Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao naturally understood, his expression was extremely firm, and said: "Fengxiao, it took three years to destroy Yuan, and it has not been successful until now." Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that it will drag on for another year or two, when the southern princes will rise together, the imperial court may take another three or five years, Dong Zhuo will be three or five years old, when will my Han be able to calm the world and prosper again......"

As he spoke, Cao Cao's voice unconsciously carried a trace of anxiety.

Guo Jia suddenly realized that Cao Cao will be forty years old next year.

"General!"

Without waiting for Guo Jia to speak, Xiahoudun galloped over, jumped off the horse and said, "General, that Xu Chu can't hold it anymore, and the county is about to be broken." ”

Cao Cao stood up violently and said, "Specifically." ”

Xiahoudun saw that the others were also gathered around, and said: "Guo Yan, Zhang Ji has a total of 15,000 people, the offensive is very urgent, Xu Zhu can't hold out, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. ”

"Fifteen thousand?"

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes burst into his arms, and he suddenly put the half-eaten rice bowl into his arms, and shouted: "Pass my order, everyone will immediately send troops to relieve the siege of Qiaoxian!" ”

Cao Cao turned over his horse, rectified a little, and then led the army and went straight to Qiaoxian to kill him.

There are no bells and whistles, the cavalry is in front, like an arrow off the string, and the edge is exposed.

Cao Cao's 10,000-strong army rushed out and was soon noticed by the people in the city of Qiao.

The middle-aged man looked at the huge 'Cao' flag, excited, and pulled Xu Zhudao: "It's Cao Cao, it's Cao Cao, Cao Cao really came with his promise!" ”

Xu Chu swept Guo Bing, who rushed up with a knife, down the city with a stick, and then looked at the army that suddenly appeared not far away, his blood-red eyes bursting with essence.

Qian County is now a troublesome place, if it is rescued, it will definitely offend Dong Zhuo, and the consequences are unimaginable!

Cao Cao sent troops to the rescue, risking a lot of trouble!

In the head of the city of Qiaoxian, everyone was excited, because with reinforcements, they would not die!

Compared with the jubilation and morale at the head of the city, Guo Yan and Zhang Ji under the city head urgently withdrew their troops and retreated quickly.

Guo Yan and Zhang Ji joined forces, and they didn't care about anything else, so they turned around and ran.

Zhang Ji didn't say anything, anyway, it was none of his business, and he ran with Guo Yan.

However, the personal soldiers behind Guo Yan were a little unwilling, and said: "General Zhonglang, Cao Cao is far away, he must be sleepy and lacking horses, then Qiao County is about to break, why should we retreat, we can fight!" ”

Guo Yan beat his horse and galloped, without looking back, and said: "That's because you don't know, Cao Cao's march is too treacherous, he dares to come out like this, there must be other traps, retreat first and then try to do something else!" ”

The pro-soldiers don't believe it, but they have already retreated, and it's hard to say anything else.

"Nakaro General,"

A cavalryman rushed up and said, "The Cao army is chasing and killing." ”

Guo Yan looked back and said, "Don't care, he doesn't dare to chase too far." ”

The cavalry responded, pulled their horses, and retreated.

Zhang Ji was alert at this time, and said with a solemn gaze: "Brother Guo, Cao Cao appeared in Qian County, does it mean ......?"

Zhang Ji didn't finish his words, and stared straight at Guo Yan.

Guo Yan suddenly looked frightened and said, "Brother Zhang is saying that the imperial court is going to make a move against Dong Gong?" ”

Qian County is not far from Peiguo and Liang Guo, and it is a place where soldiers can go out from all directions!

Zhang Ji looked up at the front and did not answer Guo Yan's words.

Cao Cao's identity is not ordinary, the entire Han knows that this person is favored by today, and has successively pacified the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, the Jizhou Black Mountain Army, and even entered the Great Sima Mansion to become a long history, and is the successor cultivated by Lu Zhi.

Some people even say that the palace has already agreed, and Cao Cao will replace Huangfu Song, who has been in poor health recently, and become the next big Sima!

Such a special person suddenly appeared in Peiguo and captured Qian County, which belonged to Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence, and the hidden meaning had to make people think deeply!

Guo Yan felt that his breathing was not so smooth, and he tried his best to beat his horse and gallop.

If the imperial court made a move against Dong Zhuo so quickly, they would be in big trouble.

As Guo Yan expected, the pursuing Xiahoudun, Le Jin, did not chase for fifty miles before reining in his horse and began to return to the army.

Peiguo is Dong Zhuo's territory, and if he pursues too deeply, there will be danger.

On the other side, Cao Cao has already entered Qian County.

Looking at the demolished scattered houses, full of wounded soldiers and corpses, Cao Cao looked sad and sighed: "Zhongkang, Cao is late. ”

Xu Chu hadn't slept for a few days and nights, and when he heard this, he immediately knelt down on one knee, raised his hand, and said in a deep voice: "General Cao can come, Xu Chu knows that it is not easy for General." Day and night, saving the Xu clan at the most difficult time, Xu Chu has nothing to repay, he is willing to be a pawn of the horse, and a horse before and after the saddle for the general! ”

Cao Cao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him up, and said, "Zhong Kang is serious. I can't ignore it. ”

Xu Zhu did not move, and said, "Please take it in general!" ”

The uncles and nephews behind Xu Zhu suddenly came to their senses, knelt down, and said, "Thank you for the general's life-saving grace, I am willing to follow you to the death!" ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao sighed helplessly and said, "Zhong Kang is right, I came here, and the court still doesn't know about it. Cao Cao is not tolerated by the government and the opposition, if you follow me, I am afraid that there is no wealth, and most of them are scattered. ”

When Xu Zhu heard this, he said in a deeper voice: "Just ask for a mouthful of food, not for wealth!" ”

Guo Jia on the side saw that it was almost over, stepped forward to speak, and said: "General, Xu Zhuangshi and others are all loyal and righteous people, the general saved and abandoned them, some can't be said, I remember, there are vacancies in the general's camp tent, it's better to ......"

