Chapter 363: Cao Cao's Determination (Part II)

"Phew!"

Mulan grabbed the galloping horse, and thousands of cavalry followed her.

The majestic Tiger Prison Pass is backed by the Yellow River and mountains, isolating the eastern and western parts of the country. On the Tiger Prison Pass, there are already flags unfurled, and it is obvious that the Tiger Prison Pass has been occupied by people.

"Is it too late?"

Mulan holds a lance and stands under the tiger prison.

Tiger Prison Pass is a male pass, occupied by thousands of people, even if there are tens of thousands of cavalry, it cannot be captured.

The heavy gate of the Tiger Prison Pass was pushed open by the joint efforts of the soldiers, Cao Cao led a group of civil and military generals to come out, and Mulan's cavalry subconsciously bent their bows and arrows, intending to shoot Cao Cao.

Mulan raised her hand to signal the cavalry to lower their bows and arrows.

After Cao Cao occupied the Tiger Prison Pass, he could clearly guard the Tiger Prison Pass and wait for the arrival of Lao Qin, and there was no need to go out of the Pass.

"The one who came is Chu Zimou's general?"

Cao Cao's throat was dry, and if he surrendered to Chu Zimou, he would most likely be killed by Chu Zimou either explicitly or secretly. The courtiers will be able to surrender, but as a prince, there is a 50% chance that they will die if they surrender. may be directly executed by Chu Zimou, or may be placed under house arrest, or poisoned.

If he takes refuge in Lao Qin, in order to deal with Chu Zimou, Lao Qin will most likely reuse Cao Cao, just like Liu Bei defected to Liu Biao. If Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would deprive him of his military power.

Therefore, choosing to take refuge in Chu Zimou is actually quite risky.

"Xuzhou Mubi will be Mulan."

Hua Mulan looked at the disgraced Cao Cao, Cao Cao was suppressed by Chutian for two years, and it was not surprising that he could escape alive, but he was stranded in the Tiger Prison.

"Cao Mengde, the assassin of Yanzhou, is willing to return to Xuzhou Mu and go to Xiacheng to serve his father. Be kind to all people and do not embarrass them. ”

In order to save his life, Cao Cao did not dare to ask for his position, so he could only live on the grounds of filial piety.

Behind Cao Cao, a group of scholars from Yanzhou chose to stay with Cao Cao, their interests were in Yanzhou, and they were unwilling to leave Kanto after all. In addition, Cao Cao's clan generals always followed Cao Cao, and their interests were tied to Cao Cao.

Cao Chun was resentful of the surrender of Chu Zimou, his tiger and leopard cavalry was damaged many times, and the war between the two sides had been going on for two years, and the hatred was formed. But Cao Cao arrived at the Tiger Prison Pass and decided to stay, and he could only stand in the same camp as Cao Cao.

"Come on, tie them up! Tie it up a little! ”

Hua Mulan heard her father-in-law say that Cao Mengde was scheming, and in order to prevent the scheme, she ordered the soldiers to tie up Cao Cao and Cao Cao's civil and military generals.

Cao Cao, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Xun You, Cheng Yu and other military generals were wrapped into zongzi.

"Hmmm?!!"

Dian Wei was as majestic as an iron tower, and when he was bound, he glared angrily at the cavalry around him. The cavalry was shocked by the majesty of Dian Wei and could not help but be afraid.

If Cao Cao hadn't surrendered on his own initiative, a hundred cavalrymen would not have been able to capture alive Dian Wei, who had reached the peak of force.

If the major princes were present, they would definitely be surprised that Mulan strictly followed Chu Tian's orders. Even the mastermind Hua Mulan like Xun You did not let go, Xun You was wrapped into a dumpling, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't escape. This time, Hua Mulan captured dozens of civil and military generals in one go.

"Lord, we have a lot to do when we enter Guanzhong, why do we need to surrender to Chu Zimou, and let life and death be at his disposal? The captain of Sili is the lord of Yanzhou Mu and the general of the chariot cavalry, and his salary is much higher than that promised by Chu Zimou. And Chu Zimou may not necessarily give the lord real power. ”

Cao Chun was tied up and still did not understand Cao Cao's decision.

