At the end of August of the fourth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (199 AD), Cao Cao's army had been stationed in Liyang for almost 20 days.

I got the news that Yuan Shao had the intention of attacking Xuchang, and after Cao Cao got the news, he personally led the army to Liyang non-stop, and after arriving in Liyang, after waiting for so many days, I didn't see any movement from Yuan Shao.

"What's the matter" Cao Cao was a little annoyed, "Didn't you say that Yuan Shao was coming?" ”

On the side, Guo Jiaxun Yu and other strategists stood without saying a word.

After a while, Guo Jiacai said: "Lord, if Yuan Shao comes at this time, will the lord be able to resist his army?" ”

Guo Jia pointed out Cao Cao's weakness sharply, and when Cao Cao heard it, he immediately wilted.

Indeed, Yuan Shao, who currently has the power of four states, can be said to be the most powerful prince today, even if he moves out of all his belongings, he will not be able to beat Yuan Shao.

Xun Yu stepped forward and said: "My lord, my subordinates think that Yuan Shao's refusal to use troops is because he wants to win over Zhang Xiu. ”

"Huh?" Xun Yu said that Cao Cao had thought about it a long time ago, and Cao Cao had been trying to win over Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu, this kid, not only killed Dian Wei with his love, but also killed his son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anming, which made his wife Mrs. Ding "divorced" from him, thinking of this, Cao Cao was depressed.

"Hmm~~" Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't thought about Zhang Xiu, but even if I don't miss the old hatred, that Zhang Xiu may not necessarily not be missed." ”

Cao Cao's words were also a little speechless, indeed, although his own lord is very atmospheric, but what about Zhang Xiu? Zhang Xiu, Xun Yu doesn't know about this person. Moreover, Zhang Xiu killed the lord's son and nephew, according to the lord's character, even if he doesn't take revenge, he will always find an opportunity to vent his anger.

For a moment, there was silence in the tent.

At this moment, a sudden report was reported outside the tent: "Report, lord, please see the immortals." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Hurry up, please, hurry up."

Without waiting for Cao Cao to finish speaking, Ma Xiaoquan led Hua Yuexin and Ling'er in with the disguised Huayuexin and Ling'er.

Ling'er didn't have a disguise, so at present, Ling'er is much more beautiful than the disguised Huayue Heart.

Cao Cao first said a few polite words to Ma Xiaoquan, and then stared at Ling'er greedily.

Beside Cao Cao, Xun You was so shocked that he almost screamed.

Xun You has a ability, as long as it is the person he has seen, the posture of walking, Xun You can remember it clearly.

Xun You participated in the bracelet ceremony of the Hua family, and Xun You has also seen Hua Yuexin's walking posture.

Although Hua Yue's heart has changed, her walking posture will not change much.

Xun You could see it at a glance, but because his face was not similar, Xun You was silent.

Moreover, Miss Hua Yuexin's disguise must have her thoughts.

Cao Cao said politely: "Lord Shangxian, did you bring me good news when you came this time?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "There is no good news, but Benxian thinks that Xiao Cao should go and win over Zhang Xiu." ”

Ma Xiaoquan's words hit Cao Cao's heart, just now everyone was still talking about how to win over Zhang Xiu, and now Lord Shangxian said it again, can Cao Cao not be excited.

How easy is it to just win over Zhang Xiu?

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said his bitterness.

Ma Xiaoquan secretly operated the data device in his body, and after carefully checking it, he said "pretending to be deep": "Actually, to win over Zhang Xiu, you can't just start with him." ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What does the Immortal Lord mean?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said: "You also know that there is a guest named Jia Xu Jia Wenhe under Zhang Xiu's seat, right?" ”

For Jia Xu, Cao Cao not only knew that when he sent Cao Ren to attack Zhang Xiu, it was because of Jia Xu that Cao Ren suffered a lot of losses. Later, when Cao Ren reported to him, he specially cursed Jia Xu many times, which shows Cao Ren's jealousy of Jia Xu.

"Lord Shangxian means that if you want to win over Zhang Xiu, you can win over Jia Xu first?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said in his heart: Na, this is what you Cao Cao said himself, I just followed history.

Cao Cao thought that Lord Shangxian had acquiesced, so he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, then win over Jia Xu." ”

At the same time, Yuan Shao is also actively wooing Zhang Xiu, Yuan Shao's wishful thinking is like this: first come to a distant close attack, that is, after winning over Zhang Xiu, he and Zhang Xiu will attack Cao Cao on both sides, not only can quickly and effectively destroy Cao Cao, but also annex all Cao Cao's territory, oh yes, and the little emperor, moreover, as for this Zhang Xiu, when the time comes, if he is obedient, he will be crowned a liege, and if he is disobedient, he will be killed directly.

Yuan Shao's approach was immediately responded to by Zhang Xiu, of course, Yuan Shao's thoughts behind Zhang Xiu did not know.

Zhang Xiu was very happy when he saw Yuan Shao's envoy, if he could reach an alliance agreement immediately, Zhang Xiu would really do it, but unfortunately, Zhang Xiu was interrupted by Jia Xu every time he opened his mouth and was ready to fully agree.

At night, Zhang Xiu found Jia Xu very depressed and questioned him, Jia Xu did not speak, but shook his head gently.

