"Cao Mengde, what do you think I should do so that more heroes can gather under my command and serve me?"

"Report to Your Majesty and decide how to recruit them according to their preferences. For example, those who like wealth can reward them with money and silk, and those who like fame can make them famous. I believe that Your Majesty is already aware of this and has done a good job. But it is just a matter of doing it.

It is not enough to achieve this, because those who are talented

Not only do they have outstanding abilities, some people with talents also have various quirks, and they do not want to, or it is difficult to get rid of those quirks. For example, some not only love money, but even

The degree of greed for money. Some people not only like power, but even some are greedy for power."

"You mean to let me indulge their...quirks?"

"Yes and no. The key depends on what His Majesty needs."

"I think I understand a little bit. In other words, I need to weigh the pros and cons between the two before making a decision?"

"That's basically the truth, but Your Majesty should also know that in these troubled times, talent is the most important thing, so as long as it's not a talent that can really threaten you, it's just a minor problem, just bear with it."

"Well, I've made a note of it. It's getting late. My dear, please have some snacks with me and then go about your military affairs."

"I respectfully obey your Majesty's instructions."

Unfortunately, the two of them had to stop before finishing their snacks. Even Liu Xie, who was a complete mascot in military affairs, was alarmed by the sudden new situation. He put down the pastries in his hands and followed Cao Cao out of his camp.

Anyway, it is just a supplement of sugar to refresh the mind, more or less does not matter.

Under the leadership of Cao Hong, Cao Cao hurried to the scene of the incident, his strides showing his master's eagerness at this time.

This also made Cao Hong look a little embarrassed, because he had to follow Cao Cao's pace. He didn't even have time to apologize to Liu Xie, who was walking slowly behind him and had already put some distance between Cao Cao and Cao Hong - the general just broke in.

Performance of Liu Xie's camp

He was quite reckless. If he hadn't shouted that he had something urgent to report, Cao Cao would have been very passive just by rushing into the emperor's tent. Although it was said that he would not be harmed physically, there would be no fines or anything like that.

It will probably cause him more pain.

Rather than settling old scores after the fact, it would be better to apologize quickly and get the matter over with. Unfortunately, it seems that there is no such chance now.

"Haha, my old friend came to visit from afar. Cao Mengde was really rude not to greet him at the gate."

Before arriving at Cao Cao's camp, Liu Xie heard Cao Cao's hearty laughter. Just from the sound, he could tell that Cao Cao was in a good mood. No, it might not be an exaggeration to call him overly excited.

Who could make Cao Cao show such an expression?

Could it be that Xun Yu came to the front line from Xudu?

This is completely impossible. Liu Xie rejected this idea at the first opportunity.

Although the relationship between Xun Yu and Cao Cao was very complicated, this civil servant who defected to Cao Cao during what was considered a low point in his life, or a period of confusion, was destined not to be like another dimension of history due to the growth of Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun and others.

The above occupies a very special place in Cao Cao's heart, but he still relies on his own abilities to make him his most trusted right-hand man.

Even now, he has become the only person Cao Cao can rest assured to stay behind and command everything when he goes on an expedition. In fact, this is indeed the case. With the assistance of Xun Yu, Cao Cao's heir Cao Ang has no more people who want to rely on him

Liu Xie is a careerist who achieves certain political goals. Even if

Cao Cao led his army to fight at the front, but the rear could still carry out various tasks in an orderly manner. Even with the "support" from Bingzhou, Xun Yu, who had more experience in people's livelihood work, even had a little extra time to teach Cao Ang.

By the way, I wrote a letter to Liu Xie to share some thoughts and experiences.

But it is precisely because Xun Yu is so important that it is impossible for him to leave Xu Du, because that will definitely cause the collapse of Cao Cao's entire internal affairs system and logistics system. No one can replace Xun Yu's position, even if it is a few times.

The same goes for individuals combined.

He is so dazzling, and the cooperation between him and Cao Cao also allows him to exert all his strength.

Of course, you can also think that the reason for such a result also comes from a certain overweight humanoid butterfly. After all, if someone hadn't poached many of the original backbones of Cao Cao's camp, Xun Yu would not be able to find anyone to share the burden in many places.

Good helper for stress

.However, Li Shushi absolutely sneered at such a statement. After all, Xun Wenruo's "bag" filled with countless gentry talents of all kinds was not given in vain. Maybe there were all kinds of supplements, even if they were not overwhelming.

