Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

How can Xu Rong, a general who thinks so highly of himself, do the dirty work of tying up an envoy and dedicating it to Cao Cao.

Seeing the lieutenant generals around, the partial general still wanted to speak, Xu Rong interrupted everyone and said, "Let's not talk about whether Cao Cao will surrender or not, let's see who is here and why he is here."

"Even if you want to surrender, you have to look at the situation and make a decision."

After Xu Rong finished speaking, he said to the orderly who was waiting at the side: "Go, bring in the people from outside the camp."

This is Xu Rong's camp, and outside Hulao Pass is Cao Cao's army.Therefore, without Xu Rong's order, no matter where the envoy came from, he could only wait outside the gate.

The messenger took Xu Rong's order and left the tent of the Chinese army.Not long after, I heard footsteps of "da, da, da". I think it was the messenger leading the messenger.

The curtain of the large tent of the Chinese army was pulled open, and the people had not yet arrived, only the sound of arriving first.

"Well, Xu Rong, you are so arrogant, you actually made me wait outside your camp for a long time."

The visitor scolded Xu Rong while walking into the large tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, these deputy generals of Xu Rong took a closer look. The man in front of him was about 50 to [-] years old. Although he was tall and straight, he already had white hair all over his head. He looked older than his real age. many.

All the generals and deputy generals looked at the person and felt that this person looked familiar, but they couldn't remember who it was.I thought, could it be that this is General Xu's friend.

Xu Rong was stunned at this moment, he opened his mouth wide, looking surprised.

After a long time, Xu Rong tentatively asked, "A military adviser? Are you a military adviser?"

Xu Rong is a member of Dong Zhuo's command, and only Li Ru can be called a military advisor by Xu Rong.Even Jia Xu, Xu Rong would not call him a military adviser.Jia Xu was Niu Fu's military adviser before, and then Li Que's military adviser.Even when he saw Jia Xu, Xu Rong just called Mr. Jia.

In the eyes of Dong Zhuo's old troops like Xuzhou, there is only one military adviser, and that is Li Ru.

Li Ru smiled, and then said, "That's right, it's me."

"Military Master, aren't you dead?" Xu Rong asked curiously.

The news of Li Ru's death spread throughout the Xiliang army, and it was precisely because of this that Li Que and Guo Si provoked the Xiliang army's leaders.

Li Ru smiled and said, "Fake death, just get away."

All the deputy generals around listened to the conversation between the two, and only then did they realize that the one in front of them was the famous military advisor Li Ru in the Xiliang Army who was faked dead.It was also sad that they saw that Li Ru's face was familiar, but they didn't dare to recognize him.

After all, they are only Xu Rong's subordinates, and their identities differ greatly from Li Ru's.Even if I have seen Li Ru, I have only seen it from a distance in the army.Moreover, due to the experiences of these years, Li Ru looked extraordinarily old.If it is not a very familiar person, even if you see him, you will not dare to recognize him.

"Military Master, since you're here, don't leave. With you here, I, Old Xu, have the backbone." Xu Rong said sincerely, with the intention of giving priority to Li Ru in his words.

Although Dong Zhuo was brutal, in the eyes of these old troops of the Xiliang Army, Dong Zhuo was the sun in the sky, representing the most glorious moment of the Xiliang Army.Moreover, Dong Zhuo is generous, and the Xiliang Army under his opponent is very good.

Because of this, Xu Rong always thought of Dong Zhuo in his heart.Li Ru is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, in Xu Rong's view, it's okay for him to listen to Li Ru.

Xu Rong, Duan Yan and other old Xiliang tribes belong to people with no ambitions, even after Li Que and Guo Si occupy Luoyang.They did not go to Luoyang to participate in the struggle for power, but quietly guarded one side.

Li Ru didn't come here to seize Xu Rong's military power, even if Xu Rong gave it to him, Li Ru would not take it.Li Ru came here to serve as a lobbyist for Li Chen and persuade Xu Rong to surrender.

Chapter 165 Cao Jun Borrows the Way of Hulao Pass

Li Ru looked at Xu Rong, and asked slowly: "Now our Xiliang army has already set in the west, I don't know Xu Rong, what are your plans?"

Hulao Pass is the most powerful pass in the world, and Hulao Pass and Luoyang Guard Horns complement each other, if you want to break through Luoyang, you must first break Hulao Pass.But how could the Hulao Pass be broken so easily? Back then, the eighteen princes were unable to break through the Hulao Pass even though they were begging for Dong.If Dong Zhuo didn't panic in the end, he gave up Luoyang and fled to Chang'an.I am afraid that the princes of the Eighteenth Route can only look at Guan and sigh.

However, it is different now.Hulaoguan is fine now, but Li Que and Guo Si in Luoyang are fighting.Once Luoyang is lost, Hulaoguan will be hit by enemies from both sides.

