Cao Cao is already determined to see Wei Zi if he does not succeed, and there is only one way for him at present, although Xu Ji said that he can help, but Cao Cao knows that Xu Ji will never have too much even if he really helps, don't forget that Xu Ji himself still has a large group of soldiers to support, which is enough to limit Xu Ji's support, and Cao Cao does not think that Xu Ji is sincere and will do his best to help, both sides understand each other's demands, so Cao Cao has gambled his future on this time.

I don't know much about Weizi Cao Cao, but I learned from my father Cao Song that this person is Chen Liuxiaolian, and Cao Cao's understanding of him is blank, so Cao Cao really can't do what he likes, so he can only take one step at a time. Since there is a request for others, Cao Cao naturally wants to show the corresponding attitude, so he set up a banquet at home to invite Wei Zi, in order to respond to everything, Cao Cao did not invite Xu Ji to come together, after all, Xu Ji himself said that the relationship with Chen Liu's family is not good, it is difficult to guarantee that Xu Ji will not make Wei Zi unhappy.

When Wei Zi arrived, Cao Cao took a closer look at Wei Zi, and saw that this person had a square face, but he did not have the spirit of a scholar, Cao Cao expected that he must not be a family of the world, so he broke off the idea of pulling the relationship. The wine and food were ready, and after the two sat down, they toasted each other, and after a few cups of yellow soup, Cao Cao raised his glass and said to Wei Zi: "I heard that Zi Xu is a local filial piety, and he is really extraordinary." Wei Zi couldn't hear this compliment, so he immediately returned the salute and said: "Meng De is too famous, Meng De's assassination of Dong Zhuoguo's thief is a righteous man, but Wei Zi can't do it the same!" Hearing this, Cao Cao was sure in his heart, although it may not be that Wei Zi will help him, but judging from these words, this person is indeed a loyal minister. So Cao Cao turned to the right and said: "Now that the Han family has no owner, the emperor is too young to take charge of the affairs and make Dong Zhuo dictatorial." Bullying the king and harming the people, the whole world gnashes its teeth for it. I wanted to help the community. However, there is a weak heart. Zi Xu is a loyal and righteous person, and he dares to ask for help! ”

Wei Zi frowned when he heard this, Cao Cao didn't say more, what he wanted to say had already been said, and now he was only waiting for Wei Zi's decision, and Cao Cao really couldn't do more. At this time, Weizi suddenly raised his head and said, "Does Meng De have the heart to win?" Cao Cao replied with a wry smile: "How can you believe that you will win?" Now that Dong Zhuo is in a high position, and there are even more Xiliang soldiers under his command, he was originally hitting a stone with an egg, but how could Cao Cao, as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, sit back and watch Sheji be blasphemed? Of course, Cao Cao was actually not so noble. To put it bluntly, it is impossible to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and he has a wanted warrant on his body, if he can't defeat Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao is afraid that he will have to hide in Tibet for the rest of his life.

But Wei Zi is also standing in the near future, it is when the blood will be cold but not cold, there is still a little worry in his heart, but as soon as Cao Cao's words are actually magnificent, the little bit of caution in his heart immediately has no half, only a blood burns like the flames of war: "What Meng De said is extremely true, I have the heart to help the Han for a long time, but I have not met the master, and now Meng De has great ambitions." Weeds is willing to help Mengde! ”

Cao Cao was really surprised and delighted when he heard this, happy that his goal had been achieved, and surprised that he had not spent much effort to convince Wei Zi, which was quite unrealistic. Looking at Cao Cao's face of astonishment, Wei Zi spoke again: "Why is Meng De so surprised? Cao Cao came back to his senses when he heard the words and said: "Zixu is quite shocked by his bearing. Hearing this, Wei Zi smiled and said, "Meng De will go and get busy, and you can go to my house to get it as soon as you apply it." I hope Meng De can show his wish this time! Cao Cao shook his head and smiled: "Is it Meng De's ambition alone?" Since Zixu trusts Cao Cao so much, he naturally has a share of Zixu's credit! After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled.

On the same day, Cao Cao conveniently posted a notice in Xiangyi to recruit the rebels. With Xu Ji's support, there is naturally no obstacle to everything, and Cao Cao even erected a white flag with the word "loyalty" written on it. Within a few days, nearly 1,000 people responded to the call, and when they learned that Cao Cao was recruiting troops in Chenliu, naturally their relatives came to vote. Among them, there is Pei Guo's Xiahou Dan, the character Yuan Rang, and it is rumored that it is after Xiahou Ying. He learned guns and sticks since he was a child, and at the age of 14, he had already learned martial arts from his teacher, and when someone insulted his teacher, Xiahoudun killed him, and then fled. At this time, when he learned that Cao Cao had raised troops, he brought his brother Xiahou Yuan to lead thousands of strong men to join Cao Cao.

