Chapter 135 [Winner]
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Outside the Changting, Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, led his famous officials and generals to personally welcome Ma Han. This face was really a big deal. When these two heroes from the Three Kingdoms met for the first time, they both secretly disliked each other.
In Ma Han's eyes, Cao Cao was handsome, fat, sturdy, and powerful, and had great dignity. He was very proud of the state governor. The only thing that deteriorated his image was that he seemed to be a little disappointed. Especially against the four figures behind him who were tall, mighty, or tall, clear and upright, they looked even more inferior. But even so, even if you glance at the crowd, the first thing you see is him, which is the leader's temperament.
In Cao Cao's eyes, the young, heroic and majestic demeanor of this Liaodong Cavalry Commander made him feel quite disappointed. No wonder Zixiao repeatedly said that this person is a great man. If he cannot accept it, he should get rid of it. It is indeed the case.
Ma Han's official position was much worse than Cao Cao. Fortunately, he was wearing armor and he just bowed and bowed to Cao Cao: "The Liaodong Cavalry Commander, who was guarding Bailang City, has seen Cao Gong, and he is with him, so he will not be able to give the full tribute." Ma Han's heavy armor this time was not as deliberately as he did when he saw Yuan Shao last time, but was indeed necessary to protect him.
Cao Cao laughed loudly and stepped forward, not minding that he was in the White Wolf Knight. He held Ma Han's arms and his broad palms made the armor covered with iron leaves ringing. He smiled generously: "After twenty years in the officialdom, I have seen countless young talents, but there are only a few young heroes like this. If Xu Zi will know, I don't know what good comments will be."
Xu Shao, Runan, was named Zi Jiang, and was known for his good reputation for identifying people. He used Yuedan to evaluate talents in the world. Anyone who had been commented on by him would be well-known all over the world, and if he had bad reviews, he would have no choice but to recommend them, which could simply affect a person's life. Taishi Ci in history was an indirect victim (Liu Yao said, "If I use my righteousness, Xu Zi Jiang will laugh at me for not knowing people").
Before Cao Cao became famous, he once offered generous gifts to ask Xu Shao to comment on him, but Xu Shao did not like him and refused to comment. Cao Cao was not a humble gentleman. He was very ruthless in order to achieve his goal and use any means to threaten Xu Shao. Xu had no choice but to comment: "Your traitor is a chaotic thief in Qingping and a hero in troubled times." Brother Aman went there happily.
In this era, if you want to be an official, you have to recommend it. If you want to recommend it, you have to become famous. If you want to become famous, you have to gain prominence, such as being a hermit. Or for a few years (if you don’t have enough financial resources, you can’t be a hermit, and it is impossible to keep mourning for a long time. This is a game played by the rich people). Then, after the publicity of famous scholars and famous speakers, the scholars and the scholars heard about it, it will be spread to the government and the court. Then, congratulations. Let’s wait for the order to redeem.
This is also the reason why Ma Han is famous in the northern part of the desert and is well-known in the Liao territory, but no one knows when he arrives in the Central Plains. Public opinion is in the hands of scholars, and without their propaganda, it is difficult to gain reputation and make a name for himself. This trip to Xuzhou will probably rarely break this certain trend. Soon, his reputation will be spread among the states of Xu, Yan, and Henan, and even reach the capital of Jingfu. Therefore, Cao Cao had the words that Xu Zi would comment.
Cao Cao's slapping palms was very powerful, and he was worthy of being the governor of the Rongma Prefecture. His smile was very enthusiastic and his laughter was very contagious, which easily made people feel good. In this regard, he was still very similar to Liu Bei, both of whom were born with a leader temperament.
Fortunately, Ma Han himself has a little similar temperament, but he is slightly gentle and has a more sharp edge. Everyone belongs to the same extreme and is rejected by the same extreme. Cao Cao's method of winning over is useless to him. Cao Cao's vision is very vicious, and he also can see at first glance that Zhao Yun, who is accompanying him, is also a rare hero, and is also a big show. Unfortunately, Zhao Yun has experienced similar techniques many times in Liu Bei and is quite immunized. Cao Cao spent a long time working hard, but the results were very little.
