Chapter 246 Big Surprise, Collecting Wenwu [Subscribe]

Cao Cao sat in his study reading the battle report.

The three routes were launched simultaneously in order to quickly defeat Wuhuan and avoid following the old path of history which would have taken several years.

From the outside, it seemed that Yanzhou's attack on Wuhuan was incredibly fast.

But Cao Cao was not satisfied.

The latest war news said that a Xianbei tribe, called the Tuohe Huan tribe, had led its troops south to prepare for joining the war.

The reason why Cao Cao hoped to defeat the Wuhuan quickly was that he hoped to take back Youzhou before the Xianbei joined the war.

Unfortunately, it is not satisfactory.

Yanzhou attacked quickly, and the Xianbei came just as quickly.

It would be difficult to completely defeat the Wuhuan in a short period of time.

Cao Cao shook his head and thought that Zilong was stabilizing the situation in Bingzhou. Otherwise, if he were to fight his way from west to east and block the Xianbei halfway, then the northern line would be the real scene.

How exciting it would be to defeat a tribe in just a few months.

However, it was midsummer and there was plenty of grass and water on the grassland, so the Xianbei could join the war whenever they wanted.

I don’t know what benefits the Wuhuan promised the Tuohe Huan tribe that made them send troops so quickly.

This is a completely different direction from history. Yanzhou's strength forced Wuhuan to ask for help too early, and dragged a Xianbei tribe into the war so early... Cao Cao thought.

He read the battle report and picked up the bronze tablet in front of him again.

The word "tomb" above refers to Mozi's tomb?
Cao Cao looked at the Falling Moon Pearl again, observed it for a moment, put the pearl away, and moved his gaze back to the two armored beasts.

After using the dragon of luck to differentiate its aura and integrating it into the armored beast, Cao Cao developed a mysterious connection between himself and the armored beast.

As soon as he thought about it, the two armored beasts began to show off their skills.

One of them suddenly jumped onto a pillar on the side of the study.

The pillar is round and smooth, too thick to be a ring, and is made of a whole piece of nanmu wood.

The armor plates on the armored beast stick to the pillars like suction cups, allowing it to climb at an incredibly fast speed.

It jumped onto the beam and disappeared, flying over the eaves and walls.

The other armored beast ran out of the room with its short legs and hid underground, also disappearing in an instant.

The two left the study, one above and one below.

Cao Cao's consciousness seemed to be splitting, and through the armored beasts' perspective, he knew that one of them was running on the roof, as fast as a wisp of green smoke.

The other one was digging underground, and his speed was not slower than the one on the roof.

The earth and rocks were broken apart under its claws as if they did not exist.

The armored beast on the roof suddenly landed silently on a window sill.

In the room it was looking at, a charming beauty was changing clothes. She was enchanting to the eye, with skin as delicate as porcelain.

The armored beast was not fully conscious, but Cao Cao, with the help of his connection with the armored beast, could see everything clearly.

It was his concubine Bai Ke.

She had just finished dancing practice. It was a hot summer day and her thin shirt was transparent to her body, so she went back to her room and changed into a dress.

This armored beast can move freely in my house. It can penetrate any hole when used to gather information... Cao Cao thought.

The other armored beast hid underground, passed through houses and came to another courtyard.

The Cao Mansion is located in the northern district of Yecheng, surrounded by wealthy families.

The Yuan family's house in Yecheng, which Cao Cao led his troops to attack and conquer, was nearby.

The armored beast broke through the ground and entered the Yuan family's mansion that was attacked in the past.

It is now vacant.

The armored beast found a small box in a secret compartment in the basement of Yuan's mansion, in the dark room connected to the dry well where Yuan Wei was found by Dian Wei.

In a moment, the armored beast clamped the box with the armor leaves on its back, carried it back from the roof, and appeared in front of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao opened the small box that the armored beast brought back and took a look.

Inside was a pile of scrolls, seven or eight gold cakes, and a small leather bag filled with various precious stones and jewels.

Cao Cao thought: I was the one who led the troops into the city at that time, and Yuan Wei wanted to escape, so he took the most important things and property with him, intending to use them in an emergency.

Dian Wei broke into the well, and Yuan Wei temporarily hid the important things in the secret compartment of the secret room.

The situation was chaotic at the time, and Cao's army quickly withdrew after a surprise attack.

However, Cao Cao did not take Yuan Wei away, but told him that every plan he made was to help Yanzhou become stronger.

After that, Yuan Wei suffered a great blow, fell seriously ill, and was in extremely bad condition.

