Yecheng.

The scorching sun hung in the air, the sun was shining, and in the cool breeze, above the city walls on all sides, one after another Wei battle flags flew above the nine heavens, which was unusually conspicuous.

The people are forgetful, and in troubled times, they are just trying to survive, and it doesn't matter who is in charge.

After Cao Cao took Yecheng, Xun Yu of Xudu went north overnight and was temporarily appointed as the Yecheng Order, controlling Yecheng and pacifying the people, and did a good job, so Yecheng began to gradually restore its former prosperity.

The former Jin King's Palace.

Cao Cao and Ma Chao sat peacefully in a solemn and luxurious side hall, with a few little maids on the left and right of warm wine, and the fragrance of wine filled the entire hall.

"King Wei, this is a certain family instead of my father, a cup of yours!" Ma Chao faced Cao Cao, raised the cup, arched his hands, and said respectfully.

Even if he is arrogant, he does not dare to be presumptuous in front of this person.

When Wei took Jizhou and Qingzhou, he was a veritable overlord of the northern land, and he and Wu Wang Sun Quan were respected in the north and south.

Now the Liang Kingdom in Guanzhong, the Shu Kingdom in Bashu, and the Wu State and the Wei State are all four-legged, but they are just surviving in the gap between the two overlords.

There is a huge difference in strength, even the Jin State can be destroyed, and the Liang State is definitely not the opponent of the Wei State.

"Meng Qi is very polite!"

Cao Cao smiled slightly, raised the wine on the cup with both hands, drank it directly, and then looked at Ma Chao, the Xiliang Tiger, and said lightly: "This time, Lone can Shun took Yecheng, and I would like to thank Meng Qi for sending troops to help!" ”

This time, if it weren't for Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he really wouldn't have won the Jin Kingdom so easily.

"King Wei is polite, Wei and our Liang are allies, and allies should help each other!"

Ma Chao cheered up: "Besides, Wei is willing to merge states as a condition. We should do our best to help! ”

This time, he left tens of thousands of troops to meet Cao Cao directly, which was actually a bit dangerous.

But he had to come, the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, it was time to divide the interests, and the Liang Kingdom wanted to wait until the annexation of the state. It must be that Cao Cao, the king of Wei, nodded himself.

Although they had an alliance before, as long as Cao Cao didn't nod for a day, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry under his command would not be able to leave Jizhou, but would take over the annexation.

He has always been a little afraid that Cao Cao will forcibly keep him, after all, he is the general of Liang Guo, and leaving him is equivalent to cutting off an arm of Liang Guo.

Although Ma Chao was confident in his own force, he did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Dian Wei, the third fierce general in the world, and Xu Chu, a tiger idiot.

Moreover, in today's Yecheng. Even if Lu Bu walked in, he couldn't get out.

The reason why he dared to walk in was just a bet, betting that Cao Cao would never tear up the alliance with Liang for the sake of a small annexation of states, after all, the current Wei State is also seriously injured.

Killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 themselves, destroyed the Jin State, and the Wei State also suffered heavy casualties. In less than a year and a half, the Wei army had no combat effectiveness at all.

"King Wei. A scout from a certain family came to report that more than 10,000 remnants of Gao Gan have now begun to flee westward and are ready to return to Bingzhou, when will we send someone to intercept it! Ma Chao looked at Cao Cao and asked tentatively.

"Hehe, Meng Qi. You don't need to be so careful to test Lone, since Lone promised Liangguo, he will definitely do it. Cao Cao smiled calmly and said lightly: "Bingzhou, Lone gave you Liangguo." You can send someone to take over at any time, as for Gao Gan, I believe that he will not be Meng Qi's opponent! ”

"Chao is here to thank King Wei for the friendship of King Wei for Liangguo!"

Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, since Cao Cao said so, he obviously would not tear the faces of both sides.

and state, or Liangguo.

Gao Gan, a defeated man, wants to clean him up, a matter of minutes.

