After Cao Cao retreated from Xuzhou and returned to Yanzhou, he issued a wide order to recruit talents. Xun Yu and Xun You recommended many talents for Cao Cao, including Xi Zhicai.

Cao Cao heard the news from all sides from his subordinates, and he noticed that Liu Du and Han Xuan had quietly risen in Jingnan, and Cao Cao sighed: "Han Xuan and Liu Du, in the past, they were only one county under the account of Sun Jian, but now they have several counties. There are so many heroes in the world! ”

A weak young man beside Cao Cao who was wearing a long scarf and had a thin yellow face said: "Don't worry, my lord, I and Mr. Wen Ruo will assist you, and I will help my lord sweep the sea and expand the world." ”

This person is Cao Cao's chief strategist Wang Biao, known as the drama Zhicai, and his deep eyes seem to be able to see through the heavens. Cao Cao consulted with him every time he encountered major events in the army, and Xi Zhicai could always put forward unique opinions, and Cao Cao valued him very much.

It's just that the drama is uninhibited, unruly, and often arrogant. Xun Yu secretly thought in his heart, Han Xuan, Han Xuan, I never thought that you would have today's achievements.

Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "My lord, Han Xuan and Liu Du will be in great trouble in the future. The lord should work hard to forge ahead in the Central Plains and sweep away the unsubordinate. Ru, Yingduoqishi, subordinates heard that there is a person surnamed Guo Mingjia in Yingchuan, who is good at planning and planning, and I am afraid that he is not under the drama Zhicai. ”

Xi Zhicai's heart tightened when he heard this, he and Guo Jiaben were friends, and the two cherished each other. Xi Zhi was optimistic about Cao Cao, and Guo Jia, who was only weak and weak, first went to Yuan Shao's account.

Guo Jia said to Yuan Shao's advisers Xin Ping and Guo Tu: "A wise person can prudently measure his master, so if there is a good measure, he can make meritorious contributions." Yuan Gong only wanted to emulate Corporal Zhou Gong's courtesy, but he didn't know how to use people, he was thoughtful and lacked the essentials, and he was scheming but indecisive. Jia wants to share the world with him and build a great cause, which is really difficult! ”

So Guo Jia left Yuan Shao from then on, and in this way, Guo Jia has been idle for four years.

Xi Zhicai also knew that Guo Jiazhicai was not under him, and he was afraid that Guo Jia would compete with him after he came to Cao Cao's command, so he never recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao heard Xun Yu recommend another strange man, and said to Xun Yu with a smile: "Wen Ruozhen is my son's room!" ”

Cao Cao asked people to look for Guo Jia, but Guo Jia was adrift and had already left Yingchuan. Xun Yu said to Cao Cao again: "I heard that there is a wise man in Yanzhou, and now this person does not know where he is. ”

Cao Cao hurriedly asked who it was, and Xun Yu said: "This person is from Dong'a, Dongjun, surnamed Cheng, named Yu, and the word Zhongde." ”

Cao Cao: "I have also been famous for a long time. So he sent people to the village to inquire about it. Cao Cao's envoy visited him to study in the mountains, and Cao Cao personally invited him out of the mountains. Cheng Yu came to see him, and Cao Cao was overjoyed. Cheng Yu recommended two more people: one is a native of Changyi, Shanyang, with a full surname, a pet name, and a name Boning; One is a native of Wucheng, surnamed Lu, whose name is pious, and whose name is Ke.

Cao Cao hired Man Chong and Lu Qian to serve in the army. Man Zhong and Lu Qian recommended a total of one person, who is Chen Liuping Qiu, surnamed Mao, named Jue, and the word filial piety. Cao Cao was also hired.

Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao: "If the lord wants to dominate the Central Plains, he should first take Xuzhou, and if Xuzhou fails, Yanzhou will become the land of four wars." ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I want to take Xuzhou for a long time, but Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is not a mediocre person, he sticks to the city and has a lot of money and food, and it is difficult to overcome it for a while." ”

I saw that the next general bowed and said: "The last general is forbidden, and I am willing to charge into battle for the lord!" ”

Yu Banben was a subordinate of Bao Xin, and he once followed Bao Xin to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. After Bao Xin welcomed Cao Cao to lead Yanzhou, Yu Ban and the rest of Bao Xin's generals were all named Dubo and subordinate to the general Wang Lang. Wang Lang saw that Yu Ban was brave and strategic, and recommended to Cao Cao that Yu Ban could be appointed as a general. Cao Cao summoned Yu Ban to worship the army Sima.

When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou last year, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to attack Guangqi, and after conquering Guangwei, he was appointed as the commander of Chen Du. Cao Cao smiled and said to the ban: "Wen Ze has the style of ancient famous generals, and I will reuse it in the future." It's just that Tao Qian has always been supported by the people, and the soldiers need to be considered in the long run when they go out of Xuzhou. ”

One day, Xiahoudun led a big man to see, Cao Cao asked who this was, Xiahoudun said: "This is Chen Liuren, surname, name Wei, brave and powerful." In the past, he followed Zhang Miao, disagreed with the people under his tent, killed dozens of people, and fled to the mountains. I went out to hunt, and saw Dian Wei chasing the tiger across the stream, so I was collected in the army. Today, it is specially recommended to the public. ”

Cao Cao said: "I see that this person is burly and must have courage. ”

Xiahoudun nodded and said: "He once killed people to avenge his friends, and he went straight out of the downtown area, and hundreds of people did not dare to approach. Only now I made two iron halberds, weighing eighty pounds, carrying the horse, far away like flying. ”

Cao Cao asked Dian Wei to try, and Dian Wei held two large iron halberds and galloped back and forth. Cao Cao suddenly saw that the banner under the tent was blown by the wind, and he was about to fall, and all the soldiers could not support the banner.

