On the day when Gongsun Xun and Yuan Shao had direct military contact outside the Liang Dynasty, Cao Cao was actually not far from there, specifically he was on the banks of the Yellow River and Zhang Yang in Hanoi to encircle and suppress the wandering Black Mountain thief Yu Poison.

The two cooperated well, and suddenly sent troops together when the poison army crossed the river more than halfway through, and successfully divided the poison department into the north and south of the river. Most of Yu Poison's subordinates were still on the north bank, and were forced to surrender by Zhang Yang under the leadership of Mugu, who was known as the White Rabbit, while Yu Poison himself and his elite headquarters fled into the city of Yancheng, where the Yellow River could be seen from afar, after the death, and then surrounded by Zhang and Cao, who followed behind.

So far, Yu Poison was hit by Bandu, there was no baggage, lack of food and clothing, most of the surrender of the headquarters also had many casualties, and although the city was strong, it was only a small key city, and it was not stored itself, so it could not stay for a long time...... It is entirely fair to say that the dust has settled on this battle.

But at this moment, a horse came from the north and brought the information that Gongsun and Yuan's 200,000 people fought under the city of Liang Period, and then Gongsun Xun broke Yuan Shao in a battle, and then Yecheng was in turmoil.

Cao Cao and Zhang Yang are not the masters who have anything to fear, on the contrary, their life and death are closely related to the balance of the situation, otherwise they would not choose to accept Yuan Shao's invitation to help each other clear the way back. Therefore, at this time, he suddenly heard that Yuan Shao was defeated, and Gongsun Xun won quickly, although he had already considered this result, he still tossed and turned, and he was uneasy for a while.

And the next day, Uncle Zhang Zhi took the lead and couldn't bear it, so he took the lead and took his leave directly, leading the whole army to cross Hebei and return...... In other words, because there was no king and no appearance, he was handed over to Cao Cao by Sun Wentai, saying that Chen Jun was also the base camp.

After this incident, he escaped from poisoning, and decided to lead the remnants to march to Mount Tai, where he had been for a long time, to find a way out and not to mention, on the other hand, Cao Mengde led the army south, but he was undecided along the way, and always felt that the future was surrounded by fog, and it was difficult to feel at ease.

It wasn't until he arrived in Chen County, Chen County, that he saw Cao Ang, the eldest son of Shu Faying, and the civil and military forces who stayed behind, that he put away his confused posture and returned to the happy appearance of the wisdom bead in his hand. And after learning that his righteous brother Sun Jian sent a messenger to come, saying that Wancheng had been broken through in front, so he was ready to take away his wife and child, who had been placed here for more than half a year, and settled in Nanyang, he reopened the banquet and feasted the guests...... One is to welcome guests, two is to send back, three is to congratulate the victory, four is to comfort the army, and five is to celebrate the winter solstice.

In short, with Cao Cao's temper, if you want to drink, you can always find ten or eight different reasons, not to mention that this is just coming back from the army, and he hasn't been drunk for many days, so everyone is not surprised.

So, the banquet was opened, although there were many drinks, but the dishes were lacking, just the hot pot soup given by Gongsun Xun before, put some pasta, meat, and eat as much as you want...... This is more in line with Cao Cao's lively but simple character.

However, during the banquet, when there was laughter and laughter, suddenly there was a letter from Le Jin, a confidant stationed in Pei County, saying that there was turmoil in Yuan Shao's Tuntian on the side of Mount Tai, and that there were yellow turban thieves who had rebelled, so he sent a special letter to ask Cao Cao if he wanted to suspend the winter training in the land of Tuntian in abundance as a precaution.

"Wen Qian is too stingy." Cao Cao was already five points drunk at this time, and when he heard this, he first handed over the letter in his hand to Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others to read, but regardless of the fact that there were still guests in front of him, he directly held the bottle and laughed. "There is a reason why the people of Yuan Shao's department are repeated...... One is that most of his tun people are Yellow Turban thieves who have surrendered, and they have their own internal connections; The other is that when he annexed the three states, he was too aggressive, and the people he appointed were uneven, and there were many filthy people in charge of the people; The last one is that he has just been defeated, Huaxia is shaken, and even those Yellow Turban people know that he is going downhill, and they can't help but be afraid in their hearts, so how can they not cause chaos? ”

The left and right civil and military, as well as Sun Jing and other guests, naturally bowed their heads and said yes.

