Han family achievements

Chapter 184 Cao Cao's Prestige
It wasn't until noon the next day that Guo Jia woke up quietly.

Cao Cao was sitting not far from him, he quickly reached out to pour him a glass of water, and said with concern, "Feng Xiao, are you awake?"

Guo Jia patted his head, exhaled lightly, and said, "The wine from Qingzhou is much stronger than that from Yanzhou."

As he spoke, he subconsciously reached out to touch the jug.

Cao Cao snatched it away, and said: "Feng Xiao, then Gong Du and He Yi sent people to say that they would surrender."

Guo Jia looked at the jug, smashed his mouth, felt parched and uncomfortable, sighed, and said: "They must either abandon the city and flee, or surrender. How can the foundation of 10,000+ people per person be casually destroyed?" Abandoning, surrendering is actually the only way out."

Cao Cao looked serious and said, "What should I do after they surrender?"

Gong Du and He Yi combined more than 30 people and had to eat every day. Cao Cao didn't have that much food at all.

Guo Jia's eyes were all on the jug, and he said helplessly, "Don't the general have a solution?"

Cao Cao's stern face suddenly disappeared, and he laughed loudly: "Those who know me, Fengxiao also!"

Smiling, he handed the jug to Guo Jia, his smile slowly subsided, and he said, "I'm worried about Your Majesty."

When Cao Cao was in Beijing, he was rarely reprimanded by Liu Bian. It is reasonable to say that he would be promoted this time, but it turned out to be General Wuwei, which shows that his family is damaged!
Guo Jia took a sip of the wine, his whole body was refreshed, his thinking became quicker, he smiled lightly, and said: "Although I have never met that His Majesty, I have drawn a conclusion from a series of his actions. "

"What conclusion?" Cao Cao sat up straighter suddenly.

Guo Jia took another sip of wine and said, "Our Majesty actually doesn't care about your means of doing things or who you will offend. What he cares about is the result—the result he wants."

Cao Cao squinted his long and narrow eyes, his expression seemed to have moved.

He remembered that along the way, his bad things and failures did not lead to any consequences.Instead, he argued with Wang Yun at Shangshutai and got a reprimand.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, then said solemnly: "Okay! Then I will calm down the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou in the shortest time!"

With the surrender of Gong Du and He Yi, Cao Cao's army can be expanded to 10, 10, which is enough for Cao Cao to sweep Qingzhou!

Guo Jia was drinking, looking out the door, already thinking about the situation outside Qingzhou.

After discussing with Guo Jia, Cao Cao and Guo Jia set about making arrangements.

In Chang'an County, however, there was a lot of anxiety.

It is impossible for them to surrender directly, and they need to negotiate with Cao Cao to strive for the best conditions.

But when they sent someone in the morning, they still didn't reply by noon, and even the messenger didn't come back. This made Gong Du and He Yi feel like ants on a hot pot, and they couldn't sit still.

If Cao Cao refuses to accept the surrender, then he is waiting for their civil strife so that their heads can be used for military merit!

Killing thousands, even tens of thousands, and taking tens of thousands of prisoners, this achievement is simply unimaginable!
Gong Du said with a sullen face, "What do you say?"

He Yi's expression was gloomy, her eyes flickered, and her mind kept changing, but at this time, what else could be done?
He really wanted to abandon those people and run away, but Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County are only so big, where can they escape?

"Send someone again!" He Yi gritted her teeth and said, "Tell Cao Cao that as long as he gives us food, we will obey him!"

Gong Du stared at him for a long time and said, "Good!"

He has no other choice. There is still one meal tonight, and half a meal tomorrow morning. At noon tomorrow, they still have no food, and Chang'an County will be fried!

In Chang'an City, there was already news that their money and food had been robbed, but He Yi and Gong Du used their years of prestige to coax and coax them, so they forcibly suppressed it for the time being.

Some high-level officials surrounded Gong Du and He Yi. They knew the inside story and waited anxiously.

Time passed little by little, until the evening, their messenger still did not come back, and Cao Cao did not reply, which made Gong Du and He Yi feel chills.

Cao Cao ignored their surrender, most likely because he wanted the head and military merit!
The credit for recruiting and surrendering is far less important than the number of heads killed on the battlefield!

"What should I do?" Gong Du asked He Yi with a slightly pale face.

He had already made a plan in his heart, and when it got dark, there was no news, so he rolled up his clothes and ran out quietly.

Although after running out, he will definitely be notorious and have no place to stand in the world, but it is better than giving Cao Cao his head.

