The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 245: Xiahou Dun Offers His Words, Cao Cao Designs and Appreciates Xi Yu

However, Cao Cao seemed impatient about this matter.

As soon as he saw Xiahou Dun coming in, Cao Cao already guessed what he wanted to say, presumably the matter must have something to do with Xi Yu, otherwise how could Xiahou Dun run to him in person.

The people of the clan are already afraid.

Not to mention the people of the clan, even Cao Cao himself is a little scared now.

30 million people.

Last night, Cao Cao didn't even think about it for the whole night. Where did the 30 people come from?
Cao Cao clearly remembered that when she let Xi Yu sit in Xuzhou, she only gave 2 soldiers and horses, and more than [-] of them were recruited in a hurry.

With only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is not easy to defend Yuan Shao, but now it has turned into 30 troops!
With so many soldiers and horses, it is almost enough to dominate the world today!
And Cao Cao's biggest worry now is that he will fight all his life, and he is afraid that he will end up making a wedding dress for someone else!

"Meng De, I mentioned to you before that General Zhao Zilong under Feng Yi's command robbed my armaments, do you remember?" Xia Houdun looked at Cao Cao and lowered his head.

"I remember this." Cao Cao replied lightly, but did not show any other expressions.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun talked about Zhao Yun again.

After listening, Cao Cao raised his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Hehe, there is such a talent for sophistry? This is not like what Zhao Zilong did in Changshan!"

"Perhaps it's because Zhao Yun has been influenced by Xi Yu and the others because he often follows Xi Yu and others?"

"It's possible..."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "If Zhao Yun speaks like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get back your armaments. If you still don't accept it, I will send you four thousand armors from our army. What do you think?"

"Well, thank you..." Xiahou Dun bowed to Cao Cao with his fists cupped, and said, "However, Meng De, listen to me for now. The important thing I said today is not this."

"Currently, in Jizhou, the four major counties have been occupied by Xi Yu, and he also owns the place where scholars and poets gather in Qinghe County. I think many gentry have moved into Qinghe County. In this way, Qinghe County will soon be Become the second Xiapi of Xuzhou."

"From this point of view, the location of Xiyu is like the destiny of heaven. Now, we are not short of soldiers and horses. To tell you the truth, I have [-] soldiers and horses. Taking Hejian is like picking something out of a bag, and we can take Jizhou within half a year. All states and counties are about to start spring now, Meng De, you might as well give this chance of meritorious service to the Cao family and Xiahou family..."

"Why?"

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at Xiahou Dun with a half-smile.

"There are so many prey in the hunting ground, is it possible that we can only eat rabbits?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Hehe...that makes sense."

"That's the decision for this matter. You and Cao Ren will attack the land of Jizhou. Fengyi should be full by now. It's time for him to take action in the land going south."

"Meng De, what I want to talk about today is this." Xiahou Dun knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and said to Cao Cao, "I thought that General Xi Yu was only suitable to sit in the rear, to guard Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and to defend against Sun Ce in the south. , Do a good job of guarding!"

"Of course you can be a big family in the future, but Fengyi is not suitable to be a pioneer and go south! The merit of going south must be given to our Cao family, or Xiahou's family, and Meng De. If we capture Jizhou, Bingzhou, or even Youzhou State, within three years, the number of soldiers and horses will reach 50."

Hearing this, Cao Cao put down the letter in his hand, and couldn't help rolling his eyes several times.

Suddenly, Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun, his eyes shot out a light, and he scolded Xiahou Dun, "Xi Zhicai taught you this?!"

"Mend..."

Xiahou Dun was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and crawled in front of Cao Cao.

He usually has a good relationship with Cao Cao, but at this time Cao Cao's eyes shot out with terrifying majesty, Xiahou Dun was really frightened.

Xiahou Dun knelt on the ground and explained, "Meng De, Zhicai did not teach me this. I rarely meet him in private. What I said just now is all my own study of military books."

"Ha ha……"

Cao Cao put down the letter and stared at Xiahou Dun who was prostrating on the ground. He was full of doubts and thoughts. Cao Cao really didn't know if anyone taught Xiahou Dun what he said just now.

He just scolded him just now, but he wanted to scare Xiahou Dun.

