Uncle, please help the Han family

"Yes."

Cao Cao threw the battle report on the case, then looked at Cao Ren, and said slyly: "We will continue to fight with them now, but if we fight ambiguously, we should plunder each other's border counties, keep friction, and don't take the initiative to show friendship." .Wait until the day when Liu Yu is going south, then take the initiative to truce and form an alliance with him."

"It's understandable to form an alliance, but..." Cao Ren said rather confused, "But why continue to fight ambiguously? Can we call a truce now?"

"Hahaha." At this point, Cao Cao laughed outright, and asked with a look of "this is not easy", "If we don't fight, will Liu Yu take the initiative to attack?"

"Sister, are you... asking for a fight?" Cao Ren immediately understood everything.

"That's right." Without hesitation, Cao Cao said confidently, "Liu Yu already has the entire territory of Youzhou, Jizhou, and part of Qingzhou. The territory is vast, and there is basically no threat from foreign enemies. The geographical conditions are good. But we only have most of Yanzhou. , Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Sili subdivisions, plus the Central Plains is the main area where the plague ravages, and now our population is at most half that of Jizhou. If it drags on, the people of the world will turn to Han, how should we fight? "

In today's world, do people want to be Han?

The answer is not very much.

The Xiliang Army, the Heishan Army, and the Yizhou Army like Liu Feiliu, as well as himself who did not explicitly oppose the Han but also formed a confrontation, these forces combined are much stronger than Liu Yu, which is enough to show that the people of the world ( vassals) did not aspire to unification.

To give another very convincing example, in Yanzhou, which I just won, its original governor, Liu Dai, was also a serious Han family clan member. People's hearts were easily beheaded by him.

Is Han's vitality really still there?

This big man, isn't Liu Yu struggling to support him alone?

However, it has nothing to do with me.

Liu Yu and I are by no means close friends on the same road.

"Eldest sister is wise."

Cao Ren nodded approvingly, and said in agreement: "Although Liu Yu is strong, we have the ability to fight vertically and horizontally. If we start a war at this time, it is still unknown who will win or lose."

"Yes, Liu Yu is indeed strong, but we are not weak." Having said that, Cao Cao showed a murderous look in his eyes, "When we find a suitable general for the artifacts we snatched from the corpses of Li Jue and Fan Chou, we will Has five artifact holders."

There are many vassals in the world, down to hundreds, but only vassals who possess the artifact can be competitive.

One can guard a county, three can guard a state, and five can fight for the world.

Now Cao Cao is very strong.

"Isn't Eldest Sister staying?" Cao Ren asked with some concern.

"Keep the artifact?"

Regarding this suggestion, Cao Cao said quite indifferently, "I will not do such a stupid thing. Besides, you have one, Yuan Rang has one, our own people have already accounted for less than half, and the rest will be given to you." Be a loyal minister."

Both Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren are real sisters and belong to relatives. As long as they are there, Cao Cao's basic situation will be stable. Although Dian Wei is not from his own family, he is also extremely loyal and reliable to him.

In short, Cao Cao's point of view is that as long as the vast majority of power is controlled, then there are some risks in the group, and it is completely fine.

The most taboo thing is to give up eating because of choking and fear of risks.

And the grass on the grave of the person who pays attention to it is already several feet high. Is it necessary to pay tribute?

"It is true that as long as we choose good users, we are not afraid of someone rebelling."

"lets change a topic."

Cao Cao waved his hand to end the topic, then changed his tone, and said casually: "My father will be here soon, you send some juniors from the clan to pick him up."

"Wow." Cao Song is also Cao Ren's uncle, so she immediately smiled and said positively, "It's a good thing for the old lady to come to Yanzhou, and it has to be done."

"Let's talk about this kind of thing when we come." Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ren, and said with some disgust, "He is coming from Langya, Qingzhou, and part of that Qingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Liu Yu. What I am most worried about now is my father. Can you make it to me?"

"Eldest sister, don't worry, the old man is a former captain, and even your father, eldest sister. No one dares to touch him." Regarding this, Cao Ren said confidently, "Except for Liu Yu, few people dare to touch him." I'm messing with you, big sister."

Cao Ren's words had a black and acrid air about them.

Of course, the reason why they are so confident is also because they are really strong now.

"But when I came to Yanzhou from Qingzhou, I was bound to approach Xuzhou, and I'm still at war with Tao Qian..." Cao Cao felt more and more uneasy.

