Qiao Daoqing looked Cao Cao up and down and said slowly: "Since you are 'Wu Mengde', I would like to inquire about the whereabouts of an old friend with you."
Cao Cao smiled and said, "You should tell me everything you know."
"Do you know Sun An, the 'Dragon Slayer'?"
"Ah!" Cao Cao thought for a moment, suddenly remembering the past events that Sun An had told him, and immediately said: "He is my most beloved brother. When we first met, I mentioned that he was going to defect to his fellow countryman, 'Huan Mo Lord' Qiao." Hey, later by chance, he stayed in Huazhou and got to know us. This brother is now appointed as the Defense Envoy of Dengzhou. Due to an urgent matter, he went to Dengzhou first to take up the post... Oh my, isn't this? Didn’t the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple?”
Lao Cao hurriedly stepped forward, personally untied the rope for Qiao Daoqing, and called Ma Ling: "Brother Ma Ling, please bandage that wound for Mr. Qiao quickly. He is my brother's good friend. If you hurt him, I will But he has no face to see Sun An."
Qiao Daoqing originally refused to allow him to bandage it, but when he heard him say that he had no face to see Sun An, he couldn't help but sigh, and let Ma Ling tear open his clothes, wash the wound, apply secret medicine, and wrap it carefully with a strip of cloth.
Qiao Daoqing looked around and saw that many of them were generals from Hebei. He snorted angrily and said, "Wu Mengde, I have a few words that I need to talk to you alone. Do you have the guts to be alone with me?"
Niu Gao shouted: "Brother, no! He is a heretical person. Although he was injured, he has many hidden methods. With your current status, how can you take risks?"
Cao Cao glared at him and said with a smile: "What kind of identity do I have? My identity has never changed. Yanggu Wu Dalang, who wholeheartedly makes friends with the heroes of the world and opens up new territories for Han'er. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future. Moreover, A hero like Mr. Qiao won't harm me just because of Sun An's appearance."
Qiao Daoqing laughed loudly: "Wu Mengde, your eyes are very accurate in seeing people! Who is Qiao? If he wants to harm you, he will do it with both sword and gun. How can he do such a small thing?"
Cao Cao also laughed, helped Qiao Daoqing up, dismissed everyone, and returned to his cabin.
After closing the door, Qiao Daoqing sat crookedly on the couch, looked directly at Cao Cao and said: "Liangshan and Shaohuashan Shi Dalang made a big fuss in Huazhou. This matter came to my ears. I heard Sun An's name, so I sent someone to inquire, and it turned out that he was My brother, I only heard that he went to Liangshan. I sent people to Shandong to inquire as far as Qingzhou, but he said that he recognized Wu Mengde as his brother and went to Bianjing. I originally thought that you and Liangshan were one, but now, Why did he become a general of the imperial court again?"
Cao Cao said: "Mr. Qiao, you are Sun An's brother, I will not hide it from you, just listen to me..."
He immediately told Cao Cao what he had done and what his confidants said. Qiao Daoqing was dumbfounded. Until Cao Cao finished speaking, he was still shocked and shook his head: "There are people like you in the world. Compared with you, there are people like you." , Wang Qing, Tian Hu and other heroes are as bright as the bright moon."
Cao Cao saw his moved expression and quickly took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Qiao, your skills are shocking. Instead of becoming a thief, you might as well come to me. On the one hand, you and Sun An's brotherhood can be saved, and on the other hand, a man with good skills can do it." , how can we not strive for glory for the Han people?"
Qiao Daoqing pondered for a long time and sighed: "Oh, God's will must be like this when the evil demon descends. That's all. Qiao is willing to treat you as his elder brother. I only hope that my brother will achieve something in the future, and don't imitate the likes of Tian Hu and Wang Qing."
Cao Cao laughed and said: "Sir, what you said makes Wu Mou look too small. Although Wu Mou is not fat, he is confident and magnanimous, and he is not ashamed of the heroes in the world."
Qiao Daoqing also smiled and said, "I made a mistake."
At that moment, Qiao Daoqing was left to recuperate in this room. Cao Cao put him to bed, went out to gather the generals, and ordered the captured thieves to be brought in by regiment commander Feng Qi.
When Feng Qi saw these fierce warriors, including Niu Wenzhong, Shan Shiqi, and Bian Xiang, who were former high-ranking officials in Jinzhong, what other thoughts could he have? Kneel down immediately and ask for surrender.
Cao Cao said: "Since you are willing to surrender, let's go to the rope and talk." Immediately, he asked people to remove the rope, and Feng Qi was grateful.
