Today, Yuan Shao has firmly controlled Jizhou, occupied the two prefectures of Qingzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, and has become the largest force in the Kanto region.

When faced with important choices, his behavior became more and more persistent.

He also wanted to see what attitude other forces in Guandong would show to the Luoyang court, which shouted "Restoring the Han Dynasty and returning to the old capital."

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Yuzhou, Runan, Pingyu City.

Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, is now garrisoning here.

In the Cao army's tent, Cao Cao, who had just returned from the camp, took off his bonnet. He was still wearing light armor and knelt behind the desk. Looking at the military book raised high on the left side of the desk, he raised his right arm and held his elbow to his head, as if a headache had occurred again.

Compared to Yuan Shao's mansion, Cao Cao's military tent was pitifully cold. Apart from daily necessities and weapons and armor, there were only these documents and military books left, and there was no decoration left.

Cao Cao's figure was not as elegant as Yuan Shao. After a few years, his skin became dark. The performances of the officials who had already been on him had long disappeared. He became increasingly thin and capable.

At present, what was worried about him was the problem of Runan County.

Since the rebellion within Yanzhou was put down last year, the Cao army gradually got out of the dilemma, and Cao Cao, who had captured all the open and secret opposition forces in the territory, reached a new level of reputation in Yanzhou.

Therefore, Cao Cao, who had recovered a little, couldn't wait to send troops to Yuzhou in the beginning of spring of this year.

Cao Cao was not in a hurry, because Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou who originally liked to take advantage of the situation, had already been defeated by Liu Biao and had no master in Yuzhou. All forces around Yuzhou were dispatched again and intervened in Yuzhou.

Cao Cao also fell in love with the territory of Yuzhou, so under the name of "sweeping out the Yellow Turban Remnants", Chenliu, who was in Yanzhou, sent troops to attack Yuzhou in large numbers.

Yuzhou is in all directions, and the forces in the territory are complex. Yingchuan and Runan have a large number of Yellow Turban Remnants; in the Chen State, there are King Chen Liu Chong, Chen Xiangluo Jun, and Chen Xiangluo Jun and Yuan Shu’s own Chen Xiangluo Yuan Si, fighting each other, while in Pei State, Xuzhou’s troops occupied some cities; in addition, Liu Biao and Yuan Shu’s forces continue to attract the powerful people and refugees in the territory, and also infiltrated into Yuzhou.

Cao Cao first picked the Yellow Turban Army, which had the largest number of people and the weakest combat power, and fought invincible. In the past ten months, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man, and others died or surrendered under the Cao army's troops, and the rest fled one after another.

The Cao army successfully occupied the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan. During this period, they also sent troops to the Chen State and forced the surrender of the Chen Prime Minister Yuan Si set up by Yuan Shu.

In addition to some cities in Pei County, which are also in the hands of Xuzhou soldiers, it can be said that most of Yuzhou has fallen into Cao Cao's pocket.

However, occupying Yuzhou does not mean that he has controlled Yuzhou.

Cao Cao knew that the forces of Yuzhou were complicated and sandwiched between major forces. The two ends of the soldiers and civilians in the territory could not be pacified by relying on their own military strength in a short period of time.

Compared with Heyi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and others, although they were the Yellow Turban Remnants, they had also relied on Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and others who once occupied Yuzhou. The king's flag changed from the city to the end, and the constant turmoil in Yuzhou was still there.

This time, Cao Cao pacified Yingchuan and Runan's Yellow Turbans, captured the powerful under the Yellow Turban Army, and the large amount of oxen and grain from refugees. He had a lot of harvest, and the treasury, which was originally ineffective, became full.

But how to govern Yuzhou, especially Runan County, which is sandwiched between Liu Biao and Yuan Shu, has become Cao Cao's most difficult problem.

As a major county of the Han Empire, Runan had thirty-seven cities. The population during the peace period was equivalent to the population of several mainland counties and states.

After Cao's army took away the Yellow Turban population such as He Yi, a powerful vacuum appeared in the huge Runan County. Yuan Shu from Huainan and Liu Biao from Jingxiang were very likely to take advantage of the situation and occupy Runan County again.

With the reputation of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu has always been popular in Runan. Now it is just because he is busy fighting for Xuzhou with Liu Bei and has no time to take care of the changes in Yuzhou. Once the battle for Xuzhou is over, the arrogant and arrogant Yuan Shu will definitely send troops to Yuzhou to retake Runan, Chen and other places.

