Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 111 What does it have to do with me, Cao Cao?
"It is indeed a problem..."

If Jushou does not surrender, those large armies will become troublesome.

According to Cao Cao's character, there is a high probability that he killed him directly.

If tens of thousands of young and strong were killed, this would certainly weaken Yuan Shao, but wouldn't it be digging a hole for Cao Cao to rule Hebei in the future?

Xuzhou, a Xuzhou massacre, has not stabilized for so many years. If Hebei also opposes Cao Cao because of this incident, then even if the north is unified, there will be continuous rebellions.

He Yan scratched his head, obviously feeling the difficulty of the problem.

"This battle is really strange. If you win, you will have a headache, and if you lose, you will have a headache, too bad!"

In fact, it's all because Cao Cao's side is still too weak.

If it can be pushed back to Hebei after the Battle of Guandu, it will not be a big deal if it is young or young.

But now even if he won the battle, Cao Cao couldn't hold on any longer and needed to go back to clean up a lot of mess, which is why he fell into such an embarrassing situation.

In addition, Guo Jia also said a desperate thing——

"There's not enough food either."

"Even if there is no war, this year's food is still enough."

"Just our own soldiers may not be able to support them, let alone these strong Hebei soldiers?"

Guo Jia's words made He Yan roll his eyes again.

"That is to say... since we can't keep those soldiers, even if we do, we can only let them starve to death, right?"

"Then what's the nonsense? Wouldn't it be over if you killed Jushou and Tian Feng together?"

Guo Jia said with a smile: "The imperial court and Sikong can't support themselves, but it doesn't mean that some people can't support them!"

"Who can support? Who can support tens of thousands of young and strong?"

He Yan teased Guo Jialai, but when he smiled, he realized something was wrong.

Because Guo Jia was also smiling at him, and the smile was extremely obscene!

"The person you mentioned who can support...couldn't it be me?"

"Marquis Shen is really smart!"

"Cough cough."

Guo Jia cleared his throat, and said to He Yan in an orderly manner: "I heard from Sikong that Yuan Shao's treasures are all with you. At least you have 1000 million yuan, right?"

"If the 1000 million yuan is used to buy grain, how can you buy hundreds of thousands of shi of grain according to the price of grain in Jingzhou? If you have these hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, it will naturally be enough for these young and strong to eat until next year's harvest .”

"How is it? Is Marquis Shen moved?"

He Yan had black lines all over his face: "You want to use my money to support people for the government?"

He Yan said that he was not worthy to do such a great thing!It's better to give the opportunity to others!

"Marquis Shen's words are wrong!"

Guo Jiayi said: "What does it mean to support people for the court?"

"If I remember correctly, Marquis Shen bought a lot of fields in Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the past, right?"

"These fields, not to mention the [-] to [-] young adults can be arranged there, but [-] to [-] are more than enough!"

"The rest of the people will be arranged to farm. If that's the case... it can be considered that these people can be supported."

At this time, Guo Jia's tone was charming: "How? With the wisdom of Marquis Shen, you should know that those gold and silver treasures are just belongings outside your body. Why don't you take this opportunity to raise a large number of farmers and expand your treasury. This is the only way for a long-lasting family. The Way of Immortality!"

"..."

He Yan narrowed his eyes: "Feng Xiao, have you already set your sights on my land..."

It is true that He Yan has a lot of land, but all of them were bought back through official certification.

Originally, it was not easy to evade taxes on this land deed, but now Guo Jia wants to stuff these recorded soldiers in to prevent He Yan from hiding the possibility of people, and then it will be even more difficult to evade taxes in the future.

How can this be a landlord!This is obviously the seed of resentment!It's like doing white jobs for the court!

Guo Jia, of course, would not admit it, and patted his chest to promise: "I am doing this for your own good! Otherwise, who will grow your land?"

……

What Guo Jia said is not unreasonable.

But when he thought of spending his little money before it was warmed up, He Yan felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"So now...Feng Xiao's plan is to persuade Ju to surrender Tian Feng first, and then use my money to buy food and resettle those soldiers to Henan?"

Guo Jia nodded, and quickly put his arms around He Yan, and said with a smile: "Actually, you took advantage of this matter, don't be so sad. Come on! Smile!"

"Ha ha……"

In the end, He Yan agreed to Guo Jia to persuade Ju to surrender Tian Feng.

It's just that I don't know for sure.

He Yan and Guo Jia discussed together: "It is recommended to start with Tian Feng first. After all, he was imprisoned by Yuan Shao into the camp, and he will be somewhat resentful."

When Guo Jia heard that He Yan wanted to use Tian Feng as a breakthrough point, he was not optimistic: "I went to Hebei when I was young. Do you know how Guo Tu told me about Tian Feng? He said he was a stinky and hard piece. On the contrary, Jushou is actually gentler."

"No, in fact, the more determined the person, the easier it is to deal with."

He Yan vetoed Guo Jia's words: "Instead of entangled with Tian Feng's character, it is better to think about why Tian Feng is so tough."

"The reason why Tian Feng dared to offend Yuan Shao repeatedly in Yuanying is because of the Tian family behind him, and the support of more wealthy families who depend on Tian's survival."

