Juping is a county of Taishan County bordering Jibei Kingdom, which is occupied by Cao Mengde, and Cao Mengde's main force is now stationed here.

On this day, Cao Mengde was discussing with Bao Xin, Cheng Yu and others in the camp how to weaken the main force of the Yellow Turbans entrenched in Boxian and Liang Fu.

Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have a population of more than one million, but there are more than 400,000 young people. And Cao Mengde's current troops, including the troops left by him after Liu Dai's death, and the military strength of Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin, are only more than 20,000 people in total.

Even if he coveted this million people, Cao Mengde had to find a way to weaken his main force to a certain extent in order to surrender with peace of mind.

"The point is that we have a small army. ”

Bao Xin frowned and said: "I can win the ten battles of the Yellow Turban, but I only hurt my skin." We also have to divide troops to prevent the Yellow Turban thieves from entering Yanzhou and harming the people.

There are already few soldiers, and they still have to divide their troops to guard the main road, even if they are ten swings and ten decisions, what can they do? After breaking up the Yellow Turban thieves, they ran around and entered Yanzhou, and I don't know how much land would be hung up.

Cao Mengde also had a headache about this.

"This incident does give me a headache. Cao Mengde rubbed his eyebrows: "Brother Yuncheng, I mean, can you subdue them?

When Bao Xin heard this, he shook his head directly: "Meng De, you don't know the thief nature of the yellow scarf, millions of people, if you put it away, I don't know how big a mess it will be." What's more, if you want to subdue them, before they can be self-reliant, let alone half a year, you and I have to provide food and grass, millions of people, Meng De, where did the food and grass come from?!"

Bao Xin and Cao Mengde are close friends, and they know Cao Mengde's ability, and now that Liu Dai is dead, Bao Xin directly contacted the state and county, and with his prestige, Cao Mengde has been pushed to the position of Yanzhou assassin.

Zhao Yu didn't know about this yet. When Dian Wei returned to Puyang, this incident had not yet happened.

Cao Mengde also knew that what Bao Xin said was very reasonable, but he knew deeply that talent was fundamental.

In troubled times, there is strength in many people. Only by having more people can we create more wealth, and only then can we provide more soldiers to support him to sweep the world.

After entering Dongjun before and having an in-depth understanding of the counties in Dongjun, Cao Mengde found that the population was too thin, and now that he had such an opportunity, he was really unwilling to give up.

Bao Xin said: "Mengde, you are not a kind person for women, why are you hesitant at this time? The Yellow Turban thieves are very serious, and all the counties and counties in Qingzhou east of Mount Tai have almost been swept away by these thieves. In addition to Kong Wenju's Beihai and Donglai, which is blocked by Beihai, where else is there a good place? What is the use of not killing such thieves? Is there a world of cholera?"

It's not that Cao Mengde doesn't know the seriousness of this, but when he thinks of Zhao Yu, he always feels that it is still very promising.

Said: "Brother Yuncheng, can you wait for a few days? ”

Bao Xin sighed and shook his head: "That's it, Mengde, you have mercy on the life of the Yellow Turban, and there is nothing wrong with it, it's just... Hey, I'd better go to Chengxian, I see, Yuan Rang is much more than you. Cao Mengde couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At this time, a personal guard came to report: "Lord, the Marquis of the Dian Army is back!"

"Oh?!"

Cao Mengde stood up in a hurry and ran to the tent door in a few steps: "Mr. Zhao can come?"

The guard was stunned: "Come on." "Okay!" Cao Mengde laughed, turned around and said, "The great sage who solved the yellow scarf has arrived! Brother Yuncheng, would you like to go with me to greet you?!"

Bao Xin was quite surprised: "Who can break the yellow scarf!?"

When the group came out of the big tent, they didn't take a few steps when they bumped into Dian Wei and Zhao Yu head-on.

Dian Wei is big, the tiger is turbulent, Zhao Yu is light, and he walks leisurely.