The icing on the cake is better than sending charcoal in the snow.

"I can't make a choice."

Cao Cao shook his head.

Cao Cao should not have been so hesitant, but at this time, he was defeated and panicked like a lost dog, and for a while, Cao Cao didn't know whether the choice he made was correct or not.

After Hua Mulan captured Cao Cao's people, she entered the Tiger Prison Pass and controlled the first Xiongguan in the world.

Chu Tian defeated Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin, and immediately led the cavalry to the Tiger Prison Pass to join Hua Mulan and Wei Qing.

"Cao Cao didn't run away......"

Chu Tian thought that Cao Cao had escaped, but after Cao Cao escaped to the Tiger Prison Pass, he chose to lead everyone to surrender, which caught Chu Tian off guard.

"Brother Mengde, we meet again."

Chu Tian saw the grizzled Cao Cao in the Tiger Prison Pass.

Cao Cao is now gray in the true sense of the word, with mud on his face, and he is tied up with flowers.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Chu Zimou, the hemp rope is too tight." ”

"Tie up the tiger, how can it be tight? Come and loosen the ties for Brother Meng De. ”

Chu Tian asked Cao Cao to loosen his bonds.

It was obvious that Hua Mulan remembered Chu Tian's advice and knew that Cao Cao was scheming, so she simply tied up Cao Cao so that she could not be fooled.

Cao Cao moved his hands and feet, and couldn't help but sigh.

He originally looked down on Yuan Shu and other princes, but one day he himself was reduced to such a situation, which couldn't help but make people sigh.

Chu Tian glanced at a group of captives around Cao Cao, these were all big names in Cao Wei's camp, but they were served by him.

Cao Cao was located at the junction of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili, Jizhou and other places, but he took the initiative to surrender and undoubtedly won Chutian's favor.

"Mengde, I suspect that you deliberately fled here and waited for the price to sell."

Chu Tian looked at Cao Cao, Cao Cao was shocked, and hurriedly said, "Don't dare to have this thought." I just saw the towering tiger prison and remembered that two years ago, we jointly crusaded against Dong Zhuo. Now although Lao Qin is winning the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, assisting the Son of Heaven, and promoting kindness, he is only Dong Zhuo's second after all. ”

"Where does Meng De want to be Taishou next, just ask."

"I just want to go to Xia City and serve my father, and I don't want to be the Taishou."

Cao Cao knew that there were too many Wenchen generals associated with him, and although Chu Tian asked him to choose the position of Taishou at will, how could Cao Cao not see that Chu Tian was a little wary of him.

Cao Cao was a smart man.

"Meng De will temporarily do his filial piety in Xia Cheng for a year or two, and then appoint."

Chu Tian really didn't dare to use Cao Cao until he completely digested Cao Cao's territory. Cao Cao is different from Gongziwen, Gongziwen is Chutian to contain Cao Cao, which is Gongziwen's name. Chutian directly appointed Gongzi Wen as the Taishou of Jiyin County and temporarily maintained his original official position.

Cao Cao has not yet made a name for Chu Tian.

Cao Cao and Chutian had a lot of intersections, and the two sides fought side by side in Tiger Pass and Mobei. As long as he makes a petition in the future, Chu Tian can still consider using Cao Cao.

"This strong man must be Dian Wei."

Chu Tian saw that among the many captives, a military general had a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his waist was as thick as a bucket, so he knew that this was Dian Wei at the level of the five tiger generals.

Chu Tian has fierce generals such as Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, and Li Guang who are not weaker than Dian Wei, but the proportions of these generals are not exaggerated by Dian Wei.

Dian Wei stood there, and the breath of the fierce general rushed to his face.

Dian Wei didn't have much affection for Chu Tian, who had captured him, and glanced to the side.

Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan and other generals also did not have a good impression of Chu Tian.

The small piece of the country they worked hard to build was completely destroyed by Chu Zimou, and it is strange to have a good impression.

