Wen Chou was very lost in Jinyang, and as a result, he inadvertently met another little brother who was also lost.

This little brother is Hao Zhao, who once forced Xu Huang back on the east bank of Jinshui.

Hao Zhao was discovered and promoted by Li Fu at first, and now Li Fu was recalled by Yuan Shao to Yecheng to be a gongcao in the general's mansion, which can be regarded as being reused, but Hao Zhao did not take Li Fu's express train to Yecheng, and then got Yuan Shao's reuse.

After Li Fu left, Hao Zhao's life was a little sad, because his last achievement made some people resentful and dissatisfied, and these people were still high-ranking and powerful people.

Xu Huang attacked the ambush sent by Gao Gan on the east bank of Jinshui, and killed Gao Ping, the main general of the ambush army, and Gao Ping was one of the cousins of Gao Lan, the general under Yuan Shao. Gao Ping was defeated and killed, but Hao Zhao protected Li Fu, who was powerless, and returned to Jinyang City safely, which made Gao Ping's brother Gao Huai, that is, Gao Lan's other cousin, both sad and jealous.

Li Fu was originally a treacherous villain, and after he returned to Jinyang City, he naturally put all the responsibility for the defeat on the dead Gao Ping, and then took all the credit for keeping the remaining troops on himself. Although Gao Huai had nothing to do with Li Fu, he knew that Li Fu didn't have the ability to have a few catties and a few taels, and he was able to escape back safely, it must be because of Hao Zhao's contribution. Gao Huai didn't think that his brother Gao Ping's ability was not as good as others, but he thought that since Hao Zhao could save Li Fu, why did he let his brother die in the chaos, it was clearly an attempt to step on his brother's bones and climb up, so he silently held a grudge against Hao Zhao.

When Li Fu left, he also asked Hao Zhao if he wanted to go to Yecheng with him, but Hao Zhao politely refused on the grounds that his parents were still in Jinyang. After Li Fu left Jinyang, Gao Huai began to rectify Hao Zhao, who was just a military Sima through various means, and it was naturally very easy to bully a small military Sima as Gao Huai's general.

Seeing that Hao Zhao was about to lose his support. It happened that Wen Chou came to Jinyang, and Gao Gan assigned Hao Zhao to Wen Chou, not only to prevent Gao Huai from killing Hao Zhao, but also to secretly satirize Wen Chou.

Why do you say that Gao Gan sent Hao Zhao to Wen Chou with irony? Because Hao Zhao had a meritorious role in protecting Li Fu at the beginning, Li Fu, who was powerless, could return to his army safely, while Wen Chou, known as one of the two heroes in Hejian, was repeatedly captured. Gao Gan threw Hao Zhao, who had meritorious service to protect the lord, to Wen Chou, and the subtext was: Because I am worried that you will be captured again next time, I will send you Hao Zhao, who is good at protecting the lord, and I hope you will be able to do it yourself after you come to Jinyang......

Wen Chou did not express his dissatisfaction with Gao Gan's not very friendly move. Because he knew that a military general who had been captured twice was not qualified to be proud, unless one day he could prove his skills and strength through a big victory.

Although he was psychologically depressed, Wen Chou was impressed by Hao Zhao, an unlucky young man, and did not let Gao Huai continue to bully Hao Zhao. Gao Huai relied on his cousin Gao Lan, and Wen Chou's status in front of Yuan Shao's account was even higher than Gao Lan, even if there is a taste of a tiger falling into Pingyang now, but there is still a brother Yan Liang who is still in front of Gao Lan, so there is no problem in protecting Hao Zhao.

After Wen Chou and Hao Zhao got together, although there was a gap of more than ten years in age. But they also get along quite well. Wen Chou told Hao Zhao about his experience before and after being captured, and Hao Zhao also told Wen Chou the details of how he confronted Xu Huang in the first place.

