The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 207 Chapter 206
On the second day after Cao Cao occupied Pingtao City, without leaving any soldiers, he still took Xia Houyuan as the vanguard, led the army himself, and marched directly towards Daling City.

The news of Cao's capture in the north of Pingtao City had already spread to Daling City. The magistrate of Daling heard that Cao Cao had killed the county magistrate in Pingtao. Except for the bully, he opened a warehouse to release grain. He knew he couldn't resist, so he abandoned the city and fled. .

Even some rich gentry and bullies in the city fled the city one after another to avoid the edge.

When Xia Houyuan led his army to Daling City, they did not encounter any resistance. Not only that, but the poor people in the city even took the initiative to line up at the city gate to welcome the arrival of Cao Jun.

The rumors of Cao Cao's massacre of the city that had been heard before were now self-defeating, and the common people had a good impression of Cao Cao.When Cao Cao arrived in Daling City, he was very happy to learn that he was welcomed by the local people.

However, there was another person who was still not happy. This person was Yuan Shao's general Han Meng.

Han Meng followed Cao Cao all the way, seeing Cao Cao's constant buying of people's hearts, he felt quite resentful in his heart, and Cao Cao was not an idle person, so he had already begun to doubt the purpose of Cao Cao's trip.

So Han Meng secretly wrote a letter and sent his confidants to send it to Yuan Shao in Huguan.

Unexpectedly, Cao Cao had already monitored Han Meng's every move. When he learned that Han Meng was sending someone to Huguan, he sent Xiahou Dun to set up an ambush on the way and kill Han Meng's confidants directly.

Xiahou Dun killed Han Meng's confidant, obtained Han Meng's handwriting, and then secretly handed it to Cao Cao. After Cao Cao opened the letter and read it quickly, he sneered and said, "This Han Meng is a talent, and he can actually see my trip. It's a pity that if you don't use me, you will only die!"

At this moment, Dian Wei walked in from the outside, cupped his fists and said, "Master, Mr. Man is back!"

"Oh? Invite him in."

Dian Wei said "here", then turned around and went out. When he came in again, he was followed by a man with big ears, a green beard hanging on his chin, deep-set eyes, and a pair of black pupils flickering. wise eyes.

This person is in his 30s, his surname is full of Chong, his name is Boning, he is from Changyi, Shanyang, and he works under Cao Cao's account.Cao Cao was defeated in Puyang, and together with Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others, they crossed the Yellow River with their families.This man was very talented in eloquence. When he reached Loufan, he went to Meiji County to contact the Southern Xiongnu under the order of Cao Cao, and he has been released since then.

"Bonin sees the lord!"

"You came back just in time, will this trip be effective?" Cao Cao asked hastily.

Man Chong said: "My lord, everything is going well. As soon as the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo heard that the lord needed help, he thought of the lord's kindness to him back then, and sent his younger brother Huchuquan and Qubei to lead [-] Hun cavalry. Come to support the lord. Moreover, Yu Fuluo also stated that he doesn't want anything, and this time it is only to repay the kindness the lord gave him back then."

"It's rare that Yu Fuluo can still remember the kindness I gave him back then. I didn't expect that my unintentional actions back then would bring great help. With the help of the Huns cavalry, our army can capture the entire Bingzhou!" Cao Cao said with emotion.

In fact, when Cao Cao reached Loufan, he sent Man Chong to Meiji County.Let Manchong contact Shan Yufulo of the Southern Huns, wanting to use the Huns' soldiers to capture the entire Bingzhou, and promise that after the event is completed, a large amount of property and food will be given to the Huns.

Unexpectedly, Yu Fuluo was so grateful to him, which made Cao Cao feel good.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu was divided into the northern and southern branches. The southern Xiongnu professed to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Since then, they have attached themselves to the Eastern Han Dynasty and were placed in the Hetao area by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty.In the following year, Liu Xiu ordered the Southern Xiongnu to move Shan Yuting to Meiji County to facilitate its management and restraint, and sent an envoy, General Zhonglang of the Xiongnu, to lead his troops to protect his safety.

In name it is protection, but in fact it is surveillance.However, with the increase in the population of the Southern Huns and the lack of management of the Southern Huns by the imperial court, the power of the Southern Huns became stronger and stronger.In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, the power increased greatly. Due to the complex composition of the tribes, it was difficult to control and control, which made the interior invisible.

Every time the Eastern Han court sent troops to crusade, the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, but not long after, they rebelled again. Such repetitions really caused the Eastern Han court a headache.

In the second year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Ling Dynasty, the imperial court appointed Zhang Xiu as the envoy of the Xiongnu Zhonglang, responsible for supervising the Xiongnu. Zhang Xiu saw that the Xiongnu Shanyu Huzheng was brave and often had a dissatisfaction with the big man, so he planned to kill Huzheng. Separately established the weak Qiangqu as Shanyu of the Southern Huns.

Since Qiang Qu served as the Xiongnu Chanyu, the Southern Xiongnu finally became a lot more honest, and obeyed the management of the Han court in everything.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun rebelled in Youzhou, and the imperial court mobilized the Xiongnu cavalry to Youzhou, under the command of Liu Yu.Therefore, Qiang Qu Shanyu sent his son Yu Fuluo to lead an army to Youzhou to help the Han court put down the rebellion.