"Meng Qi, you have the courage to be invincible, when you fight the world, if he is the king of Liang, he is willing to conclude a friendship with you for eternity!" Cao Cao squinted, looking at Meng Chao, and said pointedly.

"King Wei said he laughed!"

When Ma Chao heard this, his heart suddenly burst out, he was a little shocked, and hurriedly said: "Not to mention my father, now is the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, a certain person is a concubine, how can he be virtuous, let King Wei value it so much!" ”

What does Cao Cao mean by this?

He was a little confused.

"Hehehe!"

Cao Cao smiled indifferently, and continued to mention a sentence, saying: "It doesn't matter what your background is, Meng Qi, Lone is very optimistic about you, and Bingzhou is a good place, if there is a place that needs Lone's help, Lone is duty-bound!" ”

"Thank you King Wei Gaoyi, I remember!"

Ma Chao hurriedly stood up, bowed to Cao Cao, and said, "Chao still has to lead troops to intercept Gao Gan as soon as possible, and don't let him return to the state, so I won't bother today!" ”

"Please!"

Cao Cao nodded, made a very casual gesture, and said, "I hope we still have a chance to drink together!" ”

"He must have a chance one day!"

Ma Chao stiffened his face and smiled, and then left the palace directly.

When he walked out of this palace established by the former Jin Kingdom, he couldn't help but look back, inexplicably a little uncertain, Cao Cao's words, it is undeniable that there was a lot of impact on him.

Ma Teng has always been a little lukewarm to his son, who has Qiang blood, so that he has to plan for his future.

He didn't want the country he had single-handedly fought to fall into the hands of a waste like Matthew.

"King, you seem to be very interested in this head Xiliang Hu'er!"

In the side hall, behind an antique screen, Xi Zhicai wore a white robe, walked out gracefully, and said to Cao Cao: "Could it be that the king has taken a fancy to him?" ”

"I want to recover him, Zhicai, do you have a good plan?"

Cao Cao nodded, then asked.

"King, this is not easy!" Xi Zhicai sat down directly opposite Cao Cao, and when he heard Cao Cao's words, he smiled slightly bitterly, and said: "We are determined to win the Liang Kingdom, he was originally the prince of Liang, and he has been watching him for a long time, although his words are calm and polite, but there is a sense of rebelliousness everywhere, even if one day, he is forced to surrender to the Wei State, I am afraid that he is not the kind of person who sincerely surrenders to others, and the king will really make trouble for a certain family!" ”

"If it's not difficult, Lone just does it. Why do you need a drama in the name of sanity? ”

Cao Cao pouted, as a matter of course.

"Just give it a try!"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he rolled his eyes sharply, he had set up a tool to solve difficulties.

"By the way, how is Handan doing now?" After half a ring, the two drank a few glasses to each other. Cao Cao's face was straight and he began to ask about the current situation in Jizhou.

After Yecheng was captured, even if the banner of the Jin State fell, all cities surrendered one after another, and the entire Jizhou, as well as the Jin army, was only Handan City.

"Handan City has collapsed without a fight, Gao Gan led his troops to flee west, and Ju Yi led his troops north. Withdrew from Jizhou one after another! Xi Zhicai used eight words to summarize the whereabouts of the last two forces in Jizhou.

"Gao Gan fled west, Lone can understand, Yuan Shao is dead, he wants to return to his nest, it's normal!" Cao Cao frowned, his eyes were a little puzzled, and asked, "But why did Ju Yi go north, did he want to take refuge in Yuan Xi of Zhuo County?" ”

Yuan Tan was in the midst of a confrontation between the two armies. He was beheaded at the South City Gate, and Yuan Shang was assassinated in the palace. The only thing that the Yuan family still has some influence is Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi has been guarding Zhuojun and controlling the Youzhou region of the Jin Kingdom.

"Yuan Xi?"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, he shook his head and squinted slightly. After groaning for a while, he said lightly: "Impossible, Ju Yi would not choose to take refuge in Yuan Xi if he has some sense!" ”

Yuan Xi is just a straw bale, and Yuan Shao's most undesirable son. At this critical moment, it is even more impossible to make a comeback for the Jin Kingdom and take refuge in him, just waiting for death.