"Lord!"

Dian Wei bowed with his fists and stepped aside.

Zhao Yu smiled: "Meng De, I haven't seen you for many days, it's always good?"

"Not good. ”

Cao Mengde grabbed Zhao Yu's arm and laughed: "Mr. is here, I'll be fine." ”

Cheng Yu also stepped forward to greet Zhao Yu and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao came in time, and the Lord Justice is a headache." ”

Bao Xin watched from the side at this time, and saw that this 'great sage' was young and had a simple and unpretentious bearing. If you are in the street, you are afraid that it is no different from the crowd of living beings.

Can such a person be a great sage?

Cao Mengde introduced at this time: "Mr. Zhao, this is my best friend, Bao Xin and Bao Yuncheng, the prime minister of Jibei. Brother Yuncheng, this is my noble man Cao Mengde, Mr. Zhao Yu Zhao!"

Bao Xin was suspicious, and arched his hand: "Fortunately, fortunately." ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "It's really my honor to meet Bao Guoxiang. ”

Then he introduced another person, who was a fierce general who was next to Bao Xin, who turned out to be Yu Ban Yu Wenzhi.

Yu Ban, the word is written, Taishan people, first from Bao Xin, after the death of Bao Xin, with Cao Mengde, its strict self-discipline, can be good at fighting, is a member of the first class of the general.

This time they greeted each other before they entered the account and sat down.

Cao Mengde said: "The Yellow Turbans are overwhelming, I have few soldiers, and we have to prevent the Yellow Turbans from taking advantage of loopholes to enter Yanzhou, so it is difficult to break them in one battle." Sir, I intend to subdue it, what do you think, sir?"

Bao Xin frowned. He still disapproved of the subjugation.

But he heard Zhao Yu say slowly: "It is not difficult to subdue the Yellow Turban." ”

Bao Xin frowned even more and said, "Why does Mr. Zhao bother to say anything?"

Zhao Yu smiled slightly: "It's really hard to talk about this matter, and the minister of state will wait and see." ”

Then he said: "Then Mengde, subdue his people, easy also, subdue his heart, difficult." That horn started at the beginning, either out of ambition, or also with compassion. In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the world was depressed, and the people were poor, and Zhang Jiao may not want to fight for a wealth for the people. ”

"It's a big rebellion!"

Bao Xin interrupted Zhao Yu and shouted: "Zhang Jiao's chaotic ministers and thieves, how can you be merciful and compassionate?!"

Zhao Yu flicked his sleeves: "Minister of State, listen to me." ”

"Even if Zhang Jiao has an accident, he has compassion, but he is incompetent, and among the yellow scarves, there is dirt and dirt, and all the bandits shake their bodies, and they all become yellow scarves. In this way, the yellow turban thief is predetermined. After Zhang Jiao's death, the yellow scarves collapsed, and the people of the world punished him, and the rest of the yellow scarves had a heart, and they could not be good, so they could only go one way to the black. It is not engaged in production, it specializes in plundering, and it is a thief. If millions were to be subdued and placed on the ground, it would certainly cause a lot of chaos. Is there a solution for Mengde?"

When Cao Mengde heard this, he said: "Its thief nature, because he can't eat enough food, can't cover his body. If you can be rich, who wants to be a thief? "Good!"

Zhao Yu stroked his palms and smiled: "Since Meng De has this determination, I will help you subdue the Yellow Turban." Tomorrow morning, I will go to the camp of the Yellow Turban, and I will be able to subdue it. ”

Bao Xin listened to the conversation between the two, only to feel ridiculous, he got up angrily: "I'll see how Mr. Zhao subdues the yellow scarf." ”

Then he said to Cao Mengde: "Mengde, I will lead the troops to Chengxian." ”

Without waiting for Cao Mengde to reply, he had already left the account.

Yu Ban saluted everyone with a fist and hurriedly chased them out.

