All smart people know how to protect themselves wisely.

This type of people will never leave any opportunity for others to harm themselves, and they will constantly improve their status with the help of every suggestion and advice.

But when I think of my own advisers, the three major factions of adviser groups are jealous, especially Tian Feng and Xu You.

Tian Feng always looked down upon Xu You, thinking that he was insidious, vicious, arrogant, and could only flatter others.

However, Yuan Shao appreciated Xu You's talent, but he didn't care about Xu You's shortcomings.

"Yes, we can indeed try to assassinate Xi Yu. It's not like Cao Cao doesn't have our spies around him..."

But at this point in his words, Xu You paused for a moment. He knew that some words had to go too far. If it was too obvious, it would be counterproductive once Yuan Shao felt a sense of crisis.

"Haha, Mr. Geng made me laugh. I rarely have any hidden connections around Cao Mengde. On the contrary, I always feel that some people from Cao Mengde are around me."

Having said that, Yuan Shao is deliberately concealing the truth.

Those carefully laid secret moves must be used at the most critical moment.

"Okay, I see that sir is a little tired. How about you come with me to patrol the camp? If you have any plans, we can talk about them while walking."

"Ah, this..." Xu You was slightly startled and said happily, "I'm really scared..."

But he immediately bowed to welcome Yuan Shao to get up, and then the two of them walked towards the camp with their guards.

……

At this time in Xuchang, Cao Cao was the prime minister and was in charge of the world's military forces. The previous post of Sikong was held by Xun Yu.

With the change in official positions, Cao's residence was also changed to the Prime Minister's Palace.

After destroying the false emperor Yuan Shu, the Han Dynasty's political power was stabilized, and he was worshiped as the prime minister. Today, Cao Cao is in a very popular position and his momentum is at the peak of his power.

Cao Cao handed over the power of guarding the palace to his son Cao Ang.

At the same time, Zhong Yao and other old Han officials were not held accountable, and even the matter of Yang Xiu was not mentioned.

Cao Cao did this in order to make Dong Cheng and others feel grateful and not dare to have different intentions again.

But at this time, Cao Cao's civil and military officials were having a heated argument.

A group of counselors headed by Xun Yu believed that troops and horses should be stationed in Guandu, Baima and other places to resist the Northern Territory.

After several years of conquests and annexations, today's north has been divided into two parts by the Yellow River as the boundary between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yuan Shao occupies Hebei and Cao Cao occupies Henan.

"Fight, we must fight..."

At this time, Cheng Yu sighed.

Cheng Yu is an honest man who believes in the way of success.

In the past few years, he has made great achievements, but his status has not changed much.

Because he is not good at taking the initiative to fight for it, and prefers to stick to his existing position.

Especially after leaving Xi Yu, Cheng Yu became even less enterprising.

"It's just that the issue of stationing troops is too big. Wen Ruo, have you ever considered Lu Bu in Qingzhou?" Cheng Yu said.

"Little Lu Bu, why are you afraid?"

"I thought that before General Xiahou Dun resisted Lu Bu in the north, there was always victory or defeat, but now that he is General Cao Ren, the north will definitely be stable."

In Xun Yu's eyes, Cao Ren was excellent and Xiahou Dun was brave. Although the two were difficult to compare, if they were to march and fight, Cao Ren would definitely be better.

"If that's the case, my lord, then we will be short of major generals."

"If, if..."

After saying that, Cheng Yu secretly looked at Cao Cao. Cao Cao was watching their group of advisers arguing with interest.

Seeing Cao Cao like this, Cheng Yu suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, if I can get Master Xi to take action, I can borrow one or two generals..."

"What? Still borrowing it?!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately glared at Cheng Yu.

It was not a big deal to borrow Dianwei last time. Do you want to borrow someone this time?

"Meng De, I don't like hearing what you say."

……

Upon hearing this, Xiahou Dun, who was already in a depressed mood, suddenly felt very unhappy.

Quite early on, at the beginning, he beat Lu Bu so hard in Qingzhou that he was afraid to go out.

But who would have thought that when he was retreating, Lu Bu was chased and beaten to pieces, like a lost dog with nowhere to escape.

