What to do? Han Xuan thought anxiously. By the way, Chen Ji is in Xu County, so he can figure out a way. Han Xuan still gave up this idea, and relied on how the soldiers of the Chen family could stop Cao Cao's elite army.

Xu Huang followed Yang Feng to lead the army to the eastern suburbs of Luyang, only to see wisps of cooking smoke rising from the mountains and forests on both sides, and it seemed that there were many soldiers and horses in ambush. Yang Feng asked Xu Huang to give an order to stop the whole army from advancing.

Liu Du drove his horse to Yang Feng and asked: "Why did General Yang order the army to stop, the Son of Heaven is in front, and our army will be able to recapture the Son of Heaven after chasing after it." ”

Yang Feng sighed and said: "There is smoke rising from the mountains on both sides, Cao Cao must have ambushed heavy troops here, and if we go in the past, we will die without a place to be buried!" ”

Han Xuan grabbed the Qilin horse and said, "The general of the chariot is too worried!" The art of war is cloudy, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual. Cao Mengde is a cunning person, and this must be his suspicious tactic, so that I dare not go to chase after him. If there were really ambushes in the mountains, how could they bury pots and cook in them with such fanfare. ”

This is actually Cao Cao and Yang Feng playing psychological warfare, although Yang Feng has meritorious service in saving the driver, but his official position is under Cao Cao. Yang Feng's heart was unbalanced, but he was afraid that he and others would pursue the Son of Heaven's chauffeur and be slandered by Cao Cao as a traitor like Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Yang Feng, Xu Huang and others were originally from the White Bo Army to the government army, and if they were slandered as rebels at this time, their previous efforts would be in vain. Xu Huang saw Yang Feng's thoughts and said to him, "Lord, there is no need for me to take this risk. The lord can go back to the whole army to capture Xu County and recapture the Son of Heaven. ”

Yang Feng took Xu Huang's advice and led his army to retreat. Liu Du and Han Xuan looked helpless, they had few soldiers, even if they caught up with Emperor Liu Xie's car, they couldn't beat Cao Cao's tiger and leopard ride, they had to lead their own troops back.

Cao Cao finally welcomed Emperor Xian to Xu County, and took Xu County as the capital and called Xuchang. Cao Cao began the great cause of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and he used the edict of Emperor Liu Xie to designate Yang Feng and Han Xian as anti-thieves, and raised troops to crusade against Yang Feng.

Yang Feng and Han Xian led the army to Dingling County in Yingchuan County to plunder and harass them, and Dingling County was about to be captured by them. Cao Cao's strategist Xi Zhicai suggested: "My lord, you can ignore the battle of Dingling first, and send an elite army to attack the Yang Feng military camp in Liang County by surprise. My spies found out that Xu Huang, the cavalry commander under Yang Feng's account, had already returned to the lord, and the lord could send General Yu Ban to lobby, so that Xu Huang and his henchmen should cooperate with the lord's army, and then his people could be broken. ”

Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and nodded in difficulty: "Zhicai is really my brainstorm!" ”

Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to say that Xu Huang had already heard of Cao Cao's name, and the Son of Heaven was under Cao Cao, so he wanted to stand in line, so Xu Huang agreed to take refuge in Cao Cao. Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to lead an army to storm Liang County from the outside, and Xu Huang took the opportunity to lead his own troops to eradicate Yang Feng's henchmen. The defenders of Yang Feng's camp were completely dispersed, Cao Cao's army beheaded countless people, and the rest either fled or surrendered.

After Cao Cao's army occupied Liang County, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to attack Yang Feng and Han Xian on the way back, intercepting them, Yang Feng and Han Xian's army was defeated and lost their foothold, they led the remnants of the army to escape to the east and defected to Yuan Shu.

After Cao Cao ushered in the Son of Heaven, Xuchang's grain and grass were still not enough to supply the imperial court and the Tiger Feather Forest Army for consumption, even if the consumption of the imperial court was satisfied, his army had no surplus food.

A Yulin military captain said to Cao Cao: "The last general heard that the general had captured a large number of supplies and people when he broke Runan, Yingchuan Yellow Turban, He Yi and other troops, and he could be ordered to open a tuntian on the outskirts of Xuchang. ”

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that his idea was very good, and Cao Cao asked him, "Who are you?" ”

"At the end of the general, the tuntian can be divided into two kinds: the people's tun and the military tun, the people's tun is distributed by the government to the people of the tuntian for a field to cultivate, and after the harvest is divided with the government, so that the people make the private cattle and the government share in half; Those who make the official cattle hand over sixty percent to the government will get forty percent. In this way, the general's worries can be solved! ”

Cao Cao raised his head and smiled, patted Zaoji's shoulder and said, "You are really a good talent given to me by God!" Zaoji, I have appointed you to be the Governor of Tuntian and be in charge of Tuntian affairs. ”

Zao Ji hurriedly thanked him, and Cao Cao advised: "This method of Tuntian must not be leaked to others!" ”

Zaoji's face was embarrassed: "This ...... I'm afraid it's too late. The last general heard that Han Xuan, the general of Pingkou, had already implemented the law of Tuntian, and it has been ten years since then! ”

"I never thought that this Han Xuan would have such ability!" Cao Cao said in shock. Cao Cao was in charge of Mintun in Xuchang and various counties and counties. At the same time, the implementation of the military tun, by the army tuntian, the method is similar to the mintun, since then in the late Han Dynasty food shortage, famine situation, tuntian for Cao Cao to solve the problem of military food.

