At this time, it was the meal, and he was not busy talking about things at the moment, Cao Cao ordered people to present the meals and hot soup that had been prepared earlier, but he was talking while eating.

"Zhong Kang, a few days ago, Brother Yu received a letter from Zhang Mengzhuo, saying that most of the troops from all walks of life had arrived, but Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and the Yellow Turban in the state could not arrive." Cao Cao briefly said the situation of the sour jujube armies - the current soldiers to the sour jujube of all walks of life, including Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, Chen Liutai Shou Zhang Miao, Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao, etc., no part of the people and horses have reached more than 10,000, foot, riding together more than 100,000, the battalion is 100 miles, the military flag is in charge, and the momentum is extremely huge.

Yao Sheng, who was sitting at the bottom, was fascinated and said with emotion: "In this way, the sour jujube princes should be the main force in this discussion of Dong, and their power is not much better than that of Yuan Cheqi." ”

Cao Cao looked at Yao Sheng, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, and when he looked at it again, he suddenly patted his leg and said, "Fang Cai Zhongkang introduced Jun's name, and Cao felt quite familiar...... But it turned out that Yao Shuyi! ”

Yao Sheng was once a subordinate of He Jin, and he had a meeting with Cao Cao in Luoyang, but the two did not have a deep friendship, so Cao Cao did not think of Yao Sheng for a while.

"But Shuyi, what you said just now, Cao Mou didn't dare to agree." Cao Cao's words changed, and he said with a smile.

Yao Sheng was strange and said, "Dare to ask General Cao for the reason." ”

Yao Sheng has been immersed in officialdom for many years, and he is good at governing talents, official ways, and the overall situation, but he has a 'intrigue' between the princes of sour jujubes, but he is not as profound as Guo Jia and Xi Zhong's cognition.

Therefore, Guo Jia didn't wait for Cao Cao's answer, and first said: "Yao Jun is negligent, why did you wait for General Cao to give up sour dates and enter Yingchuan?" ”

Yao Sheng was reminded by Guo Jiayi, and he realized Cao Cao's meaning.

Cao Cao gave up sour dates and joined forces with Xu Chu to fight in Yingchuan for two reasons. Although Cao Cao is the backbone of Yuan's party, he is the most important person under Yuan Shao and He Hao, but at this time, he also has to consider the problem that his voice in sour jujube is too small; Second, and most importantly, Cao Cao is too familiar with the sour jujube gang of celebrities, and all of them are proud and self-congruent, especially Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, who have never had a good face for other princes who are both allies and celebrities. When the time comes, all the princes will gather in sour dates, and they will be harmonious on the surface, but in the mainland, they will deceive each other and refuse to give in to each other, how can the battle be fought?

In the original history, Cao Cao was in the sour jujube because he needed Zhang Miao and other close friends to provide material support, and now there is Xu Chu's army, one and two can be used in Yingchuan, Runan local materials, the two Xu Chu's grain and grass are very abundant, and the three Xu Chu also need his army to strengthen the army, and he needs his reputation to improve his status.

It seems that it was discussed, Guo Jia's words fell, Yao Sheng pondered a little, and Sergeant Cao sent Bao Xin's letter outside the door. Cao Cao and Xu Chu were at the same table, and they had a letter from Bao Xin, who had a very good relationship with the two, so they got together to read the letter.

Bao Xinxin first talked about the situation of sour jujube like Cao Cao, and then wrote: Zhu Gong Conference sour jujube, that night Zhang Mengzhuo made a banquet in the east, and set up an altar on the second day, wanting to make an oath, but no one dared to take the altar to swear, and he resigned, and he did not want to be the person of the main alliance. In the end, Meng Gao's merit Cao Zang Junziyuan, Zang Ziyuan's heroic hero, immediately ascended the altar to the main alliance, his words were generous, and everyone who heard it was excited.

After that, there is the content of Zang Hong's oath. First of all, denounce Dong Zhuo's crimes: the Han family is unfortunate, the emperor is out of control, the thief Dong Zhuo takes advantage of the provocation and arson, adds to the supreme, abuses the people, and is afraid of losing the community, covering the world. Then he announced the list of people who wanted to fight against Dong Renyi, and finally said: "Where I am allied and work together, so that the ministers will die and lose their heads, there will be no two aspirations." There is this alliance of Chongqing, and it is impossible to lose its life, and there is no legacy. The emperor and the queen of heaven, the ancestors and the spirits, are all learned! ”

Xu Chu read out the content of Zang Hong's oath in the account, and everyone was also excited.

