[Comprehensive martial arts] I fall into the city

On the other side of Luoyang, because of Lu Bu's defeat, the people in the city were in a panic. Dong Zhuo's counselor Li Ru suggested moving the capital to Chang'an early. Bring the army rations and chase Dong Zhuo with him.

The fact is exactly the same. Dong Zhuo burned the palace in Luoyang City, captured the emperor and the first emperor and concubines, and forced to move millions of people to Luoyang. The name is Lao Jun, the army is determined, but the speed of the march is not fast. However, after Yuan Shaoyi's army entered the city, none of the dozen or so princes was willing to pursue Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao angrily reprimanded Yuan Shaolian and the princes of the rebel army, saying: "Shuzi is not enough to plan."

Then he led his troops to pursue Dong Zhuo and fought in Xingyang. Unexpectedly, it was Lv Bu who cut off Dong Zhuo's rear, and Cao Jun was defeated.

Afterwards, Sun Jian obtained the imperial jade seal in the chaotic palace in Luoyang, but was reported to Yuan Shao by one of the people present. Sun Jian killed him and refused to admit it.

Cao Cao led his troops to Yangzhou, and Sun Jian led his people to Jiangdong. After a while, they found that the neighboring Xuzhou had changed hands.

Cao Cao is like a wolf, and Sun Jian is like a tiger. The two have countless courtiers and generals. Even if they lost a lot of troops in the battle against Dong Zhuo and Liu Biao, they are still hard to stop. Zhang Chao is sandwiched between the two, like a fat and juicy lamb.

Zhang Chao panicked.

Li Che didn't think the problem was that big. After all, he didn't think there was any difference between his family and these two. The only thing Zhang Chao couldn't compare to these two was that he didn't have a general in his account, but he himself could be used as a general. In troubled times, there are many capable people who want to sell for a price. The Han Dynasty has a total of thirteen prefectures, and Zhang Chao occupies one of them. It is an advantage that he has no one under his account, and he can attract talents from all walks of life.

Not long after Cao Cao arrived in Yangzhou, and Sun Jian was still on the road, Li Che asked Zhang Chao to issue a recruiting order. Every talented person in Xuzhou could be counted as a group, and he also showed a thirsty attitude to the outside world. Although there are no advantages, outsiders can't see things like the lord if they are packaged a little bit.

The recruiting order was written by Li Che. In addition to describing in detail Zhang Chao's loyalty to the Han Dynasty and his consideration of attacking Xuzhou, the requirements and treatment for talents are clearly written, and it is by no means vague like when recruiting talents today.

After a while, several military generals voted.

There is no way, Li Che's recruitment order does not require civil servants at all.

From Li Che's point of view, generals are a scarce resource, and there should not be many civil servants. It is enough to have one Zang Hong to manage internal affairs, one Yuan Sui to help out, and Tao Qian's own team of advisers.

Anyway, he couldn't get used to the culture of asking a large group of people to discuss something, and it wasn't that he didn't have a brain.

Among the military generals who came to apply for a job, the most famous one was called Tai Shici. He used to be an official, but later he committed a crime and stayed at home. This man was Li Che's main target. Because he lived not far away, Li Che sent people to ask for help several times. The second time he promised a high position with a lot of money, but Tai Shici refused. The second time, he showed emotion and reason, but Tai Shici still refused. The third time, Li Che drove Zhang Chao over to be a virtuous corporal. I hit it off with Zhang Chao, and I didn't put on any airs, and followed Zhang Chao back directly.

Tai Shici belongs to the high profile version of Zhang Chao. Although he is a military general, he is a military general with brains. If you give him some soldiers, he can fight on his own. Li Che is very satisfied with him, and immediately allocates [-] recruits to him. Free exercise.

Even Tai Shici was taken aback by this heavy trust.

Li Che really had no choice, it was easy to get a thousand troops, but it was hard to find a general. A general like Tai Shici had to be a leader when he came, otherwise, if there was a newcomer, what would he use to deter him?

The mind of Tai Shici, came to Xuzhou not long before he realized that the person in charge of Xuzhou was not Zhang Chao himself, but Li Che, the mastermind under his account, Zhang Chao obeyed his advice, and the internal affairs and military affairs were all in the hands of this person. He maintained a cautious attitude, neither alienated nor close, and only concentrated on doing his own things.

Li Che didn't try to make friends with him either.

Sun Jian's vanguard was defeated, and Liu Biao blocked him on his return journey. When he returned to Jiangdong, he was very embarrassed. There were less than [-] troops left under his command. It was too reluctant to occupy the state, so he took down several counties and counties and temporarily stationed troops to prepare for recuperation.

With Sun Cao at his side, Li Che didn't panic at all. The tripod had three legs, and the three legs were the most stable. If he shot at Cao Cao, he had to be on guard against Sun Jian, and if he shot at Sun Jian, he was afraid that Cao Cao would attack. Cao Cao probably thought the same way. It was too late for Sun Jiangou, so naturally he would not take the initiative to provoke trouble.

Li Che also heard the rumors in Luoyang. Although Sun Jian had sworn twice that if the Chuan Guo Yuxi was in his hands, he would die a terrible death, but the heroes of the world obviously did not take this seriously, otherwise Liu Biao would not. The meeting will be ruthless to stop him.

