Cao Ren led 200,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Yuan Tan in Qingzhou

Zhang Liao also led 200,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Yuan Xi in Youzhou.

The Xiahou brothers led 100,000 soldiers and horses to recruit and annex the state officials.

Cao Cao is known to the outside world as a three-way soldier and horse, with a total army of one million.

At this time, Cao Cao's limelight was in the limelight for a while.

Now, Prime Minister Cao Cheng's great cause has been accomplished, and looking at the world, no prince can be called Prime Minister Cao's opponent.

Qingzhou Yuan Tan, Youzhou Yuan Xi, and Gaogan in Bingzhou, these three people are just wine bags and rice bags, the three of them, where is Cao Cao's opponent.

In just three months, the senior cadres of Bingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Tan were also defeated and fled to Wuhuan.

Wuhuan This is a nomadic people who are active in Youzhou for a generation, and at the beginning, when Liu Yu was a pastor in Youzhou, he adopted a gentle policy towards Wuhuan.

Liu Yu's Huairou policy is probably equivalent to the policy towards ethnic minorities in modern society.

The general meaning is to convince people with virtue and give these ethnic minorities all kinds of benefits to buy them.

In this way, although the Wuhuan people were appeased, so that they would not invade Youzhou again.

However, this also led to the high status of the Wuhuan people in Youzhou, and the local people in Youzhou did not even dare to offend these Wuhuan people.

Gongsun Chan was Liu Yu's subordinate at first, but because Gongsun Chan couldn't get used to Liu Yu's preferential treatment of Wuhuan people.

Therefore, Gongsun Chan killed Liu Yu and took the Youzhou pastor himself.

After Gongsun Zhan became the pastor of Youzhou, he changed Liu Yu's Huairou policy before.

Treating the Wuhuan people, Gongsun Chan used thunderous means, but whoever dared to make trouble in the Wuhuan people, Gongsun Chan was all killed without mercy.

Gongsun Zhan's thunderous means shocked the Wuhuan people and allowed the people in Youzhou to live a good life.

However, the good days were not long, and Youzhou was not long in the hands of Gongsun Zhan, and Yuan Shao called.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zhan, he handed over Youzhou to his second son Yuan Xi to govern.

Yuan Xi is also a soft bone, after he became a pastor in Youzhou, he picked up Liu Yu's Huairou policy again.

I can't wait to offer the Wuhuan people as ancestors.

Zhang Liao led an army of 200,000 to fight with Yuan Xi, where Yuan Xi was Zhang Liao's opponent, he was defeated by Zhang Liao, but in three months, Youzhou fell into Zhang Liao's hands.

Yuan Xi fled to the grassland in embarrassment, hiding in the territory of the Wuhuan people.

The Wuhuan people saw it before, Yuan Xi treated them preferentially, and also temporarily took in Yuan Xi.

Not long after Yuan Xi fled to Wuhuan, his eldest brother Yuan Tan was also defeated by Cao Ren, and the defeated Yuan Tan had nowhere to go, so he fled to Wuhuan here.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, the two brothers, temporarily relied on the protection of the Wuhuan people.

At this time, the Wuhuan people were also divided into two factions.

One of the factions is to cooperate with Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to help them recapture Youzhou.

After all, only Youzhou is under the control of Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, and Wuhuan people can enjoy preferential treatment.

If this Youzhou is in the hands of Prime Minister Cao Cheng, they will definitely not get any benefits.

The other faction believes that they Wuhuan is not Cao Cao's opponent, so they can only talk but not fight.

People in this faction believe that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi should be used as bargaining chips to negotiate with Cao Cao.

As long as Cao Cao was willing to agree and maintain their preferential conditions in Youzhou, they would sacrifice Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi to Cao Cao.

Today's Wuhuan King is named Bandun, and now Cao Cao has unified the north, and he is in the limelight, and he has a million troops in his hands.

Wuhuan King Mudun felt that they Wuhuan was probably not Cao Cao's opponent, so he also hoped to solve the problem through negotiation.

As long as Cao Cao's camp guarantees their preferential conditions for Wuhuan in Youzhou, Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi will not die, it will not matter.

As a result, King Wuhuan sent his younger brother Lou Ban to negotiate.

The news soon spread to Yecheng.

After Cheng Yu learned the news, he immediately went to see Cao Pi quietly.

Cao Pi blames people, he is very scheming, and he is extremely forbearing.

Cao Pi can be called a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle during the Three Kingdoms period.

Since the last time Cao Cao wanted to establish Su Ming as his heir, Cao Pi has been dormant.

Today, Cheng Yu came to Cao Pi in private, and Cao Pi knew that there must be something important.

"Mr. Zhongde, you came to see me late at night, what are you talking about?" Cao Pi asked Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu didn't spare the bend, and directly expressed his intentions, and said: "Son, King Wuhuan sent someone to negotiate with the lord, this is an opportunity!" ”

"Haven't you always wanted to make meritorious contributions?"

"When it comes to fighting, you are not as good as Su Ming, but when it comes to negotiation, Su Ming may not be better than Ling."

"I think that if you go to the lord to discuss this negotiation errand, you will definitely be able to behave well in front of the lord."

Hearing this, Cao Pi's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Negotiating with the Wuhuan people and appeasing the Wuhuan people is also a big credit!

However, before the negotiations, Cao Pi also had to figure out a problem.

That is, Cao Cao's thoughts.

Now, Cao Pi understands that if you want to be valued by your father, you have to be consistent with your father's thoughts.

He had to follow Cao Cao's thoughts in order to be valued by Cao Cao.

"Mr. Zhongde, I don't know, does my father want to fight, or does he want to make peace?" Cao Pi asked Cheng Yu.

Cao Pi thought to himself that if his father wanted to fight, he would maintain a tough attitude, and if his father wanted to make peace, he would talk to peace.

Cheng Yu has been by Cao Cao's side for the past few days, and Cheng Yu has mastered Cao Cao's thoughts.

Because of this incident, Cao Cao had already summoned his advisers and held several meetings.

Guo Jia is still the main battle faction, but the big housekeeper Xun Yu is the main peace.

Because, there is not much food.

Although after taking the north this time, he got a lot of money and grain from Yuan Shao.

However, while getting this money and food, he also got Yuan Shao's territory!

The meaning of the chief housekeeper Xun Yu is that the top priority now is to stabilize the people's livelihood, at least, to repair the entire two or three years before the war can start.

If the war with Wuhuan continues, I'm afraid it won't be able to slow down for at least ten years.

Cao Cao is a very wise person.

He understood what Xun Yu meant.

After several meetings and studies, Cao Cao made a decision, that is, to talk first.

Although it was decided to talk, it was not a bottomless talk.

Cao Cao's bottom line is to cancel the preferential treatment of the Wuhuan clan.

However, Wuhuan and Han Chinese can be allowed to have the same rights.

Within the bottom line, you can talk.

Outside the bottom line, then you can only fight.

After setting the bottom line of this negotiation, then it is necessary to find a negotiator.

Now, Cao Cao has not yet decided on this candidate for negotiation, so Cheng Yu came to Cao Pi, hoping that he could take the initiative to ask for help.

After Cao Pi figured out his father Cao Cao's thoughts, he arched his hand towards Cheng Yuyi and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhongde for mentioning it, Zihuan understands!" ”

(End of chapter)