Definitely not less.

But Xun Wenruo is the only one who can truly conform to Cao Cao's philosophy and is in unprecedented sync with Cao Cao's brain waves. Now, with Cao Cao's suspicious character, if someone else stayed behind, I'm afraid he would definitely become one of the three people.

The King of Wei who became a tiger.

In fact, in the history of another dimension, probably the only person who could compete with Xun Yu in this regard was Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde. This fierce man who was fully capable of becoming a general and prime minister was not the guardian of Cao Cao from the Yanzhou period.

The way back is to block the key points, and now in this world, people are often blocked by Li

The book was left behind to guard Jinyang's home base, but Cheng Yu's courage and style of never showing mercy when necessary, as well as the help of the intelligence personnel left by Jia Xu, Jinyang can be said to be the most difficult to incite under the rule of the Bingzhou Army.

One of the areas, it is also an important guarantee that allows Li Shushi and the generals to fight life and death outside with peace of mind.

Of course, there are always gaps in the secret, but after all, fish like Han Xian who slipped through the net are only a few individual cases. Even so, it still shocked Li Shushi, Xiaoqiang and others, and then they made crazy revenge.

.

Opening the door curtain, Liu Xie felt that his outlook on life had once again been shamefully refreshed.

Although the two guys in the tent were clasping their hands and looking at each other affectionately with four eyes, they seemed to be very gay, but it seemed that the whole tent was filled with a manly atmosphere. But when you look carefully, you can see that

He found that the man Liu Xie was unfamiliar with had his hair scattered and his clothes were ragged. The corners of his clothes were stained with mud with a fishy smell, and the whole person looked miserable.

As for Cao Cao, Liu Xie even saw what "an actor's self-cultivation" is - it was just a short journey. The neat and clean robe that Cao Cao wore when talking to Liu Xie was like

It disappeared like magic, and the shoes on the feet flew to an unknown place, covered with dust. Even if the land in the camp had been leveled,

Bi. However, there will inevitably be some stones on the ground that come from nowhere, as well as small raised stones. If you step on them quickly, even if you don't sprain your feet due to subconscious movements, the pain caused by the violent impact will still be there.

The feeling is definitely not light. But Cao Cao worked so hard for the person in front of him. It seems that the strange and embarrassed person in front of him must have a good background.

"Come, come, come, Rong Cao will introduce to Your Majesty. This is Xu You, Xu Ziyuan, a famous scholar from Nanyang, but he is not one of those rotten scholars. He is a truly talented person who can stabilize the country."

Liu Xie didn't even need a wink from Cao Cao to bow to Xu You. Although it was not a big ceremony, as an emperor, even if he no longer had much majesty in this troubled world, he was still a legitimate man with noble blood. The emperor is an unattainable existence in theory. Being able to have such courtesy is enough to prove that he values ​​Xu You.

In other words, if Liu Xie really paid homage to Xu You, unless he had other purposes, he would be more or less independent.

The most important thing is, when Liu Xie gave Xu You a great gift, did he consider the feelings of Cao Cao and his cronies Chen Gong? Even the height and tilt angle of the cup facing different people at the wine table are very particular, let alone Say these more obvious things.

So overall, Liu Xie's performance can still be evaluated as excellent. And because Cao Cao didn't have time to wink, it was completely Liu Xie's spontaneous behavior, which added a lot of points to his performance. At least Xu You looked at this The disdain shown in the corners of the young emperor's eyes was reduced a lot because of this gift. It was only now that he finally understood why an emperor appeared here - this was obviously not what Yuan Shaojun had discussed internally before, but was entirely for Cao Cao's sake. A mascot launched to fight against Yuan Shao. And what happened to Xu Du may not be simply attributed to the wisdom of Cao Cao and Chen Gong.

At least Chen Gong was able to have the opportunity to continue working with Cao Cao after betraying Cao Cao, which was obviously not due to Cao Cao's generosity.

Of course, although Xu You habitually and unconsciously considered Yuan Shaojun, he quickly adjusted his attitude.

"Your Majesty is the lord of a country, and his status is unparalleled. I am just a commoner, so why should I be so humble?"

"Emperor Guangwu doesn't care about Yan Guang's offense, so how can I be criticized for saluting a worthy person?"

