's ambition to serve the country, because if he was really loyal to the Han Dynasty, he would not have been called the king of the emperor and bullied the emperor and all officials later. So this proves that Cao Cao must have had a conspiracy.

At this time, Pei Qing's army had already arrived in Wancheng. After receiving the news, he secretly gathered his advisers to discuss what conspiracy was behind Cao Cao.

"As the saying goes, you don't get up early without profit. Cao Cao would never be so aggressive in Luoyang, and he would not take the initiative to attract the main force of the Western Liang army for us, unless he has a special purpose. Is his purpose to take the opportunity to occupy Luoyang?" Hu Zhao first expressed his opinion, but he was a little uncertain, because even though it was just a matter of occupying Luoyang, Luoyang is so broken and attacking is easy, but it is not easy to defend it. Otherwise, Zhu Yan would not have been easily defeated by Li Jue and Guo Si after occupying Luoyang.

After hearing this, Xun You felt that things were not that simple, but he could not guess Cao Cao's purpose, because Cao Cao seemed to have nothing else to do except occupy Luoyang.

Zhang Chao was also in deep thought. Although he had the characteristics of "divine calculation", he could not guess the other party's purpose. This means that there must be masters in the other party's camp. This person has corresponding characteristics and can restrain or weaken the effect of his "divine calculation".

Although Zhang Chao now has Zhang Liang's intelligence, he does not have Zhang Liang's experience, so he is still unable to compare with Zhang Liang at his peak.

For a moment, the venue was so quiet that a needle could be heard. Everyone was thinking about Cao Cao's purpose.

At this moment, Xun You suddenly saw his eyes lit up and he said, "Don't you say Cao Cao did this for the sake of the emperor? You used to hear that the emperor missed his hometown Luoyang when he was an official in the court. Now Cao Cao occupied Luoyang. Is it to respond to the emperor, make great contributions through this point, and then give himself a political advantage?"

"Holding the emperor to command the princes? Why didn't I think of this?" Pei Qing heard Xun You's words and thought about his performance in later history books. He woke up like a dream and said, "It must be so. Cao Cao wanted to occupy Luoyang, repair the palace, and then use the emperor's homesickness to lure the emperor back to Luoyang. Then he could use the emperor to command the princes to gain political advantages. This Cao Cao was indeed a traitor of a generation. He was so cunning that he easily occupied Luoyang. This was also because I didn't notice it for a while, and he actually seized the opportunity."

Pei Qing was very regretful and let Cao Cao occupy Luoyang in one fell swoop, thus establishing a great advantage. This was definitely a mistake for him, and this mistake would cost him a lot of money.

"But Cao Cao did not have enough materials to repair Luoyang. At that time, we can use this reason to swear Cao Cao." Hu Zhao was a little confused. In fact, he thought of this, but he also thought that Cao Cao had just surrendered hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban tribes, and the material capital was in short supply. If the materials were forcibly recruited to repair Luoyang, it would definitely cause rebellion under his rule, which would definitely be a loss for him.

Zhang Chao was also very confused about this, and he couldn't figure out how Cao Cao solved this problem.

However, Pei Qing thought that because there are relevant records in historical materials, Pei Qing solved the problem of shortage of materials by robbing tombs. It is precisely because of this that the title of gold-touching lieutenant appeared in history, and since then it has become synonymous with the tomb robbing industry.

So Pei Qing said very directly: "If I was not wrong, Cao Cao must have used to rob the tomb. Hehe, let alone other things, who can tell how many tombs there have been around Luoyang since ancient times and present? As long as he can find a location, he can use the power of his army to quickly rob an ancient tomb. After obtaining money and wealth, he can support the army and repair Luoyang, and kill both birds with one stone."

"What? Cao Mengde actually did this? Isn't that right?" Cai Yong and Cao Cao were also a little intimate. After hearing this, they were a little unbelievable, so they shook their heads and said.

Pei Qing sneered and said, "Since Mr. Cai was an old friend with Cao Cao, he should know his character. When Cao Cao was young, he used means to deceive his grandfather Cao Song to lose trust in his uncle. He was a deceitful person. What could he not do?"

Pei Qing then ordered all counties and states to strictly investigate the people entering and leaving, and never allow the tomb robbers to succeed in their own territory, especially the locations of the kingdoms such as Liang and Chen County, which are the top priority.

However, what should they do next? This has become a major problem before them.

"Cao Cao will definitely not continue to take action after he has obtained Luoyang. Instead, he will find a way to defend and repair Luoyang. On the one hand, it is to tempt the emperor to prepare for returning to Luoyang, and on the other hand, it is also to let the Xiliang army focus on us and let us hold the main force of the Xiliang army. However, he took the opportunity to easily win Chang'an. At that time, the main contribution of welcoming the emperor is his. Although we have lost our troops and lost our generals, we have no benefits. The other party is really easy to plot."

Pei Qing snorted and then asked the counselors, "Is there any way to solve Cao Cao's conspiracy?"

Xun You said after hearing this, "It is actually not difficult to crack it. As long as we all remain unmoved, Cao Cao will naturally not find any opportunity. However, this will cause differences within our alliance, resulting in the same result as the last time he attacked Dong Zhuo, so this method is just a bad move."

"Then do we have other ways?" Pei Qing was certainly not very satisfied with this "bad plan", so he continued to ask.

But no one spoke after that, but during this period, Hu Zhao showed his eyes, and it seemed that he had something to say, but it was inconvenient to say it.

Pei Qing immediately understood and announced the end of the meeting, asking everyone to think about it after they go back.

Not long afterwards, Hu Zhao came up and said that there was a way to solve the problem. However, this approach was a bit insulting, which was a matter of harming others and benefiting oneself. At the same time, it also depends on how Cao Cao made up his mind, so this method can be said to be a strategy."
Chapter completed!