Chu Tian somewhat understood why Cao Cao's camp wanted to take refuge in other princes, and he suppressed Cao Cao too ruthlessly.

Cao Cao's forces are different from other forces, Cao Cao has too many clan relatives and generals, and basically only Cao Cao is the first to look forward. Cao Cao's decision was the decision of Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and other military generals.

"Xuzhou Pastoral ......"

Among the generals, Zhang Liao's attitude towards Chutian was the most relaxed, after all, Chutian had saved Zhang Liao's life. Zhang Liao has not joined Cao Cao's camp for a long time, and he is not a clan general.

Compared with other Cao family generals, Zhang Liao was more at ease with Chu Tian.

Compared with the Cao clan, Chu Tian valued Zhang Liao more, as well as Xun You, Cheng Yu and others......

The expressions of these Wenchen were calm, and they were not flustered about changing camps. With their talents, they can mix well in any camp.

"Where is Xun Wenruo?"

Chu Tian counted Cao Cao's camp and found that a group of people were missing, among which the representative Xun Yu was missing.

"Wen Ruo arrived in Guanzhong, I didn't embarrass them."

Cao Cao hesitated, but still answered truthfully.

"Xun Yu is here, why is Xun Yu ......?"

Chu Tian stared at Cao Cao's eyes, already knowing the answer. Cao Cao also knew why Xun Yu went to Guanzhong.

"Xun Chen took refuge in Yuan Shao, Xun Yu took refuge in Guanzhong, and Xun Yu took refuge in me, and the Xun family is calculating."

Chu Tian's eyes shifted from Cao Cao to Xun You.

The three members of the Xun family, each of them took refuge in the three princes of Hebei, Guanzhong and Xuzhou, no matter which prince wins, the Xun family will always be the winner.

No wonder there is a saying - a century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family.

The same is true of the Langya Zhuge family.

Zhuge Liang is in Shu, Zhuge Jin is in Wu, and Zhuge is born in Wei. Later generations have a saying, Shu has its dragon, Wu has its tiger, and Wei has its dog.

Xun You saw that Chu Tian was outspoken, and after he was untied, he made a gesture to Chu Tian: "Since Gongda chooses to stay, he will definitely assist Meng De sincerely, if it is reused, please do not doubt it." ”

Xun You knew that Chu Tian knew the family's small abacus, and he did not hide the Xun family's thoughts.

Chu Tian believed ninety percent of Xun You's words.

Judging from the performance of the Langya Zhuge family, these disciples of the family each serve their own monarchs and really work hard. As for whether they will communicate in private......

Cheng Yu is a scholar of Dongjun, and his influence is much worse than that of the Xun family, and he supports Cao Cao's choice to stay in Kanto, even if Cao Cao lets him go, Cheng Yu will eventually choose to stay in Yanzhou.

The Yanzhou scholars were obviously reluctant to go to Guanzhong.

"Where is Chen Gongtai?"

Chu Tian thought that among the captured generals, there was still no Chen Gong. In his impression, Chen Gong is also a Yanzhou scholar.

Cao Cao said: "On that day, my disciples assassinated Liu Dai and Zhang Miao, the assassins of Yanzhou, and Chen Gongtai noticed it. ”

"I see."

In addition to the Xun family's diversified investment, Chen Gong had long abandoned Cao Cao, and almost all of Cao Cao's subordinates were captured by Chutian.

Among the captives was a young general, who looked a little strange: "This person? ”

Cao Cao introduced: "Bow general Li Ling, I recruited from Mobei." ”

"Li Ling ......"

Chu Tian pondered, isn't this Li Guang's grandson.

Li Ling, a general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, led 5,000 Han soldiers deep into Junji Mountain, was besieged by tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry, and surrendered to the Xiongnu after the whole army was annihilated. Sima Qian was sentenced to death for justifying Li Ling's defeat......

"Okay."

Chu Tian patted Li Ling on the shoulder to show encouragement, Li Guang and Li Ling can cooperate with each other in the future and go into battle.