At the same time, Cao Cao also said from the side: "You are an old friend of Cao Cao, how dare you use your name to be a noble?"

Xu You looked at the emperor and then at Cao Cao, then burst into tears - this was really not an act on purpose. After all, Xu You was really heartbroken when he thought of his family members who were killed. Of course, the tears are not fake. And in line with his current desolate appearance, it really has the essence of "a handful of bitter tears".

"A certain person was unable to choose his master, so he surrendered to Yuan Shao, refused to listen to his words, and refused to follow his plans. Now I have given him up to see my old friend. I would like to accept him."

Judging from the expression on Xu You's face when he said these words, it was clear that his inner resentment towards Yuan Shao occupied more of his heart than sadness.

Although Cao Cao and Liu Xie didn't know what happened in Hebei, they could feel Xu You's attitude from his extremely explicit expression. Especially Cao Cao, who had also dated Xu You, felt that he was not interested in it. As an old friend, I know him quite well, and I am confident that I will not be mistaken. Xu You's performance at this time is definitely not acting.

It seems that there must have been huge changes within Yuan Shao's camp. Otherwise, with Xu You's shrewdness, how could he have been forced into such a situation and come to join Cao Cao's army, which was still somewhat weak.

Of course, if it can be confirmed that Xu You really came to defect, then the most important thing at the moment is what obvious benefits Xu You, as a senior staff advisor to Yuan Shao, can bring to Cao Cao's army.

Cao Cao, who did not hide his extremely excited expression at this moment, immediately asked:

"Ziyuan is willing to come, great things will happen! I am willing to teach me how to defeat Yuan Shao's plan immediately."

After saying that, he looked at Cao Hong who was standing aside. Cao Hong, who understood what he said, immediately surrounded the camp, and those followers who had the misfortune to hear it, except for those who were trustworthy, all other unrelated persons were immediately placed under house arrest.

Obviously Cao Hong is also very aware of the importance of Xu You, and the information provided by such a person, and even the fact that he defected to Cao Cao itself, are extremely important. It can be said that Cao Cao's victory in this battle was entirely due to Xu You

On the body.

only……

Although the situation seemed to be good, Cao Hong still had some doubts in his heart. He was not as confident as Cao Cao. He could confirm Xu You's attitude with just a few glances, so even though the order was given firmly, he still felt hesitant in his heart.

Of course, he is just a general under Cao Cao, and he only needs to execute orders. No matter how smart he is, he can't compare to Cao Cao - at least for this, Cao Hong may be the one who knows the most clearly among the entire Cao Cao army.

At this time, the conversation between Xu You and Cao Cao was still continuing.

"I once taught Yuan Shao to attack Xudu with light cavalry. Then he attacked from both sides..."

Regarding Xu You's statement, Liu Xie's frightened expression was certainly an act, but the look of surprise on Cao Cao's face was entirely an act. After all, Xu Du's greatest significance to Cao Cao's army on the front line was only two, one of which was to gather together.

Supplies from various places were then sent to the front line, and the other was because it was the capital and the residence of the emperor supported by Cao Cao.

But the current situation is that in addition to soldiers, Cao Cao can also supply various materials from Aocang in Henan. Even if the use of materials on the front line will be tight, after planned distribution, it can still be supported more calmly.

some time.

As for the second point, it can be said that except for the emperor standing next to him, in Cao Cao's view, there is no problem even if the other members of the royal family are given up. Even if the emperor's thoughts still need to be taken into account, he can still choose to give up when necessary.

In this way, although Xu You's idea is still quite cruel, it will not have a fatal impact on Cao Cao's army.

The most important thing is that there are fewer careerists who are causing chaos in the name of returning power to Liu Xie. In other words, even if there are still such people, as long as Liu Xie still stands by Cao Cao's side, Xun Yu can calmly mobilize Cao Cao.

Even if the power left in Xudu is not too much, Yuan Shaojun's Qingqi is just like conquering Xudu, which is a bit of a dream.

Of course, this can only be said that Xu You's strategy is indeed difficult to make Cao Cao eclipse. However, for Cao Cao's army, such a strategy cannot be taken lightly. After all, as long as the lone army deep behind the enemy's rear can gain a firm foothold, it will succeed.

If the connection between Guandu and Xudu in the rear is cut off, the situation Cao Cao's army will face will become even worse.
To be continued...