Cao Cao's face was embarrassed, hesitated, but he still stepped forward to help Xu Zhu up, and said, "Zhongkang, how about you succumb to it for the time being, and ride the captain, and enter my guard?" ”

The so-called 'Su Wei' is the person who is responsible for guarding Cao Cao's camp at night, and this kind of person must be an absolute cronie.

Xu Zhu didn't kneel still anymore, he got up, raised his hand, his eyes were wide open, his blood was red and firm, his tone was sonorous like iron, and said, "Thank you, General!" There are so many people, and no one can get close to the general! ”

Cao Cao laughed and said, "With Zhongkang's words, I can sleep in peace!" ”

Guo Jia, Xiahoudun and others looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Zhu's bravery is famous in the whole Yuzhou, not to mention that there are thousands of young people of the Xu family behind Xuzhou, and Cao Cao risked the great danger to rescue the Xu family, so he joined the meeting and spread the wind to the counties of Yuzhou.

Talents, come, young and strong, all of them!

Cao Cao's narrow eyes were shining, and his heart was as happy as drinking honey snow in June!

"General, we must clean up as soon as possible in case Dong Jun comes again!" Everyone laughed for a while, Guo Jia and Cao Cao said.

Cao Cao nodded heavily and said, "Qiao County must not be lost, I will arrange it myself!" ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Xu Zhu and the others with tired looks, and hurriedly said, "Zhongkang, you hurry up and rest, and when you wake up, we will talk in detail." ”

Although Xu Zhu was extremely sleepy, he raised his head and said, "General, I am very familiar with Qian County, please allow me to be on the side and do my best for the general." ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao didn't say much, gathered a group of civil and military generals, and began to discuss countermeasures.

It can be expected that Dong Zhuo will not let go of Qian County easily, and Cao Cao is likely to face a vicious battle!

And just when Cao Cao was reorganizing his troops and horses, recovering Xu's youth, repairing the city wall of Qiaoxian, and making pre-war preparations, Zuo Li rushed to Anyang, Runan.

"What, Cao Cao went to Qian County?"

Hearing the news, Zuo Li on the carriage almost rolled off.

The guard next to the carriage hurriedly helped him and said, "Yes." The villain waited carefully for a closer look, and General Cao poured out of the nest and went to Qian County, and it has been several days. ”

"Confused!"

Zuo Li hurriedly got out of the carriage, his pale face filled with anger.

Although he stayed in Jingzhou for two years, he stayed with Liu Wei for a longer time and was well aware of some of Liu Wei's established plans.

Cao Cao provoked Dong Zhuo at this time, it was definitely a bad plan!

But Zuo Li couldn't stop Cao Cao now, and he didn't know what to do in a panic.

Cao Cao ran to Qian County, Dong Zhuo's two territories, Chen Guo and Pei Guo were under Cao Cao's troops, Dong Zhuo must have been angry, and he didn't know what the reaction would be!

Another probing military marquis trotted over from not far away and said, "Your Excellency, there is no other news for the time being, and there is no movement on Dong Zhuo's side." ”

Zuo Li sneered again and again, and said: "Either not, once there is, it will definitely be earth-shattering!" ”

Other people don't dare to speak, they can't understand or understand this kind of big thing.

Zuo Li wanted to turn the sky upside down, but he didn't have a countermeasure, and finally turned around and got into the carriage irritably, and said: "Go back to Beijing and return to Beijing, you can't delay for a moment!" ”

Luoyang, Imperial Palace, Shangshutai.

Shangshutai, which is usually a little deserted, looks very lively today.

Six Cao Shangshu, Shilang, Jiusi Siqing, etc., come and go, in and out.

In Prime Minister Yang Biao's duty room, a group of people were sinking like water, discussing all kinds of things.

Yang Biao flipped through the account books of Taicang in his hand, carefully examined them again and again, and said in shock and confusion: "This year's summer tax is only 50,000 stone more than last year?" ”

Hu Cao Shangshu Xun Yu nodded with a tired face, and said, "If you add the loss, it will not be as good as last year." ”

Yang Biao became more and more puzzled, his butt moved, and said, "Why is this?" Shouldn't it be a big increase? ”

Xun Yu saw Sima Jun, Zhong Yu and others also looked over, and said in a deep voice: "It stands to reason that it is, but judging from the data, the land that collects taxes is less than last year. ”

Yang Biao's small eyes suddenly opened, and he came to his senses in an instant, holding the account book, and said, "Then, what should I do now?" ”

When this kind of account book is handed over to the palace, the palace will definitely be angry.

But the reality is that the land is bought by the big families, and they don't have to pay taxes, and they can't do anything about it.

Xun Yu knew what Yang Biao meant, but said: "Prime Minister, the states, counties, counties, plus the loans of the imperial court in the past few years, are almost due one after another. ”

Yang Biao's eyes were round, and his fat face was straight, like sitting on pins and needles.

A few years ago, the imperial court was extremely embarrassed, officials at all levels of the imperial court raised money everywhere, and Prime Minister Yang Biao even took the huge fame of the fourth and third princes to borrow money for the imperial court three times or four.

Now, these loans are coming due.

"How many?" Yang Biao asked, feeling that his mouth and throat were dry, and his voice was even drier.

"Three hundred thousand." Xun Yu said in a flat tone.

(End of chapter)