Chapter 257: Conquering Youzhou and Gaining National Fortune [Subscription Request]

Four people were brought outside Cao Cao's tent.

The leader among them was actually a teenager, only fifteen or sixteen years old, but looked quite mature.

The other three are of different ages.

Before entering the big tent, several people exchanged glances.

Within the Wuhuan, Tadun's status was actually somewhat similar to that of Cao Cao.

The Wuhuan also had a tribal alliance system, with many tribes joining together to form the Wuhuan's military and power system.

Tadun was the leader of all the troops and the person with real power.

In order to win him over, Yuan Shao appointed him as Chanyu.

But in fact, he was the nephew of the previous Great Chanyu Qiuliju, also known as the nephew.

Qiuliju also had a son who had the same status as the young emperor Liu Xie of Han.

He is the legitimate successor to the Great Khan of Wuhuan.

He also has several supporters, named Su Puyan and Wuyan, who are the leaders of their respective tribes, namely the people in front of us.

Cao's army swept across Youzhou, and those who were hiding in the rear of the Wuhuan were captured one after another and sent to Cao Cao to await their fate.

The one walking in front was Su Puyan.

He is in his early forties, with a strong build, a square face, long eyebrows and bright eyes.

He was brought in by the Han army, and when he saw Cao Cao, he immediately knelt on the ground, showed great respect and said:
"Su Puyan, a subject of Han, has met the Duke of Wei. Although I live in a cold and remote place, I have heard of the Duke of Wei's godlike reputation.

You have defeated powerful enemies on all sides and gained control of a vast territory and population within a few years. You are a rare talent."

"I also want to thank you for helping us kill Tadun, the traitor who plotted against our Great Chanyu, and for helping us restore the legitimate rule of Wuhuan."

"We, the common people, are willing to pledge our loyalty to Duke Wei and obey your orders!"

Cao Cao looked at the people who were brought in.

To the left of Subuyan is Wuyan, who is separated by one person and is also a tribal Khan.

She is thin and has neatly combed hair in braids.

After he entered the tent, he observed silently without saying a word.

He and Su Puyan, the young man protecting the middle, who was wearing a fur coat, was Qiuliju's son, Tadun's cousin, and the legitimate "little emperor" of Wuhuan.

"Do you want to join my army?" Cao Cao asked.

"Yes, we are different from Tadun. We are sincere in our service and are grateful to you. We will never go back on our word."

Su Puyan was the tongue of the three men, responsible for answering Cao Cao's questions:
"Please believe in our loyalty, Lord Wei."

"The closest relationship in the world is that between father and son. My Great Chanyu is willing to take Duke Wei as his father and announce to all tribes that they will never betray me."

Cao Cao's gaze turned to the young man beside him.

The young man also knelt down and said in Chinese: "Greetings, Lord Wei. I hope you can spare my Wuhuan people. I am willing to take you as my father."

Wu Yan, who had remained silent on the other side, also knelt down:

"We will offer the three horse farms owned by the Wuhuan people, with a total of more than 15,000 fine horses. This is the most precious wealth of the Wuhuan people. We are willing to give it all to the Duke of Wei to redeem the lives of our Wuhuan subjects."

"There are also hundreds of beautiful girls."

"We will also present the medicinal herbs, animal skins, and valuables we have accumulated in Youzhou over the years as a gift to the Great Chanyu to recognize you as his father."

"When we go to war with the Xianbei next year, we, the Wuhuan people, are willing to be the pioneers."

Cao Cao suddenly smiled and said, "The three counties of Youzhou were originally given to Wuhuan by the Han people as a reward for you to fight for our Han land.

But when Qiuliju was Chanyu, you began to rebel, repeatedly attacking our four states of Qing, Ji, Bing, and You, plundering people and property."

"Later, Youzhou became stronger under the rule of Liu Yu, and you surrendered again. After a few years, my Han territory was in turmoil, and you rebelled again.

Now that I have conquered them, they come to claim their father and surrender. But I am tired of associating with treacherous people. "

Several people heard that Cao Cao's tone was unfriendly and their expressions changed slightly.

