Qin Xu didn't expect Cao Cao to give him such a high evaluation, and his "monitoring" was so strict, even Zhen Mi's few words in private could be known clearly. Moreover, because of this, he figured out the intention of Qin Xu's actions, and concluded that Lu Bujun's attitude towards Hebei affairs was so easy to let him know that it must be someone Qin's plan to hide the sea from the truth.

Cao Cao is a master of the art of war in the world, and while his mind is full of twists and turns, he is also very conceited about his vision. In addition, Cheng Yu on the side had already learned about Lu Bu's attitude towards Hebei affairs, and he had preconceived ideas, seeing that Cao Cao coincided with his own thoughts, he ignored his instinctive suspicion of this matter as a top strategist, and affirmed it again and again. Although Cao Cao still had doubts about Lu Bujun's motives for suddenly becoming uncharacteristically enthusiastic about Hebei affairs, he no longer thought about the authenticity of this information.

"My lord, General Zixiao has a letter here! It's 100,000 urgent! "Since Cao Cao has beheaded four chamberlains who dared to trespass when he was working with his subordinates in the past few years, there are not many people who dare to shout like this in the middle hall of Cao's mansion. And the only person who dares to be so "presumptuous" in this back hall is Boss Cao's current personal guard, Xu Chu. Xu Chu word Zhongkang, the power can drag Jiuniu, two years ago was recruited by Cao Cao, because of his love for Xu Chu is straightforward, and Xu Chu is also indifferent, never interjected, Cao Cao has always used it as a personal guard, never suspicious. Today, it was so urgent, Cao Cao heard the name of Cao Ren who was sent by him to guard the state, and his heart was also shocked. Hurriedly summoned Xu Chu in.

"Zhongkang, where is Yuan Rang's letter?" Now Cao Cao's power has spanned five states. Adjacent to it, Cao Cao sent his henchmen to guard the pass. Among them, Cao Ren and Zhong Xuan were stationed in Chang'an to reject Yongliang, and Xiahou Yuan and Mao Yutun were stationed in Puyang. Le Jin and Lu Qian were stationed in Mount Tai to prevent Qingxu, Yu Ban and Liu Ye newly entered Xiangyang to town Jingzhou, and Xiahou Dun was precisely Cao Cao who sent Cao Chun as his deputy general to "assist" Yuan Tan to guard and annex the state. Now listening to Xu Chu's 100,000 anxious letters sent by Xiahoudun, who is now the most stable and stable, and then linking Lu Bujun's abnormal situation, how can Cao Cao not be anxious.

Cheng Yu on the side also frowned. On the one hand, I hope that Xiahoudun's letter will come at a very timely time. It can be used as evidence that the information about Lu Bujun obtained by his new sources is true, on the other hand. But he hoped that the matter in Hebei would not be as serious as he and Cao Cao expected, after all, now that Cao Cao's army had seized half of Jingzhou, the main goal of the next step was to sweep away the remnants of the Xiliang army in Wancheng, which was the remnant of resistance in the territory. This is also the first time that he Cheng Yu temporarily overpowered Xun Yu and Xun Yu's uncle and nephew, who were regarded by Cao Cao as the mastermind, in front of Cao Cao. The former is just a testament to his ability to do his job and his new sources are competent, while the latter is a good strategist. It is Cheng Yu, who is not from an ordinary scholar family, who intends to compete for an important bargaining chip for the aura of the mastermind on the head of Xun You's uncle and nephew, who is the son of the family, and now it is a critical juncture, which makes the self-proclaimed open-minded Cheng Yu nervous.

"Hah! As expected! Cao Cao, who was watched closely by Cheng Yu, had a calm look on his face. It wasn't until he read the content of Xiahoudun's letter that he paused slightly, and a sneer welled up on his face. With a light snort, he handed the letter to Cheng Yu, and instructed Xu Chu, who had been bowing and waiting: "Zhongkang, order someone to pass on Wenruo, Gongda, and Gongming...... Well, there's still a child coming! ”

"No!" Xu Chu agreed and left, and Cheng Yu glanced at the back of Xu Chu in a hurry. He took advantage of the corner of his eye to look at Cao Cao, who was speechless, and then spread out the bamboo slices in his hand. Looking closely at the urgent report sent by Xiahoudun, he immediately understood why Cao Cao was suddenly like this, and summoned the three Xun Yu and the other three to come.

Although Bingzhou and Jizhou are adjacent to each other, in fact, in addition to the common riverside and bad port, there is only Huguan on land that connects the two states, and on the other borders between the two states, there are steep mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles. In the past, when Yuan Shao attacked and merged the state, it was precisely because of the black mountain thieves who "went out of the mountain to help", and at that time, there was the name of the general of the chariot and cavalry, that he could easily get the land of the counties of the state. If this is not the case, as the military town where the former Han and the Xiongnu were the buffer ground, as long as there is a general who leads hundreds of people to hold the Huguan place according to the danger of the high mountain, it is estimated that it will be in vain to come to the army of 10,000. And this is precisely the problem faced by Cao Jun, who has now merged with the state. Otherwise, he would not have been so "generous" in the past, and promised Jizhou to Lu Bu in exchange for the support of Lu Bu's army.