"Sister, you are worrying too much." Cao Ren comforted, "Langya borders Yanzhou, and most of Yanzhou belongs to us. As long as we go to the border in advance to meet them, we will be fine. Could it be that he, Tao Qian, even sent people to snatch it? Can't the old man do it? He's old, he's not the Tao Qian he used to be."

Cao Ren didn't think that Tao Qian was an incompetent person like Yuan Shu and Han Fu, and he was even quite jealous of Tao Gongzu, the former minister who was able to suppress the rebellion.

It's just that people get old.

Compared with the vigorous young girl Cao Mengde, he is already a dying person who has half fallen into the loess.

And his children are useless, so sooner or later this Xuzhou will be the fat that Cao Liu swallowed.

"I hope so."

Cao Cao didn't want to think too much, so he could only comfort himself optimistically: "I forgive Tao Qian for not being stupid enough to trade his life for my father's."

…………

"Grandpa, we have reached the border between Hua County and Fei County."

"Oh, that's Yanzhou."

Hearing what the coachman said, the old man opened the curtain, got off the carriage, looked around, and said with emotion: "The Central Plains has become like this, it's really embarrassing."

Cao Song saw Yanzhou, although it was not dilapidated and desolate, but the smell of smoke was really too thin.

Along the way, burned villages and barren fields can be seen everywhere.

It has to be said that the only loser in the Central Plains War is the Central Plains.

"Father." Cao Song's youngest son, Cao De, approached him and asked in a low voice, "How long will it take to get to my sister? I, I'm afraid."

Cao De's fear stemmed from the fact that there were only a hundred servants escorting their group, and the whole group couldn't make up thirty black weapons, but they would have difficulty dealing with any ruthless bandits.

"There's nothing to be afraid of." Cao Song said calmly and calmly, "Aman has already sent troops from Taishan County to pick us up. It is estimated that we will run into each other within two days. Then we will go directly to find us. That's it, Ah Man."

"Old Grandpa." A young man in the clan suggested worriedly, "This border is different from Langya County. Basically, there is no jurisdiction and there are many bandits. It is too ostentatious for us to drag so much treasure. Why don't you abandon it?" Drop ten cars and travel light?"

This team of nearly a hundred people brought a full [-] carts of property, and on average, a few people would have to guard one.

In this way, the speed of travel will be slowed down a lot. If half of the materials are discarded, not only the efficiency of the journey will be improved, but also manpower can be spared to patrol and explore the road to guard against possible crises.

"Abandoning ten chariots? That's easy to say!" Cao Song was angry, and he slammed his scepter forcefully, and said very firmly, "I exchanged my family wealth for the four thousand servants recruited by Ah Man when he crusaded against Dong Zhuo. Now is the critical moment for her external expansion, if you bring her an extra cart, won’t you be able to support hundreds of soldiers?”

Cao Song may not have any other strengths, but he has one biggest advantage——

Rich, very rich.

At that time, it was generally only 2000 million yuan to buy the prefect, and only 1000 million more was needed to transfer the prefect to the three princes. Cao Song took out [-] million yuan to buy the head of the three princes. The official position of Taiwei set a new official position auction highest price.

Therefore, Miss Cao Mengde has always been a commoner counterattack.

The reason why they were despised by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu was purely because these two people were more powerful.

"Miss now has an army of tens of thousands in her hands, and she doesn't need you, old lady..."

"Don't talk about it, you are not allowed to throw a car!"

Although Cao Song is old, his personality is still very stubborn, and he can't listen to this kind of persuasion that sounds reasonable.

"It's all right." Seeing this, another young backbone of the clan reconciled, "Anyway, I have already entered the Yanzhou boundary. If you really meet someone with malicious intentions, just report Meng De's name directly. Someone will dare to offend her."

Cao Cao is now a celebrity and a great warlord. This is well known, so this statement is also tenable.

"That's right, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Cao Song sat down on a rock uncomfortably, then held the crutches in both hands, recalled the past emotionally, and like most old men, he murmured to himself: "Ah Man, this child has never been born since he was a child." It's reassuring. When she was just an adult, she became the Captain of the North, and before her butt was hot for a few days, she beat her uncle Jian Shuo to death. That matter is still my peace, otherwise who Can you keep her? Then, this girl was transferred out of Luoyang, where she became an official and caused trouble everywhere... If I didn’t want to please the emperor and let him protect Ah Man, what about paying the [-] million yuan?”