"But what are we afraid of?" Cao Cao drank it all, and then clapped his hands again. "Our people are all displaced people when they were fighting for Dong, and Xiahou Miaocai, who was in charge of this matter in Peibei, is a very hard-working and stable person, and more importantly, we have not suffered defeat, on the contrary, Brother Wentai has taken Runan in less than a year, and then captured Wancheng, which can be called like a tiger...... With such a situation, why is there any uneasiness? What can be uneasy? ”

After that, the people no longer paid attention to the proclamation, but raised their glasses and drank again, and the generals at the banquet laughed and drank in imitation.

However, after drinking three cups in a row, Cao Mengde craned his neck and looked around, and saw that all the subordinates in the banquet were smiling and smiling, and none of them showed a sad face, but suddenly his heart was gloomy, and he simply turned his face directly, pretending to be drunk, and stopped the banquet.

Cao Cao was suddenly overjoyed and angry, and everyone was completely confused, so they could only leave one after another.

"The general is worried about the situation, and he should sincerely ask the left and right, how can he lie and coax first, but then suddenly lose his temper?" Just when Cao Mengde was depressed and was about to pour himself a drink after expelling everyone, someone in his ear asked coldly, and he quickly raised his head with a word.

It turned out that in addition to the guests and subordinates saying goodbye one after another, in addition to Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other henchmen and clan brothers, there was also a young scribe wearing a black ribbon bronze seal left in the corner.

Cao Mengde was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "I misunderstood, I just thought of the old Jiaoqiao Gong when I was drinking, and my heart was gloomy, so that it ruined everyone's interest, so how to worry about the situation...... But who is under my feet, when did he come to my command, and why have I not seen it? ”

The person below didn't care, he also bowed his hand slightly, and then calmly replied while fishing noodles from the pot: "The general is mistaken, it is not a figure under the command of the general, but the county order of Xu County, Yingchuan, surnamed Du Ming, Zixu, this time it is because the family of General (Sun Jian) needs manpower to pick up and drop off the family of General (Sun Jian), and the Xia Zhi Office is at the junction of Yingchuan and Chen County, so he came here with Captain Sun Youtai, but he didn't want to see the general hesitate about the situation......"

Cao Cao reacted at this time, the other party was sitting in the west of the hall, behind Sun Jing before, but he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "No matter what, why did Du Jun say that I was worried about the situation?" Or not...... Du Jun is a native of Yingchuan? ”

"Yes, yes."

"I don't know what it has to do with Yingchuan Dingling Du Bojian (Du Gen)?" Cao Cao blurted out a question, seemingly casual.

Du Xian couldn't help but be solemn when he heard this, but he sighed and put down the hot pot noodles in his hand: "Grandfather is talented, and he can't attack in case of emergency, so he doesn't dare to make a slight announcement, so as not to tarnish the family's name...... And the general said a word, which made Zai Xia a little ashamed. ”

Cao Cao laughed, but put down the wine bottle in his hand, and then put on the clogs, and directly stepped forward to salute in front of this person, praising his feet, and apologized again and again: "ignorant, I didn't want to show my timidity, but I didn't expect Zixu to laugh!" ”

Du Xi already felt that the princes of the Central Plains were the most impressive with Cao Cao, and now when he saw the other party's posture in person, he couldn't help but feel more and more good in his heart, so he quickly got up to avoid the other party's big gift, and then stepped forward to help Cao Cao from the side, and bowed back.

And since Cao Cao admitted that he was worried about the situation, he no longer pretended, and simply stretched out his hand to drag the other party back to the table, regardless of his identity and age, and personally poured wine for this person...... Seeing this, Xiahoudun and the others next to him were not dissatisfied, but instead returned to their places, and solemnly put on a posture of hope of listening attentively.

