Liaocheng, Yanzhou East County, not far from Pingyuan County, the westernmost part of Qingzhou, is the front station of Cao Cao's entire army, and at this moment, more and more Cao army teams are gathering here.

Since occupying most of the territory in the eastern part of Yanzhou, Cao Cao not only expanded the territory under his control, but also strengthened his own strength, which naturally refers to Yanzhou's army, although when Xu Rong withdrew from Yanzhou, he withdrew all the horses under his command, but it was only more than 30,000 people, of which 20,000 were brought over when he was appointed by Dong Zhuo, most of the garrisons in Yanzhou did not move, and naturally Cao Cao was cheaper.

Although Yanzhou can not be compared with Jingzhou, Jizhou and other places, but here is also a large number of talents, the original Liu Dai is still the Han clan, although the ability to govern the place is not much, but with the identity of the clan, it still brings a lot of benefits to Yanzhou, in general, this is not like Qingzhou, it is a mess that can be imagined, and the local officials perform their duties, but there is no need for Cao Cao to make too many changes, saving him a lot of time and energy, and also bringing a lot of benefits, This also allowed him to have no worries, and quickly pulled out to deal with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping was really carved out of a big hole in the already decaying Han Dynasty, and since then all kinds of civil unrest and military rebellion have occurred one after another, and the riots in various places during the Zhongping period are an important reason for the gradual growth of the local armed forces, because many times can not be pinned on the imperial court, not to mention that the imperial court is still so rotten and inefficient, if you just wait for them to come to the rescue, you don't know how many times you have to be looted by the thieves.

And the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is a relatively special deposit, because looking at the Thirteen Thorn History Department today. The strength of the thieves is stronger than that of the officers and soldiers, and this is the only case, like the North Sea Xiangkongrong, most of the time it is a turtle cowering in the city, with strong walls and clear fields, and the soldiers are defending to the death.

The reason why Cao Cao looked down on the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, in addition to the conquest and suppression of them to help him brush up his prestige, the main reason is, of course, that he coveted the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and the number of officers and soldiers in Qingzhou was not small, such as Beihai There are tens of thousands of horses, and there are also good generals like Wu Anguo under that Kong Rong. But it is still not the opponent of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. That's enough to tell.

After all these years of development, although the essence of the Yellow Turban Army in both Montenegro and Qingzhou has not changed, in terms of strength, it has been greatly improved. After all, many of these Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou also came from the sea of blood in Daoshan. The old brings the new, the new becomes the old, and then the new slowly accumulates. It is no wonder that their appearance will make the soldiers and civilians in various cities frightened.

Cao Cao believes that the biggest gap between himself and Lu Bu now is not in the issue of the Son of Heaven, after all, it is good but it may also be a big trouble, and they are more inferior to their own strength. Needless to say, Lu Bujun's personal combat strength, the so-called 100,000 Xiliang troops presented to the young son of heaven must actually be in the hands of Lu Bu, whether it is in terms of elite or numbers, his own side is not as good as him, so this Qingzhou army is the best choice for him to enhance his strength in the short term.

It can be said that Cao Cao would rather give up the ground in Jizhou, Hebei, and give up those soldiers and ministers under Yuan Shao, after all, no matter how you say it, you still have to compete with Lu Bu, and the extraction of teeth from the tiger's mouth is far less reliable than enjoying a meal alone, and he is bound to win this Qingzhou army.

All the preparations made in the early stage also proved this, but at this moment, Cao Cao suddenly hesitated, should he put this matter aside for the time being?

Thinking of this, Cao Cao also had a headache, rubbed his eyebrows, couldn't help sighing, and then moved his eyes to the information engraved on a slip in his hand, with only a simple sentence on it: "Uncle Cao is sincerely invited to discuss Lu!" ”

is such a sentence, but Cao Cao, who has always been so decisive even when he makes a wrong decision, can't help but hesitate a little.

This slip comes from his cheap "nephew" Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan, I have to say that from this point of view, he really underestimated the three generations of the Yuan family who had just become independent.

