There are friends from afar, and they don't talk about it. Liu Xieben did not attach importance to the arrival of Tuoba Jiefen father and son, after Tuoba Jiefen father and son entered Liangzhou, the information about Tuoba Jiefen was sent by Jia Xu, although Tuoba Jiefen and Putou do not deal with it, but the number of people who ask for the head is too few, compared with the tribe of Putou, it is almost the difference between mice and elephants, the reason why Putou does not kill Suo Tou in one breath is that he is unwilling to make excuses for other tribes to join forces to deal with him, and the second is that Tuoba Jiefen's son Tuoba is very strong, although the number of Suo Tou is small, However, under the leadership of Tuoba Liwei, he can burst out with strong combat power, and he can do it by eating the head of the rope, but he does not want to lose too much, so he adopts the strategy of slowly consuming the head of the rope.

A tribe that cannot pose a threat to Putou is not worthy of Liu Xie's attention. Liu Xie saw that Tuoba Liwei had already taught his generals a lesson, so he didn't plan to pay attention to the father and son. But a letter from Jia Xu made Liu Xie change his original plan, and he was more enthusiastic about Tuoba Jiefen and his son than before, and even invited Tuoba Jiefen and his son to return to Chang'an with him to see the richness and strength of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, Tuoba Jiefen politely refused Liu Xie's invitation, and after staying in Jincheng for nearly a month, he took a large amount of grain and grass presented by Liu Xie, and set off to return to Suotou. On the day Tuoba Jiefen left Jincheng, Jia Xu also came to Liu Xie.

"Wenhe, I did what you said, is it time to solve my doubts?" Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu in front of him and asked.

Jia Xu took a breath and said with a comfortable face: "Lord, this tea is good, it's new, right?" ”

"I'll give you five catties when I turn around, and get down to business, how are you going to pit Tuoba Jiefen with this old poison?" Liu Xie said angrily, he regretted that he was too down-to-earth at the beginning, so that the group of people under him usually didn't see him at all. However, there are pros and cons to everything, although there is no imperial dignity, but the relationship is close, and there is no need to guard against his subordinates and thieves like other people.

Jia Xu accepted it when he saw it, and hurriedly said, "Thank you for the tea." Although the strength of this Tuoba Jiefen's Suo head is not strong, this Tuoba Jiefen is very popular among the Xianbei tribes in Hexi, and Putou does not dare to destroy the Suo head in one go, and he is also worried about causing public anger after getting rid of Tuoba Jiefen. ”

"Then you asked me to warmly entertain Tuoba Jiefen, and the purpose of giving food and gifts is to support Tuoba Jiefen to deal with Putou?"

"It's not. Although Tuoba Jiefen does not deal with Putou, it is still unlikely that he will help us Han people deal with Xianbei people. Since the Xianbei came out of a sandalstone acacia, the Xianbei people have become unruly and no longer in awe of the Han people. If Tuoba Jiefen really helps us deal with the Xianbei people, he will become the target of public criticism, and Putou will have an excuse to deal with Tuoba Jiefen. ”

"Collusion with us outsiders?"

"Hmm."

“…… Can you finish it in one sitting, don't always wait for me to ask. ”

"Isn't this to set off the wisdom of the lord."

"Whew! Hurry up and say. ”

"Yes, yes, my subordinates said. Tuoba Jiefen is not easy to win over, he has his own tribe, and he has a reputation among the Xianbei tribes, just with a little favor, it is impossible for him to take refuge in us. But if he loses his tribe and becomes cornered, it will be much easier to recruit. ”

"So you asked me to hospitably entertain Tuoba Jiefen and his son?"

"Exactly, the subordinates asked the lord to warmly entertain Tuoba Jiefen, and gave him grain and grass when he said goodbye, one is to leave a good impression on Tuoba Jiefen, so that he thinks that we are full of kindness to him, and the other is to do it for those Xianbei spies hidden among the people, so that they can go and inform Putou of this matter."

"There are Xianbei spies?"

"Don't worry, my lord, those spies are being watched, and there won't be any trouble."

“…… Wenhe, you are ruthless in this trick, you are not afraid that Tuoba Jiefen will fight with you in the future after knowing the truth of the matter? Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu and asked.

"Lord, your subordinates are your courtiers, even if Tuoba Jiefen knows that it was us who hurt him in the future, it will be you who hate him first."

Liu Xie: "...... Aren't you afraid that your plans will fall through? That Putou didn't take the opportunity to attack Suotou? ”

"Don't worry, Putou has always wanted to unify the Xianbei tribes in Hexi, and this time there is such a good reason to do it, how can he bear it. And even if he endures this time, we can continue to create opportunities for him. ”

"What are you going to do?" Liu Xie asked curiously.