Sure enough, as Cao Mengde served three bottles in a row, his etiquette was in order, and he finally took the opportunity to mention the topic just now: "Zixu just said a word to break his thoughts, but I don't know if there is anything he can teach me?" ”

Du Xian chuckled when he heard this: "The general thinks too much, the kid is young, seeing that you are moody, he just made a little sarcasm, but on the overall situation, he didn't dare to put his beak lightly." ”

Cao Cao laughed again with the smell of wine when he heard this, and after laughing, he held the other party's shoulders and said to each other earnestly: "Why is Zixu like this? I really wanted to ask for advice...... Just now, everyone thought that my Cao Cao was thriving under his rule, and the alliance brothers were victorious one after another, so they were jubilant...... Only Zixu, at a glance, saw that I was worried about the situation, such a vision, it was completely independent of the three counties, how could he not be qualified to solve my doubts? Is it because you are my brother-in-law, so you don't want to disembowel? If this is the case, I will send a letter to Nanyang, be sure to transfer you, at that time, although my three counties of Liang Chen Pei are small, after all, I can still send two thousand stone to Zixu every year. ”

"The general misunderstood." Du Xun was not in a hurry and continued to smile. "It is neither a posturing nor a request for profit...... In fact, the general's posture is already a corporal of courtesy, and after receiving the salute you just now, if there is really a good plan to help the general, how can he shirk it? It's just that the general's worries are slightly understood, but I don't have a way out of the general. ”

"Zixu also thinks too much." Cao Cao smiled bitterly when he heard this. "Don't hide it, although I am worried about the situation, but in fact, I don't even know what is wrong with the situation...... Please clear my mind for me. ”

"General, that's boring." Du Xi lowered his head and held the cup, and suddenly said. "Aren't your two biggest worries Hebei and Nanyang? This kind of thing, because the relationship between the general, General Gongsun and Sun Poyu is there, it is not easy to say it in public, but what is there to hide in private? ”

After speaking, Du Zixu was not in a hurry, and glanced at his shoulder with slanted eyes...... It turned out that as soon as the words Hebei and Nanyang came out just now, they were immediately pinched by Cao Cao's gaffe.

Seeing this, Cao Cao was also embarrassed, and while letting go, he made amends again.

"The general is so polite, then I can't hide my secrets, so I just say what I don't want to say or think about for the general......" Du Xun was even more emotional when he saw this. Hebei put it bluntly, that is, General Wei won a quick victory over the Che Cavalry General in Hebei before, and after the defeat of the Che Cavalry General, the decline was fully revealed, and the princes' original hope that the battle between the two powers in North China could be delayed for a long time was frustrated, so they inevitably had the intention of pressing the mountain to the top. And the same is overpowered, and those princes who are precarious or only want to defend the door, people with great ambitions like generals are extremely confused, and they don't know if there is any point in sticking to their ambitions! ”

Cao Cao sighed: "Wen Qi is indeed too fast, I don't mean that Wen Qi or Ben Chu did no way, but ......"

"It's that what they do is not their own after all...... In the troubled times, people's hearts are more scattered, and the world is more mixed. If you really see the strong and surrender, you and I should still praise the sun in the Xia Dynasty! "Du Xun hurriedly comforted." So the general doesn't have to care...... After Dong Zhuo rose to power, there was no authority in the world, what is the strength of General Wei's soldiers and horses, and the prosperity of the general's family? Is it as strong as the 400-year-old Han Dynasty? ”

Cao Cao bowed his head slowly.

"As for Nanyang......" Du Xun continued, but he smiled bitterly for a while. I shouldn't have said much about it, but there are some things, even if I don't say it, everyone knows it, and if I say it, it may not be bad for Sun Poyu......"

Cao Cao also smiled, but filled the other party with a glass of wine.