Speaking of the relationship between Cao Cao and Xiahou, Cao Cao's father Cao Song was originally the son of Xiahou, and then he lived with the Cao family for some reason, so in fact, Cao Cao and Xiahou brothers were originally of the same clan. Now it's even closer.

A few days later, there was a person who was quite capable to vote, it was a Shanyang Julu man, surnamed Li, the name dictionary, the word Mancheng, Cao Cao made Xiahou want to try to see his bow and horse skill, and the army was quite disciplined, Cao Cao and his lieutenant position remained under the account. On the same day, Cao Cao's younger brother Cao Ren also recruited more than 1,000 from Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is used to being the place where elite soldiers are produced, and Cao Cao is even more happy. But the surprise did not stop there, another brother Cao Hong also led nearly a thousand people to come, and the party who asked Cao Hong was on the way back from the business, and when he heard that Cao Cao had an accident, he sold the goods and recruited these soldiers to defend himself.

So Cao Cao had more than 5,000 people under his command, even no less than the number of soldiers under Xu Ji's command, so Wei Zi sold his family property to buy weapons and armor, and all the items such as banners were provided by Xu Ji. Seeing this, Cao Cao set up a large camp outside Xiangyi to practice soldiers and horses every day, and at the same time, he sent the holy decree from Xu Ji's hands to various places after recovering it. Cao Cao is certainly not stupid, so his idea is that others will come out and train first, which is undoubtedly the wisest choice. Xu Ji is naturally happy to see such a situation, if he and Cao Cao only rely on this little force in their hands, I am afraid it will not be enough for Dong Zhuo to plug his teeth, not to mention that Cao Cao's plan was originally to gather the world's heroes to jointly crusade against Dong Zhuo.

And the first to get the news is Yuan Shao in the Bohai Sea, of course Cao Cao will not be stupid enough to explain on the news that the holy decree comes from Xu Ji, Yuan Shao thought that Cao Cao was convened by the edict, so he led his soldiers and horses to leave the Bohai Sea to make peace with Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao was attentive, he did not bring the most powerful generals under his command, and even the ministers did not accompany the army, Yuan Shao's plan was also very simple, he only wanted to use these artificial tools convened by Cao Cao to achieve his goals, so he naturally refused to put his strength in, Therefore, the so-called 30,000 soldiers led by him are naturally just an imaginary number, and most of them are old and weak. But these thoughts are not inhumane.

Cao Cao felt that a holy decree might not be able to summon much help, so he drafted another document and sent it to various places. The text reads: "Cao and others would like to announce to the world with great righteousness: Dong Zhuo deceived the heavens and the earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; Filthy palace forbidden. mutilation; Wolves are unkind, and sins are accumulated! Today, under the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, a large number of volunteers were gathered, vowing to sweep away China and kill the murderers. Wangxing righteous teachers, venting public anger; Support the royal family and save the people. When the text arrives, it can be pursued quickly! After this inscription arrived in the towns along with the previous decree, it naturally aroused a huge reaction, that is, the princes who were not willing to participate in it had to participate in it under the people's feelings, so the princes all raised troops accordingly. There are a total of seventeen soldiers and horses, the first town, and the later general Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu. The second town, Jizhou Thorn Shi Han Fu. The third town, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kongling. The fourth town, Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Dai. The fifth town, Hanoi County Taishou Wang Kuang. In the sixth town, Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao. The seventh town, Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao. Eighth Town. Shanyang guarded Yuan's legacy too much. The ninth town, Jibei Xiang Baoxin. The tenth town, Beihai Taishou Kongrong. The eleventh town, Guangling is too guarded by Zhang Chao. Twelfth Town. Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian. The thirteenth town, Xiliang is too shou Ma Teng. The fourteenth town, Beiping Taishou Gongsun Hao. Fifteenth Town. The party is too guarded by Zhang Yang. The sixteenth town, Wucheng Hou Changsha guarded Sun Jian. Seventeenth Town. Qixiang Hou Bohai guarded Yuan Shao.

