The Three Kingdoms are invincible

In August of the fourth year of Chuping (AD 193), Cao Cao dispatched [-] troops, and with Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Dianwei, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao and other generals, marched westward.Perhaps because of the butterfly effect brought about by Gao Shun's crossing, Cao Cao raised his troops to greet the emperor three years earlier than in the original history.

Zhang Liao was captured by Xu Chu, and at first he vowed not to surrender to Cao.Cao Cao originally wanted to kill him, but he gave up because of Gao Shun's persuasion. He followed his advice and treated Zhang Liao very generously.Feeling Cao Cao's kindness and remembering Lu Bu's harshness towards his subordinates, Zhang Liao finally decided to surrender after much deliberation.However, before Zhang Liao surrendered, he agreed with Cao Cao that if he fought with Lu Bu in the future, he would not do anything.Cao Cao lamented his loyalty, so he agreed.

At the beginning, Cao Cao worshiped Zhang Liao as Zhonglang General, and Gao Shun said to him: "Zhang Liao's martial arts skills are extraordinary, but besides his martial arts, he is also a talented general. Only conferring the position of Zhonglang General is really Qu Cai. .”

Cao Cao replied: "I heard that Zhang Liao was only a captain of cavalry under Lu Bu's tent. Now I confer him a general, which is quite a promotion. When he first joined my tent, if he didn't make an inch of merit, he would give him the title of captain." For the position of general, the senior generals in our army will definitely not accept it. If he is really talented, he will surely make meritorious service in the future, so why bother about fame?" Gao Shun heard the words, so he didn't mention it any more, anyway, he knew Zhang Liao's talent very well It is inevitable that he will be named a marquis and worship a general in the future.

On the other hand, Cao Ming had some complaints about Cao Cao bringing Gao Shun on this trip. What she hoped was that Gao Shun could marry Guo Cui as soon as possible, and then marry herself back as soon as possible.After all, Gao Shun proposed marriage to Guo Cui first, and if he wanted to marry to Gao Mansion, he could only choose an auspicious date after Gao Shun and Guo Cui got married.But now his elder brother Cao Cao asked him to go out together, and it is impossible to put down the chaos between Li and Guo in a short time. Once it lasts for a long time, wouldn't he have to wait a long time before he can get married?If the war lasted for a year and a half, then he would have been over 20 years old when he got married.Although 20-year-old unmarried girls are certainly not unique in the entire Han Dynasty, they are also rare in the world.

But this time Cao Ming misunderstood Cao Cao again. In Cao Cao's original plan, he hadn't planned to take Gao Shun with him this time, but his father Cao Song suggested that Gao Shun should go with the army.As the saying goes, a son is better than a father, and this sentence is also true in reverse. Cao Cao is very clear about what his father is thinking.It would be fine if Gao Shun was not his son-in-law, but now that he has decided to marry Cao Ming to him, Cao Song hopes that Gao Shun will make more contributions, and strive to obtain a higher general position before the two get married, so that worthy of his own daughter.

———————————————————————————————————— At this time, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty had retreated under the protection of Yang Feng and Dong Cheng The original Eastern Capital, Luoyang.It's just that Luoyang City has been burned to scorched earth by Dong Zhuo's fire, and the city walls are in ruins. In addition, they have few soldiers. If Li and Guo attack the city, there will be no hope of defending the city.

Liu Xie would feel panic from time to time. His current behavior has completely broken with Li Jue and Guo Si. If he is caught by them, he may not even enjoy the treatment of a puppet.Will they just kill themselves and usurp the throne?Once this kind of thought spreads in my heart, I can't stop it anymore. Poor Liu Xie, who is a majestic emperor, can only spend every day in fear and panic, for fear that one day Li Jue and Guo Si They would suddenly break in and cut off their own heads.

"Come here! Come!" A young eunuch with an excited smile on his face shouted happily to Liu Xie as he entered the hall.

"It's coming? Who's coming? Could it be that Li Jue's gang of thieves have already breached the city and come in!?" Liu Xie, who had already become a frightened bird, immediately turned pale with shock when he heard the eunuch's words, and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, it's not Li and Guo's villains, but General Cao. Cao Cao and Cao Mengde, the herdsmen of Yanzhou, have already led his elite soldiers to King Qin of Luoyang." Seeing Liu Xie's terrified expression, the eunuch hurriedly explained .

"Cao, Cao Cao... Good, good! Cao Mengde is worthy of being a loyal man of my great man!" Liu Xie heard that it was not the rebels and rebels who came, but Cao Cao's hard-working king's teacher. He immediately turned from sadness to joy, and smiled happily Said to the eunuch, "Wait for me to meet General Cao and cleanse him up!"

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Liu Xie immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and said respectfully.

"General Cao please hurry up, the world is full of chaos, and the rules are often lost, but General Cao still has a heart of loyalty, and he rises up to fight against rebellion, which is very comforting to my heart." Seeing Cao Cao, Liu Xie thought of himself from now on Maybe I will never have to live this kind of suffering again, and immediately became very excited, "When General Cao destroys Li and Guo traitors, I will give you the title of General!"

"I am terrified. I am far from enough in terms of morality and ability. I will never dare to steal such a high position." Cao Cao lowered his head, a glimmer of light that no one else could notice flashed in his eyes, but he still maintained a very respectful tone towards Emperor Han Said.

"General Cao is too modest. Although he is a big man today, there are only a handful of loyal and upright people who care about the Han Dynasty." Liu Xie said sincerely, "I have heard that when the bandits Dong destroyed Luoyang and went to Chang'an in the past, all the people from all walks of life The feudal lords refused to move, but General Cao led his troops and horses in pursuit. Now that Li and Guo rebels are in chaos, and it is General Cao who is raising troops to serve the king in times of crisis, who but General Cao can occupy the position of Great General?"

Cao Cao's eyes became brighter, but at the same time his head lowered: "There are still many loyal people in the world. Just like when I was begging for Dong in the past, I was not the only one who led the army to pursue. Today's Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei (Tao Qian has died of illness, and before he died, Liu Bei served as Xuzhou Mu) and Changsha prefect Sun Jian all sent troops to help. The position of general cannot be held by anyone who has both fame, virtue and talent. , Yuan Benchu ​​is quite talented and ambitious, so he can take on this important task."

Cao Cao's words are very level. When he was chasing Dong Zhuo in the past, he was not alone, but where are Liu Bei and Sun Jian now? After all, he was the only one who rushed to fight the king, right?As for the words like "the position of great general cannot be held by anyone who has both fame, virtue, and talent", it is even more ridiculous, thinking that the generation who has advanced is just a butcher, and even he can be a great general How can I, Cao Mengde, not sit in this position?

Of course, Liu Xie didn't pay attention to the deep meaning in Cao Cao's words. In his opinion, he just felt that Cao Cao was modest.