"Alas! I didn't expect Chen Chu to have such courage and be willing to take the initiative to give up Luoyang! This trick is really clever to retreat into advance! In Cao Cao's pavilion in Luoyang City, Cao Cao said with great emotion.

Guo Jia on the side didn't speak, he was a little shocked, he felt that Chen Chu was too unfathomable. Although Guo Jia thought of withdrawing from Luoyang and retreating as a means of advancing, he never expected Chen Chu to have such courage anyway. In his thoughts, even his lord Cao Cao didn't seem to have such courage. After all, Luoyang is so tempting!

But Chen Chu did it, is he really a more eloquent figure than the lord!?

Guo Jia couldn't help but look at Cao Cao, and Cao Cao happened to look at Guo Jia as well.

A gleam flashed in the eyes of the two of them at the same time, and then they burst out laughing, all without saying anything.

After Yuan Shao took over Luoyang, princes from all walks of life poured into Luoyang, and the originally improved law and order deteriorated. In the face of this situation, Yuan Shao had some scruples and did not attack with tough means like the previous expeditionary army. It had already gathered some popular support, but it soon passed away again.

These days, Yuan Shao is very irritable. Those princes came to him one after another to ask for military salaries and money, to put it bluntly, they wanted to share the spoils. Yuan Shao is very stingy, where is he willing to give away the benefits he has gotten! For the princes who came to ask for money, Yuan Shao's strategy was one word, which word? It's 'push'! Push it on whom? Yuan Shao had already thought about it under Xu You's suggestion. Yuan Shao said to the princes who came to ask for money, "The treasury was almost moved by Dong Zhuo, and Chen Chu almost emptied the rest before, and there is no extra money to give to everyone as military salaries, if you don't believe it, go to the treasury to see it yourself." "

The princes are not stupid, when they heard Yuan Shao say this, they had long thought that Yuan Shao must have transferred the money and grain stored in Taicang. But no matter how noisy the princes were, Yuan Shao just said this, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

After a few days, there was no result, and the princes couldn't stay in Luoyang for a long time, and their territory couldn't be lost for too long. In desperation, the princes had no choice but to give up, planning to return and plan to rob along the way, otherwise it would be a great loss if they didn't get any benefits this time.

The princes hated Yuan Shao, the indefatigable subway rooster, to death. Although Yuan Shao put the matter of money and grain on Dong Zhuo and Chen Chu, the princes didn't think so, they thought it was just an excuse for Yuan Shao. In fact, at this point, Yuan Shao didn't lie completely, most of Taicang's reserves were indeed taken away by Chen Chu, but this kind of thing is not clear, especially under Chen Chufang's deliberate concealment.

Of all the princes, Cao Cao was the first to leave Luoyang, and he was the only one who did not pay Yuan Shao for military salaries.

When Cao Cao was in Luoyang, he only visited some familiar court officials, and then left Luoyang with his army of 50,000.

Cao Cao, at Guo Jia's suggestion, decided to send troops to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army that had revived in Mount Tai. This move can not only expand its strength, but also win the hearts and minds of the people, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Entering and suppressing the Yellow Turban Army of Mount Tai is only the first step, and then they will find an opportunity to annex the states and counties around Mount Tai, and then come to compete with Yuan Shao and Chen Chu after their strength grows.

In Guo Jia's plan for Cao Cao, competing with Chen Chu was the last step north of the Yangtze River. For the early plan, Guo Jia is at least ninety percent sure that he can succeed, but for the final decisive battle with Chen Chu, Guo Jia has no bottom in his heart.

If Cao Cao wins the decisive battle with Chen Chu, then Cao Cao will occupy half of the country, and he will not be far from the goal of winning the world. But if they lose, then they will become a stepping stone for Chen Chu to win the world.

As the saying goes, the victor is the prince and the loser is Kou, either the winner is the king or the defeat is the king, there is no third way to go.

Soon after Cao Cao left Luoyang, the princes of all walks of life also left. When they left Luoyang, they tossed Luoyang a lot, not to mention small families, and even many scholars were plundered.

The princes left, leaving only a ruined Luoyang and a depressed Yuan Shao. In the face of what the princes did, Yuan Shao didn't want to care, he even sometimes wanted to slaughter all these princes! But Yuan Shao has always been unassertive, and when he asked his subordinates for their opinions, the advisors' opinions were inconsistent, which made Yuan Shao hesitate and didn't know what to do. Just when Yuan Shao was still hesitating, the princes had already finished tossing Luoyang, patted their butts and left. Fortunately, the princes were still a little measured and did not set fire to Luoyang City, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Among all the princes, the most lost is Liu Bei.

This big-eared thief, who claimed to be a member of the royal family, originally wanted to provoke a war between the princes and Chen Chu, and then reap the benefits. But he never imagined that things would develop like this. Chen Chu, who had been extremely strong before, would take the initiative to give up Luoyang, and there was no conflict between him and the eastern princes, but now the relationship between Yuan Shao and the princes was very unpleasant. Liu Bei's wishful thinking failed to materialize.

In addition, there is another point that makes Liu Bei both lost and worried. Chen Chu hadn't communicated with him at all before he acted, and it was obvious that Chen Chu didn't trust him, his nominal subordinate. This made Liu Bei feel lost, and what made Liu Bei feel worried was that he didn't know if the matter he had discussed with Yuan Shao before had been told to Chen Chu by Yuan Shao. If Chen Chu knew that he had betrayed him, would he let him go?