"Besides, I hate the title of foster father. I have a habit of killing my foster sons."

Cao Cao closed his eyes and saw the entries that marked several people:

[The Great Chanyu of Wuhuan has a hatred value of over 90 towards you. You killed his people, slaughtered his people, and occupied the three counties that he thought belonged to the Wuhuan. Kill him as soon as possible, otherwise he will be waiting to stab you in the back at any time. It will be a disaster.]

[Su Puyan, same as above…]

[Wuyan, same as above…]

[A capable minister will respond, same as above…]

The few remaining Wuhuan rulers have exactly the same mentality.

So it’s not my kind.

The key is that they have a criminal record and have done it more than once.

They saw clearly that the Han people coveted their fighting power.

The cavalry of Youzhou was the best in the world, so he tolerated and accepted their surrender time and time again, always feeling that he was in control of the situation.

But in Cao Cao's case, he could still give it a try if he had no criminal record. But what was the point of keeping a dog that had bitten its owner?
As for being used as cannon fodder, there are plenty of them and they have to line up.

There is no point in using cannon fodder who are ready to rebel at any time.

In the past, we planned to keep them as cannon fodder, and only gave them the chance to live again and again.

"Drag him out and kill him!"

Cao Cao pointed at the youngest one and said: "He is the leader, his head should be on the top of the Jingguan!"

The young Chanyu was shocked at this moment. His previous hatred for Cao Cao turned into fear of life and death.

When they learned that Tadun was killed by the Han army, they were even happy for a while because the mountain pressing down on their heads was gone.

Then they discussed what to do next.

It's nothing more than surrendering first and waiting for an opportunity.

The Han people want them to work hard.

They gave away the horse farm and used their money and savings to redeem his life, feeling that they had shown enough sincerity.

I don't believe Cao Cao can refuse their loyalty. After all, they are useful.

So until the moment they met Cao Cao, they were still very confident and planned to pretend to be loyal to him first to get through the difficult times, and the situation remained the same as before.

When they heard Cao Cao's order to behead, they were shocked.

They were dragged out and, amid screams, were beheaded by Cao's army, becoming a pile of human heads in the Jingguan.

[You killed the Great Chanyu of the Wuhuan tribe, plundered the completely collapsed national fortune of the Wuhuan, and your luck soared]

[You are the master of Caoying. Relying on the dragon of luck, you initially devour and gain the national destiny of a clan (a country)]

[When you establish a country and become a king, the Dragon of Fortune will transform into a Totem Dragon] [Your reputation has reached 5 million, and your fortune has become a tide. You can promote the tide of fortune when you unify the northern part of China or establish a country]

It has been some time since Cao Cao's reputation reached five million.

In the hint given in the entry, there is an additional label "Fortune Becomes the Tide" after the reputation.

The entry says that promoting it when the country is founded and blending with the country's destiny will bring the greatest benefits.

However, Cao Cao did not expect that killing the Wuhuan Chanyu and eradicating the Wuhuan would bring him an unexpected surprise.

In a sense, Wuhuan was indeed a small country.

Kill their leader, defeat their army, and even have the opportunity to plunder the country's destiny.

Cheng Yu came in from outside.

When coming to Youzhou, Cao Cao selected Cheng Yu and Jia Xu, who were in good health, from among his advisers to accompany him.

In addition to Cheng Yu, there were several generals who also came in from outside.

Including Xianyu Fu, Yan Rou and others.

"Governor, we have found Yuan Xi's whereabouts."

"Tadun was busy fleeing back to Liucheng, and Yuan Xi found an opportunity to escape."

"He may have heard that our army was attacking the Xianbei from behind, and he was frightened and wanted to escape. Accompanied by some civil and military officials left by the Yuan family, he escaped from the Wuhuan people and fled eastward."

"Provincial Governor, I request that you lead the troops to pursue them."

Xianyu Fu, Yan Rou and others asked for orders in turn to chase Yuan Xi.

In the eyes of many people, the struggle between Cao Cao and the Yuan family was a political one, so it was important to capture Yuan Xi.

