Chapter 34 Declare
Ye Zhao left overnight, and signs of plague began to appear in the coalition. Once it spreads, the attack on Ye Zhao will be absolutely devastating. Even Ye Zhao has no effective method.
"Hmph!" Yuan Shao's big tent, when he learned that Ye Zhao led his troops to leave, Yuan Shao's face turned black and snorted angrily: "Tell Han Fu, let him send Jizhou to send troops to Hanoi and cut off his foundation!"
"Report to the leader, the Marquis of Ningxiang did not go to Hanoi." The small school road that came to report the news.
"Where can he go if he doesn't go back to Hanoi? But you can go and inform Han Fu, and ask the soldiers of Jizhou to attack Hanoi as soon as possible, and there must be no mistakes!" Yuan Shao sneered. Ye Zhao was cunning, but no matter how cunning he was, there was only one foundation in Hanoi.
Now the coalition forces have captured Hulao Pass. Although Luoyang is the capital, the attack is not as difficult as Hulao Pass.
Not only because there are many places where Luoyang can do it, but now those scholars are looking forward to it now. As long as the time is right, they will be able to attack inside and outside, and it is just around the corner to break through Luoyang. At this time, it doesn't matter whether Ye Zhao can do his best. Naturally, Yuan Shao has no reason to curry favor with Ye Zhao again, which makes him feel disgusted. Now Ye Zhao left without permission, which just gave him an excuse to deal with Ye Zhao.
Keeping it is always a disaster, not to mention that Ye Zhao's foundation is in Hanoi and is close to Jizhou. If he wants to embezzle Jizhou in the future, Ye Zhao may be his biggest enemy. It would be better to take this opportunity to destroy his foundation.
At the same time, in Cao Cao's tent, Cao Cao received a letter from Ye Zhao.
"Is there really going to be a plague...?" Looking at the content in the book, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel heavy. Ye Zhaoliu didn't say anything else in the book, but only said one thing - a plague.
Including how to prevent and treat patients. After discovering plague patients, do not think about treatment, isolate them and let them die by themselves or gather directly to burn them. Once a large-scale plague occurs in the coalition forces, do not hesitate and withdraw immediately. At the same time, if the plague spreads, how to prevent and treat them, there are records in Ye Zhaoliu's book.
Between the lines, Cao Cao could feel an anxiety. He had been with Ye Zhao for five or six years. This was the first time he felt this emotion in Ye Zhao. It was an anxiety caused by powerlessness. It was not just Ye Zhao. If there was a plague, who could see the world?
Outside the camp, the corpse mountain that Ye Zhao had accumulated was still burning, and the bloody smell in the air had faded a lot, replaced by a burnt smell.
The coalition forces did not continue to clean up the body, and Yuan Shao had already begun to command the troops to pass the test.
Xiuming left, that is to say, he had already got what he wanted, but where should he go? Cao Cao walked out of the tent and looked at the drowsy world, and felt confused for the first time in his heart.
"Brother, it's time for us to leave too!" Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren came to Cao Cao and said.
"Set out." Cao Cao sighed. Now, let's take one step at a time. If it is really impossible to disobey, then follow Ye Zhao's words and evacuate yourself.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw a small school coming to report and Kong Rong asked for a meeting.
"Duke Wen Ju? Please!" Cao Cao was puzzled. What did Kong Rong come to him for? But no matter what, Kong Rong was a great scholar of the times. He was still Cao Cao's elder by his seniority, so he naturally could not neglect it.
"Meng De, I have come here to say goodbye." Kong Rong smiled bitterly when he saw Cao Cao.
"Mr. Wen Ju is leaving?" Cao Cao looked at Kong Rong in shock, puzzled.
Kong Rong hesitated for a moment, took out a book book from his arms, the paper book, just like what Ye Zhao left to Cao Cao. Kong Rong said: "It's not to be hiding it. Before Xiuming and I came to Hulao Pass, Xiuming had already noticed something was wrong. He left me a book last night to tell me how to manage it if the plague occurs. The leader of the alliance did not believe it, but I believed it a little bit. This time, I only brought 5,000 troops. For the coalition forces, it was insignificant. Xiuming left so hurriedly, probably had discovered some clues and was unwilling to stay in the army anymore."
"The land of Beihai is governed by culture and its military strength is not wide. If these five thousand men died in a foreign land, I have no face to go back to face the elders of Beihai in order to say goodbye first. I have sent someone to inform the leader of the alliance. But this book... If it is really unfortunately written by Xiuming, it may be of some use. However, there are many misunderstandings between the leader of the alliance and Xiuming, and I am afraid that they will not be able to use it. Therefore, I came here and handed this book to Meng De. If there is a plague in the future, the coalition forces will also have a solution to it."
Cao Cao smiled bitterly and took out a book from his arms, exactly the same as Kong Rong's. Looking at Kong Rong with a shocked look, Cao Cao smiled and said, "I'm not hiding it, Cao also has this intention, but the coalition forces are about to win. It's hard to explain when they leave at this moment. Don't worry, Wen Jugong. If this is really the case, Cao will never sit idly by."
"I should have thought that Xiuming and Meng De and even friends have a book here. How could Meng De be left behind? But I did this with such a move. Since that's the case, I will say goodbye first." Kong Rong put away the book and nodded to Cao Cao.
"Duke Wen Ju walked slowly!" Cao Cao replied with a gift and watched Kong Rong leave.
