Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

Yuan Shu is dead!

A flash passed through Yuan Shao's eyes.

He had always looked down on Yuan Shu, thinking that his half-brother was just an embroidered pillow carrying the title of legitimate son of the Yuan family.

Although he despised him, he never dared to underestimate Yuan Shu's strong strength.

But he didn't expect that his younger brother would be so useless, with tens of thousands of powerful soldiers, and be destroyed by Cao Cao in an instant!

So when did Cao Ah Man become so strong?

All the counselors on the left and right were in an uproar.

Feng Ji was the first to shout:"Yuan Shu holds an army of 50,000 men. Although Sun Ce betrayed him, he still held half of Yangzhou. How could he be destroyed by Cao Cao in less than a month?"

Jushu looked solemn and destroyed Yuan Shu. The whole process was told in silence.

Feng Ji and other counselors couldn't help but fell silent when faced with this ironclad fact.

Yuan Shao frowned slightly and said coldly:"His strategies to destroy Yuan Shu are indeed exquisite. Do you know who gave him the advice?"

"According to the detailed report, it was Cao Cao's own plan."

Jushou reported back.

"he himself? Yuan

Shao snorted disdainfully:"I know Cao Cao very well. With his little military strategy, he would never be able to come up with such a clever plan. There must be someone else!""

Everyone speculated and discussed for a while

"Could it be the Guo Jia who left his master last year and went to join Cao Cao?"

"As far as I know, this man is very resourceful. Even Xun Wenruo highly praised him and recommended him to Cao Cao."

Jushou guessed this. He finished his words.

Guo Tu didn't think so and said,"Guo Jia is indeed a little clever, but he will never be so smart. Cao Cao's strategy is definitely not from him."

Yuan Shao stroked his mustache and frowned slightly, but he couldn't think of any other wise men under Cao Cao.

"Could it be that Cao Cao's newly acquired scheming stranger is rumored to be there?"

Tian Feng, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

Everyone was awakened and agreed with Tian Feng's guess.

"It seems that the rumors are true, Cao Cao really got a new counselor, and this person is quite capable."

Yuan Shao's eyebrows flashed with a bit of fear.

"Even if this person exists, it doesn't matter. He can only come up with some conspiracies and tricks for Cao Cao. Those are all unflattering methods."

"If you want to pacify the world, you still have to rely on true strength and conspiracy."

"After the lord destroyed Gongsun Zan, millions of soldiers marched southward, and any plot would be like a mantis trying to defeat the chariot, making them vulnerable to a single blow!"

Feng Ji's conceited judgment dispelled Yuan Shao's fears.

"Yuan Tu’s words make sense!"

"No matter what miraculous tricks or scheming people, they are nothing but clowns in front of my absolute strength!"

"After I kill Gongsun Zan, I can then deal with Cao Ah Ma!"

Yuan Shao was so domineering that he whipped up his riding whip:"Give me the order and continue to attack Yi Jing for me!"

The war drums sounded again.

Yuan Jun's offensive became more fierce.

…

Xiaopei, County Government Hall

"Fifty thousand Yuan's troops were defeated by Cao Cao without spending a single soldier?"

Liu Bei held the Huainan emergency report in his hand, with an incredible look on his gray face.

In front of the hall,

Guan Yu and other generals were all shocked.

Zhao Yun sighed:"People say that Cao Mengde uses troops like a god. Today Yun finally saw it.."

Hearing Zhao Yun's admiration for Cao Cao, Liu Bei frowned quietly.

Zhang Fei was much more straightforward and immediately said disdainfully:"I can't see where the thief Cao Cao is, it's just that Yuan Shu is too useless. That’s all"

"General Yide's words are wrong."

"What a wonderful way to cross the river in white and break the beacon tower."

"In addition, in the Shouchun battle, thousands of rebel family members cried in front of the formation, breaking the morale of 50,000 Yuan's troops. This method of subduing troops without fighting is even more extraordinary."

Zhao Yun was also upright and actually started to argue with Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei was speechless and couldn't hold back a word of rebuttal for a long time. He simply turned his head and said,"I won't listen, I won't listen."

At this time,

Sun Qian But he said:"However, according to outside rumors, Cao Cao's ingenious strategies to destroy Yuan Shu were not written by Cao Cao, but by the mysterious counselor behind him."

"You mean, he was the man who helped Cao Cao kill Zhang Xiu and execute Cai Mao in the battle of Nanyang."

Liu Bei recalled

"Exactly. Sun

Qian nodded and said:"We were just guessing before. Now it seems that the rumors are true. This person really exists.""

"Cao Cao used his troops cunningly and had many advisers under his command. Now he has such a scheming and scheming person to assist him. God has no mercy for me!...."

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed, a shadow cast over his face.

Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said:"Cao Cao pacified Huainan, and the next step will probably be to use troops in Xuzhou. Lord, we have to be ready to fight."

Liu Bei looked stern, took a deep breath, and regained his composure.

"Zizhong, how did you raise the 30 million yuan?"

Liu Bei's eyes turned to Mi Zhu, who had been silent.

If he wanted to resist Cao Cao, six thousand soldiers and horses alone were not enough. He had to recruit more troops.

To expand the army, you have to spend money, and to spend money, you can only count on the Mi family.

