"I can lead the way for my lord to go deep into Youzhou and attack Taiyuan!"
"Through the mountain road near Jingxing, when you reach Taiyuan County, you can go directly to Jinyang or enter Shangdang."
"If we win Taiyuan and Shangdang, we can win almost half of Bingzhou."
Zhang Yan understood that he must seize this opportunity to make meritorious deeds, lead the way for Cao Cao, and capture the entire territory of Bingzhou. This merit would be enough for him to do well in Cao Cao's army in the future.
Cao Cao said: "Okay!"
"General Zhang, go back and prepare. In two days we will send troops to Jingxing and invade Taiyuan."
he said again.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan said excitedly: "I accept the order!"
He immediately went out and made arrangements and preparations to lead Cao Cao at any time to attack Taiyuan and capture Bingzhou.
"Lord, there is one more thing."
Jia Xu said: "Now there is no owner in Bingzhou. People in Bingzhou may not know that Gao Gan is dead. They can publicize this matter and let some prefects, generals, or wealthy families in Bingzhou know. The Yuan family If we lose at the hands of our lord, we might be able to force them to surrender.”
Spreading the news that the high-ranking cadre is dead and that Cao Cao is beating up the Yuan family may achieve a certain effect.
"good!"
Cao Cao adopted this suggestion and immediately asked people to arrange it.
Next, they discussed how to march into Bingzhou, how to divide their troops to attack the party after arriving in Taiyuan, and how to allocate food and grass when sending out troops, etc. After finalizing all this, they announced that they would go to war the day after tomorrow and pass through Heishan near Jingxing. On the mountain road, attack Bingzhou.
As for Youzhou, after dealing with Bingzhou, go to deal with Youzhou.
After the meeting, Cao Cao was in a good mood.
Brother Yuan Shang's depression of escaping was temporarily put aside by him. When he returned to the tent, he saw Mrs. Liu still inside, and his eyes immediately lit up. Seeing that it was getting late, maybe he could feel refreshed first. Relax yourself.
"You guys, stand outside and stay away."
"Within two hours, if anyone wants to come to see me, I will push them away and say I am not available."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said.
The guards immediately understood what Cao Cao was going to do next and hurried outside.
Mrs. Liu seemed to have accepted her fate and no longer resisted, let alone dared to resist. If she could use her beauty to please Cao Cao in exchange for a chance to live a good life, it would be good. Yuan Shao's bones were not cold, and it didn't matter when he was alive.
Seeing Cao Cao come in, she gently took off her coat and showed off her proud figure. After playing with her exquisite figure for a while, she walked towards Cao Cao.
Cao Cao felt hot in his heart, trembled, and hugged Mrs. Liu.
An indescribable voice came out slowly.
——
Chen Zhou returned to the rear army and had a simple dinner. When he was about to plan what to do next, he saw Cao Peng running over excitedly and said with a smile: "Sir, good news, good news..."
"What good news?"
Chen Zhou raised his head and asked curiously.
Cao Peng said excitedly: "I found Zhen Mi!"
"oh?"
Chen Zhou didn't expect that Cao Peng was still looking for someone for him, and he was a bit persistent. He still asked: "Where is the person?"
"Zhongshan Kingdom!"
On the day he captured Mrs. Liu, Cao Peng was reminded by Cao Cao and sent someone to contact the Zhen family in Zhongshan. He found that there really was a woman named Zhen Mi. He didn't care why his husband knew Zhen Mi, but as long as this person If it exists, that's enough. He said excitedly: "Sir, are you going to Wuji County in Zhongshan Kingdom, or should we just bring Zhen Mi back?"
Chen Zhou: "..."
He wondered if Cao Peng had any special hobbies. He liked to pimp people or be a matchmaker.
Cao Peng wants to find Zhen Mi even more than Chen Zhou.
It seems that helping Boss Cao find someone else's wife would be more exciting than finding one for Cao Peng himself.
Chen Zhou said: "An Min! This special habit of yours is very bad!"
"What's the fetish?"
Cao Peng didn't know it yet, let alone what his hobby was.
Chen Zhou couldn't explain, so he simply stopped continuing the topic: "The Zhen family in Zhongshan is also considered a wealthy family. If you go directly to rob people, how will the wealthy families in the north view us? This matter ends here. Thank you for your hard work! Go back. Xu Du, I’ll treat you to a drink again.”
Cao Peng waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, sir. It's not hard for me to do this kind of thing at all!"
Not only is it not hard work, but it also looks like something I am happy to do.
Chen Zhou really felt that something was wrong with Cao Peng and that he was eager for this kind of thing. He was wondering what should be done to change Cao Peng's abnormal habit?
It definitely won’t work if this continues!
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Time passed quickly, and it was the day of the expedition.
This time, the army was divided into three parts. First, the vanguard went out, led by Zhang Yan. Ma Chao and Zhang Liao each led 15,000 troops and entered Bingzhou through the mountain road.
Secondly, there was the second group of soldiers, led by Zhang Yan's men, who went to fight against the Dang. They were led by Xiahou Dun, Gao Lan and Zhang He. The three of them led a total of 30,000 people. When Ma Chao and the others attacked Jinyang, they went south directly. Raid the party.
Finally, there is Cao Cao's army.
Cao Cao led his troops and then set off. Instead of taking the hidden mountain road, they took Jingxing to attack the military fortress inside Jingxing. Among them, Zhang Liao and others who had entered Taiyuan would separate some people and attack the military fortress at Jingxing from the direction of Taiyuan.
Together with Cao Cao, they attacked military fortresses at the east and west ends of Taihang Mountain at the same time.
If they can surrender, that would be the best. If they don't, they will be trapped until food is insufficient. Then the army can smoothly march into Taiyuan together and seize Bingzhou. Then, three of the four northern states are under Cao Cao's control. middle.
The general trend is also in Cao Cao's hands.
Chen Zhou also followed him to fight, but still stayed behind and rushed on his way. After hesitating for a while, he called for Cao Peng again.
"Anmin, when we arrive in Taiyuan, help me find two more people."
"who?"
Hearing that there were still two people to look for, some factors in Cao Peng's body became restless. He liked to do this kind of thing the most, and he guaranteed to do his best for Chen Zhou!
"Not a woman."
Chen Zhou could tell at a glance that Cao Peng had unhealthy thoughts, and continued: "This is preparation for pacifying the northern part of Bingzhou and taking over Yanmen and other counties. It is considered to be looking for someone for the Lord. Don't think wildly."
Cao Peng smiled sheepishly.
Chen Zhou added: "They are called Guo Yao and Guo Huai. They are father and son. Guo Yao should be the governor of Yanmen. I don't know what Guo Huai does now. You arrange for someone to find them and contact them. Find a way to persuade them to surrender."
Cao Peng shook his head and said: "Sir, we are not good at persuading surrender!"
Chen Zhou said: "You don't have to be good at it. Just tell them to surrender. Soon the central and southern parts of Bingzhou will be under the control of the lord. If you don't surrender, you will have to surrender in the northern part of Bingzhou. You can also tell them that if they don't surrender, they will have to surrender." If we want to resist and start a fight, if the Xianbei people know about it, they will attack us in Yanmen, so why not sit down and talk and guard Yanmen together."
Cao Peng wrote all these down.