Hao Zhao cheered up Wen Chou and said: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and generals must not be discouraged by a temporary defeat, they may as well set their sights on the west." There's a lot to be done over there! ”

Wen Chou didn't intend to be depressed at all, he asked Hao Zhao: "Bo Dao suggested that I cross the river to the west to open up the situation?" ”

Hao Zhao nodded and continued: "Although Xihe County is now nominally under the control of the United Prefecture, it is actually only Gaowolf, Lin County, Lishi, Zhongyang, Zishi and Pingliu County east of the Yellow River. The five counties of Yuanyang, Yuanyin, Pingding, Guangyan and Meiji in Hexi are still occupied by the Qiang and Southern Xiongnu in Hexi, and it would not only be a great merit if the general could go to subdue the Hu people in these counties. And you can get a lot of Hu Ride! ”

Wen Scandal heard Hao Zhao's words, his heart was moved, and he said with some excitement: "Bo Dao is willing to go to Hexi with me?" ”

"Zhao Bucai, I am willing to saddle the horse before and after the general!" Hao Zhao said without hesitation.

Wen Chou was frustrated and got Hao Zhao, so his ambition resurged, he came directly to Gao Gan, and asked to lead the army to Hexi to recover Yuanyang, Yuanyin and other counties. After hearing this, Gao Gan was a little reluctant to divide his troops to Wen Chou, but he felt that it was too much to completely reject Wen Chou, so he found many excuses to prevaricate Wen Chou, and finally only allocated 2,000 infantry to Wen Chou. Wen Chou didn't have much hope for Gao Gan, so after having these two thousand infantry, he left Jinyang without looking back, and now he was angry when he saw Han Meng and Gao Huai and others, and he really didn't want to stay in the city for half a day.

Although Wen Chou's troops and horses are limited, he has Hao Zhao, a local expert in the state, and he is a genuine general appointed by Yuan Shao himself, so he may really be able to carve out a territory west of the Yellow River.

Because of Wen Chou's deliberate avoidance on the Bingzhou side, the matter of running on each other among the generals has temporarily stopped, but there was a quarrel on the Yecheng side, which made Yuan Shao feel a little big.

The most powerful strategists in the Che Cavalry General's Mansion were Tian Feng, Xu You, Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and the other one with status was Xiao Ji, who was now serving as the governor of the northern line of Bingzhou.

After the news of Liu Bei's departure from Tian Kai and his journey to Xuzhou reached Yecheng, Guo Tu strongly advised Yuan Shao to immediately send troops to attack the weak Tian Kai and capture the northern part of Qingzhou. Xu You suggested that Yuan Shao send an envoy to contact Tian Kai again, and find a way to persuade Tian Kai to lead his troops to take refuge. Tian Feng tried his best to stop Yuan Shao, thinking that the little territory that Qingzhou Tian Kai now occupied was chicken ribs, and he should concentrate on defending Liu He in the north, so as not to stretch the battle line too long, which would backfire. Xin Ping's opinion was different from that of several others, and he suggested that Yuan Shao move the General's Mansion to Jinyang, feeling that Yecheng was not as good as Jinyang, which was conducive to development and defense.

Yuan Shao was not impressed by Tian Feng's dissuasion, and even more did not agree to move the general's mansion to Jinyang, he adopted the advice of Xu You and Guo Tu, asked people to prepare a generous gift, and then sent Han Fan to Qingzhou to persuade Tian Kai to take refuge.

However, to Yuan Shao's surprise, before he sent people to Qingzhou, there were already several people who rushed to see Tian Kai first!

The first way to see Tian Kai was a messenger sent by Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and before Gongsun Du sent someone to contact Tian Kai, Liu Bei had not yet gone south to Xuzhou. Gongsun Du's condition for Tian Kai was that he should lead his 20,000 soldiers and horses to the east to attack Beihai Kongrong, and after capturing the Beihai Kingdom, he would be back to back with Donglai County under his control, and then Gongsun Du would submit a table to the court and recommend Tian Kai as the Qingzhou pastor.