"Lord, it's getting late, and it's time for me to set off."
Cao Cao shook his head, looked at everyone under his command, and suddenly said, "Son of filial piety!"
"What are the instructions for brother?" Cao Ren hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"You don't have to participate in this battle of attacking Luoyang. You can quickly order 5,000 troops and all the supplies to bring back to Chenliu. There must be no mistakes." Cao Cao handed the book to Cao Ren and said, "Take Yuan Rang together. If a plague occurs in the territory, you will act according to the book!"
"Brother, you are..." Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao in confusion.
"Go, this matter is of great importance, don't say much." Cao Cao said decisively.
"Here!" Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan looked at each other, bowed to Cao Cao, and silently retreated to find Xiahou Dun.
"Brother, since... why don't we retreat all of them?" Xiahou Yuan looked at Cao Cao and said.
"Luoyang has not been broken, and the battle has not ended yet. Let's talk about it..." Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xiahou Yuan and said, "Whoever said Ye Xiuming must be right!"
"That……"
"Just in case, send troops!"
"Here!"
Three days later, the coalition of princes passed through Hulao one after another. However, when the princes entered the Sili area with great momentum, they gradually found something wrong. From Hulao Pass to Luoyang, Yanshi, Gongxian and countless Zhuangzi were empty along the way. When the coalition of princes arrived at Hulao Pass, what was left was an empty city.
"The Dong thief was holding the people in hand, and the march speed was definitely slow. In just one month, it would be impossible to empty Heluo. When we pursued him at this time, we still have the chance to kill Dong thief!" When Cao Cao was invited to the central army tent, he saw Yuan Shao being banqueted for the princes, and he was drinking and chatting during the banquet. How could there be an urgent atmosphere of war? He couldn't help but frown.
"I haven't thought about what Meng De said?" Yuan Shao sighed and said, "What can I do if I pursue it? Dong's thief has entered Hangu Pass, and Luoyang has been emptied by Dong's thief, and it has been burned to death. If we want to continue fighting, we will inevitably stretch the front line and will only make the gains less than the gains. Now that we have already captured Luoyang, it means that Dong's thief has been defeated, so why do we have to cause innocent casualties?"
"But Your Majesty has not been rescued yet. The leader of the alliance should not forget this trip. He came to support the Han Dynasty!" Cao Cao said in anger.
"Don't be angry!" Tao Qian sighed and said, "Then Dong's thief is under the command of Xiliang cavalry, and there are also powerful generals like Lu Bu for their minions. For a battle forward, Meng De should remember that our army is all infantry, how to pursue it? The matter of saving Your Majesty needs to be discussed in a long time."
Seeing that everyone refused to send troops, Cao Cao felt anger in his heart and had nowhere to vent his anger. He groaned and left with a muffled smile.
"Meng De~" Yuan Shao called twice, but Cao Cao ignored it and shook his head helplessly: "Meng De is also a master of the world, but it's a pity that he was too impulsive."
When the princes heard this, they nodded and said that they had an explanation to conquer Luoyang anyway. After seeing the bravery of the Western Liang army, they wanted them to continue pursuing, but no one wanted to. Since Cao Cao wanted to chase him, let Cao Cao chase him.
"The leader of the alliance, there is something that needs to be reported to the leader!" Han Fu remembered something and bowed to Yuan Shao: "I recently sent someone to secretly order Zhang He, the general stationed in Muye, to lead his army to attack Hanoi, but he did not encounter any resistance. Not only did the Ye Mansion people empty, but the Hanoi treasury had already been emptied. In addition, many Hanoi people were moved away by Ye Zhao. According to Zhang He's investigation, after Ye Zhao killed Gongjie last year, he began to send people away one after another. Now Hanoi is an empty city."
"What?" Yuan Shao was shocked when he heard this and immediately reconciled the heretics: "Speedly send Yuan Shu to order him to stop Ye Zhao no matter what! We will arrive later!"
"No wonder Ye Zhao has been reluctant to merge the food and grass with everyone. It turns out that the Hanoi treasury has been emptied!" Liu Dai sneered: "Leader, it seems that Ye Zhao has long been hiding evil intentions. If the Hanoi troops, food and grass and people are to be transported away, they must pass through our territory. However, in the past six months, they have not seen large-scale migration in Hanoi, so I am afraid..."
"That Ye Zhao had already secretly collaborated with Dong Zhuo and left from Dong Zhuo!"
"Hanoi is Ye Zhao's foundation. Now that he gives up Hanoi, where will he stay?" Tao Qian frowned.
"No matter where he went, since he was a disciple of Dong's thief, he was nothing more than Guanzhong. He would have to pass Yique Pass on this trip. Now we will immediately start an army to block it and will definitely be able to stop it. This thief is called Han minister, but he has evil intentions. He was probably the one who communicated with Dong's thief for several defeats before, and he would never let him pass. Who would like to go and chase Ye Zhao with me?" Yuan Shao stood up and said in a deep voice.
Dong Zhuo has retired, and he is not going to keep Ye Zhao's disaster. Whether it is collusion with Dong Zhuo or not, it is no longer important. All he needs is an excuse to unite the princes and encircle Ye Zhao.
"I am willing to follow the leader!" Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Yang Yuan, Yuan Yi, and Bao Xin all five princes stood up and bowed to Yuan Shao.
Chapter completed!