When Cao Cao and his party were still on the road, Zhao Yue had already led his troops to Wancheng. Qiao Rui, the guard general of Wancheng, is Yuan Shu's confidant general, and when he was on the road, Zhao Yue discussed it with Meng Idiot, and it was expected that this person would never surrender, or capture and kill him, or capture and let him go.

Two thousand men and horses wearing Yuan Shujun's uniforms called the door under Wancheng, claiming that Kuangting was defeated, and Yuan Shu sent them back to ask for reinforcements.

The generals who defended the city looked down from the city tower, and their faces were mostly raw, and they were puzzled in their hearts, and they did not dare to open the door. So the idiot whispered a few words in the ear of the general Wang Qian, Wang Jian was ordered, and shouted loudly at the city gate: "The lord has more than 100,000 soldiers, how can you recognize them all, hurry up and open the door, delay the warplane, I'm afraid the lord will punish you!" ”

The guards standing on the city gate glanced at each other, and while someone went to inform Taishou Qiao Rui, he shouted to the soldiers there in the news: "Open the city gate quickly, your own people!" ”

So, the drawbridge was slowly lowered.

Zhao Yue rode a horse like this, and swaggered into Wancheng with the two thousand people under his command. Walking on the streets, Zhao Yue looked a little haggard after many days of hard work, but he knew that by capturing Wancheng this time, he could rest for a little longer.

When Qiao Rui learned the news, he didn't doubt it much, and immediately led hundreds of people from his subordinates to greet him, and by the way, he could immediately get the order given to him by Yuan Shu, and he could go directly to the school to order troops.

But from a distance, he saw the figure on horseback in the crowd opposite, dressed in a white robe, with a sword at his waist, and although his appearance and face were handsome, they were not what he knew!

"Oh no, I've been tricked! They weren't sent back by the Lord! Qiao Rui shouted. The people passing by in the city and all the soldiers under him were shocked.

Zhao Yue wouldn't give him a chance to fight back, and took advantage of the situation to shout: "Where is General Wang Qian?" Take this man down with me! lest he cause more trouble! ”

Wang Jian heard this. Armed with a knife, he quickly crossed the streets. Ignore the soldiers and passers-by who surrounded them. The knife slashed horizontally, and Qiao Rui was taken straight to Qiao Rui, but before Qiao Rui could react, and the sword in his hand was not raised, he was held hostage on his horse by Wang Qian, and he was held down and couldn't move.

I think that Wang Jian was originally from Xiliang, born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and at this moment he captured the other party's Taishou. For the rest of the enemy forces, it was undoubtedly not a huge deterrent. They were all in place, and they didn't dare to move.

Zhao Yue ordered his subordinates to find the talisman for transferring troops on Qiao Rui's body, and in an instant, he obtained the nominal command of tens of thousands of horses in Wancheng. However, Zhao Yue's subordinates only had 2,000 people, and how could these tens of thousands of people be convinced until Cao Cao's arrival was still a serious problem.

Qiao Rui was pressed to kneel in front of Zhao Yuema, and the people on both sides of the road saw that the Wancheng soldiers were bloodless, so they wanted to change hands. They all knelt down one after another, and their mouths repeatedly said that they would spare their lives.

Zhao Yue appeased the people, and immediately questioned Qiao Rui: "You were captured by me this time, are you willing to surrender to me?" ”

Qiao Rui laughed and said, "You nameless junior. Where did it come from, that he should speak wildly? The lord of my family is the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, and his status is noble. In a prominent position, I followed the lord for several years. It is also a lot of credit, how can it be returned to an ignorant bandit like you. ”

Zhao Yue frowned. was about to express his position, but suddenly recalled his impulsiveness when Wu Shan, so he began to think in his heart. Facing Qiao Rui, should he be happy or angry.

Yuan Shu is easier to deceive, but Cao Cao is different.

According to Zhao Yue's thoughts, Cao Cao should have led his troops to Wancheng at this time. Although the two of them defeated Yuan Shu and captured Wancheng this time, the future battle situation is uncertain, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the tyrants of Hebei, are also brothers after all. What will happen if you don't keep it? Treat this person well, let him go back, maybe you can also leave a way back for yourself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yue hurriedly dismounted, came to Qiao Rui's side, gently supported him, and said with a slight smile: "General Qiao, why are you so angry, although Zhao Yue is a monarch, but she is from a humble background, she naturally cannot be compared with your lord." It's just that this time I sent troops to Wancheng, and I was also entrusted by Cao Cao, so it is not easy to refuse, and I hope that the general will return to your lord's office, and you must distinguish for me, and you must not transfer the blame to me alone. ”

"You're going to let me go......"

Qiao Rui was obviously moved by Zhao Yue's "sincere" statement, how did he know that as the master of man, he should have the ability to regulate his mood and anger. When you are happy, it is to win people's hearts; And anger is anger, for the sake of majesty under the tree. Although this kind of trickery seems to be moody, it can really make it difficult for people to guess what is in their hearts, making it unpredictable.

Zhao Yue was gradually getting used to complicating herself.

"Come on, loosen the ties for General Qiao Rui, give him horses, and send him out of the city." Zhao Yue changed the majestic face when she first saw Qiao Rui, and became kind and kind-eyed.

