When Cao Cao surrendered a million Qingzhou yellow turbans in Jibei, Yuan Shao was still fighting with Gongsun Zhan, and his son Yuan Tan and Gongsun Zhan's generals Tian Kai, Shan Jing, Liu Bei and others, fought from the winter of the second year of the first peace to the fourth year of the first peace, and in the past two years, the Yuan family finally completely seized Qingzhou, which was originally a buffer zone, and it is said that "the state border was plundered, and there was no green grass in the wild."

During this period, after the defeat of Gongsun Zhan's main force at Jieqiao, he went south to Jizhou again, but the result was still a feather and returned, and he turned around and attacked and killed Youzhou Mu Liu Yu. And Yuan Shao took advantage of the turmoil in Youzhou to bloodily suppress the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Yu Poison and other departments, and united with Lu Bu, who escaped from Chang'an, to attack Zhang Yan and extend his power into Bingzhou.

According to the original history, during this period of time, Cao Cao digested millions of Qingzhou yellow scarves in Yanzhou, but the effect was not obvious. At the end of the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shu was cut off from food by Liu Biao, and was forced to lead an army eastward to invade Chenliu, but was defeated by Cao Cao. Cao Cao then attacked Xuzhou under the banner of avenging his father (there is also a saying that the first attack on Xuzhou was before Cao Song was killed), there was a big reason for the lack of grain and grass, and he had to go to Xuzhou, which had just received a bumper harvest, to grab grain.

But because of the birth of the little butterfly Xun, the history of Xu and Yan was completely changed. Let's say that Li Gan was ordered to send an envoy to Xuzhou, because he opened the door between Cao Hong and Chen Deng, so the road was unimpeded. Cao Hong also persuaded Tao Qian, saying that our army occupies Hua, Fei and Rencheng, and wastes money and grain, so it is better to sell Cao Cao a face, and all of them are withdrawn - he is the first favorite minister in front of Tao Qian, what he said is more effective than Chen Deng, Tao Qian immediately agreed, ordered both armies to withdraw from Yanzhou, Cao Bao returned to Tancheng, and Zang Ba and other generals went north to Juxian to prevent the war in Qingzhou from spreading to Xuzhou.

As for the materials requested by Cao Cao, Tao Qian waved his pen, sent 1 million pieces of grain, and lent 400 head of ploughing cattle - ploughing cattle are too precious to give away in vain.

Tao Gongzu is already old, and he just wants to die in the assassination of Shi Ren in peace, and then hand over the throne to his son smoothly. But what about the potter or the potter? He couldn't make up his mind, seeing that Lu Zhu supported the pottery merchant and Cao Hong supported Tao Ying, he saw Tian'er arguing in front of him, which made him have a headache and brain fever. But in fact, this is a play that the elk and Cao families have discussed, and it is better to spend the old man's energy on picking a son than on cultivating a son.

But then the good news came. Because of the bumper harvest in Xuzhou last year, Tao Qian transported a lot of supplies to Yin Zhujun of Henan Province stationed in Luoyang, reinforced 3,000 soldiers and horses, and also expressed Zhu Jun as a general of chariots and cavalry. His original intention was to rely on Zhu Jun to contain Li Wei and Guo Yan in Chang'an, but he didn't expect that Li and Guo used Jia Xu's strategy to summon Zhu Jun to Chang'an to meet him, and that foolish and loyal guy really obeyed his orders. However, after Zhu Jun returned to the court, Li and Guo asked the imperial court to issue an edict to appease Tao Qian as the pastor of Xuzhou. The old man was so happy that he ordered every family in Tancheng to hang colors, put up a banquet for every household, and celebrate five days.

Over there, Cao Cao received the supplies from Xuzhou, and heard that Cao Bao and others had taken the initiative to withdraw their troops, so he was really overjoyed. In this way, Ren Jun's plan for Tuntian can be fully launched, and Cao Cao also specially transferred Dong Aling Zao as his deputy - this is strangely exactly the same as the original history.

However, after all, the butterfly's wings only flapped in Yan and Xuzhou, and had not yet spread to other states and counties, so Liu Biao cut off Yuan Shu's food supply according to the original plan, and Yuan Shu was forced to wave his army north and invade Chenliu, but was defeated by Cao's army in a battle and retreated south to Shouchun. Cao Cao took this opportunity to fully enter Yuzhou, and soon took most of Yuzhou under control.

In the autumn of the fourth year of the first peace, Tuntian achieved initial results and ushered in the first bumper harvest, so Cao Cao's soldiers had enough food and began a comprehensive external expansion - this time it was no longer according to the original history to cut down Xuzhou and fight Tao Qian, but to beat Yuan Shu to death. Because compared to the original history, in this timeline, Cao Cao's hatred for Yuan Shu has increased hundreds of times.

Cao's army was 60,000, half of which were Qingzhou soldiers, in addition, Tao Qian also sent Sima Luyou to lead 5,000 troops to help, and Yuan Shu's army was more than 50,000. At first, Cao Cao made good progress and won several battles in a row, but then Yuan Shu united with He Yi, He Man, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, Gongdu and others from Runan and Yingchuan to attack Cao's army from the flank. These Yellow Turban Marshals each have tens of thousands, although most of them are old and weak women and children, and there are only a few thousand who can really fight, but they add up to 20,000, and they are also familiar with geography, so it is really difficult to deal with. So Cao Cao was forced to send Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin and other generals to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to conquer and suppress, so the troops facing Yuan were insufficient, and he was forced to stop, and the two sides confronted each other across Yingshui.

