In April of the third year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (192 AD), Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu and others in front of the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, and at the same time, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou began to move, in early April, the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army poured into Yanzhou, and Liu Dai sent troops to confront the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, but due to the huge disparity in numbers, Liu Dai died of a cold arrow in the battle with the Yellow Turban Army

Cao Cao sat in front of the desk, his right hand tapping rhythmically. In front of Cao Cao, stood a new strategist and military general he had newly recruited. Since receiving the title of Dongjun Taishou, Cao Cao has indeed gained some strength. However, although his strength has increased, Cao Cao has been chanting the words of Lord Shangxian in his heart: One day, you Cao Cao Cao Mengde must be the dragon and phoenix among people, but it's a pity

In fact, when Ma Xiaoquan said this at the time, he didn't mean anything else, and the reason why he didn't say it later was not because he didn't say it on purpose, but because he couldn't make it up. But Cao Cao didn't think so, although he always regarded Lord Shangxian as a demon in his heart, but whether it was the crusade against Dong Zhuo or the Xingyang Breakout, Lord Shangxian helped him very "cleverly", especially the time of the Xingyang Breakout, if it wasn't for the Shangxian Lord arranging Cao Hong to be by his side, I'm afraid that the current Dongjun Taishou should be someone else.

"It's a pity," Cao Cao said softly to himself, "Then why does the demon Dao say it's a pity?" ”

Cao Cao just thought for a while, and then came back to his senses. After all, there is a more important thing waiting for him to do at the moment, and that is to work hard to accumulate strength.

"Next, I'd like to hear your opinions!"

The strategists and generals were silent one by one.

Cao Cao shook his head, not embarrassed by his subordinates, he waved his hand lightly, and said, "Let's all go down first, and then think about it, what should we do next?" ”

After a deep bow to Cao Cao, all of them retreated

In a carriage, sat four flower-like women, four women in four corners, surrounded by a man with purple hair.

"Brother, why should we change our itinerary? Didn't you say you were going to Yanzhou earlier? ”

"Hehe, I'm going to Yanzhou, but not now, let's be calm and go to Dongjun first." After the man finished speaking, he instructed the subordinate who was driving the carriage outside the carriage, "Zhao Er, let's go to Dongjun first!" ”

Zhao Er said respectfully: "Yes, my lord!" ”

The official residence of the East Gun.

Cao Cao unfolded the sheepskin map and studied it carefully, and beside him, stood the two Xiahou brothers.

"Meng De, now that the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army is in rebellion, how should we wait?"

Cao Cao didn't answer, he silently looked at the map, studying the terrain.

At this moment, his subordinates reported: "Lord Qiyu Taishou, there is a self-proclaimed adult friend outside the mansion who asks to see you!" ”

Cao Cao didn't raise his head and asked, "Who?" ”

"Back to the adult, this person claims to be an immortal"

When Cao Cao heard this, he raised his head suddenly: "Please, please!" ”

As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, he was afraid that his subordinates would be sluggish, so he hurriedly pulled the two Xiahou brothers and said, "Yuan Rang, Miaocai, come with me to greet Lord Shangxian." ”

Outside the mansion, Ma Xiaoquan had already led a group of ladies out of the carriage and waited quietly for Cao Cao to come out.

There was a soft "crunch" sound, and the door of the mansion opened.

But I saw a man who was not tall, but looked a little heroic, and beside the man, stood two tall silver helmet generals.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and arched his hand at the person in the middle: "Xiao Cao, don't come unharmed!" ”

Cao Cao laughed, his eyes inadvertently swept over a woman next to Ma Xiao's body, and he was slightly surprised: "Lord Shangxian, isn't this Diao Chan?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Exactly, come, Diao Chan, I've seen Master Cao!" ”

Diao Chan stepped forward and respectfully saluted Cao Cao: "The slave has seen Lord Cao!" ”

Diao Chan's voice was thin and soft, and Cao Cao's heart itched when he heard it, coupled with Diao Chan's beautiful appearance, even the two Xiahou brothers beside Cao Cao couldn't help but swallow saliva several times.

Cao Cao shook his head and said with a smile: "Lord Shangxian, what is the so-called matter of your trip?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan got straight to the point and said: "Ben Xian calculated that Xiao Cao has something in your heart, so I came to guide you one or two, just right, Ben Xian's entourage of female dependents also needs to live here in Xiao Cao for a while." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his heart was happy, but his expression was very respectful: "Lord Shangxian is polite, this is as it should be!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded, and led the four flower-like women into the Taishou Mansion with Zhao Er.

In the house, as soon as Ma Xiaoquan entered the door, he saw the map on the desk, on which Cao Cao had gently circled Yanzhou with ink stones.

Ma Xiaoquan thought to himself: It seems that Ma Ye and I came at the right time, this Cao Cao is still hesitating whether to fight Yanzhou, but in order for Cao Cao to fight Yanzhou and collect the Yellow Turban Army, one person is needed

After making up his mind, Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said to Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, do you want the territory of Yanzhou?" ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and arched his hand: "You can't hide anything from the Immortal Lord!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said, "This immortal has already been calculated, but the territory of Yanzhou is not easy to gnaw!" ”

Cao Cao said: "What does the Immortal Lord mean?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Xiao Cao, let me ask you, do you have a strategist named Chen Gong under your command now?" ”

Cao Cao was shocked, but his expression was still very calm: "That's right! ”

"Then it's easy to say, you sue Sù Ben Xian, where is Chen Gong now, Ben Xian will go and meet him for a while!"