He Yi's expression was ruthless, she gritted her teeth, and now she had no chance if she tried her best, life and death were completely in Cao Cao's hands.

He is no better than Gong Du, he is ambitious, so he is not willing to run away.

"I'm going to Cao Ying!" He Yi suddenly said loudly.

Gong Du was startled, and immediately hesitated.

If He Yi went to Cao Ying, it would be dangerous to return and die there.But if he offered any conditions, Cao Cao accepted the surrender, and if he was not present, Gong would be in trouble.

One side is benefits and the other is life and death, Gong Du struggled in his heart.

He Yi didn't care about him, and the people who had recruited him whispered to arrange the back-up.

After a while, Gong Du suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go with you!"

He Yi glanced back at him, originally wanting Gong Du to stay in order to increase the bargaining chip with Cao Cao, but after a second thought, she said, "Okay."

The two summoned their cronies and arranged carefully, just in case.

It didn't take long, and the two of them rode horses with a few guards and went straight to Cao Ying.

Compared to Gong Du and He Yi's impatience, Cao Ying was much calmer.

Cao Cao was playing chess with Guo Jia at the moment, talking about various things casually.

Cao Cao held the chess piece in his hand, stared at the chessboard, and said: "Mr. Zhu wrote back to me, saying that the county magistrate of Donglai County and Beihai Kingdom can be appointed by me for the time being, and he will sign the document afterwards. But the appointment of the county magistrate The power rests with Shangshutai, and we still need to wait for Shangshutai to reply."

Guo Jia held the jug in one hand and the chess pieces in the other, and said, "The general has decided?"

Cao Cao's eyes flashed a stern light, and he said: "Feng Xian is right. Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. If they can put down the banditry in Qingzhou, no matter how serious the crime is, Cao Cao will bear it!"

Guo Jia nodded, and said: "The imperial court should be able to allocate part of it, and Mr. Zhu will also give a part. Including Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, it is enough to last half a year. After the autumn harvest, everything can be decided."

Cao Cao remained motionless, raised his eyelids to look at Guo Jia, and said, "There are at least a million Yellow Turbans everywhere, what countermeasures can Fengxiao have?"

Guo Jia settled down lightly, then took a sip of wine, and said: "The general has already made plans, why ask me?"

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, and said, "If you don't say anything about being filial piety, my heart is not at ease."

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "The general has a strategy in mind and a courageous heart. The reason why there are many setbacks is not because of lack of ability, but because of opportunities. Now that the dragon has come out of the abyss, the general trend has been achieved, the general does not need to be humble."

Hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao was full of pride and confidence, put down his chess pieces, and said in a deep voice, "I will enter Chang'an early tomorrow morning!"

Guo Jia threw down the chess pieces and said with a smile, "It's almost finished."

Cao Cao thought about the situation in Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, his long and narrow eyes flashed brightly, and said: "Take them in, train [-] troops, sweep Beihai Kingdom, and then go from Lu Township to Huang County, Mouping, Dongmou, within half a year. Inside, put down the banditry in Qingzhou!"

"Fast!" Guo Jia added.

Now is the autumn harvest, as long as it is fast enough, not only can it be caught by surprise, but it can also obtain much-needed money and food.

Cao Cao nodded, and said again: "I intend to keep Miao Cai to farm, but he is straightforward and reckless, and I'm afraid I won't be at peace."

Guo Jia drank the wine and said, "I heard that Kong Rong is in Jinan, so he should be able to come back."

Cao Cao's eyes moved, and he said with a smile: "Following filial wisdom and thinking about thousands of miles, okay, I will write a book for Zhu Shijun!"

"Munde!"

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Xia Houyuan quickly stepped in and said, "Then Gongdu, He Yi is here, saying he is here to discuss peace."

Cao Cao and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled.

The so-called 'negotiation' is just a nice word.

Cao Cao got up and said loudly: "Order people to prepare wine and food, and I will not return home without getting drunk with them."

Xia Houyuan responded and said, "I'll go right away."

Guo Jia watched Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan's back, looked at the chessboard, took the chess piece, landed on a position, and said to himself: "Next, will it be Xuzhou or Jizhou?"

Guo Jia looked at the chess game and frowned slightly.

He can predict many things, but he is not sure about the His Majesty in the palace.

If Cao Cao pacified Qingzhou, would he go south to deal with Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu, or go north to Jizhou to conquer the Black Mountain Army?
Cao Cao led Gong Du and He Yi into the big tent in person, smiling constantly, talking about the customs and customs of Beihai, and never mentioned the matter of "negotiating peace".

