Cao Cao led the rout and went all the way south. The mountain bandits and other murderers on the road were not easy to provoke when they looked at Cao Cao's army, so they did not dare to take the initiative to provoke. Within a few days, Cao Cao arrived in Yangzhou.

When he arrived in Yangzhou, the first thing Cao Cao did was to hand over a sticker of worship to Liu Wei, and there were many expressions of surrender in the post.

Liu Wei saw the post, discussed it with his confidants and ministers a little, and then agreed to Cao Cao's request, and replied to Cao Cao to attend tomorrow's morning meeting.

Seeing Liu Bian's reply, Cao Cao was very happy in his heart, no matter what, taking refuge in Liu Bian is his best destination at present.

Before dawn the next day, Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Cao Ning, Xu Chu, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others packed up their makeup early, put on court clothes, and waited for the arrival of the morning court.

At the end of the day, Liu Wei and Zhong Wenwu appeared in the political hall on time. Liu Wei is in the center, on the left hand side is Liu Ji, the head of civil officials, Liu Bowen, and on the right hand side, Xue Li, the head of military generals, Xue Rengui. The rest of the civil and military people knelt on both sides.

The Cao family army led by Cao Cao knelt at the last seat as a matter of course. After everyone sat down, the eunuch shouted at the throat of the male duck, there is a play, there is no book to retreat!

Cao Cao is very up-to-the-road, and he said, Cao Cao, a minister, has a play.

Liu argued, Aiqing, please speak.

Cao Cao Dao, the minister Cao Mengde, fell into his own selfish interests, defeated his colleagues, and failed to defend the territory, so that Yanzhou fell into the hands of thieves. This defeat was an inherent crime of the minister, but the minister also learned that the hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Yellow Turban forces in Qing and Yan'er Prefecture were the masters behind this Ren Zijian. According to the minister's speculation, the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places are the masters behind Ren Zijian. Your Highness, the minister Cao Mengde is guilty, and the minister is willing to be His Royal Highness's pawn, although he dies, he has no regrets!

Liu argued, Cao Aiqing, people are not sages, who can do nothing. It's best if you can change it. Lone can see that you hate Ren Yi, and what Lone wants to tell you is that I hate Ren Yi and hate it to the core. My cronies and siblings, died in office

There are more than ten thieves in the hands. Cao Qing's arrival is like sending charcoal in the snow. Cao Qing is the general of Shunyi, who can lead his own army alone.

Thank you, Your Highness! Cao Cao sobbed. In this battle, Cao Cao lost too badly. Not only did his father's revenge not be avenged, but Yanzhou was also lost, and the most infuriating thing was that his wives all became Ren Yi's prisoners.

Liu Wei looked at this posture, and when the matter was finished, Cao Cao put aside this crying and it was not a thing, so he directly waved his hand and retreated.

As soon as Cao Cao cried like this, Liu Wei was not good, and he also remembered some bad things. In the past two years, the remnants of yellow turbans in various places that were engaged in a small business in three days and a big business in five days are not doing much trouble now. But don't think that this is a good thing for their family, this can only mean that the Yellow Turban thieves can live well without relying on looting. How did their good life come about? Doesn't it depend on the strong logistics and technical support of the Northland Army?

Liu Wei also slapped the table heavily. The mess left to him by his predecessors is too difficult to clean up. Originally, Liu Wei wanted to rely on the various civil and military forces he summoned, take the road of the imperial examination, and create his own talents, but now, being so troubled by Ren Yi, Liu Wei can only be tied to the chariot of the family, if Liu Wei dares not to buy the account of the family, then the collapse of Liu Bian's power will become a matter of minutes, there is a good saying, what Qianfu refers to, died without illness.

In any case, it is excellent that Cao Cao can take the initiative to take refuge. Now Liu Wei only needs to eliminate the Yuan Shu forces in Yuzhou, the Hong Xiuquan forces in Jiaozhou, and the forces of the great thief Zulang, and the entire area south of the Yangtze River has become his Liu Bian's territory.

Liu Wei thought in his heart, as long as Yuan Shu didn't take the wrong medicine, in the context of this kind of internal and external troubles, he should not brazenly claim the emperor, then as a member of the great family, Yuan Shu's forces would definitely not be moved. So who should the Zulang forces and Hong Xiuquan's forces focus on? Well.. I thought that it was better to give priority to Zulang's forces, only by leveling Zulang first, could I deal with Hong Xiuquan wholeheartedly.

As for dealing with Zulang, let Cao

it, it depends on Cao Cao's evaluation of being a capable minister who rules the world and a traitor in troubled times. If he can't beat Zulang, then he will stay where he is cool.

As for Xuzhou Tao Qian and Jingzhou Liu Biao, it depends on whether they can go to the Tao or not. If they are interested, they will give up on themselves, but if they are not interested, they will give you a good look!

In the pavilion. Cao Ang said, Father, are we just going to forget it? Our Cao family, no longer compete for hegemony in this world?

Cao Cao glared at Cao Ang fiercely, and said, Ignorant son, can't you still see the form clearly? Do you think that His Royal Highness King Hongnong is worthy of his father? Or are you the hussar generals who won the battle and expelled us from Yanzhou? Don't talk too much, it's in vain!

Father, I just miss my mother and younger siblings who are far away in Yanzhou.

Cao Cao also looked gloomy, and said slowly,

Although the turtle is long-lived, there is still a time.

Teng snake ride the fog, and eventually turn into ashes.

Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles.

The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong.

The period of profit and contraction is not only in the sky;

The blessing of recuperation can be eternal.

Fortunately, even ya, the song is a song.

Cao Ang knew that his father's singing of this song meant that his father's ambition had completely died.

Father, I. . . Cao Ang became a little sad.

Cao Cao slapped Cao Ang fiercely, and said angrily, manly man, what are you crying about! If we lose, we lose, and if we can't afford to lose, we are no men! Moreover, my wife is safe for the time being, and we have been accepted by His Royal Highness, and the fate of our Cao family is already very good. In the future, I, Cao Mengde, will be the sharpest sword in the hands of His Highness, and I will cut all obstacles on the road to hegemony for His Highness.

There was already a secret agent who reported everything here to Liu Wei. Liu Wei said in his heart, this Cao Mengde is quite interesting, but I don't know if it is easy to use.

(End of chapter)