"In other words, Tian Feng is actually the spokesperson of these forces, and Tian Feng and these forces can be regarded as a whole."

"This way, things will be much easier to handle."

"As the saying goes, there are only individuals who betray the class, and there is no class who betrays the interests."

"If the entire Hebei gentry abandon Yuan Shao, then Tian Feng naturally has no reason to persist."

"..."

The air was frozen, and after a long time, Guo Jia asked He Yan in a slightly hoarse tone: "Where did you learn this theory...?"

"Famous? Not right... Strategist? Not right..."

Guo Jia looked at He Yan suspiciously: "Where did you find a lost ancient book? Otherwise, how would you know this at your age?"

"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"

After He Yan threw a smoke bomb to Guo Jia, he brought the topic back to persuading Tian Feng to surrender.

"First of all, let Tian Feng know that the powerful families in Hebei no longer support Yuan Shao."

"Secondly, we must give Tian Feng confidence that Sikong will definitely defeat Yuan Shao and conquer Hebei."

"Finally... I want to give Tian Feng a reassurance."

"What reassurance?"

"Let him know that even if Sikong takes Hebei, he won't attack the local rich."

Guo Jia also had a headache: "What you're talking about is more troublesome than the other?"

"That's why I said it's better to kill him and Jushou..."

It is impossible to kill him, after all, the plan has been completed.

The first thing to do is the best, and it doesn't even need to be done by Cao Cao.

Because after Yuan Shao's defeat in the Battle of Guandu, the whole of Hebei really fell into chaos. Not only did the local rich families rebel, but even the black mountain bandits hiding in Taihang Mountain were ready to make a profit.

The gang of black bandits say they are thieves, but they are not.

After all, which group of thieves have you seen can rob tens of thousands of people just by robbing houses?Not to mention that these tens of thousands of people still have a lot of excellent ordnance and armor.

The Black Mountain bandits led by Zhang Yan are basically militants formed with the support of the local wealthy families in Hebei, and they are fundamentally different from the Yellow Turban Bandits.

You may not believe it when you say it, but when the eighteen princes were begging for Dong, Zhang Yan actually brought troops and horses to make peace with these princes...

So these people are fundamentally the black gloves used by Hebei's wealthy family to check and balance Yuan Shao. Every time they get into a mess, it basically means that Yuan Shao's rule in Hebei has problems.

Now, coupled with Guo Jia's silent trouble behind the scenes, Hebei has become a mess in an instant, and the flames of war are raging.

The second step is to rely on Cao Cao.

Even though Cao Cao is poor now, he still slapped his head after the battle with Yuan Shao: "We also have our own cavalry!"

Cavalry is best suited for fighting on endless plains.

Now that Cao Cao has conquered the Central Plains, it is somewhat self-evident who the formation of the cavalry is targeting.

Moreover, Cao Cao obviously pretended too much, and actually wanted to form a powerful armored cavalry.

The money and food to raise a single cavalryman is enough to raise five light cavalry or a dozen heavily armed soldiers. This huge financial pressure should make Xun Lingjun cry and cry and hang up... if nothing else.

However, Cao Cao didn't care about Xun Yu's life or death, he was completely concerned about his own happiness, and even gave this heavy cavalry a very secondary name - Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

With the preparations for Tiger and Leopard Riders, the second point of persuading Tian Feng to surrender was barely qualified.

After that, it is the most critical third point——

On this point, He Yan said that he needs to do it himself.

After getting dressed, He Yan walked into the tent where Tian Feng was under house arrest alone.

There are only two people in this conversation, and no one else is prying.

Therefore, no one knows what the two of them talked about in the account.

All I know is that Tian Feng approached Boss Cao the next day and frankly expressed his willingness to surrender to Cao Cao.

This undoubtedly made Cao Cao overjoyed, and he immediately worshiped Tian Feng as a servant, granted him the title of Marquis of Tingdu, and moved him to Youzhou as herdsman.

After Tian Feng surrendered, it was undoubtedly the best choice for him to persuade Jushou to surrender.

Although there were several twists and turns, Jushou also chose to surrender to Cao Cao after some consideration.

Boss Cao was naturally grinning from ear to ear, bared his teeth and sent a document to the emperor, expressing his obeisance to Jushou as General of Zhenbei, Marquis of Tingdu, and Prime Minister of Hejian.

Afterwards, Cao Cao naturally held a large banquet to celebrate the surrender of Tian Feng and Ju Shou.

At the banquet, Cao Cao expressed his joy to the two of them many times. Ju Shou was quite tactful, showing a look of being flattered by Cao Cao's love, while Tian Feng still had the look of "everyone owes me a lot of money".

When Cao Cao asked, Tian Feng just said: "I hope Sikong will not forget what he said!"

Cao Cao: ? ? ?
What did I say?

wrong……

Cao Cao quickly realized that He Yan must have promised Tian Feng something through his own words.

If it's just a trivial matter, I will naturally agree unconditionally.

But if there is something embarrassing...what does his promise, He Yan, have to do with me, Cao Mengde?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao smiled, raised his wine glass and signaled to Tian Feng: "It's a deal!"

(End of this chapter)