Zhang Liao surrendered to Cao Cao for just one year, and his status in Cao Ying was far inferior to Guo Jia.

"Lord, Yun Chang is a man who values righteousness, and he may not..."

"Hmm."

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao and nodded solemnly, and commanded, "Agree to all of Yun Chang's requests, and I have my own way to make him return to his heart."

"Yui."

Zhang Liao was overjoyed and hugged his fists, and happily beat his horse and galloped towards Tushan.

Guo Jia saw Zhang Liao whipping his horse, and whispered beside Cao Cao to remind: "Lord, Guan Yu's enemy of ten thousand people, and Liu Bei's right-hand man, if you want this person to return to your heart, it is difficult to ascend to the sky, and you must use it with caution when you accept it..."

"Don't worry about filial piety, I have my own plans."

Cao Cao smiled slightly, shook his head and asked rhetorically, "I even dare to use Liu Bei, am I still afraid of Guan Yu, who is famous for his righteousness?"

"It's me who is overthinking... Now that Xiaopei and Xiapi are all broken, only the East China Sea Changba is left..."

Before Guo Jia finished speaking, he suddenly heard a rapid hoof.

Seeing that Cao Cao's gaze had been attracted, Guo Jia turned his horse's head with his gaze, and turned around to see the leader Shi Jian coming quickly.

The leader and the protector army were placed by Cao Cao, and their function was to take charge of the forbidden army and protect the main general, and the dispatch was to supervise Cao Cao.

After Shi Lian's death, the leader of the army was taken over by Xiahou Yuan, which shows that Cao Cao attached great importance to this fellow villager and trusted him as a military general of the clan.

When Guo Jia saw Shi Jian beating his horse and galloping, he knew that something might be wrong on the northern front.

Sure enough, what Shi Jian sent was the Yellow River battle report.

Yuan Shao took Yan Liang and Chun Yuqiong as generals, Guo Tu joined the army to attack Baima, and Yuan Shao himself led the army to the west to attack Yanjin Ferry; Due to Yan Liang's urgent attack on Baima, Liu Yan, the Taishou of Dongjun, has asked Guandu for help several times.

Before Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou, Cao Hong and Xun Yu were left in the Guandu camp, and although Cao Cao left 20,000 defenders to Guandu, half of them were Zhang Xiu's soldiers.

Yuan Shao divided his troops into two ways to attack, and the left-behind general Cao Hong could not decide, and Zhang Xiu did not dare to use it with confidence, so he sent people to the front line in Xuzhou to ask for advice.

After Cao Cao finished reading Cao Hong's battle report, he sneered: "I have known Yuan Shao for many years, this person has not grown much, he is fierce and timid, and he is indecisive and scheming..."

"Yuan Shao has already done it, then the East China Sea Changba..." Guo Jia wanted to speak but stopped.

Cao Cao responded with a humble eye: "Changba is not to be afraid, leave Zixiao (Cao Ren) to slowly quell the rebellion, the main force must rush back to the Guandu camp as soon as possible, it's time to meet the leader of the Yuan Alliance for a while."

Shi Lian understood and called Han Hao to deploy the return trip.

Not far from the foot of the mountain, the formation of the encircled soldiers changed, Zhang Liao completed the surrender, and the soldiers of the Cao army were preparing to clean up the battlefield.

"Hahaha..."

Cao Cao suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, seeing that Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others were confused, and said in his heart Yuan Shao's soldiers pressed the realm, how did you laugh? Is it because Guan Yu was surrendered?

Guo Jia's mind was more lively than that of a martial artist, and after he secretly pondered, he tentatively asked, "Why is the lord laughing? Could it be that Yuan Shao sent troops too late? If he marches in the middle of our army, he may not be able to recover Xuzhou so easily."

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Yuan Shao did a big thing and forgot his life when he saw Xiaoli, he sent troops at this time on purpose, if he was willing to send troops ten days earlier, Liu Bei might not be beaten away, Yuan Shao was afraid that we would turn back halfway."

"Then you're laughing..."

"I laughed at Yuan Shao's cleverness, before gathering warships to attack Xuzhou, Tian Feng persuaded Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to send troops, but unfortunately Yuan Shao refused..."

Guo Jia frowned: "Yuan Shao Chen Bing on the north bank of the Yellow River, the news sent back by Ye Cheng may be intentionally released, but it may not be credible..."

