Chapter 229 The overlord who ranks in the north

Before Hangu Pass.

The two armies were in a round formation. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei rode their horses out and headed straight to the Liangzhou chaos army. Zhao Cen saw Liu Bei coming with bare hands and only one general was following him. He also fought with dozens of powerful generals and came to the front of the two armies to clasp each other from afar, and said aloud: "Envoy Liu."

Liu Bei also clasped his fists and said, "General Zhao."

Zhao Cen said: "I wonder what the envoy is here to do?"

Liu Bei said: "I came just to offer food."

"Hmm?" Zhao Cen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Liu Bei thoughtfully, and asked, "Come on offer?"

Liu Bei said: "That's right."

Zhao Cen said: "Is the envoy not afraid of the incident being revealed and someone complained about a thief in front of the emperor?"

Liu Bei said calmly: "Dare you ask the general, are you a thief?"

Zhao Cen's heart thumped and said in a calm voice: "What does Envoy Liu mean?"

A faint smile flashed across Liu Bei's face and said, "As long as the general is willing, he can ask the emperor for an imperial edict within three days and entrust the general to the Hangu Pass. From then on, the military rations and supplies required by the general's soldiers will be borne by the court."

"Um~~"

Zhao Cen fell into deep thought when he stroked his beard.

Liu Bei's conditions were tempting. As long as he agreed to submit the benefits, the court would pay and feed his army. What was even more touching was that Zhao Cen could still entrench in Hangu Pass, and his destiny was firmly in his hands. However, Zhao Cen also knew that there was no free dinner in the world, and Liu Bei offered such generous conditions, so he would definitely have a plan.

"Envoy Liu is serious about this?"

"really."

“Can there be other conditions?”

"There are no other conditions." Liu Bei said calmly, "The general only needs to condemn the generals under his command to Luoyang with him and accept the imperial decree on behalf of the general."

"Okay!" Zhao Cen turned around and shouted, "Where is the truth?"

A general behind Zhao Cen rode his horse out of the line, clasped his fists and said quickly: "The last one is here."

Zhao Cen said: "Immediately follow Liu Envoy to Luoyang to confront Emperor Chen, and I said that this general took the people of the world as his thoughts and abandoned the darkness and turned to the light."

Zhuang Gu said: "The last general will receive the order."

Wujun.

Sun Jian was appointed as the prefect of Wujun. He followed the plan of military advisor Xu Shu and posted all the lists before he invited heroes from all directions. Over the past few months, heroes from all walks of life came to vote.

At that time, Gu Yong, a famous scholar in Wu County, had a name named Yuantan. He came to join him and was entrusted by Sun Jian as the important task of chief minister.

Gu Yong also recommended Zhang Zhao, a famous scholar in Pengcheng. Zhang Zhaobiao's courtesy name was Zibu. He hid in Wuxian because he avoided the chaos in Jiangdong. Sun Jian also invited him to work in front of the tent. Zhang Zhao also recommended Zhang Hong, a native of Guangling, with Zhang Hong, a native of Zigang, and was also a famous scholar today. Zhang Hong also recommended Bu Zhi, a native of Huaiyin, and Bu Zhi, a native of Zishan, and was also a talented person.

There was also a warrior Zhu Huan, famous in Wu County, and Sun Jianyan was the lieutenant in front of the tent.

Zhu Huan also recommended Ling Cao, a native of Yuyao, Ling Cao also recommended Zhou Tai of Jiujiang, Zhou Tai also recommended Jiang Qin of Shouchun, Jiang Qin also recommended Chen Wu of Lujiang, Dong Xi of Yuyao, Quanrou of Qiantang, and all became the commander of Sun Jian's tent. Gradually, a large number of civil servants and military generals gathered under Sun Jian's command, and began to reveal a different atmosphere than the past.

Sun Jian's ancestral home is Wuxian. He was a native of Jiangdong scholars and could easily gain strong support from the Jiangdong geniuses. By the third year of Jian'an (190), Sun Jian had already gained a firm foothold in Wuxian. At this time, Sun Jian's subordinates wanted civil officials, military generals, and money, grain, and had the capital to fight for dominance in the world.

April of the third year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of Han.

After Cao Cao quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Qingzhou, he immediately reported to the court with 800 yuan.

The emperor granted the title of General Pingdong, Marquis of Aoxiang, and was appointed as the Minister of Justice. At this time, Cao Cao thought that he had already gained a foothold in Yanzhou and no longer had to rely on others to survive. He sent Ying Shao, the prefect of the condemnation of Mount Tai, to Langjia County to pick up his father's family to Yanzhou to reunite.