"Meng De was indeed a little too special in the past...but now she is a great prince, so please forgive me, the old lady." Others comforted her.

"Hehe, I never blamed her." Cao Song snorted and continued to mutter, "If I blamed her, I wouldn't have given all my family wealth to Dong Zhuo."

"This choice is also wise. Without the old man's support, Meng De would not be able to go so smoothly."

"Yeah, it went too well." Sighing inexplicably uneasy, Cao Song revealed frankly, "To tell you the truth, when Ah Man raised troops in Chenliu and said he would take me with him, the reason why I refused was because I want to give her a way out. In case the army fails, there will be a place for Ah Man to run back and hide..."

When talking about those past events, Cao Song became like all old men, chattering endlessly, even if this man had once been a Taiwei.

It's not easy for everyone to intervene. After all, he is the patriarch, so he can only listen patiently from the sidelines and strike up a conversation from time to time.

However, when the group of people were resting on the road, several fast horses suddenly came running towards this side, and it was easy to tell that they were military horses based on the sound and momentum.

"Protect the old man! Protect the old man!"

Those capable of fighting among the servants all drew their swords and began to surround the Taiwei.

"Come here!" Cao Song was also very nervous, and directly pulled Cao into his arms.

The father and son just hid in the crowd trembling like this, not even daring to breathe.

These servants are not professional warriors. Although there are a lot of them, they are no match for veterans who have experienced many battles.

Therefore, they can only look forward to the troops sent by Cao Cao.

"Who are you?!"

Soon, seven fast horses rushed in front of them, and Cao Song's steward had no choice but to question them loudly.

However, the seven cavalry did not answer.

Just riding a horse, circled around this large group of people.

"Are you sent by the county guard Ying Shao?" The steward continued to speak loudly, "This is Mr. Cao's father, Mrs. Cao! Get off your horse quickly, and don't make mistakes!"

However, there was still no answer.

These seven people just surrounded nearly a hundred servants in place.

The two sides were in a stalemate, and the atmosphere was very tense.

It wasn't until hundreds of elite riders arrived here that the tranquility was broken.

"Is Mrs. Cao here?"

When these servants were completely controlled by the army that prioritized quantity and quality, a burly officer dressed in black heavy armor and holding a green spear came out and asked seriously.

"I am, I am."

Cao Song got up quickly, leaning on a cane, walked out from the wall protecting him, and asked with a smile, "Are you sent by Ah Man to pick me up?"

"No, I was sent by Taozhou Mu to pick you up."

The leading officer was Zhang Kai, who came here on Tao Qian's order to meet and escort Cao Song.

However, it was not escorted to Yanzhou.

Instead, Xuzhou.

"Tao Qian?" Cao Song couldn't hold back his smile when he heard this.

You must know that Tao Qian was fighting Cao Cao at this time.

He sent someone to pick him up, how could he feel at ease?

"Wait." Cao Song quickly raised his hand, persuading, "My daughter is Cao Mengde, if you are too impulsive, the consequences will be...unimaginable!"

"I know." Zhang Kai was not angry, but rather calmly replied, "Cao Cao is indeed terrifying, and I am also afraid of her."

"But you just... just go!"

Cao Song had no confidence, so he couldn't say anything harsh, so he could only persuade him not to be impulsive in a tone that was almost begging.

"However, Taozhou Mu ordered me to welcome the old lady back. I can't disobey."

Zhang Kai said in a very embarrassed tone.

"Then..." After thinking for a while, the old lady negotiated seriously, "Then you go back first, and just say that I was picked up by Ying Shao when you came, and you didn't meet anyone."

"Do you think it's easy for me to deal with things like this?"

"..."

Cao Song was so frightened by these words that his body trembled, terrified.

"However..." Looking at the carts of supplies, gold, silver and treasures, Zhang Kai's mouth curled up with a gloomy arc, "I don't seem to need to deal with Tao Qian."

"If you want...I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you!"

Although Cao Song is rich, he is not a miser. At this moment, he must understand what it means to lose and gain.

Robbery, right?I have a lot of money, so let's go all out, as long as you don't kill me!

"Old man, you are really confused."

Zhang Kai drew out his sword directly, and said in a harsh tone, "Because I kill you, I can get it too."

"!"

Cao Song was so frightened that his face was completely defeated. Looking at the man who was gradually approaching him, he directly warned tremblingly: "Don't come here! Ah Man will not let you go! You...you still have time to stop now, Otherwise, let Ah Man know that it will be—”