Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

When Zhang He arrived, although he was tied up, his legs could stand upright, so he stood straight in front of Cao Cao, with a neither humble nor overbearing expression, and his expression was fearless.

When Cao Cao saw this man's expression, he knew that he had the appearance of a general, and he was not in the same breath as Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other reckless men.

Immediately smiled and said: "General, it can be said that he was abandoned by Yuan Shao? Became Qinghe City's scapegoat, allowing him to evacuate."

"However, if I can chase at this time, I can still catch up. You only stopped me for half an hour. He, Yuan Shao, has tens of thousands of people in custody, and divides his troops back and forth along the way to protect each other. How can he go far?"

"I'm afraid, after I catch up and plunder Yuan Shao, he will still scold the general for being weak and incompetent, and he won't be able to hold on for several hours."

Zhang He remained silent.

The main reason is that Cao Cao's words may really happen. The protagonist's character is like this. He is used to giving orders from top to bottom. He can always focus on the overall situation, and rarely sees the immediate eyes.

If he can issue an order from a high position, then the more than 3000 brothers under his command must die until the last person can stop it to the maximum extent, otherwise it is incompetent.

The idea is good, but Zhang Xi glanced at the tired faces of his brothers when he was defending the city, and couldn't bear to continue the pointless fight. He could only capture the city gate when the city gate was broken and the top of the city was climbed first. He resisted stubbornly and saved the lives of the remaining thousand soldiers.

In Zhang Yun's view, even if Cao Cao wanted to kill them to gain power in the end, he could kill fewer people and let most of his brothers go.

He didn't expect Cao Cao to surrender, because under his command Zhang He had killed at least 3 more Cao troops.

Although this feat is not worth it, Zhang He believes that it will definitely make the generals of the Cao family hate him, so it is not easy to join the army as a general, and even if he is really surrendered, he will be squeezed everywhere.

But Cao Cao's words almost revealed Yuan Shao's thoughts on the bright side, causing Zhang Yun to tear several bloody wounds in his heart.

Xu You came out at this time and said with a smile: "General Junyi, Yuan Shao treats you like this, but you are willing to die for him, how worthless, we have been following the Ming Lord for peace since the troubled times, and then settled down with merit Li Ming, now that my family has been destroyed, I can only offer some credit."

"I advise the general not to go to death. Even if you don't want to be an enemy of Yuan Shao, you can go to the south as a general first and recruit troops elsewhere. You don't need to spread the news. Only when Yuan Shao thinks you have died in battle, you should pay him back. His kindness is."

"This……"

To be honest, Zhang Xi was a little moved by these words, and even slightly touched by the sore nose.

His whole family was killed, but he is still here thinking about my whole family.

"General Jun Yi, you and Gao Lan are better than Yan Liang and Wen Chou in leading an army, while Ju Yi is of Yi blood and has a unique style of horseback ethnicity. In fact, the one who should be the real general should be you." .”

"But it turns out that the general has never been famous all over the world, but he is only a famous general in Hebei?"

Zhang He was indeed somewhat resentful about this, but if he was asked to surrender to the south, he still felt that he would not be safe. Even if he rescued his family in the future, his situation might not be better.

I am afraid that only the thousand brothers who have been saved will regard themselves as benefactors, and the rest will have a good face.

Counting in detail, starting from Guandu, he has fought against Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Yu Jin, Xu Huang and others one after another, and also fought against Xu Bowen many times. These are all famous generals under Cao Cao.

To put it bluntly, there are winners and losers in wars, and there will definitely be hatred in the heart. If you go, how can you not be excluded? Besides, it is worthless to surrender now, but surrender in defeat.

Not counting meritorious deeds, and if he is not allowed to beat Yuan Shao to make meritorious deeds, it is naturally impossible to make meritorious deeds again, which means that there is no chance to improve his status.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yun still sighed, and said: "There is no hope for the rest of my life, so there is no need to beg for anything. I also ask the prime minister to give me my next death, so as to protect the prosperity and peace of my family."

"Hey," Cao Cao immediately leaned back, took a deep breath and nodded slightly, "You were captured without a fight, because you knew you couldn't resist for too long, for the sake of the safety of more than a thousand brothers under your command."

"Now he refuses to surrender to me because he is worried that he will be squeezed out in the future and his old age will be miserable."

Zhang Xi's thoughts were all seen through, so he had almost nothing to say, and could only bow his head in silence. He had heard that Cao Cao was a hero who was extremely good at reading people's hearts, so he could know people well.

But he didn't expect his thoughts to be so fast and quick, and he could see through his own thoughts at once. It's a pity that he wasn't in Hebei back then, so he didn't meet him earlier, otherwise he would have made great achievements now, and he was deeply dependent on him.

