Yu Ban is also a famous general under Cao Cao's account, in the past two years, with Cao Cao's expedition to the east and west, he has made great contributions, this person is brave and strategic, wise and brave, is one of Cao Cao's most trusted generals, and it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao let him be the Taishou of Taishan County, Cao Cao believes that as long as there is Yu Ban, Taishan County will be as stable as Mount Tai.

But he didn't expect that something happened in the place where he was most assured, but overnight, Taishan County was lost, and the whole situation had a shocking reversal, and now not only Xuzhou could not be saved, but even Yanzhou began to face a serious crisis.

Yanzhou is Cao Cao's fundamental place, if there is no Yanzhou, it is impossible to defend it just by relying on the little place of Yin in Henan.

Therefore, Cao Cao's heart was extremely shaken, and he immediately ordered to take back Taishan County at all costs.

However, Guo Jia opened his mouth and said: "Lord, although the loss of Taishan County is indeed something we expected, and this has indeed had an extremely adverse impact on our situation, but Jia thinks that at this time, it is not a top priority to snatch Taishan County at all, the top priority is to find a way to guard other counties in Yanzhou, especially, once Pei Qing occupies Chenliu, we can't even go back to Luoyang, there is another urgent matter, please immediately order General Zixiao to lead the army to withdraw from Xuzhou by sea, and the current Xuzhou can't be saved." , General Zixiao is just a waste of time to stay there, we are now preserving the vitality is fundamental, try not to burn and loot when retreating, so as not to anger Pei Qing, at the same time, the lord needs to appease Pei Qing in the name of the imperial court, give him a higher reward and treatment, now he has just pacified Yuan Shu and Xuzhou, and also needs to have a respite, he will definitely agree to the truce, the most important thing for the lord to do after the armistice is to gather troops, go all out to destroy Yecheng, take the opportunity to occupy the land of Jizhou and Qingzhou, and then move the Son of Heaven to Hebei, in this way, the lord will be able to occupy the Yellow River and compete with Pei Qing. ”

This time, because Cao Cao just found a confidant to discuss the countermeasure, what he said about snatching Mount Tai at all costs was actually just a momentary anger, and he also knew that now Pei Qing's Yuzhou Thorn Shi Lusu had sent troops to enter the dangerous place of Taishan County, and it was not easy to forcibly capture it, so his words were just throwing bricks and stones, mainly to hear what other people thought.

Now Guo Jia's words are like a bright light in the night, giving Cao Cao new hope and illuminating the direction for his future path, after several successive battles, especially after the loss of Taishan County and the imminent loss of Xuzhou, Cao Cao has already known very well that his strength is simply not enough to fight Kang Peiqing, in this case, he might as well avoid confrontation with him, and then hold the Son of Heaven hostage to annex other princes, strengthen his own power, and then defend against danger.

After Cao Cao pretended to be silent, he finally agreed to Guo Jia's request, and immediately sent people to Xuzhou, forcing Cao Ren to lead the people to Qingzhou by sea, and then return to Yanzhou by way from Qingzhou, and let Cao Ren do so after he arrived in Qingzhou.

Then Cao Cao issued an edict in the name of the son of one day, because Pei Qing pacified the rebellion of the traitor Yuan Shu, made great contributions, worshiped as the general, the left prime minister, above the three dukes, the rank of ten thousand stones, increased the number of food and yi by 5,000, and added the title of the eldest princess of Pingyang as the princess of the town, increased the number of food and yi by 3,000 households, and Cao Cao invited himself to be the right prime minister, so that Cao Cao's own official position was under Pei Qing.

After this news came out, the world suddenly shook, although Cao Cao did not compromise on the bright side, but everyone could see that the current Cao Cao had actually admitted that he was inferior to Pei Qing and began to bow to Pei Qing.

Since Cao Cao's debut, how has he bowed his head to others? Even when he first debuted, he beat Jian Shuo's uncle as the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, and then Dong Zhuo was so brutal, he resolutely raised troops to resist, and he didn't say a word of convincing, but now he is so active and simply under Pei Qing, after Pei Qing seized his Taishan County, not only did he not order it back, but also ordered Cao Ren to take the initiative to withdraw from Xuzhou, which was never in Cao Cao's previous experience.

However, Cao Cao had no choice, because at the critical moment, Yuan Shao came out again, and the current Cao Cao was not as good as Pei Qing, and he had to deal with Pei Qing and Yuan Shao at the same time, and he didn't have the strength of Pei Qing to fight, so he could only admit it.

In fact, the current Cao Cao regrets it very much, he really shouldn't have listened to Sima Yi's words and attacked Xuzhou directly, but should have attacked Yuan Shao's Jizhou first, this is the real trouble, the strength is not strong, but he always makes trouble behind his back.

Pei Qing could also think of Cao Cao's embarrassment at this time, and even more so how Cao Cao made such a big concession to himself. However, as Guo Jia said, the current Pei Qing does have his own problems, because of the continuous operation for more than half a year, which has led to a lot of food loss under Pei Qing's rule, even the large-scale investment in bacon he directed is not enough, originally Pei Qing planned to continue the battle with Yuan Shu's grain and grass as a support after capturing Huainan, but after breaking Huainan, he found that Yuan Shu's grain and grass were indeed considerable, but the entire Huainan was starving all over the field, and even cannibalism in some places, how could Pei Qing bear to continue to fight with these grains? Naturally, he distributed food to the people for disaster relief, but as a result, he put in a lot of food, so with Pei Qing's treasury, it was not easy to hold on to Xuzhou, and he was really powerless to continue to expand the war and take the entire Yanzhou.

And at this time, the little emperor was much more respectful to him because he recovered the jade seal and Cao Cao, and Cao Cao gave him a beautiful woman to replace Dong Guifei, who had just been given death, so he also expressed his understanding of Cao Cao's previous behavior, and personally came forward to persuade Cao Cao and Pei Qing to make peace.

Pei Qing saw that the Son of Heaven came forward, and he was really unable to fight anymore, so he had to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, and agreed to persuade peace, at this time Cao Ren had withdrawn from Xuzhou, before Pei Qing did not stop it, and now Xuzhou's household registration files and materials were all left, Cao Ren's army did not commit any crime against the people, Pei Qing knew that this was Cao Cao's sincerity in exchange for peace, so he had to accept it.

Of course, despite this, the current Xuzhou has gone through the two masters of Lu Bu and Cao Cao and many wars, and it has long been dilapidated, and the lives of the common people are very poor, although there is a slight surplus of grain in the treasury, it is not enough to help the people, and now Pei Qing, who is already in economic devastation, has to mobilize some grain from Nanyang.

"Now whether it is Liangzhou, Bingzhou or Xuzhou, Huaiyang and other places, the economy is withering, my next task is not to further expand the war, but to recuperate, the great line of Juntian and Tuntian, to further expand the military system, and at the same time officially open the Silk Road, so that the economy under my rule is rapidly active, I believe that at most two years, I will be able to have offensive power."

Pei Qing was silently calculating, and at this time, he suddenly remembered that there was a person and ordered Zang Ba to be escorted over.

"Hehe, Yu Wenze, Yu Wenze, I know what you are thinking now, I understand your thoughts, this time you will definitely surrender willingly." Pei Qing said silently with a faint smile on his face.