Cao Mengde did not leave the sour jujube camp.

If you brush your sleeves away and slap your face, you will offend Yuan Shao to death. And the current situation is that Cao Mengde can't really offend Yuan Shao.

In the original history, it was not until Cao Mengde defeated Yuan Shu, extended his power to Jianghuai, and took Xuzhou, that he really formed a pattern of confrontation with Yuan Shao. Before that, Yuan Shao's biggest opponent was Yuan Shu. Cao Mengde can only be regarded as Yuan Shao's younger brother.

Speaking of the world pattern at the end of the Han Dynasty, at the beginning, many people thought that the Jiuding artifact would fall on the Yuan family. It's either Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao. Especially Yuan Shao, people are expected to reach the sea, and the world is from the world. People like Xun Yu and Guo Jia also worked under Yuan Shao in the early days.

Of course, none of this is a no-brainer.

For Cao Mengde for the time being, the position is very important. He can point to Yuan Shao's nose and say that he is not right, this is because he and Yuan Shao are good friends and have worn a pair of pants since childhood. But he couldn't really offend Yuan Shao.

Once you offend Yuan Shao, it will be difficult.

Hugh said that the planned Dongjun Taishou, if he offends Yuan Shao, unless he takes refuge in Dong Zhuo, he will be like Liu Bei, just wait. Wandering around, waiting for what might be possible.

This cannot be tolerated.

In the camp tent, candles were lit, and Cao Mengde let more than ten people under his command scatter outside the camp, retiring idle people and others. Zhao Yu also asked Dian Wei to go out and wait.

The two looked at each other by the faint candlelight and were silent for a long time.

Cao Mengde finally sighed: "I am looking at the princes from all walks of life in the big tent today, and I am already in tune with each other. Maybe the year will not pass, and it will be dispersed. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Mr. is clever, Liu Gongshan and Qiao Yuanwei have become a fire and water, Liu Gongshan's suggestion, Qiao Yuanwei must oppose it, Qiao Yuanwei's idea, Liu Gongshan must refute it." In my opinion, Qiao Yuanwei's death is just around the corner. And the collapse of the Allied forces must have arisen because of this. ”

Zhao Yu nodded slightly: "If Qiao Mao doesn't die, the position of the East County Taishou will not be empty." Isn't that a good thing for Mende?"

Cao Mengde sighed and shook his head: "Good things are good things, but after all, in my heart, I can't let go of something... Sir, I know that this world is irretrievable. In front of Mr., I, Cao Mengde, don't say anything, the world, I want it. However, I am Hanchen, but I am always a thorn in my heart, which is indelible. ”

He stood up and shadowed the elder in the light: "I, Cao Mengde's ancestor Cao Shen, Emperor Gao, the second to build the country, and the Marquis of Pingyang." Although the momentum of the Cao family is impermanent, it is connected with the fortune of the Han Dynasty. Now it's my descendants... Alas..."

"You're thinking too much. Zhao Yu laughed: "Your ancestor is the Marquis of Pingyang, and he is the right-hand man of Emperor Liu Bang, and he is also from Pei County. But your ancestors are your ancestors, and you are you. In the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the country's transportation has come to an end, and it is beyond human power to recover. If you have ambitions, you should take it as your responsibility to level the world. This lives up to the prestige of the ancestors. You see that in this big camp, the fly camp is the dog Gou, the fourth and third dukes of Yuan Benchu, and his prestige is added to the sea, but in my opinion, it is just dry bones in the mound. Such characters have ambitions, but they also have no talent to match their ambitions. Only you, Cao Mengde, are destined to return. ”

Cao Mengde listened, happy and worried, and said: "After all, I have a hurdle in my heart, and I am sad." ”

"Just don't think about it. ”

Zhao Yu smiled lightly and said, "You still have to think about how to stabilize the relationship with Yuan Shao." When Qiao Mao dies, it is very important for you to defeat the thieves and make meritorious deeds, and sit on the position of the Taishou of Dongjun as you wish, and obtain this base. ”

