The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The letter was written by Cao Cao.

The few knights who delivered the letters were followers of the Cao family. They came from far and wide to deliver the letters. They traveled day and night. They were tired and cold, and their nose was running.

Xun Zhen returned to the account and read the letter carefully.

When Xun Zhen first arrived in Yingchuan, he sent a letter to Cao Cao, telling Cao Cao that he had arrived in Yingchuan and was preparing to station the army in Yangzhai, and by the way asked about Cao Cao's current situation.

In his letter, Cao Cao thanked Xun Zhen for his concern, and replied: "I have received help from Wei Zi in Chenliu, and I have recruited soldiers in Jiwu. With the help of Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other brothers, I have more than 5,000 cavalry cavalry, and I arrived at Suanzao together with Zhang Miao.”

Seeing the word "Jiwu", Xun Zhen said in her heart, "It's very risky", and then said "I'm lucky". Jiwu is Dian Wei's hometown. Fortunately, Dian Wei was taken over by him first, or else It had to be acquired by Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao got Zhang Miao's acquiescence to raise troops in Chenliu, he could not compete with Zhang Miao in Chenliu County, the county seat, so he went to Jiwu, the most southeastern corner of the county and closest to Pei, to recruit troops. In the territory of Chenliu, Zhang Miao and Cao Cao were close to the water tower, so they were the first to arrive at Suanzao.

Afterwards, Cao Cao briefly introduced the situation of the Suanzao army, he wrote: "When I wrote this letter, most of the troops that raised troops had already arrived, only Qingzhou Governor Jiao He was blocked by the Yellow Turbans and had not arrived yet. There are currently several troop forces in Suanzao, including Liu Dai, the prefect of Yanzhou, Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, Bao Xin, the general who broke the prisoners, as well as Zhang Miao and his younger brother Zhang Chao, all tens of thousands. With more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry, the flags and flags are connected, the camp is hundreds of miles, and the momentum is huge."

There were tens of thousands of people on the road, including Bao Xin who also brought more than 20,000 people. Only Cao Cao had the fewest troops, only 5,000.

Cao Cao wrote below: "All the shepherds guarded the meeting, set up an altar, and were about to swear an oath. The lord, the heroic martyr, did not refuse, he took the altar and made an oath, and his speech was generous, and those who heard his words were all excited, and I was also very excited."

It was originally supposed to be Lord Zang Hong's oath of sour jujube, but now the prefect of Guangling has replaced Xun Zhen, and Zang Hong followed Xun Zhen to Yingchuan, but he couldn't go to the oath of sour jujube again.

However, just like the original history, none of the many shepherds of Suanzao was on the altar, and they were still the ones who took the oath from a county official. Xun Zhen understood this very well. All the shepherds have equal status, since no one wants the other to be the person who takes the oath. If a shepherd comes to take the oath, then he is like the leader of the sour jujube, but it is different for a county official to do it. , just like the president of the United Nations in later generations. This position has never been selected from the five permanent members, but mostly chosen by small countries. This is the same reason.

After writing the oath, Cao Cao turned the letter, but he was dissatisfied. He wrote: "When the oath was written, the shepherds and guards were very excited, but after the oath, no one agreed to send troops. Bao Xin and I have many times. I asked Zhang Mengzhuo to discuss and asked him to come forward to organize a military meeting. Although Zhang Mengzhuo agreed, he did not show any action. The coalition force was more than 100,000 soldiers, and the rioters were raised to kill the riots. I wrote a letter to Ben Chu, who was already stationed in Hanoi, and asked Ben Chu to give orders for the sour jujube, but Ben Chu replied that Han Jizhou was in Ye and promised to supply him with grain, but in fact he used various excuses to reduce the deduction. , since he has insufficient rations, it is difficult to attack, and he is afraid that he will not be able to order Suanzao to make the Suanzao coalition go first. Ah, when the hero calls, the Kanto response, with this trend, if the coalition forces attack it, they will gather in separate lanes, and they will meet at Luoxia. Although Dong Zhuo is strong and can be settled in a battle, all the armies stay there, no one is advanced, and he sits and waits for the opportunity to fade away."

After expressing his grief for the troops sitting on the sidelines and watching the opportunity disappear, Cao Cao also wrote: "There are more than 100,000 sour jujubes, and the daily consumption is huge. Although the troops come with grain and luggage, once the grain is exhausted, one county will be left in Chen. It is difficult to supply, and by then, I am afraid that the armies will disperse by themselves. It will become an empty talk to discuss Dong Yunyun. I discussed with Bao Xin, and if the coalition forces are not to attack, I will lead the battle with Bao Xin alone. If we can achieve a victory, then maybe we can dispel the hesitation of the coalition princes, make them cheer up separately, and then join forces to attack."

After talking about his discussions and plans with Bao Xin, Cao Cao also wrote: "Qing is a famous contemporary general, and the army is slightly better than me. Sun Jian is the tiger general of the world, and he is unparalleled. I don't know if you two are willing to join me in attacking Dong. ?"

This is to invite Xun Zhen and Sun Jian to join the team to attack Dong Zhuo, and want to send troops together with Xun Zhen and Sun Jian to attack Dong Zhuo.

Cao Cao already knew about Sun Jian's coming to Yingchuan to join forces with Xun Zhen, and it was through Cao Cao that Xun Zhen and Yuan Shao were able to show Sun Jian's actions against the general. -- Yuan Shao's son, in his eyes Although Sun Jian has a reputation for bravery, he is only "a military man". He is now the leader of the coalition. He is full of talents and famous people in the world. He does not pay attention to Sun Jian. Zhenshang played to the court and listed his name on the list that named Sun Jian as a general.