For Li Ru, Xu Rong didn't hide anything, he frankly explained the current situation.From Xu Rong's words, Li Ru heard it.Although Xu Rong wanted to find a way out for himself, he didn't seem to have made up his mind about who to turn to.

"As for the way to go, I have a way to go. I wonder if General Xu is willing to listen to it?" Li Ru looked at Xu Rong with piercing eyes, and asked softly.

"Oh." Xu Rong was a little surprised, and then asked: "Could it be that the military division has found a new owner."

Li Ru nodded and said, "That's right, it's not just me, Jia Xu and Duan Yan all joined me in taking refuge in the new master."

Hearing this, Xu Rong couldn't help being shocked.Both Li Ru and Jia Xu are intelligent beings close to monsters, and they were able to take refuge in one person at the same time. It seems that this matter is very reliable.

"The military division has something to say, just say it." Xu Rong nodded and asked quickly.

"Jia Xu and I, Duan Wei found a new owner, and it was Li Chen, Xuzhou Mu."

"At this time, if there is no accident, Duan Yan has already led the army into Luoyang City in the name of helping Li Que, and this Luoyang has become my lord's pocket."

"After taking Luoyang, the Hulao Pass is naturally a must, so I volunteered to be a qualified lobbyist." Li Ru said slowly.

After Xu Rong pondered for a while, he immediately made a decision: "Since the military advisor has spoken, I, Xu Rong, have nothing to say. It's better to surrender Li Chen with the military advisor and Mr. Jia than to be alone under Cao Ah's command."

Xu Rong had long thought of finding a way out for himself, but he just didn't know who to turn to.Now, it is heard that both Jia Xu and Li Ru have defected to Li Chen.Xu Rong thought, Jia Xu and Li Ru are much smarter and far-sighted than Xu Rong.Since both Jia Xu and Li Ru have taken refuge in Li Chen, he naturally has nothing to say.

Outside Hulao Pass, Cao Cao was still thinking about how to persuade Xu Rong to surrender. Could it be that Xu Rong had changed his family at this time.

Early the next morning, Xu Rong brought his generals to Hulao Pass.

"Mr. Cao, please come forward and talk to me." Xu Rong stood at the gate of the Hulao, his breath sinking in his dantian, and his voice was like thunder.

When Cao Jun who was in the Hulao Pass heard this, he hurried back to the camp and reported to Cao Cao.

Not long after, I saw Cao Cao coming to Hulao Pass under the protection of a group of generals.

Before Cao Cao could speak first, Xu Rong spoke first: "Mr. Cao, I know the purpose of your coming here. My military adviser asked me to tell you that Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, has fled to Shangdang now. Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang, has now been named Da Sima, if you can't pass the Hulao pass, I'm afraid you'll have to get up early and catch the evening market."

"Isn't your military advisor Mr. Jia Xu?" Cao Cao asked.

At this time, Xu Rong panicked and replied, "That's right, it's Mr. Jia Xu."

When Cao Cao heard that Xu Rong had Jia Xu behind him, he thought to himself, no wonder this kid is unwilling to surrender, Jia Xu is behind his feelings to make suggestions.Cao Cao knew that Jia Xu was also a pedantic celestial being, and his horror was not much worse than his own filial piety.

At this time, Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, the military adviser beside Cao Cao, asked: "General Xu, did you invite my lord to come here today, did you mean to make excuses?"

Needless to say Guo Jia's talent, at this moment, he has already guessed what Xu Rong meant.

Xu Rong knew that ten opponents were not Guo Jia's, so he said directly: "That's right, my military adviser said that I can lend the way to Cao Gong, but Cao Gong's army is passing through, and I feel a little worried. Please also ask Duke Cao to send a worthy proton. After Duke Cao's army has passed Hulao Pass, I will send this person out of the pass."

Hearing that Xu Rong agreed to borrow, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel happy.Although Xu Rong was not subdued, it was already a great thing to be able to agree to let him pass.Cao Cao's purpose was to bring Han Xiandi Liu Xie back to Xudu. Now Han Xiandi has fled to Shangdang. If he is letting Han Xiandi play some soldiers and horses, his purpose of coercing the emperor to command the princes will be ruined.

It is also because of this that Cao Cao can now pass Hulao Pass quickly, which is a top priority for Cao Cao.

It's just that Xu Rong now wants a hostage to ensure that when Cao Jun makes excuses, he won't make a fake show and take the opportunity to seize Hulao Pass.

Just when Cao Cao was thinking about who to be the hostage, Guo Jia said, "General Xu, I don't know if Guo Fengxiao is enough."

Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, if this person is the second in Cao Cao's heart, no one dares to be the first.As far as Cao Cao is concerned, even if he dies with eight sons, he cannot die with one Guo Fengxiao.

"Feng Xiao, how can I let you go, if not, I will go in person." Cao Cao said hastily.

