In October, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng. And Gao Gan took the opportunity of Cao Cao's personal conquest of Wuhuan and rebelled again. Sheng was in charge of the party and sent troops to guard the pot pass. When Cao Cao learned about it, he sent Le Jin and Li Dian to lead troops to conquest.

At the same time, Zhang Sheng of Hanoi also raised troops, gathering more than 10,000 people, between Kou Kun and Mi; Hongnong Zhang Yan; Hedong Weigu, Fan Xian and others.

Hedong Taishou Wangyi was recruited by the imperial court, Wei Gu and Fan first went to see Sili Captain Zhong Xuan, please stay in Wangyi. Rejected by Zhong Xuan. Wei Gu and others conspired with Gao Gan in the name of inviting Wang Yi and prepared to rebel. Xun Yu recommended Xiping Taishou Du Ji to Cao Cao. Cao Cao immediately appointed Du Yi as the Taishou of Hedong. Zhong Xuan also urged Wang Yi to complete the handover procedures with Du Yi as soon as possible.

Weigu sent thousands of troops to defend the crossing of the Yellow River in Shaanxi County. Du Yi was not allowed to cross the river for several months to take office. When Cao Cao learned of this, he hurriedly sent Xiahoudun to lead his troops. However, before Xiahoudun's soldiers and horses arrived, Du Yi had already figured out a way. The trick successfully crossed the river from Xijin.

Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others decided to give Du Ji, who had finally arrived, a dismissal, and killed more than 30 people below the main book in front of Du Ji, but they saw that Du Ji acted calmly and did not care. So Wei Gu said, "Kill him, and leave us with notoriety." And it seems that this person is also very easy to control."

Du Ji also showed great respect for these local snakes: with Wei Gu as the governor, he did official affairs and received merit; There are more than 3,000 generals and soldiers, all of whom are commanded by Fan Xian. With this method, he successfully paralyzed Wei Gu, Fan Xian and others, and the history called "good people are outside, and yin is their own help." The wicked are scattered, every man to his house."

At this time, there was news that "the white cavalry attacked Dongyuan and entered the high cadre", and Du Ji decided to take this opportunity to break away from the grasp of Wei Gu and others. He only led dozens of horsemen out, and the officials and people came to the city one after another. In dozens of days, more than 4,000 people have been gained. Wei Gu knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly contacted Gao Gan, Zhang Sheng and others, and joined forces to attack Duji, but they couldn't take it. Cao Cao also ordered Zhang Zheng to send Ma Teng and other generals in Guanzhong to send troops, and finally Zhang Sheng was defeated, Wei Gu and Zhang Yan were killed, and the rest of the party were pardoned.

Du Ji governed Hedong County for 16 years, and his governance performance is often the best in the world. Respect forgiveness. The people have resigned from the lawsuit, and the people are Chen Yili, and they are sent back to Di Sizhi, and the fathers and elders are angry with each other and dare not sue. Persuade ploughing, teach animal husbandry, and the people are abundant. Then build the school, raise filial piety, repair the affairs, talk about military equipment, and Hedong Sui'an.

In the face of the current situation of "the government is in the Cao family, and the son of heaven is respectful to himself", Xun Yuezhi, the secretary and supervisor, and the servant are in the replacement, and it is useless to seek anything, and this year he wrote five articles of "Shenjian" and played the imperial court.

