Looking at Mi Zhen's shyness and expectation, Ma Chao, who had just been married, couldn't help but be moved, but on the surface, he was embarrassed: "Thanks to Miss Mi's favor, I will be flattered, but the Mi family is also a big family in Xuzhou, if you wronged Miss Mi as a concubine, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" ”

Mi Zhu said: "The difference between the general's words, who doesn't know about the general's marriage to a ghost back then?" Even the princess of the dynasty was a concubine for the general, how could the identity of the sister be compared with the princess of Wannian? ”

Ma Chao was clear, no wonder Mi Zhu did not agree to Tao Qian's proposal, it turned out to be his own idea, this matter is the best of both worlds, now the Chen family and the Cao family have joined their camp, Tao Qian's two sons are also under control, as long as the Mi family can be completely wooed, and then try to get rid of Zang Ba and Liu Bei, the two small miscellaneous fish, Xuzhou can be decided in one fell swoop.

Immediately said: "Is this what Miss Mi meant?" If so, Ben will have no choice but to obey his fate with respect! In addition, the general's wife has no wives and concubines, the status is equal, if there is a difference, there will be no concubine, they are all the general's biological blood, and they are also waiting for them! ”

Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers were overjoyed when they heard this, their brothers were such a baby sister, they didn't want to be concubines, they were relieved when they heard this, and it was a matter of time before Ma Chao ascended the throne as the emperor, if Mi Zhen can give birth to an excellent son, it is not impossible to inherit the throne in the future, so his Mi family must be infinitely beautiful.

Mi Zhen was ashamed and happy, and said with a flushed face: "As the saying goes: I would rather be a heroic concubine than a mediocre wife." The general marries a ghost as his wife, attaches great importance to love and righteousness, thanks to the general's refusal to give up, and the concubine is willing to entrust her life to the general! With that, he stood up and gave a deep salute.

Ma Chao hurriedly got up and returned the salute, took Mi Zhen's little hand and said: "If you get this beauty, the general will not be overjoyed, even so, this matter is so decided, and the general will send someone to do the gift in the future." If you find a matchmaker to propose marriage to Mi's family, the scale will be carried out according to the courtesy of the princes! ”

Mi Zhen was ashamed, and struggled without a trace, but she couldn't pull out her little hand, so she could only let Ma Chao hold it. The two brothers, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, glanced at each other, hugged their fists and said, "Little sister will entertain the general first, and we will immediately go down to arrange a reorganization banquet!" Without waiting for Mi Zhen to answer, he turned around and left.

said that Cao Ying fell into Chen Gong's ambush plan, and his ass was shot by Lu Bu again, although he faked his death to lure Lu Bu to attack the camp and pull back a game. But in general, he still suffered a big loss, especially Cao Renbu's heavy losses, 40,000 elites lost half, plus the losses on this side, 30,000 horses were lost in the first confrontation, and Lu Bu only lost more than 5,000 people.

After recuperating in Dongping City for more than half a month, most of his injuries have healed, at least he is able to ride a horse and walk. After this battle, Cao Ying was deeply aware of the lack of talent under his command, and he was willing to release a recruitment list, but he was afraid of provoking Ma Chao to retaliate. Besides, talents are not stupid, if you want talents to come to you, you must first have power, at least there is the possibility of achieving great things!

But now history has been completely subverted, Ma Chao did not give these princes the time and opportunity to develop their forces at all, he Cao Yingkong has great ambitions and great strategies, but he is suppressed everywhere, and it is not ordinary difficult to turn over and rise. Talents from all over the world also want to take refuge in Yiming Lord and run for a good future.

After Cao Yingnai was a eunuch, he came from a humble background, and his starting point was much lower than Yuan Shao and Ma Chao, and even Liu Bei, who claimed to be a relative of the Han family, was much inferior. This time in Xuzhou in the name of avenging his father, he robbed the local people, intending to seek the name of "filial piety", and at the same time harvested a large number of material development forces, but this move did not achieve the expected effect, but because of Ma Chao's intervention, the anger and resentment of the heavens were notorious.

However, Cao Ying is also a tenacious person, since Yuan Shao's drama sent back the news, Cao Ying is more confident in killing Lu Bu and defeating Ma Chao.

After learning that Yuan Shaobu was about to contact the princes of various places to send troops to Yanzhou, Cao Ying was not in a hurry to deal with Lu Bu, but put his mind on recruiting talents. In this day, Cao Ying left Xun Yu and Cao Ren to garrison Dongping, and he led 10,000 troops, together with Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Gao Lan, Cao Hong, and Cheng Yu, and rushed straight to Qiaoguo County.

Along the way, when the people learned that Cao Ying had led the army to come, they all panicked and gathered up their wealth and hid. All the big and small families also hid in the Wu Fort and waited for fear that Cao Ying would plunder again.

And Cao Ying strictly ordered the army, and he did not commit any crimes in the autumn all the way, and he did not even trample on the crops of the common people, and he also picked up a lot of thieves casually. When the people saw this, they were relieved.

After three days of marching, the 10,000-strong army finally arrived at a place twenty miles from a Wu fort in the territory of Qian County. Cao Ying ordered the camp to be set up, and ordered Cheng Yu to visit Xu Chu in Xujiawu Fort with heavy gifts and prayers, and his words were even sincere.

The Xu family, who had been waiting for the battle, saw that only one scribe and a few soldiers were coming, so they let them in. Cheng Yu knew Xu Chu, but Xu Chu didn't know him, so he introduced himself at the moment, and sent Cao Ying's handwritten letter and tactfully explained his intention.

