Chapter 135: The Winner

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Outside the long pavilion, Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao led his subordinates to meet the horses and warriors, and this face was really not small. When these two first-class heroes of the Three Kingdoms met for the first time, they were secretly wondering each other.

In Ma Han's eyes, this Cao Cao is dignified, has a strong body, behaves moderately, and looks forward to being powerful, but he has the prestige of a state pastor, and the only thing that damages his image is that he seems to have been frustrated a little. Especially against the backdrop of the four tall and mighty figures behind him, or tall and clear, they look even more inferior. But even so, when you glance at the crowd, the first thing you see is him, and that's the temperament of a leader.

In Cao Cao's eyes, the young and heroic captain of Liaodong Cavalry and his lofty bearing made him quite heartbroken. It's no wonder that Zixiao has repeatedly said that this person is a masterpiece, and if he can't accept it, he should get rid of it, and that's true.

Ma Han's official position is much worse than Cao Cao's, but fortunately he is dressed in armor, so he just bowed and saluted Cao Cao: "Liaodong Riding Captain, leading the White Wolf City to guard the horse, I have seen Cao Gong, the armor is on his body, and he will not be able to perform the full salute." "Ma Han is wearing heavy armor this time, but it is not as deliberate as the last time I saw Yuan Shao, but it is really needed for protection.

Cao Cao laughed, stepped forward, didn't mind being in the middle of the white wolf's fierce horse, held the horse's arms, and slapped the armor and iron leaves with his thick palms, and said with a bold smile: "I have been in the office for 20 years, and I don't know how many young talents I have seen, but there are very few young heroes like this." If Xu Zi will know, I don't know what kind of good comments will be made. ”

Runan Xu Shao, the word general, is known for being good at knowing people. Evaluate the world's talents with Yuedan, but whoever has been commented by him, the good reviews are famous all over the world, and the bad reviews have no way to be recommended, which can simply affect a person's life. Tai Shici in history is an indirect victim (Liu Miao said, "If I use Ziyi, Xu Zi will laugh at me for not knowing people").

When Cao Cao had not yet made a career, he had a generous courtesy and asked Xu Shao to comment on him, but Xu Shao did not like him and did not comment. Cao Cao was not a humble gentleman. There is a lot of ruthlessness in order to achieve the goal, and the means threaten Xu Shao. Xu had no choice but to comment: "Jun Qingping's traitor, the hero's ear in troubled times." "Brother Agui, then went crookedly.

In this era, if you want to be an official, you have to recommend, if you want to be recommended, you have to be famous, and if you want to be famous, you have to be a hermit. Or keep filial piety for a few years (without considerable financial resources, you can't be a hermit, and you can't keep filial piety for a long time, this is a game played by the rich). Then it will be publicized by celebrities and celebrities, and all scholars will hear about it, and it will be transmitted to the government and the imperial court. And then, congratulations. Wait for the requisition order.

This is also Ma Han's famous reputation in Mobei, and thunderous in the Liao realm, but when he arrived in the Central Plains. But no one knows why. Public opinion is in the hands of scholars, and without their propaganda, it is difficult to gain fame and stand out. And Ma Han's trip to Xuzhou this time may rarely break this stereotype. Soon, his great name would spread among the states of Xu, Yan, and Yu, and even reach Jingfu. Therefore, Cao Cao had Xu Zi's words to comment.

Cao Cao's palms were very powerful, worthy of being the pastor of Rongma Prefecture, his smile was extremely enthusiastic, and his laughter was also very infectious, which was easy to make people feel good. At this point, he is still very similar to Liu Bei, both of whom are the kind of characters with a natural leadership temperament.

Fortunately, Ma Han himself also has a similar temperament, but he is slightly less gentle and sharper. Everyone belongs to the same pole, and the same pole rejects him, and Cao Cao's means of entrapment will not work for him. Cao Cao's eyes were very vicious, and he could see at a glance that Zhao Yun, who accompanied him, was also a rare hero, and he was also a great means of display. It's a pity that Zhao Yun has experienced similar techniques with Liu Bei many times, and he has considerable immunity. Cao Cao spent a long time working hard, but with little success.