"Actually, the two generals and Liu Yuzhou relied on the Suishui alliance to gain a firm foothold in the troubled times." Du Xi picked up his wine glass and said with emotion. "But things are very different now...... General Sun didn't know whether he really didn't know or pretended not to know, he was only less than a year in front, and he took all of Runan after the spring, and most of Nanyang after the autumn, is the wealth and population of these two counties a joke? But General Cao, you are trapped in the top three, guarding Chen County, Liang State, and Beipei Half County. It is Liu Yuzhou, who is obviously recognized as the lord of Yuzhou, but he can only take Huainan as the foundation, plus several counties in Peinan...... The matter of the covenant has to be considered for a long time, and General Cao's second worry is that it is clear that the current situation is no longer waiting for me, but he is bound by the covenant and cannot be used at all! ”

"That's where the problem lies." Cao Cao waited for the other party to drink it all before asking. "Zixu is so thorough, but he has no words to teach me?"

"It's really powerless." Du Xun glanced at the other party and said calmly. "I'm just a half-understood but young and vigorous person, and when I see the general's predicament, I can't help but want to show off one or two, but in fact, there is no way to break the situation!"

Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong, who were sitting on both sides, couldn't help but look at each other, and Cao Hong laughed out loud.

"It's good to be able to see through the situation." Cao Cao looked at the other party for a long time, and he could only say so, but he poured wine again and again to show his gratitude.

But Du Xi was willing, ignoring the gradual change in the faces of Cao Hong and others, and accepted it calmly.

There was no word that day, and on the second day, Cao Mengde, who had returned to normal, personally took his wife Ding and eldest son Cao Ang, and sent Sun Jing, Mrs. Wu, plus Sun Jian's concubine Ding, and Sun Jian's five sons and three daughters, far away from the pavilion more than ten miles away from the West Gate, and then made amends for the rude of yesterday's banquet...... Of course, whether it is Sun Jing or Mrs. Wu, they know Cao Cao's temper to some extent, and as Sun Jian's family, they have seen more rude behavior, but they don't care.

Not only that, but when she arrived here, Mrs. Wu personally got out of the car and led Sun Ce, who had already tied her hair, and the rest of her children to salute Cao Cao to thank him, and even her infant daughter Sun Ren was also taken out by the nurse and saluted on her behalf.

In other words, in the past six months, Cao Cao treated these Sun children as his own, and whenever he taught Cao Ang, whether he was studying or practicing martial arts, he also called these people together and treated them equally...... Therefore, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang and others all called Cao Cao's father, and Cao Cao was also gloomy when he saw the situation at this time, and personally stepped forward to help his eldest nephew, who was already taller than himself, and told him to take care of his mother, younger brother and younger sister along the way.

After a little explanation, Mrs. Ding stepped forward to talk goodbye to Mrs. Wu again, and Cao Ang also shook hands with Sun Ce and said goodbye, but he also gave horses and swords, and made an appointment with each other in the future.

At this time, Cao Cao looked around and saw Du Raid who fell in the corner, but he actually ignored yesterday's speech and failed to gain anything, and personally stepped forward to laugh at each other, praising him with his feet, and praised him in front of Sun Jing, half joking and half serious, saying that Sun Wentai was alienated from talents, so it was better to transfer Du Raid over.

In this regard, Sun Jing was naturally embarrassed...... It's really embarrassing, because Sun Youtai knows very well in his heart that although his brother is the most powerful one among the princes of the Central Plains, he is also the one who is the most unpopular among the scholars.

For example, a young scholar like Du Xian, who is willing to go out, actually has some role in Sun Jian's military might.

However, fortunately, Du Xun only gave up his hand slightly, and did not say much, saving Sun Jing some face, and Cao Cao still didn't care.

While talking, the women over there also finished talking, Mrs. Wu tearfully said goodbye to Mrs. Ding, and then took her young son and daughter to get into the car separately, and Sun Ce also followed Sun Jing to beat the horse and go to Nanyang Wancheng...... However, after walking for half a mile, Du Xian, who was on the horse and accompanying him, suddenly turned around, and under Sun Jing's astonishment, he hit his horse to the east, and galloped to Cao Cao, who had not yet moved.