Cao Cao then asked: "Now that the imperial court has sent the Fourth Route Army to attack the tigers in the fields, how will he respond?"
Feng Qi said: "I don't dare to hide it. Tian Hu's fellow also made a strategy of dividing his troops. The first line is to send the three kings Tian Biao and lead ten fierce generals to guard Huguan to block Wang Huan and Zhang Zhang; the second line is , sent the two great kings Tian Bao and led ten fierce generals to guard Jinning Prefecture to deal with Wang Wende and Jing Zhong. The third line is the national division commander Qiao Daoqing, leading six of our generals to come to Hechuan to block your navy. The fourth line is, But it was Tian Hu who went to Taiyuan to fight Han Cunbao and Xu Jing with his uncle Wu Li as the vanguard."
Cao Cao asked again: "Who is guarding Qinyuan now?"
Feng Qizhi said: "Tian Hu, because he felt that Qinyuan was surrounded by thousands of mountains and it was inconvenient to travel, he had moved his family to Qinzhou to build a royal palace there. Qinyuan is now empty, with only hundreds of soldiers and horses. .”
Qinzhou is the seat of the Weisheng Army, on the right side of the Taiyue Mountains.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect that they had come here after thousands of miles and rivers and finally defeated Qiao Daoqing. The enemy actually moved!
It was Cao Cao who came to his senses first and said with a wry smile: "General Liu, if this is the case, I'm afraid we will have to divide our troops."
Liu Yanqing said: "Tell me what your plan is."
Cao Cao said: "The imperial court sent our army to attack Qinyuan, which was only two or three days away, so we went to fight it. This would not be considered a violation of military orders. Then we could divide our troops. The old general led a group of troops from Taiyuan. They came out of Shanxi and made a surprise attack on Jinning Prefecture. I think Wang Wende and Jing Zhong were both old generals from the Western Army, so they could cooperate well and attack from the front and back, defeating Tian Bao. As for the last general, he came out from the north and attacked Pingyao and Qixian. , cut off Tian Hu's retreat, work with the two military governors Han and Xu to defeat Tian Hu, and then return to attack Qinzhou, this battle will be considered completed."
While talking, he took out the picture of flying birds presented by Xu Guanzhong, and the two of them compared it carefully. Liu Yanqing nodded and said, "That's what I'm going to do. It's just that I don't have any capable generals under my command now, so I want to borrow some brave generals to help you."
Cao Cao thought for a while, nodded and said: "It doesn't matter. I'll do it later and let them go to Qingzhou to find me."
After some discussion among the generals, Liu Yanqing borrowed four generals: Yuan Lang, Liu Yuan, Shan Shiqi, and Yunzong Wu.
Under Cao Cao's command were generals Lu Junyi, Du Bo, Li Kui, Niu Gao, Shi Qian, Teng Xu, Teng Kan, Bian Xiang, Ma Ling, Niu Wenzhong, and Yu Yulin, as well as Feng Qi, Fan Yuming, Feng Yi, and Yu Deyuan. , Fu Xiang, and Kou Chen are all partial generals.
As for Qiao Daoqing, although he was willing to surrender, he was seriously injured. Cao Cao decided to keep him on the ship to recuperate. After he recovered, he sent Zhang Heng to Qingzhou to meet him.
Three days later, we arrived in Qinyuan. Sure enough, there were only two generals guarding the place. Seeing the large number of officers and soldiers arriving, we couldn't think of any resistance in our hearts. We opened the door and asked for surrender. The troops repaired here for a day. The next day, the navy After going down the Qinshui River, entering the Yellow River and returning to Bianjing, Cao Cao and Liu Yanqing divided their troops into two groups, each leading their own troops, one heading north and one heading west, each heading towards its own future.
Not to mention Liu Yanqing's departure to the west, just talking about Lao Cao, his men and horses are strong, and there are nearly 40,000 troops. At this moment, the men and horses are spreading, and they are as majestic as a giant python in the valley. When marching, the old rules were followed. Anyone who encountered woodcutters or hunters would be captured and marched with the army, but they were deliberately trying to catch the tigers unawares.
There are different teachings: the rivers and streams are thousands of miles along the way, but who knows when things are going to end. Meng De decided to divide his troops, but Tian Hu sadly lost his old home.
I wanted to work hard to write two chapters and resume the morning update, but it was too late to write the second chapter. I was too sleepy and affected my efficiency.
I’ll make up for it later.
(End of chapter)