Gong Du, He Yi and Cao Cao had dealt with each other before, and that was many years ago, they were all young men. Of course, Cao Cao was still doing odd jobs for Huangfusong.

It belongs to the 'communication' without meeting each other at all and not knowing each other.

Under Cao Cao's persuasion to drink, Gong Du and He Yi accompanied awkwardly, and tried to speak a few times, but were blocked back.

After drinking a lot, they tried their best to stay awake. Seeing Cao Cao eloquently citing scriptures, the two smiled stiffly and looked at each other quietly.

Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, and Cao Ren stood aside, with different expressions and surprised eyes.

They have been with Cao Cao for more than 20 or [-] years, and this is the first time they know that Cao Cao can speak like this.

I don't know how long it took, the sky was so dark that Gong was a little dizzy, he couldn't drink any more, he quickly raised his hand and said: "General Cao, Gong Du has admired him for a long time, and his heart is for the imperial court. I want to share the general's worries and contribute to the imperial court, please accept it."

He Yi frowned. As soon as Gong Du spoke, the initiative fell into Cao Cao's hands.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to make amends, Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "Brother Gong's heart, Cao knows all about it. I want Brother Gong to be Sima, and Brother He to be my master bookkeeper. How about it?"

The official position of army Sima is above the county magistrate and below the prefect, and the number of troops to lead depends entirely on the will of the general.

The "master book" is biased towards "private" and is in charge of official documents and letters, which must be trusted by cronies.

Gong Du knew that this was the highest official position that Cao Cao could give, he looked hesitantly and looked at He Yi.

He Yi didn't expect Cao Cao to offer such a big temptation, so he suppressed his drunkenness and said, "General Cao, can you keep me safe in the future?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard with a drunken face, and said: "Don't worry, you two. Cao Cao is employing people. Both of you are great talents. How can you ignore them? If you two sincerely surrender, Cao is willing to write a letter as proof." , Don’t blame the past, just tell the merits!”

Gong Du heard the words and said hastily: "There are more than 30 people waiting for me. I wonder if General Cao is willing to accept it?"

After all, Gong Du was still worried that Cao Cao cared more about 'heads'.

Cao Cao took another sip of wine, laughed loudly, and said, "Cao Ren, transport 20 shi of grain and send it to Chang'an County immediately!"

"Obey!" Cao Ren raised his hand, turned around and strode out.

He Yi stared at Cao Cao, always feeling that something was wrong, and wanted to open her mouth, but Cao Cao got up suddenly and said, "Cao is going to the toilet, you two wait."

He Yi closed her mouth and glanced at Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun brothers, with sullen faces and uneasy hearts.

Cao Cao's performance was too abnormal.

When Cao Cao got out of the big tent, he saw Cao Ren, Gong Du, and some of He Yi's soldiers talking. Those soldiers were overjoyed when they saw that their commander, Qu Shuai, had made an agreement with Cao Cao, and even sent 20 rations to Chang'an. , raised their hands to Cao Cao and said, "Thank you, General."

Cao Cao suppressed his drunkenness and nodded expressionlessly.

These soldiers did not dare to say much, and went in to get the seal with Gong Du and He Yi.

Seeing this, Cao Cao came to Cao Ren's side, whispered a few words with cold eyes.

Cao Ren looked slightly startled, and said, "You really want to do this?"

Cao Cao frowned, walked a few steps quickly, and came to a remote place, vomiting continuously, but couldn't vomit anything.

The corners of his face tightened, and his fingers inserted into his throat.

"vomit……"

Cao Cao spat out, mostly wine.

Cao Ren stood behind him, Cao Cao buckled him several times, felt that he was about to vomit, then wiped his mouth, turned around, Shen Se said to Cao Ren: "No one is allowed to know about this, including Feng Xiao!"

Cao Ren nodded, and saw Gong Du and He Yi's personal soldiers coming out, walked over calmly, and said, "Follow me to order food."

These soldiers were both happy and panicked, and hurriedly responded.

Gong Du and He Yi saw that Cao Cao hadn't returned for so long, so she couldn't help but come out. Seeing that Cao Ren had really gone to order soldiers, she couldn't help but glance at each other, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Cao is really willing to recruit them, that would be the best.

"Both, let's continue drinking."

Cao Cao said with a smile.After throwing up, he sobered up quite a bit.

He Yi, Gong Du dared not refuse, so he could only continue to drink with Cao Cao.