Cao Cao didn't understand what medicine Ma Xiaoquan was selling in his gourd, so he asked Ma Xiaoquan why. Ma Xiaoquan didn't hide it, and replied: "I heard that Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, died while fighting against the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, and now the dragons in Yanzhou are leaderless, which is your opportunity, and if Xiao Cao you forcibly enter Yanzhou, I'm afraid something is wrong, so you need a lobbyist to persuade other officials in Yanzhou that I say this, do you understand?" ”

Cao Cao is not a stupid person, after Ma Xiaoquan's analysis and explanation, Cao Cao immediately understood. Remembering that when he was studying the next step with his subordinates before, Cao Cao had the idea of fighting Yanzhou, but due to his own strength, Cao Cao was also hesitating.

Xiahou Dun, who was beside Cao Cao, couldn't help it, and said, "Lord Shangxian, is Chen Gong really okay?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Don't worry, only Chen Gong can do this!" ”

Chen Gong residence.

Since following Cao Cao, Chen Gong has not made any achievements in strategy, and when he first voted under Cao Cao's account, Chen Gong played a guarantee, one day and one policy, and saw the situation of a year, in this year, he had proposed several strategies, but after the implementation, the effect was very poor, and even those soldiers who were five big and three rough were secretly laughing at him, which made Chen Gong's face very unbearable.

In the previous meeting, he had an idea, but he was afraid that if this idea did not work out again, he was afraid that he would have to leave.

"My lord~" Chen Gong was thinking about it, and someone outside the door had something to report.

"What's the matter?"

The person outside the door replied: "My lord, there is a person outside the courtyard who claims to know the adult and asks to see the adult!" ”

"Do you know me?" Chen Gong felt curious, so he put on his coat and went out to greet him.

Outside the courtyard, Ma Xiaoquan waited for Chen Gong with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Chen Gong come out to greet him, Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and said, "Chen Gongtai, don't come unharmed!" ”

Chen Gong was shocked, and said in his heart: I don't know this person at all, how can he know my words?

Chen Gong looked Ma Xiaoquan up and down, and said vigilantly: "Dare to ask who Your Excellency is, Chen has never known Your Excellency, right?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan laughed: "It doesn't matter if you don't know, I just want to ask you one question, do you want to build yì your lord to take Yanzhou?" ”

Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "How do you know?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "It doesn't matter where I learned this, the important thing is that you have to do it in Chen Gong!" ”

"I'm going to do it?" Chen Gong hesitated, remembering that his previous unsuccessful proposal made him, Chen Gong had no confidence in his heart.

Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and patted Chen Gong on the shoulder: "Don't worry, no matter what happened to you before, now this matter can only be done by you!" After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, he didn't even enter the door of Chen Gong's house, so he held his head high and sang a little song and walked away.

Chen Gong watched Ma Xiaoquan disappear in a daze, as if he had knocked over five bottles.

"Can I really?" Chen Gongyi gritted his teeth, "Both horizontal and vertical are ridiculed, it's a big deal to roll up and leave!" ”

The Mansion of the Taishou of Higashi-gun.

Cao Cao was entertaining Ma Xiaoquan and his party, so he listened to a report from his subordinates, saying that Chen Gong wanted to see him.

Cao Cao frowned, a little unhappy: "This Chen Gongtai, why did you come at this time?"

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said, "Xiao Cao, don't be upset, Chen Gong is here, but I want to give you a big gift!" ”

"A big gift?"

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Wait a minute, no matter what Chen Gong says, Xiao Cao, you just have to promise him!" ”

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement

Sure enough, after Chen Gong entered the hall, he analyzed Cao Cao's current state of the world, and focused on the strategic position of Yanzhou.

Although Cao Cao didn't like to see Chen Gong very much, after listening to Chen Gong's words, he couldn't help but admire Chen Gong. After Cao Cao thought about it carefully, he immediately changed his impression of Chen Gong a lot.

"Gongtai, do you mean that I will go to get this Yanzhou pastor?"

Chen Gong said respectfully: "Lord, that's exactly what I mean!" ”

Cao Cao made a mistake: "But this"

Chen Gong volunteered: "Don't worry, don't worry, Gong Zidang personally went to all parts of Yanzhou to persuade those officials!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at Ma Xiaoquan beside him, and Ma Xiaoquan nodded lightly. Cao Cao snorted and said, "Okay, since the public station has made up its mind, let's start as soon as possible, I am here, if the public station needs anything, you can put it forward." ”

Chen Gong was quite moved in his heart, you must know that his previous series of unsuccessful strategies made Chen Gong feel that he had no weight in front of the lord Cao Cao, but he didn't expect that now the lord Cao Cao would be very generous to provide him with convenience, which made Chen Gong's heart firm all of a sudden.

Chen Gong secretly said in his heart: If I can't do this trip, I will be ashamed of the lord.