In this way, Qiao Rui rode out of the city in full view of everyone, and did not forget to turn around and salute Zhao Yue when he was leaving.

After sending Qiao Rui away, Zhao Yue couldn't help frowning, and then turned back to Meng Idiot and Wang Jian and instructed: "Idiot, I will give you two things to do, first, quickly send my cronies to Sun Ce's mansion to take care of them, and no one is allowed to trespass without my order; Second, I started to ask the grain Cao of Wancheng to come to me with the latest grain and grass income and tax records. ”

"Yes, my lord......" The idiot bowed slightly, and retreated.

Zhao Yue said to Wang Jian again: "General Wang Qian, you take this Wancheng talisman to the school to order troops, you must stabilize the morale of the army, and then let people above the position of military marquis come to see me, and I will personally give a lecture." By the way, after all this is done, you can hand over the military power to the people in the army, and let them occupy all the cities under Yuan Shu's former leadership in the Jingbei area. ”

"Yes, the last general will go!" Wang Jian took the talisman and left in a hurry.

Zhao Yue went to the main hall of Yuan Shu's usual deliberations under the follower, which was in the center of the city, and the construction was extremely luxurious, which was enough to see Yuan Shu's mediocrity and corruption.

Along the way, Zhao Yue was biting her lip and kept thinking.

Although he took Jingbei before Cao Cao this time, he was not prepared to settle here, because according to his guess, Liu Biao in the area of Jingnan would not easily allow the emerging forces to get their hands on his Jingzhou, and if he insisted on taking this into his pocket, it would only add to his own troubles, and it would make it difficult to implement the strategy of westward expansion.

However, it seems that the idea of the idiot seems to be different from his.

Zhao Yue sat directly above the main hall, and the idiot had already brought grain and grass to him, and he had already surrounded Sun Ce's original mansion and guarded it.

When he learned of Zhao Yue's idea, he immediately objected: "My lord, the land in the world is so vast, and the princes from all walks of life are only afraid that they will get less, why is it too much when they come to you?" Yichen saw that the lord was determined to go to the west to establish a foothold, Kuang Zheng Daqin ruled, this is of course very good, but the land east of Luoyang, like gold, since you have it, you must not give it away again! ”

Zhao Yue didn't have time to listen to Meng Idiot's tirade, his hands kept moving the bamboo slips in front of him, and his eyes were also quickly browsing on it.

I don't know why, he has now become very disgusted with the person in front of him, because this person can always guess what he is thinking half-pushed, half-pointed, and can always analyze the good and bad of his own actions.

Zhao Yue believes that no one in ancient and modern emperors wants their courtiers to be like this, and of course, he is no exception. It's just that he still cares about the kindness of the idiot in the past, and he also knows that he still needs the help of the idiot in the future, so he has been forbearing.

It is said that "if the outside world must first be safe", but if the act of the peace will slow down the process of the outside world, then the peace can undoubtedly be done later.

"Idiot, I've just seen it, there is not much grain and grass in Wancheng, and there is very little money, what's going on? Didn't you just say that Yuan Shu has always imposed a high tax burden in his territory, and he gets eight out of ten grains? ”

Seeing that his remarks failed to reach Zhao Yue's ears at all, Meng Idiot could only sigh slightly, and then took over the conversation and said: "The lord doesn't know, Yuan Shu has many soldiers, and he is extravagant, so there is not much money left in the treasury. ”

Zhao Yue squinted his eyes and nodded, he already had a strategy in his heart, he said to Meng Idiot with a smile: "Idiot, you can order the person in charge of the treasury to distribute the remaining money and food to the people of Wancheng, and then open the four gates of Wancheng to let the people enter and exit without inspection." ”

"One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father, and a son is better than a father."

Meng Idiot knew Zhao Yue's thoughts, his apprentice was nothing more than to collect the hearts of the people in Wancheng, so that although the people lived in Jingbei, they would recite Si Li, and then cede Wancheng to Cao Cao in exchange for a firm ally east of Luoyang, so that they could enter the west of Tu with peace of mind.

This can't be regarded as a clever strategy, but in the eyes of the idiot, this is really a small strategic idea. He thinks that Zhao Yue can obviously take care of both things and things, directly unify the world, and become a king and a hegemon; But he didn't expect that Zhao Yue would be so timid, insisting on the West as the king first.

At this time, after listening to Zhao Yue's words, Meng Idiot just smiled slightly, he felt that time would make the person in front of him understand: In the troubled times, either there is no goal, or you have to be ambitious, otherwise you are willing to be sandwiched between mediocrity and saints, and you will only be swallowed up by the torrent of history and become a real supporting role.

"Yes, my lord, the minister will do it." Meng Idiot replied without hesitation, but the moment he looked up and saw Zhao Yue, he was stunned in his heart, Zhao Yue was frowning, looking at him with a dissatisfied expression.

The idiot smiled in his heart, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Lord, the minister is actually ...... There is still one thing that is not clear, why is this move? ”

Zhao Yue showed a happy face at this time, and talked about the ideas that the idiot had just thought, and then looked at the idiot with satisfaction.

The idiot did not speak, and withdrew from the main hall respectfully. (To be continued.) )