Chapter 111 What does it have to do with me, Cao Cao?
Chapter 111 What does it have to do with me, Cao Cao?
"It is indeed a problem..."
If Jushu refuses to surrender, those armies will become troublesome.
According to Cao Cao's character, he would most likely kill him directly.
If tens of thousands of young men were killed, this would certainly weaken Yuan Shao, but wouldn't it be digging a hole for Cao Cao to rule Hebei in the future?
Xuzhou has not been stable for so many years due to the Xuzhou Massacre. If Hebei also opposes Cao Cao because of this incident, rebellions will continue even if the north is unified.
He Yan scratched his head, obviously feeling the difficulty of the problem.
"This battle is really weird. I have a headache even if I win, and I still have a headache if I lose. It's terrible!"
In fact, all this is because Cao Cao is still a little too weak.
If we could push back to Hebei after the Battle of Guandu, it wouldn't be a big deal if we were young and strong or jushou.
But now even though he had won the battle, Cao Cao himself could hardly hold on any longer and needed to go back to clean up a lot of messes, which was why he fell into such an embarrassing situation.
In addition, Guo Jia also said a desperate thing——
"There is not enough food."
"Even if there is no war, the food supply this year will be enough."
"Our own soldiers alone may not be able to feed them, let alone these strong Hebei soldiers?"
Guo Jia's words made He Yan roll his eyes again.
"That is to say... since we can't keep those soldiers, even if we do, we will probably just let them starve to death, right?"
"Then what nonsense are you talking about? Wouldn't it be over if we kill him together with Jushou and Tian Feng?"
Guo Jia said with a smile: "The imperial court and Sikong can't support each other, but that doesn't mean that some people can't support them!"
"Who can feed us? Who can feed tens of thousands of young people?"
He Yan made fun of Guo Jia Lai, but he realized something was wrong while laughing.
Because Guo Jia was also smiling at himself, and his smile was extremely obscene!
"The person you said can support me...couldn't it be me?"
"Marquis Shen is really smart!"
"Ahem."
Guo Jia cleared his throat and said to He Yan in an orderly manner: "I heard from Sikong that you have a bunch of Yuan Shao's treasures, at least you have 10 million, right?"
"If these ten million dollars are used to buy grain, how can we buy hundreds of thousands of shi of grain according to the price of grain in Jingzhou. If we have these hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, it will naturally be enough for these young people to eat until next year's harvest.
when."
"How is it? Is Marquis Shen moved?"
He Yan had a black line: "You want to use my money to support the government's people?"
He Yan said that he was not worthy of doing such a great thing! It was better to give the opportunity to others!
"What Marquis Shen said is wrong!"
Guo Jiayi spoke righteously: "What does it mean to support people for the imperial court?"
"If I remember correctly, Marquis Shen bought a lot of fields in Yuzhou and Xuzhou in the past few days, right?"
"These fields, not to mention the 70,000 to 80,000 young men and women, can be accommodated in them, but it is more than enough to arrange 40,000 to 50,000 young men!"
"The remaining people will be arranged to work in the fields. In this case... we can feed them all."
Guo Jia's tone was charming at this time: "How about it? With the wisdom of Marquis Shen, he should know that those gold and silver treasures are just external possessions. It is better to take this opportunity to raise a large number of dealers and expand his treasury. This is how the family can last for a long time.
The way to immortality!”
"..."
He Yan narrowed his eyes: "Fengxiao, have you already taken a liking to my lands..."
It is true that He Yan has a lot of fields, but they were all purchased through government certification.
It was not easy to evade taxes on this land deed, but now Guo Jia wants to put these recorded soldiers in to eliminate the possibility of He Yan hiding people secretly, and then it will be even harder to evade taxes in the future.
How can this be a landlord? This is obviously a source of resentment! It is simply working for the imperial court in vain!
Of course Guo Jia would not admit it, and even patted his chest and promised: "I am doing this for your own good! Otherwise, who will plant your land?"
…
What Guo Jia said is not unreasonable.
But when he thought that his little money would be spent before he could keep it warm, He Yan felt uncomfortable in his heart.
"So now...Fengxiao's plan is to first persuade Ju to surrender to Tian Feng, and then use my money to buy food and relocate those soldiers to Henan?"
Guo Jia nodded, quickly hugged He Yan, and said with a smile: "Actually, you took advantage of this matter, don't cry in despair. Come on! Smile!"
"hehe……"
In the end, He Yan agreed to go to Guo Jia to persuade Ju to surrender to Tian Feng.
It’s just that I’m not sure either.
He Yan and Guo Jia discussed together: "It is recommended to start with Tian Feng. After all, he was imprisoned in the camp by Yuan Shao, and he will have some resentment."
When Guo Jia heard that He Yan was going to use Tian Feng as a breakthrough, he was not optimistic: "I once went to Hebei when I was young. Do you know what Guo Tu told me about Tian Feng? He said he was smelly and hard.
The toilet stones, on the other hand, are actually gentler than Jushou's."
"No, in fact, the more determined a person is, the easier it is to deal with him."
He Yan rejected Guo Jia's words: "Instead of worrying about Tian Feng's character, it is better to think about why Tian Feng is so tough."