Yuan Shu sent the general Ji Ling to assist Liu Xun in attacking Wancheng, but was unexpectedly repelled by Han Xuan's general Huang Zhong and others. Yuan Shu saw that Han Xuan was powerful, so he turned to attack Xuzhou, and Liu Bei, who was the pastor of Xuzhou, went out to defend the enemy, leaving Sima Zhang Fei to guard the Xuzhou Prefecture.

Before Yuan Shu marched into the army, Lü Bu marched to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou at the same time, and promised to help Lü Bu with 200,000 Hu of military rations and other baggage.

Lu Bu was overjoyed, so he conspired with Chen Gong and others to attack Xiapi. It happened that Zhang Fei killed Tao Qian's general Cao Bao because of his resentment, and the people of Xiapi were unstable, and Zhonglang sent Xu Tan to Sima Zhangzhi to lure Lu Bu to attack. Lü Bu immediately marched into the army, and Xu Tan's troops opened the city to welcome Lü Bu's army into the city.

Zhang Fei hurriedly responded to the battle and fled in defeat. Lu Bu occupied Xiapi, captured Liu Bei's wife and children, and called himself the assassin of Xuzhou. Liu Bei was defeated by Yuan Shu, lost his advance and retreat, and surrendered to Lü Bu. Lu Bu was resentful because of the delay in the arrival of the military rations promised by Yuan Shu, so he accepted Liu Bei, expressed Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, and returned his family to make him stay in Xiaopei to fight against Yuan Shu.

At this time, Cao Cao's heavy strategist Xi Zhicai was seriously ill, and Cao Cao went around seeking medical treatment for him to no avail, so Xi Zhicai coughed a few times, and his hand towels were stained with blood. Xi Zhicai choked up and said, "Lord, it's been a long time...... There is not much, there is a strange man in Yingchuan, who can be ...... for me"

Cao Cao hurriedly helped him lie down, let the servants take care of him, and said to Xi Zhicai: "Zhicai, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and you will definitely find a good doctor to treat you." ”

After Cao Cao went back, he asked Xun Yu what to do, and Xun Yu said: "My subordinates heard that there is a doctor named Zhang Zhongjing in Jiangnan, who can cure the illness of Xi Zhicai. But Zhang Zhongjing settled in Changsha under Han Xuan's rule, and I am afraid that the distant water will not be able to save the near fire......"

Cao Cao covered his face and cried bitterly, and Xun Yu hurriedly comforted: "My subordinates can recommend a strategist who can replace Xi Zhicai." ”

Cao Cao's eyes widened when he heard this, and Xun Yu said: "This person's surname is Guo Mingjia, and his name is filial piety." His intelligence and drama are not comparable, but he is quite debauched and does not follow the rules of etiquette. ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he asked Xun Yu to invite Guo Jia and personally went out to greet him ten miles away. Cao Cao took Guo Jia's hand and connected him to his tent to discuss the world's major affairs. Although Guo Jia is very young, he knows Cao Cao's ambitions well.

"The general's ambition is only to engrave the 'Tomb of the Han Hussar General' on the tombstone after a hundred years?" Guo Jia asked.

Cao Cao sighed: "If you want to dominate the great cause, you only hate to be assisted by no virtuous talents!" Today, there are many princes, and they are based on Yanzhou, and they are attacked on all sides. The general trend of the world is still unclear, I don't know what Fengxiao thinks? ”

Guo Jia laughed heartily and said: "The general already has a plan in his heart, why do you need to ask Jia? Now, the general should take advantage of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan to destroy Lü Bu first. This may allow the Yanzhou army to expand its strength, and also avoid the threat of Lü Bu from the flank in the decisive battle with Yuan Shao in the future. ”

Cao Cao exclaimed: "Feng Xiaozhen is to the point!" Feng Xiao thinks that what kind of talent must be learned for a strategist? ”

Guo Jia replied: "Husband and fighter, such as chess." All battles must be planned first and then moved, familiar with the art of war is only an introductory ear, and the advantages and disadvantages of military advisors are on the spot......"

Guo Jia and Cao Cao had a night talk, and Guo Jia's clear and thorough analysis made Cao Cao see a bright future.

After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed: "Whoever makes something great happen, this person must also be this person." ”

After Guo Jia left the camp, he was also overjoyed and said, "This is really my lord." ”

After that, Guo Jia became Cao Cao's military advisor and sacrificial wine, giving advice and serving Cao Cao's Quartet campaign loyally.

(End of chapter)