"One is born, and the second is ripe, so since Tuoba Jiefen is here, then we should exchange courtesies, should we also have a relationship with Suo Tou. The grassland is scarce, and with the abundant products of our Han Dynasty, as long as one or two trades with Suotou are enough, it is enough to help Putou make up his mind. Jia Xu replied confidently.

"Cheng, since you are so confident, then the affairs of Hexi Xianbei will be entrusted to you. Zhang Yan's Black Mountain Army and Ma Chao's Fubo Army will be handed over to you to control, in short, when I send troops to clean up Cao Cao, you have to ensure that my rear cannot be chaotic. ”

"The subordinates obeyed. Lord, what's going on with this Fubo Army? ”

It was Ma Teng's request, he said that he didn't want Ma Jiajun to become the Ma family's private soldier, so he was willing to disband Ma Jiajun and obey the arrangement of the imperial court. So I'm going to let Ma Chao lead the army alone, and the main personnel of the Fubo army will be selected from the Ma family's army, and the rest of the people can be consulted with Ma Teng and incorporated into the county army. ”

"Lord, how does Ma Teng arrange it?" Jia Xu asked again.

"Ma Teng wanted to go back to Chang'an with me to settle down, but I refused, I wanted him to temporarily serve as the supervisor of the Fubo Army and assist Ma Chao in bringing the Fubo Army.

“…… Lord, you don't have to worry about the Ma family......"

"Wenhe, I know what you're worried about, to be honest, I'm worried too, but I'm willing to gamble. What's more, isn't there still you in this Liangzhou, and I'm very relieved to have you, the wise man of Liangzhou, in charge for me. ”

“…… Lord, you are really good at buying people's hearts. Jia Xu smiled bitterly.

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, I can trust your Jia Wenhe's ability. The only pity is that this time there is no way for you to fight with Cao Cao's Guo Jia. ”

"Don't worry, my subordinates don't feel sorry at all, and dealing with smart people is also a very brain-consuming thing."

……

"Ah sneeze~" Outside Jiqiu City in Xuzhou, Guo Jia, who was considered a smart person by Liu Xie and Jia Xu, suddenly sneezed, and Cao Cao on the side asked with concern when he saw this: "Fengxiao, are you okay?" Your body has always been weak, so you might as well go back and rest. ”

"Ming Gong doesn't have to worry, Jia just sneezed coldly, it's nothing." Guo Jia hesitated for a moment when he said this, and then said to Cao Cao: "Ming Gong, Mr. Jia thinks that Chang'an will not be so quiet, should he mobilize more people to go to Xudu and Tiger Prison." ”

is slightly different from the history of the Yuan family's loser who led the wolf into the house to invite Cao Cao to send troops, this time it was not Yuan Tan who invited Cao Cao to send troops, but Yuan Shang. In order to quell the civil strife in Hebei as soon as possible, Yuan Shang adopted the advice of the strategist Xu Yu and decided to unite with Cao Cao to send troops, and the price was Qingzhou, which Yuan Tan occupied.

Hebei has three points, and Yuan Shang is the strongest, but if Yuan Xi and Yuan Tan join forces, the victory or defeat will be in the number of five or five. In order to prevent Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi from joining forces, Yuan Shang secretly made people unite with Cao Cao, promising that as long as Cao Cao could delay Yuan Tan when he sent troops to deal with Yuan Xi, he would give it to Qingzhou after the matter was completed.

In fact, Cao Cao doesn't care about a Qingzhou, his appetite is very big, and what he wants is all of Hebei. Whether it is Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi or Yuan Tan, they are all targets that Cao Cao needs to eliminate. It was only in order to avoid the situation that Hebei had the same hatred and hatred because of its own northward movement, so he did not move. No matter which loser of the Yuan family came to ask Cao Cao to send troops, Cao Cao would agree. Because only in this way will Hebei not let go of its prejudices and unite because of Cao Cao's troops.

Cao Cao agreed to Yuan Shang's request to send troops, and in order to confuse Yuan Shang and make him feel that he had no intention of Hebei, Cao Cao brought to Xuzhou basically all the men and horses who had gathered in Yanzhou to prepare to cross the Yellow River north. Of course, in order to prevent the imperial court from taking the opportunity to send troops to recover the Central Plains, Cao Cao deployed heavy troops in Xudu and Hujiao Pass respectively to guard his own gates.