When Cao Cao was affectionately clinging to Ma Han and Zhao Yun's arms and turned to Changting, he found that Cao Ren and a general with a bee-waisted waist were following him, with a look of alert and suddenly he lowered his face: "Zi Xiao, Miao Cai, don't do such a inferior move. Don't forget that this is Pengcheng."
Cao Ren met again, and Ma Han nodded to the other party with a smile. Cao Ren also squeezed out his smile and nodded in response. Another, Miaocai? Xiahou Yuan! Ma Han looked at the cavalry commander of the Cao army who was of the same level as him with interest: about thirty years old, more than seven feet long, with wide shoulders and long legs, wearing a red tassel helmet, brown armor, square face, clear eyebrows and three long strands of beards under the jaw. If it weren't for the whole body, it would be hard to imagine that such a middle-aged man with a bit of bookish aura would be a general, but a famous general.
At this time, two other middle-aged men wearing blue official robes also paid a greeting to Ma Han and Zhao Yun:
"Sima Xun Yu of Yanzhou, I have met Ma Duwei."
"Yanzhou Dianjun is engaged in Han Hao and has met Ma Duwei."
Two more heavyweight figures! Xun Yu, one of the top strategists of the Three Kingdoms! Ma Han has been in the Three Kingdoms for so long and has never really seen the top strategists of this era. Today, Lao Cao reveals his family’s background and opens his eyes.
While walking, Cao Cao asked about Ma Han and Zhao Yun’s hometown and family background, and was happy: That’s great! These two people are both poor people and not big families, so the resistance they have won a lot less.
At this time, the three surrendered officials from Xuzhou who went to defend themselves had already returned urgently and bowed to Cao Cao together: "Congratulations to the envoy, the great revenge is avenged!"
That is to say, Zhang Kai is true!
Cao Cao laughed loudly, then looked sad and let go of his horse. Zhao and the others took a few steps, regardless of the mud and dust, knelt on the ground, looked at the sky and bowed: "Sir, I have a spirit in the sky, and I have won the Xiongjie in western Liaoning to capture this fang. From now on, I will be given the head of this fang to sacrifice to the spirit of my father!"
The other officials of all sizes were also bowed down, and only Cao's soldiers remained unmoved - these soldiers were not qualified.
Among the officials who bowed down, one of them was a little more ashamed in addition to being sad - this was naturally Han Hao. His original task was to capture Zhang Kai, but he didn't expect that after a long circle in Runan, he only killed dozens of accomplices and snatched back some of his property, and found nothing more than to get. After returning, he was in a state of no way to respond. He received a message from Shi Huan saying that Zhang Kai was tied up. He was surprised and rushed immediately. Now it has been confirmed that a big stone in his heart has finally been put down. He is full of gratitude to the young cavalry captain.
Zhao Yun asked for advice with his eyes, and Ma Han shook his head. His relationship with Lao Cao was not yet up to this point, and he didn't plan to make a deep friendship, so he stopped pretending to be a grandson.
Zhang Kai's identity is confirmed, so it will be easy to discuss below.
Ma Han proposed to exchange more than 80 people including Zhang Kai for Cao's army to withdraw troops from Xia Pi. Cao Cao had learned about this condition from Cao Ren in advance. When he was confused, he once asked Xun Yu what Ma Han's move meant? Even if he could bribe the people of Xuzhou, he was just a cavalry commander in Liaodong. His territory was in western Liaoning. No matter how good the people of Xuzhou were, what could he get from it?
Xun Yu, known as a wise man, pondered for a long time and said tactfully: "If this person is not a kind-hearted person, he will be in love with the world."
Xun Yu's words actually indirectly awaken Cao Cao, don't kill too much. Stop it when you can.
Cao Cao understood and bowed him in a terrifying manner, saying that he was taught.
Xun Yu was a man who was extremely loyal to the Han Dynasty. He thought that he was considering the Han Dynasty. Especially after meeting, Ma Han was young and handsome and handsome, which made Xun Yu feel like he saw Junyan.