As long as the Yuan family is not extinct, there is still a chance for them to incite their disciples and former officials to rebel against Cao Cao again.

But Cao Cao knew very well where Yuan Xi had gone.

From Youzhou to the east, only Liaodong County remains.

In history, Yuan Xi was killed by Gongsun Kang, the son of Gongsun Du, the governor of Liaodong.

But now, because of the changes brought about by Cao Cao, Gongsun Du is still alive and still in his prime.

He was a man of considerable means. Cao Cao intended to use Yuan Xi to test Gongsun Du and also to avoid some problems that would be disadvantageous to himself.

Cao Cao did not send troops to hunt down Yuan Xi.

He only sent someone to deliver a handwritten letter to Gongsun Du, encouraging him to guard the border in Liaodong, intimidate the villains, and reward him a lot.

After everyone left, the hall became quiet.

Yao Jing sat on the side of Cao Cao's low seat, with his head lowered, sorting out the scrolls.

He was wearing a beige Hanfu suit and a palm-wide belt.

The collar of the double-breasted shirt is as white as snow.

He has always been very clean, and his lining is always white, revealing a slender neck.

The hem of the Hanfu is connected to black combat boots.

Cao Cao thought to himself: The shoes should have been raised too high, and the front and back should have been blocked deliberately to make the shoes look bigger.

Yao Jing is the kind of person who looks good on clothes with nice shoulders, a low chest, a thin waist and wide hips, a short torso and very long legs.

Behind Cao Cao, the dragon of luck appeared and blew a breath on Yao Jing, still using the technique of sending dreams.

The air blown this time was several times stronger than last time.

Probably for a long time afterwards, Yao Jing would continue to have dreams.

Cao Cao pursed his lips, suddenly raised his hand, and with a slap, he slapped the thick and fleshy area from the side, just within his reach.

Yao Jing exclaimed, almost jumping up: "Provincial Governor!"

He looked frightened and embarrassed and wanted to run away.

But he hesitated and did not take action.

"You're quite elastic, almost as elastic as a woman." Cao Cao teased.

Yao Jing opened his mouth, bowed, and walked away angrily.

In the following days, Cao Cao was quite busy, reorganizing various parts of Youzhou and appointing and dismissing officials.

On the grassland, Qu Yi, Cao Hong and Cao Chun provided support to Taishi Ci's troops.

After the two sides reunited, they were not in a hurry to withdraw.

Qu Yi wanted to launch another ambush.

Unfortunately it didn't work out.

The strength of the Xianbei people was not false. They also had veteran generals on the battlefield who saw through Qu Yi's ambush.

The two sides were fighting on the grassland. Since it was not far from Youbeiping County, they did not have to worry about lack of supplies.

After the battle line moved south, more Cao troops were dispatched to provide support.

The enemy and I fought a series of fierce battles within hundreds of miles of Youbeiping, with both sides winning and losing.

Late November.

Taishi Ci, Le Jin, Zhang Xiu, Qu Yi, Cao Chun and others returned to Youbeiping County together.

At this time, the severe cold is approaching and strong winds are raging on the grassland.

The Xianbei people reluctantly withdrew their troops.

Liucheng.

Cao Cao was planning on conferring titles on the altar, appointing generals, and rewarding civil and military officials.

He had made arrangements to let Xianyu Fu and Yan Rou temporarily take charge of Youzhou.

After this battle, Zhang Xiu offended the Xianbei so much that he had nowhere to go in such a big world if he didn't follow Cao Cao.

From another perspective, he has shown enough loyalty.

So Cao Cao left Zhang Xiu in charge of the troops to help defend Youzhou.

Cao Cao was ready to return to Yecheng.

Jia Xu and Cheng Yu sorted out various information and were planning to report to Cao Cao on the benefits of taking back Youzhou.

The magnitude of their gains was second only to the capture of Jizhou and other places after the Battle of Guandu in all the previous campaigns.

At the same time, another team set out from the cold Liaodong to Liaoxi, preparing to meet Cao Cao.

The leader of this team prepared an unprecedented gift for Cao Cao.

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