"The reason why Tian Feng dared to offend Yuan Shao repeatedly in Yuan Camp was because of the support of the Tian family behind him and the support of more wealthy families who relied on the Tian family for their survival."
"In other words, Tian Feng is actually the spokesperson of these forces. Tian Feng and these forces can be regarded as a whole."
"That way, things will be much easier to handle."
"As the saying goes, there are only individuals who betray the class, and there is no class that betrays its interests."
"If even the entire Hebei gentry abandons Yuan Shao, then Tian Feng will naturally have no reason to persist."
"..."
The air froze. After a long time, Guo Jia asked He Yan in a slightly hoarse tone: "Where did you learn this theory... from?"
"Celebrity? That's not right... Strategist? That's not right either..."
Guo Jia looked at He Yan suspiciously: "Did you dig out a lost ancient book somewhere? Otherwise, how would you know this at your age?"
"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"
After He Yan threw a smoke bomb at Guo Jia, he brought the topic back to trying to persuade Tian Feng to surrender.
"First of all, we must let Tian Feng know that the wealthy families in Hebei no longer support Yuan Shao."
"Secondly, we must give Tian Feng confidence and let him firmly believe that Sikong can definitely defeat Yuan Shao and conquer Hebei."
"Finally... I want to give Tian Feng some reassurance."
"What reassurance?"
"Let him know that even if Sikong takes over Hebei, he will not attack the local wealthy families."
Guo Jia also had a headache: "What are you saying is more troublesome than the other?"
"That's why I said it would be better to kill him and Jushou..."
It's impossible to kill him, after all, the plan has been completed.
This first thing is the best thing to do, and Cao Cao doesn't even have to do it.
Because after Yuan Shao's defeat in the Battle of Guandu, the whole of Hebei was indeed in chaos. Not only were local wealthy families vying for rebellion, but even the Black Mountain bandits hiding in the Taihang Mountains were ready to come out and make a fortune.
The Black Mountain bandits say they are thieves, but in fact they are not.
After all, have you ever seen a group of thieves that could rob tens of thousands of people just by robbing their homes? Not to mention that these tens of thousands of people also have a lot of sophisticated weapons and armor.
The Black Mountain bandits led by Zhang Yan were basically armed elements formed with the support of local wealthy families in Hebei, and were essentially different from the Yellow Turban bandits.
You may not believe it, but when the eighteen princes attacked Dong, Zhang Yan actually led troops and horses to join these princes...
So these people are basically the black gloves used by the wealthy families in Hebei to check and balance Yuan Shao. Every time they get into chaos, it basically means that there is a problem with Yuan Shao's rule in Hebei.
Now, coupled with Guo Jia's silent troubles behind his back, Hebei has become a mess in an instant, and the sky is on fire.
The second step is to rely on Cao Cao.
Even though Cao Cao was very poor now, after the battle with Yuan Shao, he still slapped his forehead: "We also need to have our own cavalry!"
Cavalry is best suited for fighting on endless plains.
Now that Cao Cao has conquered the Central Plains, it is somewhat self-evident who this cavalry formation is aimed at.
Moreover, Cao Cao obviously went too far in his pretense and actually wanted to form a powerful armored cavalry.
The money and food required to raise one armored cavalry is enough to support five light cavalry or a dozen heavily armored soldiers. This huge financial pressure will undoubtedly make Xun Lingjun cry, scream, and mourn...
However, Cao Cao didn't care about Xun Yu's life or death. He only cared about his own happiness. He even gave this heavy cavalry an extremely cool name - Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
With the preparations of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the second point of persuading Tian Feng to surrender was barely qualified.
After that, comes the third most critical point——
At this point, He Yan said that he needed to do it himself.
After getting dressed, He Yan walked alone into the camp where Tian Feng was under house arrest.
This conversation was only between two people, no one else was prying.
Therefore, no one knows what the two talked about in the tent.
All we know is that Tian Feng found Boss Cao the next day and frankly expressed his willingness to surrender to Cao Cao.
This undoubtedly made Cao Cao overjoyed, and he immediately worshiped Tian Feng as his imperial servant, made him the capital of Tinghou, and moved to Youzhou as a pastoralist.
After Tian Feng surrendered, it was undoubtedly the best choice for him to persuade Jushou to surrender.
Although there were several twists and turns, Jushou still chose to surrender to Cao Cao after some consideration.
Boss Cao naturally smiled from ear to ear, grinned widely, and then sent a document to the emperor, in which he consecrated Ju as the general of Zhenbei, made the capital Tinghou, and moved him to the prime minister of the country in Hejian.
Afterwards, Cao Cao naturally held a big banquet to celebrate the surrender of Tian Feng and Ju Shou.
At the banquet, Cao Cao expressed his joy to the two of them many times. Jushu was quite tactful and acted flattered by Cao Cao's favor, while Tian Feng still looked like "everyone owes me a lot of money."
When Cao Cao asked, Tian Feng just said: "I hope Sikong will not forget what he said!"
Cao Cao:???
What did I say?
wrong……
Cao Cao quickly realized that He Yan must have promised Tian Feng something through his own words.
If it is just a small matter, I will naturally agree to it unconditionally.
But if it's something embarrassing... what does the promise he He Yan made have to do with me, Cao Mengde?
Thinking of this, Cao Cao smiled and raised his glass to signal Tian Feng: "It's a deal!"