When Chen Gong came back, he also brought good news: with his three-inch tongue, he knew it with affection and moved with reason, and he insisted that Yanzhou's key officials such as Don't Drive were moved, and these Yanzhou dignitaries who supported the army to protect themselves asked Cao Cao to enter Yanzhou to help them quell the rebellion of the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, and at the same time, they also promised Cao Cao to lead Yanzhou pastor

Dongjun Taishou Mansion, Cao Cao was very happy when he heard the news, he looked at Ma Xiaoquan who was sitting next to Xun Yu, and arched his hand: "Lord Shangxian is really clever."

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said: "Xiao Cao, don't be too happy too early, right now Yanzhou is the time when the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army are rampant, if you wait to enter Yanzhou, but you have to face the Yellow Turban Army, which is known as one million, this immortal will ask you, how many soldiers and horses do you have now." ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "The cavalry is less than 4,000, the infantry is less than 3,000, and the total strength of the 1,000 archers is less than 9,000. ”

Cao Cao's words fell, and Ma Xiaoquan said: "You use less than 9,000 soldiers and horses to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, which claims to be one million, Xiao Cao, do you think you have the certainty of victory?" ”

Indeed, Ma Xiaoquan was right, in the past, during the Xingyang Breakout War, Cao Cao was almost besieged and killed by Xu Rong because of the disparity in the number of Dong Zhuojun.

Ma Xiaoquan saw that Cao Cao was silent, and gave Xun Yu beside him a look.

Xun Yu has been a guest at Ma Xiaoquan's residence for the past few days, firstly to communicate with Ma Xiaoquan, and secondly, because Ma Xiaoquan promised to help him cure his stuttering. Xun Yu thought of the strange book that Shangxian made for him, and he felt incredible

Xun Yu understood and said to Cao Cao: "Don't worry, my lord, although our army is outnumbered, it does not mean that our army does not have the possibility of fighting with the Yellow and Yellow Turban remnants."

After Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's stumbling words, his tightly knit brows relaxed slightly.

Ma Xiaoquan saw Xun Yu's stumbling words, so he smiled and said: "Xiao Cao, next, this immortal will analyze it for you." Of course, Ben Xian is actually just copying Wen Ruo's words, Ben Xian said, I will not participate in your world strife Wen Ruo said, although Xiao Cao is not superior in the number of your troops, and there are many new soldiers, but what, who are you Cao Cao? From the beginning of filial piety and honesty as an official, you Cao Cao is a talent with moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor development in all aspects, in other words, what about you Cao Cao, as long as the army is strictly governed, the rewards and punishments are appropriate, and the policy is reasonable, you will definitely achieve the final victory Wen Ruo, you say, am I right? ”

Xun Yu nodded hurriedly.

After Ma Xiaoquan's explanation, Cao Cao's tightly locked brows finally relaxed: "Okay, then we will march to Yanzhou!" ”

In late April of the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (192 AD), Cao Cao was ready to raise troops to march to Yanzhou, but before he could leave, Cao Cao ushered in his first supporter, Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei. Bao Xin was a good friend of Cao Cao in his early years, and when he was crusading against Dong Zhuo, Bao Xin said that "the heroes of the world should be the public". Cao Cao is also angry, from the lack of troops after the Xingyang Breakout Battle, to the current Dongjun Taishou, it only took more than a year for Cao Cao to establish a group army, although the climate is not strong, but in the future, it must be unlimited.

After Cao Cao and Bao Xin met, he introduced Shangxian Ma Xiaoquan to Bao Xin.

Bao Xin is not like Cao Cao, everything has to be seen with his own eyes to believe, since he was a child, Bao Xin has been particularly obsessed with stories such as gods and demons and immortals, when he was a child, he was once known as "Mr. Little Book" by his hometown. This "Mr. Little Book" is the nickname that Bao Xin took because he was obsessed with gods and demons.

Bao Xin will not be angry because of this nickname, but when he grows up, when he corresponds with his family, he will write the words "Mr. Little Book" at the end.

Bao Xin's respect for Ma Xiaoquan was higher than that of Cao Cao, and on the night of the meeting, Bao Xin set up a banquet to entertain Ma Xiaoquan and his party

Cao Cao didn't mind, after all, Bao Xin's superstition was well known to everyone, besides, now that this Shangxian Lord was by his side Cao Cao, Cao Cao asked himself if his power was not strong, but Cao Cao was also very proud to be able to keep the Shangxian Lord.

During the banquet, Bao Xin frequently toasted to Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan used cultivation as an excuse to push away Bao Xin's wine.

Bao Xin saw Ma Xiaoquan like this, and he was not angry, he thought that all immortals have personalities, and the immortal in front of him did not drink, but made Bao Xin more respectful.

Ma Xiaoquan called up Bao Xin's resume from the data device in his body, compared it, and couldn't help sighing.

Historically, Bao Xin died in the third year of Chuping, and it was also to help Cao Cao Ma Xiaoquan looked at the lively person in front of him, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Why did Lord Shangxian sigh and shake his head?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and diverted the topic: "Yuncheng (Bao Xin's character), you came alone?" ”

Bao Xin shook his head and said, "No, don't drive Wan Qian and the others in Zhizhong to arrive later." ”

"Are you waiting to welcome Xiao Cao Lingyan Mu?"