In the second year, a coup took place in the southern Xiongnu, Qiangqu Shanyu was killed, Xubu Gudu Hou was established as Shanyu, Yu Fuluo led the crowd to Han to appeal his grievances, but was kept in Han by the Han court.

Afterwards, Yu Fuluo took advantage of the turmoil caused by the death of Hanling Emperor, the assassination of General He Jin, and Dong Zhuo's entry into Luoyang. He led his troops to flee to Hedong, joined forces with Baibo bandits, and invaded Taiyuan, Hanoi and other places together.

Later, when the Kwantung princes formed an anti-Dong Zhuo coalition, Yu Fuluo followed Zhang Yangyi to pay Yuan Shao and stationed troops in Zhangshui.The following year, Yu Fuluo wanted to rebel against Yuan Shao, but Zhang Yang refused, so Yu Fuluo threatened Zhang Yang and ran away.Yuan Shao dispatched Ju Yi to defeat Yu Fuluo, who fled to Liyang, and then defeated Du Liao General Geng Zhi, and his forces were reorganized.

Later, Yu Fuluo was defeated by Cao Cao who was conquering the Black Mountain bandits in Neihuang. Afterwards, Yu Fuluo joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Cao Cao, but was defeated by Cao Cao, and even he himself was captured alive by Cao Cao.

At that time, many of Cao Cao's subordinates advised Cao Cao to kill Yu Fuluo, but Cao Cao did not listen. Instead, he released Yu Fuluo and told Yu Fuluo to go back and fight for the position of Shan Yu and be his Hun Shan Yu, don't step into the Central Plains again and harm the common people.

With the help of Cao Cao, Yu Fuluo returned to the Xiongnu Shanyuting and became the Xiongnu Shanyu. He is grateful to Cao Cao.

After thinking about the past in silence for a moment, Cao Cao immediately asked, "When will the Hun cavalry arrive?"

Man Chong replied: "The subordinates are afraid that the lord will be worried, so they came back early. As for the Hun cavalry, it is estimated that they will arrive within two days."

After Cao Cao heard this, his face was very dignified. In his hand, he still held the secret letter written by Han Meng to Yuan Shao. It was a great hidden danger to keep Han Meng by his side.

"My lord, since the Xiongnu have already contacted us and sent [-] cavalry to help us, will the [-] elite soldiers under Han Meng be useless? Brain, keeping him will definitely be a disaster, and it may ruin our major affairs!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao nodded, and said slowly: "Han Meng wants to get rid of it, but he must not die in our hands. I am worried that only Han Meng is alone, but the three thousand elite soldiers under Han Meng, I am another useful."

"My lord, why don't you let me pretend to be an assassin tonight and directly assassinate Han Meng, that's all!" Dian Wei said.

"It's not difficult to kill him, but what's rare is that after killing him, his subordinates can still be of use to me. Feng Xiao, do you have a complete plan?" Cao Cao asked Guo Jia, who was beside him.

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Report to my lord, I haven't made up my mind yet."

Cao Cao looked around again, and saw that everyone present was frowning. He knew that they hadn't figured out a plan yet, so he said, "Okay, you all go back first, and then tell me when you think about it! Just let Han Meng live a few more days."

"My lord, what about this secret letter?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"If you burn him, just pretend you didn't see anything. Besides, have you hidden the body of the man you killed?" Cao Cao asked.

Xiahou Dun said: "My lord, don't worry, I have already chopped up that corpse and threw it directly into the mountain. It must have been eaten by wild beasts by now."

Cao Cao said: "Very good. This operation must be carried out carefully, and the news must not be leaked. Whether we can make a comeback depends on the success or failure of this time."

"Here!" Everyone said in unison.

Everyone left Cao Cao's room one after another. Cao Cao took the secret letter and burned it directly. There was an extremely evil look in his deep eyes, and he thought secretly: "Brother Benchu, I can't help myself. , I hope you can understand..."

In fact, when Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River north, he had already thought about the path he would take in the future.

He first attached himself to Yuan Shao, and then waited for the opportunity to make a comeback.

This trick is called borrowing chickens to lay eggs!

After Cao Cao finished the meeting, a black figure quietly hid in the dark, watching the person who came out of Cao Cao's room from afar.

This black shadow is none other than Han Meng.

When Han Meng saw Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Man Chong, Xia Houdun, Dian Wei, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Xia Houyuan and others coming out of Cao Cao's room one after another, he felt great doubts in his heart.

It was already late at this time, and the night had already fallen. In this dark and dark night, so many people gathered in Cao Cao's room, and there were still people guarding the door, one post at five steps, one post at ten steps, and the defense It turned out to be so strict.

Along the way, Cao Cao continued to play tricks to buy people's hearts, and his purpose was by no means as simple as capturing Jinyang.

In Han Meng's view, Cao Cao's actions have exceeded his acceptable range, and he must be plotting something secretly.

Han Meng was secretly rejoicing that he had the foresight to write a secret letter first and send it out, otherwise Yuan Shao would definitely be kept in the dark by Cao Cao.

Han Meng left quietly, and after returning to the room, he secretly summoned some of his most trusted generals, and said to them, "From today onwards, except for my orders, no one is allowed to mobilize troops without authorization."

"General, do we need to obey General Cao's order?" a tooth general asked.

Han Meng said: "Including Cao Cao's order!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)