In 192 AD, Dong Zhuo was killed by conspiracy between Lu Bu and Wang Yun, and Chang'an City fell into chaos.

Later, Wang Yun ignored the opposition of the ministers, and successively led to the killing of important officials around Dong Zhuo Cai Yong, Niu Fu and others.

In June of the same year, Li Jue and Guo Si entered Chang'an City under the pretext of revenge for Dong Zhuo and defeated Lu Bu. Lu Bu led more than a hundred warriors to flee in a hurry, and his loyal minister Wang Yun was killed. Liu Xie, who had just been free, fell into the hands of the rebels again.

Not long after, Bao Xin welcomed Cao Cao to recruit Qingzhou Army and commanded Yanzhou.

Zhao Weisun accepted the suggestion of Zhao Zi and Sima Lang and raised all his strength to surrender to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, who had just gained strength, was very happy to learn about this news and replied that he would go to receive it in person.

In order to welcome Cao Cao, the people of Liyang lined up to welcome him.

A few days later, a small group of people came from the city gate. The leader was dressed in armor, burly and solemn in his face. He rode a brown-red horse in the front line and waved to greet the people of Liyang City. The people rushed to witness the great man who dominated Yanzhou.

Sima Lang, Zhao Zi and Zhao Weisun were at the forefront of the crowd. At this time, Sima Yi was standing in the crowd with great interest when he heard that Cao Cao was coming, and carefully looked at the manners and expressions of the burly and strong general. As he waved his hand, Sima Yi clearly found that he was constantly looking at the crowd carefully, as if he was alert to something.

As the people cheered, he quietly turned around and left, disagreed with it:

"The cowardly. Heroes are just like that."

The rider came to Zhao Weisun, lifted his cloak and dismounted. Zhao Weisun and others saluted and said, "Welcome to Cao Gong."

The rider of the horse also returned the ceremony: "You are polite, but you are not Cao Gong, but Cao Hong, the pioneer of Cao Gong."

At this time, Sima Yi had not yet walked away, and the general's words came clearly from behind his ears. He stopped and looked back at Cao Hong again. In an instant, he thought that he was very reckless about the conclusion Cao Cao had just drawn.

Zhao Weisun found that the visitor was not Cao Cao but his cousin Cao Hong, so he still did not dare to neglect it. However, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Cao Gong's letter said that he would come in person, why didn't he see Cao Gong's grand charity?"

Cao Hong inadvertently looked at the doctor holding the halberd beside him, and smiled a little awkwardly:

"Cao Gong is busy with military affairs and is afraid that the general will wait, so he asked me to come and notify General Zhao, but he will come over after a while."

After a brief greeting, Zhao Weisun led Cao Hong into the residence, settled his team and retreated.

After entering the house, Cao Hong saw that there was no one around, and immediately took off his helmet and said to the halberd who was standing beside him:

"Lord, it seems that Zhao Weisun is not a fraud in joining us."

The halberd held the halberd and followed Cao Hong, deliberately lowering his head and never saying anything. Under the cover of his armor, he could only see his high nose and thick beard. He carefully observed the words and actions of Zhao Weisun and others who were talking to Cao Hong from beginning to end. It turned out that Cao Cao had arrived in Liyang City, but he did not know Zhao Weisun, for fear that he would collude with the Yuan brothers to murder him and then annex his territory, so Cao Cao did not reveal his identity.

Since receiving Zhao Weisun’s surrender, Cao Cao secretly mobilized dozens of soldiers to turn into the people into the city in batches, hiding among the people welcomed by the road. Cao Hong was very skilled in martial arts and was prepared for a long time. If Zhao Weisun intended to murder when he entered the city, it would not be difficult to escape without any difficulty. In addition, 50 miles away from Liyang, Cao Ren’s 5,000 troops could attack here at any time. After making sure to prepare, Cao Cao was still worried about Cao Ren’s view of people, so he had to personally turn into a halberd to observe the sincerity of Zhao Weisun and others.

Cao Cao put the long halberd in his hand aside, Cao Hong quickly helped him sit down, Cao Cao patted his shoulder and explained:

"Brother, you must remember that in troubled times, everyone except yourself must beware of him. Even if you believe in your heart that he will not betray you, you must leave behind a trick on him, so that you can be invincible."

Cao Hong nodded in a vague way. Obviously, he did not notice that the people Cao Cao said included his cousin.

During the dinner, Zhao Weisun warmly entertained Cao Hong. Cao Cao took advantage of the moonlight to look around Li Yang's defense for a while to see if Zhao Weisun had any abnormal movements. When he walked to the east gate to check, a strange noise suddenly came from behind him. He quickly pulled out the sword on his waist and slowly approached the corner of the wall carefully.

Sima Yi was used to lying on the roof to learn the knowledge on the books and view the phenomena of the celestial phenomena. At this moment, he found a person running back and forth sneakily. He felt very strange and followed him down the eaves until Sima Yi accidentally knocked down a hoe not far from the guard post. He was so scared that he was sweating profusely, but the back wall could not be moved by his current body shape.

The situation took a sharp turn until Cao Cao's footsteps got closer and closer. He suddenly cried: "My cat is gone!"

The crying immediately attracted the attention of the city's guard post, and he pointed the torch in his hand at the location of Sima Yi and Cao Cao. Seeing this, Cao Cao had to put away his knife and pretend to pass by to ask about the situation. When he squatted down, he looked at the child who was only in his teens squatting on the ground and crying. He couldn't help but feel relieved. At this time, the patrolman also came over to ask:

"What's going on? Who's crying?"

Sima Yi usually likes to walk around the military camp, and most soldiers know him, but the people on the patrol did not care. Cao Cao touched the back of his head and pretended to be stupid and explained: "I didn't know the way when I first arrived here, so I couldn't find it when I got to the cottage."

Zhao Weisun ordered the soldiers of the Cao army to be treated with courtesy, so the soldiers asked Sima Yi to go home, and he sent Cao Cao back to Cao Hong's residence. Before leaving, Cao Cao looked back and looked at the boy squatting on the ground with a childish face. Although the murderous aura just now was reduced a lot, the chilling cold light made Sima Yi's heart tremble like a blade.

When Cao Cao left, Sima Yi felt that this person's eyes were so bold under the moonlight. This courage and majesty were not comparable to Cao Hong, and even Dong Zhuo was far apart at the beginning.

Who is he?

That night, Cao Cao took Cao Hong's general order and returned to the military camp where Cao Ren was stationed. He took off the armor of the halberd and said to Cao Ren beside him: "Cao Ren, you will still guard here tomorrow. Send many secret spies in Liyang and be ready to march at any time."

Cao Ren took the order to retreat to one side, and Cao Cao said to Xun Yu on the other side: "Wenruo."

Looking at Xun Yu, he was thin, his eyes were like a torch, and his clothes were covered in green. After Cao Cao took over Yanzhou, he became an important strategist with Cheng Yu in addition to Xi Zhicai.

Seeing Cao Cao calling him, Xun Yu stepped forward and replied: "Here."

"Go to join me in the city tomorrow." After that, Cao Cao leaned forward and stroked his shoulder and smiled:

"Cao Hong ate a lot of good things today. You have been sleeping in the open with me and have not had a good meal yet. Tomorrow, I will reward you with Zhao Weisun's banquet."

Xun Yu also smiled and said, "I understand."
Chapter completed!