Chapter Forty-Eight: Cao Cao's Trial

"Cao Cao has seen General Ding, Lord Wang ......"

After Cao Cao greeted everyone one by one, he turned to face Lu Bu, "Meet General Lu and congratulate General Lu on his ascension." ”

When he said this, Cao Cao's expression was slightly unnatural.

This is because, before this, he had been thinking about recruiting Lu Bu, so during this period of time, whenever he had the opportunity, he pulled Lu Bu to drink, and quickly got closer to Lu Bu.

But why didn't he expect that Lu Bu would be promoted to Zhonglang General today, and become the commander of the Xiyuan Forbidden Army, and directly become his top boss!

How does this make him solicit?

Cao Cao suddenly felt that his previous behavior was a little ridiculous, and he sighed in his heart.

However, based on his understanding of Lu Bu during this time, he felt that Lu Bu was relatively simple-minded and would never think of running to escort him, so he guessed that there must be a master hidden behind Lu Bu.

"Could it be him?"

Cao Cao's gaze moved to Ding Xiao, who was surrounded by everyone, and he was puzzled in his heart.

"Thank you Brother Mengde, I will have to rely on Brother Mengde to cooperate in the future." Lu Bu said happily.

"Definitely."

After Cao Cao nodded, he had the intention to test Lu Bu, so he asked, "I think that Dong Zhuo's wolf ambition will definitely cause trouble to the court in the future, I don't know what the general's plans are?" ”

"Humph!"

After Lu Bu habitually glanced at Ding Xiao, he said domineeringly, "If he dares to rebel, then fight!" ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao glanced at Ding Xiao deeply, and already had an answer in his heart, and then asked with a smile, "What the general said is true?" ”

"Of course it's true!" Lu Bu's tone was firm.

"Then why did Dong Zhuo speak for the general just now?"

Cao Cao's question was so sharp that Lu Bu didn't know how to answer.

"Isn't it, the general and that Dong Zhuo have already had an agreement in private?"

Cao Cao was unforgiving, and asked a tricky question again.

"Never!"

Lu Bu was a little anxious, "From last night to now, Dong Zhuo and I have not met in private, so how can I have any agreement with him?" ”

"Haha."

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, "General, don't be nervous, I'm just joking and asking casually." ”

"Mengde, you ...... You're so bad! ”

Lu Bu breathed a sigh of relief, and then glared at Cao Cao with some disgust, "If it weren't for you and I being acquainted, I would have thought you had ulterior motives!" ”

"Haha, don't blame the general, I just tried each other's ears just now!" Cao Cao smiled loudly, then hugged his fists and said goodbye, "Then you talk, I'll go first." ”

"Okay, I'll ask you for a drink when I get back." Lu Bu said with a smile.

"This son is still so crazy and so careless!" After seeing Cao Cao leave, Wang Yun shook his head and sneered.

When he was under He Jin, Cao Cao often spoke out, offending many people, and even He Jin reprimanded him several times, and Wang Yun didn't have a good impression of him at all.

"It's just a true temperament, and Shibo doesn't have to be surprised."

Compared with those hypocrites with honey-bellied swords, Ding Xiao prefers people like Cao Cao, so he said a fair word for the other party.

"Huh."

Wang Yun looked at Ding Xiao with a smile, "This kind of person is arrogant, I think Feng Xian is difficult to control." ”

"yes."

Ding Xiao nodded approvingly.

Cao Cao will be the overlord of one party in the future, the head of the world's heroes, and naturally he is not a person who kneades at will.

In fact, he did not have any delusional intention to recruit Cao Cao.

However, at this stage, Lu Bu has the Xiyuan Forbidden Army in hand, and he already has the capital to fight against Dong Zhuo in Beijing, so if he thinks about it, Cao Cao will not leave Beijing early.

In this way, he can borrow Lu Bu's hand and use Cao Cao for a while.

And thinking of Dong Zhuo, he put away his smiling face, and his expression became solemn.

"Brother-in-law, Dong Zhuo is recruiting the soldiers of Brother He Jin everywhere at this time, the plan is not small, we can't fall behind!"

"What?!"

The crowd was shocked.

"Brother Elimination, my Xiyuan Forbidden Army only has an establishment of 40,000 people, and now it is basically full, and I can't recruit a few people at all." Lu Bu said worriedly.

"Not bad!"

Wang Yun said in a deep voice, "Just now, under Dong Zhuo's strong recommendation, Jing Zhaoyin, Zhijinwu and other important positions have all been replaced by his cronies, and he can justifiably collect He Jin and He Miao's old soldiers." ”

Then he shook his head and sighed, "How can Feng Xian compete with him?" ”

"It doesn't matter, just in the name of 'reserve soldiers', you can recruit." Ding Xiao suggested.

"No."

Wang Yun shook his head and said, "If Dong Zhuo visits the first book in front of the Queen Mother and says that he has ill intentions, we will be passive." ”

"That's ......"

Affected by the system, Ding Xiao now attaches great importance to fame, so he has to be famous in everything, and he can't do whatever he wants like Dong Zhuo.

And he also understands that in three days at most, Dong Zhuo will abolish the Young Emperor, and at that time, he will be able to recruit troops justifiably.

As for now, he just saw that tens of thousands of horses had returned to Dong Zhuo, and his eyes were red.

"It seems that only when Dong Zhuo reveals his true colors can we move on to the next step." He said helplessly.

"Yes, there is no urgency."

Wang Yun nodded on the side, and then opened his mouth to urge, "Okay, let's not stand here either, in case we are slandered by Dong Zhuo and say that we form a party for personal gain, it will be bad!" ”

Wang Yun still remembers the party-run dispute back then, so he can't help but be a little worried at this time.

"Well, Shibo reminded me right, then let's disperse first." Ding Xiao nodded.

"Okay, then I'll take my leave."

"Don't let Zhang Yang go!"

"I'll go first, too."

The crowd greeted each other and left where they were.

Only Bao Xin hesitated and hesitated.

"Brother Bao, but what's the matter?" Ding Xiao stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"Ding Gongzi, I'm a little unsure if I can recruit the general's old department, so I want to ask you." Bao Xin said.

"You already have 5,000 men under your command, you shouldn't be able to do it......" Ding Xiao smiled.

"I was named a military cadet today, but it's just a fictitious position, and I only have more than 1,000 Taishan villagers I have recruited, where are the 5,000 soldiers and horses from?" Bao Xin smiled bitterly.

"Haha."

Lu Bu laughed loudly beside him, "Brother Xiao, do you think that you are ...... The post-military captain belongs to the eighth captain of the West Garden, right? ”

Hearing this, Ding Yuan also shook his head and smiled.

"Uh, isn't it?" Ding asked weakly.

"Naturally not!"

Bao Xin blushed and said, "The post-military captain is just a fictitious position, where can he compare to the captain of Xiyuan, who holds real power?" ”

"Well, I made a mistake." Ding Xiao sweated.

Because he said something like "family" to Bao Xin before, it turned out that he was not Lu Bu's subordinate at all.

However, in this way, Bao Xin will have an additional army here.

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"In that case, Brother Bao, you should try your best to recruit people, the more the better!"

"But Dong Zhuo ...... there," Bao Xin looked worried.

"Just keep it secret!"

Ding Xiao patted the other party's shoulder and said with relief, "Don't worry, as long as you survive three days, no one can stop you!" ”

"Oh? Why? Bao Xin looked suspicious.

Ding Xiao smiled slightly, avoiding answering.

"You'll understand soon."