Yanzhou!

Dingtao City!

"Retribution, Dong Zhuo's old thief is finally dead!" Because Zhong Xuan and others secretly communicated with him, Cao Cao received the news of Guanzhong faster than the other princes, and after reading the letter, Cao Cao praised it:

"Or Bo Kang has the means, everyone sent someone to kill Dong Zhuo, but only his people succeeded, it seems that they will not dare to attack him in the future, and the princes of the world should have a headache."

Obviously, it doesn't work, and they are all knocked back at home, and there are strong people in the dark now.

Whoever dares to send an assassin into his jurisdiction will probably not have his head on his shoulder in a few days.

"Lord, now that Xu Ding is more like the sky, we have to avoid the edge for the time being and leave this whirlpool as soon as possible." Liu Ye said reluctantly.

Cao Cao said: "Temporarily avoid the edge, where are we avoiding, now we are actually only in Jiyin County, haven't I avoided enough?" ”

The name of Shanyang is in the hands of him, the Yanzhou pastor, but Yuan Yi is not his person, and the two are only cooperative relations, maintaining the name of superiors and subordinates.

So Cao Cao's face was bitter, and the joy brought by Dong Zhuo's death could not dilute his sadness.

Liu Ye said: "My lord, after this battle, we have lost a lot, and the entire Yanzhou can be said to have been lost, and Yuanlong and they are also ...... Fortunately, our fierce generals did not lose, and although the tiger and leopard cavalry was folded by half, it was more elite.

Therefore, our combat effectiveness has not decreased much, and we can still maintain our advantage over other forces, and we should expand to other places. ”

Cao Cao said: "Zi Yang thinks we should expand somewhere. ”

"Lord, as soon as Dong Zhuo dies, Guanzhong will be chaotic, and the Xiliang army will attack separately, this is our opportunity. What Weihai Hou once said is right, we are not good to develop to the east, south and north, and our future is in the west, so why not take advantage of this time to advance into Guanzhong and take 500 miles of Qindi as a place to rest and recuperate.

Then gather the Qin King to sweep the Liuhe trend. ”

Abandoning Yanzhou, entering the Guanzhong, and throwing away the original basic plate is a bold and risky move.

Cao Cao couldn't help but hesitate.

Unless he had to, he didn't want to leave Kanto, which was the Central Plains and the real place for hegemony.

went to Guanzhong, and left the relationship between his hometown and this side in the west, can he Cao Cao gain a foothold?

Liu Ye seemed to see Cao Cao's concerns, and then said: "Lord, with the Marquis of Weihai, we have no chance to stay in Yanzhou, it is better to give it a go, it will take time for the Marquis of Weihai to completely eat the north, and we will take the opportunity to take Guanzhong, and it will just take time to restore and develop the people's livelihood."

Moreover, if the lord goes west, he may be able to get the support of Weihaihou, and we can ask Weihaihou for some necessary support. ”

Without Cao Cao's power, Xu Ding's victory over the Central Plains was one less obstacle, and Liu Ye felt that Xu Ding's success should be seen day by day.

Therefore, you only need to mend the relationship with Xu Ding to get support.

However, Cao Cao still didn't make a decision directly, he looked around, and then found that he only had Liu Ye, a top strategist.

The other three were killed, one betrayed, and one captured.

Liu Ye said again: "Lord, don't rush into the customs, this is just our step intention, we can make preliminary preparations first, such as replacing Jiyin County with Chenliu County, so that our westward run will be smoother, for example, the lord can follow the example of Weihai Hou to recruit talents from Yingchuan, Chen Jun, Liang Guo and others, enrich our army's talent pool, and increase family reserves." ”

This time, Cao Cao is basically about the same, so he said: "What Ziyang said is reasonable, we should learn more from Bokang, and I will do it to repair the relationship with him, as for attracting talents, it will be troublesome to raise you all at once." ”

"It's the lord, Ye will live up to the trust." Liu Ye replied solemnly.

Then Liu Ye went down to help Cao Cao recruit talents, especially civil officials and strategists.

Cao Cao wrote a letter to Xu Ding and asked Cao Hong to take his daughters to Qingzhou.

Soon Liu Ye found someone for Cao Cao.

"Chen Qun of Xu County has seen the envoy." The person Liu Ye was looking for was Chen Qun, a descendant of the Chen family in Yingchuan.

The Chen family is a large Yingchuan clan with a wide range of friends and close relations with all ethnic groups.

Chen Qun has not invested any at this time, and belongs to the wait-and-see betting stage.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Liu Ye to give the Chen family a place, so he immediately said: "Sit, sit, sit down!" ”

"Thank you!" Chen Qun was not shocked, sang a thanks, and then generously went to his seat.

Then Cao Cao chatted with Chen Qun without a word with the help of Liu Ye, chatting until late at night, the three of them talked happily, Cao Cao was quite satisfied, Chen Qun's knowledge was very rich, so rich that he was surprised.

In particular, he is very prepared to grasp the current affairs of today's society, and his opinions are very desirable.

After Chen Qun left, Cao Cao sighed: "The hard work is raised, Chen Qun and some people have great talents, especially the prototype of the Nine Grades he mentioned, it is a good thing, but it still needs time." ”

Liu Ye said: "It's good to live up to the expectations of the lord." ”

"Where will it be, I am very satisfied with this Chen Qun, I must keep him." Cao Cao said with a serious expression.

Liu Ye smiled and said: "Lord, it is best to leave Chen Qun, because he can bring more talents to Lord, Lord, who do you guess Chen Qun's father-in-law is?" ”

Cao Cao saw Liu Ye asking, thought for a while, and said: "Who doesn't know, but it must be the big family of Yingchuan, either the Zhong family or the Xun family, or the Guo family, the Jian family, the Hu family, the Du family, the Xin family and other families." ”

"The lord is Xun Yu of the Xun family!" Liu Ye replied with a smile.

"Xun Yu! The descendants of Xun's Eight Dragons? Cao Cao was slightly stunned.

In the entire Yingchuan system, the Xun family has the most talents, starting from Xun Shu, the eight sons Xun Jian, Xun Qi, Xun Jing, Xun Tao, Xun Wang, Xun Shuang, Xun Su, and Xun Yang are all very famous and talented.

The Xun family is prosperous, and it has naturally become one of the symbols of Yingchuan.

Only the Sima family in Hanoi can be compared to it in the back.

"Yes, the lord, this Xun Yu's intelligence and resourcefulness are better than the elders, if you can keep Chen Qun, then you can get the support of the Xun family, I believe that it is not impossible to let Xun Yu serve the lord with the courage of the lord." Liu Ye said.

In fact, he has another candidate, that is, Xun Yu's nephew Xun You.

It's a pity that he was in Chang'an, and he was imprisoned in a dungeon for murdering Dong Zhuo, if he could also be pulled into Cao Cao's strategist group at the same time, it would definitely have a huge role in promoting Cao Cao's development.

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Zi Yangzhi, I understand, rest assured that Chen Qun has great talents, I must keep him, and I will also pull the Xun family in, with the Xun family, the Jian family, the Hu family, and the Du family will not be too far away." ”

Zhong Xuan of the Zhong family had already been in contact with him, secretly communicating with the song, and at home in the Xun family, Cao Cao knew that he could be reborn as a butterfly and have a new world.