"Briefly explain the purpose of this operation......" Liu Tao nodded at Cao Cao and began to explain, "Our goal is to immediately attack Hedong, and then take down the entire Hedong territory north of the Yellow River, and at least a few counties in the north." ”

"Dong Zhuobu, most of them are from Liangzhou, and many of them are from Hedong. It's not impossible for them to fight in winter, so their subordinates can't figure it out......" Cao Cao asked his own question.

"Two reasons!" Liu Tao compared two fingers, "A Dong Zhuo probably wouldn't have thought that I would go south at this time, and at this time, I can use it as a front-line position in the spring of next year, after all, if we want to go south, we will always have to go over the mountains and mountains, so we are very passive." ”

To go north from Hedong or Hanoi, you need to climb over a section of mountains, which Cao Cao still knows and agrees with.

"Another reason, but it's because of Mengde!" Liu Tao looked at Cao Cao.

"Subordinate?" Cao Cao was a little curious, it was actually related to him.

"With Meng De's talent, how can a school captain be enough? It's just that you've just arrived, and you can't rise too high all at once. Liu Tao looked embarrassed," after discussion...... Appoint you as the Taishou of Hedong, the captain of Jianwei, and stationed in Hedong! ”

I see, knock down Hedong, and then hand him over to lead the military and political power.

Even, nominally under Liu Tao, in fact, Hedong has completely become his foundation. It's hard to say nominally, just like Bao Xin and Zhang Miao, for Liu Dai, that is, a nominal subordinate.

However, Cao Cao obviously thought more, he was considering, should Liu Tao trust himself unconditionally, or be wary of himself?

Placed in Hedong, this means that it directly radiates Liangzhou and Sizhou, and can even go east through Hanoi to Jizhou. This is an important position, and in general it must be guarded by cronies.

Similarly, this location is separated from the state by a mountain range, which means that there is still a gap between the two sides. If he wants to rebel north, then he will have to go over the mountains and mountains, and the other party can ambush and counterattack at any time in the process.

It should be both...... Cao Cao finally came to the conclusion that if he thinks from his standpoint, he should have both.

However, a group of people rashly came to take refuge, if they could directly and unconditionally trust...... He probably also thinks Liu Tao is stupid, at most a little cute.

Cao Cao has no opinion on such an arrangement, and it is actually good to have a site. You can wait and see, you can develop, you can make contributions, and you can also show your ambitions. Perhaps, this is the best arrangement, provided that we see how many counties can be captured.

Liu Tao's meaning is obvious, how many counties he has conquered, how many counties he has under the rule of 'Hedong Taishou'.

"It's all up to the general's arrangement, and his subordinates will never give up!" Cao Cao immediately said that there was no need to call the lord, after all, Liu Tao wanted to be the emperor, and it was nothing more than a formality. When the time comes, just call yourself a 'minister'.

"Speaking of which, did you bring the talents I mentioned?" Liu Tao looked curiously at the army behind Cao Cao.

"They are all subordinate relatives, so naturally they all followed." Cao Cao said proudly. I had to call Xiahoudun and others over and introduce them. Of course, I didn't forget to introduce Wei Zi, Lou Gui and Xi Zhicai.

"Hah! Are you the drama loyalty? Liu Tao's attention quickly shifted to Xi Zhicai.

"It's exactly the play...... Has the general heard of the name of the play? "Xi Zhicai is very strange, he doesn't seem to have been in contact with this general before, why does the other party seem to be very familiar with him?

"If Wen Ruo was under my command, I wanted him to introduce you to me at the beginning, but your situation was a little special at that time, so it has been delayed until now." Liu Tao sighed.

When Xi Zhicai heard it, he remembered that Xun Yu did plan to introduce him two years ago, but Liu Tao was only a Taishou in the clouds at that time. It's just that his mother was sick in bed at the time, and she couldn't come over, so she didn't expect that she had wasted two years.

"I plan to appoint you as the military advisor of our army, I don't know if Zhicai can appreciate his face?" Liu Tao immediately made an invitation.

Lou Gui is also forgotten, he is not very familiar with it, and he does not know what his talent is. But Xi Zhicai, it's better not to leave it for Cao Cao!

"The subordinates went north this time, and they were originally under the command of the general." Xi Zhicai didn't expect things to change in this direction, and originally planned to take Cao Cao's path to see if there was any room for improvement.

After all, he is a poor family, and there is not much room for the cold door to rise. Don't look at the fact that the world has begun to be in chaos, but the cold family, especially the rangers or the children of good families, has little room to rise.

This is also Lejin's defection to Liu Dai, and he wants to bring a thousand soldiers, which is nothing more than to improve his right to speak. Xu Chu brought five hundred people, the same reason.

Those who were born in the Han family, in order to highlight their legitimacy, did not dare to break the rules. The selection of talents still relies on the 'filial piety system', which in simple terms, has to maintain tradition in order to highlight orthodoxy.

Not to mention the separatist forces of the local gentry clan, why should others support you to ascend to the top, of course, they hope to share the cake. So the big pieces can be given to you, but the small pieces must belong to us, the children of the poor family and the good family, and eat some leftover cream at most.

In the whole world, it is estimated that there is only one Liu Tao, as a member of the Han family, he can say that reform will be reformed.

In fact, he sees it most clearly: what tradition and what benefit distribution are shit, and strength is the last word!

He has been preparing for three years, and at most two years, he can start to take the examination to admit talents, and then he will be self-sufficient in talents, and he no longer needs to look forward to the investment of those who are in the opposition.

What is the sleeping dragon and phoenix chick, it can't be said, and there are no talents who have been trained by themselves. Even if there is one or two, there is no way to compare with them, then a hundred, a thousand piles up, and see whose brain can't withstand the explosion first!

"Meng De, transfer someone over from your side, don't you mind?" Liu Tao looked at Cao Cao with a smile.

"The subordinates are under the command of the general, and the generals have no objections to the transfer of anyone." Cao Cao said that he was a little heartbroken, and after coming all the way to contact, he also knew that Xi Zhi was really capable, and he was even higher than Lou Gui in terms of strategy.

It's just that he didn't expect that Xi Zhicai was on Liu Tao's attention list from the beginning. According to this, he and Xi Zhicai should belong to the same level.

"I will not move the others, and continue to be under your command...... Come to think of it, they just came, and they didn't obey me. Liu Tao looked at Xiahoudun and the others behind Cao Cao.

Liu Tao's words were indeed what everyone thought, but when they were said so bluntly, everyone was embarrassed.

"If you are too guarded, then the officials below are too guarded, and you can arrange it." Liu Tao then added.

"Yes!" Cao Cao nodded, in this case, the commanders of the county can also be controlled by him. Not to mention anything else, Jun Cheng can actually give it to Wei Zi, and then Changshi can give it to Lou Gui.

Of course, he has not forgotten what needs to be done first to get these actual powers.

"Alright, let's wait until we take down a few cities!" Liu Tao smiled, "However, let's have a good meal tonight!" ”