In January 206, Cao Cao ordered his son Cao Pi to stay in Zhencheng, Cui Yan Fuzhi. He personally recruited senior cadres. Besieged Huguan for more than two months. In March, Huguan finally surrendered. Gao Gan fled to the Southern Xiongnu for help, and Hu Chuquan was not accepted. Gao Gan wanted to flee south to Jingzhou, but was captured and beheaded by Wang Yan, the captain of Shangluo. So far, the four states of Hebei, You, Qing, and the four prefectures have all been pacified by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao appointed Liang Xi as the assassin of the state. At that time, in the midst of the chaos, Hu Di was strong and strong, and each was a victim. After Liang Xi arrived, he lured Yu to recruit, called Haoqiang, and recruited Ding Zhuang as a soldier. After the soldiers had gone, their families were relocated, and tens of thousands of people were sent to Chengcheng before and after. Those who refused to obey the order sent troops to levy them, beheaded thousands, and surrendered tens of thousands. In the end, "the border was cleared, the people spread wild, diligently persuaded the farmers, and the order was prohibited." The elders said that they thought that they had heard and known, and the history of assassination was not as good as that of Liang Xi."

Liang Xi also actively recommended to the imperial court the famous people who had taken refuge in Bingzhou, such as Chang Lin, Yang Jun, Wang Xiang, Xun Wei, Wang Ling and others, and Cao Cao appointed them as county magistrates, and they were all famous in the world. One of the most famous is a man named Zhong Changtong. At the beginning, Zhong Changtong traveled to study and merged with the state, and was given preferential treatment by senior cadres and consulted on world affairs. But Zhong Changtong's outspokenness displeased Gao Gan, and Zhong Changtong also resigned. After Gao Gan's death, he was recommended by Xun Yu as Shang Shulang. The book "Changyan", which is the way to control chaos in the world, is very famous.

In July, Wuwei Taishou Zhang Meng killed the Yongzhou assassin Shi Handan Shang. He was killed by local state soldiers.

In August, Cao Cao personally recruited pirates and came to Chunyu County, Beihai State. Pai Lejin and Li Dian attacked Guan Cheng. Guan Cheng's army was defeated and fled to the island.

In August, Chang rebelled again, and Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to behead him.

In this year, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to revoke the eight vassal states of Qi, Beihai, Fuling, Xiapi, Changshan, Ganling, Jibei and Pingyuan. In order to repay the evil king of Lang 16 years ago, when Liu Rong sent his younger brother Liu Miao to Chang'an to pay tribute, he praised Cao Cao's kindness to the royal family, so he made Liu Xi, the son of Liu Rong, the evil king of Lang. Restore the Langya Kingdom, which was extinct for 13 years due to Liu Rong's death.

Now that the north has basically been pacified, Cao Cao has locked the next enemy on the minority group of Wuhuan, who is known as the best horseman in the world. The Wuhuan people took advantage of the chaos in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty to break through Youzhou, and there were more than 10 million Han people. When Yuan Shao was there, he once made his chief Shan Yu, and took the son of his family as his adopted daughter and married Wuhuan Shan Yu. Among the Wuhuan counties, the Wuhuan of Liaoxi County is the strongest and has the best relationship with Yuan Shao. Therefore, after the brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang escaped from the Sai, they went to Bandun. Bunton also sent troops into the fortress several times in the name of "wanting to help the Yuan family restore their hometown". Cao Cao prepared for the personal conquest of Wuhuan, and specially ordered the digging of the two canals in Pinglu and Quanzhou this year for transportation.

In February 207, Cao Cao returned to Zhencheng. On the 5th, Cao Cao asked more than 20 people to be crowned marquis for the heroes who followed him to raise volunteers and punish the riots for more than 17 years. In particular, he played the exploits of Long Live Pavilion Hou Xunyu. In March, Xun Yu was added to the number of thousands of households. Cao Cao also wanted to seal the high position of Xun Yu's third duke in the court, but Xun Yu asked his nephew Xun Yu to resign for him more than ten times, but he stopped.

Regarding Cao Cao's decision to personally conquer Wuhuan, all the generals expressed their opposition, "Yi Di is greedy and has no relatives, how can it be used by Yuan Shang?" This is not a cause for concern. On the contrary, if Liu Bei took this opportunity and said that Liu Biao would attack Xu Du secretly, he would have to guard against it, "Only Guo Jia decided that Cao Cao's expedition would be successful." And even if Liu Bei had the intention of sneaking up on Xu Du, Liu Biao would never agree.

