When Cao Cao chased him into the barracks, Xun Xiao's army had already been drawn.

Together with Xun You, he got the edict and went south to Runan together.

At that time, Runan was still in chaos, and there were more than 10,000 thieves in Gepi, because the people had no food to survive the winter, and finally had no choice but to fall into the grass one after another.

So when the year is approaching winter, there are slowly a few thousand more people, and it is almost 20,000.

This military situation was already known to Cao Ying, so Xun Xiao's soldiers and horses went quickly.

Before leaving, he received 5,000 stones of grain and grass and then transported it away, and Xun Xiao allocated 500 people to Zhao Zilong to lead the grain behind.

On this day, the wind and snow have slowly fallen.

Cao Cao chased after him for a while, and he felt that it was not a taste, but there was a kind of mind telling him that he had to be ruthless to let Xun Xiao know his mind.

The suppression and beating was not to overwhelm Xun Xiao, a hero, and he couldn't raise his head.

But in order for him to feel his heart, give a step and attach, so that in the future, the lord and the minister may get along more harmoniously.

As a result, Cao Cao now regrets it a little.

He actually felt that Xun Xiao didn't fight for anything, but it was quite good, at least he was really a gentleman on the surface.

No fighting, no grabbing, no competing with others.

But none of these thoughts mattered anymore.

He only caught up with Zhao Yun.

Zhao Zilong marched at the end with a baggage, and Guo Jia gave him the order to march day and night, while they marched by day in front.

In this way, you can catch up and rest in less than three days.

Cao Cao and Zhao Yun exchanged a few words, but they could only look at the back of the departing army and sigh leisurely.

……

Chen stayed on the marching road in the south.

Xun Xiao stopped the march and set up camp with the dead soldiers, and there was a sentinel coming from the second half of the night.

From the northwest, there were cavalry rushing together, and it seemed that they were cavalry from near Xiaopei.

"At this time, from Xiao Peilai?" Xun Xiao was also surprised, he didn't have any friends over there.

In the past, Xun You was the Taishou there, and the garrison was there, but it was possible to deliberately get some military rations to see him off, and it was not a strange thing for various places to privately levy some grain to fight.

But if there are no friends, there is no way, Xun Xiao didn't ask for food in this direction at all.

"Wouldn't it be Gongda, you were too popular with the people when you were stationed in the garrison, and you knew that you were going to Runan to take up your post, so you came to deliver food, right?"

"Possibly!" Xun You sighed at that time, "The people's will can be followed." ”

"At the beginning, I was indeed dedicated to the people, implemented a lot of benevolent government, and made the local area prosperous and rich, and it was common for the people and soldiers to rely on each other."

"In that case, let me go out and see."

Xun You immediately got up and turned over from the war horse, tidied up his appearance, and deliberately walked forward slowly.

His bearing is really like an outstanding big man, and a little like a general who has just returned from a great victory.

But after a while, he came back with great agility.

"Second uncle, looking for you."

Xun Xiao lifted the curtain of the carriage, stared at a pair of eyes inexplicably, scratched his head and said, "Looking for me?" ”

"Who is it?"

"Previously, under the command of Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, who were captured by Zilong and attached to the lord. The two of them were stationed in Xiaopei, but now they want to follow. ”

Xun Xiao immediately glanced at Guo Jia on the other side of the warhorse, yes, these two people were indeed captured by Zhao Yun, but Xun Xiao didn't ask for it later.

The main reason is that there are already Dian Wei and Zhao Yun under his command.

Dian Wei was a guard who was transferred from the beginning, and he offended Zhang Miao because of this.

And Zhao Yun is an old friend in the early years, and he must follow Xun Xiao's command, and the Cao clan relatives are naturally understandable.

It is not good to have Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, the two generals, who have no relatives and no reason.

Now it seems like a good thing.

Guo Jia's eyebrows suddenly moved a few times, and he was already amazed in his heart, this kid is really good.

People are quite charming, and people are willing to send them thousands of miles, but I don't know what they are sending.

"Gongda, come with me."

"I won't go, if anything happens, the second uncle will decide."

Xun You returned to the carriage and sat at the door with a calm face, not looking at Xun Xiao when he spoke.

It's obviously Yuyu.

What is this called, I still feel the good past there, but the result is that I was drunk yesterday.

Didn't look for me, and didn't remember me at all.

I hate.

Xun Xiao immediately got out of the carriage, and Dian Wei brought the war horse for him to sit on, and galloped forward all the way.

It didn't take long to get to the fork in the road.

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were already dismounting and waiting.

Seeing Xun Xiao coming in a green coat, his face was solemn, and he hugged his fists from afar.

"I've seen the prince."

"What are you looking for me?"

Xun Xiao nodded on the war horse, didn't say too much to greet, and asked straight to the point.

Zhang Liao is tall and large, with a thin and slender waist, a beard all over his chin, and a somewhat handsome face, but his age is not too small, and the years have left a lot of marks on his face.

"Junhou, the last general had an agreement with Zilong when he was attached, and the prince would not descend to the Cao family, and the son of heaven would not descend to the Cao family."

"Now that the prince is passing by, he just came to follow at this time, and Xiao Pei's General Xiahou Yuan did not stop him."

"Oh......"

Xun Xiao muttered, no one has said anything about this, isn't Zilong taking it seriously, or are you going to let them come with you in private?

Didn't tell me about my intentions?

Zhang Liao seemed to have guessed what Xun Xiao was thinking, and immediately said: "Don't worry, the prince and the marquis won't be jealous when we come here, and the two of us, the generals of the defeated army, will not be reused." ”

"And the prince and the prince who sheltered the wives of our ancestors and other lords were small, and the great benevolence and righteousness, the name of the gentleman, the last general admired."

"Now that we are going south to Runan to quell the chaos, please let us follow."

The two knelt on one knee and saluted with fists clenched, as did the hundreds of cavalry behind them.

At a glance, there were about three or four hundred people, but the equipment was all well-equipped.

These people are really nothing, Xiahou Yuan can afford to lose them, he is stationed in Xuzhou, recruiting troops and horses, and together with the general named Che Stomach, he is about to be in charge of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses.

This year's autumn harvest was good, and the officials elected by the Chen family, coupled with the already prosperous merchants in Xuzhou, made it easy to recruit troops and quell the chaos.

So these hundreds of cavalry ran away, and they didn't feel heartache.

As for Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, both of them are generals under Lu Bu, but they don't have that much prestige on the Cao family's side, after all, they are defeated troops.

Since the beginning of the Yanzhou counterinsurgency, the generals of the Cao clan have been chasing Lu Bu's army, and they are certainly confident that they have won many battles.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Liao and others proposed the agreement at that time, they let it go.

But what Xun Xiao didn't expect was.

Sheltering Diao Chan without chaos, leaving the name of this gentleman, there is actually such a benefit??!

That's nice.

"Then, then follow along."

Xun Xiao got off the war horse and helped the two up, and couldn't help but sigh for a while.

There is no need for internal friction.

Come and treat it with sincerity, and don't keep it too much.

Although no one has left him.

"Then, the two of you will join me to quell the chaos in Runan."