I am not a counselor, I am trying to survive in the late Han Dynasty

Chapter 20 The map of Yan State is so long

Cheng Yurong sat in the room, staring at the map hanging on the wall in a daze.

Being deceived by Xu Shu was the biggest mistake he had ever made in his life. It made him feel humiliated and helpless. If he was just an ordinary person, he would definitely take revenge and make Xu Shu look good.

But now he had to calm down.

Gong Cao was as kind as a mountain. This time, in order to preserve Cheng Yu's prestige, he did not hesitate to let fellow villager Wen Ji bear all the blame. Cheng Yu was grateful and temporarily gave up his hatred of Xu Shu and thought hard about how to plan the next war with Lu Bu.

Now Cao's army is at a disadvantage in every situation. He has to rely on Yuan Shao for support in terms of soldiers, food, grass, ordnance, otherwise he will not be able to fight against Lu Bu.

Cheng Yu looked at the map carefully and thought repeatedly about what else he needed to prepare. Seeing that it was already dusk, he ordered people to bring food to him, while he sat on the seat, holding an oil lamp and a branch to write and draw on the ground. The names of Lu Bu's generals were written one by one in front of him.

Of course, the one who needs to be careful most among Lu Bu's troops is Lu Bu. Marquis Wen, who was born in Bingzhou and killed Dong Zhuo, can be called a hero of his generation. He himself is the flag of the entire army. His bravery is terrifying. He must charge forward in every battle and fight with Cheng Lian. , Wei Yue led dozens of cavalry to tear apart the enemy's formation. After that, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Song Xian and others led the cavalry to fight together, and the enemy formation all collapsed. This was the most commonly used tactics of Lu Bu's army.

In addition to these people, there is another person who makes Cheng Yu quite afraid.

"Zhang Liao..."

He murmured and wrote the name on the ground. After watching it for a long time, he remembered the terrifying figure in the Battle of Puyang.

In the Battle of Puyang, Zhang Liao rushed out from the flank while Lu Bu was fighting with Cao Cao. Cao's general Li Dian led his army to counterattack, but was defeated by Zhang Liao within a moment, causing Cao's army to collapse. If it hadn't been for a sergeant under Xiahou Dun's account to step forward that day, I'm afraid that Cao Cao will die in the rebellion at that time.

It is said that Zhang Liao was brave and resourceful, not comparable to ordinary people, and could be called the enemy of Cao's army.

Now he and Wu Zi, the prefect of Jiyin, are stationing troops in Dingtao, while Yanzhou Biejia Xue Lan is stationed in Juye, forming a dichotomy, which puts great pressure on Cao's army. Cheng Yu has been thinking hard about whether he should fight this man again. How to deal with it, I just don’t have any good ideas for the time being.

It was at this time that Li Zheng, who was in charge of Cheng Yu, came to report that Wen Ji wanted to see him.

Hearing the name Wen Ji, the corners of Cheng Yu's mouth twitched a few more times.

It stands to reason that a pawn of Wen Ji's level is not worthy of meeting Cheng Yu directly, but Wen Ji is Cao Cao's fellow villager after all, and he helped him take the blame before. Although Cheng Yu was crazy, he still understood this.

He sighed and asked Li Zheng to invite Wen Ji in.

After a while, Wen Ji entered Cheng Yu's room. Cheng Yu was not in a hurry to talk to him about business. He first asked someone to bring food, bowls and chopsticks, and personally separated the thick meat in the bowl and put it into Wen Ji's bowl. Staring at Wen Ji's face with a smile:

"What brings Zifeng here?"

Wen Ji looked at the red meat in the bowl and Cheng Yu's sincere smile, and his heart jumped.

He calmed down, took out a rag from his sleeve, held it up with both hands, and said in a deep voice:

"Mr. Cheng Fu, Xu Shu sent this to me!"

"what!"

Cheng Yu, who had been calm and calm just now, suddenly changed his expression. The ferocity and chill on his face made Wen Ji pale with fright. He almost thought Cheng Yu was going to drag him out and kill him.

Xu Shu has now become Cheng Yu's enemy. This shame and humiliation made Cheng Yu unable to calm down at all. He took the rag from Wen Ji's hand, spread it out suddenly, and put it under the oil lamp to examine it carefully.

