Zhou Feng is actually Xi Zhicai’s nephew?

After hearing what Cao Chen said, Wu Liang was quite surprised.

I didn't expect that a little Du Bo would have such a big background, but look at Cao Zhen next to him... Well, the Hu People's Army might as well change its name to Guan Erdai Concentration Camp.

If that's the case, Zhou Feng really won't be killed so easily.

Not to mention that if Cao Zhen kills him, it may affect Cao Cao's plans, it may also affect Wu Liang's plans.

At least so far, Xi Zhicai's role for Cao Cao cannot be replaced. If Zhou Feng dies because of this incident, although Wu Liang is a victim, it is impossible to completely get rid of the involvement.

Even if Xi Zhicai didn't say anything at that time, Cao Cao would have to take Xi Zhicai's feelings into consideration and would not get too close to Wu Liang, let alone reuse him.

As a result, Wu Liang could no longer hold on to this thigh, and his leisurely life of tomb robbers under orders was completely shattered.

Of course, it doesn't mean that besides Cao Cao, there are no other people to embrace.

Liu Bei, who finally formed a tripartite confrontation with Cao Wei, or Sun Ce, who has not yet gained power in Jiangdong, or the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who have the thickest thighs at this time, can all be used as backup choices.

But the problem is that Wu Liang doesn't want to fight, let alone get involved in the war.

Historically, these backup choices were eventually destroyed by Cao Wei for various reasons. If he went to join these people now, he would have to personally help them cheat if he wanted to live a stable life. How could there be someone like Cao Cao?

The worry-free person who came here naturally can no longer live a leisurely life of robbing tombs.

But thinking about it differently, as long as Zhou Feng is expelled from the Hu army, Wu Liang feels that he will have no contact with this person in the future, and it doesn't matter whether he is killed or not.

Thinking like this, Wu Liang felt relieved a lot, and said to Cao Chen with a smile: "Brother Anmin is right, you can't let this little thing affect your big plans. How Zhou Feng handles it depends on Brother Anmin's arrangement. Liang Liang

do not mind."

"My dear brother, you are indeed a person who understands the general picture."

Seeing Wu Liang's attitude, Cao Zhen finally felt a little more relaxed. He immediately hugged Wu Liang's shoulders and said with a mysterious smile, "I owe you this, and I will definitely make it up to you when I get back."

"Brother Anmin said something serious."

Wu Liang always felt that Cao Chen's smile at this time was a bit vulgar and a bit lewd.

…

Early the next morning, the Hu army broke out of camp and set off on their journey after having their morning meal.

Before leaving, Wu Liang turned back and took one last look at the foothills where the tomb of King Liang Xiao was located.

There is another foothill of similar size just north of this foothill. The two mountains are almost close to each other, and the distance between the foothills is only about 200 meters.

The tomb of Queen Xiao of Liang Dynasty is hidden in the foothills to the north. This tomb was praised by later archaeological circles as "the first stone mausoleum in the world". It is larger than the tomb of King Xiao of Liang Dynasty, and the burial objects must be richer.

As far as Wu Liang knows, the reason why the two tombs appear is contrary to the feudal society's system of male superiority and female inferiority.

Mainly because King Liang Xiao died suddenly, and the mausoleum had to be opened urgently before it was fully completed. Queen Xiao died decades later. By then, the mausoleum had already been prepared, and the scale was naturally different.

"The tomb of King Liang Xiao and Queen... no, the tombs of King Liang's royal family, just wait for me. When I need you in the future, I will come back to see you..."

…

Seven days later.

Stationed in Cao Jun's camp on the outskirts of Tan County.

"Your Majesty! Now there are only you and me in the tent. Please forgive me for being honest and give the order to withdraw the troops!"

Xi Zhong (also known as Zhicai) grabbed Cao Cao's sleeves and stood in front of him, as if he was admonishing him to death, and tried to persuade him.

"Zhicai, you should know what I'm thinking."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "Tao Qian allowed his subordinates to kill my father. This hatred is irreconcilable. Since I have raised an army to conquer Tao, and now I have given up halfway, how should the people of the world regard me, Cao Mengde? Don't everyone think that I am easy to get along with?"

?Furthermore, it is late autumn now. If Tao Qian cannot be destroyed in one go, we will have to wait for the cold winter to pass before we can start the military again. By then, Tao Qian will be prepared, and our army's morale will be damaged. Let's think about it again.

It will be even harder to destroy him than it is today, so how can I retreat?"

"Zhongzheng knew what the envoy was thinking, so he had to persuade him!"

Xi Zhong still held on to Cao Cao's sleeves and continued to persuade him earnestly, "Now our army's food and salary can only last for three days at most. I am afraid that you are planning to risk everything and give it a try. This is not possible, absolutely not!"

"Although our army has three times as many soldiers as the enemy, the Tan County city is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Tao Qian can't defend it. If you attack by force, you will definitely lose your troops. Even if you are lucky enough to capture it, it will be a miserable victory, not to mention that you are surrounded by powerful enemies."

Wait, if someone gets the news at that time and takes advantage of it, leaving you without food or soldiers, how can you resist?"

"Then what do you think I should make now? Can I just withdraw my troops?"

Cao Cao knew that what Xi Zhong said was true, but he asked the question unwillingly.

"Since ancient times, when attacking a city, encircling and harassing it has been the best policy, besieging but not attacking is the middle policy, besieging and attacking it is the worst policy, and now that the emperor is forced to attack rashly due to the urgent need for food and wages, it is even worse among the worst policies!"

Xi Zhong said sternly, "In my opinion, if there are no divine soldiers sending food and wages from heaven, you will have no choice but to withdraw your troops, and you must do so quickly, otherwise you will wait until the soldiers under your command realize that the army's wages are insufficient and the morale of the army is weakened before you withdraw. Tao Qian instead

You can take advantage of the chaos and go out of the city to pursue us, but then your envoy will be in a dilemma again!"

"..."

Hearing this, Cao Cao frowned even more tightly.

It's not that he doesn't know how to fight, but more importantly, he is unwilling to do so. It can also be said that he is from above. Now that he has calmed down a little under the persuasion of Xi Zhong, his previous adventurous ideas have begun to loosen.

“Food and wages…Food and wages…This god-damned food and wages!”

Cao Cao was angry and depressed.

If it weren't for the god-damn food and salary constraints, he would have killed Tao Qian in one fell swoop to avenge his father, occupied a large area of ​​land in Xuzhou, and then formed an encirclement on Qingzhou and Beihai!

When Yanzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou are connected, half of the Central Plains will be in his hands. What a wonderful blueprint!

But now, he can only be forced to withdraw his troops and become the laughing stock of the world!

After a while.

Cao Cao let out a long sigh, as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant, and waved his hands with a dejected look on his face: "Zhicai, you go down first, I want to be quiet..."

"yes."

Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, Xi Zhong already knew Cao Cao's final decision, and he quietly retreated with a sigh of relief.

At this point, only Cao Cao was left in the account.

He moved feebly, came to the table and sat down slowly, looking at the sheepskin map in front of him like a statue without moving for a long time...

"Report——! Lord, the Hu army has returned and is now outside the camp!"

Suddenly, an order was heard outside the tent.

"The Hu army?"

Cao Cao looked puzzled at first and seemed to have completely forgotten the existence of the Hu army.
Chapter completed!