Yanzhou East County, Puyang City, Taishou Mansion.

Cao Cao looked at Bao Xin, who was in the dust, hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Bao Xin's arm, and said with concern: "Yuncheng, you are in a hurry all the way, and your body must be very tired." ”

"I'll send someone to prepare hot water and a feast for you. In the evening, let's have a long talk! ”

Bao Xin hurriedly said: "Cao Dongjun is kind, how can I not know in my heart? However, now, Changyi is besieged by thieves, and Liu Zhijun is in danger. Please also ask Caodong County to send troops to rescue as soon as possible! ”

When Cao Cao heard Bao Xin's words, he frowned and said, "Yuncheng, I don't want to go to the rescue of Changyi. However, the thieves are strong, and the Dongjun soldiers are outnumbered, which is difficult to resist. ”

"Besides, Chen Wenzhao and Chen Bing Huguan are looking at Yanzhou. If I send troops, I am afraid that the eastern county will be lost! Ben Chu also wrote a book to me, asking me not to block the Yellow Turban Army and borrow the road from Yanzhou. ”

"If you rashly send troops to Changyi, not only will you offend Chen Wenzhao and Yuan Benchu, but you may not be able to rescue Changyi. And if you're not careful, you'll lose the foundation of Dongjun! ”

Bao Xin heard this, but was silent. When he was a teenager, Cao Cao became friends with Bao Xin.

Cao Cao spoke to him like this, and he was also reassuring, Bao Xin himself was not a person who did not know how to advance or retreat.

After thinking about it for a while, Bao Xin finally sighed and said, "How can I not know Mengde's predicament? But now, I have been entrusted by Liu Envoy Jun to come and ask for help. ”

"If Meng De doesn't send troops, Changyi City will definitely be broken by the Yellow Turban Army!"

When Cao Cao heard Bao Xin call him Mengde, he was not angry but happy. He and Bao Xin have been friends since childhood, and just now Bao Xin called him Cao Dongjun, he has already seen some outsiders.

Hearing the word 'Mengde', Cao Cao remembered the days when he was good friends with Bao Xin in the past.

Cao Cao already knew about Bao Xin's talent. Bao Xin is a brave and resolute person, and has a long-term vision, and is a great general.

When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and his foothold was not stable, Bao Xin suggested to Yuan Shao: "Zhuo has strong troops and has different aspirations. and its initial fatigue, the attack can also be captured. ”

At that time, Dong Zhuo only led a few thousand soldiers and horses into Beijing, and his strength was not strong. If Yuan Shao listened to Bao Xin's words and attacked Dong Zhuo, he would definitely be able to break the Xiliang army.

However, Yuan Shao was indecisive, and he was afraid of Dong Zhuo's prestige, so he did not adopt Bao Xin's strategy.

Bao Xin saw that Yuan Shao was not a successful person, and knew that if he continued to stay in Luoyang, he would be harmed by Dong Zhuo in the future.

Therefore, Bao Xin led the army back to his hometown. Then he recruited 20,000 foot soldiers, 700 cavalry, and more than 5,000 baggage, and began to prepare for the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

As Bao Xin expected, the rest of Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses rushed to Luoyang, and incorporated the Eighth School of Xiyuan, and after killing Ding Yuan, he began to dictate the dynasty and abolish the Son of Heaven.

At that time, Yuan Shao regretted it. Later, when the campaign against Dong began, Bao Xin raised troops to echo and went to crusade against Dong Zhuo with Liu Dai.

At that time, the princes were begging for Dong, and there were four princes in Yanzhou alone. They are Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao of Chen Liutaishou, Qiao Mao of Dongjun, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei.

Although Liu Dai is the assassin of Yanzhou, he has the qualifications to supervise the officials of Yanzhou County. But Qiao Mao has always been at odds with him, and Yanzhou people are outstanding and heroic.

Therefore, at that time, Liu Dai was angry and killed Qiao Mao, and surrendered to his people, which did not mean to deter the rest of the Yanzhou princes. Bao Xin, as the prime minister of Jibei, naturally belongs to Liu Dai's jurisdiction.

In history, Liu Dai was killed by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and at that time, the princes of the world, Yuan Shao was the most powerful, and most of the heroes went to Yuan Shao.

Bao Xin said to Cao Cao, who only owned one county: "Fu is not born, and he can always be a hero to set things right, and he is also a king." If you are not a person, you will be killed even if you are strong. The Revelation of the Heavens! ”

Then, Bao Xin defected to Cao Cao and led Cao Cao to take Yanzhou. Later, in order to protect Cao Cao, he unfortunately died in battle.

Bao Xin, whether he was in Luoyang, advised Yuan Shao to punish Dong Zhuo; When Cao Cao was weak, he took a fancy to Cao Cao and thought that he was more promising than Yuan Shao. It can be seen that Bao Xin is extraordinary.

However, Bao Xin, before he showed his talent in the troubled times, died on the battlefield, which is really sighing.

Cao Cao knew that Bao Xin was not an ambitious person, and he had always wanted to recruit him under his command. However, Bao Xin and Cao Cao are nominally under Liu Dai's control.

Therefore, Cao Cao is not easy to dig into the corner of Liu Dai's wall.

Now that he knew that Liu Dai would die, Cao Cao naturally had the idea of recruiting Bao Xin again.

Cao Cao said to Bao Xin: "Qiao Gong deceived the three dukes to write letters, so that Dong Shi became famous. Liu Dai disregarded the love of his allies and killed Qiao Gong without permission, which led to today's disaster. ”

"Chen Wenzhao of Bingzhou, deeply favored by the father and son of the Qiao family, how can he not avenge the bridge public?"