What they didn't notice was that the two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan got into trouble at some point.

Cao Cao gave the official position and money, which reassured the two of them a lot. It was hard to ask for so many demands they wanted before.

Cao Ren, Gong Du, and He Yi's personal soldiers went straight to Chang'an County.

When they came to the gate of the city, several soldiers took out their seals and shouted: "General Cao has accepted the two commanders of Qu, and sent 20 shi of grain to show his sincerity. Open the door!"

The people arranged by He Yi and Gong Du at the city gate quickly hung people down to check, and after careful checking, they turned their heads and said loudly: "It's true!"

"Open the door, open the door!"

Gong Du and He Yi's cronies were overjoyed and ordered to open the door.

Cao Ren entered the city at the head of the city, looked at the gate of the city, dressed in rags, armed with various weapons, looking at his men, women and children expectantly.

"what……"

Suddenly, Cao Ren yelled and fell off his horse.

"There is a fraud!"

Cao Jun shouted loudly, then drew his sword and killed.

Cao Jun outside the city rushed in, shouting and killing like thunder.

"Misunderstand!"

"Misunderstand!"

The cronies of Gong Du and He Yi shouted anxiously, but Cao Jun's soldiers were ushered in.

The two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan came in from outside the city with soldiers and horses, and rampaged in Chang'an County, killing like a tide.

The Yellow Turban Army in the city was caught off guard, unable to stop them at all, falling down, dying, and gradually settled down for a full hour.

Waiting for dawn, Cao Ren, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun and other talents completely controlled the county.

Xia Houyuan wiped the blood from his chest, came to Cao Ren, and said, "A lot of people escaped, about ten or two hundred thousand."

Cao Ren was the most prudent, and said: "You guys look after this place, I'll report back."

The two brothers Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan didn't say much, they still have a lot to do.

When Cao Ren returned to Daying, Gong Du and He Yi were already so drunk that they couldn't wake up no matter how much they screamed.

Taking advantage of no one, Cao Cao hugged the chamber pot, vomited, and dug his throat with his hands from time to time.

Seeing Cao Ren enter the door, he paused for a moment, then retreated out silently.

Cao Cao vomited for a long time, his eyes were red, and the corners of his face were like iron. He glanced at He Yi and Gong Du, who were in a mess, and got up and walked out.

He had just left when Cao Ren happened to walk over from not far away and said, "General, it's done."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with joy, and he said in a low voice, "How young and strong?"

Cao Ren said: "At least fifty or sixty thousand."

"Enough!" Cao Cao straightened his chest, let out a long breath, and looked eastward with burning eyes.

Naturally, he can't want so many old and weak women and children, what's the use of it?
What a waste of his food!

How could the sleepy Gong Du and He Yi think that Cao Cao was so ruthless that he didn't sincerely recruit them.

At noon, when the two woke up from a drowsy sleep, they found that they were in Chang'an County, and they immediately felt bad.

Cao Cao looked coldly, staring at the two of them, said: "Brother Gong, Brother He, I accept it kindly, but you set up an ambush in the city and almost killed my brother Cao Ren, what should you do?"

The two of them were cold, they didn't understand, they knelt down together, Gong Du hurriedly said: "General Cao, it wasn't our design, it must be, it must be the work of the traitors in the city, please be careful!"

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and He Yi continued: "I will surrender my heart and ask General Cao to spare me!"

Cao Cao's expression suddenly changed, he hurried forward, helped them up, and said with a smile, "I trust you, but the city is still a little restless, and I need your help."

Gong Du and He Yi looked at each other with a haggard face, so they could only respond: "I will take orders."

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Yuan Rang, you lead the army Sima and the chief book to go."

"Please!" Xia Houdun raised his hand, showing a fierce expression.

Both of them didn't dare to raise their heads, they responded repeatedly.

The presence of Gong Du and He Yi naturally made it easier for Cao Cao to control the remaining 10,000+ Yellow Turbans in the city, and the chaotic situation quickly stabilized.

On the other side, Cao Cao took Guo Jia into the city and sighed softly: "I never thought of such a thing. Now there are only 10,000+ people left, and the young and strong are only [-] to [-]."

Guo Jia took a sip of wine, and said as if he didn't know anything: "The general is worried that there will be insufficient manpower, and the strategy must be changed?"

Cao Cao nodded gravely, and said, "What do you think Fengxiao thinks?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "The general sent troops, are you still worried that you won't be able to recruit people?"

