August, Yecheng.

Cao Cao sat on the couch and moved his buttocks, looking at the case table full of cases, and smiled from ear to ear.

Since Cao Cao flooded Yecheng, he surrounded the point and sent reinforcements to defeat Yuan Shang. After a long time without foreign aid, the nephew Xianrong opened the east gate at night and led Cao Cao into Yecheng. Cao Cao then broke through Yecheng, verified the household registration documents, and recruited talents to be officials.

"Jizhou is rich, and many lonely people have heard of it. Browsing the household registration documents today, I know that Hebei is rich, and Henan is far from reaching! Cao Cao pointed to the official document and said with a smile: "There should be 300,000 households in Jizhou, and there are millions of mouths. If there is a soldier in the household, there should be 300,000 people, and the Yuan family can win the orphan, all rely on this. ”

At the banquet, Cui Yan's face was cold, and he said: "Today is falling apart, Kyushu is split, the two Yuan brothers are looking for each other, and the people of Jizhou are violent and boneless. Ming Gongtong Wang Shi entered Jizhou, did not ask about customs, did not save the people from fire and water, and now I am here to estimate the soldiers, I am afraid that I will live up to the expectations of my Jizhou scholars! ”

Cui Yan, a native of Qinghe County, Jizhou. He once served as a cavalry lieutenant under Yuan Shao, and later said that he was sick and went into hiding. After Cao Cao entered Hebei, he concurrently served as the pastor of Jizhou, and recruited Cui Yan to be a different driver.

As soon as Cui Yan said this, the officials in Hebei panicked, and they knew Cao Cao's prestige. Under today's prosperity, Cui Yan's words are tantamount to sweeping his interest.

Cao Cao's gaze fell on Cui Yan, squinting his eyes slightly, implying displeasure. Suddenly, Cao Cao laughed again and said: "What Ji Jue said is reasonable, and this lonely move will not meet the expectations of Jizhou scholars." ”

"Someone!"

Cao Cao commanded in a deep voice: "Hebei suffers from the difficulties of the Yuan family, and the scholars and daughters of Jizhou have suffered from the war, so they will be exempted from all rents and rest in peace. Since he was isolated in Hebei, he has seen the powerful annexing land, and the people have nothing to rely on, not suffering from widowhood but inequality, and not suffering from poverty but suffering from anxiety. From now on, anyone who connives, who connives, marries the powerful to annex land, will be dealt with severely. ”

"Commonplace!" Everyone in the hall applauded.

Xu You was in a side position, and said with a smile: "Ah Pu handled it properly, and he made a good contribution to help you enter Jizhou." ”

Xu You's words directly ruined the atmosphere that Cao Cao had just created, and everyone was speechless, not knowing how to speak, and lowered their heads one after another.

Cao Cao listened to the familiar voice, his eyes were angry and murderous, but he quickly disappeared, and said with a smile: "What Ziyuan said is reasonable. ”

Xu Yu ruined the atmosphere, and everyone retreated, leaving only Cao Cao and a few of his henchmen in the hall.

"Where is Zhong Kang?" Cao Cao motioned for the maid to bring the food and shouted.

I saw Cao Cao's side, a man with a wide body and round shoulders and a body in armor approached, shouting: "Ming Gong, do you have something important to tell Chu?" ”

Cao Cao put down his chopsticks, beckoned Xu Chu to listen, and said in a low voice: "Xu Yu is bold, he is dissatisfied with the reward, and he has the idea of colluding with Eryuan. Zhong Kang followed him around, and when Xu Yu called Gu Xiao's name, he pretended to be angry and beheaded him. ”

Xu Chu bowed slightly, and arched his hand in response: "No!" ”

Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu's murderous back, sighed in his heart, and muttered: "Ziyuan Xiu doesn't have a chance with you, if you do it again, it is better to return to the Nine Shadows and accompany the original brother." ”

Picking up chopsticks, Cao Cao sandwiched the dried meat to eat, sometimes tasting wine and enjoying himself, tasting the delicious food of Jizhou.

"Sikong, defeat has arrived!"

Guo Jiacheng stepped inside and arched his hand.

Cao Cao swallowed his meal, raised his head and asked, "But Wen Yuan's expedition against the Black Mountain Thieves was defeated?" ”

Guo Jia shook his head!

Cao Cao picked up the rice, chewed and said in a muffled voice: "But Yuan Tan rebelled? ”

Guo Jia showed hesitation on his face and said, "Xiahou Overseer and General Yu Bi have been defeated!" ”

"Hmm~"

Hearing this, Cao Cao was furious, covered the bowl with a 'bang' on the desk, and said: "Miaocai and Wen Ze have been in the world for more than ten years, and they have led the elite to ride 7,000 people and go south to the Lujiang River for thousands of miles. Sun Yu has 6,000 sailors, and the waterways are advancing together, how can he be defeated by Huo Jun! ”

"Even if he loses, Miaocai will not be defeated so easily. It has only been a few days since I issued the military order to the time when he went south to Lujiang and then sent the war report to Jizhou, could it be that he was defeated by his army when he first saw Huo Jun? ”

"Huh!"