Xiahoudun is the actual commander of the annexed state, and as the deputy general Cao Chun's "main business", on the one hand, is to assist Xiahoudun to garrison the annexed state, and at the same time take advantage of the abundance of war horses in the annexed state to rebuild the former scattered formation of tigers and leopards, and on the other hand, or a more important task, is to monitor the movements of Youzhou and Jizhou. It is adjacent to the Yellow River in the south, the endless Hetao grassland in the west, the long and narrow straight mountain road in the north, and the extreme open place is the territory of Youzhou, where there are tens of thousands of Youzhou cavalry camps, that is, the mountain road between Youzhou is too narrow, which is not conducive to the passage of cavalry, otherwise, the state will have no danger to defend. And the east of Bingzhou is the only land passage to Jizhou, Huguan. It's a pity that the current Huguan is now guarded by Han Hao, the general of Hebei, and Yuan Tan, who is the eldest son of the Yuan family, has revealed several times of surrender, but since Cao Cao became the master, Han Hao, who was originally moved, turned his face with Yuan Tan's envoy, and now there is no need to count on it.

That is to say, Cao Cao's acquisition of the state, although there are the benefits of the horse farm and the strength of the cavalry, but in fact, it can be called the land of the four wars. Therefore, the burden on Cao Chun's shoulders is actually very heavy. Because if you don't pay attention to it, it is very likely that Gongsun Chan will cross the border from south to north, and Yuan Shang will cross the border from east to west without the slightest danger. The state is infinite, and even the state and county offices are mostly boundless on all sides, whether it is the Youzhou cavalry or the Jizhou elite soldiers who have escaped the detection, it will be a disaster for the entire county of the state. Cao Chun definitely didn't dare to be careless.

And the monitoring of Hebei is still the top priority. Although Gongsun Zhan's personal relationship with Cao Cao is not good, whether it is his rival to foreign captives, or the fact that Gongsun Zhan was given a good face because of Liu Bei's affairs in the former Tiger Prison, although there has been no clear contact between the two since then, but after all, there is this feeling, so after Cao Cao took the annexation of the state, although there was occasional friction between Gongsun Chan and Cao Cao's forces, there has been no major war to tear his face.

But the situation in Jizhou is different. Not the hatred between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, just because Cao Cao once did extremely inauthentic things to Jizhou when Lu Bu was seriously injured and retreated to Linzi to recuperate, although he prevaricated later, it also made Cao Cao doubt in his heart whether Lu Bu, who was hidden behind Yuan Shang, would abide by the covenant and not attack Bingzhou. Therefore, the monitoring of Jizhou is the top priority of Cao Chun's task.

After all, Hebei is the territory of Yuan Shao in the past, and Jizhou is the base camp of the old Yuan family.

But Cao Chun's luck this time is really good. It's quite a bit of a closed-door house, and the pie comes up. Previously, Liu Bei rode lightly to Ye, and Tian Feng went out of the city to greet him, but it was very harmonious. It's just that Liu Bei used to be a subordinate of Gongsun Chan in the past, and the battle with Jizhou was not a once, almost stepping on the blood of Jizhou generals in exchange for Gongsun Zhan's trust in him, and he had coveted Yecheng, and he participated in the battle for Yecheng. Therefore, many of the former Yuan soldiers, and now the main generals of the Yuan family stationed in Yecheng, do not have a good impression of Brother Da Er. Moreover, after Yuan Shang replaced Yuan Xi as the lord of Yecheng, he did not show kindness to the soldiers and civilians of Yecheng, so he could not talk about the sense of belonging to Yuan Shang. In the Zhangjaw army, which had fought with Yuan Shao the most times against Gongsun in the past, there were the most such soldiers. Therefore, this time, there happened to be a person who was not angry with his own lord Yuan Shang's attitude towards the subordinates of the former enemy Gongsun clan, and did not want the blood and tears of his former comrades to exchange for the closeness of the lord and the enemy.

It is also in line with Cao Chun's luck to wash away the humiliation suffered in the previous battles against Lu Bujun, the soldier just mixed through the pot pass, and was held by the soldiers under Cao Chun's command who were out of the camp to inspect, and when he heard it was a Jizhou accent, he searched out the "warrant" of the Jizhou general's jaw, and sent it directly to Cao Chun and Xiahoudun. After several inquiries, this soldier was also single, anyway, he told the eldest prince Yuan Tan, and he had to let these two people know, so he simply poured beans into a bamboo tube and came out what he saw, although he didn't know the specific content of the conversation between Liu Bei and Yuan Shang's high-ranking officials, but just Liu Bei's action had already surprised Cao Chun, and the big family was lucky.

What kind of problem happened between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan that would make Liu Bei secretly meet Yuan Shang, which was actually not important in Cao Chun's heart at this moment. The important thing is that due to the usual practice and the civil strife in the rear of Gongsun Zhan, it is not a secret, and now the prevention and control of the mountain roads in Youzhou is probably a mere formality. Before the news came that Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan completely tore their faces, did they know if Liu Bei had obtained Gongsun Zhan's secret order to contact Yuan Shang? If this is unfortunately the case, at that time, there were Jizhou soldiers to attract the troops of Bingzhou, and leave enough time for the Youzhou cavalry to secretly come to the territory of Bingzhou, the consequences for Bingzhou will undoubtedly be devastating. Therefore, whether it was Xiahoudun or Cao Chun, it was really too late after hearing this at first glance, and he did not dare to investigate the truth of this matter in detail, so after strengthening the defense at both ends of the state, Gu Shu, together with this Yuan deserter, sent Cao Cao an incident, but unexpectedly, it was also the heart of Cao Cao, who was doubtful because of the news sent back from Qin Xu's mansion. It was as if he had added another footnote to the information, so that Cao Cao's eyes were successfully transferred to the matter of Hebei.

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