Suiyang, Cao Fu.

"Bo Dao agreed?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Jue with some surprise, although he originally wanted to pull Chen Mo into the water and deal with Yuan Shao together, he never thought that Chen Mo would agree so happily, Chen Mo should not care too much about the Chen family's affection, and the Chen family has no reason to help him wholeheartedly.

"Bodao does have this intention, but Bodao is not ready to join forces with Ming Gong, Bodao is ready to go out of Youzhou, first go down to the county and Shanggu two counties." Chen Qi bowed and said.

To put it simply, it is to fight each other, Chen Mo sent troops from Youzhou, which is relatively weak, but if Chen Mo sends troops, he will definitely be able to divide Yuan Shao's large force, and at the same time Chen Mo also has enough way to retreat, if Cao Cao does not send troops as agreed, Chen Mo will stop immediately, Daijun and Shanggu are mountainous, and Linhu Land, Chen Mo swallowed these two counties, if Cao Cao did not say this, Chen Mo would stop immediately, if Cao Cao moved his troops, Yuan Shao's power in Youzhou would be weak after all, and Chen Mo would take advantage of the situation to sweep Youzhou, Regardless of whether Cao Cao's side has any results or not, Chen Mo's side will not suffer.

What a character Cao Cao is, he quickly understood Chen Mo's plan, even if he finally retreated, if Yuan Shao pursued it, the two families here formed an alliance, and Yuan Shao would not dare to force each other too much.

"There is Lao Hanyu going on this trip." Cao Cao smiled at Chen Jue.

"It's okay, since the Chen family is under the command of the Ming Duke, what he can, the old man will not shirk." Chen Qi shook his head and smiled: "If there is nothing else important, please let the old man retire." ”

"Han Yugong walks slowly." Cao Cao hurriedly got up to send him off, since Xuzhou, Chen Deng is still Guangling Taishou, Chen Qi served as the assassin of Xuzhou for a period of time, he was recruited into the court, served as Taichang, this is Cao Cao took the state pastor and Chen Mo in exchange, nominally promoted, in fact, Chen Qi's identity is a hostage, used to clamp Chen Deng.

But as long as there is no change on Chen Deng's side, Cao Cao is still very friendly to the Chen family, first, the influence of the Chen family is there, and second, it can be regarded as giving Chen Mo a face.

"Ming Gong don't want to send it again, the old man will retire." Coming to the door, Chen Jue refused Cao Cao's continued send-off, and said goodbye and left.

"Lord, if this is the case, it means that our army is competing with the main force of the Yuan army, but Chen Mo is only facing the Cao army's partial division, which is the final victory, our army is unable to advance again, but Chen Mo is very likely to win the land of Youzhou." Come back again, Cheng Yu frowned.

Cao Cao nodded, this is obvious, when did Chen Bodao make a loss-making deal? Sitting down again, Cao Cao looked at the group of strategists and asked with a smile, "What do you think?" ”

"It seems to be an alliance, but in fact, as Zhong De said, Chen Mo only needs to use a partial division to take Youzhou lightly, but our army has to face Yuan Shao's main attack here, even if it is victorious, it is difficult to have too many benefits." Xun Yu shook his head and sighed: "It's really not calculating. ”

When I decided to calculate Chen Mo, I just wanted to give it a try, but the result was ...... It is not surprising, Chen Mo and his previous opponents are obviously not all the way, whether it is Yuan Shu or Liu Bei, when it comes to this shrewdness of calculation and control of the overall situation, it cannot be compared with Chen Mo.

"Bonghyo?" Cao Cao turned his head to look at Guo Jia on the side, this battle, he wanted to fight, although there is no war on the surface now, but the gentry under the rule of the family, more heart to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's control of the place is constantly being eroded by Yuan Shao, if it continues like this, the consequences are unimaginable, he has no way to follow Chen Mo, he must win a game against Yuan Shao to make up for this disadvantage.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "This time is just to test whether Chen Mo has the same intention, after all, Yuan Shao is powerful, and neither the lord nor Chen Mo is able to compete alone, and Yuan Shao's reputation among the scholars is deeply affected by both the lord and Chen Mo, since Chen Mo has this intention now, it is natural to talk about it again." ”

The three heroes of the north, if you talk about your background, Chen Mo and Cao Cao are not as good as Yuan Shao combined, which is also the main reason why many scholars are inclined to Yuan Shao, but the pattern of the world is still very important, but for the monarch, it has passed the era of heroes by birth, and Yuan Shu is the best example.

The most important thing now is not to conquer the city, but to reverse the image of the scholars to Cao Cao and Chen Mo, the two joined forces to defeat Yuan Shao for a while, whether it is good for Cao Cao or Chen Mo, now Chen Mo obviously wants to kill Yuan Shao, Cao Cao for Chen Mo to fight, this is obviously impossible, with Guo Jia's understanding of Chen Mo, unless this person has no intention of cleaning up Yuan Shao at all, otherwise, this is just scary.

"Can you still talk?" Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jia.

"Although Zhongde has the talent of the world, but he is too sincere, then Chen Mo is not stupid, this kind of approach will only make this alliance collapse, the lord cannot agree, Chen Mo does this, just want to grasp the opportunity." Guo Jia smiled and nodded.

Cao Cao smiled and bowed, this is also the reason why he likes Guo Jia, he will not follow the rules too much, and he can always grasp the key to the problem, the current problem is not to see what conditions Chen Mo prescribes, but to see whether Chen Mo intends to engage Yuan Shao, Cao Cao alone against Yuan Shao is naturally difficult, but if Chen Mo is willing to do it together, the two will join forces, but the strength is above Yuan Shao.