The land of the four wars in the Central Plains is actually not suitable as a foundation for hegemony in the world. But Cao Cao started in Yanzhou in the Central Plains, and there was no choice, but fortunately, at this time, Liu Biao and Sun Ce were fighting lively, and they had no time to find Cao Cao's trouble, and the only thing that Cao Cao needed to guard against was Chang'an.

Cao Cao was very relieved of his brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong, and Xu Du and Tiger Prison Pass were handed over to the two, and Cao Cao could go north with confidence. And in order not to give the court a chance, Cao Cao and Guo Jia had the same idea and fought quickly.

Persimmon to pick a soft pinch! Among the three sons of the Yuan family in Hebei, Yuan Tan is the best to deal with. You, Qingzhou, and Hebei Prefectures, Qingzhou has the smallest population and the poorest, and the good ministers and fierce generals who were originally born in Qingzhou basically asked people to divide up before Yuan Tan arrived, and what was left to Yuan Tan was actually an empty shell. Although Yuan Tan now has Chen Gong, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping, but in terms of force, it is miserable, except for one Han Meng, there is no general who can handle it. Although Hou Cheng and Song Xian took refuge with Yuan Tan along with Chen Gong, these two were no longer as brave as when they followed Lu Bu at this time, and they became timid and fearful, greedy for life and afraid of death. And on Cao Cao's side, except for the civil and military generals who stayed in various places, basically all the essence was gathered in Xuzhou, and just waiting for Cao Cao's order, these people would sweep Qingzhou with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying.

Previously, in order to find an excuse to ask for troops from Jizhou, Yuan Tan first bribed Chang Xi to lead his troops to attack, creating a false impression that Cao Cao took the initiative to attack, and then killed Chang Xi with his backhand after the goal was achieved, and included Jizhou's reinforcements. But this did not mean that Yuan Tan took the initiative to withdraw his troops from Xuzhou, which also gave Cao Cao an excuse to send troops to attack Qingzhou.

Jiqiu is the last county town that Yuan Tan broke when he attacked Xuzhou, and it is Hou Cheng who remains in Jiqiu now. If there is really a regret medicine in this world, Hou Cheng will definitely try his best to buy one and eat it. I think that at the beginning, one of the eight strong generals under Wen Hou was not majestic, but now, there are only 3,000 soldiers under his command, and there are no more than a few generals, which is really not comparable with the past.

There is a saying that people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away, especially after Hou Cheng learned from the mouths of past merchants that Cao Xing and Zhang Xiu, who were both one of the eight strong generals, are now in recent situations, it is even more envy, jealousy and hatred at the same time. Hou Cheng would not be jealous of Lu Bu, that was because Hou Cheng knew the gap between himself and Lu Bu. But for Cao and Zhang Xiu, both of whom are eight strong generals, why are there such differences in everyone's experiences.

The beggar army is a partial general, which doesn't sound very good, but in fact, it is a general with tens of thousands of horses. Although there are only a few thousand Han people among the tens of thousands of horses, they are also a general, who is like himself, trapped in the hill, and has no hope of getting ahead.

"Damn Chen Gong! I really shouldn't have listened to him at the beginning, so I abandoned Wen Hou and went with him to vote for Yuan Tan's shaft! Hou Cheng, who was drunk again in the mansion, scolded.

"General, general, no." Someone burst through the door and shouted.

Hou Cheng, who was still drunk, couldn't help but be furious, drew his sword and shouted at the visitor: "Who the hell are you talking about?" ”

"General, Cao, Cao Jun is coming."

"What!?" Hou Cheng was shocked when he heard this, and half of the wine woke up. Stretched out his hand and grabbed the visitor and shouted, "Cao Jun called? If you dare to lie, Lao Tzu will skin you. ”

"General, how dare the little one lie, you can go out and take a look."

Hou Cheng pushed away the person who came to report the news, walked out with a step, and before he reached the gate, he heard the shouting and killing sound outside, Hou Cheng immediately bent his legs, turned his head and ran to the stable. The shouts and killings outside came and went, indicating that Cao Jun had broken the city, and he went out from the main gate at this time, maybe he would meet Cao Jun.

Hou Cheng, who decided to stay in Qingshan, immediately prepared a strategic transfer, hurriedly ran to the stable to take out his war horse, opened the back door, and Hou Cheng slipped out. As soon as Hou Cheng left, Xiahou Yuan, who had broken the city, led people to kill him, and almost never encountered any resistance, Xiahou Yuan rushed into Hou Cheng's house, but he searched the whole mansion and found no trace of Hou Cheng.

"Damn, that's pretty fast. Someone came, quickly went to report to the lord, Hou Cheng ran away. Xiahou Yuan scolded and ordered left and right.

