Cao Xuan summoned Fengyun and others to start a military meeting. The main content of this meeting is the deployment of troops, now Cao Xing is in charge of nine county seats, spread out the map and look, there are six county seats, which are bordered by the outside world, six county seats, and three county towns are close to the north, which may be invaded by the Qiang people at any time.

Everyone expressed their opinions on the deployment of troops in various places, and Cao Xing finally made a decision after unifying everyone's opinions.

In the past, the strength of each county in the Han Dynasty was about the same, and it was more than 500 people, Cao Xing still remained unchanged according to this specification, among them, the three safest counties in the middle would basically not be disturbed by the outside world, at most there were a little bandits making trouble everywhere, but under Cao Xing's governance, everyone had a field, as long as they worked hard and diligently, they would not be starved to death, so there were very few cases of robberies like this.

Therefore, the three county towns in the middle basically do not need too many troops to deploy, at most to maintain local law and order, so Cao Xing still gave them three county towns according to the original rules, and each allocated 500 soldiers and horses.

As for the other six counties bordering the surrounding counties, which can be regarded as important border towns, Cao Xing did not leave any of them, and each county directly sent 3,000 troops to deploy.

In addition, in the north, Cao Xuan also built a huge outpost, as soon as the beacon tower was lit, the soldiers of the surrounding barracks could immediately arrive, and there were more than 5,000 soldiers stationed there, in order to prevent the Qiang people from suddenly entering and plundering.

So on this side, there are about more than 20,000 troops in Cao Xing's hands, and Cao Xing went out together this time, Cao Xing directly selected 5,000 soldiers and horses, and as for the generals he led, there were Chen Hu and Zhou Cang. And, of course, a car warrior.

Cao Xuan instructed everyone that when he left, everyone still followed the previous rules, what should they do, and they must not break these established laws, and after he left, the military commander here was temporarily handed over to Zhong Qi, after all, Cao Xing's current available generals have taken away two, and the only generals left behind are Zhong Qi and Hu Che'er, Hu Che'er Cao Xuan is not very relieved, so this power finally fell into Zhong Qi's hands, at least Zhong Qi also reassured Cao Xing.

After arranging all this, Cao Xuan took the soldiers and horses on the road, and Chen Hu and Zhou Cang were quite excited along the way, especially Chen Hu, although he is now the commander of the first army, but this is also the first time he has walked out of Bianyun County, out of Jiuyuan County, to see the outside world.

Maybe there is still a battle to fight, so it's exciting to think about these things, but compared to Chen Hu's excitement, Cao Xing is extremely indifferent, and even has some negative appearance.

Anyway, along the way, Cao Xing walked leisurely, and his people and horses were all stop-and-go. can take a long detour and never take a small road, anyway, it took Cao Xing a month to get out of half the distance of Bingzhou.

At this moment, the eighteen-way princes recruited by Cao Cao have all arrived one after another, and after walking for almost a month, Cao Xuan finally entered the territory of Sili, according to the information transmitted by the whistle in front, now the eighteen-way princes seem to have gathered in the sour jujube city.

Sujube City was close to the territory of Yu Chenliu, so Cao Xuan did not hesitate, and continued to walk in that direction with people without hurry.

Even when he was about to enter the sour jujube city, he was about to come into contact with the mighty army, but Cao Xing waved his hand and ordered the troops, first stationed here for one night, and then entered the city tomorrow.

Profound in the big tent, Chen Hu behaved extremely anxious, constantly asking Cao Xing why he didn't enter the city now, he couldn't wait to have a good meeting with the princes of the Eighteen Roads as soon as possible, his heart couldn't wait, because he heard that the princes of the Eighteen Roads gathered, the total strength can be hundreds of thousands, and some places have begun to fight vigorously, hearing these news, the restless Chen Hu, of course, can't hold back.

However, Cao Xuan didn't care about this, waved his hand, and let Chen Hu sit there in an orderly manner.

