In Yecheng, although Shicai Fang has encountered a major event of changing the owner, but now it seems that this city is no different from when Yuan Shao was still there, and it may seem more stable and stable.

There is no other reason, naturally it is the vanguard army sent here by the two armies of Lu Bu and Cao Cao, and the credit of Zhao Yun and Xiahou Yuan to divide the land and govern together.

However, there are obvious differences between the two sides, the western city in charge of Zhao Yun is better than the eastern city in charge of Xiahou Yuan, although it cannot be said that it has reached the stability of not leaving the road behind and not closing the door at night, but in the past, when the city was broken and the owner was changed, it was rare to see the ruffians and outcasts who were tired of doing things, so they all called people to arrest them, and no matter how bad Zhao Yun also issued an order, the people could do it in groups, and the escort officials would naturally uphold justice for them.

Zhao Yun has no experience in governing places, but he reads the book of soldiers, and has dabbled in the deeds of some famous ministers and generals, if he is really asked to take charge of this city alone, there will definitely be no way to do it for a long time, after all, this is not what he is good at, it is tantamount to the difficulty of a strong man, but it is not difficult to ask for a calm heart in a short time, and now the scene on the edge of the west city also proves this.

At this time, it is still daytime, and naturally the pedestrians and even hawkers on the streets are endless, and the west side is also more prosperous, and stability is the foundation of this prosperity; In contrast, the eastern half of Xiahou Yuan is still doing things like sending people to patrol day and night, chasing down the remnants of the Yuan army and taking advantage of the chaos to robbers, but he ignores the ordinary livelihood of the people, although it can't be said that his move is wrong, after all, it is natural to break the city and destroy the enemy to clear out the remnants, and it is also within the scope of sending people to patrol to maintain law and order, but there is Zhao Yun in the west as a reference. It seems to lose its atmosphere and fall into the inferior.

Of course, at this time, Lu Bu and the two who had just arrived outside the city gate could not see these differences, one of them originally came from the north, and the other came from the east, but in the end, they wanted to enter from the north city gate, naturally Cao Cao came to the north city gate, and deliberately made an early meeting with Lu Bu.

There was nothing abnormal on Lu Bu's face, neither overly enthusiastic nor distant, but he sighed in his heart.

Just like the modern intercourse between countries in later generations. At this time, among the major princes of the world, there are people who are a little ambitious and a little brainy. will not block the road of alliance and cooperation by themselves, as for any grievances before, whether they will fall out later, and put them in front of the interests worth pursuing. It's all not worth mentioning. No wonder there is a saying that there are no eternal friends. There are only constant interests.

Of course, if Lu Bu himself said it, he still admired Cao Cao more, and he had met him several times before. The first time almost took his life, and the latter captured his relatives and his subordinate general Cao Ren, but he was still able to face himself like this, and he would not be as angry as Yuan Shao, of course, this may also be because Lu Bu has not completely offended his family and exterminated his clan like Yuan Shao, after all, Cao Cao himself is fine, and secondly, Lu Bu also intends to release news to prove that Cao Ren is still in the world, and light is the latter factor, It is also worth Cao Cao to deliberately get close to Lu Bu.

Although the ability of the general of Cao Wei in the original history is indeed good, it is not completely irreplaceable, but such as the Xiahou brothers, Xi Liu, Li Dian and Cao Hong, who have been with Cao Cao for a long time, basically know Cao Ren's affairs, and it seems that the relationship between the Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong and Cao Ren is also extraordinary, Li Dian also has a good relationship with Cao Ren, if Cao Cao does not contribute to it in their knowledge, it is obviously unreasonable, It is necessary to do it for the sake of the hearts of his subordinates; What's more, Cao Cao himself is also a person who values his relatives, Cao Ren is a capable and trustworthy person, if there is a chance, Cao Cao would rather pay the price than bring him back, which is also sincere.

Regarding Cao Ren, Lu Bu has not replied to Cao Cao's message so far, the last time Lu Bu participated in the second alliance of Dong princes, Cao Cao also secretly sent someone to ask him about Cao Ren's news, but he did not give a reply, this meeting did not last long, but Cao Cao opened this topic by himself.

Of course, Lu Bu also wanted to be like this, he also wanted to get some benefits from Cao Cao through Cao Ren, after all, Cao Ren is different from the Xun family's uncles and nephews, Feng Ji and other people, he had already determined that Cao Cao would only be loyal to him, and instead of killing him like this, it would be a pity, as for whether he was suspected of being an enemy by giving him back to Cao Cao, Lu Bu didn't think about it, just think about who else has as much as him today?

There are Dian Wei, who is good at fighting alone, Zhao Yun, who can be a vanguard, and Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang He, etc., who are leading generals, and there are countless generals at the next level, these people do not obey the orders of the imperial court and are only deployed privately by Lu Bu, unlike the confidants and civil officials he has been missing, and they need to be guarded against being in Lu Ying's heart in Han.

