When Deng Zhan left, Cao Cao dismissed everyone, leaving only Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu.

"What is the matter with the Lord leaving us?" Cheng Yu was the first to ask.

"Cao Ren, Li Dian is back, but Cao Hong is still in Yang Shuo's hands, what do you think?" Cao Cao said.

It is no secret that Cao Hong was captured by Yang Shuo, but Yang Shuo neither killed Cao Hong nor released Cao Hong, so that everyone was confused.

"Why don't you send an envoy to Luoyang to test Yang Shuo?" Xun You tentatively proposed.

"It's okay to be tempted, I'm afraid that Yang Shuo won't let Cao Hong leave easily!" Cheng Yu pondered.

Xun Yu opened his mouth and said: "Yang Shuo took over Yang Feng's army after Yang Feng's death, and he has been advancing all the way, until today, with more than 50,000 soldiers, and several fierce generals comparable to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, he can be described as a young hero, but such a character dominates the West with us, but we don't know anything about him, so I can't help but be a little careless." ”

Xun Yu said, Cheng Yu then said: "Yang Shuo's rapid rise is true, but he is the son of a thief, and he has an affair with Dong Zhuo's remnants, and now he has no official position, why don't I use this as an opportunity to think of a way!" ”

"What do you mean?" Xun You seemed to have guessed something and asked suspiciously.

"Hmm!" Cheng Yu nodded, "Yang Shuo is still white, why can't the lord exchange his official position for the return of General Cao Hong!" ”

"Isn't this an enemy? Originally, Yang Shuo was not rightly named, but now he has an official position and is even more unscrupulous! Xun You questioned.

"I think what Brother Zhongde said is reasonable," Guo Jia stood up and said, "If Yang Shuo wants to ask for any official position, and directly ride out of the Tiger Prison Pass to disturb Yanzhou and threaten the lord, can the lord not give it?" ”

"The Tiger Prison Pass is occupied by Yang Shuo, and it has a considerable number of cavalry, and the land of Yanzhou is under Yang Shuo's troops, and it is a way to stabilize Yang Shuo with his official position." Xun Yu said approvingly.

"Judging from Yang Shuo's current strength, Yang Shuo has not yet been able to go out of the Tiger Prison Pass, but the light cavalry out of the Tiger Prison Pass to harass Yanzhou, he can definitely do it, and use this to ask for an official and a half position in order to justify his name, if the lord is not given, he will rob Yanzhou and threaten the lord, rather than passively accepting, it is better to take the initiative to give!" Guo Jia also spoke.

"The Tiger Prison Pass has been lost, the troops have been greatly damaged, and there are no soldiers to defend in Yanzhou in a short period of time, so it is an excellent way to stabilize Yang Shuo with an official position for the time being!" Xun Yu analyzed.

Everyone, you say a word, I say a word, the four major strategists under his command all agree to turn the initiative into passivity, and exchange the official position for Cao Hong's freedom and the peace in Yanzhou, although Cao Cao felt very aggrieved, but there was no good way for the time being, so he had to nod and agree.

"Then who is the envoy to Luoyang?" Cao Cao asked, rubbing his sore temples.

The four of them glanced at each other and said in unison, "Man Boning is the best!" ”

Man Chong has an old relationship with Xu Huang, the general of Yang Shuo's army, and he was also the first to contact Yang Shuo, and he knows Yang Shuo the most, and there is no one more suitable to envoy to Luoyang than him.

"Okay!" I don't know if it's helpless or what, Cao Cao feels very lonely.

Yang Shuo has a condescending advantage in the face of Cao Cao after occupying the Tiger Prison Pass, the offensive and defensive changes, Cao Cao unless he is heavily defended in the Xingyang generation, otherwise Cao Cao's base camp Yanzhou generation will be under Yang Shuo's iron cavalry at any time, one day Yang Shuo is unhappy and leads the cavalry east out of the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Cao will have a headache. Although Yanzhou and Yuzhou are populous states, Cao Cao's four wars, they also have the ability to be heavily guarded all around.