After finally struggling to stabilize, I wanted to wait for Cao Cao to wipe out Yuan Shu and recuperate, but Cao Cao called me back to Xuchang.

He and his brother Xia Houyuan had not accomplished anything yet, but they did not dare to rest, so they rushed back without stopping.

Who would have thought that all clans and families would be demoted and even their fiefdoms would be taken back.

Except for a few generals who led troops in the war, the Xiahou family, including the Cao family, were all returned to Qiao County.

"Fengyi has many powerful generals, so just ask him to send them. What's there to worry about?!"

"Wouldn't it be a waste of talent to leave General Wei Dian Wei so idle?"

Xiahou Dun's voice was very loud, and Cao Cao was so angry that he slammed the table and glared at him.

"What time has it been and you are still fighting among yourself?!"

"How dare you say such a thing? When did Fengyi offend you? I, Cao Cao, will give you a solution for you, okay?!"

"Say?! Why don't you say anything! Why did Fengyi offend you? You should tell me the reason!!" Cao Cao roared.

His voice was deep and rich, with a bit of hoarseness. Xiahou Dun was stunned and felt a little aggrieved!

This...why is this!

Meng De has never been like this before!

No one knows that I am Cao Cao’s most favored general!

What now...

"The more you act like this, the more I will hate you!!"

Cao Cao banged on the table in front of him and said angrily: "Do you want to return all of you to your hometown to farm? You can only rely on righteousness and you will be satisfied?"

"You want to achieve military exploits, but you are fighting within yourself? If you are determined to be so aggressive, once you run away for justice, you will surely lose your rare talents! In this way, you are satisfied?!"

"No, lord, that's not what I meant..."

Xiahou Dun had never seen Cao Cao so angry before. He was suddenly frightened and panicked. He hurriedly got up from the futon and knelt on one knee in front of Cao Cao.

Xiahou Dun suddenly thought that Cao Cao must have been angered by the demotion and punishment of members of his clan.

"What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with your clan being punished?"

"No, I, I accept..."

Xiahou Dun immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

At this point, Xiahou Dun knew very well that if he continued to contradict him, he might be sent back to his hometown to farm by Cao Cao before he could see Xi Yu.

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"At the beginning, Yang Biao and Yang Xiu deceived the emperor and took advantage of this to cause chaos. If the princes came with troops, Xuchang would definitely fall."

"If there was a governor near Xuchang who rebelled against me, I would have lost everything!!"

"But what were the Cao family and Xiahou family doing at that time?"

After that, Cao Cao walked directly to Xiahou Dun and shouted in a low voice, "What were your Xiahou family doing at that time? I believe that after you come back, they will tell you what they were doing at that time. Tell me."

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"They are, they are..." Xiahou Dun was speechless for a moment.

"Let me tell you, they stayed behind closed doors at the time! They were clinging to their money!"

"Do you know that it was Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and Zhao Zilong who entered the Xuchang Palace and killed Yang Xiu and saved the emperor? Only then did you have the opportunity to talk about borrowing the general."

"Now that you have mentioned this matter, I would like to ask you, what are your chances of winning in a war with Lu Bu in Qingzhou?"

When Cao Cao asked this question, Xiahou Dun was shocked. His face was filled with shame and he wanted to crawl into a crack in the ground.

In the battle with Lu Bu in Qingzhou, there was indeed no substantial victory. On the contrary, all the captured counties in Qingzhou were defeated by Lu Bu, and they had to withdraw to Dongjun.

"Lu Bu and I both have victory and defeat..."

"Haha, are you really not ashamed? Your territory has been taken away, and you dare to say that there is a winner and loser?!" Cao Cao was extremely angry and cursed.

Hearing Cao Cao's angry curses, Xiahou Dun was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground.

Fortunately, except for a few Han Dynasty advisers, the rest are all generals of our own family. There is not much difference in everyone's situation, and it is not too embarrassing.

"Xuzhou Mu, I have handed over to Fengyi. As for how it develops, it is his business. If you dare to disturb him again, if he wants to kill you, I will never intervene. If you don't believe it, you can give it a try."
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