Mi Zhu said after hearing this: "Could it be that under Cao Cao's rule, we can have a bright future, how can Cao Cao tolerate us, these assets will inevitably be plundered by him, this person is ruthless and does everything, and his suspicion is very heavy, he would rather go away from home than be a slave under his rule!" ”

"Where does my brother want to stay?" Mi Fang asked Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu thought for a while and said: "Xuzhou is relatively close to Huainan and Jiangdong!" The closest to Huainan! ”

Mi Fang asked, "Brother doesn't want to defect to Yuan Shu?" ”

"Yuan Shu's dry bones in the mound, it can't be a big thing, and he is also treacherous and ruthless, but compared to Cao Cao's wolf ambition, it is still the best choice, it really doesn't work, let's try to make another plan after settling in Huainan for the time being, if it doesn't work, we will go to other places!" Mi Zhu analyzed.

Mi Fang echoed: "My brother's assumption is right, I will obey my brother's arrangement!" ”

"Without further ado, let's go clean up, take advantage of Cao Cao's preoccupation and set off early, go out of the west gate and go straight to Huainan Road!" Mi Zhu immediately decided.

The two brothers had made up their minds, so they went back to their lodgings to pack up

At this moment, only Chen Gui and his son were left, and the two immediately decided to open the city to welcome Cao Cao into the city, and Cao Cao since the last time he captured Zang Ba, the power was greatly boosted Cao Cao returned to the camp, and ordered his subordinates to escort Zang Ba into the Chinese army tent, Zang Ba never expected that he would become a prisoner, surrounded by sergeants, Zang Ba was taken to Cao Cao's big tent, and when he came to the Chinese army big tent, he saw Cao Cao sitting in the center of the big tent, Zang Ba was angry, Cao Cao saw that the sergeants brought Zang Ba, so he shouted to Zang Ba: "What do you say?" ”

"If the husband dies, he will die, what is there to say!" Zang Ba raised his neck and said disdainfully.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and pretended to smile when he heard this, but suddenly saw his face tense and gave orders: "The general of the defeated army is not brave enough!" Someone is coming, drag Zang Ba out of the gang and behead him! ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, a sergeant had already started to drag Zang Ba away, and then saw that Zang Ba's face did not change and his heart did not beat. With a calm face, the sergeants were about to drag Zang Ba out, when Cao Cao suddenly stood up, walked down the stairs to Zang Ba, looked Zang Ba up and down, Zang Ba stared at Cao Cao with his eyes and was very puzzled. Cao Cao untied the rope on Zang Ba's body with his hands, Zang Ba was really a little surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Cao Cao's gourd, and after Cao Cao untied it, Cao Cao said Zang Ba: "The general is really a loyal and righteous person, and there is extraordinary force, how can the old man bear to kill the general, I don't know if the general is willing to submit to the old man's name?" ”

Zang Ba looked at Cao Cao, suddenly knelt on the ground and arched his hand: "Zang Ba feels that the general's great grace is willing to submit!" ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he hurriedly helped Zang Ba up, took his hand and said to everyone: "Today, General Zang Ba's old man is happy, come and put on a banquet, the old man wants to entertain General Zang Ba!" ”

Soon a sumptuous banquet was set up in Cao Cao's Chinese army tent, and Cao Cao drank with everyone.

Wait until Tao Qian's last letter arrives. Cao Cao received is even more overjoyed, it seems that Xuzhou does not have to make a big move to get into the bag, Cao Cao immediately ordered troops to Xuzhou to prepare to receive the city, the army of more than 50,000 people came to Xuzhou again, unlike last time, this time Cao Cao was not hindered by any army all the way to Xuzhou City, Xuzhou City Chen Gui father and son have already been in the city to greet him, this Chen Deng was born in 163 AD. The character Yuanlong was born in Huaipu (now Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He has an unruly personality. Knowledgeable and resourceful. At the age of twenty-five, he was filial piety and served as the magistrate of Dongyang (west of present-day Jinhu County, Jiangsu Province). Although he is young, he can understand the people's feelings and raise orphans. Deeply respected by the people. Later, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian promoted him to the rank of lieutenant of the agricultural school, in charge of agricultural production in a state. He personally inspected the soil conditions of Xuzhou, developed water conservancy, and developed farmland irrigation. The agriculture of Xuzhou, which was destroyed in the late Han Dynasty, was restored to a certain extent, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, "with abundant rice".