"On the grounds that my child is sick, I deliberately delayed the time to send troops, Yuan Shao is deceiving me and being unwise, it is really for the sake of the country's social plan, and my wife and children, father and brother can be abandoned, not to mention a young son?"

Although Cao Cao was ridiculing Yuan Shao, his words revealed his personal values of "I'd rather bear others than others".

The struggle between the two forces of Henan and Hebei is a basic operation for the two sides to send each other to do detailed work.

Cao Cao originally didn't make up his mind to attack Liu Bei, until

Xu He launched a rebellion in the Chinese army, and he realized that Yuan Shao had infiltrated too deeply, and the information he got was likely to be wrong, so he gambled with this Eastern Crusade.

Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's smile on his face, and immediately gave up his hand to report the good news: "Yuan Shao wanted to cover it up, but he let the lord solve the hidden danger in Xuzhou, and got Liu Bei's newly recruited 20,000 soldiers, which happened to be brought to the northern battlefield."

Cao Cao echoed with a smile: "Listening to Fengxiao say this, let me remember the past ten years ago, Liu Bei once accompanied me to Yuzhou to recruit troops, and now he is in Xuzhou for me to "recruit troops", isn't it a coincidence? Haha..."

When Xiahou Yuan heard the recruitment, he suddenly stepped forward and said, "My lord, Liu Yan's soldiers are still difficult to resist, and there are only 2,000 people in Yanjin's Yu Ban, and it is estimated that the situation is even more dangerous, so we should send troops to rescue them as soon as possible..."

"Although the defenders of Yanjin are few, the guards are very human, and the forbidden army has always been rigorous, and it is difficult to compare with the famous generals of the ancients, Zilian only said in the letter that the white horse asked for help, and did not mention the difficulty of Yanjin, and the ban should still be supported."

Cao Cao boasted in public about the ban, with the consideration of stabilizing the army's heart, the appreciation of the ban, and the intention of setting an example, which means that you work hard, and I attach equal importance to the general.

Xiahou Yuan is also a general in charge of the army, and he knows the importance of the heart and abdomen, although he has no good impression of the ban, but he can't bear to be a loner, so he reminded Cao Cao in a whisper:

"The people who rely on the forbidden place are the people of Mount Tai under his command, if they are wiped out in Yanjin at this time, I am afraid that in the future..."

Cao Cao also knew it, so he nodded with a straight face: "Miaocai's words are very good, I will send an order to the official to cross the camp, and order Le Jin to lead troops to help."

"General Le is brave in battle, and his help will definitely alleviate the decline."

After Guo Jia finished talking and praised Lejin, he immediately changed the conversation and added: "Whether we can solve the siege of Baima and Yanjin depends on the main force in Xuzhou now, should we go back to Xudu to rest first, or go directly to Guandu without stopping?"

Cao Cao saw that Guo Jia finished speaking, glanced at the earth mountain not far away, and understood that he was reminding himself to settle Guan Yu.

Cao Cao waved his hand and said sonorously: "The military situation is urgent, of course, I will go back to Guandu directly, as for other things... I've got a plan."

On the day of the surrender of Guan Yu, Cao Cao left Cao Ren to take care of the aftermath and returned to Guandu by water.

On the way back to Guandu, Cao Cao treated the two ladies Gan and Mi with courtesy, and cared for Guan Yu more often.

In addition to the above-mentioned generals, he also rewarded him with brocade clothes, gold and silver wealth, and promised to take him to meet the Son of Heaven in Xudu.

Cao Cao tried to use Liu Xie's identity to "morally kidnap" Guan Yu, who claimed to be a Han man, and resolve Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei; used courtesy to Liu Bei's family and rewarded him with property to suppress Guan Yu's righteousness.

Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei is deep in the bone marrow, and it is not something that Cao Cao can easily disintegrate.

Along the way, Cao Cao was very kind to Guan Yu, but Guan Yu still did not leave Uncle Liu Huang three sentences, and Cao Cao had no choice but to use a killer move.

On the day the fleet returned to Guandu, Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao to give Guan Yu the red rabbit horse.

This generous gift was sent by Cao Cao from Xudu to Guandu camp in advance.

Seeing Zhang Liao come back dejected, Cao Cao asked with a surprised face, "Could it be that Guan Yunchang can't stop the red rabbit?"