"Xi Zhicai really didn't teach you anything? Hehe, don't think that if you don't tell me, I don't know anything."

At this moment, Xiahou Dun's shoulders and even his back collapsed from the tension. His eyes were fixed on the ground, and he was very panicked.

After a long time, Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun and said lightly, "Get up."

"Here."

Xiahou Dun was sweating all over his body at the moment, and his inner clothes were already soaked in sweat, and they stuck tightly to his body, making him very uncomfortable.

Xiahou Dun glanced at Cao Cao secretly, seeing that Cao Cao was pacing back and forth at this time, thinking about something in his expression, so he said to Cao Cao, "Meng De, once we have enough soldiers and horses, I think Liu Biao in the south is nothing to be afraid of, but, Jiangdong Sun Ce is a man who must be guarded against."

"As far as I know, Sun Ce suppressed the gentry in Jiangdong and reused young people, so he won the support of the poor family and the people, and now he is using force to deter Jiangdong. Although this person has a bad reputation, he has a brother... ..."

"That man's name is Sun Quan. I've met him before. Does Meng De remember this man?"

Cao Cao immediately smiled and said, "Back then, Wentai was considered my brother-in-law. I fought with him in Runan for a long time, but later, Wentai flourished and declined, and was defeated in Jingzhou."

"Since then, I have also met his family members. When I first met Sun Quan, this person was just nine years old, but at such a young age, this person has the strategy of an adult, and even has a bookish look, which impresses me. Very profound."

Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun and continued, "Now, according to what you said, Sun Ce in Jiangdong has inherited the bravery and might of Wentai, thus suppressing the Confucian scholars and scholars in the counties in Jiangdong, but Sun Quan is the best in Jiangdong in the future. The successor, with his benevolent government, will ease the relationship between the Sun family and the Jiangdong gentry?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Xia Houdun nodded and bowed his head, "Meng De, now, we go south to attack Jingzhou. This matter is as easy as pie, and then we can get Jiangdong. In this way, the Central Plains can be unified in one fell swoop."

"This time 50 soldiers and horses went south to stay in Xiyu to guard the land of Xuzhou. At that time, we can try Xi Yu's loyalty to you?!"

"Why did you say that?" Cao Cao thought about it.

"Go south to Jingzhou, and then take Jiangdong, we will be invincible, and Xi Yu stays in Xuzhou. If he is unfaithful to Meng De, he can directly capture Xuchang, and then control the emperor, and even more so, he can lure you into the urn. into our heartland."

"For this matter, we can plan and prevent it in advance, and then we can test Xi Yu's loyalty."

"If Xi Yu doesn't rebel, no matter whether he is loyal or not, he won't do any more rebellious acts. After all, after the world is unified and everything is settled, no one will be willing to rebel with Xi Yu. "

Cao Cao immediately asked back: "If during my march, Fengyi sent troops to attack Xuchang, what should you do?"

Xiahou Dun said decisively, "This matter will definitely not happen!"

"Qingzhou defends Xuzhou, Yanzhou defends Qingzhou, and Jizhou is so huge that Xi Yu can't solve it quickly. Besides, such an important matter must take time to decide."

"My lord, you have always treated him with sincerity and courtesy. How could Xi Yu invade Xuchang halfway? Besides, even if Xi Yu invaded Xuchang halfway, we can return immediately to besiege him. There is nothing to fear."

By uniting Yanzhou and Jingzhou, they can directly attack Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and win easily.

"Very good." Cao Cao applauded lightly, and then said, "Although I don't agree with your approach, there is really no need for Xi Yu to do anything in the future."

"You go back for a while, I will discuss with Xi Yu, and prepare hard to capture the remaining counties of Jizhou when the spring plowing begins, and then attack Bingzhou and annex Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses in Bingzhou."

"In my opinion, Yuan Shao has long since lost the support of the people, and the land of Bingzhou will definitely not have much resistance."

"it is good!"

Xiahoudun took advantage of this incident today to explain to Cao Cao the relationship between hunting and prey, and to imply that Cao Cao Xiyu has already made great contributions and should not be allowed to continue to make contributions, otherwise, they will only get less and less prey.

At that time, how to award rewards has become a big problem.

However, Xiahou Dun wanted to mention one more thing at this time.