Dian Wei dismounted, drank the army, held the flagpole with one hand, and stood in the wind, standing still. Cao Cao pointed at Dian Wei and said with great joy: "This ancient evil is coming!" ”

Cao Cao ordered Dian Wei to be the lieutenant in front of his tent, took off the brocade jacket on his body, and gave it to Dian Wei together with the horse carved saddle.

Since then, Cao Cao's subordinates have strategists, military generals, and Weizhen Shandong. Cao Cao sent Taishan Taishou to meet his father Cao Song in Langya County. Cao Song has lived in seclusion in Langya since Chen Liu's refuge; After receiving the letter on the same day, he went straight to Yanzhou with his brother Cao De and more than 40 people in his family, more than 100 followers, and more than 100 cars.

Cao Song's car drove through Xuzhou, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian learned that Cao Cao's father passed, so he left the country to greet, and then saluted, set up a feast, and entertained for two days. Tao Qian wanted to marry Cao Cao with this.

When Cao Song was about to leave, Tao Qian personally sent him out of the city, and specially ordered the commander Zhang Min to lead 500 soldiers and horses from his headquarters to escort him. Unexpectedly, Zhang Min and others murdered for money, killed Cao Song, seized the money and fled.

Cao Cao played the banner of "avenging his father" and prepared to attack Tao Qian in the east. Cao Cao asked Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to guard Juancheng, and personally led Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other generals, with Xun You and Xi Zhicai as military advisors and Dian Wei as guards, and sent troops to recruit Tao Qian.

Xuzhou Mu Taoqian complained to Tian Kai, the assassin of Qingzhou, and Tian Kai and Liu Bei, the minister of the plains, led troops to rescue Tao Qian. Tian Kai is a subordinate of Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei originally wanted to borrow Zhao Yun from Gongsun Zhan, but Tian Kai told Liu Bei that Zhao Yun had abandoned Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu Zhang Fei led thousands of men to Xuzhou to rescue, and Tao Qian's subordinates Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others always respected Liu Bei is emperor and made friends with Liu Bei. Tao Qian allocated an additional 4,000 Danyang elite soldiers to Liu Bei's command, so Liu Bei broke away from Tian Kai and defected to Tao Qian. Tao Qian recommended Liu Bei to serve as the assassin of Yuzhou and stationed in Xiaopei.

Xi Zhicai and Xun You took turns to offer their plans, and Cao's army captured five cities and got a lot of land, until Donghai County. Cao Jun's return to the division passed through Tan County, and Tao Qian's generals Cao Bao and Liu Bei were in the east of Tan County, preparing to intercept Cao Cao's soldiers and horses.

Unexpectedly, Xi Zhicai had already seen through the ambush of Liu Bei and others, and Cao Cao planned to break Cao Bao and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, and attack Xiangben. Cao's army was short of food, and the places they passed through relied on killing the people to seize food. Only the ban was imposed on the subordinates and the people were not allowed to plunder the people.

Just when Cao Cao was fighting in Xuzhou, Cao Cao's subordinate Chen Gong paid tribute to the famous man Bian Rang, and learned that Cao Cao wantonly killed the people of Xuzhou in order to avenge his father, and even slaughtered the city. Chen Gong remembered what Cao Cao once joked with him: "Rather teach me to bear the world, stop teaching the world to bear me!" ”

Chen Gong sighed: "I personally persuaded the Yanzhou scholars to welcome Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou that day, but I never thought that he was unkind and unjust, and killed innocents indiscriminately. The celebrity Bian Rang died at his hands, and now the people of Xuzhou have suffered this catastrophe again! Cao Mengde, my Chen Palace can achieve you, but I can also destroy you! ”

Chen Gong went to say that Zhang Miao rebelled against Cao Cao and greeted Lu Bu. When Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang that year, he was protected by Zhang Miao, and Cao Cao Chen Liu's troops were also greatly helped by him, and he was once subordinate to Zhang Miao. Later, Cao Cao served as the pastor of Yanzhou, but he was above Zhang Miao, Zhang Miao was dissatisfied, and the two gradually became suspicious.

Zhang Miao immediately decided to join forces with Chen Gong, they had been in Yanzhou for a long time, and their influence was very great, and Cao Cao's army was far away in Xuzhou, the two were opposed, and Yanzhou counties responded one after another.

Xun Yu heard that Chen Gong had rebelled, and urgently ordered Xiahou Dun, the general stationed in Dongjun, to return to the army to hold Yanzhou Prefecture to govern Juancheng, and then ordered Shouzhang to order Cheng Yu to leave Zhenfan and Dong'e County, refuse to hold the city, and wait for Cao Cao to return to the army. Cao Cao heard about the changes in Yanzhou in Xuzhou, so he had to quickly withdraw his troops from Xuzhou to rescue Yanzhou.

Cao Cao is strong and will be a strong opponent of the protagonist in the future, which is focused on here. I hope you will continue to support, vote for recommendations, and collect a little bit.

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