Cao Mengde sat down and nodded thoughtfully: "What Mr. said is very true." ”

said: "I already have ideas about this matter. Yuan Benchu didn't lack anything, and I haven't reached the point where I can't wait for a dead face to come to the door to pull a relationship. Yuan Benchu has a cronie who is also kind to me, but this person is greedy, and if I bribe me with a lot of money, he will definitely speak for me in front of Yuan Benchu. Such a big thing can be determined. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yu's heart turned again and again, and a name suddenly popped up: "But Xu Yu Xu Ziyuan?"

Cao Mengde was surprised: "Sir also knows Xu Ziyuan? This is exactly the case! Although Ziyuan is talented, he is greedy, and he has a relationship with Yuan Shao's temperament, so he only needs to get a lot of money to him, and it will definitely be successful." ”

Zhao Yu praised: "It is said that you don't bribe Xu Ziyuan, most of the positions of the East County Taishou will also fall on you, but you can guard against the slightest and make it ten percent grasped, which is rare." ”

Cao Mengde smiled smugly: "I just know Xu Ziyuan, if I don't know who he is, I don't know what to do." ”

"You are humble," Zhao Yu pouted: "Even if you don't know that Xu Ziyuan is a person, as long as you know that Yuan Benchu is a person, there is still a way." Flies don't bite seamless eggs, he has seams, he doesn't bite white, he doesn't bite. ”

Cao Mengde was stunned for a moment, and laughed and said: "Sir, this statement is good, although it is rude, but it is in line with human nature." This way of calculation is the heart of man. If you count people's hearts, you are eighty percent sure. The remaining two percent are in providence. ”

The two chatted to the end, and they were messy and chattered, and they suddenly felt much more relaxed.

In the end, Cao Mengde said: "I plan to ask Yuan Benchu for his life and lead his troops to Hanoi in the name of coercing Heluo." Once the thieves attack Dongjun, I can immediately react and destroy it. ”

...

In the following days, Cao Mengde never mentioned the events of the day, only drank and had fun with the princes from all walks of life, and at the banquet, he asked Yuan Shao for orders to go to Hanoi, and obtained the permission of his alliance leader.

So he went back the way he came, but there was one more Dian Wei.

Cao Mengde sees people very accurately, if he doesn't see Dian Wei, he naturally doesn't say it. But when you see it, you know it's a warrior.

Be kind to him too.

Dian Wei was quite moved.

Dian Wei is just a ranger in the market, and the ranger is to put it bluntly, it was originally a group that evolved from the noble doorman. This group is supported by the nobility, and then at a critical time, it works for the nobility. The so-called chickens and dogs, thieves, slaughtering dogs and killing pigs, are them.

The rangers have mixed reviews, some of them are evil, and some are kind to others. But no matter which one it is, there is one characteristic, that is, one promise and a thousand gold, nine deaths without regrets.

Such a person is very comfortable to use.

Of course, now Dian Wei is Zhao Yu's servant, but it does not prevent him from having a good impression of Cao Mengde.

Riding lightly overnight and rushing back to Zhongmu the next day, Cao Mengde began to prepare for the introduction of troops in Hanoi, and as for Zhao Yu, after meeting the princes, he nested in his own small courtyard and started various experiments. And Dian Wei was treated as a small guy by Zhao Yu, today he lacks feldspar, let Dian Wei find it, and tomorrow he will send an iron block, let Dian Wei buy it, and turn the group under the command of a warrior.

But Dian Weile is in the middle of it.

This guy is a big-bellied man foodie, and he has eaten a lot of fierce generals in previous generations. Like Lian Po, at the age of eighty, he can still eat a few buckets of rice and a few catties of meat. Dian Wei is in his prime, and it is much cheaper. And the food of Zhao Yu's family, as the old mother and Mrs. Wang gradually become more and more proficient, the cooking is getting closer to modern food, and she can swallow the tongue that Dian Wei eats.