Cao Cao thought for a while, and said: "I plan to send troops in four directions in three days to sweep the Beihai Kingdom. The largest Yellow Turban Army is in Jiaodong. It is said that there are 50 people."

"be quick."

Guo Jia didn't drink, looked at Cao Cao, and said: "We must not give them a chance to replenish food and grass."

It's summer harvest now, even if Qingzhou is dilapidated, there are still some acres to harvest.

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes were beating sharply, and he said, "Okay!"

The two of them tacitly agreed and didn't mention what happened last night at all.

In Chang'an County, countless corpses were transported out. Last night's night attack made the 'Yellow Turban Army' terrified, and under the comfort of Gong Du and He Yi, they gradually settled down, and no major disturbance broke out.

Cao Cao moved very quickly, while selecting young and strong troops to form an army, while arranging matters for farming.

Summer harvest is also summer planting, timing is very important!
In the next few days, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and even Gong Du led troops to attack everywhere, cleared up the bandits, gathered the victims and bandits, and divided the fields for large-scale farming.

By mid-July, Cao Cao's army had swelled to 10 people, and swept across most of the Beihai Kingdom, with almost no opponents, and fought all the way to Jiaodong.

Outside Jiaodong City.

Cao Cao's barracks stretched for several miles with large tents like clouds.

At this time, Cao Cao was standing not far away, looking at Jiaodong City, and laughed with Guo Jia, Xiahou Dun and others behind him, and said, "Little Jiaodong has gathered more than 70 people. God has helped me!"

Under Cao Cao's sweep, the Yellow Turban Army from all walks of life gathered in Jiaodong in panic, and gradually reached more than 70 people!

Guo Jia drank, didn't speak, just shook his head.

More than 70 people gather in a small county town, and the food and grass consumed every day will be incalculable. Let alone besieging the city, they will ignore it. It won't take long. In order to compete for food, internal strife will definitely break out in Jiaodong County, and maybe there will be more Melee!

Cao Cao looked at it for a while, turned his head, and said to Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, I intend to keep 1 people temporarily, and the rest of the troops will fight against the strong walls outside Jiaodong and force them out of the city to fight!"

He didn't want to procrastinate, he wanted a quick fix.

Because the situation in the four states of Jing, Xu, Yang, and Ji is changing rapidly, Cao Cao feels that his achievements are not in Qingzhou, but in those four states!
Guo Jia smiled lightly and said, "The general is brilliant."

Seeing that Guo Jia had no objection, Cao Cao looked at He Yi and said, "He Yi, you write a book and order all the Yellow Turbans in Jiaodong to surrender, otherwise the city will be destroyed!"

"Yes." He Yi said without any hesitation.

He gradually integrated into Cao Cao's "shogunate", as the head book, this is his duty, but also because of his special status as the former commander of the Yellow Turban Army.

Cao Jun attacked everywhere to clean up the periphery of Jiaodong, and apart from Jiaodong, there were almost no other Yellow Turbans in Beihai.

While cleaning, while still using the old strategy, they implemented a strategy of exhausting the enemy against Jiaodong, feigning attacks day and night without stopping.

Faced with Cao Cao's actions, the Yellow Turban Army in Jiaodong was obviously more tempered. They sent troops out of the city three times and four times, preparing to fight Cao Cao. Had to withdraw again.

Similarly, at night, Jiaodong City would send troops out to attack at night, but they never returned twice.

The Yellow Turban Army in Jiaodong County couldn't fight, and they couldn't attack at night. They had no plans for a while, locked the four doors tightly, and there was no movement.

A few days later, the east gate of Jiaodong County suddenly opened, and the Yellow Turban Army swarmed out, not fighting, but fleeing in all directions.

Cao Cao came on horseback, and seeing the Yellow Turban Army collapsed like this, he shook his head secretly, and said, "I think the Yellow Turban Army was so prosperous back then, but I can't imagine how desolate it is now."

Guo Jia shook the flagon and said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'm scared by the general's reputation."

Cao Cao laughed, but he didn't care. He knew that it wasn't his reputation, but that the Yellow Turban Army was too scattered. Money and food ran out quickly.

You can't fight, you can't stick to it, what else can you do except flee?
when~
Cao Cao drew out his sword fiercely, and shouted in a deep voice: "Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, order you two to lead [-] troops and pursue them! Cao Ren and Gong Du, order you two to lead [-] troops to take Jiaodong County!"

"The last general takes orders!" The four raised their hands, and then galloped away.

　Ask for a monthly ticket~
　　Ask for two full orders~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)