Cao Cao's father Cao Song, since Cao Cao issued a forgery of the Xingyi army to attack Dong Zhuo, his family stayed in Langjia County.

Ying Shao rushed to Langya and handed Cao Cao's handwritten letter to Cao Song for a look. Cao Song had read Cao Cao's handwritten letter, and Lao Huai was relieved. He thought that Ah Man had finally made a fortune. So he and his second son Cao De brought more than 40 family members and more than 100 servants and followers. He also packed more than 100 ox carts in his family and came to Yanzhou in a mighty manner.

When the governor of Xuzhou Tao Qian heard this, he wanted to take the opportunity to get Cao Cao together, so he sent the commander Zhang Kai to lead 500 old subordinates to escort him.

Halfway through that day, it suddenly rained heavily. Ying Shao and Zhang Kai hurriedly protected Cao Song's family and more than a hundred cars of property into the ancient temple in Shanzhong for a while. Cao Song was both a woman and was not suitable to live in the same room with his soldiers, so he arranged Zhang Kai's 500 stairs to take refuge in the kwai. As a result, the rain was strong and wind was strong that night, and many soldiers were soaked in the heavy rain that was blown in.

"His grandma, when did the brothers suffer this hardship?" A soldier reached out and wiped his face, wiped the rain from his face, and said cursingly, "I thought I could eat something delicious and drink spicy food by joining the government army. Now it's better. It's better than before. If I had known this, I would have been a genius who would have joined the government army."

"That's it." Another soldier who was lying on the window ridge and looked inside, pointing to the room and muttering, "Look at the people, there are wine and meat, and look at the brothers, you can't even find a place to shelter from the rain. If this were the case, I would have broken into the door."

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, the ancient temple corridor suddenly became silent.

"Crack~~"

A dazzling lightning flashed from the sky, illuminating the faces of the five hundred soldiers in an instant. Almost everyone's eyes showed a wolf-like light, just like a group of wild beasts smelling the tempting deliciousness of their prey. Zhang Kai and the five hundred soldiers were originally Yellow Turban soldiers who flew from Qingzhou into Xuzhou, but because of their feelings about Tao Qian's kindness and righteousness, they surrendered to the official army.

With the dazzling lightning, Zhang Kai turned his head like a devil and looked straight at the more than a hundred big trucks tightly squeezed together under the other corridor. His grandmother's ones were more than a hundred trucks of gold and silver goods! He fucked his grandmother, Zhang Kai spit out the grass stems held in his mouth and drew his sword in his hand.

"Brothers, fuck your fucking vote, and go back to Mount Tai to get into the grass!"

"Okay!"

Five hundred soldiers agreed.

Lu County, Jinbei Xiang Bao Xin’s official residence.

Two days ago, Bao Xin was drunk and fell off his horse, his arrow sore relapsed, and he was about to die. He heard that his friend was in danger, Cao Cao hurriedly left his army and came to visit him from Snakeqiu.

Sitting in front of the couch, Cao Cao said sadly: "Justice (Bao Xinbiao), are you here?"

"Meng De, is it Meng De?"

"It's Cao."

Bao Xin opened his sour eyes and looked at Cao Cao. His chapped lips stuttered for a long time before whispering: "Meng De, I'm afraid I can't stand it this time. Bao was the prime minister of Jibei and fought against the east and west. He first responded to Meng Dexing's Yi army to attack Dong Zhuo, and then started the king's army to pacify the bandits. He had no regrets to die, but there were two things that he couldn't let go, cough cough cough~~"

When Cao Cao thought of the old friendship with Bao Xin, he couldn't help but feel sad and said sadly: "Justice, what unfulfilled wishes do you have? Let Cao come to fulfill them for you."

Bao Xin nodded gently and said to the young man who knelt on the bedside with his fingers: "I have only son, whose name is Zhen. I am poor at the age of nine, I have no relatives or patriarchs, and I have no support. I hope that Meng De will think of his past friendship and raise him into a human being. I am grateful to Xin in the spring."

"Don't worry, just be righteous." Cao Cao said in tears, "As soon as your son is my son, Bao Zhen will be Cao Zhen. Cao is here to point out the sky as an oath. If there is any violation of the oath, both man and god will destroy it."

"If this is the case, Xin can still be in peace if he dies." Bao Xin looked pleased and shouted to the young young man who was kneeling on the head of the bed, "Zhener, why don't you come forward and bow to your foster father."

The young man turned around and bowed to Cao Cao, and sang respectfully: "Zhener, I'll bow to my charity."

"Good boy." Cao Cao rushed forward and helped Cao Zhen up and said in a harmonious voice, "Get up quickly."