Xu Chu's face turned blue when he heard this, he had fought against local Yellow Turbans and other thieves for many years, and he hated nothing more than the Yellow Turban thieves. And Cao Ying collected hundreds of thousands of yellow turban thieves, and drove these yellow turban thieves to rob the people of Xuzhou, which is no different from the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai. At the moment, he said angrily: "Cao Ying killed the eunuchs back then and participated in the battle against Dong, which can be regarded as a hero, but recently he collected hundreds of thousands of gold thieves and indulged the thieves to loot Xuzhou, what is the difference between this move and thieves?" Xu Chu didn't dare to say that he was a hero of the world, but he was a man who stood up to the sky and the earth, and he had fought with the Yellow Turban thieves for many years, but he also kept the people safe, how could he be with the thief leader? ”

Cheng Yu said: "Xu Zhuangshi's words are wrong! As the saying goes: Filial piety comes first, and Cao Gong's attack on Xuzhou is to avenge his father, not to rob the people! How can such a act of loyalty and filial piety be regarded as a thief? Besides, the Yellow Turban thieves are just some people who can't afford to eat, and Cao Gong subdued hundreds of thousands of thieves in one fell swoop, let them farm, and give them a peaceful life, which is really a matter of immeasurable merit, how can it be called a 'thief leader'? ”

Xu Chu sneered: "Do you know nothing about me? It was only Zhang Min, the remnant of the Yellow Turban, who killed Cao Song's family, who was wronged and had a debtor, what does this matter have to do with the people of Xuzhou? What do you have to do with Tao Envoy? Cao thief indiscriminately, relying on force to loot Xuzhou, so that the people were devastated, and the people panicked, this move can be described as a heinous crime, who in the world does not know? Besides, Cao Thief lost Yanzhou and captured Xuzhou, Lu Bu was entrenched in front, and Ma Chao was eyeing him in the rear, which was already at the end of the road. I have no contact with Cao Thief, how can I accompany him to the funeral? ”

Cheng Yu frowned, and said: "Although Duke Cao is in trouble right now, but Lu Bu is just a horse, and sooner or later he will be destroyed by the lord of my family, as for Ma Chao, he is too busy to take care of himself, Yuan Shao is about to unite all the princes to discuss it, even if it cannot be completely destroyed, it is not difficult to drive it back to the border of Xiliang, at that time, we will jointly assist Duke Cao, support the Han family, and create a great cause, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Xu Chu said disdainfully when he heard this: "Just rely on waiting for a group of rabble to defeat the champion Hou, and really stand in the way of the car, and don't measure yourself." It doesn't hurt to tell you the truth, as early as four years ago, Champion Hou sent his general Meng Da to recruit me. Do you know what I replied to in the first place? ”

Cheng Yu said: "I was about to ask!" ”

Xu Chu said: "The sincerity of the champion Hou is enough to move the heavens and the earth, and I have a great sense of similarity." However, there is still an old father in the family, and my brother died early, so it would be unfilial if I left home and defected to the champion. Therefore, I politely rejected General Meng Da at that time, and now I can tell you clearly that it is impossible for me to Xu Chu to work hard for Cao Thief! After that, he shouted: "Come and send off the guests, and throw all the things they bring out of Wubao!" ”

As soon as the words fell, two strong men invited Cheng Yu out, and the gold, silver, jade belts and other property they brought were also returned intact. Cheng Yu was helpless, so he had to go back dejectedly and report the matter to Cao Ying.

Cao Ying had already expected it, and sighed with his palms: "Xu Chu is really a loyal and righteous person!" I will have it! ”

Cheng Yu said: "Could it be that the lord already has a good plan to subdue Xu Chu?" ”

Cao Ying nodded and said: "That's right, Xu Chu has a lot of prejudices against me, and I need to slowly subdue his heart, but this person also has weaknesses to be found, if you can prescribe the right medicine, it is not difficult to collect it, just like this"

Cheng Yu was noncommittal when he heard this, but there was no better way for a while, so he could only follow it. The next time, before Cao Ying led the army to 3,000 arrays and Xu Jiawu Fort, he rode forward a few steps forward and shouted: "General Fenwu, Yanzhou Mu Cao Ying is here, and please ask Mr. Xu Er to come forward and answer!" ”

With the sound of a drum, the wooden door opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and a big man with a length of eight feet and a waist of ten girths carried a copper long knife, riding a jujube red horse and taking the lead out, followed by more than 30 riders, all of them mighty and extraordinary. Then there were more than 500 strong men, armed with spears, simple knives, and wearing leather armor, lined up on both sides.

Xu Chu took a few steps forward and shouted: "Although I am a contemptible person in the countryside, I also know that Lu Bu is the Yanzhou Mu appointed by the imperial court, and General Fenwu is the title of Gongsun Zan of Youzhou. ”

Cao Ying was embarrassed, his Fenwu general was appointed by Yuan Shao when the princes were begging for Dong, and Yanzhou Mu was self-directed. Said quietly: "I heard Mr. Xu Er's name earlier, and now I see that it is indeed worthy of the name, and I heard that Xu Zhuangshi has a misunderstanding of Cao, and I am here to explain!" ””

Xu Chu shouted: "Hugh said a lot, since you want to explain why you need to bring so many soldiers and horses here?" If you want to fight, you will fight, how can Xu be afraid of waiting for a group of rabble! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in Cao's army were furious, and Xiahoudun was about to raise his gun, but he saw his cousin Xiahou Yuan take the lead in killing out, and shouted: "Fat pig in the countryside, dare to be unreasonable? Xiahou Yuan came to meet you for a while! While yelling, he waved his long knife and took Xu Chu a hundred steps away.

Xu Chu was furious when he heard this, it was true that he was obese, but it was the first time that he was scolded as a fat pig. At that time, the pig was called a pig, and the fat pig also meant a fat pig, comparing a live strong man to a fat pig, which was a relatively rare way of scolding at the time, which was extremely vicious. (To be continued.) )