At the moment, Chen Gui's father and son decided to dedicate Xuzhou to Cao Cao is also after careful consideration by the two, so many years Xuzhou has been acting as a "paradise" under the leadership of Tao Qian, free from the intrusion of various wars, enabling the two to vigorously develop the agricultural economy, so that the people live a solid and prosperous life, but there are advantages and disadvantages, Tao Qian's policy of caring for the people on the one hand has brought tangible benefits to the people, and on the other hand, the disadvantages are gradually emerging, what are the drawbacks? That is, neglect to develop the military, Xuzhou achieved great governance but did not make any achievements in martial arts, not only lack of good generals, but also very limited troops to the point of vulnerability, so in the face of Cao Cao's army invasion, Xuzhou is simply unable to counterattack.

Tao Qian is a person who understands, he knows how Xuzhou has come over for so many years, if he insists on carrying it to the end, Cao Cao will definitely retaliate madly when he encounters resistance, so that Xuzhou City will not only be unprotected, but also the people of Xuzhou, the people have been living and working in peace and contentment for so many years, is it because of their so-called resistance that does not have any effect? In fact, Tao Qian himself has also considered, he took the initiative to hand over Xuzhou is not a whim, in his opinion he has worked hard for so many years, Xuzhou's various undertakings are thriving, but the only deficiency is that the military is relatively weak, so it is inevitable to be invaded from other places, when today's group of heroes are competing for the deer, there is no strong military guarantee can not avoid being conquered, Tao Qian also wants to develop the development of the military to make up for this deficiency in his lifetime, but after all, he is old and has more than enough strength, so Xuzhou's military is stranded, After ushering in Cao Cao, a strong military enemy, Tao Qian was powerless to resist at all, although there were two generals in a row, but Tao Qian was clear in his heart, they were by no means Cao Cao's opponents.

Tao Qian still chose to give up Xuzhou when he was dying, Cao Cao's character is certainly a little inappropriate, but he has strong military strength, and he can take on the situation of controlling Xuzhou in the future, he is a powerful hero, after controlling Xuzhou, no one dares to fight Xuzhou's idea, Tao Qian finally made an excellent choice between himself and the people of Xuzhou, he sacrificed his life for righteousness, and finally let go of his personal grievances with Cao Cao, and gave Xuzhou to Cao Cao, so that the people of Xuzhou can be saved from war, He Tao Qian is also worthy of the people of Xuzhou, but he did not inform his subordinates of this choice, fearing that he would encounter obstacles, but it angered Cao Cao, so when he announced this decision to everyone. The crowd was terrified

Chen Gui father and son followed Tao Qian's will to prepare to open the city to meet Cao Cao, the two won Tao Qian's love and respect in Xuzhou, and made outstanding contributions to the development of Xuzhou, Tao Qian has now passed away, their only choice is to stay in Xuzhou to meet the new master to continue to serve in Xuzhou, they are not interested in military war. Their focus is on economic development, no matter who is the master, as long as they can ensure that they continue to do things in Xuzhou, they can hold Xuzhou out, Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and strong, and the military foundation is strong, and it is an object that can be relied on, so the two decided to open the city and open the door to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's army approached the city of Xuzhou, but saw that the suspension bridge outside Xuzhou was slowly pulled up, and the city gate was immediately opened. Cao Cao and the generals were about to enter the city when they saw this, but at this time they saw infinite people and horses pouring out of the city at once, and the first general was Cao Baoye, Cao Bao jumped his gun and shouted to Cao Jun before he went out of the army: "Ah! Cao Cao bullied me and no one called Xuzhou? ”

Cao Cao saw that it was Cao Bao and sneered: "Who should I be!" It turned out to be a nominal rat! I dare to be my way without doing my best, I am really looking for death! ”

Xiahou Yuan was immediately furious when he saw that it was Cao Bao: "The shaft didn't teach you a good lesson before, let you get away with it, and now you dare to come out, today you will die without a place to be buried!" Cao Bao saw that it was Xiahou Yuan who rushed over, so he slapped the horse and danced the gun to fight Xiahou Yuan. Suddenly, the two horses will fight, and there will be more than ten battles. Cao Bao gradually got the upper hand, and then looked at Xiahou Yuan's steel spear flying and moving forward, forcing Cao Bao to retreat, and the two fought for more than ten years, Xiahou Yuan's steel gun swayed and pressed step by step, Cao Bao couldn't resist it. Cao Bao saw that Xiahou Yuan was difficult to resist, so he sold a flaw and ran back, how could Xiahou Yuan be willing to chase after him from behind, Cao Bao retreated to Xuzhou City, but Xiahou Yuan was fast, and he was watching to catch up with Cao Bao. The steel gun poked, and the shot penetrated Cao Bao's right heart from behind, but he heard Cao Bao's "ah", planted off the horse, fell heavily on the ground and vomited blood to death.

