On the second day after Cao Cao occupied Pingtao City, he did not leave any soldiers, still took Xiahou Yuan as the vanguard, and led the army himself to march directly towards Daling City.

The news of the capture of the Cao army in the north of Pingtao City has already spread to Daling City, and the Daling County Commander heard that Cao Cao killed the county commander in Pingtao, except for the bullies, opening a warehouse and releasing grain, he knew that he could not resist, and he abandoned the city and fled.

Even some of the rich gentry and bullies in the city have fled the city one after another, avoiding the edge for the time being.

When Xiahou Yuan led the army to the city of Daling, he did not encounter the slightest resistance, and 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's army.

The rumors of Cao Cao's slaughter of the city that were rumored before are now self-defeating, and the people have a good impression of Cao Cao. When Cao Cao arrived in Daling City, he was very happy to learn that he was well received by the local people.

However, there is another person who has never been happy, and this person is Han Meng, the general of Yuan Shao's subordinates.

Han Meng followed Cao Cao's journey, and saw that Cao Cao was constantly buying people's hearts, and he complained 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 Yuan Shao in Huguan.

Who knows, Han Meng's every move has already been monitored by Cao Cao, and when he learned that Han Meng sent someone to Huguan, he sent Xiahoudun to set up an ambush on the way in advance to kill Han Meng's henchmen directly.

Xiahoudun killed Han Meng's henchman, obtained Han Meng's handwriting, and then secretly handed it to Cao Cao, Cao Cao opened the letter and read it hurriedly, then sneered: "This Han Meng." It's a talent. I can see the purpose of my trip. It's a pity. If you don't use me, there is only one way to die! ”

At this moment, Dian Wei walked in from outside, clasped his fists and said, "Lord, Mr. Man is back!" ”

"Oh? Invite him in. ”

Dian Wei said "snort", then turned around and walked out, and when he came in again, he was followed by a person. This man has large ears, a green beard hanging from his chin, deep-set eyes, and a pair of dark eyes that sparkle with a wise gaze.

This person is in his thirties, his surname is full of pets, the word is Boning, he is a native of Changyi, Shanyang, and is engaged in Cao Cao's account. Cao Cao was defeated in Puyang, and crossed the Yellow River with his family with Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others. This person is very eloquent, and when he gets upstairs. On Cao Cao's order, he went to Meiji County to contact the Southern Xiongnu. So far, put it back.

"Berning, see the lord!"

"You're back just in time, can this trip be fruitful?" Cao Cao hurriedly asked.

Full of favor said: "Qi Yu Lord, everything is going well, the Huns Shan Yu Yufu Luo heard that the lord needed help, remembering the lord's kindness to him back then, and sent his younger brother Hu Chuquan and Hubei to lead five thousand Hun cavalry to support the lord. Moreover, Yu Furo also stated that he didn't want anything, and this time he only wanted to repay the kindness of the lord to him back then. ”

"It's rare that Yu Fuluo can still remember that I was kind to him back then, and I didn't expect it to be a great help. If we get the help of the Hun cavalry, our army can capture the entire annexed state! Cao Cao said with emotion.

In fact, when Cao Cao walked to Lou Fu, he sent Man Pet to Meiji County. Let Man Chong go to contact Shan Yufuluo of the Southern Xiongnu, wanting to borrow the Xiongnu's troops to capture the entire state, and promised that after the deed is completed, he will give the Xiongnu a large amount of property and food.

Who knows, Yu Fuluo is so grateful to him, which makes Cao Cao feel very good.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were divided into two branches, the north and the south, and the Southern Xiongnu were vassals to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and since then they have been attached to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and have been 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 the Xiongnu Zhonglang General to lead troops to protect its safety.

Nominally protection, in fact surveillance. However, with the increase in the population of the Southern Xiongnu and the neglect of the management of the Southern Xiongnu by the imperial court, the shili of the Southern Xiongnu became larger and larger. In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, Shili increased greatly, because of the complex composition of the tribe, it was difficult to control and control, resulting in internal hiding, many times into the Eastern Han Dynasty border to kill officials, and Xianbei many times to join forces into the interior to raid and plunder.

Every time the Eastern Han Dynasty sent troops to crusade, the Southern Xiongnu surrendered, but it didn't take long for them to rebel again, and so on, which was really a headache for the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the second year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court appointed Zhang Xiu as the general of the Xiongnu, responsible for supervising the Xiongnu.

Since Qiangqu served as the Xiongnu Shan Yu, the Southern Xiongnu have finally been much more honest and obey 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 Hun cavalry to Youzhou, which was under the command of Liu Yu. As a result, Qiangqu Shan Yu sent his son Yu Fuluo to lead an army to Youzhou to help the Han court quell the rebellion.