"Then why did he go north?" Cao Cao was a little puzzled, and said: "Even if he doesn't surrender to Lone, can't he support the army and stand on his own?" Going north won't do him any good. ”

"King, don't forget jì, there is not only one Yuan Xi in Youzhou, but also ...... Wu! Xi Zhicai's eyes flashed with a hint of light, and he said calmly.

"He wants to take refuge in the state of Wu?" When Cao Cao heard this, his pupils contracted suddenly.

"There's only one way to do it now!"

Xi Zhicai said lightly: "We are busy in Yecheng, and Wu is not leisurely in Jizhou, under our noses, we have won the general of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"What a Juyi!"

Cao Cao's eyes were cold, his brows condensed into a Sichuan character, and his tone gradually became colder: "He would rather go to the north and surrender to the Wu Kingdom than to surrender to Lonely, why is this?" ”

"King, after all, we destroyed the Jin Kingdom with our own hands, this person may have some mustard for Yuan Shao, but he is loyal to the Jin Kingdom, this is not an accident!" Xi Zhicai comforted.

"Can we intercept him?" Cao Cao was still a little unwilling.

"I'm afraid it's unlikely!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head and said: "The battle of Yecheng can be regarded as consuming the last trace of our Wei army's remaining strength, Ju Yi not only has the first battalion in his hands, but also tens of thousands of recruits, if he forcibly intercepts it, the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

The Wei army has not yet recovered from the first battle of Guandu, and has already been exhausted by storming Yecheng, unless it is defending, the morale of taking the initiative to attack is very low.

"Ju Yi is not only a peerless force, but also a rare general, let him go, Lone is also very unwilling!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth, word by word, and said very hard.

"King, his heart is not with us, and he can't keep it after all!" Xi Zhicai said: "Besides, we have also gained a lot, we can't be greedy, now we hold Tian Feng in our hands, if we can persuade us to surrender, we will definitely be able to strengthen our wings!" ”

"The two of them are also two hard bones, these days, you don't see that Lone has already whispered, but they don't get in!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly.

"It will take some time to teach this person, this person is gentle and elegant, but he has a stubborn personality, he doesn't have a year or two, he can't grind his heart, but Tian Feng's attitude has been relaxed, Yuan Shao put his family in prison at the beginning, it can be regarded as a chill in his heart, as long as we have more patience, we will definitely be able to take it into our arms!"

Xi Zhicai's eyes showed a touch of essence and said in a low voice.

"I hope they can recognize the general situation, otherwise Lone's butcher's knife, even if they don't want to, will fall on their heads one day!" Cao Cao sighed and said very calmly.

If you can't use it for yourself, you can't keep it.

"Don't worry, the king will try his best to make these two pillars for Wei Guoping!" The way of the joke is guaranteed.

Cao Cao held the Ding Cup, stood up, looked at the sunlight outside the hall, and after half a ring, he asked casually: "Zhicai, now Qingzhou and Jizhou are all in the hands of a lonely, and the territory of Wei has doubled, you said, should we move the capital?" ”

"Move the capital?"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he asked rhetorically: "The king wants to move to Yecheng?" ”

"Definitely!"

Cao Cao shook his head, his eyes revealing a burning heat: "Lone is more interested in Luoyang City!" ”

"Luoyang?"

Xi Zhicai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "King, this is absolutely impossible, although Luoyang is already being rebuilt, but Guanzhong is the region of Liangguo after all, Luoyang City bears the brunt, and the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall!" ”

"But if we don't enter the tiger's den, we will get the tiger!"

Cao Cao retorted: "The next step for our Wei State is to level Guanzhong and destroy the Liang Kingdom, at this time, entering Guanzhong is a gesture, compared to killing Ma Teng, we should be more important to recover the heart of the Guanzhong family!" ”

The current Guanzhong, although it is the world of the Liang Kingdom, but in general, it is still under the control of several major families.

"King, you're in a hurry!"

Xi Zhicai gasped. (To be continued......)