Xu Huang was appointed by Cao Cao as the assassin of Yizhou, which was actually both lucky and unlucky.

Cao Cao's descendants are all the elites of Cao Cao's own clan and the original Xiahou family, according to normal speaking, the key places in Yizhou should send the most powerful people in their own families to guard here, such as the benevolent and steady Cao Ren or the blessed general Cao Hong.

However, now the situation in the entire northern region is quite grim, and the three forces of Cao, Lu and Yuan, who were originally restraining each other, naturally formed a strong momentum, involving each other and relying on each other, and the result was that Cao Cao was the first to break this most stable triangle, allowing him to face Lü Peng, who was very strong both militarily and economically.

But because of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, although he had no losses in the generals, and won more with less, the Yanzhou soldiers and Qingzhou soldiers who originally relied on them suffered heavy casualties in this duel. Although he annihilated Yuan Shao, he was also greatly injured, and he had no ability to compete for Yizhou with Lu Peng at all. If he didn't know how to fight with Lu Peng at this time, Cao Cao knew that the country he had worked so hard to build would be wiped out immediately.

But for Yizhou, Cao Cao will never give up easily, what is he fighting with Yuan Shao desperately, it is not Yizhou and the state territory, if he gives up to Lu Peng so easily, isn't it just to beat the rabbit and feed the dog?

Therefore, Cao Cao must come up with an attitude and take a symbolic action, that is, in the name of the imperial court, Yizhou will be under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and it must not be allocated to the hands of Lu Peng, and at the same time send a force to take the lead in occupying Yizhou, make a quasi-title, and then recover his vitality after feeding, and then recover Yizhou to do a good job.

At the same time, this army can not only stand on its feet, but also stick it in Lu Peng's heart like a knife, so that he has to turn around and do his best to solve this problem, so as to slow down his sudden attack on himself when his vitality is seriously injured, and give himself time to recuperate and recover.

Therefore, Cao Cao obviously knew that the army that was put into Yizhou was almost a place with no return, and if he really put his own foundation there, it would be his absolute loss. However, without a single general in charge, it will not play a role in restraining Lu Peng from gaining time for him to rest.

So chosen, it came to Xu Huang's head.

Xu Huang, who was a small official in Hedong County when he was young, was promoted to cavalry lieutenant because of his meritorious service in the crusade against thieves and robbers by Yang Feng, a cavalry general (not Yang Feng, a subordinate of Lu Peng).

In the third year of the first peace, Wang Yun and Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's troops attacked Chang'an City by Li Dao and Guo Yan, killed Wang Yun and others, and then set themselves on fire and slaughtered each other in Chang'an. Xu Huang persuaded Yang Feng to escort Emperor Han Xian east into Luoyang. When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty crossed the river to Anyi (now in the north of Xia County, Shanxi), he rewarded the meritorious personnel who protected the driver, and Xu Huang was named the Marquis of Duting.

Later, Yang Feng opposed Cao Cao's killing, so Xu Huang joined Cao Cao and became the most important general under Cao Cao.

But at this time, Xu Huang was in Cao Cao's group, although he was reused by Cao Cao, he was still classified as a supernumerary, so at this critical time, he was favored by Cao Cao. Xu Huang can be civil and martial, he is indeed a handsome talent in his own right, and another point is that now Xu Huang is a marquis in the title, and he is on an equal footing with Lu Peng, according to ordinary people's thinking, it is impossible for Lu Peng to do anything to an official at his level, so it is very appropriate to appoint Xu Huang as the assassin of Yizhou and control the military and political power of Yizhou.

In this way, in terms of appointment, it can be said that he has more trust in Xu Huang, becoming Cao Cao's first subordinate general to take charge alone, and his trust has surpassed Cao Hong.

But in fact, Xu Huang was regarded as an outcast, even if Xu Huang was killed by Lu Peng, who did not follow the road, Cao Cao did not feel that he had lost anything.

Xu Huang was appointed by Cao Cao as the assassin of Yizhou, and at that time, he was full of tears of gratitude to Cao Cao, and accepted this appointment in the eyes of the children of Cao Cao's family who were able to fight well, envy and hatred.

Of course, he also knew what he should do, that is, to occupy the position first, and then wait for the lord Cao Cao to rest and replenish, and then compete with Lu Peng for the real Yizhou.

So he adopted the same routine as Lu Peng, crossed the Yellow River at night, didn't care about the back road at all, passed through the state and county along the way, and didn't even have time to receive it along the way, so he rushed directly into Yizhou Xindu, one step ahead of Lu Peng, and occupied the height of politics.

rushed to the Xindu of Yizhou Zhizhi non-stop, and as soon as he arrived in front of the city, Xu Huang couldn't help frowning.

The original imposing Xindu City now looks dilapidated and desolate, there are no banner soldiers on the city, the city gate is open, and it is as black as the old woman's toothless mouth is open, looking so listless.

The city gate was wide open, but there were not many people and merchants coming in and out, and it looked extremely cold and desolate.

When the army entered the city, there was not a single soldier or official who came forward to investigate, along the street, the road was almost empty, as if entering the ghost domain, none of the shops along the street were opened, the trees on both sides of the street extended, it was a dazzling piece of white flowers, when you looked closely, the feeling was that the bark had been stripped and eaten, the leaves had been removed and eaten, and the dead corpses could be seen everywhere on the street, so rotting and smelling in the early winter sun.

"Is this still the essence of the Great Han Dynasty and Yizhou? Is this hell on earth? Xu Huang shook his head and sighed with a sigh.

Jiang Qi, who was accompanying him, could only sigh: "Yuan Shao is already disheartened, since he has given up Yizhou, then Yizhou has nothing to do with him, think about all the looting that can be looted." ”

Xu Huang sighed: "The unscrupulousness of people is like this, has he forgotten that it is the people of Yizhou who support him to become a generation of heroes, and it is the people of Yizhou who let him call for wind and rain in the Han Dynasty, but he does such a thing, his heart is vicious, his people are cold, and his actions are hateful." ”

The army came to the original Yuan Shao's yamen, which is still brilliant, but it is already empty, the open door, and the crooked door, and it is no longer possible to hide the current dilapidation.

Fortunately, when Xu Huang arrived, he saw two generals standing alone in the square of the mansion, and when he saw Xu Huang coming, a person stepped forward, bowed to Xu Huang, and then looked up and asked: "I don't know which general is coming?" ”

Xu Huang dismounted, bowed his hand and saluted: "Under the seat of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, the general and the prime minister Cao Gong, Xu Huang, the assassin of Yizhou, I don't know the surnames of the two soldiers?" ”

The two generals glanced at each other, disappointment flashing in their eyes. But it's useless to say anything now.

Since the first to come is the history of the Yizhou Thorn, let's come forward and see you.

So the two knelt down together: "The former Yuan Gong's subordinate general, Xindu stayed behind Lu Kuang (Lu Xiang) to meet Lord Assassin Shi." ”