Bao Xin said respectfully: "Exactly! ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "So what do you think that Xiao Cao has led the Yanzhou Mu, can he pacify the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army?" ”

Bao Xin thought for a moment: "Meng De is a friend of the villain, and he is thousands of times stronger than the villain, and the villain believes that Meng De can do it." ”

"Hmm~ not bad."

That night, as Bao Xin said, Don't drive Wan Qian and others to visit him in the middle of the rule, and they all recommended Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou. With this real title, Cao Cao no longer has any scruples.

Cao Cao stood on the platform in high spirits, looked at the stars in the night sky, and shouted: "Pass the order, tomorrow we will march to Yanzhou!" ”

"Yes!"

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Cao's generals reorganized their troops and horses early, waiting for Cao Cao's review.

Cao Cao rode a horse named "Jueying" under his crotch, and slowly walked out of the mansion, looking at his soldiers, Cao Cao was already excited.

On a horse walking with Cao Cao, there was a purple-haired man, who was Ma Xiaoquan.

Because Yanzhou Road is not easy to walk, and the next battle is dangerous, Ma Xiaoquan begged his grandfather to persuade his grandmother last night, and finally persuaded his daughters to stay in Dongjun.

In the early morning, when Ma Xiaoquan dragged his tired body to meet Cao Cao, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Did Lord Shangxian work too hard last night?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan knew that Cao Cao had misunderstood him, and he didn't explain anything, just smiled.

"The Lord of Qiqi, all preparations have been made, just wait for the Lord to give the order!"

Cao Cao nodded, pulled out his sword with a "Qiang", pointed to the sky, and shouted: "Today, you will be stationed in Yanzhou with me, and since then, Yanzhou is my Cao Cao's territory, but Yanzhou is now rampant in Yanzhou, and the people are miserable, can you tolerate it?" ”

The sergeants raised their weapons one after another and shouted: "I can't bear it, I can't bear it!" ”

Cao Cao shouted: "Yes, I can't bear it, in your family, there are parents and wives, if this troubled world continues, do you think there is still room for survival?" ”

Here, the sergeants raised their weapons and shouted: "No! ”

Cao Cao snorted, looked at Ma Xiaoquan beside him, and suddenly changed his tone: "When you enter Yanzhou, there will inevitably be wars, and you can't be a deserter because Yanzhou is barren, if I am caught, you will be punished for not sleeping with your wife for a year."

As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, his soldiers were speechless.

In fact, this sentence was said by Ma Xiaoquan first, last night Ma Xiaoquan was coaxing the four aunts and grandmothers, Cao Cao suddenly came to visit, asked Ma Xiaoquan how to encourage his subordinates, Ma Xiaoquan was busy coaxing those aunts and grandmothers, so he casually said a reason, but Ma Xiaoquan said this at the time: "If you dare to be deserters, you will pull them to the mountains to carry firewood, and you are not allowed to meet your family and wife"

Who would have thought that Ma Xiaoquan's casual remark was changed by Cao Cao to not be allowed to sleep with his wife for a year.

You know, at the end of the Han Dynasty, most of the men were over 20 years old, at that time, in order to promote the increase in population, many men married wives and had children at the age of 15, people have a habit, as long as they have touched it, they will think about it in the future, especially women's bodies, not to mention.

Xiahoudun blushed and asked Cao Cao: "Lord, what about us?" ”

Cao Cao's face darkened: "You also treat everyone equally!" ”

When the subordinates heard this, they suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

Cao Cao saw the pressure under his hands, and he encouraged: "If I let you and your family see each other, just imagine, what if the Yellow Turban Army comes, how do you protect your wives?" ”

The men were silent.

Cao Cao said again: "Lord Shangxian is very right, war war is a man's war, a man's war, you have to have a man's spirit, what does it look like to drag your family with your mouth!" ”

When Ma Xiaoquan heard this, he was happy: Yo, this Cao Cao really saw the wind and the rudder, yesterday I saw your Ma Ye and I persuaded my own woman, you can use it, you can

After the military discipline was announced, Cao Cao made some brief deployments, and the troops rushed to the Yanzhou area.

In May of the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (192 AD), the earth warmed up, and compared with the cold some time ago, the weather is much more comfortable now. Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, the temperature difference between morning and evening is more obvious, the morning is refreshing and pleasant, and at noon, it is a little hot.

When the army was resting, Cao Cao wanted to instruct the army to fry two dishes for Ma Xiaoquan, but Xun Yu hurriedly stopped: "The lord can't, in the past, Dongfang Shuo persuaded Emperor Wu to change the military food to noodles, just to facilitate the march." ”

Cao Cao didn't really want to eat stir-fried vegetables, but because Ma Xiaoquan was by his side, Cao Cao was afraid that he would neglect the immortals, so he thought about letting the army cook.

Ma Xiaoquan understood what Cao Cao meant, shook his head and said to Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, what you mean is understood by the immortals, Wen Ruo is right, marching and fighting, pay attention to the speed of the soldiers, I am waiting for the rapid march now, the sergeants are tired, and besides, we don't have much military rations, so don't do unnecessary Lang expenses." ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his face turned slightly red, and he said respectfully: "Lord Shangxian can understand, and he is ashamed of himself. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao issued a military order: but all future marches and battles must be led by people and shares, and if there is a Lang fee, it will be dealt with by military law!