Not to be buried under the glamorous Yuan family, even though many generals are at the forefront, Zhang Xi understands that he is not really a general to rely on.

"If you don't speak, even if I guess right."

Cao Cao walked up to him with his hands behind his back, his expression was very relaxed and leisurely, as if he was not worried about persuading Zhang He, he took out a letter from his arms, it was written in silk cloth, signed by Xu Zhen.

Handwriting and calligraphy are already quite charming, and they have made great progress in recent years.

Cao Cao asked someone to untie Zhang He, and then sent the letter to him. At this time, Zhang He was a little confused.

Isn't he afraid that I will rebel and kill someone again?Or playing hard to get?
This Cao Cao has such a big heart, or does he have a big heart and is extremely confident?

Among the lords and princes in this world, there is no other person who would dare to do this. In Zhang Xi's impression, Yuan Shao would never dare to face a surrendered general like this, and he was a general who was once evenly matched with many generals under his command.

In the confusion, Zhang Xi still took the silk scroll with both hands, spread it out in his hands and looked at it, his face was immediately moved.

Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder at the same time, "Bowen bluntly said that his elite lost no less than 7000 people in your hands. During the siege of Yangping, he was almost captured by you. With these two achievements alone, Jun alone It is better than a hundred thousand soldiers, please be sure to recruit them under your command."

"My Bowen, what a character, I think you should have heard of it."

Zhang He nodded secretly.

His demeanor and character are really not blown out.It is by no means the kind that was guessed before, and it was flattered by Cao's.

Otherwise, how could he have so many elite generals following him, capable people and strange men by his side, and the most important thing is...Xu Bowen is actually trying to persuade Cao Cao that he must persuade me to surrender.

"This, is it really Xu Junhou's own letter?"

"That's right," Cao Cao nodded, "The letters he gave me must be written in silk. I forcibly rewarded him, but he didn't want to accept it, so he came up with this method. Every time he wrote to me, he wrote it in silk. Return slowly."

"The two armies are at war, and each is the master."

"Each winner or loser is also a demonstration of his own ability. The lieutenant should admire this, not hate it. You and I are both Han Chinese, so don't worry."

"With this letter from Bowen, the other generals with other surnames will respect you as well. After all, the generals he persuaded to surrender all have good talents, and their vision is extremely trustworthy."

"For example, Zhang Liao, with his [-] cavalry at Xiaoyaojin blocked hundreds of warships and thousands of cavalry from the Jiangdong Navy, defeated Sun Ce, and became famous in the first battle. Zhang Liao also drank at Guandu at night, like a torrent. Crazy waves, fight bravely."

"The other person, Gao Shun, is also a general."

"Huang Zhong, who beheaded Wen Chou, is also a general attached to Jingzhou."

"Since Xu Bowen values ​​you so much, he naturally believes that you have talents that are not inferior to theirs, or even more powerful. How can I not rely on you in the future."

Cao Cao is a truth-seeking and pragmatic person in his bones. Even if he is the prime minister, most of the time he will not have the habit of being concise and concise like a big man.

Unless it was on a very formal and serious occasion, Zhang Xi felt very friendly when he said these words. After thinking for a while, he immediately knelt down on one knee without any hesitation.

"The last general is to thank the lord for his kindness. In the future, he will be with you in life and death, and make great contributions to the lord!"

"Ha ha!"

Cao Cao put his hands on him and pulled him up, "Serious words, you don't need to use your troops to fight Yuan Shao again, because I don't plan to continue chasing him."

"Why?"

Zhang He was taken aback for a moment, and then frowned. Spring has just begun, and there are dozens of days before the autumn harvest.

It would be a pity to do nothing during this period, and if there is no military action, Yuan Shaoke will really withdraw from Jizhou, and even take away all the money, food and population resources of Changshan, Zhongshan and other counties.

The loss would be too great.

"I just need to force him, there is no need to end the battle with him."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "I lost [-] to [-] elite troops in the capture of Qinghe County, and these need to be settled properly."

"As for Yuan Shao... I predict that he will not have a good time. This action will not only lose the morale of the army, but also lose the hearts of the people. What will be left for him in the end? The loss of people's hearts will have no cohesion, and they will all turn their backs and leave."

"Under such a situation, I just need to keep walking, step by step, and see when Yuan Shao collapses."

Zhang Yun suddenly realized, sighed at this moment, and said: "My lord is wise, Yuan... the general is now terminally ill, his mind is not clear, and he will fall down at some time. It won't take long to act like this, and he should be... unable to take charge gone."

This is the first time I heard definite news, which proves that the previous guess is correct. It seems that the war is expected to be completely over within a year. In Yuan Shao's state, as long as he continues to put pressure on him, he will definitely not be able to sustain it.

