After Zhang Yan took over Xuzhou, he began to focus on rectifying the rule of officials, deposing some unqualified officials one after another, and preparing for a major change of blood in Xuzhou.

However, Zhang Yan's account has few talents, and when Tao Qian was in charge of Xuzhou in recent years, the government was dim, and many people with lofty ideals were reluctant to go out, or simply went away and hid in the deep mountains and old forests for retreat.

As a result, Zhang Yan set up a Juxian Hall in Tancheng to recruit famous people from all over the world, and Mi Zhu was fully responsible. In addition, he also asked the county taishou to recommend talents in the county.

After Zhang Yan drafted the recruitment order, he handed it to Mi Zhu and asked Mi Zhu to look at it and then consider it.

Mi Zhu took the recruitment order, and after reading it hurriedly, he hurriedly said: "Lord, is this recruitment order too simple and straightforward?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "The simpler and more straightforward, the better, the recruitment order is not only to recruit those famous men, but also to recruit some strong men with strong martial arts, most of those strong men are rough people, if the recruitment order is written too literary, I am worried that they will not understand." ”

"But has the lord ever thought that those so-called celebrities are generally very high-minded, if the recruitment order is written too straightforwardly, after they read it, they will definitely disdain it, how can they come to the Juxian Pavilion?"

Zhang Yan frowned, felt that Mi Zhu was also right, and asked, "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

Mi Zhu said: "The lord may wish to recruit civil and military separately, Juxian Hall is only responsible for entertaining celebrities in the world, recruiting people can find a higher level of people to ghostwrite, the more gorgeous words are written, the more beautiful rhetoric, those celebrities will see it, the more they will appreciate it, and they will naturally come to Juxian Hall to try it." In addition, the lord can also set up a special place to entertain warriors, hand over the responsibility of a special person, and then issue an order to recruit soldiers, the simpler and more straightforward the better, those warriors after reading it, if they want to join the army, they will naturally come. ”

Zhang Yan nodded and said slowly, "You are right. Then do it according to your method, but, who should write this recruitment order? ”

Mi Zhu hugged his fists and said: "Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi, is the most admired celebrity in Xuzhou, and he also writes a good article. ”

"Good! Then ask Chen Jue to write on behalf of you, and this matter will be handed over to you to handle, after the recruitment order is written, it will be copied by 100,000 copies, which are widely posted in Xuzhou, and even in Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou and other places. ”

"Whoa!"

Mi Zhu received the order and went to handle the matter. Zhang Yan asked people to call Xu Sheng, and he wrote a new notice to recruit soldiers.

As soon as he finished writing the notice, Xu Sheng walked in from outside the hall, clenched his fists and said, "Master, are you looking for me?" ”

"Hmm. Is there any news from Yanzhou? ”

Xu Sheng said: "In the past few days, news has been coming that as soon as Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou, the city that had originally surrendered to Lu Bu surrendered to Cao Cao again. Cao Cao first fought a big battle with Lü Bu in Fan County, Lü Bu was defeated and retreated to Puyang, Cao Cao led his army to chase to Puyang, and now he is fighting a bloody battle with Lü Bu in Puyang. ”

"Very good, let the two of them fight slowly in Yanzhou first. In the past few days, in addition to paying attention to the news from Yanzhou, there is one more thing I want to do for you. ”

"The master just tells you to!"

"You go back to Pengcheng today, first find a suitable pavilion in Pengcheng, let the craftsman build a plaque, and write the words 'Jingwu Pavilion' on it, and then hang it on that pavilion, and then take this recruitment order, hand it to Chen Qun, and ask him to find someone to copy 100,000 copies, and then send it to various places. After I have completed the affairs in these two days, I will return to Pengcheng. ”

Xu Sheng said: "Yes, master." ”

In the next two days, the Juxian Pavilion and the Jingwu Pavilion were all nervously stretched, the Juxian Pavilion was located in Tancheng, and the Jingwu Pavilion was located in Pengcheng, both sides were carried out at the same time, and no one delayed anyone.

Mi Zhu asked Chen Qi to take him from Pengcheng, and when Chen Qi learned that Zhang Yan asked him to write a recruitment order, he didn't think about it, and even agreed.

Chen Jue wrote with a stroke of his pen, and wrote thousands of words freely, with gorgeous words and beautiful rhetoric, which can be called a must.

However, Chen Qi changed the recruitment order to a talent seeking order, and the text reflected Zhang Yan's thirst for talent.

After Chen Qi wrote this order, he took the initiative to find Zhang Yan, and after expressing his intention to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan knew that Chen Qi had come to ask him for an official.

This move was unexpected by Zhang Yan, and when he learned that Chen Qi was really here to seek an official, not a joke, he even let Chen Qi be a different driver in the state governor's mansion.

Chen Qi thanked Zhang Yan first, and then suggested that Zhang Yan move the seat of Xuzhou from Tancheng to Pengcheng, after all, this state office has become Tao Qian's home, and Zhang Yan is equivalent to working in Tao Qian's home, which is inevitably a little inconvenient.

Chen Qi's proposal was quickly agreed by Zhang Yan, and he handed over the matter to Chen Qi to handle.

Zhang Yan's trust in Chen Qi made Chen Qi very moved, and immediately said to Zhang Yan: "The old man knows that the envoy is eager to seek talent, so he specially recommends two famous men to the envoy......"

"Oh, Elder Chen, let's hear quickly, who are these two people?" Zhang Yan couldn't wait.