Although he was wise and foolish, he was also a simple man. You can eat and sleep, you don't have to fight and kill. How wonderful.

It was to mention martial arts to the owner Zhao Yu every once in a while, but except for Zhao Yu, who would give him a little guidance when he was interested, the others were directly dismissed.

At this stage, Zhao Yu didn't have the heart to teach the exercises.

Chen Gong went to Puyang for more than a month and finally came back.

It turned out that Cao Mengde invited Chen Gong to go to Puyang to fight the front station.

Puyang is the seat of the East County Administration, and Cao Mengde stared at the position of the East County Taishou, so he naturally had to take this place to heart. Chen Gong took a lot of gold and jewelry shells to Puyang to crochet and weave personal relationships, open up various joints, and clear some obstacles for Cao Mengde to take over as the Taishou of Dongjun smoothly.

Since Chen Gong is back, it means that some joints in Puyang have been opened.

Cao Mengde is also ready to go to Hanoi. Before this, he ordered Cao Ren's brother Cao Chun to go to Yangzhou to meet Xiahoudun. As for Cao Ren, he was sent back to Peiguo County by Cao Mengde. Cao Mengde's father, Cao Song, was afraid of the disaster caused by Cao Mengde's incident, and wanted to go to Langya, Xuzhou to avoid the disaster, so Cao Mengde asked the steady Cao Ren to escort him.

As for Cao Chun, that is, Cao Zihe, he was the one who escorted Wei Zi's body back to his hometown earlier, and later returned to Zhongmou, first followed Cao Hong to train the army, and after Cao Hong went to Hanoi first, he followed Xiahou Yuan to train the army.

Cao Mengde sent Cao Chun to meet Xiahoudun, and after three days of reorganizing the army, more than 3,000 people left the camp and went to Hanoi.

This time, Chen Gong did not follow, because Chen Gong was still in the Mou Order. Zhao Yu did not follow, because Zhao Yu parted ways to Puyang and settled there first.

Zhao Yu is not worried that Cao Mengde will not be able to deal with the thieves who are about to enter the prison, if he can't even handle the thieves, and Zhao Yu has to follow him personally, then Cao Mengde is a waste material, and there is no need to support him.

Just outside Zhongmu, Zhao Yu said goodbye to Cao Mengde, turned around and got into the carriage, shook and shook, and Cao Mengde went north and east, and parted ways.

Zhao Yu and his entourage have three carriages. He had one of his own, and Dian Wei rode in front of him. The last two were used by the servants of the household.

Such as the kitchen lady Wang Po, and the two maids who serve plainly. Wang Po is a big family, and the two maids are orphans.

Yanzhou East County is a county that straddles both sides of the river. Some are north of the great river and some are south of the great river. And the county of Puyang, on the south bank of the river.

To the northeast of Dong County, it borders Qinghe County of Jizhou, due north of Wei County of Jizhou, and northeast of Sili Hanoi County. Speaking of which, Dongjun, which is located on both sides of the river, is not very good in terms of strategic location. Although it is a grain producing land in the Central Plains, it is divided into two by a large river, and there is a geographical barrier.

But on the other hand, it's a godsend. Occupy the east county, look at Jizhou to the north, overlook Yanzhou and Yuzhou to the south, go down the river in the east, is Qingzhou Xuzhou, and go up the river in the west is Sili Luoyang, and then Guanzhong. Although the land of four battles, if it can be defended, it is an excellent foundation.

When the Yellow River was in the Han Dynasty, floods also broke out in the lower reaches, and many of them were treated. A hundred years ago, Wang Jing, a water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty, combed the river and built many ditches to divide the flood, and the benefits continue to this day. Therefore, in the middle and lower reaches of the river, there are not many floods in the Heluo area. The abundance of water indicates that this is the land of fish and rice.