He might have forgotten about this small box, or for some other reason, the box was left in the dark room underground.

After that, Yuan Wei was in a daze and fled north with Yuan Shao, and he never took out the box again.

Cao Cao discovered the ability of the armored beast when he was experimenting with it unexpectedly.

Does this mean that the armored beast has the ability to sense and find treasures?

Did it sense the gold, pearls, jade and other valuables in the box?

Cao Cao took out the scroll from the box and looked through it.

The above content is a list of Yuan family's secret agents and spies controlled by Yuan Wei.

These spies were the result of arrangements made by the Yuan family, which had three officials in four generations and was extremely powerful.

When we defeated the Yuan clan in Zhongshan, we didn't find these things and thought they were destroyed by Yuan Shao and Yuan Wei before they died.

It turned out to be hidden in a dark room in a house in Yecheng.

With these scrolls of bamboo slips, Jia Xu could completely take over some of the secret agents left behind by the Yuan family with his means.

What's more, Chen Ying, one of the former secret leaders of the Yuan family, is now in Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was somewhat moved. This was a huge invisible wealth.

It can be said that all the surplus value of the Yuan family has been squeezed out.

At this time, the two armored beasts came back, rolled up their bodies, turned into two balls, rolled into the ink bag that Cao Cao took out, and disappeared without a trace.

Ling Jin said with envy: "Governor, if I were to take this pair of treasures to the tomb, they would be indestructible."

Cao Cao hummed.

After a few days' rest, Ling Jin will take the armored beast and his junior uncle who will be here soon to go to Mozi's tomb again.

Cao Cao handed the scroll left by Yuan Wei to Jia Xu.

After reading it, Jia Xu hurriedly took the scroll and went to make arrangements.

The others also retreated.

"Bring Tian Feng, Ju Shou, and Qu Yi here."

After Tian Feng and Ju Su were captured, Cao Cao went out to sweep the nobles, and it has been nearly two months.

After a while, the imperial guards brought Ju Su over first.

Ju Su looked indifferent and stared at Cao Cao: "Kill me if you want. If you want me to surrender Yanzhou, it is impossible."

Cao Cao could sense his determination and had no intention of surrendering. Ju Su was one of the best strategists in the world.

Unwilling to surrender... Cao Cao waved his hand, and his personal army took him away again and continued to detain him.

Tian Feng was the second person to be brought in.

Wei Xu stepped forward and handed a booklet to Tian Feng to read.

He took it and opened it.

The booklet contains statistics on the various noble families in Jizhou who forcibly occupied land and kept private soldiers.

Every one of these noble families is extremely wealthy.

"Jizhou was doomed to fail from the beginning. Do you know why it failed?"

Cao Cao said: "The troops under the command of the Yuan family in Jizhou are all composed of nobles, and there are many factions. You, Tian Yuanhao, the local Jizhou faction headed by Ju Biejia, and Chunyu Qiong, Guo Tu and others, each of them is in charge of their own affairs.

You all have the support of the nobles, and your internal friction is serious. When a real war breaks out, the nobles will always consider the interests of their family first.

When you and Ju Biejia gave advice to Yuan Shao, you also considered the stability of Jizhou first, right?"

Tian Feng opened his mouth, speechless.

"If you join my army, you can continue to work for Jizhou. The next day, you can raise troops outside and expand the territory. Isn't that great!"

Tian Feng was also a good counselor.

If he surrenders, it will quickly push the local faction in Jizhou to serve Cao Cao, giving Cao Cao control of Jizhou and saving a lot of time.

Moreover, it is impossible to hide from Tian Feng who is loyal and who is treacherous among the Jizhou gentry.

After all, he was a native aristocrat of Jizhou and had held great power under Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao planned to let Tian Feng be responsible for handling the relationship with the Jizhou gentry.

He is the best candidate.

When Cao Cao employed people, he always allowed them to display their strengths.

And Tian Feng did want to surrender.

He had previously offered advice to Yuan Shao, and after being imprisoned, he said that if Yuan Shao could defeat Cao Cao at Guandu, and if he came back proving that his sending troops was right, Yuan Shao would be in high spirits and would release and pardon Tian Feng.

If Yuan Shao was defeated, Tian Feng would surely die.

In history, just as he predicted, Yuan Shao ordered his death as soon as he returned.

He just didn't expect that after Yuan Shao's defeat at Guandu, Cao Cao would be so powerful that he would immediately lead his troops across the Yellow River and conquer Jizhou.

