Chapter 492 Coercion of Cao Cao
"Since Ji Ling can't stand it anymore, we should go there." Seeing that Cao's army had broken through the Runan City Gate, Lv Bu no longer hesitated and immediately ordered.
With Lv Bu's order, the sound of horseshoes rumbled after the hill, followed by a team of knights gradually gushing out, and the tide generally killed in the direction of Runan City.
"What's going on?" Cao Cao was happy to see that Runan City was broken by his own soldiers and horses. He was not yet happy. Suddenly, he saw the tide of countless cavalry behind him and suddenly panicked.
"Master, it seems that Lv Bu's soldiers and horses have come." Cao Hong beside Cao was also shocked to see the soldiers and horses killed in the distance, but he quickly recognized that the man was Lv Bu's soldiers and horses.
"Spread the order to array and prepare to meet the enemy." At this time, Cao Cao's eyes were cold, but he immediately calmed down and preached to the soldiers around him.
At this time, Cao's army was attacking Runan City. The gate of Runan City was wide open, and many soldiers had also rushed into Runan City. Only the soldiers around Cao Cao still maintained their original position. However, if they wanted to use these horses to stop Lv Bu's attack, it was obviously unrealistic. However, up to now, Cao Cao has not been more Good choice.
"Your Excellency, I, Cao Cao, have responded to the call of the Prime Minister and sent troops to fight against Yuan Shu. Does the Prime Minister want to attack our army here?" Seeing Lv Bu's army approaching, Cao Cao Cao could only close the formation, and then came to the front of the front and said to Lv Bu, who killed a catty in front of him.
"Hahaha, Lord Cao, what are you talking about? You and I work together to fight against the traitor Yuan Shu for the court. How can I be embarrassed?" Seeing Cao Cao appear, Lv Bu did not command his cavalry to attack the formation of Cao's army, but just waved his hand and let the army go in the direction of the already opened gate of Runan City. However, he came to Cao Cao with 5,000 wolf riders and Dian Wei.
"Your Excellency, the city of Runan has been captured by our army. When the Prime Minister comes here, should the soldiers and horses live outside Runa City? On the one hand, the soldiers from both sides clashed and suffered some damage." When Cao Cao saw that Lv Bu sent a large army to rush into the city of Runan, he knew that Lv Bu came to grab the fruit of his victory, so he said fiercely. Cao Cao has seen that Lv Bu has not brought many soldiers and horses here. If he really takes action, Cao Cao still has a lot of chances of winning, so he is not polite.
"Hahaha, Mr. Cao, do you dare to say this? Do you think the soldiers and horses behind you are riding against the wolves behind me? Unfortunately, the distance between you and me at this time is only 150 steps. At such a distance, I have many ways to kill Mr. Cao. I don't know if Mr. Cao is interested in trying it? In the face of Cao Cao's threat, Lv Bu just laughed. Although Lv Bu is now the prime minister of the imperial court and should not be in danger, Lv Bu is confident enough to kill Cao Cao at this time, and as long as Cao Cao Cao dies, no matter how powerful the force behind Cao Cao is, it will not play a role.
"Lord, you go first. I'll block Lv Bu." Hearing Lv Bu's words, Cao Hong quickly stood in front of Cao Cao and protected Cao Cao.
"It's a pity that even so, I'm not sure that I can retreat completely, and I'm afraid there's not much way out." Cao Cao's face was gloomy and sunny. After a while, he stretched out his hand and patted Cao Hong on the back and said.
"Cao Gong, you and I are both heroes in the world. Why can't we have a good talk about it?" Seeing that Cao Cao did not mean to escape, Lv Bu said immediately.
"Cao Cao is not talented and has been repeatedly defeated by the Prime Minister. In fact, Cao also admires the talent of the Prime Minister. It is time to ask the Prime Minister for advice." With that, Cao Cao came out from behind Cao Hong and came to Lv Bu.
"Let's talk about it in the advanced city." Lv Bu also smiled and reached out to grab Cao Cao's hand. In this way, the two men held hands in the surprised eyes of the sergeants, walked side by side, and entered Runan City together.
In Runan City, Xiahou Dun and Lv Bu's soldiers and horses occupied some important strongholds in the city respectively. Although the two armies stared at each other angrily, they tried to restrain each other and did not clash.
At the same time, a soldier and horse rushed out of another gate, but Ji Ling saw that the situation was not good. Lead the soldiers to escape. If this was put in the past, there would be a large number of pursuers behind him. However, at this time, the strange peaks in Runan City were strange, so that they did not go out of the city to chase Ji Ling.
"The Prime Minister reported that there were some people from outside the house, who claimed to be Liu Pi, the governor of Runan, and said that they came to surrender." As soon as Lv Bu settled down, soldiers came to report to Lv Bu.
"Oh, Liu Pi came to surrender, which is a good thing, but I don't know that he came to surrender to Cao Gong this time? Or do you want to surrender to me, Lv Bu? Hearing the news that Liu Pi came to surrender, Lv Bu smiled and joked to Cao Cao beside him.
"I'm just a general of the court. If Liu Pi knew that the image was here, how could he care about Weichen?" Cao Cao nodded slightly. However, behind Cao Cao, Cao Hong looked at him angrily.