People who have messed up thoughts and have no clue at all, or those who kill their own family members like crazy and then set themselves on fire, are generally not something decent people do, but when multiple factors gather in the heart, they will become the root cause of the disease.

And then there is a demon.

From victory to disadvantage, from disadvantage to current defeat is one kind. Yuan Shao gave up his heart, which proves that he is not far from going to the doctor in a hurry.

Coupled with the pressure of military chaos everywhere, the heavy burdens of money, food, and population are all on the shoulders, so how can it be possible not to get sick.

"That's true, there will be a victory soon."

Cao Cao nodded and smiled.

……

At the end of April, Xu Zhen took the whole territory of Qingzhou and stationed his troops in Beihai.

But when I went to Donglai to look for celebrities, I was not lucky. Tai Shici was gone long ago, so according to speculation, Tai Shici should be under Sun Ce's command now.

Xu Zhen still didn't know exactly who had gathered at Sun Ce's side.

The only thing that changed now is that Sun Ce was defeated and Xu Gong was not dead, so his disciples would not assassinate Sun Ce.

The position could not be passed on to Sun Quan, and the Jiangdong gentry and others could not find a way to survive together, because they were still afraid of Sun Ce, and this man's butcher knife was really vicious.

Yu Ji, the talisman killer, has already lost the hearts of the people. The gentry prefer Sun Quan, who has been smart since he was a child, and has a lot of contacts with the gentry, to lead Jiangdong. It is a pity that although Sun Ce is defeated now, he still has a group of warriors under his command.

Now Xu Zhen doesn't know whether the original "plot" will change drastically because of this, but if Sun Ce leads the army, going to Jiangdong in the future should make the soldiers more harmonious.

Moreover, that Jiangdong Zhou Lang has never made a move. His navy has never lost in the small-scale battle with Jingzhou in cleaning up all kinds of water thieves along the river. It is also a winning posture.

"Well, write down all this information and hand it over to the lord."

Xu Zhen wrote another letter.

It records Xiu Nian and other disciples, as well as Xu Gong's life information, sources of intelligence, etc., and the strategy is also written to Cao Cao.

It will definitely come in handy in the future.

"Aren't you going then?"

Zhuge Liang asked suspiciously, "If we really want to march south, it may be the last battle."

"Master didn't go to such an important World War I?"

Xu Zhen smiled wryly and shook his head, "Of course I will go, but according to the personality of my lord, I will definitely not go all the way to Jingzhou if I divide my troops. He will go to Jingzhou with a large army, and I will go to Yangzhou and Hefei."

"The place where Sun Ce will fight will not be Hefei, it must be a place in Jingzhou."

"What if Jingzhou and Jiangdong join forces to resist?"

"Then they are awesome."

Zhuge Liang: "..."

"Liangzi," Xu Zhen suddenly said earnestly, "Now we have to consider not only whether we can win the war, but also whether we can afford to lose."

"In other words, you can't be too Yuan Shao, and start fighting when your brain is hot. Now that you are defeated, look at it, you are so crushed that you can't breathe. If you block this place, there must be another collapse."

"There will never be rest, so get rich first, and then march."

"We have conquered so much land, so what are we afraid of?"

After Xu Zhen finished speaking, a slightly old voice suddenly came to his ears, "Your Majesty, I have a military report to report."

"What?"

Xu Zhen looked to the left as usual, and Jia Xu bowed slightly: "The military report I just received said that when Yuan Shao withdrew his troops from Qinghe, Changshan, Zhongshan and other places, he took a large number of people with him."

"Now the land is barren and the population is sparse. There are only refugees and refugees, and there is not much money left in the territory. All minerals and timber have to be mined by themselves."

"The lord sent a letter asking the prince to collect all the treasuries of Lujiang, Jiujiang, and Chenliu counties into the Jizhou treasury, and then check out what is missing, and inform the emperor to issue an edict to allocate funds."

"Fuck me!"

Xu Zhen cursed immediately.

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and said: "You don't have to be moved, my lord is doing this to stabilize you."

"I...do it!"

Xu Zhen changed his method of scolding.

"Yuan Shao is still withdrawing now?!"

"We are withdrawing. At present, the two counties of Hejian and Bohai haven't started raiding the people."

"Send troops, send troops!"

Xu Zhen stood up immediately, "Return a letter to the lord, let's conquer Pingyuan and Leling first, and then go to Bohai Sea and Hejian! Otherwise, I will really lose money!"

"Since we are going to launch an army with the lord..." Jia Xu touched his chin suddenly, "I don't think it's better to leave Hejian to Yuan Shao, and we go directly to Youzhou."

Xu Zhen frowned suddenly, "It makes sense."

He looted so many people's money, food, jewelry and luggage, how could they be transported to Youzhou immediately, they must all be transported in batches within the territory.