The hustle and bustle of the New Year passed in a busy way, and the search team that returned to Xudu was also on the way back, sending a fast horse back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver the news.

In the Imperial City Prime Minister's Mansion, the lights flickered and the figure behind the long case was cast on the screen, Cao Cao waved his pen and ink to correct some government affairs, and the two close attendants stood beside him, one left and one right, and after seeing the review, he hurriedly rolled it up, put it not far behind him, and carried it away with the official business that had been piled up before.

"I heard that Liu Bei is recruiting troops and horses in Runan, and there are several more generals around him, and his wings are getting fuller."

The temperature at night was quite cold, Cao Cao tightened the coat on his body, waved his hand to let people take another roll of bamboo slips, and continued to read, and his voice continued: "..... Gongsun let Cao kill this person at the beginning, Cao Nian Liu Xuande is extraordinary in appearance and has a very good temper, and he doesn't want to kill the hero in this world, but now he regrets it." ”

Liu Bei was welcomed by Gong Du and Liu Pi into Runan, which was a big blow to Cao Cao of Xu Du, but it was only a blow. In the past, he was optimistic about Liu Bei, and he couldn't bear to let the hero disappear in his hands, but he didn't know that the other party quietly broke away from the battlefield during the chaotic battle of Guandu, which made Cao Cao feel lost for the first time.

However, it seems that the rest of the civil and military forces in the city have made an opposing move, and then there is an excuse to clean up Liu Bei. On the one hand, the arson case of the Xu Du arsenal has not yet been revealed, on the other hand, after the beginning of the spring, the army will take the two prefectures of Qingdao and Hebei, and during the intermission, it will send people to negotiate with Gongsun to get Jia Xu back.

"Runan is a big county, don't let Liu Xuande entrench for too long, this person is a hero, if he doesn't move for a long time, he will inevitably develop a climate, he will be the Han clan after hanging on his lips, saying that Liu Biao is one place, echoing each other from afar, I am afraid that there will be a situation where the tail is too big to fall off and difficult to eradicate."

In the warm main hall, the figure with a medium figure, a square face, and a beard under his chin looked rough and heroic slowly said this, but his expression was quite serious, his name was Mao Jue, and he was currently the prime minister's mansion Dong Cao Peng.

"Jizhou and Qing Erzhou want to take, but Liu Bei is more important than Erzhou, the three brothers of the Yuan family are just dry bones in the grave, and if the prime minister does not attack, they will also kill each other, it is better to pacify Runan first, and then wave the army north, join Yuan Tan to attack Jizhou, and then it is not too late to fight with Gongsun Zhi."

Listening to the words in his ears, Cao Cao put down his pen, rolled up the official business and handed it to the attendant, and nodded: "The words of filial piety are reasonable, Liu Bei wants to suppress them, but Ji and Qing Erzhou want to take it." He stood up, walked out of the case, was silent for a moment, and waved: "...... Then let's do it together on both sides, saving you the trouble of coming and going. ”

Perhaps while reviewing government affairs and discussing the next things with the core strategists, it was a little sad, Cao Cao took two more steps with his hands behind his back, and opened his mouth to a strategist in the seat on the right to change the topic: "How is Zhongde checking these days?" I'm not interested in the perpetrators, except for Gongsun Zhi, who is far away in the north, who else is in the city to answer the premeditated plan? ”

"Back to the lord, I have captured several dead soldiers in the Northland, some of them committed suicide by poisoning when they were caught, and the remaining two are locked up in prison for interrogation, and they will soon be able to ask some questions." The old man, who was nearly sixty years old, closed his eyes, raised his hands, and said softly: "When the ...... year was closed, Yu already had suspicions, but the evidence was not yet conclusive, so he couldn't say it. ”

The burning of the arsenal affected it for a long time at the end of the year, and there were probably some things about the perpetrators in the city of Xudu, but most of them were made up in the market and had no credibility, and now I heard that Cheng Yu had some eyebrows, and I was relieved, during this period of time, Cao Cao almost sent twenty or thirty guards to protect the core strategists under his command, so as not to ambush the dead soldiers lurking in the shadows again. Regarding these things, the hall talked for a while, and Cao Cao remembered the Wang Lang recommended by Liu Ye during the Chinese New Year.

"I heard that the king is all good at learning allusions, Ren Huiji is too punctual, recuperating from the people's livelihood, and not causing trouble, I don't know if I can be in the hall today?"

Someone on the right side of the lower side stood up, walked behind the brazier with his cuffs, and bowed his hand: "Lang greets the prime minister." ”

The light of the fire shines gently and elegantly.

Cao Cao nodded and looked at him: "The king has been in the Central Plains for a year or two, Cao has been snubbing Daxian in the south and the north, and now there are great enemies in the north and south of the Central Plains, and they must be wiped out one by one, and the Han Dynasty is peaceful. ”

"Prime Minister rest assured, Lang will definitely take Jinwu back from Gongsun Thief on this trip, and when he meets him, he will present his interests, and he will surrender——"

"Okay, since Mr. is talented, he is not stingy, Mr. Bai is to advise the doctor and the military officer, if you want to return to Jia Xu, you will be rewarded."

Cao Cao's eyes were appreciative, and at the end he said a few words of encouragement, and soon, late at night, everyone said goodbye and left. In the main hall, Xun Yu was not in a hurry to leave, walked towards the first place, picked up a copper spoon and scooped up the wine for Cao Cao, and said softly: "The prime minister is inevitably a little generous, although Wang Lang has been in Xu Du for a long time, but he has not made an inch, if he only has some fame, it is not enough to convince other ministers in the court." ”

"Wen Ruo, why do you think Cao is giving him an official at this juncture?"

In the first place, Cao Cao took a sip of the jue, "Who is Gongsun Zhi?" Ferocious! He kidnapped Yuan Shao's second son twice, if you want to say that you didn't do anything, I don't believe it, Jia Xu fell into his hands, and the pain of flesh and skin was inevitable, so I was afraid of being slaughtered with a knife. Such a temperamental person, Wang Lang went over with a white body, and he was afraid that he would be dragged out and cut down without seeing his face. ”

"It's not well thought out."

Cao Cao smiled, got up and waved: "That's because you don't know that wolf." Okay, it's late at night, Wen Ruo still goes back to rest in peace, after the beginning of the year, there are still many reasons for you to be busy. ”

"Yes!"

The lights swayed gently with the cold wind that squeezed in through the doors, turning day and night away to the northern borderlands, and by this time it was already February, the air was gradually warming, and the bare mountains could already see the green.

The whole Northland began to sprout and change color.

After the snow melted, the soil was moistened by the formation of water stains, and for the merchants who made a living from business, they began to travel from south to north, along the Taihang Mountain Trail towards Shanggu County. The aftermath of last year's grain hoarding incident has stopped, and the big foreign households who have been pitted are still abused and slandered in various places, but the people who rely on the north to eat are nothing, and the local clans, merchants, and officials of the Shanggu County Government also came to visit one by one, and promised to repair the gaps.

To the north of Fuyang City, in the vast wilderness, a once defeated tribe - Wuhuan, once again gathered 10,000 cavalry roaring like the wind here neatly arranged, the phalanx of 10,000 people, just the neighing of war horses can be resounded, in a short time, they will set off for the west, step into the Western Regions that they have never been to, light the beacon fire, and now, they are here waiting for the arrival of a man.

———— the wolf king of the north, the governor of the five counties of the Han Dynasty.

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.