Mengjin, known as Mengjin in ancient times, is located in the northeast of Luoyang, is the place where King Wu of Zhou summoned all the princes to make an alliance with blood, is located on the bank of the river, is a small ferry.

The terrain here is hilly, and some old people summarize the topography of this area as 'three mountains, six tombs and one river', and Mengjin is stuck in this place of the river, and only here can be walked from Hanoi to Luoyang.

Meng Jin's original guard was called Zhou Yong, who was originally a general under Xu Rong, and was later promoted to captain because of his merits, and the princes rebelled, Meng Jin's position naturally would not be ignored, but Meng Jin was only a small pass, and under Xu Rong's recommendation, Zhou Yong came here to garrison.

"The last general will see the right general!" Outside Mengjin City, after seeing Chen Mo's order, Zhou Yong opened the city and let Chen Mo in.

"General Zhou doesn't have to be polite." Chen Mo nodded, waved his hand, and said, "In the future, this Meng Jin will be in charge of his subordinates, and this is General Zhou's order." ”

Zhou Yong took the order, and after confirming that it was correct, he saluted Chen Mo and said, "At the end, I will rush to Chenggao with all the soldiers and horses." ”

"Walk slowly!" Chen Mo nodded and smiled, Chen Mo appreciated Zhou Yong's meticulous attitude, although he didn't have much contact with Xu Rong, but judging from the fact that he first defeated Cao Cao, then Sun Jian, and later cooperated with Lu Bu to fight the coalition army and couldn't cross the river, this is a person with great ability.

After Zhou Yong left, Chen Mo began to rearrange the Mengjin defense, if you look carefully, you will find that Chen Mo's defense is more to defend in the direction of Luoyang, at the same time, Chen Mo is also repairing the ferry by the river, widening the ferry, now that he has entered Mengjin, he can cross the river by boat at any time, return to the east of the river from the river, if the water is not urgent, you can also go upstream, straight to the east of the river.

In short, now for Chen Mo, he is already in a state where he can break away from Dong Zhuo at any time, and the next step is to get in touch with the princes.

In Luoyang, Dong Zhuo used Chen Mo's strategy to transfer Lu Bu and Xu Rong back, gave up Xingyang and Aocang, and ordered Xu Rong to guard the tiger prison, while Lu Bu led the army back to Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo personally led the troops to meet Yuan Shu.

However, what made Chen Mo speechless was that Dong Zhuo's side had withdrawn his troops, but Yuan Shao was reluctant to cross the river, seeing that the time had reached August, and the weather was starting to get cooler.

"Lord, are you looking for me?" Yu Sheng came to the hall and saluted Chen Mo.

"Hmm." Chen Mo thought for a while, handed a letter to Yu Sheng and said, "I want you to go to the sour jujube and send me a letter to Cao Cao, you know him." ”

Yu Sheng was by Chen Mo's side when he was in the eighth school of the West Garden, so he naturally knew Cao Cao.

Yu Sheng took the letter with some doubts, and didn't ask much, just bowed and turned to leave.

Looking at the direction Yu Sheng left, Chen Mo rubbed his temples, before returning to Hedong, he needed to wash his reputation, otherwise after Dong Zhuo withdrew to Guanzhong, he was afraid that he would become the primary target of the princes, this is not good, he needs a relatively stable environment to develop.

No matter what Dong Zhuo's troubles are, once he returns to Chang'an, for Chen Mo, he will become Dong Zhuo's bridgehead, Jizhou and Youzhou can come to fight him, but it is easier to guard against Dong Zhuo, and once he retreats to Chang'an, for Dong Zhuo, it is very likely to be a sign of prosperity and decline, after all, Dong Zhuo is already old, if Dong Zhuo has any accidents, there is no one in the Xiliang army who can replace Dong Zhuo, Chen Mo does not take this risk.

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Sour dates, the camp of the princes.

After being attacked by Lu Bu last time and killing Wang Kuang, the camps of the princes were rearranged and became closer to each other.

Cao Cao was full of alcohol, and came out of Yuan Shao's camp a little tired, since the last time he was abused by Lu Bu and Xu Rong, Yuan Shao obviously had to wait until the river froze in winter before crossing the river, and now the princes are drunk and dreaming all day long, and they don't know when this battle will start?

In comparison, that Yuan Shu was much more decisive, I heard that he had broken through the Dagu Pass, Cao Cao felt that at this time, Dong Zhuo would definitely gather troops to fight Yuan Shu, it was their opportunity, and they wanted to persuade Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to send troops, but who knew that he drank wine with a group of people for a day.

Touching the fat on his stomach, Cao Cao was a little helpless, if he continued like this, would he become like these people?

"Mengde!" As soon as he returned to the camp, he saw Xiahoudun greet him.

"Just in time, get me some water." Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun and smiled.

"This is not in a hurry, someone came over today, saying that it was Sima Yusheng, a military officer under the command of the Captain of the Military Academy, who wanted to see you, from Luoyang." Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao and frowned, "Do you know this person?" ”

"Yu Sheng? Some impressions. Cao Cao was a little dizzy, he didn't react for a while, he muttered the name as he walked, walked a few steps, and suddenly stopped, so that Xiahou Dun, who had been following him, almost hit his head.

"Lieutenant?" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Xiahoudun: "Yu Sheng? ”

"This is the person, do you recognize?" Xiahoudun nodded.

"This person is a general under Chen Mo, and he is quite trusted by Chen Mo, has he said why he is here?"

"Send the letter, but I asked him to bring it, but he refused, and he insisted on seeing you." Xiahoudun frowned.