Liu Bei, who was worried, didn't dare to wander around alone, so he decided to find a strong enough backer. For now, except for Yuan Shao, there is really no one who can compete with Chen Chu, so Liu Bei did not leave like the other princes, but chose to stay and join Yuan Shao.

Regarding Liu Bei's contribution, there are those under Yuan Shao who are in favor and those who oppose it. Opponents are mainly worried about whether the relationship between the two families will be bad because of Liu Bei.

However, Yuan Shao finally decided to leave Liu Bei behind. The reason is simple, it is completely vanity. The subordinates of Chen Chu, the general of the expedition to the north, came to serve, what a face!

"Brother Li, was it wrong for us to object to Chen Chu staying in Luoyang before?"

"Alas! I don't know! I think that when Chen Chu's Northern Army was there, how peaceful this Luoyang was! And yet now, alas! "

......

This is a conversation between two young men of the noble clan.

"Uncle, when will the Northern Army come back?" A civilian teenager asked the middle-aged man next to him.

The middle-aged man frowned and shook his head, "I don't know." The

boy sighed, "Alas! If only the Northern Army were here! They will surely be able to avenge my sister! Uncle, why don't we go and find the Northern Army! The

middle-aged man's eyes lit up when he heard this, revealing an obviously moved expression.

On the tenth day after leaving Luoyang, Chen Chu led an army of 200,000 across the Yellow River into the territory of Hanoi County. This speed is relatively slow, mainly due to the drag of heavy materials.

These baggage materials were all brought out from Taicang, Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo's army was defeated in a hurry that day, and most of the money and grain stored in Taicang were taken away in the future. Dong Zhuo originally planned to burn these materials and food, but fortunately, Chen Chujun arrived in time to prevent Dong Zhuo's plan from succeeding.

When Chen Chu left Luoyang, he took away at least seventy percent of the money, grain and materials in Taicang, and filled six thousand carts. It was precisely because there were too many baggage materials that Chen Chu's army crossed the Yellow River after traveling more than 300 miles.

Knowing that the northern army had arrived in Hanoi, Wang Kuang's left-behind general Fang Yue was very anxious. He was worried that Chen Chu would take the opportunity to occupy Hanoi.

On the one hand, Fang Yue sent people to Luoyang urgently to inform Wang Kuang, and on the other hand, he organized the only 20,000 horses to arrange defenses. Fang Yue abandoned all the counties and towns and gathered all his troops in the county seat of Hanoi. Fang Yue hoped that with the perfect defense facilities of Hanoi County, he would be able to withstand some time.

Fang Yue paid close attention to the movements of Chen Chu's army, and his heart was in his throat.

As the saying goes, if you are afraid of something, you will come. After crossing the Yellow River and entering Hanoi, Chen Chu's army actually stopped.

Finished! Finished! Where can my 20,000 old and weak remnants resist the other party's 200,000 elites like wolves and tigers! As soon as Fang Yue learned that Chen Chu's army had stopped in Hanoi, he immediately thought that Chen Chu had set his sights on the fertile county of Hanoi, and his heart was full of despair.

Fang Yue's nervousness infected everyone, and all the soldiers defending the city waited nervously with pale faces, waiting for the appearance of the Northern Army.

"Lao Zhang, do you think we can stop it?" A middle-aged soldier held a gun and asked a soldier of about the same age next to him nervously.

The middle-aged soldier known as Lao Zhang snorted, "Resist a fart!" It's not worth it to stuff people's teeth with these few pieces of material! Still resisting! You must know that the Northern Army is one of our Han people! As he spoke, Lao Zhang gave a thumbs up, "The Northern Expeditionary Army first wiped out hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Thieves, and the one named Lu Bu slashed one hundred and eight fierce generals in front of the battle!" (The more it spreads, the more mysterious it becomes) tsk, it's admirable to think about it! Then Chen Chu, the general of the expedition to the north, led 200,000 elites to sweep through Liucheng, and nearly 200,000 Karasuma barbarian troops were killed without leaving a single piece of armor! Lao Zhang was intoxicated and was promoting Chen Chu's Northern Expeditionary Army. If Fang Yue heard this, he would definitely cure Lao Zhang for the crime of disturbing the morale of the army, and behead Lao Zhang on the spot. Fortunately, there are soldiers who are familiar with Lao Zhang all around, and no one will go to report the news.

The faces of the surrounding soldiers all changed when they heard this, and a slightly younger soldier said tremblingly: "But, but the Northern Army is coming to fight us now!" What should we do? According to Lao Zhang, don't we only have a dead end! Everyone

looked at Lao Zhang to see what he said.

Lao Zhang glanced at everyone, and then mysteriously lowered his voice and said, "It's actually very simple to survive. I believe you have long heard that the Northern Army is very benevolent and generous to our Han people. There are two ways for us to survive, one is to take off this military uniform and hide in the countryside, the Northern Army will never harass ordinary people, but still cares about it; The second is to secretly flee to the barracks of the Northern Army and surrender to them.

Everyone looked at each other, all of them looking moved.

However, at this moment, a soldier suddenly objected: "How can this be done, is it too disloyal for us to do this!" "

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