However, Zhang Miao just gave a name, and in fact, it was Xu Ji who sent troops and represented him. Counting Cao Cao, there are a total of eighteen soldiers and horses, but the only thing that worries Xu Ji is that although it seems that there are many people, the number of military horses of the princes of all walks of life varies, most of them are nearly 30,000, and the few are only a few thousand, and the eighteen routes of soldiers and horses have different orders, once the war starts, I am afraid it will not be such a beautiful situation. Cao Cao is naturally worried about this, but at this time, he is already ready to send an arrow, and everything must wait until the princes meet to have a way to deal with it, and it is still too early to say anything.

Cao Cao's assembly place was in the sour jujube, so he and Xu Ji arrived at the sour jujube camp first to wait for the arrival of the princes of Zhulu, and after Xu Ji and Cao Cao were stationed for a few days, the princes came one after another, so Cao Cao told the princes to wait for the convergence again, so the princes set up camp in their own villages, and for a time they were connected for more than 200 miles, and the momentum was magnificent. When all the princes arrived, Cao Cao ordered his subordinates to slaughter cattle and horses, and the princes were assembled to discuss the strategy of marching into the army.

At this time, Yuan Shao finally saw Xu Ji, who was not expected before, but at this time, it was already a time when the overall situation was important, and Yuan Shao naturally would not mess up the overall situation because of some small things before, and Xu Ji naturally appeared in front of Yuan Shao without hesitation because of his knowledge. Of course, the primary problem at this time is the lack of a person in charge for the princes of the Eighteen Roads. This is also normal, after all, they are all princes of one side, who can convince whom? This is exactly what Xu Ji and Cao Cao have been worried about before, once this problem cannot be solved, then this alliance will collapse before it can even be established, this is by no means the result that Cao Cao and Xu Ji want to see.

And among the princes, naturally no one cared about this issue, and when everyone was discussing in the tent, the Empress Dowager of Hanoi, Wang Kuang, said: "Now that we are serving the great righteousness, we will set up an alliance leader, and everyone will listen to the constraints, and then discuss the matter of entering the army." What do you think? When Xu Ji heard this, he peeked at Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang's strength was actually the last level after these princes, but he provoked this talk, obviously someone was fueling the trouble, and among the eighteen princes, only Yuan Shao had such a motive.

Because in terms of status, Xu Ji is a concubine and a national relative, and it was Cao Cao who initiated the righteous act, so he naturally had the upper hand in terms of fame, and the only thing Yuan Shao had was the fame brought to him by his net worth, so he had reason to seize this opportunity. As for Yuan Shao's purpose, it is actually not important at this time, no matter what Yuan Shao's purpose is, his actions are already full of selfishness, Xu Ji doesn't think that Yuan Shao wants the position of the principal without asking for anything.

Xu Ji didn't know if Cao Cao was also aware of this, but he didn't intend to expose Yuan Shao at this time, which was not beneficial to the establishment of the coalition army, and Cao Cao's answer was indeed a smooth push: "Yuan Benchu is the fourth and third dukes, and he is a descendant of many famous ministers of the Han Dynasty, and he can be the leader of the alliance." Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xu Ji also knew that Cao Cao must have guessed Yuan Shao's intentions, so it was logical to sell him his favor. But Yuan Shao pretended to refuse: "Today, there are horses again, can Ben Chu'an be so arrogant?" The leader of the alliance should be Xu Wenlie. ”

Xu Ji originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but Yuan Shao also planned to bring disaster to the east, this was obviously intended to make Xu Ji suffer a loss, if Xu Ji should accept it, it would be difficult for the princes here. But once refused, it is disrespectful to Yuan Shao, which is the so-called dilemma. Xu Ji is not without a way to deal with it. It's just a little uncomfortable, like swallowing a live fly. But in order to take care of the overall situation, Xu Ji had no choice, so he had to give his hand and say: "What did you say at the beginning?" Wen Lie is not old enough to serve the public, not to mention that in terms of fame and qualifications, he is far superior to me at the beginning, and the leader of the alliance should be in charge of the beginning. ”

But even after saying such things, Xu Ji still didn't admit that he was inferior to Yuan Shao, all he said was fame and qualifications, these things all depend on his net worth and time, that is, what Yuan Shao is better than Xu Ji is just a false thing, Yuan Shao naturally knows the Tao, but Xu Ji plays beautifully. He had already brought the ball back, and he couldn't kick it back as a scoundrel, so he had to let Xu Ji go and said to Cao Cao instead: "Meng De's first initiative should be the leader of the alliance." ”

Where will Cao Cao pick up this hot potato, and immediately arched his hand and said: "There is no need to refuse, and the position of the alliance leader is not the original." Ladies and gentlemen, please give the order of the Alliance Master. So everyone shouted for the leader of the alliance, and Yuan Shao accepted it when he saw that he had no objections, and then ordered the alliance to march again tomorrow, and everyone returned to their camps. But Xu Ji did not panic and returned to the camp at this time, he met an acquaintance, Sun Jian, who is now the Taishou of Changsha. Sun Jian originally arrived yesterday, but he didn't know that Xu Ji was also sour jujube at this time. And I just saw it today, but before the big tent was all in the discussion, he couldn't bother for a while, and now he naturally wants to find Xu Ji to catch up.