"Now with the bravery of Dian Wei, the wisdom of Chen Gong, and Zhang Yan and Guan Hai as minions. Even if I send troops to rescue Changyi now, I'm afraid it's already too late. ”

Bao Xin was silent when he heard this. After a long time, he sighed and said, "What Meng De said, how can I not know? ”

At this, he shook his head, sighed heavily, and stopped talking.

Cao Cao wanted to make Bao Xin fall in love with him, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to capture Yanzhou, so he said to Bao Xin: "Yuncheng, if you don't believe it, I can gather troops and horses now and rush to Changyi." ”

"If Liu Yuanjun hadn't been killed, even if he offended Chen Wenzhao and Yuan Benchu, he would definitely rescue Changyi. If the envoy is already dead, how about Yuncheng stay with me first? ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Bao Xin thought about it for a while, stared at Cao Cao with a smile, and said: "Meng De's rescue of Liu Yuanjun is fake, and taking Yanzhou is true, right?" ”

was told by Bao Xin that Cao Cao was a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, he was quite thick-skinned, and immediately adjusted his mentality, and said in a positive tone: "Dong Zhuo is in chaos, the Han family is in decline, and I just want to help the Han family with full enthusiasm." ”

Bao Xin looked at Cao Cao carefully, and suddenly knelt on the ground and said: "The princes of the world have risen together, each with their own hearts, how many people can be loyal to the Han family?" Only the king's ear! ”

"If you don't give up, please take Bao Xin in!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he was overjoyed, hurriedly picked up Bao Xin, and said, "I have to be honest, why worry about the big thing?" ”

Bao Xin got up and immediately changed his words and said: "My lord, Jizhou Yuan Benchu, although he was trying to please the leader of the Dong League, he had selfish intentions. Now he is attacking Youzhou according to Jizhou, and the general trend has been achieved. In time, he will become Dong Zhuo's second. ”

"Chen Wenzhao, born in the Yellow Turban, was originally a rebel of the imperial court. Accepting Zhao'an is just to occupy and merge the state. ”

"The Han family is depressed, and traitors are in charge, only the lord can help the community. Today, Liu Dai's death is a foregone conclusion, if you don't take advantage of the situation to seize Yanzhou and become a king, wouldn't it be a pity? ”

"If the lord has a heart, he can send troops and go to Changyi under the banner of rescuing Liu Dai. On the way, they did not engage the Yellow Turban Army. ”

"It is certain that the Yellow Turban Army will break through Changyi, only for Liu Dai alone, and it will not be for too long. When the Yellow Turban withdraws its troops, the lord can justifiably enter Changyi, and then take Yanzhou as his own. ”

"Good, good! Congratulations to my lord, I have another good talent! ”

Behind the curtain, there was a sudden sound of applause. Bao Xin looked up and found that several scribes came out from behind, led by Guo Jia, Xun You, and Xun Yu.

Bao Xin's suggestion can be said to coincide with Guo Jia and others.

In this way, on the one hand, Cao Cao left a small number of soldiers and horses in Dongjun to guard against Chen Xu. On the other hand, he led a large army to Changyi.

Walking on the official road, Cao Hong asked Xiahoudun: "Yuan Rang, the lord is in Dongjun, and only a few soldiers and horses are left. If the state army comes to attack, what will it be? ”

Xiahoudun smiled mysteriously and said, "I heard Fengxiao say that Chen Wenzhao got the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and the Taishan Army, which is equivalent to half the state's territory. ”

"He should be busy settling this 1.5 million people now, not expanding his territory. Otherwise, the foundation of the annexed state will be unstable. ”

"And Yuan Benchu of Jizhou, and Dong Zhuo of Chang'an. They can tolerate the lord taking Yanzhou, but they can't tolerate Chen Wenzhao occupying the land of the two states. ”

"Chen Wenzhao is not a stupid person, he will not fail to see this. Therefore, as long as we don't block the 1.5 million horses from entering Bingzhou, Chen Wenzhao will not invade Dongjun. ”

Xiahou Yuan on the side said with some resentment: "What a hero the lord is, there is only one county. Thinking that Chen Wenzhao is just a farmer, he actually owns a state. ”

"And soon, there will be another 1.5 million people in Bingzhou, Chen Wenzhao's luck is really good!"

Thinking of 1.5 million horses, even if the old, weak, sick and disabled are removed, they can also get a lot of strong and capable warriors, Xiahou Yuan is a little blushing.

Cao Ren shook his head and said, "Chen Wenzhao can only show his extraordinaryness if he can lay down such a family business as a commoner. ”

"Now that he occupies the state, he has added so much population, he will be the great enemy of the lord one day!"

When Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, and Cao Hong heard this, they were all silent.

Chen Xu's exploits were there, even if they didn't want to, they had to admit that Chen Xu's own extraordinary talent. With such a strong neighbor by his side, whoever he is by his side will not be steady.

Cao Cao took a group of men and horses and rushed to Changyi. Halfway through the march, he suddenly saw a lot of dust in front of him, and the scouts sent out by Cao Cao suddenly came to report that the Yellow Turban Army was rushing to this side.

When Cao Cao heard this, his face changed.

If it really encounters the Yellow Turban Army, I am afraid that it will inevitably have to fight for a while.

Cao Cao shouted at the soldiers behind him: "The whole army is going south, don't block the way for the Yellow Turban Army to advance westward." ”

After yelling, Cao Cao was still not at ease, and sent a messenger to meet Chen Gong to show that he and the others had no malicious intent. And asked the envoy to inform Chen Gong that he was willing to borrow Daodong County to let the Yellow Turban Army go to Bingzhou.

In the vast wilderness, no one wanted to go to war with an army of one and a half million. Even if this army is mostly unarmed, outcasts.

If you really want to fight, there must not be much left of this little soldier and horse under Cao Cao's account.