Guo Jia showed a complicated expression, both helpless and smiling, and said: "It is true that as Ming Gong said, the Xiahou Overseer confronted Huo Jun for less than a day, and was defeated by Huo Jun when he was tired. ”

Cao Cao rubbed his knees with his hands, confused by the news, and repeated: "It's not strange, it's the right time." ”

After a pause, Cao Cao came to his senses and immediately asked, "Why was Miao Cai defeated by Huo Jun in less than a day?" Could it be that he went deep alone and fell into the enemy's tricks? ”

Saying that, Cao Cao said remorsefully: "Wonderful talent is brave, but lack of wisdom." ”

Guo Jia presented the battle report and said: "Ming Gong, Huo Jun lined up with his back, and the Xiahou overseer army was lured by the enemy, and he was defeated by Huo Jun by attacking halfway. And at the same time, Huo Jun defeated Sun Yu's sailor in Wanshui and captured his Wankou camp. ”

"General Yu has written all the events of this battle in the letter." Guo Jia said: "After watching the war, I secretly thought that Huo Jun should not be underestimated. defeated 7,000 with 3,000, and defeated Sun Yu's sailor, and he couldn't do it if he was a famous general! ”

Cao Cao carefully looked through Yu Ban's letter and sighed: "Huo Jun really deserves to be a famous general in Jingchu, he is properly arranged, and he defeats the enemy with Anhui water, and it is not surprising that his talent was defeated by him. The train array on its back is exquisite, and Lone has never thought of it. In the remote land of Jingchu, it is rare in the world to have such a genius as Huo Jun. ”

After a pause, Cao Cao commented: "This battle is in a hurry, the enemy's car formation is not conducive to attacking, and if it is not attacked, the enemy formation will be useless." If the lone army is led to it, when the siege is long to avoid the battle, when the enemy is tired, raise troops to attack the formation, and burn it with fire, under the long battle, the enemy will be broken. ”

"Bonghyo!"

Cao Cao used chopsticks to put those rice bowls back into the bowl and said, "What does Huo Jun do?" ”

"Qi Ming Gong, Huo Jun is currently the Taishou of Poyang, and the general of Jingbei Zhonglang." Guo Jia said.

Cao Cao pondered for a while and said, "Such talents cannot fall into the hands of Liu Bei, otherwise they will be tyrannical." ”

After a pause, Cao Cao ordered: "Order Jiang to go down to Jiangdong and persuade Huo Jun to surrender for Gu." If Huo Jun returns to the north, the lone general will be named General Weiyuan by the Son of Heaven, Guangling Taishou, and Duting Hou. ”

Jiang Gan's character Ziyi, known for his talent and argument, walked alone between the Jiang and Huai, and Liu Fu recommended it to the imperial court when he was the assassin of Yangzhou. Liu Fu was able to appease Lei Xu, Mei Qian and other Jianghuai heroes, and Jiang Gan lobbied very strongly. Now Cao Cao asked Jiang Gan to go to Jiangdong to lobby, which can be said to be quite important to Huo Jun.

"No!"

Guo Jia pondered for a while and asked, "Duke Ming, this Xiahou overseer's army was defeated by the enemy, did he send troops to support Jianghuai?" ”

"No!" Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Let Miaocai guard Hefei, and not be taken away by Huo Jun, and I don't have the energy to take care of Jianghuai for the time being." ”

"If our army does not help Sun Quan, I am afraid that Jiangdong will be captured by Liu Biao and Liu Bei." Guo Jia said.

Cao Cao smiled and said disapprerovingly: "There is a thief in Liu Biao, so there is no need to worry. When he dies, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue will sacrifice Jingzhou and Gu, and Liu Bei will be trapped in the southeast. At that time, the soldiers of the world were alone, and they went down the river, and Liu Bei would be captured! ”

Guo Jia frowned slightly and said, "Duke Ming, Liu Bei is not an ordinary person. If you unify Jiangdong, it is like a fish entering the sea, and it is difficult to be caught. ”

Cao Cao ate again and said, "Liu Biao is dead, and Jingzhou is surrendered." Those Jingzhou generals in Jiangdong must be panicked, and they will take the opportunity to surrender and accept the people, and the people in Jiangdong will be different, and it will be easy to break! ”

Cao Cao raised his chopsticks and said: "Today, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are defeated in Youzhou, and Yuan Tan will rebel." Next, he ordered the sergeants to prepare for battle, and when Yuan Tan rebelled, he led the army to attack him. ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)