As soon as Cao Bao died, the soldiers in Xuzhou City broke and scattered, and Cao Cao rode his horse and shouted to the soldiers: "Your master Tao Qian has surrendered Xuzhou City to me, and there is a letter here!" Cao Bao is not able to resist stubbornly, and now he is dead, those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me die, put down his weapons and surrender his guns and do not kill! Cao Cao took out a cloth from his sleeve.

Seeing this, the Xuzhou sergeants put down their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao's army immediately entered Xuzhou City, Chen Gui and Chen Deng caught it, and immediately met Cao Cao praised the two of them for offering Xuzhou, so that the two continued to serve in Xuzhou, Cao Cao heard that Chen Deng was an agricultural expert, and Cao Cao said to Chen Deng: "I lack talents like Mr. Chen Dengsui was reused by Cao Cao again, and in this way, Cao Cao easily took Xuzhou at a small price, and this matter took less than a month.

But said that when Cao Cao marched into Xuzhou, Yuan Shao of Hebei was also ready to move, and he had already informed Yuan Shao of this matter, at this time Yuan Shao was still in Liyang, and the strategist Tian Feng admonished Yuan Shao: "Cao Cao went south to attack Xuzhou with the main army to avenge his father, leaving only Xiahou Dun and Yu Banzhen to guard the white horse, this is really God help me!" The lord should quickly send troops to force the white horse, and take advantage of the situation to go south to Xuchang in one fell swoop! ”

Yuan Shao's face showed sadness when he heard this, but he said in embarrassment: "Now that the child is still sick, how can he go to fight Cao Cao?" Let's talk about it when my child is well! ”

Tian Feng left Yuan Shao's place sadly and angrily after hearing this, and after coming out, he raised his cane to the sky and shouted: "When you encounter this rare opportunity, but you push it with a child's illness, isn't it because of a small loss!" What a pity! The general trend is going, and it is also going! ”

In this way, Yuan Shao remained in Liyang without moving, and when Cao Cao returned from victory, Yuan Shao also retreated to Hebei, and at this time it has been three months since Guan Yu's westward expedition, Cao Cao won Xuzhou's prestige, and now he can be described as a strong soldier, strategist Xun Yu said Cao Cao: "Fang is only Guan Yu is a big trouble today, and his strength is also the strongest, and now Guan Yu is still in the west, the lord should take this rare opportunity to send troops to the Tiger Prison Pass early, and take advantage of Guan Yu's time to take the Tiger Prison Pass and then advance into Luoyang!" ”

Cao Cao stroked his beard after hearing this: "I think so too, Yuan Shao fought with us fiercely before and now he doesn't dare to use force easily!" There is news from the front that Yuan Shao'er has returned to Hebei because of his illness, so we have no worries in the north, and Yuan Shu in the south is just a dry bone in the mound and is unable to recruit others, so the situation on the periphery is generally conducive to our troops, as long as we take Luoyang, we are half of the success. Guan Yu is a tiger, even if we don't want him, he will try us in the future! ”

The strategist Guo Jia suggested: "The lord wants to send troops, and he should unite several forces to fight the enemy together!" ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words came out, Cao Cao's eyes lit up and asked, "What is Fengxiao's good plan, come quickly!" ”、

"Guan Yu's force is invincible in the world, and his subordinates are more elite soldiers, and he has made careful arrangements for the situation in Luoyang during this expedition. There are still many people in Luoyang who are his friends, and the strength of Luoyang is said to be 150,000, so it can be inferred that Guan Yu's strength deployed in Luoyang is still very strong. Guo Jia analyzed Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, narrowed his eyes and asked, "What is Fengxiao's strategy?" ”

