Chapter 411

“This point is contrary to the lord’s previous task; you need to explain it to the lord, Brother Jia Shisan.”

You cannot have both fish and bear’s paw.

“Hmm!”

Jia Jia Shisan nodded affirmatively: “I understand! There is no time to lose; I will write to the lord now!”

“You, Chen Yuanlong, also wait for Cao Cao’s side to send someone to contact you at any time!”

“I estimate that before this, the lord’s reply should be able to arrive one step ahead...”

“Good!”

Chen Deng agreed immediately and turned to leave.

He could not leave for too long; there were many places in the city that needed him.

More than an hour later,

At the King Zou Qian’s mansion in Xiangyang, Su Xuan received Jia Jia Shisan’s letter.

“Heh! This Zhong Yao is really a ruthless person!”

After reading it, Su Xuan sneered.

He did not expect that without Guo Jia, someone on Cao Cao’s side would still offer him this vicious strategy.

“Hmm? Zhong Yao, Zhong Yuanchang? My lord, what happened to him?”

Xun You and the others standing to the side could not help but ask curiously.

“Well... this is the latest intelligence from the secret guard in Xuzhou; you will understand after reading it!”

Su Xuan did not explain directly, but handed the intelligence in his hand to Xun You and the others to read.

“So that is how it is! It is indeed a ruthless strategy!”

Xun You and the others frowned after reading it, and Xi Zhicai could not help but sneer: “However, this fits Zhong Yao’s personality!”

“He is not a person who cares about the life and death of the people;”

“As long as he can make enough contributions, as long as he can bring enough benefits to the family, he can be unscrupulous!”

“Fortunately, there is the secret guard monitoring at all times; otherwise, if Chen Deng and the others had really followed the previous plan, Cao Cao would likely have really chosen this ruthless strategy!”

“Indeed!”

Xun You also nodded, then stroked his beard and pondered: “However, Cao Cao was clearly hesitant and more inclined to the former; it seems he received the lord’s influence!”

“What do you think, my lord?”

Xun You looked at Su Xuan as he said this.

He still understood Cao Cao’s personality and character very well.

If it were not for Su Xuan, Cao Cao would absolutely not care about the life and death of the people at such a time.

For a hero like Cao Cao, those who achieve great things should be unscrupulous.

In this process, he does not care how many people are injured or killed.

But he can compensate the people after unifying the world and achieving hegemony; treating the people well is fine!

“Haha! Gongda, you understand Mengde very well!”

Su Xuan laughed loudly: “Exactly! Old Cao is clearly wary of me, worried that if he uses a water attack and causes a large number of civilian casualties, I will intervene or deal with him in advance!”

“He understands me very well! If he did this, I would really destroy him in advance!”

“At the same time, I would also be very disappointed in him!”

This unscrupulous Cao Mengde is not the Cao Mengde I want.

If Cao Cao really became like that, I would not be able to forgive him or reuse him in the future.

Being a person! At least there must be a bottom line.

Some bottom lines cannot be touched.

At the very least, like the Wei Wu Cao Cao in the history of the previous life, he was a figure with mixed reputation, and also a figure I could not accept.

Slaughtering cities, flooding Xiapi; these are all too evil!

Not only the Cao Cao of the previous life, but I also could not tolerate Cheng Yu making special small meat jerky in the previous life.

Fortunately, Cheng Yu of this world surrendered to me early, and I did not need him to use such extreme methods to prepare “grain and fodder”; therefore, Cheng Yu did not embark on this path of no return.

“So, is the lord prepared to agree to Chen Deng and the others’ suggestion and change the plan?”

Xun You asked with a smile.

He just likes this about his lord.

He has a bottom line in being a person and doing things.

This is better than anything else.

“Hmm!”

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: “Naturally! Otherwise, Mengde would probably really take the path of flooding Xiapi!”

“The people of Xuzhou will also be my people in the future; I cannot sit by and watch them be submerged by water attacks and sacrifice innocently!”

“Anyway, it is just letting Mengde take Xuzhou a few months early and lose fewer troops and resources; it is not a big problem!”

“Just right, I also feel that his strength is a bit weak, and his grain and fodder are not enough; it would be too difficult to deal with Lord Yuan Shao later!”

“Now, it is more balanced instead!”

Of course, even so, Cao Cao’s strength and foundation are still far inferior to Lord Yuan Shao’s.

“Four generations and three dukes” is not just a title!

It brought too many benefits and foundation to Lord Yuan Shao!

But at least it can narrow the gap and let Old Cao win more easily.

However, if Cao Cao really loses to Lord Yuan Shao, Su Xuan feels it is not unacceptable.

At that time, he would not even have to face Cao Cao; he could just fight a decisive battle with Lord Yuan Shao and clean him up.

It is just that, at that time, he would definitely mock Old Cao properly.

“That is also good!”

Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and the others nodded in agreement.

Su Xuan did not delay and immediately wrote a letter, handing it to Jia San to send to Jia Jia Shisan and the others using a golden eagle.

After just over an hour,

Jia Jia Shisan received the letter and opened it; he was overjoyed: “Great! The lord has agreed! These tasks are much simpler now!”

“However, the activities of our secret guard in Xuzhou must be more low-key and hidden deeper!”

“Fortunately, in the past few months, with the help of the Chen clan, most of our secret guard businesses in Xuzhou have changed their names and are under the name of the Chen clan; there is no need to worry about Cao Cao searching!”

Thinking this, Jia Jia Shisan immediately came to the Chen mansion, found Chen Deng, and informed him of Su Xuan’s decision.

“Phew!”

Chen Deng breathed a sigh of relief: “That is good! That is good! Cao Cao has already sent someone to contact me! I was just worrying about how to respond!”

“I could only delay for the time being; now it is good, I can agree to him with peace of mind!”

“However, should we send someone to contact the Marquis of Wen and arrange for their people to withdraw in time?”

“At the very least, the Marquis of Wen’s family and such should be arranged to withdraw in advance, don’t you think, Brother Jia Shisan?”

After all, the relationship between Lu Bu and Su Xuan is there; if they do not tell Lu Bu this time, leading to his family suffering and his strength being greatly damaged afterwards, it is possible that Lu Bu will settle scores with them in the future!

Thinking of what Jia Jia Shisan said about the relationship between Lu Bu’s daughter, Lu spiritual energy, and the lord, Chen Deng felt it was better to be safe.

“Hmm!”

Jia Jia Shisan nodded affirmatively: “This is indeed very necessary! Don’t worry about it; leave it to me!”

“I will arrange it!”

“Good!”

Chen Deng nodded with satisfaction; this is the best.

He is not familiar with Lu Bu and dare not contact him casually, lest he be chopped by him.

Afterwards, Chen Deng sent someone to find Cao Cao’s envoy who was resting in the mansion, stated his intention, and indicated that he was willing to cooperate with Cao Cao’s people to seize Xiapi City.

Cao Cao’s envoy, Chen Qun, was overjoyed: “Brother Chen Yuanlong, you are indeed wise and righteous! I believe you will not regret today’s choice!”

“I hope so!”

Chen Deng shook his head helplessly: “If possible, I do not want to backstab Lord Liu Xuande; after all, Lord Liu Xuande is a good person and treats me well;”

— Author's Notes —

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