Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 206 Cao Bao Carrying Pottery
After Ye Mo learned that Sun Jian's army was also on the way, he accelerated his march and finally arrived at the foot of Qiao County before Sun Jian.It's just that Ye Mo led these vanguard troops to the outside of the north city of Qiao County. The Xuzhou Army led by Cao Bao was stationed in the east of Qiao County.

After Ye Mo arrived, he sent people to the Xuzhou Army barracks to express his thanks.Although the Xuzhou army sent troops on its own initiative, it is true that only Tao Qian sent troops to help the court among the princes of the Han Dynasty.Now Ye Mo just brought the vanguard of the army, although he can't offer anything good to thank, but it is necessary to say thank you.

After Cao Bao received Ye Mo's envoy, he intentionally or unintentionally expressed his hope that the imperial court would take Xuzhou back under his jurisdiction as soon as possible.It's just that the envoy didn't dare to make a decision, so he could only take back Cao Bao's words and pass them on to Ye Mo.

In Xu Huang's temporary camp, Ye Mo called several generals into the main tent, including Xu Huang.Xu Huang refused because he felt that he was an outsider, but Ye Mo kept Xu Huang, not to recruit Xu Huang.Anyway, Yang Feng will definitely vote for the imperial court, so Xu Huang will definitely follow suit. In this way, Xu Huang will definitely not be Ye Mo's enemy. Does it matter if he is Ye Mo's own subordinate?

The reason why Ye Mo called Xu Huang together was because Xu Huang did not become a "good general of the five sons" by virtue of force alone, and Xu Huang's intelligence could not be ignored either.The only people Ye Mo could discuss were Dian Wei, Ye San, and Xu Huang, but Xu Huang was the one who could give some advice.

Ye Mo looked at the few people in the seat, and after saying what the messenger sent back, he found that the people in the seat fell silent.Dian Wei was silent, because Dian Wei was still thinking about what Ye Mo wanted to express in that phone call.Ye San was silent, because at that time, Ye San didn't understand Ye Mo's words.Only Xu Huang was thinking carefully about the impact of Cao Bao's words.

Ye Mo looked at the crowd, and first asked Dianwei: "Hong Fei, what did you hear?"

"My lord, you literati are so frivolous that you can make many twists and turns in one sentence. If you want me to say it, just say what you want to say directly. If there is anything disrespectful to the lord in what Cao Bao said, then I will go to Dian Wei. Take his head." As Dian Wei said, he made a gesture to get up.

Ye Mo quickly stopped Dian Wei and said, "Hong Fei, please don't be impulsive. There is no disrespect in Cao Bao's words. It's just that some of the meanings in Cao Bao's words have a profound impact and must be treated with caution."

After hearing Ye Mo's words, Dian Wei sat back in his seat, but he still chattered: "Oh, you literati, I really don't understand. What can't be said directly? You have to make so many detours." around."

Ye San who was next to Dian Wei couldn't stop nodding when he heard Dian Wei's words.Ye San had an out-of-the-box personality, and it was his limit to spend his time studying terrain and military formations. Now it would be difficult for Ye San to let him participate in this kind of open and covert battle between politicians.

Seeing Ye San's expression, Ye Mo directly ignored Ye San's opinion. Anyway, Ye San couldn't say anything.After jumping over Ye San, Ye Mo looked at Xu Huang and asked, "Gong Ming has an idea?" In the beginning, Ye Mo called Xu Huang "General Xu", but Xu Huang didn't dare He called himself a general in front of the Taiwei of the current dynasty, let alone a general in a bandit army of the Han Dynasty, so Ye Mo directly called Xu Huang by his name.

Xu Huang thought that he was an outsider and would not be asked by Ye Mo, but he did not expect that Ye Mo would skip Ye San and ask him directly. He was a little excited at once, but how could Xu Huang know that if he was too lazy to ask Ye San? .