Cao Cao was also stunned, but he still stepped forward quickly, and asked earnestly after more than ten steps: "Does Zixu want to stay here?" If that's the case, I'll send a letter to Wancheng. ”

"That's not what I mean." Du Xun replied with a wry smile on the horse. "In Dingling, the next family is in Dingling, even if you have the heart to take care of the clansmen first, but the general has repeatedly given great gifts to each other, and he is tolerant, and the attack cannot but be reported...... I have a talk here about how to deal with the situation, I wonder if the general would like to hear it? ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed, but he just gave it to each other.

"This matter is easy!" Du Xun didn't get off the horse, and said directly. "General Wei is about to succeed, this sincerity cannot compete with it, why not deepen the alliance of the three families in the Central Plains and turn it into one? To resist the trend of the north, in order to wait for the world to change in the future? ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Zixu's statement is actually the same as what I have been thinking these days...... There's no way, if you want to withstand the pressure from the north, that's the only way, but how to do it exactly? ”

When Du Xun heard this, he finally dismounted, but he stepped forward to Cao Cao's side and simply said: "General Cao, I have four strategies to help you get out of this predicament......"

"Wait!" Cao Mengde first took a few steps back, bowed to Du Xian, and then stepped forward to hold the other party's hands. "Tell me, please!"

At the same time, Cao Hong, who came with him, directly stepped forward to stop Sun Jing, who was about to look back, while Xiahoudun asked Mrs. Ding and the others to retreat for a while...... For a while, there was no one else around Cao Cao and Du Xian.

"One...... About marriage. Du Xi said in a low voice. The general has all his children, and so does Sun Poyu, so can he marry each other, please ask Gongzi Cao to refer to Mrs. Sun, and ask Gongzi Sun to refer to Mrs. Cao? ”

Cao Cao thought of Sun Ce's brothers, but slowly bowed his head.

"Second...... Please ask the general to go to Chang'an immediately and personally meet the Son of Heaven. Du Xian's next sentence made Cao Mengde shake suddenly. General Cao and General Wei are about to succeed, and they cannot be directly confronted...... And if you really want to fight him, then whether it is on the battlefield or in court, if there is no Son of Heaven, you can't do it! Only the Son of Heaven can pose a slight threat to General Wei after the destruction of the Yuan family. This time, General Cao went to see the Son of Heaven, but he wanted to take advantage of the fact that General Wei was in Hebei and could not get out for a while, and together with Sun Poyu, Liu Yuzhou, Tao Xuzhou and other princes, he clarified the posture of the Han courtiers, so that General Wei had no excuse to be more of the Central Plains, and it was also to let the general have a capital to further unite the princes of the Central Plains...... The world is turbulent, all the princes have the fact of separation, and it is difficult for the Han family decree to get out of the Weiyang Palace, but the more so, and if the general can enter Chang'an alone, plus the general, when you asked Dong before, you did not lose the Han family's actions, then the name of the pillar of the Han family, who else is you? It's impossible for General Wei to attack you at this time, he ......"

"Brilliant Strategy!" Before the other party finished speaking, Cao Cao had already woken up. "At this time, Wen Qi will never dare to harm me, I will go to Chang'an, it seems dangerous, but it is actually very appropriate...... And as Zixu said, if you want to resist General Wei, the fame of the Han family is the only option! This trip, you must go, and as long as you go, you can do it if you don't succeed! Thirdly? ”

"Third......" Du Xi continued to say in a low voice. After going to Chang'an, he came back quickly, as soon as Sun Poyu came here, there may be a big change here, Yuan Shu's defeat is imminent, Liu Biao may in turn help Yuan Shu to fight Sun Poyu, this time is the easiest time to let Sun Poyu, who is the strongest force, join this alliance. More importantly, General Wei gained momentum very quickly, and it was impossible to say that Yuan Shao would die in winter and spring, and Hebei would not dare to mention it, and Qingzhou east of Mount Tai would not dare to say it, but Yanzhou would not be like a free gift? The general must be vigorous and waiting! ”

Cao Cao was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he ask: "I can understand Liu Biao's anti-Yuan technique, and the more I think about it, the more I feel right, but at the beginning of the three states and 19 counties, even if the army is defeated, how can I die in winter and spring?" Please Zixu teach me. ”

"I don't know." Du Xun finally smiled and told the truth. "Because these things are just retelling, they are stolen stratagems......"