Zhang Xiu didn't know what to do, and he was embarrassed to ask too much, so he had to give up for the time being.

After Zhang Xiu left, Jia Xu leisurely took out a pair of silk silk from his sleeve pocket, unfolded it and looked at it again.

A few lines of words were written on the silk, and the final signature of these lines was: Ben Xian.

Jia Xu has a good memory, and he clearly remembers that the purple-haired man who claimed to be an immortal easily entered his room and talked to him.

The purple-haired man has always called himself "Ben Xian", and Jia Xu also learned about it afterwards, this man is indeed very prestigious in Cao Jun, and everyone also calls him "Lord Shangxian".

Although Zhang Xiu is brave, he does not have any lofty ambitions, and Cao Cao is different, from the beginning, Jia Xu actually paid attention to Cao Cao, and he also thought about leaving Zhang Xiu to join Cao Cao.

But then I thought about it, if I sent it to Cao Cao now, I might be despised by Cao Cao, so it would be better to put up a shelf than this

The content of the silk is very simple, just a simple greeting to Jia Xu's recent situation, of course, in fact, the first word of each sentence, Ma Xiaoquan has made some hints.

Jia Xu and others also swept both sides to understand the meaning.

Putting away the silk silk, Jia Xu smiled proudly, and said to himself: "This immortal is really incredible, but it's okay, just give me a step, hehe"

Early the next morning, Yuan Shao's envoy came to make a special announcement again, Zhang Xiu was naturally very happy to hear it, while Jia Xu looked at Yuan Shao's envoy without saying a word.

"General Zhang, how about it, partnering with my lord Yuan Shao, let's kill Cao Cao together, how about it?"

Zhang Xiu clapped his hands, nodded, and was just about to speak, Jia Xu said: "Go back and tell Yuan Shao, the two of them can't get along, and they are talking nonsense!" ”

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Mr. Wenhe, what are you doing?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head, and said to Zhang Xiu in front of the envoy: "Yuan Shao is the fire pit there, rather than this, it is better to take refuge in Cao Cao." ”

Yuan Shao's envoy was reluctant: "Jia Wenhe, what do you mean by this?" My lord is a hero in the world, in terms of strategy and power, which point is not a hundred times stronger than that Cao Apu, this time I was ordered to come, you promise or not, and one day my lord Yuan Shao waved his army to unify the north, and the two of you will not be able to eat and go around! ”

Zhang Xiu was very helpless, and the refusal was said by Jia Xu, but Yuan Shao's envoy attributed the fault to the two of them.

Zhang Xiu wanted to play a round game, but he didn't expect that as soon as he said a word, Yuan Shao's messenger flicked his sleeves fiercely: "You guys are so self-conscious!" Hum! With that, Yuan Shao's envoy left angrily.

Zhang Xiu wanted to go forward to chase Yuan Shao's messenger, but was pulled hard by Jia Xu.

Zhang Xiu shook off Jia Xu and shouted: "Yuan is strong and Cao is weak, Cao Cao's eldest son died at my hands, why should I surrender to him?" ”

Jia Xu snorted and said slowly: "That's why we went to Cao Cao." First, Cao Cao obeyed the order of the Son of Heaven and did not surrender, and surrendering him is surrendering to the Son of Heaven, General Zhang, although my Han Dynasty is in decline, but you are always a Hanchen, right? Moreover, you can't go to Yuan Shao to go against the Son of Heaven, right? Second, Yuan Shao is too strong now, if we go, can he take you and me in his eyes? And Cao ** Yuan Shao is weak, if we take refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely try his best to win you and me; Third, Cao Cao has the ambition to dominate the world, and he should not care about personal grievances, Cao Cao is at fault in the matter of Wancheng, and Cao Cao should not always hold a grudge against you. Therefore, to sum up the above three, we should all take refuge in Cao Cao! ”

Jia Xu said very truthfully, and Zhang Xiu, who was still angry, gradually calmed down when he heard it.

Zhang Xiu thought about it carefully, Yuan Shao was too powerful, and it was just a drop in the bucket to go by himself. And Yuan Shao didn't win himself over just to deal with Cao Cao? Waiting for Cao Cao to deal with it, will he have the kind of cunning rabbit and dead lackey?

"Hmm~~" Zhang Xiu exhaled, "Let me think about it, sir"

Jia Xu nodded, quietly reached into his arms, and touched the silk letter that Lord Shangxian gave him

In September of the fourth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, who had been guarding Liyang for nearly two months, did not see Yuan Shao attacking, and Zhang Xiu also sent an envoy to win him over, but he did not respond for a long time.

Cao Cao couldn't sit still, so he had to temporarily return to the court, leaving his troops to continue to guard Liyang.

Although the battle is unknown, the scenery of Liyang is good, Ma Xiaoquan politely refused Cao Cao's invitation to go back with him, and took Huayuexin and Ling'er to play.

Ling'er asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Xianggong, are we really playing?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan didn't speak, but looked at Hua Yuexin.

Hua Yue nodded knowingly, and explained to Ling'er for Xianggong: "Ling'er, Xianggong actually has other things to do, Cao Cao is present, and Xianggong is not easy to say." ”

Ling'er nodded, and sighed: "Then no matter where Xianggong goes, Ling'er will follow." ”