The game between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao was still in full swing, he ordered Yu Ban to sit in Jingjindu, and he led the army to retreat to the side of Guandu, just waiting for Yuan Shao's army to come over, but for more than two months, there were no two ghosts!

"Lone waited for Yuan Shao here for a long time, but he didn't appear, what is the reason, don't you look down on Lone?" Cao Cao sat in the big tent of the Chinese army and said with a sneer.

Xun Yu took a step forward, bowed down and said: "Sikong, here's the thing, after Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng, he revoked the chief army and ordered Guo Tu and the other three to each point all the way, and he was about to fight openly with the lord, but there was a fire under the city, the old department of Youzhou was not subject to the dispatch, and Liaodong intended to rebel, I think Yuan Shao should deal with these things at this time!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, thoughtful!

The former Youzhou Mu Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan's troops, this person did good deeds, and he was quite appeased to the ethnic minorities during his lifetime, so his old department also made friends with the Karasuma Xianbei tribe and other tribes.

After this person was killed, the two ethnic minority tribes began to assist the old tribe of Youzhou in order to avenge Liu Yu, united with Karasuma to cavalry, and united with Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zhan.

And now that Gongsun Zan and his party have been annihilated, these people have begun not to buy Yuan Shao's account.

On the other hand, Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Du was originally born as a small official, and during the war, he was able to stand on the heel of the pillar by Dong Zhuo's generals and became the Taishou of Liaodong.

This person was very dishonest, and after he took office as Taishou, he killed the wealthy clan, accumulated soldiers and horses, appointed refugees, invaded Goguryeo in the east, drove Karasuma in the west, and even took Buyeo as his own territory.

Not only that, this person also proclaimed himself the Marquis of Liaodong, Yanran is an emperor of the ravine, seeing that there is nothing to grab in the Northeast, this goods began to worry about the Qingzhou territory again.

This made Yuan Shao very embarrassed, the front battle was imminent, and there was such a contradiction in the rear, Tian Feng, Cui Yan and others tried their best to dissuade Yuan Shao from leaving Cao Cao alone and settling various matters in the rear.

But Yuan Shao, a person with a small belly, did big things and regretted his voice, and forgot his life when he saw small profits, he was already angered by Cao Cao's arrogance and refused to accept his opinion.

Now it has been a few months since Yuan Shao went south, but the matter in the rear has not been well resolved, the people's hearts cannot be unified, and the soldiers in the army are complaining, many people are very dissatisfied with the reform of the army, and Yuan Shao is extremely lacking in the courage to cut through the chaos with a quick knife, resulting in the slow and chaotic process of preparing for the whole battle, and the cavalry date has been repeatedly postponed.

That's no one anymore!

Cao Cao didn't have the patience to spend here, thinking that since you are dealing with the aftermath in Jizhou, then I have to go back to rectify and rectify, or Yang Biao and Sima Fang, the two old guys, will not have to rebel against the sky, so they will simply leave the large army and return to Xudu with their cronies to rectify the rear.

Soon after returning to Xudu, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Xiuzheng wanted to leave Suixian and go to Guandu to resist Yuan Shao, and he was extremely happy, thinking that Yuan Shao had no desire to fight now, so he simply invited Zhang Xiu to come to Xuchang and wait until the time of the war to go north together.

When he came, Zhang Xiu was very bitter, and his mood was described in four words, that is, he was uneasy, although Jia Xu had analyzed and acted for him, and Xun Yu personally vouched, but he was still afraid that Cao Cao would hold a grudge.

What's more, this is not a small hatred, he is the three people who killed Cao Cao's most confidants, one of them is Cao Cao's particularly important eldest son Cao Ang, this person was once recognized as the second Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao's approach reassured him, not only did he carry the feast to appease, but he also persuaded him not to take this matter to heart, how could it not be touching.

Zhang Xiu walked into the camp with a warm welcome, his mood was quite relieved, and when he saw the majestic Cao Cao, he was not too afraid, and knelt on the ground and said: "The last general has resisted Tianwei for many years, and I still hope that Cao Gong..."

"General, please get up, don't mention the past again!" Cao Cao didn't wait for Zhang Xiu to finish speaking, then walked over and helped Zhang Xiu up, and couldn't wait to say: "The general is a person who understands righteousness, and if he is willing to come and belong to him, he will be a hero of the imperial court, don't say these unseemly words!" ”

Zhang Xiu was very ashamed, stared at Cao Cao for a long time in a daze, feeling that this face was a little unfamiliar, and even a little unrecognizable, the two of them were relatively speechless for a long time, such a meeting was also once in Wancheng back then.

It's so evocative to think about!

It's just that Zhang Xiu is still a little apprehensive now, Zhang Xiu at that time was also sincere in surrendering, but everything was ruined because of a girl, but the situation turned, Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu went in a big circle, and now they can let go of each other.

In the end, Zhang Xiu still regretted it, regretted that he shouldn't have rebelled because of a moment of anger, killed Cao Ang, Cao Anmin, and Dian Wei, and then followed Liu Biao, who had no ability, to mess around for three years, and finally had to bow to the Cao family.

Cao Cao also regretted it, why couldn't he control it in the first place, because a woman killed three people around her, such a grievance and hatred made both of them add a little reason to their senses.

As far as Cao Cao is concerned, although he still can't let go, Zhang Xiu's arrival is a good thing after all, first, the crisis in Nanyang is resolved, and second, there is another helper against Yuan Shao.

His current strength is less than half of Yuan Shao's, Zhang Xiu brought more than 4,000 soldiers and horses at once, and he himself is still a rare tiger general, so Cao Cao showed a rare smile, pulled Zhang Xiu and sat side by side with him, quite a posture of not getting drunk and not returning.

This is a great favor, Zhang Xiu is a strong postponement, but no matter how to postpone Cao Cao, he will not allow it, and in the end he can only sit next to Cao Cao.

He was on pins and needles, getting more and more nervous, not only that, but he also saw Xun Yu pulling Jia Xu into the table, this is a genius, Cao Cao's troops were several times that of Zhang Xiu, why he couldn't attack for a long time, the reason is still this dark strategist, Jia Xu!

Zhang Xiu still thought of his family, and he was worried that Cao Cao would not be good for them, so he said: "Duke Cao, the family of the last general is still in the army..."

"The general doesn't have to worry, I've already asked my subordinates to bring them food!"

"Thank you Cao Gong!" In fact, Zhang Xiu saw that he had misunderstood, and said: "Yuan Shao will make a comeback soon, then the general's family..."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Everyone, this time General Zhang came from afar, let's toast him first, and work a saddle horse!" ”

"To General Zhang!"

Everyone in the tent raised their wine glasses, brushed and drank!

Zhang Xiu could only force a smile, followed the drink, swallowed half of the words again, and threw appreciative glances at Jia Xu from time to time.

A counselor is a counselor!