It's a pity that when Gongsun Du's envoy saw Tian Kai, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses left under Tian Kai's command, of which 4,000 followed Liu Bei to Xuzhou, and thousands of others were deserters and had already hid in other powerful territories.

Although the strength of Beihai Kong Rong is limited, it is not something that Tian Kai, who only has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, can swallow now, so Gongsun Du's abacus has completely failed.

Not long after Gongsun Du's envoy left, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian also sent people to win over Tian Kai. Although Tao Qian took in Liu Bei and seemed a little inauthentic, the relationship between Tian Kai and Tao Qian was still very good. Historically, when Xuzhou was attacked by Cao Cao, Tian Kai, who was appointed by Gongsun Zhan as the pastor of Qingzhou at that time, sent the three Taozi brothers to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to help in the war.

Tao Qian promised Tian Kai that if Tian Kai was willing to lead his troops to Xuzhou, he could discuss with Kong Rong and let Kong Rong open a road and allow Tian Kai to lead his army into Xuzhou Langya State.

Although Tao Qian could not give up the position of Xuzhou Mu to Tian Kai, if Tian Kai entered the territory of Langya Kingdom in the north of Xuzhou, he would not have to face the threat of Jizhou Xianyu Auxiliary Army, nor would he have to worry about being annexed by Yuan Shao, so it was a good way out.

It's just that Tian Kai has already had a problem with Tao Qian's acceptance of Liu Bei, and others are worried that Tao Qian sent someone to come may be Kong Rong's tricks and feet in secret, the purpose is that when he leads the army to pass through the territory of Beihai Kingdom, Tao Qian and Kong Rong will join forces to catch turtles in an urn.

Tian Kai then declined Tao Qian's kindness, and then waited for the envoy sent by Cao Cao from Yanzhou.

The envoy sent by Cao Cao was very weighty, and the person named Hua Xin was a native of Gaotang in Qingzhou Plain County, and he was also a very prestigious local celebrity.

After Hua Xin saw Tian Kai, he persuaded him like this: "Does General Tian know that his life is not long? ”

Tian Kai was furious when he heard this, and told Hua Xin very unhappily: "Is there no one in front of Cao Mengde's tent?" How can you send someone like you who doesn't know how to be polite to me! ”

Hua Xin was unimpressed by Tian Kai's displeasure, and said to himself: "The general is now in a situation surrounded by wolves, and the reason why he can be safe is only because all parties are afraid that Liu Shiren from Youzhou will send troops to Qingzhou. Now that everyone has seen Liu Shiren's attitude of unintentionally getting involved in Qingzhou, he treats you as a piece of fish that can be slaughtered, and is sharpening his knife and preparing to attack you! ”

Tian Kai was exposed by Hua Xin's words, and he no longer pretended to be a strong outsider, and asked Hua Xin politely: "Since Mr. sees that Tian is in a critical situation, can you show a way out?" ”

Hua Xin replied: "Duke Cao is now appointed by the imperial court as the general of the expedition to the east, and has the right to deal with and intervene in the military affairs of the four states of Qing, Xu, Yan, and Yang. ”

Tian Kai asked again: "If I defect to Cao Gong, I don't know where to stay?" ”

"Duke Cao submitted a table to the court and recommended you as the Qingzhou pastor!"

Yes, there is another ...... who fooled Tian Kai to serve as the pastor of Qingzhou.

Tian Kai pondered for a moment, and felt that it was quite reliable to hold Cao Cao's thigh, and the rest of the parties were either not strong enough, or they were not dealing with him, so he agreed to Cao Cao's conditions.

When Han Fan arrived at Tian Kai's territory in Qingzhou, Tian Kai had officially announced that he was following the dispatch of Cao Cao, the general of Zhengdong, which was equivalent to completely taking refuge in Cao Cao. Han Fan had no choice but to return to Yecheng with the gifts carefully prepared by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao was a little angry when he learned that his good brother Cao Cao had robbed his younger brother and grabbed land with him before saying hello, so he immediately sent an envoy to Changyi to meet Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to give him an explanation on this matter. (To be continued......)