Mi Zhu He said hurriedly:"My Mi family has gathered 30,000 pieces of linen cloth. We will sell them when the weather gets warmer so that we can raise a military fund for our lord. Liu

Bei breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction.

"Brother, I have arranged a detailed report in Xiapi. The people Lu Bu sent to Hanoi County to buy horses will return to Xiapi from our Xiaopei territory in three days with 300 good horses."

"Our army is short of horses, how about we just snatch the horses from the slaves with the third surname?"

Zhang Fei asked enthusiastically

"Don't be reckless!"

"We have offended Cao Cao, and you stole Lu Bu's horse. If you offend him again and be attacked from both sides, how should you deal with it?"

Liu Bei immediately stopped Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei lowered his head gloomily.

The military meeting was over.

Zhang Fei thought about it, but he was still unwilling to accept it.

He summoned his general Zhang Da and ordered:"You must quickly gather three hundred elite soldiers. , I will set out with my general tomorrow to rob Lu Bu's horse. Zhang

Da was taken aback and said hurriedly:"General Yide, my lord has explicitly forbidden the general to touch Lu Bu's horse. It's not good for the general to act privately.""

"Snapped!"

Zhang Fei slapped Zhang Da on the face.

Zhang Da was slapped to the ground, covering his face and looking at Zhang Fei aggrievedly, at a loss for a moment

"How can I allow you to oppose what I decide?"

"Besides, do you think I would be so stupid as to steal the horse openly?"

"All three hundred of your men should put on black clothes, cover their faces, and follow me to Fengcheng to seize horses."

"That's the territory of Cao Cao's thief. The slaves of the three surnames will only think that Cao Cao robbed his horse. How can they blame my eldest brother!"

Zhang Fei cursed and ordered.

Zhang Da suddenly realized it and hurriedly complimented:"General Yide is really resourceful, but the last general is stupid. The last general went to gather the troops right now."

…

Three days later.

The main road west of Fengcheng.

A group of carriages and horses were heading towards Fengcheng along the road.

Behind them were thousands of carriages, loaded with tens of thousands of pieces of cloth.

Cao Yuan was sitting idle in the car, drinking some wine, admiring the scenery of lakes and mountains outside the window, and listening to Xiao Qiao beside him humming Jiangnan songs.

This time, he was ordered by the imperial court to bring 100,000 pieces of cloth to Fengcheng and dump the cloth at a low price in Xuzhou in order to destroy the Mi family's cloth business and cut off Liu Bei's financial path.

The journey was originally bumpy, and he had never thought of bringing Xiao Qiao.

But Xiao Qiao said that his separated mother and sister Da Qiao might flee to Xuzhou for refuge.

Therefore, before leaving, Xiao Qiao begged Cao Yuan to take her to Fengcheng to inquire about the whereabouts of her mother and sister.

The reason was sufficient, and Cao Yuan naturally could not refuse, so he brought her here.

Along the way, Xiao Qiao played the piano and sang. His talents added a bit of fun to the boring journey.

"boom!"

The wheel tripped over a stone, and the carriage swayed suddenly.

Xiao Qiao couldn't sit still, and with a squeak, she fell towards Cao Yuan.

Cao Yuan didn't have time to think too much, and took advantage of the situation, and Xiao Qiao leaned against her. in the arms

"It's okay."

Cao Yuan asked with a smile.

When Xiao Qiao raised his head, that handsome face was very close at hand, and his eyes were facing each other.

"I'm fine, thank you sir~~"

She responded in a low voice, but her face was already stained with clouds.

This scene.

Outside the carriage, Xia Houjuan, who was dressed in military uniform, happened to see him and couldn't help but frowning slightly.

She was about to speak.

The sound of horse hooves sounded, and a Yanyun guard rushed over

"Young Master Qi, at the foot of the hillside ahead, a group of men and horses are fighting!"

Xia Houjuan immediately became alert.

Cao Yuan's eyes moved and he listened carefully. Sure enough, he heard the faint sound of killing coming from ahead.

"In the boundary of Fengcheng, there are people and horses fighting. Could it be that the big-eared thieves have invaded?"

Dian Wei guessed.

In the name of protecting Xia Houjuan, Cao Cao sent Dian Wei to Fengcheng with him, but in fact it was to protect him.

Cao Yuan sneered and said,"With Liu Bei's ten courages, he wouldn't dare. Go and take a look."

His curiosity aroused, he got on his horse.

Xu Chu was left to protect Xiao Qiao and Bupi. Xiahoujuan and Dianwei followed closely and went straight ahead.

After climbing over the hillside, the battlefield was in full view.

Hundreds of people and horses, They were fighting in a melee.

One group of people and horses were all masked and dressed in black, while the other group of people and horses were dressed as businessmen and were desperately protecting hundreds of war horses.

"It looked like bandits were intercepting and killing passing horse traders."

Xia Houjuan guessed like this.

Cao Yuan glanced over and saw something was wrong.

This group of bandits fought in a very orderly manner, not like the mob style of bandits.

One of them was masked. The bandit is as strong as an iron tower. He is dancing with a spear in a trance, and his martial arts skills are amazing.

"Hey, are there such strong men among the bandits?"

Dian Wei also saw that the spear mountain bandit was unusual.

Cao Yuan sneered:"That guy is not a mountain bandit. That is Liu Bei's sworn brother, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide!"