Cao Cao was stunned again.

"That's the fourth." Du Xun looked back at the Sun convoy behind him and Sun Jing who was stopped, and said in a hurry. "General Cao, you treat people sincerely, corporal courtesy, both civil and military, and in the troubled times, you are lenient and severe, and the military and government are open, I already respect you with an extra three points, and this time I have received several courtesies from you, and I can't help but pay it back...... I'm just a county, in fact, I'm talentless, but there is one person, comparable to Xiao He and Zhang Liang, if you get it, you will become a great cause, this strategy is just when I talk to him casually, and it's all about beforehand! ”

Cao Cao's heart moved, and he was about to ask, but the other party had already told him everything.

"This person's surname is Xun Mingyu Wenruo, he is from the Yingchuan Xun family, and he is called Wang Zuozhicai when he is a young man, has the general heard of it? At this time, he was living in Yingyin. Du Xun finally stopped lowering his voice, but pulled out of his horse and raised his voice to speak on the horse. And ask the general not to ask him what his talents are...... Because in my insight, his talent is just as measured by the amount of sea water and the height of the mountains by the scale! If the general really wants to help this life, he can't let him go! Because the trees of the wasteland cannot become forests, and the king of no scholars cannot succeed! As for whether General Wei wants to destroy Yuan Shao in one winter and one spring, or whether he wants to delay it for a long time, he actually has a saying...... If General Wei ignores too much military affairs after his victory, he will definitely be able to destroy Yuan Shao quickly; And if his people take advantage of this great victory and continue to conquer the city, it will be delayed for a long time. The general might as well send someone to inquire about the marriage while preparing for the marriage! ”

At this point, Du Zixu didn't wait for Cao Cao to react, so he rode away and went to chase Sun's convoy.

In the winter season, Cao Cao watched the other party go west, but it was like seeing the sun through the clouds.

Transferred to the city of Handan, Hebei, Gongsun Xun didn't know what happened in Henan, nor did he know how Chang'an ...... In fact, it has been many days since the great victory of the Liang period, but his people have only held a military market under the city of Handan, organized a juju, and even entered the city to give lectures in the public school a few times, as if they had forgotten the Wei County in front of them!

—————I'm the dividing line that forgets everything—————

"Yu returned to Yingchuan from Hebei, and often cultivated Longmu, so as to be the father of Liang, so as to be indifferent. intersected, but Dingling Du attacked, Yang Zhai Zhao Yan, and Fanqin several people. In the winter of the first year of Jian'an, he was attacked by Sun Po and went to Chen to see the general Cao Cao, who was prepared for etiquette and etiquette. To Cao Xi into Chang'an, to the Son of Heaven, after seeing it, invited but not allowed. In the spring of the second year, Cao returned from Chang'an, re-invited, and resigned to spring ploughing. And summer, where three looks, Yu feels its virtue, is out. When Taizu was in Hebei to ask for Yuan, when he heard it, he was shocked and abandoned his pen on the ground, and said to the left and right: 'Meng Dede has Wenruo, like a fish in water, like a bird in the wind!' After Yuan Shao, when I am the Taoist, Guo Mengde also! —"Dictionary". Yan. Pei Song's note

PS: I'm sorry, it's really not a game, I was woken up by stomach acid at three o'clock at three o'clock the night before yesterday...... At that time, I had an idea, I felt that this weekend was going to be bad, and then I took medicine and slept at 12 o'clock and woke up at 8 o'clock at night...... It took a drowsy night to code out a chapter.