Cao Cao finally decided to embark on this expedition. When he came to Yi County, which is at the junction of Hejian Kingdom and Zhuo County, Guo Jia persuaded Cao Cao to leave his baggage, ride lightly, and take Wuhuan by surprise. At this time, Guo Jia was seriously ill and dying, and Cao Cao could only leave Guo Jia to recuperate in Yi County, and he led the army to march day and night.

In May, the army reached Wuzhong County, Youbeiping County. After the right Beiping County is Liaoxi County. At this time, Cao Cao urgently needed a guide who could lead the way for the army. So a man named Tian Chou came into Cao Cao's sight.

Tian Chou was once engaged in Youzhou Mu Liu Yu. Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zhan, and Gongsun Zhan was killed by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao sent envoys to summon Tian Chou several times and awarded him the general seal, but Tian Chou refused. Now Cao Cao has destroyed Yuan Shao, and under the recommendation of Xing Hao, Cao Cao also sent an envoy to Libi Tianchou, and this time Tian Chou summoned him to come. Cao Cao was overjoyed and was immediately named the county magistrate of Fuxian County.

In July, it rained heavily, and the army could not enter. Cao Cao asked Tian Chou for a plan. Tian Chou said, "This road is not easy to walk, when the water is shallow, it is not open to cars and horses, and when the water is deep, it is not to carry boats." However, the county governance of the old Beiping County is in Pinggang, and Lulong can be reached to Liucheng. However, since the Jianwu period, this road has been gradually abandoned, and it has been nearly 200 years now, and only a small road can be passed. The army can be diverted, and from Lulongkou to cross the danger of white sandalwood and get out of the empty land. By surprise, he can be captured without a fight" Cao Cao immediately adopted this suggestion and threatened to withdraw his troops. And sign the wood on the side of the road as a table, and engrave a few words on it: "This is the summer summer, and the road is not passable." and wait for the autumn and winter, and then return to the army" This situation was learned by the Wuhuan scouts and reported to the army. Naturally, he thought that Cao Cao's army had retreated, so he relaxed his vigilance.

And Cao Cao ordered Tian Chou to be the township guide, and the army went up to Xu Wushan, more than 500 miles of mountains and valleys, passing through Baitan, Lipinggang, Buxian Beiting, and pointing directly to Liucheng. It wasn't until two hundred miles outside Liucheng that Wuhuan learned of this information. Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang Brothers, Bang Dun, Lou Ban Brothers, Youbeiping Shan Yu Nengchen and others hurriedly gathered tens of thousands of cavalry to fight.

In August, Cao Cao climbed the White Wolf Mountain, and saw that although the enemy army was numerous, the formation was not in order, so he ordered Zhang Liao to be the vanguard, and the army fought hard to attack. In this battle, Cao's army won a great victory, and killed Badun and the famous king. More than 200,000 people descended from Hu Han. Liaodong Shan Yu Sufumaru and the Yuan brothers fled from the battlefield in a hurry, and led thousands of horsemen to flee to Sun Kang, the Taishou Gong of Liaodong. Everyone persuaded Cao Cao to take advantage of the victory to attack. At this time, Cao Cao was not in a hurry, "We don't have to work hard." That Gongsun Kang will naturally send the head of Er Yuan."

In September, news of Guo Jia's death came, and Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of his troops. went to Yicheng to personally pay tribute to this generation of military advisors who died young at the age of 38. And just as Guo Jia expected before his death, Gongsun Kang quickly sent the heads of Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Su Fu Pill over. The generals couldn't help but admire Cao Cao's (Guo Jia) foresight. Cao Cao smiled and said, "Gongsun Kang Su is afraid of the Yuan family." Now the second Yuan goes to vote for him, if I attack in a hurry, they will naturally reject me; If I retire, Gongsun Kang and Er Yuan will have a contradiction. He was also happy to kill the second Yuan and show favor to me" Subsequently, Cao Cao ordered Yuan Shang to be beheaded, and ordered the three armies to "kill those who dare to cry" but ignored the ban and set up sacrifices to cry. Cao Cao didn't kill him, but thought that he was a righteous man and recommended him as Maocai.