Now the second son, Cao Pi, is 14 years old, and he can already join the army and make contributions, and he has a very good relationship with Cao Zhen, so the two can go together. Things are very good.

Now, the Cao family and the Xiahou family have to gradually place their generals, scribes, lords, young masters, etc. one after another, like pawns step by step, serving as officials in the military camp and various classes. It will be reduced, so that the Cao family and Xiahou family can always occupy the core position.

Otherwise, the Cao family and Xiahou family will gradually move away from the core positions as time goes on, and the management of foreign surnames will become more and more difficult.

The closer people are to Cao Cao, the more they understand what Cao Cao wants. Even though some things are not what Cao Cao wants, Cao Cao is forced to want them because of everyone's hard work.

Conferring officials and generals, and even entrusting the world, this is what everyone wants and desires most after the Hongtu hegemony.

……

Therefore, after less than half a month of leisure, Xi Yu was called by Cao Cao to the government office to meet Cao Cao in the main hall.

Cao Cao said that he had something to discuss with him. At this time, Dian Wei was the only person accompanying Xi Yu in the hall.

But Cao Cao has Xu Chu, Xi Zhicai and Xu You beside Cao Cao. These people have always been loyal to Cao Cao, and the other advisers are busy with their own affairs and have not come at this moment.

"Fengyi, you can carefully examine this edict for now, and I won't ask the eunuch to read it out any more." Cao Cao smiled and handed a copy of the edict to Xi Yu.

Xi Yu took the imperial edict, opened it slowly, and took a closer look. It said the new reward for him: General of the Five Senses, General, Marquis of Han Chenliu.

The fief has changed from Jiwu to the entire Chenliu County, and this Chenliu County is within the territory of Yanzhou. This is Cao Cao's heaviest award so far, and Xi Yu's fief is next to Cao Cao's hometown.

Xu Zhen frowned slightly, and said to himself: This fief is not too far from where the Son of Heaven is.

Cao Cao suddenly smiled and said to Xi Yu, "Feng Yi, the world...is settled."

Xi Yu frowned, and thought to himself: Is this world settled?

Jiang Dong and Liu Bei are all living well, how can it be said that the world has been settled? !

"Brother, you can't make such a judgment now." Xi Yu bowed to Cao Cao and said calmly, "In today's world, there are many powerful enemies from the south. It would be too early to think that the world has been settled."

"No, now Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers, and the current battle in the north is also in the upper hand. What difficulties can there be? I think that the world will be settled. If I, Cao Cao, don't even have this confidence, how can I call myself the hero? !"

"Today's reward is what I give you in advance, and it is a compliment to you!" Cao Cao laughed.

Hearing this, Xi Yu's expression darkened immediately, he stared at Cao Cao, and sighed, "Brother, so you have made a decision?"

"Hehe, there is still something that you can never decide on this matter?" Cao Cao walked up to Xi Yu, patted his shoulder, and then pulled Xi Yu to the outside of the hall.

Cao Cao said as he walked, "Fong Yi, there is no need to be so defensive and caring between you and my brother."

"However, there are also a lot of talents in my clan now, and there are many civil servants and military generals. Of course, my brother must let them have a stutter. Just like the matter of the hunting ground, let Ruo Fengyi take away a lot of prey by yourself, so the rest of my soldiers What game is there for horses?"

"In this way, they will naturally go hungry. Therefore, I will definitely take care of you in the matter of dividing the world, but I also have to take care of the clan members. Do you know the difficulty of being a brother?"

"Of course I know." Xi Yu replied with a smile.

The two gradually came to the entrance of the main hall.

Looking at the huge and magnificent school grounds, the government office with thousands of people stationed under the stairs, and the Xuchang Palace with thousands of people stationed next to it, Cao Cao said with emotion, "Fengyi, eight years ago, I, Cao Mengde, would never have dared to imagine, I can have the prosperity I have today!"

"The current prosperous age is entirely due to the painstaking efforts of you and me. It must be managed well and must not be destroyed. Now that I hand over Xuzhou and Qingzhou to you, you must live well and develop."

"In the future, you can develop your clan in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. I, Cao Cao, assure you that in the future, your clan will definitely be the largest clan in the world!"