Cao Cao believed that Mo said that it was himself, and Lu Bu, who was currently about to attack Yuan Tan, probably did not expect such a change, and the other side of Luoyang was probably unexpected, even if the Tong Guò scout learned the news that Yuan Tanjun was hedging against them, it was probably too late to prepare.

What Cao Cao really hesitated about was whether this Yuan Tan had been premeditated and had already planned it, or whether it was a temporary plan that he had made after he arrived in Hedong and approached Luoyang, if it was only the latter, then he could only give up this seemingly attractive opportunity for the sake of preservation.

But if it's the former...... I have to say that Cao Cao was really a little cautious when he thought of this.

But it's one thing to be moved, it's another thing to do it, it's like the relationship between dreams and reality, dreams are done, but you can't copy the dreams into reality, because you can do whatever you want in your dreams, but reality may be restricted everywhere.

In fact, Cao Cao is indeed worried, he is not afraid of Lu Bu, but for the time being, he still doesn't want to face him so early and so quickly, the reason why he wants to step up to deal with Qingzhou, and wants to collect the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army for his own use, is to deal with Lu Bu, and before that, he really has no confidence.

It is rare to encounter this kind of problem that shakes himself lightly, Cao Cao naturally summoned Guo Jia, Xiluo, and the Xiahou brothers and others, except for the civil and military who were arranged to sit in Xuzhou and other places in Yanzhou, the people who were scheduled to go to Qingzhou with him this time, who were qualified to participate in this level of meeting, all arrived here.

In the face of them, Cao Cao did not hide it at all, and directly pointed out the purpose of his purpose for coming to them, and also clarified the doubts in his heart.

Hearing him say this, everyone also felt tricky, this tricky is mainly not clear about what Cao Cao thinks in his heart, it stands to reason that even if he hesitates, he may not necessarily make a choice subconsciously, but there will always be such a bias.

The reason why Cao Cao was shaken was naturally tempted by this, but he hesitated to come to them, which really made it difficult for people to guess what his preference was.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Guo Jia said with a smile: "I don't know what everyone thinks, Najia will throw bricks and lead the jade first." The lord thinks that this time in the predicament of Luoyang, what are the chances of Yuan Tan and Ma Chao and the like? ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: You use the word "stream" to describe them, what do you think they can win?

However, Guo Jia wouldn't talk nonsense, Cao Cao didn't respond, so Guo Jia continued: "If you want to say that they are definitely not Lu Bu's opponents, even if they are in trouble for a while, that's all, do you really hope that they can destroy that Lu Bu's prestige?" And Yuan Tan looked for the lord, I am afraid that he also knew this, saying that he was sincerely inviting the lord to go, but in fact, he knew that he was not able to catch it, and wanted to use the power of the lord, but at that time, they were against Lu Bu, or we were against Lu Bu, and who was the main one? This is not a good errand, if the main public counsellor is involved, then why should he stay out of Jizhou affairs in the first place? ”

Cao Cao was slightly stunned, and the joke over there also added: "Actually, the lord should have made up his mind in his heart, but maybe he is still a little unwilling, so let's drag it out and talk about it first, and see what big waves they can make?" ”

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally nodded.

Xiahou Yuan finally spoke up, his voice was rough and heroic, very reckless like a wild man, and he laughed and said: "I said that the lord is asking for trouble, if we wait for us to calm down the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Rebellion, when the time comes, there will be territory and people, what are you afraid of what Lu Bu will do?" ”

Xiahou Yuan scolded him, and he muttered and fell silent again, which made Cao Cao's originally tightly locked brows gradually let go, looked at Xiahou Yuan and said: "Miaocai should indeed be scolded, if you think like you at all times, then it is simple, and there may be no troubles, but it is a disaster." In view of your nonsense, this expedition to Qingzhou, I will immediately order you to be the vanguard, do you dare to respond? ”

"Don't dare to disobey!" (To be continued......)