"My lord, it's okay, this Xu Rong doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions." Guo Jia said with a smile.

If Xu Rong wanted to deal with them, he could get stuck here and prevent them from passing through the Hulao Pass.Since he promised to let them pass the Hulao, there is really no need to play tricks.

"Okay, Mr. Feng Xiao's weight is naturally needless to say."

"Mr. Feng Xiao, please enter the customs. I will open the gates of Hulao, and I will ask Cao Gong to lead the army to pass through quickly." Xu Ronglang said.

Li Chen had to ensure that Han Xiandi Liu Xie could fall into Cao Cao's hands, and because of this, he ordered Xu Rong to borrow Cao Cao.Now the Shangdang gathered small warlords, once Cao Cao arrived, the emperor would definitely fall into his hands.

At this moment, Li Chen's false imperial decree has been sent to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei and others.As expected by Li Chen, these people all accepted the imperial decree, and then kept it secret.It seemed that everyone was waiting for the first bird to appear.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao is the only major force going to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to be King Qin at this moment.The rest of the people have the imperial decree to be king, so how can they participate in the competition for Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty?

Not long after, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses passed Hulao Pass, and Xu Rong also sent Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao out of Hulao Pass according to the agreement.

After passing the Hulao Pass, Cao Cao led his army straight to Shangdang, with the goal of Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

Chapter 166 Cao Ah Hides the Son of Heaven

More than a month later, the battle of Luoyang has come to a conclusion.

Cao Jun went straight to Shangdang County by way of Hulaoguan, but Shangdang only had a group of small warlords headed by Zhang Yang, and the total number of soldiers and horses was only [-] to [-]. How could they be the opponent of Cao Cao, who is strong and strong.Therefore, Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, naturally fell into Cao Cao's hands again.

Cao Cao coerced the emperor to achieve the goal of the princes, so he coerced Han Xiandi Liu Xie and went to Xudu, his base camp, together.

Cao Cao didn't know about the things Li Chen did pretending to be Cao Pi, and Han Xiandi Liu Xie was also afraid of Cao Cao at this time, and he usually avoided Cao Cao.So Cao Cao didn't know about these things, but Han Xiandi dared not say them.Ever since, Cao Cao was kept in the dark and brought Han Xiandi Liu Xie back to Xudu.

If there are two flowers, each represents a branch.Cao Cao achieved his goal here, so naturally Li Chen also achieved his goal.

Huayin Duan Yan took refuge in Li Chen, and led his army into Luoyang by supporting Li Que.After the two joined together, they quickly defeated Guo Si and Zhang Ji.Guo Si and Zhang Ji died in the chaos of war, after solving Zhang Ji and Guo Si.Duan Yan took the opportunity to attack Li Que and cut off Li Que's head with his own hands.

In this way, Luoyang has completely fallen into Li Chen's hands.Luoyang City is an enclave. Although it is not far from Xuzhou, it is not close either.

Li Chen fought against Xuzhou and transferred Yu Qian who was good at defending. Since Qian was in charge of Luoyang's military and political affairs, and at the same time in order to balance the surrendered Xiliang army, Li Chen also specially appointed Li Ru as Yu Qian's deputy.

As for the Hulao Pass, Li Chen still entrusted Xu Rong to guard it based on the principle of using people without suspicion and suspecting people without using them.

In this battle in Luoyang, Li Chen can be said to have made a lot of money.First, he successfully took the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and then used the strategy of sealing the king to break Cao Cao's strategy of coercing the emperor to order the princes, and finally got Luoyang and Hulao Pass.

Hulaoguan Xu Rong's 20 troops, Huayin Duan Yao's [-] troops, Li Le's [-] troops, and Li Que and Guo Si's soldiers who had already gathered.In this battle, Li Chen recruited a total of [-] to [-] troops, and now the strength in his hands has broken through the [-] mark.

Yanzhou, Xudu.

The bright moonlight sprinkled the ground like hoarfrost. Cao Cao and Guo Jia were walking in the garden. Cao Cao's shadow looked extraordinarily tall under the moonlight.

The emperor's plan to make the princes was a plan made by Cao Cao's advisers. Whether this matter can be successful will determine the development of the Cao family in the next ten years, or even decades.

But now Cao Cao has controlled Han Xiandi Liu Xie in his own hands as he wished. Although Cao Cao didn't say anything at this time, he is still more or less proud in his heart.

The bright moonlight shone on Guo Jia's face, making Guo Jia's already pale face look even paler.

Although Guo Jia is young, his health is extremely poor due to years of drinking and sex.Let's put it this way, Guo Jia's problem is that while he is addicted to alcohol, he also has an addiction to b.

Guo Jia had a slightly sad expression on his pale face, as if he really couldn't figure out some things.