Chen Hu sighed helplessly, and just wanted to ask Cao Xuan why he did this, but at this moment, Che Wu ran into the big tent, Che Wu glanced at the people in the big tent, it seemed that only Cao Xing, Chen Hu and Zhou Cang, were their own people, so Che Wu did not hesitate, and took out a large piece of paper from his arms and spread it out in front of everyone.

"Lord, I sneaked into Sour Date City with a spy before, and I have already sent all the news you want!"

Looking at the dense words on this piece of paper, Chen Hu touched his head a little embarrassed, and asked Che Wu quite embarrassedly: "Wuzi, I, I don't have good eyes, I can't see what is written on it, why don't you read it to me, okay!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all showed a smile, Che Wu did not hesitate, and directly began to tell everyone the information he had heard, Cao Cao issued a letter to discuss Dong Zhuo, and invited the heroes of the world to come to Luoyang to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

There are not a few people who responded to Cao Cao's call, but those who personally led troops here, it is said that there are only eighteen forces, as for what Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, these are all people from the Han family, none of them moved, they are all like jackals guarding their own territory, so they will not bring troops here to rescue.

The princes of the Eighteenth Road were, the later generals Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zhan, Shangdang Taishou Zhang Yang, Wucheng Hou Changsha Taishou Sun Jian, Qixiang Hou Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, Xiaoqi Captain Cao Cao, Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Taoqian.

Hearing the names of these people, although Zhou Cang and Chen Hu didn't seem to have heard of any of them, the troops brought by these people were all 120,000 people, and they all seemed to be some heroes and heroes, and it was really a blessing to be able to meet them, so in the eyes of Chen Hu and Zhou Cang, the color of hope was even stronger.

And Cao Xing smiled, he didn't pay much attention to these eighteen people, he had known it before, but he still looked at Che Wu with his burning gaze and asked, "In addition to these things, have you also inquired about other internal things!" ”

Hearing this, Che Wu was stunned at first, but then quickly reacted, Cao Xing had told him before, everything has two aspects: appearance and interior, and now what he inquired about is just some external things, and the real value should be internal.

Che Wu pondered for a moment, and then said: "Lord, the alliance leader elected by the princes of the Eighteenth Road turned out to be Yuan Shao at the time of Luoyang, although Yuan Shao has now become the alliance leader of the Eighteenth Road princes, but then again, it seems that many people still disobey him as the alliance leader, after all, everyone is a person with soldiers in their hands, why listen to his orders!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Xuan clapped his hands and nodded approvingly, this information from Che Wu can be regarded as very useful, Cao Xuan looked at the names of the eighteen people with burning eyes, and finally kept wandering between the two names. Eventually, a different color flashed in his eyes, as if he had made a decision.

The princes of the Eighteenth Road gathered in Suojube City and wanted to march into Luoyang, but the road ahead seemed to have not been completely bulldozed, so at this moment everyone was still gathered in Suojube City, and Cao Xing stayed outside for two days before slowly entering the city.

For example, the situation this morning is a little weird, there are no guards standing outside, but in the central school field of Sujube City, it has become a huge military camp.

It can be seen that many military commanders are rooted here, but although these military tents are endless, if you look closely, you can still see that the division between them is still obvious, and each force has a banner with each force, and it will never easily cross the line.

Cao Xuan directly asked his people to find a vacant land and erect his own forces there, and then Cao Xuan slowly walked in the direction of the military camp in the center, and when he got here, there were basically guards coming over for interrogation.

There was a soldier who came up and said to Cao Xing, this is a military important place, and idle people are not allowed to enter, if Cao Xuan must enter, please explain the reason.

Cao Xuan directly took out the letter from his arms, and when the soldier saw it, his heart immediately understood, he hugged Cao Xing, and asked Cao Xuan to wait here for a while, and then he took the letter to ask Dong Xuanwen and entered the barracks.