Tian Feng was released and fled north. On the way, he and Ju Shou and others repeatedly deduced the situation of the Battle of Guandu and concluded that even with the participation of the two of them, they would still lose.

Fighting is not their forte.

When it comes to using troops on the battlefield, no one can match the Yanzhou Mu, who is so skilled in military tactics and strategies.

So Yuan Shao’s defeat was not unfair.

The strength of Yanzhou's military force and its powerful strength, as well as its current achievement of almost unifying the north, have also allowed Tian Feng to see a more promising future.

He still wanted to do some things, and had considered surrendering to Cao before coming here.

Historical records show that Tian Feng was a man of upright character and dared to speak out. He risked his life several times to give advice to Yuan Shao.

But this uprightness is not die-hard loyalty.

He was originally a subordinate of Han Fu, the former governor of Jizhou. After he surrendered to Yuan, he could naturally surrender to Cao.

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Tian Feng did not hold back and said loudly: "I have been imprisoned by you for two months. What else can I do if I don't surrender?"

The sound of your surrender is quite scary... Cao Cao has a cheat and can see that Tian Feng is really surrendering, so he makes some arrangements according to his previous plan.

After Tian Feng left, Cao Cao also got up and left the house.

It rains continuously.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu followed him to the top of the north city wall, holding umbrellas.

Cao Cao wants to meet Qu Yi here.

Qu Yi was captured at Guandu.

After suffering a crushing defeat and the war situation was irreversible, he also wanted to flee to Jingzhou with a small group of his own troops.

But he didn't run away.

He was nearly beaten to death and captured alive by Dian Wei and Xu Chu.

At this time, Qu Yi was brought to the top of the city wall.

Yecheng is close to the Zhang River. Looking out on a rainy day, the city is shrouded in mist and rain.

Since Yecheng was built on high ground, a large river could be seen from afar, which was the Zhang River.

In the rain, Cao's army was still training in the military camp on the outskirts of the city.

Standing on the top of the city wall, you can see the entire army naked, with spears and lances lined up in the rain, and their blood and energy turning into wolf smoke amid their shouts.

Cao Cao pointed to the military camp outside the city and even to the Zhang River in the distance:
"My land of China is vast and fertile. If I can lead the army to protect the mountains and rivers, create a prosperous era again, and leave my name through the ages, my life will not be in vain."

"I want to train strong soldiers, make foreign tribes tremble in fear, and kill people everywhere. I will give you a chance to lead the army for me!"

Boss Cao was also very good at persuading people to surrender, saying that he was giving them a chance.

Qu Yi was born in Liang Province, and later surrendered to Yuan Shao. He was brave and good at fighting.

He had previously had a secret rift with Yuan Shao.

The defeat at Guandu and his capture by Cao Cao gave him a chance to survive.

Otherwise, if Jizhou defeated Yanzhou, Qu Yi would become a threat to Yuan Shao and would be doomed to death unless he rebelled.

Qu Yi was not unaware of this situation.

However, he did have the ability to lead troops. As the number one general under Yuan Shao, he once defeated Gongsun Zan's Youzhou cavalry with 800 brave warriors, and became famous far and wide.

Jizhou originally had more than 7,000 strong crossbow troops, and after the war there were still nearly 5,000 people. If they could all be taken over and developed and strengthened, what a powerful force that would be!
You have to know that the Xianbei and Wuhuan were all light cavalry, and Qu Yi was best at dealing with light cavalry.

It will be a sharp sword to use against nomadic peoples such as the Xianbei.

If a strong crossbow army could be built to a scale of 10,000 people, or even 20,000 or 30,000 people, it might be possible to restore the powerful Qin's large crossbow army that swept across the world.

As for Yuan Shao, he thought Qu Yi was arrogant and unruly.

That was under Yuan Shao's command. He had no capital to be proud in Yanzhou. To be able to hold his head up high, one needs to have strong psychological qualities.

He had just been defeated by Yanzhou and was far inferior to Cao Cao in military strategy.

There were six or seven generals in Yanzhou who could suppress him. How could he have the capital to be arrogant?

Cao Cao had shown special favor to him by allowing him to lead the troops honestly.

After Cao Cao asked, he also knelt down on the top of the city wall without much hesitation.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand to catch the rain and said calmly:
"Lead the troops well, and you may be one of them if you are promoted to a marquis or a general in the future."

Cao Cao came down from the city wall and returned to the palace. He suddenly asked Wei Xu, who was driving the car, "Is Madam Du in the city?"

Wei Xu was cheered up: "Yes, not far away."

"Go and see."

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