A bunch of crooked small words were written in scarlet writing on the rag:

"My younger brother, Xu Shu, bowed his head to apologize..."

In the letter, Xu Shu told Wen Ji the whole story in a very humble tone.

Xu Shu claimed that he had been humiliated by Cheng Yu before, and he couldn't stand what Cheng Yu did, so he had to humiliate Cheng Yu to vent his anger. He didn't want to accidentally involve his eldest brother Wen Ji. For his eldest brother's sake, he decided to do it. He didn't kill Cheng Yu with one sword, but only grabbed some food.

He went to Liangshan and subdued a group of water thieves. He had already gained some foundation. He learned from the experience and felt that he should not act on his own initiative, so now he wanted to return to Cao's army.

Of course, Xu Shu also said that he was not a famous person, nor was he a powerful person. If he did such a thing and wanted to return to Cao's army, Cheng Yu would definitely try his best to thwart the destruction. After all, Cheng Yu was known to the world for his tyranny.

Therefore, Xu Shu came up with a way - as a general of Cao's army, he wanted to lead the bandits south to attack Zhang Liao who was stationed in Dingtao.

The crusade against Zhang Liao was a huge achievement, and Xu Shu felt that he could not give it to Cheng Yu, so he asked his eldest brother Wen Ji to come and receive the credit. He also asked his eldest brother to bring him some military rations to help him.

Cheng Yu read softly while reading, reading in a rhythmic tone. At the beginning, his face was quite solemn, but at the end, even though Cheng Yu's face was as solid as iron, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Look at the map, the map of Yan State is really long."

Wen Ji's face was also ugly: "To put it nicely, are you thinking of me in everything?"

Xu Shu said nicely, saying that he would give Wenji the credit for conquering Zhang Liao. After all, he was out of food and could not survive in Liangshan, so he came back in despair and wanted Cao Jun to accept him again.

Cheng Yu thought it was time to guess what Xu Shu was thinking. This time Xu Shu had clearly exposed his purpose and even explained his previous behavior quite safely.

After Cheng Yu returned to Juancheng, he asked Shi Huan to investigate Xu Shu's life. Unexpectedly, Shi Huan actually knew Xu Shu.

It is said that this man was an excellent knight-errant when he was fifteen years old. After avenging his friends, he was captured by the government and hung up in public to identify himself. Fortunately, his accomplices were more loyal and rescued him in the middle of the night. Then he ran away in despair.

In other words, Xu Shu is bold and careful, but does things regardless of the consequences. He is a perfect knight of the Eastern Han Dynasty.Now, he probably wanted to defect to Cheng Yu, but because he was almost eaten by Cheng Yu, he was so angry that he had to take revenge, humiliated Cheng Yu and ran away. Then he remembered that his purpose was to defect to Cao Cao, so he felt shy again. He wanted to come back with a face.

This was not an incredible thing. Even Cao Cao himself, who had been a knight-errant, often had this kind of disregard for the future. Cheng Yu was very speechless, but he didn't think there was anything strange about it.

Wen Ji clenched his fist and beat the ground, and said bitterly:
"This Xu Shu is here to deceive me now, I'm really angry!

I said he was hiding in Liangshan and would soon go to Xue Lan in Juye to beg. He dared to come down to Linqiu without even thinking about it. He clearly didn’t take us seriously!
Mr. Fu, I only need a hundred soldiers and horses, and I will definitely take the life of this wolf! "

Cheng Yu originally looked down upon Xu Shu, but when Wen Ji talked about Xue Lan, his heart skipped a beat.

Although Xu Shu was impulsive, he was quite knowledgeable. If he was allowed to raise his troops and run to Xue Lan, the water thieves under his command might become some variables in future battles.

Moreover, when he parted with Xu Shu before, Cheng Yu had already decided to use some means to force Lu Bu to start a war with Xu Shu. He released a few of Lu Bu's troops who had been captured before, so that they could "accidentally" find out that Xu Shu had been appointed as the postal supervisor and went up the mountain. It is to recruit water thieves for future operations.

Now Xu Shu has really attacked as Cheng Yu's postal governor, and Cheng Yu has ignored him and not sent any troops to help. When Xu Shu defected to Lu Bu again because of this, the cunning Chen Gong will definitely use this to continue to spread propaganda and destroy Cao Cao's family in Yanzhou. There is not much reputation left in it.