Xun Zhen himself could actually mention Sun Jian, but with Yuan Shao's name, the weight was obviously different. More importantly, with Yuan Shao's name on it, he could further prevent Sun Jian from being pulled away by Yuan Shu.

After reading Cao Cao's letter, Xun Zhen thought: "I don't know if it has something to do with my letter praising Meng De's monopoly on the heroic spirit of the world. The words in Meng De's recent letters seem more intimate to me than before. already."

This is not to say that the words in Cao Cao's previous letters were alienating from Xun Zhen, who used to be close, but now they are even closer.

After thinking for a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a reply letter to Cao Cao.

In the letter, he wrote: "Brother is fierce and powerful, determined to forge ahead, I am not talented, I would like to fight Dong Zhuo with my brother, but Wentai has a long way to go, and we have not yet reached Yingchuan, and our army is also short of food, so we cannot immediately attack Dong Zhuo. Raise the army to fight. When I borrow food from Yuzhou, and after the Wentai arrives, after I have discussed it with him, it will be as short as ten days and less than half a month. I think I will be able to fight with my brother.”

He also comforted Cao Cao in a letter, telling him not to be impatient.

The letter was written and sealed, and ordered to bring it to the few Cao family knights who delivered the letter.

These knights only rested for half a day in Xunzhen's camp, and they left for Suanzao in the afternoon.

A few days later, when they arrived at Suanzao, Cao Cao was training his soldiers in the army. Hearing that Xun Zhen had a reply, he immediately returned to the tent. Although his head, face, and body were covered with dust, he did not bother to wash them, so he got the letter and watched.

After looking at it, Cao Cao slapped the table and said: "The princes of Suanzao are famous, but they are brave, loyal, and heroic, but they are not half as good! I shouldn't have come to this Suanzao that day. Soldiers."

After receiving Xun Zhen's reply, the depression in Cao Cao's chest and abdomen dissipated a little. He put the letter down and called for Bao Xin to come.

Before Bao Xin arrived, he asked the knights who delivered the letter, "Did you see Zhenzhi in Yangzhai, or Zhenzhi in the camp?"

"I arrived in Yangzhai first, Wen Xunhou was in the army, and then I went to the camp."

"Can you see the next song in the tent of Zhenzhi?"

"I saw a few. When I was leaving, I happened to pass by the place where Xunhou's tent was used to practice his songs."

"how?"

"There are elites, and there are new ones."

"Let's not talk about the new soldiers, how is the combat power of the elite soldiers under Zhenzhi's account compared to our troops?"

These knights looked embarrassed.

Cao Cao said, "Speak bluntly."

"The elite soldiers under Xunhou's tent are all brave men. Although we have only watched a few times while passing by, they are skillful in formation, and have evidence of their advance and retreat. The formation is strictly organized between the changes, the armor and the weapons are shining on the sun, and the sound of killing is on the ground.

Cao Cao smiled and said: "I heard your words, these elite soldiers can be regarded as the strongest soldiers in the world. Most of my soldiers are new soldiers, and they are not inferior."

Cao Cao is an open-minded person, one is one, two is two, he does not deceive himself, he just thinks that maybe he will join forces with Xun Zhen to attack, then Sun Jian is also the tiger general of the world, he thought in his heart: "This attack is me. Proposal, but I can't be weak to Zhenzhi in the war." He stood up and ordered, "When Yuncheng arrives, invite him to the school grounds to see me."

However, he did not want to delay for a moment, and wanted to step up the training of his subordinates in order to compete with Xun Zhen and Sun Jian in the future battlefield.

Cao Cao didn't need to say more, but he said that after Xun Zhen replied to Cao Cao that day, there was nothing to do for two or three days. Sometimes they go to other people's banquets at night, and sometimes they host a banquet on their own during a good night.

At the end of the month, I got the news that Kong Duo went to Yingchuan.

Xun Cheng and Guo Jun caught Kong Yu at the county boundary and welcomed him to Yangzhai.

Kong Yu's clan numbered more than 40,000, far more powerful than when Xun Zhen arrived in Yingchuan. As soon as people entered the county, news spread everywhere.

After hearing the news, Le Jin, Du You, Wang Lan and others rushed to the camp to ask to see Xun Zhen.

They came to see Xun Zhen, who was also looking for them.

When she saw them coming, Xun Zhen didn't wait for them to speak, she smiled and said, "Kong Yuzhou arrived in the county, what are you doing here to see me when you are not ready to welcome them in the county?"

"It is to meet the matter, so I asked to see the prince."

"Oh?"

"Yuzhou is approaching, the officials and officials in the county will welcome you, but I don't know if the princes and princes want to wait with me? So I'm here to ask."

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Xun Zhen opened her mouth to answer, and suddenly, for some reason, she suddenly remembered the letter that Cao Cao had written before, and suddenly felt a sense of it.

He said in his heart, "This time the Guandong meeting with Dong seems to be very powerful. However, along the way from Jizhou, Han Fu and Yuan Shao are inseparable, and the sour jujube join forces to protect themselves. Yuan Shu is alone in Nanyang, and no one deserves it. , before Kong Hao arrived, I tried my best to suppress him. How could such a coalition be successful? The coalition is like this, and so are the scholars from various counties, Du You, Wang Lan, and Guo Jun. Why do you want to hold me in charge of Yingchuan temporarily? It's not because I am a native of Yingchuan, and Kong Mi's name is the prefect of the state, but he is from a foreign county. Their interests, that's why I was promoted as a local person. It is said that Dong Zhuo controlled the court, abolished the emperor, and killed the king of Hongnong, which really caused the indignation of many people. Scholars from all over the country, even if the princes who raise their troops go on ten more routes, what can they do? In the end, they will return without success."

Seeing that he was silent, Du You asked again: "Yuzhou is coming, do you want to welcome the prince with me?"