In the second year, there was a coup d'état in the Southern Xiongnu, Qiangqu Shan Yu was killed, and the Marquis of Xubu Gudu was established as Shan Yu.

Subsequently, Yu Fuluo took advantage of the turmoil when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, the general He Jin was assassinated, and Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, and led his troops to flee to Hedong, where he joined forces with the white wave thieves and invaded Taiyuan, Hanoi and other places.

Later, when the Kwantung princes established an anti-Dong Zhuo coalition army, Yu Fuluo followed Zhang Yang to pay Yuan Shao and stationed troops in Zhangshui. The following year, Yu Fuluo wanted to rebel against Yuan Shao, but Zhang Yang did not obey, and Yu Fuluo coerced Zhang Yang to flee. Yuan Shao sent Ju Yi to defeat Yu Fuluo, who fled to Liyang, and later defeated the Duliao general Geng Zhi, and Shili was able to reorganize.

Subsequently, Yu Fu Luo was defeated by Cao Cao, who was conscripting the Black Mountain Thieves, and then Yu Fu Luo joined forces with Yuan Shu to attack Cao Cao, but was defeated by Cao Cao, and even he was captured by Cao Cao.

At that time, many of Cao Cao's subordinates persuaded Cao Cao to kill Yu Fuluo, but Cao Cao did not listen, but let Yu Fuluo go, and told Yu Fuluo to go back to fight for Shan Yu's position, so that Haode could be his Xiongnu Shan Yu, and not set foot in the Central Plains again, harming the people.

With the help of Cao Cao, Yu Fuluo returned to the Xiongnu Shan Yu Court, and became the Xiongnu Shan Yu, which can be described as grateful to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was silent for a moment and recalled the past, then immediately asked, "When will the Hun cavalry arrive?" ”

Man Zhong replied: "The subordinates are afraid that the lord will worry, so they came back in advance, and as for the Hun cavalry, it is estimated that they will arrive within two days." ”

After Cao Cao heard this, his face was very solemn, and in his hand, he still held the secret letter written by Han Meng to Yuan Shao, and it was a great hidden danger to stay with Han Meng by his side.

"Lord, since the Huns have been contacted and sent 5,000 cavalry to help us, is it useless for the 3,000 elite soldiers under Han Meng's department? Moreover, Han Meng is quite brainy, and keeping him will definitely be a scourge, and it is very likely that it will ruin our big things! Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao nodded, and said slowly: "Han Meng wants to get rid of him, but he must not die at our hands, I am worried about only Han Meng, but the three thousand elite soldiers under Han Meng, I have other uses." ”

"Lord, why don't you let me pretend to be an assassin tonight and assassinate Han Meng directly, it's a hundred!" Dian Wei Dao.

"It's not difficult to kill him, but it's rare that after killing him, his subordinates can still be used by me. Feng Xiao, do you have any complete solution? Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia beside him and asked.

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Back to the lord, my subordinates haven't thought about it yet." ”

Cao Cao looked around again, and saw that everyone present was worried, he knew that they hadn't thought of a plan yet, so he said: "Okay, you all go back first, and when you think about it, come and tell me!" Let's just let Han Meng live a few more days. ”

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

"Burn him as if you didn't see anything, and besides, have you hidden the body of the man you killed?" Cao Cao asked.

Xiahou said: "Don't worry, my lord, I have chopped up that corpse and threw it directly in the mountain, and now it is estimated that it has already been eaten by wild beasts." ”

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

"Whoa!" Everyone said in unison.

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

In fact, when Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River in the 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 move, in a vain attempt to make a comeback.

This trick is called borrowing chickens to lay eggs!

After Cao Cao dismissed the meeting, a dark shadow was quietly hidden in the dark, looking at the people who came out of Cao Cao's room from a distance.

This black shadow is none other than Han Meng.

Han Meng saw Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Man Chong, Xiahou Xuan, Dian Wei, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Yuan and others walking out of Cao Cao's room one after another, and he had great doubts in his heart.

At this time, it was late, the night had already fallen, in this dark night, so many people gathered in Cao Cao's room, and there were people guarding outside the door, five steps and one sentry, ten steps and one post, and the defense was 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 opinion, Cao Cao's approach was beyond the scope of what he could accept, and he must be secretly plotting something.

Han Meng was secretly glad that he had the foresight to write a secret letter first and send someone to 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 several of his henchmen and said to them: "From today onwards, no one is allowed to mobilize troops without authorization except for my orders. ”

"General, do we need to obey General Cao's orders?" One of the tooth generals asked.

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

"Whoa!" (To be continued......)