"Ding! The imperial minister Xun Yu is loyal to you. ”

"Ding! Cheng Yu, a king-level minister, is loyal to you. ”

"Ding! The king-level military commander Zhang Liao is loyal to you. ”

"Ding! Diamond-level military commander Li Ling pledges allegiance to you. ”

"Ding! Platinum-level military commander Lu Qian pledges allegiance to you. ”

……

A group of Wenchen generals who were not particularly close to Cao Cao surrendered to Chutian one after another.

Chu Tian looked at Cao Cao, and Cao Cao ordered Chu Tian's meaning.

From this day forward, he will give up his status as a prince.

"Ding! The imperial commander Cao Cao owes allegiance to you. ”

The significance of Cao Cao's allegiance was greater than that of other generals, which meant that Chu Tian's prestige could already suppress a tyrant.

"Feel free to do so......"

Cao Cao looked at the unwilling Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Le Jin, Dian Wei and others.

After Cao Cao's allegiance, Cao Hong and others also had to be loyal.

"Ding! The Imperial Commander Dian Wei is loyal to you. ”

"Ding! The king-level military commander Xiahou Yuan is loyal to you. ”

"Ding! Diamond-level military commander Cao Hong pledges allegiance to you. ”

"Ding! Diamond-level military commander Cao Chun pledges allegiance to you. ”

"Ding! Diamond-level military commander Lejin pledges his allegiance to you. ”

"Ding! Platinum-level military commander Li Dian pledges allegiance to you. ”

……

Chu Tian was alarmed by the series of allegiance reminders, and his scalp tingled.

Cao Cao's attitude alone made so many high-quality Wenchen generals take refuge almost at the same time, which was simply a gift to Chutian.

This is also why Chu Tianqi values Cao Cao.

Getting these talents is better than getting half of Yanzhou.

"Ding! The SSS-level achievement 'Three Kingdoms' is opened, and you can get rewards for trying to make Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan allegiance. ”

"Ding! The S-level achievement 'Mastermind and Wang Zuo' is opened, and you can get rewards for collecting two heroes, Xun You and Xun Yu. ”

"Ding! The S-level achievement 'Evil and Tiger Idiot' is opened, and you can get rewards for collecting the two heroes of Dian Wei and Xu Chu. ”

"Ding! The S-level achievement 'Five Good Generals' is opened, and you can get rewards for collecting Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Le Jin, Zhang He, and Xu Huang. ”

Four achievement missions have thus been launched.

"Come on, untie them."

After Chu Tian confirmed the allegiance of this group of people, he let people loosen the ties of this group of generals.

Chu Tian was surrounded by a group of personal guards, including Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, and Chu Tian's soldiers and horses were everywhere, and Chu Tian was not worried that Cao Cao would surrender.

Unless Cao Cao wants to break the net.

"My lord, in the west of the Kanto region, there are a large number of cavalry!"

Before Chu Tian had time to look at the panel of the number one hero of the Three Kingdoms, Hua Mulan came in to report urgently.

Chu Tian brought a group of generals to the Tiger Prison Pass, and Xiongguan was already controlled by the Xuzhou Army.

"Old Qin is a step too late. The Tiger Prison Pass is owned by me, and it is difficult for the Guanzhong Legion to enter the Kanto region unless they make a detour. ”

Chu Tian suspected that Cao Cao intended to give up the Tiger Prison to himself.

Lao Qin led the cavalry of Guanzhong to arrive, and when he saw Cao Cao regretting halfway and offering the Tiger Prison Pass to Chutian, he couldn't help but be annoyed.

Jia Xu, as the mastermind of the old Qin, said to the old Qin: "Xun Yu came to vote, but Xun Yu stayed in the Kanto, and the Yingchuan Xun family spread chess pieces widely......"

"I don't know that almost all of Cao Mengde's forces are annexed by Chu Zimou, and I can get a Xun Yu, and I can't ask for more. The Tiger Prison Pass is owned by Chu Zi, can it be that I will not be able to set foot in Kanto for the rest of my life? ”