After ending the correspondence with Lu Bu, Li Zheng dealt with some affairs, and then summoned Xun You and Jia Xu, co-authored Xi Zhicai and Tian Feng, and the five began to discuss major matters.

This time he gave an ultimatum to the princes, whether the princes agreed or not, Li Zheng would take the last step.

The situation is like this, the time is ripe, and the situation has reached the point where it has to go this way.

Therefore, all aspects must be arranged in detail.

"The princes of all regions now have no choice." Li Zheng said to Xun You: "Either surrender to me, or die under the minions of the fierce beast." Therefore, it is necessary to be ready to immediately prepare to take over the population and army under the command of the princes. ”

"Of course, there may be those who are lucky and stubborn, then I will not be polite. Rather than watching them die in the beast plague, it is better to take the initiative and save some of the population for my use. ”

"Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a part of the army as a follow-up means in case of accidents."

"Gongda and Mr. Yuan Hao are responsible for the reception and arrangement of the population."

"The reception and arrangement of the army, Mr. Zhicai and Mr. Wenhe are responsible together."

"As for the princes and the military generals under their command, wait for them to arrive in Liangzhou first, and then do the district."

"In addition, once this matter is dealt with, it is time to establish a country."

Speaking of this, Li Zheng couldn't help laughing.

Jia Xu and others also laughed.

Very happy.

After working hard for so long, I finally have to come to this point.

Although there is a fierce beast disaster in full swing outside, this incident is the real big thing. Once the country is founded, they are the founding fathers. Once the country is founded, Li Zheng's force will truly stand at the top of the times!

However, all aspects involved in the founding of the country are very complicated, and there are countless etiquettes and rules. In this regard, Tian Feng and others asked Xun Shuang and Cai Yong to be responsible.

Both of them are cultural masters. I know this best. and respectable, just right for this.

Several people discussed in detail for a moment and came up with a large framework. Detailed planning was made to conclude the meeting.

In the end, Li Zheng said: "Everyone, I don't want to see Yuan Shao alive, and I don't want to see the Yuan family continue to exist, I have always remembered my brother's fate after Wen and Zhicai went down." Let's figure it out, that's all. ”

With that, Li Zheng turned around and left.

The four of Xun You looked at each other, and after a long time, Xun You said: "The lord has never forgotten the matter of Fu Nanrong and the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, and it is going to be at this time."

Tian Feng was silent.

Xi Zhicai grinned, and the zombie had a hard smile on his face.

Jia Xu looked indifferent: "Yuan's is just a family, if it is absolutely extinct, it doesn't matter." On the contrary, the Lord values love and righteousness. It's the luck of our courtiers. ”

Early the next morning, Li Zheng took five hundred Golden Winged Tiger Riders as a team, divided into ten teams, and escorted ten envoys of the princes to gallop away in various places.

Chen County, Chen Guo (later called Chen County) Administration.

Yanzhou is near the big river, due to the beast disaster, Cao Cao lost a large territory, and now the center of influence has shifted to the south to the territory of Chen State, and Chen County is fixed. Now. Cao Cao still held the land of the two counties in his hands, Chen Guo was complete, and Chen Liu and Yingchuan each had a region that was still under his control.

At the beginning, Cao Cao planned to seize the initiative and provoke Li Zheng. And abandon Chen Liu and Yingchuan, so as to wake up the princes and prepare to unite. So for a period of time, Chen Liu and Yingchuan were in Li Zheng's hands.

Later, when the beast plague broke out, Li Zheng ordered to give up the territory east of Hangu Pass. And they all moved away from them, leaving behind a blank field.

So these two counties fell into the hands of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao relocated the surviving people of the counties along the Great River to Chenliu, southern Yingchuan, and the state of Chen, and established a defensive line in the north to defend against the fierce beasts.

In the Central Plains in August, the weather is hot.

Cao Cao stood at the head of the city of Chen County, looking at the west, silent. His face was a little burnt, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were scattered from time to time.

On the side, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu followed closely behind him, each with a worried face.

"Wen Ruo" Cao Cao's voice was hoarse and a little heavy: "How long has Fengxiao been gone?" ”

"Lord" Xun Yu couldn't bear it. Since the outbreak of the beast plague, Cao Cao has been worried about sadness. His headaches became more and more severe, he had difficulty sleeping at night, he had to deal with many important military and political affairs, and he was much older, and sometimes he had intermittent amnesia.

"Feng Xiao has been gone for eighteen days," Xun Yu replied in a low voice.

Eighteen days ago, Cao Cao made up his mind to send Guo Jia out of the horse to Liangzhou to ask for help, these eighteen days, the situation has become more and more bad, Cao Cao has to ask almost every day.

"Wen Ruo, you sue me, how long can our grain and grass last?" Cao Cao asked again.

Xun Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Half a month at most." ”

This is still the best result that Xun Yu has come up with after careful calculation. The outbreak of the beast disaster was too timely, just as the autumn harvest was imminent, it suddenly broke out, and several major production areas along the river in Yanzhou fell one after another, and there was no harvest. And the grain and grass left in this little territory at the moment are simply not enough to maintain the situation!

"Half a month?" Cao Cao nodded, and suddenly smiled: "I didn't expect that I, Cao Mengde I, was forced into a desperate situation by a bunch of brutes, is this the will of heaven?" ”

"The Lord"

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu chattered for a while, but had nothing to say.

"I heard that yesterday, Yuan Highway sent someone to ask for help?" Cao Cao laughed, changed his voice, and asked.

"Exactly." Cheng Yu replied: "But I was sent away by my subordinates." ”

"Hehe, this Yuan Highway also said this when he put down his face, and the situation on his side is even stricter." Cao Cao smiled again, his face was desolate, and he pondered for a while before he said: "Half a month Gongda, Zixiao and Yuan let them over, what is happening now?" ”

"This" Xun Yu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other and fell silent.

