Chapter 280

Puyang City,

Cao Cao looked at the bamboo slip in his hand,

"Dong Zhuo has finally been killed, and Wang Yun and Lu Bu are together? Interesting."

Since defeating Yuan Shu last time, his prestige had risen greatly,

and Yuan Shu had been driven to Shouchun, with the entire territory of Yanzhou obtained by Cao Cao!

"Wenruo, what should we do now?"

Xun Yu cupped his hands,

"My lord, although Dong Zhuo is dead, the Xiliang soldiers still number over 100,000. If Wang Yun does not resolve this properly, he and Lu Bu will definitely be unable to maintain the imperial court."

Cao Cao sighed in his heart; this Xun Yu is still more concerned about the Emperor.

At this time, Cao Cao's mindset had already changed: if one cannot be a loyal minister, then be a warlord!

"Unfortunately, my people arrived a bit late; Xun You has already been rescued by Liu Bei."

Cao Cao suddenly felt that this Xun family was a bit formidable; they had people in Yuan Shao's, Liu Bei's, and his own camps. No matter who gained power, the Xun family could continue to survive.

"Xuande actually sent 100,000 shi of grain immediately. He is settling a million people, yet he still has surplus grain to send to Chang'an?"

Cao Cao doubted life a bit; he had only accepted over a hundred thousand Huang Jin people, and now he wished he could split a single grain of rice in two to eat!

"Enfeoffed as a Township Marquis, acting as General Who Pacifies the West? Truly not bad."

"My lord, our scouts brought this back from Bingzhou."

Rogers took out a few potatoes,

Cao Cao??

"Rogers, what is this?"

"My lord, this thing is called a potato. Liu Bei's abundant harvest this year is all thanks to this. It is said that Bingzhou alone had an abundant harvest of over two million shi of this! In good land, this thing can reach a yield of five thousand catties per mu."

"Over two million shi?!"

"Five thousand catties per mu?!"

Cao Cao was completely shocked!

Liu Bei actually had so much grain! Developing secretly like this, he was truly making a fortune in silence!

"No wonder Liu Bei dared to accept a million Huang Jin people."

"He is a talent; while we were still fighting, Liu Bei had already laid out his grain strategy."

Potatoes had been planted for two years, and especially this year, the entire Bingzhou had an abundant harvest, so it couldn't be hidden at all.

However, Liu Bei didn't care either. From trial planting to obtaining a large amount of seeds to harvest, it would take at least two to three years for other warlords!

This time difference was already not bad.

Liu Bei could only try his best to control it; if the warlords wanted to obtain a large amount of seeds, they would still have to plant them slowly themselves.

Cao Cao sighed long,

"Liu Bei is too good at pretending. He borrowed so much grain from the Qingzhou gentry before, and everyone thought he lacked grain. It turns out..."

"Arrange for people to trial plant immediately! My Yanzhou will also plant this next year."

Distant water cannot quench near thirst.

Cao Cao thought for a moment,

"Wenruo, send someone to Yecheng to cry poverty—no, to borrow grain."

Netizens were also complaining,

"Haha, Cao Cao seems to be cursing that the eared thief is too cunning!"

"I was still laughing at Liu Bei for bringing potatoes, but now it seems the clown was myself..."

"Everyone is still fighting for territory, but the eared thief has already surpassed this level. As long as there are people and enough grain, what use is territory!"

"Boss Cao is also a man of conscience, just shearing the wool of the Alliance Leader Yuan!"

Shouchun,

Yuan Shu had been defeated by Cao Cao last time and was hiding in Huainan, but had recently recovered his strength,

"What right does that eared thief have? He actually became General Who Pacifies the West and a Township Marquis?"

"A person who weaves mats and sells shoes, how dare he!"

"Cao Aman, the descendant of a eunuch, actually dares to hit me! I want to kill them all one by one!"

"Wang Yun, you old scoundrel, you waste! Isn't it just 100,000 shi of grain? I have it too!"

Yan Xiang muttered to himself,

"Then you also have to be willing to give it!"

He cupped his hands,

"My lord, Dong Zhuo has been killed and the imperial court is in turmoil. This is the easiest time to obtain rewards. Let us also learn from Liu Bei and send gifts to the imperial court."

Yuan Shu thought for a moment and said with a pained heart,

"Alright then, send a little bit over appropriately and plot a position as General of the Left for me."

Yan Xiang almost fainted. Send a little bit appropriately and want to be General of the Left? Liu Bei sent 100,000 shi to get General Who Pacifies the West.

Yuan Shao was also full of spring breeze recently, defeating Gongsun Zan in the large-scale group battle at Jieqiao and gaining the upper hand in the struggle for Hebei.

"Liu Bei enfeoffed as General Who Pacifies the West? Wang Yun, you scoundrel, you didn't enfeoff me?"

Yuan Shao had been given the cold shoulder by Liu Bei last time and hated Liu Bei to the bone. Hearing that Liu Bei had become General Who Pacifies the West, he was naturally furious!

Yuan Shao had been in correspondence with Wang Yun, but Wang Yun had forgotten him after gaining power this time, which made Yuan Shao very angry!

Just as he was brooding over this,

Liu Bei also received Wang Yun's letter asking for help.

Jinyang City,

"Everyone, Wang Yun's letter has arrived. What do you say we should do?"

Zhang Fei didn't ask for battle this time,

"Big brother, just let Dong Bu and Li Jue fight to the death. When both sides are almost dead, we'll go over!"

Don't say, quite a few people agreed with Zhang Fei's proposal.

Liu Bei looked at Guo Jia, and the two looked at each other, both understanding each other's meaning.

Liu Bei stood up tall,

"The Emperor is in trouble. As a Han minister and a member of the Han imperial clan, I should go."

Ju Shou, Xu You, and others cupped their hands,

"My lord is wise!"

Liu Bei assembled his troops,

and this time he took Zhang Fei, Guan Hai, Ju Yi, Zhang Liao, and Taishi Ci, leading nearly 40,000 troops to Hedong,

meeting up with Gao Shun and Xu Huang of Hedong, totaling 50,000 troops, claiming to be 100,000, and marched majestically toward Pujin Ferry, intending to force a crossing of the Yellow River!

Just as the army arrived at Pujin Ferry, news came from Chang'an,

Lu Bu had been defeated!

Wang Yun was forced to jump off the Chang'an city tower!

Li Jue and Guo Si controlled Chang'an and held the power of the imperial court!

This change truly caught everyone off guard, but not Liu Bei, Guo Jia, Xun You, and others.

Liu Bei naturally knew the result, but he had to put on a show. As the most famous loyal minister in the entire Great Han, if he didn't send troops to help, who else would?

Zhang Fei cursed loudly,