But welcoming the emperor is an urgent matter. If other princes have such thoughts, it will be too late.
After hearing this, Cao Cao left and went back to think about candidates.
Three days later, because Yuan Shu in the south had been ready to move when Lu Bu and Cao Cao were fighting fiercely in Yanzhou, now even more troops were pressing down on the border.
Cao Cao also had to lead his army to fight, and almost all his generals were dispatched. The aftermath of Yanzhou could only be left to Guo Ming. After completing the aftermath, he had to go to greet Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that Guo Ming There are a lot of things going on.
As Guo Ming arrived at the front line, he saw that the tall city wall in front of him was already scarred.
It can be seen that the siege in the past few days has been fierce.
But with such a momentum, Zhang Miao is still struggling to hold on. After all, Zhang Miao's family members are besieged in Zhangqiu, and Zhang Miao can only hold on.
In addition, all the Yanzhou nobles who participated in the rebellion also fled here, because if they did not flee, the only outcome would be genocide.
However, Guo Ming also understood in his heart that attacking the city is the bottom priority, attacking the heart is the top priority, fighting with soldiers is the bottom priority, and fighting the heart is the top priority. Soon, Guo Ming had a strategy.
He asked Li Dian and Le Jin to lead their troops to station outside the city and not attack, thus cutting off all supplies in the city.
Guo Ming, on the other hand, dressed up in disguise and waited for the opportunity after the moonlit night fell.
Guo Ming took advantage of the cover of night and saw that the guards on the city wall were relaxed, so he sneaked in through the cracked hole in the city wall.
As Guo Ming walked through the quiet and deserted street, the doors of every house were closed, but Guo Ming saw a small group of people, and Guo Ming immediately hid in the dark and observed them.
They came to a corner and looked around, for fear that someone would see all this.
After confirming that no one was around, a few people pushed away a huge boulder. Under the boulder was a cellar, and they actually moved several bags of grain out of the cellar.
One of them looked at the food and said happily: "Master Zhang Miao has the foresight. Let us hide the food here. Look at the nobles, they don't have food to eat."
"Yes, yes, those guys usually show off their power, but now they can hardly open the pot."
"So, these guys deserve to be hungry."
After hearing the conversation of several people, Guo Ming secretly rejoiced: "God is really helping me."
Because Guo Ming had already understood from the conversations between these people that there was already a gap between the local nobles and Zhang Miao, and Guo Ming also had a plan in mind.
After a few people left, Guo Ming opened the cellar. Looking at the large amount of food inside, Guo Ming knew that Zhang Miao had been well prepared.
Afterwards, Guo Ming came all the way to Zhang Miao's mansion. If it weren't for the plaque with two big characters of "Zhang Mansion" there, Guo Ming would never have thought that this was Zhang Miao's mansion, because some of the stones and wood had been demolished. Well, they should all be used to repair the city wall.
Guo Ming took advantage of the guards not paying attention and slipped out of Zhang Miao's room. At this moment, Zhang Miao was so worried that he didn't know what to do and couldn't sleep at all.
When Guo Ming saw this, he pierced Zhang Miao's window paper, looked inside the room, and looked at Zhang Miao's handwriting carefully.
The patrolling guards also discovered Guo Ming, who was peeping. Seeing that he was discovered, Guo Ming immediately ran away. After getting rid of the pursuers, he found a hiding place to stay.
Zhang Miao had a headache. He was not sure whether the Guo Ming just now was from Cao Jun or from the noble clan, so he had to put people on guard.
On the second day, Guo Ming turned into a merchant and started chatting with people nearby to get the information Guo Ming wanted.
After chatting with this chatty old guy for more than four hours, Guo Ming finally got the information he wanted.
According to what the old man said, Xu Qing, the eldest son of the Xu family, loves to drink. When he went to drink flower wine a few days ago, he was bumped into by Zhang Miao. However, the task assigned to him by Zhang Miao was not completed. Zhang Miao was so angry that he threw him on the street. He scolded him so much that Xu Qing became resentful of Zhang Miao.
Guo Ming immediately went back and wrote a letter imitating Zhang Miao's handwriting, and then carried this letter to the place where Xu Qing often drank flower wine.
When he arrived, he happened to see Xu Qing entering the flower restaurant. The reason why Guo Ming could recognize Xu Qing at a glance was because his kidney-deficient appearance was so recognisable.
Originally, Guo Ming planned to take a good nap while waiting for Xu Qing, because Guo Ming, who had been so busy these past two days, couldn't sleep well.
But not even five minutes later, Xu Qing came out with his face flushed and satisfied. Looking at Xu Qing, Guo Ming really wanted to buy him some medicine.
Xu Qing felt that the world was spinning around him, and he was swaying when he walked, and Guo Ming bumped into him. Guo Ming didn't expect that this guy was so weak that he was knocked directly to the ground by him.
But fortunately, the letter was already under his body, and Xu Qing kept cursing: "You don't have fucking eyes! Do you know who my father is if you dare to bump into me?"
While Xu Qing was cursing and cursing, he actually fell asleep on the ground!
This also shocked Guo Ming, and he could only continue to observe Xu Qing's every move in the dark.
After a long time, Xu Qing finally woke up and looked at the people around him looking at him. Only then did Xu Qing come to his senses and realize that he was sleeping on the street.
And he felt like there was something behind him, and when he took it out, it turned out to be a letter with Zhang Miao's name on it.
Xu Qing's anger quickly rose. Just when he wanted to tear up the letter, a bad idea made him open the letter and check it.
When he saw the above content, the smile on his face froze, he couldn't help but break out in cold sweat, and he woke up from the wine.
He looked around in horror and returned home feeling uneasy.
When his father Xu Tianwang saw his useless appearance, he couldn't help but want to beat him with a ruler, but Xu Qing said in a panic: "Dad, don't hit me yet, I have something to show you. "
Seeing Xu Qing's panic, Xu Tianwang was also very surprised, because he had never seen Xu Qing like this before, so he asked doubtfully: "What happened?"
"Dad, look at this quickly."
With that, Xu Qing handed the letter to Xu Tianwang, and Xu Tianwang couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at the content on it, because the handwriting of this letter was Zhang Miao's, and the specific content on it was Zhang Miao's request. Use the lives of their nobles in exchange for the lives of his entire family.
That would be a disaster for the nobles. Xu Tianwang suppressed the anger in his heart and tried his best to stay calm.
Xu Tianwang also sent people to invite the patriarchs of other families, while Guo Ming watched this scene in the dark, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, because a good show was about to begin.