After following Sun Jian to his camp and sitting in the big tent, Sun Jian carefully looked at Xu Ji and said, "Wen Lie hasn't seen him for a long time, and he has grown tall again." Xu Ji originally thought that this colleague who had lived and died together had something important to say to him. But I didn't expect it to be such a sentence. In fact, Sun Jian, Cao Cao, and Xu Ji were all old friends in Wancheng War, but only Xu Ji and Sun Jian had a very good relationship, but the relationship between the two and Cao Cao was average. This is not to say how Cao Cao is, but that Xu Ji and Sun Jian have similar backgrounds. Naturally, it is more desirable. Hearing that Sun Jian said this, Xu Ji had no choice but to smile helplessly and said, "Brother Wentai invited me here, is it because of this sentence?" ”

Sun Jian was just a joke, of course not so boring. He did have something to do with Xu Ji: "Wen Lie, I still killed two court officials on the road to sour jujube for my brother." Although Sun Jian's tone was as flat as usual, Xu Ji was very keenly aware of a faint murderous aura in Sun Jian's eyes, obviously Sun Jian didn't think he was wrong, otherwise he would never have such an expression, so Xu Ji asked, "Oh? I don't know who provoked my brother to kill him? Sun Jian replied indifferently: "Jingzhou Thorn History, Wang Rui, Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi." ”

Hearing Sun Jian's words, Xu Ji couldn't help but gasp, what kind of trivial matter is this? Assassin Shi is a big man, Sun Jian's move is enough to punish the nine clans, but seeing Sun Jian's expression, he doesn't seem to have remorse, so he frowned and asked, "Why is it?" Sun Jian explained indifferently: "I must know that Wang Rui and I have pacified Lingling and Guiyang Wenlie together, since then Wang Rui has been extremely contemptuous of me, I have long been dissatisfied in my heart, and after Cao Mengde sent a message, I was ready to raise troops, when Wang Rui was ready to take this opportunity to get rid of Cao Yin, who had always been at odds with him." Cao Yin knew that he was invincible, so he discussed with me to kill Wang Rui before he did, so he pretended to be the perpetrator of the case, Guanglu Doctor Wen Yi, and I wrote a document with me, in which all the charges against Wang Rui were written, and I used this to kill him. "Xu Ji understands, this is the style of the ranger at all, but it is true that Sun Jian is not to blame, Wang Rui himself does not know whether he is alive or dead, who can blame him?

So Xu Ji spoke again: "What is the matter of Zhang Zhi? Speaking of this, Xu Ji saw that Sun Jian suddenly had anger on his face and said: "Later, when I led the army to Nanyang, I sent an official letter to Zhang Zhi, asking him to supply military rations. At that time, there were tens of thousands of people under my subordinates, and the military rations I brought were all exhausted, and Yuan Shu had also been put on the table, so I was asked to take me as a fake general. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhi ignored it, so I called someone to visit Zhang Shi with a gift and forced him to go out of the city to return the gift. ”

Xu Ji couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, his brother's temper was indeed a little too irritable, although Wang Rui and Zhang Shi were indeed guilty, but they were not guilty to death, and now the situation is tense so Sun Jian can be fine, if it is placed in the peace, Sun Jian already doesn't know how many times Lu Dao has died, thinking of this, Xu Ji remembered that this didn't seem to be doing anything about Sun Jian looking for him, so he asked: "What does this have to do with Brother Wentai inviting me to come?" ”

Sun Jian smiled when he heard this: "I see that Yuan Shao seems to be quite disrespectful to Wen Lie, if Wen Lie has ambitions, my brother will never say anything!" As soon as Xu Ji heard it, he knew that Sun Jian was returning the favor, and Sun Jian was indeed Xu Ji who saved his life in the previous battle in Wancheng, and it was also uncomfortable to feel that Sun Jian owed this favor, so he had to be angry for himself.

However, Xu Ji has another way to let Sun Jian return the favor, of course, this will have to depend on Yuan Shao's arrangement tomorrow before making a decision. (To be continued......)