Cao Xuan took Chen Hu and Zhou Cang to wait outside, and after almost half a quarter of an hour, the soldier finally came back, but what is strange is that after the soldier came back, he didn't say anything to Cao Xing, and directly stood back in his original position, seeing this, Chen Hu behind Cao Xuan was a little unhappy, how could this soldier not even know the most basic politeness, no matter how he had to give Cao Xuan a reply, now he is standing there and not saying anything, what does this mean?

Just as Chen Hu took a step forward and was about to go up to inquire, a high voice suddenly came from inside the camp gate, only to hear that voice shouting loudly.

"Jiuyuan County guards Cao Xing, it is long overdue, delaying the military situation, and now it is reporting to the door!"

When I hear the last four words. Cao Xing, Zhou Cang, and Chen Hu all looked awe-inspiring, and they entered the door, to put it bluntly, they started from here, and walked all the way to the big tent in the army, and every step they took, they had to say their names loudly.

If it seems to outsiders, it is a bit silly to say your name when you take a step and say it out loud, and of course, it is also a humiliation for those disobedient generals.

Now, Cao Xuan wants to go in to meet with the other princes of the Eighteen Roads, and he even has to report to the door, Cao Xing and the others are naturally unhappy in their hearts.

I saw Chen Hu take a step forward, directly glaring at these soldiers with his tiger eyes and shouting, "What do you mean? My lord has traveled thousands of miles to cooperate with your action to fight against Dong, but when I come here, I still have to be insulted by you, who gave you orders! ”

These soldiers glanced at Chen Hu, didn't say anything, continued to stand at their posts, saw that Chen Hu was completely angry here, without saying a word, took out the sword at his waist, and the surrounding soldiers, watching Chen Hu make such a move, also held the spear in their hands one by one, ready to fight.

Seeing that the war was about to break out, suddenly another shout sounded from behind Cao Xuan and the others, Cao Xuan and the others looked back, only to see more than a dozen fast horses, rushing towards this side quickly, and the people on the horses were angry, and kept hitting the horse's back with a horsewhip.

When they arrived at the gate of the camp, those people quickly dismounted, and at this moment Cao Xing saw clearly that the leader was a person about thirty-five or so, only to see that this person was tall and big, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a national face was not angry and arrogant.

Now this person's face has been written with the word evil, this person did not say a word, as if he wanted to break into the barracks, and was immediately intercepted by the guards, who shouted in a deep voice: "Who are you, what do you want to come in?" Did you know it's a military powerhouse? ”

However, hearing this, the man with the face of the national character was furious, he didn't say a word, raised the long whip in his hand, slapped the soldier's face, and whipped it fiercely, and the soldier's face suddenly had a bloody mark.

"You, you dare to hit me!"

The soldier and the people around him all reacted at this moment, raising the blades in their hands one by one, as if they wanted to subdue the man, but the man didn't say a word, and pulled out his knife with a bang, only to see that his saber was very peculiar, with a length of about one meter five or six, and the blade was glowing with a little blue light. At first glance, you can see that this knife is definitely a peerless knife.

Cao Xing, who was standing behind, flashed a flash of inspiration in his mind when he saw this knife, and he seemed to have a guess about the identity of this middle-aged man.

And as the middle-aged man drew his knife, he saw that more than ten people behind him also pulled out the weapons on their waists, and looked at the guards around them angrily, among which there was a young man who was about the same age as Cao Xing, who was also holding his spear and roaring.

"Native chickens and dogs, Ann dares to stand in our way, today we are here to collect debts!"

Seeing that this group of people was menacing under the leadership of this middle-aged man, the guards guarding the door all looked a little panicked, because they obviously felt that the murderous aura on this middle-aged man had just come down from the battlefield.

So these guards also know that if this middle-aged man is displeased, he is very likely to draw a knife and kill someone.

Seeing that the middle-aged man waved his hand, he was about to forcibly rush into the barracks, but at this moment, Cao Xuan took the first step in front of the middle-aged man, he glanced at the middle-aged man, and then looked at the guards.