"My lord, my subordinates think that the reason why General Cao is like this has something to do with the current situation in Xuzhou. As we all know, Taozhou Mu is now old and weak, and his time is numbered. But the Cao family is now in Xuzhou's status is not as good as before, not to mention the Chen family, even the Mi family has a posture that surpasses the Cao family." Speaking of this, Xu Huang paused, and then saw the look of admiration in Ye Mo's eyes. Then go on.

"Every family in the world is selfish. The Cao family is no match for the Chen family, because the Chen family has been running Xuzhou for a long time. But the Mi family started with business, and their status in Xuzhou is already comparable to that of the Cao family. The Mi family started out in business, so they didn't blend in with other families, but Tao Qian vigorously supported the Mi family and suppressed the Cao family for the sake of balance. Cao Bao was naturally dissatisfied with this, so he said this."

Ye Mo nodded after hearing Xu Huang's words.Xu Huang's analysis was similar to what he had guessed, but Xu Huang did not expect that the reason why Cao Bao wanted the imperial court to take back Xuzhou was to suppress the Mi family and become the first family in Xiapi.What's more important is the Chen family. The Chen family has almost developed Guangling City into a city with the "Chen" surname.Cao Bao is one of the three major families in Xuzhou, since he can't reach the height of the Chen family, he can only use the hand of the court to destroy the Chen family.And Ye Mo had a previous record of destroying the Wei family, so he was naturally attracted by Cao Bao.

"If Gong Ming is in my current position, should he agree to Cao Bao's request or not?" Ye Mo looked at Xu Huang and continued to ask.Ye Mo didn't know if Xu Huang would think of this level, but as the saying goes, "One person judges, two people grow wisely", there is always no harm in asking.

How could Xu Huang have thought that Ye Mo would ask him such a question. After hearing Ye Mo's question, Xu Huang was stunned for a moment.How could it be that Ye Mo misunderstood him as an outsider, he was simply an insider, ah, no, he was simply one of his own.

After turning his mind quickly for a few times, Xu Huang said, "This subordinate thinks that Cao Bao's request can be agreed."

After hearing Xu Huang's words, Ye Mo nodded again, which coincided with his thoughts again.Xuzhou is now in the hands of Tao Qian, even though Tao Qian sent troops to drag Yuan Shu back, and even directly resolved a major crisis in the court.However, it is an indisputable fact that Tao Qian's management of Xuzhou made the imperial court unable to intervene. (In other words, the relationship between Xuzhou and the imperial court is really complicated.)
If the imperial court wants to take back Xuzhou, it is destined to fight Tao Qian.Now Tao Qian still has a good relationship with the court, but no one can be sure that Tao Qian will not turn his face in the next moment.Therefore, if Cao Bao is willing to bet on the Cao family to assist the court in taking back the ruling power of Xuzhou, why not do it?

Everyone had just finished chatting about Cao Bao inside the camp when soldiers came in again.

"Report, my lord, generals, Sun Jian's army has arrived at the city of Qiao County, and is now stationed in the southern area of ​​the city." After the soldier came in, he said some bad news.

It's just that after Ye Mo heard the news, he didn't think there was anything wrong.If others saw that Sun Jian was stationed outside the city, they would definitely think that Sun Jian's camp and Qiao County had become a corner, and the guards relied on it.But Ye Mo understood that Sun Jian was Yuan Shu's subordinate in name, but he already had the will to stand on his own, and even said that he had already become self-reliant.

As for Yuan Shu, he has long since stopped treating Sun Jian as his subordinate. Who has ever seen a subordinate who would steal from the lord?Although this thing, the protagonist doesn't care much.What's more, now that Sun Jian is developing towards Jiangdong, there is no conflict of interest between the two parties for the time being, but if the two parties can last for a long time, there will be a war in the future.

"Send someone to Sun Jian's camp, and say that I, Ye, have admired the Jiangdong Tigers for a long time, and hope to meet each other." Looking at the soldier kneeling in the tent, Ye Mo said, but after speaking, it was There was a burst of laughter.In the eyes of Xu Huang and others, Ye Mo knew that Sun Jian was coming in a bad way, but he took the initiative to make an appointment to meet him, so he really had a heroic demeanor.

(End of this chapter)