When Ma Han first met Cao Cao, he gained the favor of two important figures in his camp. Well, maybe more than that.
When Cao Cao met with Ma Han, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren were observing the White Wolf Cavalry. These two generals were first-class cavalry commanders and were very interested in cavalry. Xiahou Yuan had heard Cao Ren mention that this cavalry had extremely high shooting skills. Looking at the horse-controlling skills of these knights and their light riding posture, you can tell that they are excellent riders. They are good at shooting and riding. In this way, this is a white horse-Yicheng Cavalry team similar to Youzhou.
Xiahou Yuan had never seen Baima Yicong. He only came from his ally Yuan Jun and heard of such an army that was riding and shooting like flying. A while ago, he led his army to fight with Liu Bei fiercely. Liu Bei had a Wuwan cavalry with more than 100 people. His shooting skills were fierce, causing considerable losses to his cavalry. In the western part of Liao, Wuwan was rampant. If he had a little bit of riding and shooting, it would be difficult to gain a foothold. I believe that what Zixiao said was true.
Cao Ren's eyes fell on the stirrups of the White Wolf Knights, a little strange. The style of this "stirring" is really weird. Is this a habit in western Liaoning?
The "skeleton" that Cao Ren saw was actually the new disguise of the cavalry stirrups by Ma Han. He asked all the soldiers who rushed to the Central Plains to wrap the stirrups tightly with thin ropes, completely covering up the metal texture. At a rough look, it was a "skeleton", but it looked thicker than ordinary stirrups, which looked a bit strange. However, few people from the Central Plains had been to western Liaoning, and they remembered that it was a barbaric place. It was normal for the items they used to be stupid, thick and black, so they didn't think much about it.
Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren looked at each other and saw a thrill of eagerness in each other's eyes. However, he turned his head to see the young commander and the lord, and Xun Sima Tan Xiao, and it was probably difficult to put his thoughts into practice.
Indeed, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren could not be right with the White Wolf Knight - at least not at the moment, because Ma Han had reached an agreement with Cao Cao.
Ma Han handed over more than 80 murderers including Zhang Kai. Cao's army retreated to the north of Sishui and gave up the attack on Xia Pi. This achieved Ma Han's goal. He did not expect that Zhang Kai's dozens of heads could stop Cao's army from attacking Xuzhou, but unexpectedly, Cao Cao gave him a surprise.
"Cao has known the envoy of Xuzhou. The culprit was captured. The anger of the three armies has been calmed down. If Tao Gongzu promised several conditions, Cao could withdraw his troops and return to Yan."
Since Cao Cao raised his troops to attack, Tao Qian sent five groups of envoys to Cao's camp to apologize, but they were either expelled or detained. When Cao Cao wanted to withdraw his troops, he just needed to bring up the detained envoy of Xuzhou and put a few words on the spot, which would make the envoys ecstatically thank him and leave.
"This is truly a great achievement of shocking the dragon." Cao Cao laughed and held the hand of Marven and gave him a high hat directly. He was extremely enthusiastic. Cao Cao was very willing to give this credit to Marven. Anyway, this person didn't stay here for a long time, so why not let him return with praise? It's better than letting Liu Bei and Tian Kai take advantage of it.
Ma Han took his hand back without hesitation - he couldn't guarantee whether he could control it if he held it again, crushed the palm of the great hero and penetrated his heart's strong desire to kill. After all, it was a rare opportunity!
Ma Han was not confused by Cao Cao's compliment. Is this his credit? Yes, not. To be precise, it happened just by chance, plus a little luck.
Cao Cao and Tao Qian were actually exhausted and wanted to stop, but the knot between them was too dead and it was difficult to untie without external force. The accidental appearance of Ma Han was like a sharp blade falling from the sky, directly splitting the "dead knot" in the simplest and most straightforward way.
The deadlock in Xuzhou is solved easily.
When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he withdrew his troops due to shortage of food internally and exteriorly because the excuse of revenge had disappeared.
Chapter completed!