Cao Mengde sighed: "Brother Yuncheng is worried about what Mr. said before, and opposes the acceptance of yellow scarves. "He wanted to go to Chengxian, so let him go. Zhao Yu didn't care and said: "Bao Yuncheng is also kind-hearted." ”

Cao Mengde nodded.

Zhao Yucai said: "The yellow turban is a thief, I said it before, but in fact, I am also a reminder to Meng De. It's not hard for me to say that. ”

A few people in the tent cheered up.

Zhao Yu said: "That old and weak woman and child are insignificant. As long as there is enough food and clothing, it is not a problem. The key lies in hundreds of thousands of young people. ”

Cao Mengde nodded: "I think the same way." These hundreds of thousands of young and strong people, who make a living from looting, will surely cause chaos if they are released back into the countryside. If it is returned to the army, it is afraid that the bullet will not be able to suppress it. After all, I have few soldiers, and the sudden increase is hundreds of thousands, not to mention that I don't raise anything, if the yellow scarves account for the majority, I'm afraid I will be disobedient. ”

Cheng Yu also added: "I discussed with the lord before, if you want to subdue them, you must give some treatment to the Yellow Turban thief leader, if you directly deprive them of the right to lead the army, I am afraid that they will immediately make trouble." Is there any way Mr. Zhao can solve this trouble?"

In fact, to solve the hidden danger of the yellow scarf, it lies in the thief head. As long as you can make the thief bow down, you can solve everything. What about thieves, as long as the military law in the army can be implemented, even if it is heinous, let him obey. But I am afraid that the leader of the Yellow Turban thieves will be disobedient because of the large number of soldiers at hand, thinking that they will rely on it and subduing him. Instead, Cao Mengde was roasted on the shelf.

In fact, this is exactly where the trouble was after Cao Mengde subdued the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in the original history.

In order to subdue them, Cao Mengde had no choice but to make a promise, and at the same time organized the Qingzhou Yellow Turban into a relatively independent Qingzhou soldier, and it was self-contained, and even Cao Mengde was difficult to control. Because of the banditry that does not change, they are good at fighting against the wind, and once they are against the wind, they are easy to break up. There are also many acts of harassment of the people.

Under the premise that Cao Mengde's own strength has not developed to a certain extent, he needs to rely on this Qingzhou soldier, and he can only turn a blind eye.

Zhao Yu naturally saw it clearly, and he also had his own solution in his heart.

For him, to solve these yellow scarves, there is no need to promise at all, and said: "Meng De can only leave this matter to me." I made him my attendant and isolated him from his soldiers, so that Meng De could easily reorganize them. If he dares to blow up the thorn, I will make his life worse than death. ”

Cao Mengde and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and their hearts were settled.

Following.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yu left Juping and went to Bo County, where the main camp of the Yellow Turban was located. Cao Mengde and Cheng Yu sent him ten miles outside the camp, and said worriedly: "Sir, you are only one person and ten horsemen, this is safe... Why don't you let Dian Wei guard it?"

Zhao Yu shook his head and smiled: "It's just a yellow scarf, what's the matter? A million army, I also go in and out of Ruyi, they can't hurt me." Meng De rest assured. If it weren't for the message, I wouldn't have brought the ten horsemen. ”

Then he turned over his horse and bowed: "Just wait for my news." ”

The smoke and dust were billowing in the sound of horses' hooves, and Zhao Yu had already gone straight to Boxian with the ten horsemen.

At the same time, however, Cheng County.

Bao Xin led troops to Chengxian overnight yesterday, and after a short rest, he was about to send troops to attack Liang Fu's Yellow Turban, but Xiahoudun couldn't persuade him.

But Bao Xin was stimulated by Zhao Yu, he felt that Zhao Yu was talking wildly, and he didn't agree with subduing the Yellow Turban, so he wanted to attack the Yellow Turban.

So early in the morning, with the general under his command, he led 8,000 soldiers and horses to Liang Fu.