"Let's say, I, Cao Mengde, are not so fragile yet." Cao Cao said lightly.

"The situation on the northern defense line is grim, and the number of soldiers killed and wounded every day, on average, is more than two thousand!" Xun Yu said in a low voice: "There are only more than 20,000 elite people left in our army, do you want to recruit some more young people?"

"Recruiting young people?" The corners of Cao Cao's mouth grinned: "Is there enough grain and grass?" Is there enough ordnance? ”

Xun Yu was silent.

Cao Cao turned around, looked directly at Xun Yu, and said, "Wen Ruo, your Xun family has a lot of roots under Li Chongxiao, you sigh, forget it." If I were Li Chongxiao. It's already good not to fall into the well, let Fengxiao pass, in fact, Cao didn't have any hope, if that day comes, you will go to Li Chongxiao, I believe that if there is someone in this world who has the ability to turn the tide. It has to be him Li Chongxiao."

"The Lord"

The corners of their lips twitched, and they couldn't speak.

Suddenly, Cao Cao found that Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's expressions changed suddenly, and as soon as he turned around following their eyes, he saw a dark cloud galloping towards him.

"It's Li Chongxiao's Golden Winged Tiger Rider."

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly: "Did you take advantage of the fire to rob?" ”

"My lord. Let's go home! Xun Yu tugged at Cao Cao's sleeve and was about to go down the city.

Cao Cao broke free and said, "What house are you going back to?" I, Cao, are here, see what Li Chongxiao wants to do to me! ”

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao's face was firm, and they knew that they could not be persuaded, so they sighed slightly, and each stood on Cao Cao's left and right, and the three of them looked up and waited silently.

At this moment, Cao Cao seemed to feel that he was a person waiting for trial. He could clearly hear his own heartbeat, but his mind was unprecedentedly calm.

The dark clouds in the sky quickly approached, and soon, the huge golden-winged tiger rider was clearly presented in the eyes.

Guo Jia lay on the back of a tiger rider, and saw the three figures in the head of Chen County from a distance, the closer he got to it, the clearer it became, and he saw it. It was the lord Cao Cao, his friend Xun Wenruo, and the always strict elder Cheng Zhongde.

"Lord!"

Guo Jia couldn't help shouting.

"It's Bonghyo!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but perk up.

Xun Yu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other. I also cheered up.

Guo Jia shouted, and hurriedly shouted to the tiger cavalry captain next to him: "Landing at the head of the city!" ”

The majestic tiger cavalry captain wrapped in armor nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and gestured.

The five hundred golden-winged tiger riders quickly changed formations, lined up in a column, and slowly slowed down to the sky above the city wall. Ignoring the nervous soldiers on the city wall, he slowly landed on the city wall under the horrified gaze of the Cao soldiers.

"Lord!"

Guo Jia quickly untied his restraints, turned over and jumped off the back of the tiger rider, because he was so excited that he almost fell headlong.

Cao Cao stepped forward a few steps, held Guo Jia up, and showed concern: "Are you okay?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head, looking at Cao Cao's haggard face, his heart immediately sank.

Immediately, the captain of the tiger cavalry on the side got out of the car and strode towards Cao Cao. The surrounding Cao Jun hurriedly stepped forward, protected Cao Cao, and vigilantly stopped the tiger cavalry captain.

Seeing this, Cao Cao waved his hand: "Let this general come over." ”

Cao Jun retreated, and the captain of the tiger cavalry stepped forward and stood in front of Cao Cao, with a tall figure, more than a head taller than Cao Cao. He lifted his mask, revealing the same face he had been years ago.

"Under the command of my lord General Li, the Liangzhou War Cavalry Troops, the Golden Winged Tiger Cavalry Waiting, the last general Cheng Wu, have seen Cao Gong!"

The young man was shocked, the armor on his body rattled, and he hugged his fists violently and saluted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao saw that Cheng Wu was clean and neat, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and said, "The little general doesn't need to be polite. ”

As he spoke, he turned his face to Cheng Yu and said, "Zhongde, this little general has the same surname as you, and I wanted to be a family three hundred years ago." ”

Who knew that Cheng Yu had a black face at this time, staring at Cheng Wu, seeing that his anger was soaring. Cao Cao couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "This is"

"Father, bow down to the unfilial son!"

Cheng Wu stepped forward at this time, bowed down at Cheng Yu's feet, touched the ground with his forehead, and couldn't stand for a long time.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu both opened their mouths slightly, both surprised.

"This little general is Zhongde's eldest son who ran away from home?" Cao Cao reacted and couldn't help but say.

Cheng Yu glared at Cheng Wu fiercely and said to Cao Cao: "It's the little dog." This bastard boy went out with a group of rangers, and when he came back, he clamored to go to Liangzhou to join the army. I didn't allow it, I didn't expect to run away from home secretly! I thought I was dead outside! ”

This was several years ago, when Cheng Yu was still in Dong'a and had not yet worked for Cao Cao. So Cao Cao only heard about this matter, and he didn't know the reason.

"Haha" Cao Cao laughed out loud and said, "Why should Zhongde be angry? Now that he is in the military position, commanding 500 Golden Winged Tiger Riders, he is very promising, and you should be happy for him. ”

"Not bad." Xun Yu also said: "If you can command five hundred Golden Winged Tiger Cavalry, I think it is General Xiahou Yuanrang, and he is willing to give up various titles in exchange for this military position." ”

Cao Cao sighed slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, the Golden Winged Tiger Cavalry is not an ordinary army. If you can get 500 Golden Winged Tiger Riders, it will be an army of 100,000, and I will change it. Zhongde, this kid of yours is good! (To be continued.) )