As for Liu Biao, he defeated Guo Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, so naturally he would not have thought of helping Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others control Yuzhou. He had already recruited powerful people and scholars in the west of Runan, and there were signs of interfering in Yuzhou.

Those who stayed to govern Runan not only need to be able to go on horseback and control the people, but also need to have certain expectations in Runan.

After thinking about it, Cao Cao could not find a suitable candidate for his civil and military personnel. When he was having a headache, footsteps sounded outside the tent, and then a familiar voice came.

"Ming Gong, letter from Yanzhou!"

"Come in!"

With Cao Cao's permission, the visitor raised the curtain of the tent and walked in calmly from outside the tent.

The person who came was young and handsome, dressed up as a civil servant, had a slightly pale face and a little thin body. He was Guo Jia, the adviser who had just joined Cao Cao this year.

Although the civil strife in Yanzhou greatly damaged Cao Cao's vitality, a large number of civil officials such as Chen Gong, Wei Zong, Bi Zhan, etc., and military generals such as Xue Lan, Li Feng, Xu Xi, Mao Hui, etc. all rebelled against Cao Cao, but they did not break and established. After quelling the civil strife in Yanzhou, Cao Cao became even more eager to be virtuous and soon promoted him and recruited a group of new counselors and generals.

Military officials such as Le Jin, Yu Jin, and Li Zhong, and local tyrants stood out in the chaos and were promoted to military generals by Cao Cao based on his military achievements and awarded official positions.

Among the civil officials and strategists, besides Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and Zao Zhi who made great contributions in the rebellion, the most important thing was that he obtained the strategist Guo Jia after the war.

Cao Cao has always felt that there were few scholars around him who could analyze the situation and make suggestions for him.

Although Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were often able to help him make decisions when he was in Yanzhou, once he led his troops to fight and left Yanzhou, Xun Yu, who was in the rear, did not often follow the army. At the critical moment, Cao Cao wanted to find a staff member to analyze the situation and discuss military opportunities, but he often struggled to find a suitable candidate.

Guo Jia, who left Yuan Shao's command, recommended by Xun Yu, and turned to his command, just filled such a vacancy.

The first time the two met, it was like a fish in water. Cao Cao thought that this person would be the one who could help him achieve great things. Guo Jia was also happy to meet the wise master in his heart and said happily: "It's true of my master!"

Now that he saw Guo Jia walking in, Cao Cao stood up without hesitation, laughing:

"Fengxiao, you are here just in time. I just happened to discuss military aircraft with you!"

As he spoke, Cao Cao had approached Guo Jia, took the document submitted by Guo Jia with one hand, and held Guo Jia who wanted to salute with the other hand, and said with a little complaint:

"If there is no one else in the tent, there is no need to be too polite. Is it so reserved to learn corrupt scholars?"

It is said that when Confucius came to the palace to meet the king of Lu, he bowed his head and bowed his head when he entered the door, cautious and respectful, as if the gate could not allow him to go straight in. When standing, he was not in the middle of the door; when walking, he did not step on the door.

When reporting the matter, Confucius would carry his clothes and walk up the steps, holding his breath as if he didn't dare to breathe. When passing by the throne, his face was solemn and serious, his behavior was cautious, and his words seemed to be inadequate.

When he exited, he went down a step and Confucius's face relaxed and he looked relaxed.

But after going down the steps, Confucius had to move quickly, his movements as light as a bird spread his wings. When he returned to his position, Confucius had to show respect and uneasiness.

In Cao Cao's prefecture, there are also some scholars who are confusing the ancients. They learned Confucius' etiquette vividly. When they met Cao Cao, they were also trembling as if they were walking on thin ice. The sound they spoke was like lack of energy, which made Cao Cao, who did not like red tape, frown.

Therefore, today, Cao Cao deliberately told this matter to joke with Guo Jia.

Of course, Guo Jia was not a Confucian scholar who abides by etiquette. When he heard this, he laughed and straightened his body straightened again.

While joking, Cao Cao confirmed that the documents sent from the prefecture were completely damaged and damaged, and then he turned around and used the copper on the case table to cut off the mud seal on the document, unfolded the documents, and looked at ten lines at a glance, browsing the contents of the prefecture document.
Chapter completed!