……

A few days later, Luoyang, Chen's house.

Playing with the bamboo slip in his hand, Chen Mo's eyes fell on Chen Qun under the hall: "Changwen, before my uncle came, I said that it is okay to join forces, but I have already told Brother Meng De what I mean, what do you mean by talking about this matter now?" ”

"The policy that the Marquis of Changling said is not mutually beneficial, it is a victory, and my lord has no benefit, but the Marquis of Changling can get the land of Youzhou." Chen Qun shook his head and smiled: "Gong Cao sincerely formed an alliance with the Marquis of Changling to attack Yuan Shao, if the Marquis of Changling also has this intention, why not treat each other with sincerity?" ”

"But judging from Brother Mengde's conditions, I don't see sincerity." Chen Mo asked with a smile.

According to Cao Cao's original plan, he regarded Chen Mo as a companion, and the benefits were not much, but Yuan Shao's hatred was pulled a lot, and Cao Cao's prestige was greatly shaken, and Chen Mo seemed to have become Cao Cao's vassal in terms of momentum, although it was not actually the case, but it gave people the feeling that this is the case, and now Chen Mo is still recruiting talents, such a big thing, but in the end it left an impression of a vassal in the hearts of others, who else is willing to vote?

Chen Qun was a little embarrassed, the initial conditions, he naturally saw it, it seemed to be a two-way benefit, but in terms of reputation, it was actually Cao Cao who had the upper hand, this thing looked very mysterious, but when it came to the status of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, reputation represented the attraction of talents, whether it was Cao Cao or Chen Mo, the importance of this prestige was even higher than the territory.

There is no territory to fight, but if this prestige is gone, the pace will be slow, there will be fewer talents, their territory is big enough, and the thing on the momentum is what they really want to fight.

But the problem is that Chen Mo is obviously not so easy to fool, and now he wants to make real profits, Cao Cao takes the name, Chen Mo gains, Cao Cao carries the beating, Chen Mo eats meat, although in the end, it is indeed Cao Cao who benefits, but Chen Mo actually got Youzhou, and the actual strength has been improved, although the three states of Youzhou and Liang are barren, but they are places to send strong troops, and they are also the main horse sources of the entire Han Dynasty, if Chen Mo even gets Youzhou, it is equivalent to controlling the entire war horse resources of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao wants to train cavalry in the future, and he has to look at Chen Mo's face, so he is naturally unwilling.

"My lord also said this matter, it was because he was not thoughtful, and this time the group came to Luoyang to discuss this matter with the Marquis of Changling." Chen Qun said solemnly.

Cao Cao this time, obviously not ready to play with Chen Mo anymore, the two families, regardless of size, work together to fight against Yuan Shao, if they can win, Chen Mo and Cao Cao can be named, and at the same time, those courtiers who miss Yuan Shao under the shock, Yuan Shao is not as strong as you think.

Chen Mo smiled when he heard this: "Since this is the case, Changwen will negotiate with Yuan Zhi and Wen You on this matter, and he will be responsible for this matter." ”

Chen Mo looked at Li Ru and Xu Shu who were sitting down, Li Ru was good at this, Xu Shu was able to learn from Li Ru's side, although his talent was good now, he was relatively insufficient in negotiations.

"Whoa!" Li Ru and Xu Shu came out of the queue and bowed, and then the two smiled toothily at Chen Qun.

Chen Qun looked at the eyes of these two people, a little panicked.

The matter of negotiation is decided like this, Cao Cao's side must have its bottom line, and Li Ru and Xu Shu are constantly testing this bottom line, how the two families send troops, how many troops, which area they are responsible for, from the general direction to the details, Cao Cao shamelessly borrowed grain from Chen Mo, if this grain is lent out, most of it will not come back, what will Cao Cao use to make up for it?

From the battle situation to the division of the official positions of the imperial court, Chen Mo mainly wanted the position of Taishou in Hanoi this time, as well as the position of county commander and county lieutenant in Hanoi, and the canonization of Chen Mo by officials, and at the same time, Cao Cao and Chen Mo both intended to cut the position of General Yuan Shao, and Chen Mo gave up the position of the third duke here, but Chen Mo wanted the position of general.

After all, this general is too important, when Liu Hong was alive, the general He Jin had the right to mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, and even sometimes he could handle state affairs on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Of course, Cao Cao also wanted this position, an empty position of the Three Princes in exchange for the position of a general, Cao Cao naturally did not want to, and at Chen Mo's age, he was not suitable to be a general.

In the end, the position of general was still left to Yuan Shao, and at the same time that Chen Mo got the position of hussar general, the lieutenant of Sili also belonged to Chen Mo, and he could be canonized by Chen Mo, while Cao Cao needed the post of guard lieutenant.

This negotiation lasted for five days, and finally the two sides decided to take Puyang as the boundary, west of Puyang, Chen Mo was responsible, east of Puyang, Cao Cao was responsible, and at the same time, Chen Mo's army in Yunzhong needed to cruise around Daijun to deter Yuan Shao, as for whether to attack, it depends on whether Chen Mo has the ability.

The two sides agreed to send troops together after the autumn harvest of the fifth year of Jian'an, and after writing the letter of alliance, Chen Qun took his leave and went to return to Cao Cao.