When Cao Cao affectionately clinged to Ma Han and Zhao Yun's arms, and turned to walk towards the long pavilion, he found that Cao Ren and a general with an ape-armed bee waist were following closely behind, his expression was full of vigilance, and his face suddenly sank: "Zixiao, Miaocai, don't do such inferior actions." Don't forget, this is Pengcheng. ”

Cao Ren, we met again, Ma Han nodded to the other party with a smile. Cao Ren also squeezed out a smile and responded with his chin bowed. The other one, Miaocai? Xiahou Yuan! Ma Han looked at this Cao army cavalry captain of the same level as himself with interest: about thirty years old, more than seven feet long, broad shoulders and long legs, wearing a red tasseled leather helmet, brown armor, square face, clear eyebrows, and three long beards under the chin. If it weren't for the whole body, it would be hard to imagine that such a middle-aged man with a bit of bookish atmosphere would be a general, but still a famous general.

At this time, two other middle-aged people in cyan official robes also saluted Ma Han and Zhao Yun:

"Yanzhou Sima Xunyu, I've seen Ma Duwei."

"Yanzhou Dianjun is engaged in Han Hao, and I have seen Captain Ma Du."

Two heavyweights again! Xun Yu, one of the top strategists of the Three Kingdoms! Ma Han has been in the Three Kingdoms for so long, and he has not really seen the first-class strategists of this era, and today Lao Cao is showing his family background and opening his eyes.

As Cao Cao walked, he asked Ma Han and Zhao Yun about their origins and family backgrounds, and his eyebrows were happy: Great! These two people are both from poor families, not from big families, and there is a lot less resistance to wooing.

At this time, the three Xuzhou officials who went to identify had returned in a hurry, and bowed to Cao Cao together: "Congratulations to the envoy, the great revenge has been avenged!" ”

That is to say, Zhang Min is real!

Cao Cao laughed, then looked sad, let go of Ma and Zhao, walked a few steps, ignored the mud and dust, knelt on his knees, looked at the sky and worshipped: "My lord has a spirit in the sky, and he can be blessed with this fang captured by the heroes of Liaoxi, and his back will be stained from now on." The head of this fang will be sacrificed before the spirit of the father! ”

The rest of the officials, big and small, also bowed down, only Cao Bing did not move - these soldiers were not qualified.

Among the officials who bowed down, one of them was a little more ashamed in addition to his grief - this was naturally Han Hao, originally his task was to arrest Zhang Min, but he didn't expect that after a big circle in Runan, he only killed dozens of accomplices and recovered some of his property, and found nothing. After returning helplessly, when he was embarrassed, he received a message from Shi Lian, saying that Zhang Min was bound, and he was pleasantly surprised, and immediately rushed over. Now it has been confirmed that a big stone in his heart has finally been put down. Full of gratitude to the young cavalry lieutenant.

Zhao Yun asked for instructions with his eyes, Ma Han shook his head, his relationship with Lao Cao has not yet reached this point, and he doesn't plan to make a deep friendship, so don't pretend to be a grandson.

Zhang Min's identity is confirmed, and it will be easy to talk about it below.

Ma Han proposed to exchange more than 80 people, including Zhang Min, for Cao Jun to withdraw his troops from Xiapi. Cao Cao had already learned about this condition from Cao Ren in advance, and while he was puzzled, he asked Xun Yu, what did this move mean? Even if it can buy the hearts of the people of Xuzhou. But he is just a captain of Liaodong, his territory is in western Liaoning, no matter how good the people of Xuzhou are, what can he get from it?

Xun Yu, who is known as a wise man, pondered for a long time, and only said euphemistically: "If this person is not kind-hearted, he has the world in mind." ”

Xun Yu's words actually indirectly woke up Cao Cao, don't kill too much. Stop.

Cao Cao understood, worshiped him in horror, and claimed to be taught.

Xun Yu is a person who is extremely loyal to the Han family, and he is a fierce man. He was considered to have a Han family in mind. Especially after meeting, Ma Hanzhi was young and handsome, and his bearing was like that, which made Xun Yu feel like he was seeing Junyan.