Li Che didn't plan to provoke trouble immediately. Zhang Chao's power was the greatest on the surface, but the soldiers under him were weak after all. Xuzhou's military spirit was still in Tao Qian's hands. It is spring plowing that is imminent, and no one will fight at the time of spring plowing and autumn harvest.

So half a month later, one day Tai Shici suddenly tied up two literati dressed up. People who claimed to be two uncles and nephews came to Zhang Chao and said that the two men were going to vote for Cao Cao from Yingchuan, passing through Xuzhou, and happened to be killed by Tai Shici. When they saw it, Tai Shici felt that the battle with Cao Cao was imminent and they should not be let go, but he was afraid that Zhang Chao's reputation would be bad, so he brought him in for questioning.

Zhang Chao sat in the main seat and didn't speak for a while.

On the contrary, Zang Hong asked the two of them, "Since you two are from Yingchuan, which family do you know?"

The older one said kindly, "Xunshi of Yingchuan, I'm Xunyou, this is my uncle."

The younger ones also said, "Xun's family, Xun Yu."

Zang Hong hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said: "I have heard the name of the Xun family for a long time. I don't know why you two want to vote for Cao Cao? My lord is sitting in Xuzhou, and the soldiers are abundant. A great talent, must..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Che entered the door with a look of laziness that had just woken up, and the rest of Zang Hong's words immediately stuck in his throat.

Xun You looked over and saw that it was a young man with an extremely outstanding appearance. He and Xun Yu exchanged glances and knew that this was Li Che, Zhang Chao's mastermind.

In fact, before going to join Cao Cao, the two uncles and nephews also went through some discussions. As literati from Yingchuan, the three families of Sun Cao and Zhang are not far from Yingchuan. Now Yingchuan is being ravaged by the Yellow Turban. A firm foothold in any place is beneficial to himself and his hometown. As for who to vote for, Sun Jian naturally can't. He is charged with hiding the jade seal of the country, losing his troops, and even feuding with Liu Biao. He is a reckless man no matter what.

Cao and Zhang are not much different in power. Zhang Chao has just occupied Xuzhou, Cao Cao has just arrived in Yangzhou, and there are not many advisers in his account. Xun Yu thinks that Zhang Chao is obsessed with interests and rushes to Xuzhou when the heroes of the world are attacking Dong Zhuo. I don't agree, but I also think Cao Cao is more suitable for their uncle and nephew, because Zhang Chao's mastermind is too lonely.

The mastermind is the senior minister among the advisers. For every master, the most important thing is the opinion of the mastermind. Usually there are more than one mastermind, but Zhang Chao is obviously not like this. He obeys the mastermind. General, it's not good to go.

At least Xun You didn't want to compete with others.

In just a short meeting, Xun You and Xun Yu looked at each other, and they had a perfect understanding.

Li Che heard about the cause and effect on the way, and now he looked at the two of them, and saw one in his thirties, with an honest and gentle face, and a smile all over his face, and one who was a little younger, 25 or six, with a serious expression and eyes fixed on each other. It is a rare kindness.

Li Che was a little polite, and then said: "The two are going to vote for Cao Cao. It is logical that they should not force them to stay. Xuzhou has neglected them. General Taishi will untie them. Next time something like this happens, let them go together."

Tai Shici stepped forward and untied Xun You and Xun Yu with his own hands.

The two uncles and nephews immediately realized that Li Che never asked Zhang Chao's opinion, and Tai Shici immediately obeyed without any hesitation on his face.

Xun You glanced at Zhang Chao, and Xun Yu glanced at Tai Shici.

Li Che didn't care about these, thought for a while, and said, "I'll ask General Taishi to send you two."

The two uncles and nephews of the Xun family hurriedly said that they did not dare.

Li Che said with a smile: "I think the two of you are dragons and phoenixes among people. In the future, you will inevitably fight against each other. You don't need to be so polite."

Xun You was taken aback, and Xun Yu was also startled. He was young after all, so he couldn't help but said, "Since the master values ​​us, why did you let us go?"

Li Che was a little puzzled, but he still said: "The two nobles are from noble families. It's inappropriate to kill them, and it's useless to shut them down. So what if we let you go and vote for Cao Cao?"

Xun Yu sighed and didn't speak again, but Xun You said with a smile, "Sir, you're so brave."

Li Che didn't say any more, and asked Tai Shici to send them out.

After the Xun family left, Zang Hong sighed: "The two sons of the Xun family are both talented Wang Zuo, so it is too generous to let Cao Cao like this."

It's okay if he didn't say anything, Li Che came to his senses after saying that, and asked, "Are those two people famous just now?"

Zang Hong was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "In the past, the Xun family had eight dragons, and all of them were outstanding. These two sons are after the eight dragons, and Xun Yu is even more famous..."

Li Che waved his hand, so that he didn't have to say any more, and called the messenger, and asked Tai Shici to bring these two people back.

Tai Shici hadn't gone far, and brought the two of them back not long after.

Zang Hong thought he was thinking about it, so he immediately smiled, but before he finished laughing, Li Che breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since you are famous, don't waste it. I will write a book and ask Cao Cao to take [-] grain and grass." Come to redeem people, you can redeem only [-] yuan."

In just two sentences, Li Che had already calculated the most bargaining chips Cao Cao could take out. If there were too few, Cao Cao would be too expensive. If he didn't want it, he would lose it.

Zang Hong didn't know Li Che's plan and almost choked on his anger.

The Xun's uncle and nephew who had gone and returned were also silent for a while.

cunning fox.