The rapid rise of Yang Shuo was a fatal blow to Cao Cao, completely blocking the road of Cao Cao's development in the west, not only making Cao Cao lose the opportunity to develop and grow, but also making Cao Cao really surrounded on all sides, Lu Bu and Liu Bei in the east, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao brothers in the north and south, and Yang Shuo in the west, the hungry wolf, Cao Cao's development in the future is definitely more difficult.

All these changes made Cao Cao very anxious, although he coerced the Son of Heaven in the name of ordering the princes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu obviously did not like him, Yang Shuo and Lu Bu were definitely not a good thing, and the Son of Heaven living in Xuchang was a time bomb, which could explode at any time, so he had to spend a lot of manpower and energy to prevent all this.

The changes in the world made Cao Cao, who had always been shrewd, a little confused, and he was dizzy.

Raising his head, Cao Cao looked at the four of them with godless eyes, and said slowly: "Yang Shuo is rising, we are in a worrying situation, so let's discuss what we should do in the future!" ”

Everyone knew that this meeting would be related to Cao Jun's next strategic layout and future development direction, which was very important and could not be sloppy, and they all used their brains to ponder and meditate, and the tower-like body of Dianwei outside the study has been standing there, and the surrounding area is densely filled with rows of stubborn armor soldiers, and the candlelight in the study has been bright from evening to dawn.

A day later, Deng Zhan, the envoy of Nanyang County, and the angel left Xuchang and headed towards Wancheng, of course, the most important thing was the holy decree of the general.

And the full favor also marched towards Luoyang with great fanfare under the instruction of Cao Cao, and the two men and horses set off from Xuchang at the same time and at the same time, causing good people to speculate continuously.

Xuchang, General Wei's Mansion.

"Cao Cao was defeated in the Tiger Prison, losing nearly 50,000 elites, and he returned defeated, which is really happy!" The white-haired old man smiled with relief, holding his long beard under his chin.

"I didn't expect Cao Cao to have today!" Someone laughed afterward.

"Cao Cao thinks he is the only hero in the world, but he doesn't want to be defeated in the hands of a yellow-mouthed son, which is really gratifying!" Someone clapped his hands again, and his face was full of hideousness.

"It's a pity that I couldn't kill Cao Cao, it's really hateful!" The other man sighed.

"That's it!" The old man at the top waved his hand, "Cao Cao was defeated in the Tiger Prison, and he was surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, so he must have no time to take care of us, so let's think more about what we should do next!" ”

The first old man was a general and relative in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the father of Emperor Liu Xie's concubine Dong Guiren of the Han Dynasty. At the beginning, he was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu, and then escorted Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty to return to Luoyang from Chang'an.

"Cao Cao was defeated, I don't believe that only we have ideas, don't Yang Biao and others have any plans?" Wu Zilan sneered and said, "We may be able to contact Yang Biao and these characters!" ”

"Yang Biao?" Chong Ji pursed his lips disdainfully, "Yang Biao, the old fox, has already been frightened by Cao Cao, how dare he do such a big thing!" ”

"Yang Biao can't do it, but Yang Xiu can!" Wu Zilan Road.

"You mean that Yang Xiu Yang Dezu, who is rarely smart?" He asked.

"It is this person who has just been appointed by Cao Cao as Langzhong, who is respectful, knowledgeable, and extremely intelligent, and it is expected that he will join the big event!" Wu Zilan continued, "We can't win over Yang Biao, but Yang Xiu is very likely!" ”

"It's just that this person ......" What else did he want to say was categorically interrupted by Wu Zilan: "Yang Xiushen's Cao Cao is fond, with him joining, we can monitor Cao Cao's actions at any time, which will definitely help a lot, and he will not reject us when he is influenced by Yang Biao!" ”

"You may be tempted and tempted, but if not, you don't need to force it!" Dong Cheng, who was at the top, opened his mouth and said after a long silence, "Have you ever considered Yang Shuo?" ”