At dusk on this day, Cao Cao and his cousin Xiahoudun returned from patrolling the camp and dismounted in front of the big tent. Xiahoudun couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect this stirrup to be quite good." Cao Cao nodded, lifted the stirrup on the side of his mount and glanced at it: "When I see this stirrup, I can't help but think of Hongsuke." ”

That was not long after Xun just threw himself under Cao Cao's command, and once the two rode out of Juancheng to run errands, stepped on horseback, and walked out of Lu A few steps, Cao Cao found the new thing that the other party stepped on, and couldn't help but raise the horsewhip and point: "Hongfu, what is this?" ”

Shi Xun explained that the stirrups were tired, and he didn't answer, but he just pressed his legs, stepped on the stirrups and stood up, and twisted his waist from side to side. Cao Cao's squinting eyes immediately stared as big as a quail egg, and he leaped off the horse with a "whoosh", and ran over to pull up the stirrups to see. Frightened, Shixun stumbled, quickly pulled his foot off the stirrup, and hurriedly got off the ground. Cao Cao turned the stirrup over and over for a long time, looked at the left and then looked at the right, and then knocked it with the horsewhip, "Bang Bang" sounded: "Iron? It's too much. Is it okay to make it out of wood? ”

He replied, "It may not be durable, but the efficacy will not be the same." Cao Cao raised his head and pondered: "Find a stronger wood and paint it, it should be able to do - all the knights of our army must be equipped with this, this ......" is Xun said: "Stirrups." He said in his heart that it looked like the stirrups of Samhan and ancient Japan, even if they were painted with wood, they should be able to be used.

"Yes, stirrups," Cao Cao said, with a whipped of his finger, "then it's all up to Hongfu." This was the first important task that Hoon received.

Thinking about this incident now, Cao Cao couldn't help but hold the stirrup in his hand and smile. But then he sighed again, turned his head and asked Xiahoudun: "It's a pity that Zhicai, the sky is not a holiday." After Zhicai passed away, I kept thinking, you said let Hongsuke take his place, okay? ”

Xiahoudun frowned: "Hongfu is talented, but he is too young - I think the Guo recommended by Xun Wenruo...... Guo Jia, maybe it's a little more suitable. ”

"What's wrong with being young? I think when I was the lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang, how old was that? Besides, Guo Fengxiao is not a few years older than Hongfu. After Cao Cao said this, his thoughts suddenly drifted instantly, and while putting down the stirrup, he entered the big tent side by side with Xiahoudun, and asked Nunu mouth towards the east: "Have you gone over there to see it?" Xiahoudun nodded. Cao Cao asked, "How is it?" ”

Xiahoudun pursed his lips: "It's not good, it's a lot of goods." If you want to talk about Xuzhou, the thousands of Danyang soldiers around Tao Qian are very powerful, and secondly, you have to count Zang Ba's personal guards, and the rest, hehehe~~"

Cao Cao came to the middle of the big tent and sat down, "hehe" smiled and said: "Dan Yangbing? That was what Tao Qian used to save his life, how could he send it out to help us. I still remember that we suffered a defeat in Xingyang Bishui and went to Danyang to recruit troops......"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a report from someone outside the account: "Liang has an urgent envoy coming." ”

"Urgent?" Cao Cao and Xiahoudun glanced at each other and waved their hands, "Let him in." Then the curtain was lifted, and a petty officer, covered in dust, rushed forward, fell on one knee, and presented a wooden slab. Xiahoudun took the wooden slip and handed it to Cao Cao, who untied the rope and asked, "What urgent things can you do in the territory of Ruliang Kingdom?" Could it be a popular uprising? ”

The petty officer replied breathlessly: "General, a few days ago...... Cheng Yang ordered the escort of grain and grass into our country, and encountered Yuan's guerrillas near Lumenting, and all the grain and grass were burned......"

Cao Cao was shocked, stood up with a "brush", and asked in a loud voice: "Yuan's guerrilla army has arrived in the Liang State...... What happened to Chengyang Order? The petty officer replied, "I am afraid that I have died in the midst of the chaos." ”

"Ahh Cao Cao screamed, and fell down, "Sorry Hongfu, sad Hongsuke!" ”

Xiahoudun hurriedly rushed over to support him: "Don't be sad, the lord is that although Hongfu is a scribe and is quite familiar with bows and horses, he is not an early death, so he may not die." Why don't I immediately lead the army to the Liang Kingdom, annihilate the Yuan clan's guerrilla army, and find Hongfu to return......"

"You ......" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, but then calmed down, "You don't go, let Miaocai go, he marches ......quickly" As if he suddenly remembered something, he turned his head and asked the little officer, "How many people are in the Yuan Clan's guerrilla army?" Who is in charge? The petty officer reported: "Three to five hundred, all of them are cavalry, no banner, I don't know who is the general." Cao Cao immediately called out of the tent: "Call Miao Cai to come, and ask him to lead seven hundred cavalry to conquer!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a commotion was heard outside the tent, and then the curtain was lifted again, and the general rushed in before it could be transmitted. Cao Cao and Xiahoudun were both taken aback, and both of them pressed their hands to the hilt of the knife hanging from their waists. But when he saw this man enter the tent, he immediately knelt down and shouted: "My lord, something is wrong!" ”

Cao Cao took a closer look, and it turned out to be Li Qian's son Li Quan, and hurriedly asked, "Xiucheng, why are you here?" What's wrong? ”

Li Quan reported in a panic: "That Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Xu Yan, Wang Kai and others rebelled against Lu Bu into Yanzhou, saying that they would assassinate Yanzhou on behalf of the lord. Yanzhou counties, except for Juan and Fan Ercheng, have all defected one after another, and now they are all returned to Lu Bu! ”

"Ahh Cao Cao screamed and fell backwards......