"You, Xi Yu, will always be my Cao Cao's number one minister, even better than any of my Cao Cao's heirs, cronies, and even benefactors."

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Xi Yu couldn't calm down in his heart. He could clearly feel that Cao Cao was really anxious at this moment, and very anxious.

Perhaps Yuan Shao is now terminally ill and will soon leave this world, making Cao Cao more eager for the world, and more eager to end this troubled world quickly.

But this matter of time, all haste makes waste.

Today, the world is still undecided, but Cao Cao said it has been decided.

The south is very strong, but Cao Cao said that the south is weak.

As for Sun Ce's defeat in Hefei, it wasn't that Sun Ce was too weak, but that Zhang Liao was a real general. If another person guarded Hefei, Sun Ce might have already occupied Hefei.

Xi Yu knew in his heart how could Cao Cao not understand this matter, but Cao Cao now... just needs to persuade Xi Yu not to make any more military exploits.

Perhaps what Cao Cao said before was all lies.

At this time, Cao Cao's intention was very obvious. It was nothing more than implying that Xi Yu would give all the opportunities to make meritorious service to Xia Houdun, Cao Ren and others, and even more members of the Cao family's clan, so that these people could make great contributions and be great heroes.

In this way, these people can restrain him very well.

Xi Yu smiled wryly in his heart: Hehe, Cao Cao, Cao Cao, you still have fear of me after all.

Now, are your words a reward?
You're just implying that I don't want to do any more meritorious service, and you're throwing away my old friendship, and you're implying that I, Xi Yu, are useless to you, and you want me to retire and return to my hometown so that I can recuperate.

Xi Yu secretly sighed.

In today's situation, if he does not agree to cacao, he is not afraid that he will end up turning against each other.

After all, when things got to this point, Cao Cao didn't dare to let Xi Yu go easily, because in Cao Cao's view, if he let Xi Yu go back now, he might soon become a prince.

How could Cao Cao accept such a situation!
"I already understand that from now on, I will temporarily return to the fief for a while, and then I will return to Xuzhou and Qingzhou, so that the people can stockpile food, recuperate, and do a good job of supplying my brother."

"Haha, haha...Feng Yi understands righteousness so well, he is really a good minister of Cao Cao."

Cao Cao immediately smiled.

He had known for a long time that there would be an ending today, and he expected that Xi Yu would not refuse him.

Back then, when Xi Yu had no fame and military strength, it was Cao Cao who gave him the opportunity to make contributions.

Now, Cao Cao just let him retire early.

Now, Xi Yu can gain the highest reputation and status, and as for the troops he holds, he can slowly hand them over when the world is unified.

Ugh……

Cao Cao is really calculating, but it's a pity that he came too early. Are Liu Bei and Sun Quan stupid people?

However, since Cao Cao wanted to think this way, although he didn't know what the result would be, let Cao Cao do it for the time being, and he, Xi Yu, could live a leisurely life for a few years.

……

Xi Yu then bid farewell to Cao Cao, and went to Chenliu with Dian Wei.

Although Xi Yu didn't have a clan in the area at this time, he was already well-known.

Many noble families heard that there were six wives in Xi Yu's family, so they all wanted to marry the women in the family to Xi Yu.

However, as long as someone raised this idea, they would be scolded and retreated by Lu Lingqi immediately.

Lu Lingqi was very angry: There are already six wives, and now six people are not enough to share Xi Yu, if there are more female relatives, how can they share? !
Dian Wei had the intention of returning to his hometown, thinking that he killed someone and fled to Yanzhou to join Zhang Miao's army.

Now Dian Wei is well-known all over the world, so he came to Jiwu Township to have a blind date and drink with his former friends. After Xi Yu got the farming household and the book, and decided when to come to collect the rent every year, Just left.

By the beginning of spring, Xi Yu had already returned to Xiapi City in Xuzhou.

Seeing Xi Yu's return, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief. Although Xi Yu returned safely, Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang still felt that Xi Yu's trip to Xuchang was very dangerous.

They always feel that as long as there are few mistakes, Xi Yu will be forced to stay in Xuchang by Cao Cao, and there will be no day to leave.

Fortunately, now it seems that everything is safe and sound.

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(End of this chapter)