Xin Bi sighed: "Guangling Gong Cao Zanghong is a great name, I have heard it when I was in Yingchuan, and now I look at his words and deeds, and it is not a false person." ”

Yao Sheng glanced at Guo Jia, and said in his heart: The princes will be in the alliance, but no one in the herdsmen will be on the altar, but the Guangling Gong Cao Zang monarch will be ...... Hey, what Feng Xiao said is true, all the princes of sour jujube are shepherds, and their status is similar, so no one dares to be the leader of the alliance and become the target of the public.

Liu Dai, Qiao Mao, Zhang Miao, Yuan Yi and others have the same status, if anyone is on the altar to lead the alliance, it is obvious that whoever is the 'alliance leader' of the sour jujube coalition army, this rising bird, no one wants to be it. So he recommended Guangling Taishou Zhang Chao's Gong Cao Zanghong to lead the alliance and avoid this section. The undercurrent of sour jujube is surging, and from this one thing alone, the wise people in the tent can see it.

Bao Xin finished writing the oath, but he turned his pen and wrote: When the oath was made, both the assassin general and the soldier were very excited, but after the oath, no one was willing to say a word about sending troops. I went to discuss with the two brothers Zhang Mengzhuo and Zhang Menggao, and asked them to come forward to organize a military meeting, and the two of them agreed, but in fact, they took my words as wind in their ears and did not act for a long time. More than 100,000 soldiers of sour jujube, the public has been united, hesitating and not moving, the daily consumption is very huge, just waiting for the food and grass to run out, and we will raise volunteers to punish the riot, which is just an empty word. Meng De, I thought that at the beginning I thought that sour jujube was promising, but today it seems to be a big mistake! It's a pity that it's unrealistic to come to Yingchuan to join you and Zhongkang now, it's a pity! Alas!

There are two sighs in a row, which shows that Bao is unwilling in confidence.

Xu Chu and Cao Cao shook their heads, it seemed that it was difficult to count on the sour jujube. He circulated Bao Xin's letter for everyone to see. The others gathered around to read the letter, and Xu Chu remembered something: I remember that there were only three people who sent troops to fight Dong Zhuo in history, one was Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, one was Brother Meng De, and the other was Bao Yuncheng. At present, Bao Yuncheng has no 'relatives', will he still send troops to attack Dong Zhuo like in history? If he sends troops, without Mengde's help, it will be dangerous!

immediately said to Cao Cao: "Brother Meng De, there is a lot of grievance in my view of Yun's integrity, and I am afraid that he will be angry for a while and attack Chenggao alone." ”

Cao Cao was drinking soup with a bowl, and when he heard Xu Chu say this, a mouthful of soup spurted out, splashing all over his beard, and said: "What Zhong Kang said is extremely true, but I was negligent!" ”

Bao Xin was an extremely loyal and martyr, chivalrous and righteous, and this time he sent troops from Jibei, and Cao Cao knew that his younger brother Bao Tao was following. Bao Xin is just a loyal martyr, and Bao Tao is a brave man, because of the character of the Bao family, it is very likely that they have now had the idea of sending troops.

Xu Chu looked at Cao Cao's embarrassed appearance, and said with some tears and laughter: "Why should my brother be panicked like this. He turned his eyes to the tent and shouted, "Yao Qing." ”

Yao Sheng heard Xu Chu calling him, walked over, and asked, "What's the matter with the general?" ”

"I'll write it."

Yao Sheng found someone to get pen and ink, and wrote the letter that Xu Chu dictated and sent to Bao Xin. "General, this letter will be sent by his subordinates to the sour date."

Xu Chu nodded, and then ordered Zuo Heng to accompany Yao Sheng with him, and the two immediately went out of the military tent and galloped out of the camp.

Everyone has read Bao Xin's letter.

Xi Zhong said: "Lord, General Cao." It is already difficult to form an effective threat to Dong Thief in terms of sour jujubes, so if I wait, we need to go to Yangzhai as soon as possible. ”

Cao Ren and Cao Hong came out of the queue and said in a loud voice: "Meng De, let me and others bring the first part and open the way for you and General Xu first!" ”

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, turned to look at Xu Chu, and asked, "What does Brother Xian mean?" ”