"Liu Pi, the governor of Runan, has met the Prime Minister." Although Liu Pi originally planned to surrender to Cao Cao, he soon knew the news that Lv Bu had killed halfway, so as soon as he came up, it was like Lv Bu knelt down and said.
"General Liu Pi, over the years, you have helped Zhou to abuse, the tiger, and helped Yuan Shu bully good people. Do you know the sin?" Seeing Liu Pi kneeling to the ground, Lv Bu shouted angrily.
"The Prime Minister forgives his sins. These are all Yuan Shu's ideas. Weichen just had no choice but to ask the Prime Minister to observe it clearly. Liu Pi originally thought that he would be happy to accept his surrender to Lv Bu, but he didn't think that Lv Bu was so strict as soon as he saw him, he immediately lay on the ground and kowtowed.
"But you can change your past and turn to the light, which is worthy of praise." Lv Bu's tone continued slowly.
"Thank you for your generosity." Seeing Lv Bu say this, Liu Pi finally breathed a sigh of relief and settled down.
"In the future, I will eliminate the rebellion and pay more effort to General Liu Pi. I will definitely not treat the general badly." Finally, Lv Bu got up, came to Liu Pi, patted Liu Pi on the shoulder and said.
"Cao Gong was the hero at that time. I don't know what Cao Gong thinks of the future trend of the world?" After Liu Pi retreated, Lv Bu waved his hand and turned around and picked up a bowl of tea. Sitting opposite Cao Cao, he said.
"Haha, the world's major events, only ambitious people like the Prime Minister can specul. How can a defeated general like me be worthy of talking about the world's major events?" After listening to Lv Bu's question, Cao Cao laughed, and there was a little sadness in his smile.
"Why should Cao Gong be arrogant? With what Cao Gong did, he can be called the hero of the world. If it hadn't been for Cao Gong's sent to Xuzhou, I would have had the opportunity to take advantage of it. I'm afraid that at this time, Cao Gong's power was no less than Yuan Shao's, and he had the strength to compete with me for the world. Although Cao Cao tried his best to degrade himself, Lv Bu did not undervalue Cao Cao from beginning to end. Among the princes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu relied on the Yuyin of his ancestors, the people of the imperial court, Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, and others relied on the status of the royal family. Even Lv Bu's family history also relied on the power of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. This That's why I have today's strength. However, Cao Cao completely relied on his own force of knife and shot. When Cao Cao fled from Luoyang and came to Chen Liu alone, he also had nothing. Through the transformation of sellers, he raised troops, which led to the weather of Yanzhou in the future and became one of the strong princes.
"Ha ha, listen to the Prime Minister's words, with the Prime Minister's current strength, no one in the world can compete with the Prime Minister for the world?" Seeing that Lv Bu said this, Cao Cao knew that he could no longer hide his clumsy. Even if he hid his clumsy, Lv Bu would not let go. If the defeat of Yanzhou only caused Cao Cao's strength to be greatly damaged, then the subsequent battle of Sizhou can be said to have greatly damaged Cao Cao Cao's vitality. Xia Houyuan died in the battle. Yu Jin Lejin, Li Dian was Captive, Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao he used to be, and he no longer has the strength to compete with Lv Bu to dominate the world.
"Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, are just the generals of the city. I don't go out to attack them, and they dare not send troops against me. There are only a few people who dare to challenge me in the world, but it's a pity that these people are no longer in the weather." Lv Bu smiled and said confidently.
"I don't know who the Prime Minister is talking about?" Cao Cao asked slightly, and Cao Cao also wanted to know whether Lv Bu still cared about those princes.
"The first one is your Cao Cao. The Wancheng you occupy is in all directions. If you want to leave, it is difficult for me to catch you. This is the reason why I have always wanted to destroy you, but I can't make up my mind for a long time. As long as you stay in Wancheng, you will always be a guard. I can weaken your strength at any time. But as long as you leave Wancheng, I'm not sure to deal with you, but now, you throw yourself into the net, and I don't have to worry anymore. Lv Bu smiled, and the first name he said turned out to be Cao Cao.
"So that's it. The Prime Minister's intelligence is really not comparable to that of Cao." After Lv Bu's words, Cao Cao suddenly felt cheerful. In the past, Cao Cao always stared at the Central Plains and wanted to make a world in the Central Plains. In fact, Lv Bu's words reminded Cao Cao that Cao should not focus on the Central Plains, at least like Hanzhong in the west of Wancheng. You should know that Hanzhong was Liu in those years. The land of Longxing in the state is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Cao Cao could retreat to Hanzhong at that time, he might not have fallen into this situation.
"I don't know what kind of people in the world can become the opponent of the prime minister?" After a while of meditation, Cao Cao shook his head, put his thoughts aside and continued to ask.
"Xuzhou Liu Bei is also one. Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei assisted him. The force was not as good as the other princes in the world, and what they lacked was a wise man. If there is a wise man to help, he will leap over the Dragon Gate to achieve a career, but his growth seems to be slower, and I'm afraid there is no chance. Lu Bu said with a smile.
"It seems that the Prime Minister will also deal with Liu Bei by the way when he fights Yuan Shu this time." Looking at Lv Bu's expression, Cao Cao had guessed what Lv Bu thought in his heart.