Cao Cao paced back and forth a few steps and asked, "Does anyone else know about this?" ”

"Not really." Xiahoudun shook his head and said, "Chen Mo sent a letter at this time......

"I don't know, my little brother's mind can slip, but at this time it should be related to the war, I'll go sober up, and you bring him to see me." After Cao Cao finished speaking, he went straight to his camp, washed his face with cold water, and suddenly felt much sober.

After a while, Xiahoudun came in with Yu Sheng.

"The last general, Yu Sheng, see the general." Yu Sheng bowed solemnly to Cao Cao.

"You and I are old acquaintances, and I am also close friends with your general, but now they are their own masters, I don't know why he asked you to come here at this time?" Cao Cao sat on the Hu bed, looked at Yu Sheng and asked with a smile.

"The last general didn't know, and the lord only ordered the last general to send a letter to the general." Yu Sheng took out the bamboo slip written by Chen Mo from his arms, handed it to Xiahoudun on the side, and asked Xiahoudun to hand it to Cao Cao.

"Not bad." Cao Cao glanced at Yu Sheng with some appreciation, this Yu Sheng also knew that he was silent and buried in things on weekdays, but now it seems that he also knows that he should not ask questions and is a good subordinate.

Chen Mo sent a letter at this time, Cao Cao was a little curious, didn't his little brother just clean up Yuan Shu, and now he has hit his head with the idea? Unfold the bamboo slip at the moment and look.

Brother Meng Dewu:

In the past, I said goodbye to the East Gate, and it has been more than a year, and my brother misses it very much......

Hundreds of words, most of them are recalling the carefree years in Luoyang in the past, only the last few sentences point to the point, now Dong Zhuo has removed Aocang, Xingyang soldiers and horses, leaving only Xu Rong in Chenggao to garrison, in the humble opinion of the younger brother, the alliance leader should quickly send troops to occupy the two cities, then the advance can be attacked and retreated, and it has been invincible, and the younger brother will try to find a city to meet the army.

Cao Cao put down the bamboo slip, rubbed his temples, looked at Yu Sheng and smiled: "Does my virtuous brother have any other explanations?" ”

"Not yet." Yu Sheng shook his head and said.

"Go back and tell him that I already know, and there is no guarantee whether it will work out or not!" Cao Cao said with a smile: "If it's late today, rest here for the night, and it's not too late to leave tomorrow." ”

"The last general has a military order, and since the letter has been delivered, it is inconvenient to stay for a long time, so as not to make it difficult for the general, so I will leave." Yu Sheng shook his head and got up.

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded, and motioned to the guards to send Yu Sheng out of the camp.

"Mengde, what is written in the letter?" Xiahoudun looked at Cao Cao and asked curiously.

"My virtuous brother wants to defect." Cao Cao sat on the Hu bed, shook his head and said, "Go and invite Zhicai to discuss with him." ”

"Okay." Xiahoudun nodded, turned around and left, and after a while, brought Xi Zhicai.

"I'm ashamed to call my husband late at night." Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and smiled.

"The lord has summoned me, and there must be something important." Xi Zhicai sat down, looked at Cao Cao and smiled.

"Not really." Cao Cao handed the bamboo slip to Xi Zhicai, and only after he saw it did he say: "You say, my virtuous brother wants to wash away his reputation, but is it too late now?" ”

Xi Zhicai put away the bamboo slips, and when he heard this, he smiled and asked, "Have you ever heard of it, has General Chen done anything evil since he voted for Dong Zhuo?" ”

"It's not true, he even spoke up and saved the lives of Yuan Gong's family, although he died in the end, but in this matter, he saved a lot of reputation." Cao Cao laughed.

"It is certain that this matter was reported by this General Chen, firstly, to force the two generals Yuan to make up their minds, and secondly, to justify their own name." Xi Zhicai put down the bamboo slip and shook his head and said: "In fact, if the lord is more careful, he will find out what Chen Mo has done in Luoyang for more than a year, and the Central Plains will soon know, such as the Pinghedong thieves, who have spoken up several times, and have been rejected by Dong Zhuo and the incomprehension of the ministers, but they have been working hard for the court without complaining, in addition, not long ago, the Luoyang scholars seemed to be opening their eyes for Chen Mo, although it was only for a while, but in fact, Chen Mo actually had no notoriety in the Central Plains. ”

Cao Cao also reacted: "That kid has been building momentum for today? ”

If it weren't for that, why did there be a stir on his side, and the Central Plains immediately spread the news?

Thinking about it this way, many things make sense, why Zang Hong, as Chen Mo's teacher, never said that Chen Mo was not good, and the Chen family never seemed to worry about Chen Mo.

When Chen Deng left at that time, I am afraid that he had already made some agreement with Chen Mo.

"That's not all!" Xi Zhicai pointed to the bamboo slip on the table and said with a smile: "If nothing else, this is just the beginning, and there will definitely be more good news after that." ”

"He had expected this day a long time ago!?" Xiahoudun on the side was a little surprised.

"That's not necessarily, I'm afraid both sides are prepared, if Dong Zhuo wins this battle, I'm afraid we won't be able to see this letter." Cao Cao shook his head and smiled: "Zhicai, you said this favor, do I help or not." ”

"Help, Chen Mo now lives in Hedong, and there is no conflict with the lord for the time being, but he can be an ally." Xi Zhicai smiled: "And even if there is no lord, don't forget that Zang Ziyuan still loves here." ”

"Well, he owes me a beating!" Cao Cao nodded, took the bamboo slip and said with a smile: "I will definitely let him make up for it next time!" ”