Guo Jia's eyes lit up and said: "The lord wants to take Luoyang than the three forces of Hebei Yuan Shao, Huainan Yuan Shu, and Han Sui of Bingzhou, these three forces are adjacent to Luoyang, and they are all powerful factions, as long as these forces unite to form an encirclement of Luoyang, the situation in Luoyang will be critical!" At that time, even if Guan Yu returns from the Western Expedition, he will be weak in the face of such a crisis! ”

After hearing this, Cao Cao asked, "Yuan Shao fought with us before. has already formed a deep grudge, Yuan Shu sneaked up on us and was defeated by us and also had a grudge, Han Sui has never had a relationship with us, how to unite them? ”

"This requires the lord to come up with specific measures, to unite these forces, of course, it is not easy, but the lord can choose to break each way, specific people to treat specific combinations, of course, the means used cannot be the same, let's take Yuan Shao first. Yuan Shao is famous for being scheming and forgetting righteousness, and the previous Yuan Shao attacked the lord because Guan Yu took the Son of Heaven to order the princes to urge him to send troops. In fact, Yuan Shao has his own plans to send troops, one is to be called to do it, and the other is to be profitable, Yuan Shao saw that it was difficult for us to attack so he gave up this action, in fact, there is no grudge, the lord and Yuan Shao can promise him to divide Luoyang equally after the matter is completed, and the lord can find a decent name to Yuan Shao. After all, it is the third prince of the fourth world, the lord can call this operation the king of Qin to suppress the thief, and list Guan Yu's crimes with a strong statement of reasons, advocate the righteousness of our actions, and know that it is reasonable to move with affection. can analyze Guan Yu's threat to him, and deduce it like this, Yuan Shao will be moved and send troops to Bishui Pass! Guo Jia continued to analyze.

Cao Cao heard this and said: "Yuan Shao and I used to be a small mile!" There was no contradiction, but now there is no friendship between each side, Fengxiao is reasonable, I only need a letter, I think Yuan Benchu is not a person who does not know the times, Yuan Shu does not know what good strategy there is? ”

Guo Jia continued: "As for Yuan Shu, this person can also be allowed to divide the territory equally, but to win over this person and the lord must let him see some hope and benefits, the lord can claim in the letter to Yuan Shao that he has united Yuan Shu and Han Sui, and in the letter to Yuan Shu, he can claim that he has united Yuan Shao, the two are brothers, as the saying goes, you have to rely on your own brothers to fight the tiger, and you will definitely take action in the brotherhood, and the lord can allow Yuan Shu to be in the disputed place in Runan, that is, the place where the Yellow Turban Army haunts, and lend him some grain and grass, Yuan Shu will definitely send troops to help, so that the matter of Er Yuan will be done! ”

Finalized Yuan Shao's Yuan Shu, Guo Jia proposed to Cao Cao how to persuade Han Sui, Guo Jia recommended to Cao Cao: "As for Han Sui in the annexation of the state, the lord should focus on the word "scare", Han Sui is powerful, the lord can give him an explanation of the current situation, especially to make a pessimistic estimate of his future, if Guan Yu's western expedition is successful, then he will definitely annex and annex the state to ensure the complete security of the north, and then where to go will not be up to Han Sui, once it is annexed, the future is not easy to say, But no matter what, it is better to be the king of freedom, so to avoid this situation, we must start first, only by uniting together to fight against Guan Yu can we avoid the emergence of this misfortune in the future, the current situation is very hard for everyone, as long as we join hands to take advantage of Guan Yu's westward expedition to attack Luoyang at the same time, Luoyang will not be able to protect itself, as long as we join hands to Luoyang is just around the corner, take Luoyang, Guan Yu will become a fish without water, a boat without wood, and it will be powerless to return to the sky, and it will be even more difficult to make a comeback in the future. So we must join forces, as soon as possible, and meet together to do things together! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately said with joy: "Wonderful! Bonghyo Shingo sub-room also! There is no delay in this matter, I will act immediately, write letters to these roads, and send orders to the army to assemble in Yanzhou immediately, and the generals from all walks of life will return to the team one after another, and the logistics and grain and grass must be prepared! ”

Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's words and immediately wrote to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Han Sui, just like Guo Jia said, Cao Cao Xiaozhi paid equal attention to reason, emotion, grace and power, made a fine understanding of the current situation, and promised to be powerful, and agreed to share the results together, so he quickly wrote three letters, and immediately sent messengers to these three places (to be continued......