That is, Qiu is just a small city, coupled with the surprise of Cao's army, and the Yuan army defending the city was negligent in guarding, in order to win the first battle, Cao Cao decided to do his best, and the result was a drum without suspense.

got Xiahou Yuan sent someone to report that Hou Cheng had run away ahead of schedule, and Cao Cao didn't feel any regrets, a person who failed to seek glory from the lord had something worthy of attention. If you run, you just run, it's not about the overall situation, it's not worth caring about.

"Yu Ban, Li Dian, and Le Jin, order the three of you to lead your headquarters to recover the lost territory as quickly as possible?" Cao Cao looked at the three generals who were already ready and asked.

"Don't worry, the last general will not disappoint the lord."

"Okay, then so-and-so is waiting for you in Linyi."

The recovery of Jiqiu is just the beginning, Cao Cao did not take Yuan Tan in his eyes, but the lion pounced on the rabbit and still tried his best, and Cao Cao would not be careless and careless. After taking Jiqiu, Cao's army immediately began to recover the cities of Xuzhou that had been captured by Yuan Tan in accordance with the previously agreed division of troops.

When Cao Cao personally led the army to take Linyi, the good news of the various armies was also delivered, and the cities of Xuzhou, which had been taken by Yuan Tan, returned to Cao Cao's hands again in a very short time, and it was only then that Yuan Tan of Qingzhou learned the news of Cao Cao's troops.

"Chen Gong, what's going on? Didn't you say that Cao Cao wouldn't send troops? Yuan Tan was furious and questioned Chen Gongdao, who was also a little dumbfounded, in public. Chen Gong knew that Yuan Tan was really angry, and he usually called himself Mr. Chen or the public platform, when did he call him by his name.

"Don't be annoyed, Cao Cao's subordinates were also quite surprised, but his sending troops is not good for us at all. This dispute in Hebei was originally a family matter of the Yuan family, but Cao Cao's intervention became evidence of Yuan Shang's crime of luring wolves into the house, and the Lord Justice took this opportunity to regain people's hearts. ”

"Chen Gong, are you sure that Yuan Shang asked Cao Cao to send troops?" Guo Tu questioned Chen Gongdao loudly. Since Yuan Tan had an extra Chen Palace by his side, Guo Tu felt that Yuan Tan's attention to himself was not as good as in the past. He finally returned to Yuan Tan after a lot of hardships, but found that the position of chief strategist was robbed by Chen Gong, and Guo Tu would be hell if he wasn't annoyed. It's just that Yuan Tan trusted Chen Gong quite a lot at that time, and Guo Tu didn't dare to turn his face with Chen Gong in public, and now he finally waited for an opportunity to hit Chen Gong, Guo Tu naturally couldn't help but jump out and fall into the ground.

"Mr. Chen is really high-minded, please continue." Yuan Tan glared at Guo Tu and then changed his tone and asked Chen Gongdao.

Chen Gong didn't care about Yuan Tan's attitude, and continued: "Previously, the lord had intended to ask Cao Cao to send troops to deal with Yuan Shang together, but it was strongly opposed by the second son, Yuan Xi, and the matter was temporarily stopped. That means that the possibility of the second prince asking Cao Cao to send troops is very small, and now that Cao Cao is sending troops to attack us, it is naturally impossible for Cao Cao to be invited by us, and the only possibility left is naturally Yuan Shang. ”

"Well, Mr. Chen is right, so what should we do now?" Yuan Tan nodded and asked again.

"Don't panic, my lord. Cao Cao sent troops to attack Qingzhou, mainly because we held on to the city, Yuan Shang's plan would not succeed, and we wanted to release the wind while holding on to Qingzhou, on the one hand, I asked Youzhou to send troops to help, and on the other hand, I accused Jizhou of luring wolves into the house and destroying the Yuan family. At this time in Hebei, the foundation of the Yuan family was located, and there were many supporters of the Yuan family. The lord takes the initiative to stand up at this time, and he will definitely be able to win the support of most people, as long as those people support the lord, don't look at Yuan Shang's strength at this time, but he will not be the opponent of the lord in the future. And as long as the lord can defeat Cao Cao, then this Hebei is also in the lord's pocket. ”

"Okay, good, Mr. Chen said it well." Yuan Tan said excitedly.

"Hmph, Chen Gongtai really has a good mouth, no wonder he can say that the Yanzhou family is against Cao Cao. It's just Chen Gongtai, you forgot a crucial thing. Guo Tu snorted coldly.

"Oh? Please also ask for advice. ”

"What you said was after the successful defeat of Cao Cao. But the question now is how we can resist Cao Cao, who is determined to win Qingzhou. ”