Cao Cao immediately asked Chen Gong to prepare white clothes and white armor, ordered Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to collect grain and grass, and then ordered Cao Ang and others to return to Yanzhou quickly and prepare to attack Xu.

Just when Cao Cao was preparing day and night, the letter from Tao Qian and Lu Zhi arrived.

"Hehe, Tao Qian sent soldiers and horses to rob and kill my father, and now that the incident has happened, he wants to use this letter to send me Cao Cao, it's too much to underestimate people!" Cao Cao slapped the table, pointed at the envoy and said, "I won't kill you, leave you to go back and report the news, I, Cao Cao, will wash Xuzhou in blood and avenge my people!" ”

The messenger was so frightened that he ran away with his head in his hands, Cao Cao gasped for breath and was about to get up, when Xiahou Yuan walked in with a strong man.

"Mengde, look who I brought here!" Xiahou Yuan pointed to the strong man, Cao Cao looked at it, felt familiar, but couldn't remember who it was, and couldn't help asking, "Who is the strong man?" ”

The strong man hugged his fists and said, "Xu Chu of Qian County!" Come to serve Ming Gong! ”

"You're Zhongkang!" Cao Cao walked down happily, looked at Xu Chu, who was two heads taller than him, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, is Qian County okay?" ”

"Not good, since Ming Gong you left, Huang Yuanjun was also recalled by the imperial court, and soon I heard that Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Kong Zhijun was killed, Yuzhou was in chaos, and there were a lot of thieves in Qian County, we had no choice but to build a village to protect ourselves, and then I heard that Brother Xiahou was recruiting troops in Jiyin, and my father asked me to bring my clansmen to join Brother Xiahou and Ming Gong!

It's just that as soon as I arrived, I heard about Taigong, Cao Taigong, is he really? ”

Cao Cao sighed and nodded.

"Kill Tao Qian! I'm going to screw his head off and use it for the night!" Xu Chu suddenly scolded angrily, Cao Cao only felt that Xu Chu's voice was like thunder, and his momentum was extraordinary, and he couldn't help but take a closer look at Xu Chu's figure, and found that he was wearing a tiger's back, in severe cold weather, but he was wearing very thin.

"Meng De, Zhong Kang is amazing now, he can drag the cow, we competed on the road, I am not his opponent, after we left, he covered the villagers!" Xiahou Yuan pointed at Xu Chu and said, Xu Chu touched his head a little embarrassed.

The Xu family, the Cao family, and the Xiahou family are all big clans in Qian County, of course, the Xu family cannot be compared with the Cao family and the Xiahou family, in Qian County, the Cao family and the Xiahou family are the bosses of the underground world, and the Xu family is the minions who follow them.

But since Cao Cao rebelled out of Luoyang and gathered troops in Qian County and was forcefully suppressed by Huang Wan, Qian County, where there was no tiger in the mountains, was called the king of Xu.

But Xu's background is really a little worse, there are some muscular people in the clan, but there are few brains, Xu can't help but miss the days when he only needed to use muscles behind Cao's and Xiahou's families, this time I heard that Cao Cao did Yanzhou Mu, Xu's simply let Xu Chu and others vote for Cao Cao, even if they can't get the original shares like the Xiahou family, they can try to be a veteran.

Cao Cao heard Xu Chu say that he brought a thousand strong men from Qian County this time, these are all old family members that he can trust, and he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately worshiped Xu Chu as Sima of other departments, and those strong men were also led by Xu Chu himself.

Just when Cao Cao was getting ready, just waiting for Cao Ang and the others to come back, Liu Bei's letter also arrived.

Cao Cao read Liu Bei's letter, and immediately became furious, and said to Xun Yu and others, "In the past, he Liu Bei was under my account, and I treated him like a brother. Is it Yuan Benchu or Ma Zhenbei? ”

As he was talking, a sergeant came to report, "Yu Ming Gong!" A letter from General Zhenbei came from Jizhou! ”

Ma Qiang's letters? Everyone

Cao Cao touched his beard suspiciously, can't this Ma Qiang say, why does it come every time.

Cao Cao opened Ma Qiang's letter and read it again, the gist of the letter was to the effect that according to the testimony of Sergeant Zhang Min, Cao Taigong's crime should be on Zhang Min, although Tao Qian was also at fault, but he just didn't notice it, and hoped that Cao Cao could not afford to use swords, and gave Tao Qian some time to arrest Zhang Min, if Tao Qian could hand over Zhang Min at the specified time, then I hope that Cao Cao could give priority to the anti-Dong cause, forgive Tao Qian and cooperate with him to fight Dong for the second time, if Tao Qian could not hand over Zhang Min, then it would not be too late to raise troops to ask for guilt.

Cao Cao handed the letter to Xun Yu and others on the side, and Xi Zhong said with a smile, "This is a plan to delay the army, that Zhang Min broke into a big disaster, how can he stay in Xuzhou, he must be fleeing to other counties, Tao Qian must not be able to hand over people, it seems that this Ma Zhenbei does not want Ming Gong to use troops immediately." ”

"But he is not against the use of soldiers by the Ming Dynasty." Xun Yu said another meaning of this letter: "In my opinion, Ma Qiang is worried about the Ming Gong Ming Ming plank road and the darkness of Chen Cang, which is obviously to attack Xu, but it is actually an invasion of Qing."

Maybe the news that Youruo is here has already been known to Ma Qiang. ”

Xun Chen has been in Yanzhou for a short time, and he has also met Cao Cao through Xun Yu's line, but Cao Cao is not interested in the plan to unite with Yuan Shao to attack Ma Qiang, according to his original plan, it is to take Yuzhou first within a year or two, and then attack Xuzhou in the east, and attack the key in the west.

Just as Ma Qiang thought that he could level Hebei before Cao Cao leveled Henan, Cao Cao also had this confidence.

After all, if you don't have the confidence to beat the other party, don't fight for the world, just surrender.

But Cao Cao did not directly refuse, but left Xun Chen, a good banquet, anyway, the weather is cold, Xun Chen is inconvenient to go back, simply live first, ready to wait for the beginning of spring if Cao Cao does not agree to return to the state.

Liu Bei's letter Cao Cao can be his fart, but Ma Qiang's letter he has to pay attention to, if Qingzhou is misjudged, Ma Qiang sends troops to help Xuzhou, I am afraid that his trip will be more auspicious.

"Ming Gong, the New Year is approaching, many sergeants have no heart to fight, and Gongzi and others have not yet returned, it is better to postpone the march, give Tao Qian a month first, if Tao Qian can't hand over people, we will send troops again, and then all parties will have nothing to say." Xun Yu arched his hand and persuaded.

Cao Cao read Ma Qiang's letter again and again, only feeling aggrieved, but finally nodded and said, "Give him a month!" A month later, the New Year has passed, if he can't hand it over! We will send troops to Xuzhou!! ”

After speaking, Cao Cao said to Xiahou Yuan again, "Send someone to Qingzhou to inquire about the situation, what happened to my father." ”

"No!"

It's really inconvenient to have a day when transportation is basically by walking, and communication is basically by roaring.

Cao Song was lying on the bed in Linzi Hospital at this time, and an operation was being carried out nervously.

Xiahoudun, Cao Ang and others were all guarding outside the room, constantly walking around, and from time to time they wanted to rush in to see the situation, but they were stopped by the two nurses guarding the door, and they didn't dare to make a loud noise, for fear of disturbing Li Jue inside, so they could only do it outside in a hurry.

And Li Jue, who was inside, looked at Cao Song, who was disemboweled, and frowned.

He found that Cao Song was not only injured by an arrow, but also had a strange tumor in his intestines...