Seeing the sadness on Qin Hao's face, Cao Cao's eyes were filled with concern. He patted Qin Hao on the shoulder and comforted him:
"My dear nephew, my brother has been fighting for most of his life. Now he can't go to the battlefield. Although it is painful for him, it is not necessarily a bad thing."
"Um?"
Qin Hao showed a surprised look, while Cao Cao continued: "Brother can just relieve his burden and enjoy the happiness of family. I can't even envy you such a life."
Looking at Cao Cao's respectful and caring eyes, Qin Hao suddenly felt that he had misjudged Cao Cao before.
Qin Hao always felt that Cao Cao and his father were sworn friends just to take advantage of his stupid and generous father. Now it seems that there is still affection between these three old men.
"Third uncle, what about the position of alliance leader this time?"
Qin Hao returned to the topic again, while Cao Cao laughed, and then said seriously: "This time the leader of the alliance must be my nephew."
Qin Hao smiled, moved his lips slightly, and said, "Thank you very much."
"Except for my nephew, the others will serve as alliance leaders. I, Cao Cao, am not at ease..."
From the tone and attitude of Cao Cao's answer, Qin Hao could see that although Cao Cao was a prince, he still had nostalgia for the Han Dynasty.
In his heart, Cao Cao hoped that the coalition forces could defeat Dong Zhuo, break through Chang'an, rescue the Han Emperor, and revive the Han Dynasty. However, he also knew that there were many princes, and when there were too many people, they would inevitably be divided. At this time, a person with high prestige was needed to lead the army.
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Among the princes, only Qin Hao and Dong Zhuo refused to die, and no princes who came to join the alliance could compare with Qin Hao in terms of military strength, ability, and reputation. Therefore, for those princes who were interested in the Han Dynasty, Qin Hao was undoubtedly
He is the most suitable candidate for the alliance leader, and age is no obstacle at all.
After receiving Cao Cao's enlightenment, Qin Hao estimated that those princes who were interested in the Han Dynasty would recommend him as the leader of the alliance, such as Liu Bei, Tao Qian, Liu Yu and others.
As for those who are hesitant because of their age, Qin Hao only needs to continue to increase public relations. As long as more than half of the people are willing to recommend Qin Hao, then the position of leader of the alliance will be considered stable.
"By the way, Third Uncle, you captured several of Li Mi's generals during the battle to destroy the Ming Dynasty. I wonder if they have all been subdued now?" Qin Hao asked.
Cao Cao was a little confused about Qin Hao's thoughts, but he said truthfully: "Wang Jun and other generals have been subdued by me, but that Cheng Yaojin is just like a stone in a hair vat, smelly and hard, and he doesn't want to say anything."
surrender."
Cao Cao's personality charm is still very high. Most of the generals captured by him will be moved by his sincerity. There are very few who are unwilling to surrender, and Cheng Yaojin is one of the very few.
Wang Junke and others had already surrendered, and took turns to persuade him, but Cheng Yaojin was unwilling to surrender. Because of Wang Junke and others, Cao Cao could not kill Cheng Yaojin, so he kept
It's closed now.
"How does the wise nephew know this person?" Cao Cao asked.
Qin Hao smiled and said: "That's it. My elder brother Qin Qiong once traveled with Cheng Yaojin in the rivers and lakes, and later they became sworn brothers. Since Cheng Yaojin is unwilling to surrender, can the third uncle surrender?"
Give it to my nephew? My nephew is willing to redeem it for a hundred pairs of armor."
Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up. Cheng Yaojin was unwilling to surrender, and keeping him would be a waste of food.
Moreover, among the five generals captured at the time, only Wang Junke was the one that Cao Cao really valued. The other four, including Cheng Yaojin, were just incidental, so it was better to exchange some benefits with Qin Hao.
"My dear nephew, Cheng Yaojin is a top-notch general. One hundred pieces of armor is too little. At least five hundred."
In Qin Hao's eyes, Cao Cao looked like a shrewd old fox.
Cheng Yaojin turned out to be a top-notch general? Is he so powerful? Why didn’t he know it?
Of course, the reason why Qin Hao valued Cheng Yaojin was not because of his ability, but because Cheng Yaojin was a lucky general. His good luck might be returned to him, so Qin Hao accepted him even if he was cheated by Cao Cao.
"Third Uncle, you also know the cost of a pair of armor. It's up to two hundred and no more."
"Four hundred, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find. Your nephew doesn't understand this, right?"
"Three hundred, really can't be more."
"make a deal."
In this way, Qin Hao used 300 pieces of armor to redeem Cheng Yaojin from Cao Cao. However, since Cheng Yaojin was imprisoned in Chenliu, it would take some time to transport it here.
In the next three days, the local princes of Yanzhou arrived one after another, including Zhang Miao, the governor of Dongping, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, Bao Xin, the governor of Jibei, and Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang. However, they did not bring many troops.
He only brought 10,000 troops and horses.
So far, six families of princes have arrived, and the number of soldiers and horses in the camp has increased to 130,000.
Qin Hao visited these four small princes respectively with generous gifts, and got the commitment of three of them with almost no words. As for the one who refused, of course it was Yuan Yi who came from the Yuan family. Of course, this was entirely Qin Hao's fault.
As expected.
"It seems that the Yuan family is also eyeing the position of alliance leader. I must not be careless. It will not be worthwhile if the boat capsizes in the gutter."
Qin Hao estimated in his mind that the member of the Yuan family competing with him for the alliance leader this time would be Yuan Shao if nothing else happened.
And Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou arrived after the princes of Yanzhou.
Since there is currently only one prince in Xuzhou, Tao Qian, Tao Qian still has a lot of troops, a total of 40,000 troops. However, everyone knows this strength. After all, Xuzhou's army is notoriously weak.
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When Qin Hao visited Tao Qian, Tao Qian neither acted like an elder nor accused Qin Hao of poaching his right-hand man Mi Zhu. He very decisively agreed to elect Qin Hao as the leader of the alliance, which made Qin Hao a little embarrassed.
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After the two states of Yanxu, the princes of Yuzhou who arrived subsequently included the four great princes of Yuan Shu, Li Mi, Zhao Kuangyin and Kong Niao. Among them, Yuan Shu and Zhao Kuangyin were still the same family.
Li Mi originally didn't want to come, but he had to come.
Over the years, Yuan Shu has been trying to destroy Li Mi, a state within a state, and Li Mi has been careful to survive, not giving Yuan Shu any chance to target him.
Li Mi could almost predict that if he did not come to the alliance, Yuan Shu would definitely send troops to attack Dong Zhuo directly on the grounds that he was a member of Dong Zhuo's party.
Therefore, in order not to give Yuan Shu a chance to attack him, Li Mi must come to join the alliance.
After Yuzhou, those who arrived were the princes of Jingzhou, Huang Zu, Han Xuan, and Liu Xiu.
The difference at the same time was that Huang Zu and Han Xuan both sent generals and troops, but Liu Xiu personally led the troops, but the number was the smallest among the princes, with only two thousand troops.
The four prefectures of Yan, Xu, Yu, and Jing are the closest to Jujube, so they arrive at the earliest time, while the six prefectures of Bing, Ji, Qing, You, Yang, and Yi are farther away, so although they all arrive slower,