In August of the fourth year of Chuping (193 AD), Cao Cao led 50,000 troops, and brought Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao and other generals to the west. Perhaps because of the butterfly effect brought by Gao Shun's time to raise an army to welcome the emperor three years earlier than in history.

Zhang Liao was captured by Xu Chu, and at first he vowed not to surrender to Cao. Cao Cao originally wanted to kill him, but later gave up because of Gao Shun's advice and followed his advice to Zhang Liao very much. Not only did he not treat him as a prisoner, but he held a banquet every few days to give him gold, which was quite favorable to him. Zhang Liao was moved by Cao Cao's kindness and thought about Lu Bu's harshness towards his subordinates. After much thought, he finally decided to surrender. However, before surrendering, Zhang Liao agreed with Cao Cao that if he had fought with Lu Bu in the future, he would not do anything. Cao Cao sighed his loyalty and righteousness, so he agreed.

At first, Cao Cao appointed Zhang Liao as the General of the Central Army, and Gao Shun advised him: "Zhang Liao's martial arts skills are extraordinary, but in addition to his bravery, he is also a talented general. Only being appointed as the General of the Central Army is actually a talent."

Cao Cao responded: "I heard that Zhang Liao was under Lu Bu's position as a cavalry commander. Now I have been promoted to the general. If he first entered my position, if he had not made a merit, he would definitely not be able to accept the position of general. If he really had a general, he would definitely have a time to make a merit in the future, why should he worry about fame and status?" Gao Shun heard this, so he did not mention it anymore. Anyway, he knew Zhang Liao's talents very well. It would be inevitable that he would be a marquis and a general in the future.

Cao Ming had complained about Cao Cao's trip. What she hoped was that Gao Shun could marry Guo Cui as soon as possible and then marry him as soon as possible. After all, Gao Shun proposed to Guo Cui first. If she wanted to marry into the Gao Mansion, she could only choose auspicious days after Gao Shun and Guo Cui got married. But his brother Cao Cao now asked him to go out together, and to pacify Li, the Guo Rebellion could not be a matter of a flash. Once the time lasted, wouldn't she have to wait for a long time to get married? If the war lasted for a year or two, then she would have been over twenty years old when she got married. Although the 20-year-old girl would definitely not be unique in the entire Han Dynasty, it was also rare in the world.

However, this time Cao Ming mistakenly blamed Cao Cao again. In Cao Cao's original plan, he had no intention of bringing Gao Shun with him this time, but his father Cao Song suggested that Gao Shun follow the army. As the saying goes, "Not even a son is better than a father," this sentence is also valid. Cao Cao is very clear about his father's idea. If Gao Shun is not his son-in-law, it would be fine, but now that he has decided to marry Cao Ming, Cao Song hopes that Gao Shun can make more achievements and strive to obtain a higher position in general before the two get married, so as to be worthy of his daughter.

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Liu Xie felt panic from time to time. His current behavior was completely broken with Li Jue and Guo Si. If he was caught by them, he might not even be able to enjoy the treatment of a puppet. Will they kill themselves directly and usurp the throne? Once this idea spreads in his heart, he can no longer stop it. Poor Liu Xie, as a dignified emperor, can only spend every day in fear and horror, fearing that one day Li Jue and Guo Si will suddenly break in and cut off their heads.

"Here is here! Here is here!" A young eunuch entered the hall and shouted happily at Liu Xie with an excited smile.

"Come? Who is here? Is it because Li Jue's group of evil thieves have already broken through the city and rushed in!" Liu Xie has become a frightened bird at the moment. He was shocked when he heard the eunuch's words and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, it's not Li, Guo's evil thieves, General Cao Cao. Cao Mengde, the governor of Yanzhou, has led his elite troops to Luoyang to serve the king." The eunuch hurriedly explained when he saw Liu Xie's frightened expression.

"Cao, Cao Cao... OK, okay! Cao Mengde is worthy of being a loyal and righteous man of my great Han Dynasty!" Liu Xie heard that it was not the traitor rebels, but Cao Cao's army to serve the king, and immediately turned sad to joy. He smiled happily and said to the eunuch, "When I personally welcome General Cao and welcome him!"

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"General Cao quickly invites you to get up. All the chaos in the world is everywhere, and the rules are always lost. Only General Cao still has loyalty and righteousness, raises up his troops to fight against rebellion, which comforts me very much." Seeing Cao Cao, Liu Xie immediately became extremely excited when he thought that he might never have to live such a painful life from now on. "When General Cao defeats Li and Guo's rebel thief, I will give you the general!"

"I am afraid, and I have a long way to go about my virtue and ability. I will never dare to steal such a high position." Cao Cao lowered his head, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes that others could not detect, but he still maintained a very respectful tone and said to the Emperor of Han.

"General Cao is too humble. Although he is big today, there are only a handful of loyal and upright people who care about the Han Dynasty." Liu Xie said sincerely, "I have heard that when Dong thief destroyed Luoyang and ran to Chang'an in the past, all the princes refused to move, but General Cao led his troops to pursue him. Now Li and Guo rebels are in chaos, and General Cao is also the general who is the great general. Who can do the position of General Cao?"

Cao Cao's eyes were even more brilliant, but at the same time his head was lowered: "There are still many loyal and righteous people in the world. For example, when he was fighting against Dong in the past, I was not the only one who led the army to pursue him. The current Xuzhou governor Liu Bei (Tao Qian died of illness and submitted a letter to Liu Bei as the governor of Xuzhou before he died), and the prefect of Changsha Sun Jian both sent troops to help. The position of the general was not a name, virtue and talent, but a person who was good at both fame, virtue and talent could not be appointed. Yuan's fourth generation and three dukes, Yuan Benchu ​​was also quite talented and ambitious, so he could take this important task."

Cao Cao said this very well. He was not alone when he was pursuing Dong Zhuo in the past, but where were Liu Bei and Sun Jian at this moment? He was the only one who came to fight for the king. As for the words "A person who is not a great general, not a good person, and a talent, cannot be entrusted with him." He thought that He Jin was just a butcher, and even he could take the position of a great general, so how could I, Cao Mengde?
Chapter completed!