The expedition lasted half a year, and the army lacked food, and thousands of horses were killed to replenish the army's food; There is no water for 200 miles, and the ground is dug up to more than 30 zhang to get water. After returning from Liucheng, Cao Cao rewarded meritorious deeds, sealed Tianchou as a pavilion marquis, and ate 500 households. Tian Chou insisted that he would not accept it. Cao Cao also summoned those who had previously admonished those who opposed this expedition, and everyone did not know why, and everyone was afraid. But to their surprise, Cao Cao also rewarded them generously, and said, "Lone's expedition is really a blessing to take advantage of the danger, and God helps Lone succeed." But this can never be done again. The advice of the kings is indeed a perfect plan, and it should be appreciated."

On October 17, Liu Yun, the king of Jinan, was killed by the Yellow Turban remnants.

In November, Cao Cao arrived at Yishui's edge. The Wu Huan Shan of the two places of Pufulu and Shangjun Nalou came to congratulate and pay tribute.

In this year, Sun Quan went west to conquer Huangzu and captured his people and returned.

In fact, everyone was right to advise Cao Cao, but only Guo Jia saw the crux of the problem: Liu Bei did persuade Liu Biao to take the opportunity to attack Xu Du, but Liu Biao failed to accept it. Now that Cao Cao has won a big victory, Liu Biao regretted that "I didn't need to say anything about it the day before yesterday, I missed the opportunity, it's a pity" Liu Bei could only comfort, "If there is a split today, there will be conflict." There will always be opportunities, just don't miss it next time."

Having said that, Liu Bei was still depressed in his heart. Recalling that since the defeat of Runan and defection to Liu Biao, he has been in Jingzhou for more than 6 years, and he is 47 years old this year, but he has not achieved anything. Once when Liu Bei came back from the toilet, there were tears on his face. Liu Biao was puzzled, so he asked Liu Bei why he was crying? Liu Bei said, "I usually don't leave the saddle, and the flesh of my hips is gone." But in the past few years in Jingzhou, I haven't ridden a horse for a long time, and I just found that the hip meat has been revived. Thinking about the flow of the sun and the moon, I am old. How can you not be sad if you have achieved nothing in your deeds?"

Not long after Liu Bei finished this emotion, God finally began to favor him and sent Liu Bei a peerless masterpiece! A 27-year-old young man who is the most well-known in Chinese history and can be called the embodiment of wisdom has finally stepped onto the stage of history: Zhuge Liang!

Before this, Zhuge Liang had not appeared in history, he lived in Longzhong, Xiangyang, and took pleasure in farming. Every self-comparison of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Qi State of the name of Guan Zhong, the Warring States of the Yan State of the famous general Le Yi. But no one thought so, only Cui Zhouping, Xu Shu, Sima Hui, and Pang Degong saw Zhuge Liang's talent, so they strongly recommended it to Liu Bei (Pang Tong is also the same as Zhuge Liang.) History said that "when he was young, he was simple and dull, and he did not know it." But Uncle Pang Degong and Sima Hui are heavy")

Mr. Shui Jian, Sima Hui Qingya, has a lesson from knowledge, and he said to Liu Bei, "Ordinary Confucian and lay people, how can they know current affairs? Those who know the times care about Junjie. There are Wolong Zhuge Kongming, Phoenix Chick Pang Shiyuan, Xu Shu said to Liu Bei, "Zhuge Kongming, Wolong also." How could the general want to see it?" Liu Bei said, "Then you can bring him, I can see him," Xu Shu said, "This person can only be seen, not yielding." The general should go and ask for an audience in person."