Compared to Lu Bu, what does Cao Cao have? The Xiahou brothers all have obvious shortcomings, and their leadership skills are good, but they are just good, and their personal martial arts are only in the upper reaches, not top-notch; Yu Ban led the soldiers well, and his martial arts were average; Lejin is more than brave, but not enough strategy; Xu Chu is a pro-soldier leader, not to mention Li Dian, Cao Hong, Lu Qian and others, they are all just Chinese talents.

Cao Cao's biggest resource than Lu Bu is a group of trusted relatives and generals, whether it is the Xiahou family or the Cao family, and the most worthy of trust among them is actually Cao Ren, who is being a prisoner on Lu Bu's side.

This can also explain why Cao Cao has such an urgent thirst for Cao Ren, but Lu Bu has just driven his horse into the city, and Chi Su still neighed at the same extraordinary black horse under Cao Cao's crotch, as if he was demonstrating, the latter was not to be outdone, the two masters did not have any disputes, the two beasts fought first, but they were soon pacified by Lu Bu and Cao Cao, at this time Lu Bu heard Cao Cao ask where Cao Ren was, he shook his head and smiled without thinking too much, and said softly: "Meng De is making me a little embarrassed......

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "How do you explain this?" ”

Lu Bu said lightly: "Cao Zixiao has only been a prisoner for a few years in my camp, and a certain family has never treated him badly. However, he only thought of Mengde's goodness, but he disdained me for three or four solicitations, it was originally so difficult that it should not be strong, and he should also be the beauty of being a human being when he met Mengde, but he was left in my camp, but at these times, he also consumed a lot of money and food, and someone had to be distracted to take care of it, but these accounts should be calculated carefully. ”

Cao Cao was secretly happy when he first heard Lu Bu talk about Cao Ren's news, but then the more he listened, the more he didn't taste it, and then he looked at Lu Bu's face and was still serious, as if he didn't know how disgusting his face was at the moment, Cao Cao was slightly annoyed in his heart, but his face was uncertain, and he wondered: "What kind of account, why don't you know?" ”

Lu Bu laughed and said: "Today you and I are allies, but he is an opponent in the future, although it is considered a union now, but for the sake of this friendship, we should always make the past clear, these cloths are all placed on Cao Ren, and there is no ally to calculate it, Meng De said yes or no?" ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, as if he had some aftertaste, and after a while of silence, he asked directly: "What does Feng first want me to do, and explain it." ”

Lu Bu smiled now, and smiled a little incomprehensibly, "It depends on how much his Cao Zixiao is worth in Meng De's heart." ”

Cao Cao glanced at Lu Bu, stopped speaking for a long time, and just nodded, as if to explain that he already knew.

Lu Bu also stopped at the point, and after that, the other party would send someone to talk to him privately, anyway, the effect would not be seen until the negotiation was completed, so he didn't say much.

The two sides cooperated and entered Yecheng together, of course they didn't know the way, but they had already been guided by the leaders sent by Zhao Yun and Xiahou Yuan, this is not that these two people are proud, but at this time they have already arranged a welcome banquet in the mansion left by Yuan Shao, and they still need to sit on the spot, and Lu Bu and Cao Cao and others only need to go in.

This banquet was set by the two parties earlier, and it was clearly a banquet, but in fact, it was just a meeting to divide the fruits of the battle against Yuan Shao, and the two sides would also determine how to distribute it at the banquet.

Yuan Shao's mansion covers a vast area, and the inner courtyard is also large-scale, Lu Bu and his party are only a few dozen people, and Cao Cao and his party are less than a hundred, but except for most of the guards who want to be placed outside to guard, the other people who participate in the banquet add up to more than 20 people, and Zhao Yun and Xiahou Yuan who are here are only a few people who are qualified to enter it, so there are only less than 30 people who can get together to completely occupy the space inside, but the surroundings seem to be a lot empty.

The courtyard is paved with the main and secondary seats of the feast, Lu Bu and Cao Cao, as the lords on both sides, naturally sit on the same main seat, but they are not divided into left and right, after all, this courtyard is sitting in the north and facing south, just in the middle of the east and west two parts, just like Zhao Yun and Xiahou Yuan agreed to be in charge of the east and west cities, the two sides from the lord to the minister are also arranged to sit on both sides.

Zhao Yun explained the reason to Lu Bu and the two, and the two naturally had no opinion, which was thoughtful enough, and it was impossible to point out anything, and neither Lu Bu nor Cao Cao was a person who was obsessed with such a trivial matter, but after everyone had arranged it, the two of them should sit down first, and then the ministers on both sides also sat down.

Lu Bu had already picked up the wine tripod on the table in front of him, saluted Cao Cao, and then drank it all, turned down the wine tripod to signal that there was no wine left, and then said: "Bu did it first, Meng De, please feel free!" ”

Cao Cao scolded secretly in his heart, how could he not see that Lu Bu had made the posture of the master in this robbery, and he also had some meaning of getting off the horse, he did not hurry and lifted the wine ding, poured a full cup, and also picked it up and said to Lu Bu: "Then the only way to drink this cup first is to pay tribute to the captain......" (to be continued......