After thinking for a long time, Cheng Yu smiled and waved his hand:

"Zifeng, please don't get angry. It would be a good thing if Yuan Zhi is willing to change things anyway."

"What?" Wen Ji's eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "Is this a good thing? Mr. Cheng Fu, I don't think Xu Shu has a good heart at all. This person is very scheming. He has deceived me before and harmed me like this. You look like this, and now you've come to defraud me of military rations, how can I be fooled again?"

"cough……"

When Wen Ji talked about how he was killed, Cheng Yu blushed and quickly changed the subject.

He stood up, unraveled the map on the wall, laid it flat in front of Wen Ji, and said with a smile:

"Zifeng, if you lead an army to fight Zhang Liao, can you defeat this man?"

Wen Ji's expression suddenly changed and he said in a trembling voice:

"Zhang Liao was brave enough not to give way to Lu Bu. Except for Colonel Li Feng, no one in our army can be his enemy. If this person attacks Cao Gong's army, I am willing to risk my life to fight for it. But if I am allowed to attack Dingtao, Well, unless you give me [-] troops, I don’t dare to go.”

Cheng Yu smiled while stroking his hands, with a calm expression on his face:

"That's it. Zhang Liao is brave and will definitely be our army's formidable enemy if we fight again next year. It would be best if we can disturb his army and make them uneasy during the cold winter."

Before, I was still thinking about how to make Lu Bu and Xu Shu kill each other, but I didn't expect that Xu Shu actually came to my door.

Okay, if he is willing to conquer Zhang Liao, I will follow his wishes - I will send people to supervise him to conquer Zhang Liao. If he wins, I will give him some military rations to satisfy his hunger.

If you can't win..."

Wen Ji said excitedly:

"If he cannot win, he will either die in Zhang Liao's hands or starve to death!
The ruler of the government is very smart, and the food and grass in his army are controlled by our army. Even if he has extraordinary abilities, he can only let me control him! "

Cheng Yu chuckled and nodded, and thought about it carefully for a long time, thinking that everything was safe at this moment.

"I asked Gong Qi to lead an army of a thousand soldiers to supervise Xu Shu, and Zifeng assisted Gong Qi in the battle. No matter what, I will repay Zifeng's merits, how about it?"

Gong Qi was Cheng Yu's Li Zheng. He was Li Dian's younger brother. His father Li Qian was killed by Xue Lan because he was unwilling to surrender to Lu Bu during the Zhang Miao Rebellion. It can be said that he had a bloody hatred for Lu Bu.

Although this person has ordinary martial arts skills, he is very cautious. He has been entrusted by Cheng Yu with the important task of handling food and grass arrangements. He is best suited to deal with a cunning person like Xu Shu.

And Wenji...

Cheng Yu also knew that although Wen Ji had something to do with the previous incident, it did not mean that he would bear all the blame.

Now Wen Ji hated him to the core, so he just asked him to suppress Xu Shu to conquer Zhang Liao, and then give Cao Cao credit, which could ease the relationship with Wen Ji. Of course, Cheng Yu wouldn't care about Wen Ji's mood, but he had to consider it. Considering the old feelings of the Cao family, it would be better for him, a person with no foundation and a bad reputation, not to offend the old family members of the Cao family to death.

Don’t you, Xu Shu, want to see your good brother Wen Ji?
I will help you and prepare everything for you. If you still die in Zhang Liao's hands, you can't blame me.

Wen Ji was overjoyed when he heard this. He clenched his fists loudly and said excitedly:
"Thank you, Mr. Fu! I will make Xu Shu look good this time."

Cheng Yu was very pleased and said softly:

"Remember, Xu Shu only wants food. We can make him not hungry, but not full. Only in this way can he be driven to fight for me.

Zifeng, don’t let down Duke Cao’s love! "

Wen Ji kowtowed in thanks and walked out of Cheng Yu's house happily. .

The moment he walked out of Cheng Yu's house, the smile on his face disappeared at the speed of light. He took a few deep breaths, then slowly reached into his arms and took out a rag, making sure that no one was around. , he spread out the rag and looked at it again, and the smile gradually returned to his face.

That smile is extremely ferocious!

(End of this chapter)