Ma Hanchu will be Cao Cao. to gain the favor of two important people in his camp. Well, maybe it's more than that.

While Cao Cao was talking to Ma Hu, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren were observing the white wolf horseman. Both generals were first-class cavalry commanders. Extremely interested in cavalry. Xiahou Yuan had heard Cao Ren mention that the archery skills of this cavalry were extremely high, and looking at the skills of these knights in controlling horses, and their light riding posture, they knew that they were excellent riders at a glance. Good at shooting, good at riding, so to speak, this is similar to the white horse cavalry team in Youzhou.

Xiahou Yuan had never seen the White Horse Righteous Servant, only from his ally Yuan Jun, he had heard of such an army that rode like a flying horse. A while ago, he led the army to fight fiercely with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei had a Karasuma cavalry of more than 100 people, and the shooting method was fierce, causing considerable losses to his cavalry. In the land of Liaoxi, Karasuma is rampant, and if the riding and shooting is a little bit short, it will be difficult to gain a foothold, presumably what Zixiao said is true.

Cao Ren's gaze fell on the stirrups of the white wolf horsemen, a little strange, the style of this "rope stirrup" is really strange, is this the habit of Liaoxi?

The "stirrup" that Cao Ren saw was actually a new camouflage for the cavalry stirrup by the horseman. He asked all the soldiers who rushed to the Central Plains to tie the stirrups firmly with strings, completely covering the metal texture. At first glance, it is a "stirrup", but it is thicker and thicker than ordinary stirrups, and it looks a little weird. However, few people from the Central Plains have been to Liaoxi, and they have the impression that it is a barbaric place, and it is normal for the items used to be stupid, thick and black, so I didn't think much about it.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren glanced at each other, and they both saw a look of eagerness in each other's eyes. However, turning his head to look at the appearance of the young lieutenant chatting and laughing with the lord and Xun Sima, it is estimated that it is difficult to put into action the idea of practicing his hands.

Indeed, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren couldn't get the White Wolf Horseman rightβ€”at least not for now, because the Horse Warrior had already reached an agreement with Cao Cao.

Ma Han handed over more than 80 murderers including Zhang Min, and Cao Jun retreated to the north of Surabaya and gave up the strategy of Xiapi. This achieved Ma Han's goal, he didn't expect to rely on Zhang Min's dozens of heads to stop Cao Jun from attacking Xuzhou, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to give him a surprise.

"Cao has known the envoy of Xuzhou, the culprit has been captured, the anger of the three armies has been calmed, if Tao Gongzu promised a number of conditions, Cao can withdraw the army, and the class teacher will return to Yan."

Since Cao Cao raised troops to fight, Tao Qian's side has sent five groups of envoys to Cao Ying to plead guilty, but as a result, they were either expelled or detained. When Cao Cao had the intention of retiring from the army, he only needed to mention the detained Xuzhou envoy and say a few words lightly, which was enough to make the envoy go away in ecstasy.

"This sincerity is also amazing." Cao Cao laughed and held the hand of the horse, and directly sent a high hat, very enthusiastic. Cao Cao is very willing to give this credit to Ma Han, anyway, this person will not stay here for long, so why not let him return with honor? It's better than letting Liu Bei and Tian Kai's generation get cheap.

Ma Han withdrew his hand silently - he didn't dare to guarantee that he could control it if he held it again, so he crushed the palm of this big man, and then struck through the strong killing desire in his heart. After all, it's a rare opportunity!

Ma Han was not stunned by Cao Cao's compliments, is this his own credit? Yes and no. It's just a coincidence, plus a bit of luck.

Cao Cao and Tao Qian were actually exhausted and wanted to stop, but the knot between them was too dead, and it was difficult to untie it without external force. The unexpected appearance of Ma Han is like a sharp blade falling from the sky, using the simplest and most crisp way to directly split the "dead knot".

The impasse in Xuzhou was solved.

As soon as Cao Cao hit Xuzhou, he had to withdraw because of the lack of food internally and the excuse for revenge externally.

Ma Hun became an unexpected winner. (To be continued......)