Bao Xin let out a long sigh and raised his last breath and said, "Meng De, this second thing is to repay your kindness for raising your orphanage. I have a general Yu Jin who can command troops and fight well. It's a pity that there are few small soldiers in Jibei, so Yu Jin cannot show his talents. Fortunately, Meng De is already the governor of Yanzhou. If Yu Jin can use it for you, he will definitely show his strengths."

Cao Cao sighed and said, "The friendship between righteousness and public is the heart of Cao's mind."

"Oh~~" Bao Xin sighed long and said with a slight sigh, "Now, there is really no regrets."

After saying that, Bao Xin slowly closed his eyes and died suddenly.

After leaving Bao Xin's official residence, Cao Cao ordered people to prepare for Bao Xin's funeral, and ordered people to postpone Yu Jin's request.

As early as Yingchuan encircled and suppressed the Yellow Turbans of Zhang Liang's troops and the 800 horse butchers, Cao Cao had cooperated with Yu Jin and had a very good impression of him. This time, Bao Xin entrusted Yu Jin before his death, which made Cao Cao quite overjoyed.

However, before Yu Jin came, Cao Hong arrived first with panting.

"Zi Lian?" Cao Cao said in confusion, "You are not leading the army in Schicuki, but you are here to Lu County for what are you doing?"

Cao Hong's face was strange, and he looked like he wanted to speak but stopped.

"What happened?" Cao Cao was suspicious, and a cloud of haze had already risen in his little eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Tell me quickly."

Cao Hong sighed and said, "Lord, great master..."

Cao Cao suddenly lost his appearance and shouted sternly: "What's wrong with my father?"

Cao Hong said sadly: "As Shao was ordered by the lord, he went to Langyan to welcome the great master. Tao Qian was uneasy and kindly sent five hundred escorts to escort them. When he was halfway through, the five hundred escorts suddenly turned against each other. Poor escorts, the second escorts also had more than 40 family members, and more than a hundred slaves were slaughtered. Only a dozen people escaped by chance and came to Snakeqiu to report the news."

"Ah? Father! Second brother!"

Cao Cao shouted, his eyes turned black and then fell back.

In the third year of Jian'an (190).

In Julu County, Jizhou, Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao finally met in war.

Julu County is located in the hinterland of Jizhou and is the gateway to the northern part of Yecheng. Once Julu County is captured by Gongsun Zan's army, Youyan Tiger and Wolf soldiers can cavalry southward and go straight to Yecheng. This will be a serious blow to the confidence of the people and the gentry of Jizhou. At that time, not only will Han Fu's remaining forces in a wait-and-see situation turn to Gongsun Zan, but even Yuan Shao's old subordinates will lose their confidence.

Gaoyi, Zhao State, and Gongsun Zan's central army tent.

Guan Jing pointed to the map and said to Gongsun Zan: "Lord, Julu County is the last barrier in the north of Yecheng. As long as the lord's army captures Julu, General Zhao Yun's 8,000 white horses Yicong and General Yan Gang's 20,000 light cavalry can drive south from Pingxiang and head straight outside Yecheng! Yuan Shao has no large-scale cavalry under his command. As long as General Zhao Yun's white horse Yicong and General Yan Gang's 20,000 light cavalry suddenly appear outside Yecheng City, Yuan Shao, who had just entered Yecheng and his 20,000 army under his command, will be completely nailed to Yecheng."

Gongsun Yue, who had just arrived at Gaoyi to join Gongsun Zan's army, laughed and said, "In this way, our army does not have to force the attack on the city. Just surrounded Yecheng and trapped Yuan Shao to death in the city. What is the difference between this and strangling an ant? Oh haha~~"

"Yeah!" Gongsun Zan nodded and said in a calm voice, "So the battle of Julu is of great importance and cannot be misunderstood. As the saying goes, raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, it is time for Zilong's White Horse Yicong to fight."

Guan Jing said: "General Zhao Yun is brave and commanding the three armies well, and he will be able to win the championship."

Qinghe County, Zhang He’s central army camp.

When Zhang He was at his desk to observe the hostile situation between Gongsun Zan's army and Yuan Shao's army, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the tent. The curtain of the tent was lifted, Han Fu's former general Han Meng and Jiang Qi had already stepped in.

"General Han Meng, General Jiang Qi." Zhang He came forward and asked anxiously, "What's the situation in Julu?"

Han Meng said: "Gongsun Zan's 60,000 army has advanced to Gaoyi, Zhao State, and Yuan Shao also led 20,000 troops north to Julu Pingxiang. The war is about to break out."

Jiang Qi said: "General Zhang He thinks who has a greater chance of winning?"
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