Chen Qi said: "These two people are both famous people in Xuzhou, and they are well-known Confucians in China, one is from Pengcheng, surnamed Zhang Mingzhao, and the word Zibu; One is a native of Guangling, surnamed Zhang Minghong, and the character Zigang. Both of them have the talents of heaven and earth, so that if you can get their help, you can be like a tiger with wings. These two people are now avoiding chaos in Jiangdu, so the envoy might as well let Yuanlong go to visit, explain the meaning of the envoy, and send these two people to the envoy. ”

"Well, thank you Chen Lao for reminding me, I'll let someone tell Yuanlong and ask him to go to Jiangdu for me and invite these two tickets."

Jiangdu City is in Guangling County, and it happens that Chen Deng is the Taishou of Guangling, so it is very appropriate to leave this matter to Chen Deng.

Zhang Yan wrote a letter and asked him to send it to Chen Deng quickly, and stated in the letter that no matter what method was used, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong would be sent to him.

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are both famous talents in history, both of them are important ministers of Wu State, and they are very good at handling internal affairs.

Zhang Yan just sent the letter out here, and the scout over there brought back the latest news from Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lu Bu fought in Puyang, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated from the fox.

Lu Bu took advantage of the victory to lead his troops to attack Lihu, but was ambushed by Cao Cao, defeated and returned, defending Puyang.

Subsequently, Cao Cao feigned to attack Chenliu, and Lü Bu led the main force to the rescue, but was ambushed by Cao Cao and suffered heavy losses, and even Puyang was occupied by Cao Cao.

Lü Bu then retreated to Dingtao, and Chen Liutai guarded Zhang Miao as horns, and Cao Cao entered the stage of stalemate.

After Zhang Yan learned about the battle situation in Yanzhou, his brows furrowed, Cao Cao could turn defeat into victory under such circumstances, which is indeed not to be underestimated.

A moment later, Bao Xun, the Taishou of Shanyang, sent a secret letter saying that Lü Bu had sent people to Changyi and asked Zhang Yan to send troops to attack Cao Cao together.

Zhang Yan had just finished reading the letter here, and received a letter from Yu Ban over there, in which Yu Ban indicated that Cao Cao and Lu Bu had entered the stage of stalemate, and the soldiers of the two armies were already very tired, and if Zhang Yan could send troops at this time, he would definitely be able to sweep Yanzhou and completely wipe out Cao Cao!

After reading Yu Ban's letter, Zhang Yan could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, and immediately made a decision to prepare to send troops to attack Cao Cao.

However, before sending troops again, Zhang Yan must also deal with the government affairs at hand, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the war is fought with money and grain, without money and grain, no matter how powerful the army is, it will soon collapse.

So, Zhang Yan first sent troops to escort grain and grass to Kang's father, and he waited for Tai Shici in Tancheng.

It is reported that Tai Shi Ci has returned from Donglai and will arrive in Tancheng tomorrow. This time, Zhang Yan was going to take Tai Shici to the battlefield in order to deal with Cao Cao's personal guard Dian Wei.

The next day, Tai Shi Ci arrived as scheduled, Zhang Yan personally greeted him outside Tancheng, settled Tai Shi Ci in Tancheng, and rewarded Tai Shi Ci with a mansion and some house slaves, and then appointed Tai Shi Ci as a guerrilla general, with cavalry, he left Tancheng and headed for Yanzhou.

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Yanzhou East County.

In the ruined city of Puyang, Cao Cao heard that Zhang Yan had taken over Xuzhou and became the new Xuzhou pastor, and in anger, he tore the secret letter to pieces.

At this time, Dian Wei walked in from outside the hall, clasped his fists and said, "Lord Qi, the envoy sent by Jizhou Mu Yuan Shao has arrived." ”

"The envoy sent by Yuan Shao?" Cao Cao said suspiciously.

"Hmm."

"Bring the messenger in." Cao Cao said.

"Whoa!"

After a short time, Dian Wei walked into the hall with a messenger, and when the messenger saw Cao Cao, he immediately bowed and said, "The little one is going to see Cao Envoy." ”

Cao Cao was sitting in a precarious position, and the civil and military forces in the hall gathered, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Li Dian and others on the left, Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others on the right, only to hear Cao Cao say loudly: "Excuse me, General Yuan sent you here, what is the matter?" ”

The envoy immediately took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Cao Cao directly, saying, "My lord sent me to send a letter to Cao Yuanjun, and asked Cao Yuanjun to take a look." ”

Cao Cao took the letter, opened it, hurriedly browsed it, and said to Dian Wei with an expressionless face: "The envoy has worked hard all the way, you take him down to rest and rest first, so that he can be entertained, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Whoa!"

After the envoy came out of the big tent, Cao Cao's face became gloomy, his brows were furrowed, and he sneered: "I didn't expect that I, Cao Cao, would fall into such a field!" ”

Guo Jia asked, "Lord, what did Yuan Shaodu write in the letter?" ”

Cao Cao said succinctly: "Yuan Shao heard that Zhang Miao and Chen Gong and Lu Bu rebelled against me, and there was a shortage of food and soldiers, so he wanted me to move my family to Yecheng, unite with him, deal with Lu Bu together, and recapture Yanzhou." ”

Guo Jia hurriedly asked, "What is the plan of the lord?" ”

Cao Cao sighed lightly and said slowly: "Now our army is short of food and soldiers, and the soldiers have been sleepy after repeated bloody battles. Yuan Shao is strong and strong in Jizhou, and there is plenty of food, if he can unite with him, he can't help but recapture Yanzhou, and he can defeat Lu Bu, why not......"

Before Cao Cao could finish speaking, a scribe stood up angrily and said loudly: "Lord, this matter must not be allowed!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at the scribe, who was the Dongping minister he had appointed, surnamed Cheng Mingyu, and the word Zhongde. Seeing that Cheng Yu was so excited, he asked, "Why not?" ”