Cao Cao seemed to see that Guo Jia was worried, he squinted at Guo Jia for a long time, but Guo Jia didn't realize that Cao Cao was looking at him at this time.

After a long time, Cao Cao asked, "Feng Xiao, do you have something on your mind?"

Guo Jia has always been exhaustive. Cao Cao rarely sees Guo Jia like this. From Cao Cao's point of view, there should be nothing in this world that can trouble Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao.

When Cao Cao spoke, Guo Jia came back to his senses.He breathed a sigh of relief first, and then said to Cao Cao: "My lord, I just think this trip has taken you very smoothly."

Cao Cao stared at a pair of Kazilan's big eyes, with a slightly inconceivable expression on his face: "Feng Xiao, isn't this going well?"

Cao Cao said in his heart, wouldn't it be good if things go smoothly?Is it possible that you have to go through all kinds of nine-nine-eight-one difficulties and exhaustion to achieve your goal.Why, you come here to experience life?

Guo Jia looked up at Cao Cao for the first time, and found that Cao Cao didn't seem to understand what he meant, so he explained: "My lord, it stands to reason that we were held in the tiger prison by Xu Rong for such a long time. However, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was still Only people like Zhang Yang. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng and others did not send troops."

"My lord, Liu Bei didn't even send troops. This is really a bit abnormal." Guo Jia said with a puzzled look on his face.

It can be said that Guo Jia is justifiable for others not to send troops, but Liu Bei's failure to send troops really makes Guo Jia puzzled.You know, Liu Bei is a self-proclaimed emperor's uncle, and his nephew is in trouble, and he, an uncle, can't help him.

Of course, if it is true that various forces are competing for Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the current Liu Bei is not qualified to enter the finals.However, whenever troops are sent out, it is an opportunity to gain fame.Liu Bei, who has always paid attention to his reputation, said that it is impossible not to send troops.

However, in fact, when Cao Jun rushed to Shangdang, Han Xiandi Liu Xie was indeed surrounded by only two or three big fish and small fish headed by Zhang Yang.

After Guo Jia's analysis, Cao Cao also felt that there was indeed a problem.Even if Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others did not have such a powerful think tank as him, they could not think of a strategy to coerce the emperor to make the princes.However, the emperor ordered troops to serve the king, which was a great opportunity to gain fame.

Even if you don't want to send troops, you should send out a partial division of several thousand people to show your face in front of the emperor.Not to mention anything else, but whenever troops are sent out, the emperor will reward them more or less in the end.

When Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao also felt a little puzzled, but Cao Cao couldn't figure out things that even Guo Jia couldn't understand.

Since he couldn't figure it out, Cao Cao simply didn't want to.Instead of guessing and adding troubles, it is better for soldiers to cover the water and soil.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, it is reasonable to say that Xu Du has been turned back for more than a month, and His Majesty's reward should have arrived."

Since Cao Cao welcomed Han Xiandi Liu Xie back to Xudu, he treated Han Xiandi Liu Xie better than his own son.Among the Xudu, the best house in Xudu was given to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty as a residence.Not only that, but Xun Yu was also specially ordered to be responsible for building a new palace for Liu Xie.

In Cao Cao's view, I have done my utmost to treat you like this.It stands to reason that you should reciprocate and seal the reward you deserve.

In the position of Cao Cao, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, with plenty of money and food.What Cao Cao wanted was not money, but fame and official position.Emperor Han Xian, a little man like Zhang Yang, even appointed a great Sima, but he never mentioned Cao Cao's award to Emperor Han Xian.

Chapter 167 Cao Cao hides from important officials

The reward Cao Cao wanted was delayed, and now not only Cao Cao was dissatisfied, but also Cao Cao's soldiers were also dissatisfied.After all, everyone is pointing at Cao Cao. Only when Cao Cao is promoted can they climb up.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie did not reward Cao Cao, so these generals under Cao Cao's command could not be promoted, and everyone was naturally dissatisfied with Liu Xie.

But, you can't blame Liu Xie for not rewarding Cao Cao.Liu Xie said in his heart, I have made you Cao Cao the king of Wei, now you have the right to establish a mansion.There is no need for me to seal this official position, you Cao Cao can seal it by yourself.

You, Cao Cao, have the whole big radish engraved with the seal of the king of Wei. You can seal whoever you want as what you want.Liu Xie was at leisure, too lazy to get involved in these matters.

Guo Jia naturally knew what Cao Cao said.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty has never mentioned the matter of rewards these days, but now those people under Cao Cao are saying in private that Duke Cao invited an ancestor back.

"My lord, since he won't give it to you, we can only ask for it ourselves." Guo Jia pondered for a moment, then said slowly.

"Yes?" Cao Cao understood what Guo Jia meant, and Guo Jia was asking him to take the initiative to go to Hanxian Emperor Liu Xie to ask for an official.